Chapter 2

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Two and a half weeks later Harry had finished cleaning up his new home. He had hired help from several wizards who specialised in clearing dark artefacts from people's homes. Mathew or Matt as Harry had taken to calling him was from Beau batons he finished school the previous year and was a serious flirt. Harry got on with him like a house on fire. They ended up spending a lot of time together with Matt helping Harry with his assignments. The Christmas holidays were coming and they made plans to spend them together. Matt was the tall dark and handsome type. He told Harry he was a veela and there weren't a lot of people he could be around without them sexually assaulting him because of his allure.

Harry was a bit confused "Aren't veela women?" Matt laughed and said "most are women yes but there are men too although very few. In fact I've only ever met one other male veela but he hasn't come into his majority yet. He should be about your age and he goes to Hogwarts as well." Harry hadn't told Matt about Draco yet it was still a sore subject for him and talking about him only made being away from him worse than it already was.

So he was quite shocked with what Matt said next "His name is Draco Malfoy have you met him? I'll be surprised if you haven't at least heard of him that guy has an ego the size of a country" Harry laughed and said "That's a bit of an understatement about the size of his ego, you would need to make space amongst the stars to make it fit comfortably even then I'm sure it would knock a few stars out of orbit." Matt laughed and said "So I can safely say you've met him?" Harry felt a pain in his chest just talking about Draco so decided to change the subject. "Hey Matt I need to go shopping for furniture and clothes will you come with me? I am completely clueless on those items usually I let my friend Hermione pick my clothes for me and I've never shopped for furniture either." Matt agreed and they began to make a list of what they would need as they went around the house before deciding to shop in the wizarding part of Paris where Matt was more familiar with.

Matt dragged Harry from shop to shop. HonestlY Harry thought they would go to a couple of shops perhaps three at the most and then just buy in bulk but Matt was having none of that, they went to different shops for different types of clothing including shoes, underwear. Harry didn't object much because he knew he was going to have to dress to look like the lord he was. However he was still shocked when Matt turned around and said "ok now that muggle shopping done now you need wizard robes." He then dragged Harry to a French tailor similar to Madame Malkins in diagon alley although this one looked much more expensive and by the time he paid his bill he realised he was right. He had spent nearly 200 000 galleons on robes alone. He looked the results though. Everything was being sent to Grimmauld place via owl so he didn't have to carry anything around with him. The rest of the day was spent buying bits and pieces they had missed and then placing an order for new furniture for Grimmauld place. The furniture would be delivered that very same day. Harry turned to Matt and said "I love magic, furniture for the whole house being delivered today no need to wait days for it to show up. Ok what's left on the list?" Matt took out the list the only thing left was Christmas shopping.

Seeing as he was in Paris Harry decided to all his Christmas shopping there. He found he enjoyed shopping for his friends more than he did for himself. For most of the boys he bought quidditch staff, including a signed Chudley cannons uniform for his best mate Ron. For Hermione he bought a trunk big enough to hold a library and went on for buy rare tomes and scrolls that he found and thought she would like. He would get copies of some of the books in his vaults because he knew there were no other copies anywhere in the world. He tried to make each gift as personalised as possible for those that he was close to which was not too difficult as he knew them so well.

He was debating with himself whether or not he should buy something for Draco when he and Matt walked into a thrift shop. In the display case was a silver bracelet in the shape of a snake. The eyes were eerily just as green as his own. There was also a hum of power coming off it. He asked the sandy haired man tending the counter if he could take a look at the bracelet. The man complied and handed him the bracelet. "This bracelet is one of two although we do not have the other one. It is meant to be given as a gift of love. At least that's the backstory it had when it was brought here. I'm afraid I don't know much else." "That's okay. How much is it?" Harry paid for the bracelet and left with Matt. He had also bought Matt's present while he was occupied in the shop. When they arrived back at Grimmauld place all the furniture had been delivered. It made a really big difference in the previously dark house. Harry had gone with neutral shades throughout the house. He wanted to completely remove the dark haze that always seemed to be in the ancient house. On the outside the house looked like all the others in the street but inside was a mansion with very spacious rooms that included kitchen living room dining room receiving room library and several others Harry had no clue what they were supposed to be besides the potions room and seven guest rooms on the second floor, third floor had four bedrooms with en suites and a main suite for the owner of the house. With Matt's help Harry managed to get all the furniture in place in time for dinner. They decided to order in as they were both too tired to cook. While they ate their Chinese food they chatted about the day they had and afterward they sat down to watch the new telly Harry had had installed as well. Soon the topics went to when Harry had to go back to school for exams in the final weeks of the year before the Christmas holidays.

