Published on: 2/25/20
Words: 2,790
Raina POV
"You don't think that Grim thing's got anything to do with Sirius Black?" Ron asked. "No. The Grim has to do with Voldemort being alive. As long as he isn't completely dead, death will continue to follow Harry since he is his target," I said and Hermione got angry "Oh, honestly, Ron. If you ask me, Divination is a woolly discipline. Now, Ancient Runes, that's a fascinating subject," What the fuck. How many classes is she taking? She started making fun of Trelawny but I couldn't blame her. That bitch is loony. When we finally made it to Hagrid, we all followed him to the forest. He told us to open the book to page 49 and Draco asked: "Exactly, how do we do that?" being the brat that my twin was. "Just stroke the spine, of course," Hagrid said and we all started doing that. I already read the whole book so I didn't need to open it. I helped Neville with his book since it was trying to eat him. I got to the others as she said "I think they're funny," she said and Draco butted in "Oh, yeah. Terribly funny. Witty. God, this place had gone to the dogs. Wait until my father hears Dumbledore's got this oaf teaching classes," he said and I stopped Harry from fighting him. "Shut your trap, Draco. Be grateful you're here during the day and not at night like your first year here, brother. Or should I remind you of what happened during that detention you got yourself in," I said and glared at him, "How dare you?" he said and came up to me "What are you going to do? Hit me again? I dare you," I said not backing down. I smirked as he growled and stepped back. I scoffed and turned to Hagrid as he came back with Buckbeak.
I smiled when I saw him "Isn't he beautiful?" he asked us as he fed him. I went up to Buckbeak and allowed him to sniff me before I petted him. "How are you Buckbeak?" I asked him as he purred at my touch. "Say hello to Buckbeak," Hagrid said. "Hagrid, exactly what is that?" Ron asked "That, Ron, is a hippogriff," Hagrid answered. "The first thing you wanna know about Hippogriffs is that they are very proud creatures. Very easily offended. You do not want to insult a hippogriff. It may just be the last thing you ever do," he warned but I knew Draco was going to try something stupid sooner or later. "Now, who'd want to come and say hello?" Hagrid asked as he turned around. I saw everyone back away except Harry "Well done, Harry. Well done," he said and Harry turned around and saw everyone backed away. Ron pushed him and he got closer. I back away from Buckbeak and got where the students were. "Now, you have to let him make the first move. It's only polite. So step up and give him a nice bow. Then you wait and see if he bows back. If he does, you can go and touch him. If not, well, we'll get to that later," he said as Harry got closer. Harry bowed and Buckbeak noticed. He started spreading his wings and it looked like he was going to attack "Back up, Harry. Back up," Harry did as told but snapped a twig. He stayed still and I noticed Hermione grab Ron in fear and anticipation. She apologized and we continued to watch Harry. As Harry stayed bowed, Buckbeak bowed slowly. I smiled as Harry stood up straight and Hagrid fed Buckbeak again. "Now go on and pet him," Hagrid said and Harry got closer.
Harry got closer slowly as Buckbeak finished his ferret. Harry extended his hand and allowed Buckbeak to get closer to him. Harry was able to pat him and we all clapped. since I knew what was coming next, I whistled and summoned Kronos. "I think he'll let you ride him now," Hagrid said as he lifted Harry and Harry was confused and scared. As Hagrid positioned him well, I heard wings flapping in the distance. I knew Kronos was close. As Hagrid hit Buckbeak's ass and got him to move, Harry hung onto his neck. Buckbeak started picking up speed and soon after they were flying. I laughed and decided it was time for me to join them. I ran up a tree and when I got high enough, I pushed myself off the trunk and Kronos showed up and caught me. I asked him to follow Buckbeak and fly next to him. He did as told. We flew over the forest and river. We went around the castle and high above the highest peak. "I liked it too when I first rode on him!" I yelled at Harry, and he just smiled. We went over the black lagoon as both creatures touched the water and Harry and I spread our arms out. Then we started flying back to class. We heard Hagrid's whistle and followed it. When we landed, everyone was cheering. I saw Draco coming closer to us as Harry got of Buckbeak.
