Upon nearing Hagrid's Hut, he was intercepted by a group of rugged looking men, with Charlie Weasley at the front, assuming they were dragon handlers, he internally started to sweat. Ron's words of Charlie being mad because Haru had yet to return, not to mention they would be taking her away soon, and he didn't want his beloved companion to leave him. He had to think of a plan, and fast.
"Harry! Please tell me you know where the Hungarian Horntail went! We have been trying to locate her, but she's vanished!" Charlie Weasley cried in frustration, the dragon handlers behind him looking at Harry crossly.
"I'm sorry Charlie, she dropped me off at Hogwarts last night before flying back off"
Upon hearing this Charlie began to cry, in fear of what his superiors would say for losing a dragon.
Braving himself, Harry took a deep breath and completely shocked Charlie Weasley to the core...
"Hey is it legal to buy a fully grown dragon from a reserve Charlie?" He tentatively asked the frozen red-head.
"Well... You would need to fill in a form and go to the ministry and have a court meeting over why you want to buy one or a specific one, and then pay the cost, but Harry they're expensive and the whole meeting at the ministry probably wouldn't go well anyway, nobody had bought a dragon in over 500 years Harry, why the bloody hell would you want to?" Charlie said, whilst pityingly glancing at him.
"How much are they Charlie?" He stubbornly asked
" 1.5 Million Galleons " He muttered
Instead of gaping in shock like Charlie expected him to, Harry hummed appreciatively in thought, before looking back up to Charlie and smiling.
"Very well, I shall try and call her, you may take her back to the sanctuary for now, but tell your superiors to expect the Hungarian Horntail to be bought soon.
Charlie Weasley gazed at Harry with incredulity before nodding numbly and walking away in shock.
With a new mission in mind, he postponed his trip to see Hagrid and rapidly sprinted into Hogwarts and towards Albus' Office.
Upon being stopped by the Gargoyle, he began spouting off sweets in hope Albus kept his trend of passwords the same.
"Um...Berty Botts....Fizzing Fizzlers...Blood Pops....Lemon ...Bon Bons...Lemon Drops? Ah-Ha!" Obviously Albus would use his favourite sweet in all the world. Shaking his head he steadily climbed the stairs before knocking lightly on the huge oak door.
After hearing a slightly muffled come in, he opened the door slowly, peaking around the corner to see Albus with Minerva, Flitwick and surprisingly Snape.
Walking in fully and closing the door behind him he climbed the platform and stood facing all the professors who watched him in with varying expressions of hate (Snape), cheer (Flitwick), happiness (Albus) and blushing mortification (Minerva).
"Good day professors, Albus, Minerva..."
The delightful sound of Snape choking on his own coffee was music to his ears, and from Albus' twinkling eyes, he understood the sentiment too...
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From Orphan to a Dragon's Child
FanfictionThe last thing Harry Potter expected was to be either roasted to a burnt crisp or to be thoroughly crushed, after all, being unwillingly entered into a Triwizard Tournament and being tasked to fight a dragon was not something one does on a daily bas...
