I've gone back and tried to make chapter twenty-four a little bit better, hope it makes more sense now! Harry and co don't belong to be. Chapter may contain swearing and thanks to all my new followers! Much love x

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Mrs. Morpheus: Yes they do! I'm not sure about the one's after this chapter though... And Ron's just as a**. He was in it for the money and the fame. But yeah, they'll be okay eventually. And the potion is unstable as it's a mess that was thrown together to benefit one crazy person. Enjoy!

Loveandpower: Thanks so much. I'm loving it, and I start another tomorrow! It is exhausting though! She apologized first, as she didn't want Luna to think she was just saying sorry because Harry told her too. Obviously, she didn't know what was happening at the time anyway. She was brave and done it off her own back. I felt like I needed to try and explain the potion at least, or it may have popped up later and all my readers would be like 'say what?' Haha!

hotflower901: It wasn't her fault after all, but Harry is too kind for his own good most of the time!

Chapter twenty-five: Kelpie, Pegasus, Unicorn.

The weeks were going awfully slow. The seventh and eighth years were blowing a gasket at every available opportunity, and the younger years had had just about enough. They had been shouted at, pushed around, kicked out of the library and out of their own common rooms, and they were pissed. Fights and arguments were breaking out at least once a day and the hospital wing was over-run with over-worked students, as well as students who had been hexed or were sporting black eyes. The Professors were annoyed at the way the N.E.W.T.S pupils were acting, although they understood the stress the older teens were going through. Lessons had been shortened to give them chance to revise with a teacher, and homework had pretty much been cancelled.

Ronald's trail came and went, without much bother and all Harry, Draco, Blaise and Luna had to do was give a written statement to an Auror who visited the school. The couldn't be bothered to go, plus they had way too much on their minds. Minister Shacklebolt had owled them with the results. Ronald Weasley had been given forty years in Azkaban, his wand had been snapped and he wasn't allowed to participate in his exams.

The Weasley family had been heartbroken to hear what he had done, but they disowned him so Ron didn't have a family to return too. If he got out. He wasn't under the influence of a potion or spell and he showed no remorse for his actions, that were born purely out of jealousy, anger, envy and greed. He blamed Harry for everything, but the raven-haired Gryffindor soon received letters from each member of the red-headed family, telling him that it wasn't his fault and they still loved him.

The four elementalists were having a very rare and very deserved night off and were spending some quality time together before meeting up with their other, neglected friends. They were spread out on the green rug of the Slytherin common room when Luna cleared her throat.

'Harry, Draco. We have something to tell you.'

Harry's face broke into a wide grin and Draco's eyes lit up.

'No, no! Nothing like that, I know what you're thinking!' Luna said hurriedly, although she was grinning while she said it.

'Oh! I thought that today was going to be the day, ya know?' Harry winked.

'I was looking forward to going shopping for some new dress robes.' Draco huffed playfully.

'You don't need an excuse to buy clothes, Dray. You buy at least three items of clothing every two weeks!' Blaise replied, nudging the blonde in the ribs.

'Not the point. Either way you broke my heart and dashed my dreams you selfish, selfish people.'

'Anyway, there's something we haven't told you, that we want you to know.'

Both Harry and Draco sat upright at that.

'You're having a baby?!'

'No! Oh,Merlin would you just listen! I said it was nothing like that!'

'Oh. I wanted to be Godfather. If you are.'

'Shhh.'

'Sorry Luna babe, go on. My lips are zipped!'

'Blaise and I have been going to the forest on a regular basis. We have found our earth and air familiars. Oh, and of course you would be Godfather if it happens.'

'Huh?' Harry said. His face was the picture of confusion.

'What Fawkes is to you. He's your familiar.'

'Oooh right. Cool! So who are your animal friends then? Can I meet them? Please!' Harry pleaded.

Luna laughed. 'Of course you can, Blaise's is shy. Mine's bolshy and in your face. They'll love you. I'm sure of it.'

'So what are they?' Draco inquired. He felt terribly left out. 'Why'd you not tell us sooner?'

'I have a unicorn called Shanna, and Luna has a Pegasus who goes by the name Vladimir. They are earth and air creatures apparently. We wanted you to find yours before telling you. We were hoping we would all find them at similar times, other than Harry, who's had Fawkes for ages. We thought as we found ours at school, you might too. Fawkes came to Harry here as well.'

'Aw wow. How amazing! And they are both horse creatures! How cute, and so romantic! Dray, I wonder if yours will be some sort of water bird? Does something like that even exist? I've never heard of one?'

'When did you meet them? And don't worry about me, I'm sure I'll meet mine soon.' Draco grinned at his friend and his cousin. He wasn't about to admit he did feel left out, but he did feel genuinely happy for Blaise and Luna.

