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Hogwarts, it was as much of a keep as it was a home, granted Rolf hadn’t always felt comfortable within its walls, but it had been a safe place for him. A place that he had enjoyed to go to year after year regardless of it keeping him from the things that he loved. An education was powerful, it was necessary, it wasn’t something that he could be lax on. Sure there was more than a few moderate classes that he didn’t do particularly well in, but that was all water under the bridge, Rolf knew what he was going to do with his life and knew what was going to happen as soon as he left Hogwarts so felt no pressure to really excel at anything, though he surely tried in more than a few classes. As a seventh year he was going to hit the end of his years here and he needed to make sure that Rolf left the hallowed halls of Hogwarts with a bang – or at least leave in a way that shown that he had become better since his first year where a very scraggly young boy wandered into the halls so many years ago.

Nostalgic wasn’t really his style, so Rolf had taken the time instead of lurking inside the castle and moseyed his way towards the Forest. The forest had been a place that had been particularly fond of in his years here, if only because there was more than a fair share of discovery within it. It was Forbidden sure, but Rolf had yet to really listen to that particular rule, he had seen Dragons, Manticores, Kelpies and other fearful creatures over the years, whatever this particular forest held wasn’t going to top those adventures that Rolf had when he was barely old enough to carry himself. The idea that he was better than everyone else and could enter the forest without permission was a bit arrogant, but he was a man – he was old enough to make his own life decisions and if that meant he wanted to risk his life into the forest, well then so be it.

The tall lanky boy slipped in through the break in trees, if it was so forbidden they should have made it far harder to access. Strolling he carefully pulled an apple out of his pocket, taking a large healthy bite out of the red skin and munched pleasantly as he wandered, he wasn’t sure what he was looking for, but would come up with a plan as soon as it came to him. Rolf could easily go to the hallow where the Thestrals lived, where there was the ones that looked after the castle, or go further in. Unicorns and Centaurs roamed it would be a bit of a distance but maybe it was worth it? Unicorns weren’t particularly friendly, but Rolf knew how to be cautious around them, not to mention Centaurs didn’t really particularly like humans, but had gotten used to his presence over the years and let him by – if only by a little. They didn’t like him, just knew he wasn’t a threat as he was merely looking for magical creatures as he had explained on numerous occasions. Taking another bite of apple thoughtfully he could hear the snap of a twig behind him, turning quickly he looked, seeing only a bit of fabric as it went behind a tree. ”Alright come out of there. I don’t appreciate being followed you.” Rolf insisted as he looked for the person to come out.



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[RUBEUS HAGRID]

The forbidden forest had long been a dangerous place. So dangerous it was forbidden and even the Hogwarts proffesors wouldn't enter if there wasn't something important. Or that was what everyone thought. There was someone who had never found it scary nor dangerous. The teenage boy was walking through the forest. His appearance was something unusual already. As he went, tiny bugs ran away from the soundwave of his feet stepping on the forest ground, small creatures hid themselves into safety as he went passed them. Rubeus Hagrid, a fourth year student of Hogwarts, really never had anything to fear when walking into the forest. His half-giant size was big enough for the smaller predators to stay away from him, instead they stood there, watching him as if wondering what kind of creature he could be.

The rule of not entering this dangerous forest was never stored in his memory. He wasn't afraid of the forest. He even thought it was actually really nice, and full of adorable creatures. Yes, adorable creatures such as unicorns, hippocriffs, centuars... Yes, they were all so adorable. Why would people think they were dangerous anyway? Well, the centuars could be dangerous when you were a stranger, but hippocriffs?! Hagrid took care of a baby hippocriff before, it was one of the cutest pet he ever had. It could be a little angry if people be rude to it, but most of the time it was a kind hearted creature. He even had fire-crabs and salamanders before. However the creature this time was neither any of those listed above. It was different, much different. Hagrid couldn't sneak it into the school like most of his pets due to its 'special' appearance.

In between his great arms, a brown, big as a four months old German-shepherd, creature. The animal was a baby dog with fluffy brown fur, a restless wagging tail and was chewing the arm part of his robe. If it was just a dog, then nothing could've prevent it from entering the school. However, this dog wasn't just a dog. It was a THREE-HEADED PUPPY. Hagrid had found it alone in the forest, probably had lost its family or abandoned due to its weird feature. Sympathized with the animal's situation since it was fairly the same as his, Hagrid had been taking care for the poor thing. He named it Fluffy and when not busy with Aragog, he would come into the forest and play with him.

"Ah, yer don't have ter keep lickin' me like that" Hagrid laughed then set the dog down and it turned back, licking his hands. He searched around in his wizard robe for awhile before taking out a bag full of bacons and other kind of meat. He opened it and began to fed Fluffy, along with teaching him some tricks. The dog jumped up, putting its front paws on to his legs, tail wagging non-stop for the food. "No, no, sit first, I won't give yer until yeh sit... that's righ', good boy".

