So, here's another bunny running in my head.
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Her eyes were stern as she looked at the blonde standing in front of her. He had come far from the arrogant boy that first entered the school, now a regal young man as he stared back without flinching. The pair were in the office of the headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, eyes locked in a battle of wills. After a long moment of pause she sighed, her gaze lowering in defeat.
"Very well, I cannot keep this from you any longer," the age old headmistress resigned herself. "Your godfather is doing well, he has been given the best of care ever since Voldemort's attack on him. He is in his chambers in the dungeons."
"Who's taking care of him? How long has he been here? Can I see him?"
"He's been here since Mr. Potter brought him here just before the Final Battle. Severus was lucky, had Mr. Potter not arrived when he did he would be dead."
"Harry saved him?"
"Harry, Mr. Malfoy?" her eyebrows raised in question and he fought the urge to blush under her scrutiny. "I wasn't aware you were on first name basis with Mr. Potter."
"I... I..." McGonagall's brow furrowed in confusion, never having encountered an uneloquent Malfoy in the seven years she had known him. Fortunately he was saved from further embarrassment when a flash of light formed into a powerful gale behind him.
"Minerva, I need help," the voice was wheezing and the person almost fell on their face if not for Draco who caught them on time. His eyes widened when electricity coursed through him with the barest of touches, it was not one of pain but rather a more pleasurable torture. He lost control of his magic when the person spoke again. "Hello Dragon," molten silver met forest green and Draco had to grit his teeth in pain as his wings sprouted from his back, the silver tipped white feathers forming a protective barrier around them both.
"Mr. Malfoy?" their headmistress' worried voice broke through the haze of wonder and confusion and Draco rose from his kneeling position on the floor, careful with the fragile package on his hands.
"Yes Professor?"
"Would you care to inform me of what had just transpired? Why do you have wings and what happened to Mr. Potter?"
"I've come into my inheritance last year, apparently I am a half-veela. I've been struggling to contain my most basic instincts, namely the need to find a mate, through sheer willpower and various potions. It seems as if Harry had just come into his own inheritance, or at the very least he had been doing the same as I and the added year had forced his body to go through the transformation now."
"What do you mean?"
"It appears as if he is my mate."
"Are you certain?"
"Veela's only reveal their wings to their mate professor, I'm sure you know that." Minerva ignored the sly and knowing look on the Slytherin's face before she spoke.
"Well then why don't you take Mr. Potter to the infirmary and let Poppy see him."
"With all due respect professor, I think it will be better if I brought him to my own quarters seeing as he is my mate," Draco replied with a respectful incline of his head as his wings retracted. "There is nothing wrong with him. It is simply the instincts that had overwhelmed him and the transformation had tired out his body."
"Very well, do what you must," she dismissed him with a wave of his hand. "Oh and Mr. Malfoy?" she called to him just as he had opened the door with his magic. "Do remember to drop by Severus' chambers to let him know you're back in the castle."
"Of course Professor," he nodded. "Good night headmistress."
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"Well played Dragon," he could feel the smirk on his partner's face as the dark haired young man snuggled closer to him. "You spoke as if we haven't been together all these years."
"You know why I did that Baby," his voice was deep and rumbling as he spoke. "There's no reason to blow our cover now."
"There's no reason to keep hiding either Dragon."
"All in due time Baby," he assured the Saviour. "Soon we can be together without all the hiding."
"I hope so, I'm tired of all the sneaking around. I want to bond with you my Dragon," Harry pressed an open-mouthed kiss to the pale neck and smiled at the hitch in his boyfriend's breath.
"Soon Baby, soon." Draco responded with a kiss to his forehead and the pair continued to walk in silence down to the dungeons until the Slytherin once more broke the quiet. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"You saved Severus."
"He's your godfather."
"I'm sure that's not the only reason," he kept walking as he waited for his love to talk.
