Stealing an Egg from a Dragon's Embrace

Harry admitted that, in some ways, he really envied Cedric and the others.

But... deep down, he also hoped that he was the special one in Muya's heart.

"Hm?" Muya had just been talking about the protective gear they needed to prepare and hadn't caught what Harry said.

Harry lowered his head and touched his slightly warm face with his left hand. "N-Nothing, Ya Ya."

Suddenly, Muya pulled Harry over, placed her right index finger against his lips, and pointed in a direction with her left hand, signaling him to look over there.

That figure, along with that highly recognizable goat beard, belonged to Durmstrang's headmaster, Karkaroff.

But Harry could no longer think about what Karkaroff was doing alone near the Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night. His face felt like it was burning, and his head was spinning.

Muya simply knocked Karkaroff out with a Stunning Spell, then pulled Harry along as she arranged the scene to make it look as though he had fallen over by himself.

After returning to the castle, Harry asked Muya, "Ya Ya, were you worried that he also knew about the first task in advance?"

That "also" was a rather telling word.

"Mm. But more importantly, we need to keep him from doing anything bad. After all, he's on the no-nosed ugly thing's side."

Harry nodded.

After returning to the Gryffindor common room, Sirius Black, whom he contacted briefly through the fireplace, also told him that Karkaroff was a Death Eater and warned him to be wary of Krum.

"Dragons. Those really are troublesome creatures." Tom looked up at Muya, still holding a contract awaiting his signature.

Muya casually made a bold declaration. "If I could, I'd like to raise a dragon too."

Tom smiled. "If you really did, you'd only