"What do you keep looking at," Hermione snapped.
"Just checking for spiders," Ron said blushing. He couldn't help but remember the last time Hagrid had sent him on a mission to the forbidden forest. He had almost been eaten by giant spiders. Now he was looking fora different type of giant. As he looked up at the tall trees covered with twisting vines, he was reminded of bean stalks.
"Well how about checking for Hagrid's brother. That is why we're here if you remember."
"Of course I remember. It's kind of hard to forget that you snuck out of school in the middle of the night to look for a giant in a forest that we're not supposed to be in," Ron said angrily.
"I agree," said Harry, quietly," We promised Hagrid that we'd find him, but what do we do then?"
"I've already thought of a place we can hide him,"said Hermione.
"Hermione," said Harry hesitantly," He's going to be too big for the girls bathroom.If Hagrid was only half giant, his brother will be huge."
"He'll just have to be made smaller then," she replied in that same undisturbed voice.
"You're going to shrink him," Ron squeaked looking terrified.
"No," said Hermione," We're going to turn him into an animagus."
"But Hermione,"Harry protested,"thats years above our skill level. Remember the polyjuice potion."
Hermione turned red," That only backfired because I used the wrong ingredients.Besides I've been practising for months now. Rita Skeeter let me use her as a guinea pig in exchange for releasing her from her jar early."
"So what animal will we turn him into," asked Ron.
"Well," explained Hermione," Giants are more prone to shapeshifting than humans and already have a form that they're drawn to. So, when we perform the animagus spell, his body should naturally choose the best shjape for him."
They continued walking on and hours went by.The forbidden forest was especially quiet that night and they encountered none of the usual dangers associated with the forbidden forest.Ron watched the hem of Harry's robe swing back and forth in front of him. He could fall asleep this way.
Hermione's scream jolted him to attention. She was dangling by her hair from the hand of the largest man he had ever seen.Jeffrey was four feet taller than Hagrid had been and had sandy blonde hair.However, he was every bit as hairy as his brother and had a long shaggy beard down to his stomach. He looked at the screaming bundle in his hand perplexed. He began rubbing the side of Hermione's face with his hand. When she continued screaming, he dropped her quickly on the ground and ran away.
"Hermione," said Harry," I think you scared him."
"He wass pulling my hair out by the roots,"she said waspishly.
"I think he was petting you," Ron laughed. Hermione punched him in the shoulder and started walking towards the castle.