James had made his way down to the hut near the forbidden forest. He had been speaking to the portraits and come to desire a way to travel that wasn't magical as such, and didn't rely on him transforming. He had decided that a Hippogriff would be a useful standby. Besides there was something rather magnificent about the beasts. So he had come down to Hagrids to learn how it is done, and to begin the process of taming one.