Chapter 320: The Cat Did Nothing Wrong (Edited)

Fish didn't mind the small conflicts between other girls and Hermione, because similar things happened before, but at that time they basically all fought alone, but today they all fight Hermione together.

Unfortunately, with Fish's current experience, it's still impossible to tell the difference between the two.

As far as he could tell, this whole feud was about who would rub his head....

Anyway, they're all bad people! He wasn't going to help!

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Hermione didn't want to pet his head as much as the others, but Fish wasn't going to be stupid enough to approach the mean people and get their attention, so the kitten chose to ignore them rather decisively.

With the girls squabbling all the way, the group reached the door of Hagrid's hut, where Hagrid was already standing, dressed in his favorite moleskin coat, with Fang, the big hound, crouched at his feet.

"Hagrid and Fang, good afternoon nya!"

?(●ΦωΦ●)?

Fish greeted them both from a distance.

Hagrid smiled and waved back, as Fang gave a loud "woof", wagging his tail so fast behind him that he would have run to Fish's side if Hagrid hadn't stopped him.

"Come on, come on, hurry up!" shouted Hagrid as they approached, "I've got something great to show you today! This is a great lesson! Is everyone here? Okay, come with me!"

With Hagrid in the lead, the group headed along the edge of the forest to the outside of a small meadow, where there was nothing, but Fish already knew by the smell what magical animal Hagrid was going to show them today.

But the kitten wisely said nothing, remaining silent and letting Hagrid have his way.

"Everyone gather around this fence!" Hagrid waved to the group as he gathered, "That's right...make sure to watch. Okay, first you have to open your textbooks..."

"How do I open it?" said Draco Malfoy in his usual lazy voice.

"Huh?"

Hagrid was a little confused as to what he was talking about.

"How do we open the textbook?" asked Malfoy again, pulling out his own copy of 'The Monstrous Book of Monsters', which was bound with coils and coils of string.

The others pulled out their textbooks as well, some tying them tightly as Malfoy had done, others stuffing them into tight, narrow bags, and others simply using large clothespins to hold them.

"None of you... None of you managed to open the textbook?" asked Hagrid, who looked a little disappointed.

"Fish did!" said Harry in time to relieve him.

The others turned their heads to look at Fish, and found their copy of 'The Monstrous Book of Monsters' unrestricted, but it was still obediently in Fish's hands.

"Excellent!" Hagrid instantly perked up and pointed at Fish, "Come on, Fish, tell them how you tamed him."

"Nya?"

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Fish cocked his head and shoved 'The Monstrous Book of Monsters' of Good Behavior he was holding into Hermione's arms, then grabbed his textbook and ripped off the magical ribbon tied to it.

"It's really very simple..."

Fish said as he easily dodged the book's attack, grabbing the cover and shaking it just as he had done at Flourish and Blotts bookstore, then swinging his palm upwards in a set of catcalls.

After a loud crack, 'The Monstrous Book of Monsters' calmed down and stroked Fish's palm.

"A spanking would be nice, nya."

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Said the kitten earnestly, raising the subdued textbook in his hand.

The crowd fell silent.

Apparently, not everyone had the same excellent reaction time as Fish.

"Uh..."

Apparently, Fish's method wasn't what Hagrid expected either.

After a moment of staring, he took the textbook from Harry's hand, unclasped it, and showed them all the correct way to open it.

"Actually there is an easier way, look..." he ran his thick index finger along the spine of 'The Monstrous Book of Monsters' before he opened his mouth to bite down, the book shuddered and stretched silently across his palm, "Just stroke them."

"Oh, what fools we all are!" Malfoy scoffed, "We should have petted them! Why didn't we guess?"

Being friends with Fish didn't stop Malfoy from targeting the other Gryffindors, and the kitten had never interfered in their conflict, so Malfoy's snide remarks about Hagrid were simply unwise.

"And I trust Fish's methods more than my own."

Malfoy said, handing the textbook he had bound in his hands to the kitten who was watching him, "Fish, can you help me tame him?"

"No problem nya!"

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Another cat punch, and another well-behaved 'Monstrous Book of Monsters' book was born.

The other Slytherins also handed over their 'The Monstrous Book of Monsters' books, asking for Fish's help, and Fish never refused, and in no time at all, the Slytherin students had their textbooks in their hands, and all were obedient.

Then came the Gryffindor girls, who also felt that Fish's method seemed a bit safer.

In fact, Harry, Ron and the rest of the boys were somewhat tempted to do the same, but from the look on Hagrid's face, they didn't.

Still, things were already a bit overwhelming for Hagrid.

"I... I think they're quite funny."

He said uneasily to Harry.

"Yeah, they're fun!" Malfoy held up 'The Monstrous Monster Book' that was behaving itself well in his hand and continued to sneer, "Funny, giving us textbooks that are trying to rip our hands off!"

"Shut up, Malfoy."

Harry glared at Malfoy as he shot Fish a somewhat helpless look.

Because of the kitten's activity, Professor Hagrid seemed unreliable....

Although in Harry's mind, Hagrid had never been very reliable, he hoped that Hagrid's first lesson would be a success.

"Well, then," said a frustrated Hagrid, who seemed to have lost his mind, incoherently, "So.... so you've all got your textbooks, now.... Now what you need ... are magical animals. Yes, I'll go and get them. Just a minute..."

Hagrid left them behind, walked into the Forbidden Forest and disappeared.

Malfoy grimaced and, for Fish's sake, didn't continue his sarcasm, but both he and the rest of the Slytherins had sneers on their faces, obviously not happy that Hagrid was the Care of Magical Creatures class teacher.

Neville, however, took this opportunity to quietly hand his textbook to Fish, followed by Dean and Seamus....

"Humph."

Malfoy let out a significant snort, causing Harry and Ron, who were about to do the same, to stop moving.

"Hermione, did Fish do something wrong again nya?"

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The kitten eventually sensed that something wasn't right, frowned and asked beside her.

Hermione and the other girls, united for the first time today, answered in unison.

"Of course not!"