Disclaimer: You know how this goes. I own only the obvious, the rest
belongs to J. K. Rwoling. Oh! And some of the plot in further chapters is
taken form the movie Dragon Heart.
Authors Notes: Well, hope you enjoy, and please review.
-Chapter Ten-
When they were halfway to England Harry realised that they wouldn't make it back in time for the meeting, so he telepathically told Draco to begin it without them and that they would join them when they arrived.
Suddenly they could see a big bird flying towards them. When it came closer Harry saw that it was a griffin, and a second later he saw that it was Shadow.
//Shadow! What is going on? I know for a fact that you live in France.//
//Lightning! Thank the stars that I found you.// The griffin replied. //Grion has been captured. There's a rumour going around that you have called together the un-dead, humans and Elves and are going to do something about it, is that true?//
//Yep, I've got an un-dead on my back right now. By the way, how can you see me?//
//Oh that, well, every animal of the same species can see each other, no matter if they're invisible. About that meeting, can I come with you?//
//Sure, I can't see why not.// Harry replied and they were off again.
They reached the Red Dragons Headquarter just before dawn. When Harry had become visible again the Vampire jumped off as fast as possible.
"I'm never, I repeat never, going to do that again." He said.
Harry just smiled and transformed into himself again. He snapped his fingers and his clothes changed into the Red Dragons uniform. Shining black combat-boots, black jeans, the silver dragon-belt, a black shirt with baggy sleeves and the large, black cape with the golden fastenings. He made the Gryffindor Sword appear at his left side and had the Slytherin Dagger at his right. Raven gaped at him.
"Y-you're a Red Dragon!" he finally managed to say.
"I'm their leader Raven." Harry replied. "Follow me, the meeting is this way."
Harry led them through the, now empty, pub. Drake and Shadow didn't have any problems going through the many corridors. Harry stopped outside a large double door. He was about to enter when he heard something from inside.
"...Malfoy to lead us?!" one voice said, it sounded Russian. "How in heavens name can we trust a Malfoy?!"
"Mr Pavlov, I never said that I was your leader." Draco's voice was angry.
"Then who is? And what is this nonsense about the Dagger of Slytherin, a talking dragon and the whole world in mortal peril? So far I haven't see either one of those things."
The argument inside got worse and worse. In the end Harry couldn't hear himself thinking, so he decided to step in before someone got killed.
"Now I wish that the Dark Lord was here." His voice was low, cold and deadly, but demanded everyone's attention and got it. "He would die laughing at this scene. His worst enemies fighting like little boys over a toy. It's a jolly sight."
Everyone was staring at him with their mouths hanging open. Harry just glared at them where they were seated at a huge, round stone-table.
"Th-that's Harry Potter." One man said.
Raven noted that everyone at the table somehow knew that this was their leader. Even the few Vampires at the table knew it. He felt stupid not realising it before. Harry lead him, Drake and the griffin into the room. Raven sat down among the other Vampires and Harry sat down at the other empty seat, just opposite the doors. Drake and Shadow made themselves comfortable on each side of Harry's chair.
"Can we continue with the meeting?" Harry asked and everyone sat down, nodding. They had been standing when he and the other three had entered. "I'll leave the word to Drake."
The dragon told them the story he had told Harry and Raven in the forest, he also told what had happened in the castle of Dracula.
"Enough evidence for you Mr Pavlov?" Draco, who was sitting at Harry's left side, asked.
The man nodded in shock.
"Forgive me Mr Potter, but I just didn't realise the danger." He said turning to Harry.
"You're forgiven. Now, Misters Weasley. Got anything that can help us get in?" Harry asked.
Ron, Fred and George gave everyone a blueprint of the castle.
"There's a secret passage that begins in Kain's bedroom and ends well away from the castle. However under the castle there are several passages that connect to this, lets call it main-passage." Fred said, as he spoke a red line coloured the passage. "It won't be to hard to get in."
"How about our Agents inside?" Harry asked, this time it was Draco who answered.
"Well, Agent Chang has gotten hold of goblin Dragon Slayers and has gotten them into the castle. That's just if everything else fails."
"Good. My Lord," Harry said turning to Eminor who was seated at his right. "Have you had chance to speak with your father?"
"Yes I have Mr Potter." Eminor replied formally. "He said that he'd see what he could do about it."
"And we couldn't ask for more, My Lord." Harry was about to say something but was cut off by a light that suddenly appeared in the room. "What the...?"
