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This start to get very strange indeed...
Chapter 5
"Awe man, cleaning out stinky pots and old antiques is definitely not something I aspired to do during the wee hours of the night" Ron groaned later on during dinner.
"But that was some awesome magic you pulled there! How did you do it? It was brilliant how you managed to control all that water!" Neville exclaimed in-between mouthfuls of food.
"Yeah, that was totally awesome, how did you do that? It seems like I'm not the only one who's started practising new spells" Harry asked eagerly.
"I..err… you know, I think it was one of those spur-of-the-moment kinds of magic. Like how I usually make this backfire on me… like that time I made myself puke slugs all day? But this time, I got it right" Ron grinned, hoping that would be a good cover-up.
"But you weren't holding a wand this time. And it was more than just a regular run-of-the-mill spell that Professor Snape or McGonagall teaches us. Ron, is there-" Hermione began. However, she stopped because all of a sudden, a great hush settled on the whole hall.
Ron and the gang turned to find that the hall doors were opening on their own.
A single lone figure stood just within the entrance and was scanning the room purposefully.
A heavy draught of strange foreign magic was pulsing from the figure, and everyone was looking at the figure.
For a moment, its eyes lingered somewhere on the Slytherin table, then its eyes shot up and locked with Ron's eyes.
The figure briskly approached Ron's table, and as Ron stood up, he immediately recognised the stranger, not for who he was, but for what he was.
The figure was none other than the great advisor Gerdion, who the Dragon King and Queen had sent in search of the newborn who had unleashed its distress cry. However, Gerdion was surprised to find that the youth in question was not so new-born at all.
"You must be the child," Geridon said as he stood in front of Ron. He held out both his hands and took Ron's hands firmly in his grasp.
Upclose, Gerdion was a sight to behold. Cropped blond hair curled around a beautiful pale-skinned face with eyes the colour of gold and stars. The man was beautiful with an edge of brisk, keen certainty and confidence of his power and magic. He was roughly a few inches taller than Ron, but his magnitude seemed to stretch in all directions for heights even further and wider. His heather grey robes billowed around him even though there was no wind. To others, he looked like a strange tall elven-like magician. To Ron, he was a deity.
"W-Who are you?" Ron asked.
"Gerdion of the Empress State of Dargo, Grand Adviser to the Royal Family. These things are of little importance at this moment; tell me what ails you. We picked up your distress call from the Royal Palace itself. Do these humans hold you captive? How you lost your way? You do not look new-born, but it seems as if you are - your tail is hidden far within the waters within you" Gerdion said, sounding very concerned " You have not even tried out your true form yet! What holds you back?"
Ron's eyes grew wide with wonder and confusion " No no, I-I'm alright. What distress call? I never sent one out" He replied, scared that he'd done something wrong.
Geridon sighed and smiled " Ahhh….I see and your predicament"
Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall had by now made their way to the stranger, along with Professor Snape at their heels.
"And who might you be? There is a policy here that doesn't allow visitors here at Hogwarts at odd hours of the day or night" Dumbledore said, addressing both Ron and Gerdion.
Gerdion stared at the professors for a moment. Then he sniffed, as though they were not at all important, and turned back to Ron.
" Why do you not leave? These people do not seem so powerful as to have any hold on you" Gerdion asked bluntly.
"My mother wants me here" Ron replied, bowing his head.
Gerdion nodded and released Ron's hands " During the next solstice, come, and bring along the other half-awake newborn. We will see what we can do for the both of you"
Geridon then turned to the professors. Somehow, he seemed to fill up the air and space around him with intense and potent, lethal magic.
"Be careful with this child of the Empress State. If I see or hear any reason for him or his mate to be distressed, I will come back, and you will perish" Gerdion stated, and just like that, disappeared.