Harry Potter and the Golden Bell
Chapter 3
Payback
"Harry what happens if you get the golden bell tomorrow?" asked Hermione anxiously once they were halfway to Care of Magical Creatures.
"Yeah," said Ron, "Trelawney never told us what it actually meant. It probably means death or something. But of course, you're used to that, Harry. Whenever we do anything like that in class, that's all you ever get; an omen of death."
"Thanks, Ron. I really needed to be reminded," said Harry. It didn't effect him much. It was true. After all, he had the Grim, an omen of death, in his tea leaves in his 3rd year at Hogwarts. By now, he was used to bad omens in Divination. The scary thing was that sometimes they were true.
"I think everyone's going to enjoy today's class!" Hagrid exclaimed once they were outside, "I've got a great lesson planned for today!"
"He always says that," said Ron, "You'd think he'd have the mind to think up something else." As the class followed Hagrid into the woods with their books, Malfoy came up behind Harry.
"Oi - Potter!" Harry turned around and Malfoy caught up with him.
"How's your girlfriend - that Anna-Nicole girl? She lost her mind lately from seeing you?"
"Just go away, Malfoy."
"No."
Harry stopped walking and turned to look at Malfoy. "Leave me alone," he said and began walking again.
"And what if I don't? What are you going to do, Potter? Give me a matching scar?" called Malfoy from behind him. Harry stopped again and looked over his shoulder and then turned around and started walking towards him. Hermione stopped Ron and walked over to Malfoy and stepped in front of Harry.
"The amazing thing is that you have such a small mind (Malfoy raised his eyebrows) that you need to insult Harry to make up for it," she said with a slight edge to her voice.
"The amazing thing is that you have such a dirty family that you need to be so smart and get into everyone else's business to make up for it," replied Malfoy arrogantly. There was a very short pause and Hermione knee'ed him between his legs. Hard. Ron cringed and shook his head.
"Poor stupid git," he said. He, Harry, and Hermione left Malfoy crying in pain and met Hagrid and the rest of the class in the same clearing in the woods where Hagrid showed the class Buckbeak 3rd year. What Hagrid had this time for the class was a little smaller than Buckbeak and was one of the most beautiful creatures that Harry had ever seen. Even after what had happened with Malfoy, it was easy to smile at the beast. The animal was blue in color; a little lighter than the color of the sky. It looked like a horse, but was smaller and more graceful, with a long horn sticking out of its head.
"A unicorn," said Harry incredulously, "How did you ever manage to get one? They're extremely hard to catch and are often never seen."
"It's not a unicorn, Harry. It's a Kirin," said Hermione, "They're slightly smaller in size than a unicorn."
"That's right, Hermione," said Hagrid, "Originating in Japan, Kirin are very gentle beasts - depending on who yeh are. This creature protects the good. If yeh are a good person, seeing a Kirin is good luck. However, Kirin punish the wicked with its horn." Hagrid gestured to the long horn on the Kirin's head. Malfoy, who had obviously recovered, snorted at this. Hermione turned around, glared at him, and looked at Ron.
"You would think he would have learned something from me. I hope he becomes a bloody shish-kabob." Ron smiled and looked at Harry.
"What's wrong with you?" he laughed. Harry, who had been smiling happily at the Kirin, looked at Ron, noticed how foolish he was acting, and wiped it off his face. Ron shook his head smiling.
"Now," said Hagrid clapping his hands together, "I'm going ter bring Nadia through all of yehs and see how she acts toward each of yeh. She's on a tight rope, so if she tries to get any of yeh with 'er horn, she can't. Now to start off, I'm going ter give everyone a few Mandrake leaves. Kirin like Mandrake leaves. If she starts actin' funny towards yeh, hold them out to her and she'll calm down a bit." Hagrid passed a basket of Mandrake leaves around. "Everyone take 5 and pass it on. That's right." When the basket got back to Hagrid, he went to the tree that Nadia was tied to and undid the knot. He held firmly to the rope and led Nadia from person to person. Neville was first. Nadia sniffed him and then gave him a confused look, then put her head down pointing her horn straight at him and stepped forward. Neville forced everything within him to stay calm. He waited until he could feel the sharp horn of the Kirin against his forehead to give her his Mandrake leaves. Everyone was relieved when Nadia backed off and went to Ron. She let out a loud shriek that startled most everyone, especially Ron, and looked at him happily. She sniffed his Mandrake leaves and Ron willingly gave them up.
