Second Chance at Saving Them {Harry Potter}

Bonding

YAY! Time for another chapter! My question to you issss-

What is the name of Dumbledore's father?

Answer: Percival

PS- Please don't make fun of me for my Hagrid, he's a hard character to write dialogue accurately for.

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Hogsmeade trips were canceled until further notice following the attack, due to safety concerns. A rumor was going around that they had captured one of them but were having difficulties getting any information. Harry hoped it was Dolohov, it served him right in Harry's opinion. However, on a happier note, Harry was going to Care of Magical Creatures soon. The trio had visited Hagrid before their first lesson and, under the guise of congratulating him, talked about his lesson plans, and they had convinced Hagrid to save the bigger creatures for later. Now, several months into the year, they trekked towards Hagrid's hut and realized he had a necklace of dead ferrets over his shoulders, and Harry suspected he was about to meet Buckbeak again.

Hagrid greeted everyone with a smile and brought them to a clearing that was devoid of snow in the forest. Harry saw Buckbeak and smiled, even volunteering when Hagrid asked. Harry approached the Hippogriff with caution, bowing low as he did. After a moment, Buckbeak bowed back, and Harry reached up to pet him, stroking the soft feathers of his head. He did not have a chance to ride the Hippogriff, as Hagrid said it was too cold for riding. Hagrid had the students split into groups and attempt the gain the Hippogriffs approval. Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle went to Buckbeak, and they seemed to be fine with the Hippogriff at first, but Hermione, who had been keeping a close eye on them, noticed as Draco opened his mouth, his usually haughty expression in place. She sent a nonverbal Langlock in his direction to quickly shut him up. He found himself unable to speak and started flailing, drawing Hagrid's attention. He looked towards the boys and noticed just as Crabbe started lumbering towards the creature.

"Oh no, yeh don'." Hagrid pulled Crabbe back by the collar, "Yeh gotta show some respect 'fore yeh try to pet 'em!"

Draco continued his frantic movements and Hagrid's attention returned to him, "Ah, seems yeh've been Langlocked, best head to the Hospital Wing, I don' know the counter fer tha' jinx. End 'o class anyway." Hagrid lead the class back to the main grounds and sent them off towards their classes as he brought Draco to the Hospital Wing.

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Two weeks after the Hogsmeade incident, Harry noticed the Prophet had gone silent on reported sightings. Perhaps Bellatrix had gone in search of Voldemort. He hoped so at least. Harry wasn't sure how this year was going to play out at this point. It was so different from what third year had once been, and he was worried they'd changed too much. At this point, it was probable that Hogsmeade trips would be canceled completely for the time being, but he doubted it would last. Afterall, the trips had continued even in sixth year, when Voldemort was very publicly in power.

Ginny was rather upset by this, as her supply to Honeydukes was completely cut off. That was until the twins along with Harry and Ron offered to sneak into the sweet shop and get some. They'd pay for what they took, of course, but they couldn't be spotted.

Ginny grinned when they offered, "Fine. But if you get caught I want in on it. If you really want to lose the House Cup so badly, that's one way to do it."

"It's more me trying to exemplify that fact that Dumbledore is determined to make us win the House Cup. It's ridiculous, I'm pretty sure we could end up with zero points by the end of the year, and Ravenclaw could have a thousand points, and he would give us enough points to win."

"Why is that? I've never known him to give out points, let alone hundreds." Percy had entered through the portrait hole mid-rant and picked up the gist of it.