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Flock of Ginger Prt2
It took them a couple of minutes to get settled before they were ready to step into the floo network. They had warned Mrs Weasley that they might visit in the near future but had never given her an exact day or time. Harry and Hermione were both hoping they wouldn't be a nuisance on her today.
Taking Blaise by hand Harry led him and Pansy into the fireplace. Taking a handful of powder he raised Pansy into his arms and made sure Blaise had a tight hold of his trousers and he dropped the powder into the fireplace. "The Burrow" he bellowed and held tightly on to the two toddlers as he sped through the fireplace. As his feet landed firmly on the ground he opened his eyes and helped Blaise up from the floor, where he had stumbled from the force.
"Quickly out before Hermione comes through." Blaise ran out of the fireplace and watched as the fire roared into life, when the flames died down he saw Hermione with Draco and Dragon in her arms appear.
"Hello Mrs Weasley," she grinned lowering Draco to the ground. The three children glanced up at Mrs Weasley with large toothy grins as she greeted both Harry and Hermione with a hug before they turned to them.
"Well aren't you three the most adorable little children I've ever seen," she said sweetly, all three nodded their heads, erupting a laugh from the three adults.
"You going to tell Mrs Weasley your name?" Harry said from where he was stood.
"I'm Blaise," said the little Italian, he held out his hand to shake Mrs Weasleys, playing along she handed him her hand and then turned to Pansy.
"I'm Pansy, what your name?"
"My name is Molly, and that's a pretty name dear." Beaming at the compliment Pansy ran to Harry and told him what she had said.
Turning to Draco, Molly greeted him in the same way but the blonde said nothing and clutched his dragon closer to his chest.
Frowning Hermione looked at Harry before kneeling down, "you gonna tell Mrs Weasley about your friend." Draco looked up to Hermione and then back to Mrs Weasley. He nodded his head and stepped closer to the older woman.
"This is Dragon and he's my friend." Said Draco showing Dragon to Mrs Weasley. Smiling down at him she took the hand of Dragon and shook it.
"It's nice to meet you Dragon," Draco grinned back up at Hermione before he pulled Dragon away.
"I'm Draco and I'm a big boy!" he cried excitedly causing Mrs Weasley to chuckle a little.
"You look like a big boy too," she tells him. "Would you all like a drink of some sorts?"
"Juice please," the trio chanted in unison, they looked at one another in shock and then burst into high pitched laughter.
"We said it at the same time," giggled Pansy finding the whole situation funny.
"Have you all had something to eat?" Mrs Weasley asked Harry watching the three toddlers run around.
"We had breakfast a few hours ago but we haven't had any dinner. We went to see Fred and George before we came here, the trio of grown quite fond of them both."
"That makes a nice change. Fred and George often found themselves without play mates as young children, the others didn't want to be with them because they feared the pranks they would pull. I know Ron suffered the most, but luckily Charlie was here through the school holidays to keep an eye on him."
"I can imagine the troubles you had, these three are a handful and they're rather well behaved. They have their moments like all kids but they aren't too bad.
"That's good to hear, it sounds as though their parents started well in their parenting, but they obviously struggled as they got older." It was clear to Harry what Mrs Weasley was talking about and he nodded his head in agreement. He was still trying to understand how three cute, funny and polite kids turned into cruel and arrogant teenagers.
Blaise watched silently as Hermione and Harry walked into the kitchen with Mrs Weasely before he looked back at Draco's Dragon. It was dangling from the blonde's arm as he chased Pansy around the room. He glanced back to the door before running towards Draco. He reached forward and gripped the Dragon in his hand and pulled it from Draco's grasp. The blonde stopped and turned to his friend staring at Dragon in his hands.
"Gimme it back!" Draco snapped reaching for his toy but Blaise ran from Draco clutching the Dragon tightly. "Blaise!" Draco cried in anger and chased after Blaise who giggled in glee at the chase. He dodged the cushion on the floor and held the dragon above his head. He laughed as Draco reached up to get it but he lacked the height and failed to grab hold of his dragon. When he jumped Blaise jumped with him faulting him from reaching any higher.
