Draco Black and the Bastard Dragon

The Mirror of Ecidyrue #7

by starbrigid

Draco has seen and done terrible things to protect those he cares about, Harry Potter most of all. He has made a vow for the sake of his beloved godfather that will test him to the very core. But even he is unprepared for the challenges the war will provide him and those he loves, as he must finally confront the one he fears the most in the world: Bellatrix Lestrange.

On a quest to find the final Horcruxes and destroy them, Draco's path will go awry, and take him on a journey back to where everything began. To the truth of his past. To the legacy of the Daughters' Mirrors and their joining. To the Mirror of Ecidyrue.

Genres: Fan Fiction, Fantasy, Harry Potter, Magic, LGBT, Adventure, Gay

408 pages, ebook

First published October 26, 2022

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[whatashisreading | missing the wing leader · Rating 5 out of 5]

God I loved this series so much😭😭😭 thank god for fan fic

[Loren · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the weakest installment of the series for me, but is still so good!!!

[Milo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved it but the reveal was so anti climatic imo, everybody gave me so much whiplash with their emotions changing so rapidly out of no where (same for Prisoner of Nurmegaurd too)

[Leila Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

No le pongo 5 estrellas porque encuentro que la historia comienza sin rumbo y sin mucha idea de cómo empezar nada. Sin embargo, ¿HOLA? ¿DANTANIAN? UF. No me esperaba ese renacimiento poético, me ha gustado MUCHO eso.

No obstante, encuentro que se podría haber sacado más jugo a eso. Es decir, Dante obviamente ya no era ese ultra-mago-oscuro-todopoderoso, pero me hubiese gustado que se explicara el porqué de ello: en mi humilde opinión, creo que Dante no es tan poderoso por la unión que tiene con Draco. Es más que obvio que Draco ha estado usando parte del poder de Dante para sobrevivir a esta segunda oportunidad, y que por ello Dante le cede muchos de sus poderes a Draco cuando se separaron gracias al ritual de sangre que hizo este sin querer. Lo que digo es que si se hubiera profundizado más en el por qué Dante ya no es el mago oscuro que esperábamos y su verdadera conexión con Draco, hubiese sido un BUM muy fuerte.

Todo esto no le quita el hecho de que la conclusión de esta maravillosísima saga me haya ENCANTADO. En algún punto me volveré a releer esta saga.

Está claro que Harry Potter no tiene 7 libros, sino 14. Este es mi nuevo canon.

[Angelika Kinga · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is canon literature.

A classic.

[Maria Drago · Rating 4 out of 5]

I only took some sporadic notes as I read this one. Overall: seriously awesome series, but far from perfect.

Notes:
- Dantanian had me on EDGE. I did not know what to expect from him, he's such a loose cannon. I didn't know if he'd become a villain or what, and I was worried that he'd drive a wedge between Draco and Harry after all that flirtation.
- The dueling scene between Harry and Dantanian LMAO
- Absolutely lost my SHIT when the truth came out about the time travel. It felt so surreal.
- The flow of the story was a bit lackluster. The mission from Dumbledore which took up so much of the Deathly Hallows and was so significant and included a SICK Gringotts heist was SERIOUSLY reduced and **MILD SPOILERS?** only amounted here to a single destroyed horcrux and the acquirement of the sword of Gryffindor.
- Lowkey disappointed no one learned about Draco's sacrifice for Severus :/ Like, that was SO significant and really explains a lot of his actions and is also such an important marker of his character. I also wanted him to be dead for a couple of days too, to up the drama. It would have been awesome. He wakes up to everyone screaming in combined joy and outrage that he tried to kill himself but lived. Sigh. Guess we can't have everything. I was really worried no one would ever learn about the time traveling.
- Ok but turning into a dragon is fucking SICK. A perfect ending for Draco.

I finished this book on my flight from Calgary to Japan :)

Second time read:
Last year I finished this series before leaving for Japan. This year I started it after returning from Japan!

Still 4 stars. I have some of my grievances described at the end, but here are my general notes!

