The Return of Norbert

By: lucky-cyber-bunny

Chapter One: Welcome Home

My first story here, I'm a little nervous, but I think all will be well... TTYL lucky-cyber-bunny! Keep Cool!

On the Hogwarts grounds is a little hut that is home to the game keeper Reubeus Hagrid. He lives here with his Bloodhound Fang as he watches over the school's outside for Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of the school of witchcraft and wizardry. Hagrid had his magic taken away from him a long time ago when he was a student here. His wizard father and Giantess mother are dead, so Hagrid remains here.

"Come on Fang, it's time fer yer to get ter bed." Hagrid said to Fang

Fang barked in reply.

"Yeh got ter get in yer bed! Go on now."

Fang whimpered back.

"All right... Yeh can sleep in my bed. But only fer tonight. I don't know what has gotten inter yeh." Hagrid said shaking his head and walking into his tiny bed room. He puts his pajamas on and is about to crawl into bed when he hears a loud whoosh over his house.

"What was that!" he yelled as Fang hid his head in the hamper. He grabbed his large coat and runs outside.

"Hello? Who's there? I won't hurt yeh. I promise." He looked around and saw a long whip moving behind the side of his home. As he walked around to investigate, he heard a low moan.

Oh no! He thought. It's an animal in distress. I must go and help it!

As he rounded his hut, he stopped short with his chin down to his knees. He was standing in front of a large Norwegian Ridge-Back. It had a spear in its left front leg, and it looked absolutely terrified.

"N-N-Norbert?" Hagrid managed to mumble.

The dragon looked up and gently put his head on Hagrid's shoulder. Hagrid was thrilled and tears started coming down his face.

"I-I-I can't believe its yeh! What happened ter yer? Why did yeh come back? How did yeh find me?" Hagrid was thrilled.

The dragon whimpered and put its head near its arm and licked at the dribbling blood that was slowly dripping from the spear impact.

"I'll fix that for yeh. It might hurt a little bit, but yeh got ter hold still for me." Hagrid walked over and yanked the spear out. Norbert winced and licked at his wound. Slowly it began to close.

Dragons had powerful magic and could heal themselves. That's why their heart strings are used for the center of wands. They are immortal, unless killed by a foreign substance. Being shot or speared through the brain or heart, magically killed, or killed by another dragon are the main causes of death among dragons. Near extinction is the only thing that keeps their numbers down now that they are protected by wizards.

Hagrid went over and hugged his head. "I missed yeh. I can't believe I let yeh go. Can yeh ever fergive me?"

"Yes, Mommy. I forgive you. I missed you too." Norbert said in an average tone voice

Hagrid nearly fell over. He couldn't believe it. A dragon was talking to him. His dragon was talking to him. "Y-y-yeh can talk?"

"Of course. All human raised dragons can talk. The ministry just doesn't want to tell you. Some of the other dragons in the colony in Romania can talk too. I used to talk with them. Especially Kiko." Norbert faded out.

"Kiko?" Hagrid didn't have a clue who that was.

"Kiko is a Chinese Fireball. She was so pretty. We used to have the best talks. If we had been the same species, we would have had a clutch by now."

"Wow. Still, why did yeh come here? Didn't yeh like it there with the other dragons?" Hagrid asked pressingly.

"I did. And I still do, but something happened. The wizards there came up to me and told me that I needed to sacrifice myself. They said that I was needed to supply wands for a bunch of little witches and wizards. But I didn't want to. So I escaped and came here to you, Mommy." Norbert said sadly.

"But people saw yeh! Muggles are dumb, but not that dumb. They can see a dragon flying in the sky. You'll get in trouble and get put down." Hagrid said looking around. The lights to the castle were relatively dim, but he was scared someone would have hear or seen Norbert.

"No one saw me. I had protection, Mommy. I made friends with the Fat Fairies." Norbert opened his wings and about a hundred pinkish red lights flew out. They flocked over to Hagrid and started giggling. "Meet my new friends. I met them at Romania. We talked too. They came to me because the other fairies make fun of them, and I went to them because I needed a magical disguise. Aren't they cute?"

One of the tubby fairies landed in Hagrid's hand. It was actually very cute. They had pale pink faces, flower dresses, pink puffy hair and tiny flower hats. They also had little matching shoes. Their wings looked like those of a butterfly wings, only smaller.

The fairy in Hagrid's hand was no bigger than the top of his thumb. (About the size of a human thumb) It was dancing in the palm of his large hand. For being some what chubby, it was quite dainty on its feet.

"Do they all have names?" Hagrid said watching them flutter around.

"Yes, but I haven't learned them all. I only know a few. The one in your hand is Pitsy, she's the leader. Paunettia is the brightest one. Pearla is the biggest one, and Pitia is the smallest one. They cloaked me all the way here. Aren't you proud of me, Mommy?"

Hagrid watched the fairies, and looked up to Norbert. "Yes. I am very proud to you, but how am I going to get you into my house?"

"Oh! Watch this." Norbert sat on his hind legs. "Girls, shrink me please." The giggly fairies cooed and flew circles around Norbert. They soon created a pink tornado that gradually became smaller. When they stopped, Norbert was slightly bigger than he was when he left Hagrid's hut many years ago.

Hagrid dropped a tear and lead him into the house. "Welcome home, Norbert. Welcome home."