This story is based off of Harry Potter written by J.K Rowling

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I will be introducing a few new characters

"- normal speech

'- Parseltongue

When everything stops spinning i find myself draped around Mia's neck and resting on her hip as she grips me to her, when did that happen? And how did she manage it while all that spinning was going on? I'm not even close to getting over my dizziness and she is standing with no sign of discomfort.

Maybe this is another thing you have to get used to like apparation.

I feel Mia ruffle my hair but i don't dare move, i settle for mumbling into her shoulder, "i'm not gonna move" because i'm not, she is going to be carrying me for at least an hour.

I feel her shrug, "suit yourself."

And this whole time Mathew is chuckling at my discomfort, "i remember my first portkey, my reaction wasn't any better."

Mia chuckles, and i feel her turn her head towards the sound of someone clearing their throat, "ah, sorry for not noticing you sooner, i am Hermione Featherwood-Riddle, he is my partner Mathew Chaney, and this is my son tom" Mia says as she ruffles my hair.

I turn my head to the side so i can see the person. I see a man that looks around the same age as Mia, maybe older, he has light brown hair and dark brown eyes, slightly taller than Mia and bigger than Mathew, even though he isn't much bigger than Mia.

He keeps a neutral face and says, "i'm Roland Delmont, i was told to meet you here, i will show you where you will be sleeping and then my partner and i will be your escorts of sorts until you are finished."

Mia nods and smiles, "of course, thank you."

To the side of us is the treeline to what looks like a huge forest, and on the other side is a complex, maybe it's apartments. Roland turns towards the complex to show us our rooms so i'm probably not far off.

We follow him to the building which is located pretty far from the forest so it took us around 20 minutes to walk there at a normal pace.

By the time we got to our rooms i was well enough to be set down, our room being right next door to Mathew's.

"I am the last door down this hall, we will meet in about 15 minutes at the front entrance so we can get started" Roland says right before he heads toward his own rooms.

Mia waves to Mathew and then opens the door to our room with the key Roland provided. These rooms are either designated guest rooms or the workers here don't really need a lot of space, which makes sense since they probably work most of the time.

The first room consists of a living room, kitchen and eating area all in one with two doors, one is a coat closet and the other is the bedroom. The inside consists of a king sized bed with a canopy, a night stand, a dresser, and a door leading to a bathroom with a similar layout to my bathroom at home.

I wonder around in the main room and look around the kitchen while Mia takes our bags out of her purse and sets them on the bed.

Mia comes back into the main room and walks over to the window and opens the curtains. The view from our room is of the tree line we were at before, which tells us what side of the complex our room faces.

She turns to me and thinks for a second, "since we don't know exactly what to expect with the dragons today you can come, if at anytime it becomes too dangerous and your safety is threatened you are to get out of there as fast as you can and hide, and you won't be able to come with us tomarrow when we finish, do you understand?" She emphasized with a no nonsense tone.

I nod, "i understand" even though i want to see as many dragons as possible, i know that mia puts my safety before everything else even her job, so if i got in the way she would drop every other responsibility she has for me even backing up Mathew, i wouldn't want her to choose.

She smiles, "good let's go meet them at the entrance" she reaches over and grabs my hand, pulling me behind her as we make our way downstairs to our meeting place.

_Hermione P.O.V_

When Tom and I finally get to the meeting place Mathew and Roland are already there waiting for us. As soon as we get to them i notice we are still waiting, probably for Roland's partner since he did mention one earlier.

I'm about to start quizzing Tom on his dragon knowledge when i hear footsteps coming towards us, i look up to see a young man around my height, the same build as Mathew, short blonde hair, brown eyes and probably around the same age as Roland.

As he gets closer he gives a raised brow at seeing Tom just as Roland did. When he reaches us he scans Tom for a second then absent-mindedly shakes my hand before addressing Mathew with all of his attention focused on him, "my name is Sam Baker, i am Roland's partner."

And even though Mathew is confused and trys to hide it as best he can it still shows but he still has to be polite so he answers, "pleased to meet you, i am Mathew Chaney, this is my partner Hermione Featherwood-Riddle and her son Tom."