'Last week, we went for a walk after dark and they approached us together. They are beautiful, and both the purest of whites. I think they were friends before. Although they said they had been watching us for a while, creepy, but understandable I suppose.'

'I can't wait to meet them. Do you remember the baby Unicorns from a few years back? They didn't really like guys. I really hope they like me.'

Draco snorted. Harry acted like a five year old sometimes and it really made him laugh. The excitement, however, was contagious and he couldn't help but feel excited too. 'Can you speak with them?'

'Yeah, they don't like coming out in the open though. We have to go to them, although usually they'll come to the very edge of the Forest.'

'No, I would of thought that. They're very secretive creatures, both breeds are.' Draco said. Contrary to popular belief, he actually did listen in Hagrid's lessons, and the gameskeeper did have some interesting facts about the Unicorns in the forest, he mentioned the Pegasus a few times, saying how uncommon they were, but he never said that they lived on Hogwarts ground.

That was cool, Draco thought. A Pegasus was a very rare, not just an 'uncommon' winged horse. Rarer than the Unicorn and rarer than the Phoenix.

'We normally go after dark, a couple of times a week. We're going to go tomorrow before bed, if you're up for it?'

Harry was almost vibrating with excitement. Even he knew a Pegasus was rare, although he expected Draco would inform them, any minute now.

'Yes, yes, yes!'

'I can't believe your familiar is a Winged Horse, do you know how incredibly rare they are?'

Harry snorted. There we are!

'Yes Dray, we listen in class too.' Blaise smirked.

'Just thought I'd let you know!' Draco replied indignantly. He was blushing and he shook his head slowly. As if he was annoyed at them for knowing something he knew. It made them chuckle, and Harry wrapped an arm around the blondes waist.

'So anyway, what are you lot doing tonight?' Harry asked everyone.

'Not an awful lot. Pansy, Theo, Daphne and her sister Astoria are going to join us later. We will probably just revise, eat and maybe play some chess. Some of the other seventh years might join us too.'

'You're no fun! We're gonna have a fun night, where we have fun, you should join us and we'll show you how to have a good time!' Harry exclaimed.

'That is fun. We're going to have food!'

'Oh shut up. Revising is not fun. We've been revising every single night for the last goodness knows how long! You need to take a break or your brains are going to explode. Luna what are you doing?'

'Hannah, Susan and I are going to have a sleepover. They want to try some muggle games and 'face masks' Susan picked up from Hogsmeade last weekend.'

'See! That's fun! For girls anyway. We're just going to play games and do what we done in first year. I had Dobby go and pick us up some fire-whiskey and butterbeer so I'll probably be in bed all day tomorrow with an atrocious hangover, but it's going to be sooo worth it.'

'Drinking in school. Tut tut.' Blaise said with a raised eyebrow. He might have to join the Gryffindors, he could do with a drink or two.

'I know that tone Blaise. You coming?' Harry asked.

Blaise cocked his head. Revision with Draco or drinking and playing games with Harry, Seamus, Neville and the other Gryffindors? He could flip and coin, but he knew what he really wanted to do. One night off wasn't going to hurt, plus he had the rest of the weekend to revise...

'I'm game. Draco?'

'Aw Blaise! You're such a pushover!'

'Nah, Harry's right. We need to have some fun.'

'Argh! Fine! Is it okay if I ask the others? I'm sure we can get some drinks together.'

'Sure. We can do it in the Room of Requirement. Let everyone know. Luna, you and the girls can come too.'

That night turned out to be a great form of stress relief for the N.E.W.T.S students. The news had spread like wild-fire. No one was going to miss out on the chance to attend a party that had Seamus Finnigan as one of it's hosts. Every single seventh and eighth year turned up. Some bringing their own bottles, and some hoping to share with the others.

'Okay, well this is not what I expected.' Harry muttered to Luna, who was sat with her two Hufflepuff friends.

'All it takes is for someone to tell the wrong person.' Luna giggled. She liked the music that was playing, she had never heard it before but Dean Thomas had bought his CD player* into school and the pure-bloods and half-bloods were fascinated by the device. Harry just shook his head, grabbed a drink and settled down between Neville and Seamus. His head was bopping along to the music and within the hour, everybody was up busting out some moves on the makeshift dance floor.

It turned out to be a great party, Seamus had somehow managed to get everyone involved in giant game of 'truth or dare' and later on 'ring of fire' and it finally finished at three in the morning when two very drunk seventh years decided to duel and then fist fight. They both left with bloody noses, big ears and buck teeth. Harry couldn't help but laugh, they reminded him of when Draco and himself weren't friends.

