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BanaBatGirl · 05-12-2012, 02:02 AM

On the darkest of dark nights, down the rolling, phthalo green hills of Hogwarts, at the extreme back of the barnyard, in what used to be an old winged horse stall with no door and is now a converted fireplace..... lies one very shiny, very large egg-like object.

The object seems to be giving off an incredible amount of heat and occasionally quivers to and fro as the flames lick the sides of the cauldron it sits in. What is it, you wonder? You seem to be half-hypnotized by the shady, crackling, almost bubbling object; you hardly even notice the absence of the hay bales where you usually sit. In fact, there doesn't seem to be ANYWHERE to sit.

So you stand, shifting awkwardly from foot to foot, and waiting for more directions from Professor Williamson, who IS sitting, on a little metal stool, his back to the arriving class.

Gabrielle · 05-14-2012, 06:47 AM

The egg was cracking!!

At the mention of taking pictures, Glenn fumbled in her bag for her magical camera. She pulled it out and started snapping pictures noisily. The images would be blurry and still until she saw her father at Christmas. He would then develop the photos in the magical potion thingy. That was when she'd have moving pictures.

Glenn didn't answer any question from the Professor as the ~~ugly~~ baby dragon hatched out. "Where're you going to keep it- him, Professor Williamson?" Glenn asked, "I mean - When he gets bigger."

RandomRaven · 05-14-2012, 07:06 AM

SPOILER!!: catch up *pokes uni*

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But that reminded him. "Class, knowing the parents of this little fella are a Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout, what sort of characteristics from each would you expect him to have when he's full-grown?"

Oh and it was time for another refill! Willy's baby was so hungry. Er, thirsty. Teehe.

It was a hybrid dragon. Whatever, it still looked cool. And the blonde guy had the photograph too. Hehehe.. Gary thought a while.

"I think it will have short-snout just like the common Swedish short-snout dragon one. But it has dark green skin and long golden horn too like ordinary Romanian Longhorn dragon." Well, it sounded ridiculous actually.

KP1 · 05-14-2012, 07:25 AM

Derrick listened carefully to exactly what the Professor had said.The Dragon was cracking now and Professor Williamson had asked asked a question about what it would look like.He raised his hand and said''Well It would most likely have a short snout and green skin.''He explained.

Magical Soul · 05-14-2012, 08:12 AM

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But that reminded him. "Class, knowing the parents of this little fella are a Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout, what sort of characteristics from each would you expect him to have when he's full-grown?"

Louisa had been impressed by the baby dragon for about... fifty seconds. Then it just turned out to be a regular dragon with Romanian Longhorn mother and a Swedish Short-Snout father.. or vice versa, it didn't really matter. She was sitting there unimpressed now but rather following the professor's and his baby dragon's movements.

Lifting her arm in the air to be seen, she hazard a guess, "The Romanian Longhorn has two glittering long golden horns so.. this dragon could get that. And the Swedish Short-Snout has silver-blue scales so that would be fitting with the golden horns from the other parent." Did it show that she was hazarding a guess and not really into this predicting thing.

Louisa wanted to suggest that they sign this dragon into some kind of experiment since he'd be living in the school and the staff could control its environmental surroundings but seeing the sparkling eyes of Professor Williamson, and some students' happy tears, she thought it was a really bad time... maybe when the dragon started breathing fire?

RachieRu · 05-14-2012, 08:13 AM

Mmmmm. Indy still thought the dragon looked quite ugly. It was getting a bit cuter, but it was still pretty ugly. Although the professor loved creatures, so that was probably why he thought it was awesome. But Indy thought that the dragon was pretty cool though. She did think creatures lesson was pretty cool. Where else would she get to see a awesome dragon baby. Baby's were cute.....and this dragon was kind of cute. Mmm. Indy mused, raising her hand to answer the question. "Well I'd say that maybe it'll have like light greeny colored skin? Because the swedish short - snout has blue, and the Romaninan Long horn has green, so it'd kind of be a mixture?" It'd make sense.

Emzily · 05-14-2012, 08:21 AM

Theodore just gaped at the egg as it began to rattle and hatch. As much as it was COOL to see a dragon hatching, he was kind of worried for his safety. Dragons breathed FIRE. They kill people. He instinctively took a few steps backwards.

Portuguese Long-Snout.

Sounded creepy.

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But that reminded him. "Class, knowing the parents of this little fella are a Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout, what sort of characteristics from each would you expect him to have when he's full-grown?"

Oh and it was time for another refill! Willy's baby was so hungry. Er, thirsty. Teehe.[/color]

"Well..."

Errrmmmm... Theo thought he would state the obvious. "Would the Longhorn have a big... nose.... and the Short-Snout would have a small nose..." As for when they were full grown... well... Theo was no dragon expert, buuuuut. He raised his hand.

"Would they BOTH be fire-breathing monsters?"

vijaya · 05-14-2012, 09:33 AM

What on earth was wrong with this man? Why was he behaving so weird? Maybe that is what happens when people have pets. But Zack had a pet too, he had an owl and he never behaved in this way with his owl. So how was he supposed to understand what was going on in professor's mind. He really needs to stop it he thought. It was so distracting. He cannot have a dragon as his baby can he? That is so obvious.

So now he want's us to suggest name for this creature? Really? Zack looked at the dragon as he came out completely from it's shell. Cracking the egg little by little and then removing it completely. Wow! that was really something to watch. An egg hatching. Something happened inside him and he began smiling and looking at the dragon in surprise. He hadn't seen something like this, right in front of his eyes. This is really amazing he thought.

The dragon seemed a bit ugly at first but then it looked so cute! It was so small and spreading his little dragon wings in the air was all so cute and he felt like taking it home and keeping it for himself. His own little cute dragon. He didn't even realize that he had step forward and was smiling and staring at the dragon, like he was watching quidditch and his team was about to score.

But he couldn't really think of any name at the moment. He didn't even know if it was a girl or a boy to name it accordingly. But he just kept staring at it. He was really green but he couldn't see and horns. Maybe they took time to grow he thought. He saw professor feeding it and Zack thought of his mother. He really missed her now and her cookies. He dropped his hand in his pocket to see if there were still any cookies remaining in them. No, no cookies were left for him any more. Could dragon's eat cookies? he thought. Well, if they did he would surely feed some to this one.

He looked back at professor who asked them about the characteristics he would have when he grows up. Well certainly it was the green color that he had got form the Romanian Longhorn so that means he could also have horns when he is fully grown. Maybe he had the physical apperence of the Romanian Longhorn and inner abilities of the Swedish Short-Snout like agile flying and producing extremely hot fire.

Maybe he was right and thought of answering it. He raised his hand and said "Prrfessor, maybe he would appear as the Romanian Longhorn from the outside but from the inside he could have the characteristics of the Swedish Short-Snout like agile flying and producing extremely hot fire." he said and brought his hand down.

lazykitty · 05-14-2012, 10:05 AM

Did she hear that correctly? They could make name suggestions? "Could name him Blaze," Emmanuelle suggested. 'Cause he was a dragon and would therefore breath fire and blaze was just another word for fire.

