A pile of red heads tumble out of the floo, the first to spring up from the mass of limbs we Fred and George.

"Harrie!" They both said as they leapt over their family and gave me a hug I kept my invisible wings out of the way as much as possible.

"Hey Gred, Forge how are you?"

"Brilliant dear Harrie-kins we.."

"..hope your having a nice day?"

"Yes I am best birthday so far"

"We got you.."

".. Something but .."

"..Don't open it here" they had me a small box no bigger than a match box covered in minute rainbow stripes with a bow on top must be shrunken

"WHAT IS HE DOING HERE!"

Turning I find and angry red faced Ron glaring at Sev.

"He's here because I asked him and Remy to my party."

"But Harrie he's a death e..." He finds three wands under his chin mine included.

"You want to finish that sentence?" I hiss dangerously.

"But he is!" I press it in harder almost choking him.

"Fine." He gasps we release him and I smile.

"Want something to drink? I know there's butterbeer and I made them buy crazy shakes and pink lemonade." He stares at me incredulously.

"We'll take two..."

"..shakes Harrie do..."

"..they come with sparker straws?"

"Not sure they wouldn't let me in the kitchen." Looking around I find Remus talking to Arthur.

"Remuuuusssss?" He turns and adopts my tone of voice

"Yes Haaaaarrie?"

"Can I go in the kitchen yet?"

"No why?"

"Fred and George would like crazy shakes"

"Ok I'll get them you stay here though no peaking." He disappears leaving me with Arthur and much though he's nice I'd rather not talk about muggles today.

"Is everything ok Harrie? You look like your about to run off?" He asks concerned.

"Uh.. Yes I'm fine"

we spend a few minuets in awkward silence till he says

"I know Molly will probably give you a gift from the family but I found this on my way to work last week and i just had to give it to you." He hands me a small box similar shape to the twins' box but this was its actual size. Opening it I find nestled in cotton wool is a small broach no bigger than a Knut or a penny the shape of two calla lilies with a bow at the base of the two flowers.

"Wow this is just wow.. Must be very expensive I can't take this."

"It wasn't that much so don't you worry was in one of those charity shop windows fascinating place I found a book on aireoplanes and something called a cassit tape. Did you know that muggles launch metal birds into the sky no magic to hold them up just sighance"

"Um I did know but I'm glad your keeping up your interest. I'm sorry Siri just beckoned me no rest for the birthday girl."

I duck out around him and go find hermione.

"Ooh Harrie dear?" Sighing quietly I turn to find Mrs Weasley there. Can't I catch a break I don't need an over excitable mother right now...

"Yes Mrs Weasley it's so good of you to come I know your always so busy."

"Oh nonsense child it's your birthday course I had to come and do call me Molly dear Mrs Weasley makes me feel old."

"Ok if you say so Molly"

"I do and I gave your present to Sirius for when you go back to the dursleys made sure you have enough to get you through to the first and a few treats in there too"

"Oh thank you Molly"

"Your welcome, are you looking forward to your next year of schooling? I know Ronald seems to be dreading it but I think he's mainly worried about how hermione will get during exams. Apparently she's already studying for them."

"Wow maybe I shouldn't go find her next I don't want to do homework on my birthday."

"I'm sure it'll be fine you go off and enjoy your party"

I watch as she heads towards the kitchen I hope Remy warded the doors to everyone not just me or he'll be out of a job soon..

Turning I see Ron and Mione talking in the corner so I rush over

"Hey guys"

"Hello Harrie how are you enjoying your birthday party so far?" Mione asks apparently finishing her conversation with a harsh glare at Ron.

"Good so far it's a bit mental now you lot are here though"

"Yes the red headed horde does take a little getting used to after a fairly solitary summer"

"Hey!" Says Ron

"Shush Ron. So Harrie have you had many nice presents so far?"

"Yes Remy bought me books and Siri got me a MP3 that works in magical buildings so I can take it to Hogwarts and sev bought me this dress isn't it pretty?" I twirl being careful of my invisible wings.

"Ooh yes I love it." She squeals.

"Sorry sev?!"

"Yes Ron sev" I reply.

"Why would you call the great bat that?"

"Well I have nicknames for Remus and Sirius and Severus is sooo long plus sev suits him, also if I want to be annoying I can call him sevvy"

"Noo no no no too weird wrong just no, god Harrie what did they do to you?"

"Nothing I'm fine your the one who's not ok Ron seriously we talked he apologised to me and we're friends now can't you accept that?" If he can't accept sev he'll hate it if he finds out about dray..

"No I can't the slimy bastard should be in a cell not at your birthday party he's a death eater for gods sake how can you stand to be near him!"

