"Bye, Mum. I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you too, Charlie. Stay out of trouble and be safe."
"I will."
"Bye, sweetheart."
After waving good-bye to my family one last time I Apparated. I reappeared in front of a small building, which had to be the office. When inside I was to find a Mr. Ridgebit. Luckily it was a small office and there was only one person in there.
"Who are you?"
"Charlie Weasley."
"Mr. Weasley! We've been expecting you."
"I would have been here sooner, but…"
"Nonsense, you're right on time. I'm Mr. Ridgebit, the owner of this fine establishment. I would like to personally welcome you to the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary."
"Thank you."
"Your application was very good and I would have been stupid not to hire you. But of course you don't want to here me go on and on about you. I will show you around the place."
We got up and for the first time I noticed how big this place really is. There were mountains to the right and a huge forest to the left. I between was a huge field.
"There's not really much I can show you, but the dragons are kept in locked caves in the mountains. The forest is enchanted to keep away Muggles and so are the mountains. Now if you walk down the field you will eventually run into a small wizarding town. Of course guarding the town is a large, enchanted wall and at the gate there is a guard watch at night. The dragons get out occasionally and someone has to be there to stop them. As part of the job you are expected to be a guard once a month with a partner. It's no big deal really. Now next to the office here is the infirmary, which is also the mess hall, and the building behind it a little ways is where you will be staying."
Mr. Ridgebit started walking towards the last building mentioned. It was a two story building and it looked rather old. Inside to your right and left were hallways and right by the door was a big staircase.
"Your room is upstairs, Mr. Weasley."
"You can call me Charlie."
"I prefer Mr. Weasley. We have two other Charlies already so it would be confusing."
"Oh ok."
He climbed the staircase and turned to the left. He stopped at the end of the hall in front of a door labeled 201.
"This is where you will be staying. Dinner in the mess hall is at six." He handed me the key and was off.
"He is one weird dude," I mumbled under my breath as I unlock the door. Inside it was just a one bedroom and there was a small bathroom in the corner. "Home sweet home," I say and throw my bag on the bed.
An hour later I walked out to go to dinner. I stopped when I saw the some trainers had a dragon out in the field. It was a Hungarian Horntail, which is a particularly nasty beast, and it was thrashing around. The trainers had a chain around its neck and as they were trying to pull it towards the caves it swung its tail and knocked all five men to the ground. One of the trainers that was pushing the dragon from behind came around to the front and narrowly missed the fire that sprang from its mouth. The skilled trainer sent a very affective Conjunctivitus Charm at it. The Hungarian Horntail went down. The smoke cleared and from behind it walked out a beautiful woman.
Her purple hair shone brilliantly in the sunlight and when she got close enough I could see that her eyes were a deep shade of orange. Wait a minute, purple hair and orange eyes?
"You new here or something?"
"What?"
"Well you stood there and stared at us with your mouth open like an idiot. Feel free to close it now."
"I'm sorry, I…"
"First time seeing a dragon."
"No."
"Then what's your problem?"
"I don't have a problem. I'm Charlie Weasley by the way." I held out my hand for her to shake.
"Yeah I know who you are." She walked into the mess hall without accepting it.
