Disclaimer: I don't have blond hair, I'm not British, I'm not a female, I'm not married, and I'm not richer than the Queen. That must mean that I'm not J.K Rowling and I don't own Harry Potter.
A/N:
Well I know it's been a while and I'm sorry about that. I said that I was going to continue with the story a week or so after reading OotP but I had other engagements. First I wanted to savour the moments of reading the book (which took me 8 straight hours) than I wanted to take some time to take it all in. It was an amazing book. I also wanted to read it again so I can fully understand it and did so 3 times over. Yeah I know I'm a freak. I also had my time taken up by my job. I'm a program director at my local Boys and Girls club. God that was hell. I felt like Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie "Kindergarten Cop." It was madness. Kids can be a real handful.
And on top of that I wanted to spend some time with my grandmother who is not feeling all to well.
That's all I have to say I guess. Thanks for listening to me vent. I have this chapter done (obviously) and the next chapter ALMOST finished. And since it took me a while to update I've made this chapter and next chapter longer.
OK I'll shut up now. Enjoy
Chapter 9
Lunch was drawing to a close and the Great Hall was now starting to empty. Students were now getting up to go to their next class and Ron was now starting to feel a little nervous.
"What's the matter mate?" asked Harry.
"Um, nothing just a bit wheezy that's all" said Ron a little weakly
"Well who can hardly blame you for feeling a little wheezy. Look at all the food you consumed, and it's enough to feed an entire country. I'm surprised you can even stand. Honestly, it's like you haven't eaten in days" said Hermione.
Ron had once again eaten an unusual amount of food which once again caught the attention of his fellow Gryffindor's.
Ron wanted so badly to tell Hermione that she was dead wrong, but she was right on the fact that he actually hadn't eaten in days. It wasn't the fact that he had eaten so much that made him feel sick, but it was the fact that a new day was about to begin. Of course not literally since Ron was still trapped in repeating the same day over and over. It was the fact that this part of the day was going to be new to him. No detention with Snape meant forward with the usual school day. Ron was going into it totally in the dark. Which ironically is what he really wanted since it used to be normal.
"Well I'm feeling like a million galleons now. Lets head down to Hagrid's for the next lesson shall we?" said Ron at an attempt to sound normal and cheerful.
"Yeah lets go, the lesson starts in 10 minutes" said Harry
As the trio headed down toward the grounds to Hagrid's they were stopped by Pansy Parkinson. She had a nasty look on her face and she directed it straight at Ron.
"It's all your fault weasel" shrieked Pansy.
"What's all my fault?"asked Ron
"You think that stunt you pulled back there during lunch hour was quite clever, don't you Weasley? It's your fault that Draco has to spend the rest of the day in the dungeons. Well I think you are nothing but a dirt poor disgrace for a pureblood" said Pansy
Normally Ron would take great offence to the words that had just been delivered to him but he was not stupid enough to try something against Pansy. The fact that Malfoy got a detention in the dungeons had made Ron feel very happy indeed. Ron just grinned and tried to push his way but was stopped by Pansy again.
"Look at you, hanging around with an ugly Mudblood, how pathetic" said Pansy
Hermione looked furious at being called a Mudblood, but took no action. Ron and Harry could see tears building in her eyes.
"Well I don't think you should be the one talking about other people being ugly Pansy. You're not exactly a good-looking person yourself. How many mirrors have you shattered this term?" said Ron.
"What the hell is that stupid question supposed to mean weasel?" asked Pansy.
"It means Ron wants to know how many mirrors your gruesome face cause to shatter this term" said Harry cooly.
"That's right, I mean everyone knows you're so ugly you could strip the varnish off of a broom stick" said Ron.
Pansy put a hand over her mouth and looked deeply shocked.
"Now if you don't mind, please move out of our way and go back and join the rest of your herd. Your fellow pigs might get worried about you" said Ron.
At that precise moment Crabbe and Goyle showed up looking as dumbfounded as ever.
"Ah and speaking of the herd, there you go Pansy you have escorts" said Harry.
Ron, Harry and Hermione continued down to the hut leaving Pansy on the brink of tears. When they reached Hagrid's hut, they were greeted by their Care of Magical Creatures teacher who beamed at the sight of the trio. Clearly the trio was late for the lesson and was the last to arrive but Hagrid didn't seem to mind.
