Giants
Harry, Hermione, Ron and Nicola walked down to the Christmas Breakfast subdued. "Morning all." Said Dumbledore's cheery face.
"Morning." They all chorused trying to sound happy. They sat down and Harry started talking in undertone to Nicola. "Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"I… well, I've only just worked it out. You told me about Sirius and well, then it all made sense when I started thinking about it. I was going to tell you later, and then well that book was there. I had written to my mum about it and I suppose she told Melissa." Seeing Harry's face she answered "Melissa is my annoying cousin, she's so sneaky I can't believe mum even told her about it."
Just then there was a pounding noise on the great halls door. "Come in." Answered Dumbledore he's face cheerful, expecting something. A huge woman walked in; in fact she was a real live giant. "Fridwulfa, how good to see you."
"Dumbledore, how good to see you. I have come her after your Hippogriff gave me the letter."
There was now a sobbing sound coming from the other end of the table. The giant looked up. She was then shocked "Hagrid?"
Hagrid then proceeded to sob even more. "My son! I have long missed you. I regretted it dearly when you came to visit and I was absent."
She walked up to him and brought him into her arms. "Mummy!" Was the only thing that passed through Hagrid's lip's. Fridwulfa then proceeded to cry as well. This is no laughing mater. The floor around them was not a puddle; a small pond in fact. Professor Flitwick and Professor Vector were wiping tears from there eyes. Snape was looking at them in disgust, though if you looked closely there was a small tear coming down his face. Dumbledore was looking around jovially. Malfoy and his friends were looking at them with disgust if not loathing. A Hufflepuff sitting next to Hermione was crying and Hermione was sniffing on the verge of tears. A Ravenclaw first year was trying to console Professor Flitwick who was now sobbing hysterically. Nicola had a huge grin on her face, and was talking animatedly with Dumbledore. Ron, who usually showed no sympathy brushed a tear off his face. Harry felt a pit of sadness in his stomach. His was glad of course that Hagrid had been reunited with his mother, though it reminded him that he would never see his mother or father. Petunia who was sitting next to Harry was talking to Romulus Lupin, who was giving Harry odd glances.
"And you're a teacher, my little Hagrid has become a teacher, I'm so proud."
"It was 'cause of 'arry. 'e cleared me name."
Fridwulfa looked up at Harry and smiled. "Ahh, yes Little Harry Potter." Harry coloured at his attention. Ron snorted. Harry was now yearly six feet tall, though Ron still considered him to be a midget. "And a Weasley I see, never miss a beat does your family. I meet Charlie earlier this year, Dumbledore asked him to come find me."
At that exact moment Fred and George let off some fire works. "More Weasley's! Fabulous." Malfoy snorted. Fridwulfa looked up. "Don't snort at me! In case you don't know I'm the queen of giant, you should show me more respect. Though you are a Malfoy so I wouldn't be surprised, your father tried to kill me, he did. Tried to steal my galleons. Didn't get very far. One of my Dragons stopped him. He got burnt he did. Though Charlie Weasley was there at the time, turned him into a guinea pig. He made a very nice albino guinea pig he did."
Ron was looking at Malfoy with glee. "Your family has a thing with rodents, doesn't it?"
"You can talk, you're family is made up of Weasels."
"I think you'll find that weasels are in fact just mammals they don't go under the name of rodents." Shot back Hermione.
Malfoy was about to reply but then realised he was eating with all the teachers including Dumbledore and stopped.
The table quietened down and Dumbledore started talking to Harry. "I heard that you got a letter from Melissa Skeeter, about writing about you."#
"Erm… yeah."
Snape who was sitting next to Dumbledore looked like there was a very bad smell under his nose. "You've got to be joking Potter." He sneered. Malfoy looked up as he has been listening. "Yeah."
"I'm sure you want a copy, Draco." Snapped back Petunia, who had joined in.
"So are you going to let them publish it?" asked Lupin
"I have no idea. I've got to read through it first." Answered Harry
"It's over 1000 pages!" stated Ron.
"Then I'll get Hermione to read it she'll have finished it in an hour."
"Hey!" exclaimed Hermione
"Well you would." said Harry
"Actually it would take me about a day."