And what characteristics would the dragon receive? That was a hard question for her to answer. She knew that there was something about genetics and dominant and recessive traits, but she didn't know enough to make an educated guess. So she went to the second best method. Pulling answers from her head and seeing what stuck. "He could have both long horns and a short snout. Or the ability to breath extremely hot fire." Hopefully that didn't sound too much like she didn't have clue what she was talking about.

Luna_Midnight · 05-14-2012, 12:23 PM

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"Aha, thanks for asking," William swiveled his head again to eye the girl who'd spoken up. "I actually thought you guys could throw out a few names for this little guy," because yes, he'd checked, "and we could take a vote before the end of class!"
But that reminded him. "Class, knowing the parents of this little fella are a Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout, what sort of characteristics from each would you expect him to have when he's full-grown?"

Oh and it was time for another refill! Willy's baby was so hungry. Er, thirsty. Teehe.

Nerida smiled at the baby dragon, he was so cute! When she heard they could offer some names she said He could be Drago or Dracul! She looked at the baby dragon and answered Professor Williamson's question Well he would either be dark green or a silvery blue or maybe a mixed color...He might have a golden horn if he got that gene. He could also range from twenty feet to forty feet in size! Nerida had done her reaserch once Professor Williamson had told them who the little guy's parents were.

Wisher · 05-14-2012, 12:40 PM

Narumi smirked down at the baby dragon no longer inside the egg and said What about Romero? That was an awesome name but she did like a few others that were being named...Characteristics, um yeah...Um he will have wings and be able to fly! A very obvious thing to say, yes she knew but he didnt say it had to be actually thinking stuff... She smiled a big grin at Professor Williamson because of her silly answer.

MudInMyBlood · 05-14-2012, 01:15 PM

Hmmm...Hannah wasn't completely sure about what characteristics the baby dragon might have. Did the mother carry the dominant gene in dragons? "Professor I think he will have a mixture of green and silvery blue scales." I mean he was a mix, and that was how it worked right?

Steelsheen · 05-14-2012, 01:19 PM

SPOILER!!: Prefect Ken

Still documenting the event with his camera, the Ravenclaw was moving at different parts of the barn to get as many angles as he can of the baby dragon. He turned his head momentarily and saw the Slytherin Boy Prefect looking at him. He blinked confused. He wasnt doing anything illegal was he?

Or documenting something illegal? Isnt it Slytherin nature to be sensitive with the documentation of any potentially lucrative activity? heh.

SPOILER!!: Daddy!Prof

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.....And there he was. His baby. HIS BABY DRAGON.

"Hi bud!" Willy crooned at the dragon, reaching a hand out and tickling under its chin. "How are ya? Welcome to the world, buddy! Let's get you cleaned off." He flicked his wand out and started dribbling water on the dragon, laughing when it shook the water droplets off its wings.

Then he picked up the little dragon, who immediately bit onto his (gloved) finger, and used his wand to dry it off with a gentle stream of air. It was only as the dragon started sniffing toward his bucket of brandy and chicken blood that he remembered his class. Well first things first: he had to feed the dragon. He'd answer their questions as he worked.

"No I do not," he answered simply, bending down to pick up the metal, magical alloy baby bottle he'd worked with a former professor to create. Unscrewing the cap, Williamson dipped the bottle into the dragon food and filled it up, then wiped it clean with a nearby rag and put the lid back on.

He knelt down by the dragon and held on the bottle to it, grinning as it latched on right away. Without taking his eyes off the baaaaaby, he answered Sierra's second question.

"Dragons take a good two years to mature. They don't fly until they're almost a full year old and they don't start breathing fire until they're about six months old." He shot a grin out toward the class. "So don't worry about your hair catching fire, kids, this one isn't a Norwegian Ridgeback." Ridgebacks, as everyone knew, could snort flames at only a month old.

"Gracias?" William replied vaguely to whoever had complimented his baby. "I'm so proud."

Yes, he had given birth to his dragon. IT WAS HIS. And woe be to any who argued otherwise.

"Aha, thanks for asking," William swiveled his head again to eye the girl who'd spoken up. "I actually thought you guys could throw out a few names for this little guy," because yes, he'd checked, "and we could take a vote before the end of class!"

The staff were welcome to suggest names too. Willy nodded toward Callie, Medea, Oliver, Dash, Isabelle and Cece.

Turning back to the baby, Willy noticed that his bottle was almost empty, so he refilled it again, naturally, and continued the process. The dragon only let out ONE little squeak that whole time.

He was glad it was absorbed with the bottle and not scared by all the children looking at it. "I uh, I dunno, I thought you guys could help me name it," he mused in response. "And," SIGH, "I suppose that will eventually happen, but not for a while yet."

So. Shhh. Don't ruin the moment, girl.

Oh good question!

William glanced back at the boy but shook his head. "No. Dragons interbreeding is similar to dogs interbreeding; terrier-labrador mixes can still have pups, can't they? Same with dragons."

He winked at the kid though. "Five points for thinking ahead though!"

And another good Hufflepuff question! "He'll be what experts call a 'Portuguese Long-Snout.'"

But that reminded him. "Class, knowing the parents of this little fella are a Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout, what sort of characteristics from each would you expect him to have when he's full-grown?"

Oh and it was time for another refill! Willy's baby was so hungry. Er, thirsty. Teehe.

Then the Professor continued asking the class a few questions. What would this hybrid dragon inherit from its parents? But the other man also did say that this dragon was already identified as a Peruvian Long Snout. He rushed back to the his bookbag and took out his textbook, it seemed that the adult dragons of the breed would grow to have light green scales. "Professor, it could possibly have glittering golden horns like the Romanian dragon, and then emit blue flames like the Short Snout..." but it was its scale coloring that got him wondering, being a hybrid and all "Professor is it possible that this particular dragon would still change its scale colors? Its green now-- like the Longhorn, but given that its half Short Snout will its scale colors change to something blueish, or a combination-- blue-green maybe?"

And the Professor kept calling the dragon little guy or buddy. Was it safe to assume that it was male? "Sir, is the dragon a boy? Are we able to tell the difference in gender immediately after hatching?"

Oh names! Vickers pondered this for a moment, trying to rack his memory of the dragon names he's come across his readings. "Uhm...Draco." you know like Malfoy plus half a dozen nods to literature, pop culture and astronomy "Or maybe something from the Muggle stories where a green dragon was called Firnen, or would you like something more sophisticated like Chrysophylax?"

Uncle Moose · 05-14-2012, 01:28 PM

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But that reminded him. "Class, knowing the parents of this little fella are a Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout, what sort of characteristics from each would you expect him to have when he's full-grown?"

Oh and it was time for another refill! Willy's baby was so hungry. Er, thirsty. Teehe.

Oakey watched the baby dragon as he/she bit onto Professor Williamson's finger. If that were a fully matured dragon Oakey thought professor would be missing an arm right now.

