Hey everyone. This story was written for both Fortnightly Challenges Thread's Leaf Pile Challenge, and The Return of the Chocolate Frog Cards on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For Leaf Pile Challenge I used the Orange (emotions) prompt of excited. For The Return of the Chocolate Frog Cards I used the prompt for Norwegian Ridgeback which was to write about either Charlie Weasley or Hagrids and their relationship with Norberta the dragon. I choose to write for Charlie. I hope you all enjoy How to Train Your Baby Dragon?.
"You're not that scary," Charlie cooed as walked slowly up to the cowering baby dragon in the cage that looked a little to big for it. "You're just a baby, though. Aren't you?"
The small dragon cocked it's head at this pronouncement. Charlie ran his finger through his long red hair as he watched the dragon eyeing him warily. What had happened to this poor thing to make it so wary as it was. He looked over at one of the other trainers who sat nearby laughing at him.
"Where did this little one come from?" he asked the laughing blonde man.
"Someone said something about him coming from the school," Robert told him still laughing a little bit. "Hogwarts that is. Not to be confused with any..."
"Who would have a baby dragon at Hogwarts?" he asked no one in particular. His brother Ron was at that school. His other brother's Fred, George, and Percy did too.
"They say it's that brainless grounds keeper."
"Hagrid?"
"That's the guy."
"Whose in charge of this dragons training right now?"
"No one's been able to get close enough to get it trust until you" came the voice of Charlie's boss Annie as she walked over to him. "I was hoping that you'd be agreeable to training her up."
He nodded excitedly. "Sure," he exclaimed. This would be his first solo training because so far the dragon would only let him close enough to even touch it. "Does this little one have a name?"
"She's named Norbert," was reply. "I guess we'll call her Norberta."
"Of course."
Charlie gently stroked Norberta's nose as the baby dragon gently nuzzled his hand. Watching the dragon he wondered how Hagrid had come across the baby dragon. Or better yet how had Hagrid gotten a dragon egg?
A small gout of fire shot out of the cage as the baby dragon sneezed. The poor thing must not have been transported very well. It sounded like the baby dragon had a cold.
"Let's go see if we can find a doctor to get close enough and treat you, Norberta," he suggested as the tiny dragon nudged his hand gently. This looked to be the beginning of a very beautiful friendship.
I hope you all enjoyed How to Train Your Baby Dragon?.