"So how much are they offering to pay you for it?" asked Lupin
"Umm… 10,000 galleons
Lupin's mouth dropped.
"So you'll finally come into money then Potter."
"I'll think you'll actually find, Malfoy, that my bank vault is actually quite full."
"Yeah, her won the tournament last year."
"That was pure luck, what were you living on before that? Were the Weasley's lending you money? After all you were living with those horrible muggles weren't you."
"I think you'll actually find, that the Potter's vault was actually quite full before the tournament, as they were very well off." Retorted Petunia
"My, my, Petunia. One would think that you're a relative of Potter."
Harry and Petunia shifted in their seats.
The conversation stopped and Hermione, Ron and Nicola started talking between them selves. "Nothing like, people insulting your family in the morning is there?"
"No, Professor Evans."
"Were they really that bad?" knowing all well and good that his life with her former self was terrible.
"Well let's see. I've gotten locked up in my room for days on end with little food. My bedroom was a cupboard before I joined this place."
"I'm really sorry about that." Said Petunia sincerely. "You know what I don't understand? They fact that Malfoy doesn't recognise me from Diagon Alley."
"Well I doubt he even took any notice of you really."
"Ahh… well. I'll see you later at dinner; I have to go see Dudley. Cook Christmas dinner and then come back. Wish me luck."
"Good luck. I think that you should let Vernon try they'd probably have McDonalds though."
"See you later. I liked my Nephews Christmas Present by the way." She said while getting up.
"I'm sure he liked the one that you gave him." Whispered Harry before he left.
Harry started eating his food, while Ron, Hermione and Nicola talked in whispers. He frowned at them. "So, what's wrong with you, Harry?"
Harry jumped and turned round, "Don't do that, I've had enough people sneaking up on me to last a life time."
"I'm sure." Remarked Lupin dryly. "So what wrong with you? That book, it's really on your mind. The prophecy no doubt."
"Erm, sorry to interrupt but we're going out to have a snowball fight, Professor and we need Harry to make the teams even." Said Hermione
"Oh, don't let me stop you." He smiled, "though, I think you'll find that you'll have seven people, which doesn't divide up evenly."
Hermione coloured, "oh right. But only Harry, Ron, Nicola, Fred, George and Ginny are playing."
"You missed your self out."
"I missed myself out because I have to read Harry's book. I'm sure it will be interesting."
With that Harry and the rest got up and left.
***
"Mind if we join in?" Asked a jovial voice.
"Sure, said a pink face Ginny, who ducked as a snowball flew past them and hit the person Ginny was talking, which happened to be Hagrid.
"Ack! I'll get you back, Nicola!" With that Hagrid scooped up some snow in his huge arms and threw it at Nicola. Nicola bounced out of the way and the snowball carried on going and hit Snape.
Snape got up covered in snow, wet and humiliated. He immediately saw Harry who was holding a snowball. "200 points from Gryffindor, and a detention for Potter!"
"Snape, it wasn't 'arry, 'twas me, I missed."
"Very well, no detention!" And with that he walked off.
"Oh yeah, 200 points to Gryffindor, he thought I'd forget."
The game carried on with Hagrid and Fridwulfa joining in. Harry's team, which was made of Nicola, Ron and himself were failing miserably. "Harry!" shouted Hermione running up to them. "I'm going to help, they can't see me I'm under the invisibility cloak."
"Ingenious!"
"I'll make snowballs, with my wand, then you lot can pelt them at them and then if they're still beating you I'll use my wand to fire at them."
"Ok."
After about five minutes of fierce battling a long snake of students in green robes swarmed out. "Look!" Shouted Ginny pointing at the Slytherins.
Fred and George looked at each other. "Shall we?"
As did reading each other's minds they pelted snowballs at the Slytherins. The Slytherins brandished wands and started pelting snowballs at them using them. "This means war!" roared Fridwulfa.
Hermione got out from under the invisibility cloak and started pelting snowballs at them, quicker then the 15 Slytherins could. Nicola quickly got out her one and joined in. The Slytherins were still winning. Suddenly a heap of snow fell on top of the Slytherins. Above them were Fred and George on their brooms Fred holding the end of a huge blanket.
