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Chapter 2: Dragon Legacy

Saturday, November 26th, 1994

Ron was dead. If it had happened 2 months ago Harry would feel differently about it, but it's hard to be upset about the death of someone when they just were going to use the killing curse on you. Harry was just glad that Hermione had still been in the tent and had not seen Ron's body.

The Minister was putting the blame on the Dragon Handlers because they hadn't been around as they were securing the other Dragons after Rathera had flown off the first time.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley came and got Ron's body and were having the funeral next Saturday. Mr. Weasley had given him a note saying that he wanted to meet the Friday before.

Harry was now walking to a section of three caves where Rathera said she would be. He stopped outside the mouth of the third cave, the other two having been empty.

"Rathera, are you here?" asked Harry.

"Yes, Harry. Come inside." said Rathera.

Harry went inside and found Rathera laying by a fire.

"Are you ok Rathera? Ron didn't hurt you, did he?" asked Harry.

"No, Harry. What little damage he caused has already healed." said Rathera.

"Can you tell me what's going on? Why did I have these feelings of sadness seeing the four of you caged and treated the way you were? How is it I can talk to you? Are snakes and dragons that closely related that you share a language?" asked Harry.

"Sit down, Harry this will take a while." said Rathera. "Centuries ago, when our kind was still in the wild, we were openly hunted by witches and wizards. Our King, Alagor, was surrounded by a hunting party. Alagor was badly hurt and wouldn't have lasted much longer when another wizard showed up and told the others to leave him alone. The men laughed. There were six of them and only one of him. There was a fight and in the end the man stood victorious. He led Alagor to a cave and brought him back to health. When Alagor woke up the next morning, while the wizard was still sleeping, he bit him and poured his magic into him becoming his companion. What you now call a familiar. No human had ever bonded with one of us before then and what happened could not have been foreseen. The wizard gained the ability to speak with us. Our language is similar to Parseltongue, which is why we could speak before your abilities were activated fully."

"The wizard gained the use of many of our abilities. He could breathe fire, he developed a set of wings and scales that he could will into place when needed. His scales like ours provided protection against spells. He referred to this as his dragon form." said Rathera.

"Who was the wizard?" asked Harry.

"Nicodemus Potter." said Rathera.

"Why did I feel the same way when I went up against the Basilisk in my second year?" asked Harry.

"Nicodemus and the Potter's after him were always connected to magical creatures and seeing any creature used in a negative way you feel empathy for." said Rathera.

"It is getting late, Harry. You should get back to the castle. Tomorrow you'll start to notice some changes. Come see me again tomorrow." said Rathera.

"Ok. Goodnight, Rathera." said Harry.

"Goodnight, Harry." said Rathera.

Harry walked back to the castle and using his invisibility cloak avoided getting caught in the halls. As soon as he was in the dorm he laid down and fell right asleep.

Sunday, November 27th, 1994

Harry woke up the next morning feeling great. It took him a second to realize it, but he wasn't wearing his glasses and he could see perfectly. He'd also gained a foot in height and had the beginnings of some muscles. He remembered the story Rathera told him yesterday and thought about bringing scales out on his arm and they appeared.

Harry thought it wouldn't be good to tryout his wings in the bathroom so he got in the shower and noticed a big change there as well.

After breakfast he headed into the forbidden forest and concentrated on bringing out his wings. They appeared exactly as Rathera said tearing through his shirt. He'd have to learn some mending charms he thought. He heard a rustling in the woods and concentrated on bringing the wings back in and had just accomplished it when a blonde witch with a basket came into the clearing.

"Oh. I wasn't expecting to find anyone else here this time in the morning, but the Nargles did say I would meet someone interesting today. How are you Harry Potter?" she asked.

"Uhm. I'm doing fine. How are you?" asked Harry.

"I'm fine. It's a little chilly out. My name is Luna, by the way, Luna Lovegood." said Luna.

"It's nice to meet you Luna. What are you doing in the forest?" asked Harry.

"Walking." said Luna

Well she had him there thought Harry. "Walking where?" asked Harry.

"Here. The Thestrals will be here soon. I come to feed them every morning." said Luna.

Harry looked in the basket and saw a bunch of meat. He also noticed she didn't have any shoes on.

"Why don't you have any shoes on, Luna? It's freezing out here." said Harry.

"All my shoes have disappeared. Here come the Thestrals." said Luna.

It was the creatures Harry saw in third year pulling the carriages.

"I saw these creatures last year. It seemed like nobody else could see them so I didn't say anything." said Harry.

"They can only be seen by someone who's seen death." said Luna.

He didn't think it would be appropriate to ask who she saw die, but she continued.

"My mother. She was a spell creator and one of her spells backfired. I was in the room. Did you know my friend, Ginny Weasley has a crush on you? I don't think it would work well though." said Luna.

Harry did a double take at how she could just go from one conversation to another.

"Are you going to visit Rathera today. It was really nice of her to stop Ronald from killing you yesterday." said Luna.

"How did you know her name was Rathera?" asked Harry.

"I heard you talking to her and then she told you to act like you were fighting. You know she was just messing with you don't you? All you needed for the bond was the bite." said Luna.

"Erm…how do you know these things, Luna?" asked Harry.

"The Nargles tell me things. Well it's almost time for breakfast. I hope to see you again Harry Potter." said Luna before raising up on her tiptoes and kissing him on the lips then turning and skipping away.

Harry thought as he watched her leave he hoped to see her again too.

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