Chapter 13 – When Harry met Hagrid

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Harry stared at the castle in awe. He had never seen anything so magnificent. It was surrounded by green grass, a forest and a lake.

"Like it Harry?" Sirius asked absent-mindedly

"It's amazing" Harry gasped

"Let's go and get you settled in" Sirius said, pulling him to his feet. They made their way up the grounds with Harry trying to bend his head in every direction.

"Who lives there?" he asked curiously, pointing to a hut.

"Hagrid the groundskeeper" Remus answered "You'll be meeting him soon" They went on in silence. As they neared the doors they slid open to let a man out.

"Hello Moody" Sirius shouted as they neared each other.

"Sirius" The man named Moody said, nodding his head in acknowledgement "Remus"

"Allright there Moody" Remus said, coming to stand next to Harry.

"And this must be Pottor" Moody said, his eyes resting on Harry

"Yeah this is Harry" Sirius said, placing a hand on his shoulder. Harry was starting to feel uncomfortable under Moody's watchful eye. Moody seemed to notice this and gently smiled at him.

"Make sure they aren't too hard on you" Moody winked. Harry smiled.

"Don't worry, I'm sure I'll be fine" Harry laughed. Moody chuckled

"Well I best be off, I'll see you all later" Moody said

"Goodbye Moody" said both Sirius and Remus

"Um......bye" Harry hesitated. Moody waved to him over his shoulder

"Who was that?"

"Alastor 'Mad-eye' Moody" Remus answered

"Is that really his name?" Harry asked, staring at Moody only just realising that one of his legs was different.

"No of course not, oh and by the way he had a wooden leg" Sirius answered

"Ok, anything else I should know about?" Harry asked jokingly

"He has a magical eye"

"A what?" Harry said wildly

"A magical eye, it can see through things like walls, clothes........"

"Eurgh" Harry said at once

"Oh don't worry, he doesn't look at people like that" Sirius laughed

"Oh, that's ok then" Harry smiled. Sirius and Remus laughed. They continued up to the doors and when they reached them, they parted to let them in.

As they walked in Harry froze in amazement. They were in a entrance hall with doors either side of them and right in front of them was a grand staircase.

"Amaing isn't it" Remus said

"Yeah" Harry said

"Wait till you see the rest of the castle" Sirius said

"Is it as good as this?"

"Better than this" Remus replied. Harry's eyes widened.

"Come on we'll show you to your room" Sirius said, giving him a small shove.

They went through manu doors and up many staircases before they finally came to rest in front of a portrait with a man asleep in it.

"That.....was......tiring" Harry panted

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it after a while" explained Sirius who didn't look nearly as tired as Harry.

"Right now the password to get to your room is Phoenix Fire, but you can change it if you want"

"Ok" Harry said slowly "How do I get in?"

"You say the password to the portrait" Sirius explained

"Um........Phoenix Fire" Harry said clearly. The portrait swung open and the three stepped inside. Harry gasped. It was much larger than he had expected.

"Like it?" Remus asked curiously

"Yeah, but one question" Harry replied

"What's that?"

"Where do I sleep?" Harry asked

"In the bedroom" Sirius said smartly

"How many rooms are there?" Harry asked wildly

"Just 3, Living room, Bedroom, and Bathroom". Harry nodded

"Ok, well, we're going to let you unpack and we'll come and get you later ok?"

"Oh, ok"

"Here you go" Remus said, as he took 3 minature bags out of the pockets of his robes. He then returned them back to normal size.

"See you soon" They both said as they walked out of the portrait. Harry picked up the 3 bags with great difficulty and carried them into the adjoining bedroom.

As he set the bags down on the floor he looked around his new room. In front of him was a queen size bed with drapes surrounding it. To the right was a window with a desk situated beneath it. A wardrobe and dresser sat next to each other and another door was behind him and the walls were painted a deep red.

He decided to take a quick look in his bathroom. He turned around and went through the door.

As he stepped in he gasped. The bathroom was huge. It had a shower that could easily fit 4 people in it. His new bathtub was just as big. The toilet and the sink looked surprisingly normal.

He went back to his bedroom and began to unpack. Once all of his clothes were in the right places he went back into his living room and sat down on one of the oversized couches.

He was looking around the room when his eyes fell on a picture on the mantle. He stood up and moved closer to get a better look. The picture was in a gold frame. There were 3 people in the picture.

Harry recognised them instantly. It was his parents and him when he was a baby. He looked exactly like his dad except he had his mum's eyes, Sirius had told him. Harry had never actually seen a picture of them before but he knew it was them as soon as he saw them.

The portrait swung to reveal Sirius.

"You unpacked everything?" He asked as he walked over to him.

