Hey guys! Just a heads up, I added to the last chapter, and yeah that's all.
Enjoy!
"Come on! Come closer! No talking if you please!" Everyone gathered around Hagrid, as if he were some sort of Showman at a Carnival. "Welcome to Care of Magical Animals. Now I go' a real good treat for ya! Follow me! Follow me!" Everyone followed him into the woods until they reached a clear area, light shining through the leaves, giving it a refreshing feeling.
"Less cha'er please! Form a group over there, and open your books to Page 49!" Hagrid ordered, walking away from the group. "And how on earth-" Draco started, but got cut off by his book trying to leap out of his hands. "Are we supposed to do that?!" Draco demanded, restraining his book. "Stroke the spine of course." Hagrid told them, shaking his head.
Everyone looked at each other, then looked at their books. As Draco stroked the spine, the book purred, calming down. Draco looked up, with a confused look on his face. "Huh…" He muttered, before moving on. Neville, who did not hear what Hagrid said, blindly opened the book. The book snapped at his face as he fell down. "NEVILLE!" Natsu gawked, trying to pull the book away from Neville's face. Natsu was finally successful and quickly stroked the spine before the book could do anything else.
The Slytherins began to laugh at Neville's misfortune. "Don't be such a wimp Longbottom." Draco snarked. Hermione slammed her book down as the Slytherins slipped to the back. "I think they're funny." Hermione said sarcastically. "Oh yeah REAL funny. Pretty witty." Draco sneered back. "God this place has gone to the dumps." Natsu jolted his head up, as he helped Neville stand. "Wait till my father hears Dumbledore's got the oaf teaching classes."
The Slytherins began to snicker, Harry stepping forward with an angry look in his face. "Shut up Malfoy." He gritted. "Ooooo!" The Slytherin kids smirked. Draco gave a scoff, dumping his bag into Crabbe's hands. He stepped forward, ready to rumble with Harry. The boys stared at each other intensely. Draco looked above Harry, his eyes widening and his steps trembling backwards. "D-D-Dementor! DEMENTOR!" He yelled, pointing behind Harry.
Everyone gasped, looking behind them looking for the dark ghost. "Hahahahahahahaha!" The Slytherins laughed, propping their hoods up. "WoOwooWoooWooOOo!" The boys taunted, pretending to be the Dementors. Hermione turned Harry away, disgusted by Slytherins actions. That only made the Slytherins laugh harder. "Those bastards…" Natsu growled, letting go of Neville. "You're supposed to stroke it…" Ron sighed to Neville, as he put down his book and gave Ron a look.
"Ahem!" Everyone turned to Hagrid, who then turned around, arms opened wide. "Da dada daaaa!" Hagrid sang. Everyone looked beyond the trees a white creature emerging. It had the face of an eagle, the front legs of an eagle, and the body and back legs of a horse, and wings of an angel.
"Woah…" Natsu gasped. Everyone cooed at the animal. "Isn't he beautiful.." Hagrid asked as he tossed the creature some raw fish, which the animal gobbled up in an instant. "Meet Buckbeak!" Hagrid introduced, the creature shaking his mane. "Hagrid, what is that?" Ron asked. "Buckbeak is a Hippogriff. Now one thing you need to know about Hippogriffs is that they are proud creatures. NEVER insult a Hippogriff. It could be the last think you know…" Hagrid warned.
"Now, who would like to come say hello?" Hagrid asked, turning to Buckbeak. Everyone scuttled back, only Natsu and Harry standing forward. "H-Huh? Why are you guys running back?" Natsu asked, looking back. "Ah! Harry! Natsu!" Hagrid beamed. Natsu looked back forward. "Come closer boys." Harry looked around, then back forward, Natsu already walking forward.
Harry and Natsu stood in front of Buckbeak. "Now, you have to let him make the first move. Stand there." The boys stopped and looked at each other. "Do a nice bow." Hagrid instructed. "If he bows back, you can touch him. If not…. Well we can get to that later." Both boys looked forward and did a stiff bow to the creature. Everyone watched on, wondering what would happen next. "Now stay low, both of ya." The boys kept their positions, locking eyes with the beast.
The creature cawed, flapping its wings. "Get back! Both of you!" Hagrid ordered. Natsu and Harry shuffled back, but Harry stepped on a stick, causing a loud crack. Hermione gasped, grasping onto Ron. "Stay still…." Hagrid whispered, both boys keeping their bows.
