September 2002 – Chapter 16 - Buckbeak
It was starting to look like fall outside. Khadja was sitting on the parapet overlooking the Quiddich field. She smiled seeing that Gryffindor had the pitch and was practicing. Harry was above them near the stands looking for the snitch.
Remus had told her the rules. After all he had played it here when he was in school. He had told her Harry had been on the house team for three years now which was damn impressive. He had gotten on as a first year because of his amazing flying ability.
She sat up looking out. Her godson did some amazing moves. He did not know she was his godmother. She wondered if he would ever know, but she was kind whenever she saw him in the hall.
Remus was sleeping in their bed recovering from his three days of hell. Luckily he had the weekend to sleep it off and would be ready to go back to work that Monday.
She sat there and let her hand go to her belly again. She loved felling the baby move in her. Remus could not yet feel the baby, but she felt the fluttering.
She sighed as she looked out over the massive lake and wished she did not have to stay here. She feared the Dementors as much as she feared Sirius Black.
She felt a hand on her shoulder. "Mrs. Lupin. I am surprised you are out here."
She turned. "Professor Snape..." She said.
"Severus my dear." He corrected gently. "I was going to Hogsmeade. Do you wish to join me?"
"My husband..."
"He would not mind I am sure with you in my care. Besides you look like you could use a Butterbeer." He said silkily.
She relented and he helped her down.
They had a rather enjoyable afternoon. She was able to ask him about a potion she had read about called Wolfsbane. He said he would make it for Remus so she would be safe. She also asks if he could make her a potion to ease her queasy stomach. That he agrees to instantly.
Inside the grounds there is buzzing. Snape excuses himself to check on a student of his House in the hospital wing.
Something butted Khadja's arm as she stood there alone. Turning she nearly cried out, but then reached out to touch the large eagle head on the monster beast. She looked at him. He was a hippogryph. A half eagle half horse. He was massive and seemed to be needing love.
She caressed his beak softly.
She heard sniffling and she walked around the corner to see a large giant of a man sitting there. The beast was behind her looking over her shoulder.
"What is the matter?" She asked.
The man looked up. It was Hagrid. "Buckbeak scratched Malfoy because Malfoy did not respect him. 'arry did well. 'arry got to even ride him."
She looked back and smiled as the beast nosed her. "This him?"
"Aye. Where did you find him? The Ministry of Magic is going to have to have a meeting about him."
"Why?" She asked touching the beast. "He seems very kind."
"The Malfoy's are mean people Mrs. Lupin. Pureblooded people who think they're better than the rest of us."
"Call me Kadi. My friends do."
"Why are ya here anyway?" Hagrid asked drying his eyes.
"I just came back from Hogsmeade. Remus is resting. Then Severus had to go check on something..."
"He had to go check on Draco and report his family."
Khadja sat back. She heard the sadness in Hagrid's voice. "He is a good beast." She told him caressing the neck feathers.
She took her leave and went to her rooms. She was surprised to see Remus up. He was seated in a chair a robe wrapped about his body.
He looked up at her. "How was your day?" He asked watching her as she sat down her hand going to her belly. "Are you alright?"
"Just tired. Spent most of the day on my feet. I went to Hogsmeade..."
"Without me Kadi? With Black on the loose?"
"I did not go alone. I was with Severus."
"You went there with Snape?" He asked his normally calm demeanor shattered for the moment. He rarely raised his voice, but he did then and she paled and shrank into the pillows.
"I am sorry...I..."
He took a deep breath and looked down. "Forgive me. It is perfectly well as long as you went with someone. I went to school with him and I am surprised he would have anything to do with me and my family."
"He is a kind man."
"Kind?" Remus's face twisted.
"Well to me." She added and smiled. "I met Hagrid. He is nice."
"He is good. An animal lover." Remus said. He rose and went to her. His hand went to her belly and then he leaned down and laid with his ear to her belly.
"Do you hear our child growing?"
"No, but I hear its heartbeat. This one is strong my love." He told her lifting his head to look at her. He looked boyish with a lock of hair over one eye. She caressed his cheek.
"Come it is nearly dinner time. Get dressed." She said patting his shoulder as she moved from under him.
