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Dragon Legends
Chapter 1: The Legend Begins
Centuries ago, before there was a Statute of Secrecy or a Ministry of Magic, Dragons roamed free. As Humans, magical and Muggle, branched out in the world the Dragons found their territory lessened. Dragons were openly hunted and while they were hard to slay their numbers soon decreased.
One day a man came upon a Dragon while travelling. The Dragon was badly hurt and there were six men lying on the ground dead. The man was able to heal the Dragons wounds and convinced him to follow him to a nearby cave where he could rest.
The next morning when the Dragon woke there was a pile of food and some water waiting for him. The man who healed him was sleeping against the wall. The Dragon ate the food and drank the water and was going to leave, but felt there was something about the man that had saved him and so he did something that no Dragon had done with a Human before. The Dragon bit into the man's arm while pouring his magic into him becoming his bonded companion.
The man woke up as the Dragon bit him and was scared that he would be killed, but the Dragon released him with a flash of magic and the bite mark disappeared. The Dragon and the man looked at each other for a while before the man heard,
"Thank you for healing me, Wizard." said the Dragon.
"You're welcome, but how is it that I can understand what you are saying?" asked the man.
"I have bonded with you as your companion. In time I can teach you how to speak in our language." said the Dragon.
"Well as you are my companion I should introduce myself. My name is Nicodemus Potter. Do you have a name?" asked Nicodemus.
"My name is Alagor." said Alagor.
Over the years Alagor taught Nicodemus how to speak the language of the Dragons. Nicodemus found that it was similar to Parseltongue and that he could converse with snakes as well. Some other benefits came from the bonding. Nicodemus was able to form scales over himself at will that could withstand spell fire like a Dragon and a tail that had spikes on it like his friend Alagor's. He also could make Dragon wings appear from his back. When he made all of these appear together he called it his Dragon form.
What surprised both Nicodemus and Alagor was that Nicodemus' descendants also had these abilities. Alagor found other Dragons who would bond with the other Potter's when he could, but the Dragons numbers had severely decreased.
Wars over the centuries decimated the Potter family and with the Statute of Secrecy in place along with Ministry regulations limiting where and who could have access to Dragons the magic was forgotten.
Wednesday, May 19th, 1993
The Chamber of Secrets
"Let's see how Slytherin's Basilisk fares against the famous Harry Potter. Speak to me Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts four." said Tom.
The mouth of the statue of Salazar Slytherin opened and a massive snake came out and Harry closed his eyes so he wouldn't be killed by looking at its eyes.
"What is your bidding, Master?" asked the Basilisk.
"Kill him." said Tom gesturing toward Harry.
The Basilisk slithered towards Harry and opened its mouth to strike, but then stopped.
"You smell like my old master, Salazar. There's something else to your smell also, something familiar, but I can't quite remember it. What is your name?" said the Basilisk.
"I'm Harry Potter. What do you mean I smell like Salazar Slytherin?" asked Harry.
"Young Harry, you can open your eyes. Those who can speak Parseltongue are immune to my eyes killing gaze. What I mean is your blood smells the same. You must be a descendant of my old master. The abomination that is ordering me now is a remnant of my current master. My current master is nothing like my old master. He is a descendant, but his smell was wrong and he had me kill a Muggleborn girl, which is something my old master would never have had me do. And now his remnant has made me attack several in the school I was meant to protect. Will you help release me from him?" asked the Basilisk.
"I can try, but I don't know how." said Harry.
"What are you doing? I said kill him!" yelled Tom.
"Grab the book. It is what is allowing him to steal power and life from your friend." said the Basilisk.
Harry ran passed the Basilisk dodging spells sent from Tom and grabbed the diary out of Ginny's hands.
"Hold the book out and I'll bite into it. My venom will destroy it. I promise not to bite you." said the Basilisk.
Harry held the book out and the Basilisk came down with his mouth open. Harry could see the venom dripping from its fangs. Spells continued to hit the snake as Tom tried to stop what was happening. The Basilisk bit into the book and there was a shrieking scream as the diary disintegrated and Tom was blasted apart. Once he was gone Ginny immediately woke up. Harry ran over to her and told her to close her eyes and to keep them closed until they left the chamber.
"Thank you for helping get rid of Tom. How can I help free you of his real self's control?" asked Harry.
"As you are descended from Slytherin's main line you can bond with me and it will override the bond with a lesser descendant. I will have to bite you to bind myself to you. I could've done it earlier, but the bond is better if done with your willing consent." said the Basilisk.
Harry nodded and held out his arm and the Basilisk bit him. When she released his arm there was a glow and the bite marks disappeared.
"Do you have a name?" asked Harry.
"My name is Saljeeria, but my old master always called me Sally." said Sally.
"I'll call you Sally. Are you ok down here by yourself? Do you have enough food?" asked Harry.
"There is a passageway that leads to the Forbidden Forest that I can use when I need food, but it has been blocked off for quite awhile." said Sally.
Harry had Sally show him the passageway and he cleared the rocks that were blocking the exit.
"I need to go and get Ginny out of here. I promise I'll come back and talk to you some more later." said Harry.
"Until then, young Harry." said Sally.