The Gryffindors laughed. Then Dumbledore, Lupin, McGonnagal, Flitwick, Sprout, Vector and Sinatra walked out and joined them. "Is this only for Gryffindors, Slytherins and Giants or can we join?" Asked Dumbledore happily, his eyes twinkling.
The teachers were now playing against the students, who were having a private battle between them selves, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin.
Dobby, who must be Dumbledore's personal elf ran up to them and announced the dinner was ready.
"Where has the day gone?" exclaimed the professor his eyes twinkling. "There's nothing like a good snow ball fight on Christmas day to make it fly by!"
When they went back into the great hall they found Professor Evans and Snape talking. Evans looked up, "oh, do you haven't abandoned us!"
"I thought you were with family today, Professor Evans." Remarked Harry
"Does that have any thing to do with you? No I think not." Sneered Snape.
Harry gave him a look of loathing and was about to tell Snape that she was his aunt, when Dumbledore butted in. "I hope you had a marvellous time, come sit by me Petunia."
Harry then promptly sat by Petunia beating Snape. "You really shouldn't provoke him, Harry."
"I don't provoke him, he loathes me and he feeling it mutual. He hated my dad, why not me? After all he thinks my dad tried to kill me, so, going off the point how was your day?"
"Well, Dudley, what drugs was I on when I named him? He's gone mad because he only got 11 presents, being the spoilt brat that he is. Vernon and I fought, nothing unusual there. How was your day?"
"We had a snowball fight, with every one, apart from Snape, he doesn't know how to have fun."
"I might as well tell you now, but keep your voice down. Vernon and I are getting divorced!"
"You've got to be joking?" whispered back Harry trying to keep his voice down.
"We just couldn't see eye to eye. There was the fact that Dudley has put on 4 stone since I left! Then the fact that I get on with you and don't treat you like a piece of dirt. The fact that I have made him part of many a joke at his work as I walked out on him. I'm a witch, so I have he abnormality and I teach at the abnormality school, known as Hogwarts or St Brutus' for the criminally insane."
***
As ever read and review, sorry about any spelling or Grammar mistakes those are the things spell check hasn't picked up.
Harry, Hermione, Ron and Nicola walked down to the Christmas Breakfast subdued. "Morning all." Said Dumbledore's cheery face.
"Morning." They all chorused trying to sound happy. They sat down and Harry started talking in undertone to Nicola. "Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"I… well, I've only just worked it out. You told me about Sirius and well, then it all made sense when I started thinking about it. I was going to tell you later, and then well that book was there. I had written to my mum about it and I suppose she told Melissa." Seeing Harry's face she answered "Melissa is my annoying cousin, she's so sneaky I can't believe mum even told her about it."
Just then there was a pounding noise on the great halls door. "Come in." Answered Dumbledore he's face cheerful, expecting something. A huge woman walked in; in fact she was a real live giant. "Fridwulfa, how good to see you."
"Dumbledore, how good to see you. I have come her after your Hippogriff gave me the letter."
There was now a sobbing sound coming from the other end of the table. The giant looked up. She was then shocked "Hagrid?"
Hagrid then proceeded to sob even more. "My son! I have long missed you. I regretted it dearly when you came to visit and I was absent."
She walked up to him and brought him into her arms. "Mummy!" Was the only thing that passed through Hagrid's lip's. Fridwulfa then proceeded to cry as well. This is no laughing mater. The floor around them was not a puddle; a small pond in fact. Professor Flitwick and Professor Vector were wiping tears from there eyes. Snape was looking at them in disgust, though if you looked closely there was a small tear coming down his face. Dumbledore was looking around jovially. Malfoy and his friends were looking at them with disgust if not loathing. A Hufflepuff sitting next to Hermione was crying and Hermione was sniffing on the verge of tears. A Ravenclaw first year was trying to console Professor Flitwick who was now sobbing hysterically. Nicola had a huge grin on her face, and was talking animatedly with Dumbledore. Ron, who usually showed no sympathy brushed a tear off his face. Harry felt a pit of sadness in his stomach. His was glad of course that Hagrid had been reunited with his mother, though it reminded him that he would never see his mother or father. Petunia who was sitting next to Harry was talking to Romulus Lupin, who was giving Harry odd glances.
