Amaya sat on the edge of a bed in the infirmary at Hogwarts. Her head
rested in her left hand, while her elbow was balanced on her knee. Her
right arm lay on a table hidden by a curtain. Located on the other side of
this curtain was Madam Pomfrey, who was slowly and surely "un-breaking" the
bones in Amaya's arm.
Standing across from Amaya was Draco malfoy. His hands were shoved into the pockets of his robe, and his eyes were wondering from boredom. Very seldom, he gaze rested on Amaya.
"Just think," Amaya said once after catching his gaze on her, "of all that could be accomplished if we were alone in here."
"Such things," Draco replied, "are perhaps best left under cover of nightfall."
"Yes, perhaps," Amaya agreed, sounding dissappointed.
After the Demiguise incident, Hagrid dissmissed teh class early in order to recover himself. Many of the Gryffindors, including Ron, Hermione, and Harry, retired to the common room to discuss thier first Care Of Magical Creatures class.
"Hagrid's going to kill us all before this year is over," Lavender commented.
"It was an accident," Neville told her, "Hagrid never meant for that to happen."
"Yeah, right. Do you know that for a fact? Hagrid's been trying to kill us since he started teaching that class. I can't believe you're trying to stick up for him."
"Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat in thier three favorite chairs surrounding the fireplace. Ron was beating Harry at wizard's chess, while Hermione was engrossed in her Potions book. Ginny, who had just entered the Tower, rushed over to Hermione.
"Hermione!" She yelled, "Is it true?"
"What? It what true?"
"That Amaya got her arm ripped off by a Demiguise."
"No," Hermione told her, "Ginny, where'd you get that from?"
"Rumors have been flyign around school alll morning. Most of them said that she lost her whole arm."
"And you believed them? Homestly, Ginny, when have you ever known rumors in this school to be true?"
"Okay, then. What really happened?"
"The Demiguise was caged, Amaya stuck her arm in, someone shouted, and the Demiguise broke her arm. That's it."
"You're leaving out the details."
"True, but that was the gist of it."
"I wonder who would be stupid enough to yell out when someone was trying to touch a Demiguise."
"Come on, Harry," Ron pleaded, "It's your turn."
"Oh..." Harry said, recovering himself from Ginny and Hermione's conversation. "Right..."
"What's with you mate? You loosing worse than you normally do."
"Nothing, I'm alright."
"So," Ginny said, "You guys wanna go to lunch?"
"As soon as I get Harry's king." Ron said.
"Hey, Goinny," Haryy said, "There's something I've been meaning to ask you."
"Yes?" GInny said with a hint on anticipation.
"Why did Amaya want to see you this morning?"
"Oh, that." GInny said sounding dissappointed. "I can't tell you that."
"Why not?"
"Because doing so would require the use of a charm in which I am not familiar with, and thus, would then require an excrutiatingly painful visit to Madam Pomfrey."
Harry looked at Ginny with a raised eybrow.
"Sworn ro secrecy?" he asked.
"You could call it that."
"Checkmate," Ron said. "Let's go to lunch."
The Great Hall was filed with the students of Hogwarts, all of whom were discussing thier first morning of classes, and of course, what had became known as the "Care of Magical Creatures Incident."
At approximately half way through lunch, Amaya walked in and quietly took a seat next to Ginny - across from Harry, Hermione, and Ron.
"Hi everybody!" She said cheerfully.
"Hey, what's up?" Ginny asked.
"Apparently, not my pain tolerance level."
They laughed - just the two of them.
"How was the rest of class?" Amaya asked Hermione.
"We didn't have a 'rest of class,'"Hermione explained, "Hagrid dissmissed us after you left for the infirmary."
"So... I didn't miss anyting, did I?"
Hermione smiled and slowly shook her head.
"No, not really."
"That's a good thing to know."
"Amaya," Haryy said, "I wanted to talk to you about this morning."
"Uhh, what about this morning Harry?"
"Care of Magical Creatures."
"About what? My arem is fine.. see?" - she held up her right arm and vigorously wiggled her fingers - "There is nothing to talk about."
