Chapter 4
The blonde haired wizard silently strode down the dark foreboding castle halls, in search of the library.
The flower was still etched into his mind. He kept it on his window sill, watching it silently for hours. Curiosity drove him to scour the library's sections for the mysterious flower. He failed miserably in each attempt. Nothing in the Magical plants section, or the regular plant section, or even Enchanted seeds section. NOTHIN'. He had even wandered to other non-rleated sections, now the only thing left to do was check the the Restricted section. Actaully a visit to the restricted section was ineveitable. It was no use trying to keep secrets from him, he didn't allow any mysteries to peacefully coexist with him.
He silently turned the corners of the corriders, paying no heed to two red eyes leering at him. The cat. She didn't bother him, he didn't bother her. He passed Snape's room/dungeon. He quickened his pace. Odd noises were coming from that room, and he didn't need his imagenation to tell him what it was. He had heard ruomers about Professor Trelawney and kept his door locked with an anti-lock opening spell.
Draco turned the final corner and arrived at the library. He quickly glanced around, then slipt between the doors.
The library was dark, with musty old book smell. He made his way to the restricted area.
"Hrrm, let's see what we have here...Luminos!" The tip of his wand glowed brightly, casting eerie shadows throughout the books.
He began searching the titles. "Hey, field guide to capturing, identifying, and caring for dragons. This seems like a book I shouldn't have." He pulled it out and examined the cover. A engraving of a rather impressive looking dragon was splayed across the cover. He tucked it under his arm, and resumed searching.
His eye fell on another old leather bound book. There was no title on the side, just a engraving of a crescent intersected with a lightening bolt. The same thing was on the cover, as he slowly traced the symbols, the scar on his cheek suddenly heated up. He rubbed it irritably. A slight sound made hin snape to attention, he hadn't even realize he was zoning out.
He strode back out of the library and through the deserted hallways, as he passed Snape's room, there was an eerie silence.
Draco feared for the worst.
Out of breath, the one-who-sneaks out and-steals library books finally made it up the stairs to his room. Giving a great heave, he dropped the books and flopped on his bed exhausted, still out of breath.
"Bloody….stairs…why must there be…so..MANY?"
Tired, he shucked off his black robe, followed by his clothes, and slipped into his silk pajamas. With bleary-eyes, he sat cross legged on the bed, with the full moon's sliver light flooding in, only to be drowned out by the more unnatural room's light.
Concentrating on the engraving on of the dragon book, he lazily flipped it open, only to find an exact picture of his flower.
Draco shot a glance at the small thing, well it was kinda wilted, maybe it needed water.
The caption caught his eyes, "Dragon posy".
Quickly he skimmed through the entry below.
"Also known as Serpent Weed, it contains a small dragon called the Akuma. It 'hatches' in the light of the moon. The Akuma is very small, and can grow to the size of a large cat. Although they are a ideal size for a pet dragon it is not recommended -"
Draco stopped and stared at the flower, moonlight was hitting it directly, a petal or two lay at the base of the stem, and it looked kinda bulgy..He stared harder..it twitched!
No, that was silly, it was just his imagination, besides, his flower had a much darker red in it. He swiftly snuffed out the lights and went to sleep.
In the morning, he had forgotten all about the flower, since there was something sinking it's teeth into his little finger!
"Ouch, what in the bloody hell is that?!" He snarled, clutching his finger.
The boy who was bitten by god knows what, but you might have guessed it by now, lifted his hand to examine the damage, teeth marks were quite visible on his little finger. Automatically, his eyes skimmed the place were his finger had been assaulted.
His eyes landed on a very small blue green lizard like creature, it's scales glittered in the morning's light.
"Dragon," he squawked.
"Wauk!" The dragon had squawked back at him, obviously enjoying itself, it preened in the sunlight that fluttered through the heavy curtains, making it's scales glitter even more brilliantly.
Draco lowered his head in defeat, "This'll teach me not to ignore problems I don't want to face.."
"Sqwuak," agreed the dragon and flapped it's wings. Bending down to glare at the dragon in it's large reflective eyes, also secretly admiring it's flashing beauty, he scowled at it, "Well, what do you want from me? You think you're so pretty, with those flashy scales, you're the ugliest thing I've seen by far, and you're completely useless, maybe if you grew to be a large dragon, you'd be some worth.
The dragon cocked it's head, then chirped and blew smoke in his face.
"Wise words," he mused, coughing slightly.
Crawling onto Draco's silk clad belly, it squawked and bit one of his buttons off.
"Hey, stop that belly dragger!"
The dragon pulled back it's ears and bit another button off more visicously
"What? What do you want, you annoying little THING?"
She wrinkled her nose in distaste at him.
"Hungry? What in the world do tiny annoying dragons eat, besides buttons that is."
It bit another button off.
Draco sighed "Point taken", he dragged up the dragon book. Silently he flipped through the pages, "Oh, look here it says you're a gurl, no flipping wonder you're barking mad."
He looked down at the dragon, who had just climbed onto his arm. She stared back, and wrapped her tail around his wrist, it didn't reach all the way though, she was too small.
"Found it, 'Food for baby Akuma dragons," he read aloud," Hatchlings first nurse on dragonfly honey, as they grow, their preferences vary from fruit to raw meat, there are even Akuma dragons who are strict vegetarians.'"
The Akuma looked at the book with interest.
"Don't even think about it."
She bit another button off.
'Oh, get off and let me get dressed," he snapped, rudely shoving her aside.
She blew more air clogging smoke in his face.
