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Problems

Professor Snape had not stolen the sorcerer's stone by the time Easter had come. This actually surprised all of them, because they were sure Professor Quirrell would have caved in and told him how to get the stone.

Also by this time Hermione, Miyako, and Takaaki were forcing them all to study for the end of term exams. The others weren't too happy about this but they had no choice because their teachers were piling on the homework.

One day in the library while they were trying to finish their homework, Hagrid walked by trying to hide something.

"Hagrid, what are you doing in here?" Momoko asked him.

He shuffled his feet before speaking "Just looking around. What about you lot? I hope you're not still looking for Nicolas Flamel."

"No, we found out about him and his stone weeks ago" Kaoru said while trying to concentrate on doing her homework.

"Though we would love to know what else is guarding it other than Fluffy," Ron asked him with a questioning look.

"Be quiet about that. No ones suppose to know about the stone, especially students," he said with a stern tone before asking them kindly "Though it would be nice if you would come to my hut and visited me later."

Miyako looked up at him "All right Hagrid, we'll be down in a couple of hours. We still have a lot of homework to finish."

He told them he would see them in a few hours and would have some tea ready for them.

"I wonder what he was hiding?" Hermione pondered out loud.

Takaaki got up and headed in the direction he had come from. When he returned, he was a little perplexed "There was a pile of books on a table over there. They were all related to dragons."

"Oh, Hagrid told me he's always wanted a pet dragon" Harry told them with a smile.

Ron was shocked "Harry, it's against wizarding law to own a dragon."

"Well, I don't see the problem with him reading up on them, since there aren't any in England" Momoko said with a smile.

Ron looked at her and shook his head "Actually, in England we have the Common Welsh Green and the Hebridean Black."

The others faces paled when they heard this. After they had regained their color they decided that they should go to Hagrid's and continue their homework later.

When they arrived at Hagrid's hut they noticed that he had all of the curtains closed.

It was a few minutes before Hagrid let them in. As soon as they got inside of the hut they started to sweet, because of the sweltering heat on the inside.

"You're here earlier than I thought," he said while pouring them tea.

Momoko smiled at him "We decided that it would be nice to take a break from our homework. Besides, we were wondering if you could tell us what else is guarding the stone other than Fluffy."

When Momoko said this all four girls gave him the puppy dog look (we all know that look from one girl is powerful, but four. There was no way he was going to resist).

He let out a long sigh "All right, besides Fluffy Professor Dumbledore asked some of the teachers to help. Let me think, there's Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, and Professor Snape."

Harry was about to say something when Miyako pointed towards the fire and shouted, "Why is there a black egg in your fire?"

"Hagrid, that's a dragons egg! How in Merlin's beard did you get that?" Ron asked him starring at the egg.

"I won it in a card game off a stranger in town" he told them with a smile.

Hermione looked at him "Umm…Hagrid, what are you going to do with it after its hatched?"

Hagrid looked at them "I'm going to raise it of course. I even know what kind of dragon it is. A Norwegian Ridgeback, very rare" the last part he said while showing them a book called "Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit".

They realized then that besides trying to stop Professor Snape from getting the stone, they were going to have to convince Hagrid to give up the dragon.

They then told Hagrid thanks for the tea and went back to the castle to try and finish their homework.

About two weeks after learning about Hagrid's new pet, Harry's owl Hedwig delivered a note to him during breakfast. It only had two words on it: It's Hatching.

Ron and Momoko wanted to skip their Herbology lesson that day to go and watch the egg hatch. Hermione, Miyako, and Takaaki told them that they had to go to class because it would be to suspicious if the seven of them skipped. They finally agreed to go after class.

They rushed over to Hagrid's after class. When he let them in they saw the egg lying on the table. It was rocking back and forth as hundreds of cracks appeared on its surface. When they all stood around the table and watched in silence, they heard a clicking noise coming from it.

In about a minute after their arrival the egg split in half allowing the dragon to flop onto the table. The dragon was about as long as Harry's forearm, around five inches in diameter, small horns on its head, large orange eyes, and its wings made it look like it was wearing an oversized cloak.

Hagrid reached out his hand to pet the dragon, but it tried to bite him. "Goodness, he knows his mommy" he said smiling.

"Umm…Hagrid, how fast will he grow?" Takaaki asked him with a little worry in his voice.

He was going to answer him, when his face went pale "There was someone at the window."

Kaoru ran to the door and out onto the grounds. In the distance she saw a person running towards the castle. "Argh, Malfoy saw it!" she complained walking back into the hut.

Over the course of the next week they continuously tried to convince Hagrid that he had to let the dragon go.

As they were in Hagrid's hut one day they saw that the dragon had grown to three times its original size.

"Hagrid, you're going have to give him up. Malfoy could turn you in any day to Professor Dumbledore" Takaaki told him while placing his hand on Hagrid's arm.

Hagrid started to cry a little "I know I can't keep him, but I can't get rid of him. Norbert would be so lonely and vulnerable by himself."

Miyako immediately turned to Ron "Cousin Charlie."

