HP wants to be boss at Hogwarts

"Can you tell us what happened to you?" Harry asked.

"No, Harry, this is absolutely confidential. I can't tell you. Even my job can't offset this responsibility."

"Did the giant hit you, Hagrid?" Hermione asked softly.

Hagrid's hand loosened and the dragon meat slid onto his chest.

"Giant?" Hagrid grabbed the dragon meat before it slipped onto his belt and applied it to his face again. "Who said giant? Who did you talk to? Who told you - who said I - ah ?”

"We guessed," Hermione said apologetically.

"It's pretty obvious," Ron said.

"Yes," said Harry.

"We look stupid if we can't figure it out," Minow said.

Hagrid glared at them, then snorted, threw the dragon meat back on the table, and walked over to the whining kettle.

"I've never seen kids your age know so many things they shouldn't know," he muttered, pouring boiling water into three bucket-shaped cups, "I'm not complimenting you. Some people call this - asking around. Nosy."

But his beard was trembling.

Minnow laughed and said, "We are so clever, Hagrid."

"You went to find the giant?" Harry asked with a smile as he sat down at the table.

Hagrid placed the tea cups in front of everyone, sat down, and picked up the dragon meat to apply on his face.

"Yeah, gone," he muttered.

"Found them?" Hermione asked breathlessly.

"Honestly, they're not that hard to find," Hagrid said. "They're big."

"Where are they?" Ron asked.

"In the mountains." Hagrid answered vaguely.

"Which mountain?" Minnow asked, "Didn't the Muggles notice it?"

"It's not that they didn't," Hagrid said in a low voice, "It's just that the cause of their death is always said to be mountaineering accidents, right?"

He moved the fire dragon flesh to cover the worst wounds.

"Hagrid, tell us what you did!" Ron said, "Tell us about being attacked by giants. Harry and Minnow can tell us about being attacked by dementors -"

Hagrid choked and dropped the fire dragon meat.He coughed repeatedly, a large amount of saliva, tea and fire dragon blood splashed onto the table, and the fire dragon meat slid to the floor with a splat.

"What did you say, attacked by dementors?" Hagrid said loudly.

"Don't you know?" Hermione asked with wide eyes.

"I don't know what happened after I left. I have a secret mission and I don't want owls to follow me everywhere - nasty dementors! Isn't that true?"

"It's true," said Harry, "They appeared in Little Whinging and attacked Minnow and me, as well as our cousin Dudley, but the Dementors were driven away by Dudley."

"Dudley? You mean that Muggle kid?" Brother Hai's eyes widened in surprise, "He drove away the dementors?"

"Oh, that's right, use the disposable wand we developed -" Mino stood up, "disposable wand, a good helper for wizards, Muggle... Sorry, I'm used to it."

"Tell me about you, Hagrid." Harry said, looking at Hagrid.

Hagrid took another sip of tea to refresh himself, and then said: "We will set off as soon as the semester is over——"

"Is Madame Maxime with you?" Hermione interrupted.

"Yes," Hagrid said, with a gentle expression on the part of his face that was not covered by his beard and dragon flesh, "it's the two of us. Let me tell you, Olim is not afraid of hardship. You know, she She was an elegant, well-dressed lady. I knew where we were going and I was afraid she wouldn't be able to stand climbing rocks and sleeping in caves, but she didn't complain once."

"Do you know where you are going?" Harry asked. "Do you know where the Giant is?"

"Dumbledore knew, he told us."

"Are the giants hiding?" asked Ron. "Is it a secret where they are?"

"Not really," Hagrid said, shaking his shaggy head. "It's just that many wizards don't care where they are, as long as they're far away. But where the giants live is difficult to get into, at least for humans. So we needed Dumbledore's guidance. It took us a month to find the place—"

"A month?" said Ron, as if he had never heard of such a long journey. "But - why don't you get the portkey?"

Mino immediately looked at Ron with a contemptuous expression.

"Oh, God, Ron, please think about it with your little head, we are being watched - everyone related to Professor Dumbledore is being watched."

"You're really looking more and more like a Slytherin, Minnow."

"I have always been."

"So you can't use magic?" Ron turned to ask Hagrid, "You can only act like Muggles all the way?"

"Not all the way," Hagrid said slyly, "We just have to be more careful because Olim and I are a bit bigger -"

Ron made a suppressed puff and quickly took a sip of tea.

"-so it was easy to be followed. We pretended to go on vacation together, so we went to France, pretending to go to Olim's school, because we knew there were people from the Ministry of Magic watching. We could only go slowly, because I We can't use magic, knowing that the Ministry of Magic is looking for an excuse to detain us. But near the earth-dragon we finally got rid of that tail-"

"Oh, it's Dijon, right?" Hermione said excitedly. "I went there for a holiday. Did you see -"

Seeing Ron's face, she fell silent.

Mino laughed.

"Then we found the opportunity to use a little magic, and the trip was not bad. We met two crazy trolls on the Polish border, and I had a little trouble with a vampire in a bar in Minsk, but other than that, it was smooth sailing. ”

"Didn't he suck your blood?" Mino asked.

"Vampires can't just suck blood, it's against the law." Hermione said.

Hagrid continued: "We found that place and started walking into the mountains to look for their traces... Once we got there, we had to put away our magic again. First, because giants don't like wizards, and we don't want to get angry too early. They; in addition, Dumbledore warned us that the mysterious man must also be looking for the giants and may have sent an envoy. He asked us to be very careful in that area and not to expose ourselves to prevent Death Eaters from being nearby."