"I got your dragon and I not giving it back," he chanted gleefully.
Draco stopped jumping as Blaise continued to sing his taunt. He looked back up to his dragon as tears started to form in his eyes. Trying one last time Draco started to cry.
Blaise stopped singing and glanced down at Draco warily. "Blaise!" his entire body froze at the sound of his voice. Turning his head away from the crying blonde he faced Harry who was walking towards him.
Taking the dragon from Blaise's hand Harry handed it back to Draco who clutched on to it tightly. Turning back to Blaise Harry took his hand and slapped the back of it and steered him to the corner of the room. Tears were already streaming down Blaise's face from being punished.
"You're going to sit here for two minutes so you can think about what you've done." Sobbing loudly Blaise turned to Harry but Harry shook his head turned him back to the wall. "You're to the face the wall young man," Harry said stepping away and ushering Draco and Pansy who had stepped closer to see the crying Italian.
"I got Harry, 'cause Blaise being mean Draco," Pansy said pointing to Blaise in the corner.
"Thanks," Draco muttered although he was smiling softly at her, she returned the smile and reached for his hand.
"We play game?" Draco nodded his head and they ran to Hermione.
"We have the wands please," Draco asked.
Hermione took the wands from inside her pocket and handed the toys to them. Waving them excitedly the wands suddenly turned into a dragon and a unicorn. Sitting on the floor with Dragon sat safely between them they played with the figures.
"You want to handle him Hermione?" asked Harry pointing to Blaise who had stopped crying but was now sniffling.
Sighing Hermione nodded and pushed herself up from her seat, she crossed the room and lowered herself down by Blaise.
"Hey Mister, what was that about? You're my well behaved boy so why you being naughty now?" Blaise shrugged and kept his eyes on the ground.
Running her fingers through his hair Hermione tapped a finger on his nose, Blaise giggled and wiped at his nose and looked up at Hermione.
"That's better, so why are you being naughty."
"She liked Draco better," he muttered fiddling with his shoe.
"Who likes Draco better?"
"Fire lady." He mumbled quietly. Sighing Hermione reached around him and lifted him in her lap. She continued to running her fingers through his hair as he snuggled into her embrace.
"I don't think she likes him better sweetie. I think the storm last night has shaken Draco a little bit so he's a little shyer than normal. She was trying to make him feel comfortable. You're already such a big brave boy that she didn't need to do that with you. I think she was very impressed that you introduced yourself first. It take a brave boy to do that." She tells him.
He looks up at her with uncertainty shinning clearly in his eyes.
"Really?" Hermione nodded and rose to her feet lifting him into her arms.
"Mrs Weasley, weren't you impressed that Blaise introduced himself first."
"Oh very much so, he's a big boy for doing that." Blaise grinned at her and then to Hermione.
"Why don't you go and apologise to Draco for stealing his dragon now?" Blaise nodded and shimmied out of Hermione's arms and he ran to Pansy and Draco. Watching silently from the door the trio grinned as Draco smiled and nodded his head before giving Dragon to Blaise.
"You both handled that very well," said Mrs Weasley as she buttered the bread. "I'm sure you'll both make great parents one day."
"We've had the practice that's for sure." Chuckled Harry placing the cheese in to the sandwiches.
The sound of the fireplace erupting once more startled them and they wandered back into the living room.
Three pairs of eyebrows rose in surprise at the person dusting down his trousers.
"Charlie," cried Mrs Weasley hurrying over to her second son and engulfing him in a hug. "What brings you here?"
"A few of us have been sent over, there's been a few sightings of a Welsh Green flying over Scotland and we've been called in to capture it safely and take it back to where it's come from. I didn't know you had guests though," he said looking over her shoulder to Hermione and Harry.
"Hey Charlie, how are ya?" said Harry shaking Charlie's hand in greeting.
"Not too bad Harry, not too bad. You keeping out of trouble?"
