Hippogriffs, Bertie Bott's and Cauliflower
"They're deceased, you brainless sack of crap!"Harry snapped at the paper, watching a very old picture of his parents dancing in a pile of fallen leaves. Hermione touched his arm and pointed to the article underneath it."Read this,"she said. Harry peered over the words. Once he realized Rita Skeeter had read it, he turned away for a moment to cuss her name and then turned back to read the article.
A great silence had fallen over Hogsmead, the only known all witch and wizard town in London, when 23 year old Jessica McGovenor explained what she had seen earlier that day.
"I saw a woman with long brown hair and green eyes and a man with short black hair and glasses walking down Diagon Alley yesterday and I swore it was James and Lily Potter,"Jessica told me. Cornelius Fudge decided to investigate this and, sure enough, found James and Lily in the back of Honeydukes, talking to each other while they nibbled on Bertie Bott's beans.
Lily and James were well known and so is their son, Harry Potter, a seventeen year old Gryffindor student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. What happened four years ago with Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, has made matters worse.
"I heard Black was an Animaga, but, it turned out he was a carnivor instead,"Miss McGovenor told us.
Will we find out if James and Lily are alive?Or will we investigate with their "graves" at Minchmill Park and find out there?
Harry rolled up the newspaper and threw it across the Great Hall, making it land on a floating square of wood."Rubbish!"he snapped, throwing it again. Hermione nodded.
"Come on, Harry. Let's go see Hagrid,"Hermione said. Harry nodded and let Hermione lead him outside to Hagrids hut. Hermione knocked on the door and heard Fang's loud barks shout back at her. Harry heard a squawk from behind the hut and curiously went to find out what it was.
Harry froze and gasped when he saw a tall, feathery and furry creature standing in a fenced-in circle. It had the head of an eagle, and the body of a horse, it's head furiously making snapping noises as it shook it back and forth. The creature spred out it's huge feathery wings and raised it's clawed feet into the air, barely missing the gate door.
"'Arry? Reckon you've found 'arolgon,"a familuar voice said from behind him. Harry turned around and saw Hagrid dressed in his long, brown trench coat with many pockets and a dead animal draped around his neck. Harry stared at the animal and saw it was a fox, probably a vixen.
"Hagrid! You have another Hippogriff?"Hermione said, walking around the hut into the back and bowing at the creature. Harolgon bowed back and let her pet his neck and sit on his back. She crawled onto his back and scratched the area behind his neck. Harolgon moaned delightfully and tapped his back hoof as Hermione scratched him.
"Well, 'e's only for one lesson. Kind of strange 'ow 'e only eats Bertie Bott's an' cauliflower,"Hagrid said, scratching his head. Harry bowed to Harolgon, who bowed back instantly, and hopped on infront of Hermione. She wrapped her arms around his waist, making him feel warm and comfortable. He looked behind himself and saw her leaning her head against his back.
"Can we go for a ride?"Harry asked quickly, struggling to keep himself from throwing himself at Hermione and kissing her to death.
"Course yer can, but make it short cuz you to best be going inside. Is 6:30, it is,"he said. He patted the creature on his behind and soon, Harry and Hermione were gliding in the sky, skimming the tops of Hogwarts and flapping past the Gryffindor windows to show off. Seamus stuck his head out of one and smiled.
"Yeah, Harry!"he shouted and closed them again. At 7:30, Harry tied Harolgon to his fence and wrapped his arm around Hermione's waist.
"Accio Firebolt!"he said and soon, his broom was in his hand. He jumped on it and pulled Hermione on aswell. Kicking off the ground, the couple zoomed into Hogwarts and into Harry's dorm. He kicked her on to the bed(A/N: not literally, lol)and flopped down beside her, making sure the door was locked with a locking spell and a muggle lock.
"So, what do you want to do now?"he asked. Hermione kissed his mouth and sat up.
"Food!"she said. Laughing, Harry pointed to his empty plate with his wand.
"Accio food!"he said. Suddenly, a huge pile of food appeared. Hermione grabbed a drumstick and started to rip off bits of the chicken and slowly chew it. Harry took a chunk off the pumpernickel bread loaf and dipped it into the little bowl of spinach dip.
20 minutes later, after the plate was clean of crumbs, Harry rolled over to her a bit closer and smiled. He popped a piece of peppermint gum into his mouth, chewed quickly, and spat it out the window.
"So, now what?"he murmered in her ear, nibbling it a bit. Hermione laughed and sighed, letting Harry kiss her neck for a bit."I want to go to bed, but if anybody saw me come out of here, I'd be in so much trouble!"she said. Harry raised an eyebrow.
"What if you stayed here for the night?"he asked. Hermione smiled."Do you have something else I can wear?"she asked. Harry took out a long and wrinkled Qudditch shirt that Dobby the house-elf had given him last year for Christmas. Hermione stood up and faced his closet, away from Harry's bed.
"Don't look,"she said. Harry went onto his stomach, facing his pillow. When he turned back, he saw Hermione in his long and wrinkled shirt, throwing her jeans aside and tying her hair into two little pigtails.
"Cute,"he said, desperately trying to contain himself from drooling. Hermione sat next to him and crossed her legs."Kiss me,"she said. Harry hovered over her and leaned in, kissing her mouth tenderly.
"Again,"she breathed and threw his robes across the room. Harry kissed her once more and smiled."No more,"he said, sitting up."We can't right now."He sat back in his bed and sighed as Hermione leaned on his chest.
She took out her wand and poked her hair with it, muttering a spell. Her hair turned wavy instantly and she tied it into a knot at the back of her head.
"We have a test tomorrow that I don't think you're ready for. Let's work on it,"she said. Harry rolled his eyes. She wasn't Hermione on the outside, but sure was on the inside.
Harry sat cross legged on his bed and took out a little picture of his parents. He paused it with the snap of his fingers and pointed his wand at it.
"Lucio Memo...r...sa,"he stuttered. They picture floated up and flew across the room, hitting his wall and shattering into pieces.
"Reparo,"she said, pointing her wand at the frame. The picture flew up and the glass stuck together, making it's way back to Harry.
"It's Lucio Memosa, not Memorsa. Try again,"she said. Harry pointed his wand at the frame.
"Lucio Memosa,"he said clearly. The frame flew into the air, spun in cirlces and turned into a humming bird. Harry caught the little bird in his hands, the bird's head peeking out between them. He tied a tiny little knot around the bird's neck so it didn't strangle it and tied the other end to his bed post.
"Lucio Memosa Arcio,"he said. The bird turned back into a frame.
"Good job Harry. Now, let's go to bed,"she said. Harry laid down in his bed while Hermione crawled into Ron's. She pointed her wand at her hair and made it short and bright orange, just like Ron's.
"Night,"she said, turned around and fell asleep.