"And you're a teacher, my little Hagrid has become a teacher, I'm so proud."
"It was 'cause of 'arry. 'e cleared me name."
Fridwulfa looked up at Harry and smiled. "Ahh, yes Little Harry Potter." Harry coloured at his attention. Ron snorted. Harry was now yearly six feet tall, though Ron still considered him to be a midget. "And a Weasley I see, never miss a beat does your family. I meet Charlie earlier this year, Dumbledore asked him to come find me."
At that exact moment Fred and George let off some fire works. "More Weasley's! Fabulous." Malfoy snorted. Fridwulfa looked up. "Don't snort at me! In case you don't know I'm the queen of giant, you should show me more respect. Though you are a Malfoy so I wouldn't be surprised, your father tried to kill me, he did. Tried to steal my galleons. Didn't get very far. One of my Dragons stopped him. He got burnt he did. Though Charlie Weasley was there at the time, turned him into a guinea pig. He made a very nice albino guinea pig he did."
Ron was looking at Malfoy with glee. "Your family has a thing with rodents, doesn't it?"
"You can talk, you're family is made up of Weasels."
"I think you'll find that weasels are in fact just mammals they don't go under the name of rodents." Shot back Hermione.
Malfoy was about to reply but then realised he was eating with all the teachers including Dumbledore and stopped.
The table quietened down and Dumbledore started talking to Harry. "I heard that you got a letter from Melissa Skeeter, about writing about you."#
"Erm… yeah."
Snape who was sitting next to Dumbledore looked like there was a very bad smell under his nose. "You've got to be joking Potter." He sneered. Malfoy looked up as he has been listening. "Yeah."
"I'm sure you want a copy, Draco." Snapped back Petunia, who had joined in.
"So are you going to let them publish it?" asked Lupin
"I have no idea. I've got to read through it first." Answered Harry
"It's over 1000 pages!" stated Ron.
"Then I'll get Hermione to read it she'll have finished it in an hour."
"Hey!" exclaimed Hermione
"Well you would." said Harry
"Actually it would take me about a day."
"So how much are they offering to pay you for it?" asked Lupin
"Umm… 10,000 galleons
Lupin's mouth dropped.
"So you'll finally come into money then Potter."
"I'll think you'll actually find, Malfoy, that my bank vault is actually quite full."
"Yeah, her won the tournament last year."
"That was pure luck, what were you living on before that? Were the Weasley's lending you money? After all you were living with those horrible muggles weren't you."
"I think you'll actually find, that the Potter's vault was actually quite full before the tournament, as they were very well off." Retorted Petunia
"My, my, Petunia. One would think that you're a relative of Potter."
Harry and Petunia shifted in their seats.
The conversation stopped and Hermione, Ron and Nicola started talking between them selves. "Nothing like, people insulting your family in the morning is there?"
"No, Professor Evans."
"Were they really that bad?" knowing all well and good that his life with her former self was terrible.
"Well let's see. I've gotten locked up in my room for days on end with little food. My bedroom was a cupboard before I joined this place."
"I'm really sorry about that." Said Petunia sincerely. "You know what I don't understand? They fact that Malfoy doesn't recognise me from Diagon Alley."
"Well I doubt he even took any notice of you really."
"Ahh… well. I'll see you later at dinner; I have to go see Dudley. Cook Christmas dinner and then come back. Wish me luck."
"Good luck. I think that you should let Vernon try they'd probably have McDonalds though."
"See you later. I liked my Nephews Christmas Present by the way." She said while getting up.
"I'm sure he liked the one that you gave him." Whispered Harry before he left.
Harry started eating his food, while Ron, Hermione and Nicola talked in whispers. He frowned at them. "So, what's wrong with you, Harry?"
Harry jumped and turned round, "Don't do that, I've had enough people sneaking up on me to last a life time."
"I'm sure." Remarked Lupin dryly. "So what wrong with you? That book, it's really on your mind. The prophecy no doubt."
"Erm, sorry to interrupt but we're going out to have a snowball fight, Professor and we need Harry to make the teams even." Said Hermione
"Oh, don't let me stop you." He smiled, "though, I think you'll find that you'll have seven people, which doesn't divide up evenly."
