Harry Potter & the Dragon of Azkaban

"Talking" Thought ""Romanian"" "Dragon" Written

Declaimer: Don't own HP so if I do say I do, get a shot gun and shoot me.

Chapter 7

Two months later Jet awoke to the sound of a storm out side.

It must be bad for me to hear it this far down.

And with that thought he headed out to check on Lumary. He knew her cave wasn't as deep as his and would not be as protected. He got out side and nearly was bowled over by the strong winds and driving snow. Winter was defiantly here with vengeance. He took off for her cave but found it empty when he arrived. He also noticed that the winds were blowing the snow into the cave so he figured she must have left to find another.

Shoot were could she be? She is only three fourths of my size and this storm is giving me troubles as it is.

He took off again, heading back, hoping she was already there some how. Three fifths of the way there he spied her curled up on the ground. He landed quickly besides her.

"Lumary, are you ok?" She looked up at him.

"The snow was coming into my cave and none of the others had room." She started to explain.

"It's ok. Just let's get to my cave, it will be warm there."

She stood and he blocked the wind with his body as he helped her walk the rest of the way to his cave. Once there he had her enter first and then followed.

Inside Lumary found a fire crackling a little to the side of the center of the cavern and a thick bedding of branches. Jet motioned for her to lie down so she did, curling up and resting her head on her tail, though she did try to protest that she shouldn't be taking his bed.

"Don't worry it will be warmer. Besides you need to warm up more than me." Much to her shock he laid down next to her and put a wing on top of her.

As she was on the brink of sleep she gave a low hiss. "Thank you." With that sleep took her and Jet was left to watch over her and keep the fire lit.

Teara looked down at her rod that currently showed the nightviper mating area.

""This storm is really bad. We should move them or something."" Said another keeper from beside her.

""We can't. If we take them out now they could get sick or it would mess something else up, such as their pairings, which are getting more definite now."" Said Charlie. ""By the way, has Jet had any progress?""

""He hangs out with Lumary a lot but from what I can tell it is just friendship between dragons."" Teara answered. ""And we have had no luck in getting a watching charm placed in his cave; he won't let us near him anymore. He won't even let me near the entrance.""

""Great. So I guess it is the waiting game when it comes to our mutated nightviper.""

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Lumary awoke feeling warm, safe and content. She heard the crackling of a fire and the sounds of the blizzard outside. She became aware of a presence around her. She opened her eyes to see black. At first she started to panic until she caught the flicker of the fire on the black. She lifted her head a little and moved it just enough to see around the black mass.

She was in a large cave with a fire just off from the center. Underneath her there was a bedding of warm, cushioned branches. She turned her head and saw a black wing draped over her and a black tale rapped around her back. She heard a hiss to on her other side and snapped her head to look there. And what she saw was the head of the nightviper that was with her slowly open his emerald green eyes and look up at her.

"Good morning." She then realized where she was and who she was laying beside.

"Thank you Jet."

"No problem." She felt his tail and wing moving away from her body and he stood and stretched a little, giving a yawn. She found she missed his tail and wing being there but kept silent.

He looked down at her for a minute. He laid back down and put his wing back over her. At her look he explained.

"You look cold." It was as simple as that. And to be truthful she was, though not because of the temperature. She didn't really know why.

"Thanks."

Silence follows before he finally gets up again and piles more logs on the fire, causing it to flare to life and increase the temperature in the cavern.

"It's feeding time now, so I'll go get some. You stay here. It will be hard for you to go out there in this storm." With that he left, going up the tunnel that led to the ground above.

Teara and Charlie watched as the dragons came for their feeding which was cut to only once a week during the winter as the dragons preferred to sleep during this time of year.

Most of the dragons had shown up, fed, and then left already. She saw Jet arrive and start to eat quickly. Normally he took his food with him. When he was done he waited, which was even more out of the ordinary, and when the others had left took the remaining meat.

""I didn't see Lumary."" Charlie said, worry evident in his voice. They already knew that she was no longer in her own cave but couldn't figure out were she was. It was worrying them.

Two weeks soon passed in the same fashion, with Jet acting odd, and there being no sign of Lumary. Finally before they gave the food to the dragons on the fourth week since the storm started Teara and Charlie cast watching charms on the food itself. Sure it would be eaten but they would find out what Jet was doing with it, as he wasn't getting any fatter like he should from eating all the meat that he takes. If anything they would get a look at his digestive track like they would all the other dragons.

Today Jet showed up again, ate quickly and waited for the others to leave. Then he grabbed the rest and took off quickly, probably to keep the food from freezing. They left the area, in favor of the keeper shack that was near by, which was also much warmer than standing out in the storm. They pulled out their rods.

"It looks like he is flying towards his cave so maybe he stores it for a snack." Charlie said in English, seeing as the other three keepers there also spoke it.

"But then why doesn't he get fatter?" Asked another keeper who had his rod out and watching the smaller screens, each showing the surroundings of a different chunk of meat, though the only one not showing digestion in progress was the meat that was in Jet's claws. Feeling that they could watch the tracks of the other dragons latter they all switched it to the chunk that Jet had.

He flew high above the ground for a while longer before making his descent. He banked and flared coming to a stop in front of his cave as he dropped the meet and landed. He grabbed it in his mouth and dragged it down into the cave, which could easily let Jet walk in unhindered.

"He sure has made that cave deep. I wander how long he has been working on it. Look how far he is going; right now he must be fifty feet under." Stated the second female.

They watched as the meat was dragged into a large cavern. They saw the fire, knowing that all nightvipers on the preserve did this, as it was never this cold in Australia. Teara gave a gasp when she saw Jet drop the meat and move away to nudge Lumary awake.

"Well that explains a lot of things. So she has been in his cave and he is bringing her food. It is really amazing how much they are like us." Teara said.

"Yeah, she is so small and light that this storm could really hurt her."

"But what I want to know is if they are mates or not." Charlie said.

"Charlie, why do you want him to mate so much?" Teara asked.

"Well for one he is the only one among the males that hasn't and I want to see if that gene that gives him black hide and four green eyes is genetic."

"You're hopeless Charlie. You of all people should know that he isn't planning on mating with her. I'd say it will take him a year or so before he does mate with her. I've guys who are just the same. That is one thing that is nice about them having human like personalities."

Charlie sighed in defeat before looking back at his rod. On the screen Jet and Lumary seemed to be talking about something.

"Lumary you should eat it, honestly I already had some."

"But it's your meat. I can't take what is yours."

"It's not mine. It's what was left after the others had their fill. So eat it. If you don't you'll get weak. Please."

Finally she gave in and ate it. They always ended up having this talk, her not wanting it because it was his and him telling her to eat it. Once done laid down on the bed, a usual thing for her by now. Seeing that is was warmer than it had been sense their last meal she didn't curl up. Jet laid down next to her and as usual put his wing over her, as it assured her warmth and protection should they be attacked. It had nearly been a year since Harry had escaped and now as Jet he was happy.

A/N: Sorry about not updating this when I updated BLFD, but I honestly forgot about it when I did that. I would have updated it as soon as I realized that, but sadly, I got suspended off the computer ofr a low grade, but now I'm back on. R&R please.