He said a very drunken goodnight to everyone and wobbled up to bed with an equally drunk Draco trying to hold him up. Blaise wasn't much help and Luna burst into giggles that wouldn't stop for a good half an hour. When they eventually got back to the Slytherin Dorms, the four headed straight to bed and after an attempted fumble, Harry couldn't stop laughing and eventually laughed himself into a sleep coma and neither of them woke up until lunch the next day.

Draco and Blaise both insisted on revising for a couple of hours after lunch, so after they ate, they gathered their books and a few friends and headed to the library. Each and every N.E.W.T.S student was in foul mood due to the heinous hangovers they were all sporting, and several students received detention for trying to steal a pain reliever potion from Snape's private stores.

'They should of pre prepared.' Draco said smugly as he pulled out a bottle from his robes pocket. There was enough for himself, Harry, Blaise, Luna and a few others. A handful of Slytherins had their own, and Harry was sure Seamus was making money by selling people his own brand of 'hangover cure.'

They worked in silence for a while, but stopped when Harry became fidgety. 'It's nice. I want to go outside.'

'What you want you don't get dear.' Draco muttered as he furiously scribbled something on his piece of parchment. Harry was surprised the paper hadn't burst into flames.

'Shut up. I'm going.' The Gryffindor huffed as he shoved his books into his bag and flung it over his shoulder.

'Coming?' He asked the group.

Hermione looked torn between making her friend happy, or studying some more. She choose to leave, as did Luna. The Slytherins stayed with a quick promise they'd be out in half an hour. They exited the castle and headed down to the large tree by the lake.

Harry, Hermione and Luna were relaxing in the sun, by the lake when the Slytherin crew joined them. Draco and Blaise sprawled out next to Harry and Luna, but Theo and Pansy sat neatly on their knees, with their feet tucked under them.

'Would you please relax?' Draco asked his friends with a raised eyebrow. He had noticed that the Slytherins still acted a bit awkward around those from other houses, and although they were all friends, they couldn't just let go of their very tight upbringing.

'We are relaxing!' Pansy protested for the both of them. 'We both feel comfortable sitting like this. Don't we Theo?'

Theo nodded in agreement. She was right, he did like sitting like this, he always had. 'Yeah, before this year, we wouldn't even be sat on the grass. Give us some credit!'

'He's got a point Dray, I've never seen you lot on the grass. The first and last time I saw you sat on anything other than a chair, was that time you were in a tree. Merlin knows why you were up there, but it goes to show sexy men DO grow in trees. Yay for me!'

Hermione, Luna and Pansy giggled at that. 'Wishful thinking' Hermione and Pansy thought.

Draco smiled. 'Oh yes. That we do. We're an extremely rare breed and we only show during the spring. Hogwarts seems to have a collection of them!' He winked as he placed a kiss on Harry's temple and nested into his boyfriends broad chest.

The afternoon seemed to fly by and before they knew it, Draco and Harry were waiting for Luna and Blaise at the allocated time, an hour after dinner. Harry had gone a golden brown from being in the sun all afternoon and Draco was sporting a very pale pink blush on his cheeks. Harry loved it. The blonde most certainly didn't. The same went for Luna and Blaise, the Slytherin had his Italian side to thank for his beautiful colouring and Luna was almost as pale as her Malfoy cousin.

'Harry, Draco. Ready?' Blaise muttered as they approached his two friends, who were waiting patiently by the doors.

'Yeah.' They both whispered back. They were both really excited to meet their friends familiars. Unicorns and Winged horses weren't sighted very often, and it was classed as an honor to meet one. Same with a Phoenix, although most of the Students of Hogwarts had met Fawkes. No one had ever seen another.

They huddled together and made their way down to the Forest. Eighth years were generally allowed to do as they pleased, but the Forest was still forbidden to them, unless they were supervised by a Professor. Harry had bought his cloak just in case, even though he knew it wouldn't cover all of them. Their feet would still be on show, but they were easily hidden with other things. Blaise could use his power to bury their shoes in dirt, it wasn't a favourable idea, but if it worked, it worked.

They approached the edge of the dark forest and they drew their wands out and used 'Lumos' to see where they were going. They made sure to keep the light hidden awayfrom any prying eyes up at the castle.

'Shanna? Vladimir?' Luna called out softly. The four stood deadly still as they heard a rustle from a near-by bush. Both Harry and Draco were star-struck when the two pure-white ethereal looking horses made an appearance. They looked around and as they saw Luna and Blaise were accompanied by strangers they retreated back into the bush.

'It's okay. They are the same as us. They won't hurt you .' Luna crooned. No one understood what she had said, although Blaise had a rough idea. Similar sounds came out of his mouth when he was talking to his Unicorn.

'Who are they?'

'Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Harry is our fire elementalist and Draco controls the water. They were very excited to see you.'

