After Jerry confirmed it, Malfoy grew even bolder and began showing up around Harry at every opportunity.
"Harry Potter, I saw a dark figure at the edge of the Forbidden Forest the other day. Any idea what kind of Fantastic Beast it was?"
"Harry Potter, did you know someone was once expelled from Hogwarts for keeping a dangerous magical creature?"
"Oh, Potter, I can't imagine you homeless after you're expelled. My family could use a servant. Why not come work for us? Our house is quite big!"
A week later, Harry could no longer stand Malfoy's harassment and went to Hagrid.
"Hagrid, just let Norbert go into the Forbidden Forest!"
"No!" Hagrid said. "Harry, Norbert's still too little. The other animals would bully him in there."
Jerry ignored the argument. He crouched down and studied Norbert, who was already three times as long as he had been a week ago. A dragon heart! A Norwegian Ridgeback's heart, too. It would make an excellent core for a Wand!
The liver's good, too. I could use it to make Doxy repellent.
Fire Dragon Blood is valuable stuff. You can make oven cleaner, spot remover, wart treatments, and all sorts of things with it.
Dragon Hide...
Dragon meat...
Sensing Jerry's less-than-friendly gaze, the Fire Dragon Norbert seemed ready to sneak a blast of dragonfire at him.
But how could a little scheme like that escape Jerry?
Just as Norbert was about to breathe fire, Jerry moved like lightning, grabbed his head, and forced his jaws shut.
A muffled grunt came from Norbert's mouth, and tears instantly streamed from his eyes.
Norbert struggled fiercely until he finally broke free of Jerry's arms. Then he ran to Hagrid's feet for protection.
"What's wrong?" Hagrid asked, noticing Norbert while he was arguing with Harry