If I messed up with Hagrid, excuse that. It ain't as easy as it looks.
Chapter 15: Poriffs
The first day of classes went smoothly so far. Harry, Ron, Hermonie, Allen, and Kareem were walking towards their final class, which was Care of Magical Creatures with the gamekeeper turned Professor, Rubeus Hagrid.
"So who's this Professor Hagrid guy?" asked Allen, who was on the very end of the group. Hermonie was on the other end with a foul look on her face.
"You can see him from here," said Ron. "Just look down there."
Kareem and Allen looked down the hill towards Hagrid's hut. Allen's eyes widened and Kareem's eyebrows lowered.
"That big fella down there!" Kareem almost yelled.
"Yeah," said Harry with another smile.
"Lord," said Allen in a low voice.
They continued to walk down the hill and Hagrid's smile was noticeable when the students reached. Other students that were there was Lavender Brown, Seamus Finnegan, Neville Longbottom, John Williams from McGonagall's class, and Malfoy, accompanied by Crabbe and Goyle as usual.
"Psst," whispered Allen and he nudged Kareem. "Look who it is."
"I see him."
Malfoy seemed to notice the two and gave them an evil stare. Allen and Kareem looked back at him with cocked eyebrows. When Malfoy turned his head, a small smirk appeared on their faces. The class started soon, and Hagrid caught everyone's attention. He started with,
"Ta'day, we'll be lookin' at some hi'storic creatures used in tha' past. Folla' me, please."
Hagrid started off behind his hut and the class followed. As they walked around the hut, they noticed a pen containing two small dark blue simian like creatures. They had the face of a bear, but the body of a small gorilla. They were the size of a small chimpanzee. Harry looked back and noticed Allen looking slightly nervous. Kareem tugged his attire and said,
"Quit being a pu-"
He was cut off by Hagrid's strong voice when he began talking again.
"These are Porrifs. They were used ta' send messages durin' battles."
"Why didn't they use owls?" asked Lavender raising her hand from the far back.
"Goo' question," replied Hagrid. "An owl would ha' been too obvious' fer tha' eneme' to know what's going on. Watch this."
Hagrid then walked over to the pen and tied a message to the Poriff's tail. He then yelled,
"Hogwarts!"
The Poriff used its tail to escalade into the air, and in a quick gesture, positioned itself in a javelin type of pose. Almost a split second after, it jolted through the air and sped over the distance.
"Loo' at 'er go!" yelled Hagird with his hand over his eyebrows.
The students all ran to try to get a closer look as the Poriff disappeared. Hagrid's voice still rang over all the commotion.
"Studens! Studens! Duck down towards the groun'. Yes, Neville. I sai' duck."
All the students ducked low to the ground as Hagrid turned around and looked into the distance.
"Fiv', four, threee', two, won'."
The Poriffs suddenly jolted towards Hagrid in lightning speed and landed at Hagrid's feet. He lifted the message up on his tail and Hagrid accepted the message.
"Than' you."
The Poriff then hopped back into its pen and relaxed. Hagrid stuck the paper he received into his pocket and turned towards the students, who were now getting to their feet.
"Why don't we just use these things now?" asked Malfoy in a foul tone.
"They ar' very hard ta' train. Takes abou' a year or two to tame em'. Also, they get tired afta' abou' two or threee runs."
The rest of the class was more of a show. Hagrid showed more of the Poriff's activities, while the class sat and watched. Harry, however, noticed that Malfoy was whispering something to Crabbe & Goyle every once in a while. A sudden fear then struck him. Malfoy looked awfully mad after Kareem and Allen told him off. What if he was planning something for revenge? He was embarrassed in front of almost two schools.
After class ended, the students all walked in the same direction towards the Great Hall for dinner. While on their way, Harry warned Allen and Kareem of his suspicions. They basically just shook it off.
"I'm not scared of him," exclaimed Allen.
"What's he gonna do," said Kareem. "Throw grease on us. We appreciate it though, Harry."
"You two could look out for yourselves," suggested Ron. "Malfoy's may be a real pain. But he does get angry a lot."
"Everybody has their own little temper tantrums," said Kareem. "I wish he would try to put a spell on me."
Harry would have debated more, but it seemed like Kareem wouldn't be scared of Malfoy no matter what he said. Harry wasn't afraid of Malfoy either, he just despised him. But he was careful of him.
They reached the Great Hall and the group of five broke down to three as Kareem and Allen went to their Nero tables. As the three sat down, Hermonie brought up the subject of Allen.
"What does he want from me!" she almost yelled.
"C'mon Hermonie," laughed Harry. "He likes you."
"Well I don't like him! He's seems and looks real stupid."
"How can you possibly know that," cut in Ron. "You just met him."
"No," said Hermonie while almost slamming her fork. "I talked to some students that have been in his classes. He's a complete idiot. He's failing Charms."
"Wow," choked Ron, almost releasing food out of his mouth. "That class is easy."
"Exactly!" concluded Hermonie sticking her fork in her food.
After a while or so, Dumbledore stood up at the staff table. Everyone noticed his standing and turned their attention towards him.
"All students who have signed for the Adopt-A-Student program please stay in the Great Hall to meet your new companions. Thank you."
"Well I guess that means us," said Fred and George looking at Ron, who was sitting a person away from Hermonie.
"Why did Mum sign us?" complained Ron as he crossed his arms.
"No idea," said Fred. "Ginny wasn't too mad though."
After finishing their meal, Harry and Hermonie started off. When exiting, he noticed Allen finishing his food. He whispered to Hermonie for a head start, and she took off towards the Gryffindor common room. However, Harry was never approached by his two new friends, so he continued on to the common room.