Damian met Harry afterwards to know what happened. The trio is engrossed in their discussion. " Snape? He is cursing my broom? ", Harry asked. " Yes, we saw him muttering some kind of curse, if it isn't for Hermione setting fire to his robes, you would have seriously injured if not dead ".
" But why would he do that? Sure it appears he hates me, but why would he try to kill me? I didn't do anything to make him hate me that much? ", Harry asked. Hermione said," maybe it's due to your parents. He may have some kind of grduge against them ".
Damian said," professor snape tried to kill Harry by cursing his broom? ", all three of them turned to see Damian. Hermione said," yes, he did but why? Why would a professor go as far as to curse a student's broom to try and kill or severely injure him ".
Just when Damian is wondering why Snape did something like that, an owl passed them, the snow white owl that belongs to Harry. Hedwig seems to be her name. Yep it's a female owl. She gave a letter or more like a note to Harry.
Harry opened it and said," Hagrid is inviting us for a cup of tea this evening, he told me to bring my friends ", Ron said," then let's go ", Hermione hesitated while Damian wanted to leave but Harry called him," hey Damian, where are you going? You're also one of my friends, come with us ".
" Is that alright? ", Damian asked. Slytherin has almost no one he can behave in friendly way, Evelyn is devil, Cassandra is a spoiled brat, two two mysterious girls are loners, as for others, Malfoy and his two pigs are basically idiots with supremacy principles. Pansy is love sick girl who stick to Malfoy and fawn over him. Daphne, well she never speaks a word to anyone. Tracey is an introvert. Other slytherins quit Hogwarts because of him.
Damian agreed to go with Harry. Ron asked though," by the way mate, I always wanted to ask you. How did you get so powerful? Do you have someone have teaching you? Do you belongs to a wizard family or something? ".
Damian said," Sorry mate, i indeed have a teacher, but I promised never to reveal anything about him. And I'm an orphan, my mother passed away when I'm 4 and I don't even know who my father even was? ", Hermione asked," then where did you live until now? ".
Damian said," until 7, I roamed streets, did some child labour, picked up and sold trash, ate leftovers. Then a kind nun picked me up and took me to the orphanage, unfortunately, misfortune seems to like me very much, dark wizards attacked the orphanage and slaughtered everyone, i escaped because of my magic awakening blasting them to pieces ".
The air felt heavy when Damian said that. Harry asked," dark wizards attacked the orphanage? But why? I heard ministry restricts movements of wizards and witches in muggle world right ", Damain gave him an answer," you're naive Harry. Ministry itself is nothing but a political play ground now. Those with influence and wealth can twist their ways from the law. Magical communities is even worse than muggle governments when it comes to politics ".
Hermione asked," Damian you mentioned you blasted them to pieces. Did you kill those guys? ", Damain said," i did, I wish I didn't but I did. Because they died just like that. They took more than 100 innocent lives. My brother's and sisters in the orphanage are tortured and killed despite being kids like us or even younger, the nuns who never even scolded anyone and showed kindness to all people died being tormented by them. I wish they lived, so I can make them realise how death can be luxury sometimes ".
The trio regretted asking Damian about his past. Damian also frowned, when did he became so emotional? Wait, why did he share his past away with these three? He failed to put his emotions under control despite being a practitioner of Occlumancy, this is a complete failure on his side. In the heat of moment, he revealed his past to them.
Ron chuckled nervously and said," Bloody hell, that's a little too tragic mate. We're sorry, maybe we shouldn't have asked you about your past ", Hermione asked," But Damian, you're becoming more darker, we know you suffered and even watched as people you considered kin get slughtered, but maybe - ".
Harry interjected knowing Hermione is going to say something that may anger Damian," hey we're here. That's Hagrid's house. Let's go ", the four first years entered Hagrid's hut, as the half giant opened the door he spoke in surprise," well I didn't expect there will be four of you, come in ".
Hagrid looked at the Slytherin symbol on Damian's robe with a frown. As they entered the hut, Damian is baffled. Because of the things inside the house.
[ Item : Unicorn Hair ]
[ Item : Runespore scales ]
[ Item : Acromantula Hair ]
[ Item : Ashwinder Skin ]
[ Item : Demiguise Hair ]
[ Item : Thestral Hair ]
[ Item : Pixie Wings ]
[ Item : Niffler's beak ]
[ Item : Zouwu's tusk ]
[ Item : Nundu hair ]
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' is this guy a hidden poacher or something? From magical beast materials to rare herbs. Where the hell Hagrid find these? ', Damian looked around while Hagrid said with some discomfort," my hut is quite shabby and dirty. Don't mind it, if you want to take something, you can take it away. Most of the stuff here is found by me regularly here. You can take the yarn ball if you want, it's made from unicorn hairs ".
Hagrid asked," and you're that boy headmaster Dumbledore accompanied that day in Diagon Alley right? You seem very familiar though, have we met before? ", Damian said," No, Mr Hagrid, I only met you at Diagon Alley but you seem to be in a hurry at that time. I'm Damian Knight, nice to meet you ", Hagrid blinked and asked," Knight eh? I heard the son of Evelyn Knight came to Hogwarts from professors, so it's you. Your mother is a very nice person. Unlike others she often met me and talk to me kindly, she even treated like a friend. A kind one she is. How is she now? though I must say it's quite a surprise that you ended up in Slytherin ",
Damian asked," indeed, she was a kind woman, she is no longer with us unfortunately. She passed away when I'm 4 ".
Hagrid looked at Damian in shock," she is dead. How? She is one of the most brilliant witches i have ever seen. She is a very good healer too, often treats magical creatures in the forbidden forest. How can she passed away? ", Damian said," i don't know. Her health started detoriorating and she suddenly collapsed one day. She passed away just like that ". Hagrid patted Damian and said," don't be sad. She will be always be with you. In here. Live your life well. Now let's not go into a heavy mood. Here I baked some cookies and made some tea for us ". Damian asked," can I ask you something Hagrid? ".
Hagrid waved his hand and said," sure ask away ", Damain questioned," despite having this many rare materials and treasures with you, why are you still living like this. You can get so much money for them ".
Hagrid asked in confusion," what rare materials? Treasures? Where are they? ", Damian looked at him astonished. The unicorn hairs alone will fetch Hagrid more than hundred galleons if one hair us sold at one galleon each. Don't look at unicorn hair as a common thing, unicorns are vigilant and rarely trusts humans, getting hairs from it is neigh impossible without proper bond.
If sold correctly one can even get 3 galleons for a hair, not to mention ministry forbid any wizard or witch from disturbing unicorn settelments since poachings increased and the numbers started dwindling dangerously. It's because unicorn's body itself is a huge treasure. Every part of it.