Slightly more perverted "Harry Potter" Reboot | By : Artemis1990 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Harry/Hermione Views: 386958 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 37 |
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Chapter 9: Dragon in the castle
Harry shows up to the common room as the day nearing afternoon with Hermione already waiting there with a book in front of her as usual. The brunette turns to him as if she is capable of sensing his presence with a sixth sense and greets him with slightly worried tone, “Finally you show up, Harry. I was worried that you might be sick when you missed breakfast.”
The boy shakes his head in return as he replies, “I’m fine Hermione, thanks for worrying. I was just… having a little trouble sleeping, nightmare about… well… you know….” He finished the sentence with an unspoken word though his lips are moving, “…tonight.”Hermione catches what her best friend means and simply nods wordlessly; even she herself had been getting a nightmare about their plan tonight. Afterall, no matter how they reason it, their plan is shabby at best due to just been thought about in one day. There are just too little time to really smooth it over even with the help of the best pranksters of their generation and like all hurried over plan, there is just too many things that can go wrong with it. One of her worst fear has been one that results in something much worse than simple expulsion.She is finally broken out of her thought by Harry who is shaking her by the shoulder and turns toward her best friend, “I’m sorry, Harry. I was just in deep though, what did you say again?”Harry sighs, he knows that Hermione is quite prone on ignoring others when she is thinking deeply so he decides repeats himself, “I’m wondering if you want to go with me for lunch, Hermione… then maybe we can visit Hagrid once again, see if we can… well… reason with him.”Hermione nods and puts away the book she was reading before standing up, “Sure, let’s do that. Maybe we can introduce him to the others too, I figure that we will need all the help we can get to convince him….” She adds with a whisper for only Harry to hear, “… or wrestle that egg from him.”In the great hall, both Hufflepuff first years find themselves having little appetite though Harry forces himself to eat due to having missed breakfast. They also manages to find Tracey and Daphne who are discussing their holiday plan, both of them having decided to go back to their respective homes the next day. Both Slytherins agrees to come with them to Hagrid’s hut as they already finished packing and therefore has little else to do.The quartet makes their way through the grass field separating the castle and the hut where the massive groundkeeper live while making small chats among them. The topic keeps on changing from lessons, homeworks to their family life. The two Hufflepuffs in particular learns a lot about the fact that most pureblood families are still stuck in the 18th century. Ironically, those who are more accepting of muggles and muggleborns tend to have more “modern” outlook compared to those with prejudice though for the most part, the still stuck to the old ways.They soon reaches Hagrid’s hut which Harry is ready to knock on the door when they are interrupted by a strange animalistic sound inside followed by Hagrid’s yell as well as the smell of something burning. Their eyes widen as Harry immediately forgone the knocking and all four of them charge against the wooden door… to find it unlocked, sending them stumbling into the hut. All four of them immediately find Hagrid with wet and singed beard having obviously put some water on it. Before they manage to ask, a weird “Squack” turns their attention to the table… and the small creature on it.The creature on the table is barely the size of their palm with scally appearance, long neck and tiny pair of wings on its back. It doesn’t take long for them to realize: The dragon egg has hatched… and now they have a baby dragon in Hogwarts. All four of the first years immediately understands one thing, their task tonight has just taken a new height of difficulty….Hagrid sees the new first years in his house, two of them he recognizes and immediately greets, “Harry, Hermione, nice to see you two again. I see you brought friends this time, hmm?”The man turns to Daphne and Tracey before intruding himself, “I believe this is the first time we personally meet? My name is Rubeus Hagrid, keeper of keys, game and ground of Hogwarts School, nice to meet you two.”The first years having been addressed turns their attention back to Hagrid as Hermione takes control, “Hello again Hagrid, these two are our friends Daphne Greengrass and Tracey Davis.”Both girls offer theirs hands for handshakes which Hagrid heartily returns, “Well well, any friends of Harry and Hermione are friends of mine. Do make yourself comfortable, this place is not much but I hope you won’t hold it against me.”Another squack from the baby dragon on the table immediately gains everyone’s attention once again as Hagrid immediately rush to hold the baby in his arms and coo at it like he would a human baby. Hermione cannot hold back anymore ask she asks, “Hagrid, is that… a baby dragon?”Hagrid smiles widely at her as he answers, his excitement is clear to see, “That’s right, Hermione. Remember the egg from yesterday? Well, it hatched just now and little Norbert here is born, isn’t he adorable?”The groundkeeper’s answer does not sooth the others one bit as Hermione speaks again, “Hagrid, this is not a joking matter… you can get serious trouble for keeping a dragon In Hogwarts.”Hagrid scoffs as he turns to Hermione, “Oh come on, I’m sure you’re just exaggerating, Hermione… little Norbert here won’t be hurting anyone. I’m sure that I can teach him to be good.”Hermione turns to the others for confirmation, all three of them shakes their head “no”. Dragons are classed class A dangerous creature for a reason, their wild instinct simply nearly impossible to tame. They can be trained, yes but tamed? Unlikely… and that’s putting it lightly. Daphne suddenly steps forward and speaks, “Hagrid, can I see Norbert? I’ve always thought they are interesting.”Both Harry and Hermione raises their eyebrows, Daphne had been quite horrified when she heard that there is a dragon egg in school. The change in her opinion is suspicious no matter how they see it but before they manage to interrupt, Tracey pokes them from the back and shakes her head to prevent them from doing so.Deciding to trust on Daphne’s idea, both Hufflepuffs stays their lips, it seems like this is the time for a little more Slytherin approach to