"Lo you three, ready ter get dis lesson started?" said Hagrid
"Hi Hagrid, sorry we're late" said Hermione breathlessly.
"Oh das alright Ermione. Besides I jus got ere meself" said Hagrid chuckling.
Ron, Harry and Hermione smiled as Hagrid winked at them.
Hagrid turned around and faced the rest of the class "Well now, today we're goin to start the study of a new magical creature" said Hagrid as he picked up a rather large crate.
Ron had noticed that these were the same crates that Hagrid had brought out of his hut at the start of each morning. Although the crates did spark curiosity in Ron, he didn't expect the crates were for this particular lesson.
As Hagrid picked up the large crate and set it down in front of the students a loud howl came from the box and it rumbled very violently. Everyone including Ron, Harry and Hermione stepped away from the box as quick as they could. Even Hagrid seemed a bit startled which Ron thought was not a good sign.
"Er . . . well, no harm's been done to it. Its fairly harmless" said Hagrid "c'mon gather roun' now, gather roun' don' be scared."
No one seemed to believed Hagrid as the class still kept a good distance from Hagrid and the crate. Ron could hardly blame them; Hagrid's track record for bringing in so called safe and harmless creatures were not reliable. The Blast-Ended Skrewts was of course a nightmare to handle. It was a miracle no one lost any fingers that year.
When none of the class made a move to go closer to the Hagrid and the crate, Hagrid said "er, well I guess its better ter keep a little distance jus ter be safe."
"Well, er, what I'm about ter show you guys is a mountain creature. It's rather cute if you ask me, but I'll let ye guys see fer yer-selves."
Ron and Harry looked at each other and grinned at the fact that Hagrid would call any dangerous creature cute. Hermione rolled her eyes and the class watched in anticipation as Hagrid opened the crate. Hagrid carefully lifted the lid off the crate, very carefully grabbed whatever creature was inside and showed it to the entire class.
For once Ron thought Hagrid may have been right. The creature was fairly small and actually looked pretty darn cute; the girls actually said 'awww' at the sight of it. It didn't look like a dangerous beast at all. The creature looked more or less like a house cat with a large amount of ivory coloured fur. Ron couldn't believe that something so small could have caused such a roar and rumble a while ago.
Ron and Lavender's eyes met briefly and smiled at each other. Hermione nudged Ron hard in the ribs to get him to pay attention to Hagrid.
"Now who ere can tell me what this is?" said Hagrid
"It looks like a normal cat" said Harry
"No, no I can assure you it's not a normal cat Harry" chuckled Hagrid.
"No one?" asked Hagrid holding the creature closer to his chest area. "Well this ere' creature is called a Tongustian. It lives mostly in the mountains like I said before and there are about six thousand of em' living in Great Britain alone. Now don't let the size of this creature fool yeh, they're extremely efficient at and defendin themselves. They ave' this special ability to . . ."
The Tongustian seemed to be moving around in Hagrid's arms a lot and it got to a point where its fur brushed against Hagrid's nose. He let out a gigantic sneeze "ARRRR CHOOOOO" which not only frightened the class but unfortunately the Tongustian in his arms.
Ron, Harry, Hermione and the rest of the class didn't need to hear the explanation of the Tongustian's special ability or how Tongustian's were efficient at defending themselves because they saw first hand what the Tongustian was capable of. When Hagrid let out his huge sneeze, the Tongustian quickly jumped out from under his grasp and quickly transformed itself.
It was no longer the cute house cat that Ron had once believed it to be. The Tongustian transformed itself from a cat to what looked like a tiger, but this tiger was not like any other. It was at least a metre longer and looked to be about several hundred pounds heavier. Its face also contorted into something more fierce looking, with its fangs now 12 inches long and what looked like to now have razor sharp teeth. The Tongustian let out a roar as saliva ran down from its mouth. It was clear that the newly transformed Tongustian was much more aggressive now than two minutes ago.
The entire class was in shock as the Tongustian finished its transformation. The beast headed toward Hagrid and in a blink of an eye the beast pounced on the Care of Magical Creatures professor. There was a loud thud as the beast pounced on the half giant, knocking Hagrid out when he hit his head hard on a rock. When Hermione let out a loud shriek, it caught the attention of the beast. Instead of finishing off Hagrid, the now more fierce Tongustian started rounding on the students. Ron's first instinct was to run as fast as he could and as soon as Harry shouted "RUN!" he did and the others quickly followed suit and ran in all different directions screaming.
