Hufflepuff boy - Cedric Diggory x male oc x Viktor Krum

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As the four find their feet, the dragon roars and spits fire, illuminating the tunnel. Shadows approach, stretching over the tunnel walls.

"Griphook! Griphook!" Harry shouts.

But Griphook merely looks back, grins madly and, sword in hand, rushes to join the approaching throng. "Thieves! Help! Thieves!"

"Foul little git. Least we've got Bogrod." Ron said.

The dragon spits fire again, reducing Bogrod to dust.

"That's unfortunate." Ron said, shrugging.

"We can't just stand here! Who's got an idea?" Hermione asked, looking at the three beside her.

"You're asking us? You both are always with the plan." Ron said, glancing at Cayden and Hermione.

"I've got something. But it's mad." Cayden said.

Harry and Ron eye the approaching throng, turning back to Cayden with looks of mild panic.

Cayden raises his hand. "Relashio!" He said, and the iron cuffs on the dragon snap free.

"That's your idea?" Ron asked incredulously.

"Come on!" Harry said, firing stunning spells towards the goblins as he pelts towards the dragon and flings himself onto its neck, soon after the three join him, but the dragon doesn't move.

"It doesn't realize it's free!" Hermione exclaimed. "Leviosa! Aviatus! Ex Cappa!"

But nothing worked. Ron and Harry glance at each other and then-- as if reading each other's mind-- raise their wands high and, as one, jab the dragon with the tip of their wands. It roars, rears, and soars into the air. As it caroms off the sides of the tunnel and scrapes the ceiling, the four ducks, watching the goblins scatter like Skittles and dust and debris rain down.

Harry looks back and sees the dragon's spike tail thrashing, the tunnel caving.

Seconds later, a low rumble is heard, growling louder, then a massive dust cloud billows forth and the dragon bursts. It soars by, wings flapping, eyes blind, gulping fresh air.

The Hall of Gringotts trembles, fissures appear and the dragon erupts through the floor. Pillars start to spill, and the goblins dive for cover.

The grand facade of Gringotts disintegrates as the dragon penetrates, wheeling upward and beats towards the sky.

The dragon soars over London, shedding scales and debris as the dust-ridden four hunker low, the cool breeze bathing their blistered skin.

"That was brilliant! BRILLIANT!" Ron exclaimed, looking down, realizes he's on a dragon, several hundred feet in the air. His face turns green. "Bloody hell."

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The four shiver as they cling to the dragon. Harry slides a few inches, peering up past the beast's head.

"We're dropping!" Harry exclaimed.

The dragon circles, lower and lower and a lake shimmer.

"I say we jump!" Ron exclaimed.

"When?" Hermione questioned.

"NOW!" Cayden exclaimed as they all dropped into the lake. He swims up to the surface, looking around the lake for Harry and finds him. He starts swimming towards his twin brother and takes him into his arms, swimming towards Ron and Hermione who are waiting for them at shore.