"But-"
"NOTHING." She said more sternly.
Everyone turned and started at Amaya for this sudden display of emotion.
"So," she said, her voice now more cheerful, "Where is Potions located?"
Standing across from Amaya was Draco malfoy. His hands were shoved into the pockets of his robe, and his eyes were wondering from boredom. Very seldom, he gaze rested on Amaya.
"Just think," Amaya said once after catching his gaze on her, "of all that could be accomplished if we were alone in here."
"Such things," Draco replied, "are perhaps best left under cover of nightfall."
"Yes, perhaps," Amaya agreed, sounding dissappointed.
After the Demiguise incident, Hagrid dissmissed teh class early in order to recover himself. Many of the Gryffindors, including Ron, Hermione, and Harry, retired to the common room to discuss thier first Care Of Magical Creatures class.
"Hagrid's going to kill us all before this year is over," Lavender commented.
"It was an accident," Neville told her, "Hagrid never meant for that to happen."
"Yeah, right. Do you know that for a fact? Hagrid's been trying to kill us since he started teaching that class. I can't believe you're trying to stick up for him."
"Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat in thier three favorite chairs surrounding the fireplace. Ron was beating Harry at wizard's chess, while Hermione was engrossed in her Potions book. Ginny, who had just entered the Tower, rushed over to Hermione.
"Hermione!" She yelled, "Is it true?"
"What? It what true?"
"That Amaya got her arm ripped off by a Demiguise."
"No," Hermione told her, "Ginny, where'd you get that from?"
"Rumors have been flyign around school alll morning. Most of them said that she lost her whole arm."
"And you believed them? Homestly, Ginny, when have you ever known rumors in this school to be true?"
"Okay, then. What really happened?"
"The Demiguise was caged, Amaya stuck her arm in, someone shouted, and the Demiguise broke her arm. That's it."
"You're leaving out the details."
"True, but that was the gist of it."
"I wonder who would be stupid enough to yell out when someone was trying to touch a Demiguise."
"Come on, Harry," Ron pleaded, "It's your turn."
"Oh..." Harry said, recovering himself from Ginny and Hermione's conversation. "Right..."
"What's with you mate? You loosing worse than you normally do."
"Nothing, I'm alright."
"So," Ginny said, "You guys wanna go to lunch?"
"As soon as I get Harry's king." Ron said.
"Hey, Goinny," Haryy said, "There's something I've been meaning to ask you."
"Yes?" GInny said with a hint on anticipation.
"Why did Amaya want to see you this morning?"
"Oh, that." GInny said sounding dissappointed. "I can't tell you that."
"Why not?"
"Because doing so would require the use of a charm in which I am not familiar with, and thus, would then require an excrutiatingly painful visit to Madam Pomfrey."
Harry looked at Ginny with a raised eybrow.
"Sworn ro secrecy?" he asked.
"You could call it that."
"Checkmate," Ron said. "Let's go to lunch."
The Great Hall was filed with the students of Hogwarts, all of whom were discussing thier first morning of classes, and of course, what had became known as the "Care of Magical Creatures Incident."
At approximately half way through lunch, Amaya walked in and quietly took a seat next to Ginny - across from Harry, Hermione, and Ron.
"Hi everybody!" She said cheerfully.
"Hey, what's up?" Ginny asked.
"Apparently, not my pain tolerance level."
They laughed - just the two of them.
"How was the rest of class?" Amaya asked Hermione.
"We didn't have a 'rest of class,'"Hermione explained, "Hagrid dissmissed us after you left for the infirmary."
"So... I didn't miss anyting, did I?"
Hermione smiled and slowly shook her head.
"No, not really."
"That's a good thing to know."
"Amaya," Haryy said, "I wanted to talk to you about this morning."
"Uhh, what about this morning Harry?"
"Care of Magical Creatures."
"About what? My arem is fine.. see?" - she held up her right arm and vigorously wiggled her fingers - "There is nothing to talk about."
"But-"
"NOTHING." She said more sternly.
Everyone turned and started at Amaya for this sudden display of emotion.
"So," she said, her voice now more cheerful, "Where is Potions located?"