Chapter five

Harry turned to Charlie, 'How often do dragons lay eggs?'

'Once a year, similar to humans, now you're dragon is a Hungarian horntail, they have been known to lay two eggs at once, but normally it's one. You're small, and I've only known the smaller horntails to lay one egg at a time.'

'How easy is it for a dragon to get pregnant?'

'Really easy Hermione, the male will smell when the female is ready and they mate, within a week we do the test and they are always pregnant.'

'So after all the shagging we just did, I could be pregnant now?'

'Wait, hang on,' Hermione said then flicked to another page in the book, 'The first forty eight hours is for bonding, you'll mate a lot, confirm your bond, but you would not have fallen pregnant. After that you can, it can happen when you are transformed or as your human self. You might need to read these Harry, there is a potion that can be made so the, sorry, female partner can take which will stop you falling pregnant.'

'Oh that's good to know. I want kids, but not right now. So I'll work on the potion.'

'Yeah, we can wait a few years,' Charlie grinned, 'I hope you're not like the female dragons at the reserve, they get mean when their pregnant.'

'Well you're a dragon handler Charlie, so handle me,' Harry laughed making Charlie laugh.

'Gladly, but later.'

'What if it was the other way around, Charlie was the younger, he would be the one to give birth right?' Bill asked.

'Yes but as the stag or doe give birth to live baby's that's how it would be, not with an egg.'

'So your children will have to be artificially fed, not breast fed like most babies?' Molly asked.

'That's in here too, Harry can have the baby suckle him for up to four months, then he dries up. It's so they can bond. He will have enough of a breast to feed the child.'

'Bloody hell Hermione, stop shocking me here.'

'Sorry Harry, I find this fascinating.'

'Yes it's very interesting. Does it mention why Harry is a Morphixen, was it passed through his family?'

'Not it's not genetic or linked to his blood in any way Mr. Weasley, it's just very rare and will chose anyone. The last case was four hundred and sixty four year ago. It does say it normally choses someone that can handle the change, someone that is naturally powerful. But when both partners change, their power will double.'

'Explain more about that Hermione?' Bill asked.

'Well Harry, you had trouble working most non-verbal spells, you should be able to do any now. So try summoning something non-verbally.'

'Okay,' Harry took his wand from his pocket and aimed it at a cup on the sink, thought the spell, accio cup and it flew straight into his hand, 'Great.'

'Charlie, did you ever find anything difficult with your magic?'

'Well, I could never conjure a patronus, but it never worried me as I lived in Romania and there aren't any dementors there.'

'Try it now, you should know the spell,' Arthur said.

'Alright,' Charlie pulled his wand, smiled at Harry then spoke the charm, 'Expecto patronum,' out the end of Charlie's wand flew a silver dragon, 'I match Harry.'

'You sort of match yourself in a way Charlie, since you've worked with them for years,' George said, 'This is strange but fascinating. Hermione, you said before if one gets sick the other will as well. We've all heard what women go through when their pregnant, morning sickness, sometimes aching backs and of course, giving birth doesn't tickle, how will that work?'

'Oh Charlie will feel it all as well. What you said before Charlie about pregnant dragons, it won't be quite the same. Harry will be himself during the pregnancy, but will transform when it's time to lay his egg, then transform back to himself once the baby is out of the shell.'

Everyone noticed that Charlie grimaced a little at knowing he was going to feel everything Harry did, but all Harry did was smirk knowing he won't be going through it all alone. He heard how woman wished their husbands would feel what they went through giving birth, now Charlie would feel exactly what was going to happen when Harry gave birth.

'Even though I like the idea of Charlie sharing all the stuff I'm going to go through, you mean I'll look like me, how I am now but with a stomach, a man with a pregnant stomach?'

'Yes, you will,' Hermione grinned, then laughed with everyone else as Harry grimaced this time.

'Um Hermione, I've seen the size of a dragon egg, they're not small. If Harry tried to spit one of those out, or even carry one, I think it would split him in two,' Charlie said looking worried.

'No, after conceiving and Harry changes back to himself, the baby will grow like normal but inside an egg instead of the womb, since Harry doesn't have a womb. So the egg will be the size or just larger than a baby and will grow as the baby grows.'

'Charlie was a big baby, so Harry and Charlie, expect to feel a lot of pain,' Molly grinned.

'I don't want to think about that, and since it's not going to happen any time soon, let's forget about all that for now.' Harry said.

'Good idea, but Charlie, you were staying because you wanted to stay with the family for a while, but you were intending to go back to Romania, what's going to happen now?' Bill asked.

'Oh, I'll stay with Harry; I just need to work out what I want to do. Sometimes I have thought of opening a shop, one dedicated to all creatures. Books, toys, anything you might need, like cages, stands, whatever that particular creature needs. Even though I love dragons, having Harry turning into one makes it great, I still get to see and handle one all the time,' Charlie smirked at Harry making him laugh.

