"Well, it could have been worse," muttered Harry as he sat down on a fallen tree trunk. "Dudley could have thrown me overboard on the way here. Instead, I just got lost because I choose to follow the weird pull… Just great," he sighed, running a hand through his hair.

Honestly, it started rather simply. The Dursleys won an all-expenses-paid vacation to the popular "Jurassic World" theme park. And because the ones in charge of organizing found out about his existence, his relatives were forced to take him with them. Harry honestly welcomed this change of pace, compared to what could have been one of the most boring/hellish summers up until now. Instead, he and his family travelled to the tropical island and after they were taken to their rooms(with the boys having separated rooms, much to their mutual relief/glee), their trip excursion through the park began. But somehow, shortly after arrival, Harry started feeling a pull on his magical core. It was faint and he didn´t pay it any attention. Then he got separated from his family and realized that he entered the jungle around the park. The pull then got stronger and he decided to follow it since he didn´t get any feeling of dread or danger from it. So he kept walking through the jungle, who knows into which direction… until he ended. Or to be more specific, until the pull became a content buzzing sensation as if to tell him he had reached his destination and all he had to do was wait.

And wait he did.

Some might freak out if they were in Harry´s place, but the young wizard felt more annoyed than anything else. For the situation seemed rather tame, in comparison to his previous adventures during school years. After all, being lost in a jungle was nothing compared to defending himself from a teacher, fighting a giant snake, dodging dementors or participating in a tournament that could have killed him. Besides, he had his wand nearby and as he thought about it, he realized he could easily teleport to someplace close to the tourist resort.

At times like this I´m glad to be emancipated by a technicality, Harry thought. At least the tournament was good for something – it all but declared him an adult, despite being fourteen, now nearly fifteen. All that was left for him to do was to claim his lordship and nobody would have any say in his life, ever.

As he sat there, lost in thoughts, he was unaware of the pair of burning crimson eyes watching him.

I looked at the being in front of me. It looked like one of the small two-legged creatures I escaped from. But it-he, as something told me it was a male, looked like he seemed younger than them. He looked as if he was only now growing into adulthood, like myself. He had black fluff growing on his head and felt… weakened. Like something sabotaged his proper growth… lack of food? Another thing we had in common?

As I observed him, my hunger let itself know. I hadn´t eaten since I escaped and even before the food was never enough so I was constantly hungry. Yet even after I freed myself from those restrictive walls, I couldn´t bring myself to hunt. The needy feeling that motivated me to escape prevented me from doing it. Instead, right after I got rid of that annoying hard bug the two-legged thing forced under my skin, it made me go somewhere. I complied since it never led me wrong. And it led me right to this being.

Maybe he was supposed to be my food? But why him? He was smaller than the things I saw on my way here. And he seemed skinny. How could he satisfy me?

I didn´t know what to do. This was all new to me. How was I supposed to react? What should I do?

I let out a small, frustrated noise as more and more questions emerged in my mind.

The noise caught his attention and his head snapped in my direction. My eyes saw his green ones…

…and everything else seemed to disappear.

He was on his feet in an instant, wand out sliding into his hand, and looked into the direction of the noise. Ready to defend himself, he tried to catch a glimpse of the beast he just heard. It was difficult, with trees blocking a good portion of his view, but saw the shape of something big hidden in the shadows. The young wizard tensed, preparing his magic… or at least he tried to do so.

His green eyes went wide as his magic refused to listen to him. Panicking he started to back away, only for the shape to move as well.

"Oh, Merlin," he whispered as the unknown being… revealed itself. It wasn´t big. It was MASSIVE! At least twenty feet in height and from what he saw a good fifty feet in length, easily surpassing the dragon he faced last year. Dark greenish grey scales allowed it to completely blend with the surrounding. But just as that thought entered his mind, said scales changed colour in front of his eyes to a bone white. The shade provided a terrifying contrast to the blazing red eyes that were watching him with a strange intensity. Another thing that more than slightly unnerved the teen was the crocodile-like teeth prodding from its muzzle.

Harry had no idea what kind of dinosaur was this, and he knew it WAS a dinosaur, considering the island they were at, but he definitely didn´t want to be alone with it. He continued to walk backwards, trembling as the dinosaur moved forward with each of his steps. Nerveless, the boy knew better than to turn around and start running. That usually signalled the start of the chase and he seriously doubted he could outrun this creature. But this way, he hoped to find either a good hiding place, some more appealing prey for the dinosaur or, if he was lucky, other people, who might help him.

That hope lasted until his back hit a tree trunk.

The young wizard froze, desperately trying again to reach his magic. It refused to listen, again, and he realized he was screwed. And as the realization set in, he could see the massive beast lower its head, probably getting ready to eat him.

