Draco's New Lover

Chapter 7: Unicorns and Horses

Draco looked around the room. He would very gladly pause this moment and stay here forever if he could. "Oh I almost forgot! We have to go and get the notes for the Hogsmeade trip!" Melissa broke his train of thought. "What?" he asked. "There's a Hogsmeade trip next weekend and I forgot to get the permission slip so I have to go and get one today so that Luke can sign it! Are you coming Draco?" She asked. "Oh yeah, I love the Hogsmeade trips!" She smiled, before adding, "I have to remember to pick up my dress! Oh I should probably owl them telling them that I will be picking it up" She mumbled more to herself then anyone else. "Well actually, we were going to go to Hogsmeade tomorrow, I can pick up your dress then if you like" Luke smiled at her and she nodded. "Luke that would be great, it would mean I could have it sooner, one of my fiends, Sarah, wanted t see it." Luke smiled at her. "Talking about this ball, you got a date yet?" He nudges her. Melissa shook her head. "What? You don't have a date! I'm shocked!" Luke said laughing and pulling his best-shocked face. "I've been asked by a few people but I haven't said yes, I'm waiting for someone to ask me, but if he doesn't do it before the time we go to Hogsmeade, I told Marcus, the captain of the Slytherin boys Quidditch team, that I would go with him."

Luke smiled. "I should've known better, you've always waited for one haven't you? The one who asks at the right time and does it in a huge goofy way!" He looked at Draco and smiled while raising his eyebrows in a 'do this and you'll get her for sure' way. Draco smiled awkwardly. Snape stood up. "I have a class I suppose I should get back to." Everyone nodded as the professor walked out. "Well actually, I have to go and do something" She looked at Luke and he grinned. Draco just looked at them confused. "Draco you can come with me, it's pretty exciting, even Luke would agree, I'll call you when it's done and you can bring her over!" Luke nodded and looked at Draco and smiled.

Draco followed Melissa as she led him to Hagrid's hut. She went and knocked on the door and was greeted by the large man. She looked at him earnestly and a hue smile broke out on his face. "I would love to see one, I've never really ever seen one of them before. I'd love to have one you know, honestly it's amazing that you do" She smiled and walked over to a clear patch and wolf whistled. She looked towards the dark forest as a large shape appeared. Draco thought it looked like horse but his eyes grew wide when he realized it had a horn.

"Is that a?" Hagrid looked at him and nodded. "Sure is my boy, a unicorn." The beautiful creature stepped out of the forest. Melissa walked over to it as if it were a horse and not a bloody unicorn! Draco just stood thee watching. "Hey there boy" The unicorn bowed its head to her and she placed a hand on the animals head. "Not today Comet" Comet looked up. Melissa went over and waved her hand over the animal and a saddle appeared, she petted the unicorn before mounting it. "Now Draco, you have 2 choices. I can either call Hunter, or you can ride Comet with me" Draco looked at her. "I've never actually ridden a horse before so I might stick with you" He said hesitantly. She nodded and waved him over.

Draco walked over to the unicorn and stood by its side. Melissa reached her hand down to Draco's and helped him up. She looked at Hagrid who was nearly eye level with them. "We'll be returning back here with two others and my two horses, and probably a large crowd" Hagrid smiled and nodded before Melissa headed off. They trotted at a nice pace until they were in the courtyard ad had a mass of students around them. They slowed down but kept moving forward. Lilly's face lit up as she saw her sister sitting upon a unicorn!

Melissa stopped the beautiful creature in front of her siblings and got off, helping Draco down as well. She took hold of the reins and moved the animal to stand in front if the child. They had gathered a very large crowd by this time and there were murmurs all around. Melissa went over to the young girl and whispered something in her ear. "Really? You mean I can ride it with Luke?" Melissa nodded and Lilly tugged on Luke's robes. He took hold of the young girl's hands and walked her over to the animal.

Melissa looked at them and picked her sister up to put her on the saddle. Luke climbed up and took the reins. Everyone was watching in awe, it wasn't every day you saw a unicorn. "You guys might all want to move back a few meters and clear a pathway" Everyone did as they were told. Melissa whistled 2 different whistles and everyone turned towards the entrance of the courtyard as 2 other equally beautiful horses appeared. Draco had to double check to make sure that they were horses. There was a beautiful black horse and an even more beautiful white one.

The horses walked over to Melissa's side and bowed their heads. Melissa smiled but shook her head and they lifted their heads. Melissa waved her hand over the white horse and a saddle appeared just as it had on Comet. "Draco meet Star, this is who you'll be riding" Draco just looked at her. "Relax she's well trained so you don't have to anything other than hold the reins," She whispered in his ear. He smiled and she went over and helped him mount the beautiful horse. Melissa went over and mounted the un-saddled horse and everyone stared.