Suddenly, the three-headed dog turned away and began sniffing and growling. Hagrid startled, a little nervous. Could it be another animal? Or worse, a professor who saw him sneaking into the forest? The boy quickly put the bag back into his robe's inside-pocket and took the dog to a nearby tree-hole, he made sure nothing was inside the hole then put the dog inside. " Stay there. I will be back. No, yer stay here." He ordered the dog to stay still then went to check out what was there.

Cautiously slipping through the trees and bushes, he could see a figure up ahead. So it was a person. But didn't seem like a professor or the gamekeeper, more like a student. The person was wandering in the forest casually, eating an apple as if it was a normal tour for him. Just then Hagrid took a mistaken step. It snapped a big twig under his big foot. A loud cracking sound exposed him. He startled and hid behind a big tree nearby. But it was too late.

"Alright come out of there. I don’t appreciate being followed you.” The man demanded.

Should he come out? He wasn't a professor, maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to come out. After all, he probably didn't know anything about Fluffy, Hagrid could just say he was wandering the forest just like him. Yeah, that should work. Thinking that, Hagrid took a breath and stepped out into the open.

"Didn' mean to follow yer. Jus happened ter be here"

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[Evander Knight]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 366x; height: 190px; padding: 10px; background-color: #dcd4c7; border: #eae4d8 10px solid;] hold me and feel my heart beat Evander was terrified. The events leading up to him being in this horrid forest, forbidden and all, were almost painful to recall. He’d been flying over the grounds, as was his norm, studiously avoiding the forest, when his broomstick had started behaving oddly and flying straight towards the Whomping Willow. Terrified, Ev had gained control of his broom long enough to swoop under a branch and crash land in the middle of a clearing in the, you guessed it, forbidden forest. He’d never been here before and he was completely lost. He’d been wandering along for about thirty minutes, but it felt like hours and hours. Oh god, what if he never got out? Or if something ate him? What was that? A branch cracking, but he hadn’t stepped on it. Then an irritated voice said: ”Alright come out of there. I don’t appreciate being followed you.” Evander moved forward through the bushes to declare himself but stopped abruptly when another voice said: "Didn' mean to follow yer. Jus happened ter be here." How many people were here? Squeaking a little, Evander stepped out from his hiding place. ”I’m really lost.” He said in a pitch higher than his usual tone and clutching his broom with white knuckles. ”Do either of you know how to get out of here?” He asked hopefully, smiling nervously at the first boy, who he recognised as a Hufflepuff in his brother’s year. The other boy looked kind of scary. Way too big to be a student. WORDS: 253. TAGGED: ROLF/HAGRID/OPEN. NOTES: MIND IF I GATECRASH?

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Rolf didn’t know what to expect when he found himself theoretically followed. He hadn’t really had people take a interest in the things that he did with himself or what his obligations in the forest were. Rolf didn’t know how to explain himself to a stranger ‘oh I was just going to go and find something that will kill me.’ Though that wasn’t a very appealing way to explain himself and not one that most people took very well if only because it was so depressing, though it was true as there were very dangerous creatures in the forest, everyone and their brother knew it, but he was qualified if only by personal experience to handle himself, and if he died, well then there was something that had to happen. Rolf rather just live in the moment, because without the moment well then he was some crazy person who didn’t have a theory in the world and stalked magical creatures because it seemed like fun and there was no true benefits behind it. Sure he was theoretically going for not finding or doing something that had a benefit he was just doing it to do it, but there were times in the world where Rolf would need his expanse knowledge and use it for something.

He wasn’t someone who would tattle on someone, especially a person who didn’t deserve it, someone who was doing something that would harm others. If they came into the forest on their own, they obviously thought they could handle it, or wanted to cause mischief, like set it on fire or whatever other expanse list of things that bad students would do while they wandered through the forest. His green eyes locked on the spot hoping to see whoever was behind the tree to come out – hoping that they would come out so he could get a sign of them, and figure out if he should make it a suggestion to go back to the castle if he was being followed for the following sake.

When the figure came out, Rolf hadn’t exactly expected the size of the person that was to be sure. He had seen this particular student from time to time in the great hall, or through the hallways. What was his name? Rolf couldn’t remember, he could barely remember the facts that he had pulled together for the creatures he liked, Rolf couldn’t be bothered to remember every Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Slytherin that wandered the halls, when he had barely bothered with his Hufflepuff housemates. The accent that the other boy was a thick and he couldn’t quite make all of it out. ”oh well then – what are yo.” Rolf paused surprised to find another boy come into their midst, claiming he was lost – was this a convention? The other boy was from his own house, younger than him, likely too young for him to have bothered to have spoken to him before in the common room or anywhere else. ”Well yes. Do you need me to show you the way out? I’m Rolf” should he take responsibility for the other Gryffindor boy as well, lead them all out of the forest? ”How about you, are you lost as well?” Rolf asked the Gryffindor, Rolf was the oldest and wasn’t particularly good with other people, he did better with animals, but he would try if it was needed.



