"There are Dresses in your room for you, Sydney," She told the girl, "and Draco, you are not allowed" She said the last part quick, and then went away. Draco didn't really do anything, but he did give Sydney a long kiss and then left, grumbling. She rolled her eyes and went up to her room. When she got there, a plump woman in bright purple robes, jumped up from her place in the corner of the room next to Narcissa, and ran over Sydney and shook her hand,
"I'm Wanda!" Sydney was about to tell the women her name but she started to talk again, "O I already know your name!" She said eyeing Sydney's wings. "So a Dress for the ball!" she started to walk with Sydney's hand still in hers. Syd looked over to Narcissa and she was just smiling, sipping her tea. "Since Narcissa told me you were tall and skinny, no big bottom dresses for you," Wanda told the girl as she was forced on a small pedestal in front of a merrier. "And your wings have to be there for all to see" she was behind Sydney looking at them.
"I'm thinking red," she just kept talking, and walking over to the racks of dresses, and went for red, "Or green" eyeing up the green ones also.
"Let's get started!" Wanda clapper her hands and Sydney was warring a purple dress. It was okay but not as amazing as Wanda wanted it, the next was a soft pink and it was gross. The next was an emerald green which looked really nice, but once again not amazing.
"What house were you in?" The plump witch asked,
"Ravenclaw," she answered, she nodded and put her in a blue dress.
"I liked the green one better" Narcissa perked up from the chair, Wanda shot her a look like you-would,
"Best for last," Syd looked down at Wanda, she had a huge smile on. Wanda clapped and Sydney was in an amazing red dress, both of the elderly women in the room gasped, and had smiles on their faces.
"We have a winner" the plump witch smiled as she was looking the amazing veela. Sydney turned around and faced both women, "not sure how you could have gotten more beautiful, but it happened." Narcissa was agreeing with her with a head nod.
"Draco is going to die" Narcissa spoke up again, and Sydney giggled.
"I think he will to" the girl said,
"Well that's that" Wanda clapped one last time, and Syd was no longer in the dress, and all of the other dresses and the mirror was gone. "I'll be back Monday with the dress," she said goodbye to the lady's and disapparating on the spot.
"Has Draco talked to you about moving?" the older lady asked going over to the chair that she was sitting before. Sydney went and took a spot next to her.
"Just a little, Yes." Syd smiled at her,
"And your job?" Narcissa asked looking at her,
"Well I don't want to quit, but I know Draco would rather have me not work"
"Draco is close to becoming a Potion Master, and will be making more money then you will need, and also still getting money from the Malfoy funds." Narcissa looked at the girl.
"Well I don't work for the money, I work because I like to help people who were as scared as I was, and as scared as you were before you owed me." Sydney told the old women, and stood up.
"But don't you get sick of helping people?" she asked still sitting
"Never" and Syd walked out of the room, she knew that the conversation was going to go nowhere. When she got in the hall way she called out for Mizzy and she showed up.
"Where is Draco?" she asked,
"He is in his potions room" the elf smiled at the girl knowing something was wrong.
"May you show me where that is?" she asked looking at her,
"Yes, come" Mizzy said, and went walking with the veela in tow. They went to parts of the manor that Syd has never been, which seem to be a lot of places. They came to a door, "Draco doesn't allow me to go down there, but you may" with that the elf popped away. She pushed the door open, and went down the steps, she could feel Draco's head buzz, he was busy. Sydney could see his head and wings on the over side of the room, he was bent over a cauldron. She walked over to him, and could see the potion was a dark ugly green.
"Hay" she greeted him with a smile on his face, he didn't look up.
"Hello, I'm guessing the Dresses went well." He returned the greeting, but still didn't look up,
"Yeah it went well," Syd said as she walked around to the side of him, she took a better look and it was really thick, Draco was stirring it with his wand slowly, "What are you making?" she asked watching the handsome veela.
"It's a potion that's will help in muggle health," he said monotone, it looked like he was waiting for something to happen.
"O" Syd wanted to question him about it, but he seemed like he wanted no one to bother him. So Sydney just watched like Draco, just confused.
"I need it to turn pink" he informed her,
"Well that's not pink" she answered with a smile, he looked at her quick then back down.
"I'm going to have to start over," he said giving up and standing strait.
"I could help, I wasn't that bad at potions. " she said, still waiting for pink.
"No, you can't to become a potions master you have to make it all by yourself. But you can watch" he informed her.
"Okay" she smiled, he made a tall stool for her, and she took a seat. "Why don't you make something else?" she suggested.
"Like what?" he asked, cleaning the caldron with a movement of his wand.
"Well…" she started to think, and she could only think about potions that were made all ready, "but the one you are making now, how are you gunna test it on muggles?"
"Never thought of that," he went and stood in frount of his mate, she leaned up and kissed him quick, "There is a potion for everything" he said,
"That is all too true, can you improve on an old potion?" The girl asked,
"Nope, is has to be something new" he went over and grabbed a notebook, a really old one it looks like if it fell off the table it would explode in to dust.
"What's that?" she asked watching her mate, as she got off the stool she was on and went closer.