The light got brighter and brighter and stronger and stronger. In the end everyone had to shut their eyes. The light subdued after that.
Harry and the rest were looking at Elves in shining armour that seemed feather light. Their capes were red and reached their heals. Each of the ten Elves had a sword at his side. One of them however, had golden patterns on his helmet. The Elf had a goatee and brown, wise eyes. Suddenly a thought struck Harry and he looked at Eminor, who confirmed it with a nod. Harry stood up, stopped a few feet away from the Elf with the golden patterns on his helmet and bowed.
"Your Highness," he said. "Welcome to the Headquarters of the Red Dragons Order." How he hated this pretence. Had so much time really passed in the Elfkingdoms?
Everyone stood up and bowed, even the Vampires. The Elf-king smiled.
"It's an honour to finally meet the infamous leader of the Red Dragons." He said and nodded to Harry. "Now, how about if we get this meeting under way?"
"As you wish." Harry replied. He mentioned for the king to take his seat but the other protested.
"No, no, this is your playground Mr Potter. You are the boss around here. No, I'm quite sure. I will take a seat beside my son."
After King Minour had taken a seat and the new Elf-warriors he had brought stood beside or behind him, Harry asked Drake to tell his story again. After that Fred, George and Ron told them their plans and so on. The whole thing went on for hours until they decided to take a break.
In the bar Harry was just drinking a glass of water when King Minour came in. Harry quickly offered him something but the King declined. The Elf was about to say something when the door of the bar opened and three cloaked people walked in. They came straight towards Harry taking their hoods down. Harry smiled when he saw who it was.
"Hello Severus, Sirius, Remus. What's the problem?" Harry asked.
"This assignment!" Sirius exploded. "How the Hell are we supposed to get dragon-scales for shields when the dragons act this way; and, not to mention, be at Hogwarts at the same time?"
"That all?"
"No," Remus said a bit more calmly than the other two. "We can't stand the Minister of Magic. Now he has ordered that every teacher has to go around in these long-necked, Chinese-like things that makes you look like Dracula in the Muggle movies."
"Yeah, even Snape here disapproves of it, and that kind of clothes goes with his image."
Snape glared at Sirius who began to whistle innocently, looking anywhere but at the Potion Master.
"Well, I could ask Drake for the dragon-scales, and we're just having a meeting about the problem known as Wolfgang Kain. That means that you three are off the case." Harry smiled to them. "You were lucky there."
"Potter, who the Hell is Drake?" Snape asked.
"A talking dragon I met in Transylvania."
"Okay, that's it, you're going to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries."
Harry laughed at this, he had needed a good laugh for some time now. The Elf-king watched the scene, his eyes twinkling merrily.
"Com on, shoo, off with you." Harry said, still laughing. "Get out before I laugh to death and ol' Voldie wins the war. And yes, you're going to get the whole story when this thing is finished."
"Promise Harry?"
"Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in the eye, shake your bottom if you got 'em."
"He's beyond our help." Sirius said trying not to laugh. "Hope it's not contagious."
"Out." Harry ordered still smiling. The three men walked out smiling. Harry turned back to the counter then remembered that he hadn't introduced them to King Minour. "I'm sorry for not introducing you Your Highness." He said.
"I don't mind Mr. Potter," the King replied. "It isn't every day that you see a leader that jokes around with his men. Say, that wasn't Sirius Black was it?"
"Yes sir, it was. He's my godfather. We got him cleared three years ago."
"Ah yes, after that attack at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I remember that being in the papers. Yes, we get the Daily Prophet too." King Minour and Harry started to walk back to the conference room. "I want to thank you for looking after my son Mr Potter, and as I wrote in the letter, it will be paid."
"Sire, it was my pleasure. The Red Dragons don't need any pay, in fact if it hadn't been for your son sire, then we wouldn't have been able to defend the magical and Muggle world."
"Really? I'll have to drag the story out of him then."
Harry let the King go through the doors first then followed. Everyone was there waiting for them. They waited until Harry had sat down then did the same. The rest of the meeting went on for a long time, and when the same people began to repeat the same things Harry ordered them to get some sleep. They already had the plans in order, all they had to do was send a letter giving Kain the option to release the animals in the castle he had caught and resign as Minister, or they would attack in four days.