"Ron!" Mione gasps

"No it's fine Mione, for your information I can stand to be near him because he's nice and kind and darn sight better company than your being right now! It's my birthday couldn't you keep your mouth shut for just two hours why did you have to ruin my day?"

"You need your head seeing to you've gone completely mental I'm your best friend! Way better than that slimy snake."

Something snapped in me and I slapped him hissing before turning tail and running to my room slamming the door. Everyone follows my path to the door and then back to Ron. The silence lasts a second before bedlam starts.

Sirius, Molly, hermione and the twins all start yelling at Ron no one noticing the red grazes in the bright pink mark left by my hand.

Severus and Remus both follow my path as fast as they can not noticing a silent ginny sneaking behind them.

Storming into my room sev removes the glamours before picking me up and sitting me on his lap Remus sits next to him stroking my wing.

"Harrie don't cry please come on it's ok Siri will sort it all and then we can have cake Remy worked really hard on it you don't want to let it go to waste do you?"

...sniff.. I lift my head from his shoulder "Kay bu I don' wan im here no more" they share a look before Remus answers "Ok I'll go and ask him to leave is everyone else ok?" I nod so he kisses my cheek and leaves.

"Harrie?"

"Mmm?"

"You didn't have to do that you know? I know he's your friend even if he is rude and stupid."

"He makes me angry or annoyed more often than not if I didn't need the cover I wouldn't still be friends with him I wanted to fit in and disappear from dumbles view I know he set up my meeting with him so we'd be friends so I did what he wanted I just wish Fred and George were in my year not him I actually like them..."

"I know, maybe you can fall out with him permanently this year you've only got your newt year left after this so maybe you can just stick with granger?"

"Yeah I think that would be ok"

"Good now why don't you fix your makeup and I'll recast your glamours."

I get up and see ginny standing in the doorway shocked"

"Ginny! Um don't panic please it's not that bad right?"

"Y- your a-a-a ahhhhhhhhhhh" she screams running.

"Shit" I dash after her. "Harrie wait! Oh for gods sake" sev runs after both of us.

Down stairs the shouting just started to die down with Molly agreeing to take Ron back home early.

"I still don't see why I have to leave" Ron grumbled sullenly to which he received several glares.

"It's her birthday and you couldn't play nice that's why" Remus replied just when they heard a shriek and a few seconds later a crash. "I'll just go see what that was..." Remus dashed out of the room to find ginny passed out on the lower landing Harrie half way up and his boyfriend leaning over harries landing rail wand out.

"Umm ok what just happened?"

"Shut that door Remus now." Sev all but growled as he stormed down the stairs picking ginny up and going into the room on the first landing followed by Harrie and Remus.

"What do we do sev she saw me!" Harrie said causing Remus to notice that Harrie wasn't hidden by glamours still.

"We can try and talk to her and if that fails obliviate her" he stated matter of factly. I watched as sev warded and silenced the door before taking ginny's wand and reviving her.

"Wha.. Oh no don't hurt me please" Ginny begged

"Well miss Weasley that entirely depends on your decision"

"Wh what decision?.

"Will you keep my inheritance a secret?" I asked

"But why? how?"

"Why keep it a secret? And how did it happen? is that what you mean?" She nods I smile.

"I apparently have creature blood in my line not quite sure what creature yet but it's natural like a half veela having wings I know it's shocking and believe me I screamed too but after I thought about it I decided I like how I look now." I pause to see how she reacts but she just seems to be eating for more.

"And um as for why i want to keep it secret from everyone if it gets out before I know what I am and what my weaknesses are then Voldemort might be able to prey upon them also I don't really fancy being a feathery weapon for Dumbledore right now and I know he will see this as a way to further his goals. Please gin I'm not ready for the world to know yet" I watch her nervously.

"O ok but you should tell Mione you know she'd be mad if you didn't and she might be able to find out what you are?"

I think about it cocking my head to one side like a bird causing ginny to stare at me.

No noticing a thing I ask "you think she'd be ok with it she was bought up by muggles and they don't get this sort of thing happening so it will be extra weird."

"I'm sure she will be fine we could tell her now? Want me to get her?" I look to sev and Remy seeing encouraging smiles I nod. Sev removes the wards and gives ginny her wand back. Slumping to the bed as I wait well if she knows I'll have help hiding and Mione could help allot more as she's in my year

A few minuets ginny comes back with her.

"Harrie gin said you wanted t-oh my wow you look uh wow"

"Please don't freak" I plead biting my lip.

"Who's freaking I'm not freaking this is perfectly normal yes that it it's normal for girls to sprout wings and a what a tail?"

"Calm down miss granger Harriet has received a creature inheritance like a veela, at the moment we aren't quite sure what she is but she's fine and this is normal for her now. I'm sure you've read up on inheritances as many of your classmates may receive or have received them this year even if they are minor ones" she nods calming at Sev's strict tone.

