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Chapter 20
Conversations With Hagrid
Hagrid was pacing around his small hut with a very perplexed look on his face.
"What's the matter, Hagrid?" Hermione asked. Hagrid suddenly looked up. He hadn't even noticed them come in.
"Oh, I.er.didn't see ya there." He said and stopped pacing.
"What's the matter?" Hermione asked again.
"Well. Ya see.oh ya better sit yerselves down. This is gonna take some time." He answered gesturing to the few chairs. "Yer see.well.it's the animals. They're acting all weird."
"Wha?" the friends all said at once.
"Well, they're just acting all unnatural. The giant squid, in the lake ya know, keeps scaring people. 'E's not done that on purpose before." Hagrid explained.
"so you're upset because the squid is upset?" Ron asked.
"It's not just the squid." Hagrid answered. "The owls are coming out during the day more often and 'alf of them can't stay in the air very long. Then 'Fandles has been calling Professor Vanyel out to the fields at all 'ours of the day for absolutely no reason. I 'eard the Professor complaining under 'is breath the other day on 'is way in from the field."
Hermione, Ron, Cleo, Mêlée, Harry, A'lira, and Curania looked at each other, confused. "Who's Candles?" Ron asked.
"Not Candles, stupid." Hermione hit him upside the head. " 'Fandles."
"Fine. Who's 'Fandles?"
" 'E's Professor Vanyel's Companion." Hagrid answered.
"His what?" Ron asked.
"His Companion, Ron! Listen!" Hermione snapped.
"But what's a Companion?"
Hermione huffed. "A guiding spirit who just happens to reside in the shape of a pure-white horse."
"How do you know?" Ron snapped back.
"I had mentioned that I had seen a beautiful pure-white horse to Lavender one time in front of Professor Ashkevron and he explained it to me." Hermione explained.
"Did you stop drooling long enough to listen?" Ron asked sarcastically. "Shut up!" she snapped. By now the others were giggling over Hermione and Ron's banter back and forth.
"Why don't you two just date and get over it?" Cleo suggested.
"Yeah, you two fight like an old married couple already!" Curania laughed.
Hermione and Ron looked at each other with disgust and huffed.
"Anyway." Mêlée said turning back to Hagrid. "Is anything else wrong?"
"uh.uh.Isn't dat enough?" Hagrid asked looking hurt.
"Uh." Harry started.
"Yeah." A'lira popped in. "You just looked like there was something else on your mind, Hagrid."
Suddenly Fawkes came sweeping through the window and landing on Cleo's shoulder.
"Ya, see. 'E's never done that before." Hagrid pointed to the phoenix that was now nuzzling Cleo's ear.
"Do you have any ideas, Hagrid?" Curania asked.
" 'Bout what?" Hagrid looked confused.
"About why the animals are acting weird." Cleo said, trying to dislodge Fawkes' claws from her shoulder.
"Nope." Hagrid said.
"I'd better get Fawkes back to Professor Dumbledore." Cleo suggested finally giving up her effort.
"Maybe he can give you a hand with him." Harry agreed.
"alright, ya'll go ahead on. But ya be careful. Ya don't know what these animals might do next." Hagrid said as he escorted the group out of his hut. "Bye."
They all headed up back into the castle. They navigated the corridors to the large golden griffin that marked the entrance to Dumbledore's office.
"anybody know the password?" Ron asked.
"Um, Chocolate Frogs," Hermione called to the griffin. It didn't open.
"Lemon Drops."
"Blood Pops." They listed a few other types of candy.
"Willy Wonka's Everlasting Gobstopers!" Curania called at the griffin. Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at her like she was crazy. But the griffin moved out of the way and revealed the spiral staircase that led to the headmaster's office.
"What?" Curania asked as they continued to stare. "We told him about some American Snacks that we liked." Her sisters laughed as they went up the stairs. They walked into the office. Dumbledore was nowhere to be seen.
"Professor Dumbledore?" Harry called.
"Headmaster?" Cleo added, desperately. Fawkes was starting to get extremely annoying.
"He's not here." One of the portraits on the wall called.
"I think he went to talk with some new professors." Another said.
"New professors?" Ron asked. "When did we get new professors?"
"I don't know." Hermione answered. Cleo, Mêlée, Curania, and A'lira looked at each other cautiously.
"I guess I'm stuck with Fawkes for a while." Cleo pouted. Together, they walked back down the stairs and through the halls, not really going anywhere. Cleo drew many odd looks with the phoenix on her shoulder but pretended not to notice.
"Hey are your parents still here?" Harry asked the girls.
"Um. I don't know." A'lira answered.
"We could go find out." Curania added. They took off down the winding halls to the rooms they had stayed in during the end of summer break. They reached the large portrait that marked the entrance after getting lost twice. The four girls on the portraits were talking up until the group of friends walked up.
"Oh, Hi!" Christa exclaimed, cutting Michele off. "How are you?"
"We're fine." Mêlée answered.
"Are our parents in?" A'lira asked. "Yep." Caitlin answered. "You want in I suppose."
"Yes, please." Curania answered. The four looked at each other before opening the portrait to allow the group in.
"Hey, you know those girls in the portrait look like you four." Ron exclaimed as they walked in.
any money off of it. This is purely for fun.
