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Chapter twenty-six: Bonding.

The four young elementalists couldn't do anything but stare at the beautiful young woman before them with wide open eyes. She didn't seem to mind that she was completely naked and she neither did she mind that the four humans in front of her were fully clothed, and she wasn't supporting a single stitch of clothing. Blaise was doing a great job at keeping his eyes on her face.

It was Luna who came to her senses first and she took her heavy outer robe off and placed it gently around Mai-ah's shoulders. The blue haired women looked like she was getting cold, and her wet hair was dripping droplets of water down her arms and torso.

'Thank you, Luna.' She said softly. 'I haven't been in my human form for several years. I forget how cold I get when I change.'

'You're welcome. Maybe you should keep a bag of clothes hidden somewhere? You'll probably be changing a lot more now. You are so beautiful Mai-ah, do all Kelpie's have blue hair like you?'

Luna was standing fairly close to the new-comer and she extended her hand to brush a strand of wet, blue hair out of her eyes.

'Thank you darling, as are you. It varies between mid-night black and silver-blue. You'll find the one's with black hair have a slightly darker personality than the rest of us and the one's with silver-blue hair are like vessels of complete goodness. Dark and Light, if you will.'

'How interesting! I would love to learn more about you. Do you prefer being in the water? Obviously you do! Stupid question! Do you mind being out of the lake is what I meant by that!' Luna gave a nervous chuckle.

'It's the form we're born in, we will transform for the first time when we turn eight, and our human bodies will develop at the same rate as a normal human, and no I don't mind being out of water as long as I can completely submerge myself in it at least once a day.'

'Wow!' Luna's face had come alive with excitement. 'Oh my goodness, sorry, I'm stealing you from Draco. It's nice having another woman around. Spending most my time with men gets boring after a while.' She grinned and winked at the three boys stood around her.

'It's okay Luna, I don't talk much with the others of my race. You seem like lovely company, you are welcome in my lake whenever you please.'

Luna smiled in thanks.

'Why is that? If you don't mind me asking of course? I want to get to know you too.' Draco said softly. He wanted to stroke Mai-ah's hair, he had the urge to make contact with her in some way, but he thought it might be a little bit awkward for Mai-ah, and besides, he was no where near as forward as his cousin.

'Of course not Master Draco, it's just that I'm different to them, always have been and always will be. Some of my 'friends' didn't like the fact I was going to bond eventually with a human, but I was always called strange and odd. It never bothered me, and I generally liked being alone anyway.'

'That's not nice at all.' Luna said as she took Mai-ah's hand. 'I've always been called odd too. It's never bothered me, especially when I became friends with Harry.'

Draco took Mai-ah's other hand and pressed his lips to her knuckles. 'You are one of us now, you will always be welcome in our circle, be you in human or Kelpie form. As are Vladimir, Shanna and Fawkes. Blaise, Luna. Make sure you're familiars know are to come to one of us if they are ever scared or in danger. Do you understand Mai-ah? If for some reason you can't find me, Harry, Blaise and Luna are the ones you should go to.'

'Yes Master Draco, of course I understand. I will do my best to protect you too.

'Please don't call me Master. Draco will do just fine.'

She nodded and wrapped the cloak around herself tighter and she offered him a small, delicate smile.

'So, do your family and friends ever come out of the lake? Harry asked gently. 'Are you cold?'

'Yes, occasionally. They will stay in the forest though. Any Kelpie isn't a fan of open spaces. I am slightly, but I'll be okay shortly.'

'I'll keep that in mind. Can you communicate with Vladimir and Shanna while you're in human form?' Draco said as Harry moved to stand close to the blue-haired woman. She felt warmer immediately.

'Thankyou Harry.' She smiled warmly at the raven haired teen. 'No, although I can get the gist of what they're saying if they make a verbal noise.'

Draco made a thoughtful face.

'What are you thinking about Draco?' Harry asked as he wrapped an arm around the blonde.

Draco paused for a second. He felt stronger than he ever had, and he was wondering if it was the same for the other three when they found their familiars. He found it strange that Harry was the only elementalist without a 'horse' familiar, or was he going to be different again and have two? He didn't know.

He ignored Harry's question for the minute and he turned to Luna and Blaise. 'Have you two bonded with Shanna and Vladimir yet?'

'We're not one hundred percent sure to be honest. We both think the bond comes with the first touch. Harry's did with Fawkes and we both felt stronger when we stroked their manes. If that is the case then that means you've already bonded with Mai-ah.'

'They are right Draco. You bonded with me when you kissed my hand. I thought you knew, did you not feel it?'

'Yes, I did. But I wanted to make sure that was what I was feeling.'

'A rush of power, and of completeness? Like when we found each other and it felt like a hole had been filled?'

Draco nodded.

'Then yes. You've bonded. We all are.' Harry said with a grin. 'It's a great feeling isn't it?'

'There's on thing, Mai-ah...When we leave school, are you willing to move with us?' Draco asked the Kelpie. 'I've seen how Harry is when he doesn't see Fawkes on a daily basis...'

'Of course. My family understand. They would like to meet you before we go though. If that's okay?'

'Without a doubt, I would love to meet them. What about Shanna and Vladimir?' The blonde asked his cousin and best friend.

