Chapter Nine

A/N this isn't spell checked but I wanted to get out to you.

Hagrid tensed when he saw her coming. He quickly walked over to Draco and Harry

"Draco you have to shift back that Umbridge woman is come. Oh Merlins beard she has her wand out" Draco panicked and began to shift back but only got half way before Umbridge yelled stupify at him. The spell bounced of his hard dragon skin wings and hit poor Ron. Draco dived for the cover if the black lake and vanished below the crystalline set face with barely a splash. The second curse shot above Harry's head as the woman tried to aim at the fleeing water dragon.

Professor Mcgonagall raised her wand flourishing it gracefully and yelled

"Expelliarmus" the wand flew away from Umbridge and landed in a patch of grass a few metres away. She marched up to Umbridge and dragged her around to face her.

"What do you think you are doing Doloras.?" She stressed the name, her flashing eyes glaring angrily at the woman, hands clamping dangerously around her wand clearly itching to curse the woman.

"That beast was going to attack the students." She squeaked pudgy arms flailing wildly. Mcgonagall had a look of complete shock and anger. Harry took that chance to have a right go at her, after all the derogatory thing that she had said about Draco and Dumbledore

"Attack!? Attack? He was just led on the grass. He was near enough going to sleep. Not attacking. Ask anyone in the lesson." He yelled angrily waving his arms in the direction of the class. They all began to nod and agree with Harry.

"Thank you Mr Potter, but I don't think your qualified to make a judgment of this situation." She simpered and turned to Hagrid. He had yet to say anything in anyone's defence , well; know one could blame him as they all knew that she hated him already, for being a Half breed.

"You half-breed are suspended from teaching duties. On the grounds of presenting a dangerous animal." She turned to leave.

"Draco is not an animal. And what about Ron?" Mcgonagall bussled over and cast a spell to bring Ron round.

"That thing is an animal and always will be." With that Umbridge left, waddling back towards the school humming with anticipation of writing to the minister about this latest atrocity.

Ron say up looking dazed and confused, red hair all over the place and eyes unfocused.

"Whoa wha' happened?" Hermione began to explain Voice laced with anger and resentment towards the toad.

"She tried to attack Draco but the spell was to weak and bounced of him and hit you. She stupefied you Ron. She attacked a student and stupefied you." Hermione started to sort out Ron's hair as Mcgonagall helped him stand and began to check him over.

"Any ill effects Weasley?" She questioned tersely casting a surveying eye over her student.

"Nope, I don't think so. Harry?" He looked around for his friend and stumbled over to the edge of the lake where Harry stood looking into the water.

"Harry?" Ron kicked some gravel into the lake and watched the ripples.

"He dived into the water when the spell hit you, He won't come back from the depths of the lake." Harry sat back on the grass eyes never leaving the lake. Mcgonagall stepped up and cast a glance at the Lake.

"He'll come back when he feels safe, Your tower connects to the Lake he could have gone back there already." She suggested. Harry's green eyes widened and he stood quickly dashing of back to the castle.

"Hermione follow him, make sure he doesn't do anything stupid" She nodded and began to walk sedately after Harry, Ron following dumbly behind.

Harry as he ran began to think very carefully about Draco, what state would the water dragon be in when he got back. If he was at the tower at all, and what about his father and Snape. Would they think that he was unable to protect Draco and say that was unable to stay with him. He didn't realised that he had gotten to the entrance to the tower until the portrait of the woman was speaking to him.

"Dearie? Dearies?" Harry was brought back to the present with a jarring lurch.

"Oh, Um... Fizzing Wizzby?" He really must change that. She nodded and the port hole swung open and allowed him in. To his relife Draco was sat in front the fire with a towel drying out his wings and tail gently, still shaking slightly. His mind appeared to be else where. Harry approached slowly and knelt next to Draco. The fire warmed his skin aas he waited till Draco noticed him.

"Oh Harry, how long have you been there?" Harry pulled the towel out of Dracos hand and began to dry the joints of his wings.

"Not long only just came in actually. Bet Mcgonagall sent Hermione after me though so she will be appearing soon, but how are you? Are you okay. She didn't get you again did she?" He asked worried now.

"The second curse, Incendio. It hit my leg." He moved the long lounging robe away from his left ankle to shown Harry the burn, it was better than expect probably due to the waters of the Lake but the burn was still nasty, red and swelling up at an alarming rate. Harry gasped and made to touch the surrounding area.

"Please don't, the area around it throbs at the moment." Draco made to cover it again just as the portrait swung open again and Hermione and Snape came through the portal.

"Draco are you hurt" He caught sight of the burn and rushed over pulling the robe in Draco's hand away from it. He raised his wand and cast a pain numbing spell, pulling a vial out of his robe...'where does he keep all this stuff in his robes' though Harry... he began to spread it on the burn and watched at the healing sped up, until it was just a light burn with a nasty scar brewing.

"Thats as far as it will work what with you being a dragon and all, that and you would think yourself fire proof." He lifted Draco and lay him on the sofa.

"Keep off of for the next few days. Use crutches fore walking and no transforming compleatly, we need to keep you bone structure the same as much as possible." Counjuring a blanket and spreading it over Draco.

"Im going to write to your father, She can't do this. I know that she is ministry appointed but this is.."

Else where in the school Umbridge sat in her office numb to the annoying sound the cats and kitten on her plates reading a letter from fudge.

"Doloras

I was distressed to hear about your experience with the half-breed, and I here by give you powers of..."

Thanks for reading, got any ideas I would be happy to hear them and include them if I can.

Neko Aire