This is a test run, id like feed back you know 'too much detail?' and 'un-clear setting?' and such.
This is a Snape/Harry
Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters all rights belong to Ms. Rowling this is a fanmade parody and nothing more.
P.S. Fael will probably not play a major roll but her character was too much fun to write. And I have to say this just to make this clear, Harry's relationship with Fael is simply one of an adult to a child, no romance.
P.P.S although it will take a few chapters this is a serious M. For MATURE. I mean seriously, no innocents allowed, however I cannot write PWP so this is a story on top of awesome
Harry breathed in the cool night air, filling his lungs with the chill that seeped into the earth as summer slowed and stuttered and autumn overtook. The small pristine pond lapped curiously at the ground near Harry's feet. The raven haired boy found it curious that the waters shone an illuminating light blue and crystal clear, but really he wasn't too surprised, this area had been land to the Veela for longer then the history books could account for, it was hardly a surprise that there would be one or two oddities.
Harry rocked on his feet and felt himself becoming an unwilling victim to the cold that seemed to seep into his body; the dark haired boy habitually ran his fingers over the watch on his left wrist as the temperature seemed to decrease by the minute. Harry let out another puff of crystallized breath and wondered if he shouldn't just leave. The lord of darkness and plague of the world had been vanquished (thanks to one green eyed boy). The world that had stuttered to a stop under the waves of destruction that Voldemort had created, only now was it beginning to pick up again. New political view and concerns raged and the inhabitants of the wizarding world where all scrambling to piece back their lives.
What Harry really wanted was to just lie down and sleep forever, he felt worn and tiered but the world what chugging forward and Hogwarts was beginning right along with it. Harry had been startled as hell to discover that with enough wizards and witches pumping magic into it the whole castle had put itself back together, with perhaps, a few more tricks within its old walls.
The year that everyone had missed out on was offered and Harry would be entering his seventh and final year of Hogwarts at the age of nineteen. Harry had barley had time to figure out who was dead or alive and now he had to attend class once again, one part of him was soothed at the idea of returning to the castle, the rest of him was just worn out.
If anyone had asked Harry what he wanted right then, he was fairly sure the answer would be something like 'to be anywhere but in the middle of the goddamn woods' but Harry waited none the less. As the boy smoothed his fingers over his watch again and really hoped that none of the veela that where coming to meet him would for some reason, ask him what he wanted right then because he doubted that they would appreciated his answer.
A long time back the idea of being around veela would have scared the crap out of him but it didn't matter much to him anymore due to a familiarity with the species. During his travels as Harry had ran from Voldemorts clutches he had come across a young, small, wide eyed angel half dead in the woods. It had not taken much to see that she was a veela, unsure Harry had decided he couldn't leave her alone and he had appariting her to the small shack in the woods he was staying in.
Thinking back the times with the magical child where some of the few light memories among a very dark time, Harry smiled softly as he recalled learning more about the girl.
The spring air invaded the small cabin Harry had stumbled upon some time ago, across the cabin a blanket stirred and silken silver locks popped up as clear blue eyes looked around quietly. Harry ignored the movement in favor of pouring over some letters the resistance had sent his way. After showing up to fight off the dark creatures and dementors that had intended to seize Hogwarts and the magic inside, Harry had left quickly, he couldn't risk someone with ill intentions finding where he had stashed the wounded veela child.
She had mended well and to Harry's amusement and overall exasperation she had turned out to be extraordinarily curious about him. While tending her with herbs and what charms he knew Harry had forced himself to overcome any allure she may have had, as a child the allure she possessed was not - to his great relief- sexual more of a desire to protect and adore was cast, in order to heal her sometimes Harry had to hurt her and the spell she cast naturally wanted Harry to not harm her in any way.
So using the skills he had rightfully gained fighting off the imperious curse Harry had worked his way out of any hold she could have on him, and now he was stuck with a veela child who was different from any human child he had ever met. And as Harry re-read the letter in his hands he became aware of a smaller one resting on his.
"Good morning Fael." Harry greeted tiredly, "Good morning Mr. Harry" Her voice rang out like a clear bell. "Shall I make a meal for us?" Harry raised a eyebrow at her vocabulary but he was used to it by now, Fael looked at him expectantly and Harry tried not to smile, veela where creatures of the forest and as such Fael insisted on feeding him meals made entirely of plants she knew.
