Year 3 Chapter 11 - On the Hunt for Harry

A few weeks past and everything seems pretty normal: Some students are still afraid of me, students gossip about Aby and Springtrap, Mary and Sherryl don't like me, Harry and his friends are supposably 'Saving Hogwarts', Draco and his gang still hate me.

Yeah! Normal! At least I got some friends back.

I sigh and walk to Charms. At that moment, Fred and George race past me, shoving me out of the way.

"Hey!" I yell as I take out my wand. I use Wingardium Leviosa to stop them.

"Leah put us down!" George started.

"Yeah! We need to get to Aby!" Fred finished. I walked up to the floating twins and rolled my eyes. I then shook my head and put them down.

"Tell me...what why are you in such a hurry?" I asked and with arms crossed.

"We heard rumors that Serius Black is trying to...kill Harry..." George shivered. I giggled a little.

"Yeah right! Mr. Black is super nice!" I shrugged.

"You don't understand!" Fred shook his head.

"Nevermind we need to go." George took Fred's shoulder.

"Fine. See ya Leah!"

The two race away around the corner. The last thing I see is the tips of their robes.

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After Classes, I walk to the common room. The halls are quiet, and everyone is heading to clubs. It's a Friday anyways. I didn't really feel like going to Dueling club though.

Where should we go tonight? I ask Redwood.

"Not sure..." Redwood answers. "Where's your owl by the way?"

Oh, Snowy? I look around, but don't see her anywhere. Now that I think about it, I haven't seen Snowy since the train.

"I don't know where Snowy is..." I mumble. I feel like I'm going to freak out.

At least it's Friday. I have a little over two days to find her! I thought positively. This is me a start walking back to the dorm. When I get back I see you Leo there waiting for me.

"Hey Leah!" Leo called out to me.

I smiled and walked up to him.

"Hey! How were classes?" I asked Leo.

"Eh...okay." Leo answered with a shrug. "You going to Dueling club?"

"No." I answered as I walked up to my bed.

"Why not?" Leo followed me. "I thought you loved Dueling club."

"I have to look for something."

"What you looking for? Maybe I can help."

"Oh...it's fine. I'm just looking for Snowy."

"She didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?" I sat on my bed, Leo sitting next to me.

"She was going to see Hogsmeade with Tick."

"What!? She's been there for a month!?"

"Well yeah. Even though we aren't allowed to go yet, Tick likes to go there every year. He goes the first month of school." Leo shrugged.

"Why though?"

"I don't know. I can't understand animals like you can."

"Oh...okay. Well, thanks Leo."

"No problem! Anyways. Why don't we go to dinner together." Leo's cheeks went a little pink.

"Sure." I smiled. We both started heading for dinner together.

Year 3 Chapter 12 - Math Dinner Time

I come down to Dinner, and sit down with the rest of the Respecters, Berri, Star, and Springtrap. Aby isn't at the table yet.

"Hey everyone!" Leo says as we sit down.

"Leah! Leo! Nice to see you!" Star says to me with a smile.

"You to Star!" I answer with a giggle.

Aby comes over as dinner appears in front of us.

"I thought of a wonderful idea!" She says as she sits down.

"What?" I ask, grabbing some food. I get some mashed potatoes and a carrot.

"What if we have a group name? Like a friend group, the eight of us."

"Nine...." Kitten says out loud.

"Wow. Now SHE gets to join."

Come on. Only Aby and Berri who know you're here.

"Yeah...sure..."

"Sure, nine, nine, whatever." Aby rolls her eyes.

"Eleven with Fred and George!" Springtrap adds. I guessed he enjoys spending time with the twins.

We all think for a second.

"Hendecagons!" Stella suddenly says excitedly.

"What?" Redwood asks me.

I have no clue. I reply.

"What?" Aby asks. Everyone except Springtrap look at Stella with a confused look.

"A polygon with 11 sides is called a hendecagon, so that can be our group name!" Everyone looks surprised. "I learned math," She adds. We all shrug and nod in agreement.

"What's math?" Sherryl asks.

"I think she means arithmetics," Heather says.

"Oh, is that what you call it here? Ok!" Star replies.

"Can we learn the name of our group then?" Maria asks, slightly raising her hand.

"Yeah! You break it down into segments! That's how I learn words." Star says.

"I think we all do." I say in annoyance.

"Ok, so it's hen-dec-a-gon," Star says it with chunks.

"Oh mah god it's a hen-a-gon!" Berri says right after. We all laugh.

"A pentagon?" Star clarifies.

"A polygon with 5 sides," Springtrap answers for her in an annoyed way.