"He showed me his memories," Harry finally spoke up. "He thought he was going to die and so he gave me all his memories of me. I saw what my father had done to him in school, his relationship with my mother before they came to Hogwarts and everything that he had done to protect me. He only hated me because of what my father did, I resembled him so much it was difficult to look past it but when he looked into my eyes he couldn't deny that I am my mother's child." he paused to take a breath and then continued. "But even before I saw his memories I knew I had to save him because he didn't deserve to die after everything he had done for the Order, for Dumbledore and for me. Most of all, I didn't want my dragon to be left alone. He was the only father you knew and I couldn't let Voldemort take that from you as well."
"How did you save him?" they were close to the Slytherin's common room by then.
"Hermione was a great help with the healing charms, I just supplied the magic."
"Thank you anyway."
"You're welcome Draco," he smiled up at the man carrying him. "Why don't we go visit him now?" he suggested. "I'm sure you want to see how he's doing."
"Are you sure? Aren't you tired? You did just go through your transformation."
"I'm fine Dragon, let's go see your godfather shall we?"
"Alright Baby," Draco walked past the painting for the Slytherin common room and further into the dungeons in the direction of the potion master's chambers.
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"Severus Tobias Snape you will take your potions if I have to force them down your throat!" onyx clashed with startling purple orbs, the Slytherin Head of House staring back defiantly.
"Alexia~"
"Don't Alexia me Sev, you know you have to take your potion."
"And you know why I don't want to."
"Some potions master you are, refusing to take medicine because you don't like how it tastes." she smirked at the glare that was sent her way, full lips lifting on one side in amusement.
"You know that's not why."
"Of course I do," her features softened as she knelt in front of him, the potions master sitting on a comfortable couch in his personal chambers. "I just want you to know mother wouldn't want you to do this to yourself."
"Alexia," her name was said in warning but she paid no heed to his tone, instead laying her head on his lap.
"Sev, please don't do this to yourself. What would I do if we lost you as well?"
"Alexia Jeanine Snape," it was her full name and yet it wasn't said in anger, rather in a comforting and resigned manner. "Give me the damn vials." she fought the urge to smile as she reached into her robes and produced three vials of different potions.
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The couple stared at the door in confusion and wonder. They had arrived in front of the potions professor's chamber just as the argument seemed to have started and the pair had stood there listening quietly, trading gazes asking each other who would have the control over the stoic man to make him yield so quickly.
"Should we knock?" Harry asked quietly having been made to stand by his boyfriend once they arrived.
"I'm not sure. I don't think I want to intrude on that now."
"You have guests Sev," they heard the most assuredly feminine voice speak before the door swung open on its own, no doubt with magic. "I'll leave you to tend to them." they only saw the long, curly dark hair as the woman rose from her position on the floor and entered the private rooms, leaving three men in the living room of the chambers; two standing unsurely just outside, the other sitting comfortably on the large couch.
"Draco, Harry why don't the two of you come in and join me by the fire."
"Uncle Sev?" Draco stepped into the room dragging Harry by the hand and closing the door with his own magic. "Who was that?"
"Sit down Draco and bring Harry with you," it was obvious that the older man was not comfortable talking about the woman so Harry changed the subject.
"How are you feeling Severus?" he sat on his boyfriend's lap who had sat himself on the floor by the still burning hearth and leaned back so his back leaned against the other's chest.
"Better though still a little weak," Snape mumbled quietly not at all bothered by the Saviour's close proximity with his godson.
"Have you been taking the potions Poppy prescribed to you?" there was a teasing glint in the forest green eyes as Harry asked and Severus was sure they had heard the argument.
"Yes."
"All thanks to~"
"Don't push it Potter."
"Who was that woman Uncle Sev?"
"Back from dreamland are you Draco?"
"Shut up Potter," the blond snapped though without its usual venom. "Who is she?"
"She's been taking care of me," narrowed dark eyes stared back into molten silver. "That's all you have to know for now."
"Alright why don't you rest some more and we'll see you in the morning," Harry rose from his cozy position and held a hand out to his protesting boyfriend. "Come on Draco, it's late."
"But Harry," the blond complained but took his hand anyway. "Aren't you curious as to who that woman is?"
"Of course I am Dragon," he smiled disarmingly at his boyfriend. "But I'm sure Severus will tell us when he's ready. Say good night now."