- Oh the drama is DELICIOUS. Just everything in general, but Bellatrix revealing that Draco killed Theo and then Harry dumping Draco for lying? DECADENT.
- Absolutely mind-bogglingly frustrating how nothing ever works out. I swear, every plan goes to shit in the most spectacular way possible.
- Ron worrying about getting in trouble with his mom in the middle of a war is so real.
- I feel like Millie's outburst wasn't as bad as I feared? Now I'm scared something more happens later.
- AGGGH THE CONSTANT BETRAYALS. Draco going out on his own to Malfoy Manor is so fucking stupid. Dude never learns. How many times must his friends forgive him for all the insane and selfish shit he does?
- GUESS WHO'S BACK. BACK AGAIN. As soon as Draco left for Malfoy Manor, I remembered what happens! Well, mostly. Like Dantanian showing up and busting them out. Mostly because those really vivid scenes are easier to brand into your brain.
Also, love how flirty Dantanian is to Draco and how jealous is later makes Harry XD
- Stoppp-- how sad Harry was after learning about casting Sectumsempra on Draco T_T He's too good.
- Draco taking it up himself to oversee and, when necessary, physically stop advancements in the Gilderoy/Snape relationship are abjectly hilarious. I'm not a huge fan of the ship, but watching it bloom into fruition, however awkwardly, from the sidelines is bizarrely entertaining.
- LMAO All the students watching Harry face off against Dantanian. I LOVE THE JEALOUSY.
- HAHAHA Hungover Draco interrupting SNAPE AND GILDEROY TOGETHER IN BED??!
Also why am I basically reading this for the first time i stg.
- I cannot believe we don't get a scene of Draco being introduced to his little sister in front of everyone and being anxious and clueless about babies and getting laughed at by everyone as a result.
- I can't explain how much it annoys me, Dantanian Noir going as Daniel Shaw. Absolutely disgusting. I think Dorian never even learned his real name?? And Dantanian just keeps telling everyone he's Daniel Shaw. And all the Order call him "Shaw." Amd I just hate it so much.
- The final battle is AWESOME. Love how we get to see everyone duking it out.
- Oh, shit. Voldemort got the Elder Wand from Dante. How the heck are we gonna gaslight girlboss gatekeep our way out of this one? Really good though, because suddenly we're no longer sure that Harry will come back to life.
- I love the more mature element to the series, with the students talking about sexual activities, and the Death Eaters using truly awful insults, and Voldemort being kind of gross, because it just makes him that much more hateful. Although I do like the sort of false gentlemanly-ness of his original character. And although him boasting about getting Draco "on his knees" in front of the entire hall had me recoiling more than Draco himself.
AND THEN IT HAPPENS TWO MORE TIMES. LIKE, SIR. PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT DEFILING A TEENAGER IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE GODDAMN SCHOOL.
- Okay, so does Fred Weasley have a crush on Dantanian or what? XD
- I love Draco visiting everyone before he dies and saying his goodbyes without saying goodbye. It's so sweet and heartbreaking.
Also, it's kind of genius having the battle moved up a day, because then we get to have all these sad goodbyes from Draco in the bittersweet aftermath of the war. And the battle was naturally moved up a day because the Death Eaters who have already taken Hogwarts were planning on attacking Xaphan. It's alllll coming together.
- Actually love the Draco's confession scene with Severus. It feels so fulfilling.
- Huh. I thought I recalled a scene of Draco dying dramatically in front of everyone. Damn.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS, THOUGH. DRACO'S BIG DRAMATIC SACRIFICE JUST GOES UNNOTICED??! THE EXPLANATION FOR WHY HE HAS BEEN ACTING THE WAY HE HAS FOR THE PAST YEAR IS JUST DISREGARDED???!
Aw, HELL NO.
I think Harry should have woken up after Draco left-- because Draco is always abandoning him in the middle of the night, and for once, it shouldn't have worked-- and located him on the Marauder's Map. Seeing Draco in Severus' roo. at such a late hour would worry him, so he would have immediately gone to check it out, and he'd SEE WHAT WENT DOWN. And then he'd be mad at Draco a bit, and they'd have another heart to heart, and Draco would be so so sorry, and Harry would finally understand all of Draco's distance, and it would be the cherry on top of their reconciliation and formation of a good and healthy relationship filled with mutual understanding.
- Draco asking if he was "a pretty dragon" LMAO
- Draco's chosen term of endermeant for Harry is just "green eyes"?? This reminds me of one bad Drarry fanfiction I read...