"Ah yes…that would be nice." She beamed at him, veela where all female and gave birth naturally every fifty years to girls. Of course with their natural allure and sense for mating, affairs did happen so some veelas had entered the wizarding world so the magical world got used to them but many veela clans preferred to stay in their woodland home, Faels clan was one of these and Harry was the first male she had ever seen as Half-Veela males where very rare.
Instead of being frightened the girl seemed to only be terribly curious, and her first day out of bed she has asked him if all boys where as tall as him, that had been the first question and it had been followed by polite and curiously stated hundreds of more questions. Harry had answered best he could and once she learned the he was the boy- Harry Potter himself, she had only wanted to know more.
"Here, please eat." Harry found himself looking at a plate of odd looking greenery and what looked like orange roots. "Ah- Thank you Fael it looks delicious" Harry lied. Blue eyes flashed green with pride, which was another difference between human and veela children, Faels eyes changed based on mood. Fael waited patently for Harry to finish the small meal that she would cook again soon enough- turned out that veelas ate every few hours.
When Harry tried to explain that he didn't need to eat that much Fael had told him there was no need to worry about not having enough to eat. She had thought he was just being conservative so now Harry was presented with a meal every couple of hours, one that he ate alone because Fael had been unable to wait and eaten hers already. "Fael, I've been sent back word about a veela Clan a friend of mine knows of, though I doubt it's your clan."
Faels eyes gleamed silver, "If given to any of my kin I shall be restored to what is left of my clan." the girl said softly. Harry winced, it turned out that Voldemort had sent dementors to take out the veelas who had sided with the light, Fael had gotten lost and been hurt in the chaos. "Well I am going to see what I can do to get you back home." Harry said with a smile. "I know you will," Fael stated with quiet faith, and her eyes turned deep violet. Harry winced, turned out that veelas either don't or cannot lie. Fael had no doubt that Harry would fix everything, as if Harry didn't have enough problems.
"Are you still hungry?" Fael asked, "you are bigger then most females, so you must eat more." the child decided. Harry resisted the urge to groan, "You take good care of me Fael," He said with a smile, the girls eyes turned yellow in what Harry recognized as shyness. After a pause Fael spoke "I have a cousin who is half human, once when she and her mother returned home to visit they brought her 'father' she told me all about him. I though perhaps you where important like that." Unable to lie Fael saw no point is hiding her thoughts and Harry was left not knowing what to do.
"Please do not worry, once we return home you will be welcome. You will not live out of place." Fael thought she was getting good at reading Harry's emotions, and Harry let her assume because it made her happy but now Harry was at a complete loss, it seemed it hadn't occurred to the child that he wasn't going back with her and Harry was left wondering what to do as another plate of plants appeared.
Harry worked the toe of his boot into the damp earth and drew his cloche tighter, Fael had written him a letter sent by a dove, she had taken it hard when Harry told her he wasn't going back with her. She needed to be home but she had been with Harry for some months and it seemed that she had just assumed that he would be sticking around so when the letter had asked him be here this night he couldn't refuse, and he had to admit he had missed the young girl some, she had been his only companion on the run- but after he had taken her to a Clan deep in the Black Moon Woods he had been dealing with bigger things then missing a child.
But now he was near where he had found her so Harry assumed that she had been returned to her own Clan. The raven haired boy tilted his head back to observe the night sky and the constellations that waved back at him. "Mr. Harry," a familiar voice was the only warning Harry got before a little body tackled him around the middle. "Fael," Harry blinked down at the head of silken locks which shifted back to reveal two eyes. Harry felt his own eyes soften as he took in the shimmering blue color her eyes reflected 'happiness' Harry recognized.
"Hello young Harry Potter," Harry looked up to acknowledge the other veela that had accompanied Fael, Four woman stood a few feet away, for a moment Harry felt his mind daze but months with Fael and being able to toss off one if not two or three unforgivable had its advantages and Harry's mind cleared a moment later. "Pleasure is all mine." Harry greeted back softly.
A woman stepped forward, and while the other veela looked surprised at Harry's control this woman's beautiful face looked amused if anything and spoke up in a gentle and breezy voice. "The little one talks of you fondly…a lot," Harry glanced down at Fael whose eyes had changed to yellow- shyness. Harry didn't know what to do so he nodded. "I am called Atress, Clan leader and Faels originator. Harry translated that in his head and looked down at Fael, startled, "You're a princess?"
