Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC

Year 4- Ch. 56

Fleur finished her task in about fifteen minutes, after she enchanted the dragon to sleep, the dragon had singed off the bottom of her skirt with its snore that let out a jet of fire from its nostrils, but she was able to retrieve the egg and finish her task.

Krum had just finished off his first task as well, he used the blinding curse on his dragon, causing it to stumble around. He had retrieved the egg, but lost points when the dragon smashed through half of the real eggs that were in the nest.

Céline's leg was shaking from anxiety, the next person who was up was Harry. Daphne patted her knee, gaining her attention.

"I'm sure Potter will be fine. All the dragons they've had so far, haven't been so bad. I'm sure it's the same for him too." Daphne tried to reassure her friend.

Suddenly, they heard the heavy steps of the approaching dragon. The handlers bringing it into the enclosure. Seeing the dragon, Céline, Daphne, and Tracey's eyes widened and mouth dropped.

"Shit... is that..?" Daphne mumbled, in awe.

"A Hungarian Horntail?... yeah" said Tracey, finishing her friend's sentence.

"Aren't those..." Daphne began again,

"One of the fiercest dragons ever? ... yes."  Tracey said with a grim expression.

"You've got to be kidding me." Céline groaned.

The Hungarian Horntail immediately went to protect its nest that held the golden egg like all the others did. The dragons's senses were on high alert.

The whistle blew and out from the other end of the clearing entered Harry. He looked so nervous, seeing the dragon immediately look to him as she guarded her nest.

The crowd had mixed reactions, some were cheering, whether it was for Harry or just for the excitement of the first task, it was unsure. Others, on the other hand, were boo-ing, that was surely directed towards Harry.

Céline squinted her eyes to see if she could read his face, but he was too far down in the enclosure. "Please be careful, Harry. You've got this.." she mumbled out, worriedly.

Then everyone sees Harry pull out his wand and shout a spell and then nothing. The crowd murmured, some snickered, thinking that whatever spell he decided to use didn't work.

"Come on... Come on." Céline whispered to herself, glancing up around her to see if she saw anything coming up from above the trees. Then, she heard before she saw it, zipping over the heads of the students was Harry's firebolt.

Céline watch as the broom made an abrupt stop in front of Harry, as if, waiting for him to mount it and he did. The moment he got on his broom he flew high into the sky, hovered in the same spot for a moment and then dove towards the dragon and her nest of eggs. But the Horntail had followed his movement and the minute he dove towards it, a jet of fire shot out from the dragon's throat. Harry pulled out of the way just in time.

"Great Scott, he can fly!" Mr. Bagman yelled as the entire crowd shrieked and gasped. "Are you watching this, Mr. Krum?"

Céline's eyes were locked onto Harry, her hand clenching tightly at the fabric of her robes. Harry had flown higher in the sky and began to circle the dragon, while it's head revolving on its neck, fixated on Harry's movements. He dove down again, dodging the flames from the dragon, but not being able to fully evade the spikey tail that whipped towards him, grazing his shoulder.

Céline gasped along with her friends. He then flew back up  into the air and started to fly in different direction, not close enough to make the dragon to shoot fire at him, but still enough for her to keep her interest on him as a threat to her eggs.