143 Nest. (2/2)

”The founders?” Draco said to himself as he looked around carefully. Draco was certain that they were the founders as he had seen them in a couple of books he had read and Hogwarts literally had their statues and paintings all over the place, especially the entrance which contained giant statues of the founders. But among the four only one of them caught the eye of Draco, the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw. The statue was very similar to the others but the thing that caught Draco's eye was the diadem on her head which had a huge pearl on top of it, unlike the other statues which were made of stone, the pearl seemed real as it still shined brightly and the condition down here hadn't even affected it. Draco wanted to swim closer to inspect it but his eyes quickly turned towards the two kelpies who were swimming furiously towards him.

Trying to prepare for battle he looked around, to find something unusual on the ground. It was a small nest filled with eggs, Draco was now clear as to why both of these kelpies were so hostile against him being there and it not wanting to obey Draco. Draco snickered as he quickly pulled the whole nest towards him. ”Accio.”

The nest flew over to Draco's hand. There were 7 eggs in the whole nest which barely fit into his arms.

Seeing its eggs being taken the Kelpie's let out a weird noise, moving quickly. Knowing his job was done here, Draco smiled and pointed his wand up. The two kelpies came closer and prepared to attack him from two sides. Just as they were about to get close to him, Draco chanted, ”Ascendio.”

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Outside Hermione was getting worried about Draco as it had already been a half an hour since he was gone. She was already thinking of calling Hagrid or a professor to help when out of nowhere, Draco came flying out of the well, quickly jumping inside the suitcase and soon two huge creatures jumped out of the well as well and followed him inside the suitcase.

All this happened so quick, that Hermione barely had enough time to react. After coming to her senses she looked around and pondered for a while, as she hesitantly jumped inside the suitcase as well.

Inside Draco quickly placed the landing location into another lake he had created the day before and dived into it again. The air in his bubble mask was running out due to all the fiasco and it was getting harder and harder to breathe. Seeing the Kelpie following him, Draco smiled as he put the nest, gently on the ground in front of the Kelpies and slowly backed away.

The kelpies swam near their eggs, checking on them to see if they were okay. One of the kelpies which Draco figured was the male looked at Draco with hostility. Draco stayed calm and stayed where he was. He wanted Kelpies to like him and not hate him since they were basically going to live with him now and he needed them.

Draco had already made up his mind on using these beasts to help him on his quest, so he had already planned on collecting several of them, the kelpies being one of the very few. The Kelpies were very useful, especially in water. Draco didn't think that he would ever have to fight underwater but in case he did, Kelpies were the best choice to help him assist in it. It's incredible speed and shape-shifting power made it be one of the best assistance in underwater fights. Draco knew if he managed to control and train these Kelpies properly, he could create a good fighting strategy underwater.

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I don't know how Kelpies reproduce and neither was it mentioned in the wiki page so for convenience sake, let's just pretend it lays eggs.

Ascendio =

If you don't know what the spell is.