Fael just looked back at Harry and Atress answered, "Yes that would be the equivalent. I believe we own you much for the care you provided for Fael." Harry hesitated, "It was no big deal, and she wasn't any trouble." Harry explained awkwardly. "None the less you have done great work for my little one as well as this world." the women behind Atress nodded in agreement, their stunning eyes gleaming.
Harry was really glad to see Fael again but in truth he was starting to wish he had never come, so far people had been doing nothing but thanking him in ways that had all seemed to entail Harry being forced to go to a party or ceremony or something else that involved people not leaving him alone. "Please don't feel the need to go out of your way for my sake." Harry tried again.
The woman smiled and Harry got the feeling she was amused again, "You seem worn Harry Potter; it seems that the battles you have fought have taken a toll." Harry was confused by the change in topic but he didn't like being told how he looked. "You don't have to fight anymore do you Mr. Harry." Fael pointed out. Harry tousled her hair like he used to when he thought she was being cute, and she beamed up at him.
"We would like to bestow you with a rare gift, one only creatures such as ourselves could offer. A gift that I think would benefit you very well." Harry was unable to suppress the curiosity that had gotten him into trouble all his life. "Oh?" Harry questioned.
"Let me explain something to you that is not common knowledge about veelas," Harry hesitated and then nodded for her to continue. "It is said long ago that there were creatures that had two faces, four arms, four legs and one soul. They grew vast in numbers and there were many different creatures but they made the gods angry and to punish them the great beings split them apart, so they where of two bodies but one soul."
Harry didn't know what to make of this so he kept quiet and after a moment Atress continued. "Although I cannot pledge on the truth of this tale out people have had the…allure that is said to spurn from our souls desire to find its other half, interestingly enough the more we interact with humans the more of our kind are doubling up with males and females of your race." A while ago Harry would have been startled to hear that Veelas where pairing off with other females but enough time in the magical world and Harry had learned he was being naive.
Hermione had explained that the concept of Male/Female relations where only expected when there was no heir and one needed to be provided, and many pitied a wealthy person put in that position because it limited their options, she had told him that although many simply preferred the male/female system other relations where not odd. "After all," Hermione had explained "How do you think creatures like centaurs and mer-people came to be? Cross human relations are the least weird, although it's politically correct to marry within your own species"
"And how does this apply to me?" Harry asked quietly the veela quietly, pulled from his thoughts by a tug on his arm from Fael. "Atress smiled and the women behind her stepped up next to her, "The gift we offer you is a powerful one but we feel that as a reward to deserve to be truly happy and from what I know that is best achieved with a partner." Harry took a hasty step backward, "Um if you're offering one of your people I'm not really interested but thanks though."
Atress smiled and some of the women made a sound like wind chimes that Harry knew meant laughter, "No young Harry Potter, although I think any of my people would be honored I would rather not take away the chance for them to find their 'other half' themselves, if that's alright." Harry breathed a sigh of relief; he already had people pushing for political marriages that he didn't want. Fael tugged on Harry's arm and the raven obediently gave her his attention.
"Would you be happy if you found a mate?" Harry couldn't hold back a smile; it was exactly something Fael would ask point-blank. "Maybe," Harry said truthfully. "I would think so, but I do not think that finding someone who would suit me would be so easy." He tapped her on the nose and she giggled. "Although I have to admit the sexual appeal of our people is…useful-" Harry turned his attention back to Atress whose eyes where gleaming a deep orange that Harry would guess was mischief. "And sometimes very fun, I do think that perhaps it could be used to help you find your 'other half'- so to speak." Harry was confused but he had a feeling in his gut something was about to happen and he felt his body tense. "That hardly applies to me." Harry pointed out.
Atress's eyes gleamed once more and she took several steps forward as did the others with her, Fael was beaming up at Harry and the boy didn't quite know what to do. "It could apply to you, not nearly to what we posses naturally but I think some-…sexual appeal could work very well for you little hero as well as the drive, I think you of all people can be trusted and deserving."
Harry held his hands up, " Look I don't quite know what you're thinking but I really-" And then the veela where right next to Harry and his body felt like it was burning and he blacked and the world was lost to him, but he could have sworn he heard the faint sound of Fael singing gently.
