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----Chapter four---- The first challenge

(Just so you know. I made up moket And Mactunus. I didn't see many spells so I just made some up.

"Hermione!" Dragon yelled as she ran into her room. No Hermione. "Maybe she and Ronald are in the great hall." She ran to the great hall, Hoping with all of her heart that they were there. She ran down a flight of stairs slightly tripping on the 10th step. When she got to the great hall the only people that were there were Draco, Goyle, And Crabbe.

Draco Noticed her at once.

"Oh look, it's Dragon," He said in a mocking tone. This told Dragon that he still was without a mean nickname for her.

"Not now. I don't have time for your childish names and mocking." She ran off in panic leaving a very surprised Draco in her wake.

Next she breathlessly ran to Ron's room. Finding no one but pig and Hedwig. She began to assume that they had already been killed. And sat on Ronald's bed and began crying. She had never had friends like Ron and Hermione. She missed them. Dragon knew she was being irrational because they more likely alive than dead.

After a moment of crying Neville Longbottom walked in. She immediately dried her tears and asked if he'd seen Ron and Hermione. "Yeah, just a moment ago. They were heading for the library." He said.

The library! WHY oh why hadn't she thought of Hermione's favorite place to go?

"THANK YOU!" she said loudly and left Neville to be confused.

She again ran down the flight of stairs and didn't trip this time. When she got to the library she saw Ron and Hermione getting into a fight over…something or other. Ginny looked worried. Dragon didn't care! She ran up to Ron and gave him a huge hug.

"You're alive!" she whispered.

"Err… Yes. I am. Why are you hugging me? Not that I'm complaining."

"Oh Hermione!" Dragon hugged her too. She was very huggy at the moment.

"What's wrong?" Hermione could tell something was very wrong. "Where's Harry?"

"You better sit down." She said remembering her real reason for finding them. "Vol-De-Vo-" She couldn't bring herself to say Voldemort for some reason. "You-know-who." Hermione looked at her with intensity and Ron looked plum scared.

"He's back. And he's in hogsmeade. Harry and I saw him." She said

"You're joking. That's not funny Dragon." Hermione said with sternness, as if she did believe but didn't want to. Just then Harry's voice entered the conversation

"No, She isn't joking. He's really here. And those notes were really from him. Or rather Wormtail I'm guessing." He said in a sad voice. "Dumbledore is gone. He left for conference."

"Harry We're in grave danger." Said Hermione. "He wants to kill us."

"I know. But what are we going to do? Leave?" He asked angrily.

"He said Harry's friends are to die this very morning," Dragon said. "So we just have to figure this out."

"How is he going to kill us?" Hermione was worried. HER life had never been threatened.

"Look. Lets go to Harry's room so people don't overhear." Dragon said.

"Good idea" Hermione got up soon followed by her friends.

When they got to the room Harry and Ron sat on the edges of their beds Hermione sat next to Harry and dragon sat next to Ron

They soon noticed another note on the door. "You must go to the dark forest tomorrow night

And there you will find a deadly fight. If you don't come I'll let the lions eat him," Dragon read aloud. "Eat who? ". Dragon thought for a minute.

"Does it matter? If we don't fight whoever we're to fight… an innocent person will die." Harry said.

"So you guys have to go to the woods in the midd-" Ronald interrupted her. "US? You have to come too. You're Harry's friend. Plus you got two notes right? Two notes…two people."

"So WE have to go to the woods in the middle of the night…and fight something… in the dark…how do we prepare?" She continued. "I heard that there is a duel club… could we join that?" Dragon asked.

"Well. It's worth a try." Ron said supportively.

Hermione rolled her eyes as Ron put his hand on Dragons shoulder.

"Doesn't it start in a few minutes? We should get down there." Dragon stood. Followed by her friends they went to the great hall.

"Wicked." She said when she saw the room. The ceiling had of course been bewitched to look like the dark forest.

