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Chapter 6

Leaning nonchalantly against a tree, Daine waited for the rest of the class to show up. She had left the Great Hall and her breakfast to arrive in Care of Magical Creatures early, as she had heard a great deal about the teacher (Reubus Hagrid) and wished to talk to him before class. But Hagrid hadn't turned up yet, either.

Suddenly there was a great commotion- a large boarhound leapt out from the Dark Forest. It barked boomingly, and bounded right up to her. With her tawny eyes glowing, Daine knelt and whispered, "You beautiful, beautiful boy!" She sniffed at him, and barked a greeting at him. Fang looked surprised, then barked back. Their conversation went something like this:

Daine: 'Hello there, pack brother.'

Fang: 'What happened to you? (At this point Fang ran round her and tried to sniff her ass). You look like a human!'

Daine: '(giggle) I am a human, silly!'

Fang: '…?'

Daine: 'Well, actually, I'm not fully human.'

Fang: 'Ha! I knew you had some of us in you!'

Daine: 'Actually, I'm a demi-god.'

Fang: '…?'

Daine: 'Just cos I don't have any Person in me doesn't mean I can't talk.'

Fang: 'Oh, I suppose…'

 "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!!!"

Fang immediately tucked his tail between his legs and shot behind a tree- Daine stood up so fast she nearly knocked herself out on a low-hanging branch. She whirled around, her eyes burning like molten gold, fury sparking off her like lightning. "What did you do that for?!" she yelled. "We were just having a conversation and …"

Daine trailed off when she realized that she was glaring at somebody's stomach- a vast, furred stomach. She moved her gaze upwards, and finally located a face, some four feet above her own. A face that closely resembled a hairy thundercloud, with two small black beetley eyes glaring down at her from over a tangled black beard. A rather terrifying face. But Daine didn't gawk, didn't turn tail and run- she merely blinked twice, then reassumed a furious expression to finish her sentence: "… it's rude to cut into a conversation that way!"

Now it was the irate man's turn to blink. "Yeh were 'aving a conversation wi' Fang?"

"Yes." Daine replied with dignity.

"Really?" he asked incredulously.

"Yes!" she cried.

"Oh. Well then… I can see that you're my kinda girl!" Much to her surprise, the big man reached out and grasped her hand. He began pumping it up and down. "I'm Reubus 'Agrid! Er, sorry 'bout the scare I gave yeh… temper runs away wi' me sometimes."

Completely taken aback, Daine stuttered, "Oh… um… yeah, that's ok, I mean… what were you so angry about anyway?"

Hagrid looked a bit sheepish. "Well, I've 'ad a bit of a bad day, and I thought yeh were teasin' Fang… some people 'ave been doin' tha', yeh know."

The Fate of Death frowned. "That's horrible. Who would do that and why?"

The man sighed, and said one word: "Slytherins."

"Slytherins? I heard they were an unpleasant lot, but why would they tease Fang?"

"Well, t' hurt Fang is t' hurt me- an' they don' like me very much."

"Why not?" asked Daine.

Hagrid gave a humourless laugh. "For many reasons- number one, I'm an 'alf-giant. Number two, I'm friends wi' 'Arry Potter. Number three, tha' little prat Malfoy don' like me, so they don'."

Daine looked thoughtful. "My sister is in Slytherin. Sounds like she'll fit in."

The Gamekeeper was puzzled. "Yeh're sister?" Then: "Yeh're a student?"

"That I am," proclaimed Daine proudly. "To be exact, I'm a sixth year Gryffindor who will be taking your Care of Magical Creatures class this term."

Her teacher's stunned face was the only answer she got.