Melissa clicked and her horse started trotting towards the entrance of the courtyards. Without the others having to do anything, their animals started trotting after her. As they left the courtyard, almost the whole school body followed them. They went towards Hagrid's hut and saw the large man standing outside. They slowed to a stop Melissa trotted over to where Comet and her sibling's were. "Now I haven't ridden him in a while so he might need a lot of exercise. Can I trust you with that Lilly? She asked and the little girl's face lit up as she nodded. Melissa looked at Luke and he shook her head. "Remember what happened last time you did that? I almost broke my neck!" He said frantically. Melissa grinned. "Yes but we were kids then and I didn't even know how to ride him! And it was your fault for scaring him!" She gave him a stern look before getting off her horse. "Come on Melissa" But it was too late she was standing in front of the unicorn and he bowed his head to her. She bowed back this time.

Hagrid let out a gasp. "Are you doing what I think you're doing Melissa?" She looked at him and nodded. "Why? What's she doing?" Draco asked. Hagrid looked at the crowd of students. "Who here has ever heard of the tale of the Silver Rider?" A few hands went up. "Well for you who don't know there was a legend that many years ago there was a young lady who had grown up in a small town where there were lots of animals and they were very close to nature. It was said that the girl was able to communicate with horses and could do things that no one had ever seen." He was about to continue when someone shouted out from the group. "Wasn't it said that they could make the horses grow wings? And that when they were born they like got a horse or something that was their life long companion and that that horse would only die when the girl herself did?" Hagrid nodded. "That's correct. Anyway this girl was named the Silver Rider."

It was Melissa's time to cut in. "They were named the silver rider because when they were truly one with their companion their hair and eyes turned silver and their clothes changed into an elegant silver gown. The lady in the legend was in fact a young girl when they found out about her talent. That's when the legend of the Silver Rider began. That lady is one of my ancestors." There were gasps from the crowd. "As some of you may have guessed, Comet here is my companion, but e have formed a special bond that whilst I'm the Silver Rider, anyone in my family can ride him while he is in his transformed state." Melissa walked over to Comet and placed her hand on his head. They were surrounded by a light glow and everyone gasped. Wings grew on the creature's side and Melissa robes, hair and eyes all changed to magnificent silver.

When the glow had subsided no one could do anything but stare. Draco didn't think it had been possible but Melissa was even more beautiful than before. Every guy was staring at her in awe and even some of the girls were. Lilly looked at her, "You're beautiful." She said and Melissa smiled. "I think your boyfriend thinks so too" Melissa looked at the girl wide eyed. "M…My what?" she asked the little girl. "The boy that's always with you! He's staring at you right now" She pointed at Draco and everyone stared. "He's not my boyfriend!" She said to the little girl. "Of course he is! Even Luke thinks so" Luke looked at Melissa. "You what?" she said and gave him a look that said he was going to pay for this. "I said I thought you'd be good together, and you would both be lying if you said neither one of you liked the other!" Melissa stared at him. And he looked scared. Very scared.

"Well it doesn't matter as he is not my boyfriend!" Luke just looked at her. "Whatever you say hon" He winked at her and she shook her head. She walked over to her horse and she did the same thing. She closed her eyes and the black horse grew wings. Hagrid gasped. "I thought you could only change your companion!" He said. Melissa smiled. "One of my talents is being able to do this with multiple horses." She walked over to Star and did the same thing. "Not only that but when I change other horses I can choose who rides them, so it doesn't just have to be family members." Hagrid nodded. Melissa mounted her horse again and muttered something under breath the horses seemed to understand what she had said though because they started running in a circle.

When they had gotten fast enough each animal lifted up and flew up into the air. It was clear to tell that everyone was amazed. After flying for a while they headed back down. Sure enough there was still a crowd, a big crowd. After they landed Melissa dismounted and stood in front of all three animals. She bowed her head down and the horses and unicorn did the same. The light glow came over them again and when they all lifted their heads they were back to normal.

Everyone clapped and cheered as Melissa helped the others to dismount. Lilly had fallen asleep near the end of the ride so Melissa had to quiet the crowd down as she nursed her sister. Melissa walked over the animals and put one hand on Comets head and spoke to him in her mind. "Take the others and go, thank you for today, my sister really did enjoy herself." Comet bowed his head and went to leave, the other horses in tow. Melissa walked towards the school and down to the dungeons. She entered her sibling's room and put her sister in bed before removing her tiara and changing her into pajamas and kidding her forehead.

Luke and Draco entered, discussing something but immediately stopped when they saw that she was already in the room. She didn't even need to ask what they had been discussing. The look on their faces said it all. They had been discussing the ball.