"Describe trouble to me and I'll tell you," he inclined to the trio behind them all watching the new person with interest.
"Hi Charlie, don't worry we'll explain everything in a minute," chuckled Hermione hugging the largest Weasley.
"Can't wait to hear it,"
Blaise ran to Hermione and pointed up at Charlie, "Mione there lots of fire heads today." Laughing at his words Hermione nodded. "We seen the fire twins and the fire twin's mummy, who is this fire boy?"
"This is Charlie and he's Fred and George's big brother," Hermione tells him trying not to laugh at the confused expressions on both Charlie and Mrs Weasley's face.
"Oh so this is a big fire boy," said Blaise nodding his head. "Hi big fire boy, I'm Blaise." he held out his hand to shake, completely confused Charlie shakes the little hand and smiles down at him.
"Nice to meet you Blaise." He then looks up at Harry and Hermione, "what's going on here?"
"There was a Potions accident last week and Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson have reverted to toddlers and have forgotten everything up from this age." Explained Harry pointing to each toddler as he said their names.
"Now the nicknames. I don't remember which one asked it but they asked Ron why his head was on fire and since then anyone and everyone with ginger hair has a fire head. Pansy has nicknamed Fred and George the Fire twins, when we told them we were coming here they asked if Mrs Weasley would have fire hair too."
"Aww bless them," chuckled Mrs Weasley.
Looking down at the trio of toddlers Charlie chuckled and knelt so he was closer to their level. "Do you want to know a secret?" The three Slytherins nodded their heads and edged closer to Charlie.
"I'm the best Fire boy," he said but all three shook their heads.
"No George is the best fire boy." Said Draco.
"George, why is George the best Fire boy? Said Charlie in horror, he faked shock on his face but he looked up at Hermione and Harry for an explanation.
"George got to them first. Fred tried telling them he was the best but they said no because George had already said he was." Laughed Harry. "You're too late man."
"Big fire head boy, if you're the fire twins big brother you the other fire boy's brother too?" Pansy asked thoughtfully.
"I am, my mummy and daddy had seven children. There is me and the twins, there is also Ron and my big brother Bill. Then I've another little brother but he's older than the twins and he's called Percy and then finally there is my little sister Ginny and we've all got this colour hair."
"Lots and lots of fire heads!" cried Blaise in excitement, "Mione we see all the fire heads?"
"We can't see Bill or Percy but you've already met Ron and Ginny,"
"Dragons breath fire," Draco suddenly says running back to get his stuffed dragon that was left on the floor. "This is my dragon," he said showing Charlie his prized toy.
"Aww wow I love him, did you know I work with real dragons?"
"Real dragons?" said Draco wide-eyed.
"Yup, real dragons."
"Fire breathing dragons?"
"Yep, big and scary dragons that breathe fire and can fly really high in the sky. It's my job to look after those dragons."
Draco stared at Charlie awestruck, the big fire boy worked with dragons, dragons that breathe fire and fly in the sky. He looked Charlie over and spotted the strange reddish marks along his arm. Holding tightly on to dragon he stepped closer and touched a rather large burn on his forearm.
"It a boo boo?" he asked.
"Yup, I got too close to an angry mummy dragon and she turned and her fire caught me on my arm but it's all better now."
"Dragon do that?" Blaise asked pointing to the stuffed green teddy in Draco's hands.
"No kiddo, this little dragon is just a teddy he won't breathe fire and burn you like real ones." Blaise seemed to relax at this and stepped closer to Draco once more.
"You scared of the dragon's, fire boy?" Pansy asked touching the same burn as Draco.
"I've never been scared of dragons but I know I have to be careful of them because dragons are very dangerous creatures and they can kill you, where I work we've lost a couple of dragon wranglers when it gets really bad."
"Your really brave fire boy," said Pansy patting him on the shoulder.
"Thanks sweetie, do you like dragons?" Pansy shook her head and ran to her wand, waving it a few times she handed it to Charlie.
"Unicorns are better," she tells him in a matter-of-fact tone and he chuckles as he looks at the yellow unicorn.