As Harry was getting back to the cave in Fawkes showed up and helped all of them get to the Hospital Wing. Ginny and Lockhart were both put into beds, but neither Harry nor Ron were hurt so they were taken to Dumbledore's office where they received awards for special services to the school for saving Ginny. Dumbledore wasn't happy that the Basilisk was still alive, but Harry reminded him that he was currently the only one that could even get into the chamber and that he just had to announce that the Basilisk had been killed and the chamber sealed to keep anyone from being curious about finding it again. Lucius Malfoy showed up and tried to find out what happened and when he learned that Dobby had warned Harry he dismissed him and left.
Friday, May 21st, 1993
Hospital Wing
Two days later Harry was in the Hospital Wing again sitting with Hermione and Madame Pomfrey came and administered the Mandrake Restorative Potion to her and the others who'd been petrified. He told her everything that had happened since she was petrified including how he was now bound to the Basilisk which is something that he didn't mention to Dumbledore. She thought it was crazy, but was interested at learning that she was there to protect the school and not to kill Muggleborn's like everyone thought.
The Chamber of Secrets
That night Harry went back down to the chamber to see Sally.
"You've returned, young Harry." said Sally.
"I would've been back sooner, but my friend has been in the Hospital Wing and I needed to be there for her until she woke back up. She just did this afternoon. She wants to meet you, but I told her it wouldn't be possible because of your eyes." said Harry.
"I have a second eyelid that I can use that'll keep any of your friends from dying so she would be safe if you want to bring her down." said Sally.
"I'll let her know. The other day you said there was something else about my smell. What did you mean by that?" asked Harry.
"You have the smell of another creature, but I can't quite figure out what it is. Your name is familiar also. I remember Salazar speaking about your family. Perhaps you'd find something in one of his journals." said Sally.
"Salazar's journals, like most of the Founder's things have disappeared to time." said Harry.
"Come, young Harry. Let me show you something." said Sally slithering over to the mouth of the statue and going inside.
Harry followed her into the statue.
"This is where I sleep, but if you speak to this wall over here you'll see what else is in this chamber." said Sally.
Harry walked over to the wall and saw a snake carved into the wall and like with the other entrances he said,
"Open."
The wall opened up and inside was a bookshelf, a fireplace, a desk, a dresser and a bed.
"The bookshelf contains the Slytherin Grimroire and his personal journals. They hold accountings of his travels before he even met up with Helga, Rowena and Godric. The books can't be removed from this room or copied so you must come down here to study the information in them." said Sally.
"The school year is almost over so I'll have to look at them next year, but I will bring Hermione down to see you before we leave for the summer." said Harry.
"In the desk there is a ring that will allow you to appear in this room if you ever need to." said Sally.
Harry went over to the desk and opened the top drawer and found the ring along with a note.
To my Descendant,
If you have found this chamber then you have passed the first test. To be my true Heir and carry the name Lord Slytherin you must place the ring on your finger and it'll determine whether you are worthy of my name. If you pass the test go to Gringott's and show them the ring and you will have access to my vault.
Salazar Slytherin
Harry placed the ring on his finger and there was a burst of magic and the ring resized to fit his finger.
"Sally, did Tom know about this?" asked Harry.
"He did, but when he tried to put the ring on it rejected him and he was not allowed access to this room again. All he could've accessed was the main part of the chamber." said Sally.
"I don't understand how I am related to Slytherin. My father's family isn't connected to the Slytherin line and my mother was a Muggleborn." said Harry.
"The journals might tell you, but your best chance at finding out would be to ask the Goblins. They can perform a lineage test for you and tell you." said Sally.
It was getting late so Harry said goodbye to Sally and headed back to his dorm and went to bed.
Friday, June 4th, 1993
Since exams were cancelled for the lower years and the sixth years there wasn't much to do the last days of the school year. Harry offered to take Ron with him and Hermione, but Ron said that snakes weren't any better than spiders and let them go on their own. Hermione loved seeing the magnificent snake and wished she could've spoke to her. They spent a few days looking at some of the journals, but there was so much information they decided it would be better to wait till they returned next year.
Hagrid finally was released from Azkaban in time for the Leaving Feast where Gryffindor won the House Cup again. While everyone was eating and promising to write over the summer, Harry was thinking about how he would have to endure three months at the Dursley's.
The next day everyone was at Hogsmeade Station and getting on the Hogwarts Express happy to be going home. Harry wasn't one of them. Yes he was going to the Dursley's house, but after finding out that he was related to Slytherin it made him feel even more than before that this was his home.
Dumbledore's Office
On a shelf in the Headmaster's office a silver orb-like device started spinning and smoking before bursting and setting fire to the shelf.
Author's Note: Here is the rewrite of Age of the Dragon. This story is not going to follow everything that was in the other story. As from above, you can already see that Harry will be bonded to the Basilisk as well as the Dragon from the tournament. Also we will have third year to get through where Harry will learn some things from Sally and the books in Slytherin's chamber. The pairing will only be Harry/Luna/Hermione and Ron will not die, but will be paired with Lavender Brown, although it won't really matter because this story will focus on Harry, Luna and Hermione. I hope you like how this turns out and please review, favorite and follow.