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[RUBEUS HAGRID]

Now he could look at the other person clearer he could see his face full of freckles and the messy hair, well, those weren't important. He recognized the Hufflepuff uniform. So this guy is a student too, could be a sixth or seventh year that was a relief. He only afraid of a proffessor, or a lousy Slytherin who would give away what he was doing. Actually, one didn't need to be a Slytherin to be lousy. However, the person in front of him right now didn't seem like the type of person who run around blabling about other people's doing. At least that was what he could see right now. Hagrid wasn't the person who would suspect others, but after the incident in his third year he had become more cautious for the sake of his pets. He knew he wouldn't be anyhere further than expelled the second time the teachers find out about them.

”oh well then – what are yo.” The Hufflepuff was saying something in reply to him when he was interrupted by a third person. Hagrid turned his head to look at the new comer. Another Hufflepuff, blonde hair, bla bla bla skip the description of the face. Brave enough to step into this forbidden forest, they should've been in Gryffindor instead. The new face stated that he was lost. Well, you shouldn't come into this forest before knowing your way out. Imagine what would happen if this guy had never found them. This must be the boy's first time in this place, the centuars could've attacked him, so lucky that guy was then.

”Well yes. Do you need me to show you the way out? I’m Rolf” The first Hufflepuff responded to the third person's question then introduced himself. 'Rolf' then turned to him. ”How about you, are you lost as well?”

The question almost forced a chuckle out of Hagrid. No offense but he had known this forest far too well to get lost. Even the centuars were now good friends of his. No he couldn't be lost. "No, I'm not los'. Was- " He almost said he was playing with Fluffy but realized before the words came out. Sweet Merlin, he nearly revealed it by himself. "- wanderin' around. There could be nice things ter collec' ". That sounded good enough for a reason.

"If yer wan' ter get outter here then we all should stop talkin'. If the centeurs see yer around here it will be bad" Hagrid said, half wanting to remind them, half wanting them to go away so he could come back to his sweet little Fluffy, who was probably very sad after he was left alone. But things didn't stop there, the bushes behind him started making rustling sounds. Okay, that was it, if another one show up, he would tell them to hold a tea party right here for real. Seriously, this forest wasn't some place to be hanging out like this. But instead of a person, he heard a low whine coming from the bush.

It was Fluffy. The three-headed puppy had waited for so long it came after him. This was pretty bad, he tried to use his giant body to cover what was behind him. They better not pay attention to this.

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[Evander Knight]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 366x; height: 190px; padding: 10px; background-color: #dcd4c7; border: #eae4d8 10px solid;] hold me and feel my heart beat It was like a tea party in the middle of the forest. Creepy. Ev half wanted to laugh but was still half terrified. The giant of a boy had seemed to be half-way through exchanging pleasantries with the other, older boy that Ev gravitated to not just because he was an elder student in his house, but also because he had an inkling that the boy giant could look pretty fierce if he wanted to. He was also grasping at straws for a reason to be in the forest, which even Ev could see. It all looked quite fishy and Ev almost beamed up at the elder boy when he offered to show him the way out. “Would you? I mean… that’d be great! I’m only in here because… well, some kind of, er… Quidditch accident.” Evander fumbled his words so he sounded even shiftier than the boy giant. “My broom got hexed. I’m Ev, by the way.” He told the two boys as if it made a shred of difference and hoped that this smattering of information would convince the elder Hufflepuff to escort him out of this damn forest. The giant boy said that they should stop talking if they wanted to get out of the forest without being attacked by centaurs. Ev blushed deep down to his roots but his knees quaked all the same. “Centaurs will attack you?” He asked, a tremor in his voice. “But why?” He asked plaintively. “I’ve never said anything bad about them?” Then the bushes beside the boy giant and Ev’s eyes widened comically as he let out a small squeak. The elder Hufflepuff boy, who was now only half a pace away from him, had a handful of his robes suddenly clutched in fear. “Oh my God. What is that?” WORDS: 253. TAGGED: ROLF/HAGRID/OPEN. NOTES: EV IS ADORABLE! SORRY FOR THE WAIT

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Rolf wasn’t sure what to do with all of these people, Rolf rarely socialized with more than one person, now there were three? Sure he was a generally nice guy, but he didn’t know how to handle this many people all at once. Didn’t know how to handle the idea that he had found one, and another had found him. Couldn’t he just do one thing that he actually wanted to do, not have to fight through the conversations of two practical strangers, sure they all went to the same school and that was about as common ground as they got aside from the one who was a Hufflepuff, Rolf suppose he had more in common with him than the other one, but despite the gigantic girth and size of the other, the boy didn’t seem bad at all. He was just ensuring that his duty as the oldest was put to good use that he had to make sure that the other boy wasn’t lost, as unlikely of an event that was. At the very least the other boy wasn’t lost, he was here on purpose, a surprising thought at least. ”Course, I offered didn’t I?” though he suppose his word wasn’t good enough in some cases, and he would have to prove it to others. Hexed broom? That seemed like a terrible bout of luck. ”How awful, never been one for brooms.” he had other modes of transport.