"When are you planning to go back to Hogwarts?" Matt was sat facing Harry having given trying to watch telly in favour of talking. "In a few days I have my first exam on Monday and then it's one every other day for the next two weeks and I can leave. Hopefully my friends will come stay with me the house is too big for one person." Mat smiled at Harry as he made a dejected face "well I could come and visit you if it helps. I haven't got a project to do for three months and I don't really feel like going home for all that time." Harry felt much better knowing that Matt was going to be there He beamed at him then hugged him. "Thank you! Thank you! I worried you wouldn't want to hang out after you were done here and I'll be happy if you can come and see me in the next two weeks." Harry's enthusiasm was infectious Matt hugged him back and said "Ok so we have a plan. Fire call me tomorrow ok and let me know what you want to do." It wasn't long after he left that Harry went to bed. His heart still felt heavy like there was something missing but he also felt content. It was nice to just hang out with Matt, he never judged him or asked for more than he could give. If his relationship with Draco had been anywhere near the one he had with Matt he would never let him go.

Harry stood in the headmistress's office as they discussed his school work and how to continue from there. The assignments he had handed in were perfect and there weren't any problems with his work. Harry didn't want to attend classes but he had to. It was Sunday the day before his potions exam. He felt ready for it. Matt was somewhat of a potions prodigy and had gone through them with him, explaining things that professor Snape never did and correcting the way he prepared the ingredients and also showing him the correct way of brewing.

He left the office and made his way to Gryffindor tower and on his way he ran into Draco. Harry's heart began to beat faster. He had never answered any of Draco's mail which he wrote almost daily asking him to meet up. Harry never replied he didn't even read them anymore. He had not seen Draco since he left and that was about a month ago give or take. He had changed his hair was longer and more silvery blond than before and his eyes had gone form their storm grey to a mercurial silver that Harry felt drawn to. He hadn't even realised he had moved towards the blond until he heard a small gasp breaking out of whatever spell that held him.

He pulled away as he realised he had his arm around Draco's waist and vice versa. Tears filled his eyes as he realised he still loved him more than ever but he told himself he would not go back to the way things were, where he couldn't make choices or wait for his lover to stop sleeping around with every Tom, Dick and Beelzebub that would spread their legs for him or even notice that it was his birthday enough to just say happy birthday. He took off at a run to get away from Draco who was calling him from behind. His voice seemingly getting closer. Harry produced a burst of speed when he felt Draco's hand on his shoulder trying to stop him "Dammit Harry will just stop for a minute?" Harry was not listening and he continued to run, the only problem was he straight into a dead end.

The only way out was back where he came from. Quickly turning around and running back hoping to surprise Draco long enough to get past him Harry didn't notice Draco waiting for him at the next turn of the corridor. He grabbed him and dragged him into a classroom quickly putting up wards so Harry couldn't leave. Harry wouldn't look at him but he might as well let him say what he wants to say and then leave it's not like he can't take down the wards he put up. He could see the magic used and where he could rip it to break the ward. He was rather impressed by how strong the wards felt considering how hastily they were put up not that he'd tell him that. "What do you want Malfoy? Still wondering why I broke up with you? Cause if you are then I am definitely certain there is nothing I want to hear from you." Draco flinched Harry hadn't called him by surname ever since they started dating. Having had time to look back at their relationship he couldn't help but feel self-loathing for his actions. How he had hurt Harry again and again. The signs had all been there but he had only seen what he wanted to see, Harry's compliance with everything he wanted. All he had done was take.