'That's not a bad idea Charlie, if you go to Owlops, you can buy an owl, cage and treats, but not books on them. Then you would need to go to the magical menagerie to get other animals but again not the books.'

'Then why don't I fund it for you, open a shop wherever you want. I gave Fred and George there start-up money which helped them make all their stuff, then that place just took off. I could do the same for you.'

'I don't want your money Harry, you'll need that yourself.'

'Um Charlie,' Ron grinned, 'Harry has more than enough.'

'What do you mean?'

'Harry's rich Charlie, really rich,' Hermione smiled, 'He showed Ron and I his three vaults, all loaded and not just with money.'

'Three vaults, why do you have three vaults Harry?' George asked.

'The trust vault my parents left me, Hagrid gave me the key when I was eleven. Then the Black vault that Sirius left me, and they were a loaded, then when I went to work on paying for the damage we did to Gringotts, the goblins handed me another key, the Potter family vault and merlin that bloody shocked me. I never realised the Potters were so rich, so you see, I've got more than enough and we are bonded, so what's mine is yours. So if you think of it that way, you're not taking my money, you're using your own.'

'Harry's got a point Charlie, even though this Morphixen makes you life and soul mates, you are bonded, if you wanted to make it official then you have a bonding ceremony, like a wedding. But from what I've been reading, you and Harry are partners in every way, just not legally,' Hermione said.

'I'll think about it, we've got time and I'm still helping with Hogwarts and the shops.'

'Yeah, we have got time,' Harry smiled then all of a sudden he growled and pulled Charlie behind him as his body transformed into his dragon, his clothes ripping from his body, then Charlie changed into his stag again his robes ripping from his bodies.

'Ginny, don't, get back upstairs now,' Arthur yelled and ran towards her.

'Harry, Charlie, it's fine, dad will deal with her,' Ron said as he took a tentative step closer as the dragon kept growling and puffs of smoke issued from its nostrils, 'Please mate, you could hurt someone and you might set the house on fire.'

Arthur had dragged Ginny up the stairs, then Charlie slowly changed back, he put his hand on the face of the dragon, gently caressing the scaly skin until finally Harry changed back, then the two men held each other until their breathing became normal. Bill raced upstairs and grabbed more robes then helped Harry and Charlie put them on.

'She was going to curse you Charlie, she blames you.'

'I know, I sensed it babe, but since dad's up there, I should get my stuff so she's got time to get used to this.'

'I'm not going to trust her, she could try something else.'

'Harry, let me and Ron go up with Charlie, you stay here. If you start breathing fire, the house will go up,' Bill said.

'Alright, I don't want to hurt anyone or damage this place. I'll stay with Fleur, her pregnancy is calming on me, if that's alright Fleur?'

'Of course 'arry, zit,' she smiled then Harry sat beside her, she took his hand, 'Better.'

'Yes, lots, thanks Fleur.'

'You were smoking Harry, your nostrils I mean,' Hermione said as she sat back down.

'I know, I tried to pull it back and finally it worked. Kingsley said I'll learn to control it. I don't want to hurt anyone and I really don't want to hurt Ginny, it just takes over.'

'We know you wouldn't deliberately hurt Ginny or anyone Harry. So it's good that Charlie is going to live with you. We'll work on getting together, just not with Ginny until she learns to accept this.'

'Thanks Mrs. Weasley,' Harry gave her a smile, 'But look at our clothes, we have to keep something on us at all times and I'll have to keep buying more, maybe I should just stock up on a lot in case this keeps happening,' Harry sighed as he saw his ripped clothes, then turned back, 'Hey Angelina, you've been quiet through all this, too much for you is it?'

'No, just been listening to everything, then I've been trying to control myself. First seeing you and Charlie, naked, well, you're naked butts since you turned to face each other,' Angelina chuckled, 'Then I keep imagining you pregnant Harry,' Angelina snickered, then laughed with George, Lee and Hermione.

'I shouldn't have asked, but the feelings I'm getting from Fleur is making me less anxious about that. I can hear two heartbeats, Fleur's is slower, the babies fast. I can feel, or sense how she's changing, growing, it's beautiful, it's life.'

'Yes it is and that's a very lovely way to put that. It is beautiful, life and I think a lot of us used to take that for granted, we don't anymore and no one ever should again, don't you agree Harry?' molly asked.

'Definitely, we all should cherish life, all living creatures, humans, elves, dragons, owls, everything, even the worms in the earth. They all are part of our world, they connect us together, we can't have one without the other. They make us love, that brings all of us together, makes the world go around,' Harry grinned as Hermione gazed at him with an amazed look on her face, which made Harry's smile bigger.