"Good night Uncle Sev," Draco grumbled as he was pulled out of his Head of House's chambers, pointedly ignoring the knowing smirk his godfather sent his way.
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"Are you going to keep hiding in here for the rest of the summer?" Severus asked the purple eyed young woman that emerged from his chambers.
"Why don't you do as Potter suggested and get some rest," he smirked as she ignored his question and instead went to help him out of his seat.
"You will have to face people eventually."
"I know Sev," she sighed as she helped him onto his bed. "I'm just not ready to."
"Are you sure?" he asked as he was made to lay down, his robes spelled off with his sleep clothes replacing them without hustle. "About the two of them?"
"Yes, especially now that I've been in their presence, however far I was from them or brief their time in here was, I could already feel our connection. I assume Harry can as well but he's trying to ignore it because he believes that he should be with Draco and feeling something towards an unknown creature is simply unfaithful to his dragon."
"You're hardly an unknown creature," he scoffed as she pulled the sheets above his prone body.
"But they don't know that yet."
"How can you be sure they don't?"
"I'm not sure about anything, all I know is I'm not ready to meet them yet." she rose from the side of his bed. "Good night Sev. Call me if you need anything."
"I can very well help myself~"
"Not when you can't do magic," she retorted. "Especially wandless magic."
"Good night mother," he sneered at her, wincing as she leveled a glare at him.
"You don't mean that Sev. Don't worry, soon you'll have your mates with you."
"My mates?"
"Oh come now, you can't have ignored them both for too long that you don't even remember who they are and that you have two."
"Alexia what are you talking about?"
"Go to sleep Sev," she waved her hand and he could feel his eyes getting heavier. He tried to fight off the sleeping charm she put on him but finally yielded when his body welcomed the rest. "You'll be with them soon." she whispered knowing he couldn't hear her anyway.
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"She's here dragon," Harry said as he sat on the bed in their private quarters, the chambers he and Draco had claimed as theirs on their first year.
"What are you talking about?"
"You know what I'm talking about," the forest eyed boy huffed as he pulled his mate down to lie next to him. Snuggling closer to the blond man's chest he continued, "She's in the castle. I can feel her."
"Are you sure?" he finally caught on.
"Yes, her presence was what pulled me here in the first place. I don't know why but it's been very difficult for me to come back to Hogwarts since my fight with Tom."
"Why do you insist on calling the Dark Lord, Tom?"
"Because that's his name," he glared at Draco but the Slytherin simply took off his glasses and waved a hand to dim the lights. "What are we going to do about her?"
"What do you want to do?"
"I think we should wait," Harry sighed as sleep slowly overcame him. "She knows we're here, she knows what she is but something happened to her and because of that she doesn't want to go too quickly into anything."
"It's the bond that's letting you feel her, isn't it?"
"Yes."
"How is it that I can't?"
"You're simply too concentrated on me at the moment," Harry tried to suppress a yawn but was unsuccessful in his attempt. "If you would try to spread your senses and focus on the other bond that is calling to you then I'm sure you can feel her."
"We'll talk more about it later," Draco said as he wrapped his arms more tightly around his love. "For now we sleep."
"By the way Dragon, have you no imagination?"
"What do you mean?"
"Part-veela, really?"
"It was the first thing to come to mind," the blond tried to defend, his body going rigid at the thought of displeasing his mate. "Stop teasing me like that Potter." he sighed as he tried to sound angry at the chuckling brunet.
"Good night Dragon."
"Good night Baby," he dropped a kiss atop the dark locks and smiled softly at his partner's even breaths, soon he too was lulled to sleep.
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In another chamber close to the potions master's room, a young lady laid quietly on her bed, in her arms was a small child cradled protectively against the dark. She had curly dark hair, startling purple eyes that were set deep into her face covered by thick lashes, high cheekbones, an aristocratic nose and full pouty lips. She sighed softly as the little girl curled closer into her warmth, her arms tightening automatically around the small body.
"Good night my loves, I wish to meet you soon." she whispered into the night, finally able to sleep as she felt the calm radiating from her mates through their bond.
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