A Black || Hufflepuff

Chapter 12

It was normal for Ella to be alone now, given the fact no one likes to be around her. Tonks was busy with her own thing and she wouldn't want to disturb her cousin. Sometimes Seraphina would company Ella and spend some time with her, sharing information about the magical beast with one another. The two shared their interest and found out about their dream to be a magizoologist together. They set a goal they could work together to be Magizoologist.

Ella stood alone in front of a fence somewhere next to the forbidden forest with a small cat in her arms. It was known to be kneazle, a mystical creature that looked like a cat. She was introduced to the kneazle by Tonks who sneaked the girl near the forbidden forest to show her a creature she had just learned about.

The creature was known to be very aggressive with people who they found suspicious or untrustworthy. Reminded her of Leo, Seraphina's cat who is a half-kneazle.

Surprisingly, the kneazle in her arm did not have any aggressive reaction towards the girl. It was calmly letting itself be stroke and carried by Ella. It had trusted her the moment she smiled at the creature.

The Kneazle safely curled up in her arms and shot its head up as if it senses a presence.

She felt goosebumps when she heard a loud crack of a twig, being stepped on by someone behind her—making her turn to face another person who had the same confused expression.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." He apologized with a hand raising in front of her.

Ella didn't reply to any word, instead, her eyes were looking at Cedric up and down with a bored look before turning her back on him. While her body may seem calm, her mind began to assume that Cedric would start to make fun of her like everyone else.

She was still upset about the compartment accident, only it wasn't an accident. She tries her best to forget about it but she just can't see anyone's faces now and overthink if they truly like her or if they have talked behind her back.

Slowly, she could feel the presence of him walking closer to her, "What are you doing out here with that?" An eyebrow of his was perked up, staring at the big-sized cat in her arm.

"Shouldn't you go and mind your own business?" She snapped, her voice quietly muttered under her breath, it was a tone only for her to hear but unfortunately, it was loud enough for Cedric to hear.

When she realized the rudeness she had shown towards him, she rotated her head to face him, "Sorry, that was rude of me," She pursed her lips before raising her folded arms with the cat,

"Would you like to pet it?"

Cedric took a step back when the girl approached him with the Kneazle. He wasn't backing off because of her but the Kneazle, "Don't that thing attack people who they just met?"

"They only become aggressive to those who they distrust or they find suspicious," Ella informed, "Do you have any reason to be suspicious?" An eyebrow raised to him with curiosity.

The boy blinked multiple times looking a bit tense, he didn't know why he was suddenly nervous at her suspicions. "N-no,"

Ella dropped her curious look back to a softer one before showing the Kneazle back to him, "Then you have nothing to worry about. They're very gentle, some people only assume they're aggressive because of their reaction towards who they don't trust."

Once again, Ella took a step forward towards him but this time Cedric stayed in his spot, not backing away. The Hufflepuff girl nodded her head slowly to the Kneazle at Cedric, gesturing him to stroke its head.