Harry had volunteered to write the letter, and did that while the others got some rest and sleep. He was just finished with it when he heard a noise from his little living room. He put the quill down and picked up his wand, but there seemed to be none in the living room when he got there. It was just luck that saved him from getting killed. There was a mirror right opposite him at the other side of the room and he saw a movement in it. There was someone behind him. Someone holding the Slytherin Dagger if he saw right. The person stabbed after him but he got out of the way.
"You are dead Potter!" the person yelled.
"Why do people always say that?" Harry growled. "It's unoriginal and old."
Harry sent curse after curse after the person, but this one got away each time and sent curses after Harry.
"The Slytherin Dagger is mine! I'm going to be rich!"
"Enthusiastic, aren't you?" Harry asked and did a Confusion charm. There was a loud explosion that blinded his opponent. In that time Harry disarmed the man.
When the man realised that he didn't have the Dagger or his wand anymore he jumped towards Harry. Suddenly there was several arrows sticking out of the mans head and throat and the guy fell to the floor, dead. Harry turned and saw Raven and several Elven warriors standing there, all with bows in their hands.
"Harry, are you alright?" Hermione and Ginny came into the room to check him out.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He turned to the Elf-guards and the Vampire. "Nice shooting."
"I never thought I would actually save a mortal." Raven looked shocked at this.
The King and the prince came in with Draco, Ron, Neville, Fred and George at their heals.
"That was a close shot." Eminor said. "Are you alright Harry?" Harry nodded.
"Mr Potter, after what has happened here now, I want you to have three of my guards with you here. No, I will not take 'no' as an answer. I insist." King Minour said firmly, and waived at some of the guards. "Here you have Zaron, Daromon and Nodaron. They will stay with you from now until the fight in four days."
"I'll stay here too," Raven said. "Don't ask me why, I've even surprised myself."
"Alright, as you wish Your Highness. Thanks Raven, I appreciate it." Harry replied.
Little by little the room emptied until it was only Harry, Raven and the three Elven warriors. The dead man had been carried out in a few minutes earlier.
Harry sat down in one of the chairs in front of the fireplace and sighed. It was bad enough that his own cousin had gone over to Voldemort, now the Red Dragons were going to fall apart if he didn't dig out the moles, and that fast.
'Curse you Voldemort. I swear to you that when I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish that you never were born.'
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Well, please tell me what you think!
I want to thank bill weasly and Tinabina87 for reviewing.
Authors Notes: Well, hope you enjoy, and please review.
-Chapter Ten-
When they were halfway to England Harry realised that they wouldn't make it back in time for the meeting, so he telepathically told Draco to begin it without them and that they would join them when they arrived.
Suddenly they could see a big bird flying towards them. When it came closer Harry saw that it was a griffin, and a second later he saw that it was Shadow.
//Shadow! What is going on? I know for a fact that you live in France.//
//Lightning! Thank the stars that I found you.// The griffin replied. //Grion has been captured. There's a rumour going around that you have called together the un-dead, humans and Elves and are going to do something about it, is that true?//
//Yep, I've got an un-dead on my back right now. By the way, how can you see me?//
//Oh that, well, every animal of the same species can see each other, no matter if they're invisible. About that meeting, can I come with you?//
//Sure, I can't see why not.// Harry replied and they were off again.
They reached the Red Dragons Headquarter just before dawn. When Harry had become visible again the Vampire jumped off as fast as possible.
"I'm never, I repeat never, going to do that again." He said.
Harry just smiled and transformed into himself again. He snapped his fingers and his clothes changed into the Red Dragons uniform. Shining black combat-boots, black jeans, the silver dragon-belt, a black shirt with baggy sleeves and the large, black cape with the golden fastenings. He made the Gryffindor Sword appear at his left side and had the Slytherin Dagger at his right. Raven gaped at him.
"Y-you're a Red Dragon!" he finally managed to say.
"I'm their leader Raven." Harry replied. "Follow me, the meeting is this way."
Harry led them through the, now empty, pub. Drake and Shadow didn't have any problems going through the many corridors. Harry stopped outside a large double door. He was about to enter when he heard something from inside.
"...Malfoy to lead us?!" one voice said, it sounded Russian. "How in heavens name can we trust a Malfoy?!"
"Mr Pavlov, I never said that I was your leader." Draco's voice was angry.
"Then who is? And what is this nonsense about the Dagger of Slytherin, a talking dragon and the whole world in mortal peril? So far I haven't see either one of those things."
The argument inside got worse and worse. In the end Harry couldn't hear himself thinking, so he decided to step in before someone got killed.