"Everyone knows that! A...pol....pol..."Berri starts to say. She's trying to pronounce it.

"A POLYGON!" Springtrap yells, and everyone who can see him turns his way.

"Pasta!" Leo says suddenly as he licks his spaghetti. I laugh a little.

"What?" Heather turns to him. In fact, everyone does.

"What?" he asks with a shrug. "Pasta is good!"

Everyone giggles. At that moment, owls come into the Great Hall with letter and packages.

I look up to see Snowy and Tick flying alongside each other.

Wow! Look who came to show up! I think with a smile. The two owls had a package each.

I wave to them as they fly closer.

"There you are!" Leo stands and holds his arm out, ready for Tick to land. Tick drops the package on Leo's lap, then lands on his arm.

Snowy does the same and plops herself on my head.

Springtrap and Stella's eyes go wide.

"Snowy!" Spring shouts.

"Hi Spring!" Snowy smiles and flutters up to him.

"So cute!" Stella reaches out to pet Tick, who gratefully let's her.

"Hello Leo." He says. "Oh! New friend!"

"Um..." Leo starts. "Star this is Tick. Tick, this is Stella."

"Star!" Stella corrects him.

"Sorry...Star."

I watch as another owl comes to our table and drops a letter on Aby's lap, flying along with a dark black, almost blue owl.

"Nice!" She says with a smile.

"Twilight, what do you have for me?" Mary asks. The owl chirps and lands next to her. I have no idea what she said. Mary opens an envelope and a bunch of pills fly out. She sighs. A lot of kids start laughing and pointing at her.

"Warewolf! Warewolf!" They chanted in unison. Mary just smiled and put the medicine in her bag.

"Aren't you mad?" I ask.

"No, I actually needed some. The 'bullies' are nice enough to give me some."

"Oh," I say, then call to my bird. "Snowy!"

"Yes?" Snowy flies over to me.

"Do you mind taking this to the common room? You know, the 3rd year dormitory?"

"First off, yes!" Snowy gives me the stink eye. "Second, I know which dorm you're in now."

"Okay, okay!" I laugh and give Snowy the package.

"Alright. I expect extra treats when you get back!" Snowy shouts as she flies away with my package. Tick follows immediately. I laugh and roll my eyes.

That's when I notice Stella staring at me.

"What?" I ask, confused.

Year 3 Chapter 13 - Animal Talking and Gobblestone

"You can talk to animals!?" Star yelled with excitement. I rolled my eyes.

"Um...yeah?"

"That's SO cool!" Star jumped with joy.

"I...guess?" I was still pretty confused.

"That's amazing! I wanna learn!"

"Um, sure..." I say.

"Cool! Can we have classes? Like, every other day or something? My parents want me to learn another language, but I don't want to."

"Well, it's fairly easy." I say.

"Cool stuff! When will we learn?" She asks.

"I don't know, whenever you want to I guess."

"How about-" Stella starts.

"No! I'm sorry but not right now." I interrupt.

Star looks a little confused, but nods in understanding. "I was thinking that we could start now, but ok." Star says slowly.

"Okay, well how about Sunday?"

"Hm..." She thinks for a second. "Okay!"

I smile and we get back to eating.

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I wake up super early the next day. I wanted to go see Keith. It's been awhile, and I wanted to know how she was doing. I put on a leather jacket and a purple skirt. I brush my hair and put on my tennis shoes.

I go to the Hufflepuff house and wait for Ary to get Keith. A few minutes later, Ary came out of the Hufflepuff common room with a very tired Keith Banks.

"Hey Keith!" I said, trying not to laugh.

"H-hi Leah..." She yawns with a tired smile.

"Did you not sleep well?" I ask.

"No, I was up studying, I accidentally missed the time and went to bed at two in the morning."

Now I couldn't help myself but giggle. "Is someone trying to study for a test that's in two weeks?" I asked her.

"Yes, but no. I did both studying and read some things two years ahead of me."

"That's cool!" I say.

Ary goes back to sleep while Keith and I walk around the school talking.

I now notice that she's wearing a pale yellow, wool sweater and some shorts. She has her black flats that she wears for classes.

"So..." I want to start a conversation. "How's school going?"

"All good...why?"

"Why not?"

"I don't know!" We both laugh, then walk in silence once more.

"Where do you want to go?" Keith asks after awhile. We walk past the Great Hall.

"Not sure..." I look around and see the entryway to the courtyard. "Wanna play some Gobblestone?" I ask with a smile.

"Sure, but I've never played..."

"Same!" I laugh and pull Keith into the courtyard. I first heard about Gobblestone when there was a mini tournament about a week ago. I never got to see it, but I remembered there a set laying around in the courtyard.

