The War Hammer of Hogwarts - Harry Potter

Hagrid Made a Drunken Oopsie

Pieck: That was way easier than I thought it would be!

We joined the crowds flocking out onto the sunny grounds, having just finished our final exam.

Hermione: I needn't have learned about the 1637 Werewolf Code of Conduct or the uprising of Elfric the Eager.

Hermione always liked to go through our exam papers afterward, but Ron said this made him feel ill, so we wandered down to the lake and flopped under a tree.  The Weasley twins and Lee Jordan were tickling the tentacles of a giant squid, which was basking in the warm shallows.

Ron: No more studying.

Ron sighed happily, stretching out on the grass.

Ron: You could look more cheerful, Harry, we've got a week before we find out how badly we've done, there's no need to worry yet.

Harry was rubbing his forehead.

Harry: I wish I knew what this means!  My scar keeps hurting... it's happened before, but never as often as this.

Pieck: You should go to Madam Pomfrey.

Harry: I'm not ill.  I think it's a warning... it means danger's coming.

Ron: Harry, relax, Hermione's right, the Stone's safe as long as Dumbledore's around.  Anyway, we've never had any proof Snape found out how to get past Fluffy.  He nearly had his leg ripped off once, he's not going to try it again in a hurry.  And Neville will play Quidditch for England before Hagrid lets Dumbledore down.

Pieck and I laughed and Harry nodded.

Harry: Still, I feel like we've forgotten something.

Hermione: That's just the exams.  I woke up last night and was halfway through my Transfiguration notes before I remembered we'd done that one-

Harry suddenly jumped to his feet.

Ron: Where're you going?

Harry: I've just thought of something.

He had turned white.

Harry: We've got to go and see Hagrid, now.

Ava: Why?

We ran after Harry, who looked panicked.

Harry: Don't you think it's a bit odd that what Hagrid wants more than anything else is a dragon, and a stranger turns up who just happens to have an egg in his pocket?  How many people wander around with dragon eggs if it's against wizard law?  Lucky they found Hagrid, don't you think?  Why didn't I see it before?

My eyes widened.

Ron: What are you talking about?

Hagrid was sitting in an armchair outside his house.  His trousers and sleeves were rolled up, and he was shelling peas into a large bowl.

Hagrid: Hullo, finished yer exams?  Got time fer a drink?

Ron: Yes, please.

Harry: No, we're in a hurry.  Hagrid, I've got to ask you something.  You know that night you won Norbert?  What did the stranger you were playing cards with look like?

Hagrid: Dunno.  He wouldn' take his cloak off.

He saw the five of us look stunned and raised his eyebrows.

Hagrid: It's not that unusual, yeh get a lot o' funny folk in the Hog's Head.  That's the pub down in the village.  Mighta bin a dragon dealer, mightn' he?  I never saw his face, he kept his hood up.

Harry sank down next to the bowl of peas.

YN: What did you talk to him about, Hagrid?  Did you mention Hogwarts at all?