A man with black hair and black clothes was standing on a table surrounded by students. "My name" He spoke

"Oh no…" Said Harry

"Is Professor Snape" He finished. "My assistant today will be professor McGonagall"

"Good. That way he can't kill us" whispered Ron.

"Lets have a little test duel. No serious spells please" Snape in a cold voice.

"Ms. Sye." He looked at Dragon. "You should be good at this. You had a partial scholarship for dueling in Bauxbatons"

Harry and Ron looked at Dragon is awe. "You have to be really good if you get a scholarship!" said Ron.

"I'm really not." She said as she stepped u to the table.

"And…Mr. Malfoy." Said McGonagall.

"This should be fun" Said Ron.

"Bow. And on three. One – Two – Three!"

"EXPELLIARMUS!" Dragon yells and a blast of light cam out of her wand and hit Draco In the stomach.

He screamed slightly as he was thrown back "Rictusempra!" He shouted. Dragon twirled her wand so the attack was absorbed into her wand

"MOKET!" The attack Draco had just thrown at Dragon was now being thrust back at him!

"No Wonder she had a partial dueling scholarship!" Said Ron "I'm a little Afraid… And excited!"

He fell flat on his bottom.

"Mactunus!" She said in a sort of breathless way. And in a split second Draco was out cold. Professor McGonagall was running to see if he was okay. And Snape was walking quickly towards Dragon.

"I said NOT to do strong spells! That was highly advanced dueling. I'll be surprised if he gets out of the hospital wing in a week! 25 points from Gryffindoor." He walked away to help carry Draco to the Hospital wing.

"I'm so sorry Draco!" She said as they carried him off.

"Why did you beat him so hard?" Hermione asked.

"Who cares? He deserved it!" Ron said.

"No student deserves what I did to him." She said as she bent over. A tear rolled down her cheek. "I have to go see if he's okay. Hermione, come with?" She asked

"Sure." They left leaving they boys to wonder why she'd want to apologize to MALFOY?

"So… why were you so hard on him?" Hermione asked.

"I pictured my cousin. That's how I'm so good at dueling. I always hated my cousin… He acted just like Draco does. Only he does it better. For 15 years he put me down until it all came out in duels." She explained "I'm not going to leave his side until he is completely better!" Dragon swore.

"You're going to hang around MALFOY all week?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah."

For the rest of the day Dragon was by Draco's side. Waiting for him to wake up. And after 6 hours he did.

"ARGH!" He screamed when he first saw her. "Don't kill me!" he said

"I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to apologize. I'm really, really, really sorry. And I wont leave your side until you are better.

For some reason this made Draco happy. He found he wasn't mad at her at all.

"How are you feeling?" She sat on the edge of his bed.

"Better."

"Good." She smiled. And she thought she saw HIM smile. But he quickly changed his mind and frowned. "Well it's almost midnight. I have to go." She said. She walked off and for a moment looked back. She had this urge… But… She turned back and walked quickly not knowing how he'd respond. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked out before he could say anything.

He smiled when she left. He touched his cheek to see if he could still feel her lips. After a second he realized what he was doing and wiped his cheek with intensity,

"You kissed him!" Hermione asked when Dragon told her. "It was the least I could do. Besides… he's never really been mean to me." Said Dragon

"We should go. The guys are waiting in front of the library." Said Hermione with a smile on her face.

"Hey you are late!" Said Ron teasingly as he put his hand around Dragons shoulders.

"Err… Yeah. I was with Draco." That turned him off REAL quick.

When they got to the spot on the map on the back of the note they stood for a moment. Until they heard rustling of leaves and the soon saw Neville hanging by a rope over a cage of lions. And three monsters approached them. A centaur…A Dragon…a giant snake

"These monsters have been taken over by Voldemort. They'll be 10 times stronger." Said Hermione

"We'll just stay as a group… Remember United we stand divided….Well. We die." Said Dragon

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To happen in later chapters:

As dragon and Harry were being charged by the Centaur and dragon the lion had Hermione cornered. And Ron was passed out. How are they going to get out of this!