As Ron was running he notice he, Hermione and Harry were running in completely different directions also. Ron ran toward to castle while Harry was heading toward the hut and Hermione ran closer to the Forbidden Forest. The Tongustian was chasing neither Ron, Harry nor Hermione but it was chasing Dean and Parvati. Ron's first thought was to stop and try and help Dean and Parvati from being completely torn to shreds. He stopped and took out his wand and as soon as he did, Harry and Hermione did so too. The trio quickly ran toward the Tongustian in hopes of stopping it from getting Dean and Parvati.
"Stupify!" shouted Harry missing his target but gaining the attention of the beast. The Tongustian stopped its pursuit of Dean and Parvati but turned to chase Harry instead.
Hermione also shouted "Stupify!" to try and distract the beast from Harry. It had worked but this was far more dangerous than what happen with Harry. The beast was much closer to Hermione than it was to Harry and she was in danger of getting caught by the beast.
Ron quickly shouted the first thing that came into his head but it wasn't a spell.
"NOOO! OVER HERE! OVER HERE, ME! ME!" shouted Ron waving his arms and jumping up and down.
The beast stopped in its tracks and looked like it was in conflict over which one it should chase. Ron not wasting any more time, raised his wand and sent red sparks at the beast which seemed to infuriate it.
It was no surprise that the red sparks had worked and the beast was now running toward Ron who was much farther away from the beast.
Ron shouted spells in hopes of stopping the beast. "Stupify! Loco Motormotus!" Both spells were dodged by the Tongustian who was clearly as quick as lightning. Ron continued shouting different spells but the Tongustian kept dogging them all. Finally the beast came within about 8 feet of Ron when it leapt into the air. Ron was going to be pounced on when out of nowhere Hagrid (who regained consciousness) jumped and intercepted the Tongustian in mid air before it got Ron.
Hagrid wrestled the Tongustian beast trying to overcome it and keep it still.
"STUN IT RON!" shouted Hagrid while he held the beast down.
"Stupify!" yelled Ron. This time the spell did hit the Tongustian but it didn't do much as Ron would have hoped.
"YOU AVE' TO STUN IT SEVERAL TIMES!" shouted Hagrid.
"Stupify! Stupify! Stupify! Stupify! Stupify! Stupify!" yelled Ron. The stunning spells this time seemed to have worked and the Tongustian beast was quickly motionless and knocked out cold.
Hagrid rolled off the beast and laid on the ground panting and grasping for oxygen. He looked exhausted and rightfully so. After being knocked out and than re wakening only to wrestle that thing again, who can blame him.
"Hagrid are you ok!" said Ron still in a state of shock
Hagrid didn't answer and Ron could see that the entire class was now rushing toward them.
"Ron! Hagrid! Are you alright?" asked Harry who also looked astonished. It was not a surprise to Ron that the entire class too was in a state of worry and fear. The class still kept a distance in case the beast woke up again and chase after them.
"Yeah I think I'm ok, I'm still in one piece anyway" said Ron breathlessly trying to crack a feeble joke. "I think Hagrid is hurt badly"
Hermione was as white as a ghost and didn't say anything.
"Nah! I'm fine, jus fine" growled Hagrid now getting up off the ground, finally catching his breath.
"Hagrid I think we ought to get you to the hospital wing immediately" said Hermione who finally said something.
"Yeah Hagrid, it looks like you took a nasty bump on the head there. There's some blood coming from your head" said Ron.
"Yeh, yeh I suppose so. But I want ter check and make sure you lot are alrigh firs" said Hagrid and he went over to check on the rest of the students.
"Listen Ron, um . . . thanks for that back there. It was incredibly stupid of you to risk your life like that but at least we're ok" said Hermione a little awkwardly.
"Um . . . don't mention it" said Ron
"That was the most frightening experience I've ever witnessed in this class. What the hell was Hagrid thinking of bringing that Tongustian thing here?" asked Harry quietly.
"You know Hagrid. All beasts are fascinating to him" said Ron grinning.
Harry gave a short laugh and than turned to look at the laying Tongustian. He raised his wand and ropes shot out from it. The ropes bounded the Tongustian's feet and also clamped its mouth shut.