I summoned one of my whips and got ready to pull him back. Draco pushed students out of his way and made came closer to Buckbeak too fast. "You're not dangerous at all, you great ugly brute," he said and I quickly wrapped my whip around him and pulled him back as Buckbeak was about to hit him. He landed on his ass a few feet away from Buckbeak. Hagrid calmed down Buckbeak as I approached Draco after rapping my whip around Kronos. "You idiotic fool. Are we sure you are MY brother? You dare insult him after being warned that it might be the last thing you do. Not even father would do such a stupid thing. And stop whining, it didn't hit you, I made sure of that so I would be able to scold you," I yelled at him as he got angry at me. "15 points from Slytherin for thinking rules don't apply to them. And don't make me go higher," I said as I pushed him towards his classmates. I called Kronos next to me and he stood proudly.
"Everyone, this is Kronos. My griffin. I got him as a present in my first year. He will go to you one by one but please don't pet him unless he rubs his head on you. Touch him before he does that and he might just bite off your limb," I said looking at Draco. Kronos was a huge Griffin, with a long black lion tail and black fur all over him. He showed power and authority but in the inside, he was just a big softy. Well, to me he is. He went to each student and rubbed his head on a few of them. Then he got to Draco and walked past him. Draco got angry and touch him. Kronos got angry and bit him. Draco started whining as blood came out of his arm. I stopped Hagrid from going to him "Let him suffer. He deserves it," I said and Hagrid stopped knowing that I would lock him in an ice cube if he moved. After a moment I snapped my fingers and Kronos came to me. I petted him and sent him back to my room. I went up to Draco and iced his arm "This better teach you acceptance because you have been warned and if he ignored you then you should have left it at that. You can father if you want, and tell him that if he has something to say to me then he can come here and say to me himself. 25 points from Slytherin for disobedience," I said and made a clone for him to be taken to the hospital wing. It's funny how in one class, Draco managed to take 35 points from his house.
(This is Kronos)
The class was then dismissed and we all went to our next class, I had a different one than the others for my next class. I have Ancient Runes right now, and I'm the only student because Dumbledore allowed me to change one of my free periods to a class of my choosing and I decided on Ancient Runes. It was somewhat of an easy class since I spent some time with Freed before the war on Tartaros and he taught me a few things about runes. It was a fun class and unlike Hermione, I don't have to be in two places at once. After runes, I went to study hall where I heard Draco going on about how brave he was against Kronos. I snorted and walked towards Hermione and the others. "Listen to the idiot. He's really laying it on the thick, isn't he?" Ron said and I nodded. "At least Hagrid didn't get fired," Harry said and I looked on him confused "What does Hagrid have to do with it? It was my griffin that bit him," I asked and Hermione answered "He sent a letter saying it was Hagrid. Your father is furious. We haven't heard the end of this." She said and I signed. I took out parchment and wrote a letter to father telling him the truth and that if he didn't believe then he could come to the school and see for himself. I whistled for Winter to come and she did. I tied the letter to her leg and addressed it to the Ministry of Magic since dad will have to read it then.
Seamus come in suddenly yelling "He's been sighted! He's been sighted!" he said and put the daily prophet on the table. "Who?" Ron asked as we got closer to him "Sirius Black!" That idiot! I told him not to be seen under any circumstances! "Dufftown? That's not far from here," Hermione said. "You don't think he'll come here, do you?" Neville asked "With dementors at every entrance?" the boy next to me asked. "Dementors? He's already slipped past them once. Who's to say he won't do it again?" Seamus asked. He will come here. And when he does, I'm going to beat his ass for being seen. I tuned out the rest of the conversation.
