Hermione
woke up about fifteen minutes after me. She grumpily lifted herself out of bed
when I called her. When she got to the window the snow had stopped blowing
around, so every thing was clear, and anyone with eyes could clearly see the
snow white Pegasus standing on the ground below us.
"Who
sent you that?" Hermione asked, her face plastered to the window.
"The
same person who sent me the other things." I watched as the Pegasus rubed one
of his front hoofs on the ground.
"What
are you going to do with it?"
"Couldn't
tell you?" I looked at Hermione. "What you think I was expecting this?"
"Maybe
you should take it to Hagrid or Fleur." She suggested.
"Probably."
I nodded. "I'm going to get dressed, and go get it."
It
was Hermione's turn to nod as I ran around the room and threw on a shirt,
jeans, and a heavy cloak. I scribbled a note for Jamie just incase Hermione
decided to go down to breakfast before she woke up. I walked down stairs into
the common room and grabbed a blanket incase the Pegasus was cold. Then I went
out of the portrait hole, and walked down the hall. No one was really up yet,
except for some teachers, whom were all so tiered that they didn't give me a
second look when I passed by (you know how adults get when they haven't had
their morning coffee). I gave Mrs. Norris a good hard kick when I reached the
front door, and then walked out into the blistering cold. And boy was it cold.
I swear my boogers froze. It must have been below 15 degrees at least. I felt
incredibly sorry for the poor animal waiting for me on the other side of the
castle.
The
whomping willow struggled to whomp me as I passed it, but most of its limbs
were frozen. The lake was frozen and one of the squid's tentacles was sticking
out. All of Hagrid's roses were finally dead (we'd thought that they would live
forever. You know kind of like Dick Clark flowers). When I saw the Pegasus I
walked faster, because I figured that he was cold enough. He was pretty happy
to see me, and nuzzled up against my shoulder. I put the blanket around it's
back so that it covered almost the whole length of his body. He seemed to like
this, and I gained his trust even more. He followed me through the snow drifts
to Hagrid's cabin, which looked incredibly warm about then if I do say so my
self. I knocked twice on the door, before I heard him coming to answer it.
"One
sec'." He called out.
I
tapped my foot numbly in the snow. The door finally opened, and Hagrid stood
before me.
"Aphrodite,"
he boomed. "Yeh didn' come when Harry and his friends' came."
"I
know. I had previous plans."
That
was true. Dean and I had had a picnic in the caves above Hogsmead.
"Listen,"
I said. "I have a bit of a problem. Well not exactly a problem, but just
something."
I
moved aside and the Pegasus came into Hagrid's view.
"Oh
it's a beaut!" he said gleaming. "Who's is it?"
"Mine,
someone dropped it off this morning with only a note. He's been leaving me a
lot of stuff lately. I was wondering if you knew exactly what I'm supposed to
do with him."
"Come
on in. I'll make some breakfast, and tea. We can figure what to do with it."
My
stomach kind of lurched at the thought of Hagrid's cooking, but since he was
helping me I saw no reason to refuse. I walked inside to his cabin (which was
defiantly warm), and let the Pegasus in behind me. On its own, it walked over
to fire and stood beside it. I sat down by the table and waited for Hagrid to
finish cooking. He took some scones out of the pot-bellied oven, and placed
them before me. I took one politely, and fiddled with it on my plate.
"So
now," he said once he sat down. "Yeh' ve got yourself a beautiful animal over
there, so Yeh need t' know every thing I'm gonna say. So listen clearly."
Hagrid
was great help, he told me everything I needed to know. So by 9:30 that morning
I was well educated on the care and well being of Pegasus'. I hadn't had the
courage to fly it yet, I was kind of scared. But then at Christmas I did fly
it, and I'm quite glad I did or I could be dead. I guess I'll tell you about
it…
I woke up on Christmas morning tired, and not
especially exited about the day. Hermione and Jamie were already up, and had
showered; I did the same. I half-heartedly opened presents with them (jokes,
joke books, etc, etc, etc.) Then I left and went down to the common room to sit
by the fire.
"What's
up?" I sighed slightly acknowledging that I was aware of Harry's existence.
"What's
your problem?" He asked. "You do know that it's Christmas."
I
shrugged. "Just one of those days. I'm off, I'll be back for the feast."
"Sure."
He gave me a weird look as I walked away.
I ran down the steps of the school heading towards
the front doors. I reached them and headed towards the forest. Then I
transformed and walked in. I knew I was acting weird, and I didn't know why. I
was just in a funk for some reason, and I'd probably get over it. Meanwhile I'd
spend a good part of the day in the forest to get over it. No one would care,
and I'd be safe. My favorite creak was only a few minutes away, so I started to
travel there. Soon I could hear the swishing of the water traveling through.
When I reached it I transformed back and sat on a pile
Of boulders near the water. It wasn't cold, because
it was always near perfect by my creak. The chill in the air just didn't seem
to reach me there. I sat on the rocks quietly, letting the animals come and
drink and not be scared. I ate some
candy for breakfast from the stash I had hidden under the daisies. Soon I was
full, and I started to get tiered, so I slept.
I woke up much later than I would have
liked. It was almost dark, and the moon was rising. I knew that I should have
started home right them but I decided to wait until the sun had set. I wanted
to watch from the boulder I was sitting on. I did, and I realized I was in a
much better mood than I had been that morning. I decided I was read to go back.
The moon was almost full so it gave plenty of light, and when I transformed it
was even easier. It was when I transformed that I realized that the moon wasn't
almost full, it was full. This didn't scare that much. I knew that the only
werewolves in this forest were Remus and Maxis, and they probably would be
transforming at Hogwarts, seeing as it was Christmas. So I traveled through the
forest with out a care in the world. I was too naive to notice the movements in
the bushes to the sides of me…
(A/n-
So sorry I haven't posted forever. Ugh you don't even want to know! See I'm an
ice-skater, and I was working on my double axels, and I ended up breaking my
hand. My right hand. I'm right handed! So you sorta get the picture. No typing,
no writing, not computer! So now It's almost healed and I'm back!!)
-Kendra Black (aka-
Aphi Black, aka-Rouge, aka-Jean Grey, aka-Shadowcat,
aka- Kit Jackson.) (Notice there is a
new aka!)