The Hippogriff finally calmed down, and stepped forward, dipping his head into a bow. "Haha! Well done boys! Good boy Buckbeak!' Hagrid praised, tossing Buckbeak another fish. "You boys can go pat him now. Go on." Hagrid encouraged. The boys smiled and stepped forward to Buckbeak.
"Ow!"
"Hey!"
Kids exclaimed, Draco pushing through with an apple in hand.
"Nice and slow boys…" Hagrid ordered as Harry and Natsu inched closer. Both of them held out their hands, Buckbeak snapping a bit. Hermione gasped one more time, grabbing Ron's hand. Ron's eyes widened a bit, looking at him hand. Hermione looked at Ron, then realised what she was doing. She took her hand away from Ron, both of them blushing a bit.
"Stop there!" Hagrid whispered. Both boys stopped, a few meters away from the Hippogriff. "Wait…" Buckbeak slowly stepped forward, sniffing their hands. After a few seconds, the Hippogriff nuzzled up to their hands. "Well done boys!" Hagrid applauded, everyone else, but Draco and his goons.
"Right, time for a ride."
"Wait what?" The boys asked, Hagrid picking up Harry. "Hey hey hey hey! H-Hagrid wait!" Harry pleaded, putting Harry on first, then picked up Natsu. "H-Hagrid are you sure it's alright for me to ride Buckbeak?!" Natsu exclaimed, worried about his motion sickness.
"Oh yeah you'll be fine. Don't pluck his feathers. Have fun!" Hagrid beamed, giving Buckbeak a whack. The creature kicked up his front legs, and ran forward. "KYAAAA! WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT! HAAAAGRIIIIIIIID!" Natsu yelled as the beast jumped off a nearby cliff and dived down. Everyone gasped and ran over the edge, looking down.
A few seconds passed in uncomfortable silence. Suddenly the winged creature zoomed up, causing a strong wind to the students. "Ah!" They screamed, blocking the wind from with their arms. "Huh?" Everyone exclaimed, looking up as the boys flew away on the Hippogriff. Some of them could even swear hearing Natsu and Harry's screams.
Natsu opened his eyes then gasped. He wasn't sick. They were flying around Hogwarts clock towers, then flew up into the clouds. "Woah! This is so scary! I've never done this before!" Harry exclaimed in a panic. "Wait, you've never ridden on an animal before?" Natsu asked, which Harry shook his head to. Natsu stayed silent for a bit, then stood up cautiously on the creature's back. "Natsu?" Harry asked, turning around. Natsu spread out his arms and leaned back, falling. "Natsu!" Harry exclaimed, trying to grab his hand. But he couldn't grab his hand as it was out by a few millimeters.
"NATSU!" Harry yelled, watching him disappear into the clouds.
…..
"WOOOOOHOOOO!" A call came from below Harry. "Huh?" Natsu zoomed up, a blue item on his back. Natsu flew around a bit, then flew beside Harry with a smile. "Happy?! When did you get here?!" Harry exclaimed. "I was watching your lesson, then followed you guys." Happy explained. "Uhhh…. Don't scare me like that Natsu!" Harry sighed. "Sorry, but since this your first time flying on a creature, this moment should belong to you." Natsu smiled. Harry blinked at him a bit, then gave a smile. "Thank you…" Harry smiled, but he was still tense and scared. Both of them flew side by side as they dived to the surface of the lake.
"Hey Harry! Don't be so scared! Spread your hands out!" Natsu called out. Harry took a deep breath, and spread his arms out. His face erupted into a smile, and began to cheer with excitement. Natsu grinned, and looked forward. "Harry, I'm going back to class! Enjoy your first flight on an animal!" Natsu saluted, and with that, Natsu and Happy vanished across the lake.
Harry watched him leave, then looked forward with a beam, the feeling of flying through the air on this incredible creature was just breathtaking. He closed his eyes, letting the feeling sink in. He thanked Natsu in his heart, giving this experience to him.
WHOOSH!
Harry opened his eyes in shock, seeing a dark shadow zoom by the corner of his eye. He slowly turned his head to the left, and saw Gajeel. His black cat carrying him through the air. The two stared at each other as they brushed past each other. Gajeel and Lily stared in shock, but didn't stop, zooming off into an unknown area of forest.