Rolf wasn’t completely concerned about the centaurs. They and himself never had a problem together, sure he had been a bit of an annoyance if they found him wandering too far, but really they were nice people centaurs, just a bit moody when it came to wizards, not that Rolf could particularly blame them. Ev was a bit of a silly lad, believing that centaurs wouldn’t attack just because he hadn’t said anything about them. ”You’re still a kid, they wouldn’t hurt you, they find you untainted to the other ways of those who are older.” Rolf assured the other boy. He was surprised to hear a rush judgment from the gruff other lad. He seemed to know quite a lot, so Rolf wouldn’t make a hasty judgment himself. When he heard a whine, Rolf began to search for the source, finding the three headed dog – a Cerberus? Puzzled, Rolf knelt to make himself seem less large and less of a threat. ”What a pretty little thing you are.” Rolf chimed, admiring the three headed dog from afar. Looking up at Hagrid he raised a brow, his lips twitching into a grin. ”I don’t suppose it’s yours is it?” Rolf teased, it wouldn’t be the first time he had heard someone keep something strange and different.


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[RUBEUS HAGRID]

Hagrid was busy trying to cover up the dog behind him that he didn't pay any attention to what the other two were saying. But then Fluffy just couldn't stay quiet seeing his owner ignoring him. In stead, the dog whined more then poked itself out of the bush, asking for attention. Whatever was to come has come. His new acquaintances noted the strange sound and looked over.

"Oh my God. What is that?" It was Ev. Well, that wasn't a good thing to say to poor Fluffy. But Hagrid could ignore that, after all his pets always freak people out. Of course, one would be astonished upon seeing Fluffy. You don't see a three headed dog everyday.

However, Rolf wasn't that shocked. The older boy seemed to know how to deal with an animal, he knelt down and, to Hagrid's surprise, admired the dog. He had never met anyone who would call a strange looking animal 'pretty'. Maybe Hermione would, but he had never shown her Fluffy nor Aragog, so his assumption could be wrong. Seeing this scene made him feel more welcome toward the older Hufflepuff, he must be an animal lover too. This formed a happy smile on the half-giant's face. "He's mine... " He also knelt down and let Fluffy jump into his arms. "I called 'im Fluffy. Found 'im a few weeks ago. The poor thing was all alone. So sad, yer see, he is cute, yet abandoned. " He explained while the dog continuously licked his face from its place in between his arms. " I couldn' come yesterday, he was lonely."

"Not suppose ter do this. Uh...Please don't tell anyone... They almost expelled me last year fer a young hippogriff in school..." He said and released Fluffy when he noticed the ceberus wanted to pay attention to the strangers. It was the first time it ever seen any person beside him.

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[Evander Knight]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 366x; height: 190px; padding: 10px; background-color: #dcd4c7; border: #eae4d8 10px solid;] hold me and feel my heart beat Evander was feeling the beginnings of relief. The nice older boy had offered to show him the way out and Ev was smiling gratefully up at him despite the slightly brusque way in which the Hufflepuff had told him that the centaurs wouldn’t hurt him. Well how was Ev supposed to know that? He’d never studied centaurs. He’d offer up his thanks anyway, even though the boys hadn’t returned the courtesy of telling him their names. “Thank you.” Ev told the elder. “What are you called?” He was shuffling behind the elder, staring at the green and mossy floor when all of a sudden the warm and solid presence of the other boy moved quickly from in front of him, to crouch down in front of… merlin’s pants! “It’s a monster.” He squealed, completely losing his cool. “And it has three heads… one to eat each of us!” Only later did it occur to Ev that the Hufflepuff was admiring it, not at all intimidated whilst the boy giant stood firmly without an ounce of fear, looking at the monster with something that looked like… surely not… affection? Despite himself and trembling, Ev slowly moved closer towards the other two boys and the creature. Then it jumped into the Gryffindor’s arms and Ev let out an even louder squeal. One of the heads turned, snapping its jaws in Ev’s direction and he was paralysed to the spot, watching a tiny trail of saliva drip off one of its large fangs. ”He’s mine.” The boy giant said. ”I called ‘im Fluffy.” And Ev shuddered in horror, more at the grossly inapt name than anything else. Was there any name so inappropriate for a beast like this such as… Fluffy?! He was licking the boy giant’s face and if possible Ev felt even more scared, though even that was eclipsed when Fluffy jumped out of the boy giant’s arms and looked to come trotting towards… him!? WORDS: 324. TAGGED: ROLF/HAGRID/OPEN. NOTES: EV IS SO SCARED AND YOU TWO ARE JUST LIKE COOL FANGS! ;D

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Rolf wasn’t sure what he was going to do now, there was a very rare and incredibly amazing magical creature now in front of him, and yet he had promised the young student that he would help him return back to the castle. Oh conflicted feelings. The lad wasn’t that old, so it wasn’t as if Rolf could just leave him here and fend for himself, he likely didn’t know his sense of direction very well, or knew which way the castle was even, and Rolf couldn’t leave him alone, so as much as the creature seemed like a fascinating sort, Rolf couldn’t stick around for more than a few minutes. Rolf looked over at the younger boy. ”I swore I had already said, my apologizes, Rolf, Rolf Scamander.” which he suppose his last name had no gratification, but whatever, it was still an incredibly nice name and Rolf liked to make mention of it every once in awhile.