"Well, at least with this beast, death will be nothing personal," he mused before he closed his eyes in resignation.

Only to nearly jump from his skin when the dinosaur poked him with its head and whined? What the hell?

He hesitantly opened his eyes and saw the white being staring at him. Once it realized it had his attention, another of those whining noises left its throat and its muzzle brushed against him again. The teen was not sure what to do, considering this was a very atypical behaviour from a carnivore. The only somewhat reassuring thing in this whole situation was that his magic did not register the dinosaur as a threat. So as crazy as it sounded, he decided to go with the first idea that entered his mind.

With a deep calm, the young wizard tentatively reached out with his free hand. The second his fingers touched the scales between its nostrils, his magic acted. Eyes went wide as the energy from his core travelled up his arms and enter the being in front of him. Some fear disappeared and he observed as the dinosaur´s pupils dilated, before it closed its eyes. When it opened them again, Harry took in a sharp intake.

Gone was the unnerving shade of red, instead replaced by the exact same intense green of his own eyes.

"Mine. Protect."

Harry blinked in surprise, hearing the female voice in his mind. His first reaction was to look around for its owner, but he didn´t see anybody else besides himself and… the dinosaur.

"Um… did you just say something?" asked the wizard slowly, his mind already working out all possible explanations for this. One kept coming up again and again, but he didn´t want to draw conclusions until he had all the facts.

The dinosaur blinked, before tilting… her head to the side. "You… can understand me?"

"Yes… and I guess it would be stupid to ask you the same," Harry chuckled weakly. And finally, everything started to fall into place. The pull. His magic acting out. Its refusal to raise against the animal in front of him. The reaction it had once there was skin-to-skin contact. And lastly, the ability to understand each other. It all pointed towards a familiar bond – a bond between a magic user and their animal companion.

And his familiar was a dinosaur.

Now all fear from the animal went out of the window and was replaced by a simple thought. How in the name of magic will he explain it to the park owners?!

"How is this possible?" she asked him, interrupting his growing panic.

Harry thought about it before he decided to keep things simple for now. "I believe… when I touched you earlier a special kind of connection established between us, that allows it. A permanent connection one at that."

"Permanent?"

"Yes."

"Does it mean I will no longer be alone?" she asked him, eyeing him intently.

Here Harry paused before he realized she was probably just as lonely as him. He smiled at her and answered: "No, neither of us will be alone ever again."

At first, there was no response, until she pulled away from him. She rose at full her height and let out a roar. The human quickly covered his ears to prevent himself from turning deaf. Abruptly, the roar was cut off and he felt a heavyweight collapse next to him. When a warm heat pressed against him, he realized the female was lying next to him, her body twisted so it fully shielded him from the rest of the world.

"I´m happy, Mine!" declared his new familiar, nuzzling her head against him.

When he realized that she just expressed her joy, laughter escaped the young teen. He started petting her, grinning when she closed her eyes and let out a pleased noise. "I´m happy too. And I´m Harry, not Mine."

"Harry?"

"Yes. And since you now know it, I would like to hear what is your name."

"A name? What is it?"

"Something others use to call you and you recognize yourself as. Like I´m called Harry because I recognized it as a part of me. As my name," he explained patiently.

There was a pause before the female pulled from him and turned her head away from him. "I don´t have anything like that. I´m sorry, Harry."

Harry blinked in surprise, before coming to the conclusion that they probably don´t name all of the dinosaurs in the park. Sighing, he walked towards his familiar and gently caressed her cheek. "It´s alright. It is not your fault, after all." Seeing she was still not looking at him, he offered: "If you want it, I can give you one."

THAT made her gaze return towards the wizard. "You would do it for me?"

"Sure." He smiled at her before his face adopted a thoughtful look. He looked her up and down, paying careful attention to every little detail and thinking about what he observed from her behaviour from before. It took a while before he came up with a satisfying choice. "Enyo. Your name will be Enyo," he declared certainly.

"Enyo," repeated his familiar, before she let out a pleased noise. "I like it. Thank you, Harry."

"You´re welcome," grinned the young wizard. If there was something that seemed to fit this dangerous beauty, it was the name of the Greek goddess of war and one of the consorts of Ares.

Any further talk was stopped when Enyo suddenly froze, then looked to the side. Her whole body tensed and she let out a deep growling noise. The teen thought about asking what was wrong but then decided against it. If something caused this reaction from a predator such as her, then he probably didn´t want to know.

"Climb at me. We are leaving," commanded the dinosaur seriously.

"Okay," the teen nodded and did as she said. Mindful of the osteoderms on her back he was quick to apply a cushioning charm and then an over-powered sticking charm, as a precaution.

The latter turned out to be a very good idea when she quickly rose to her feet and took off running.