Over the next week, Su Er rarely saw Hermione and the others in the library. There was no need to ask; they must have been spending all their free time at Hagrid's Hut.
Su Er had seldom gone there since the little dragon hatched, mainly because he had been rather busy lately.
The reason was very simple: Professor McGonagall had discovered that Su Er had been "borrowing" from someone else's homework.
He had been forced to promise Professor McGonagall that he would do his own work from now on. He also had to redo and resubmit an assignment to avoid further punishment.
Yes, he had to redo it in Professor McGonagall's office.
Still, Professor McGonagall was not so merciless as to deny Su Er his meals, so mealtimes became his opportunity to receive the latest updates on the dragon.
Perhaps because of the change in how he had been hatched and his nutritious diet, Norbert grew very quickly and would occasionally throw back his head and roar.
"If Hagrid didn't live so far from the castle, he would have been discovered ages ago," Hermione said. "But there's no need to worry now. He's going somewhere new soon."
"We had Ron write to Charlie," Harry added. "His brother who works with dragons in Romania. He might be able to help us send Norbert away."
Another week passed like this, but Su Er became even busier, because the good-natured Professor Flitwick also noticed something amiss in the essay he had submitted.
Su Er strongly suspected that Professor McGonagall had told Flitwick.
On Thursday, as Su Er passed the Gryffindor table, he noticed that Ron's hand was wrapped in a piece of cloth.
"What happened to your hand?"
"Norbert bit me." Ron kept his head down, his tone casual, while his other hand