Anxiety [hp]

- 1.9

[Harry, Jasper, Hermione and Ron are walking along a path with Hagrid, talking.]

Hagrid: Nonsense! Why would Snape put a curse on Harry's broom?

Harry: Who knows? Why was he trying to get past that three-headed dog on Halloween?

Hagrid: [turns to them, suspiciously] Who told you 'bout Fluffy?

"Who in the bloody hell names a Cerberus?" Orion muttered.

"Someone obviously not in their right mind." Walburga retorted.

Ron: Fluffy?

Hermione: That thing has a name?

Jasper: You named the Cerberus? [sighs] Merlin.

Hagrid: Well, of course he's got a name. He's mine. I bought him off an Irish feller I met down at the pub last year. Then I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the..

McGonagall slapped her forehead and groaned, "Hagrid."

The half-giant just sheepishly smiles in response.

Harry: Yes?

Hagrid: Shouldn't have said that. No more questions! Don't ask any more questions. That's top secret, that is.

Jasper: Not top secret anymore since we know. [he mutters gesturing between himself and his friends.]

"I love him!" Ariel chuckles, her boyfriend kisses her temple.

Harry: But, Hagrid, whatever Fluffy's guarding, Snape's trying to steal it.

Hagrid: Codswallop. Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher.

Hermione: Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a spell when I see one. I've read all about them. You've got to keep eye contact and Snape wasn't blinking.

Harry: Exactly.

Hagrid: [Sighs] Now, you listen to me, all three of you. You're meddling in things that ought not to be meddled in. It's dangerous. What that dog is guarding is strictly between Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel.

The professors all groan, now knowing to never tell the half-giant a secret.

Harry: [Curious and turns to Ron then back to Hagrid] Nicholas Flamel?

Hagrid: [Mumbles to himself] I shouldn't said that. I should not have said that.

[He then leaves, mumbling to himself "I should have not said that"]

Harry: Nicholas Flamel. [Turns to Hermione and Jasper] Who's Nicholas Flamel?

Hermione: I don't know. [Shakes her head]

"Oi, if she doesn't know, no one does!" James yells.

"Thanks for having faith in the rest of us Uncle James. Really feeling the love." Jasper sarcastically says.

Jasper: I've heard it before, somewhere.

[It is now Christmas at Hogwarts, with snow falling. Hagrid is dragging a massive Christmas tree to the castle.]

[Hermione, Jasper and Avery walk to the Great Hall entrance with their luggage and wearing scarfs as the ghosts are singing Christmas songs.]

Ghosts: Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Ring the Hogwart bell. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas...