I do not own Harry Potter, This is just a fan fiction

The potion's master was a decent, kind, caring teacher if you asked anyone other than Harry, if you asked him however, she was an anal compulsive control freak. Everything had to be done exactly how she said it, in the manner she said it, and with the amounts of ingredients she set for them. Never mind that Harry had enough experience in potions to be able to do her job, never mind that some of the things she made them do, was in Harry's opinion wasteful, and last but no least, never mind that he did not get to sit with Fleur, and instead his partner was a person who might as well be an ape, hairy, smelly and did not want him handling anything delicate.

By the end of class he had lost 12 potion vials, and all because Connor decided to try to fill them with their potion, 12 times. Why didn't he use any of his own vials you ask? well Connor might have no hand coordination, or he was doing a very good job of pretending he didn't. But he was no fool. He was either doing it to get even with him for being so close to Fleur all the time, or he just didn't feel like braking his own school supplies. Harry knew that he was either going to be a good friend, eventually, or he would end up dead and mostly eaten by Hilsa.

The potions lesson was about how to make a potion he would never have to use himself, common serpent anti venom. Thanks to his pact with Hilsa, he was pretty much immune to all form of serpent venoms. To which he was very grateful, and Hilsa was very glad as well. Hilsa turned out to be a very kind, and caring member of her species, but she did warn Harry that not all basilisk where as kind as her. She simply was old enough, and wise enough to not let her base instincts overrule her mind.

Fleur argued during dinner no less, with the dorm manager. She simply wanted to be able to sleep with her mate, and share a proper life together. The man did not budge, he told her that a teenage boy and girl sleeping together was not only scandalous, but it could prove counter productive when it came to their education. In other words, they would not be able to fully study if they were constantly thinking about what the two would do in their bed. She told him, that her mate was more than welcomed to engage in sexual intercourse with her, he was her mate, mating was an obvious activity that they would do, and enjoy.

At the mention of mating, and mate. This caused every girl to drop their spoons, and every boy, except Harry, to behave like the world was going to end. "What do you mean that Harold is your mate?" A senior student demanded to know. Fleur with a smile, and blush clearly seen on her face just answered the question. "I mean I am off the dating market, I have a wonderful, brave, handsome, and smart mate, and I couldn't be happier."

Every girl let out a sigh of sheer relief, they would no longer have to be afraid of Fleur stealing their boyfriends. Every boy in the room glared at Harry, and it was pretty much obvious the reason, they all wanted a chance to date Fleur, but now thanks to him they would never get to. Madame Maxine put a stop the the racket rather quickly and simply stated that they could date, but they would engage in intimate part of their relationship only after they were of age, and graduated. She simply told them that the school had no plans of opening a daycare, ever.

That night the boys in his room, tried to surprise him while he was asleep, but thanks to one of them, they avoided a rather painful, and unforgeable night. He simply reminded them, that Harry slept with a giant serpent wrapped around him, and if they attacked him or even tried to said serpent would protect him, with venom and fangs. This made people go back to their beds, and tried to go back to sleep. "Damn right, I would defend my friend. If they tried to hurt him while he is asleep, I would give them all a one way ticket to the underworld." This cause him to wake up, and hugged her with a little more strength. "Hilsa, as much as I enjoy you protecting me, could we do this without exposing yourself? I do not want something bad to happen to my dear friend. Now if you will excuse me, I need more sleep."

The rest of the school year went without a problem, well almost with out a problem. There were a few boys who tried to gang up on Harry, who ended up nursing a few broken bones, and wounded egos at the nurses office. Harry for the most part cause every teacher except the dark arts teacher or the potion master to be upset with him. He had the knowledge of a fully educated wizard. So he decided to read more advance materials in the class, while all others read the standard year materials.

The dark arts teacher found this to be a decent, if not admirable behavior. The potion's master was happy to see someone in the school, with a love for reading like she did. Every other teacher simply was angry, because they felt Harry was trying to be a show off. But no matter the question, no matter the test, Harry always got top grades. Madame Maxine was even heard of considering to name him a prefect the next year.

Fleur was as happy as she could be when she was with Harry, she could not be happier than to be close to him. But when another girl got to close to him, that was a different story. She was mad enough that if he had been a full blooded veela, she would have changed and began to throw fireballs at the girl next to her mate. One of the classmates simply told her one day, that maybe they were doing that to make her see, how they felt when she was close to their boyfriends. Fleur couldn't believe they would go this far for some petty revenge.

Finally after so many months, the students were told that the Christmas break was coming, and that they should prepare to go to their parents home. That the school would be ready, and welcome them back after the break. This was the time for the teachers to prepare end of year exams, meetings, and attend a few professional conferences to keep up to date with the new materials and teaching methods. To the students it was a time to relax and enjoy being with their families.

