Someone for Hagrid.
Disclaimer. None but one of the characters found in this story are mine. All others are the property of J.K. Rowling.
A N. Chapter five might be delayed, even as I am prompted off the record to hurry up. I can only write so fast, peoples. My off the record visitors to the book will just have to review me, because you don't need to be a member to do so anymore. Just use your Email account, and review, would you?
Special thanks to Anine. Later, and yes, I'll give this chapter spoiler. Anyways, later in the novel, you'll find why Hagrid didn't remember his umbrella. Dumbledore uses the time turner, to use the umbrella, and its hidden contents, to cast a strong, Dumbledore curse on the cabin, protecting it from all its inhabitant, and in chapter three, at the beginning, Dumbledore says if Leena stays there, Hagrid will have to keep it a secret. Hagrid's her secret keeper now. Just as Wormtail was once James and Lilly Potter's secret keeper.
Summary. Two weeks go by now, as we enter chapter four, and Hagrid and Leena are growing closer. I'll begin adding spoilers for the next chapter, little glimpses into it for you curious readers. Now, however, Hagrid finds his feelings harder and harder to control and keep inside. What will happen when the time comes for he and Leena to have a day alone, with no distractions from anyone, and who will see? Read on, and have a blast.
As promised, here, my friends, is Chapter four.
Chapter Four. Like a Robin in the Blue Sky.
Hagrid stood, his arms outstretched, as he looked up, and admired the stars in the night sky. Two weeks had passed, since his beautiful Leena Michaels had come to stay with him---two beautiful weeks of which looking at Leena in the morning was bliss beyond any he'd ever felt in his entire lifetime. He had finally got his wish, and Hagrid found he could hardly contain his excitement and gratitude toward Dumbledore, for the gift the headmaster had given him. He had, without knowing it, given Hagrid the gift of life, and Hagrid was sure, as he stood looking at the night sky, that Dumbledore knew what he'd done, and had a plan as to what was meant to happen with it.
Presently, a voice could be heard inside, as the door opened, and Leena's small, beautiful eyes peered at him. Her white pajama robes looked stunning upon her slim, well-curved body, and as Hagrid looked upon her with half-closed eyes, he felt his heart melt beneath the warmth of her image. Leena Michaels was life itself to him, and with each day that passed, Hagrid could feel the bond between herself and his own red heart growing stronger, as he wondered if she, as well, felt the growth of his love for her. Nights could pass, where Hagrid would lay wide awake in his big bed, the patchwork quilt held to his chin, as he gazed thru half-closed eyes, at Leena's sleeping form on the bed, wondering why on earth she did not wake, and knowing he didn't stand a chance with her, as he was half giant, and Leena was a normal girl.
"Hagrid, won't you come in? You've been in that cold for so long now, and you'll catch pneumonia out there!" Leena said, her sweet voice breaking into his thoughts.
"Righ then, Leena. I've got classes in the mornin', anyhow. Don't need me sick in them, do we?" Hagrid asked, as he turned to enter the cabin, his eyes shining into hers.
"You never change, Hagrid. I'm glad." Leena said, as she approached Hagrid, and gave him a hug.
"Leena, ye don't be doin' that now." Hagrid said, as he drew back from her, his face suddenly frightened.
"Oh! I'm---I'm so sorry, Hagrid! I didn't---I mean---I'm so sorry!" Leena stammered, as she stepped away from him, tears springing into her eyes.
"Oh, Leena, don't ye be worryin' now! It isn't yer fault, girl! It's mine." Hagrid said, his mind racing.
"No, Hagrid, it's mine. I should have been better. I know how you are with hugs. You were like that when your father died, I remember. I'm so sorry, Hagrid." Leena said, as she turned away, and entered the house.
Hagrid stood outside, stunned, as he thought of what had just happened. Leena Michaels had touched him, as she had done once when he was a young Man. She had brought him to life, as he'd never been before, and he found he could hardly handle the emotions which ran thru him. He felt himself as he'd never felt before, as though his anatomy would never sleep again, and Hagrid felt shame creeping thru him like bitter fire. Leena had not known what her hug had done to him, nor what had been awakened to her sweet closeness, and as he turned away, his eyes stinging with tears, Hagrid felt remorse creeping up beside the dreadful shame he felt.
