Alice Black and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Chapter 8

Hey ho

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Ali: I noticed too! Also Ginny is funnier in the books than she is in the movies, such a shame.

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The Care of Magical Creatures class took place outside of the castle. Most of the students were happy about it but none was happy as Harry was, the tension between Ron and Hermione was so thick he couldn't stand it. Fresh air, that's what Harry needed. By the time they were outside, the two friends had started a new argument, Ron kept saying that Crookshanks wanted to eat Scabbers and Hermione always retorded that he was just a kitten and that all he wanted to do was play. Harry finally snapped at both of them to stop fighting. Their argument was not over but at least they kept their thoughts to themselves. They were near Hagrid's hit and Ron and Hermione were still not talking to each other. Harry was just walking silently next to them enjoying the silence while it was there. He looked at the pack of students who were already there and recognized two heads out of the pack. Alissa and Malfoy. That meant that they were going to take the lesson with the Slytherins. How great. Malfoy approached Alissa and put his arm around her shoulder. He began to talk to her, probably saying something stupid, Harry thought. Alissa and Malfoy burst out laughing but she suddenly hit him hard on the head with her book, getting out of his embrace. Some of the students said 'Oooh!', some of them laughed and the others, mostly Slytherins glared at her. Hagrid just stood there in his 'best' suit, a fur overcoat that strangly looked just like Hagrid's hair, messy. He looked very impatient to begin, but also very nervous.

"All right, everyone 'ere? Got a great lesson today! Follow me!" He said walking towards the forest. For a fraction of seconds, Harry was sure Hagrid was going to give his lesson in the Forbidden Forest. For a fraction of seconds, Harry thought that he was going to have to face Aragog again and from the pained look on Ron's face, he could tell he had been thinking the same thing. Happily, Hagrid stoped in a clearing in the front of the forest, they could still see the castle. Hagrid turned aroung and beamed at them.

"Now, ye're all going to 'ave to open yer books to page-" he began but Malfoy interuped him.

"How?" He asked

"Pardon?" Hagrid asked doumbfounded.

"How to we open our books?" Malfoy clarified rolling his eyes.

"Wha? H-Hasn' anyone bin able to open 'em during the summer?" Hagrid asked, his face looking crestfallen. The class fell silent.

"Well, yeh just 'ave to stroke 'em" He said like it was very obvious. "Stroke 'em on the back."BHagrid took Hermione's book and stroke it before it had the time to bite him. The book shivered and opened itself.

"How silly we all have been! We just had to stroke it!" Malfoy sneered.

"Shut up." Harry said. Malfoy's first comment had already stressed out Hagrid, he didn't want the whole lesson to fail.

"I thought yeh might find 'em funny..." Hagrid mumbled.

"Oh yeah! Terribly funny! Really witty, giving us books thy wants to eat us!" Malfoy mocked. Harry turned around and flared at him but his vision was obstructed by somebody else who had stepped up to face Malfoy.

"Does your face wants to meet my book again or does it to get to know my fist first?" Alissa growled, her face very near Malfoy's. In the back, they heard Dean Thomas whistle. Malfoy whimpered and dashed far away from her.

"Zanudnyy" She muttered under her breath. Russian. Again. Suddenly, Lavender squealed, it was so high pitched Harry thought he had lost his hearing for a second or two.

"Look!" She squealed again, pointing at the paddock in the back of the clearing. They all did so. Trotting toward them were a dozen of the most bizarre creatures Harry had ever seen. They had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel, steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly, orange eyes. The talons on their front legs were half a foot long and deadly looking. Each of the beasts had a thick leather collar around its neck, which was attached to a long chain, and the ends of all of these were held in the vast hands of Hagrid, who came jogging into the paddock behind the creatures.

"Hagrid!?" Ron asked, his voice shaking. "What are those?"

"Those Ron, are Hippogriffs!" Hagrid answered proudly. He then took one, a greyish feathered one, by it's leach and pulled it towards the students.

"Now," He said "Who wants to say 'ello to Buckbeack?" Everyone took a couple of steps back but Harry, who was in the front row stayed in place, oblivious to everyone's change of place.

"Harry! Good come 'ere!" Hagrid cheered. Harry quickly glanced around him and saw that it looked like he had stepped in front of everyone. Ron gave him a light push and Harry began to walk towards Buckbeak.

"Now, yeh've got to know that Hippogriffs are very proud so greet 'im properly." Hagrid told him. Harry looked at Hagrid a bit lost, how in the world was he supposed to greet a Hippogriff?

"Well come on, bow!" Hagrid said. Harry bowed to Buck amd waited for a response. Buck bowed back and Hagrid clapped.

"Great! Great! Now yeh can pat him!" He announced. Harry approached Buck and began to pat him on the head. The whole class began to clap and Hagrid couldn't look happier.

"Very good Harry! Very good! Now yeh can take a ride on his back!" He said while lifting him by the waist and setting him on the Hippogriff's back despite Harry's protests. He unleached Buck and hit his back, making the creature run. It ran around the paddock and then deployed it's wings. It flew up and up, so up the students seemed like ants from Harry's view. It flew a bit around the forest and then it came down. Everyone seemed impressed except for the slytherins, especially Malfoy and his goons. Hagrid helped Harry get down Buck's back and then leaned over at him.

"'ow am I doing for my first lesson?" He whispered.

"Brilliant, professor." Harry smiled. Hagrid beamed but hid smile fell as Malfoy made his way towards Buck.

"Yeah, you're not that dangerous you ugly big brute!" He said cockily However, he lost his arrogance as Buck got on his back legs and started flapping his wings violently. The students all started to scream.

"Malfoy!" Hagrid screamed rushing towards him but it was too late, one of Buck's claws hit Malfoy's arm, making him fall back.

"Calm down! Calm down Buck!" Hagrid yelled. He then turned to face malfoy, who was on the ground whimpering loudly.

"It's nothin'! Just a little scratch!" Hagrid said trying to calm down the students but Harry didn't think it was just a small scratch, blood was begining to appear on Malfoy's shirt.

"Hagrid! You need to take him to the infirmary!" Hermione said.

"I know, I know I'm in charge!" Hagrid said swinging Malfoy over his shoulder and running over to the castle. The class just stayed there in shock, talking furiously and Pansy Parkinson was sobbing for her 'boyfriend' on Milicent Bulstrode's shoulder.

"Silly Buckbeak, you should've aimed for the head..." Harry heard someone whisper. He turned around to see Alissa patting Buck on the neck. She saw him looking at her and gave a small smile which he returned. Harry went back to Ron and Hermione who weren't fighting for once but kept glancing back at Alissa for the rest of the class.

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