A/N: I really don't have anything to say, for once in my life! Just enjoy this new chapter and I shall be happy. I love you all!
It has been a couple days since Draco lost his marbles and thought me and Fred had a child. Although…I don't think it would be a bad idea. Anyway, Harry, Hermione, and Ron told me the news about Buckbeak being executed and I immediately felt horrible for Hagrid. One evening, I convinced them to take me to his hut so that I could, hopefully, make him feel a little better. I know what it's like to loose a pet that's near and dear to your heart, so I felt that the poor man needed some support.
"Good golly gosh it's long way to his house!" I exclaimed as we hiked up one of the biggest hills I've ever seen.
"All you have to do is get a running start and you can usually make it."
I looked at Harry. "Usually?" After sighing, I dug my feet onto the steep hill and sprinted (if you can call it that) up and over the edge. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to stop and I went toppling over the other side of the hill.
"Kristin!" I heard one of them yell as I was rolling. Through my half closed eyes, I could see that I was heading towards this huge tree at the bottom of the hill; I was too busy thanking God that it wasn't the Whomping Willow to notice that I would probably get a concussion, or even die, from hitting the tree.
The whole situation brought me back to a moment when I was two or three (I hope my life wasn't flashing before my eyes!) when I went sledding with my Dad during Christmas break. I was sitting on the sled on the top of a hill when my Dad pushed me down it and down I went. I could hear him cussing because he didn't realize that he pushed me on an icy patch and I was going faster than I really should have. I didn't realize it because I was having the ride of my life, but I finally realized that something was wrong when I coming close to this huge tree. I kept sliding closer and closer to it until I finally rolled of the sled at the last second. I didn't get as hurt as my Dad thought I would be, but I did cut open my lip, which didn't make my Mom happy.
I was thinking of how I could pull off a split second save in the situation I was in now, but it felt as if I couldn't move my limbs at all. Just like in my past, the tree came closer and closer and I closed my eyes waiting for a smashing impact, but it didn't come. I opened my eyes to see that the world was still spinning, but I was laying still and a huge horse-sized, black dog came into my line of blurred vision.
"Hi, Sirius," I whispered. "Thanks for saving me." The dog almost seemed to smile before he ran of into the Forbidden Forest.
"Kristin! Kristin, are you alright? Please say you're alive, or Fred will kill me!" I sat up and saw the youngest Weasley brother kneeling at my side with his arm around me.
"Fred will kill you? That's the reason you care if I'm alive?" Ron's face turned red and I laughed as I ruffled his hair. "You're silly! He wouldn't kill you." By that time, Harry and Hermione caught up with us and Harry was kind enough to help me up.
"I thought you were a goner when the grim showed up! No more running up hills!" I grinned at Harry's demands.
"Well, he did save my life, right?"
Hermione nodded and hugged me with tears in her eyes. "Please don't die again!"
I hugged her back. "Hermione, I never did die in the first place! I think that we should just forget about it and do what we came here to do: visit Hagrid." They all agreed and we headed to his hut. Once we reached it, I knocked on the door and immediately jumped when I heard a loud, vicious barking.
"Fang, shut up, we haf vis'tors!" I heard Hagrid say from inside. He opened the door and his eyes lit up. "Kristin! I haf heard lots abou' yah!" He wrapped his large arms around me and gave me a strangling hug.
"Hagrid, Hagrid, I don't think she can breathe!" I nodded and he put me down.
"Sor'y, I can't 'elp meself sometimes. Come in, come in!" We stepped into his hut and sat down on the lumpy couch.
"I-I heard about Buckbeak, Hagrid, and I wanted to tell you how sorry I am." His eyes got large and huge tears rolled down his face.
"It's no' fair!" He started bawling and grabbed the nearest person for support: Ron.
"I-It'll be okay, Hagrid," Ron said, awkwardly patting the large man while he was in his embrace.
"Yeah, another thing I wanted to tell you was that it'll all work out in the end—" I beginning to get choked up myself when I looked out the window and I saw the large white beast tied up to a post. Tears started swelling up in my eyes. "E-excuse me." I stepped out of the large hut and sighed. I walked slowly back to the castle, but I didn't get there when all the tears started coming. Instead, I made my way over to the lake and sat on the pier. Looking out over the water helped me think, but it made the tears come faster.
"Kristin? Are you alright?" I turned to see Fred standing behind me and once he saw my tears, he sat down next to me and put an arm around my shoulders. Somehow, I started crying harder and I was starting to get the hiccups, as well. "Shhh, it'll be okay, I promise," he said as he lowered his hand and rubbed my back. I leaned my head into his chest and he stroked my hair with his other hand. This was all a strange feeling because I've never had anyone comfort me when I cried, and I especially never imagined the I guy was-was in love with would be the one to do it.