Okay I will say that I am sorry this is taking so long to post and I have no hope for it getting done quickly though I have not yet given up on finishing it. School takes up a lot of time and even though I am now on break me and a group of five others have started meeting up to play Dungeons & Dragons which is a lot of fun.

I was also given a suggestion to give a short reminder of what happened in the last chapter and I have seen it down before in several different ways but I will give the last bit of the last chapter here at the top.

"Hello" - italics means speaking between Aithusa and Merlin inside there head

"Hello" - normal means speaking out loud, normally

Last Time:

Draco nodded and their conversation ended just as they heard the beating of wings above them. They both looked up and watched as the large white dragon descended into the clearing in front of them.

Merlin looked over Aithusa and saw that she seemed as well as usual. He could still find a few bones that stuck out at awkward angles and scars along the length of her body, but she was as large as Kilgharrah had once been and none of her previous injuries were as detrimental as they had once been.

The moment that she had been in his line of sight he sent her the thought, "Aithusa I'm with a friend at the moment and I'm going by Myrddin Ambrosius. He doesn't know that I'm Merlin or a Warlock."

As Aithusa landed she found his eyes and nodded responding quietly, "Of course Emrys, though I am glad to see that you are once more making real connections."

Merlin frowned, "I'm not trying to but the Old Religion has asked for my interference."

He was glad that he had chosen to keep up a semi-regular correspondence with Aithusa so she knew about his aliases though he didn't like what she was implying. "I have not been in isolation. I've made many friends over the years."

"Since the fall of Camelot and the deaths of the Founders you have met many people but none have known you."

"You sound more like Kilgharrah every time we meet."

Now that Merlin knew she would not be giving away any of his secrets, on accident anyway, he turned his attention to Draco where he was attempting to calm himself down after taking a few steps back hastily.

Now:

"Draco this is Aithusa. Aithusa this is Draco. Draco goes to school with me and is a fellow first year in Slytherin."

Draco seemed to be frozen on the edge of the clearing and had taken a few automatic steps back as Aithusa had landed in front of them.

Merlin did his best to smother his smile at the undisguised look of both awe and terror on Draco's face as he stared at the giant white dragon in front of him.

Aithusa bent her head down to stare at Draco appraisingly. "Draco," she said carefully as she tilted her head to the side curiously, "That is a good name that you've acquired. I'm glad that little Myrddin has found someone with such a good name to play with."

Draco blinked in a mixture of shock and surprise while Merlin bit his lip to keep from laughing at the playful tone that Aithusa was trying to hide. "It isn't nice of you to tease my friends Aithusa," Merlin sent to her lightly.

She huffed, "As I rarely get to speak with anyone other that you I treasure the moments that I can tease these tiny people."

Merlin didn't respond because it seemed that her little huff and allowed Draco to shake off most of his shock, though he still seemed to be feeling a good amount of awe at the arrival of Aithusa.

"It is a privilege to be named after such a magnificent creature as you, and I am glad that you believe that I shall live up to such a great honor. As for Myrddin, I too am glad to have found someone like him to," he hesitated a moment but seemed to decide to use the word that she had presented him with, "play with."

Aithusa let out a deep laugh that shook the ground that they stood on. "Little one you should call me to meet your friends more often if they are anything like this one." She laughed again before straightening back up. "Now what is it you've called me here for little one as I do doubt that it was just to have me meet your friend here?"

"Right," Merlin said as he chuckled and rubbed his arm nervously, "Well, the grounds keeper here at Hogwarts, Hagrid, has managed to get his hands on a wyvern's egg that should be hatching at any time and when it does I'd like you to watch over it for a bit."

"Foolish little ones," Aithusa huffed, "Why would one of your size think that they could manage to care for even a wyvern. I wonder how it is that your species has yet to kill themselves? Thinking one is strong enough to manage even the smallest of wyverns and yet you call them Dragons," Merlin had heard something similar to this rant every few centuries and was now passed being surprised by it, "You little ones with your little bits of magic wouldn't know a real dragon if it burnt you to a crisp."

Draco looked nervously to Merlin, and seeing that he didn't seem either worried or insulted decided he could risk speaking and not worry about being burnt to a crisp. "Forgive us the insult to your species, as we have had no dealings with true dragons in, what I imagine has been a very long time, we have become mistaken. Though after seeing you I can't ever imagine making such a mistake again."

