About story: On Draco's fifteenth birthday he finds out that Harry Potter is his mate. If Harry doesn't agree to bond with him before Draco's sixteenth birthday they will both die.

After which book this story takes place: The second. Anything that happened in the books afterward did not and do not happen. So even though they are in their fifth year the third and fourth books did not take place and what happened in the second book took place in their third year.

Apologies: I do not know Draco's real birthday if it is even in the book and I apologize if I get it wrong. I also apologize if Draco seems a bit OOC but he most likely will be that way with Harry sometimes since Harry is his mate. I apologize if I get any facts about Veela's wrong, I do not know anything about them except that they need a mate to survive and they get wings. I also apologize for the fact that I have a problem with switching from present tense to past tense.

Disclaimer: I do not and will not ever own Harry Potter no matter how many times I wish upon falling stars.

Chapter One:

Ever since Draco had been a little boy he had known that he was a Veela. He had been told ever since he was born that on his fifteenth birthday he would be able to tell who his mate is. He was told that if he didn't completely bond to his mate by his sixteenth birthday both he and his mate would die.

Draco had turned fifteen on August 27th and it was now the first of September and he was returning to Hogwarts to hopefully meet his very Slytherin mate. Draco was sure that no one but a Slytherin could be his mate.

As Draco wandered through the crowded area of platform nine and three quarters he tried to sense where his mate was. Draco wouldn't know who his mate is until he had seen the person (he was told his mate could be male or female) after his fifteenth birthday. Draco sighed unhappily as he climbed onto the train and sat down in the only empty booth. He had decided not to sit with all the other Slytherins at the back of the train where there were no booths.

"Great, it seems the only booth with room in it still has a stupid ferret inside," Draco hears Ron Weasley's voice from the doorway to the booth. Draco turns to see the Weasel, Granger, and Potter standing at the doorway. Draco instantly feels the pull of his Veela side when he looks at the group of three. Since he only just turned fifteen it is hard for him to tell whom his mate is unless he is alone with his mate.

Well this is just bloody fantastic; my mate could be the Mudblood, the Weasel, or the Golden Boy. Bloody fantastic. Draco just turns away from the group as they all unhappily sit down in the booth. Weasel, Granger, and Potter all sit across from Draco. It seems that none of them wish to sit beside him. Draco is trying to resist looking at the group since his Veela instincts are telling him to throw himself at his mate even though he has no clue which of them is his mate.

Potter, Granger, and Weasley talk quietly to each other and Draco wonders what they are talking about. It is obviously important since they think that he can't know about it.

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"Voldemort is going to strike again, I just know it," Harry whispers quietly to Ron and Hermione. "How do you know, Harry?" Hermione asks just as quietly. "My scar has been hurting recently," Harry answers. He didn't know what was exactly going to happen, but something was going to happen this year. Voldemort was making plans for something.

Harry glanced over at Malfoy who had been staring out of the window for the last hour. He really hoped they were quiet enough that Malfoy couldn't hear them.

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Soon they were off of the train and were eating dinner in the Great Hall. The new first years were being sorted but Draco wasn't paying attention. He was trying to think of how he could ever get one of the Golden Trio alone so that he could know if they are or are not his mate. They were always together and that pissed him off so much right now.

After all the first years were sorted and everyone had finished eating Draco decided against going to the Slytherin House at first. He didn't want to deal with those annoying first years right away.

Draco wandered around the school aimlessly as he continued to try and figure out who his mate is. That was when Draco sensed his mate's presence close to him. He followed his Veela instinct down the hall and around the corner. There, sitting alone on the bottom step of a staircase and staring out a large window was the one and only Harry Potter. Even though he despised Potter he was a bit glad that it was Potter. If it had to be any of the Golden Trio it should be Harry. Granger was a mudblood and Weasley was more than stupid. Potter was at least slightly intelligent and wasn't a mudblood even though his mother was.

Draco had the odd urge to go to Harry – why the hell did he just call him Harry? – and hold him tight. Har-Potter looked quite sad and lonely, which Draco did not understand. Draco slowly moved out of the shadows and into the moonlight. Harry… err… Potter looked up and stared at Draco with a confused look. "What are you doing here, Malfoy?" Har… Potter asks but with not as much anger as he usually does when talking to Draco.

"I was just wandering the castle, why is it your business, Potter?" Draco asks venomously and glares at Harry – really, why fight it? His Veela side was quite angry with him for being so cruel to his mate. He's upset about something, you must comfort him! He needs you! His Veela tells him and Draco chooses to ignore it. His Veela side and him would be separate until Harry chose to accept him.

"It isn't, I was just wondering," Harry says and glares at Draco. Draco's Veela side cringes and whines unhappily. Draco decides that he should leave before his Veela side takes over and jumps Harry. He quickly turns around and wanders towards the stairs leading down into the Dungeons.

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Draco goes straight to bed when he gets to Slytherin House. That night is the first of many that he dreams of Harry.

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The next day after breakfast Draco has potions with the Gryffindors. As soon as everyone has gathered in the room Snape assigns partners. He decided that the people with the least amount of potions abilities would be paired with the people who have the most amounts of potions abilities. The people in the middle range would be paired together as well. As Snape wrote their assignment on the board he also read out whom they would be working with and Draco got paired with Harry.

Be nice to him today! If Harry doesn't accept you we'll die! Now try and get him to like you! His Veela says angrily. It didn't like the way Harry and him treated each other. Draco sat down at the table where Harry was already sitting before looking down at the ingredients that were placed on the table.

Harry was staring at the board as Snape wrote down the name of the potion. It was a potion that made people show their true emotions and it had the stupidest name – the Emotion Potion. Harry got out his textbook and started to read the instructions. Draco already knew this potion fairly well so after taking out his textbook he started to chop the ingredients.

"Could you boil the water?" Draco asks Harry in a fairly nice voice so as not to anger his Veela side. He had found out that his Veela side could give him nasty headaches if it were angered. "Sure," Harry says, happy that he didn't have to do anything too hard at the moment. Draco was surprised by Harry's happy attitude. Maybe if you weren't mean to him he wouldn't be mean to you. Draco mentally rolled his eyes at his Veela side.

The two boys worked in a fairly pleasant silence and only talked occasionally when Draco was giving Harry instructions on what to do next. Once they were done Snape came around. "Hmm, it seems you can actually do well when Mr. Malfoy is around, Potter," Snape says bitterly before leaving to go look at the other potions.

"Wow, thanks Malfoy! I might actually get a good grade this time!" Harry says happily before grabbing his bag and standing up. "No problem…" Draco murmurs softly. He was surprised by Harry's happiness. Harry smiled! He smiled! The Veela inside Draco shouted excitedly. It was the end of class so Draco left the classroom and headed for his second class of the day.

Yay, chapter one is done! I decided to write this because I was having writers block for my other story Hero's Brother. Anyways, please review this story because the more reviews I get the more I will want to update! I also seem to have troubles finishing stories so reviewing this story will make me more determined to actually finish for once! =D