Finally ; Harry Potter [1]

Chapter 21

The evening was sunny and bright for what was about to go down at Hagrid's hut.

Robyn, along with her three best friends, made their way down to their friends house on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest. They were going to show moral support. With everything that has happened so far this year, the four best friends didn't know which had been worse so far.

"I can't believe they're going to kill Buckbeak! It's too horrible." Hermione cried out.

Each of the four were wearing their own clothes for this evening, as it was too warm to wear their school uniform. But it was still quite chilly, so they all wore jeans, a t-shirt and either a hoody or a jacket.

"It just got worse." Harry muttered and Ron, Hermione and Robyn looked, only to see Draco, Crabbe and Goyle spying on Hagrid with a pair of binoculars.

Hagrid was standing in the pumpkin patch throwing dead ferrets at Buckbeak with giant sized tears running down his face. Suddenly, Hagrid had no ferrets left to throw and with a wipe of his eye's, he turned into his hut.

"Did you see the big, fat blubbering oaf?! Oh, this is going to be rich. Did I tell you, Father said I can keep the head-" Draco looked up with a sinister smile and saw the four friends. "Ah. Come to see the show?" Crabbe and Goyle laughed.

Hermione marched forward, her fists clenched either side of her and her face showing nothing but fury and determination.

"You... foul... loathsome... evil... little cockroach..." Hermione spat at Malfoy, advancing towards him, until Malfoy had nowhere to go and was pressed up against a large rock. Crabbe and Goyle didn't know what to do without the help of their leader and that made Robyn want to laugh.

Hermione's wand was pressed against Draco's neck and Draco was standing helpless, shivering with fear.

"Hermione! No!" She turned to Ron, surprised. "He's not worth it."

Hermione turned back to Malfoy and retracted her wand. Just as Malfoy let out a breath of relief, a loud crack echoed through the peaceful evening. Draco held his bloody nose and Hermione turned away, grinning from ear to ear. Draco, Crabbe and Goyle ran for it.

"That felt good."

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"Look at 'em. Loves the smell o' the trees when the wind blows..." Hagrid sniffled and Robyn looked over her shoulder at him sadly. She was making everyone tea, while the trio and Hagrid sat. She volunteered to do it as she knew the trio knew Hagrid a lot better than she did and could offer him more comfort.

"I say we set him free." Harry said suddenly, making Robyn drop the teaspoon she was using on the floor with a clatter.

She mumbled a quick apology and bent down to retrieve the spoon, red in the face. Feeling embarrassed, Robyn turned her back to her friends again and carried on with making the tea.

Hagrid shook his head, immediately closing off Harry's idea. "They'd know I did it. And tha' would only get Dumbledore in trouble. Gonna come down, yeh know. Says he wants ter be with me when it... when it happens. Great man, Dumbledore." Hagrid wiped yet another tear that rolled down his face.

Robyn turned to face her crestfallen friends, a tray of freshly made tea in her hands. Her hands shook slightly, the tray rattling with her, making Hermione stand up and take the tray out of Robyn's hands and place it on the small table that was centred in the middle of the sitting area.

Robyn wiped her hands on her jeans, fear and sadness clutching on to her. She hated to see everyone so down and there was nothing nobody could do about it. It was inevitable. Robyn also couldn't get what Trelawney had said to Harry out of her head.