"Just in case" said Harry smiling.
Hagrid was now telling the class that the lesson was obviously finished for the day and to go back to their dormitories to get cleaned up. Luckily the whole class didn't suffer from any injuries. Ron, Harry and Hermione all had the same idea to stay behind and help Hagrid.
"All righ' you three?" asked Hagrid
"We're all fine. But you should go up to the hospital wing Hagrid" said Hermione.
"Yeh but firs I want to get this back into the crate" said Hagrid.
Hagrid lifted the Tongustian up in his arms and carried it back to the box. He sealed the crate and went back to the trio.
"Listen, I want ter apologize fer that lesson" said Hagrid sadly. "I could ave' gotten you all killed. I shouldn' ave' brought the Tongustian ere."
Ron felt angry and wanted to tell Hagrid off for putting them in that kind of danger but the look on Hagrid's face made it difficult. Ron instead said nothing and just looked normally at him.
"Listen Hagrid, I know you didn't mean to put us in any danger" said Hermione in a consoling tone.
"Um . . . yeah Hagrid. Don't worry about it" said Harry
Ron decided to forgive and patted Hagrid on the arm. "Yeah Hagrid, don't worry about it"
Hagrid looked like he was feeling better because of the comforting words from the three.
"Thanks you guys" said Hagrid "oh by the way, I have to award you lot points for helping me with the Tongustian back there."
"Thirty points fer Hermione and thirty fer Harry. Thirty-five fer Ron fer stunning the beast" said Hagrid beaming.
"Cheers Hagrid" said Harry.
"Now you lot have about thirty five minutes left so I want you three to go back up to yer dormitories and get cleaned up fer yer next lesson alright"
"Fine, but you have to go up to the hospital wing right now" commanded Hermione.
"Alrigh I'll go right now" said Hagrid smiling "now take care you three and I'll see you lot soon."
"Ok Hagrid" said Ron, Harry and Hermione together and they went up toward to castle.
After the three got cleaned up and put on new school robes they headed down toward the green houses for their last lesson of the day, Herbology.
When they arrived at green house three, they were greeted by Ernie Macmillan.
"Whoa I heard you guys had a very interesting Care of Magical Creatures class" said Ernie
"Well interesting is one way of putting it" said Harry grinning.
"Life threatening more like it" said Hermione scowling.
"Yeah it was a really awful class Ernie, we could have gotten seriously injured by that beast Hagrid brought in" said Ron shaking his head.
"Killed more like it" said Harry
As Ron, Harry and Hermione sat next to each other at one table, Professor Sprout came in and started the lesson.
"Settle down class. Now today we're going to continue with our lesson on the Verennial Vertanna. Each member from their group can come up and get their Verennial Vertanna from last class. Just do the same thing I taught you before and I'll come around to check"
Ron remembered the Verennial Vertanna from his last Herbology class, which technically to him was last week. The Verennial Vertanna was a rather tall plant that Ron and Harry thought was a bit on the boring side. It didn't really do anything but just grow and grow at a very rapid pace. The plant however did have a very special use. The Verennial Vertanna contained very special leaves that were used for brewing most common health potions and the rest of the leaves were useless and had to be cut off. By the time Hermione brought their plant back to their table it had looked like a miniature tree in a pot with thick greens surrounding it. The plant had so many leaves that it would probably take them all class to trim and get rid of the useless ones. Their class assignment was to keep the plant stable and healthy.
Ron, Harry and Hermione spent what seemed like forever cutting the useless leaves off their Verennial Vertanna which greatly bored Ron and Harry. Hermione however frowned at the two and said "this is really fascinating work, I don't see why you two don't like it."
Ron's mind started to drift away from the plant and onto what was going to happen after class. He was of course exhausted from the day especially after Care of Magical Creatures, but he was still committed to going on that walk with Lavender.
Harry looked at his watch and said he'd had enough with the Verennial Vertanna for one day and of course Ron could tell that the Herbology lesson was very soon coming to a close. Which meant that the walk with Lavender was soon approaching.
A/N: Since I started this story before OotP came out, Harry may seem a little happy for someone who went through the events of book 5. I don't intend to change a whole lot and hopefully people won't mind. I'll probably add characters like Luna Lovegood in the upcoming chapters but haven't decided yet. Look for the next chapter soon, I'm halfway done and close to getting finish.
