“Look, Snape’s a potions professor right?” Xander asked and waited for the nods from the trio of younger children. “Why would he use a curse instead of treating the brooms of the Gryffindor team with a cursed potion? Surely that would be more his style if he was ‘evil’” Xander finished off by making air quotes around the word ‘evil’.
“Finally, some sense!” Hagrid shouted with a smile at Xander. “Now you three listen to Xander here, he makes sense. You’re meddling in things that ought not to be meddled with. What that dog is guarding is strictly between Professor Dumbledore and Nicholas Flammel.”
“Who?” Xander asked, causing Hagrid to stumble over his words before he nearly repeated the name again.
“I shouldn’t have said that.” Hagrid admitted again causing Xander to start laughing again.
“Look,” Xander said with a grin in-between laughter. “Why don’t you write down everything you’re not allowed to tell us and give me the paper, that way I’ll remind you if you’re ever going to say something that we shouldn’t know about.”
“A good idea, I think I’ll do just that.” Hagrid smiled at Xander and slapped him on the shoulder, nearly pushing him head over heels onto the floor before striding off.
“Nicholas Flammel.” Harry repeated the name as Xander sat down on the grass trying to catch his breath from laughing so hard.
“Oh man, I needed that.” Xander grinned up to the trio of younger students.
Harry Potter and the Technomage, Chapter 3