Tom had been on one of his usual patrols as Head Boy, delighting in assigning detentions and removing points from stray students and couple who thought to sneak some time together in the dark of night. But this patrol was different, on his way back to the dorms he catches sight of scales. Thinking it to be another lost snake, as those tend to be fairly frequent in Hogwarts' halls, he follows it. Only to discover that the snake is actually a dragon; a tiny, baby dragon.