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BTW: I hated writing lines for Hagrid, it was brutal.
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A/N:
Well I know it's been a while and I'm sorry about that. I said that I was going to continue with the story a week or so after reading OotP but I had other engagements. First I wanted to savour the moments of reading the book (which took me 8 straight hours) than I wanted to take some time to take it all in. It was an amazing book. I also wanted to read it again so I can fully understand it and did so 3 times over. Yeah I know I'm a freak. I also had my time taken up by my job. I'm a program director at my local Boys and Girls club. God that was hell. I felt like Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie "Kindergarten Cop." It was madness. Kids can be a real handful.
And on top of that I wanted to spend some time with my grandmother who is not feeling all to well.
That's all I have to say I guess. Thanks for listening to me vent. I have this chapter done (obviously) and the next chapter ALMOST finished. And since it took me a while to update I've made this chapter and next chapter longer.
OK I'll shut up now. Enjoy
Chapter 9
Lunch was drawing to a close and the Great Hall was now starting to empty. Students were now getting up to go to their next class and Ron was now starting to feel a little nervous.
"What's the matter mate?" asked Harry.
"Um, nothing just a bit wheezy that's all" said Ron a little weakly
"Well who can hardly blame you for feeling a little wheezy. Look at all the food you consumed, and it's enough to feed an entire country. I'm surprised you can even stand. Honestly, it's like you haven't eaten in days" said Hermione.
Ron had once again eaten an unusual amount of food which once again caught the attention of his fellow Gryffindor's.
Ron wanted so badly to tell Hermione that she was dead wrong, but she was right on the fact that he actually hadn't eaten in days. It wasn't the fact that he had eaten so much that made him feel sick, but it was the fact that a new day was about to begin. Of course not literally since Ron was still trapped in repeating the same day over and over. It was the fact that this part of the day was going to be new to him. No detention with Snape meant forward with the usual school day. Ron was going into it totally in the dark. Which ironically is what he really wanted since it used to be normal.
"Well I'm feeling like a million galleons now. Lets head down to Hagrid's for the next lesson shall we?" said Ron at an attempt to sound normal and cheerful.
"Yeah lets go, the lesson starts in 10 minutes" said Harry
As the trio headed down toward the grounds to Hagrid's they were stopped by Pansy Parkinson. She had a nasty look on her face and she directed it straight at Ron.
"It's all your fault weasel" shrieked Pansy.
"What's all my fault?"asked Ron
"You think that stunt you pulled back there during lunch hour was quite clever, don't you Weasley? It's your fault that Draco has to spend the rest of the day in the dungeons. Well I think you are nothing but a dirt poor disgrace for a pureblood" said Pansy
Normally Ron would take great offence to the words that had just been delivered to him but he was not stupid enough to try something against Pansy. The fact that Malfoy got a detention in the dungeons had made Ron feel very happy indeed. Ron just grinned and tried to push his way but was stopped by Pansy again.
"Look at you, hanging around with an ugly Mudblood, how pathetic" said Pansy
Hermione looked furious at being called a Mudblood, but took no action. Ron and Harry could see tears building in her eyes.
"Well I don't think you should be the one talking about other people being ugly Pansy. You're not exactly a good-looking person yourself. How many mirrors have you shattered this term?" said Ron.
"What the hell is that stupid question supposed to mean weasel?" asked Pansy.
"It means Ron wants to know how many mirrors your gruesome face cause to shatter this term" said Harry cooly.
"That's right, I mean everyone knows you're so ugly you could strip the varnish off of a broom stick" said Ron.
Pansy put a hand over her mouth and looked deeply shocked.
"Now if you don't mind, please move out of our way and go back and join the rest of your herd. Your fellow pigs might get worried about you" said Ron.
At that precise moment Crabbe and Goyle showed up looking as dumbfounded as ever.
"Ah and speaking of the herd, there you go Pansy you have escorts" said Harry.
Ron, Harry and Hermione continued down to the hut leaving Pansy on the brink of tears. When they reached Hagrid's hut, they were greeted by their Care of Magical Creatures teacher who beamed at the sight of the trio. Clearly the trio was late for the lesson and was the last to arrive but Hagrid didn't seem to mind.
"Lo you three, ready ter get dis lesson started?" said Hagrid
"Hi Hagrid, sorry we're late" said Hermione breathlessly.