'He won't burn us accidently? Shanna is afraid of fire, as am I. Although I will protect her.'

'Of course he wouldn't. He's in control of his element. Trust me.'

'Of course we trust you, Moon Princess.'

'Thank-you Vladimir. May they touch you?'

'Yes. Let them approach me first, so Shanna knows to trust them.'

'Harry, Draco. Go to Vladimir first. He's letting you pet him. He's worried you might burn him Harry, so please be careful.'

'Of course I will! Hey boy, I'm Harry.' He said as he approached the beautiful animal, he held his hand out and stroked the horse behind the ear and then all the nose. Vladimir seemed to like Harry's touch and he nuzzled his nose into the Gryffindors hand.

'He has a familiar?'

'Yes. A Phoenix names Fawkes.'

'I know Fawkes, he used to come here often.'

'You can talk with him!?'

'Yes, all the familiars can talk with each other. Although Shanna is the only Unicorn I can talk with, and Fawkes is the only Phoenix.'

'Do you know who the water familiar is?'

'Yes, she's very shy. She hides as her race has a very bad reputation, built completely on lies.'

'Who is it? Can I tell Draco?'

'He hasn't met her yet!? She needs to bond with him. If she doesn't bond to her familiar within a year of him coming into his inheritance, she will die.'

'What about the familiars from previous elementalists?'

'We die upon our Masters death.'

'Oh.'

'We will be born on the same day as our Masters are, and we will know we are the familiar due to a mark we all have on our left ear. Unicorns will always be the earth familiar, a Phoenix will always belong to the fire, my race will always stand by the side the air elementalist and a Kelpie will be the friend of he that controls the water.'

'How do you know all this?'

'It's not just Humans who tells stories.'

'Draco, Vladimir and Shanna knows who your familiar is!'

'Huh? What?' Draco said, he and Harry were too busy petting Shanna. Blaise was cooing into her ear and softly stroking her mane.

'They are very taken with my beautiful Shanna, are they not?'

Luna nodded and smiled at him.

'Draco.' She repeated. 'They know who your familiar is. They know Fawkes too.'

'Oh! Where is he?' Draco asked, looking around him.

'She is a Kelpie, but she's shy due to her races bad reputation, which is built on a foundation of lies. I'm assuming she dwells in the lake, and her name, I know not.'

'Shanna, do you know her name?' Blaise asked the Unicorn softly.

'Mai-ah. Dear one. She's one of us. A horse Maiden. Horse of the waters.'

'Dray, looks like you got a horse too! She's called Mai-ah.'

'Can we find her?' Draco asked, he felt nervous and excited at the same time.

'Can you help us find her?' Luna asked Vladimir.

'Of course, she will come to the stream that runs through the forest, we will not leave the trees yet.'

'Okay. Lead us.'

The two white horse creatures led the way and Luna and Blaise followed first, leading Harry and Draco behind them.

They came to the river and Draco was told to put his hand in the water and call Mai-ah's name. He done so eagerly, and he knelt on the floor and rolled his sleeves up. The water was cold and warm at the same time, but Draco felt comfortable. He always did while in water.

'Mai-ah. Come to me.'

The river bubbled and only two minutes had passed before a head submerged from the water. It was the head of a horse, but she had blue hair and a darker blue mane. Her eyes were silver, just like Draco's and she lowered her head in front of him.

'Don't bow to me beautiful. I'm Draco.'

'I'm Mai-ah, but I see you already know my name. Master.'

She greeted Shanna and Vladimir with what looked like a horsey version of a kiss.

'No Fawkes?'

'Not today.' Draco replied. 'This is Harry, Luna and Blaise. Can they stroke you?'

'Of course.' She nudged her head forward, encouraging them to pet her head. 'The fire one is your lover?'

'Yes, how did you know?'

'You two smell similar. Your two friends smell similar too. They are also lovers?'

'Yes. Luna is my cousin. Blaise has been my friend since I was a child.'

'You make a beautiful group.'

'As do you three.'

'And Fawkes.' Mai-ah reminded her Master.

'And Fawkes.' Draco replied.

'Mai-ah dear, show your Master your other form.' Vladimir said, nudging her mane with his nose. 'I'm not sure if he knows exactly what you are.'

It only took a gasp from Blaise, Luna and Harry to realise that the blue horse was no longer, and the naked form of a woman stood in her place.

'Hello Draco.' She said softly as she pushed her long, wet, blue hair out of her eyes.

*I was going to put iPod, but we didn't have them back then did we? It would of been about 1998. CD players seem so old fashioned, but I still love mine!

AN: Aha! Who knew that Kelpies could change form! Sorry it took so long to up-date. It's not really a cliff hanger! I promise!