Even kneeling down he looked up at the younger boy and sighed, he would have a terrible time when he finally got through a majority of his year of Care of Magical creatures, right now he was probably still only moderate and small creatures, things that were remotely harmless and even boring. Rolf rolled his eyes at the mention of it being a monster, he suppose yes it looked like one with its numerous heads, but he was in the magical world now, this kind of thing was normal. ”it’s a Cerberus, also known as a hell hound. They’re incredibly loyal and handy creatures for protection and guarding.” Rolf explained, knowledge was power. Rolf rarely had the patience to be a teacher of any degree, but he rather teach the boy that it wasn’t about to eat them, not with how young the creature was not to mention it had yet to show really any violent tendencies. Though Rolf would leave out that if it was going to eat them, it would have started to already. Rolf could sympathize with the Gryffindor for bringing in creatures into the school, though it had never been to the gravity of a Hippogriff. ”I don’t plan to; we’ll have to sort out the young one here though.” Rolf watched as Fluffy began to trot over to the younger Hufflepuff. ”Just think of it as an incredibly larger version of a dog. You’ve seen a dog before haven’t you?” sure it had three heads, but that was just a tiny speck on the spectrum.


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[RUBEUS HAGRID]

Hagrid wasn't so happy hearing the seemingly younger of the two Hufflepuffs calling his lovely Fluffy a monster. What was it with all the people calling what they couldn't understand 'monster'. You see, the half-giant boy had been called that many times himself too, it was the worst feeling ever. And he couldn't stand seeing poor Fluffy suffer from it. "Yer shouldn' call me Fluffy a monster. He has fellin' too yer know." He glared at Ev, enough to tell him that Hagrid would go into action the next time Fluffy get insulted.

Then he watched the ceberus trotting over to the young boy, sniffing him. "But I guess yer two are goin' ter be good friends" He said, half teasing. " Though, watch out for the left head, it likes ter chew - Fluffy! No! Don' touch that broomstick." That, wasn't a joke. Hagrid had quite some problem keeping his robes away from it, and had to carefully check whenever he were to leave the forest. A giant dog fang on the robe wouldn't be so easy to explain. And just then he had to stop Fluffy from trying to murder the boy's broomstick.

"Yer have a lot of knowledge about this, aren' yer?" Hagrid smiled at Rolf. "I think I've seen the last name name Scamander somewhere, while I was searching fer a book abou' magical creature's eggs. Oh, me bad. I haven' introduced yet. I'm Hagrid." He said, his eyes then switched to Fluffy in case it did anything wrong.

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[Evander Knight]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 366x; height: 190px; padding: 10px; background-color: #dcd4c7; border: #eae4d8 10px solid;] hold me and feel my heart beat The elder boy, Rolf, introduced himself and Ev smiled in relief at finally knowing a bit about the people who he was stuck in this forest with. But the boy giant took a different approach, telling Ev that the monster had feelings and gave him enough of a glare for Ev to think that he insulted the monster again… it would probably be the last time he insulted anything. The young boy tried to find the words to explain that he meant no harm to the… creature, he had just been frightened, but those words wouldn’t come. He bitterly wished that Laura was here, she understood his feelings and she was his mouthpiece. ”It’s a Cerberus, also known as a hell hound. They’re incredibly loyal and handy creatures for protection and guarding.” Rolf told him, as if reciting from a text book and Ev felt much more comfortable now that he knew what was approaching him. Very tentatively, he raised a hand towards the Cerberus, carefully avoiding the teeth that looked like they could take that hand right off his wrist and touched it to the side of his rightmost face. While the right head let out something that sounded like a whine of pleasure and rubbed it’s cheek into Ev’s hand, the left head was sniffing curiously at his broomstick while a trail of drool dripped down it’s chin. Ev bit his tongue, determined to say nothing unless the Cerberus actually started chewing it. He wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of the boy giant. It sounded like Rolf and the boy giant, who had introduced himself as Hagrid, were discussing things in the background without him. But Ev didn’t mind, Fluffy was quite entertaining all by himself. ”Just think of it as an incredibly larger version of a dog. You’ve seen a dog before haven’t you?” Rolf asked and Ev nodded in reply. ”His name is Fluffy.” Ev told Rolf, as if he wasn’t the one who had been calling the Cerberus a monster less than ten minutes before. WORDS: 343. TAGGED: ROLF & HAGRID. NOTES: AW!

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He was used to seeing strange creatures, had been used to seeing things in the forest that couldn’t be explained from time to time, but the idea that this boy – had a pet three headed dog almost made Rolf envious. If he could have snuck in a few of his pets other than the half Kneazle and Cat that he brought year after year because it was the only thing remotely magical that he could bring along with him other than say a owl. Fluffy – it was such a generic name, something that his aunt would call her extremely fat and furry dog. Rolf watched the actions of the dog amused by how it seemed quite playful, which was a sign it was still incredibly young, not nearly the ferocious guarding creature that he – would become, or she? Even going after poor Ev’s broomstick, it was bad enough the boy’s broomstick had been jinxed, now he was having it assaulted by the powerful jaws of the creature was bad enough – hopefully it wouldn’t suffer too much damage if any at all, brooms were tough business to mend.