Hermione coloured, "oh right. But only Harry, Ron, Nicola, Fred, George and Ginny are playing."
"You missed your self out."
"I missed myself out because I have to read Harry's book. I'm sure it will be interesting."
With that Harry and the rest got up and left.
***
"Mind if we join in?" Asked a jovial voice.
"Sure, said a pink face Ginny, who ducked as a snowball flew past them and hit the person Ginny was talking, which happened to be Hagrid.
"Ack! I'll get you back, Nicola!" With that Hagrid scooped up some snow in his huge arms and threw it at Nicola. Nicola bounced out of the way and the snowball carried on going and hit Snape.
Snape got up covered in snow, wet and humiliated. He immediately saw Harry who was holding a snowball. "200 points from Gryffindor, and a detention for Potter!"
"Snape, it wasn't 'arry, 'twas me, I missed."
"Very well, no detention!" And with that he walked off.
"Oh yeah, 200 points to Gryffindor, he thought I'd forget."
The game carried on with Hagrid and Fridwulfa joining in. Harry's team, which was made of Nicola, Ron and himself were failing miserably. "Harry!" shouted Hermione running up to them. "I'm going to help, they can't see me I'm under the invisibility cloak."
"Ingenious!"
"I'll make snowballs, with my wand, then you lot can pelt them at them and then if they're still beating you I'll use my wand to fire at them."
"Ok."
After about five minutes of fierce battling a long snake of students in green robes swarmed out. "Look!" Shouted Ginny pointing at the Slytherins.
Fred and George looked at each other. "Shall we?"
As did reading each other's minds they pelted snowballs at the Slytherins. The Slytherins brandished wands and started pelting snowballs at them using them. "This means war!" roared Fridwulfa.
Hermione got out from under the invisibility cloak and started pelting snowballs at them, quicker then the 15 Slytherins could. Nicola quickly got out her one and joined in. The Slytherins were still winning. Suddenly a heap of snow fell on top of the Slytherins. Above them were Fred and George on their brooms Fred holding the end of a huge blanket.
The Gryffindors laughed. Then Dumbledore, Lupin, McGonnagal, Flitwick, Sprout, Vector and Sinatra walked out and joined them. "Is this only for Gryffindors, Slytherins and Giants or can we join?" Asked Dumbledore happily, his eyes twinkling.
The teachers were now playing against the students, who were having a private battle between them selves, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin.
Dobby, who must be Dumbledore's personal elf ran up to them and announced the dinner was ready.
"Where has the day gone?" exclaimed the professor his eyes twinkling. "There's nothing like a good snow ball fight on Christmas day to make it fly by!"
When they went back into the great hall they found Professor Evans and Snape talking. Evans looked up, "oh, do you haven't abandoned us!"
"I thought you were with family today, Professor Evans." Remarked Harry
"Does that have any thing to do with you? No I think not." Sneered Snape.
Harry gave him a look of loathing and was about to tell Snape that she was his aunt, when Dumbledore butted in. "I hope you had a marvellous time, come sit by me Petunia."
Harry then promptly sat by Petunia beating Snape. "You really shouldn't provoke him, Harry."
"I don't provoke him, he loathes me and he feeling it mutual. He hated my dad, why not me? After all he thinks my dad tried to kill me, so, going off the point how was your day?"
"Well, Dudley, what drugs was I on when I named him? He's gone mad because he only got 11 presents, being the spoilt brat that he is. Vernon and I fought, nothing unusual there. How was your day?"
"We had a snowball fight, with every one, apart from Snape, he doesn't know how to have fun."
"I might as well tell you now, but keep your voice down. Vernon and I are getting divorced!"
"You've got to be joking?" whispered back Harry trying to keep his voice down.
"We just couldn't see eye to eye. There was the fact that Dudley has put on 4 stone since I left! Then the fact that I get on with you and don't treat you like a piece of dirt. The fact that I have made him part of many a joke at his work as I walked out on him. I'm a witch, so I have he abnormality and I teach at the abnormality school, known as Hogwarts or St Brutus' for the criminally insane."
***
As ever read and review, sorry about any spelling or Grammar mistakes those are the things spell check hasn't picked up.