Wild Blue Yonder

A/N: Written for Dragon MoonX's Crayola Color Challenge. Prompt: Wild Blue Yonder

Aria peered into the forest as far as trees would allow her. She wondered why, exactly it was forbidden. There had to be a reason. Maybe children that stepped into the forest were immediately eaten by giant trolls. Aria smirks.

"I wouldn' go in there by yerself if I were you." Hagrid said, making her jump out of her skin. She'd thought she was alone out here. It was her first break from the students and she had needed some fresh air.

"I can handle myself." She retorted.

"O' course you can." Hagrid said, his cheeks reddening. "What are you doin' out here by yerself?" He didn't have much practice talking to women who weren't practically as old as Dumbledore.

"I just wanted to see more of the castle while I had the time." Aria answered, looking back towards the forest.

Hagrid's smile widdened. "Well, this isn't the part of the castle you want to be seein'. Would you like to see Hogwart's true treasure?"

Aria forced a smile. Hogwart's real treasure was going to be Dumbledore's head on a spike before too long.

"Miss Aria?" Hagrid frowned, pulling her attention back to him.

"Yes, I'd love to see it." she answered quickly.

"Come with me." Hagrid led her around to the back of the castle. Aria had to practically run to keep up with him and Hagrid kept looking around to make sure they weren't being followed.

He paused at the entrance of a greenhouse hidden behind Hogwarts, far away from he greenhouses the students used. "Now, you can't tell anyone this is here. Dumbledore would have my head."

"I won't tell a soul." Aria promised, curious as to what Dumbledore would want kept so secret.

Hagrid opened the door to the greenhouse, motioning for her to peek inside.

Aria gasped. There were rows and rows of what looked like blue wildflowers. The flowers looked so innocent that if Aria hadn't known better, she would have thought Hagrid had been messing with her. She did know better though. She'd never seen wild blue yonders in person before, but she'd read about them. They were extremely poisonous when consumed, and Hogwarts was handing her an enormous stash of them as though the castle itself wanted Dumbledore dead, too.

"Only a select few students are allowed to use them under Professor Snape or Professor Sprout's supervision." Hagrid explained. "Aren't they beau'iful?"

"As beautiful as they are deadly." Aria smiled.