Finally, an update! :) just hadn't the time to sit down and watch the Prisoner of Azkaban and write out the script, word for word until now! The next chapter or at the very least, the one after that is where it'll be new material that's not from the movie! Review please! :)

"Calm down, Hagrid! He's here to help," Hermione reassured the half-giant. He grumbled, striding towards the window.

"Oh look at him. Loves the smell of the trees when the wind blows through them," Hagrid sighed as Buckbeak squawked at him.

"Why don't we just set him free?" Harry asked, joining him at the window. Draco rolled his eyes at the display, which quickly turned into a gasp of pain as Hermione elbowed him in the ribs.

"What?" he muttered. His answer was a glare, as they listened in the conversation again.

"He's coming down you know, Dumbledore. Says he wants to be with me when they..." The rest of the sentence hung in the air as Hagrid continued. "When it happens. Great man, Dumbledore. A great man." He turned to throw some form of vile treat to some...what is that creature?! Has to be illegal! Draco wondered.

"We'll stay with you too, Hagrid," Hermione announced, rising from her seat.

"We will?!" Draco mumbled out of the corner of his mouth. Hagrid spared him a glance before replying to the Gryffindor.

"You'll do no such thing! Think I want you seeing something like that? No. You just drink your tea and be off." He paused. "Oh. Before you do, Ron..." He beckoned for him to follow as he approached his dresser. When he turned to face the students, he had something in his giant hands.

"Scabbers! You're alive!" Ron exclaimed, taking the rat from his hands. It'd take someone as poor as the Weasley's to own a rat, Draco thought with disdan.

"Keep a close eye on your pets, Ron," Hagrid told him.

"I think that means you owe someone an apology," Hermione said angrily.

"Right," Ron nodded. "Next time I see Crookshanks, I'll let him know."

"I meant me!" Hermione snarled.

"Crookshanks?" Draco asked Harry. He never got his answer as a container on the table beside him shattered.

"Blimey. What was that?" Hagrid asked, as Hermione moved to pick up a small stone in the middle of the mess.

"That could have hit me in the face! Draco exclaimed, rising from his seat.

"If only," Hermione muttered with a glare at the blond.

"Ow!" Harry exclaimed. Draco grinned at seeing him rubbing his head in pain. Something outside gave him pause. "Hagrid," he called.

"Oh, crikey," Hagrid said as he joined Harry at the window. As Draco and Hermione tried to peer over the others, they heard voices from outside.

"It's late," Hagrid stated as he turned to face the teenagers. "It's nearly dark. You shouldn't be here." He rushed around the cabin. "Someone sees you outside the castle this time of night, you'll be in trouble. Big trouble, particularly you, Harry." He pointed at Harry as Draco rolled his eyes. Always the special one, he thought as a bang sounded on the door.

"With you in a moment!" Hagrid called out as he covered the still unidentified creature with a blanket. "Quick, quick!" he whispered as he ushered them out the cabin's back door.

"Come on," Draco insisted, trying to squeeze past the Golden Trio.

"Wait," Hermione hissed, as she snuck a glance to see if the coast was clear. The four quickly made their way around the pumpkin patch.

"This is ridiculous," Draco sighed. "A Malfoy shouldn't be reduced to squating or hiding."

"Nobody wants you to be here!" Ron whispered. "Go ahead and get caught for being out of the castle late!" Hermione glared at Draco, and he let out a long sigh as the other three strained to hear the conversation floating through Hagrid's windows.

"What?" Harry asked as Hermione turned to face the forest behind them. Draco shot a glance over his shoulder but nothing caught his eye.

"I thought I just saw-" Hermione stopped, shaking her head. "Never mind."

"Let's go!" Ron said as he started running up the hill.

"More skulking?" Draco complained. They reached the top of the hill, waiting for the inevitable. Hermione's breathing hitched as the executioner raised his axe and as it met its mark, a large group of crows took to the sky. He heard her softly sobbing beside him as the other two boys comforted her.

"He bit me," Ron gasped in pain. "Scabbers." He took chase after the rat.

"Ron. Ron!" Hermione cried.

"Ron!" Harry called as they took off after him.

"Here we go again," Draco muttered as Hermione dragged him along by his sleeve.

"Wait!" Harry shouted.

Hermione came brought the two of them to a stop beside Harry as their gaze fell on the Whomping Willow.

"Harry, you do realise what tree this is?" Hermione questioned.

"That's not good," Harry murmured. "Ron, run!" Ron glanced up from the struggling rat in his hands.

"Harry, Hermione, run!" He shouted, pointing behind them as a low growl grabbed their attention. "It's the Grim!"

"Am I wearing an invisibility cloak?" Draco wondered aloud. The black dog before them barked and started running towards them. It jumped between them as Draco pulled Hermione to the ground out of harm's way. She gasped at him beneath her, but the dog's snarling quickly drew her attention back to Ron.

"Ah! Harry!" Ron cried, digging helplessly into the grass as the black dog dragged him by the ankle.

"Ron! Ron, wait!" Harry shouted, running after him

"Ron!" Hermione screamed, as she took off, Draco following moments later.

"Harry!" Ron cried as the dog dragged him beneath the tree's roots. "Help!"

"Ron!" Harry shouted, trying in vain to reach Ron before he disappeared beneath the roots. "Ron! Ron!"

"Ron!" Hermioned echoed as she helped Harry to his feet.

"Eh... the tree's moving," Draco stated as Harry and Hermione were knocked off their feet by the branches of the Whomping Willow. The smirk disappeared off his face as he saw the tree was also attacking him. He jumped and ducked and rolled as the other two caught on in their quest to best the tree. He seen a branch coming for Hermione and yanked her to the ground seconds before it would have wiped her out.

"Quick!" Harry called from the base of the tree." Dodging the branches again, they made it to the base, with a branch chasing behind them. Hermione screamed as Draco landed on top of her. Harry pulled Draco up, frowning at the two.

"Where do you suppose this goes?" Hermione asked as they took in the tunnel before them.

"I have a hunch," Harry told them as they started walking up the tunnel.

"Of course he does," Draco muttered with a roll of his eyes.