The train made a familiar racket as it pulled into the station and Harry pulled his cloche hood father over his face, Harry's new trunk was shrunk and fit quite nicely in his pocket, his old one had finally worn out to much for him to use. He looked forward to seeing everyone once more, but already he was feeling the gaps of people who would never be around again. He had caught wind that Seamus had been confirmed dead a few days ago and he ached keenly for his old friend, and other losses struck even harder.
Lupin had gone down fighting in a uproar at the ministry some weeks before the final battle, and there where others many others, members of the order, civilians. Dumbledore was gone, killed after taking down half of Voldemorts army himself in the final battle, Voldemort had gotten him and Harry had at least avenged Dumbledore death. However it was a new day and many things where the same.
Harry waited for the crowds to thin as children fought to get themselves and their things onto the train. Harry smiled as he watched a first year look around hopelessly, it reminded him of his first year. The child's parents had bid a hasty goodbye and left a small brown haired boy looking around in confusion. Harry was about to walk over and offer some help when a another boy ran up and grabbed the child by the hand.
Shrugging Harry stayed where he was, checking his watch with a well practiced eye, and he hadn't had much time to think about what had happened with the veela. They had advanced on him and he had woken in his bed the next day. He remembered the conversation but nothing else and that really bothered him. But so far it didn't seem like he was any different so they he guessed they didn't do anything to him, despite what they had been…discussing.
The only thing was that Harry had been getting…hot flashes? He didn't really know how to describe them and they had only happened three or four times so far. Shrugging it off Harry spied an open door and got on the train..
Walking down the carpeted halls Harry peered in each door to see if there was an empty compartment, the last thing in the world Harry wanted was to find himself in a car packed with fans; Harry absently tugged down his hood again. He was hoping that the Gryffindor's he had grown up with would know better then to give him special treatment but after off-ing a certain dark lord Harry wouldn't bet on it.
"Harry, mate is that you?" A familiar pair of green eyes looked down at him uncertainly and with a quick glance around Harry tossed back the hood, "Hey Ron." Harry greeted with a grin, Harry had only seen Ron a few times in the past year, the last time being when a worn out Harry had escaped the hospital and dropped by the burrow to see who was dead. To his soul shaking joy despite numerous injuries, a limp for Mr. Weasley, a eye from Ginny and a scar marring Georges face forever separating him from his twin- all of the red headed family was alive.
Ron himself had some pretty nasty wounds but he looked healthy as ever now and Harry couldn't resist thumping Ron on the shoulder in his joy at seeing his long time friend again. Ron was grinning as well "Come on mate, we got a compartment that we've fended for, this way." Harry nodded in relief and followed Ron to a car that had Hermione shoving her school bag on to the top rack.
"Oh blast it won't go in." Hermione was looking helplessly at the partly wedged bag. "Its cause there are too many books." Harry informed her. Whirling around the ginger's eyes lit up as she spied her friend, "Harry! Oh how are you? You look different, are you ok? I brought a book on after battle emotions and stress I found if you want and-" Harry held up his hands laughing.
"Good to see you too, haircut I see." Harry greeted calmly. Hermione wasn't the least but put off and waved a hand dismissively "It got burnt in the battle so I had too, now it's back to my shoulders but I'm going to grow it out." She said as she calmed down.
Hermione took a seat and Ron plopped down next to her, Harry chose one on the bench across from them and sighed, sinking into the seats. "Weird to think this is the last time we'll ride this train, heading to Hogwarts huh?" Ron said thoughtfully and the conversation was off, and Harry's worries eased away long before Ginny, Neville, and Luna came to join them.
Harry listened as his hurried steps echoed off the stone walls, his robes swished around him and he picked up the pace. Nothing quite like your body feeling as though it had been lit on fire to ruin a perfectly good tart. Which incidentally is what Harry had been eating during the welcoming feast when his body had started to sear? It had started off slow giving Harry enough time to give a confused excuse to his friends as he left.
Harry had been fine upon arrival and he had cheered along with everyone else as new students where sorted, this year there where even people who had missed their first year and where starting school despite being older. There was a odd aura for those who got sorted into Slytherin unfortunately. The snake symbol baring house had a rather dark reputation but sitting on that table Harry had spotted people he had fought side by side with and mixed in with the other tables where children of traitor.
