As the owls flooded into the Great Hall as usual, everyone's attention was caught at once by a long, thin package carried by six large screech owls. Harry was just as interested as everyone else to see what was in this large parcel, and was amazed when the owls soared down and dropped it right in front of him, knocking his bacon to the floor. They had hardly fluttered out of the way when another owl dropped a letter on top of the parcel.

Harry ripped open the first letter, which was lucky, because it said.

DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE.

It contains your new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don't want everybody knowing you've got a broomstick or they'll all want one. Olver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quiddich field at even o'clock for your first training session.

Professor McGonagall.

Harry passed the note to Ron, who read it very quickly and had a look of surprise and glee on his face.

"Wait till Draco finds out about this, eh?" said Ron, laughing,

Harry and Ron got up from the Gryffindor table and headed out of the Great Hall. When they had finally reached the staircase, they found a blonde boy flanked by his two cronies.

"Potter, what is that in your hand?" drawled Malfoy. He quickly snatched it out of Harry's hand and felt the package.

"Hey, give it back!" yelled Harry.

"It's a broomstick alright. First years aren't allowed to have them. You'll get a detention for sneaking your own broomstick into the school, Potter." snickered Draco.

Coming down the stairs was Professor Flitwick.

"Professor, Potter has been given a broomstick. First years aren't allowed to have them!" said Draco.

"Oh yes, I have heard about it. Professor McGonagall has persuaded the headmaster to bend the rules a bit." said Professor Flitwick. "And if you don't mind, why don't you return the broomstick back to Mr. Potter?"

Draco grudgingly gave the broomstick back to Harry and motioned his cronies to follow him down the stair case.

Harry and Ron sped up the stairs and reached the portrait of the Fat Lady.

"Bubblelitums" said Harry. The portrait swung forward, and the two boys stepped into the common room.

"Did you see the look on Malfoy's face?" chuckled Ron.

"He was furious!" said Harry, matching Ron's grin.

"Open up the package!" said Ron. Together, they unwrapped the package and inside was a shiny well polished broom. Near the top of the broom were the words Nimbus 2000.

"Wow!" said Ron with envy."That's the best broom out there at the moment!"

Tap. Tap. Tap. An owl was resting on the windowsill, pecking to get their attention. Harry opened the windowsill and the owl flew in and dropped a letter into Harry's hands and flew out again. Harry opened the letter and it read.

Hi Harry,

Would you like to have a cup o' tea tommorow at around 5? You can bring anyone you want. Best if you travel with other people.

From,

Hagrid

Harry read the letter and said,"Hey, Ron, you want to go to Hagrid's tommorow?"

"Yeah why not?" replied Ron,"I think we should head back to the Great Hall. Dumbledore might have an announcement for us." Harry sprinted to his dormitories and placed the broom inside his trunk and sped back down to the common room and the two of them left together towards the Great Hall.

When they had returned to the Great Hall, everyone were pretty much finished with their lunch. Harry and Ron quickly found their seats at the Gryffindor table.

"Where have you two been?" asked Fred.

"The common room," said Ron, grinning.

"Why there?"

"Just admirin' Harry's new Nimbus 2000."

The twins looked at Ron, then at Harry in shock.

"Nice broom, Harry. Well, see you at practice, then Harry" With that, the twins began talking to other people at the table, leaving Harry and Ron alone.

"There's a dragon in the building!" said an urgent voice. It was Professor Quirell, skidding into the common room. "There's a dragon in the building, Dumbledore, I ought to let you know!"

Dumbledore looked at Quirrell for a moment and then said,"Prefects, please gather all students and head to your respective dormitories. The teachers will deal with the dragon inside the building."

Harry and Ron got up again, but this time were joined by the Twins and Hermione. They followed the prefects and Fred whispered to the four others to follow him. They all did and they were in another hallway. Suddenly, they heard a noise. A breath. And then a small flame of fire.

In front of them stood a massive black dragon, forty feet long with beedy black eyes and wings the size Olympic swimming pulls. The dragon noticed them and let out a blast of fire from it's mouth.

"Back away!" shouted Fred. "Wands out!" and the others complied.

"Relashio!" shouted Hermione, shooting a jet of red light which harmlessly bounced off of the dragon.

"Aguamenti!" shouted the twins together, blasting the dragon with water. The dragon roared in anger blasting Harry full in the face.

Harry flew ten feet into the air and crashed against the wall. The others began shoot spels at the dragon which continued to harmlessly bounced off of the dragon.

Harry groaned and slowly got onto his feet. His robes were charred and from the reflection of the floor, half of his face was singed black. He charged at the dragon and the dragon gave a roar of fury blasting Harry again with fire.

"Protego!" roared Harry, and a huge shield burst out of his wand and he continued charging at the dragon. He went around it and grabbed it by the tail. As soon as he held onto it, the dragon began thrashing around. Harry held onto it for dear life and the dragon smashed its tail onto the ground knocking Harry's glasses askew. He flew off the tail and came skidding on the ground until he crashed into the wall once again.

The others continued to aim spells and hexes.

"Aim for the eyes and mouth, guys!" screamed George. While they continued to send spells at the dragon, Harry groaned, his ribs were aching, but he got up slowly. His back felt as if it was on fire. He didn't care and ran as fast as he could. His entire body was screaming in pain, but he paid no attention. He grabbed onto the tail once again.

"Stupefy!" screamed Harry, aiming his wand at the back of the dragon's head. It was deflected off of the dragon. Harry began to climb the dragon, using the spikes and scales as handholders.

The dragon roared once again and Hermione's spell soared into the dragon's open mouth. The dragon's eyes bulged, but got angry once again, letting out a jet of purple fire.

"Holy Merlin, Hermione, what spell was that?" screamed Fred,"The fire's now purple!"

"It's just the freezing spell I cast on it!" said Hermione. "Now the fire's going to cold instead of hot."

"What the bloody Merlin does that do!" screamed George,"CONFRINGO!" sending a blast of red light at the dragon. It went up one of the dragon's nostrils and the dragon froze for a moment and began writhing in pain. It quickly got up and sent out a few jets of purple fire.

"Accio Knife!" screamed George. Nothing happened.

"CONFRINGO!" shouted Fred and Hermione together, hitting straight at both of the dragon's eyes. The dragon writhed in pain and Harry used all his energy to hold onto the dragon's back. He continued to climb, with difficulty. The dragon quickly lurched back, almost sent Harry flying. Harry held onto the dragon with one hand and sent a few volleys of Reducto spells at the dragon's ears. Most of them missed, but one hit it.

The dragon roared, sending Harry flying once again into the air and into a wall and passed out.