"Yeah" Harry replied

"Like that picture?" Sirius smiled

"It's my parents" Harry said smartly

"Yeah, so are you hungry? Me and Remus thought that you would be" Sirius asked.

Harry nodded, tearing his eyes away from the picture where his mum was giving baby Harry a kiss on his cheek.

"Let's go get something to eat then" Sirius said, as he led Harry out of the portrait. They made their way back down to the entrance hall as they talked about random things.

As they neared the great hall Harry asked;

"So what is there to eat then?"

Sirius just smiled and pushed open the doors. As they stepped inside Harry was immediately confused.

"What happened to the roof?" he asked curiously

"Nothing, it was enchanted to look like the sky outside" Sirius said as he laughed.

"Oh" was all Harry said. Sirius led him to the very back of the hall were a long table was situated.

"Sit here Harry" Sirius said, pointing to an empty chair that was seated next to Remus. Harry sat down and Sirius sat down on his other side.

Harry was about to ask where the food was when right in front of his eyes food started appearing on all the dishes that were on the table. All of his favourite foods were there Cheeseburgers, Chips, Hot Dogs, Pizza.

"You do like this sort of food don't you Harry?" Sirius asked nervously

"Yeah" Harry replied excitedly

"Oh thank god" Sirius said. Harry looked at him with confusion written all over his face.

"Sirius was down in the kitchens for the last half an hour telling them what sort of foods he wanted them to make for you" Remus told him

"Oh"

"I thought that it might help you settle in better" Sirius said sheepishly. Harry grinned and started piling all the food on his plate. He hadn't had any breakfast so he was very hungry.

"Hungry?" Remus asked amusedly

"Starving" Harry replied

"Looks like you haven't had anything all day" Sirius said

"I haven't"

"Didn't you have any breakfast?"

"No"

"Why not?"

"Because I only woke up like 5 minutes before you came and I was trying to pack all my stuff". Sirius and Remus said nothing while Harry stuffed his face full of food.

The rest of they day passed quite quickly. In the afternoon Remus and Sirius showed him around the castle and the grounds.

"What about the Hagrid person?" Harry asked

"What about him?" Sirius said. They were sat by the lake under a tree trying to cool off from the heat.

"You said that I would be meeting him soon"

"And?"

"When will that be?"

"Well...............you could meet him now if you want" Remus answered from behind him.

"Let's go then" Harry said standing up

"He might not be in remember" Sirius said as he and Remus both stood up and started walking over to Hagrid's hut.

When they reached it Sirius knocked 3 times on the oversized door. They heard a bit of movement inside and the door opened.

"Wow!" Harry whispered to himself, upon seeing the man at the door.

"Hello Hagrid" Remus said cheerfully

"Hello Remus, Sirius" Hagrid

"There's someone here who wants to meet you" Sirius told him

"Oh right and who might that be?" Hagrid asked. Sirius and Remus stepped aside to allow Hagrid to see Harry.

"Er...hi" Harry said weakly

"Harry!" Hagrid almost shouted before pulling Harry into a bear hug.

"Allright calm down Hagrid we've only just got him here, we don't want him dying" Remus cried. Hagrid released Harry and wiped his eyes.

"I can't tell you how long I've waited for this day" he sniffed

"What do you mean?" Harry asked

"It's been 15 years since I last saw you, and you were only a baby, so you wouldn't remember me"

"Oh"

"Come in, come in" Hagrid said, stepping aside to allow them all in.

"Does anyone want anything to drink?, Tea, coffee, pumpkin juice". They all shook their heads.

Hagrid sat down in the chair opposite Harry and settles his gaze on him.

"My, ant you grown up". Harry didn't know what to say so he just smiled awkwardly.

The rest of the night passed quite quickly. Harry didn't feel as uncomfortable as he did before once Hagrid stopped staring at him and asked him what he was doing tomorrow.

"Oh god look at the time, we better be getting back to the castle" Sirius said

"Can't I stay a little longer" Harry pleaded

"No, I don't want you walking back up to the castle by yourself" Sirius told him

"I'll walk him back up if you want Sirius" Hagrid offered

"Well....."

Oh go on Sirius, please"

"Allright then, but I'll meet you back in the entrance hall at 10:00 ok"

"Ok" Harry smiled

"Ok, come on Remus let's go, bye Harry" Sirius said

"Bye Sirius, bye Remus" Harry said happily

"Bye Harry" Remus said as he closed the door

"So what do you want to talk about then Harry?" Hagrid asked him

"Well, I was wondering if we could talk about my parents for a while?" Harry replied

"Of course we can, what do you want to know?"

A/N Thanks to everyone who reviewed and again I'm sorry about the long wait but I had a bit of writers block.