"Oh das alright Ermione. Besides I jus got ere meself" said Hagrid chuckling.
Ron, Harry and Hermione smiled as Hagrid winked at them.
Hagrid turned around and faced the rest of the class "Well now, today we're goin to start the study of a new magical creature" said Hagrid as he picked up a rather large crate.
Ron had noticed that these were the same crates that Hagrid had brought out of his hut at the start of each morning. Although the crates did spark curiosity in Ron, he didn't expect the crates were for this particular lesson.
As Hagrid picked up the large crate and set it down in front of the students a loud howl came from the box and it rumbled very violently. Everyone including Ron, Harry and Hermione stepped away from the box as quick as they could. Even Hagrid seemed a bit startled which Ron thought was not a good sign.
"Er . . . well, no harm's been done to it. Its fairly harmless" said Hagrid "c'mon gather roun' now, gather roun' don' be scared."
No one seemed to believed Hagrid as the class still kept a good distance from Hagrid and the crate. Ron could hardly blame them; Hagrid's track record for bringing in so called safe and harmless creatures were not reliable. The Blast-Ended Skrewts was of course a nightmare to handle. It was a miracle no one lost any fingers that year.
When none of the class made a move to go closer to the Hagrid and the crate, Hagrid said "er, well I guess its better ter keep a little distance jus ter be safe."
"Well, er, what I'm about ter show you guys is a mountain creature. It's rather cute if you ask me, but I'll let ye guys see fer yer-selves."
Ron and Harry looked at each other and grinned at the fact that Hagrid would call any dangerous creature cute. Hermione rolled her eyes and the class watched in anticipation as Hagrid opened the crate. Hagrid carefully lifted the lid off the crate, very carefully grabbed whatever creature was inside and showed it to the entire class.
For once Ron thought Hagrid may have been right. The creature was fairly small and actually looked pretty darn cute; the girls actually said 'awww' at the sight of it. It didn't look like a dangerous beast at all. The creature looked more or less like a house cat with a large amount of ivory coloured fur. Ron couldn't believe that something so small could have caused such a roar and rumble a while ago.
Ron and Lavender's eyes met briefly and smiled at each other. Hermione nudged Ron hard in the ribs to get him to pay attention to Hagrid.
"Now who ere can tell me what this is?" said Hagrid
"It looks like a normal cat" said Harry
"No, no I can assure you it's not a normal cat Harry" chuckled Hagrid.
"No one?" asked Hagrid holding the creature closer to his chest area. "Well this ere' creature is called a Tongustian. It lives mostly in the mountains like I said before and there are about six thousand of em' living in Great Britain alone. Now don't let the size of this creature fool yeh, they're extremely efficient at and defendin themselves. They ave' this special ability to . . ."
The Tongustian seemed to be moving around in Hagrid's arms a lot and it got to a point where its fur brushed against Hagrid's nose. He let out a gigantic sneeze "ARRRR CHOOOOO" which not only frightened the class but unfortunately the Tongustian in his arms.
Ron, Harry, Hermione and the rest of the class didn't need to hear the explanation of the Tongustian's special ability or how Tongustian's were efficient at defending themselves because they saw first hand what the Tongustian was capable of. When Hagrid let out his huge sneeze, the Tongustian quickly jumped out from under his grasp and quickly transformed itself.
It was no longer the cute house cat that Ron had once believed it to be. The Tongustian transformed itself from a cat to what looked like a tiger, but this tiger was not like any other. It was at least a metre longer and looked to be about several hundred pounds heavier. Its face also contorted into something more fierce looking, with its fangs now 12 inches long and what looked like to now have razor sharp teeth. The Tongustian let out a roar as saliva ran down from its mouth. It was clear that the newly transformed Tongustian was much more aggressive now than two minutes ago.
The entire class was in shock as the Tongustian finished its transformation. The beast headed toward Hagrid and in a blink of an eye the beast pounced on the Care of Magical Creatures professor. There was a loud thud as the beast pounced on the half giant, knocking Hagrid out when he hit his head hard on a rock. When Hermione let out a loud shriek, it caught the attention of the beast. Instead of finishing off Hagrid, the now more fierce Tongustian started rounding on the students. Ron's first instinct was to run as fast as he could and as soon as Harry shouted "RUN!" he did and the others quickly followed suit and ran in all different directions screaming.
