Can it get any worst? : Chapter 3 - A secure place
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The quiet of the room was grating on Harry's nerves who was still paralysed. Of course he had been treated by Draco, who had refused to let Madam Pomfrey touch him, and they had called the Headmaster. They were now waiting for him, and Poppy had paled some more. After five minutes, the Headmaster entered the Hospital Wing, and everyone turned to look at him except Harry.
"Severus my boy, I heard that you suspended your class and apparated here, what is happening?" The Headmaster asked a frown marring his face
"You ask what happened, Headmaster?" Snape asked sarcastically. "Well, nothing much, just that Potter here drank the potion you asked me teach today to 'see who was using dark magic' and would have died if Granger didn't stun him. Why didn't you tell me that he was a Veela?" The potion master demanded
"I'm sure Poppy already told you why. It's not like we don't trust you Severus, but you have to understand that Harry has a lot of enemies, and this news, if fallen into the wrong hands, might be dangerous." the elder man admonished
"That, I might understand Headmaster. But what I don't understand is the fact that you asked me to teach a potion while knowing perfectly well that it was dangerous for the boy and not telling me what he was. Would you please explain that to me?" Snape growled. The room went still for an instant, and everyone turned to look at the Headmaster.
"You see Severus, there are a lot of things we have to learn about Harry's new transformation, and I was sure miss Granger would know about him and save him if need be. But I heard nothing happened before Harry was stunned. So I doubt that he was in any danger."
"He might not have died immediately but he still needed treatment and may have to stay stunned for some time as the potion has yet to clear out of his system."
"I understand that you are in a bad mood but please, you have to understand that this is all for Harry's own good. Now I'm sure Harry's tired and wants to sleep, please leave the Infirmary, and allow Poppy take care of him." At that, Draco irritably interjected.
"I'm sorry Headmaster, but Potter can't be taken care of by a Mediwitch, it has to be another Veela or else he might react violently to the person."
"Well, I would not like to contradict you but Poppy took care of Harry when he arrived here, and we don't have a Veela here as of now."
"When Potter arrived here I assume he had just began his transformation, in that state he could still receive the help of anyone, but once he has started to feel more changes than just the appearance, it will become difficult for him to accept magical contact with anyone but another Veela, which I am. My seventeenth birthday was during winter break last year, and since we were at war my family and I thought it would be best for us to not show it to the school."
"I see... But I seem to have heard that Miss Granger had stunned Harry."
"Potter and Granger have been together almost every day since their first year, it seems that his body has accepted her has a family member or something like that. But I wouldn't say the same of you two. So I will ask you to leave please. Uncle Severus will stay and supervise everything I'll do and Granger will also be here to stop us if we were to hurt him." The blonde said with finality. Left with no choice, Dumbledore and Poppy left the room. Once they were alone, Snape placed a silencing charm around them.
"I have never heard that a Veela can only be treated by a Veela. What do you think you are doing Draco? Why did you lie?" The potions' master asked suspiciously.
"I didn't really lie. It's just that I can sense that Potter doesn't want to be treated by any of them."
"Why did you help Harry? You've hated him since day one." Hermione asked making Draco blush furiously. She was now sitting next to Harry, holding his hand.
"I may not like him, but for a Veela of my kind, it is a duty to protect the other Veelas, no matter what I think of him." he sneered trying to hide his embarrassment.
"Your kind of Veela?" the girl asked, receiving naught but an intense glare. "Sorry!" she said raising her hands in the air.
"Aside from that," Snape interrupted, drawing the attention back to himself, "What is the real situation with Potter?" He sneered, clearly displeased having to utter Harry's name. "Why didn't he die immediately after drinking the potion? What is this new 'transformation' of his?"
Hermione looked at Harry for some time then shook her head. "I don't think we can trust you. I mean, you are Slytherins and until now you two have always hated Harry. So just forget it and act normal. A potions' master is in security in his laboratory, and a Slytherin can only talk freely among Slytherins. So let's just meet in class and ignore each other when we can." Hermione lectured, turning her back to them.
"How can you say that?" Draco sneered, preparing to throw himself into a rant about how ungrateful and stupid the girl was. Unfortunately, or so it was in his mind anyway, he was stopped by Snape's hand on his arm.
"Let it go Draco. If we are not wanted, there is nothing we can do. I'm sure Miss Granger knows what she's doing, and will be able to protect Potter alone." He sneered and turned to leave, but stopped once more. "And you should know Miss Granger that I might hate the boy, but I have always done every thing to protect him. But now it's your duty to do so. I will no longer intervene for him. Good bye." He said and then went out of the room followed by a confused Draco. Did his godfather really protect the boy all these years?