'They are willing to come as long as we have a large area of woodland. They want to always be close to us, but they want room to roam, and raise their own families if they choose to have them.'

'Excellent!' Draco beamed. 'We are going to have to go now, Mai-ah. Can I see you tomorrow?'

'Yes, bring Fawkes. It's been a while since I've seen him. Lovely to meet you at last. I apologize I didn't approach you sooner. It was a pleasure to meet you three too.'

Luna and Harry gave her a hug, and Blaise shook her hand, an action that confused the blue-haired girl. Draco quickly explained what it meant and she laughed. 'I will get used to human customs eventually, I'm sure.'

Draco kissed her forehead, and she swiftly turned back into the beautiful blue horse that they met at first. She nuzzled the Unicorn and the Pegasus to say goodbye and dived back into the mellow stream that led back the the lake.

'Goodbye Shanna. Stay safe darling. Find me if there is any danger.'

'Goodnight Master Blaise.' She dipped her nose into the crook of Blaise's neck, careful not to stab him with her horn.

Luna was busy crooning at her Winged Horse and it sounded like he was laughing at whatever she was saying. She placed a gentle kiss between his eyes and he turned away and trotted off, with Shanna at his side.

The four stood together and watched the two beautiful horses disappear from sight, before turning around and heading back toward the castle. It turns out they needed Harry's cloak after all, as they came across two Professors doing the night time round. Harry chuckled because he knew that their legs were obvious and very visible to anyone who came their way. Luna used her power to cause a distraction, by making something fall of the wall in a gust of wind and they hurried down to the Slytherin dorms.

'Wow. Wow. WOW!' Harry cried as he flopped down onto one of the sofas in the common room. 'A Unicorn, A Pegasus and a Kelpie! What an incredible trio of creatures. I had never heard of a Kelpie. She was amazing, good thing you're gay eh Dray? She was beautiful.' He winked at Draco. 'Or do I have anything to be worried about?' He asked in mock seriousness.

'Not at all, love of my life.' He grinned. 'I'm an ass and leg man myself, boobs just don't cut it for me. Good thing you have a fantastic butt and an incredible pair of legs, really.'

'Yeah, yeah. I know, not to mention a complete lack of breasts.'

Luna giggled. 'Harry would look good as a woman don't you think? He could grow his hair a bit and voila! I think you all would actually. There is just something so feminine about you all.'

The look of shocked outrage that covered the boy's faces made Luna laugh even harder.

'I would NOT.' Harry growled with a frown. 'There is no way I'd look this good with long hair!'

'Oh Merlin! I was joking!' The blonde said as she tried to suppress her giggles. 'You'd all look awful! Does that make you feel better?'

'A bit.' Draco mumbled. Blaise stayed quiet. Harry no, Draco, maybe. It wouldn't be the first time he heard the implication that Draco would look great as a girl. Pansy used to say it all the time, and Seamus would often bring it up when he disagreed with something the Slytherin said. The outcome was never great, but Harry managed to calm things down before things got too out of hand. Draco and Seamus were on/off friends but the got along well most of the time.

'Anyway, moving on. Thanks Luna.' Harry chuckled.

'I'm going to write to my Mother. She would want to meet Mai-ah. Have you two wrote to your Parents yet?' Draco asked.

'I wrote to my Mother this morning.' Blaise replied. 'Luna wrote to her Father then as well.'

'I can answer for myself you know!' Luna said as she raised her eyebrow, Blaise was doing that an awful lot recently, and at first she thought it was sweet, but as time went on, it started getting more annoying.

'I was just...' He started to speak, but was cut off by his girlfriend.

'I know, Blaise. But please, just stop it. I can speak for myself and I can answer a question that someone has asked me.'

'Sorry.' The Slytherin muttered as he looked at the floor, he hated being told off, especially in front of people.

She beamed at him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. 'It's okay. I just like talking for myself. We all know how much I like talking.'

Draco looked at Blaise and grinned as he shook his head. 'Oh Blaise. You should know by now Luna won't take any crap from anyone, not me, not Harry and not you. Although Harry gets away with more than most admittedly.'

'Yes I do. It's cuz she loves me the mostest.' Harry grinned cheekily as he linked his arm through Luna's. 'She shouted at me last time I didn't listen to her, and I don't like being shouted at!'

'It's only because I know what I'm going on about, and you don't.'

'You're right babe, I don't know half the stuff you go on about, it doesn't mean I'm not interested.' The raven haired teen replied with an innocent look on his face.

'Here we go.' Draco laughed. 'Anyway, I'm writing my letter then going to bed. Harry can I use Fawkes? My Owl is still with my Mother.'

'Yeah, I'll come with you. Night Luna babe. Night Blaise.' He yawned and held Draco's hand as they walked toward the dorms, leaving the other two to chat in front of the fire.

'Well hasn't today been eventful?' Draco asked Harry as he cuddled into Harry's broad chest.

'Yep, you feel included now don't you?' He replied to the top of Draco's very blonde head.

'Huh? I didn't..'

'Yes you did.' Harry interrupted. 'It was all over your face, but it was understandable. But it's all good now yeah?' He wrapped his boyfriend tightly in his arms and kissed the top of his head.

'Yeah, it's all good now.' The blonde repeated.

'Good. I love you.'

'I love you too.'

AN: Well that took me a galzillion years! It was a bit cheesy I know :P