Two things that bother me:
Dantanian is under-utilized, and I feel like we don't see enough of Draco talking about his past with everyone. We had like, one chapter devoted to his friends reading his old notebooks, and Dantanian is just a Deus Ex Machina.

Okay, there's a bit more that bothers me...
I think a pitfall of this series is that too many things are solved too easily; and while sometimes the "fixing" Draco does with his knowledge of the future leads to some other sort of issue, for the most part, the plotline of each book can fall a bit flat. I think the last book in particular feels a bit bland, because the exciting moments from the Deathly Hallows-- breaking into Gringotts and the Ministry of Magic and getting caught in Malfoy Manor-- either don't happen at all or are speed-runned by Draco alone. Which leads to another issue: Harry is sidelined so often, he doesn't give off as much main character energy as he should. While I often love it-- everything being about my boy Draco-- Harry is the Chosen One and should feel a bit more important than he appears in these books. Nothing is ever about Harry, really. More things should be about Harry! We don't get much at all about his connection to Voldemort, especially while they're destroying horcruxes.
Anyway, this is still a really, really impressive series. I think all the additions, like with the Talon Wand and Dantanian and Draco's relationship with Severus, Hermione, Luna, etc., are really well-developed.

But anyway, I can forgive all this. What I can't completely forgive is not having more scenes with Draco taking care of-- or simply interacting with-- Lucia. And not LETTING EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT DRACO'S SACRIFICE. smh. Just... sigh.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Soy cero objetiva, y para mí en mi corazón todos, los 7 libros de esta maravillosa saga de Draco, son un 10000 por todo lo que me hicieron sentir, por todo lo que los amé mientras los leía.

Es una saga maravillosa, hay muchos de los libros, muchas de las escenas, mucho del desarrollo de los personajes que me hubiera encantado ver en el canon, si llegaron hasta el 7mo libro, saben q acá pueden haber SPOILERS así que sigo. El 5to libro, la parte donde pelean en el ministerio de magia me pareció magistral, no podía no decirlo aunque no le competa a este libro JAJAKK

Se nota el cariño inmenso que tuvo esta saga mientras se escribía, es muy buena
Esta saga va a estar siempre en mi corazón, me hizo sentir un montón de cosas, disfrute todos y cada uno de los libros, espero que eventualmente reciba todo el reconocimiento que merece, espero que llegue a las personas y la amen tanto como yo lo hago. Mis más sinceras felicitaciones a lx autorx, y simplemente esto es de lo mejor que leí en mi vida jajajaja

Me siento algo vacía luego de terminarla, pero paradójicamente también me siento con el corazón lleno... Ame los libros

[Ann_Nyaruai · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will remember this series forever. There was so much magic and history in this! And it was free! Starbrigid wrote this for everyone to read with no gain. Fanfic writers deserve the world. With the ending of book 6, i didn't know how the author would resolve everything, and then it all just flowed! The ending fit perfectly. I knew Dante would save Draco. It bothered me in the beginning, how affectionate he was, but he came through. I can't believe this series exists and I had no idea. Fanfiction is magic. I mean, this series is beyond anything I've ever thought of. Draco gets a second chance and he did SO much good.

Severus found love with Gilderoy Lockhart! That part still freaks me out a bit but I'm so happy he didn't die. Draco has a baby sister. Harry Potter has a family! Draco actually got to be a dragon, which was literally his dream. Luna is still my favourite. Sirius is alive and thriving with Remus. All of it was truly epic in a way that should be honoured. I might have to learn binding and gift this series.

[fandomprincess · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series was absolutely amazing! It's one of my favorite series of all time. Will be reading it again and again. Hope the author writes more books because I will be reading them.

2nd read - this series was just as good the 2nd time around. I honestly think I love it as much as HP which is saying a lot.

After my fourth read I can officially say that this series is just as good as HP.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Should have DNF’d partway through book 6 when this really started to go off the rails. It never got better.

[Rue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This whole series was lovely and I really enjoyed it. The last book was a bit much for me at times, but also I kind of understand because the whole Dantanian line was probably quite difficult to handle. I personally liked it, I feel that it gave more space for Draco's character growth and I was very pleased with the ending.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a review for the entire series, but my star ratings stand for each individual book.

