Chapter Two

A Familyar Form

She quickly pulled on an old pair of jeans, a sweater her mum had made her for Christmas last year and simple jean jacket. Before leaving her room she glanced in the mirror; tring to make her hair lay straight, but it seemed completly hopeless.

The locket her mother (Lily Potter) sent her was a bit of an eyesore; thinking quickly she stuffed it into the neck of her sweater. Grabed her Hogwarts letter putting it in an old, and very dingy looking bag with one strap. She slung it across her chest and dashed down the stairs once more.

Only to find her new headmaster had already gone and her mum had returned to her(Madam Pomfrey) choirs and there as she looked at the back kitchen door standing just in the doorway was a mountain of a wizard with a tangled, grizzly mess of hair and beerd and an old mole skin coat.

She giggled to her self(strang how calm and safe she felt in his presence.) This could be nonother than Rubyus Hagred; the half gaint Care of Magical Creatchers Professor at Hogwarts; that Dolores Umbridge had tried to have sacked, she(Lilith) had read in The Daily Prophet.

She walked up to her new professor smiled widely and said"Are you Professor Hagred?" The large man jumped as if startled by a tiny sweeking mouce."Oh, you'll pardone me but I didn't see you there." Hagred said nevishly."I take it you're Ms. Lilith Pomfrey then?" He said tring desperatly to make a good impression.

She smiled and nodded quietly. She felt as though she had known her new professor for many years. She woundered, coureasly if maybe her big brother could be in the Care of Magical Creatchers class."Well then if you're ready let your mum know and we'll be on our way." Came pofessor Hagred's gruff voice. Lilith spotted her mum folding the laundry; she rushed over;"Mum, Professor Hagred is here, can we go." Madam Pomfrey looked up abit startled; then said"Alright,but you stay close to Hagred, mind your pockets and keep your eye's on the muguls when you go though the barrer !..."

"I promise!" Lilith said, nodding quickly; as she rushed back to Hagred's side smilling widely up at him.

Hagred having herd this looked over at Madam Pomfrey and nodded.

"As if to say," Don't worry I'll keep my eyes on her" Poppy Pomfrey seemed to relax as though she finaly felt it was safe to let her daughter go. So she smiled and nodded back at Hagred.

"Well then we're off !" Came that same gruff voice. Lilith couldn't stop herself from giggleing. And so the pair went to Diagon Alley...