"Hey wait!" Harry called after them. The Hippogriff turned around, flying at top speed after them keeping Gajeel in Harry's sights. Gajeel dived, and landed in an empty space as Lily hoped down, his wings vanishing. "Gajeel!" Gajeel looked up as the half bird, half horse landed in front of him. Harry slipped off and slowly walked towards Gajeel.
Gajeel said nothing, just looking to the ground. "Gajeel-" Gajeel gave him an evil glint, making Harry jump back a bit. "W-Why can your cat fly? Is he the same cat as Natsu?" Harry asked, looking down at Lily. "...Yeah." Lily confirmed in his deep voice, which made Harry surprised a bit. "Oi Lily!" Gajeel hissed. "It's fine Gajeel. He won't tell anyone." Lily comforted, looking back at Harry.
"Huh…. S-So I take it that Draco and the others don't know…?" Harry asked. "Why would I tell them?" Gajeel gruffed, swiveling around and putting his hands behind his head. "If I tell them they could take advantage of him." He explained calmly. "I see…. Gajeel…?" Gajeel turned back around humming.
"Why were you flying around? Shouldn't you be in class?" Harry asked. "...I should be asking you the same thing Potter…" Gajeel sighed, pocketing his hands, smoothly avoiding the question. "It was for Care of Magical Animals. And why are you flying around to begin with?" Harry asked again, the creature's head nuzzling on Harry's shoulder. Harry got shoved to the side a bit, before smiling and curled his arm under the Buckbeak's chin, before stroking it on the head. "...Can't be bothered with class." Gajeel sighed. "Speaking of which, you better get back, before suspicions rise." Gajeel said. "Huh? Oh right!" Harry gasped, climbing back onto the Hippogriff's back.
"You better not tell anyone!" Gajeel reminded him again. "I won't!" Harry promised, as Buckbeak took off, giving a strong wind as it jumped into the sky and flew in the direction of the class. "That was a close one…" Lily said, once he was gone. "Yeah…. He would have flown right into the Dementors if he went that way…" Gajeel walked over to the edge of the lake, black sweeping spects gliding over the space.
"Anyway, we should get back before anyone realises we were gone too long." Lily reminded him, flying up and grabbing Gajeel's back. "Yeah." Gajeel agreed, both of them zooming off back to the castle.
A sharp whistle echoed above the class, and the Hippogriff gilded around the trees before landing in front of the class. Natsu was already there cradling Happy, smiling and talking with Hermione and Ron. "Harry!" Natsu beamed. "Well done Harry!" Everyone praised, congratulating him once Hagrid got Harry off. "How am I doing for my first day?" He asked. "Amazing. Professor." Harry smiled.
"Oh please!" Malfoy scoffed, pushing his classmates aside. "Yeah, you're not dangerous at all are you you butt ugly creature!" Draco taunted, striding up to Buckbeak. "Malfoy!" Hagrid yelled. The Hippogriff screeched and stood on its hind legs. Using its mighty claws, it scratched Draco's arm.
Everyone screamed and ran back, as Draco dropped to the floor. "Buckbeak! Buckbeak!" Hagrid jumped in front of the upset creature with a stern look. He threw fish to the side, which Buckbeak followed to eat. "Away you silly creature." He scolded.
Draco groaned, and held his heavily bleeding arm. "I-I-It nearly killed me…" Draco panted. "Gr… THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR TRYING TO FORCE YOUR WAY ONTO BUCKBEAK YOU IDIOT!" Natsu yelled. "Natsu!" Hagrid yelled. Natsu tsked, looking away. "Hagrid, you have to take him to the hospital!" Hermione exclaimed, running forward.
"I'm the teacher, I'll take him." Hagrid decided, picking Draco up. "You'll all pay for this…. Especially that chicken…." Draco groaned. "Class dismissed!" Hagrid called out, everyone panting. Natsu stared at Hagrid and Draco, before turning his attention to Buckbeak, who was nuzzling against Harry. "I have a bad feeling about this…" Natsu muttered. "Aye…." Happy agreed.
"I can't believe Draco would do something that rash…" Natsu grumbled as he and Gajeel walked together. "He wouldn't stop boasting about it in the infirmary and in the dorm rooms…" Gajeel sighed. "He kept saying he fought the I quote "The Overgrown Chicken" and everything." He continued. "Well it's not true and he knows it." Natsu gritted, stepping in front of the painting, Gajeel behind him.
