Appreciate a Dragon Day: Write about Charlie Weasley working with dragons in Romania.

2017 New Year's Resolutions: Write a minimum of 300 drabbles this year; Write at least one drabble/one-shot for all the characters listed in 'Harry Potter Characters' on .

365 drabbles: Season

Word Count: 542

Injury

Charlie jumped over the fence into the dragon enclosure. He marvelled at the sight of the exquisite Chinese Fireball… he couldn't quite believe that after being here at the reserve in Romania for only a few short weeks, he was getting up close and personal with a fully grown dragon. He had expected it to be months before he was allowed to work with anything other than the younglings.

"Ahh, Charlie, my boy," his immediate superior, Gabriel said, greeting him with a smile. "How are you today?"

"Great, Sir," Charlie answered. "Eager to get to work."

"Excellent, you can start with feeding Vita," Gabriel told him. "Be careful with her though… she's approaching mating season and she is very unpredictable and volatile."

Charlie nodded his head and jogged to the food storage to get the food. He was eager to impress his boss so that he could continue working with these beautiful creatures.

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"Whoa, Vita," Charlie cried, placing his arms up in front of himself defensively. "Calm down, my little beaut."

He shuffled a little closer to the dragon as she reared up onto her hind quarters. He had been tasked with acquiring a couple of Vita's scales for testing to see if she was ready to meet her mate. It was a very delicate situation with the female Chinese Fireballs; they had to have the right balance of hormones in their system when they meet a new mate or mating season would yield no results.

The dragon bared her teeth and blew a stream of red hot fire directly at Charlie. Charlie fell to the ground in shock as the dragon sustained the stream of fire until Gabriel and several other dragonologists intervened and knocked her out.

"Charlie, are you okay?" Gabriel asked, crouching down next to him as one of their colleagues rushed to get the on duty Healer.

Charlie nodded his head. "I'm fine. My arms are a little bit worse for wear, but it's nothing a potion can't fix."

"'Fraid not, Charlie," Gabriel answered. "Potions will help, but ultimately you will need to take some time out and rest. A Chinese Fireball's fire is very potent."

"What does that mean?" Charlie asked, frowning.

"It means, you should go home and spend some time with your family," Gabriel told him. "I'm sure you'll be much more comfortable there."

"No," Charlie replied, shaking his head as his colleague and the Healer arrived. "Mother would only fuss and say she was right. It's best that she never find out about this."

Gabriel nodded his head as the Healer checked him over. "Don't worry. No one here will inform your family. Although, in my experience, family worries anyway and have a way of finding these things out, and it is better if it comes from you."

"I'll think about it," Charlie muttered as a levitation charm was placed on him by the Healer. "But I would much rather stay here and keep myself busy than go home."

"I'll talk to John and see if we can place you on desk duty," Gabriel answered. "It'll be dull and monotonous paper work though.

"I guess I can put up with it as long as I'm here," Charlie said, laughing. "Healer Tomas, take me away."