Resorting of Gryffindor

8

"Really? I wouldn't have guessed." Ron nodded.

"Well now you know." Harry said. "And most likely someone will try to pose it as I'm dating Draco. Which I am not." 

"Not yet." Hermione added. Hagrid and Ron crunched in laughter but Harry wasn't paying attention.

"Wait, what did you say?" He asked.

Hermione just waved her hand away and laughed. "Don't worry about it." 

Harry just watched the three laugh at what Hermione said, and Harry couldn't join.

"I hope so. He finally seems happier." Hagrid commented. Harry just watched them confused, unable to understand.

They talked for a little more and lunch time rolled around.

"Would you like to come with me to the forest? I've got to feed some of the animals." Hagrid asked. He went to the corner and picked up two sealed cans by the handle, and a cup of sugar.

The three followed him outside and into the forbidden forest. Fang lead the way, but he was still sniffing the ground and looking for small game to chase.

Hermione turned into a crow and casually flew right above them. Ron turned into a dog and joined Fang in his sniffing mission. Harry decided to just walk around with Hagrid. He wasn't sure if he'd scare something.

They got to a certain part of the woods and Hagrid set down the food.

Ha put two fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly. The sound echoed for a moment, and they started to hear noises come towards them.

First a couple of baby Thestrals walked towards them. Hagrid opened the cans to reveal on filled with blood, and another filled with rotting meat.

He dumped out the food and set the blood beside it. The Thestrals gladly ate and drank from the cans.

Harry liked the Thestrals, an found them adorable. He squatted next to them sat them on the side. They seemed to like Harry, and they didn't try to nip at him.

"The Thestrals seem to like you." Hagrid grinned. "Oh look Harry. Here's the really tiny one." He pointed to a small Thestral that slowly walked towards the food. Harry moved over and let it eat. It could not have been more than a week old. 

"I found that one a week ago. His mother was having problems, so I yanked him out." Hagrid said proudly.

Harry smiled and watched the very small Thestral eat some of the food. It couldn't have been taller than his animal form. He transformed and walked over to the Thestral.

Suddenly, the Thestrals shot their heads up and looked at Harry. They started to stare at Harry and didn't move.

Hermione and Ron stopped and looked over. Harry condensed his form and walked over to them. He must have kicked up some dust or something, because his nose tickled.

Harry inhaled, and sneezed. Out of his nose came glowing ambers. The Thestrals freaked out and scrambled away, leaving the food for later.

"So you can sneeze fire? Maybe that's why you can turn into black smoke." Ron said through animal speak. 

"Well you can sneeze magical fire. Maybe we can figure out what your species could do. We will be the first to fully document you." Hagrid smiled excitedly.

Harry relaxed and floated around for a bit as a cloud. He felt very weird. He couldn't feel anything. It was like only his eyes were moving. It did look like that at times. If there was an area of the forest that was extremely dark, Harry's smoke body would disappear and only his green eyes would show. According to Ron, it even scares him sometimes.