the problem at hand. Hagrid’s smile widen as he lowers his body slightly so that Daphne can see the creature in his arms, “Of course you can. Look here, isn’t he adorable?”Daphne peeks at the small creature in the man’s cupped hands and smiles at it although inside the blonde feels her stomach tightens in fear. The last thing she wants it for the creature to burp and accidentally burn her face. Yet, the girl coos at the baby dragon before turning back to Hagrid, “It is a beautiful creature… though I’m a bit worried about its well-being.”At the massive man’s questioning look, Daphne immediately search her brain for the little fact she know of about the beast before continuing, “I mean… dragon live in groups and known to have large appetite. We don’t have that much food to feed it… I’d hate for it to get be lonely because we don’t have any companion for it or starve because we can’t feed it enough.”Hagrid this time seem thoughtful as he looks at the tiny reptile which by now already folds its wings and curls as it sleeps. Seeing that she is finally getting somewhere, Daphne immediately pushes her advantage, “I have a relative who works at a major dragon reserve in Romania. If you’d like, I can ask him to take this baby to the dragon reserve so that he can grow up properly and you will be able to visit him someday.”Hagrid seem torn between the choices in front of him before finally puts the still sleeping baby dragon inside a basket lined with pillows before handing it to Daphne, “Yer right… Norbert would be happier with his folks.” The huge man grabs his tablecloth-sized handkerchief and wipes his tear-filled eyes as he continues, “Just… Please give your relative a note to take care of him, I… I want him to grow up strong and happy… I still am going to miss him terribly, though....”Daphne nods her head silently, she might be a Slytherin but that by no means mean that she doesn’t have a heart, the sigh of this massive man in front of her in tears just claws at her conscience. It is obvious that Hagrid cares deeply about the baby dragon and she is basically deceives him to let it go even if it is for a good cause. She is still a Slytherin though and if there is one thing Slytherins are, they are VERY good actor.The quartet takes their time to try and calm the man to the best of their ability. It takes them a few hours for them to convince that the emotional man is doing the right thing and that he is not a bad parent for giving away the little fire breathing reptile. Finally, they manage to calm the man enough to be coherent before finally excusing themselves.As they walks back to the castle with the still sleeping baby dragon in the basket, Hermione looks at Daphne who is still holding the basket, “That… was quite devious, Daphne. Playing at Hagrid’s “Paternal” feeling was a great idea, it never even crossed my mind.”The blonde Slytherin returns the comment with a weak smile though she shakes her head. Has it been anyone else, the blonde would have thought they are being sarcastic but this is Hermione and the blonde knows the brunette better than that, “Thank you, Hermione but I can’t help but think that it was a low blow. I played on his good-natured and trusting personality to get my way, it might be for a good cause but it doesn’t make it right.”The Slytherin pauses for a moment before speaking as if she is scolding herself, “One thing that my parents taught me since I was a child was that the cause doesn’t justify the means or vice versa, both have to go at the same direction.”This time its Hermione’s turn to feel guilty as she slows her pace to match the blonde’s and gives the Slytherin a hug, “I’m sorry, Daphne. I should not have said that….”Daphne offers her friend a smile and a soft thank you before Tracey interjects between them, “That’s why it took a Slytherin to do it, you two Hufflepuff would have made terrible actor even if you try to.” The brown haired girl’s smile and mischievous wink immediately takes away the sting that would have accompanied that comment and returns the groups mood to joviality.Harry finally steers the topic back to the next matter in hand, “Okay, so we got the cargo… but this time we’re not dealing with an egg. How do we get the baby dragon to stay silent until the time when we have to sneak it out of the castle? I mean… it might be a baby but a small roar can alert people about its presence.”Hermione nods before replying, “We might be able to keep it asleep with a sleeping spell… though we’re talking about a dragon here although it’s still a baby and I heard they has great resistance to spell. It might take all of our power, including the twins, to keep it asleep for the length of time we need.”Tracey shrugs her shoulder as she concludes the brief discussion, “Well, it’s the best idea we have for now… let’s find the twins first and we can think of something better.” The others nod at her suggestion and quicken their pace as they head back to the castle to search for the infamous duo.lordamnesia: Thank you, hope you like this chapter too
Sian: I am not familiar with other places to put adult-themed fanfictions other than here. I'll consider it after I browse through it :)
doubledamn: I agree though I ask you to remember that Dumbledore is watching them. They might be able to have limited interraction with Harry at school where they can safely pretend to have student-teacher relationship with the headmaster not suspecting otherwise but taking Harry outside of the school time may arouse the headmaster's suspicion and that is not a good idea.
Alex: Thank you. As for future relationship between characters, I believe that is up to my discretion to plan and develop but I will say this now: Harry will NOT be building a harem, not in any of my story. He MAYBE will have another girl other than Hermione but I will no disclose more than that.
SevenLetterWord: Trust me, NOTHING will give me more happiness as an author to be able to do so. However, english is unfortunately not my first language and finding a person open-minded enough to beta / Proofread an adult fanfiction is easier said than done, much harder than to find one for regular non-adult fanfictions. Especially considering my extremely sporadic rate of update, If you have a suggestion on how to find one, I'm all ears and no doubt will consider it.
Jared: Thank you, I hope you like this chapter too. As for the length of update, unfortunately there is nothing I can do about it. I'm afraid that real life matter have to take precedence over updating this story, therefore updates will remain sporadic at best. I ask only for you to be patient enough to wait.
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