Rolf shrugged when Hagrid made mention that he had a lot of knowledge about this, it was practically etched into his blood, into his skin, it was his family legacy magical creatures and the contributions that his grandfather had made for the Ministry. ”Yeah, my grandfather wrote Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, it was practically my bed time story book as a lad. It’s nice to meet you as well Hagrid.” Rolf wasn’t one for bragging, sure his grandfather wrote a book, a famous book, but Rolf himself had made no contributions yet, so he had nothing to be fretting or to fawn over, sure his adventures were great stories, if he needed attention he could actually use his own achievements and what he had seen, not use his grandfathers fame. Rolf looked up at Ev surprised to hear the correction as if he was being scolded. ”You’re right, I’m quite sorry Fluffy.” he moved closer and began to scratch behind the creatures ear.



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[RUBEUS HAGRID]

Now he finally figured out why the name was so familiar. Wasn't during a search in the library though, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was one of the book every first year students had to buy and was his favorite. "I see. Nice to meet yer! Yeh're very lucky to have a great grandfather. That book is really good." He couldn't help but feel astonished to see the grandson of the book's author in front of him. Even though there was another book he liked more. The Monster Book of Monsters, he found it in the school library during his third year when he snuck inside the forbidden area. It was pretty hard due to his giant size that made him easy to be seen and the fact that the book nearly bit his face. But he needed to find something about Hippogriffs back then.

You could say he was excited. However, he also remembered what they were previously talking about before the topic changed to Fluffy. Hagrid looked at Ev when he saw Rolf scratching behind the ceberus's ear as the three-headed dog enjoyed it like every dogs would. It seriously would be a bad idea to stay for too long at one place.

"Lets get goin' then. I think it's gettin' dark. Yer friends must be lookin' fer yeh. Though I don't think they would ever guessed yer got stuck in here". To Hagrid, it wouldn't be much of a problem, his close friends could guess where he was and wouldn't try to find him unless really necessary. Despite Hermione's advice telling him not to hang out in this forest, he came here frequently. Of course she wasn't happy with the idea, but she eventually gave up on him.

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[Alician Black]

I hurt myself today...
To see if I still feel...
I focus on the pain...
The only thing that's real...

Alician ducked low as he made his way through the underbrush, the boy had been waiting for a chance to explore the grounds more... Okay so he was sorta telling the truth... after all... The Black Forest was on the grounds...

"We're almost through Bear, just hold on." Alician called back to his younger, But, (much to his annoyance.) taller brother Ursus Black, who was fighting his way through the bracken.

The taller, but scrawnier boy, gave an affirmative set of grunts, followed by a sharp yelp when a branch whipped back and struck him in the face. Whining pitifully the boy continued to follow.

"You okay?" Alician asked, glancing back, and wincing as a leaf slapped him in the eye.

Ursus groaned, "I'll live... I'm hungry though."

Alician rolled his eyes, blinking the his stinging eye, 'Surprise, surprise...'

"Teddy, you're always hungry!" snorted Alician in amusement.

Ursus laughed, "Sorry..."

Alician finally broke through to the other side of the foliage, "Forget that for now, we're at the other side! Hurry and get up here!"

There was more grunting, and several other small yelps from behind.

Alician sighed, and rubbed his eye looking around the sun filled glade he'd emerged into. It was a shallow bowl shaped depression, surrounded by tall thick trees, leaf mold littered the ground in a thick brown carpet that crackled under his feet as he took a few tentative steps forward. There didn't seem to be anything there, disappointingly. He'd been hoping they'd see some awesome looking animals, or even some freaky plants his brother could go nuts over. But there wasn't so much as a bush, sans the bramble hedge behind him.

Disappointed, Alician crossed his arms over his broad chest and scowled darkly as he waited for Ursus to emerge from behind him.

"Me talking"
'Me thinking'
"Someone else talking"



And you could have it all...
My empire of dirt...
I will let you down...
I will make you HURT...

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NOTES: Jumping in!
TAGGED: Everyone!
WORDS: 293
EDITS BY: Cloudy to include lyrics and altered format and color scheme.
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[Ursus Black]

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Ursus was practical walking double, as he hurried along, pushing his way through the brush and the brambles. He was constantly getting whipped and scratched by the branches, but he was happy none the less, eyes wide, grinning like an idiot, his heart pounding in his chest, not only due to the physical exertion, but also from sheer happy adrenaline.

He was outside, it was a bright, beautiful, sunny day. He was spending time with his brother, (always a big plus.) exploring (an even bigger plus.) and neither of them had to be back to the castle till dark. Plenty of time!

