Fey gasped as a hand snaked out and grabbed her arm as she reached the front of the class, swinging around her eyes flashed and she suppressed a small snarl; she did not like being touched. Then she saw it was the white haired boy that she had noticed last night, her hostile instincts calming down from the surprise. Drawing herself up to her fullest height she looked intently at this unknown boy who seemed strangely familiar to her, deciding that his intentions had been in her best interest she kept her tone pleasant. Looking into his amber eyes she gave a smile.

“Don’t worry; I had no intention to go up to her. I was just so mesmerised I had to get to the front to see her. Trust me I know how to act around animals.” There was a small knowing glint in her eyes but then she pressed a finger to her lips as Hagrid began the lesson on unicorns. The sunlight was bright across the Hogwarts grounds, making the unicorn shimmer even more brightly as the class learnt about their magical properties and what they could be used for in magic. 

“Now full grown unicorns do prefer a female’s touch, which is where we get a lot of the myths around using girls as bait. Let’s give this a try then, as there will be occasions when you may need to get close to these creatures. You” He said pointing directly at Fey, “come on now don’t be shy. Just approach her slowly and calmly, she is a little bit fussy at the moment but s’long as your calm she will be too.” 

Turning to smile brightly at the boy Fey stepped slowly but purposely forward from the crowd and turning all the focus on the unicorn she held one hand forward. Eyes gazing intently into the unicorns she walked slowly towards her, making small comforting noises as she went. Finally she was just a few inches away from the unicorn where she stopped as the unicorn brought her slivery eyes up to hers. If anyone has been any closer they would have seen Fey’s eyes flash and change colour to match the unicorns. The unicorn quirked her head for a moment, then giving an inquisitive snort she stuck out her nose and gently placed it within Fey’s open hand. Smiling Fey felt the warm breath against her hand and smelt the pleasant scent of sweet grass and sunshine. Moving slowly Fey moved her other hand to stroke the unicorns graceful neck, delighted with her progress Fey turned beaming back to the class, catching Amy’s eyes she got a thumbs up and the boy smiled back warmly at her.

“Well now that’s how you do it.” Hagrid called softly. “Beautifully done, now if some more of you girls want to come forward and …” 

Fey saw it out of the corner of her eye, something flying from the crowd of Gryffindor students, however there was nothing she could do other than watch as the small but cruel stone struck the unicorn’s flank. Everything exploded into action, the unicorn let out a panicked whiney and reared, and the flailing hooves caught Fey a striking blow knocking her backwards into a tree where she crumpled. Screams and shouts were heard as the class panicked and tripped over themselves to move backwards.

Fey looked up through slightly bleary eyes and saw the unicorn’s distress and confusion, the sight of such a beautiful creature looking so fearful tore at her heart. Lifting herself up from the ground and moving forward as swiftly as she could Fey brought herself before the unicorn; taking care to avoid its hooves as it continued to rear, she began to whiney gently, the same whiney mothers called to their foals to calm them. Ignoring the warm trickle that had started from her temple Fey continued to try and calm the unicorn and to the side of her vision she could see someone else moving forward slowly, coming to help, their step slow and calm as behind them the noise of the other students was quieting. 

[@Arista]