Chapter 2
Harriet was starting to feel a little paranoid. She could feel something watching her, but whenever she looked around, she saw nothing. It was driving her mad! She couldn't move very fast, thanks to her leg, and she had a bad feeling that things were about to go FUBAR any minute. Needless to say, when she first got that feeling, she made very sure to have some form of weapon on her. It had only taken her a few minutes to carve her staff into a crude spear. Now she was looking for someplace to sleep, as she could see from the position of the sun that it was going to set soon. She would have just climbed a tree, but her leg was to injured for that. As she was hobbling along, she heard a sharp 'crack' behind her. Harriet whirled around and hissed in pain as her leg protested the quick movement. When she looked up, she froze instantly.
The creature she was looking at hadn't seemed to notice her yet. It was large, larger than Hagrid in height and girth. It wore a leafy looking shawl or cloak (Harriet had no clue what it was) and a white shirt. It had a bag full of mushrooms on it's waist, and it was looking at bird's nest she hadn't noticed until then. Harriet backed away as slowly and quietly as she could, when Fate decided to screw with her again.
Harriet froze when the stick cracked under her foot, and the creature turned to look at her. It lumbered up to her, and she started trembling in fear. She couldn't fight this thing! Even if she wasn't injured, she couldn't dream of winning a fight against this thing! It got right in front of her, and took a look. It leaned in closer to look at her leg, and it was all Harriet could do to not bolt. It seemed to observe the way the blood had stained her makeshift bandage, before nodding it's head and grabbing Harriet. "What? Hey, what are you doing?!" she cried in confusion. The creature said, "Leg hurt. Ogi help." Harriet didn't say anything after that, as she hadn't expected that for an answer. She noticed that there was a bird's nest on the bei- Ogi's head. It had three small yellow chicks in it, that all started cheeping cheerfully when they saw her.
She smiled softly, and stroked the heads of the chicks. Ogi seemed to notice what she was doing, as he settled her on his shoulder, which made it easier for her to reach the adorable little birds. She was so preoccupied, she didn't notice where they were heading until she heard a voice. "Hello Ogi. What brings you here?" asked a young man. Harriet peeked around Ogi's head and gaped.
The creature she was looking at looked a lot like a centaur, in that it had a human-ish torso and head, and the body of either a sheep or a goat. His head looked like a weird mix of human and sheep, and he wore a white vest over his otherwise bare chest. He noticed her, and started. "Oh, hello miss!" he exclaimed cheerfully. "My name is Nemo, what's yours?" he asked, cocking his head. "Harriet, Harriet Potter." she replied hesitantly. "Well Harriet, it is nice to mee-" "Leg hurt!" Ogi interrupted forcefully. Nemo's eyes widened, and he motioned for Ogi to put Harriet on the ground. Ogi did so with a gentleness that belied his size, and Nemo looked over her wound, removing her bandage.
"Well, this looks like it will be easy enough to heal, though I can't replace the blood you lost, so I'll have to insist that you rest for a few days afterwords." Nemo stated, looking over the wound critically. He then placed his hand over her wound, and did something. Harriet wasn't sure what he did, but when Nemo moved his hand away, the wound was completely gone. There was no trace of it, when even Madam Pomfrey, Hogwart's Medi-witch, wouldn't have been able to manage that. She gasped, and looked at her leg again. It was just smooth, unblemished skin where the wound had been. She heard Nemo chuckle, and she looked up at him in disbelief. "How did you do that? There isn't even a trace of the wound, and there should've been at least a small scar! Acromantula venom doesn't heal properly, ever!" she said confusedly. It was Nemo's turn to look at her confused. "I'm sorry, Acro-what?" "Acromantulas. You know, giant, venomous spiders? Like, bigger than a house giant?" Harriet replied.
Nemo looked at her and said, "I'm sorry, but we don't have those here. Where are you from, anyways?" Harriet stared at him and said, "Um, England. I go to the Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Have you ever heard of it?" she asked hopefully, she highly doubted he did, considering the fact that the confused look never left his face. "No, I have never heard of either of those places. Where in Esperia are these places?" he replied. Harriet's heart sank like a stone. "Esperia? I've never heard of it. I'm guessing that it isn't the name of this forest, is it?" Nemo shook his head slowly and said, "Esperia is the name of the goddess Dura gave this world when she created it." Harriet looked down at her hands and said haltingly, "I-I am n-not from this world... w-where I come, t-the world is c-called Earth." After she said that, she burst into tears and started sobbing uncontrollably. Ogi put an arm around her, while Nemo started reassuring her. Harriet eventually fell asleep, to exhausted to face anything else.
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