"Now I wish that the Dark Lord was here." His voice was low, cold and deadly, but demanded everyone's attention and got it. "He would die laughing at this scene. His worst enemies fighting like little boys over a toy. It's a jolly sight."
Everyone was staring at him with their mouths hanging open. Harry just glared at them where they were seated at a huge, round stone-table.
"Th-that's Harry Potter." One man said.
Raven noted that everyone at the table somehow knew that this was their leader. Even the few Vampires at the table knew it. He felt stupid not realising it before. Harry lead him, Drake and the griffin into the room. Raven sat down among the other Vampires and Harry sat down at the other empty seat, just opposite the doors. Drake and Shadow made themselves comfortable on each side of Harry's chair.
"Can we continue with the meeting?" Harry asked and everyone sat down, nodding. They had been standing when he and the other three had entered. "I'll leave the word to Drake."
The dragon told them the story he had told Harry and Raven in the forest, he also told what had happened in the castle of Dracula.
"Enough evidence for you Mr Pavlov?" Draco, who was sitting at Harry's left side, asked.
The man nodded in shock.
"Forgive me Mr Potter, but I just didn't realise the danger." He said turning to Harry.
"You're forgiven. Now, Misters Weasley. Got anything that can help us get in?" Harry asked.
Ron, Fred and George gave everyone a blueprint of the castle.
"There's a secret passage that begins in Kain's bedroom and ends well away from the castle. However under the castle there are several passages that connect to this, lets call it main-passage." Fred said, as he spoke a red line coloured the passage. "It won't be to hard to get in."
"How about our Agents inside?" Harry asked, this time it was Draco who answered.
"Well, Agent Chang has gotten hold of goblin Dragon Slayers and has gotten them into the castle. That's just if everything else fails."
"Good. My Lord," Harry said turning to Eminor who was seated at his right. "Have you had chance to speak with your father?"
"Yes I have Mr Potter." Eminor replied formally. "He said that he'd see what he could do about it."
"And we couldn't ask for more, My Lord." Harry was about to say something but was cut off by a light that suddenly appeared in the room. "What the...?"
The light got brighter and brighter and stronger and stronger. In the end everyone had to shut their eyes. The light subdued after that.
Harry and the rest were looking at Elves in shining armour that seemed feather light. Their capes were red and reached their heals. Each of the ten Elves had a sword at his side. One of them however, had golden patterns on his helmet. The Elf had a goatee and brown, wise eyes. Suddenly a thought struck Harry and he looked at Eminor, who confirmed it with a nod. Harry stood up, stopped a few feet away from the Elf with the golden patterns on his helmet and bowed.
"Your Highness," he said. "Welcome to the Headquarters of the Red Dragons Order." How he hated this pretence. Had so much time really passed in the Elfkingdoms?
Everyone stood up and bowed, even the Vampires. The Elf-king smiled.
"It's an honour to finally meet the infamous leader of the Red Dragons." He said and nodded to Harry. "Now, how about if we get this meeting under way?"
"As you wish." Harry replied. He mentioned for the king to take his seat but the other protested.
"No, no, this is your playground Mr Potter. You are the boss around here. No, I'm quite sure. I will take a seat beside my son."
After King Minour had taken a seat and the new Elf-warriors he had brought stood beside or behind him, Harry asked Drake to tell his story again. After that Fred, George and Ron told them their plans and so on. The whole thing went on for hours until they decided to take a break.
In the bar Harry was just drinking a glass of water when King Minour came in. Harry quickly offered him something but the King declined. The Elf was about to say something when the door of the bar opened and three cloaked people walked in. They came straight towards Harry taking their hoods down. Harry smiled when he saw who it was.
"Hello Severus, Sirius, Remus. What's the problem?" Harry asked.
"This assignment!" Sirius exploded. "How the Hell are we supposed to get dragon-scales for shields when the dragons act this way; and, not to mention, be at Hogwarts at the same time?"
"That all?"
"No," Remus said a bit more calmly than the other two. "We can't stand the Minister of Magic. Now he has ordered that every teacher has to go around in these long-necked, Chinese-like things that makes you look like Dracula in the Muggle movies."
"Yeah, even Snape here disapproves of it, and that kind of clothes goes with his image."
Snape glared at Sirius who began to whistle innocently, looking anywhere but at the Potion Master.
