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Charlie Weasley was staring at the group in front of him. He had been summoned from Romania to help with their problem. "Let me see if I understand this correctly. My brother-" He glared at Ron "threw a potion bottle at Draco and Harry while Neville was casting a spell that he had already been warned to not use with a potion. Neville cast the spell unaware that his partner would throw the potion. Harry saw the potion and spell directed at Malfoy, pushed Malfoy out of the way, and got caught in a combination of three different people casting this spell with the potion hitting at the same time." Charlie was sure he knew the reason why his brother threw the potion at Draco. Ron had been voicing his displeasure at Harry being friends with Draco Malfoy. His mother and sister didn't help the matter either. Charlie had been home for a week for his yearly holiday and had just returned to Romania. He was wishing he had done a trip elsewhere as he normally did after spending just a few days with his mother and youngest siblings. He was going to have a discussion with Bill.
"Yes, as you saw in the memory. We carried him to the infirmary in the hopes that Madam Pomfrey would be able to keep him sedated until we discovered a way to return him." Minerva had called Charlie in as the last resort. "We are hoping you can calm him down. We haven't had much luck and we are now doing the wards daily in the room to keep him from breaking them. It will only be a matter of time before he does remove them."
"Let me explain something to you before we continue. What I saw in the memories isn't a dragon. It's a half breed combination of a Force Dragon and a Sun Wyrm. A Force Dragon is powerful and transparent so spotting them at times is very hard. You have to look for disruption in the areas to spot them. A Sun Wyrm is a Dragon-like creature that can become pure energy. The pure energy would make keeping him contained almost impossible. Hogwarts might be the only place to be able to do so. I am surprised you were able to trap it."
"Well, it took fourteen stunners. We located it as it had finished eating some animals in the Forbidden Forest. Harry had already destroyed the Infirmary doors in a bid to escape but when he realized he wasn't outside, headed for the windows instead." Minerva wasn't looking forward to replacing everything that was destroyed. Poppy had summoned some temporary glass as they had to special order windows for the Infirmary given the size of the windows. It was an old castle and windows weren't something they had to replace often.
"You have him in a warded area?" Charlie was a bit surprised it only had taken fourteen. He had thought it would have taken much more. He wondered if it was because Harry hadn't been in the form for long. Perhaps it was because Harry's form wasn't fully grown? It was a species he hadn't have much experience with but he did learn a few things.
"Yes, he has been trying to escape and rejoin the small colony of dragons we discovered in the forest." Severus had been the one renewing the wards. It had been a few days between renewing but now he was doing it daily. He always checked the wards daily and wrote down what he noticed. "I have kept a log."
"Excellent. My team and I will need to have everything we can if we are to have a chance to get Harry to return. My team will also be working on collecting the ones in the forest. They will not be able to remain here if they are breeding. They will wipe out the forest and go looking for food if we don't move them. I can only assume that someone neglected their duties when we were here in 1994. The dragons must have come from leftover eggs that someone must have missed. It would only take two breeding dragons to start a colony even without a male around. Since we left with the same number of dragons, the ones in the forest are feral ones. It will make it harder but it can be done." Charlie stood up. "Let me go and see where you have Harry. There might be some changes that might need to be made."
"Severus will take you. Your brother is going to continue researching for a solution with Granger and your sister. Do you need anyone else?" Minerva didn't give Dumbledore time to speak before dismissing everyone else. Dumbledore had already been warned. Minerva glared at him as everyone left.
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Charlie and Severus walked up to the Room of Requirement. "He has a habit of attacking as soon as you enter if he hears you. He is fast but not very stealthy."
"Because he is still young. As they age, it becomes easier for them to gain that skill. When they are young, their mothers help them find food." Charlie opened his bag of tricks that he had carried with him. He pulled out a small shield and a staff that grew to its full length. "I don't want to be burned."
Severus understood. He had almost been burned the first time he entered the room to renew the wards. "Do you want me to enter with you?" No, he didn't want to enter but he also didn't want Charlie turned into dragon chow.
"No, you already renewed the wards for the day and I don't want to get him too annoyed." Charlie slid his left arm through the brackets on the shield and put the staff in his left hand. "Let's see what we can do." Charlie didn't wait for an answer and opened the door and entered the room.
Severus summoned a chair and sat down. He opened his magazine, frowned, and decided against it. He put the magazine away. He didn't want to get involved in an article when Charlie Weasley might need his help. He started to look around for students. Point taking would be something he could do. He was about to remove points when Charlie Weasley ran out of the room. He was panting. "Charlie?"
Charlie looked up. "It's a yellow Chromatic Dragon. They are nasty buggers. It's not Harry Potter. You stunned the wrong one. We need to get him out of Hogwarts before he destroys the room. His mother will be looking for him too. She won't be happy if she discovers he is here."
"We have the wrong one?" Severus started cursing. "It just figures." It did explain why they couldn't talk or even get close to the dragon. They had a real one, not a transformed Harry Potter. Of course, it would be Potter. Potter was out there frolicking with the other dragons they discovered. "He is invisible too, I bet."
"Most likely. I was surprised at seeing him in the memories but he did just transform so the coloring wouldn't have been set as of yet. Since he is a hybrid, he might be able to switch between the two forms."
"Great, just great." Severus shoved down the desire to kill Ron Weasley. "I just know Albus will expect me to locate the brat."
Charlie laughed. "I am not taking that bet. Harry, however, might respond better to you than Albus." Harry's lack of trust in Dumbledore wasn't new news. Harry hadn't trusted Dumbledore since Sirius' death. It had been the thing that broke the camel's back as they say. Harry was fed up with the games Dumbledore was playing with Harry's life.
Severus didn't respond. He was aware of the issues since Dumbledore never shut up about Harry's lacking trust in him and he didn't understand why. Minerva and Severus gave up attempting to explain why long ago. Dumbledore never listened to anything he didn't like. Dumbledore had the ability to ignore anything he didn't deem important.
"Let's go and inform everyone. I will get a plan going on getting Mr. Friendly in there out of here and shipped to Romania." Charlie wondered what they would discover in the forest. "How many dragons did you see?"
"I believe we counted seven different ones."
"Seven. It means there are most likely another five or six who remained hidden. It's how they hunt as a group. They leave a hidden smaller group to protect their backs as they eat. Given how you only used stunners and didn't draw blood, it was most likely what kept you from getting attacked."
"Merlin, and now Potter is out there as an invisible dragon in a forest that few could walkthrough. Hagrid and I know the forest but not enough to spot a disruption in the setting."
"We will have to set a trap after we remove the other dragons." Charlie wasn't sure what type of trap would work but he could research it.
"Let's get this over with. I have a feeling we will be listening to Albus and his schemes to catch Harry."