95 Auction Pt.3

Draco then bought a jar of Hodag's horn, which was very useful in making a certain type of potions. The potion's effect included making a person immune to alcohol for a period of time and giving the person energy to go a complete week without sleep. Draco bought the potion in case of emergencies, where he would have to keep running without being able to sleep.

The sixth thing Draco bought was a Lethifold, the creature was probably one of the most dangerous creatures Draco had bought today. Lethifold resembles a black cloak roughly half an inch thick and appears slightly thicker if the creature has recently digested a victim. It glides along surfaces in an unknown form of locomotion in search of its prey, humans. It attacks at night, when the target is asleep, by suffocating and then digesting them. Due to its violent nature, it was considered a Dark creature and the only known method to fend of against them is the Patronus charm making people assume that they are related to Dementors.

Draco didn't know Patronus charm but luckily the creature came with its own cage, making it unable to go out. The Lethifold's main prey are humans but according to Merc, it could be fed using livestock like cows or goats. He even showed the crowd how it fed on those animals slowly. Draco interested bought the creature immediately but it came with a huge price. The Lethifold reminded Draco of the Dementors in the third year and how he needed to add Patronus charm to one of the spells he needed to learn this year.

Lucius seeing his son spend money so lavishly couldn't help but sweat. Even though these creatures were rare, they weren't rare enough for them to go around spending so much money on them. Lucius wanted to stop him but Draco reassured that he had plenty of money to do more bids.

The next item Draco bid for was for 5 liters Re'em blood. The blood has the ability to give a person immense strength for a limited amount of time, which would be really useful for Draco since the best way of beating a wizard was through strength. Draco barely lost the item to a witch who kept bidding head on against him but after the price reached a certain point she gave up.

The most expensive thing Draco bought today was a set of creatures, which featured 6 young Granians, which is a breed of Winged horse. They are grey and very fast, probably the fastest winged horses. It came with another creature called, Porlock. Porlock is horse guardian which protect the horses keeping them in check. They are small, reaching a height of two feet on average when they are fully grown, and covered in a large amount of rough, shaggy hair. It has a large nose, small arms ending in four stubby fingers, and it walks on two cloven hooves. Along with the creatures, the whole set came with a beautiful gold and silver carriage. The whole set cost Draco a whopping 98,000 Galleon. The most he has ever spend throughout his life on a single item.

Lucius coughed, "You know, just because there is a limit to 10 items doesn't mean that you have to buy all 10."

"I know." Draco said worriedly, he himself was running out of all the money he bought with him, "But these items are very good and is cheaper too, compared to buying them from black markets."

Lucius nodded and didn't continue to say anything else. Even if Draco ran out of money, he still had some on his hands. Draco calculated the amount of money he had left with him. With the cost of all those items reaching over 250,000 Galleons, Draco only had around 40,000 left with him.

"So we have seen all sorts of creatures and technologies today." Merc said, "But our next item is the combination of both, sold by one of our regular sellers, the next item came from a lab far in the Sahara desert."

The elves dragged a cart which seemed to have an egg on top of it. The egg was even bigger than a Dragon egg and was red and golden in color. Everyone in the crowd had their eyes on the marvelous egg in front of them.

"This lab was raided by the ministry of magic, for suspicion of illegal breeding of magical creatures." Merc said raising his hands, "You have guessed it, this egg is the mixture of different magical creatures, a hybrid."

The people clapped their hands, not that enthusiastic about it now since hybrid creatures were nothing new. But what Merc said next shocked all of them, "This creature my friends is a mixture of different dangerous and exciting creatures. A Runespoor, Occamy, Horned Serpent, sea serpent, Selma and a Dragon. The person who created it was a well-known serpent enthusiast which could be seen in his creation, the creator was sadly killed in the cross-fire when the raid was happening but luckily we managed to get our hands on his last creation."

Noises surrounded the area as people started discussing things between themselves. Draco, on the other hand, was looking at egg concentrating on the heartbeat that could be heard.

A man suddenly stood up and asked with a hoarse voice, "Aren't breeding like that considered a failure? Combining so many dominant creatures into one, makes it seem like a work of an amateur breeder. It not hatching, and staying as a decoration is the most I would expect from this egg."

Many people nodded agreeing with the man, even Merc nodded as well.

"I understand your concern friend." Merc said, "Even I was concerned about it at first but since the seller kept insisting on its quality, I couldn't do anything about it. The egg itself has a mixture of even more unknown creatures, which even the seller doesn't know. So the whole process of even making it to this stage was an incredible feat-- We want to sell this egg as a rare and one of a kind decoration but we can't guarantee whether it would hatch or not. The bid starts at 1000 Galleon."

Draco was confused by all the talk, he looked around to see people not so excited about the egg, even though he couldn't see their faces, their body language expressed everything. 'Am I the only one?' Draco thought to himself and looked towards Lucius.

"Father, can you hear something?"

"Hear what?"

"Concentrate on the egg."

Lucius confused did what he was told but shook his head, "It's nothing but a useless piece of decoration, I admit the egg looks unique but I don't think it will ever hatch."

"Must be the Dragon then." Draco thought out loud,

"Dragon?"

"Nothing." Draco shook his head and raised his hands. "1,500 Galleon."

The people around him, looked at Draco as if he was an idiot. From his voice, they had already figured that it was a young kid but seeing him spend lavishly on extravagant creatures, they were all jealous but now seeing him, bid on a dud item, they all agreed that it was a stupid kid who had a lot of money in his hand, who spent it all without thinking.

"1,500--1,2--"

"2000" A witch bid out loud wanting to humor Draco.

Soon people started bidding one by one and the price reached to 38,000 Galleon.

For the people who were looking at him as if he was an idiot, seeing the price raised, Draco couldn't help but feel annoyed, "Father, how much money do you have?"

Lucius who was thinking why Draco was so insistent on buying the egg, "10,000" he said. "I didn't carry much since I was in a hurry."

Draco nodded and raised his bid, "40,000"

The people quietened down, they didn't think the egg was worth that much so they kept quiet. Even the witch who was taunting him was unsure whether to raise the bid or not. "42,000" She spoke out reluctantly.

"45,000" Draco raised his hands again.

All the people stopped, looking at the witch and Draco to see who was going to win the dud egg. The witch raised her hand again "48,000"

"50,000" Draco raised his hands, this was the final bid he could come up with since with even including Lucius's money, they had already run out of Galleons to spend.