"What about Charlie?" Ron asked with confusion.

Kaoru hit him on the back of his head "Idiot, she means we write to Charlie and see if he can take Norbert in so Hagrid won't get in trouble."

"That's a great idea" he replied while rubbing his head.

"T-That sounds nice. I think Norbert would like that," Hagrid said with a small smile.

As they waited for Charlie to respond the next week dragged on. They had decided that they would help Hagrid take care of Norbert. Each day one of them would head down to the hut under Harry's invisibility cloak. It was Ron's turn that night, so they were all waiting for him to return.

When Ron got back to the common room that night he showed them a bandaged hand "That stupid thing bit me. And do you know what Hagrid said I frightened it. I'll be glad when that thing is gone."

Just as he was about to continue on his rant, there was a tapping on the window.

"It's Hedwig, she could have Charlie's answer" Harry said as he let her in. After he took the letter from her she flew back out the window.

They then all watched as Harry opened the letter for all of them to read.

Dear Ron,

How are you? Thanks for the letter – I'd be glad to take the Norwegian Ridgeback, but it won't be easy getting him here. I think the best thing will be to send him over with some friends of mine who are coming to visit me next week. Trouble is, they mustn't be seen carrying an illegal dragon.

Could you get the Ridgeback up to the tallest tower at midnight on Saturday? They can meet you there and take him away while it's still dark.

Send me an answer as soon as possible.

Love,

Charlie

P.S: Mom and Dad told me about our "Cousins".

"It should be easy enough with two of us under Harry's cloak" Hermione said as the others nodded.

There was one problem though Ron's hand had swollen to the size of a grapefruit and turned slightly green. Miyako and Takaaki decided to drag Ron to the infirmary, so it wouldn't get worse.

When they all went to visit him that afternoon he was in a bit of a panic.

"What's wrong Ron? Realize your going to have a ton of homework to do once your better" Momoko said trying to make him laugh.

He glared at her "No, Malfoy was in here teasing me and wanting to borrow a book. I gave it to him so he would leave, but I just realized Charlie's letter was in the book."

As they were about to try and get more information from him, Madam Pomfrey came over to usher them out so Ron could get some rest.

That Saturday Harry and Kaoru decided that they would be the ones to take Norbert from Hagrid's hut up to the tower.

When they got to the hut, Hagrid had Norbert packed in a large crate. After they let him say his goodbyes, they carried the crate to the castle and up so many stairs that they lost count.

They only time they stopped was when they saw Professor McGonagall holding Malfoy by the ear and leading him away.

"But, Professor. Harry Potter is coming with a dragon," he pleaded with her.

"What utter rubbish! I'm taking you to Professor Snape, also twenty points from Slytherin with a detention for you" she said while hauling him away down the corridors.

After witnessing this it took them about five minutes to get to the top of the tower. When they removed Harry's cloak they started to dance for joy.

"The look on his face was priceless" Kaoru said as she picked up Harry's cloak and pocketed it.

"I can't wait to tell the others, that was awesome" he replied while scanning the skies for Charlie's friends.

After about ten more minutes Charlie's friends showed up, swooping down from the sky. Harry and Kaoru watched in fascination as they harnessed Norbert's crate to the brooms. They wished them good luck before they took off.

They were still light hearted as they walked down the tower stairs and past an open doorway. A few feet from the doorway they felt someone grab their shoulders. As they turned their heads to find out whom it was, they saw the face of Mr. Filch the caretaker.

"Well, well, well, we are in trouble" he whispered to them.

Mr. Filch then lead them to Professor McGonagall's office. When they got there they saw that she had Neville with her.

"Kaoru! I was trying to find you to warn you about what I overheard Malfoy saying" Neville spoke with a little worry in his voice.

Professor McGonagall looked like she was about to spit flames "I'd have you explain yourselves, but I think I know what's going on. You two made up a story to get Draco Malfoy in trouble and caught Mr. Longbottom up in this to. I expected better from the two of you. You three will each receive detention and fifty points will be taken from Gryffindor each. I'm sorry Mr. Longbottom but you have to be punished too for wandering around the castle at night. Now all three of you are to return to your dorms."

On their way back to the dorm's Neville avoided Kaoru's gaze. Kaoru really wanted to tell him the truth, but she couldn't muster the courage to speak. When they reached the common room they went their separate ways. In the girls dorm Kaoru cried herself to sleep that night.

Over the course of the next week the three Gryffindors were shunned by everyone for the huge loss of house points. The only one who still talked with them was their friends. Harry tried to resign from the house team, but was told that it would only make things worse. Neville in his anger actually avoided Kaoru, going so far as to walk away from her whenever she was near. This depressed her so much that her studies began to go down hill.

A week before the end of term exams were to start, Harry came into the library with a determined look on his face. He told them that he had overheard Professor Quirrell and Professor Snape arguing and that is sounded like Professor Quirrell had given Professor Snape what he wanted. Ron, Takaaki, and Momoko suggested they try to do some investigating, so they could reveal Professor Snape as the villain he was. Harry and Kaoru were completely against it, because they didn't want to get in any more trouble than they already were.

