Acromantula Society

"Take a look around?" Hagrid froze for a moment, then visibly grew excited. If it had not been so inappropriate at the moment, Hagrid would have clapped his hands outright—

"Wonderful, wonderful, this is brilliant, Aragog! I'd love to have a look around your new home!"

An indescribable feeling rose in Hagrid's heart, mixed with excitement, joy, and a faint trace of melancholy, as though a child he had raised had finally bought a home of their own and invited him to visit it.

"First, here." Aragog led Hagrid around the flimsy wooden door and farther back.

Only then did Hagrid notice a massive stone pillar, like a giant club, rising from the ground not far from where they stood. Its surface was extremely rough and seemed hollowed out, covered in countless holes of varying sizes.

As Hagrid followed Aragog closer to the pillar, he could hear the sound of rushing water and feel a damp breath of air washing over him.

"Mr. Tierra said this is my residence," Aragog explained slowly. "The top of this stone pillar is the highest point in all of Spider City. Mr. Tierra said that by standing atop it, I can see the entire Spider City."

"Wow, that's wonderful!" Hagrid praised. "Then what's that water sound?"

"Mr. Tierra helped us tap into the groundwater here," Aragog continued. "He said that if we encountered drought or a season without rain, we could use our silk to draw water from here and irrigate our grass."

"Irrigate grass?" Hagrid asked in confusion. "Why would you need to irrigate grass?"

"Um, Mr. Tierra said..." Aragog seemed to be struggling to recall Tierra's words. "He said... he said for us to grow a kind of grass, then give that grass to... um, to some four-legged creatures. Yes, cows, and