Disclaimer; Ok, one, I think you all know I don't own it, and two, I think even if I didn't put a disclaimer, the wonderful Joanne Rowling wouldn't sue me anyway, because she's plenty rich, plenty powerful and plenty nice, apparently.
A/N; Please I need more people In Hogwarts, please just leave a name, a year, a house, a gender (plenty of unisex names out there) and a description if you want it.
Last time...
Twirling the blades, he spun one into the air. However, to his utter shock, a flutter of ebony wings blocked his sight. When his vision finally cleared he couldn't see his beloved daggers, he scanned the air and found a glinting, - an owl had curled its claws around them, gliding out of sight.
"Hey, give those back!" Daxius gasped, his eyes widening. Without a second thought, he took off on his Aurora Billion after the black wings and the glinting of his daggers.
Rocketing into the sky, Daxius released Screech from his cage, and fastened it to a strap on the carpet. Screech gave a harsh shriek and flapped his wings once. Gaining altitude, Daxius and Screech continued their pursuit.
"Hooh! What is the matter?" asked Screech.
"That Owl, it took my Daggers! We have to get them back!" replied Daxius without thought. "Can you catch up with it?"
"Hooh!" laughed Screech. "Can I catch it? I've practically caught it!"
With that, Screech flapped his wings once more, turning his wings upward. When he was about 10 feet higher, he folded in his wings and dived down in a corkscrew. Plummeting down, the owl opened his wings and used the momentum to soar up, turned upside-down and neatly snatched the dagger hilt from the ebony owl.
Daxius gave a whooping cheer and flew forward with a burst of speed.
The ebony owl circled back with a crooning wail and perched itself onto Daxius' now slowing carpet, almost sadly.
"Ok, why'd you do it?" said Daxius with a 'for shame' sigh.
"We need your-hooh help." replied the owl.
Taken aback by this surprising answer, Daxius asked "With what?"
"There is a friend-hooh of ours, she's horribly hurt. We-hooh can't take her-hooh to a witch nurse for we-hooh can't talk Human. A delivery Owl spoke of a wizard that could-hooh speak our tongue. Please help-hooh?"
Daxius, listening carefully, replied "Of course."
"Then follow me," said the ebony owl, taking off.
Daxius and Screech flew after, but Daxius was thinking.
'This Animal-talking thing is just me? I thought that everyone could do it, or the animals could speak!'
Before he could give it anymore thought, the owl dived down suddenly into a clearing in the woods. Daxius sped past the clearing, turned the carpet around, and dived down too.
A strange collection of animals was there. The owl was accompanied by doves, blackbirds and other birds. There was a small kitten lying on the grass, a cluster of Black cats waiting nearby.
"So what's the matter with her?" asked the concerned wizard.
The kitten gave a few short mewling cries. Daxius understood none of it.
"Her tail hurts awfully." translated Screech. He twitched his white- fletched feathers and continued. "It was caught under a falling tree. The other cats were able to move the log, but the tail was crushed."
Daxius saw what he needed to do. He picked up the kitten slowly, and called his carpet. Once atop it, Daxius flew at a slow pace back to Diagon Alley.
"One thing I don't understand, Screech, is how you could understand the kitten but I couldn't."
Daxius was conversing with Screech in a waiting room, while the kitten was being examined. The first nurse said that the wound didn't looked too serious and was most likely non-fatal. This relieved Daxius a lot.
"Magical creatures can speak to magical creatures, non-magical with non- magical. Birds to birds, and-hooh Serpents to serpents. I am two of those, magically bred and a bird. Therefore I can speak two of the tongues."
"So how can I speak Bird?" asked Daxius with some confusion. Last time he checked he didn't have wings.
"I have heard tales of humans that spoke with Birds and Bird-like creatures. There was a wizard that spoke to winged horses, a witch with Ravens. Of course, they could speak to all birds, but they were especially noted for their affinity with those ones."
"But if a winged horse is a bird-like creature..."
"Wings with feathers are bird traits. The Griffin and Hippogriff are almost certainly Bird-like, their heads are so distinguished. Golden Griffins, otherwise known to you as Winged Lions, and Pegasus', or winged Horses, are one quarter Griffin/Hippogriff and three quarters Lion/Horse. This gives them great advantage, as they can speak the tongue of Birds, Magic and Non- Magic. Of course, they can hide their wings easily, so you won't know if you're talking to a normal Lion or a winged one .It's best to keep your distance anyway. "
Daxius was intrigued. This was very interesting to know and he started to daydream flying on a Pegasus' back.
"Of course there are also the bird/serpent creatures. Winged snakes, or Occamys, can speak bird, serpent and Magic. Basilisks can understand bird, but lack the ability to speak it, as the transformation from chicken egg to serpent destroys that ability. They can Speak Magic, and they can also understand non-magic, since they were hatched from a non-magic hen and toad. Non-magic creatures could talk to each other, but are hampered by the fact that they have no intelligence. A Frog could speak to a mouse, but they never learn the Non-magic language. It comes naturally to us Magic's, and they'd understand Non-magic, but they can't comprehend it."
Daxius nodded his head slowly. Then something occurred to him.
"How is that kitten magic?"
"Its an Elven cat. It can sense danger, it has an exceptional sense of sight and hearing, and it's fiercely territorial."
Daxius nodded again, and opened his mouth to ask another question when the nurse came back.
"Your kitten is fine. Unfortunately..." started the nurse.
"What?" said Daxius, puzzled.
"We had to remove its tail, it was crippled too badly, not to mention the muscle damage. It's too young to have Skele-Gro administered on it."
"Poor thing..." murmured Daxius.
They walked, or in Screech's case, flew, through a side corridor and into a room. The kitten was stumbling along around the ground, walking awkwardly. It looked up at Daxius and seemed to smile, bounding into his arms.
Daxius laughed and said "I think she's gonna be just fine."
Daxius walked down Diagon alley, searching for the entrance to Knockturn alley so he could find Flitwick. The black Kitten still bounded at his side.
"Ask her if she'd like to stay with me," said Daxius to Screech.
After a few strange sounds between the two animals, Screech returned with an answer.
"She says yes."
Daxius felt his heart rise a bit.
'Maybe I'll name her Luck.' He thought.
Then He found Flitwick pacing at the door of Myths of Parchment. When Flitwick looked up he saw Daxius and cried out with a smile.
"Where have you been?" he practically yelled.
"Oh, it's a long story. Lets talk about it over a drink, shall we?" replied Daxius in his most casual voice.
The two went off down the street towards a place named the Leaky Cauldron, an owl and an Elven Kitten following shortly after.
A reminder to all, please I need more people In Hogwarts, please just leave a name, a year, a house, a gender (plenty of unisex names out there) and a description if you want it.
A thank you to Mornings Light for giving me feedback on my ideas for this story, heres her user profile; profile.php?userid=275445