Harry Potter is not mine, though I do own Alexander and Nicholas and Kevin
and any other non-Harry Potter characters. I would also like to mention that two people inspired this story. Anne McCaffrey, for forever changing
my view of dragons, and Naia, the author of one of my favorite fics The Dragonmasters, who made me think, 'Why didn't I think of that?' Thanks to
them both.

'Thoughts' {Dragon to Human or Human to Dragon talk}

Heartsick Kindred Chapter 1: Introductions

Harry Potter was sitting on his bed, looking out his window to the slowly changing sky. He looked back at his clock and saw it was 6:30am. 'Happy Birthday to me.' He turned back to his window and saw darkened forms flying towards his window. Harry opened it carefully, trying to make as little noise as possible. He set out some food and water and took the letters and parcels from them when they flew in.

There was the normal birthday letter from Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid. The school letter, as usual as well, with the new books and supplies. 'I'll have to have Remus take me to Diagon Alley.'

He had lived with Remus since a couple weeks after Sirius' death. (A/N: Even though I don't like it.)

There was a letter that kept catching his eye, so Harry opened it. Inside there was an earring and a letter, which he read first.

"Dear Mr. Harry Potter,

I have written to you to inform you that it has been discovered you are one of the chosen ones of the Kindred. Now, you are probably wondering what Kindred are. To put it simply, Kindred are a special kind of dragon. This kind of dragon can bond with humans. This is all I am allowed to tell you. If you decide to come, you will learn first-hand what they are. The earring that came with this letter will take you here and back whenever you would like. All you must do to work it is say, "Take me to (wherever you would like to go, to get here say My Kindred)" and to leave say, "Take me to (place)."

Now, I don't expect you to believe me. So, here's some proof of my story. Feel that tingling on the small of your back? (Harry had in fact noticed this.) There is now a dragon tattoo there. It will come alive if, and when, you decide to come and bond with your Kindred.

Thank you, we hope to see you soon,
Zack Mitchell."

Harry looked in the mirror at the small of his back and there was a dragon tattoo. "Cool." Quickly, he wrote a note to Remus saying where he had gone. Then, he fixed his hair, put in his earring and said, "Take me to my kindred." Then, he disappeared.
When he arrived, Harry looked around. Around him and the surrounding area he arrived in, there was a dome. Outside it was what looked like . . .water? Salt water in fact, judging by the sharks and whales and things like that swimming by. "Woah."

He turned around and saw six fenced in fields, only five of which looked like they were being used. He looked around for a few more minutes before he noticed someone standing next to him patiently. "Sorry."

The boy, who looked his age, smiled and said, "That's okay, and I did the same thing. I'm Kevin Michael and I've been assigned to show you around." He led him over to the barrier. "This is the barrier that keeps the water out and helps us not be seen by other people.

Harry nodded and was led to the fenced in fields. "This is where we keep the mates of the bonded dragons and the un-bonded. They're separated by elements, which you can tell by their colors, except for the last two." Each one was fenced with wood colored like the dragons inside. He pointed to the red enclosure. "These ones as you can probably guess are the red dragons. Their element is fire." He headed towards the blue enclosure. "These are the blue dragons. Their element is water." He headed to the green enclosure. "These are the green dragons. Their element is Earth." They headed to the yellow enclosure. "These are the yellow dragons. Their element is air." They finally headed to the last two enclosures. "These are the last two kinds of dragons. They don't have an element, but they and their riders can change shape at will. The blacks and the whites are the two leader colors. Also, they can go invisible, when they do that, only their riders can see them."

From there they continued with the tour, until they reached the barracks. Kevin informed him, these were just temporary arrange- ments until they bonded, at which time they would get permanent places that would only be theirs and which they could use anytime.

After Kevin showed him his cot, he gave him a book. "This will give you any information you need, just say the subject you want to know about, such as maybe feeding, and it will give you all the information it has on that subject. I'll come back for you in a few hours for the bonding."