Roland seems to be watching this, unsurprised by his partner's behavior, and more interested to see what our reactions are. But since my main reaction is confusion he won't be getting much out of me, he will probably see the most from Mathew. Either way this tells me that this is not new and that the usual reactions are interesting enough to Roland for him to be watching for anything.

As this is happening Tom squeezes my hand a little tighter and moves closer to me, i look over at his face and see that he is frowning in their general direction, looks like he isn't a big fan of them either.

Sam smiles without any perceptible feeling and says, "it's nice to meet you all."

And with that Roland decides to speak, "let's get going so that we can get through most of your to-do list before dinner."

We leave the the complex back towards the line of trees we came from, with Mathew walking beside Tom and I and the dragon tamers in front i decide to quiz Tom to get his mind off of what has happened so far, i don't want his excitement ruined.

I smile down at Tom, "have you finished reading that book on dragons?"

He snaps out of his previous mood and exclaims, "yea! I finished it right before we used the portkey."

I nod, he is a fast reader, "perfect, then i'm sure you're up for a quiz then right?"

He nods his confirmation quickly, not even bothering to speak.

So just like we do for every other book he has finished, Mathew and i start quizzing him.

I start, "which type of dragon has the least amount of confirmed wizard kills?"

Tom answers right away, "the Swedish short-snout."

"And why is that?" Mathew adds.

"Because they tend to live in unpopulated mountain areas" another quick answer.

"The least aggressive dragons?"

"Antipodean Opaleye and Common Welsh Green."

"The most aggressive dragons?"

"Hungarian Horntail and Peruvian Vipertooth."

"What is so special about Norwegian Ridgeback and their babies?"

"They are rare because they are aggressive towards eachother and the babies breathe fire early."

"What are the smallest and largest dragons?"

"The Peruvian Vipertooth is the smallest, Ukrainian Ironbelly is the largest."

The questions went on like this for a while until we couldn't think of anything else to ask and by then is had been an hour of walking through the forest.

I ruffle his hair, "good job, i'm sure that there are things you can learn here that aren't in the book so pay attention when we start working."

Tom nods and we continue walking. I look up and see that Roland is looking at Tom differently then when he first met us, looks like he was impressed by Tom's knowledge even if only a little.

since we will most likely be walking for a while longer i decide to ask Baker the obvious question, "so why do you not like me?"

Baker's expression is a priceless combination of shock and confusion, while Roland's is mostly incredulous, probably wondering what the hell i'm doing, but Mathew doesn't even bother to hide his wide mischievous smile.

Baker snaps out of it and starts with the basics, "what do you mean?"

I shrug, "just what i figured from how you ignored me and focused only on Mathew."

He seems slightly less confused but still shocked, "well that's just how we operate, there was no offense intended."

This statement causes Roland to chuckle caugh into his hand, doing a back job of covering up his amusement.

I am still confused about his actions and his reasoning and now he is also confused because of my question and his partner's amusement.

He just looks between us in silent question.

I might as well figure this out, "alright lets start by you explaining how it is you usually operate."

Roland decides to answer for him, "before every inspection by regulation and control of magical creatures and any other visitors our supervisor will tell him who the group leader is of the teams that come here, and he just ignores everyone else to move things along faster."

Mathew can't seem to hold himself back any longer, not that he was really trying, and he breaks out into loud laughter. I start to chuckle and Tom starts giggleing because of Mathew.

Baker is still confused and Roland is still amused with the addition of confusion now.

Once we calm down enough for Baker to get a word in he says, "care to tell me why that was so hilarious?"

I just shake my head, "sounds like something Rio would do, just can't stop giving everyone a hard time with seemingly small details."

Mathew just chuckles, "there is no group leader, for Merlin's sake we were hired at the same time and Hermione has the higher qualifications."

I sigh, "yea our boss just isn't a fan of mine."

Roland chuckles, "yes that much is obvious, i figured the normal approach wouldn't really work in this case seeing how unique this group is" he glances really quick at Tom at the end of that, i can't really blame him it is weird to an extent.

Baker becomes sheepish immediately, "ah, i see, i hope i didn't offend anyone, i didn't mean anything by it."