Hagrid stopped and took a long sip of tea.

"Say it!" Harry urged impatiently.

"Found it," Hagrid said bluntly, "Crossing the ridge one night, they were below, a small bonfire, a huge shadow... It was like the mountain was moving."

"How big is it?" Ron asked breathlessly.

"About twenty feet," said Hagrid casually, "the big ones might be twenty-five."

"How many?" Harry asked.

"I think there are seventy or eighty."

"Is it all there?" Hermione asked.

"Well," said Hagrid sadly, "there's only so much left. There used to be a lot, at least a hundred tribes all over the world, but they gradually died out. Of course, wizards killed some, but most of them were cannibalistic." They are dying faster now, they are not suitable for living together like that. Dumbledore said it was our fault, the wizard drove them far away, and they had no choice but to stay together in order to survive. "

"Can't giants live in groups?" Mino asked.

"Yes, giants are cruel by nature."

"So," said Harry, "you saw the giant, and what happened next?"

"We waited until morning, not wanting to sneak over at night, for safety reasons," Hagrid said. "They fell asleep where they were at about three o'clock in the morning. We didn't dare to sleep, firstly because we were afraid that some giant would wake up and climb up, and secondly One snored so loudly that it caused an avalanche near dawn."

"We'll go down after dawn."

"That's it?" Ron asked in awe. "You went straight into the giant's camp?"

"Dumbledore told us what to do," said Hagrid. "Give Goog a present, in honor."

"Gift for whom?" Harry asked.

"Oh, Gugo—that's the leader."

"How do you know which is Googo?" Ron asked.

Hagrid laughed.

"You're right, he's the biggest, the ugliest, the laziest, sitting there waiting for someone to bring him something to eat, a dead sheep or something. His name is Kakus. I estimate he's 22 feet tall and weighs as much as two bull elephants , skin like a rhinoceros.”

"You just walked over directly?" Mino asked, "Said hello to them?"

"Well...went down and he was lying in the valley. They were in a depression between four mountains, near a mountain lake. Kakus was lying by the lake, roaring at people to feed him and his wife. I Walking down the hill with Olim—"

"But didn't they try to kill you?" Ron asked in disbelief.

"Someone must have thought so," Hagrid shrugged, "but we did what Dumbledore said, holding the gift high, keeping our eyes on Gogo, and ignoring the others. Just like that, the others fell silent." , watching us walk over, we walked all the way to Kakus' feet, bowed, and put the gift in front of him."

"What gift for the giant?" Ron asked interestedly, "Eat?"

"No, he can get his own food," said Hagrid. "We gave him magic. Giants like magic, they just don't like us using it against them. Anyway, we gave him a Gubly jelly the first day." fire."

Hermione and Minnow gave a small wow, but Harry and Ron frowned.

"One—?"

"Eternal fire," said Hermione impatiently. "You should know that Professor Flitwick mentioned it at least twice in class!"

"Oh, my God, someone really left his ear in the dormitory, right?" Mino said in a sinister tone.

"Anyway," Hagrid said hurriedly, without waiting for Ron to reply, "Dumbledore used magic to make this torch burn forever. This is not something ordinary wizards can do. I put it in the snow at Cacus' feet. on the ground, saying: 'A gift from Albus Dumbledore to Gogo the Giant as a mark of respect.'"

"What did Cacus say?" Harry asked eagerly.

"Nothing," said Hagrid, "he won't speak our words."

"You're kidding!"

"It doesn't matter," said Hagrid calmly. "Dumbledore warned that this might happen. Fortunately, Cacus called two giants who understand our language and interpreted for us."

"Did he like the present?" Ron asked.

"Oh, as soon as they figured out what it was, there was a commotion in the camp." Hagrid turned the dragon meat over and put the cool side against his swollen eyes. "They were very happy. Then I said: 'Ah no Si Dumbledore sent word that when the emissary comes again tomorrow with gifts, he asked Gogo to speak to him.'"

"Why didn't you talk to them that day?" Hermione asked.

"Dumbledore asked us to take our time and let the giants see that we keep our word. We will bring gifts tomorrow. If we really bring them, it will give them a good impression. And let them have time to test the first gift and find out It was good stuff and wanted more. Anyway, giants like Karkus - say a lot at once and they'll kill you. Easy. So we bowed back and found a cozy little cave for the night ; When we went back the next morning, we saw Kakus waiting for us eagerly."

"Have you talked to him?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, let's give him a beautiful helmet first—made by goblins, it's indestructible, and then we'll sit down and talk."

"What did he say?" Minnow asked.

"Didn't say much, mainly listened. But the signs were good. He had heard of Dumbledore and knew that he opposed killing the last giants in Britain. Cacus seemed to be very interested in Dumbledore's words. There were a few others as well. Come around and listen, especially those who know a little English. We left full of hope, promising to bring another gift the next day."

"But something went wrong that night."

"What do you mean?" Ron asked quickly.

"I told you, giants are not meant to live together," Hagrid said sadly, "not in such a big group. They can't control themselves and beat each other half to death every few weeks. Men against men. Fighting, women fighting women. The remnants of the old tribes fighting, not counting the fights for food, fire, and sleeping quarters. Seeing that their entire race is almost extinct, you would think they would stop killing each other. ,but……"

Hagrid sighed deeply.