A/N: Hi, so this is my first ever chapter of my first ever story! So excited! Please comment if you have any advice etc.
Disclaimer: (might forget to do this every time but *shrugs* here it goes) the rights to Harry Potter belong to JK Rowling and anything related to characters, plot or HP universe is not remotely mine (*sniffs*).
The most noble and ancient houses of Black and Malfoy were joined together, most fortuitously, by the union of Narcissa Druella Black and Lucius Abraxus Malfoy. Such a union of the a daughter from a powerful magical family and a full blooded royal veela, was sure produce a powerful heir. Draconis Lucius Malfoy was destined for a great legacy, and he didn't disappoint. Little Dragon even showed his veela heritage as early as his accidental magic, though unusual, it wasn't brought up in conversation as a cause for concern, on the contrary, it was seen as a cause for praise that he was so powerful.
No one dared to mention the possibility that the other reason was in defence of his absent mate, so that he would be Preppared to protect them. It wasn't until Draco started flinching at phantom pain that his concerned parents took action. They took him to healers, the best that money could buy, asked friends for advice, even contacted the Veela Royalty after their dear son started sobbing one night and pleading for 'it' to stop.
Draco seemed to mature exponentially once informed that the possible reason was the connection between him and his mate. He assured his parents that he would take care of his mate when they met and would bring them back to meet his parents. For a ten year old, his words were rather adult but his parents were sure he spoke with his heart so they assured him that they would do what they could to aid him in his noble endeavour.
Meanwhile, in the darling suburbs of Surrey, little Whinging to be precise, a little boy, starved of love among other things, dreamed of someone who cared.
Little Harry Potter, no less deserving than the next ten year old was washing the dishes in boiling water, watching a delicate sparrow on the window sill. The sparrow had recently recovered from a dangerous encounter with Mrs Fig's favourite feline companions and was stretching its wings in the warm sun. Harry followed the direction of the sparrow's gaze to find more sparrows dancing in the sky, performing their stunts of daring aerobatics in the fields behind rows of houses. There must have been hundreds of them, oh how Harry wished he belonged somewhere like the delicate sparrow.
He was shocked out of his musing by the sound of one of his aunt's [insert cheap make] plates crashing to the tiles with a shattering sound that made the air in Harry's freeze as if he could escape punishment if his aunt didn't notice him. He looked around as if to check if anyone heard, knowing without doubt aunt Petunia would be on his case momentarily.
After Petunia had found one of her plates in pieces on the floor she blew up at the freak. She made sure to remind him of the only reason they kept him under their roof and where he aught to have been left and how much he deserved what they graciously allowed him to have, punctuated with "I understand Aunt Petunia" and "Next to my good for nothing parents Aunt Petunia" followed by "I don't Aunt Petunia" from the cowering child. She responded "exactly" each time. The routine was old but Harry said everything word for word. Harry was thankful, to whomever it was who looked after freaks like him, that Uncle Vernon and cousin Dudley had already left.
It was shaping up to be a pretty painless 10th birthday! Now all he wished was for someone to come and take him somewhere safe. He could have wished for someone to love him but he knew that no one could love freaks so he didn't bother wasting a wish on that.
A/N: So that's it...
Hope you liked it :3 . the next chapter is hand written (1st draft) and just needs to be typed up.
Thanks for reading :D
Edit: I've rewritten a couple of things that needed it but nothing drastic. If there is anything that reads wrong or looks strange please tell me :)
Thanks LM