Chapter 202 (1/2)
”Well, students, it's time to open your eyes!” Hagrid said excitedly. The voice also successfully attracted van Lin and Harry who were talking.
Harry and Malfoy just launched a new round of verbal war, which is a relatively daily thing. However, Harry's mouth is not as good as Malfoy's, and most of them are failures. Harry's personality is really too impulsive, typical of Gryffindor.
Van Lin thought that he and Hermione should go to Ravenclaw, perhaps there would be no so much trouble. However, the fact is that Hermione took the rhythm of admission and both of them entered Gryffindor's arms.
But soon, van Lin was frightened by Hagrid.
Twelve of the strangest creatures he had never seen in his life came towards them.
They have the body, hind legs and tail of a horse, but their forelegs, wings and heads seem to be eagle's, and they have sharp steel beaks and large bright orange eyes. The claws on their front legs are half feet long and look like they could kill people. Each beast had a thick feathered collar around its neck, and a long chain was attached to it. The ends of the chains were in Hagrid's big hand. He followed the animals and ran slowly to the paddock.
”Go up there!” Yelled Hagrid, shaking the chain and calling on the fellow to come to the fence where the class was standing. As Hagrid approached and tied these guys to the fence, everyone stepped back.
”Eagle head horse body winged beast!” Hagrid roared happily. Waving a hand at them, ”they're beautiful, aren't they?”
”Eagle horse beast...” Fanlin said something bad. He had read in the book ”where the magical animal” mentioned the content of the eagle horse beast. He was extremely proud and would bow down to the wizard he recognized. The danger was not as dangerous as Thunderbird, which could be tamed by Wizard, but it was aggressive.
Just being aggressive, Hagrid shouldn't have brought these majestic creatures to class without protection.
”This is really...” Hermione said something speechless. She knew that Hagrid would not play the card according to the routine.
Van Lim still understood some of Hagrid's meaning. At first sight of the half horse and half bird will be startled, but when the shock is over, you will appreciate its shiny fur, which has a smooth transition from feathers to fur, with different colors: dark gray, bronze, pink sand (red and white), shiny chestnut, and finally black black.
”Well,” said Hagrid, rubbing his hands against each other and smiling at all the students, ”if you want to get closer...” No one seems to want to. However, only van Lin, Harry, Ron and Hermione walked cautiously towards the fence.
The others seemed to be frightened by the hippogriff, and they followed behind the four.
However, when Hagrid threw a dead marten to the hippopotamus, the mood of Fanlin, who had just calmed down, became worse in an instant. He always felt that the eagles were chewing his body.
”Well, the first thing you have to know about the hippogriff is that they are proud,” Hagrid said. ”It's easy to offend them. Never offend the hippopotamus, because it may be the last thing you want to do
Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, however, did not listen. They spoke in a low voice; it gave Harry a very unpleasant feeling that they were trying to sabotage the class.