Previously
He knew he had fallen in love with Ginny Weasley. He smiled happily as he walked through the darkness to his bed.
But there was no darkness. Harry looked around and saw Ginny fumbling with her bed sheets, trying to get under them. Harry then realized his Shadow Mage abilities gave him the power to see perfectly no matter how dark it was. He smiled wider and crawled under his sheets, drifting off to dreams of a fiery redhead girl.
Chapter 5 – Hatching and New Magic
The six teens were awoken by the regular crash Honruh made every morning. They groggily began to move about, getting dressed and making breakfast. Honruh growled and asked "You stayed up later than you should have. You deserve feeling tired." He then turned and stomped out of the room, grumbling something about 'irresponsible kids'. The teens were still half asleep, thus the insult went in one ear and out the other.
They finished their morning activities and went to check on the eggs. Ginny put out what remained of the fire and Zach cooled them off with some water. Hermione enlarged the hole and took out the nearest egg, handing it to Zach. Just as he took it, the egg made a very odd noise and shook a bit. Hermione quickly took out the rest, handing them to their owners. They all watched their eggs expectantly, hoping it would show some sign of life. Only Harry's did anything, it just rolled over and made the smallest of squeaks. He continued watching it and suddenly it made a sound, louder then a squeak, more like a bark. Everyone's heads whipped around and watched the egg for a few minutes. Appearing to be done, they were just about to set their eggs back in the incubator when they heard a chuckle behind them. They turned around to see Adila watching them with a grin on her pretty features.
"Harry and Zach, I wouldn't put them back in. They could hatch today, and hatching in an inferno like the one you had last night could really hurt them, if not kill them." Harry and Zach looked at each other and placed the egg back on their bed.
"Do you really think they could hatch today, Adila? You said a week and it's not even been a day!" Ginny questioned.
"It could be today, or it could be tomorrow, I don't know. But since you haven't lit them on fire yet, how about we keep them out for the rest of the day, to watch them and see if any others show sign's of hatching?" Adila asked as she seemed to study the teens. They all nodded and placed the egg back on their beds. Adila nodded and motioned for them to come to the center of the room. She sat on the mound as they all stood around her. Once they all had their full attention on her, which didn't take long, she stood back up and looked around the semi-circle.
"Today I will begin teaching you elf magic. Far more powerful than the magic you have been learning. But elf magic is similar to your Mage abilities. If you overdo it you could kill yourself, so you must know your limit. I will begin with the basics, like lifting objects and moving them. From there we will expand to summoning things and enchanting objects. I will also teach you healing spells, learn them well because you will need them in the coming fights. I will teach you many different shields, including one that can block the killing curse." Adila smirked at the stunned looks on the teens faces.
"Block the killing curse? But that's impossible!" Mary exclaimed.
"How can it be impossible when proof of it being possible is standing next to you?" Mary blushed and looked at the ground. Harry squeezed her arm comfortingly. Once again he realized how well they had all become friends.
"When Harry blocked the curse, it was his Mage abilities activating by themselves. He had done a partial shift into the Shadow World, almost escaping the curse, but still being hit by it. It was impossible for him to die from that state, but the wound was left. That rubbish Dumbledore told you isn't what really happened, but it was a myth created by wizards." Adila growled. "That old man really needs to stop interfering in this war."
Harry looked surprised, "So you don't like Dumbledore much either, do you?"
"Around me he is 'old man', but yes, I really do hate him. All the pain he has caused everyone, mostly you Harry." Adila said softly. Harry nodded his head solemnly and looked at the ground, thinking hard. "Well! Enough of this anger and sadness, it's time to teach you amazing elf magic!" Adila shouted, bringing life back into them all by her cheeriness.
The seven spent the next four days, learning healing, blocking and attacking spells, all elvin. They had also been taught how to block the killing curse, but had not yet accomplished the shield. Adila had showed them, so they knew what they should see and what they witnessed was a small flash of light, then they looked at Adila and saw nothing different. Zach had asked if it had failed, but Adila chucked and said the shield was transparent.
On the fifth day, in the midst of their training, they were practicing a healing spell that would remove all poisons from the infected body when they heard a loud CRACK from one of the beds. They all jumped up and ran to their beds to check the dragon eggs. Ginny reached hers and froze. Harry rushed over to see what was wrong, but saw something very good. Ginny's egg was quivering, and it had a growing crack diagonally across it. Everyone shuffled over, egg in arms, and silently watched the crack expand around the egg. When the ends of the crack met, the top half wobbled and then fell off. The teens all stood dumbstruck at the small form crawling out of the cramped shell. It set a foot on the bed and then slipped the rest of the way out, like a snake. It stood up and looked around, resting its eyes on Ginny. The two stared at each other for a moment before the miniature dragon snorted and looked around. Ginny turned to them all, still holding the dumbstruck look on her face.
"She told me her name. She already knew her name, just like Adila said. She said it was Ortinbras." She muttered. Harry turned to get a good look at the dragon. It was light red, close to orange, but not quite. Her head was like a triangle, but it bulged near the eyes. Ortinbras already had small, yet sharp looking teeth. On her face, a line of small spikes ran up her nose to the back of her head but right between her nostrils there was a large spike, maybe two or three times the size of the others. From the back of her head there were two long spikes, already about six or seven inches. The row of spikes grew and ran down a slim neck, growing larger until they were even with the joints at the base of her wings. She had slender, but powerful looking legs, with small, sharp claws attached to the paws. Her wings were a magnificent sight, already with a three foot wingspan. Around the bones the scales were the same color as the rest of her, a magnificent red. But the skin that made up the wings was much lighter, a very light orange. Ortinbras saw Harry looking at her wings and flapped them a little to show off. Harry chuckled and looked at her haunch. It looked like it was made of pure muscle, flexing under her shining scales. Her hind legs, while shorter than her front legs, still looked dangerous. Her tail was slender, with small spikes trailing down it. The tail came to a sharp point that looked like it could be used as a spear. In total, she was about two and a half feet long and the most magnificent thing Harry had ever seen. He wished his dragon would hatch soon.
The group stood around watching Ortinbras test out what she could do before leaping through the air, flapping her wings to little effect, and landed on Ginny's shoulder. Everyone was surprised by the act but quickly praised Ortinbras for the little stunt. They went about the rest of the day training with Adila, and learning what they could from Ginny. She said Adila and herself shared a mental link that they could talk through. Ortinbras was extremely intelligent for just hatching and easily absorbed almost every bit of information.
They all went to sleep that night, dreaming of their dragons. Ortinbras had curled up on Ginny's pillow, next to her head. Harry saw this just before he drifted off to sleep. He was glad that Ginny was so happy, but couldn't wait for his dragon to hatch. But this night wasn't meant for sleep. Every few minutes, one of the eggs would make a noise, and everyone would listen for the crack that they had heard earlier. Eventually they all fell asleep. Wondering everything and anything about what their dragon would be like.
A\N – I know it's short! Don't hurt me! I haven't had time to write and kinda hurried through this so it's probably gonna have a lot of typos. But anyway, please review and tell me what you think!