"Of course not," Aithusa answered as she turned to look at Draco. "I forgive your error and agree to look after this wyvern for a short time as you have asked."

"You have our thanks," Draco responded immediately.

"I do ask, little one, that in return you will hatch for me one of the Great Dragon eggs that has been found."

Merlin nodded. After Arthur's death and before Kilgharrah's they had found two eggs of the Great Dragons hidden where only the kin of the dragons could find them. He had hatched those two already. The first was Ora Estonteco, a male golden dragon, who they had hatched right after the discovery and the second was Ilandria, a female ruby dragon, a few centuries after Kilgaharrah's passing. It had been decided by Kilgharrah and Merlin at the beginning that they would spread out the hatching of the eggs so that they could spend time to raise and take care of the younger ones so there would be no incidents as there had been with Aithusa in her youth.

This next egg that Merlin was to hatch was the only egg that Kilgharrah had and its mother was Aithusa. Merlin smiled as he answered, "Of course I shall hatch the egg once the wyvern is settled."

Merlin was very much looking forward to meeting the child of Kilgharrah.

"Hatch?" Draco asked, his confusion showing, "I mostly understand what a Dragon Lord is from the few books that we have from that time, but I don't understand why you would hatch an egg."

Merlin found that the face Draco made was very amusing but it wasn't he who answered, it was Aithusa.

"Dragon Lords are those who have power over the Great Dragons. They have this power because they are considered our kin. A Dragon Lord is a magic user who possesses the rare ability to tame Dragons. According to the Old Religion, Dragon Lords were brothers to dragons through a connection of the soul, with the abilities being hereditary. Our eggs only hatch when a Dragon Lord calls out to the embryo inside the egg. This talent was passed down from father to son," Aithusa paused for a second before continuing, "There is no real knowledge about how Dragon Lords came to be and though there used to be many there is only one now."

"Why is there only one now?" Draco asked, confused.

"There can only be one at a time in each family as the gift passes from father to son and the son only receives the gift once his father has died. There were once many families that possessed the ability but all but one died during the Great Purge."

Merlin could see that Draco would be here all night asking Aithusa questions if he allowed it and so he decided to stop him now.

"Draco, we should be heading back to the castle soon. We can visit with Aithusa again in a few days and we will still have to bring the wyvern out to her once it hatches."

Draco seemed to think about it for a moment before deciding that Merlin did have a point. "All right then Myrddin," he agreed before turning to Aithusa and giving a short bow, "It was lovely meeting a Great Dragon and I hope that we shall speak again soon."

Aithusa chuckled but seem to appreciate the respect that she was being shown. "Yes little dragon we shall speak again soon. Good-bye little ones I shall stay nearby until you call for me."

"Thank you Aithusa. I will visit again soon."

"Of course you will Emrys, and I ask that you do bring your little friend as I rarely get to speak with humans and I do find him to be amusing."

"I don't think he'll allow himself to be left behind at this point."

"Yes, I would imagine not though you are very adept at sneaking around and away from your friends when you wish."

"Good-bye for now Aithusa."

"Good-bye for now little one," there was a pause now before she continued in Merlin's head, "I do wonder if you heard the prophesy that is approaching?"

"Yes, I heard it from the Crystals in the Cave. The one speaking of 'The one to vanquish the Dark Lord' correct?"

Aithusa shook her head gently. "That is a prophecy that was given with new magic, but there is an old one that was given long ago that most creatures of the old religion now believe will come to pass soon."

"What is it?"

"I shall tell you of it the next time we speak, for now you should head back with your friend."

Merlin wanted to argue but by now he knew that once a dragon had made up its mind it would not be convinced otherwise and Merlin could see no reason why he could not wait a few days, so he nodded and followed Draco back to the castle.

I think that I've already picked out the name for the new dragon and would like to thank KatterontheFangirl and Sparky199 for helping me to name the other two dragons.

I really made Draco a little diplomat since I figure that he must have picked up something from his dad and I also figured that he would be pretty curious, I know I would be. Anyway hope that you like and thanks for the love even though I don't post as often as I should.