"My Black Thorned Rose"

Chapter 11: Hagrid's Hut

*The next day*

Some time later, we were in the outdoor courtyard. We were walking. "I've always heard Hogwarts' end of the year exams were frightful, but I found that rather enjoyable". Hermione told us. I looked at Hermione and nodded "Indeed and it was quite simple". Harry keeps on rubbing his scar. Ron looks at us and said "Speak for yourself, you alright there Harry?". He still keeps on rubbing them, "My scar, it keeps burning". We looked at Harry and Hermione said "It's happened before". "Not like this". Ron told Harry "Perhaps, you should see the nurse". I looked at Harry and said "I think it's a warning. It means danger is coming". He still keeps rubbing his scar and we saw Hagrid across the field, at his hut. Harry exclaimed "Of course!". We walked fast towards the hut and Hermione asked "What is it?".

Harry explained, "Don't you think it's a bit odd that what Hagrid wants more than anything is a dragon, and a stranger shows up and happens to have one?. I mean how many people wander around with dragon eggs in their pockets? Why didn't I see it before?". We approached Hagrid, who was playing the Harry Potter theme song in his flute. Harry questioned Hagrid "Hagrid, who gave you the dragon egg? What did he look like?". He stops playing his flute and looks at us. "I don't know. I never saw his face. He kept his hood up". We looked at each other and Harry told him again "The stranger though, you and he must have talked". Hagrid looked at Harry "Well, he wanted to know what sort of creatures I looked after. I told him, I said "After Fluffy, a dragon's gonna be a no problem".

Harry asked him again "And did he seem interested in Fluffy?". Hagrid nodded "Well, of course he was interested in Fluffy! How often do you come across a three headed dog, even if you're in the trade? But I told him. I said, "The trick with any beast is to know how to calm him. Take Fluffy for example, just play him a bit of music and he falls straight to sleep". We gasped, he hesitated for a moment, "I shouldn't have told you that". We took off and went back inside. Hagrid shouted "Where you going?! Wait!"

*In Prof. Mcgonagall's classroom*

We came, tearing in and ran up the aisles between the desks. We passed by a ghost and stop at the desk. Harry told her "We have to see Prof. Dumbledore immediately!". Prof. Mcgonagall looked at us and said "I'm afraid Prof. Dumbledore is not here. He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and left immediately for London". Harry shouted "He's gone?! Now? But this is important! It's about... The Philosopher's Stone". Prof. Mcgonagall looked shocked and questioned us "How do you know?". Harry continued "Someone's going to try and steal it". Prof. Mcgonagall continued "I don't know how you three found out about the stone, but I can assure you it is perfectly well-protected. Now would you go back to your dormitories? Quietly". We slowly left the classroom.

We were walking down in the hallway. Harry started a conversation "That was no stranger Hagrid met at the village. It was Snape, which means he knows how to get past Fluffy". Hermione continued Harry's sentence "And with Dumbledore gone..". Prof. Snape appeared behind us "Good afternoon". We all looked back. "Now, what would three young Gryffindors and a young Slytherin such as yourselves be doing inside on a day like this?". Hermione stuttered and tried to answer him "Uh... we were just.." He raised his eyebrow so I took the step "It's our free time Professor". He looked at me and I continued "Why can't we roam around on day time?". He just glared at me and looked back at them. "You want to be careful. People think you're.." Harry glares madly at Prof. Snape, who looked shocked "up to something". He exited and went to the other direction. Hermione sighed "Now what do we do?". Harry answered "We go down the trapdoor, tonight".

*Night time*

I was waiting for them at the third floor. 'Why are they so late?', I muttered to myself. After a lot of bloody minutes, they arrived with an invisibilty cloak, I knew because I heard their voices. It was bloody obvious, so I went inside with them. We were sneaking along the corridor, Hermione complained "Ow!, You stood on my foot!". Ron apologized "Sorry". Then a flame lights up. Hermione pointed towards the door and cast a spell on it "Alohomora", the door opened as we go in.