I really enjoyed the first four books in the series for the enemies to friends to lovers trope and for the time-travel aspect. I ended up taking a month-long break halfway through the fifth book to concentrate on school and then found it difficult to get back into the book. I blame this partly on myself and the circumstances, but also on the fact that the fifth and sixth books get slower and lose direction. I really liked the side story about Dantanian and Dorian and how all the little details came together in the seventh book. Everything suddenly made sense. I was satisfied with the open ending. I'd give the entire series 4.5 stars.

[Gabriela M · Rating 5 out of 5]

We reached the end of the road, and I wish there were more books to read. At least one, or an epilogue. This is one of the best reimagining of Harry Potter.

I can’t express what I’m feeling now that I read them all. I am in awe of this writer and their passion for this story.
It is a time travel story, a Drarry story, and the tale of 4 dark lords. Making you wish this was canon.

Fanfiction at its best.

[nicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

ok i officially read the 1.2million word rewrite thats longer than the original series, and i read it in less than a month. i’ll take that as an achievement. and that’s why i’m logging it on goodreads, even if i usually try to abstain from logging fanfic.
overall, fantastic and INSANE lore and worldbuilding throughout the series. i enjoyed it a lot.

[Daylin Ortega · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me demoré muchísimo pq momento práctica, aún así me quedé con gusto a poco 😔 necesito un fanfic del fanfic.

[Isotta Zanon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the rest of series, Harry and Draco broke up one too many times but I almost cried (I did in fact cry) so good job

[Emma Webb-Mueller · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tbh this series really fell off once it got into the Dantanian Noir stuff

[Sofia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Empecemos diciendo que este fanfic tiene 1.2 millones de palabras; MUCHO más largo que el original - ¡y encima es gratis! Bendito sea AO3. Ahora al lío, este ha sido el final que merecían muchos de los personajes originales, y por ello se convierte para mí en una serie inolvidable!

4 Estrellas 🌟🌟🌟🌟

📖 Llegamos al final con "Draco Black and the Bastard Dragon",el libro que cierra la saga "The Mirror of Ecidyrue" (¡por fin, porque he estado meses solo dedicada a esta saga y aunque me ha encantado, tenía ganas de cambiar de aires XD)

🛡️ La trama sigue a Draco Black, quien ya conocemos como narrador unreliable, con moral gris, y que ha hecho y visto cosas terribles para proteger a los que ama (Harry, Severus, Luna - cousin!- Hermione, Ron, Sirius, Lupin, Millie...). Draco hizo un pacto en el que debía entregar su vida para salvar a su padrino, e el momento de saldar ese pacto se acerca. Pero hasta entonces, también hay otros desafíos a los que se ha de enfrentar, entre ellos su mayor miedo: Bellatrix Lestrange.

🕵️‍♂️ Draco se une al trío calavera en la búsqueda para encontrar y destruir los últimos Horrocruxes, pero el camino de Draco se desvñia y lo lleva de regreso a donde todo comenzó. A la verdad de su pasado, al legado de los Espejos de las Hijas y su unión. Al Espejo de Ecidyrue. La verdad es que la parte de los Horrocruxes se me hizo larga, porque los tenían pero no sabían cómo destruirlos y pasó UN MONTÓN DE TIEMPO hasta que descubrieron cómo hacerlo.

😲 El personaje de Dante me daba mala espina, pero al final vino bastante bien, aunque sus motivaciones me parecieron un poco flojas para la obsesión que tenía con Draco. Dante salva a Draco. Y aunque al principio me molestaba lo afectuoso que era, ya que pensaba que podría darle problemas con Harry, al final, cumple su propósito y le hace el regalazo de la vida a Draco: convertirse en dragón. Amazing.

🐉 Dante revivió y era él quien obligaba a Draco a guardar el secreto. Bellatrix, Lucius y básicamente todos los que se lo merecen, mueren. Cuando Dante sale de su varita, Draco finalmente puede explicar su secreto y se lo cuenta a todos los que quiere, y me encanta cómo todos lo entienden y le creen. Me encantó que se sincerara, ya era cansado mantener el ritmo de tantos secretos y mentiras.