Oakey had wondered what some traits from the baby dragons parents would be, but he knew none. Oakey never took time to read about dragons, he just knew they were big, scary, and breathed fire.

He did have a name though. Thathnir. Oakey said realizing his tongue was still sticking out. He put his tongue back in his mouth as it did not hurt anymore although it was really dry.Fafnir Oakey repeated himself. it was the name of the Dragon in the Norse story of Sigurd. It seemed that all that reading of Norse Myths finally helped him out in a class that wasn't Ancient Runes. It was a dragon I read about in an old... old story book.

TakemetotheBurrow · 05-14-2012, 02:20 PM

D'awww! Professor Williamson got to hold the little baby? SO CUTE. *__* Ella wished she could hold it. And tickle under its chin. And take him back to the dorm. Sigh. All of these things seemed rather unrealistic so she settled on looking at the little dragon dreamily, while watching her lucky professor feed it. Her excitement grew when she was told that she could help think of a name for the little guy. The second year put on her thinking cap and observed the dragon baby carefully, wondering what kind of name it would like. Hmmm. Well first things first, Ella wanted to know if it was a boy or a girl. "Professor, what exactly is the gender of the little baby?" Cause that would help with the name picking, yeah? "I'm going to say that if it's a girl, we could name it Fei which means fly/dance in the air...cool, yeah? And if it's a boy, how about Flint! Cause that has to do with the quartz that produces a spark or fire!"

As for Professor Williamson's question about characteristics, Ella tried to remember what she had read about each breed of dragon. "Professor, I agree with everybody else. I think it'll probably have some characteristics of each parent though it might favor one over the other genetically." And though Ella knew what genetically meant it was far too complicated to try and explain that to the class.

FireboltAvis88 · 05-14-2012, 04:12 PM

Alyssa thought as she looked at the baby dragon. Then she raised her hand and answered.

"Professor I agree with the rest of the students. I believe that it will have the characteristics of both parents." Then she paused as she recalled reading something about DNA characteristics.

"Professor I believe that the Portuguese Longhorn will dark green scales, silvery blue is a recessive gene."

"It will have a long snout, gold horns and black eyes."Then Alyssa paused to think again before finishing up her answer.

"Since both parents are fire breathing, I think this one's flame will be very powerful. It will bulky and large but still agile in flying." "I guess it's characteristic's will depend on whose genes are more dominant between the two parents."

MeredithRodneyMckay · 05-14-2012, 04:12 PM

They could suggest names too? Isabelle was guessing that is what the look they all got from William meant. Hmmm. She hadn't named anything, or anyone since she'd had Scarlet - they already had all the animals by then.

But with it being a Portuguese Long-Snout, she figured a Portuguese name might be nice. Racking her brain to try and think of all the ones she'd read in the build up to her own baby, when they didn't know whether she was going to have a boy or girl, Isabelle frowned. The kids had come up with some good ones as well.

Keeping the shield in place until told otherwise, she put her free hand in her pocket and waited for a break in talking. "How about calling him Rico? It means 'strong power' in Portuguese," she finally said, looking over at William and the admittedly adorable baby dragon.

Stefan · 05-14-2012, 04:19 PM

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But that reminded him. "Class, knowing the parents of this little fella are a Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout, what sort of characteristics from each would you expect him to have when he's full-grown?"

Oh and it was time for another refill! Willy's baby was so hungry. Er, thirsty. Teehe.

“Professor, I think the Portuguese Long Snout will inherit the horns of the Romanian Longhorn and the powerful flames of the Swedish Short-Snout since those are the two dominant features of its parents.”

“No offense to you professor, you’re not really his dad—since you don’t look like a dragon to me.” He thought to himself then continued. “As for the color—it could be a combination of both. I think that feature will keep the Portuguese Long Snout unique, and identifiable.” He said and put down his hand.

Lollipop! · 05-14-2012, 05:44 PM

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Seeing the little 'Claw move closer to her, she knew this was one she wouldn't have to worry about getting to close to the action up front. "You don't need to be scared. Professor Williamson isn't going to let anything happen to you." If he was he wouldn't have put up a shied, or asked extra professors to be here.

Seeing that the dragon had finally made its way out of the shell Cece put her arm around the little girl, you know just to make her feel a little safer.

Who says the ~~Evil~~ healer can't be nice?

Blue smiled shakily at the nurse. And people said she wasn't nice!!! Stupid oldie students LYING to Blue. That was just- just MEAN! Suuure, the proffessor probably wouldn't let anything happen to the students. But he was so wrapped up in his ugly/scary dragon baby (he seemed convinced he was actually the thing's father) that he probably wouldn't even notice IF THE DRAGON ATE BLUE!!!!!!!!

Stupid dragon.

AND EVEN STUPIDER professor ~~who seemed to think he was the dragons mother- I mean father.~~

Blue was VERY tempted to start "feeling faint".

The idea of pulling a sickie was looking better and better.

Any chance to get away from the scary!dragon.

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But that reminded him. "Class, knowing the parents of this little fella are a Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout, what sort of characteristics from each would you expect him to have when he's full-grown?"

Oh and it was time for another refill! Willy's baby was so hungry. Er, thirsty. Teehe.

EWWWW. WHAT IN MERLIN'S BEARD (hehe, magicky term!!!) WAS THE STUPID UGLY!DRAGON EATING? Que disgusted look. Blue raised her hand. "Well, Romanian Longhorn have loong horns and Swedish Short-Snouts have short...snouts. So the dragon would have short horns and long noses - I mean, long horns and short noses." Stupid scary dragon was scaring and confuzzling her brain.

And now everyone was coming up with names. How about Scary the Scary/Creepy/Ugly Dragon? Heh. Yeah that was perfect for the stupid scary thing.

GLARE AT THE DRAGON DRINKING BLOOD.

Stupid vampire dragon.

...if you're going to be a vampire, be a proper one - don't drink CHICKEN blood.

Stupid dragon.

**DRAGON!** · 05-14-2012, 06:29 PM

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.....And there he was. His baby. HIS BABY DRAGON.

"Hi bud!" Willy crooned at the dragon, reaching a hand out and tickling under its chin. "How are ya? Welcome to the world, buddy! Let's get you cleaned off." He flicked his wand out and started dribbling water on the dragon, laughing when it shook the water droplets off its wings.

Then he picked up the little dragon, who immediately bit onto his (gloved) finger, and used his wand to dry it off with a gentle stream of air. It was only as the dragon started sniffing toward his bucket of brandy and chicken blood that he remembered his class. Well first things first: he had to feed the dragon. He'd answer their questions as he worked.

"No I do not," he answered simply, bending down to pick up the metal, magical alloy baby bottle he'd worked with a former professor to create. Unscrewing the cap, Williamson dipped the bottle into the dragon food and filled it up, then wiped it clean with a nearby rag and put the lid back on.

He knelt down by the dragon and held on the bottle to it, grinning as it latched on right away. Without taking his eyes off the baaaaaby, he answered Sierra's second question.