"Well, I could ask Drake for the dragon-scales, and we're just having a meeting about the problem known as Wolfgang Kain. That means that you three are off the case." Harry smiled to them. "You were lucky there."
"Potter, who the Hell is Drake?" Snape asked.
"A talking dragon I met in Transylvania."
"Okay, that's it, you're going to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries."
Harry laughed at this, he had needed a good laugh for some time now. The Elf-king watched the scene, his eyes twinkling merrily.
"Com on, shoo, off with you." Harry said, still laughing. "Get out before I laugh to death and ol' Voldie wins the war. And yes, you're going to get the whole story when this thing is finished."
"Promise Harry?"
"Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in the eye, shake your bottom if you got 'em."
"He's beyond our help." Sirius said trying not to laugh. "Hope it's not contagious."
"Out." Harry ordered still smiling. The three men walked out smiling. Harry turned back to the counter then remembered that he hadn't introduced them to King Minour. "I'm sorry for not introducing you Your Highness." He said.
"I don't mind Mr. Potter," the King replied. "It isn't every day that you see a leader that jokes around with his men. Say, that wasn't Sirius Black was it?"
"Yes sir, it was. He's my godfather. We got him cleared three years ago."
"Ah yes, after that attack at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I remember that being in the papers. Yes, we get the Daily Prophet too." King Minour and Harry started to walk back to the conference room. "I want to thank you for looking after my son Mr Potter, and as I wrote in the letter, it will be paid."
"Sire, it was my pleasure. The Red Dragons don't need any pay, in fact if it hadn't been for your son sire, then we wouldn't have been able to defend the magical and Muggle world."
"Really? I'll have to drag the story out of him then."
Harry let the King go through the doors first then followed. Everyone was there waiting for them. They waited until Harry had sat down then did the same. The rest of the meeting went on for a long time, and when the same people began to repeat the same things Harry ordered them to get some sleep. They already had the plans in order, all they had to do was send a letter giving Kain the option to release the animals in the castle he had caught and resign as Minister, or they would attack in four days.
Harry had volunteered to write the letter, and did that while the others got some rest and sleep. He was just finished with it when he heard a noise from his little living room. He put the quill down and picked up his wand, but there seemed to be none in the living room when he got there. It was just luck that saved him from getting killed. There was a mirror right opposite him at the other side of the room and he saw a movement in it. There was someone behind him. Someone holding the Slytherin Dagger if he saw right. The person stabbed after him but he got out of the way.
"You are dead Potter!" the person yelled.
"Why do people always say that?" Harry growled. "It's unoriginal and old."
Harry sent curse after curse after the person, but this one got away each time and sent curses after Harry.
"The Slytherin Dagger is mine! I'm going to be rich!"
"Enthusiastic, aren't you?" Harry asked and did a Confusion charm. There was a loud explosion that blinded his opponent. In that time Harry disarmed the man.
When the man realised that he didn't have the Dagger or his wand anymore he jumped towards Harry. Suddenly there was several arrows sticking out of the mans head and throat and the guy fell to the floor, dead. Harry turned and saw Raven and several Elven warriors standing there, all with bows in their hands.
"Harry, are you alright?" Hermione and Ginny came into the room to check him out.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He turned to the Elf-guards and the Vampire. "Nice shooting."
"I never thought I would actually save a mortal." Raven looked shocked at this.
The King and the prince came in with Draco, Ron, Neville, Fred and George at their heals.
"That was a close shot." Eminor said. "Are you alright Harry?" Harry nodded.
"Mr Potter, after what has happened here now, I want you to have three of my guards with you here. No, I will not take 'no' as an answer. I insist." King Minour said firmly, and waived at some of the guards. "Here you have Zaron, Daromon and Nodaron. They will stay with you from now until the fight in four days."
"I'll stay here too," Raven said. "Don't ask me why, I've even surprised myself."
"Alright, as you wish Your Highness. Thanks Raven, I appreciate it." Harry replied.
Little by little the room emptied until it was only Harry, Raven and the three Elven warriors. The dead man had been carried out in a few minutes earlier.
Harry sat down in one of the chairs in front of the fireplace and sighed. It was bad enough that his own cousin had gone over to Voldemort, now the Red Dragons were going to fall apart if he didn't dig out the moles, and that fast.
'Curse you Voldemort. I swear to you that when I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish that you never were born.'
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Well, please tell me what you think!
I want to thank bill weasly and Tinabina87 for reviewing.