"Snape's old notebook," he said, looked over at Syd and smiled. "There are a lot of failed potions, that I might be able to make" He said still looking thought the old stained pages,
"Wouldn't that be like me helping you?" she asked giving him a confused look,
"No, not really" he kept looking she rolled her eyes, she could feel that Draco just wanted to find something to make, "What about a potion to turn you in to an animal?" he asked looking for approval in Sydney
"Like pollyjuice? But there are spells that do that?" she looked up at him,
"Yeah, but Potions are easer, then a spell" he was getting excited,
"Seems lame, because you can do that with a spell" she was second guessing his decision,
"What about flight? Like wings like us?" he was even more excited,
"I don't know Draco, people might not use that in the right way," Syd said with a little bit of wary in her voice,
"Only for an hour, and it will only be used for my Potions Master test, then it will never be made again." He told her, "If I pull feathers will they grow back?" he questioned Sydney,
"Yes, it might be slow, but they will." Syd told Draco, as she went back and sat on her stool. Draco reached around, and plucked out 2 feathers from the base of his wing, and gave out a 'Yelp'
"That hurt a little" he said as he turned around and started to take things off the many shelf's behind him. Syd watched and questioned Draco on what he was doing every so often, She was glad that he would answer every one. After some time Draco had a cauldron filled with a very light brown thin potion, and looked very pleased with himself.
"That's it for now" Draco said turning to Sydney, and walked over to her, "We have some time, what should we do?"
"Well your Mother thinks I should quit Margo's" Sydney told her mate.
"Why?" he asked confused,
"She thinks that I don't need to work for the money any more, I told her that I did it because I love to help people, and she didn't get it" Sydney went to say,
"That's because my mother has never worked a day in her life, and not use to seeing other woman work." He smiled at her, "I don't care" he said to her, "I do hope you work less, so we can be together, because I can set my own work schedule, so we can see each other every day" he told her as he pulled her off of the stool, and hugged her tight, she smiled and hugged back, she went and rubbed the spot on his wing where he plucked out the feather, he let out a happy sigh. After some time they let go, Draco picked up the feather, and took a close look at it. Sydney went back to her spot, Draco came over, gave her a quick kiss,
"Do you want to go do your own thing?" he asked looking down at her with big eyes.
"Yes," she said with a small smile, he kissed her forehead .
"That's fine," he told her, they said a quick goodbyes, and Syd walked back to the library, she had to ask 2 paintings, but she made her way there. She decided, she wanted to know more about the Black family. She scanned every book, but didn't find one. She called out for Mizzy, and she popped in front of the girl,
"Yes?" she asked,
"Where are the books about the Malfoy family?" she asked,
"Back wall, 3ed book on the left, just pull it" she said it with a smirk that you can only get from a Malfoy, and went away with a soft pop. Sydney did what she was told, and when she pulled the book, the wall disappeared, and there was a room with black leather bound books with years on the bindings in sliver. She found the oldest date, and it was when Narcissa and Lucius met, and when the whole Lucius being a veela and the two being mates. It was cute, Sydney didn't really read in to it but looked through it. She was done and picked the book with this years date, and it was not finished, but it did have the meeting of Sydney and Draco in the book all ready. She put it back and turned around and there was a family tree on the wall, all the names where still intact, which was odd most of the time "pure blood" families would get rid of the fuck ups. She was reminded that Lucius has passed long ago, and well veelas live for well ever. It was never said in the press how he had died, if it was from the "Kiss" or if he was killed, she though it was now or never to ask the man himself (kind of). She went to his painting he was sitting in a chair that was painted in the corner, he stood up and came closer to Sydney.
"Hello" he greeted her,
"Hi, I have a question for you" she got strait to the point,
"Yes?" he was still talking down and looking down to her,
"How did you die?" she blurted out, there might have been a better way to say it, but she didn't care.
"Well you should know,"
"What?" she was confused, going thought ever thing she knew,
"What am I?" he asked her,
"A veela" she answered his dumb question,
"Yes, what happens to us when we lose or can't see our mates for some time?" he asked,
"You die, but I thought that the Minstery was letting you see each other?" she questioned,
"Yes, but I couldn't touch her, all I could do was talk to her, and I craved the touch, so I just gave up" he admitted with a sigh.
"Why did you?" she asked sitting on the floor like a little kid,
"She's still is my everything, all I wanted to do was hug her, and I couldn't. That's hard for a veela, so I just stopped caring." He told her, she was really deep in thought.
"Well that does give me a little more respect for you, and you raised Draco, and that must have been hard enough," she said with a smile.
"I wish I would have done a better job," he admitted, "but he was an amazing women by his side, so I'm sure he will do fine in the world." He smiled at the women sitting on the floor.
"Was he a hand full?" she asked, she could have waited for Draco to tell her, but why not just ask the man who raised him?
"Was he?" he was laughing, "I could tell you the times he was a little angle then a little devil. He was all ways messing with the house elf's, telling them to do crazy things, and they couldn't say no. Most of the times it was to our dinners, and that's why we got him Mizzy. She was a little bit of a rebel, she would only do the good things that he asked her to do, and when he was doing something bad, she would tell us" he explained to Sydney,
"Thanks" she said standing up, "It was nice to talk to you"
"Any time," he told her going and sitting in his chair, as she walked away.