I'm back with another chapter, just as promised.

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Dipper's POV

I am so excited! Today was the first Care of Magical Creatures class! I can't wait to see what kind of creatures we're seeing today!

Calm down, Pine Tree. Right now, you look like a shipper who has a ship that has been confirmed to be canon after years of shipping.

Can't help it! I love magical & mythical creatures! And the teacher, Hagrid, is half-giant! I've never seen a giant before!

Don't worry! Someday those senpais will notice you!

Oh, fuck you!

Gladly.

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Bill, do you realize that you're only making the BillDip shippers stronger?

Oh shiet!

I-Indeed.

We went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. There, I saw that there were Gryffindors there as well. Huh. We must be having the lessons with them. I should probably find my human friends.

"Hey!" I called them.

"Oh, hey, Mason." Harry replied.

"How are you doing?" Hermione asked.

"Not bad, actually." I answer.

"I'm glad you're here. I don't think I could bare those Slytherins around without you." Ron said. He clearly despised Slytherin. Luckily, I'm not on his people-who-I-despise list even though I'm in Slytherin.

Hagrid was waiting for his class at the door of his hut. He stood in his moleskin overcoat, with a boarhound at his heels, looking impatient to start.

"C'mon, now, get a move on!" he called as the class approached. "Got a real treat for yeh today! Great lesson comin' up! Everyone here? Right, follow me!"

We headed in the direction of the Forbidden Forest. I was really excited about this. Who knows what reside in those forest?

However, to my disappointment, Hagrid strolled off around the edge of the trees, and five minutes later, we found ourselves outside a kind of paddock. There was nothing in there.

"Everyone gather 'round the fence here!" he called. "That's it... Make sure yeh can see... Now, firs' thing yeh'll want ter do is open yer books..."

"How?" The cold, drawling voice of Draco Malfoy said.

"Eh?" said Hagrid.

Hagrid's POV

"How do we open our books?" Malfoy repeated. He took out his copy of The Monster Book of Monsters, which he had bound shut with a length of rope. Other people took theirs out too; some, like Harry, had belted their book shut; others had crammed them inside tight bags or clamped them together with binder clips.

"Hasn'... Hasn' anyone bin able ter open their books?" I said, looking crestfallen.

The class all shook their heads.

"Wait, what?" A surprised voice said.

I looked around to see that it came from a brunette Slytherin. It looked like he was the only one who had been able to open the book.

"Could yeh show everyone else how ter to it?" I asked.

"Sure." He shrugged. "You just have to stroke them. Just run a finger down their spine."

"That's righ'." I said happily.

"Oh, how silly we've all been!" Malfoy sneered. "We should have stroked them! Why didn't we guess!"

"I... I thought they were funny." I said uncertainly to Hermione.

"Oh, tremendously funny!" said Malfoy. "Really witty, giving us books that try and rip our hands off!"

"Shut up, Malfoy." Harry  said quietly.

"Yeah! Shut up, Malfoy." The brunet Slytherin snapped. "They are really nice if you get to know them. They're just scared. I mean, If you were suddenly taken away from your parents & sold to a complete stanger, wouldn't you try to fight them to escape? Oh wait, you wouldn't. You don't have the balls to do that!"

The class suddenly burst into roar of "Ooooooooooooh!", laughs, snickers and "Need some ice for that burn?"

I clapped my hands loudly to regain the class's atention.

"Righ' then," I said "So yeh've got yer books an' now yeh need the Magical Creatures. Yeah. So I'll go an' get 'em. Hang on..."

I strode away from them to get the creatures. I can't wait to see their reactions.

(Le small time skip, brought to you by Kill Cipher from the Fight Falls AU)

I came back with a dozen of the creatures for today's lesson.

"Gee up, there!" I roared, shaking the chains and urging the creatures toward the fence where the class stood. Everyone drew back slightly as I reached them and tethered the creatures to the fence.

"Hippogriffs!" I roared happily, waving a hand at them. "Beau'iful, aren' they?"

"Yes!" The brunet from earlier exclaimed excitedly. I should really get to know this kid.

No one seemed to want to. Harry, Ron, Hermione and the Slytherin boy, however, approached the fence cautiously.

"Now, firs' thing yeh gotta know abou' Hippogriffs is, they're proud," I said. "Easily offended, Hippogriffs are. Don't never insult one, 'cause it might be the last thing yeh do."

