The Tabby, the Phoenix and the kitten

chapter twenty-one

In the next few weeks Hogwarts exams had begun. Arianna and Hermione had spent all of their free time studying for everything while the boys had been procrastinating and playing chess mostly. The four of them had just finished they're last exam of the day and were out walking near Hagrid's hut. 

"I'd heard Hogwarts exams were frightful! But I found them rather enjoyable!" Hermione said to the group, Arianna nodded in agreement, they hadn't been to bad.

"Speak for yourself! Alright Harry?" Ron asked noticing Harry putting his hand up to his scar, pain on his face.

"My scar keeps hurting." He answered.

"It's happened before." Hermione said, Harry shook his head.

"Not like this." He told them.

"Maybe you should see Madam Pomfrey?" Arianna suggested, she knew from all her time spent in the hospital wing that Madam Pomfrey could fix just about anything.

"I think it's a warning. It means danger is coming." He said as they came into view of Hagrid's hut. Harry's face lit up as if a light bulb had gone off.

"Of course!" He said hurrying off in the direction of Hagrid's.

"What?" Hermione asked as they caught up to him.

"Don't you think it's a bit odd that what Hagrid would want more than anything is a dragon, and a stranger turns up and just happens to have one? I mean how many people just wander around with dragon eggs in their pockets?! Why didn't I see this before!" Harry scolded himself as they came up to Hagrid who was laying his flute.

"Hagrid who gave you the dragons egg?" Harry asked, the rest of the group still a tad confused as to where he was going with this.

"Dunno, I never saw his face, he kept his hood up." Hagrid replied also wondering what was going on.

"This stranger though, you and he must have talked?" Harry continued.

"Well, he wanted to know what sort of creatures I looked after, I told him after Fluffy, a dragon would be no problem." 

"Did he seem interested in Fluffy?" Harry asked.

"Well of course he was interested in Fluffy! How often do you come across three headed dogs, even if your in the trade! But I told him, I said 'The trick with any beast is to know how to calm it.' Take Fluffy for example, just play him a bit of music and he falls straight to sleep! I shouldn't have told you that." Hagrid said looking down. Suddenly the group knew where this was going, they all exchanged worried glances before running off in the direction of the castle. 

"Where are you going!?" Hagrid yelled to them but they didn't answer, he mentally slapped himself before going back into his hut. 

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They ran through the halls, dodging students as they went, coming to the transfiguration classroom. The ran up to Professor McGonagall who was sitting at her desk. She looked up taken aback as they came sprinting into the class room.

"We need to see Professor Dumbledore, immediatly!" Harry demanded.

"I'm afraid Professor Dumbledore isn't here. He recieved an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and left immediatly to London." Minerva told them, wanting to know what they needed.

"He's gone?! But this is important, It's about the Philosopher stone!" Harry continued. Minerva's eyes widened and she looked brefiley to Arianna, remembering the night she had run into Fluffy.