As Ron was running he notice he, Hermione and Harry were running in completely different directions also. Ron ran toward to castle while Harry was heading toward the hut and Hermione ran closer to the Forbidden Forest. The Tongustian was chasing neither Ron, Harry nor Hermione but it was chasing Dean and Parvati. Ron's first thought was to stop and try and help Dean and Parvati from being completely torn to shreds. He stopped and took out his wand and as soon as he did, Harry and Hermione did so too. The trio quickly ran toward the Tongustian in hopes of stopping it from getting Dean and Parvati.
"Stupify!" shouted Harry missing his target but gaining the attention of the beast. The Tongustian stopped its pursuit of Dean and Parvati but turned to chase Harry instead.
Hermione also shouted "Stupify!" to try and distract the beast from Harry. It had worked but this was far more dangerous than what happen with Harry. The beast was much closer to Hermione than it was to Harry and she was in danger of getting caught by the beast.
Ron quickly shouted the first thing that came into his head but it wasn't a spell.
"NOOO! OVER HERE! OVER HERE, ME! ME!" shouted Ron waving his arms and jumping up and down.
The beast stopped in its tracks and looked like it was in conflict over which one it should chase. Ron not wasting any more time, raised his wand and sent red sparks at the beast which seemed to infuriate it.
It was no surprise that the red sparks had worked and the beast was now running toward Ron who was much farther away from the beast.
Ron shouted spells in hopes of stopping the beast. "Stupify! Loco Motormotus!" Both spells were dodged by the Tongustian who was clearly as quick as lightning. Ron continued shouting different spells but the Tongustian kept dogging them all. Finally the beast came within about 8 feet of Ron when it leapt into the air. Ron was going to be pounced on when out of nowhere Hagrid (who regained consciousness) jumped and intercepted the Tongustian in mid air before it got Ron.
Hagrid wrestled the Tongustian beast trying to overcome it and keep it still.
"STUN IT RON!" shouted Hagrid while he held the beast down.
"Stupify!" yelled Ron. This time the spell did hit the Tongustian but it didn't do much as Ron would have hoped.
"YOU AVE' TO STUN IT SEVERAL TIMES!" shouted Hagrid.
"Stupify! Stupify! Stupify! Stupify! Stupify! Stupify!" yelled Ron. The stunning spells this time seemed to have worked and the Tongustian beast was quickly motionless and knocked out cold.
Hagrid rolled off the beast and laid on the ground panting and grasping for oxygen. He looked exhausted and rightfully so. After being knocked out and than re wakening only to wrestle that thing again, who can blame him.
"Hagrid are you ok!" said Ron still in a state of shock
Hagrid didn't answer and Ron could see that the entire class was now rushing toward them.
"Ron! Hagrid! Are you alright?" asked Harry who also looked astonished. It was not a surprise to Ron that the entire class too was in a state of worry and fear. The class still kept a distance in case the beast woke up again and chase after them.
"Yeah I think I'm ok, I'm still in one piece anyway" said Ron breathlessly trying to crack a feeble joke. "I think Hagrid is hurt badly"
Hermione was as white as a ghost and didn't say anything.
"Nah! I'm fine, jus fine" growled Hagrid now getting up off the ground, finally catching his breath.
"Hagrid I think we ought to get you to the hospital wing immediately" said Hermione who finally said something.
"Yeah Hagrid, it looks like you took a nasty bump on the head there. There's some blood coming from your head" said Ron.
"Yeh, yeh I suppose so. But I want ter check and make sure you lot are alrigh firs" said Hagrid and he went over to check on the rest of the students.
"Listen Ron, um . . . thanks for that back there. It was incredibly stupid of you to risk your life like that but at least we're ok" said Hermione a little awkwardly.
"Um . . . don't mention it" said Ron
"That was the most frightening experience I've ever witnessed in this class. What the hell was Hagrid thinking of bringing that Tongustian thing here?" asked Harry quietly.
"You know Hagrid. All beasts are fascinating to him" said Ron grinning.
Harry gave a short laugh and than turned to look at the laying Tongustian. He raised his wand and ropes shot out from it. The ropes bounded the Tongustian's feet and also clamped its mouth shut.
"Just in case" said Harry smiling.
