Lily Black and the Twin Souls (Book Two)

Chapter Six: Charlie

Lily felt herself getting pulled into the tube of apparition. She opened her eyes and looked around at her surroundings. She was standing in the middle of loads of adult dragons. Lily smiled, she loved dragons. She looked around, her eyes landing on what was obviously the leader of the dragons. She walked over to it and made eye contact with it, before entering its mind. It was curious as to why she showed no fear of it and didn't want to hurt her. Lily smiled, she wasn't scared easily. She reached out her arm and the dragon tentatively leaned down and allowed her to pet it's head. She glanced at the crown of its head and decided it was a she. She made a sound almost like a purr as Lily gently rubbed her head. She heard a throat clear from behind her, and the dragon obviously did too, because she pushed her under her with her wings and curled them protectively around her. Lily smiled, she loved this dragon, she was acting like an over-protective mother.

She peered through the wings and took in the man standing awkwardly in front of the dragon. He was tall and had scars all over him, obviously from dealing with the dragons. He had red hair and looked oddly familiar.

"Hello?" she heard him call out to her, "Who are you? And how exactly did you get here?" Lily laid a soothing hand on her over-protective dragon, who reluctantly opened her wings, allowing her to walk out. She walked up to the red-haired guy and held out her hand,

"I'm Lily Black, it's a pleasure to meet you. My best friend and I were teaching ourselves how to apparate, and I somehow ended up here. Where exactly is here by the way?" He accepted her hand,

"Nice to meet you Lily Black, we are in Romania. I'm Charlie. Charlie Weasley. Aren't you a little young to be apparating?" That would explain why he looked so familiar, he was Ron's older brother. Lily had heard of him, Ron's parents had visited him during Christmas last year. Lily beamed at him,

"That would explain why you looked so familiar, I'm a friend of Ron's. I don't think I'm too young to apparate. We only started today, and I managed to get here without splinching myself, mind you, I didn't necessarily mean to come here, but I do love dragons." Charlie nodded in understanding,

"It would appear that dragons love you too. I've never seen one act like that before." Lily shrugged and beamed, she truly loved dragons,

"I've never met one before so I don't know if it's all dragons or just the one." Charlie chuckled and offered,

"Well we could see if you like." Lily nodded eagerly, and he led her through the dragons and over to where some guys who looked about his age were standing,

"Guys, this is Lily Black, she accidentally apparated here, and was immediately practically adopted by Miss Agressive over there." Lily smiled at their shocked faced and waved a bit. She tuned out while Charlie explained how they were going to see if the other dragons liked her. Just in case, Lily twitched her fingers, casting a fire immunity spell overherself. 

Charlie led her over to where a Hungarian Horntail was and quickly backed up at the dragons angry roar. Lily clasped her hands behind her back and waited calmly for the dragon to stop throwing a tantrum. Eventually he stopped trying to indtimidate her and looked down at her in curiousity, normally they showed some find of fear, but Lily was just patiently waiting. She brushed her hair over her shoulder and reached out her hand. This dragon reacted the same as the other one, and allowed her to pet him. Lily smiled and pet him on the head. He blew a puff of smoke at her playfully and she giggled. She stayed and pet him for a while, before saying goodbye and rejoining Charlie and his friends who were staring at her in awe. One of them managed to recover enough to squeak,

"Exactly how old are you again?" Lily smiled brightly,

"Twelve." They guy who asked the question literally fainted, like, as in his eyes rolled up in his head and he collapsed, fainted. Without thinking, Lily thrust out her hand to stop him from hitting his head on the sharp rocks, and instead he landed on a bed. Oops, she hadn't meant to do wandless magic in front of them, Teddy was the only one who knew she could, seeing as he could too. They stared at her in shock, and Lily shifted uncomfortably before blurting,

"Please don't tell anyone I did that! Teddy is the only one who knows I can, and that's only because he can too!" Charlie nodded immediately followed by the other and he asked curiously,

"We won't tell anyone, but was that really wandless and non-verbal magic?" Lily nodded guiltily,

"Wow Lily, you are one very talented twelve year old!" Lily didn't even comment on the age thing, normally she got quite indignant when people judged her because of her age, but she was just so happy that they weren't going to tell anyone, that it completely skipped her mind. She ate dinner with Charlie, who she found was quite nice, and not at all like Ron. To be honest, she liked him a whole lot better than Ron. After dinner, she hugged him and he told her,

"I'll write to you, and you're welcome back anytime, Dragon-Tamer." Lily beamed at him, she liked Charlie, the whole Weasley family was great, except perhaps Percy, and she had yet to meet Bill, but other than that, they were all amazing. Charlie was definately the best though, really, he worked with dragons and there was nothing better than dragons in Lily's opinion. 

"Thanks Charlie! I'll write to you too, you have to remember to tell me about how my two favorite dragons are doing. Bye Charlie, and thanks again for not telling anyone about my power thingys!" Charlie grinned and waved goodbye. 

With a last wave and smile, Lily turned on her heel and disapperated. When she reappeared she discovered she was not in Hogwarts, but rather in Durmstrang. Oops.