The blonde haired wizard silently strode down the dark foreboding castle halls, in search of the library.
The flower was still etched into his mind. He kept it on his window sill, watching it silently for hours. Curiosity drove him to scour the library's sections for the mysterious flower. He failed miserably in each attempt. Nothing in the Magical plants section, or the regular plant section, or even Enchanted seeds section. NOTHIN'. He had even wandered to other non-rleated sections, now the only thing left to do was check the the Restricted section. Actaully a visit to the restricted section was ineveitable. It was no use trying to keep secrets from him, he didn't allow any mysteries to peacefully coexist with him.
He silently turned the corners of the corriders, paying no heed to two red eyes leering at him. The cat. She didn't bother him, he didn't bother her. He passed Snape's room/dungeon. He quickened his pace. Odd noises were coming from that room, and he didn't need his imagenation to tell him what it was. He had heard ruomers about Professor Trelawney and kept his door locked with an anti-lock opening spell.
Draco turned the final corner and arrived at the library. He quickly glanced around, then slipt between the doors.
The library was dark, with musty old book smell. He made his way to the restricted area.
"Hrrm, let's see what we have here...Luminos!" The tip of his wand glowed brightly, casting eerie shadows throughout the books.
He began searching the titles. "Hey, field guide to capturing, identifying, and caring for dragons. This seems like a book I shouldn't have." He pulled it out and examined the cover. A engraving of a rather impressive looking dragon was splayed across the cover. He tucked it under his arm, and resumed searching.
His eye fell on another old leather bound book. There was no title on the side, just a engraving of a crescent intersected with a lightening bolt. The same thing was on the cover, as he slowly traced the symbols, the scar on his cheek suddenly heated up. He rubbed it irritably. A slight sound made hin snape to attention, he hadn't even realize he was zoning out.
He strode back out of the library and through the deserted hallways, as he passed Snape's room, there was an eerie silence.
Draco feared for the worst.
Out of breath, the one-who-sneaks out and-steals library books finally made it up the stairs to his room. Giving a great heave, he dropped the books and flopped on his bed exhausted, still out of breath.
"Bloody….stairs…why must there be…so..MANY?"
Tired, he shucked off his black robe, followed by his clothes, and slipped into his silk pajamas. With bleary-eyes, he sat cross legged on the bed, with the full moon's sliver light flooding in, only to be drowned out by the more unnatural room's light.
Concentrating on the engraving on of the dragon book, he lazily flipped it open, only to find an exact picture of his flower.
Draco shot a glance at the small thing, well it was kinda wilted, maybe it needed water.
The caption caught his eyes, "Dragon posy".
Quickly he skimmed through the entry below.
"Also known as Serpent Weed, it contains a small dragon called the Akuma. It 'hatches' in the light of the moon. The Akuma is very small, and can grow to the size of a large cat. Although they are a ideal size for a pet dragon it is not recommended -"
Draco stopped and stared at the flower, moonlight was hitting it directly, a petal or two lay at the base of the stem, and it looked kinda bulgy..He stared harder..it twitched!
No, that was silly, it was just his imagination, besides, his flower had a much darker red in it. He swiftly snuffed out the lights and went to sleep.
In the morning, he had forgotten all about the flower, since there was something sinking it's teeth into his little finger!
"Ouch, what in the bloody hell is that?!" He snarled, clutching his finger.
The boy who was bitten by god knows what, but you might have guessed it by now, lifted his hand to examine the damage, teeth marks were quite visible on his little finger. Automatically, his eyes skimmed the place were his finger had been assaulted.
His eyes landed on a very small blue green lizard like creature, it's scales glittered in the morning's light.
"Dragon," he squawked.
"Wauk!" The dragon had squawked back at him, obviously enjoying itself, it preened in the sunlight that fluttered through the heavy curtains, making it's scales glitter even more brilliantly.
Draco lowered his head in defeat, "This'll teach me not to ignore problems I don't want to face.."
"Sqwuak," agreed the dragon and flapped it's wings. Bending down to glare at the dragon in it's large reflective eyes, also secretly admiring it's flashing beauty, he scowled at it, "Well, what do you want from me? You think you're so pretty, with those flashy scales, you're the ugliest thing I've seen by far, and you're completely useless, maybe if you grew to be a large dragon, you'd be some worth.
The dragon cocked it's head, then chirped and blew smoke in his face.
"Wise words," he mused, coughing slightly.
Crawling onto Draco's silk clad belly, it squawked and bit one of his buttons off.
"Hey, stop that belly dragger!"
The dragon pulled back it's ears and bit another button off more visicously
"What? What do you want, you annoying little THING?"
She wrinkled her nose in distaste at him.
"Hungry? What in the world do tiny annoying dragons eat, besides buttons that is."
It bit another button off.
Draco sighed "Point taken", he dragged up the dragon book. Silently he flipped through the pages, "Oh, look here it says you're a gurl, no flipping wonder you're barking mad."
He looked down at the dragon, who had just climbed onto his arm. She stared back, and wrapped her tail around his wrist, it didn't reach all the way though, she was too small.
"Found it, 'Food for baby Akuma dragons," he read aloud," Hatchlings first nurse on dragonfly honey, as they grow, their preferences vary from fruit to raw meat, there are even Akuma dragons who are strict vegetarians.'"
The Akuma looked at the book with interest.
"Don't even think about it."
She bit another button off.
'Oh, get off and let me get dressed," he snapped, rudely shoving her aside.
She blew more air clogging smoke in his face.