31 Oops (1/2)

Casimir walked through the noisy corridors, trying to get rid of the remaining sleepiness in his system whilst, trying to avoid the other children who would be his future schoolmates as they ran around.

He walked further and further into the train and soon, he arrived at a location where he could barely see any other people.

Finally, he could be alone in his thoughts.

”Croak.”

... He seemed to have spoke too soon.

In the middle of the corridor in front of him, right at the dead center of it, a big, fat, and very ugly toad sat, blocking the entire section of the corridor.

'Ssnacksss...'

Suddenly, from inside his sleeves, a small, green head poked out.

Fleur flicked her tongue out from her mouth as if tasting the air then, slithered on the ground after uncoiling her body off of Casimir's arm.

”Fleur? What is it? Are you hungry?” Casimir asked as he silently followed behind Fleur.

Perhaps curious, Echelle too, poked his head out of Casimir's sleeve but, returned inside soon after, not having any interest in the toad.

Fleur on the other hand, silently slithered towards the toad who, unaware of the predator stalking it, kept on croaking horribly, not moving from its spot.

Fleur paused, possibly looking for the perfect opportunity to strike. Then, a few moments later, Fleur moved.

With a single swift motion, Fleur had latched tightly onto the toad's body with her mouth. Some seconds later, Fleur had her body coiled around the toad and proceeded to swallow it whole, head first.

It seemed that this pretty lady didn't really eat in a very ladylike manner.

After around ten minutes of struggling to swallow the fat toad, Fleur had finally finished, slithering in a satisfied manner towards Casimir's already outstretched arm.

”Was it good, Fleur?” Casimir asked the snake in a doting manner, caressing her head gently with a finger.

'Good... Tastesssss good...'

”That's good to hear.” Casimir said as Fleur's head disappeared once again into his sleeve while he walked back towards the cabin he shared with Draco and now, Theodore as well.

At some point, during the time Fleur was eating her meal, the train had begun moving, heading towards Hogwarts where the students would be spending seven years of their lives in, studying.

As he travelled on the corridors, two boys ran past him, heading towards where he had previously been. One of them happened to be a familiar looking boy who wore glasses and was being followed by another boy with orange hair.

”Over here, Ron!” The boy with glasses said to his friend. ”I swore I heard a voice come from somewhere around here.”

”But there's clearly nothing there, Harry.” The boy called Ron said.

Unfortunately, Casimir was already far away from them and couldn't hear their conversation or else, he would've found out a mystery which would prove to be a great help to him in the future.

...

When he came back to the cabin, he found that another person had joined the small group while he was away. Upon recognizing the new addition as Draco's little fangirl, Casimir just groaned inwardly and headed straight for his case and took a black earmuff out, wearing it, then took a seat beside Theodore since the girl occupied his previous seat beside Draco.

Since his appearance was too sudden and unexpected, the three people inside couldn't really react and just gaped at him, surprised.