"You get this from Fred and George?" Pansy nods her head and precedes in her earlier game of making the unicorn gallop in mid-air.
Grabbing Charlie's arm Draco shook it "When I'm a big boy I work with real dragons." He said pointing to Dragon. "Dragon can make new friends,"
"I think that's a great idea. But you can't live here if you want to work with Dragons, you'll have to come and live with me in Romania."
Thinking for a second Draco nodded his head and turned to Harry and Hermione. "I'm gonna live with Charlie, will you tell mummy and daddy?"
"Didn't Charlie say you have to be a big boy first?" chuckled Harry watching as Draco's grin turned into a frown.
"I can go! Mione said I'm a big brave boy." Cried Blaise excitedly. "Can I live with Dragons?"
"Tell you both what, when you get as big as me you can come and see the dragons. But if I take you now the dragons will eat you all up."
"Eat them?" Pansy said suddenly, "they not go now then?" she asked ignoring the laughter coming from the adults.
"You don't want the dragons to eat them do you," Charlie asked with a large smirk but Pansy just nodded her head.
"I don't think their parent's will like it if they get eaten though." Pansy sat and thought for a minute.
"We get their mummy and daddy to agree and then get dragon to eat them?" This caused Charlie to burst out laughing. He ruffled her hair with his hand and grinned.
"I'm afraid we can't sweetie." Sulking Pansy turned back to her unicorn losing interest in the dragons now she knew Draco and Blaise wouldn't be eaten.
"When I get big as you I live with dragons then?" said Blaise turning Charlie's attention back to him. He was beginning to like these fire head people, they were nice to him and they gave him things and talked to him.
"Sure thing," he said as he rubbed Blaise's head untidying his hair.
"Draco get one of them?" Draco asked pointing to the burn once more.
"If you're not careful you might?"
Draco looked back at the burn and grinned, "cool!" he said and he showed Dragon the burn.
"Dragon you're not gonna do that cause you not breath fire. But big dragons do that."
Charlie smiled up at Harry and Hermione half listening to the one sided conversation of Draco and his dragon.
"It's a shame when you think what they are to come. They're really sweet kids."
"I know, I've been thinking that for ages it's gonna to be a tough day when they return to age next week." Said Hermione watching Blaise pull on Charlie's shirt telling him all about the mysterious bruises on his collar bone.
"I went to sleep and there was none but I waked up and they were there!" Charlie listened along to his tale nodding at the correct times and inputting his own thoughts as they went. For the next few hours the trio stayed fascinated with Charlie, never leaving him alone for more than five minutes. The boys would ask him everything and anything they could on dragons and he would reply with ease, entertaining them with stories from Romania, some about angry dragons burning down buildings to softer tales of dragon eggs hatching and the beginning of a new life.
Leaving the Burrow proved far more difficult than arriving, the toddlers just didn't want to leave, it was only when Charlie announced that he would also be leaving did they finally accept the fact it was time to go.
"Bye bye big fire boy, you look after the big dragons," cried Blaise waving at him from in-between Harry's legs.
"Bring me a baby dragon back please," Pansy cried seconds before Harry dropped the powder into the fire and disappeared.
Crouching down Charlie handed Draco his Dragon. "You look after him well okay, dragons need a lot of taking care of." Draco clutched the dragon tightly to his chest and nodded his head. He stepped towards Charlie and wrapped his arms around his neck.
"I will," he whispered. Hermione grabbed hold of him and gave Charlie a quick hug and then turned to Mrs Weasley.
"Thank you for having us," she said and Mrs Weasley smiled, saying their final goodbyes Hermione stepped into the fireplace and gripped the powder. Tightening her hold on Draco and his dragon she dropped the powder in the fireplace and shouted Hogwarts.
Charlie! I just had to bring him in to the story, with Draco and his Dragon how could I not have Charlie? I actually can't believe how this came about, just one sitting that's all it took to get this written. Hopefully it's as good as the other chapters.
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That's really all I have to say for now, so until next time... Lottie...