Hagrid was now telling the class that the lesson was obviously finished for the day and to go back to their dormitories to get cleaned up. Luckily the whole class didn't suffer from any injuries. Ron, Harry and Hermione all had the same idea to stay behind and help Hagrid.
"All righ' you three?" asked Hagrid
"We're all fine. But you should go up to the hospital wing Hagrid" said Hermione.
"Yeh but firs I want to get this back into the crate" said Hagrid.
Hagrid lifted the Tongustian up in his arms and carried it back to the box. He sealed the crate and went back to the trio.
"Listen, I want ter apologize fer that lesson" said Hagrid sadly. "I could ave' gotten you all killed. I shouldn' ave' brought the Tongustian ere."
Ron felt angry and wanted to tell Hagrid off for putting them in that kind of danger but the look on Hagrid's face made it difficult. Ron instead said nothing and just looked normally at him.
"Listen Hagrid, I know you didn't mean to put us in any danger" said Hermione in a consoling tone.
"Um . . . yeah Hagrid. Don't worry about it" said Harry
Ron decided to forgive and patted Hagrid on the arm. "Yeah Hagrid, don't worry about it"
Hagrid looked like he was feeling better because of the comforting words from the three.
"Thanks you guys" said Hagrid "oh by the way, I have to award you lot points for helping me with the Tongustian back there."
"Thirty points fer Hermione and thirty fer Harry. Thirty-five fer Ron fer stunning the beast" said Hagrid beaming.
"Cheers Hagrid" said Harry.
"Now you lot have about thirty five minutes left so I want you three to go back up to yer dormitories and get cleaned up fer yer next lesson alright"
"Fine, but you have to go up to the hospital wing right now" commanded Hermione.
"Alrigh I'll go right now" said Hagrid smiling "now take care you three and I'll see you lot soon."
"Ok Hagrid" said Ron, Harry and Hermione together and they went up toward to castle.
After the three got cleaned up and put on new school robes they headed down toward the green houses for their last lesson of the day, Herbology.
When they arrived at green house three, they were greeted by Ernie Macmillan.
"Whoa I heard you guys had a very interesting Care of Magical Creatures class" said Ernie
"Well interesting is one way of putting it" said Harry grinning.
"Life threatening more like it" said Hermione scowling.
"Yeah it was a really awful class Ernie, we could have gotten seriously injured by that beast Hagrid brought in" said Ron shaking his head.
"Killed more like it" said Harry
As Ron, Harry and Hermione sat next to each other at one table, Professor Sprout came in and started the lesson.
"Settle down class. Now today we're going to continue with our lesson on the Verennial Vertanna. Each member from their group can come up and get their Verennial Vertanna from last class. Just do the same thing I taught you before and I'll come around to check"
Ron remembered the Verennial Vertanna from his last Herbology class, which technically to him was last week. The Verennial Vertanna was a rather tall plant that Ron and Harry thought was a bit on the boring side. It didn't really do anything but just grow and grow at a very rapid pace. The plant however did have a very special use. The Verennial Vertanna contained very special leaves that were used for brewing most common health potions and the rest of the leaves were useless and had to be cut off. By the time Hermione brought their plant back to their table it had looked like a miniature tree in a pot with thick greens surrounding it. The plant had so many leaves that it would probably take them all class to trim and get rid of the useless ones. Their class assignment was to keep the plant stable and healthy.
Ron, Harry and Hermione spent what seemed like forever cutting the useless leaves off their Verennial Vertanna which greatly bored Ron and Harry. Hermione however frowned at the two and said "this is really fascinating work, I don't see why you two don't like it."
Ron's mind started to drift away from the plant and onto what was going to happen after class. He was of course exhausted from the day especially after Care of Magical Creatures, but he was still committed to going on that walk with Lavender.
Harry looked at his watch and said he'd had enough with the Verennial Vertanna for one day and of course Ron could tell that the Herbology lesson was very soon coming to a close. Which meant that the walk with Lavender was soon approaching.
A/N: Since I started this story before OotP came out, Harry may seem a little happy for someone who went through the events of book 5. I don't intend to change a whole lot and hopefully people won't mind. I'll probably add characters like Luna Lovegood in the upcoming chapters but haven't decided yet. Look for the next chapter soon, I'm halfway done and close to getting finish.
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BTW: I hated writing lines for Hagrid, it was brutal.
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