I wave him off as i'm still chuckling, "you don't have to worry about that, gives me something to hold over her for a little" i pet akasha's head where it rests on my shoulder, "we can always threaten her with paralysis can't we akasha?" He hisses in agreement and bumps my chin.

Roland's and Baker's eyes snap to look at akasha so quickly i'm surprised they stayed in their heads.

Roland desides to speak after a solid 30 seconds of stareing, "since when did you have a snake wrapped around you? I don't remember seeing him before, and now that i have, i wonder how i could have missed him."

Baker nods in agreement, "i didn't notice either."

I giggle, "despite his size akasha is very good at hiding, and so is nagini" i smile at them, "you haven't even noticed her yet."

Their eyes widen just a little bit more and they look around quickly, stopping at Tom when they see movement from him.

Tom pets nagini, "this is nagini my familiar, nagini say hi" she hisses quietly before setting her head back down on Tom's shoulder.

Baker blinks a few times, "i'm beginning to think you have some sort of notice-me-not charms on your familiars."

I shrug, "if that were true it would be pretty cool, that is not the case though."

Roland looks over at Mathew, "any other surprises that you want to tell us about?"

Mathew chuckles and shakes his head, "sorry to disappoint, i'm not nearly as interesting."

I sigh, "alright, we only have so much time, let's continue on."

Everybody nods and we continue to the first of many locations, me holding Tom's hand as we walk.

What our main purpose here is to inspect the dragon reserve, mainly to make sure that the dragons are treated fairly and not mishandled or abused by the dragon tamers. This also includes making sure all of the tamers are equipped with up to date items and have gone through any refresher courses that update them on any changes in handling the dragons. We also need to make sure the trainies are competent as well as the trainers, if we have time at the end we will go through what the trainies are taught before they are cleared for field work, see if everything is updated.

In short we make sure that the reserve is running smoothly and that the workers aren't fucking up when handling the dragons.

After around 15 more minutes of walking we start to hear noises and i could feel a slight vibration to the rhythm of giant thumping footsteps, looks like we are coming up to our first dragon of the day.

As we continue walking Baker gives us some information, "we are getting close, this dragon is a Norwegian Ridgeback, one of the three we have in this reservation and we try to keep them spaced out to prevent them from any confrontations."

Roland adds in, "and today the new tamers are on the schedule for his weekly check up, which makes sure he is not injured, sick, or hungry, the basic stuff."

"Do you think it's wise to put fresh tamers in charge of an aggressive dragon? Why not start them on a Common Welsh Green instead?" I look at them sternly.

Baker has the decency to look sheepish once more, "ah well, we think it's better for their first one to be on the aggressive side to give them a wake up call, and then have them on the more non-aggressive dragons after that for a while, but they are with their trainer for the first few so the situation is taken care of if it gets out of control."

Mathew hums nonchalantly, "hm, i hope so, it would be a pity to have to include reckless endangerment in our report to Rio."

When Baker and Roland look back at us i give them a pointed look and they both let out a tired sigh.

A minute later Tom pipes up, "the Norwegian Ridgeback is only aggressive towards other Norwegian Ridgebacks right?"

I ruffle his hair, "it is true that they are especially aggressive to their own kind, but they are still aggressive to us also, they tend to tolerate other species of dragon but can still be provoked by them, no matter what you always have to be careful."

He nods his head and the trip continues on in silence, with the stomping sounds and vibrations getting steadily louder and stronger.

At around 15 minutes later we hear a loud roar from nearby, i cover Tom's ears and look at Roland, "when were the tamers supposed to do the check up?!"

His eyes widden and he looks at the time, it shows 10AM, "now."

We hear a quieter growl instead of a roar and all of our heads snap in that direction, we still can't see it yet but it is close, but what i am thinking about is the fact that the growl sounded very similar to what i would think akasha would sound like if his hiss had a rumble to it, and i think it said something like, 'stay away' but it is definitely harder to understand than Parseltongue.

I look at Tom to see that he noticed the same thing, he looks at me and nods, looks like we can understand more than just snakes.

Just then we hear a very human scream before another roar.

I tisk, annoyed and mutter, "so much for trainers."

I bend down and motion for Tom to get on my back, he does, and i stand to follow Baker, Roland and Mathew as we approach the sounds of an angry dragon.