Chapter 12
Draco wandered across the sloping grass his thoughts on his mate.
"Draco. Over here." Daphne called from by the lake.
"Hey. You alright?" Draco asked as he dropped onto the grass next to his friends.
"Yeah. You looked pretty deep in your thoughts then, what were you thinking about?" Daphne said as she leant back on the tree she was sat in front of.
"Oh just things." He said watching Hermione sat with her friends.
As if she could tell he was looking at her she looked up from the book on her lap and locked eyes with him. Draco looked away as Blaise punched his shoulder.
"Certain someone caught your eye?" Zabini whispered into his ear as a very faint blush crept up his neck.
"What are you two whispering about?" Lana said as she lowered herself onto the ground next to Daphne.
"Oh nothing." Draco said quickly before Blaise had opened his mouth.
Lana raised an eyebrow before turning her head to see Hermione stand up and walk off towards the castle.
"So Malfoy when were you planning on telling me about you being a Veela?" Daphne said grinning at Draco's panicked face.
"Um… I was planning on it I just needed to find the right time." Draco mumbled looking down at his lap.
"Its okay. Lana told me at your birthday party. Just thought I'd try to wind you up." Daphne said putting her hand on his arm.
"So you've known for almost a month and just didn't think to say or ask earlier?" he asked shaking his head.
"Yeah. So how's it going with your mate? Who is she?"
"Things with my mate are taking their time. Oh I meant to ask you two something. When we do pass on our birthday would you two plan our funerals?"
"Don't you mean 'if'?" Zabini said as he ran a hand through his hair.
"No I mean I don't think that things will sort themselves out with Granger so I want my funeral to be sorted out by you two as you know us best. And then at the funeral you can tell all of the people there about our heritage and then Granger will feel bad as she didn't save us in time."
"Draco you haven't even tried to get her to like you let alone tell her about our heritage. So how about you try with her until… I don't know Christmas. Then after that Zabini and Daph can plan our funerals." Lana said rolling her eyes.
"Fine but after Christmas if she hasn't fallen for me then you two can start planning our funerals." Draco said before standing up and brushing off his trousers.
"Good. Now we should go to Transfiguration, McGonagall won't be too happy if we are late." Zabini said as he stood up and helped Lana up.
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"Right I'll see you lot later, I've got Charms." Daphne said as they reached the doors to the castle.
"Bye Daph. Alright come on boys let's get this lesson over and done with so we can go and relax." Lana said before pushing the door open to the classroom.
The three of them took their seats as the professor walked into the classroom.
"Good Afternoon class. Now today we will be turning ferrets into bowls. Now I shall be mixing up the seating plan. I will read out the partners;
Miss Brown and Mr Weasley,
Mr Potter and Miss Parkinson,
Mr Malfoy and Miss Granger."
Draco groaned as Hermione picked up her bag and moved into the empty set next to him. Hermione flicked through her book until she found the page on animal to bowl transformations. Draco watched as she repeated the incantation quietly to herself.
"What?" she asked as she realised he was staring at her.
Draco shook his head before looking at the book in front of him. Next to him Hermione sighed before standing and getting a ferret from the desk at the front. Draco placed his head on the table as she walked back a ferret in hand.
"Are you okay Malfoy?" she asked as she sat down and placed the white ferret on the desk.
"Of course you picked that one." He mumbled as he looked up to see the white ferret.
"Well it wasn't that hard of a choice considering who I am partnered with." she said re-reading the incantation before pointing her wand at the ferret.
A small jet of purple light shot out of the end of her wand hit the ferret on its back causing it to squeal and attempt to run off the table. Giving a quiet curse Draco grabbed the ferret as it neared the edge of the desk. The ferret squealed and but Draco's finger, peeling off a layer of skin. Cursing loudly he dropped the ferret onto the floor. Sensing that it was its only chance at escape the ferret dashed under the table. Pansy screamed as it brushed past her leg and dropped the ferret in her hand.
"Miss Parkinson that is enough. Immobulus. Immobulus." Professor McGonagall said pointing her wand at the two ferrets.
Pointing her wand at the now frozen ferrets, McGonagall collected the ferrets and placed them back in the box.
"Mr Malfoy five points from Slytherin for your vocabulary and Miss Parkinson five points from Slytherin for the access noise. Now if you will all place your bowls on the desk at the front and then class dismissed." Professor McGonagall said before sitting behind her desk.
Draco sighed and stood up. He grabbed his bag and walked out of the classroom the door slamming closed behind him. He watched as the skin grew back over his finger his head spinning slightly as a wave of nausea rolled over him. He placed a hand on his forehead as he reached the common room.
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"I need to find Draco. I'll meet you by the lake in a bit." Lana said before rushing down the hall her heart pounding as another wave of nausea rolled over her.
