11. I will not give Hagrid Pokemon cards and convince him they're real animals
Harry sat at the breakfast table squirming around and waiting for the morning post. He kept looking up at the eaves where the owls came through, and was starting to attract attention. His friends payed him no mind, already used to his weird ways. This was certainly nothing new to them.
He almost cheered when he finally heard the trills of the owls that signaled their arrival. Hedwig flew in down, and landed on the table in front of him. She held out her leg so he could take the small package from her.
Once it was free, he gave Hedwig a bite of dry toast, and stroked her wing. She nipped his hand affectionately, and flew off to the Owlery to rest her wings. Hermione and Ron were skeptical of him, and scooted a little farther away, almost squishing Seamus and Dean in the process.
"Uhm, Harry, what is that?"
"Nothing Mione."
"Harry," She said sternly, "What is that."
"It's really nothing Hermione. Let it go."
She didn't want to, but she had to, seeing as there was nothing she could do about whatever it was she was hiding.
The bell rang, and they headed to their first class of the day.
As they walked down to Hagrid's hut, Harry seemed to get more and more giddy the closer they got. He took the small package he had received earlier out of his pocket, and unwrapped it. Hermione looked closer, and noticed that it was a deck of cards. She sighed, and walked ahead, not wanting any part of Harry's gambling.
They kept walking toward the grounds until they reached Hagrid, who was looking extremely pleased with himself.
"Today, we'll be looking at something everyone will enjoy. Baby Kneazles." At this, Hagrid smiled, and motioned to a box. "In this box, there are thirty Kneazles, each of you will raise one for the rest of the school year. This is your final project for the semester. Line up, and pick out your new companions. No pushing Lavender."
Harry smiled, and watched Hagrid walk away. He followed him, and took out the deck of cards. He dropped them on the ground near Hagrid's hut, and walked away.
Ten minutes later, Harry had his Kneazle, and was playing with it in the grass when Hagrid came over to him.
"Harry, can I speak to you for a moment?"
"Sure," Harry said, trying to his his smile.
"Thanks. Well, you see, a few minutes ago, I found this on the ground." He showed Harry the deck of cards, which looked extremely small in his large hands. "And you see, I wanted to know what they were. I looked through them, and they looked to be creatures. What are they?"
"Well, those are Pokemon cards. They're like chocolate frog cards, but with creatures on them. They're Japanese. Everyone has them. The creatures are called 'Pokemon' and they come in these little ball type containers. There's one hundred and fifty of them. Where did you get them, they're a muggle things."
"Somewhere," Hagrid said evasively, "Are they uh, … are they real?"
"Yeah, they're only legal in Japan though, which is why you never see them anywhere else."
"Oh, well, that's...er, nice."
"Yup. I'm going to get back to Snowflake now."
Hagrid nodded, and looked through the cards again.