"Here...here take them and leave me alone. Bloody hell..." A few kids laughed as Nadia went to Harry. Then, she did a strange thing. She sat down in front of him and looked up at him with a content look on her face.
"She's lettin' yeh pet her, Harry! Go ahead and pet her. Very gently though. Don't want her ter get scared." Harry held out his hand to Nadia and pet her mane slowly. She was a very beautiful animal. Her icy blue eyes staring up with him in admiration. Harry almost wondered if Nadia knew just who he was. The Kirin made a calm whinnying sound. Harry smiled and kneeled down in front of her. He gave her his Mandrake leaves and she accepted them happily. Everyone watched in awe as the creature ate the Mandrake leaves and sniffed him for more. She sniffed his head and his hair stuck up when her nose was above it.
"I don't have any more!" Harry laughed. Malfoy shoved out of the crowd.
"Allright, it's my turn. Go ahead, ya big beast. Try me." Nadia stood up and beat her hooves on the ground fiercely.
"Mr. Malfoy! Don't!" yelled Hagrid. But it was too late. Nadia had growled and that had sent a terrified look over Malfoy's face. Malfoy screamed and ran through the forest, Nadia running behind. The rope connected to her had slipped from Hagrid's hand and he was running after Nadia and Malfoy.
"HELP! HELP! GET THE BLOODY THING AWAY FROM ME! GET IT AWAY! AAAAHHHH!!!" The whole class ran after the angry Kirin, the determined Hagrid, and at the head, the horror-struck Malfoy.
"haHA! Brilliant! Just brilliant!" Ron was yelling. "That'll teach him good! If only Hermione had a long horn on her head, maybe she could change Malfoy a bit." Harry laughed and continued after the rest of the group next to Hermione who was now making an effort to catch Ron. After a long time of running, Malfoy, who had been sweating for a long time, jumped into a small cave to catch his breath. Nadia couldn't fit her whole body in the cave and Malfoy knew he was safe. The angry Kirin poked her nose into the cave and sniffed Malfoy's tattered robes. He let out a little squeak and began screaming at the top of his lungs. Hagrid's loud voice thundered over his screams.
"MALFOY, U BIG CHICKEN! COME OUTTA THERE!" All of the Gryffindors laughed. Most of the Slytherins grimaced, and Malfoy yelled: "NO!" Hagrid grabbed the rope on Nadia and pulled her away from the cave and tied her to a tree away from it. Hagrid bent down and poked his head into the cave.
"She's gone now," he said calmly and stood back up. Malfoy came out of the cave and crossed his arms. He looked at Nadia and sneered. Nagini screamed and pounded her hooves on the ground. Malfoy walked over to her and held out his Mandrake leaves. He still had a huge frown on his face, but it was odd to see him act so nicely to something that just chased him through a forest. After Nadia finished with the Mandrake leaves, there was a long pause and he smacked her on the head. Hagrid, with a look of horror on his face, picked him up around the middle and carried him, yelling and cursing, back to the castle.
"The lesson's over, everyone. Get your things and go to your next class," said Hagrid over his shoulder to everyone else. He stopped and turned around.
"Harry? I'm going to trust you to bring Nadia back to the clearing for the next class. Can you do that?"
"Yeah...sure," said Harry and nodded. Hagrid smiled, turned around, and continued walking. He said something to Malfoy, who screamed.
"That was rich. Remind me to thank Hagrid at dinner," said Ron, smiling ear to ear. Hermione was even smiling a little bit.
"Come on, guys. We have to take Nadia back," said Harry and went over to the tree where Hagrid had put her. The loop around the tree was very high, because of Hagrid's height, so Ron, the tallest, undid it for Harry. Harry took the rope and held out his hand to Hermione, who gave him her Mandrake leaves. Harry fed them to Nadia and the four of them walked back up to the castle.
