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Harry Potter and the Portal Spell
Chapter Four
After a couple of weeks, Ron proved that he was perfectly serious about wanting a dragon of his own to raise. So Ari sent some men out to find a nest of dragon eggs. It took them several days before they were successful in locating a nest that had been abandoned by its parents. They hauled all four eggs back to the dragon courts and let Ron have his pick. One of the eggs was noticeably larger than the other three and Ron picked that one. The remaining eggs were quickly claimed by some boys that had been working as Dragon Boys for quite a while. The rest of the magical teens declined when Ari offered to find more eggs for them. Hermione put it simply.
"The main reason Ron wants a dragon is because he has an affinity for them. Plus he just wants a fellow dragon around to wrestle and fly around with that won't try to kill him."
"Wait, what do you mean by fellow dragon? Ron's not a dragon, is he?" asked Ari.
"Yes and no. You see, where we come from, certain witches and wizards can learn how to transform themselves from human to animal. Now most are only able to change into one animal because their personality reflects the traits found in that one animal. For the seven of us, we found that our personalities each reflected the traits of two animals. One magical and one non-magical. In Ron's case, his magical animal form is that of a dragon, a Chinese Fireball dragon to be exact. His non-magical animal form is that of a lion." Hermione explained.
"What about you? What are your animal forms?" Nofret asked. Hermione smiled.
"Well, my magical animal form is a unicorn and my non-magical animal is a Peruvian Screech owl."
"What is a unicorn? I've never heard of them." said Ari. Hermione grinned.
"Why don't I just show you?" with that, she transformed into a pure white unicorn with a twelve inch silver horn, standing about sixteen hands high. Ari's jaw dropped, while Nofret squealed in delight.
"Oh, how beautiful!" she cried, enraptured. Hermione changed back and bowed.
"Thank you."
"What about the others? What do they change into?" asked Nofret. Hermione shook her head.
"I promised them not to tell anyone what their other forms are without their permission. You'll just have to ask them yourself." Nofret's face fell, but she nodded.
Weeks passed quickly as Ron waited anxiously for his egg to hatch. Finally, the day came and Ron was a nervous wreck as he carefully tapped at the shaking egg with a small hammer as he had been instructed by Kiron. After several long minutes, the egg gave one final shudder and split in two and a out fell the baby dragon. Ron threw the hammer aside as he scooped the baby into his arms. Harry handed him a drying cloth and Ron tenderly rubbed the infant dry. Draco handed him a large bucket filled to the brim with small bits of meat for the baby's first meal. With that taken care of, Harry and Draco gently ushered the others away to give Ron and his new baby some alone time to bond with each other.
The next day, the seven teens gathered around the baby dragon, which turned out to be a red and gold male.
"Of course, you would have a Gryffindor colored dragon!" Draco teased. Ron mock scowled at him.
"Of course, got to show House Pride, you know! I've decided to name him Godric, too" Ron declared, loftily. Draco groaned, while the others just laughed.
TBC…
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