A/N: I do not own Harry Potter (although I wish that I did (money!! $_$)) all rights go to J.K Rowling, though I'm just borrowing her ideas and adding some of mine.

The Norwegian Ridgeback

Harry entered the dressing rooms of the Slytherin Quidditch team.

'Ah, Potter, there you are, I was starting to wonder if you'd show up at all.' An agitated Flint said. 'Anyway, you missed my pep talk, but the message of it is just to win. You have exactly, 3 minutes and 57 seconds left to get dressed before we enter the pitch.'

Harry donned his Quidditch robes, and took his broom to join up with his team just when they walked into the pitch.

There were even more spectators this time then last time, Harry thought that he could even see professor Dumbledore in the crowd.

The Hufflepufs were not really good. It was likely that not many actually expected to win.

'Once again, I want a nice, clean game.' Professor Hooch said when the teams met in the middle of the field.

Both teams took their positions. Madame Hooch threw the Quaffle in high in the air.

'AAND they're off again people' The voice of Lee Jordan boomed through the stadium, Potter immediately in possession of the Quaffle and is now speeding to the Hufflepuf goal hoops, leaving both teams behind him. He nears the hoops, throws…and misses. Nice safe from the Hufflepuf keeper, though I have to admit that personally I think that it was luck.

Preece in possession of the quaffle, nice Bludger from Derrek, the Slytherin beater.'

Preece, who had only held the Quaffle for a few mere seconds, fell off his broom and crashed into the grassy earth with a surprisingly hard thud. After only a few seconds, he was already out of the game.

'Montague in possession of the Quaffle, passes to Flint, passes to Potter, passes back to Montague, passes to Flint, FLINT SCORES! It is 10-0'

The game was boring to say in the least. Slytherin managed to score another 16 times, turning it into 170-10, after the Hufflepuf chaser Macavoy had passed the Slytherin keeper Bletcheley. That single goal was a mistake, for Macavoy was soon sped unconsciously from the field by professor Sprout, after two Bludgers had simultaneously crashed into his skull.

With Applebee the only Hufflepuf chaser left on the field, the beaters only followed the two seekers. Slytherin keeper Bletchley and the other three Slytherin chasers could easily manage the single chaser.

The game turned into a slaughter.

It had taken the Slytherin seeker one hour more to finally catch the snitch, making the final score 540-10.

Harry left his cheering teammates in the dressing rooms, and accompanied by Nott, Rowan, Draco, Crabbe and Goyle, they went to the Slytherin common room.

Harry had asked both Draco and Rowan to duel him. At the same time.

The six Slytherins passed through the stone halls of Hogwarts, most people still at the Quidditch pitch.

Arriving at the Slytherin common room, Draco murmured the password. They entered the dungeon like common room, which was already lit with small, green, soft glowing globes, creating an eerie tension in the common room.

Harry, Draco and Rowan, formed a triangle in their dormitory, Nott, Crabbe and Goyle as nervous spectators. The three drew their wands.

'B-begin' Nott said nervously.

'Impedimenta!' Draco and Rowan both cried.

With a slash of his wand, Harry created the advanced shield charm, preventing the spells from reaching him and making them bound through the dormitory.

'Serpensortia' Draco cried, making a snake burst from the tip of his wand, at the same time Rowan cried 'Expelliarmus', sending a red jet of light in his direction.

Harry deflected the disarming spell with his bracer, pointed his wand at the snake, and concentrated.

'Arena Verto'

A/N Arena Verto: Made up spell, Arena meaning: 'Sand' and 'Verto' literally meaning: 'I turn'. Harry uses this to turn objects/people into sand.

The snake squirmingly turned to sand.

Harry then pointed his wand to the middle of the dormitory, yelling 'Fumos'.

Smoke once again filled the dormitory.

Harry sped to where his bed was, and therefore his invisibility cloak.

Harry just managed to throw the cloak over before Draco and Rowan both said 'Ventus'

Making the smoke disappear.

Harry snuck towards Rowan, who realized what Harry had done when Harry was almost face to face with him.

'Expelliarmus' Harry cried victoriously. Sending Rowan flying wandless against the wall. Harry turned, catching a disarming charm send by Draco with his bracer.