"Dragons take a good two years to mature. They don't fly until they're almost a full year old and they don't start breathing fire until they're about six months old." He shot a grin out toward the class. "So don't worry about your hair catching fire, kids, this one isn't a Norwegian Ridgeback." Ridgebacks, as everyone knew, could snort flames at only a month old.

"Gracias?" William replied vaguely to whoever had complimented his baby. "I'm so proud."

Yes, he had given birth to his dragon. IT WAS HIS. And woe be to any who argued otherwise.

"Aha, thanks for asking," William swiveled his head again to eye the girl who'd spoken up. "I actually thought you guys could throw out a few names for this little guy," because yes, he'd checked, "and we could take a vote before the end of class!"

The staff were welcome to suggest names too. Willy nodded toward Callie, Medea, Oliver, Dash, Isabelle and Cece.

Turning back to the baby, Willy noticed that his bottle was almost empty, so he refilled it again, naturally, and continued the process. The dragon only let out ONE little squeak that whole time.

He was glad it was absorbed with the bottle and not scared by all the children looking at it. "I uh, I dunno, I thought you guys could help me name it," he mused in response. "And," SIGH, "I suppose that will eventually happen, but not for a while yet."

So. Shhh. Don't ruin the moment, girl.

Oh good question!

William glanced back at the boy but shook his head. "No. Dragons interbreeding is similar to dogs interbreeding; terrier-labrador mixes can still have pups, can't they? Same with dragons."

He winked at the kid though. "Five points for thinking ahead though!"

And another good Hufflepuff question! "He'll be what experts call a 'Portuguese Long-Snout.'"

But that reminded him. "Class, knowing the parents of this little fella are a Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout, what sort of characteristics from each would you expect him to have when he's full-grown?"

Oh and it was time for another refill! Willy's baby was so hungry. Er, thirsty. Teehe.

The baby dragon happily slurped from the bottle his daddy gave him. He had not noticed neither the many, many pairs of eyes on him nor the flashing lights because he was so hungwee. Busting out of an egg was much, much harder than it looked.

Finishing off one bottle after another, the baby dragon took a breather and let out a happy baby sigh of approval, settling back onto his hind legs. He was getting sweepy now. "Yeeeeeowww!" he squeaked, flapping his tiny wings and then folding them up nicely. He bumped his little nose into Daddy's hand and snorted, tiny curls of smoke leaking out of his nostrils.

Sweepy time? He blinked around at the big barn, trying to find a place to cuddle up for a nap, and just then noticed the people watching him.

"EEEOOOORRRRRRRKKKKK!" the dragon let out another squawk, this one sounding a little more terrified. He blinked up at his Daddy and started backing up, not liking all the people eying him. And what were those flashes? So many lights! "EEEOOOORRRRRRRKKKKK!!!!"

DarkStorm · 05-14-2012, 06:34 PM

Text Cut: The Professor and his Baby

Harvey watched the little baby dragon as the professor fed him/her.. he just couldnt believe that there in front of him was a baby dragon.. he had read stories about dragons and knights and castles as kid in the muggle world.. but even at that time he never thought that he would come across a living breathing dragon... he just looked at the little dragon.. right THERE! in front of him was a BABY DRAGON.. yes!! DRA--GON..

PLUS it was a hybrid! it was a mixture of two different dragons a swedish one and a romanian one.. it must have been a little tough trying to breed those two.. who could have said that those two dragons would have liked each other before they had them meet... well all that didnt matter now cause here was a baby dragon .. a mixed baby dragon.. like dogs and cats can mix.

Just then the professor asked them a question.. Harvey put up his hand "Well professor as others have said it would depend on the genes of the parents and of those genes which ones are dominant.. in this case I guess we could consider the name given to this hybrid dragon.. so I would say that it would have maybe the gold horns and a Long snout.. since it IS known as the Portuguese Long Snout.. as well as a mixture in the color of its scales.. again depending on the dominant genes" he said as he finished what he wanted to say.. he was probably wrong on many levels but at least he gave it a go instead of just sitting there.

JennMarie · 05-14-2012, 06:36 PM

A baby dragon!? Ariana was not a dragon fan in the least, thankfully she was towards the back of the room. Ariana listened to some of the Names people were suggesting, Blaze, Fei, Flint, Rico. Ariana thought those were Silly names but she couldnt think of anything better, She just shrugged, Ariana knew NOTHING on dragons, which is why she was in the class to begin with.

Bazinga · 05-14-2012, 07:09 PM

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The baby dragon happily slurped from the bottle his daddy gave him. He had not noticed neither the many, many pairs of eyes on him nor the flashing lights because he was so hungwee. Busting out of an egg was much, much harder than it looked.

Finishing off one bottle after another, the baby dragon took a breather and let out a happy baby sigh of approval, settling back onto his hind legs. He was getting sweepy now. "Yeeeeeowww!" he squeaked, flapping his tiny wings and then folding them up nicely. He bumped his little nose into Daddy's hand and snorted, tiny curls of smoke leaking out of his nostrils.

Sweepy time? He blinked around at the big barn, trying to find a place to cuddle up for a nap, and just then noticed the people watching him.

"EEEOOOORRRRRRRKKKKK!" the dragon let out another squawk, this one sounding a little more terrified. He blinked up at his Daddy and started backing up, not liking all the people eying him. And what were those flashes? So many lights! "EEEOOOORRRRRRRKKKKK!!!!"

Minerva was at the edge of her seat watching the baby when it finally noticed they were in the room. "I think we are scaring it professor, is there a way for us not to upset it?" She had always been an animal lover and anything to do with animals Min was right there, but she was just as afraid of this cute little thing as it was of them.

BanaBatGirl · 05-14-2012, 07:29 PM

SPOILER!!: responses! :)

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Minerva looked at the baby dragon it was super cute she really wanted to touch it, but knew she would never be allowed. She listened as the answers were being given and started writing on her parchment again. She put up her hand "Professor it cold have horns like the long horn."

"It could, it could," William agreed. "Right now he just has little stubs, but who knows? Maybe one day..."

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Belle was taking down the answers from the professor answering the question. This information was kind of useful. "Proffesor wouldn't the dragon not be able to fly well since the Swedish Short Snout can't and it will also have large muscles?" Annabelle asked unsure if her answers were right. She knew a little bit about dragons since she read about some in the library.

"He looks like he'll be able to fly just fine from what I can tell..." The dragon had already flapped his wings several times. "But you're right, he looks like a muscly little man." Er, dragon.

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Her mouth still curved gaily, but not screaming anymore, Beatrice had finally settled down after relinquishing the excitement ~~and happiness~~ she had just felt rushing through her nerves upon seeing the tiny, scaly creature. She looked at how Professor Williamson took the baby dragon into his hands, and fed it. N'awww. What a family reunion.

Oh! A question. Her hand quickly shot up in the air, "Well Professor, we can expect him...her to have green scales and maybe the flames he...she can produce would be a brilliant blue color," just like the Swedish Short-Snout, "or...it can have horns." But one thing was for sure, that baby dragon would grow BIG.

