AN: I am so sorry for the long waits. I have school and a real life job, so updates will be very spare. Also, sorry for bad grammar or English in the story. I have no BETA for this story yet. With Thanksgiving coming up, my time will be decreased tremendously. So, please give me time. I do promise to have Chapter 3 by December some time. As for Hearts of Magic, It will restart after the 10th chapter of this story. Again, I apologize. Now, I present to you the next chapter of HARRY POTTER & THE DRAGON BORN: BOOK 1.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter at all, JK Rowlings does. If I did, I would be very very happy and rich man. However, I am not.

Harry woke up with a groan. It was Dudley's birthday today unfortunately. He sat up as Aunt Petunia banged on the door. Ever since Harry was two, they had made Harry do all the chores around the house. Aunt Petunia banged once more and opened the door. "Get up freak. I want this day to be special for Dudley. You are going to cook breakfast now!" Aunt Petunia grabbed Harry's hair and dragged him to the kitchen. Aunt Petunia stomped off into the living room where the now-11 year old Dudley was counting his presents. "34, 35, 36, 37... 37? But last year I had 38!" Dudley started throwing his infamous tantrum as Uncle Vernon quickly ran over. "Yes, but quite a few of them are bigger than last year." Of course, Dudley got purple in his face with great anger. "I don't care how big they are." Aunt Petunia stepped over to him and lowered herself to him. "Here's what we are going to do pumpkin. When we go out to the zoo, we will buy you two new presents." Dudley stopped crying and looked up at her, "Then I will have…. 39?" Dudley smiled as the phone rang in the hallway. Aunt Petunia answered the phone as Harry turned the oven off and plated the breakfast. Harry placed the plate down when Aunt Petunia returned and said, "Bad news Vernon. She cannot take 'him'. She broke her leg tripping over one of her cats." Dudley stopped eating and started his tantrum again. "I don't want him to come. He will ruin my birthday." Dudley squalled loudly when the doorbell rang. Vernon went to open the door and Dudley quickly stopped squalling when his friend, Piers, came into the house. Within a blink, Harry was riding in the back of the car with Dudley and Piers.

Meanwhile, Lillian walked around the London Zoo with her family. She was glancing at the snakes lazing around in the glass container. It was a rather sunny day but her family decided to visit the zoo. Two boys banging on the glass next door interrupted her staring. "Hey! Do not disturb them. They are sleeping." She snapped at them. The boys laughed and pushed her away. Harry unfortunately was beside her at that moment. As soon as they contacted, her claws came out and scratched Harry on his shoulder slightly. Harry gasped in pain and grunted as he fell. She quickly gets up and helps Harry out of the floor, apologizing to him. "I am sorry... I didn't mean to do that." She turned to glare at Dudley and snapped, "You are a bully, and I hope you get what's coming to!" Dudley just stared at her and smirked as he banged on the glass harder. Harry glared angrily at his cousin when without warning, the glass vanished and Dudley fell into the snake display. The snake slithered out of the display and down to the floor, thanking Harry and Lillian. "Thanksss amigosss." He hissed and winked at them before he slithered out the door. Soon as he got out, the crowd screamed and ran away crying, "SNAKE ON THE LOOSE!"

As Dudley got back up to get out of the display, the glass window was replaced. Dudley panicked and banged against the window, "MOM! MOMMY!" Harry chuckled a bit as Lillian had a smirk on her face. She turned to Harry and asked, "Can we be friends?" Harry glanced at her, unsure. "I am a freak… why would you want to be friends with a freak?" Lillian growled softly as what Harry said and shook her head. "You are not a freak. Those who told you are the freaks. You are special Harry, just can't see it yet." Vernon grabbed Harry by the hair and yanked him off the floor. "You are not going to see your freaky little friend anymore and will be punished for this!" He growled at him, yanking his hair. Harry cried in agony as his uncle dragged him to the car. His aunt held Dudley, who was shivering from cold and fear. When they arrived, Vernon slammed Harry into the wall and yelled, "WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE?" Harry panicked and cried, "I don't know… The glass was there one moment and the next thing I know it was gone. It was like magic!" Vernon grabbed Harry by his hair and threw him into his cupboard. "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MAGIC!" He slammed the door.

Lillian waited until her family got home before she turned to her mother. "Mom, can I ask you something?" Her mother turned to her and said, "Sure. What is it sweetheart?" Lillian bit her lip and then sighed. "When I was the zoo, I was pushed by Dudley into his cousin. I accidently scratched his shoulder blade with my claws. What is going to happen to Harry?" Her mother was quiet for a moment, thinking of an answer. Even her father was quiet, which was unusual for him. "Well…nothing at first… but over time, the DNA will merge with his DNA. He is going to be a Hybrid, a true hybrid. What else is wrong?" Lillian thought back to what happened after the incident happened. "The snake spoke to us and Harry was shocked. I think he has some sort of magic in him. The worse part, I think his family is abusing him." Her father got angry quickly and got down to her level. "What do you mean Lillian?" She looked down and said, "Well… he called himself a 'freak', he was grabbed by his uncle, he looked small in those oversize clothing, he had taped up glasses. His uncle called me his 'freaky' little friend. He looks underfed and I could see bruises on his neck and arms. " Lillian listed to her family. Her mother got an angry glare in her eye, but breathed deeply to calm down. "There is not much we can do till we can prove it. We will have to keep an eye on Harry." Lillian nodded and headed to bed, thinking of her new friend.