Harry watched as dark looks where thrown to the table, once child in particular caught Harry's eye, it was the boy who had been lost at the train station. The boy fidgeted nervously and dark eyes peered out from under brown hair. Harry grinned, he would bet anything that right now the boy was thinking the same thing he had his first year 'please let me fit in somewhere'
The boy waited with apprehension until the hat made its call "Slytherin!" The boy looked shocked and he turned toward the table, already he was receiving dark looks from the other houses. The boy handed back the hat and stumbled down the stairs, even his own house mates barely clapped, the young boy was so nervous that he stumbled, looking up the boy caught Harry's eye and held it for a moment and in that moment Harry saw himself some eight years ago, scared and unsure.
Harry found his dark head nodding in approval, and he threw a wink in the boy's direction. The boy beamed up at him and hurried over to his table. Watching, Harry realized that the eyes of a few of the Slytherins where on him, confused Harry took in their tiered eyes and nervous posture 'oh good lord they are just a bunch of kids.' Harry sighed, these kids where going to be the brunt of cruelty after all that had happened.
Unable to take their stares Harry bowed his head politely and offered a smile, and after a moment the Slytherines did the same. 'well that was…odd' Harry thought quietly, turning back to his table he found that his friends where giving him odd looks, "Oh come on." Hermione said with a roll of her eyes. "There was good and there was bad but we are a new generation, we have to make this better then thing have been. I think Harry is being very mature."
Ron looked put out, "Yeah but-" Harry broke in "Come on Ron, we are just a whole bunch of kids," Harry knew that the whole table was listening. "I'm sick and tiered of people starting wars when there isn't any battle, just chill out. I really doubt that the people they've lost are worth any less then ours. We are just a bunch of kids, now act like it. We've earned that." Harry said softly. A few kids looked down at their plate sadly at the mention of lost loved ones and a few people looked like they where going to say something when McGonagall stood up to give the Head mistress speech.
Harry tuned her out, and rested his hands on the cool wood of the tables, his head felt a little dizzy, and the Great Hall was too hot. After that it only got worse, and by the time the food appeared Harry had lost his appetite, 'maybe I'll be making a call on the infirmary sooner then Madam Promfry will be expecting.' Harry thought dryly as he made excuses and left the Great Hall as everyone else dug in.
Now he was walking quickly through the halls, his body on fire. His senses drew inward as the heat made his mind dizzy and his body throb as his steps started to falter. Aching Harry was startled to feel himself whap into something and go sprawling. 'Ah!" Harry hit the ground but his mind was realign at a new discovery. The second he made contact with whatever it was he had hit into, he had felt sweet relief.
Shaking at the pain whirling through his body Harry's breathe stuttered. He felt as if his nerve endings were on fire like he was being burned from the inside out but not like a fire, more like ice, stinging and burning- dissolving him. Gasping Harry crawled for the thing he had knocked into, the thing that had made everything better.
Harry's mind grasped that he was latching onto a person, one that he must have knocked over, but he couldn't really be bothered with the thought. All he knew was that touching made the world sink from agony to pure and untainted bliss. The person was still on the floor and Harry found himself on top of them, Legs splayed over their body, his hands demanded skin and he found himself tearing desperately and determinedly at the clothes in the way. Harry pressed his body up close and tasted the person. Oh god it was so completely good
But most of all there was the smell, a smell that filled his whole body and drove him to madness. Nothing in the world that had ever made Harry happy could compare to being able to smell this, to let the sent take him over and consume him, Harry leaned forward his legs moving over the warm body as he tried to get more of that smell, it consumed him.
Inside his body Harry felt the fire compress into a single throbbing flame that made his whole body rock and his head throw back at the sensation and then he was laying on top of the person and nothing had ever been more perfect, more utterly meant to be Harry's hands slid over a clothed body and his head absently fell forward, his lips pressing perfectly into the pair beneath him before darkness rushed up around him and claimed his mind, and Harry Potters body slumped forward unconscious onto the body under him.
I seriously wont be uploading without reviews. I mean I did write this just cause I love Harry Potter and although I already have about five chapters finished I won't upload if it turns out this story is no good. Although I don't recommend reading my other stories I have put months into this one so I want Flames, Reviews, whatever.
