Chapter 60: The Little Dragon is Born
After that fight (mostly vio fighting, Draco making trouble), Draco "calmed down" a lot, his face flushed, and he sat quietly with his lips pursed and reading. The pen www.biquge.infovio was also taking notes, but she kept an eye on what was happening in Hogwarts. About an hour later, she heard a faint bell ringing from the castle, which was the break in the history of magic class and the break in Gryffindor's first-year herbology class.
Vio packed his bag and turned to Draco, "I'm leaving, you can get ready." ”
Draco didn't look at her, his cheeks were still red, and there were Vio's thick fingerprints on them, and Vio wanted to laugh at the sight. But Draco seemed to feel it, and he was determined not to let Vio feel good, and he seemed to be unconcerned and pulled the feather cushion sitting under him, looking like he was enjoying it.
Vio narrowed his eyes, and as soon as his right hand moved, Draco quickly reminded, "Someone is out of the greenhouse!"
She looked over and saw three small figures on the other side of the field hurrying towards the edge of the forbidden forest. There was no time, so she hurried to follow.
Vio stopped them halfway, she had set out from the Black Lagoon and had been able to catch them a short detour around the lake, Harry was pleasantly surprised to see her. Ron, in particular, yelled at Hermione, "See, vio has also skipped class, she's from the other side of the lake!vio, have you already gone to see it?"
Hermione glanced at Vio reproachfully, as if to ask her how she dared to skip class. Vio hurriedly denied it, "No, I just read a book next to the Black Lake for a while, and I happened to see the three of you, so I came along, planning to join in the fun." ”
Hermione was visibly pleased with her answer, and she was willing to go with her. Harry and Ron looked skeptical, and in their minds, Vio wasn't the second Hermione who loved to read.
They laughed and laughed, but did not slow down, and soon reached Hagrid's house.
Hagrid came out to greet them, and when he saw Vio, he seemed surprised, but soon he whispered, "Of course there will be her!" and they would tell her how I forgot about this. Then he was relieved to let them into the hut. The black egg they had seen the night before was lying squarely on the table.
A deep crack in the rough eggshell looped irregularly, wide enough to clearly see the jagged edges above. Something inside kept turning, and there was a "click-click" sound of a woodpecker cleaning up the trunk of a tree. They all moved their chairs closer to the table, held their breath, and waited.
Suddenly, a strange corner of Hagrid's curtain floated up, and Vio pointed it out to them, and when Hagrid looked over, a head was poking out, and when he saw that they had spotted him, he immediately shrank back and disappeared. Harry slammed to the door and looked out, his heart heavy on the fact that it was Draco.
Vio reacted quickly and rushed out the door, and Hermione and Ron followed her, and they watched as Vio caught up with Draco, talked for a long time, and then, she led Draco back - towards them.
"What does she want to do?" Ron opened his mouth in surprise.
"Looks like Malfoy threatened her—" Harry thought uneasily, "or maybe it was promised some benefit to Malfoy—"
"Oh, they're all Slytherins, she knows Malfoy better, she knows exactly what Malfoy is going to do when he sees this, he's going to tell Snape, and then Hagrid will be caught illegally buying and selling dragon eggs, plotting to raise dragons illegally - she's stopping him. Hermione said sharply, "The best thing to do at this time is to bring him in too, and if he wants to say it, we can prove that he is an accomplice!
"He can't raise dragons!!" Hagrid exclaimed, excitedly.
At this time, Vio outside the house slowly walked back, she was out of breath. Behind him was Draco, whose expression was as haughty as ever. Harry and the three of them were angry when they saw Draco's appearance, but they still gave him a little way.
"He didn't have to do anything to be involved in the birth of the dragon—" Ron said depressedly.
"At least・・・・・・ I hope he'd better do nothing. Harry gritted his teeth, resisting the urge to cover the dragon egg from Draco, and squeezed the words out between his teeth.
Coincidentally, as soon as Draco Malfoy entered Hagrid's room, the dragon egg on the table moved violently, cracking open with a cacophony of scraping. Everyone forgot who they were, and rushed to the table together, staring at it without blinking.
The little dragon was swaying and fluttering on the table, but it wasn't really pretty. Vio thought it looked as crumpled as a newborn baby, except that its equally black wings made it look like a black umbrella. There were many spines on its wings, which were huge compared to its thin body. It also has a large, long nose with white nostrils, horn bumps on its head, and orange-red eyes that protrude outward.
It examined them one by one, and finally sneezed at Harry, spurting a few sparks out of its nose. Ron jealously squeezed over Harry's side. They all looked at it with a smile and wanted to get its attention.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Hagrid muttered. He reached out a hand and touched the dragon's head. The little dragon bit his finger in one bite, revealing its long fangs. Hagrid was excited. "Oh my God, you see, it knows its mother!"
Vio clearly saw Draco on the other side put on a sneering grin.
"Hagrid, how fast did the Norwegian Ridgeback grow to the bottom?" asked Hermione.
Hagrid thought for a moment, snapped his fingers, calculated for a while, and said, "The book says that if the Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon is well raised, it can grow three times as long as it was when it was born in a week. ”
Hermione was very surprised, she exchanged glances with Vio, although Vio didn't understand the meaning of her eyes, but guessed, it was probably that she felt that this dragon Hagrid couldn't be raised for a long time.
Draco then showed his presence, and he added a little gloatingly, "The triple refers to the length of the dragon rather than its size, which means that in less than two weeks, this room won't be able to accommodate it." ”
The surprise and smiles on Harry and Ron's faces vanished.
"Don't be sensational—" Ron rolled up his sleeves and faced Draco.
"If you're going to say it—" Harry stood up.
Hermione stood silently, standing beside Ron and Harry. Hagrid was still a little confused, he looked at them, not understanding why they were still interested in arguing in front of the little dragon.
"Whatever you want," Draco stared coldly at their clenched fists, "better weigh your stupid behavior, really annoy me, I'll let this dragon and this stupid-"
"Wait!" Vio hurriedly stood between them, shielding Draco, "Harry, Ron, take it easy. Hagrid, is what Draco just said true?"
Hagrid seemed to wake up from his sleep, "Ah, yes, Malfoy is right, as it says in "Raising Dragons for Fun and Profit", so dragons generally live in caves in the wild that are much longer than they are wide, because their wings can be retracted together, but their tails and heads can't be together—"
"Sit down, Harry, Ron. Vio pleaded.
Hermione didn't follow Harry and Ron anymore, she sat down first, reaching out to stroke the dragon's head.
Draco didn't say anything more, he leaned over and tentatively touched the dragon's wings. The little dragon tilted its head away, grinning and rubbing Draco's palm with its fangs.
Harry and Ron couldn't tell why when they saw Draco's gentle movements, and they became less worried that Draco would tell Snape or Dumbledore about it.