Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin 45 Warning.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked with an annoyed tone.

"The stone isn't a simple thing for you to be running around investigating it." Draco said, "Plus, even if the stone gets stolen it has nothing to do with you-- Consider it a warning, I guess, You can do whatever you want to do, but don't go around dragging Hermione into the danger with your stupid antics."

Hermione looked at Draco and in a soft voice she said, "Don't worry, I won't let them go into this any further."

Harry and Ron just glared at Draco and didn't say anything.

"Still arrogant, huh?" Theodore smirked looking at them, "Do both of you think you can defeat a dark wizard who was able to break into Gringotts and get out so easily? Even Draco wouldn't be able to do it, so do you think, you can? Don't make me laugh."

"Whatever we do is our business," Ron said, "You don't have to keep interfering in what we do."

"Well dig your own grave then," Theodore said ignoring them.

Draco turned back to look at Hagrid and said, "The news about the stone will not be coming out of my mouth, we can even do an unbreakable vow if you want me to."

"I'll trust you." Hagrid shook his head, "You are really similar to him."

"Him?" Draco asked getting confused but Draco then remembered, "You mean him?" He said looking at Harry.

"Yes, like him, he was a witty and talented wizard, but also quite an arrogant and mischievous troublemaker. Good with girls and... sigh! I hope yeh don' go the same path as him." Hagrid said reminiscing things, looking at Harry sadly.

The others were confused as to what they were talking about especially Harry since he couldn't figure why both of them looked at him. Draco knew that Hagrid was comparing him with Sirius, maybe in a way both of them similar, Draco didn't put much thought into it before but looking at it now his behavior is quite similar like Sirius, controlled but still similar.

"I still have his motorcycle, if yeh wan' yeh can hav' it back." Hagrid said

"No need. He gave it to you, right? and that is his property so I have no right over it." Draco replied, "Besides, I don't like motorcycles that much, I am more of a car guy. See we are already different."

Hagrid smiled, "I'll keep it fer now then, it comes in handy since brooms can't handle me weight."

Draco nodded, looking at Hagrid he was sure that a broom wouldn't even float over the ground if Hagrid was to ride on it.

"I'll leave now." Draco said, "Do send a letter when it's about to hatch."

"I will." Hagrid said nodding.

Draco walked out of the cabin followed by Theodore and surprisingly Hermione.

"What is it?" Draco asked looking back at her, "I am not in a mood for a lecture."

"Hmph! I am not planning to give you one either but you shouldn't have been that mean to Hagrid, he is really a nice guy." Hermione said.

"Hermione, here is the thing, you are stubborn, rude and controlling," Draco said making Hermione fume over. "But I accept you the way you are, don't I?"

Hermione didn't say anything but just snorted,

"Similarly, you have to accept me the way I am as well." Draco said walking forward, "We have been friends for nearly a year now and you should certainly know some of my traits and personality. If you are rude then I am arrogant. If you are stubborn then I can be very manipulative and if you are controlling then I am strong enough to not fall under it. If I were, to be honest with you then we are completely different from each other in every way possible."

"So..." Hermione asked with a weird tone.

"So?" Draco asked, "It's nothing, no matter how different we are, I still want to be friends with you but to do so we have to learn how to compromise. Like today, you can't always keep opposing me without even realizing what I am trying to do. It makes me feel that you doubt me."

"It was your approach which was wrong." Hermione said, "Any normal person would start doubting you if you suddenly start blackmailing people out of nowhere."

"True, it was my fault in that but you should know that I won't put Hagrid in a bad position just for a Dragon egg." Draco said, "Plus, every time you do so, it makes it seem like you doubt me lowering my credibility in front of the other person as well. You would really be a bad business partner, to work with."

"I wasn't doubting you..." Hermione said murmuring, "It was your fault."

Draco rolled his eyes, "Sigh! Okay, it was my fault this time but make sure you at least put a bit of trust in me in the future."

"Since both of your lover's quarrel is over, I want to ask you about the bet thing, I am sure Hermione is here for that as well." Theodore said.

"Stop, speaking nonsense." Hermione said blushing a little, "And I would like to know about that as well, you wanted to say something but you suddenly changed the topic. Was the bet not normal?"

"Hermione, you told me that you will stay away from the stone, right?" Draco asked

"Yes, and I will make sure Harry and Ron are out of trouble as well." Hermione said.

"I don't care about them and judging from their personality I highly doubt that you will be able to stop them." Draco said, "But since you are planning to keep away from the stone then what I was trying to say is useless to you."

"You mean the bet is somehow connected to the philosopher stone?" Hermione asked in shock.

Draco smiled and said, "That's my speculation and that's all you are going to get from me."

Hermione snorted and went back to the hut.

"The bet is seriously suspicious as hell, who would even bet a live Dragon egg in a game of card?" Theodore said after Hermione left, "The person would either be very stupid or way too drunk but considering the thing with the Philosopher stone, I highly doubt that all of this is so simple."

"That's what my guess is," Draco said nodding, he couldn't help but feel impressed at Theodore's deduction capability. He himself knew of the stone and the other things because he had read the book but Theodore didn't even know about the existence of the philosopher stone in the school before this. 'The book did you wrong, my friend.' Draco thought to himself.

"So the stone's in the third floor, are we just going to leave it there?" Theodore asked.

"Right now we can't do anything even if we wanted to." Draco said, "Whether we like it or not, Hagrid is right, Dumbledore will certainly have some resources put over there in the form of security. I don't know about the traps the teacher put in there but I am sure that, Dumbledore himself may have put up a final line of defense in there as well." Draco lied but it wasn't a complete lie either since Dumbledore really did put up the final line of defense.

Theodore nodded, he reckoned that to be the case as well, since, without protection, Dumbledore would certainly not leave the Philosopher stone out in the open.

"Are we going to talk about this with the others?" He asked

"What do you think?" Draco said glaring at Theodore.

"I will take that as a 'no' then." Theodore said, "So Dragon huh? I didn't know that you had a Dragon farm in Romania."

"I don't."

"Then... all you said there was a lie?" Theodore looked at Draco in shock.

"Half a lie, at least." Draco said, "I didn't expect to get news about a dragon egg so I had to come up with something, but I will buy it soon since having Dragons doesn't really sound like a bad idea."

"You are making it sound like... wait you are, aren't you?"

"Yeah! Why not? I have seen some wizards commit crimes with the help of magical beasts so why can't I use them?" Draco said.

"But they are Dragons, not a house pet." Theodore said,

"I know but what's wrong with trying?" Draco said, "If it doesn't work then, I will at least have some exotic pets to brag about."

Theodore nodded, "At least you don't have weird ideas, by the way, who was Hagrid comparing you to?"

"Sirius." Draco said with a straight face.

"Wait he was comparing you to a murderer?" Theodore said getting shocked again, "And you took it nicely?"

"Things aren't always what they seem like." Draco said in a mysterious tone.

Theodore looked at Draco but kept quiet trying to figure out the meaning behind his words.

Chapter end