"By the way, you got the letter right?" Gajeel reminded. "Right here." Natsu flicked the letter in his hand. As both of them stepped through the painting, a yell echoed from upstairs. "He's been sighted!"
Wendy ran down the stairs, waving a newspaper in her hand. "Eh?!" Everyone gathered round the table. "See! Right here!" Wendy pointed at the paragraph. Makarov picked up the paper, and read the article out loud. "Sirius Black has been sighted in Dufftown…" He mumbled. "Dufftown, that's not far from here…" Lucy gasped. "Do you think he's at Hogwarts?" Gray asked, leaning on a chair's behind. "Doubt it, there's Dementors everywhere…." Gajeel pointed out. "Yeah but he's already got past them once. There's a high chance he could sneak past them again." Natsu said blatantly. "I agree with Natsu on that. If he's done it once, he can do it again." Charla nodded. "Should we tighten our routes then?" Lily asked. "Maybe we can lure him out with fish!" Happy exclaimed. "Like that'll work…" Charla muttered.
"Well, in any case, we should be careful… He could be closer than we think…" Erza sighed, folding her arms. "I agree with Erza. He could be in the castle right now." Mira agreed. "Hey Natsu, what's that?" Levy asked, pointing at the letter in Natsu's hand. "Huh?" Natsu held up his hand, showing the letter.
"Oh yeah! Mrs Weasley gave it to us. She said for us to read it once we got here." He explained, giving the letter to Makarov. "Did she now…?" He asked. "She said the letter's from Dumbledore." Natsu added. Makarov gave a hum and tore the envelope open. He pulled out a few papers. "What is it Master?" Wendy asked.
"Reports on Sirius Black…" He mumbled, shuffling to the next paper. "What does it say?" Levy asked next. "Well, it says here he was one of the first members of the Order of the Phoenix." Makarov read. "Eh? The one we were invited to?" Lucy exclaimed, leaning forward. "But why would a member turn on them?" Lily muttered. "What was he convicted for?" Levy asked.
Let's see…. he-" Makarov's eyes opened wide, and his hands began shaking. "Master?" Lucy asked, tilting her head. "H-He was arrested for twelve counts of muggle murders, and for murdering the Potter family…" He read. "What?!" Everyone exclaimed.
"Let me see those reports!" Mavis demanded, just coming in. Makarov let go of the papers as they floated to her. She hummed, then her eyes looked like she caught something. "I see…" She muttered. She gave a bit of a smile, relieved. "Everyone, listen carefully." She said.
Everyone stood silent as Mavis explained her findings from the reports. Everyone's eyes and mouths widened in surprise. "I believe this is what happened. I am 99.324% sure of it." Mavis finished. "Well… it would make sense. And this is the First Master. Her deductions are usually never wrong…." Charla muttered.
Lucy nodded. "I agree…. From that story…. It just doesn't add up. Why would Sirius do those things…?" She muttered. "Gray, Natsu." Mavis turned to the two frenemies, who hummed as they looked up at her. "I have a favour to ask…" She smiled.
"Why did she ask us to do this?" Natsu muttered, standing outside to old tree outside Hogwarts. "Don't argue with her. I don't like this as much as you, but First Master ordered us…" Gray grumbled, his breath physically seen. "Jeez… why am I stuck with this idiot…?" Gray whispered under his breath, not realising he stripped of his shirt.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" Natsu yelled, punching him in the face. "What the hell's your deal man?!" Gray gritted, tussling back. "Take back what you said Ice Queen!" Natsu yelled. "You are SO DEAD!" Gray yelled back. "Huh?" Suddenly, the boys stopped tussling, and looked forward.
There stood a tall, dark shadow. His clothes were dirty and rugged, but his face was obscured by shadows. The boys let go of each other and faced the stranger. "She said you'd come. Don't worry, we're not here to hurt you or turn you in." Gray explained calmly. "Our master has talked with Dumbledore, and he will let you stay here until this all blows over." Natsu added. The figure looked at them, unsure of their word. "My name is Gray Fullbuster." Gray smiled, pointing his thumb at himself. "I am Natsu Dragneel." Natsu smiled, doing the same thing.
"We are members of The Order of The Phoenix. And members of Fairy Tail. At your service."