And Professor Williamson said something about name suggestions right? Her mind immediately scampered off to that muggle cartoon her cousin often watched when they were younger, Pokemon. It was a VERY old show but he liked it, and she did too eventually. She found the names given to the creatures so amusing. "Can I suggest a name too Professor? Errrr, how about Charizard?" Yeap, an awesome name from that muggle series. "or Custard?" No idea where that came from. "Ember perhaps?" That name sounded cool, to her anyway.

"That's right, green scales and a brilliant blue flame." Willy nodded at the little Claw. "And thanks for the name suggestions!" He was gonna... project those on the wall later. Yep.

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Portuguese Long Snout?

Gideon raised his eyebrow as he listened to the professor describe the dragon's official yet rare breed. A cross between a Romanian longhorn and a Swedish short-snout. Just by his breed name and heritage, the creature held a similarity to Gideon himself in a way due to his own parentage. Interesting...very interesting. The sixth year shook it off and turned his focus back to the question Professor Williamson asked the class. "Well due to the fact that both breeds have one or two horns coming from their head, it is likely the characteristic might come through the hybrid."

And then the prefect registered they had also been given the task of suggesting names for the new dragon. "Balaur," he suggested, offering up a name option for the newborn boy. "Its a type of dragonlike creature in Romanian folklore," Gideon added providing some background information on the name. Thank goodness he had actually had the desire to look into his own heritage from time to time and not just his mum's which he had the stronger connections to.

Hmm. "I like that name suggestion," he nodded to G. "And yeah, we'll see how his horns turn out." Or horN.

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Nigel heard the professor ask the question about how the dragon will look like when it grows up. Nigel started to imagine but could not since he never saw a real life Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout before. He only saw pictures of them in books. It was hard but Nigel came up with an idea. "Um Professor the dragon will have the horns of a Romanian Longhorn and the scales of a Swedish Short-Snout." Yes that would make an awesome dragon.

"Good guess!" Though right now, his baby had Romaniany scales.

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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Kurumi just couldn't keep her eyes off the little dragon and another question nearly popped out of her mouth before she was able to put up her filtering system - CAN I HOLD IT?! Thankfully, Professor Williamson's voice brought her back to the task at had, erm...lesson as it were, and she didn no shouting of said desire ~~just ignore that it was written ALL OVER HER FACE~~.

A name for the baby dragon? Well, Kurumi was sure that it needed to have something with a W since this was Professor Williamson we were all talking about. "What about Waclaw, it means crowning glory," Kurumi suggested.

Oh, right, there was another actual question on the table. Ahem. Raising her hand again, Kurumi spoke, "Will it matter which breed of dragon was the mother and which was the father? In terms of dominant and recessive genes I mean," she asked, cocking her head to the side curiously. This could get into Mendel's Laws of Inheritance....but Kurumi had only briefly read about those while she had been doing some research on kneazle breeding for her History of Magic final project two terms back. "From its Swedish Short-Snout lineage, it could produce extremely hot fire as the breed is well known for that."

"I like that name too," Williamson mentioned softly, refilling his baby's bottle yet again. "And I'm definitely expecting some hot fire from this one too!"

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Ummm....well there were two things she had on her list now. Make name suggestions for a baby boy dragon and answer the question. Better start with the question.

Jezzabelle timidly raised her hand, "Well, actually while we may know what parents he has it wouldn't really be all that easy to guess the phenotype that he would project without looking at the parents genetoype and crossing them. You could guess the certain features but you wouldn't know until he grew up." How would such a young person know such things? She was a Herbologist in the making and everyone who had dealt with plants knew of Gregor Mendel and the same principles of genetics that applied to flowers should apply to this, right? Dominate and recessive traits. Important things to know.

"But my best guess would have to be long horns and a short snout? Green in color? Possible fire breathing? Possible inability to fly?" She wasn't entirely sure though....and that was just a guess.

Merlin's beard, was this a Gryffindor or a Ravenclaw genius talking??! "Er, yes? Your guess is as good as mine," he mused. "I'm sure he will be able to fly though." And yep, he was green in color. Healthy wittle gween baby!

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Sarah was amused. She just looked at the baby dragon and the professor. A hybrid?! Now that was really interesting. She hadn't known many hybrid dragons. Well not that she has seen many real ones either. "We could name him Jeffrey?" she said. Uh-oh, sorry Jeffrey. That was her owl's name and she couldn't think of anything else right then.

Characteristics? It takes a great deal of patience and bravery to observe and note the things of dragons. She shuddered a bit, thinking of being face to face with a grown up one. "The dragon can probably have those long horns" she said. The main attraction of the Romanian dragon was its beautiful horns. "And must be a bulky one when it grows" she said. Think about the short-snout too. "Yes, it would be a fast flier, thanks to the short-snout" she said, "And since, it's a hybrid of longhorn and short-snout, it might be of a medium height, say 30ft?" she compared the two species. "And not to mention the fire-breathing. What colour would it's fire be sir. Blue like the short-snout?" she asked.

Jeffrey. Heh. William chuckled at that suggestion. "I think he'll have long horns too. Look, he already has little stubs growing!" Well, they probably couldn't see it from there, but they would later. "I think he'll be medium or on the small side, yep! Great guesses! I'm expecting super hot blue fire from him too!"

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This was probably the first dragon Angelina can ever remember seeing. It was so cute! Listening to the professors question and statement about the dragon she had to think a lot. She really didn't know much about dragons. As normal Angelina would have to take a guess. Last time her guess what right, but lets see. "Umm... wouldn't the dragon prossibly have an least one horn if both Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout have at least one?" SHe really didn't know much about the Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout at all. "Can't the drago be able to produce fire as well," she asked.

"He'll definitely have at least ONE horn AND the ability to produce fire." As all dragons did.

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When he's... full grown? Meaning... not so adorable anymore, but creepy and... deadly?

Banishing away those thoughts, Nora raised her hand to answer the question. "Since the dragon got the green scales from the Romanian Longhorn part, I can only guess that the little guy has to take something from the Swedish Short-Snout part as well... which would be the fire... breathing... thing." She only hoped the nameless dragon won't grow horns anytime soon.

"Excellent reasoning," William nodded. Great answer there.

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Aww, baby dragon drinking from a bottle, it was so adorable! Silvia raised her hand. "Well, it could end up having both long horns and a short snout. But couldn't it also end up looking a lot more like one breed than the other, depending on which of the parent dragons has the most dominant traits?"

"Yes, it definitely could. Unfortunately, we don't know much more about the parents other than what breed they were.... but yeah, good guesses!"

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The egg finally hatched. The baby dragon looked really slimey, possibly not as cute as he imagined it would be but it was really awesome to finally meet a baby dragon. Jonathan smiled seeing as it can barely do anything. It just looked really helpless and he just wants to feed it or nurse it. Make it as his pet.

And so it is a HYBRID. Romanian Longhorn and a Swedish Short-Snout.

