Losing A Knut and Finding A Galleon

Disclaimer-Different one- all species, names, properties, position and anything else to do with Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling and Newt Scammander.

Chapter 6- First Creature

Sirius fell back and panted in the hot weather. He and Harry were conducting their first magical creature research. First they had performed the Impedimentia charm to make the Augurey stay still to get a full sketch of its anatomy. The charm was the easy part; it was getting it in the right position to perform it, in flight. Thanks to a Quick Quotes Quill Harry had found in the local equivalent to Diagon Alley, and to a modification spell Sirius had picked up in Azkaban, the drawing was easy, and nothing would escape it's sight.

"Harry, take off your shirt, and put it in the bag, I don't wnat it getting dirty, it's the only one that fits you."

Harry obeyed, and took off his nice new shirt, what Harry liked about it best though, was not the label (although Sirius had not begrudged Harry of designers), it was the fact that it fitted. Harry took out his water bottle and emptied the contents onto his head; sitting in a humid forest on a mountain with the sun beating down wasn't exactly a stroll in the park.

"Has that quill finished yet, Sirius?" Harry moaned.

"Yep, but it's got four more angles to do it from, anyway look at the bright side, we're not drawing the pictures."

"But why do we have to get drawings of it?"

"First answer: it's an essential part of documenting creatures. Second Answer: when it's finished drawing, we have to study all the drawings to see if there's anything missed by previous researchers, and if there is, we have to see if it provides any magical properties to it, like what makes it be able to tell whether it's going to rain or not."

"Oh. Don't you want to put more Parchment under that quill?"

"Oh crap! I think you're right." Sirius wrestled the quill off the paper, and Harry, seizing the chance, turned the suspended Augurey so that the head faced the quill, and placed parchment under the rampaging feather. Sirius let go instantly, and fell back to where he was before, then, something registered with him:

"Harry, go do your homework." He said pointing at their home behind Harry, and a lot of other trees.

"Ahh...do I have to?" Harry pleaded

"Yes, because you are not staying up till all hours of the night doing it then."

"Fine, can I at least do it here?" Harry put on a look he had never used before today-the lost puppy look.

"Yes, but make sure it gets done here, not you watching me doing this while the paper stays blank" Harry walked down the trail, and came back about five minutes later with a pen, paper, and the two books he needed.

"Hogwarts must have eased up on homework since I was there" said Sirius

"No it hasn't, Hagrid let me off with homework, said that I'd have enough to do helping you, so I'd still be learning." And Harry set to work on Snape's essay on the useful qualities of the Ashwinder in potion making.

About an hour later, the Augurey unfroze from the Impedimentia charm and swooped, talons extended. It swooped in a great reverse arc, the beak in line with Sirius' chest. Suddenly, it changed course and flew up in a straight line. Talons ripped into unclothed skin, flesh half-stripped from the bone. His wand flew from his fingers, landing some way away.

"Harry, help!"

Harry snatched up his own wand from the floor and cried the first spell that came to his head: "stupefy!" A jet of red light shot from his wand, and the bird fell limp.

"What the hell just happened!"? Harry exclaimed.

"I just got sloppy, I should have realized that Impedimentia charms aren't permanent."

Almost predictably, an owl flew over their heads, dropping a letter right in front of Harry. He picked it up, and opened it; he read it aloud:

"Dear Mr Potter,

We have been informed that you have performed a Stunning Spell at 15:56 on the 19th of August. In accordance with the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction for Underage Sorcery, you have been expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Officials will come shortly to destroy your wand.

You must attend a disciplinary hearing on the 25th August.

The Ministry of Magic.

That can't be right! I was defending you and me! Sirius, I can't get expelled, can I?"

"No, when the officials get here, I'll explain and sort everything out."

Red eyes glowed behind them.

"Harry, where's the bird?"

A/N: Well, I'm not to sure about the ending to that one, but I can always change it love the reviews, considering it's my first fic!.