"We're almost through Bear, just hold on." Alician called back to him from somewhere ahead. Ursus gave an affirmative grunt, too out of breath to speak just then, and tried to speed up, in order to close the growing gap between them. For his efforts, he was pelted with angry branches, one in particular came whipping back, and sliced his left cheek open. Ursus froze, yelping, then, hurried on to try again to get closer to his brother, getting hit several more times painfully on that cheek. Ursus whined and trudged on.

"You okay?" Alician called back.

Ursus opened his mouth to speak, and got a mouth full of leaves, spitting and sputtering he stopped and looked up, he could just barely make up Alician's broad shouldered form up ahead as his brother continued to cut a path through the brush with disheartening ease... Sometimes, Ursus wished he'd been born strong like his brother, rather than just smart... Smart didn't help against thick, thorny bushes after all...

"I'm fine-" Ursus began, only to began, only to be cut off mid-sentence by a low roll of thunder emanating from his stomach. Annoyed, the boy finally continued, "I'm hungry though!"

"Teddy, you're always hungry!" scoffed Alician.

Ursus winced, thinking his brother was annoyed, he tried to laugh it off, "Sorry..."

'Stupid stomach...' Ursus cursed internally.

"Forget that for now, we're at the other side! Hurry and get up here!" Alician called back excitedly.

Jumping, Ursus made to run up and join Alician, only to suffer an even worse thrashing than before! Yelping and whining the boy forced himself to slow to a halt. Then, got down on his hands and knees, thanking Merlin he was in blue jeans, and not the cumbersome school robes. The leaf mold was cold, wet, and gritty with dirt against his palms, the smell was actually very pleasant to him however, and as he breathed the scent of the musty Earth, it helped calm him. This was his element, he was happiest out in nature. Feeling much more at ease, Ursus started to crawl forward, lowering his head so that his thick hair took the blunt of the abuse, there were some snags, and hair was pulled, but Ursus plowed on diligently, and eventually, he made it out the other end.

Alician was standing a few feet ahead of him, looking around it seem.

"Made it!" Ursus chirped happily, standing up and wiping his hands on his jeans.

"This is me talking"
'This is me thinking'
"This is someone else talking"

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notes: Ursus is soo cute! I find him so much easier to write than Alician...
lyrics: we are one from the lion king II
credit: LAVIEBOHEME @ caution 2.o

[Evander Knight]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 366x; height: 190px; padding: 10px; background-color: #dcd4c7; border: #eae4d8 10px solid;] hold me and feel my heart beat Ev started when he heard that Rolf’s grandfather had written ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’. Hadn’t he, Ev, had that book for years? Wasn’t it languishing somewhere near the bottom of his trunk right at this very moment? Wow, that was seriously cool! Ev let a small grin illuminate his face for a second, forgetting his fear and terror and just basking in the, well, awesomeness. After all, Fantastic Beasts was a good book! His little geeky moment passed, Ev turned his smile on Hagrid who seemed just as impressed that Rolf’s grandfather had written that book. It certainly explained a lot about the elder boy’s knowledgeable manner. ”It is an awesome book.” Ev agreed fervently with Hagrid. "Lets get goin' then. I think it's gettin' dark. Yer friends must be lookin' fer yeh. Though I don't think they would ever guessed yer got stuck in here" Hagrid said and Ev clapped a hand to his mouth as he remembered. Crap! He and Laura, his girlfriend, had planned a date for that night. It was around early May and to Evander that had always meant the last days of bliss before exams and the news of his parents’ deaths. Knowing that Ev had wanted to cling on to these days for as long as possible, Laura had persuaded him to take a night off, steal some hot chocolate from the kitchens and go up to the astronomy tower to do something soppy and romantic like watch the stars and reminisce. He’d been looking forward to it all day and now he was stuck in this bloody forest! But just then, his frustrated musings were interrupted by the sound of footsteps and voices, too low to make out what they were saying, but it was definitely more than one person. There was some yelling which Ev could just make out as ”Hurry up and get here!” Bloody hell, any more people and they could easily throw that tea party, right here, right now. WORDS: 334. TAGGED: ROLF/HAGRID/ALICIAN/URSUS. NOTES: WOW, THIS IS GETTING BUSY!

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ON TOP OF IT ALL

Rolf had hoped that he wouldn’t gain too much attention from his announcement that his name was related to a famous one. Really it was always an awkward situation when he was finding himself trying to explain that he was in no shape or form his grandfather, despite that Rolf had enveloped a passion that was similar to his grandfathers. So long as they all skimmed over the idea, skimmed over it all then Rolf had nothing to worry about. Besides to him the Cerberus was far more interesting than himself, it had three heads! ”he is a pretty nifty old man.” which they had been on too many adventures for Rolf to just see him as a grandfather. At least they knew of the book, it would be a right shame if they hadn’t, if only because it was one of the better books for magical creatures and they’re dangers, Rolf hoped that he would expand it when he had a chance, making it a better and more detailed book, it would be his contribution to the Scamander name.

