Title: Seething
Rating: Teen(some swearing)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Genre: Comfort/Drama

Warning: Alternative Reality, Creature!Draco, Mate!Harry, OOC?, Well meaning fairies
Snippit: Draco Malfoy had never regretted being valkyrie. Until those bloody well-fairies decided to «bless» him with Harry bleeding Potter as a life mate.

"Beginning of the end."

Draco Malfoy sat in the headmasters office. His father sat to his left, an arm tightly around Draco's shoulders, while his mother sat to his right, clutching Draco's hand in hers. His Godfather, Severus Snape, stood behind the (transfigured) couch, and though he was not physically touching Draco, he knew that Severus was supporting him, in his own, quiet way. It was nice, to be gathered like this. It had been a while since they'd all gathered for him. He just wished there had been a different reason.

It was strange, Draco had never bemoaned being valkyrie. It was an honour, he knew, he he was proud. He was proud that in the distant past, an Immortal had found one of Draco's forefathers to be worthy to breed with. Draco was honoured that he, the first one in over fifteen generations, had been gifted with their noble heritage. Right now, though, he rather wished the Goddess' had skipped an other generation. Mistake him not, he was proud, and he was still honoured, it was just...

Well, one of the things he'd been so damned proud about being valkyrie, was the fact that he could choose for himself who he would spend his life with. No instincts to interfere, no nose picking due to blood or heritage. Unlike most wizards with old linages with magical creatures he could marry a tree, he could, as no genes or magic would do anything to stop him. Nothing. Sure, he'd have to be pretty picky, as valkyries only had one partner in life, and stuck with them until the end. But valkyries weren't forced to stay with that person. If things took a bad end, the valkyrie could drop their partner and find a new one. If they wanted one.

One of the reasons why valkyries were mistaken for male veela(which was a magical impossibility, by the way), were the devotion valkyries had to their partner and their partners happiness. To valkyries(and veela), the partner's happiness were their own. Unfortunately, valkyries could be a tad more dramatic than veela (despite not randomly turning into flame throwing bird hybrids). It was not unheard that a valkyrie took their own life should they believe their chosen partner was unhappy with the. Draco wasn't certain if this desperation for approval was something that was told to scare young valkyries, or if it was true.

And yet, here he was. His choice stolen. By a blessing of all things. Considering the state of the magical world, especially the magical environment, one might think that the well-fairies would have better things to do than to go around blessing people who didn't want, or need their blasted blessings. Draco knew they meant well, but as some muggle said, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions". Though Draco doubted the stupid well-fairies would go to hell, he certainly was.

After all, the well-fairies had decided that Harry bloody Potter was the best person for him to spend the rest of forever with. Just as Draco felt himself drop further into his misery, the door opened. He wondered how Potter would react to all of this.

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AN: Rowling has clearly stated that the veela is a strictly female race. Meaning no male born with the genes. An Immortal is -here- used to refer to the ancestor which the genes originated from. They were immortal(compared to Earthlings, at least), and rarely bred with humans. However, it was not unheard of that one or two of them would take fancy of some human and have children with them. The Immortal Valkyries were a strictly female race(like veelas), however, of their mortal offspring, only males carried the gene, only men could become valkyrie.

Posted: 060913