Chapter 3
Payback
"Harry what happens if you get the golden bell tomorrow?" asked Hermione anxiously once they were halfway to Care of Magical Creatures.
"Yeah," said Ron, "Trelawney never told us what it actually meant. It probably means death or something. But of course, you're used to that, Harry. Whenever we do anything like that in class, that's all you ever get; an omen of death."
"Thanks, Ron. I really needed to be reminded," said Harry. It didn't effect him much. It was true. After all, he had the Grim, an omen of death, in his tea leaves in his 3rd year at Hogwarts. By now, he was used to bad omens in Divination. The scary thing was that sometimes they were true.
"I think everyone's going to enjoy today's class!" Hagrid exclaimed once they were outside, "I've got a great lesson planned for today!"
"He always says that," said Ron, "You'd think he'd have the mind to think up something else." As the class followed Hagrid into the woods with their books, Malfoy came up behind Harry.
"Oi - Potter!" Harry turned around and Malfoy caught up with him.
"How's your girlfriend - that Anna-Nicole girl? She lost her mind lately from seeing you?"
"Just go away, Malfoy."
"No."
Harry stopped walking and turned to look at Malfoy. "Leave me alone," he said and began walking again.
"And what if I don't? What are you going to do, Potter? Give me a matching scar?" called Malfoy from behind him. Harry stopped again and looked over his shoulder and then turned around and started walking towards him. Hermione stopped Ron and walked over to Malfoy and stepped in front of Harry.
"The amazing thing is that you have such a small mind (Malfoy raised his eyebrows) that you need to insult Harry to make up for it," she said with a slight edge to her voice.
"The amazing thing is that you have such a dirty family that you need to be so smart and get into everyone else's business to make up for it," replied Malfoy arrogantly. There was a very short pause and Hermione knee'ed him between his legs. Hard. Ron cringed and shook his head.
"Poor stupid git," he said. He, Harry, and Hermione left Malfoy crying in pain and met Hagrid and the rest of the class in the same clearing in the woods where Hagrid showed the class Buckbeak 3rd year. What Hagrid had this time for the class was a little smaller than Buckbeak and was one of the most beautiful creatures that Harry had ever seen. Even after what had happened with Malfoy, it was easy to smile at the beast. The animal was blue in color; a little lighter than the color of the sky. It looked like a horse, but was smaller and more graceful, with a long horn sticking out of its head.
"A unicorn," said Harry incredulously, "How did you ever manage to get one? They're extremely hard to catch and are often never seen."
"It's not a unicorn, Harry. It's a Kirin," said Hermione, "They're slightly smaller in size than a unicorn."
"That's right, Hermione," said Hagrid, "Originating in Japan, Kirin are very gentle beasts - depending on who yeh are. This creature protects the good. If yeh are a good person, seeing a Kirin is good luck. However, Kirin punish the wicked with its horn." Hagrid gestured to the long horn on the Kirin's head. Malfoy, who had obviously recovered, snorted at this. Hermione turned around, glared at him, and looked at Ron.
"You would think he would have learned something from me. I hope he becomes a bloody shish-kabob." Ron smiled and looked at Harry.
"What's wrong with you?" he laughed. Harry, who had been smiling happily at the Kirin, looked at Ron, noticed how foolish he was acting, and wiped it off his face. Ron shook his head smiling.
"Now," said Hagrid clapping his hands together, "I'm going ter bring Nadia through all of yehs and see how she acts toward each of yeh. She's on a tight rope, so if she tries to get any of yeh with 'er horn, she can't. Now to start off, I'm going ter give everyone a few Mandrake leaves. Kirin like Mandrake leaves. If she starts actin' funny towards yeh, hold them out to her and she'll calm down a bit." Hagrid passed a basket of Mandrake leaves around. "Everyone take 5 and pass it on. That's right." When the basket got back to Hagrid, he went to the tree that Nadia was tied to and undid the knot. He held firmly to the rope and led Nadia from person to person. Neville was first. Nadia sniffed him and then gave him a confused look, then put her head down pointing her horn straight at him and stepped forward. Neville forced everything within him to stay calm. He waited until he could feel the sharp horn of the Kirin against his forehead to give her his Mandrake leaves. Everyone was relieved when Nadia backed off and went to Ron. She let out a loud shriek that startled most everyone, especially Ron, and looked at him happily. She sniffed his Mandrake leaves and Ron willingly gave them up.