Harry of course would go to Fleur's home, as if Fleur would let him go anywhere else. Little did she know that one of the secrets of her mate would be revealed, and that would be the worst day of her mate's life. Sebastian had finally decided to send a letter to England to the Potter Manor. This letter was received by James and Lily as they were playing with Harry's little sister Mary. The contains of the letter were not welcomed to say the least. The first world from they runaway son was that he was mated to a veela, a French veela no less, and that they were cordially invited to come and talk with the girls parents since, they both would be back from school for Christmas break.

Sebastian timed everything perfectly, he would welcome Fleur, and her new mate, and would take them into the living room, where he would finally meet with his parents and little sister after so many years apart. He pictured a heart warming reunion, and the two families becoming closer. How he would regret ever doing this, and how wrong he was about Harry's family. In the future he would always wished that he had never done what he was planning now. But at the moment he was simply happy that his daughter had found someone special in her life. Apolline wished her mate would be of a higher income bracket, money was always a safety blanket for her. It was money that saved her from being treated as a monster in her youth after all.

Fleur was ever the smiling, sweet young woman, when she was with her mate. It was as if she was a newlywed for crying out loud. She decided to skip the whole carriage and long trip home, and decided to use the school's fire place to travel back to her home, with her mate. Harry had used the Floo Network before several times, and not once did he find the practice enjoyable. It was that reason he had learned apparition in the first place. But being what he was travel was much easier than most. Shadows existed anywhere in the world, where there was light, so there would be shadows. He could travel faster than light using this skill and his shadow powers. But he could not bring Fleur with him, so he had to use the Floo Network, as much as he hated it.

The two appeared in the Delacour Manor's fireplace, and she stepped outside, only to see her mate trip and fall down. He looked like he was feeling a bit under the weather truth be told. Apolline helped him up and Sebastian asked how he got around if he did not handle using floo powder so well. He simply told him that he had other means of travel that where much more enjoyable than using the powder in the first place. Sebastian and Apolline were surprised that some one so young could apparate. Well in truth only Apolline was surprised Sebastian was just faking to be surprised. He had hired the boy to be his daughter's bodyguard, he would never again be surprised by the level of skill he displayed.

As they walked into the library, he saw 2 people he wishes he never met again. His parents were shocked to see how much their son had grown. He was taller, bigger, and what looked to be stronger, if the way his arms looked. James was about to say something, when Harry looked at Sebastian with a look that made his green eyes glow. "Care to explain what are these people doing here?" Sebastian walked to the tapestry and pointed out that it was a family line, his name was connected to Fleur since they are now mates. He figured that he would like to meet with his parents and tell them the wonderful news. "Well you figured incorrectly."

Harry began to walk to the door. "Harry, why did you leave us? why did you run away from home? do you even want to know if anything is new in our family?" Lily asked these question wanting answers, answers that would calm her hurt feelings, and would stop her tears. "Are you sure that you want those answers? because I am not going to sugarcoat them, or soften them one bit. If you do you and your husband sit down over there, and not say a word till I am done. You say 1 word, a sound, and I am gone and this time you never meet me again."

James and Lily sat down where he was pointing. "The reason I left was because you treated me like I was the most horrible things alive, those tests and the way you put me through them, were beyond cruel. You have that I know how to speak to snakes. You think that anyone who does is a dark wizard, or just plain evil. I left to let you live in peace, and I could live without being treated as a freak." He walked in the middle of the room.

In the middle of the room a large serpent began to come out of a very strange tattoo on his shoulder. "Now I believe I told you about my friend. This is Hilsa, my friend and familiar, and to make you hate me even more, so much that you drop this family with a broken heart act, Hilsa is a basilisk." The large serpent coiled around him, and rubbed her head against the side of his face. It was clear this serpent cared a great deal about him. "As to what I am, James ever hear about a bounty they call shadow?"

James seeing as his chance to speak. "Could you please ask your friend to hide? Basilisk can kill by simply looking." Hilsa understood and she hid in the mark. "Yes, I heard of this shadow person. I also know about his particular brutal track record. What does that have to do with you?" Harry smiled a cold smile, and with a hand gesture his clothes changed, into his professional look. The dark clothes, the hood and the way he stood as if he had been a veteran soldier, "That is simple, You want to know what I did since I was away. Well I am the one they call the shadow. I have tracked down and killed those criminals."

Lily saw that he was done talking and stood up. "How could you do something so horrible? Don't you know those people have families? Don't they deserve a fair trial?" Harry heard all these words before, and he still thought of them whenever the hunt for one of these crooks was over. "There is a concept I am sure your husband if familiar with. It is called self defense. I tried to reason with every single one of these crooks, but it did not matter, they all attack first and see who it was from the remains later. As to if you have a new addition to the family, I can only say I hope you treat that child better than you did me."

Harry was about to walk out the door, when he was stopped by Fleur. "Harry. you need to talk with them, and hear each other, these people will be the grandparents of our future children. Why not mend those wounds you each carry, and give each other a second chance?" Harry looked at her and kissed her in front of both his parents and her father. "Give me 1 reason why I should bother?" Fleur held him in a hug, and smiled, "Because you love me."