'Incarcerous' Harry muttered. Making ropes appear around Rowans body, which wound themselves tightly around his body.

Harry now faced Draco alone.

Smiling, Harry once more vanished under the cloak.

He found Rowans wand, and started towards Draco, who had quickly made the ropes around Rowan vanish.

'Fumos' Harry thought, waving his wand, making smoke appear once again in the dormitory.

Not to make sure that couldn't see him, that would be completely useless, as he had the cloak. It was to keep his two opponents from seeing each other.

He noticed Draco's form a few feet away from him, and shot a body bind curse at him, which he surprisingly blocked with his bracer, making the blue yet fly straight passed Harry's ear.

Harry raced towards were Draco was standing, knelt before him to dodge any spells accidentally send his way, and send a non verbal disarming spell at Draco, who just muttered 'Ventus'.

Draco had made the smoke disappear, but had been unable to defend himself, and crashed into the wall behind him. Victory was his.

Too late he noticed a red flash speeding in his direction. No way.

He felt himself be lifted from the floor. Cloak or no cloak, he was still flesh and blood, and he had let himself be hit by an impediment jinx, send by Rowan with Draco's wand.

With a crash, Harry was blasted against one of the bed posts. The cloak slipping half over him.

Momentarily stunned, he was forced to watch Rowan walk towards him, wand raised.

'This is over Harry' He said grinning. 'Expelliarmus'

' PROTEGO HORIBILIS!' Harry cried in desperation, regaining his sense of touch and slashing at Rowan with his wand just in time.

A purple shield formed between the two boys just in time, and for a split second, it seemed as if Rowans spell was going to burst through it, but then it bounced back towards his caster, sending him flying through the dormitory once more.

Harry stood up just in time to see Draco racing towards him in an attempt to physically tackle him.

Dodging the blond haired boy by inches, Harry muttered 'Incarcerous', forcing his opponent to lie face down on the floor bound by what seemed like a dozen ropes.

Leaving his opponent, he started towards Rowan.

Lifting Rowan up into the air with a hover charm.

'Now, it is over' Harry said grinning. Making Rowan drop to the floor.

Harry handed Rowan his wand.

'Tough one' Harry said, realising that the Quidditch match had started to affect him.

'Apparently' Draco groaned from the floor.

'Oh, sorry Draco' Harry said and made the ropes vanish. Returning his wand as well.

'That was so awesome' Nott gasped from the doorway.

'Nice to know that you enjoyed it' Draco said gruffly.

'Next time you can be tossed through the dormitory' Rowan said equaling Draco's tone.

'Hehe, sorry about that' Harry said smiling nervously. 'But that is the pain you get from losing.' The voice in his head said. 'If you don't like it, grow stronger' Harry could only agree with the voice, however weird that felt.

'I'm going back to the library' Harry said while Rowan, Draco and Nott were arguing.

'Again?' Rowan said. 'What do you keep doing in there?'

'Looking up spells and researching.' Harry said.

'But you are already powerful enough to win against both a first year and a third year!' Draco said gaping.

'I know, but with difficulty' Harry said shrugging, and left a befuddled Rowan, Nott and Draco behind.

Reaching the library of the great castle of Hogwarts, Harry heard familiar voices. Hiding behind a bookcase, Harry listened.

'..come to my cabin, I cant promise that I'll tell you lot something, but you're not supposed to talk about that in public!' Hagrid whispered urgently.

Harry pressed himself against the bookcase, and was nearly seen as the enormous man, clutching a book behind his back, left the library.

Harry was about to move from his hiding spot when the voices of Granger and Weasley continued.

'What was he holding behind his back?' Granger said thoughtfully. 'Do you think it had anything to do with the philosophers stone?'

'Lets see what he was looking at' Weasley said.

Harry heard the two move to almost exactly where he was hiding.

'Dragons!' Weasley furiously whispered. 'Hagrid has been researching about dragons! Look at all these titles, From Egg to Infernal, A practical guide for breeding dragons and The dragons of Great-Britain!'

'Hagrid has always wanted a dragon,' Granger said thoughtfully. 'he said so that day in Diagon alley remember?'

'Wait, you cant possibly believe that he actually has a dragon in his cabin?'

