Chapter 66: Visiting Hagrid

Chapter 66: Visiting Hagrid

It was a little bit of a walk to reach the edge of Hagrid's gardens from the castle since the area the school held was truly massive if you included the lake and forest. The field outside the castle that Nick and the others needed to cross was easily a couple miles across. This meant it took a good thirty minutes to reach the hut and knock on the huge rough wooden door. "BARK! BARK!" Hagrid's dog alerted to the sound before Hagrid silenced it "Down Fang , They're friends!" the half giant said roughly before opening the door. -

The group was struck by the smell of dirt , herbs and animals alongside the heat from the going fire in the fireplace. Everyone except for Nick looked uncomfortable in the heat but entered the hut anyways. "Now that there's a sight I don't see often , Slytherin together with Gryffindor without trouble." Hagrid said in astonishment. "That would be my fault." Nick said with a laugh. Hagrid patted Nick on the shoulder making him wince in pain from the force "Good on ya lad , never much cared for that whole rivalry business myself. It's good to see I'm not alone in that." the man said happily. -

Daphne , Tracy and Ron introduced themselves and tried to make themselves comfortable on the massive rough couch. Nick got some odd looks as he settled near the fire but no one said anything about it. He relaxed unconsciously from the heat that reminded his body of a furnace and brought his mind to razor sharp clarity. The change to his soul and body was from a crafting method so he was most comfortable in an environment similar to a workshop in temperature. This was merely the first of the changes he was going through internally but worth mentioning none the less.-

It was so bad that the brief glimpse of it that was seen in the books was enough to make Nick hate the man at that time in his life. Bullies like James Potter and his friends were different than normal bullies in that they actually went out of their way to target Snape who was minding his own business rather than it being a convenience thing. 'He's dead , calm down.' Nick chastised himself for starting to get worked up by the thoughts of the unchangeable past. "If all goes well I should be able to get my workshop set up by monday. So you can come visit me sometime to check it out during our free periods." Nick said changing the subject.

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