Jonathan has read about them but he's no dragon expert like the Professor. He knows a lot about dragons from head to toe. Jonathan raised his hand and focused on the question. "Should one really know for sure though?" he asked. Well, no one really knows which skill and/or characteristics this dragon could obtain, that would just depend right? "Well..." answering the question "... he might have long horns considering that the dragon looks like a Romanian Longhorn from a far." that could be one of the characteristics it may have "and it may also obtain a powerful flame like all Swedish Short-Snout dragons" he added.

"Yep, I agree! Great guess!" Williamson smiled at the Slytherin.

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Jory watched as the dragon hatched. He was excited to see something as fascinating as this. Moreover, a hybrid.

He raised his hand to answer the question. "One characteristic is probably long golden horns from the Romanian Longhorn side,'' he said.

"Mhmm," Wily nodded in agreement.

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The egg was cracking!!

At the mention of taking pictures, Glenn fumbled in her bag for her magical camera. She pulled it out and started snapping pictures noisily. The images would be blurry and still until she saw her father at Christmas. He would then develop the photos in the magical potion thingy. That was when she'd have moving pictures.

Glenn didn't answer any question from the Professor as the ~~ugly~~ baby dragon hatched out. "Where're you going to keep it- him, Professor Williamson?" Glenn asked, "I mean - When he gets bigger."

Oh no, more pictures. Willy swallowed his anxiety but shrugged. "I uh, I think he'll have to stay in the forest while he grows...er.... but one day, he'll probably want to fly home." To Portugal. Or Sweden. Or Romania.

Sniffle. But not today, no, not today.

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SPOILER!!: catch up *pokes uni*

It was a hybrid dragon. Whatever, it still looked cool. And the blonde guy had the photograph too. Hehehe.. Gary thought a while.

"I think it will have short-snout just like the common Swedish short-snout dragon one. But it has dark green skin and long golden horn too like ordinary Romanian Longhorn dragon." Well, it sounded ridiculous actually.

Gary. Gary Rush. Right. William would do his best to remember that one. "Thanks for taking pictures," he mentioned quietly. "Be sure to send me a copy." Or ten. He nodded at the boy's good guess too.

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Derrick listened carefully to exactly what the Professor had said.The Dragon was cracking now and Professor Williamson had asked asked a question about what it would look like.He raised his hand and said''Well It would most likely have a short snout and green skin.''He explained.

"Actually I think it will have a long snout, as per its name," he hinted with a wink. "But yep, you've got the green skin part right."

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Louisa had been impressed by the baby dragon for about... fifty seconds. Then it just turned out to be a regular dragon with Romanian Longhorn mother and a Swedish Short-Snout father.. or vice versa, it didn't really matter. She was sitting there unimpressed now but rather following the professor's and his baby dragon's movements.

Lifting her arm in the air to be seen, she hazard a guess, "The Romanian Longhorn has two glittering long golden horns so.. this dragon could get that. And the Swedish Short-Snout has silver-blue scales so that would be fitting with the golden horns from the other parent." Did it show that she was hazarding a guess and not really into this predicting thing.

Louisa wanted to suggest that they sign this dragon into some kind of experiment since he'd be living in the school and the staff could control its environmental surroundings but seeing the sparkling eyes of Professor Williamson, and some students' happy tears, she thought it was a really bad time... maybe when the dragon started breathing fire?

"Does this dragon have silvery-blue scales though?" William countered the Ravenclaw. "Nice guess though." He HOPED it would have pretty gold horns.

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Mmmmm. Indy still thought the dragon looked quite ugly. It was getting a bit cuter, but it was still pretty ugly. Although the professor loved creatures, so that was probably why he thought it was awesome. But Indy thought that the dragon was pretty cool though. She did think creatures lesson was pretty cool. Where else would she get to see a awesome dragon baby. Baby's were cute.....and this dragon was kind of cute. Mmm. Indy mused, raising her hand to answer the question. "Well I'd say that maybe it'll have like light greeny colored skin? Because the swedish short - snout has blue, and the Romaninan Long horn has green, so it'd kind of be a mixture?" It'd make sense.

"Yeah that's my guess," he nodded toward the youngun Claw.

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Theodore just gaped at the egg as it began to rattle and hatch. As much as it was COOL to see a dragon hatching, he was kind of worried for his safety. Dragons breathed FIRE. They kill people. He instinctively took a few steps backwards.

Portuguese Long-Snout.

Sounded creepy.

"Well..."

Errrmmmm... Theo thought he would state the obvious. "Would the Longhorn have a big... nose.... and the Short-Snout would have a small nose..." As for when they were full grown... well... Theo was no dragon expert, buuuuut. He raised his hand.

"Would they BOTH be fire-breathing monsters?"

Williamson let out a short laugh at that guess. "Monster is such a harsh word, kid... but yeah he's a fire breathing baby all right."

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What on earth was wrong with this man? Why was he behaving so weird? Maybe that is what happens when people have pets. But Zack had a pet too, he had an owl and he never behaved in this way with his owl. So how was he supposed to understand what was going on in professor's mind. He really needs to stop it he thought. It was so distracting. He cannot have a dragon as his baby can he? That is so obvious.

So now he want's us to suggest name for this creature? Really? Zack looked at the dragon as he came out completely from it's shell. Cracking the egg little by little and then removing it completely. Wow! that was really something to watch. An egg hatching. Something happened inside him and he began smiling and looking at the dragon in surprise. He hadn't seen something like this, right in front of his eyes. This is really amazing he thought.

The dragon seemed a bit ugly at first but then it looked so cute! It was so small and spreading his little dragon wings in the air was all so cute and he felt like taking it home and keeping it for himself. His own little cute dragon. He didn't even realize that he had step forward and was smiling and staring at the dragon, like he was watching quidditch and his team was about to score.

But he couldn't really think of any name at the moment. He didn't even know if it was a girl or a boy to name it accordingly. But he just kept staring at it. He was really green but he couldn't see and horns. Maybe they took time to grow he thought. He saw professor feeding it and Zack thought of his mother. He really missed her now and her cookies. He dropped his hand in his pocket to see if there were still any cookies remaining in them. No, no cookies were left for him any more. Could dragon's eat cookies? he thought. Well, if they did he would surely feed some to this one.

He looked back at professor who asked them about the characteristics he would have when he grows up. Well certainly it was the green color that he had got form the Romanian Longhorn so that means he could also have horns when he is fully grown. Maybe he had the physical apperence of the Romanian Longhorn and inner abilities of the Swedish Short-Snout like agile flying and producing extremely hot fire.

Maybe he was right and thought of answering it. He raised his hand and said "Prrfessor, maybe he would appear as the Romanian Longhorn from the outside but from the inside he could have the characteristics of the Swedish Short-Snout like agile flying and producing extremely hot fire." he said and brought his hand down.

"I agree entirely!" he beamed at the Gryffindor, totally unaware of how the boy thought he was craycray.

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Did she hear that correctly? They could make name suggestions? "Could name him Blaze," Emmanuelle suggested. 'Cause he was a dragon and would therefore breath fire and blaze was just another word for fire.

