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Harry slept at six only to be awoken at 10 by Ron's constant tossing and turning. He was asleep while doing it but it sure woke Harry up.

Then, he saw the hooded stranger staring into their room. Harry shuddered. He closed his eyes for a second and the stranger was gone.

Harry shook his head and fell back to sleep.

He woke up to the second day of their educational trip. They still had a few hours before they left so the Hogwarts 6th years explored the ancient magical village.

Malfoy and his two amusingly dumb sidekicks went in search for the "evil" dragons.

Ron and Lavender went to look for anything that would interest them. Ron being more of a prankster, he didn't find too much things fun. Lavender, on the other hand, was in a place where Divination was one way of life. She quite enjoyed herself.

Dean, Seamus and Neville didn't do much. They just stayed in their rooms playing miniature Quidditch. It was fun for the most part. If only the miniature Neville didn't keep falling off his miniature broom.

Pansy was still pretty.well let's just say I can't describe what she was.

Hermione was incredibly fascinated by everything. She couldn't stop taking notes and asking the Chinese villagers information. Once, she saw the hooded stranger as well, but let it pass. He or she probably lived here.

Harry tried to get the girl to let him pet her dragon. It was scaly but it also had hair on its head.

The little girl was more than happy to let him pet it.

When they gathered again, Hagrid came out of the wall. He was going to teach them Care of Magical Creatures.but where were they? No where in sight. Malfoy was only too happy to point this out.

'So Mr. Half Giant, where are your props?' he asked, snickering with Crabbe and Goyle.

Hagrid ignored them and talked to the villagers. One of them rang a bell. It shook some of their feet but no harm was done.

A few seconds after it rang, a whooshing sound was growing louder. They all looked up around and found something large.slithering in the sky like it was a snake that could fly!

It landed in front of the 6th years. This green and orange dragon, a way larger version of the baby one, looked as though it came from a story book. Its eyes were frightening with its long whiskers.

Hagrid smiled mischievously under his beard. He always got kicks when he proved Malfoy wrong. Then, he explained everything about dragons. He wouldn't let them pet it, however, as it was really large.

'Well, tha's about it for dragons. Hope yer trip goes well. I've got teh leave yeh kids for now. I'll see you at Hogwarts!' he said. Harry ran after him.

'Hagrid, how're you gonna go to Hogwarts? Apparate?' he asked,

'No, 'Arry. Yeh can't apparate, see. I'll jus apparate to Hogsmead and walk from there.' he told him.' See yeh in 4 days.' he said and went through the wall.

Harry now understood why they had to go through so much trouble in concealing this village. It was probably the last remaining village from the olden days.

Harry followed the others as they left the wizarding village an hour later. They went back to the coach. It then, started to rain.

Fortunately, they were inside preparing to go out when it did and no one got wet. It rained the whole day. They were practically behind schedule. He saw Chris and Hermione drinking root beer with each other. Harry ignored this.



When the rain stopped, at 1 am, everybody was asleep. Well, aside from Harry.

He was still thinking a lot about something. Then, he heard something. Someone was standing up. Apparently, Hermione was up, too.

He noticed that she was heading out. He quietly put on his clothes and took his wand. He was going to follow her. This was, after all, past midnight. Who knows what might happen.

He went out and followed Hermione. She had been walking for about half an hour when she stopped.

He realized she wasn't awake. Nor was she alone.

Out of the shadows came...



*** Okay, Okay! I know you all hate cliffies, but this one isn't as evil as the one on the next chapter will be. After I load this chapter, I'm going to go work on a couple more and load them together. I promise!!