Chapter 125: riding on the back of Buckbeak
They meet Sybill Trelawney and predict future events using tea leaves. Harry sees a black dog in his tea cup, which Trelawney identifies as the Grim, the omen of death. This worries Harry, as he remembers the black dog he saw when he ran away.
Jack on the other hand sees that he got a good omen and his plan might succeed. But he did not show his divination results to anyone. Sometimes he has to keep things secret to get the desired effect.
In their next class that is Transfigurations, Professor Minerva McGonagall assures Harry that Trelawney has predicted the deaths of a number of students, none of whom have died as predicted.
Jack only smiled at this matter and did not speak like Draco teasing Harry about many things happened today. In their Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Hagrid wanted to teach them about the hippogriff.
Jack did not change this point as it was very important for the plot to turn around the hippogriff named Buckbeak. Only this way can Jack prove the innocence of Sirius black in front of the minister and everyone.
For his plan to work, he needs the minister of magic to come to Hogwarts in person to witness something. It is not possible to invite the minister of magic to come here on his as he is still a student without much influence.
So he has to use this to follow the flow of the plot to use some things to his advantage. So Jack did not interfere with the flow of incidents. He would only act when the situation is right. The remaining time would be spent on playing and experimenting around.
Jack has spoken to Dumbledore to think of a way to get more adamantine and Oricalcum for them to experiment and make life saving magic cards. When looking at the hippogriff every student was nervous.
Well Jack did not have any nervousness. Hagrid came forward and started to explain about the magical creature called a hippogriff and also explain about Buckbeak that is his pet hippogriff. Then he looked at Harry and said.
"Harry come one give it a try, you will easily get the permission to get on."
Harry was nervous and anxious. Before he could take a step forward Jack moved forward then bowed down to the hippogriff. He showed some sincerity and his actions are perfectly in line with the etiquette
Because of the strong natural energy emitting from Jack that is like that of forest fairies or elves, the hippogriff did not feel any malice and a sense of belonging. Well it is after all a forest creature and it has affinity to the forest guardians like elves and fairies.
So it immediately gave way for Jack and bowed back. Jack rubbed its soft fur and then slowly got on the top of the hippogriff. Then they took off for a ride around Hogwarts under the astonished eyes of many students.
Also Hagrid did not stop Jack as he got help from Jack before giving him a good impression on Jack. Also Hagrid did not think about Sirius when he looked at Jack. He felt that Jack is different from Sirius black and he is a good person.
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After a while Jack landed safely and got praises from everyone. Right now there are actually two people that are not thinking straight in the crowd seeing Jack having a good time while they did not.
One is Draco which is a normal thing. He is naturally jealous by nature. So he is jealous of the show off of Jack riding something so great. He also wants to ride and show off in front of others.
The other one is actually Harry, not Ron. Harry became angry because Jack took his opportunity when he was hesitating just now. Also he was angry at Jack because of the incident related to Sirius black the father of Jack.
The person in question that is Jack, he did not care about this nonsense. Instead he was more focused on the important things that are profitable to him. Harry with his temper went to get on the hippogriff.
Well he is the protagonist and no matter how his mental situation is, it would become alright when he is facing a thing that would elevate his standing in front of other people. It is his elevation scene of the plot. It cannot be with him.
Naturally he went around for a round and landed safely just like Jack. Unfortunately the people are more interested in the first place and the worst than to think about the people in between. (Do you remember the second positions in all the best records of the world?)
Naturally even in a race or in a class, people would always remember the first place or the one that got the worst or last place but they would not remember the remaining people much. This includes the second position.
Later in the lesson, Malfoy, who had not been listening to Hagrid's lecture, insults Buckbeak, causing it to slash his arm with its talons. He was naturally injured for his arrogance and now he is going to blame it for that along with Hagrid.
He was taken to the hospital wing and Hagrid feared that he will take the blame for letting Buckbeak attack Malfoy, even though Malfoy provoked it in the first place. In this kind of situation even if there is human fault, it will be the beast that would receive the punishment.
The beast lovers are also present in wizarding world. But they value wizards more than beasts irrespective of the situation. Also the feudal mental is prevailing and the nobles are naturally higher than that of ordinary wizards in this place.
Jack did not intervene in this matter as it is important to him. All he did was to just console Hagrid about this matter and leave back to the castle…
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