January 24, 2002

8:42pm

Yeah, sneaking out of your Hogwarts house in the middle of the night isn't really the best idea. Especially when you know that if you get caught, all of your Hogwarts points will be taken. But for Nesta, Emerie, and the Bedara twins, that wasn't the case.

All four girls had concluded that they need to talk to Eris about what they've found. They would've done it sooner but classes have been getting harder and harder to pass. Not to mention being in a classroom where the Professor is a stone-cold eye staring brute.

Nesta and her friends were not in front of Eris's hut that was just in front of the Forbidden Forest. Nesta knocked on the door. "Eris. It's me, Nesta." Almost immediately, the door opened to reveal Eris. He looked down on the girls in confusion. "Eris, we need-"

"Sorry girls. I'm unavailable right now."

"But-"

"Not now girls. Maybe tomorrow."

"We know about the Sorcerer's Stone." they all said, sending a terror of fear down Eris's spine.

Sighing through his nose, Eris reluctantly let them inside. The was a bit smaller than the last one. It had a fire place, coffee table, a couch, a rug, a bathroom, and a tiny kitchenette.

Eris waited until the girls took off their cloaks to speak. "Are you girls seriously still on this case?"

"Eris, we know Tamlin's after the stone."

"And even if he was, why would he steal it?" Eris asked, as Nesta sighed this time. "I said it before and I'll say it again: Tamlin is one of the teachers protecting the stone."

"One of them?" Nesta questioned as Emerie facepalmed. "Of course. That means that they're other teachers protecting the stone too."

"You got that right, young Illryian. Waste of time though. Nothing's getting passed Fluffy."

"Why's the pot rattling?" Gwyn asked, pointing to the pot that was cooking on the fire.

Everyone turned to her direction. Indeed the pot was rattling, It was making a rather tapping sound too. Eris laughed. "Just in time."

Eris put his bare hands inside the pot and pulled out a giant golden egg. Eris quickly placed the egg on the table, the girls following him as he walked. The egg was still making the tapping noise.

"Um Eris, what's that?" Nesta asked, looking at Eris like a lost puppy.

Eris would've answered her but Gwyn beat him to it. "I know what that is. But, how did you get it?" she asked as Eris answered with a broad smile. "I won it. From a stranger actually."

The egg's tapping rhythm became faster and faster. The egg burst apart causing the other's to scream a bit.

The girls looked and what they saw, left them utterly speechless.

It was a dragon. A baby dragon. His wings were leather like Emerie's and his leather coat was golden with a few brown patches.

After a moment of silence, Emerie was the first to speak. "Is that...a dragon?"

"That's not just a dragon. That's a Norwegian Ridgeback." Catrin explained as Eris scratched under the baby dragon's chin. "Hey there, Norbert." The girls covered their mouths to muffle their giggles. "Norbert?"

"Laugh all you want, girls. It's a good name." Eris defended as Norbert accidentally burped, causing a fire ball to burst in Eri's face. "GAHH!" Eris yelled, sending the girls into shameless giggles.

Eris was about to comment on how they should all be in bed, but he stopped short. "Who's that?" he asked as Nesta turned her head. She caught a flash of black hair and pale skin. It was a person. The person also had wings on her back, so she was an Illryian. Nesta caught onto her shocked face before she ran off into the night. "Morrigan."