I Do What I Want (Drarry)

Dragon Reservation

Authors Notes: Alright guys I wanted to showcase a little bit of the life that Charlie has. I know that I have had a few chapters that were about side characters so if that bothers you then sorry... oh well. *Shrugs*

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Charlie exited the international floo with a colossal sigh. There had been a delay when he left the burrow and landed in the international floo terminal. There had been a maintenance issue on several of the fireplaces and they told him it would be well into the middle of the night by the time that he was finished. He ended up just staying the night at the nearest inn for the night instead of waiting at the terminal. They had assured him that the terminals would be up to working order in the morning. It had been a hassle to even get the time off to come home so it would be a long day by the time work call came around. He could have apparated but long distance apparations leave him disoriented for days and he had to be to work later in the day. Portkeys were out because he would've had to request the use of an international portkey at least three days in advance and he didn't fancy getting caught with an illegal one.

He apparated from the terminal straight to the front gates signifying that the land was now a 'Enter at your own risk' zone. Anti apparation spells had been placed inside the Dragon Reservation to prevent unwanted poachers from gaining access. It was still early in the day. He didn't have to be at work for several hours, plenty of time for a quick nap. Charlie nodded to the security and then had to do a double take.

"Ivan what are you doing on guard duty? I thought it was Peter's turn?" Every job on the reservation is done by Dragon Tamers, except for the infirmary. They don't hire out to other types of employment. So everyone is on a rotation. There will be a couple days out of the month where you will have to take on other jobs, like being the guard on watch, tool duty or being a dragon feeder. The list goes on and on.

Ivan grimaced slightly. He had hoped that he wouldn't be on duty when Charlie came back. "He was but Peter had to take over Demetrius's shift on cleaning out the tool sheds." The less magic that is used on the tools they use to groom out the nursing dragons the better. Magic can be volatile to baby dragons.

Charlie furrowed his brows in confusion. "Demetrius shouldn't be on tool duty for a couple of days. He should've been working on taming the Ukrainian Ironbelly that we got in last week." What a right nasty dragon she was too. Gorgeous in color, midnight black with blue underlays to her hide but the temper on her makes a Hungarian Horntail look like a puppy. Charlie sure didn't envy Demetrius and the rest of the crew on taming her down a couple notches.

Charlie raised a brow when Ivan looked down at his feet. Curious. Ivan wasn't typically meek. What had gotten into him?

"The Director's assistant of the Romanian Ministry stopped by to do the yearly inspection of our facility." Ivan stopped hoping that was enough of an explanation.

Charlie scrunched up his nose. What was with the lack of details? "The younger guy with all the pimples?" He probably should have felt bad about his description but Charlie honestly couldn't remember the kids name. All he knew was the kid had gotten selected straight out of school and had no idea what he was doing.

"No, Anton is the assistant to the Director's assistant. I am talking about Silvia." When Charlie still looked confused, Ivan sighed. "Older lady with the funny looking beehive hair style. Her hair is grey but insists that she charms it that color."

Charlie squinted trying to place the woman. A couple years back he might have met someone that looked like that. The yearly inspections are just that, yearly. He doesn't go to the Romanian Ministry so he wouldn't run into anyone there. "I think I remember her. Wasn't she the lady that tried to get us to sign that Werewolf petition two years ago?" Charlie asked with a frown. The petition had been for a new law that some members of the Ministry were rooting for. The law would have made it possible to deny werewolves the right to equal pay. Luckily the petition got denied when it went to the higher ups in the Romanian Ministry.