The next day we had Defense with Lupin. We were all in front of a wardrobe that kept moving on the inside. I was next to Harry while we waited for the professor. "Would anyone like to guess as to what is inside?" Lupin asked and Dean answered, "That's a boggart, that is," and Lupin praised him. "Can anyone tell me what a boggart looks like?" Lupin asked and this time Hermione answered. "No one knows," she said and Ron was started "When did she get here?" Ron asked us and we shrugged. "Boggarts are shape-shifters. They take the shape of whatever a person fears the most," she said and I stepped to the side of the class. I wasn't participating in this class. "Luckily, a very simple charm exists to repel a boggart," Lupin said and had us repeat the spell. "Very good. Well, so much for the easy part. You see, the incantation alone is not enough. What really finishes a boggart is laughter. You need to force it to a shape that you find truly amusing," he said and we all nodded. "Nevile, will you join me please?" he asked as Neville got closer to him.
"Now, what frightens you most of all?" he asked and Neville answered "Professor Snape," he said and most of the class laughed. "Yea. He frightens all. And I believe you live with your grandmother," "Yea, but I don't want it to turn into her either," he said and we continued to laugh. "No, it won't. I want you to picture her clothes. Only her clothes," he said and Neville nodded. A moment later, Lupin opens the wardrobe and Snape comes out. When Snape got close enough Neville said: "Ridikulus!" and Snape's clothes changed into the clothes of Neville's grandmother. The whole class started laughing. "Everyone, form a line," Lupin said and I took a picture of Snape wearing Neville's grandmother's clothes. I decided to show it to Sirius when I saw him again. Ron was next and I was in front of Harry. Lupin put on music. The boggart turned into a giant spider. Ron said the spell and the spider had skates on. Parvati was next and it turned into a snake. She said the spell and it turned into a creepy looking clown. I was next and I had my wand out but also my ice just in case. I thought it would turn into Zeref but instead, it turned into Natsu. I gasped and dropped my wand. "Natsu," I said and it looked at me angrily. "Why'd you leave us, Luce?" I couldn't find the words in me "We waited for you. It's been 13 years, Luce," he said and tears started forming in my eyes. "This is what happened after you left," he said as I blinked my tears away. When I saw him again he was covered in blood and a hole in his chest. He had blood coming down his eyes as he got closer. "This is your fault, Lucy. Only yours," he said as I let tears come down my face. "I'm sorry," I said and shot ice at him. He flew back as I made my ice wings and flew to the top of the class. I didn't want to look at them. I snapped my fingers and my wand came to me as I saw Harry go next. It turned into a dementor for him and Lupin stepped in front of him and it turned into a full moon. Lupin did the spell and it turned into a deflating balloon. It flew right back in the wardrobe and he dismissed the class.
Once everyone was gone, I was the only one left with Lupin there as well "You can come down now," he said and I jumped down. I summoned my books to me and sent them to the common room. "Want to talk about it?" he asked me and I nodded. I wiped the tears from my face and sat down with him next to me "What was that about?" He asked me and I answered "I have a mission in this world. I have to help defeat Voldemort and once he's dead, I'm allowed back home. This world isn't my home, I was reborn here so I could do the mission but my real body in crystalized back in my homeworld. I was supposed to die 13 years ago because I sacrificed myself so my friends could live. I was given a chance to come here and save this world and as a reward, I could have my life back. If I declined, I could die in peace and stop fighting," I said and he nodded "I chose to save this world because that is how I am. I can't let a whole world fight a war and not doing anything about it. So I was reborn into the Malfoy family. In the roster, you see my name as Raina Black. I was reborn with the name Malfoy but last year I gave up the Malfoy name because of something my father did and I took on my mother's maiden name, making me the last heir to the Black family. The person you saw the boggart turn into was my best friend. I saved his father's life and I'm pretty sure he's trying everything to bring me back," I let the tears fall once again as Lupin hugged me. "Time runs differently over there. While here I've been alive for 13 years, over there I've been crystalized, or dead, for six years and six months," I said as I slowly calmed down. "Who else knows?" he asked. "Harry. I told him on our first year here when he found the Mirror of Erised." He nodded and let me finish crying since I had a free period right now. When I finished, I thanked Lupin for help and left his class. I knew the rumors of what happened during Defense were going around fast and that by lunchtime, everyone would know. As the weeks went by, I made more money selling clothes and jewelry like I did last year and most used the clothes I made for outings.