Harry nodded and went to sleep.
When he woke up, he looked at the clock and saw he still had some time to kill before Kevin came back, so he picked up the book and said, "Relationships for riders of Kindred Dragons." Then he opened it. It said:

"Kindred Dragons (KDs) and their riders each have two kinds of bonds. The bond between a dragon and a human is one type; the human and the dragon are bond mates. The second type is the bond between soulmates. The rider has a soulmate and the dragon has a soulmate. The soulmates of each will become bondmates. These mates usually come from other riders of the opposite element. Blacks and whites are the two exceptions to this. They have a dragon mate already and just need their riders to find their mate. The dragon's mate can be another the same color or the opposite. The rider has no choice in who their mate is, as their mate is their soul mate, though they will know the person. If, and when, the mate accepts the rider as their soulmate, the person is taken to bond with the rider's dragon's mate, then those two will become bondmates.

During the dragon-mating season, the rider needs constant contact with their mate, where as any other time they only need contact if they are not going to see their mate for an extended period of time. During the mating season, they also become extremely possessive of their mate.

The rider's mate could be anyone, depending on the rider's preferences. Once the rider's mate is found, that person is offered the chance to bond with the rider's dragon's mate. If and when they accept, the rider's mate is taken to bond and lives in the rider's place. If the person does not accept the rider's choice and sincerely rejects them, the rider will go into severe pain, which will only stop with their mate's touch, then severe depression, the they will go into a coma, and finally death."

Harry sat there staring at the book and then he shuddered.

Kevin walked in and threw something on his bed. "Take a shower and put these on. Then, meet me out by the enclosure."

Harry grinned and saluted at him. "Yes Sir!"

Kevin grinned and saluted back, then left.

After Kevin left Harry showered and put on the clothes, then left out to the enclosure.

When he reached the enclosures, he saw a short man standing in front of them. "Today, you will get a chance to bond with a dragon. One at a time, I want you to head into the door on your right. When, the previous person comes out, the next can go in.

One by one, they went in. One by one they came out. The bonded ones usually had tattoos either under their right eye. Then, it was Harry's turn, so he walked into the room. When he got in there, he looked around.

It was semi-dark, only lit by a small candle on what seemed to be a table.

"Kneel before the table, young one, and tell me what you would like for the coming years."

Harry kneeled and thought. "I would like Voldemort to die and stay dead. I don't care if it's me who kills him or not, just that he's gone for good. I don't want anyone else to die, but that isn't going to happen. I would like to have a place to get away, where people don't care about my scar or what it represents."

"You are one of those who has a dragon, go into the room on your right." The voice faded away.

Harry stepped into the room and was met with a large black dragon. "Hello. What's your name?"

{Alexander. So, you are my bonded?}

"Apparently, mind if I call you Alex or Lex for short?"

{Of course not. You're my Kindred. We're bonded to each other now. Okay, now your mark goes under your left eye. You can move it later, but put it there whenever you're here until you're bonded.}

Harry nodded. "Okay." He waited until his mark was changed, then he left.
When Harry came out, people stared, stunned. Kevin was the first one to come up to him. "Wow, a black dragon. Congrats."

Harry smiled. "Thanks.

Kevin went on, "There hasn't been one in about a century, let alone a gay one."

Harry frowned, "How did you know I was gay? I don't remember telling anyone."

Kevin tapped under his left eye, where there was a blue tattoo in the same place. "Which eye it's under tells you."

"Oh." Harry looked worried.

Kevin hurried to reassure him. "It's okay, no one cares here. In fact gay black riders are considered stronger. So, how long have you known?"

Harry shrugged, "Since about a couple of months ago, when I realized I've really only been attracted to guys."

Kevin nodded, "So, what's your dragon's name?"

"Alexander, what about yours?"

"My big blue lug is named Nicholas."

"Cool. Hey! What happens now?"

"Now we get our new places, and then training for the next couple of months."