"But sir she can't be that?" She says gesturing at me.

"Be what?"

"Well um when I was reading the book had illustrations it updates the so it puts how many of that species are alive at the time even if it's a small inherited trait like maybe a inch height change but her species had none alive it was marked extinct"

"Where did you read this? what book? what is she?" Sev demanded. Remus took his arm to calm him.

"Uh here last summer I can show you where I put the book and I don't remember all the names." Remus smiled at her and guest urged for her to lead the way.

Sitting with sev and ginny on the bed waiting for the two bookworms to return i start wondering why I was worried Mione would just see me as a research possibility.

Looking to the left I notice ginny staring at my wings reaching out as though to touch them but not quite. Grinning I move one so she can touch them.

"So soft" she murmurs as she continues to stroke them I can't help but giggle causing her to look up and blush. I hit her in the face with a wing gently she glares teasingly

"Don't you dare do that again"

"Do what?" I put on an innocent face "Oh you mean this?" I do it again.

"Oooh your in for it now" she throws a pillow at me grinning at my shocked face before I throw it back laughing.

Remus and Hermione return to find a war zone with ginny hiding behind the bed me hiding behind a chair and sev sitting by the fireplace deflecting stray missiles with his wand.

"Ok we were only gone five minuets how did this happen and sev hunny why didn't you do anything?" Remus asks.

"Well 'hunny' I thought Harrie needed to have some fun and since this was making her laugh I decided to let it continue." Waving his wand the room was set back to rights.

"Did you find it?" I ask eagerly they nod beaming I pull them to sit with me on the bed ginny climbed on looking over my shoulder and sev stands to look as well.

Flicking through the pages Mione stops on one near the back of the book. Pointing to a picture of a man and a woman she says "See Harrie doesn't the girl look like you do now?" I nod staring at the picture I notice the man looks a bit different with much bigger black wings and a more sever face. Scanning left I start to read

Cassé fonce angélique félin

more commonly known as Felingelic (fee-lin-jell-ik)

Are a race of humanoid creatures with the characteristics of both cats and birds mainly wings a tail and ears as depicted on the right.

In Mythology the story of their creation comes from Egypt. Angels who didn't conform to the ideas of their God were cast out of their home and fell to earth. After being cast out the fallen were getting sick and dying. One day they happened upon the goddess Bastet's temple, the goddess took pity on them and blessed them with her magic to help them live.

The next morning the fallen found they had transformed into part cat Angels.

The other opinion is that they were originally veela but got cursed for some reason by a powerful witch or warlock. Most believe the second story as they were named as a species in France the home of the veela so it is believed as its more likely.

Felingelic go through a breeding cycle every two years for a month at a time. Fertility is almost tripled during the course of the month and only the strongest contraception potions would prevent pregnancies.

The breeding cycle won't start until the Felingelic has found its mate and consummated the bond.

Felingelic mates are chosen by fate and cannot be changed by anything. After their awakening they will travel the world to be close to where they feel the call coming from and within a year the mating process will start.

It is unadvisable to separate the mates as it will likely cause severe injuries and death. If mates are separated physically the submissive will pine refusing food and literally starve itself to death whereas the dominant will try and destroy the barriers with magical and physical strength until it dies of exhaustion.

The mating process has four steps

1) attraction - the submissive teases his/her dominant with pheromones and gestures until they deem the dominant ready for the next step. This stage ends with the submissive kissing their dominant on the lips. Teasing kisses elsewhere will not end this stage.

2) courting - the dominant attempts to prove their worth to his submissive. Showing he can provide for their mate and future young. This stage can last for months.

3) acceptance - if the courting is successful the submissive will bare their neck for marking.

4) mating - after marking the submissive will prepare a nest somewhere they find safe. Once the nest is deemed ready the submissive will invite the dominant in and coitus will proceed. The mates must be left alone until the dominant feels it is time to leave.

In non Felingelic mating pairs the dominant partner has to break the skin and then push some magic into the wound before a healing charm can be cast. The mark is different for everyone but generally is the colour of a dark freckle or a brown tattoo though some marks have colour tints or are darker. The more powerful the dominant the more likely the colouring will differ from the norm.

When angered all Felingelic grow claws and fangs though stronger dominants sometimes have more talon like claws on their toes and in rare cases a crest of feathers identical to their hair colour that rises when they are angry.

There have only ever been records of 200 Felingelics in existence. Merlin's paternal grandparents were the last pure Felingelic mating pair recorded but pairs with only one are much more common.

The last Felingelic was Amaliaz Gryffindor who mated and was later married to Greyoin Potter in 1784.

The species was considered extinct in 1839.

"I'm clearly not extinct"