Hagrid entered the forbidden forest, tears streaming down his eyes, and here he began to run, crashing thru the forbidden forest with great noise as he fought to get away. He longed to leave his cabin behind him---to leave Leena Michaels, and her sweet, beautiful hug. He fought thru the forest, longing to leave behind, his shame and remorse, and his many emotions which had surfaced at the sight of Leena, and how close she was growing to his heart, and the truth he had kept from her. Each night, as he had lain in his bed, he had worried for Leena, and how much his love for her could, and eventually would hurt Leena Michaels. He was half giant, for criminy's sake! Leena was human! Humans and half-giants would never be able to be together, and Leena was much too deserving of someone so much better than Hagrid would ever be to her. She deserved a full-blood wizard, not some unwanted half-breed. A giant would give Leena a worse name, and Hagrid would never have that, as long as he lived.
"Hagrid, we'd greatly appreciate it if you'd cease your infernal romping thru our forest. We're star gazing, if you haven't noticed." Forenzi said, as he approached Hagrid.
"Truly sorry, friend. I didn't mean to frighten you or anything. I was just---just runnin' and I got rather noisy, I guess." Hagrid said, as he stopped abruptly, and turned to face his long time friend.
"Leena Michaels once more, I see, friend. She troubles your mind, the stars tell me." Forenzi said, as he laid a hand on Hagrid's arm.
"How could she trouble my mind, I wonder? She's done nothing! She's a normal girl!" Hagrid cried, as he fell to his knees on the forest floor.
"Come now Hagrid. You know this is not true. You have looked in upon Leena Michaels since you were little children at Hogwarts. She is a beautiful and kind woman, and you love her. You can not be untruthful to yourself, and you may not be untruthful with me, Hagrid. You love her. Do you not think she will find it in her heart to love you in return?" Forenzi asked, as he looked into Hagrid's eyes.
"Don't say it, Forenzi! I'm beggin' ye, don't give me that thought!" Hagrid cried, as he sat flat on his bottom on the forest floor.
"Hagrid, the stars know more than either you or I know. Do not underestimate their power and knowledge. She very well could begin to love you, Hagrid." Forenzi said, as he relaxed on his four legs.
"I'm half giant, Man! Does that mean nothin' to ye?! She's a normal human girl! I won't be givin' her a worse name by bein' with her!" Hagrid cried, his nerves shot from the night's events.
"There is a way, Hagrid. You or I know not of it, but there is. Go home now, and worry not of your heritage. Some see past that, you see." Forenzi said, as he stood straight again.
"I won't be tellin' her, Forenzi! Forget that!" Hagrid called, as Forenzi turned, and galloped away.
"We shall see, Hagrid. We shall see." Forenzi said, as he disappeared out of sight.
Tears stung Hagrid's eyes, as he walked away thru the forest, and as he made his way to the cabin, he began to think of ways he could make the night up to Leena. He knew he had very much embarrassed her, and how he had saddened and frightened her by his sudden wish to be far from her. She was probably, as Hagrid thought, at his cabin, with tears in her beautiful eyes, and her face drawn with sadness, as she no doubt felt, that she had betrayed him somehow.
"I won't let her feel that way." Hagrid said aloud, as he hurried thru the forest, drying his own eyes.
The sun was coming into the sky, as Hagrid finally reached home, and as he entered the cabin, he found Leena asleep, her eyes stained with tears, and her pretty white mouth open slightly as she slept on. Gently, and with trembling hands, Hagrid shook Leena, and watched with a melting heart, as he long lashes lifted slowly, revealing wonderfully sparkling eyes beneath them. It seemed to take her a moment to remember what had happened, for she reached to him for only a moment, before taking her arms quickly back, and laying them awkwardly at her sides. Hagrid smiled, and winked, his mind once again racing, as he thought once again of how beautiful she looked, lying there before his hungry eyes.
"Leena, I wonder, would ye like to go on the lake with me? I have a boat I take firs' years on to bring them to school, and if ye'd like, I could take ye on it across the lake, and we could sail around it. Of course, ye'd need your invisibility cloak on, but we could have fun, if ye want to." Hagrid stammered, as she sat upright in her bed.
"Oh, Hagrid, I'd love to! How do we get around the ice, though?" Leena asked, as she stood slowly, and looked into his face.
Hagrid winked, and lifted his umbrella, feeling the vibrations he had once felt as he'd lifted it from the side of the door Professor Dumbledore had once left it on. It was a curious vibration, felt only when magic from another hand had been performed, and though Hagrid could not explain which magic had been performed, he knew it had something to do with his beloved Leena. Dumbledore had come, the day after Leena had arrived, and he had then told Hagrid of the spell he'd cast on both Leena and Hagrid's cabin, hiding her from all eyes, and protecting the cabin with the same magic which had protected Hagrid from Voldemort. It was a good, strong magic, and Leena was now concealed from all eyes, leaving Hagrid as the secret keeper of her life and whereabouts.
