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// Chapter 8 
// Story: The two Potters and the Three Princesses 
// by Vladimir 
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	As Hermione, Ron, Harry and Ruby chat amongst each other, Griphyx and the princesses stayed silent, listening to the group talk, laugh and tell jokes. They noted that Ruby was more mature like Griphyx, but she was also seemed to act like a child at times. However, Ruby was similar to Griphyx, where Griphyx had his partial abilities over the shadows and even capable of using Night Magic, Ruby's body heat was like a furnace, which led them to believe tat her power might have been more like sun magic, but when they looked into her aura, they noted she was exactly like Griphyx's except it resembled Harry's Sun Magic. 
The teachers filed in after a few moments, however Malfoy had returned as well, his scowl only deepened when he saw the group of 'freaks'. Dumbledore sat in the middle of the head table, he cleared his voice, however everyone was talking over him, as he teachers tried to calm the students, they were soon no longer heard. Griphyx looked over to see Malfoy sneering at him. He growled loudly enough for his entire table to hear. All their heads on him as he rose to his feet. 
"QUIET NOW!!!" Griphyx bellowed in his 'Royal Canterlot Voice'. All noise in the room was halted from the sheer force of Griphyx's voice, an empty table was knocked onto it's side. The teachers stared, student's mouths were agape, but Harry, Luna, Nightmare and Celestia acted as if this was normal. Hermione, Ron and Ruby stared at Griphyx with mouths agape and eyes wide. "Thank you." Griphyx stated calmly with his eyes closed before sitting back down at his table. 
"Now that we have attention, I was saying were are going to start your classes today. Please head to your respected teachers. Have a good day." After that announcement, everyone had breakfast, though most were wary of Griphyx, questioning what else he could do. As the Griphyx and Harry's group began to leave -while they were eating, there were assigned groups, and oddly enough they were all one group- heading towards their first class which was Prof. McGonagall's. When they had arrived however there was no one there but a simple cat.
"Where is the Professor? Isn't she supposed to be here?" Hermione asked. Ron shrugged before sitting at his desk, his seat was next to Harry who was between Ron and Hermione. Griphyx sat at his desk, however he was more laid back and staring at the cat intently. The cat stared back at Griphyx silently. Then Griphyx smirked slightly before speaking.
"Hello Professor. When are we going to turn into animals?" He asked. When the others looked at him, they saw him talking to a rather surprised cat. The cat meowed before jumping off the desk and turning into McGonagall all in a matter of seconds. Everyone looked surprised except Griphyx who just yawned in boredom. 
"How did you know it was me, Mr. Griphyx?" She asked, truly interested in how this new student had known it was her all along. Griphyx looked up at his teacher before answering. McGonagall noted that the color of his eyes had changed quickly from green to blue to their normal rainbow like ways. 
"When I saw that there was a cat staring at us, it felt off. 'Why would a cat care about our conversations?" I asked myself that question before it dawned on me. If there were people like me, magical humans, magical trains, vaults, goblins, giants. So why wouldn't there be people capable of turning into animals? I put two and two together." Griphyx explained. It sometimes shocked the princesses how smart he was when he never really talked much. McGonagall nodded her head thinking what Griphyx had said before giving him a proud look. 
"Very good, however not many people can turn into animals. Very few Wizards have this ability. They are called Animagus, meaning they can turn into an animal." She explained. Griphyx nodded, seemingly understanding to what she was talking about. The others -except for some reason Hermione and Ruby- were surprised by this. Griphyx sat back in his chair and closed his eyes. Minutes passed when the doors opened and more students entered the room. Malfoy being one f he first, he scowled at the group of friends before muttering something under his breath. "If you have a problem calling us 'freaks' to our face's, then don't speak about us Malfoy..." Griphyx said out loud for everyone to here. Malfoy's face flushed pink in rage and embarrassment. 
"I said no such thing!" He yelled at Griphyx who still had his eyes closed. Harry watched as Malfoy grew angrier as Griphyx ignored him. Malfoy growled and pulled out his wand until McGonagall made her presence known to the class -apparently she turned back into a cat after their little chat. 
"I will not tolerate violence in the class!" She scolded Malfoy. He flushed even more glaring at Griphyx with great amounts of hate. 
"Fine, but this isn't over Potter..." He hissed out Harry's and Griphyx's last name. But they all knew it was directed to Griphyx. Griphyx showed no sign of acknowledgement towards Malfoy's 'threat'. Malfoy swore under his breath about getting him back. The class went on with Malfoy glaring at the back f Griphyx's head. Harry, Hermione and Ruby asked and answered questions that made the princesses proud. Ron and Griphyx stayed quiet, however while Ron was staring into space, Griphyx was taking long detailed notes tat would put Twilight Sparkle to shame. Once class ended, the group made their way towards the next one. Malfoy and his goons right behind them, all of them glaring at the group. Nightmare growled at the bullies until Griphyx gave her a silent shake of the head telling her they weren't worth it. 
They reached Snape's class for potions. Professor Snape seemed to despise the two Potter brothers, but when it came t Griphyx, he avoided eye contact for some reason. Malfoy had tried to prove that Griphyx was less than him, however he only managed to gain himself a detention for blowing up his lab equipment and glared  as everyone laughed at him. Snape was not happy, no, that's an understatement. He was pissed. Malfoy was not happy either, even less when Griphyx ad his group had passed the little 'exam'. After that odd class the group had a free period to do as they pleased. 
"So what did you think so far?" Ruby asked Griphyx with a chipper tone in her soft voice. Griphyx shrugged his shoulders slightly staying quiet. Hermione had stated that Griphyx was rather quiet compared to everyone else. No one disagreed, not even Griphyx himself. They walked around the school grounds until they came across Hagrid who was standing in front of a shack with smoke rising from the chimney.
"Hey Hagrid, what exactly are you doing?" Harry asked the tall gentle man. Hagrid turned and smiled at the group, even bowed to he princesses who smiled back at him and bowed their heads slightly back to the gentle giant. 
"I'm making something for later. What you all doing out here anyhow?" He asked, the smile never leaving his face.
"We were roaming the ground since we have a free period at he moment. And when we saw you out here, we decided to stop by and say hello." Griphyx explained coolly. Hagrid nodded his head thinking about the answer before his smile grew some. the group nodded their heads before heading out, Hagrid asked them to come by later to see something. Griphyx nodded hi head, as did the others before they left. 
The rest of their day was filled with learning and wondering what Hagrid wanted to show them. Looks like they would need to wait until later that night to see what is was. Little did they know that they would stumble upon something that would start their true adventure.