'We'll have to wait until we arrive at his cabin tonight.' Granger said, but her voice said that she too, feared for the worst.

Draco had been delighted with this piece of news.

Harry's reaction was almost the opposite.

'We can take your invisibility cloak!' Draco said with more enthusiasm than Harry could muster for this little, irrelevant piece of news. Then an idea hit him however.

Would the dark lord want a dragon?

Harry saw himself, presenting a mighty and loyal black dragon for his lord.

'A weapon to strike even more fear into the hearts of his opponents.' The voice in Harry's head said.

If he could somehow obtain this dragon, if it existed that was, and somehow tame it. It would secure his future at the dark lord's side.

'All right' Harry said. 'We'll go tonight'

That night, he and Draco used the invisibility cloak to leave the castle. Harry had asked for a free night with Snape, in order to go. The healing spells had been simple at first, and the wand movement and non verbal additions laughable, but now they were onto more powerful healing spells, which Harry found somewhat more difficult than he wanted to admit.

Harry noticed that it was a clear night when they left the great castle, softly closing the great doors behind them. The moon once again shone upon the grounds.

Harry noticed Weasley and Granger closing in on the gamekeepers cabin, saw them knocking, and noticed how the giant gamekeeper let them in.

Harry and Draco closed in at the cabin, and peered inside.

Something what looked like a big, black, egg was lying in a cauldron in the fireplace.

He saw the gamekeeper talking with Weasley and Granger, but could not hear a thing.

'Your turn to occupy me' Draco said with a grin, and before Harry could say another word, Draco had already uttered his spell.

'Demonstro'

Instantly, Harry felt Draco crumple on his shoulder.

Suppressing a curse, Harry grabbed Draco's limb form by the shoulder and peered inside, where he knew Draco was now listening.

Harry looked at the great black egg. He had to resist the urge to storm right in and steal the egg.

But how would he control the dragon when it hatched?

He knew that dragons were impossible to control. It was one of the first things he had learned while he was at Hogwarts. They were strongly resistant to most spells, and were often violent and hostile to everyone.

He had to manipulate it somehow. Learn the dragon how to obey his commands at a very young age. But how?

'Forget all your spell work you practice at the moment, we need to find something to control creatures, aside from spells we both know you cannot master.'

Harry knew what the voice was talking about. The imperius curse.

He had already decided however, that that was yet far too difficult for him to attempt. He had to research this problem. Find away around the normal thinking of the wizards who had attempted to control dragons before him.

Before he could come up with any more theories however, Draco's body once more became alive.

'They're leaving!' Draco urgently whispered.

Struggling under the cloak to keep up with the two running Gryffindors, the Slytherins tried to catch something of what they were saying.

'…insane…wooden house….mental….' They heard, before they were outrun by the two, who were not limited in their running because they had to stay under a one person cloak.

After entering the castle, Harry and Draco left the two Gryffindors, removed the cloak and left for their own dormitory.

'The two talked a while about the philosophers stone' Draco said while walking. 'Apparently, that three headed dog isn't the only thing that guards it. More teachers have given the stone their protections.'

'Naturally' Harry said. 'An object of such value and power is obviously not protected by one single protection alone'

'Than they continued with that egg over the fire' Draco continued. 'Apparently it's a Norwegian Ridgeback, and the oaf actually wants to keep it in his house!'

'Dragons are almost impossible to tame' Harry muttered almost as if to himself, but actually strongly wishing that they were not.

'Maybe we can manage to let them be captured with it.' Draco said almost hopefully. 'It could give us a few house points, dock a few from Gryffindor and maybe even give detention to Granger and Weasley!'

'Perhaps, if prepared properly' Harry said with a thinking expression, but secretly cursing his friend for his stupidity.

The goals of his friends were worthless, pitiful, feeble and lamentable.

He heard the voice in his head gleefully agreeing with him.

A/N Sorry that it took so long to upload this chapter, but I was ill for a couple 'o days so…guess there's not helping it…stupid winter. I guess Read and Review all, and I hope you're all enjoying the story so far.

Oh Yeah, if anyone has some nice ideas, be sure to PM me, and I might just agree and put them into the story.