"What is in that umbrella of yours, Hagrid?" Leena asked, as he led the way out the door ten minutes later.
"It is somethin' not even ye should know about, Leena girl." Hagrid said, as he found the boat, and helped her inside.
"Where shall we go, Hagrid?" Leena asked, as the boat was dragged onto the thick ice.
Hagrid did not answer, and instead, he tapped the water with his umbrella, and uttered a silent phrase in a whispered tone. Steam flowed from the umbrella, and within a few moments, the water on the surface of the lake had thawed, and the boat began to sail freely of it's own accord, across the lake. Leena's eyes widened, as she saw this, and she looked wonderingly at Hagrid, as though she already knew what was truly hidden inside his umbrella.
"Hagrid, what are you really keeping in there?" Leena asked, as she glanced into his eyes.
"I can't tell ye that, Leena. I could tell ye anything else, but to tell ye that would be wrong." Hagrid said, as he looked out of the boat.
Leena was silent for a long time, gazing instead at the blue water, surrounded by deep, white snow, and showing clearly beneath a bright blue sky. Finally, when she could look about no longer, Leena looked up, and her eyes met Hagrid's face. As her eyes searched for Hagrid's he looked away, and once again, Leena felt the discomfort she seemed to feel whenever Hagrid kept secrets from her.
"Hagrid, I am sorry about last night. Really, I am." Leena said, as she gazed into his face.
'Like I already told ye, Leena. It was nobody's fault but my own. I am sorry, Leena. I meant not to cause ye any pain. Really I didn't, and if I could take it back, I would." Hagrid said, as he looked at last into her face.
"Hagrid, are you afraid of me?" Leena asked, as she looked intently at him.
"No, Leena, I am afraid of myself. I won't never hurt ye, Leena, as long as I live. I couldn't and ye know I never will." Hagrid said, as he smiled for the first time.
"I frighten you, Hagrid. You don't have to be a genius to know that." Leena said, a little sad at her own comment.
"No ye don't Leena! I promise ye, ye don't." Hagrid said, as he looked into her face.
"Then why, Hagrid, do you not look at me? Why do you keep your distance from me, and why are you always so frightened when I talk to you in a certain manner?" Leena asked, as she looked up at the sky.
"Leena, it isn't you. Ye see, it's me I'm frightened of. Ye do things to me nobody else ever has. Bein' around ye is like bein' around a robin in the blue sky. Leena, ye know if I were around such a bird, I'd end up breakin' it's wings, and I'll never break your wings, Leena. Not ever, if I can help it." Hagrid said, truthfully.
Leena looked at Hagrid for a long time, contemplating his words, then, quite suddenly, she moved beside him, and gave Hagrid a big, tight hug, which sent shivers running up and down his body. Hagrid looked frightened a moment, and tried to move away, as not to hurt his belove Leena, or let her know how awake his anatomy had become. Leena held him tightly, however, and a moment later, Hagrid found he could no longer control the emotions he felt for her, and he laid his arms gently about her, and pulled her gently to him, his mouth seeking her own in a passionate kiss. Leena's lips were firm against his own, but soft in a way he had never imagined, and as their kiss deepened, Hagrid felt himself slipping away to his passionate desires.
"You will never hurt me, Hagrid. I know that. You don't have the heart to hurt a fly." Leena whispered, against his skin.
"Oh, my Leena. My wonderful Leena." Hagrid muttered, as he looked toward her eyes.
"Hagrid, if I may have a word in my office?" a familiar voice asked, as Professor Dumbledore dropped from thin air onto the boat, and released Fawks's tail with a gentle stroke.
"Professor!" Hagrid said, startled, as he and Leena pulled apart.
"In the flesh. Now, it is rather important. Would you kindly escort Miss Leena Michaels to your cabin, and meet me in my office in twenty minutes?" Dumbledore asked, as he looked fondly at Leena.
"Of course he will, Professor. We were just taking a sail on the lake, and---well---we were talking and---" Leena's voice trailed away, as Dumbledore smiled graciously and kindly in her direction, and Leena's face grew red.
"Well then, I shall meet you in my office. I must be getting Fawks back so that she may burn for the time. I shall see you there." Dumbledore said, as he gently gripped Fawks's tail, and flew away.