The next morning Harry, Kaoru, and Neville received notes telling them, that their detentions were to take place that night at eleven and they were to meet Mr. Filch in the entrance hall.

When they got to the entrance hall that night, they found another student waiting with Mr. Filch. It was Malfoy.

Mr. Filch lit his lamp before heading out onto the grounds having them follow. He started to leer at them "After tonight, you'll think twice about breaking school rules."

As they walked across the darkened school grounds, they neared Hagrid's hut. They then heard someone shout, "Is that you, Filch? Hurry up, I want to get started."

They then saw Hagrid come around from behind his hut "What took you so long? Were you trying to scare the students?" He was holding a crossbow and Fang, his boarhound, was by his side.

"No, I was about to tell them that their punishment was to head into the forest with you. I'll leave them to you for a better explanation" Mr. Filch replied with an evil smile before he left.

"The reason you four are here is to help me find an injured unicorn it the forest" Hagrid told them while pointing towards the woods.

Malfoy looked at him "I'm not going in there. Student's aren't even allowed in there."

"You're going in there if you want to stay at this school" Hagrid told him with finality.

Malfoy was about to argue when Kaoru cut him off "Shut it! Hagrid, what is it you want us to do?"

"We're going into the forest to find the wounded unicorn. We'll be in two groups; one lead by me and the other will have Fang in it. If any of us find the unicorn send up greens sparks, but if you get into trouble send up red sparks," he told them as they walked into the woods.

Malfoy walked near Fang "I'm going with Fang."

"All right, then Harry and Kaoru will come with me. Neville you go with Draco and Fang" he said as they reached a fork in the path. "One last thing, keep to the path as you follow the unicorn's blood" pointing at some silvery stuff on the ground.

Hagrid led his group down the left path while the others went down the right.

After a few minutes Hagrid had them hide behind a tree as what sounded like a cloak going over the leaves went by. Hagrid then had them continue following the unicorn's blood, but they weren't having any luck in finding the unicorn.

They soon found themselves in a clearing when a creature with the torso of a man and the body of a horse stepped out.

"Hello, Hagrid. Why are you in the forest tonight?" it asked him.

"I'm trying to find a wounded unicorn, Ronan. By the way, this is Harry Potter and Kaoru Matsubara. Their students at the school, and this is Ronan, he's a centaur" Hagrid said with quick introductions.

"Ah, one of those sent by an ancient evil" Ronan said with a slight bow. He then looked up at he sky "Mars is unusually bright tonight."

Hagrid shook his head before walking out of the clearing "Weirdest thing I've ever heard him say."

"Umm…Hagrid, are there any other centaurs in the forest" Kaoru asked him.

"Quite a few, though they keep to themselves" he told her just as they saw red sparks shoot into the air. "You two stay here, I'll be back in a moment."

He then pushed through the undergrowth towards were the sparks had come from. After about twenty minutes he came back with Malfoy, Neville, and Fang. Neville had sent the sparks up because Malfoy had grabbed him from behind as a joke. Hagrid then had Harry go with Malfoy and Fang, while Neville came with them.

As they followed Hagrid Kaoru moved next to Neville and whispered, "I'm sorry about this Neville. I didn't want you to get into any trouble. If it will make you feel safer you can hold my hand."

Neville nodded before taking a hold of her hand.

A few minutes after this they heard an ear-piercing scream. All three of them started to run in the direction of the sound. When they got there they found Harry riding on the back of another centaur.

"Harry, are you all right?" Kaoru asked with a little worry in her voice.

"I'm fine, the unicorns dead. It's in the clearing back there Hagrid" Harry told them while pointing behind himself.

As Harry slide off the centaurs back it spoke. "I leave you now Harry Potter, good luck. The planets have been read wrongly before, even by centaurs. I hope this is one of those times," he said while heading back into the forest.

"Harry, what was that about?" Kaoru asked him in confusion.

"I'll tell you when we get back to the common room" was the only thing he said to her.

When Hagrid came back he had Malfoy and Fang thrown over his shoulders. They had apparently both ran into trees and knocked themselves out. He then lead them all up to the castle, where he told them they were to head strait to their common rooms.

When the three Gryffindors arrived in their common room they found their friends asleep in the corner.

Kaoru lead Neville over to the stairs of the boys' dormitory, where she finally let go of his hand. They wished each other a good night before Neville went up stairs.

When she got back over to the others, Harry began his retelling of what happened after he went with Malfoy. By the time he was done Ron was shaking with fear and the others were concerned. Though they were sure Harry was safe from the dark lord. They then decided to call it a night because the sun was starting to come up.

A/N: Wow, second longest chapter so far. Also on a side note, it's about two chapters before the end of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

If you want to know what happened to Harry when he went with Draco just read the book. It all took place right as J.K. Rowling wrote it.

I do apologize if this chapter seemed if it was centered on Kaoru. That just sort of happened with the way I wrote it.

One last thing please review.