The Birth of a Dragon

As Oz finally arrived in the middle of the Quidditch pitch, He looked up to the stormy clouds above him.

'This weather truly is reminiscent of the UK I remember...'.

Seeing this rain had reminded him of how he died that day. The car driving down the road losing traction due to the downpour that had recently passed.

Closing his eyes he allowed himself to reminisce on all the times he had in this world since he arrived, especially thinking about recent times with the trio of Harry, Hermione and Daphne as well as Craig and Cho.

'I have come a long way since then...'.

While Oz was lost in thought, Dumbledore suddenly appeared before him. Apparating in from out of nowhere. Looking at the headmaster before him, Oz sighed.

"Was that your attempt at being flashy old man? I could have sworn you weren't allowed to apparate on school grounds yet you decided to apparate down to me just to try and look cool..."

Dumbledore actually blushed a little bit at Oz's comment calling him out. After embarrassingly coughing a bit, he exclaimed.

"Well as the headmaster I have special privileges'... Also I didn't want to walk in this weather you see?".

Oz rolled his eyes at the old mans attempt to clear up his one show of childness.

"Whatever Dumbledore, we should get this show on the road before this weather passes don't you think?".

At Oz's query Dumbledore nodded. Reaching deep within his pockets he brought out a potion vial, handing it over to Oz.

"This here is the Animagus potion I had Severus concoct for you... After you drink it you will experience some discomfort and pain for a while until eventually as lightning strikes you'll transform".

Taking the potion off of Dumbledore, Oz immediately ran a diagnostic spell. Seeing this Dumbledore let off an awkward grin, noting how meticulous this boy was being.

'It seems there hasn't been anything added from what I can tell... I guess it is safe to drink then".

Looking at Dumbledore, Oz uncorked the potion and smelt it.

"Isn't exactly a pleasant aroma is it? Couldn't you have got Snape to make it grape flavoured or something?"

Dumbledore sighed at Oz's quip.

"Just drink the potion Oz".

"Oh well... Down the hatch".

After hearing Dumbledore's rebuttal Oz immediately sank the potion. He felt the potion slowly crawl down towards his stomach as the medicinal properties included exploded out, linking themselves to his blood and body.

At this Oz felt extreme unrest and pain. They always noted that an Animagus' transformation was always painful the first time and the more painful the transformation the better the Animagus form would be.

Gritting his teeth Oz used his dominating willpower to overcome the pain of the potion. Dumbledore watched all the while with slight awe in his eyes.

"You certainly seem to be in a lot of pain even for a first time transformation... I guess that your form IS going to be 'that' isn't it?".

Oz at this moment in time couldn't even hear Dumbledore's comments. He was focused within himself as he felt the potions energy pour throughout his body. Oz went through this pain for exactly thirty minutes until finally.

[12:00am]

Lightning struck as the new year was welcomed. At that moment, Oz then felt the potion fully activate as his body transformed.

His skin started to turn into black, obsidian like scales. His eyes became jewels of purple that shone with a violent and domineering light. His body extended out and became more robust by the second before fully breaking off from a human, bipedal form.

Oz's body grew and grew and as he grew magic was unleashed from within him. His bloodline almost felt happy at Oz's transformation and was responding in kind by unleashing a torrent of power as well.

This torrent of power even had Dumbledore stumbling back a few steps before he had to put up a barrier to stop himself.

Oz finally stopped growing as he reached the size of about two buses. As he finally finished growing he flapped his wings and soared into the skies above the Quidditch stadium.

As he reached far above the stadium, he had a view of the whole of Hogwarts and its surrounding area. Seeing this Oz let out a powerful roar.

"ROOOOAARRRRRRRRRRRR"

Since the stormy night sky was so dark, Oz already had a natural camouflage from anyone's view. Letting out this roar felt like he was venting all of his frustrations over the years as he felt himself feel reborn through this transformation.

The whole castle and surrounding area reverberated the roar that left Oz's mouth as he slowly descended back down to the quidditch stadium where a startled Dumbledore was standing with his hair and beard ruffled.

As he landed he adopted a standing position as he looked down at the headmaster. Dumbledore looked up to him and with a shocked tone uttered:

"Your form... it seems your Animagus is the Hebridean black dragon!".

At that comment, Oz grinned. He knew in his heart that this would be his form due to his Patronus being that of a Hebridean Black dragon but actually experiencing it was something else.

With this form a whole door of new possibilities opened up. Being able to fly meant that he could cloak himself and travel the world more. Although in the future he would want to learn apparition, for now he didn't need to. Being able to travel the world meant he could track down Merlin's legacy quicker. It also meant that he could see everything this world had to offer, and he didn't have to be just locked to the British wizarding community in the years to come.

Content with the turn of events, Oz let go of his Animagus form and slowly shrunk down to his normal human size again. Strangely enough, even though he transformed back his eyes had now changed colour from his original blue to a powerful purple. Looking over at Dumbledore who still had shock plastered in his eyes Oz let off a knowing smile.

"Thank you Dumbledore for this opportunity of growth... I feel as though I've been completely reborn".

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A/N - This chapters very important but also kind of funny. Dumbledore has been constantly trying to get Oz over to his side and he's gotten so desperate that he's essentially given him a major gift here in that desperation. That gift now allowing Oz to go further from his grasp due to the nature of it.