We walk through the entryway to see 7 or 8 students walking, talking, and just hanging out. I see the Gobblestone set in the corner, and go to grab it. My skirt flows with the soft breeze of the wind. I sit down next to the Gobblestone set and start setting it up, the way I thought it was.

Keith sits next to me and examines it.

"You need some help?" someone asks.

"Yes actually." I say as I turn around. Heather was behind me. "Hey Heather!" I smile.

"Um...who are you?" Keith asks.

"Oh, sorry! I'm Heather. Heather Garcia!"

"Nice to meet you Heather. I'm Keith Banks!"

Heather is wearing a pink dress that really suits her. Her dark brown hair is in two ponytails.

"Now, let's play!" Heather said with excitement.

Year 3 Chapter 14 - Animal Talking Lessons

Yesterday was super fun! Keith and I hung out, we saw Heather, and I learned a little about Gobblestone.

I got up thanks to Stella jumping on my bed. I sighed and got changed into a neon blue shirt and some jean shorts with a flower design on it. I brushed my hair, put it in a ponytail, and put on my pink bow Leo had got for me a few years before.

I smiled and put on my socks and some ankle boots.

"Star I'm-" Stella interrupted me.

"Leah! Leah! Leah!" she said. Star had her hands behind her back. She had on a grey long sleeve shirt with a cat on it. Stella also wore a pink skirt.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Before we do anything, I want you to close your eyes."

"Why?"

"Please!!!" Stella pleaded.

"Fine." I sighed and closed my eyes as Stella took my arm and put some kind of bracelet on my wrist. She did something with it, then I heard her take a step back.

"Open!" Stella whispered excitingly.

I slowly opened my eyes to see a woven bracelet on my wrist. It was tightly braided with strands of pink, blue, orange, and yellow yarn. To connect to two ends, they were put into a black bead and tied in a not. Two smaller braids came out of the not.

"It's a friendship bracelet! I gave one to Abyssinian and Berriella as well!" Stella beamed at me.

"Aw! Thank you!" I replied, giving her a hug.

"You're welcome! All of them are the same!" Star held up a matching bracelet that was on her arm. We both smiled.

"Did you make them yourself? They are really good!" I said, smiling.

"Yes!!" Star smiles back.

"Shall we go now?"

"Yeah!" Stella drags me along with her.

Was I this energetic in first year? I asked myself as we went to the Training Grounds.

"Yes you were," Redwood thought to me.

I wasn't talking to you. I say.

"Ok, can we start?" Star says excitedly. She took out an empty notebook and titled it 'Animal Talking'. She skipped the first four pages and looked up at me. Then I realized. I was like a professor. And if something goes wrong, and I teach her something incorrectly, then that will affect her lifetime! But instead I said, "Um, how about I teach you the alphabet for the first couple weeks," I start. "Then when you memorize it we'll just start learning simple words. Then we'll go from there," I say. "If you learn and study hard enough, you will be able to learn by the end of the year."

"Ooh, ok. Let's get started!" Star writes down 'Alphabet' in her note book and she writes 'the way you pronounce the letter'.

"Do you know how to write in it?" she asks me as we were on our twenty-fourth letter. There were thirty letters in total.

"Well, animals don't exactly write, but we have a way to pronounce words and letters." I say.

"Oh, got it!" Star said after thinking it over.

"Good! Let's continue."

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By lunch, Star and I have gone through: All 30 letters, a few basic words, and two and half pages of notebook paper.

As a reward for doing so good, I told Stella that she could meet Feathers. I haven't seen the big Hippogriff in awhile, but I know she's around somewhere.

We go to the edge of the forbidden forest, and I caw a few times. Nothing happens for a few minutes, but Feathers soon appears.

Stella's eyes go wide as she lands in front of me. When Star goes to pet Feathers, I pull her back behind me and hold her there as I bow.

"What's wrong?" Star asks me.

"You don't just run up to a Hippogriff to pet it, you have to bow and gain its respect first." I told Stella. When Feathers bowed back to me, I lifted my head and smiled.

"What if...I don't bow?" Stella asked in curiosity.

"Hmm...well...you can break a bone, get absolutely terrified, and have to go to the Hospital Wing." I answered. Stella went shocked and she backed up farther away from me.

I roll my eyes. "You'll be fine. Watch."
I slowly walk up to Feathers, who is stepping towards me. I reach up my hand and the Hippogriff dips its head. I smile and stroke the feathers that rest on its neck.

I look over my shoulder to see Stella who is calmed down.

"Alright." I say stepping away from Feathers. "First, you need to bow to show your respect."

Stella takes a deep breath and steps forward, into a small bow.