He had to agree that leaving would be best, even if Rolf had completely and fully intended to go and venture through the forest, but he had obligations and getting the younger boys out of the forest seemed like a good idea, and while Hagrid seemed more at home in the forest than Evander, Rolf wasn’t about to leave either behind. Though Rolf did have to wonder what was going to happen to Fluffy. ”Yeah we should be off, but what’s going to happen with Fluffy?” did the dog just scamper on its own? Or was it something concealed that Hagrid hid somewhere within the castle. Giving the dog one last scratch behind the ear, Rolf returned to his full height.

Of all the things he had expected, finding these two boys had been the top of his list of things that had not been expected, along with a Cerberus, now he could hear the faint sounds of talking and the sound of brush breaking beneath footsteps. ”I am starting to think there is a misfits convention in the Forest.” did they all just gather in here? Three was quite a lot to be going to an assumed place known as the Forbidden Forest, but more? Rolf had to decide whether to wander and lead Evander back to the castle, or to wait and see who was about to join them? The figures were not that far but risk getting caught by a teacher was not a list of things he wanted to be doing.




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[RUBEUS HAGRID]

”Yeah we should be off, but what’s going to happen with Fluffy?” Rolf asked before standing up.

Hagrid looked at the dog, then at him and Ev. Then finally decided that he could tell them. "Can' keep him in the castle, he doesn' like ter stay in one place. If he were ter bark, people would find out." The half-giant felt like he would cry, it was very emotional. He wanted to be close to Fluffy, but the condition never allowed it. He attempted to bring the dog in a few times, but couldn't. "He has ter stay in the forest. But what a smart little fella. He always know how to find me." He pet the ceberus's head gently. "Don' worry, yer know the groundkeeper Zedrig righ'? He also helps when I can' be here..."

Suddenly there were a lot of footsteps. Due to his height, Hagrid could see a few plants shaking from afar. Then there were some talkings. More people were coming? Why this forest became a tourist attraction so sudden? More importantly, he wouldn't know who would show up. Fluffy should be hidden away from the people until he was sure who they were. "It'd be bad if too many people find out abou' Fluffy." A little panic, he whispered. " I...I'll take him into hidin'... Will be back..."

With that said, he quickly took the three-headed dog into between his arms and soon disappeared from sight.

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[Alician Black]

I hurt myself today...
To see if I still feel...
I focus on the pain...
The only thing that's real...

Alician had just glanced up the hill, when he spotted, Evander Knight, a seventh year Hufflepuff, and what could only be Rubeus Hagrid, who took one look at Alician, and then bent to grab something up in his arms, and ran away.

Alician blinked in surprise, 'Why...?' he looked down and caught sight of his green and silver scarf, and once again cursed that bloody hat. Someday, he was going to break in to the Headmaster's office, and burn that bloody dust trap.

'Its not fair, if things had gone the way they were supposed too, I would have been in Gryffindor too... But nooo, I had to be sorted into the one house that everyone loves to HATE.' Alician scowled darkly, he eyed the two Hufflepuffs.

He knew Knight from their shared classes, but the other boy was a complete stranger...

"Its Scamander..."

Alician nearly jumped at the sound of his brother's soft voice beside him, he'd nearly forgot the boy was there.

Allowing himself a moment for his heart rate to slow, Alician looked over -er- up, at Ursus, and was shocked to see the miserable "kicked puppy" look that his little brother was sporting.

"You know each other?" he asked, voice just above a whisper.

"Never spoken once..." Ursus replied, his eyes shifting from blue back to brown.

Alician scowled, it wasn't like his brother to mope, he'd especially not been expecting this reaction right now. He'd been preparing to have to endure his brother running up and chattering with the two Badgers until sundown. Ursus being silent, and brooding was completely unexpected, and quite honestly, it was unnerving him... A LOT...

He looked back up at the two Hufflepuffs, Knight as always was standing there with his perfect Adonis features, and blonde hair, looking like he'd been chiseled out of granite. And then there was Rolf Scamander, who was tall, lean, and put him in mind strongly of Cedric Diggory. (Minus the prominent cheek bones, and heard of fan girls hounding his every step.)

Truly though he saw no reason why his brother would have a problem with the older boy... Save for perhaps if the boy had been mean to him. Ursus was sensitive like that. And if that was the case, then he'd beat the ponce into the leaf mold.

Then of course though, he remembered the one problem with that assumption, 'Bear said they've never spoken to one another...'

'Curiouser and Curiouser...'

"Me talking"
'Me thinking'
"Someone else talking"



And you could have it all...
My empire of dirt...
I will let you down...
I will make you HURT...

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LYRICS: "Hurt" by Mr. Johnny Cash
NOTES: Lol The tension between Ursa and Rolf! xDD
TAGGED: EVERYONE!
WORDS: 406
EDITS BY: Cloudy to include lyrics and altered format and color scheme.
ORIGINAL CREDIT: FOR THIS TEMPLATE GOES TO JuneBUG13 of Caution 2.0.
DO NOT REMOVE CREDIT, OR SHE WILL FIND YOU AND BITE YOUR
HEAD OFF! OKAY?