He watched her and smiled.
It was starting to look like fall outside. Khadja was sitting on the parapet overlooking the Quiddich field. She smiled seeing that Gryffindor had the pitch and was practicing. Harry was above them near the stands looking for the snitch.
Remus had told her the rules. After all he had played it here when he was in school. He had told her Harry had been on the house team for three years now which was damn impressive. He had gotten on as a first year because of his amazing flying ability.
She sat up looking out. Her godson did some amazing moves. He did not know she was his godmother. She wondered if he would ever know, but she was kind whenever she saw him in the hall.
Remus was sleeping in their bed recovering from his three days of hell. Luckily he had the weekend to sleep it off and would be ready to go back to work that Monday.
She sat there and let her hand go to her belly again. She loved felling the baby move in her. Remus could not yet feel the baby, but she felt the fluttering.
She sighed as she looked out over the massive lake and wished she did not have to stay here. She feared the Dementors as much as she feared Sirius Black.
She felt a hand on her shoulder. "Mrs. Lupin. I am surprised you are out here."
She turned. "Professor Snape..." She said.
"Severus my dear." He corrected gently. "I was going to Hogsmeade. Do you wish to join me?"
"My husband..."
"He would not mind I am sure with you in my care. Besides you look like you could use a Butterbeer." He said silkily.
She relented and he helped her down.
They had a rather enjoyable afternoon. She was able to ask him about a potion she had read about called Wolfsbane. He said he would make it for Remus so she would be safe. She also asks if he could make her a potion to ease her queasy stomach. That he agrees to instantly.
Inside the grounds there is buzzing. Snape excuses himself to check on a student of his House in the hospital wing.
Something butted Khadja's arm as she stood there alone. Turning she nearly cried out, but then reached out to touch the large eagle head on the monster beast. She looked at him. He was a hippogryph. A half eagle half horse. He was massive and seemed to be needing love.
She caressed his beak softly.
She heard sniffling and she walked around the corner to see a large giant of a man sitting there. The beast was behind her looking over her shoulder.
"What is the matter?" She asked.
The man looked up. It was Hagrid. "Buckbeak scratched Malfoy because Malfoy did not respect him. 'arry did well. 'arry got to even ride him."
She looked back and smiled as the beast nosed her. "This him?"
"Aye. Where did you find him? The Ministry of Magic is going to have to have a meeting about him."
"Why?" She asked touching the beast. "He seems very kind."
"The Malfoy's are mean people Mrs. Lupin. Pureblooded people who think they're better than the rest of us."
"Call me Kadi. My friends do."
"Why are ya here anyway?" Hagrid asked drying his eyes.
"I just came back from Hogsmeade. Remus is resting. Then Severus had to go check on something..."
"He had to go check on Draco and report his family."
Khadja sat back. She heard the sadness in Hagrid's voice. "He is a good beast." She told him caressing the neck feathers.
She took her leave and went to her rooms. She was surprised to see Remus up. He was seated in a chair a robe wrapped about his body.
He looked up at her. "How was your day?" He asked watching her as she sat down her hand going to her belly. "Are you alright?"
"Just tired. Spent most of the day on my feet. I went to Hogsmeade..."
"Without me Kadi? With Black on the loose?"
"I did not go alone. I was with Severus."
"You went there with Snape?" He asked his normally calm demeanor shattered for the moment. He rarely raised his voice, but he did then and she paled and shrank into the pillows.
"I am sorry...I..."
He took a deep breath and looked down. "Forgive me. It is perfectly well as long as you went with someone. I went to school with him and I am surprised he would have anything to do with me and my family."
"He is a kind man."
"Kind?" Remus's face twisted.
"Well to me." She added and smiled. "I met Hagrid. He is nice."
"He is good. An animal lover." Remus said. He rose and went to her. His hand went to her belly and then he leaned down and laid with his ear to her belly.
"Do you hear our child growing?"
"No, but I hear its heartbeat. This one is strong my love." He told her lifting his head to look at her. He looked boyish with a lock of hair over one eye. She caressed his cheek.
"Come it is nearly dinner time. Get dressed." She said patting his shoulder as she moved from under him.
He watched her and smiled.