Chapter 5: Vandals
Later that day Fluffy went back down to the Greenhouse and found the door locked. That made it angry. Fluffy walked around Hogwarts searching for food and noticed that Hagrid forgot to lock the door. Fluffy walked outside sniffing around. When it got close to the Forbidden Forrest it noticed Fang tied to the tree and headed over towards him. Fang got scared, broke loose and ran into the Forbidden Forrest. Fluffy continued to sniff around until it found Hagrid's garden in the back. Fluffy ate all the fruits, vegetables and pumpkins out of Hagrid's garden. After Fluffy's feast it back up to the third floor corridor to rest.
When Hagrid returned that night he was surprised to see his garden empty. The only thing left was pumpkin skins and seeds. "Vandals!" he hollered as he looked through his house and around it. "Who could have done this?" Hagrid checked the school grounds to see if anything in the school was damaged. After learning that the school was safe he returned home.
Hagrid thought long and hard about this. "Fang!" Hagrid called as he ran outside. "Is he alright?" He noticed Fang's chain was broken. "Did someone steal Fang or did he get scared and run away?" he wondered. Hagrid went out in the Forbidden Forrest to look for him. "Fang, Fang!" he hollered as he walked along. A few minutes later Fang came running to Hagrid. Hagrid was so happy to see him. "Fang are you alright? Did anybody or anything try ter hurt you? He said as he patted his head. "Come on let's go and get you sum'em ter eat."
After careful thought Hagrid realized that it wasn't vandals at all. Vandals would have destroyed the garden by trampling through it and then would have trashed his house or even worse the school. If it was a thief they would have stole the fruits, vegetables and pumpkins not ate them there. So it had to be a beast but he didn't know what kind.
Before going to bed Hagrid cleaned up and set up traps around his house and the school. As he was setting up the traps he thought maybe the same beast that came in his garden was the same beast that ate the plants in the Greenhouse. So when he returned home he rubbed Fang's head and said "Sorry that I blamed you for the damage to the Greenhouse. I'll make it up to you ta'morra."