"Yeh always wait fer the Hippogriff ter make the firs' move," I continued. "It's polite, see? Yeh walk toward him, and yeh bow, an' yeh wait. If he bows back, yeh're allowed ter touch him. If he doesn' bow, then get away from him sharpish, 'cause those talons hurt. Right... Who wants ter go first?"

"No one?" I said, with a pleading look.

"I'll do it" Harry said.

There was an intake of breath from behind him, and both Lavender and Parvati whispered, "Oooh, no, Harry, remember your tea leaves!"

Harry ignored them. He climbed over the paddock fence.

"Good man, Harry!" I roared. "Right then -- let's see how yeh get on with Buckbeak."

I untied one of the chains, pulled the gray Hippogriff away from its fellows, and slipped off its leather collar. The class on the other side of the paddock seemed to be holding its breath.

"Easy now, Harry." I said quietly. "Yeh've got eye contact, now try not ter blink...Hippogriffs don' trust yeh if yeh blink too much..."

Harry's eyes immediately began to water, but he didn't shut them. Buckbeak had turned his great, sharp head and was staring at Harry with one fierce orange eye. "Tha's it," said Hagrid. "Tha's it, Harry...now, bow."

Harry gave a short bow and then looked up. Buckbeak was still staring haughtily at him. It didn't move.

"Ah." I said, worried. "Right... Back away, now, Harry, easy does it..."

But then, to our enormous surprise, the Hippogriff suddenly bent its scaly front knees and sank into what was an unmistakable bow.

"Well done, Harry!" I said, ecstatic. "Right... yeh can touch him! Pat his beak, go on!"

Harry moved slowly toward the Hippogriff and reached out toward it. He patted the beak several times and the Hippogriff closed its eyes lazily, as though enjoying it.

The class broke into applause.

"Righ' then, Harry," I said. "I reckon he migh' let yeh ride him!"

"Yeh climb up there, jus' behind the wing joint" I said. "an' mind yeh don' pull any of his feathers out, he won' like that..."

Harry put his foot on the top of Buckbeak's wing and hoisted himself onto its back. Buckbeak stood up.

"Go on, then!" I roared, slapping Buckbeak's hindquarters.

Buckbeak flew him once around the paddock and then headed back to the ground. Harry leaned back as the smooth neck lowered. Then a heavy thud sounded as the four ill-assorted feet hit the ground. Harry held on and push himself straight again.

"Good work, Harry!" I roared as everyone cheered. "Okay, who else wants a go?"

Seemingly emboldened by Harry's success, the rest of the class climbed cautiously into the paddock. All except the enthusiast.

"I do! I do!" He yelled as he jumped into the paddock. I was worried for him for a second but, as soon as he was 2ft from the hippogryffs, every single hippogryff bowed down. I have never seen anything like this before...

"Uuuuh... You can stop now..." The boy said nervously as he took a quick bow. The hippogryffs stopped bowing.

"I'll... I'll take this one..." He said as he climbed up Sky, a hippogryff with slightly blue feathers.

"TO INFINITY & BEYOND!" The boy roared as Sky took off. Everyone watched him with shocked expressions. Even myself. The pair soared through the sky.

"WOOHOO, MOTHERTRUCKERS!" He yelled at the top of his lungs as he jumped down. Everyone panicked. I ran to him to try & catch him. No one could possibly survive a fall from that altitude. But with the speed that he's falling, I knew I wasn't gonna make it in time...

But to everyone's surprise, Sky caught him at just the last moment & dropped him down savely.

"We should do that again, sometime!" He yelled happily as I sighed in relief that he's OK and that no one got hurt during my first class.

And just at that moment, Malfoy let out a high pitch scream as he was scratched by Buckbeak.

"I'm dying!" He yelled as the class panicked. "I'm dying, look at me! It's killed me!"

"Yer not dyin'!" I said. I could feel that I had gone very white. "Someone help me... Gotta get him outta here..."

Hermione ran to hold open the gates as I easily lifted Malfoy and brought him to the infirmary.

Oh no! What am I gonna do!? They're gonna fire me for this!

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And that wraps up this chapter! Hope you enjoyed! As always, all constructive criticism and praise is welcome.

Chess_Cat signing out! Peace!