💖 Qué más... Severus encontró el amor con Gilderoy Lockhart. Todavía estoy en shock (XD). Es la magia de los fanfics, cualquier cosa es posible. Anyway - me alegra que no muriera ninguno de los dos, pero la relación se me hizo SUPER forzada y poco natural. También me encanta que Draco acabe con una hermanita, Harry con la familia que nunca tuvo. Fred y Jorge vivos e ilesos. Sirius y Lupin vivos y con un futuro prometedor juntos. Ginny saliendo con Millie (oh, yes). Ron y Hermione (meh, pero en este fin Ron mejoró mucho). Es que todo salió a pedir de boca, y honestalmente en un fanfic, es justo lo que busco.

🏅 En general, un gran final que no sorprendió pero tampoco decepcionó. Un cierre de 10 para una serie que ha sido una montaña rusa, muuuuy larga, con muchos giros, historias inesperadas, y mucha, mucha magia.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Retomé la historia por Lockhart y Snape? Sí.
Me decepcionó lo que obtuve? Por supuesto.
Me lo merezco? Claramente.

Yo sé que mis motivaciones para seguir esta serie fueron más que cuestionables, pero, ¿tan difícil era dar un indicio de que su relación iba a dar un paso más allá?

Dejando de lado que tengo que dejar de enamorarme de crackships secundarios, siento que la historia termina sin pena ni gloria. Tuvo sus momentos y no puedo decir que no lo disfruté, pero dudo recordar algo la próxima semana.

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am glad J.K. Rowling isn’t so talented. Because people like the person who wrote this fanfic is doing an amazing job taking her story and doing it again but BETTER.

This book is… everything you can dream of if you want the story of Harry Potter written properly like it should be.

This story should not be a fanfic. It should be real books that you can buy in a bookshop. And I would pay for them. FOR ALL OF THEM.

[Quinn · Rating 3 out of 5]

the scream i scrumpt when i finished this... HOLY CRAP BRO HOLY FREAKING CRAP

it would be a 2/5 honestly the writing got pretty shoddy at points but im too pleased with myself that i could guess some of the main plot points that ill give it +1 for boosting my inference-making ego.

hooooooooly crap this series truly was something else... holy crap.

the end of an era, truly... and thats a wrap!

[Tzila World · Rating 5 out of 5]

Decir que le llore es quedarme corta, mis emociones iban y venían, además de conocer ahora si a ese personaje que tanto habían nombrado fue tan genial, ellos merecían más pero incluso así, a pesar de lo corto de sus momentos juntos, ame la relación que tuvo Draco con él, aunque eso pusiera celoso a Harry jaja.
Termine con un vacío este fanfic e incluso así puedo decir que lo volvería a leer.

[Sofia Culiañez · Rating 4 out of 5]

la manera en la que me leí toda esta saga del tirón y fue llegar al último y de repente abandonarlo. pero bueno ha sido retomarlo y me lo he terminado en nada porque realmente es perfecto está escrito tan bonito y una idea tan bien ejecutada con todos los detalles pensados y con el mejor oc de todos los tiempos dantanian noir siempre estarás en mi corazón

[Sara Ximena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestamente, lo que ocurrió al final ya lo había teorizado desde el principio de este libro así que la solución no me tomo por sorpresa. Pero disfruté cada minuto del camino al final. Definitivamente, el mejor fic del ship a pesar de que no sigue mi dinámica favorita del ship. Te amo danteeeee

[amira · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought the ending would be sad because the warnings said that the main hero would die
When I found this kind of ending, I kept screaming until my mother finally thought I had gone crazy
I can comfortably say that this series of books is a hundred times better than the original

[irene · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED THESE BOOKS SO MUCH! They’re longer than the original harry potter series omfg the dedication.

This was the weakest one plot wise but still so so good. I just have two words: DANTANIAN NOIR!!!

The reveal of the time travel was a bit underwhelming but still loved it.

[Lauren Berg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't believe I read this entire series! It was fabulous, and I really got into the characters! I was honestly surprised that I enjoyed a gay fanfic, but it was so awesome! I might even read the other Draco series eventually. I loved the ridiculous ending with the dragon 🐲

[Angie R.G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ame esta saga por completo.. solo me hace falta un epilogo 🥺.

[Melina Juarez · Rating 5 out of 5]

No se imaginan lo mucho que he amado estos libros es que el final es hermoso 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[Belle]

Estoy a la mitad y ya no puedo. Quiero terminarlo pero NO PUEDO, voy a volver y leerlo cuando este de humor porque quiero saber el final, he leido seis libros necesito saber cómo termina. DNF