Without a word, Hagrid sailed the boat quickly to shore, and helped Leena to the deep snow beyond the boat. Once she was on firm ground, the lake froze again to it's icy depths, and Hagrid led her cautiously thru the snow, to the cabin the two of them shared. As the umbrella trailed behind him Leena and his own footprints disappeared completely from the snow, and when the door closed behind Leena, Hagrid felt his heart begin to slow.
Not a word had he and Leena spoke, from the time Dumbledore had gone, to the time he had departed from Leena at the cabin, and as he made his way quickly to Dumbledore's office, he wondered if this was the best thing that could have happened. He and Leena had kissed, and as he struggled to remember the password to Dumbledore's office, he thought of this over and over again, spinning it like jeweled fiber thru his mind, until he felt the bliss of it all must soon overcome him.
"Please, won't you have a seat, Hagrid?" Dumbledore asked, as he entered his office, and locked the door behind him.
"If I may, Professor Dumbledore, I never meant to kiss her. It jus' sort o' happened. It won't happen again, I promise ye that." Hagrid said, feeling he must certainly be in great trouble with Dumbledore for his actions.
"That kiss was long in coming, Hagrid, and that is not why I have called you here. I have called you to do a certain favor, and once again, not to ask questions." Dumbledore said, sweriously.
"All righ' Professor. Anything ye ask." Hagrid said, as he smiled at Dumbledore.
"In one week, you will find a red potion in Professor Strout's class. I ask, Hagrid, that you take the entire vile, and swallow it. It will help you to accomplish your dream. When you have finished taking the poison, go to your cabin, and take a night off." Dumbledore said, as he looked into Hagrid's eyes.
"Why would ye ask me to do that? What dream am I accomplishin' Professor, if ye don't mind me askin'?" Hagrid asked, as he looked questioningly into Dumbledore's eyes.
"You have said you would not ask questions, Hagrid. Go home now, and begin teaching your classes. You will not speak to anyone of this." Dumbledore said, as he smiled, and looked at Hagrid with twinkling eyes.
"I won't Professor. I promise ye I won't." Hagrid said, making the promise he was growing used to making with Dumbledore.
"Go now then, Hagrid, and forget our discussion." Dumbledore said, as Hagrid got up to leave.
When Hagrid had gone, Dumbledore took from his pocket, a blue vile, and from it, he poured the red contents into a red vile. Shaking it until he bubbled, he began the long process of the Profferoking Potion, which would alter a body for four nights and days. This poison would go to Hagrid in one week, and with that, Hagrid would finally reach his dream, and be able to be with the one girl he'd loved for so long. Dumbledore would grant him this one wish, for Hagrid had always been a good, kind boy to him, and to grant him this one wish was the one desire Dumbledore had at the moment. For now, he would continue the poison, and hide it from all viewers, until such time as Hagrid could come across it in Strout's office.
Next chapter Spoiler.
"Professor Strout, what are you doing here?" Leena asked, as she opened the door wider.
"Leena Michaels, our school days are over. I am no longer your professor. My feelings are no longer needed to be hidden from you, my love." Professor Stroug said, as he placed his arms about Leena, and drew her nearer to him.
"Whatever do you mean, Professor?" Leena asked, looking into his eyes.
Professor Strout did not answer, and instead, he took Leena against him gently, his lips meeting her own in a passionate kiss which sent Leena's mind spinning. Leena's mind was not the only mind spinning, however, as from close beside the cabin, another pair of eyes caught the passionate kiss passed between the professor and Leena Michaels. Without a word or sound, Hagrid turned, and was gone thru the forest, and to the very heart, where he broke into great sobs, and landed hard upon the frozen forest floor. What kind of giant oaf was he, anyhow, to think Leena Michaels could ever care for him? He had cared for her, and still did, with a passion too great for his own comfort, and now he knew she could not feel the same for him. He had seen the kiss which passed between Leena Michaels and the professor a moment before, and now he felt ashamed, for he had been a fool to think Leena Michaels could ever care for a half-giant such as himself. Leena, who was so beautiful, and so charming, had now received what she'd deserved. A pure-blood wizard who could treat her as he could never. This pure-blood could make her his dream, and his beautiful queen, and Hagrid knew this was what she deserved. She would never belong to Hagrid, and as he came to the full realization of this, he felt the rest of his heart sink into his legs, as he sobbed bitterly into the Earth.
