How Hagrid Became A Hero -- VIb

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Date: 4/21/00 11:43 pm  (ET)

But Hagrid and Norbert barely noticed the castle. The air was thick with
dragons. Huge silver ones circled lazily over the castle while smaller
blue and red ones dove into the lake and came up with mouths full of
fish. A group of tiny green ones that seemed more like humming-birds
than dragons flitted by Hagrid's head pausing for a heartbeat before
disappearing. Large golden dragons sat patiently atop the castle walls
as Hagrid and Norbert landed in the courtyard.

They were greeted almost immediately by a young man with flame red hair.

"Hagrid, my old friend," Charlie Weasley said pumping Hagrid's hand. "How
are you? What do you think of Norbert now? Isn't he magnificent?"

"Yes he is Charlie. I'm sorry about not bringing Ron. Your mum and your
dad said a small black owl with red eyes came and fetched him just before
I got there."

"Small black with red eyes?" Charlie asked as though noticing that
Ron wasn't there for the first time. "That would be an Egyptian Scarab
Owl. But I wouldn't expect it to be from Bill. How curious."

"Charlie. I am flattered that you want my help. But if you don't mind
me asking... why me?"

"Ah. That was my idea. There's something I have to show you. This has
been a dragon center since before the Middle Ages," Charlie said as
they entered the building and went into one of the research labs. "We've
found some ancient paintings that ... well you'll just have to see them."

Charlie lead Hagrid to a large table that was covered by a plain white
cloth. Charlie pulled back the cloth to reveal a large stone with a
painting on it. Hagrid moved around to get a better look. The painting was
of a giant feathered serpent near a pyramid with several people around it.

"Blimey. I ain't never seen a dragon like that one."

"No one has. Not recently anyway. It was called Quetzalcoatl or Kukulcan
in the Americas. There are several things wrong with the picture. The
pyramids for example."

"I heard they had pyramids in the Americas."

"They do. But these are Egyptian pyramids. And look at this woman,"
Charlie said tapping one figure in the painting. Hagrid swallowed hard
when he saw her in the picture. She had long black bushy hair and was
twice as big as anyone else in the picture. "She looks too large to be
allowed. Just like you."

Tag, sweetandsour. You're it.
(I guess we're just too verbose Iago_Nyc)