And what characteristics would the dragon receive? That was a hard question for her to answer. She knew that there was something about genetics and dominant and recessive traits, but she didn't know enough to make an educated guess. So she went to the second best method. Pulling answers from her head and seeing what stuck. "He could have both long horns and a short snout. Or the ability to breath extremely hot fire." Hopefully that didn't sound too much like she didn't have clue what she was talking about.

"Blaze... nice name! And good guess!"

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Nerida smiled at the baby dragon, he was so cute! When she heard they could offer some names she said He could be Drago or Dracul! She looked at the baby dragon and answered Professor Williamson's question Well he would either be dark green or a silvery blue or maybe a mixed color...He might have a golden horn if he got that gene. He could also range from twenty feet to forty feet in size! Nerida had done her reaserch once Professor Williamson had told them who the little guy's parents were.

"Twenty to forty feet, right! Excellent!"

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Narumi smirked down at the baby dragon no longer inside the egg and said What about Romero? That was an awesome name but she did like a few others that were being named...Characteristics, um yeah...Um he will have wings and be able to fly! A very obvious thing to say, yes she knew but he didnt say it had to be actually thinking stuff... She smiled a big grin at Professor Williamson because of her silly answer.

"Romero is nice," Williamson put that one into his memory bank, smiling at her guess. Of course he had wings, yes yes.

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Hmmm...Hannah wasn't completely sure about what characteristics the baby dragon might have. Did the mother carry the dominant gene in dragons? "Professor I think he will have a mixture of green and silvery blue scales." I mean he was a mix, and that was how it worked right?

"Yep! Probably!"

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Still documenting the event with his camera, the Ravenclaw was moving at different parts of the barn to get as many angles as he can of the baby dragon. He turned his head momentarily and saw the Slytherin Boy Prefect looking at him. He blinked confused. He wasnt doing anything illegal was he?

Or documenting something illegal? Isnt it Slytherin nature to be sensitive with the documentation of any potentially lucrative activity? heh.

Then the Professor continued asking the class a few questions. What would this hybrid dragon inherit from its parents? But the other man also did say that this dragon was already identified as a Peruvian Long Snout. He rushed back to the his bookbag and took out his textbook, it seemed that the adult dragons of the breed would grow to have light green scales. "Professor, it could possibly have glittering golden horns like the Romanian dragon, and then emit blue flames like the Short Snout..." but it was its scale coloring that got him wondering, being a hybrid and all "Professor is it possible that this particular dragon would still change its scale colors? Its green now-- like the Longhorn, but given that its half Short Snout will its scale colors change to something blueish, or a combination-- blue-green maybe?"

And the Professor kept calling the dragon little guy or buddy. Was it safe to assume that it was male? "Sir, is the dragon a boy? Are we able to tell the difference in gender immediately after hatching?"

Oh names! Vickers pondered this for a moment, trying to rack his memory of the dragon names he's come across his readings. "Uhm...Draco." you know like Malfoy plus half a dozen nods to literature, pop culture and astronomy "Or maybe something from the Muggle stories where a green dragon was called Firnen, or would you like something more sophisticated like Chrysophylax?"

William wanted some of this guy's photos too. Did these kids all work for the yearbook or something? Or did they just happen to have cameras on them at all times?

"Yes, like most animals, you can tell a dragon's gender almost immediately upon birth so long as you are familiar with dragons." Rubeus Hagrid, for one, hadn't been familiar with dragons beyond the textbook. "And your guesses sound about right to me!" He didn't like the Chrystowhatever name, but he did nod at the suggestions anyway.

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Oakey watched the baby dragon as he/she bit onto Professor Williamson's finger. If that were a fully matured dragon Oakey thought professor would be missing an arm right now.

Oakey had wondered what some traits from the baby dragons parents would be, but he knew none. Oakey never took time to read about dragons, he just knew they were big, scary, and breathed fire.

He did have a name though. Thathnir. Oakey said realizing his tongue was still sticking out. He put his tongue back in his mouth as it did not hurt anymore although it was really dry.Fafnir Oakey repeated himself. it was the name of the Dragon in the Norse story of Sigurd. It seemed that all that reading of Norse Myths finally helped him out in a class that wasn't Ancient Runes. It was a dragon I read about in an old... old story book.

Thawhat? William blinked at Oakey. Was something wrong with the boy's tongue?

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D'awww! Professor Williamson got to hold the little baby? SO CUTE. *__* Ella wished she could hold it. And tickle under its chin. And take him back to the dorm. Sigh. All of these things seemed rather unrealistic so she settled on looking at the little dragon dreamily, while watching her lucky professor feed it. Her excitement grew when she was told that she could help think of a name for the little guy. The second year put on her thinking cap and observed the dragon baby carefully, wondering what kind of name it would like. Hmmm. Well first things first, Ella wanted to know if it was a boy or a girl. "Professor, what exactly is the gender of the little baby?" Cause that would help with the name picking, yeah? "I'm going to say that if it's a girl, we could name it Fei which means fly/dance in the air...cool, yeah? And if it's a boy, how about Flint! Cause that has to do with the quartz that produces a spark or fire!"

As for Professor Williamson's question about characteristics, Ella tried to remember what she had read about each breed of dragon. "Professor, I agree with everybody else. I think it'll probably have some characteristics of each parent though it might favor one over the other genetically." And though Ella knew what genetically meant it was far too complicated to try and explain that to the class.

"Thanks for the guesses and suggestion, Ella!" See, he knew her name!

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Alyssa thought as she looked at the baby dragon. Then she raised her hand and answered.

"Professor I agree with the rest of the students. I believe that it will have the characteristics of both parents." Then she paused as she recalled reading something about DNA characteristics.

"Professor I believe that the Portuguese Longhorn will dark green scales, silvery blue is a recessive gene."

"It will have a long snout, gold horns and black eyes."Then Alyssa paused to think again before finishing up her answer.

"Since both parents are fire breathing, I think this one's flame will be very powerful. It will bulky and large but still agile in flying." "I guess it's characteristic's will depend on whose genes are more dominant between the two parents."

"I think this will be a powerful little guy too," Williamson agreed with Alyssa.

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They could suggest names too? Isabelle was guessing that is what the look they all got from William meant. Hmmm. She hadn't named anything, or anyone since she'd had Scarlet - they already had all the animals by then.

But with it being a Portuguese Long-Snout, she figured a Portuguese name might be nice. Racking her brain to try and think of all the ones she'd read in the build up to her own baby, when they didn't know whether she was going to have a boy or girl, Isabelle frowned. The kids had come up with some good ones as well.

Keeping the shield in place until told otherwise, she put her free hand in her pocket and waited for a break in talking. "How about calling him Rico? It means 'strong power' in Portuguese," she finally said, looking over at William and the admittedly adorable baby dragon.

"Rrrrrico!" he repeated Issy. "Yeah, nice one, Isa-- er, Professor Magnus!"

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“Professor, I think the Portuguese Long Snout will inherit the horns of the Romanian Longhorn and the powerful flames of the Swedish Short-Snout since those are the two dominant features of its parents.”

