Title: The Wonders of New Life
Prompt: #29 Birth
Word Count: 112
Rating: PG
Summary: Surely, this dragon's egg before them was not allowed on castle grounds.
Hermione held her breath, watching in anticipation as the first crackle appeared on the egg's smooth surface.
Any moment now.
Crack. Scratch. Scratch. CRACK.
Her eyes widened as the tiny, scaly head poked out. "Wow," she breathed.
Hagrid was beside himself with excitement. His baby dragon—hard won, he remembered—had hatched at last.
Hermione was torn between a desire to scold and awe at the new life before her. Illegal or not, what she had just witnessed was amazing.
Unbeknownst to the quartet inside the cabin, grey eyes watched silently through the window. The boy's eyes narrowed as he turned and stalked away.
Their Head of House would hear about this.
