*****Hermione*****
The next morning, I went to the Great Hall with Harry and Ron. They were arguing about Quidditch.again. "Beaters are much more injured than Seekers Harry! Fred and George have a million scars because of the bat and the Bludgers!" Ron cried in frustration, as Harry and I sat on the Gryffindor table. Ron sat opposite me. "Nooo. Seekers are much more injured Ron. Look at the past 6 years I've been Seeker! I had all the bones in my right arm removed." Harry scowled and turned to me, "Because of Lockhart." I frowned. "Hey, I'm not into him anymore. It was just a pang of admiration, but I've grown out of it, thank you very much" I said, taking my timetable and looking at it. "Oh good! We have Care of Magical Creatures first." I said. Harry and Ron snorted. "Let me guess, with the Slytherins right?" Ron asked, and I nodded. Both he and Harry groaned.
We came out of the Great Hall a few minutes later. We walked through the grounds, towards Hagrid's cabin. We arrived with the rest of the Gryffindors, but the Slytherins were still in the castle. We waited outside Hagrid's cabin, until finally the Slytherins arrived. Each of their faces was as cold as ever, but there was something wrong about them that I just can't figure out. Hagrid came along a few moments later.
"Hi yeh all. I've got a special treat for yeh," Hagrid said, walking out of the trees of the Forbidden Forest. All the Slytherins groaned. "Are you sure it's a treat? Last time you had a treat for us, we were nearly drowned by the merpeople in the lake!" came Draco's cold drawling voice. I knew the event he had been talking about, it happened last year, while we were studying about merpeople.
Hagrid turned red. I knew he remembered it too well because our classes were cancelled for a week because the whole castle was flowing endlessly with uncontrollable water. Hagrid had to sleep with Filch, too. He didn't seem happy at all when that happened.
Hagrid calmed himself. "Well.actually, me treat for yeh all is that I picked out all the creatures we were studying the past 4 years, and decided make you pick out your choice. You will have exams on that creature only, and by the end of the year, your final exams will also be about the creature you picked. You can take multiple creatures, but make sure you can handle 'em all."
All of us beamed, even the Slytherins. "So.you're saying that whatever creature we pick.we only study about that certain animal?" Malfoy asked. Hagrid nodded. "But I'm still not sure. I think Professor Dumbledore might change it, but we'll go on with the new lesson plan for now" he said. All of us were really beaming now.
"So where are the animals Hagrid?" Lavender Brown asked. "Oh, now we're not starting yet Lavender. You still have to pick. You can pick inside me hut, there are slips of parchment there, and 6 boxes. You write your name on the slip, and then you drop it in a box. The boxes have the names of the creatures you picked, so you'll have no trouble at all." Hagrid explained. "Sounds good. Let's go" Harry said, and we all piled inside Hagrid's cabin.
"What animal did you pick Hermione?" Harry asked, as we set off for Charms. "You mean how many animals" Ron chuckled. Harry laughed. "Oh yeah, how many animals did you pick Hermione?" he asked. "Three. I picked out Hippogriffs, Unicorns, and Nifflers. I want to learn more about Hippogriffs and Unicorns, but I really want to study Nifflers. I mean, I missed that one lesson in our fourth year about them, so I decided to have a go. How about both of you?" I replied.
"I took up Hippogriffs and Nifflers." Harry answered. Ron smiled. "I guess we all took up Nifflers." He said. I stopped. "You mean you only took one subject for the whole school year?" I asked, as they both stopped too. Ron nodded. "Yeah, so?" he said. "Nothing. Never mind" I said, starting to walk again. Then we arrived at the big oak doors, and went to Charms. We had quite a nice day. In Charms, Professor Flitwick taught us how to conjure assorted objects out of thin air. In Transfiguration, we took notes about Human Transfiguration, but Professor McGonagall said we weren't going to try them until the middle of the year. Defense Against the Dark Arts was always cancelled since last year, when Professor Dumbledore couldn't find someone so we had free period. The rest of the day went as smoothly as the others. But the most unusual thing happened in Potions. Draco Malfoy and the other Slytherin boys kept staring at me. It really was strange since they always ignored us Gryffindors. I saw Draco Malfoy staring at me from the corner of his eye. I caught his gaze and he quickly turned his head. But somehow, there was faint glow in Draco Malfoy's eyes that I never saw before.
