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Chapter 10

"Lumos." Ron raised his wand in front of himself and walked into the Forbidden Forest.

He could hear Krum's voice echoing off the trees.

They must be nearby, Ron thought.

Suddenly, he heard something rustling in one of the trees above him. He felt his throat constricting in fear.

He raised his wand above his head to see if he could get a better look at whatever it was, but he still couldn't see anything, That can't be Krum, can it? I doubt he would be able to climb a tree, he thought.

Then, he saw something emerge from a tree and land with a loud thump a few feet away from him.

Ron stared at the creature with his mouth hanging open, completely in shock. It was a Pigagle! He vaguely remembered reading something about it in Care of Magical Creatures.

The Pigagle was a mixture of a pig and an eagle. It had a big, round, pink snout and fairly round body. The psychical characters it had from an eagle were the large white and black wings and long clawed feet.

Ron took a few steps backwards, clutching his wand in his hand for dear life. It was times like this when he wished that he listened to Hermione and paid attention in class rather than chatting about Quidditch or something of that sort with Harry.

The Pigagle tilted its head to one side as if it were sizing him up. Then, it took a few steps towards Ron. Its wings started flapping in slow, threatening movements.

"Oink…oink…oink…"

Bloody thing's stuck on repeat, Ron thought looking at the Pigagle warily. He had his wand ready incase the creature made any sudden movements.

"Oink…oink…CAHHH!!!" The Pigagle roared, suddenly breaking into a run.

Ron's eyes widened in surprise, "Cah? CAH!!!"

At once, he remembered what he had read in one of his textbooks of how to stop a Pigagle from attacking.

"Cah! Cah! CAAAHHH!!!" Ron exclaimed moving his arms up and down like a bird. He felt stupid, but this was necessary for his survival.

Pigagles are creatures that get offended easily (just like the Hippogriff but only thing Pigagles are not so high class, like with the Hippogriff you have to bow to them but it is not so with a Pigagle.) The action that Ron was doing was a sign of friendship, and from this gesture, the Pigagle can determine whether it was a sincere gesture or not.

The Pigagle stopped inches from Ron and stared at him with its piercing blue eyes. Then, it opened its mouth and roared one final "CAH!" which almost made Ron deaf.

Ron stroked the head of the Pigagle to show that he wouldn't hurt it, and then he swung his leg over its body and sat down.

He held onto the feathers that protruded from the Pigagle's neck as it took flight into the trees.

The Pigagle flew from tree to tree silently until Ron stroked its head again to indicate that he wanted it to stop. He peered downwards through the leaves; he could make out some shadows moving around on the ground below.

He carefully got off the Pigagle and held onto the trunk of the tree as he steadied himself on the limb that he was standing on.

Suddenly, he heard a crack and then one second later he felt himself falling.

He hit the ground heavily, "Ouch!" he muttered. He held out his wand in front of him and that's when he noticed two figured approaching him quickly…it was Krum and Professor Flitwick!

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Hermione gasped when she saw Ron fall from the tree, What's he doing here? She thought. She tried struggling from the grip that one of the Death Eater's had on her arm, but she couldn't get free.

She watched Krum and Flitwick roughly pull Ron to his feet.

Don't hurt him; please don't hurt him, she silently prayed.

"Mr. Weasley, you are in very big trouble right now." Flitwick said with a sadistic smile playing on his lips.

"W-what're you going to do? Expel me?" he asked bravely looking squarely at Flitwick.

Flitwick laughed and looked at Krum, "No, definitely not, we have something better in mind."

Krum guffawed and started clapping his big, square hands together as if he were opening Christmas presents, "V are going to kill you."

Hermione's heart literally stopped for a second, "You can't!" she exclaimed and then bit her lip. She had better restrain herself from her sudden outbursts before Flitwick and Krum killed both her and Ron.

Krum let go of Ron's arm and strode to where Hermione was standing, "Vat did you say?" he asked nastily, spit flying in all directions.

Hermione felt the bile rising in her throat, "N-nothing." She stammered.

Krum grabbed her shoulders and commanded the Death Eater to let go of Hermione, "Next time you open your mouth, I promise I vill kill you."

Hermione started shaking with fear, but she nodded.

Krum glared at her one last time before pushing her towards the Death Eater, who firmly took hold of her again.

"Let's do it." Krum said rubbing his hands in anticipation. He pulled out his wand from his robes and aimed it at Ron.

"Sir! Sir!" Someone called flying towards them on a broom and then stopping in mid air right in front of Ron, Flitwick and Krum.

"What is it?" Flitwick asked annoyed.

"T-the potion will take time." The Death Eater said.

"What?!" Flitwick looked furious.

"It'll take roughly a month to completely be ready."

"Bluggin! I will not accept this!"

"Sorry, sir." He replied, sounding not so sorry at all.

"Remove yourself from my sight! At once!" Flitwick shouted pointing his wand at Bluggin.

Without another word, Bluggin flew upwards into the trees.

"Bloody idiot!" Flitwick cursed, completely forgetting about Ron, or so Hermione hoped.

"Flitwick, the boy." Krum said, his wand was still pointing at Ron.

"Forget the boy! We'll lock him up in the dungeon, with her." Flitwick said looking at Hermione.

"Oh, all right." Krum said looking sad that he couldn't kill Ron.

Flitwick dragged Ron to where Hermione was standing and then said, "Chaineromos!" Magically heavy chains wrapped themselves around Hermione's and Ron's wrists and legs.

"Oh, before I forget, give me your wand." Said the disgusting, filthy, bloody vermin Flitwick snatching the wand from Ron's fingers.

"Let's head on to the castle."

Krum and Flitwick lead the way with Hermione and Ron silently walking behind them. The Death Eater trailed behind all of them occasionally sending hot sparks at Hermione and Ron's feet to get them to move faster.