A/N: Hey yall. I have a contest. I will mention the name of someone in the next chapter. His initials are P. M. and he will have an argument with Lina's mom. His position in the court(He's rather high up) has the same initials as his name(believe you me, I didn't plan it that way). Anyway, if you can figure out who it is, I'll give you the name of an upcoming chapter. Just email me directly so that other people will have the chance to figure it out. my email is on my bio page so click on my name above this sumwhere!! Ok I gots to go but enjoy the chapter!!!

Chapter Seventeen

Lina pulled out a large case from under her bed and dragged it down to the common room. As she dumped its contents on the floor in front of the fire, Ron groaned, "More books!" Hermione ran over and began to rummage through them. Lina attempted to pry the bottom off the case, grunting with the effort. "What are you doing?" asked Ron. He was answered, in a moment, by audible gasps from Hermione. Ron and Harry, who had been reading old Quidditch magazines, came over to see what the fuss was about.

"Whoa," said Harry. Hidden beneath the false bottom of the case was an enormous, ancient book with gems embedded in the cover around the curling title, "Magicka enyan Historia de Fey." Hermione reached out a hand to touch the worn tome, but Lina pushed it away, saying, "Wait." She leaned forward, her stone- pendant swinging. She fitted the sapphire- blue stone into a small indentation in the spine of the book that her friends hadn't noticed. Lina muttered, "Silemna noterna," and there was a crackle and a sparkle and Lina gently opened the cover. After she passed her hand over the first page, the Faerie symbols turned into English.

"This is the greatest magic book in the universe," Lina said solemnly. "It must be protected, because it could be a powerful weapon in the hands of the enemy." She handed the book carefully to Hermione, who examined the pages almost reverently. Harry, and Ron each took their turns with the book, while Lina checked other books. "What are we looking for?" asked Hermione. "Well, right now, I'm just looking for ways to take care of dragons. We'll have to figure out how to get rid of 'Norbert' later."

Several hours later, Ron suggested that they visit Hagrid, so they went, against protests from Hermione, who wasn't finished reading the great book. "You could read for days and never finish," grinned Lina as she locked it and replaced it into the case. "It's got everything in the entire universe in it, so it had to be magicked so that it would hold everything."

A few minutes later, they were all heading down to Hagrid's hut. Norbert had singed most of Hagrid's beard with his tiny flames, and the acrid smell of burning hair filled the air.

Lina, Harry, Ron and Hermione each tried to convince Hagrid to get rid of Norbert, but they had no luck. "Ah, look! Hey there, Norbert. Say hello to mummy!" Norbert's response to his 'mummy' was to cough up flames. "But Hagrid!" Lina said desperately. "He's nearly doubled in size and he's barely a week old!" Just then, Hermione spotted something. "Malfoy saw Norbert!" she cried. They could just see through Hagrid's steamy window a figure running up toward the castle. Hagrid's face went very white. "But they're illegal! Norbert could get sent away!" "Don't worry!" consoled Ron. "We'll help find a way to get Norbert out of here," promised Harry.

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The next few days were rather tense. They had agreed that the best way to get Norbert among his own kind was to send him to Romania, where Ron's brother Charlie was studying dragons. But having a solution to their problem didn't ease their fears. As Hermione said, "We don't even know if Charlie can help us. Or whether or not Malfoy will tell."

So it made sense when Lina vented her frustrations. They and an assortment of Gryffindors and Slytherins were just outside Potions, waiting for Professor Snape, when Malfoy sauntered up. "Oh, hello, Potty. Weasel," he nodded. He turned to Lina. "So, I hear you're a dragon tamer, are you?" he mocked. Lina burst. She picked him p by the collar and flung against the wall. "You disgusting animal," she spat. Crabbe and Goyle lunged at her from the back. She threw them off with one arm, while using the other to punch Malfoy squarely on the nose. Harry and Ron jumped in to help her. They all got tangled in the fray, except Malfoy who was sobbing with pain. Crabbe jumped on her head, pulling her hair. She yelled and kicked him off.

Lina cursed beautifully, causing several of the girls to squeal in shock. "That will be enough," said the oily voice of Professor Snape. "Ten points from Gryffindor and detention this week for all of you." "They didn't do anything. It was my fault." Lina stood there, Snape towering over her. The professor seemed shaken by the look in her eyes, but said, "Very well then. You will spend the week in detention alone."

Snape stepped over Malfoy, who was slumped on the floor and unlocked the classroom door. "Someone get them to the hospital wing," he snapped, for Malfoy's nose was bleeding profusely. Crabbe was sporting a black eye from when it had made contact with Lina's elbow, and Goyle had several bruises from hitting the opposite wall.

Lina herself made no move to go to the hospital wing but stepped forward into the classroom. Harry and Ron looked at her, her face covered in black marks, which were beginning to swell. "Go to the hospital wing," said Snape brusquely. "Have Madame Pomfrey look at those bruises." "What are you talking about, sir?" asked Lina politely. She took her seat beside Hermione as they began the lesson.