The next morning, I went to the Great Hall with Harry and Ron. They were arguing about Quidditch.again. "Beaters are much more injured than Seekers Harry! Fred and George have a million scars because of the bat and the Bludgers!" Ron cried in frustration, as Harry and I sat on the Gryffindor table. Ron sat opposite me. "Nooo. Seekers are much more injured Ron. Look at the past 6 years I've been Seeker! I had all the bones in my right arm removed." Harry scowled and turned to me, "Because of Lockhart." I frowned. "Hey, I'm not into him anymore. It was just a pang of admiration, but I've grown out of it, thank you very much" I said, taking my timetable and looking at it. "Oh good! We have Care of Magical Creatures first." I said. Harry and Ron snorted. "Let me guess, with the Slytherins right?" Ron asked, and I nodded. Both he and Harry groaned.
We came out of the Great Hall a few minutes later. We walked through the grounds, towards Hagrid's cabin. We arrived with the rest of the Gryffindors, but the Slytherins were still in the castle. We waited outside Hagrid's cabin, until finally the Slytherins arrived. Each of their faces was as cold as ever, but there was something wrong about them that I just can't figure out. Hagrid came along a few moments later.
"Hi yeh all. I've got a special treat for yeh," Hagrid said, walking out of the trees of the Forbidden Forest. All the Slytherins groaned. "Are you sure it's a treat? Last time you had a treat for us, we were nearly drowned by the merpeople in the lake!" came Draco's cold drawling voice. I knew the event he had been talking about, it happened last year, while we were studying about merpeople.
Hagrid turned red. I knew he remembered it too well because our classes were cancelled for a week because the whole castle was flowing endlessly with uncontrollable water. Hagrid had to sleep with Filch, too. He didn't seem happy at all when that happened.
Hagrid calmed himself. "Well.actually, me treat for yeh all is that I picked out all the creatures we were studying the past 4 years, and decided make you pick out your choice. You will have exams on that creature only, and by the end of the year, your final exams will also be about the creature you picked. You can take multiple creatures, but make sure you can handle 'em all."
All of us beamed, even the Slytherins. "So.you're saying that whatever creature we pick.we only study about that certain animal?" Malfoy asked. Hagrid nodded. "But I'm still not sure. I think Professor Dumbledore might change it, but we'll go on with the new lesson plan for now" he said. All of us were really beaming now.
"So where are the animals Hagrid?" Lavender Brown asked. "Oh, now we're not starting yet Lavender. You still have to pick. You can pick inside me hut, there are slips of parchment there, and 6 boxes. You write your name on the slip, and then you drop it in a box. The boxes have the names of the creatures you picked, so you'll have no trouble at all." Hagrid explained. "Sounds good. Let's go" Harry said, and we all piled inside Hagrid's cabin.
"What animal did you pick Hermione?" Harry asked, as we set off for Charms. "You mean how many animals" Ron chuckled. Harry laughed. "Oh yeah, how many animals did you pick Hermione?" he asked. "Three. I picked out Hippogriffs, Unicorns, and Nifflers. I want to learn more about Hippogriffs and Unicorns, but I really want to study Nifflers. I mean, I missed that one lesson in our fourth year about them, so I decided to have a go. How about both of you?" I replied.
"I took up Hippogriffs and Nifflers." Harry answered. Ron smiled. "I guess we all took up Nifflers." He said. I stopped. "You mean you only took one subject for the whole school year?" I asked, as they both stopped too. Ron nodded. "Yeah, so?" he said. "Nothing. Never mind" I said, starting to walk again. Then we arrived at the big oak doors, and went to Charms. We had quite a nice day. In Charms, Professor Flitwick taught us how to conjure assorted objects out of thin air. In Transfiguration, we took notes about Human Transfiguration, but Professor McGonagall said we weren't going to try them until the middle of the year. Defense Against the Dark Arts was always cancelled since last year, when Professor Dumbledore couldn't find someone so we had free period. The rest of the day went as smoothly as the others. But the most unusual thing happened in Potions. Draco Malfoy and the other Slytherin boys kept staring at me. It really was strange since they always ignored us Gryffindors. I saw Draco Malfoy staring at me from the corner of his eye. I caught his gaze and he quickly turned his head. But somehow, there was faint glow in Draco Malfoy's eyes that I never saw before.