I'm not a coward, just shy (Hogwarts fanfic)

ch 7 - dragons and sight seeing

I sat on my four poster bed with my curtains pulled. I playing random cords on my Guitar. I was thinking of my past. Of all the times I was scared, hurt or alone, of the times I had shut myself from the world. I wonder were my dad was though this part of my life. I never had know what he looked like, I have also wanted to know, but I didn't even have so much as a picture of my parents. I wanted to know if my dad was as horrible as he was played out to be. A Crazy murderer. Was that really him, is that the blood the runs though my veins? I couldn't believe it. I wouldn't, something told me otherwise.

I heard the door to the dorm open and I put my hand on the cords to stop the sound.

"Taylor, I know your there what did Dumbledore want, Fred and George said you looked up set" It was Ron's voice that called out. When I didn't answer he thrown back the curtains. I winced as the setting sun shone in my eyes. I looked up in the freckled face, a mix of worry and curiosity playing across his features.

"He wanted... to know if I want more flying lessons" I said thing on my feet. Ron was like a brother to me but I could tell him this yet.

"For 3 hours?" Harry questioned. I nodded.

"Yeah" slumping into my pillow, for a few minutes everything was silent except for the cords I was playing.

"We found out something about what the three headed dog is hiding, it has something to do with Nicolas Flamel, all so we need help" Harry said breaking the silence.

"What's wrong" I asked.

"It's Hagrid, he has gotten a hold of a dragon egg" Ron finish. My eyes widened in surprise.

"A dragon... you say" a nervous chuckle escaped my lips, sitting up and feeling dread fill my stomach.

"Not Legally either" Ron added falling on my bed.

"Maybe you send an owl to Charlie, you told me he works with dragons, maybe he will take it" just as I mentioned it I had feeling in my gut, like it was going to happen.

"Okay, I will owl him" Ron nodded.

"Nicolas Flamel, I know I read that name somewhere, maybe I he is on the chocolate frog cards or a book or something" I rated my brain.

"Come on lets go down for dinner, I am starving" Ron jumped from the bed and pulled me from the bed and half pushed me and harry out the door.

The next day Ron owled Charlie telling what was happening and we didn't get any word back for almost 3 weeks after Christmas when the dragon was fully hatched and sneezing flames. This time I knew when and where Errol was going to crash, and I manage to catch him by his foot. I few people clapped and I blushed and sat back down, a dazed Errol in my lap. I Untied the letter addressed to Ron and handed it to him.

"Nice catch" He commented and tore open the great.

"That's Great! Charlie said he would take "Norbert". He said he will pick he up on the astronomy tower, at midnight tonight" He said.

"Okay , how will we do that?" I asked Petting Errol's head as he hooted.

"How are we will going to do it" I asked.

"What do you mean we, your can't come" Ron snapped.

"Why" I wined quietly.

"Because, you could into serious trouble"

"So could you, I want to help" I felt angry boil which as something I rarely felt.

"Not everyone will fit under the cloak, harry got Christmas" I huffed, got up and felt rather dizzy. I stumbled, having to hold on to the table for support.

"Is everything alright" Hermione asked.

I nodded but my head was spinning and pain throbbed in the backs of my eyes and the feeling in my gut was back but stronger than ever. For a second I felt like I could see outside the castle walls, beyond Hogwarts. Then my vision was forced back to the Hogwarts grounds. I surround by woods so thick that it was pitch black, with only a dull light coming from the branches above. Although I could see the sight in front of me, a silvery horse, a Unicorn, lay on the ground, it was dead. A black cloaked figure was leaning over the unicorn. It stood up, silvery blood dripping from it's mouth. It give an animalistic yell and rushed towards me.

My eyes snapped out, my heart beating a thousand miles an hour. I felt feverish and sweaty. The world was a blurred mass, someone had removed my glasses. I felt around for my glasses, finally finding them and putting them on. I was lying in a bed in the hospital, the sky was orange outside, but was the sun setting up raising. I had a throbbing pain on the back of my head. I touched it and recoiled, I had a large bump. The double doors opened and Professor Dumbledore walked in, in all his glory. Finally coming to sit in a chair by my bed.

"Ah, Mr Fleet, I see your awake, you give the hall quite a scare yesterday morning" He smiled.

"Yesterday" I repeated. He nodded.

"You seemed have told up, stumble, then collapsed, you hit the back of your head on the floor, When Minerva and Myself got to you, you were muttering and convulsing." He paused, "You saw something didn't you" he asked tenderly. I swallowed, looked at my hands and nodded. "What did you see, Taylor" The memories of what I saw were fading quickly, like a dream you can't completely remember the next day.

"I saw a forest, where the trees were saw thick that you could hardly see the moon above. I was in a very small clearing I think, in front of me was a unicorn, laying dead on the ground, a black cloaked figure was leaning over it like it was eating the unicorn. It stood up and all I could see was it's mouth which was covered in blood." subconsciously touching my own lips with the tips my figures, as If to check they we're covered in silvery blood, "It stood up, yelled like a animal and rushed towards me and I woke up" I finished finally looking at Dumbledore. He just looked at me with his kind clear blue eyes.

"I see, thank you for telling me, are you feeling alright" He asked. I nodded, except for the bump on my head and that I was beginning to feel the after effects of the adrenaline that woke me up wearing on, I felt fine.

"Alright then, you get some rest, I have heard that visions can take a lot out of a person. Physically, mentally and magically. By the way your friends did manage to get Hagrid's pet safely out of the castle however they seemed to have forgot to be cautious on the way back and Harry, Hermione, Neville Longbottom and Draco Malfoy have all lost 50 points from each and are having detention tonight" I was taken aback that Dumbledore knew of the Dragon and by the fact that they were caught. I guessed we were not winning the house cup this year, down a hundred and fifty points.

"Thank you for letting me know sir" I nodded, pulling my warm covers up to my chin and pressing my face into the warm pillow. I was asleep in seconds.

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I am sorry for this being a short character but I am trying my best. I am trying to set myself a goal of 1500 words per chapter, so I am trying. It work be amazing if you showed you support by voting and if you could even write a comment, that would be great. Changes can't be made until I know what needs to my changed. I hope you are enjoying this story because I am enjoying writing it. thank you for reading. -LadyWhite xxx