The portrait swung open and Lana stumbled in her head spinning even more as the Veela enchantments kicked in.
"Draco, you in here?" she called as she leant against the bookcase.
"Yeah, are you feeling as bad as I am?" he said as he appeared at the top of the stairs his face paler than usual.
"Yeah. Do you think this is what Pomfrey was on about last week?" Lana asked rubbing her temples.
"I don't think so. Pomfrey said it was the wings growing internally and the fire getting stronger not nausea. We should go ask her now to see what is going on with us."
The two pushed the portrait open and stepped through the nausea decreasing as the wards against their Veela powers lifted their automatic heeling kicking in slightly.
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They pushed the doors to the hospital wing.
"Madam Pomfrey?" Lana called into the empty room the hazy feeling lifting a bit more.
"Are you alright dear? You look pale." Pomfrey said as she walked out of her office.
"We're always pale Madam. The changes you said we would be facing one of the symptoms was nausea was it?" Draco said as Pomfrey placed a hand on his forehead.
"No it wasn't. Peculiar. Now if I remember correctly Veela are only ill for one reason after they have started the changing process or are looking for their mate. If they are away from their mate for too long after the Confirmation. So this nausea you are experiencing could just be a simple bug you have picked up that the Veela has tried to fight but instead it has intensified it. Now there aren't many potions that work on Veela but all I suggest is you both take it easy and rest." Pomfrey said as bustled around the two checking them over.
"Okay. Thanks. We'll come back if anything changes." Lana said as they walked out of the hospital wing, "Right I'm going to the library. See you later okay?"
"Yeah see you later." Draco said before walking off to the head dorms.
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The portrait swung open and Draco stepped in his eyes landing on the brunette sat by the fire with a book on her lap. She looked up her eyes widening slightly. Scowling slightly, he slid into the other armchair and leant his head back.
He felt a pair of eyes burning into his cheek. He looked up with a sigh to see Granger staring at him her forehead creased.
"Can I help you?" he said rubbing his temples.
"What? No I'm just confused about something."
He sighed and remembered the conversation he had with Lana.
"Is it anything I can help with?" he said grimacing slightly.
"Well yes you probably could. The other day in the library a book fell down and scratched your head. And then a few seconds later it healed itself."
"I don't remember that happening." Draco said running and hand over his head.
"And in Transfiguration before the ferret bit your finger and now there is no trace of anything on your hand."
"Oh… um I…" Draco stuttered trying to come up with a believable reason.
"And then when I went to the hospital wing to take something to Madam Pomfrey your sister knocked a vial of something on the floor and a piece of glass cut her leg. Which then healed almost instantly."
"Um… I don't remember any of these things happening. Maybe you should go down to the hospital wing to get your head checked. You're imagining things Granger." Draco said defensively.
"No, I'm sure I didn't imagine it. Here I'll prove it." She said getting up and grabbing his arm.
She muttered a quiet incantation that made a thin cut ran than down his forearm. Draco cursed and cradled his arm against his chest.
"What the hell was that for?" he cried as a trickle of blood ran from the cut onto his white shirt.
"Why won't it heal?" she asked gripping his arm and examining the cut.
"Oh I don't know maybe because cuts don't just heal randomly." Draco said pulling his arm back and walking to the portrait, "Next time don't randomly cut people like a mad woman."
He stepped through the opening and sighed as he arm began to heal itself as the enchantments wore off and his healing powers kicked in.
"I knew I wasn't imagining it." Draco turned around as Hermione stepped through the doorway looking victorious.
Draco dug his nail into a soft part on his finger mentally calling out for his sister.
"So why didn't it heal in the common room?" Hermione asked.
Lana came running around the corner her eyes searching for the problem.
"What's going on?" Lana asked running a hand over her hair.
"Oh Draco's explaining how the two of you can heal any cuts almost instantly without your wands." Hermione said crossing her arms over her chest and watching Draco expectantly.
Lana but her lip trying to think up a reasonable answer.
"Oh… that's actually a really funny story. Over the summer I was messing with some potions as I hadn't been at school last year for medical reasons. So I thought I would try and catch up on some things and Draco came in while I was messing with a mixture of potions and I spilt the mixture over the two of us and the combination of them must have some side effects and one them must have been immediate healing." Lana said running her fingers through her hair.
Hermione raised an eyebrow looking sceptical, "So why doesn't it work in the common room then?"
"I guess there's something in the common room that cancels the effects of the potions." Lana said shrugging.
Hermione sighed before turning and walking off her thoughts racing.
"Lana thanks for that. I had no clue what to say to her." Draco said as Hermione walked around the corner.
"It's fine. Right well I'm off, I've got to find McGonagall." Lana said before walking off down the corridor.
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