“No offense to you professor, you’re not really his dad—since you don’t look like a dragon to me.” He thought to himself then continued. “As for the color—it could be a combination of both. I think that feature will keep the Portuguese Long Snout unique, and identifiable.” He said and put down his hand.

"Excellent guess! He SHOULD have those features!"

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Blue smiled shakily at the nurse. And people said she wasn't nice!!! Stupid oldie students LYING to Blue. That was just- just MEAN! Suuure, the proffessor probably wouldn't let anything happen to the students. But he was so wrapped up in his ugly/scary dragon baby (he seemed convinced he was actually the thing's father) that he probably wouldn't even notice IF THE DRAGON ATE BLUE!!!!!!!!

Stupid dragon.

AND EVEN STUPIDER professor ~~who seemed to think he was the dragons mother- I mean father.~~

Blue was VERY tempted to start "feeling faint".

The idea of pulling a sickie was looking better and better.

Any chance to get away from the scary!dragon.

EWWWW. WHAT IN MERLIN'S BEARD (hehe, magicky term!!!) WAS THE STUPID UGLY!DRAGON EATING? Que disgusted look. Blue raised her hand. "Well, Romanian Longhorn have loong horns and Swedish Short-Snouts have short...snouts. So the dragon would have short horns and long noses - I mean, long horns and short noses." Stupid scary dragon was scaring and confuzzling her brain.

And now everyone was coming up with names. How about Scary the Scary/Creepy/Ugly Dragon? Heh. Yeah that was perfect for the stupid scary thing.

GLARE AT THE DRAGON DRINKING BLOOD.

Stupid vampire dragon.

...if you're going to be a vampire, be a proper one - don't drink CHICKEN blood.

Stupid dragon.

What was with this girl, clinging to Cece's robes? He eyed the child but nodded to her guesses. WHUTEVER.

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The baby dragon happily slurped from the bottle his daddy gave him. He had not noticed neither the many, many pairs of eyes on him nor the flashing lights because he was so hungwee. Busting out of an egg was much, much harder than it looked.

Finishing off one bottle after another, the baby dragon took a breather and let out a happy baby sigh of approval, settling back onto his hind legs. He was getting sweepy now. "Yeeeeeowww!" he squeaked, flapping his tiny wings and then folding them up nicely. He bumped his little nose into Daddy's hand and snorted, tiny curls of smoke leaking out of his nostrils.

Sweepy time? He blinked around at the big barn, trying to find a place to cuddle up for a nap, and just then noticed the people watching him.

"EEEOOOORRRRRRRKKKKK!" the dragon let out another squawk, this one sounding a little more terrified. He blinked up at his Daddy and started backing up, not liking all the people eying him. And what were those flashes? So many lights! "EEEOOOORRRRRRRKKKKK!!!!"

Nodding somewhat at all of the answers, William finished feeding the baby most of the pail of mixture and watched as the dragon started to get full and sleepy. About time! It was going on one a.m. here!

"There, there now, Baby, shhhhhhhshhh," Willy started to calm the baby, reaching out with his hand to stroke its little head. He cleared his throat and LOOKed at the class, hoping they would take a hint and be quiet for a little while longer, at least until the dragon fell asleep.

Then he responded to their answers more quietly. "Your guess is as good as mine. I think this fella will grow up to have characteristics of both parents, depending on recessive genes and such; unfortunately I can't tell you which parent was which breed, as both are either dead or disappeared."

He gave a shrug and filled up the baby's bottle with the remainder of the chicken blood/brandy mixture, holding it out to the poor, orphan baby dragon.

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Just then the professor asked them a question.. Harvey put up his hand "Well professor as others have said it would depend on the genes of the parents and of those genes which ones are dominant.. in this case I guess we could consider the name given to this hybrid dragon.. so I would say that it would have maybe the gold horns and a Long snout.. since it IS known as the Portuguese Long Snout.. as well as a mixture in the color of its scales.. again depending on the dominant genes" he said as he finished what he wanted to say.. he was probably wrong on many levels but at least he gave it a go instead of just sitting there.

"You're probably the closest," he nodded toward one Ravenclaw in particular. "I would guess that this guy breathes pretty deadly fire as well. You can see that he has green scales for now, right? Those could change as it ages." The dragon was now back to suckling on the bottle and was hopefully no longer distracted by the class, though Willy could see that it WAS still eying the children in the front row.

"Let's all settle down for now though, all right? I'll let you pet the baby when he starts to fall asleep. It might help if you guys sang a little nursery rhyme...or at least hummed one...."

oh its Erik ok · 05-14-2012, 07:43 PM

Nigel started thinking of what would make an awesome dragon name. While he was thinking he saw the dragon start shrieking. Oh Batman his dragon was hurting his ears. Nigel started to get a really look at the dragon and saw that it was about to fall asleep. Aw how cute, No No No it was a dragon it could not be cute.

While wondering if a dragon could be cute or not, he came up with a awesome dragon name. "Professor, Professor, I have an awesome name for your dragon. Its Drakon"

Bazinga · 05-14-2012, 07:44 PM

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SPOILER!!: good guesses

Nodding somewhat at all of the answers, William finished feeding the baby most of the pail of mixture and watched as the dragon started to get full and sleepy. About time! It was going on one a.m. here!

"There, there now, Baby, shhhhhhhshhh," Willy started to calm the baby, reaching out with his hand to stroke its little head. He cleared his throat and LOOKed at the class, hoping they would take a hint and be quiet for a little while longer, at least until the dragon fell asleep.

Then he responded to their answers more quietly. "Your guess is as good as mine. I think this fella will grow up to have characteristics of both parents, depending on recessive genes and such; unfortunately I can't tell you which parent was which breed, as both are either dead or disappeared."

He gave a shrug and filled up the baby's bottle with the remainder of the chicken blood/brandy mixture, holding it out to the poor, orphan baby dragon.

"You're probably the closest," he nodded toward one Ravenclaw in particular. "I would guess that this guy breathes pretty deadly fire as well. You can see that he has green scales for now, right? Those could change as it ages." The dragon was now back to suckling on the bottle and was hopefully no longer distracted by the class, though Willy could see that it WAS still eying the children in the front row.

"Let's all settle down for now though, all right? I'll let you pet the baby when he starts to fall asleep. It might help if you guys sang a little nursery rhyme...or at least hummed one...."

Minerva sat up and put up her hand.."I know one my mom use to sing to my brother when he was a baby." she smiled and started singing hoping others would join in
Rock a bye baby, In the treetop,When the wind blows, The cradle will rock, When the bough breaks, The cradle will fall,And down will come baby,Cradle and all, Baby is drowsing, Cosy and fair, Mother sits near,In her rocking chair,Forward and back,The cradle she swings,And though baby sleeps,He hears what she sings,From the high rooftops,Down to the sea,No one's as dear,As baby to me,Wee little fingers,Eyes wide and bright,Now sound asleep,Until morning light"

She looked around feeling a bit awkward for singing. "We could change the word baby to dragon?" Why not, it was a dragon.

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