A/N: So sorry for the long wait between updates but real life happened…. Anyways here is your next chapter! Enjoy!
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As soon as they were near the Great Hall Harry looked at Hermione in concern. "Are you sure that you want to do this, Hermione? You don't have to if you don't want to."
Hermione smiled slightly and shook her head. "I do need to do this Harry. If I don't do it now I won't want to later. It is best to just get this over with now. Besides it is best to eat my first meal without Dad around because I have a feeling if he were to see one person look at me in a way he didn't like he would hex them and I just found him so I don't want to lose him to Azkaban."
Blaise and Harry both chuckled at that but it was Blaise who said "Oh I don't think he would kill anyone Mia. After all it only takes one look from him to stop anyone in their tracks."
Harry nodded. "Now we should get into the Great Hall and get sat down before everyone else comes. I can hear some people in there now but it doesn't sound as if the whole school is in there yet."
Hermione nodded and took in a deep breath and let it out. "Okay I'm ready now. Can we sit at the end of the table by the Head table? I would prefer to be close to Albus in case something happens."
Harry and Blaise both nodded and Harry said "That is a good idea 'Mione. Plus with us sitting close to the Head Table people will keep their mouths shut about Blaise sitting with us."
Hermione nodded again and then after taking one more deep breath in and letting it out she walked into the Great Hall with Blaise and Harry on either side of her. She could feel everyone's eyes on her that were already in the Great Hall but ignored them. She didn't really want to see who all was in the Great Hall just yet. As soon as they sat down at the end of the Gryffindor table near the Head Table she looked up and gave Albus a slight smile when she saw him looking at her. "I'm okay, Headmaster."
Albus nodded and smiled. "I'm glad to see you Hermione. Are you feeling better now?"
Hermione chuckled before she said "Actually I am. My change happened quickly and then I even helped Malfoy through his. Dad had to give me a pain relief potion because I took too much of Malfoy's pain from him. I figured I had better put in an appearance here but after I eat, Blaise, Harry, and me are going back to the infirmary."
Albus nodded again. "I already let the other Professor's know about the fact that you are a Veela. I figured it was best to let them know so that they could help keep an eye on you during classes to make sure that none of the boys in your classes try anything."
Hermione sighed. "Dad is already threatening anyone who dares try something. Then again so is Blaise and Harry."
Albus chuckled and said "Well between Severus, Blaise, and Harry, I think that you will be perfectly safe. Now keep your head up, dear because here comes the rest of the student body."
Hermione sighed again but nodded. She felt Blaise and Harry both squeeze her hands and she looked at them and gave them a small smile. "Relax you two, I promise that I will tell you the second I feel bad or the second I feel like something is wrong."
Blaise smirked. "We love you, Mia so of course we are going to worry."
Hermione huffed and rolled her eyes but smiled. "I love you too, Blaise and I love Harry but you two don't have to worry too much about me."
Harry shook his head. "We know we don't have to but we do anyways, 'Mione. Now fill up your plate before people start coming over to talk to you. You really do need to eat to keep your strength up. Once we get back to the infirmary you can look in a mirror and see how you look now. I always thought you were pretty but now you are just stunning and no I'm not hitting on you."
Hermione threw her head back and laughed. When she calmed down she looked at Harry and smiled. "If that statement came from anyone other than you or Blaise, Harry I would have thought that you were hitting on me. I know though that you were just saying it because you think it's true. I really don't know what I would do without you two in my life."
Blaise shook his head and smile. "You will never have to find out, Mia. Now fill your plate because here comes the Weasel."
Hermione groaned. "I was hoping that I wouldn't have to deal with him just yet. I really hope that he doesn't try anything stupid."
Harry sighed and put his hand on Hermione's shoulder and squeezed. "Don't worry about it, Hermione. I really don't think he will because if he does then he is stupider than I have been thinking he was lately."
Blaise chuckled and looked up when he saw a shadow fall over them and lifted an eyebrow. "Do you need something, Weasley?"
Ron glared and sneered "What are you doing sitting here Zabini? Go to your own table."
Blaise shook his head. "I don't think so, Weasley. I am staying right where I'm at. Now is there something we can help you with? We need to get back to the infirmary after dinner."
Ron glared at Blaise again and then turned to look at Harry. "What are you doing with Zabini, Harry? And where is 'Mione? I want to talk to her about the fact that she is ignoring me and not even acting like she is my girlfriend."
Harry sighed and then pointed at Hermione who was sitting between him and Blaise. "There is Hermione, Ron. As for why Blaise is sitting here it is because Hermione wants him to and so do I. The war is over, Ron and it's time you realize that. Also if I remember correctly Hermione broke it off with you when she caught you with Lavender."
Blaise choked on the pumpkin juice he just took a drink of at Harry's last statement. He looked at Ron and glared. "You cheated on Mia with that slag? How idiotic are you, Weasley?"
Ron's face turned red as he glared at Blaise and then when he looked at Hermione his eyes widened and his mouth dropped open in shock. "Bloody hell what did you do to yourself, 'Mione? You are hot!"
Hermione rolled her eyes and took a bite of the meat that Harry had put on her plate. She waited until she chewed and swallowed it before she looked at Ron with a raised eyebrow. "I didn't do anything to myself, Ronald. This is what I look like now that my Veela has kicked in. Now I would appreciate it if you would leave me alone so I can eat and then leave before I get a lot of people over here. Oh and, Ronald, Harry is right I did dump you after I found you shagging Lavender "slag" Brown."
Ron shook his head and glared again. "You are still my girlfriend, Hermione. I wouldn't have had to go to Lavender for a shag if you would have just gave me some. Now why didn't you tell me that you were a Veela? I will be the envy of every boy in this school for having you on my arm."
Hermione's eyes went hard and she slammed her hands down on the table as she stood up and leaned across the table before she snarled loudly "I will never be on your arm as you so eloquently put it Ronald Weasley. I was done with you before I became a Veela and I am still done with you now that I am a Veela. Unless you want to see what an enraged Veela looks like I would advise you to get out of my face. I would not be with you even if you were the last wizard on this planet. Now leave me alone so I can eat and get back to the infirmary to make sure that Malfoy and my Dad are okay."
Ron lifted his hand but before he could do anything or say anything a voice rang through the hall saying "What in the blazes do you think you are about to do Weasley?"
