Clashing of Fang and Claw
#2 of Clashing of Fangs and Claws
Fang and Claw chapter 2 "Never tickle a sleeping dragon"
Chapter Summery: Second task time, and now Harry will learn that while the saying "Only a dragon can raise a dragon" is especially true, it doesn't make parenting ANY easier. In fact, it might make it worse.
Harry awoke late the morning of the Second Task extremely groggy. His worrying over the message that the golden egg had given him kept him up late that night, sitting by the fire clutching his daughter's egg close to him. It was only because of the egg's warmth close to him that allowed him to sleep on the common room's couch.
He was thankful for the rest, even if it wasn't as much as his body would like. He was curious as to why he woke up in his dormitory bed instead of the couch, but he didn't care as long as his daughter was with him.
...
Harry's eyes snapped open. Fully alert, and slowly going up at arms.
Where is his daughter?
He ripped the cover off the entire bed, looking everywhere for the egg.
Seeing that it wasn't there, he began to look all around his bed, and then starting to tear the entire room apart when it wasn't there either. It was lucky that none of his roomates were in it or else he probably wouldn't have been able to control Ancalagon from trying to get to them.
They weren't going to be happy with him when they realized he accidentally tore their clothing apart, but they would understand that he was a parent looking for his lost child.
Wouldn't they?
It didn't matter as he tore out of the Gryffindor Common room through the portrait of the Fat Lady, and turned into Ancalagon. Using his draconic nose, he realized that Dumbledor's scent traveled the same path through the castle as his egg's scent. There was only one explanation for this to have happened.
Dumbledore took his daughter.
Immediately tearing down the corridors to the Great Hall, where he was positive that Dumbledore would be, he let loose a roar that got the people lingering in the halls to haul ass out of his way. They all knew NOT to get in a pissed off dragon's way, even if said dragon was a fellow schoolmate.
He almost tore off the hinges of the Great Hall doors as he crashed through them, heading for the staff table and Dumbledore. Shocked students from all tables tried to get out of his way as he ran full tilt at the old man.
Ancalagon had completely taken over in his dash, so it was no surprise that he tried to pounce onto the professor in his mad dash, and if it weren't for the fact that Dumbledore was a powerful wizard, backed by other powerful witches and wizards at the staff table, he probably wouldn't have been able to trap Ancalagon in the air mid pounce with a levitation charm.
"Good morning Harry." Several students... no, ALL the students and some of the staff looked at the Headmaster as if he had finally gone completely nuts when he talked as if there wasn't a student turned venomous dragon trying to kill him in broad daylight. "To what, do I owe the pleasure of your attention this morning?"
Ancalagon just roared at his face and thrashed around, trying to get out of the spell. It wasn't until Snape got tired of the roaring and sent a homomorphus spell that they understood what he was trying to say.
"WHERE THE HELL IS SHE OLD MAN! WHERE DID YOU TAKE MY DAUGHTER?"
"Ah, so you've figured out who's your next Task then. Good, good." Good old Dumbledore, able to truly comment about the nice weather even when there's a dragon trying to get at him.
"I DON'T CARE WHAT THE NEXT TASK IS! I WANT MY DAUGHTER!"
"Oh, don't be like that Harry. Just be at the lake at 11 o'clock today and we'll begin the next Task."
"SCREW YOU! I'M GETTING MY DAUGHTER NOW!" With that, the levitation charm wore off and he hit the ground. He turned and was about to make a run for the lake if it wasn't for Snape's Patrifficus Totallus spell catching him in the back and causing him to go stiff as a board, with accompanying board sound effects when he bounced on the floor.
"Welcome to the Second task!" The voice of Barty Crouch narrated this time. "Last night, something was stolen from each of our champions. A treasure of sorts. These four treasures, one for each of our champions, now lie on the bottom of the Black Lake. In order to win, each champion need only find their treasure, and return to the surface. Simple enough, but they will have 1 hour to do so, and 1 hour only."
Each of the champions lined up at the edge of the pier and waited for the cannon... except for Harry. He was still petrified and laying on the ground to give everyone on the pier enough time to get out of the way.
"Good luck to each of our champions! You may begin at the sound of the cannon." The cannon was shot immediately after he finished speaking once again.
The other champions shot off into the water. Spectators on the pier moved up onto the second level as Moody readied his wand, and prepared himself.
His preparation was rewarded when he shot the counter-curse (Is this the correct term?) at the boy with him being launched out to the lake by one of Ancalagon's wings.
Ancalagon skimmed the lake's surface, trying to find the spot where the connection he had with his daughter felt the strongest. Feeling it, he immediately dived into the water.
