Book 5: Harry Potter reader insert

Chapter 21: Hagrid

They snuck out of the school, under Harry's invisibility cloak, and knocked on Hagrid's door causing Fang to bark like mad.

"It's us Hagrid" Harry called.

Hagrid opened up the door, and ushered them into his cabin. His face looked terrible, it was covered in bruises and cuts, and most of them still seemed to be bleeding and oozing.

His hair and beard were matted with blood, and one of his eyes had been swollen shut in between purple, oozing bruises.

"Should've know I'd be you four" he said, smiling slightly, causing him to winch.

"Hagrid what happened!" Hermione asked, shocked and concerned.

"It's nuthun' it's fine" he said brushing off her concern.

"Uhh Hagrid, not to be rude but your face looks a bit like, well a bit like that" (Y/n) said pointing to the green, disgusting looking steak that Hagrid has pulled out and pressed into his eye.

"What happened?" Harry asked him.

"Nuthun' want some tea?" He asked trying to change the subject.

"Come off it!" Ron said "it's obviously not nothing"

"Yeah you know it's something big if Ron can pick up on." (Y/n) said, causing Ron to glare at him.

"I'm telling ya it's fine, now then did yer have a good summer?"

"Hagrid. What. Happened!" (Y/n) said to him forcefully.

"I can't tell yer it's top secret" he said.

"Was it the giants?" Hermione asked him timidly.

"Giants! Who said anythin' bout giants! Who yeh been talking to?" Hagrid Said extremely defensively, confirming what they thought.

"So it was giants then. Do you get one to come back?" (Y/n) asked excitedly, and he looked out of the window as if he expected a giant to suddenly walk out of the forest.

"Alrigh alrigh then I'll tell yer" he said begrudgingly.

He then explained that he and Madame Maxime had set off to find some giants in the mountain, and bring them gifts on behalf of Dumbledore.

Everything was going well until violence broke out in the tribe, and they killed the first leader. Apparently the giant who replaced him was more akin to the death eaters than to Hagrid and Madame Maxime.

"So no giants then?" (Y/n) asked looking and sounding thoroughly disappointed.

"Nope" Hagrid said shaking his head. (Y/n) swore loudly.

Hagrid then told them that he had also found that his mother was dead. Just then someone knocked at the door.

"It's her" Ron hissed.

"Get under here" Harry said pulling out his cloak. (Y/n) quickly grabbed his, Harry's and Ron's mugs.

Umbridge walked into the cabin and started interrogating Hagrid. At this point (Y/n) zones out and instead decided to study the mugs.

Inside of Harry's he saw what looked like a small ball, along with an M that oddly looked like the Ministry logo, he also saw what appeared to be an old and tattered book.

In Ron's he saw what looked like a large cup, perhaps the quidditch cup? Along with a small strange looking potion bottle and a box filled with cauldrons.

Finally he peered into his own and strangely saw a beaters bat, along with what looked like an ancient tree and a person with a pumpkin for a head.

"You alright (Y/n)? You seem really interested in those mugs" Ron said, making him jump.

He looked around and realized that Umbridge had left.

"Oh uh yeah sorry" he muttered awkwardly, making the mugs back to Hagrid.

They heading back towards the castle worrying about Hagrid.

"If that thing in pink so much as lays one of its stubby ringed deformed fingers on Hagrid I swear I will kill her with my bear hands" (Y/n) said as they walked back.

"Not if I get to her first mate" Ron said.

"Get in line" Harry muttered. Even Hermione seemed to be onboard with this.

Later that week they had their first class with Hagrid.

"Hell Yeah!" (Y/n) shouted as he ran off from the other three, who exchanged nervously looks.

(Y/n) ran towards Hagrid, and petted the Thestrals around him.

"Hey there Ted! How's it going how've been little man" he said rubbing his nose.

The rest of the class stared at him as though he was a madman.

"Now then put yer hands up if yeh can see 'em?" Hagrid Said. "Yeah course you would Harry, and (Y/n) that's was obvious enough. And yeh too Neville—"

"Excuse me but what are we supposed to be seeing?" Malfoy shouted out.

Hagrid simply point at the cow carcass that he had brought with him. Most of the class gasped, and a few people screamed.

"What's doing it?" Parvati said in a terrified voice.

"Thestrals!" Hagrid told them happily. Hermione let out an adorable "oh" of understanding. 

"Now then Hogwarts 'as a whole 'erd of them, thought they don't get much work other than pulling the carriages, unless Dumbledore wants to take a journey and doesn't want to apperate"

Hagrid explained a few things more, before a horrid Hem Hem cut him off. "Oh 'ello there!"

"You got my letter then? Telling you I would be inspecting your class" she said in a slow deliberate tone.

"Yeah I did, well I'm glad you found this place, well as yeh can see, or can you. We're doin' Thestrals today."

"Excuse me?" She said cupping her ear.

"Er thestrals, you know big Er winged horses" he said flapping his arms.

Hagrid then continued teaching, while Umbridge went around and talked to the students. Well almost exclusively the Slytherins.

The only Gryffindor she talked to was Neville, and she took his statement completely out of context.

"Oi that's not what he said at all!" (Y/n) said angrily.

"I think I know what he is saying better that you do Mr (L/n)" she said, in her sickly sweet voice.

"Obviously not! I've known Neville since first year!" He blurted out.

"Twenty points from Gryffindor Mr (L/n)" she told him, with a sick smile.

They started to head back towards the castle, with Hermione ranting about Umbridge. "I'll met you back in the common room." (Y/n) told them as he sprinted around the side of the castle.

He looked around to make sure no one was looking, and then transformed into a raven. He flew around the castle before finding the window he was looking for. He flew into Umbridge's office and transformed back.

"Well now that I'm in here, I might as well have a bit of fun" he said grinning like a madman.