Snape and Draco walked in silence until they reached the potions' master's private room. Whispering the password to the painting, he made sign to his Godson to enter. The room was simply decorated; there were beautiful tapestries of sceneries on every wall, bringing a sense of the outdoor to the room; five deep green armchairs were artfully arranged around a silver table. There were no door leading to the bedroom but knowing his Godfather, Draco knew it was hidden somewhere, but it wasn't time to search for it. The blond turned to his Godfather who had already taken a sit in one of the armchairs looking at him.
"Uncle Severus, I'm not going to ask you anything about why you protected Potter all this time, but why did leave without saying anything? I mean she treated you like an outsider, when you've protected her friend for all this time. If it were me I would have hexed her for sure" The blonde said his fists clenching at his sides.
"Calm down Draco. It's true that the Granger girl was rude, but it's for the best. Every time there is trouble and Potter is involved, it will cost you a lot of things. Even your life. So please Draco, stay out of it. I know that your Veela's motherly side as a submissive can't leave another Veela when they're having troubles but you have to ignore him. As your last kin*, it's my duty to keep you safe from any danger, and I know how much you hate being a submissive Veela." Snape said seriously, fixing Draco with a knowing gaze, who squirmed and averted his eyes in response.
"I'm afraid that won't be possible Uncle. I don't know if Potter has realized it yet but he is a dominant Veela, and my ...mate" the blond said the last part in a whisper, his eyes stubbornly fixed to the grass-green carpet, and his godfather could do nothing but stare at him in disbelief.
"Are you sure? I mean it's not that I doubt your Veela sense, but you came into your inheritance long ago. You and Potter had always been together in this school, why didn't you feel it sooner? Besides, if you were mates, as a dominant Potter would have wanted to mark you as his, just like any dominant and both of you wouldn't have been at ease until you were together and bonded. But you seem totally fine up till now." He protested.
"Well it seems that something is interfering with Potter's Veela sense; earlier, before potions started, he called out to me and his eyes were fill with lust and longing, but something was stopping him from marking me. As for me, I'm a Malfoy. Even before I came into my inheritance, I was trained to not lose either my calm nor my mind once I met my mate. So when Potter entered the Great Hall at the start of this year, I kept my cool, even though I felt him and longed. As for why I didn't feel him earlier, it seems something was blocking me. I'm sure it has to do with Potter's new transformation." Draco stated in a matter of fact like manner and the potions' master sighed, defeated.
"If that's the case" he said "I can't exclude you from this. What Granger said in the Hospital Wing was a code, in order for no one but me to understand."
"A code? Why couldn't she say whatever she had to say? You had cast a silencing charm around us; no one could have heard." Draco stumbled, confused.
"That's not true Draco. You see the Headmaster placed spying devices, that can break through any blocking spell, in the Hospital Wing, the classrooms, the Great Hall, the Potions Laboratories and other places throughout Hogwarts. The only places that aren't under his control are the dormitories, the professors private rooms, the common rooms and the bathrooms, only because of layers of powerful wards placed by the founders themselves, ones that even the Headmaster can't break, to protect the privacy of the inhabitants of the castle in case one of the Headmasters were to spy on the students and or professors." Snape explained.
"You mean that old geezer can see anything that happens in this castle, even when some students shag in the corners, or when students get bullied, and he doesn't do anything about it?"
"Well, that's the kind of person he is, and if he could, he would spy even in personal rooms. He already reads the students' mail before it reaches them. He's a man who likes to know what's going on in the castle to use it at his advantage. But if it doesn't benefit him, he ignores it."
"How despicable!" Draco sneered. "But how did Granger know about Dumbledore spying on the inhabitants of the castle?"
"Well, I would like to know too. We can suppose that, being the know it all she is, she somehow discovered."
"So, what did she really want to say then?"
"'A potions' master is most at ease in his laboratory,' I suppose she meant in my rooms, and she wants us to meet someplace where we can talk without being heard. Draco, I want you to keep the fact that you are his mate a secret for the moment. I know it's hard for you; being the submissive, your longing is far greater but he has to realise it himself. If his Veela sense doesn't completely recognise that you are his mate, he will reject you. Which means you will both die." At that, the blond raised his head and nodded sharply. "Good, now return to your room. We'll meet tonight; Potter would have been released by then. When classes are over come here immediately. I'll send a word to Granger and Potter. Now go, I don't want you to miss any classes."
The blond nodded once again and went out the room, making his way to his next class. His head was filled with naught but a certain raven that he desperately needed. To have Harry hold him, mark him but he had to keep his distance to not jump him.
"When are going to realise bloody Potter" he whimpered frustrated
TO BE CONTINUED
*kin means family