"Here...here take them and leave me alone. Bloody hell..." A few kids laughed as Nadia went to Harry. Then, she did a strange thing. She sat down in front of him and looked up at him with a content look on her face.
"She's lettin' yeh pet her, Harry! Go ahead and pet her. Very gently though. Don't want her ter get scared." Harry held out his hand to Nadia and pet her mane slowly. She was a very beautiful animal. Her icy blue eyes staring up with him in admiration. Harry almost wondered if Nadia knew just who he was. The Kirin made a calm whinnying sound. Harry smiled and kneeled down in front of her. He gave her his Mandrake leaves and she accepted them happily. Everyone watched in awe as the creature ate the Mandrake leaves and sniffed him for more. She sniffed his head and his hair stuck up when her nose was above it.
"I don't have any more!" Harry laughed. Malfoy shoved out of the crowd.
"Allright, it's my turn. Go ahead, ya big beast. Try me." Nadia stood up and beat her hooves on the ground fiercely.
"Mr. Malfoy! Don't!" yelled Hagrid. But it was too late. Nadia had growled and that had sent a terrified look over Malfoy's face. Malfoy screamed and ran through the forest, Nadia running behind. The rope connected to her had slipped from Hagrid's hand and he was running after Nadia and Malfoy.
"HELP! HELP! GET THE BLOODY THING AWAY FROM ME! GET IT AWAY! AAAAHHHH!!!" The whole class ran after the angry Kirin, the determined Hagrid, and at the head, the horror-struck Malfoy.
"haHA! Brilliant! Just brilliant!" Ron was yelling. "That'll teach him good! If only Hermione had a long horn on her head, maybe she could change Malfoy a bit." Harry laughed and continued after the rest of the group next to Hermione who was now making an effort to catch Ron. After a long time of running, Malfoy, who had been sweating for a long time, jumped into a small cave to catch his breath. Nadia couldn't fit her whole body in the cave and Malfoy knew he was safe. The angry Kirin poked her nose into the cave and sniffed Malfoy's tattered robes. He let out a little squeak and began screaming at the top of his lungs. Hagrid's loud voice thundered over his screams.
"MALFOY, U BIG CHICKEN! COME OUTTA THERE!" All of the Gryffindors laughed. Most of the Slytherins grimaced, and Malfoy yelled: "NO!" Hagrid grabbed the rope on Nadia and pulled her away from the cave and tied her to a tree away from it. Hagrid bent down and poked his head into the cave.
"She's gone now," he said calmly and stood back up. Malfoy came out of the cave and crossed his arms. He looked at Nadia and sneered. Nagini screamed and pounded her hooves on the ground. Malfoy walked over to her and held out his Mandrake leaves. He still had a huge frown on his face, but it was odd to see him act so nicely to something that just chased him through a forest. After Nadia finished with the Mandrake leaves, there was a long pause and he smacked her on the head. Hagrid, with a look of horror on his face, picked him up around the middle and carried him, yelling and cursing, back to the castle.
"The lesson's over, everyone. Get your things and go to your next class," said Hagrid over his shoulder to everyone else. He stopped and turned around.
"Harry? I'm going to trust you to bring Nadia back to the clearing for the next class. Can you do that?"
"Yeah...sure," said Harry and nodded. Hagrid smiled, turned around, and continued walking. He said something to Malfoy, who screamed.
"That was rich. Remind me to thank Hagrid at dinner," said Ron, smiling ear to ear. Hermione was even smiling a little bit.
"Come on, guys. We have to take Nadia back," said Harry and went over to the tree where Hagrid had put her. The loop around the tree was very high, because of Hagrid's height, so Ron, the tallest, undid it for Harry. Harry took the rope and held out his hand to Hermione, who gave him her Mandrake leaves. Harry fed them to Nadia and the four of them walked back up to the castle.