He tried so hard to get to his daughter, but even with his increased lung capacity, he just couldn't get far enough down without having to come back up for air. Multiple tries and multiple failures forced Ancalagon back into the air for the pier to think up a better plan.
Ancalagon came in for a landing at the pier, a little worn out at all the unsuccessful attempts to get down to where he knew his daughter was located in the lake. He transformed back, collapsing on his arms and knees in an effort to regain his breath.
He noticed that Fluer was sitting there as well, but still without her "Important Treasure".
"How much time do we have left?" He asked her when he finally caught hold of his breath.
"About ten minutez," she answered, shivering from the cold. She looked absolutely desperate.
He looked back at the spot he knew his daughter was located, looked up at the sky, had a light bulb go off in his head, and groaned in reluctance.
"Whot iz it, 'arry?" She asked him in worry.
"This is going to huuuuurt," he whined pitifully to nobody in particular. He seriously looked at her and said, "I'll find your sister for you, but you are going to owe me BIG time."
Ignoring her thankful and slightly worried look, he jumped off the platform once more, but instead of diving into the water again, he became Ancalagon. Flying over to where he was earlier, he started to ascend into the sky, hundreds of eyes following him.
"Where is Potter heading off to this time?" Snape asked. Then it clicked for him.
The other teachers looked absolutely gob-smacked at what they heard come from his mouth next.
"... Potter... fifty points... to Gryffindor... for near suicidal courage at doing what you're about to do." He then turned to the other teachers and bellowed, "AND IF I HEAR A _ WHISPER _ THAT ANY OF YOU TELL ANYBODY THAT I JUST SAID THAT, DON'T BE SURPRISED TO FIND THAT YOU'RE PUMPKIN JUICE HAD BEEN SPIKED WITH SOME UNPLEASANT POTIONS!"
Minerva couldn't keep the shit-eating grin off her face as Snape left to go burn his tongue off with extra strength acid.
When Ancalagon started to feel light headed from the lack of oxygen he knew it was time. He turned his body to where he was pointed straight down at the lake at almost 1000 feet in the air. Gravity took over for him, and as he was falling, he put a spin into his fall.
To see a ton of spinning, fifteen-foot-long black dragon flesh and scales hit a lake's water at near supersonic speed was a pretty, and wet, sight for the spectators as a giant splash and wave came from... "Lake zero". (Can't really say "Ground Zero" now can you?)
It made for a very painful moment for Ancalagon though, as he ripped through the waters to depths he couldn't reach before. It was only a second after he hit the water that he saw the rock pile that had Gabrielle Delacour tied down by some seaweed. He noticed that his egg was part of the pile and grabbed it along with Gabrielle when he hit the lake bottom.
Barring his fangs at the mermaids when they tried to stop him sent them scattering. It amused him greatly, but right now he had a promise to keep, an egg to get warm, and an old man to kill for putting him through this.
He reached the pier, noticed that Krum and Cedric had returned with Hermione and Cho, placed both treasures onto the pier, transformed back... and promptly bellowed, "DUMBLEDORE! GET DOWN HERE SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASS FOR THIS!"
The trio made their way back to the Gryffindor Tower with a few others of their House. All were surrounding Harry acting as an escort, but were all laughing and congratulating the BWL on his accomplishment in the second task. None got too close to him though. In fact, the only ones who were able to get close to Harry, who was clutching his egg as tightly to him as it could take, were Ron and Hermione.
Last person who tried to get as close to him as those two were now, scampered as far away from the boy as possible when Harry barred draconic _ fangs _ and _ snarled _ like his animagus.
The tense atmosphere was dispersed when the remaining two of the Golden Trio got as close as they had, proving that Harry was just having some parental trust issues after having his "daughter" unknowingly taken from him.
When they got to the tower, it was nightfall and everyone was parting ways to go to bed. Harry sat on the couch to keep watch over the fire as he was too wound up to go to sleep. He realized something as his roommates started going up the stairs, and started to sweat nervously.
It was correct to do so when he heard four male voices shout, "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO OUR ROOM?"
AN: And that's a wrap for this chapter people. As stated before, I left open many plot points for everyone to use should they want to make their own story from this material.
If anyone wants to take me up on this offer of a story line using these "possibly" three chapters, go ahead and PM me, telling me what the story title is cause I would like to see other's creations. Or if you notice someone who's already started, go ahead and send me the title so I can check it out myself.
With that said, I hope you all have enjoyed my hard work.
See ya'll around!
Like the last chapter, I copied and pasted the chapter I had up on fanfiction to here. Not much else to say beyond that, so for those of you who frequent Fanfiction.net, you'll recognize the same stuff here.
There will be a third chapter, but it will appear on Fanfiction dot net first, and then here about a week or two later.
See ya till then!