Chapter 20
Conversations With Hagrid
Hagrid was pacing around his small hut with a very perplexed look on his face.
"What's the matter, Hagrid?" Hermione asked. Hagrid suddenly looked up. He hadn't even noticed them come in.
"Oh, I.er.didn't see ya there." He said and stopped pacing.
"What's the matter?" Hermione asked again.
"Well. Ya see.oh ya better sit yerselves down. This is gonna take some time." He answered gesturing to the few chairs. "Yer see.well.it's the animals. They're acting all weird."
"Wha?" the friends all said at once.
"Well, they're just acting all unnatural. The giant squid, in the lake ya know, keeps scaring people. 'E's not done that on purpose before." Hagrid explained.
"so you're upset because the squid is upset?" Ron asked.
"It's not just the squid." Hagrid answered. "The owls are coming out during the day more often and 'alf of them can't stay in the air very long. Then 'Fandles has been calling Professor Vanyel out to the fields at all 'ours of the day for absolutely no reason. I 'eard the Professor complaining under 'is breath the other day on 'is way in from the field."
Hermione, Ron, Cleo, Mêlée, Harry, A'lira, and Curania looked at each other, confused. "Who's Candles?" Ron asked.
"Not Candles, stupid." Hermione hit him upside the head. " 'Fandles."
"Fine. Who's 'Fandles?"
" 'E's Professor Vanyel's Companion." Hagrid answered.
"His what?" Ron asked.
"His Companion, Ron! Listen!" Hermione snapped.
"But what's a Companion?"
Hermione huffed. "A guiding spirit who just happens to reside in the shape of a pure-white horse."
"How do you know?" Ron snapped back.
"I had mentioned that I had seen a beautiful pure-white horse to Lavender one time in front of Professor Ashkevron and he explained it to me." Hermione explained.
"Did you stop drooling long enough to listen?" Ron asked sarcastically. "Shut up!" she snapped. By now the others were giggling over Hermione and Ron's banter back and forth.
"Why don't you two just date and get over it?" Cleo suggested.
"Yeah, you two fight like an old married couple already!" Curania laughed.
Hermione and Ron looked at each other with disgust and huffed.
"Anyway." Mêlée said turning back to Hagrid. "Is anything else wrong?"
"uh.uh.Isn't dat enough?" Hagrid asked looking hurt.
"Uh." Harry started.
"Yeah." A'lira popped in. "You just looked like there was something else on your mind, Hagrid."
Suddenly Fawkes came sweeping through the window and landing on Cleo's shoulder.
"Ya, see. 'E's never done that before." Hagrid pointed to the phoenix that was now nuzzling Cleo's ear.
"Do you have any ideas, Hagrid?" Curania asked.
" 'Bout what?" Hagrid looked confused.
"About why the animals are acting weird." Cleo said, trying to dislodge Fawkes' claws from her shoulder.
"Nope." Hagrid said.
"I'd better get Fawkes back to Professor Dumbledore." Cleo suggested finally giving up her effort.
"Maybe he can give you a hand with him." Harry agreed.
"alright, ya'll go ahead on. But ya be careful. Ya don't know what these animals might do next." Hagrid said as he escorted the group out of his hut. "Bye."
They all headed up back into the castle. They navigated the corridors to the large golden griffin that marked the entrance to Dumbledore's office.
"anybody know the password?" Ron asked.
"Um, Chocolate Frogs," Hermione called to the griffin. It didn't open.
"Lemon Drops."
"Blood Pops." They listed a few other types of candy.
"Willy Wonka's Everlasting Gobstopers!" Curania called at the griffin. Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at her like she was crazy. But the griffin moved out of the way and revealed the spiral staircase that led to the headmaster's office.
"What?" Curania asked as they continued to stare. "We told him about some American Snacks that we liked." Her sisters laughed as they went up the stairs. They walked into the office. Dumbledore was nowhere to be seen.
"Professor Dumbledore?" Harry called.
"Headmaster?" Cleo added, desperately. Fawkes was starting to get extremely annoying.
"He's not here." One of the portraits on the wall called.
"I think he went to talk with some new professors." Another said.
"New professors?" Ron asked. "When did we get new professors?"
"I don't know." Hermione answered. Cleo, Mêlée, Curania, and A'lira looked at each other cautiously.
"I guess I'm stuck with Fawkes for a while." Cleo pouted. Together, they walked back down the stairs and through the halls, not really going anywhere. Cleo drew many odd looks with the phoenix on her shoulder but pretended not to notice.
"Hey are your parents still here?" Harry asked the girls.
"Um. I don't know." A'lira answered.
"We could go find out." Curania added. They took off down the winding halls to the rooms they had stayed in during the end of summer break. They reached the large portrait that marked the entrance after getting lost twice. The four girls on the portraits were talking up until the group of friends walked up.
"Oh, Hi!" Christa exclaimed, cutting Michele off. "How are you?"
"We're fine." Mêlée answered.
"Are our parents in?" A'lira asked. "Yep." Caitlin answered. "You want in I suppose."
"Yes, please." Curania answered. The four looked at each other before opening the portrait to allow the group in.
"Hey, you know those girls in the portrait look like you four." Ron exclaimed as they walked in.