He couldn't fathom how he hadn't seen it. He replied "No I'm not I was a prat more than a prat I have no excuse only that I thought you were ok with our arrangement." Harry answered him sarcasm dripping out of his voice "oh well that makes it ok then Draco, how insensitive of me not to realise that you thought I was ok with being your doormat. Why did you even bother? You clearly weren't satisfied with me you felt the need to fuck around" when we first talked about this I didn't quite understand how different the meaning of an open relationship is to me as it is to you.

I told myself you only needed to get out of your system after all you always did come back to me even though I was the one who had to cancel my plans with my friends, sit at your table, risk getting caught and punished while coming to you after curfew. You don't even know where I sleep. You know nothing about me. You were never interested before, so what's changed now? Surely you can get another sucker to do for you what I did. I'm moving on with my life Draco without you." With that he reached out and grabbed the magic of the wards and yanked breaking them and then walked out the door leaving a crestfallen Draco.

Draco slid down the wall and wrapped his arms around his legs and cried. He couldn't have fucked up any more than he already had there seemed to be no fixing this. He hadn't even told Harry what he wanted to say, that he was a veela and Harry was his mate. He didn't feel like he deserved him. All he could feel was despair, his mate didn't want him and he couldn't blame him.

When Draco regained consciousness he was no longer on the classroom floor. He was lying on a bed in the infirmary. He wondered who brought him there. There was someone sitting in chair next to him at first he thought it was Blaise but it was not. The man was older much older than Blaise and had an air of power about him. "Who are you?" The smiled at him and answered "I am Voltaic head of the Veela council. I have to say this is a most unusual case. I understand you were not aware that you are a veela?" "Voltair?" Draco enquired not having grasped the name it was a bit weird. "No it is Voltaic I am named so because off my affinity with electrical currents and lightning, back to the matter at hand were you aware you are veela?" Draco shook his head "no it wasn't until two weeks ago when I woke up in the morning and all the changes were there. I had to research to figure out what I had become and how to control the allure as it was causing problems with the rest of the students." The just nodded then brought out a time turner. It was a bit bigger that the other ones he had seen before and the sand inside was silver in colour. "This isn't a regular time turner. It goes backwards like all time turners do but his one is specifically for veela. It will allow you to go back to learn what you need without the dangers posed by the usual time turners.

Your parents should have prepared you for this but for some reason they didn't and if they are found to be negligent they will be arrested for attempted murder. You managed to push away your soul mate because you were not aware of the period before you get your veela powers you were attracted to a lot of people around you without even realising that you were searching for your mate so how can you know that you have found him and complete the rites that are needed to ground your power. In that period if the rites are not performed your own magic could kill you." Draco's heart was pounding faster. The books he read said nothing about this. Is this the reason he kept needing to shag anything that moves why he was so negligent of the one person he felt anything for? If that's true then perhaps there is chance that Harry might forgive him and take him back. Voltaic watched the show of emotions playing on Draco's face. The normally cold Slytherin did nothing to hide them. Voltaic reached out with the chain around his neck and pulled Draco under it too before turning it a few times and everything seemed to go backwards. When it stopped Draco was dizzy and said so. "I'd be surprised if you weren't we've gone back seven months in time it should be enough time to teach you what you need to know before you can go back.

For the next several months Draco was at beau batons academy with Voltaic learning everything about being a veela. When he asked how they knew about him they showed him a book that had the names of veela children as they were born. They usually kept a close watch on them but Draco had both his parents who were half veela themselves and would know how to teach their son what he needed to know. They got worried when his name didn't change from the green of childhood to the blue of adulthood. It could only mean one thing none of the rites had been performed.

They taught him everything he needed to know in those months however they did finish a bit earlier than expected so Draco decided to visit a few friends in diagon alley. He stated to help out in the shop that they had put up for moving house or clearing away dark objects. He quite enjoyed it and for the couple of months he was there he was in disguise and had his friends call him Mathew.

Sorry about the errors I got ADHD and it's not so easy putting this together but I'm happy with the results

Hopefully you like it, last chapter will be up soon xxx