Troublemaker

It was mid afternoon, Caiden was suppose to be at school but today he decided to skip a class. Hopefully the teacher wouldn't mind. He needed to clear his head, there was so much work to catch up on and it didn't help when those Slytherin kids kept picking on him. Caiden took a stroll down to the forest, it was the only place he could get some peace and quiet. He started sniffing every flower and examining every leaf he could find. Caiden stopped when he suddenly came across a pack of large, bony, bird-like horses prancing about in front of him. His jaws dropped as he stood there and stared at them.

Molly was wondering the grounds alone, on one of the sunnier afternoons of the year. It was never that warm up at Hogwarts, but it wasn't too cold. Molly had been visiting some of the creatures in the grounds, which she often liked to do in her spare time. Since she was doing her OWLs, she got to have free time in between exams. Supposedly for revision, though most people not in Ravenclaw just seemed to do not much of anything, from what she could tell.

Molly saw the forest in the distance. She had never been deep in the forest before, only around the outskirts on occasion, visiting certain creatures. She didn't want to go too far in - she was a Gryffindor, but she wasn't someone who went out of her way to find danger, unlike some of her classmates.

Molly then thought she heard something in the direction of the forest. There was no harm in just walking up and taking a look, she thought. As she approached the forest, she thought she saw another student in there. That was odd, she thought, most people didn't come here in the day. They would be busy gossiping in the common room or playing pranks on each other or the like. Stepping into the edge of the forest, she could see it was a boy who appeared to be staring at something. Molly moved slightly closer, wanting to see what he was looking at, though couldn't see anything. As she did, she stepped on a twig. Now the guy would think she was a stalker or something, just what she needed.

"Erm, hi. I'm Molly." she said, making herself more visible. "What are you looking at?" she asked as she walked over to him.

They were magnificent and huge. Bony but elegant in their own way. Wings as wide as a canvas board. Caiden could feel his jaws drop he couldn't believe what he saw - he was amazed. If only he had his books with him. He couldn't recognised this creature, he was one of the top student in Care For Magical Student but he hasn't got this far yet. He would prob have to learn it next class.

Caiden heard a twig break an swung his head around to his new companion. 'Oh hi, I'm Caiden,' he replied staring at the girl then back at the strange creature. 'Don't you see them?' He rose his eyebrows looked back at her and back. 'Its right there in front of you, it's right there,' he told her, surely I'm not seeing things he thought. He couldn't be, maybe this was gods way of punishing him for skipping class. 'Don't you see those skeletal horse?,' he asked, his voice softening as he look a her again [b]

Molly turned back to where Caiden was looking, now with a clear view. Yet nothing. Molly was confused. Was Caiden pulling her leg? She wasn't sure. She stared for a second, as if waiting for something to appear out of thin air.

"You're teasing me, right?" Molly said, with slight uncertainty. "There are no horses there..." she added, not sure what she was expecting.

Molly looked back at Caiden, not recognizing the boy, but that was unsurprising, considering her lack of social participation at Hogwarts. She saw he had a Slytherin tie on. He must be one of those boys who jokes around and stuff, she told herself. That must be it. Not some creatures only some people can see.

'It's right there,' Caiden said walking towards her, pointing at them and walked back. Their huge, it wasn't hard to miss them. Caiden couldn't understand why she couldn't see it. 'I swear I'm not seeing things, it right there. God was really punishing him for skipping class. There was no way he was hallucinating, he knows he is not crazy. Then it came to him. 'The Slytherin,' he hissed quietly under his breath. 'Alright, very funny. Nice prank guys you can come out now. You've got me,' he shouted over the top of his voice looking around carefully and any student lurking about. But their was nothing there, no student laughing just white noise and cricket chirping in the trees. Caiden then realised he probably looked like an idiot right now, he was so embarrassed right now.

Molly had been sure he was joking, or at least hoped he was. Then he started calling his friends or something, thinking the joke was on him. This confused Molly, especially when nobody appeared.

"I don't think anyone is here...and I can't see anything." Molly said. "Maybe it's like...some weird creature only some people can see?" she said, trying to come up with a reason in her head which didn't make one of them mentally ill. She started to rack her brains through all the creatures she knew. She was good with creatures, but didn't have the kind of brain that could memorize fantastic beasts.

"You can really see something?" she asked, hesitant and slightly worried.

There was no way he wa hallucinating, they were still there. Alive and moving. Caiden turned to face the girl."Maybe," he shrugged, his cheek red from embarrassment. "Or I am judy crazy," he said. Caiden thought very hard which creature it was, why could he only see it. He was one of the smartest in his class, he should know this. It wasn't a hippogryph cause last time he check they had feather and wasn't as skinny.

"Yeah, I can and still can," he responded, looking at her, his expression confused and looked away. Then all of a sudden something came to him, like a light-bulb flicking on. He remembered something his best mate told him a long time ago. He didn't think much of it until it occurred to him. Caiden turn to look at the girl and started hastily walking toward her. "You don't seem to have your Care For Magical Creature book with you?,' he asked her, he remembered it was called Thestral, something that appears to a few people who has witness someone dying in front of them, someone close.

Molly was confused. The boy seemed like...embarrassed or something. That wouldn't happen unless he was actually telling the truth. People playing pranks tended not to go red in the face, at least from her experience.

"So there are creatures...over there?" she said, taking a step back. She didn't like the feeling that there were creatures that could do anything and she couldn't even see them. They could attack her and she wouldn't have any idea.

"Oh, yes, I do. One second." she said, remembering her book. She often had it with her, since she wasn't that good at remembering details of everything. She rummaged around in her bag for a minute, pulling out the newest edition of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'. She flicked through the pages. She did vaguely remember seeing something about some creatures that appeared to some people.

"Do they look like this?" Molly asked, turning the book around to Caiden could see it, the page on thestrals open. She didn't know of a nice way to ask 'so who did you see die', so decided to keep her mouth shut. She had been trying not to ask rude or personal questions, apparently it made her 'unapproachable' and many other things her mother liked to remind her of. Just because she wasn't a socialite like her mother was, apparently it was the end of the world. Her father understood, at least.

Caiden stood behind the girl, peering over her shoulder. She had the book, he was impressed, it was just the book he needed. He swore he came across this creature before, he remembered reading it after her had been shoved in the face by his best friend who was trying to prove he saw them. The girl got up to the page he needed with the heading 'Thestral' etched on the very top of the page. He began to read it.

"Thats the one!" he exclaim, his voice louder than it should be. The teacher in his suppose to be in class could've heard him. He wouldn't want them catching him skipping class, otherwise it was detention for him. Caiden knew he wasn't imagining thing, for a second ago he thought he was but according to the book he wasn't. "This is it," he grinned as he continued to read. Soon, the grin on his face faded into a frown. Caiden felt his eyes beginning to tear up, immediately after he read that these creature only appear to those who saw someone die. "No, wonder you couldn't see it,' said Caiden looking away, battering his eyes together to stop the tears from falling out, he didn't want to look stupid - but he knew he wasn't fooling anyone. "You can only see these creatures if you've witness someone dying," he said, almost in a whisper but loud enough that she could hear.

It was his grandfather he saw die, it all happen when he was sitting in the living room with his grandfather until his mother boyfriend arrived, threatening to hit his mum. Caiden tried to step in to help his mother but ended up being pushed to the side, and back handed by her boyfriend. Only then his grandfather decided he had enough and stood up for them. The rest wasn't pretty, he had lost his grandfather. Caiden would never forgive his mother for bringing her boyfriend inside. Caiden miss his grandfather so much, he was like a father to him, a father he never had and never will have.

(Sorry for long post, )