Feathers starts getting reckless, but then adjusts itself into a bow.

Star looks up and smiles. "Now what?" she asks.

"Go pet Feathers!" I reply with a laugh.

Stella eagerly races over the Feathers and stokes its back. Unexpectedly, Feathers kneeled down on all fours, waiting for Star to get on. She hesitates, then gets on with a smile.

"Great job!" I say as I pat Feathers' head. It nudges me, telling me to get on as well. I sigh and hull myself onto Feathers' back.

"Hold on!" I say as the Hippogriff takes to the sky. Star cheers and watches as Hogwarts gets smaller and smaller.

Year 3 Chapter 15 - The Sight on a Hippogriff

We keep flying high into the air. As we do, I look down to see the view. We were coming up to the Forbidden Forest.

Stella and I both cheered as Feathers did a little loop in the air. I look up to see clouds right above my head, I smile and reach up, letting my hand glide through the fluffy clouds.

Stella watches and laughs. I giggle a little and put my hand down. Then, Star taps my shoulder.

"Look! It's Abyssinian and Springtrap!" Stella points to Aby who has Hippogriff wings, and Spring who flies along side of her. I smile as we both wave.

"Hey guys!" I shouted over the wind.

"Hi!" Stella said right after. Aby dives down to the ground, and Springtrap goes after her. We watch them go to the ground. "The clouds are beautiful." Star says after a while.

"Yeah." I say with a smile. Feathers chirps and slowly glides down to the ground. Aby and Spring walk up to us as we get off the Hippogriff.

"Hey, I saw the two of you in the air!" Star jumped up and down. I smile and jump into the grass.

"Yeah, us too." Aby says.

"Do you know Feathers?" I asked them, tilting my head.

"Yeah I met her in first year, you showed her to me." Aby replies. "She's fluffy."

"That's why I called her Feathers!" I laugh and look into the Hippogriff's eyes.

"I thought Feathers was a boy name." Springtrap said.

"True." Aby says, thinking aloud. "It does sound like a name for a boy."

"Eh." I shrug and stroke Feathers' head.

She adjusts her wings and flies away afterward.

"So, what have you two been up to?" Aby asks when Feathers is out of sight.

"Oh, we were learning animal talking!" Star says with a smile.

"I don't know the language, I just understand cats and foxes." Aby smiles back.

"Oh, ok."

"But that's fine. It's not that bad. I last."

"Oh. It's actually time for us to go have lunch," I interrupt, looking though the nearest window. I see the Great hall with students pouring in. "Do you want to join?"

"Yes!" Aby looks over at Springtrap, who nods. "Yeah, we'll come."

"Great! Let's go." With Star right behind me, I start heading for the side entrance. Aby and Spring race past us. They were probably super hungry.

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Lunch was pretty good. Mary and Sherryl are starting to open out to me, more students are starting to sit around us.

After classes we all met back at dinner.

"Hey guys!" I shouted with a wave. Aby and I were heading to the Ravenclaw table together since we just had Care of Magical Creatures together. Leo smiled and waved back. Star and the rest of the Respecters were at the table too.

"Hey Aby, Leah!" Heather called to us. We all sat down when the food appeared in front of us. A few minutes later, owls started coming inside the Great Hall. A grey owl with a package flew to Star and dropped it into Star's lap.

She flinched and quickly put it on the table.

"What's wrong?" Mary asked.

"It's just...hot." Star answered with a nervous look. She opened the package to find food in little bags. Steam came out of them.

"What...are they?" Sherryl asked.

"I don't know." Aby tilted her head.

"They're called Hot Pockets." Leo answered. "My mom brings them home sometimes for dinner." Leo licked his lips.

"Must be good then." I shrugged. "I live near a muggle village, but I've never seen anything food like that."

"Then you'll love it!" Star said excitedly.

"Okay. But..." Aby started. "How is it still warm?"

Star showed all of us the the interior of the box. A silver thick lining marked the outside of the box. "This helps keep the warmness inside the package." Stella explained.

"Cool! Can I have one!?" Sherryl pleaded.

"Yeah! Me too!" Leo released his hand.

"I would like one!" Aby, Mary, Heather, and I said at the same time. We all laughed as Stella started passing out the Hot Pockets. She gave one to Sherryl, Leo, Aby, Mary, Heather, and then me. Even Springtrap, who appeared out of nowhere, got one. The rapper was warm to the touch and had this plastic feeling. I teared it off and bit into the bread. In the inside was sause, and cheese, but it was burning hot. I heard Leo yelp as I quickly swallowed my hot bite. Heather giggled at Leo who took a bite and did the same. We all laughed once more.

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