Sneaks and Spies
At 11:30 Sakura headed to
Care of Magical Creatures.
"Hey, Sakura, wait up!" Hermoine called. She, Harry and Ron ran to
catch up with her.
"Oh, hi." Sakura said.
They got to Hagrid's hut.
"Ever'one, over here!" He shouted. They gathered around a fenced
platform. "These here are Pegasi. Their plural form is Pegasus. Now then,
can an'one tell me a fact about 'em?"
Hermoine, Sakura (again), and Vanora Dallas raised their hands.
"Ok, Sakura, Hermoine, then Vanora."
"When in danger, the half immortal Pegasus can reincarnate themselves in
another body, ensuring their existence." Sakura answered.
"Hermoine." Hagrid pointed.
"The Pegasus was created by the blood of Medusa when her head was cut off
by Perseus." Replied Hermoine.
Vanora knew she couldn't compete and crossed her fingers.
"Well, they are basically a unicorn, only they have wings to fly and no
horn."
"All of yeh are correct." Hagrid said. "Perseus was sent on some
quests, see. One of them was t' bring back the head of Medusa. When 'e cut of
'er head, two grew back. One of th' times, blood came out in a fountain, and
form Pegasus. It was formed like a unicorn, on'y it had wings and no horn, like
Vanora said. Per'aps the most important trait of th' Pegasus is its abil'ty to
reincarnate itself when it's in danger. However, this will hardly ever
happen, 'cause the Pegasus is half immortal. That means it can't be killed be
normal means, see. Now then, each of yeh get a Pegasus t' take care of. Yer
grade is based on how well yeh do. Alright, I'll call yer name and introduce yeh
to your Pegasus.
"DISA, LYNN. This is yer Pegasus," He gave her a black one with navy wings,
"Rana. Her name means 'Royalty.' She will always be great and loyal."
"DUNMORE, KALTON. This one is yers," It was red with yellow and orange
wings. "Pinn. His name means 'Faithful.' His name says it all."
"GOLDWIN, ULYSSES. Here yeh are." His was blue with white wings.
"Marina. Her name means 'Of the sea.' She is a prophetess."
"GRANGER, HERMOINE. There yeh are." She was white with light violet
wings. "Kassia. "Her name means 'Pure one.' She and her purity will
serve you well."
"IOLANTHE, DAKOTA. There yeh go." She was light violet with lighter
blue wings. "Maia. Her name means 'Goddess o' Spring.' She can produce
flowers with a flap of 'er wings."
He went on for a while.
"POTTER, HARRY. Here." It was baby green with darker wings.
"Stormy. His name means 'Impetuous Nature.' He is faithful and
strong."
"SALEM, CLOVER. Here." It was pale blue-green with white wings.
"Reiko. Her name means 'clear and beautiful.' Her name says it all."
"SALMALÍN, SAKURA. There." It was glowing pale teal with radiant
white wings and deep blue eyes identical to hers. "Lilka. It means 'Battle
maiden; prophetess.' She'll serve yeh well as a friend and battle comrade."
"SARETTA, DOMINA. Here." It was white with violet wings. "Viola.
Her name means 'violet flower.' She is kind."
"SYLVIA, PANDORA. There." Hers was silver with white wings.
"Rhiannon. Her name means 'Nymph Goddess.' She will always be loyal."
"Now, then, take the last five minutes to get acquainted with yer Pegasus.
I'll come around and help yeh."
He went to every person, giving them tips on how to let the Pegasus know that
they were their friend.
Sakura looked at Lilka. Then she took Lilka's muzzle in her palms and blew into
her nostrils, to teach Lilka her scent. Lilka lifted her wings and knelt. Sakura did the same, and they
both
radiated in teal power. The light then dimmed,
disappeared, and they both rose.
"Well, I can see yeh won't be needin' much help." Hagrid grinned. He
didn't notice two identical stars glowed are their foreheads for a minute and
then vanished, and that Sylvester and Aeron were watching from behind Hagrid's
hut, thinking...
"Thanks." Sakura blushed.
"Yeh could help me tomorrow in class, eh?"
"Sure!" Sakura's eyes brightened.
Hagrid laughed. "Then make sure yer here early!"
"Yessir!"
When the bell rang, Sakura hurriedly took Lilka
to her room and rushed to lunch.
Sakura was so hungry when she got to lunch she loaded her plate; gravy and turkey, honey barbeque wings, potatoes, corn on the cob, plums, apples, rolls, and orange juice. Hermoine laughed when she saw her.
"You act as if you haven't eaten in days!"
"I feel like it. Back home, in the palace, we had our own quarters. Everything we needed was there. We didn't have to go back and forth around the palace, which I'm glad, because it's just as big as Hogwarts! But I welcome the exercise, even though I have to get used to this." She bit her corn on the cob.
"Well, soon you'll know every place in Hogwarts." Harry told her.
"That's what they told me at the palace, and it still seems like a endless place!" Sakura laughed.
"Well," Ron said, "You finish eating and we'll show you something that will be useful."
"Alright. Thanks."
"Ron, what are you doing?!" Hermoine hissed in Ron's ear.
"What, you think she's going to tell someone?" Ron snapped back.
"You never know!" Hermoine said in the middle of her stir fry (vegetables and steak fried).
"Trust me." Ron replied.
"I did that before and didn't enjoy what happened." Hermoine grumbled.
"I heard that." Ron muttered.
"Hey, when we get back, I'll show you something too!" Sakura said.
"Okay then." Hermoine agreed.
They ate the rest of their food and walked up the stairs, told the Fat Lady the password ("adelaidei"), and entered the common room. Sylvester and Aeron followed, and kept their ear on the portrait.
"Alright, Sakura, you go first." Harry said.
"Ok. but be patient because this takes a while."
Sakura closed her eyes. Her ears began to lengthen and oval. She began to get smaller. Her arms shortened and grew wings. The rest of her grew gray, brown and black short hairs. Sakura was a bat.
"Oh my gosh, Sakura!" Hermoine cried.
Don't worry. I learned this from very capable people.
"B-b-ut, you're BAT! How can we understand you?" Ron asked.
Because I still have human in me. One part, the People, or animal, part, allows me to talk to animals. The other part allows me to speak to humans.
"Oh." They said in unison.
Sakura laughed — squeaked, actually — and began to change again. This time she returned her clothes to her bat form. She lost her shape and fell to the floor in her clothes.
Sakura lifted her hand. "See?" Copper fire appeared. "This is Wild Magic. This," Teal fire appeared in her other hand, "Is the Gift. When they are combined," She placed her Gift on her Wild Magic, "they form the Wild Gift. It allows me to do what I can do with the Gift," It rose from the Wild Magic orb and leapt to her other hand, "and Wild Magic. So," She laughed, "that's your lesson for today. Now, what did you want to show me?"
"Oh, yes." Harry reached in his pocket and pulled out a parchment. "This is called the Marauder's Map. It shows every place in Hogwarts, even the hidden ones." He pointed to labeled squares. "These," he pointed to red dots, "Show every person in Hogwarts."
"Unless, of course, they are wearing an invisibility cloak," Ron blurted.
"Uh, yes. That too." Harry said.
"Well, thank you for telling me." Sakura said.
"You're welcome. Now, Hogsmeade night! Who wants to go?"
"Me!" They all said together.
Sylvester and Aeron dashed away...