Fleur excused herself the next morning to quickly go to her place and pick up the books she had offered to the other four. The group had decided to stay at the library and begin their work on all their essays. As she entered the library, carrying said books, she greeted the librarian and moved to the spot she knew they would be. Hermione's favorite table.

"'Ere." She placed the books in front of her girlfriend, smiling. "Zere ees one on 'uman transfiguration and one on potent potions too." She received a peck on the cheek and a bright smile from Hermione as a prize (at least she considered it a prize). "Ask Madam Pince eef she ees interested in 'aving zem 'ere as I know she doesn't already 'ave, please, 'ermione." The brunette nodded. "I 'ave to get to zat class now, eef you will excuse me." She smiled at the other three sat alongside the lioness and off she went.

Talking about her work was easy. She loved the action it provided, the possibility of making something right for the community. It was quite dangerous, yes, but it was obviously part of the job. Just like curse-breaking. She talked about both jobs during those two hours, answered their questions and basically scared them to death with some of her field stories from her working time at Gringotts. The class finished, Fleur went directly to the Great Hall where she had agreed to meet her girlfriend and friends. She smiled while thinking about the lioness, as always. She was lost in thought walking towards their meeting point when two arms snaked around her waist. As a first instinct, she freed her wand from its holster with a small flick of her wrist almost in combat mode. Then the smell of who was holding her reached her nostrils. With the scare, the veela was enhancing her senses so she truly smelled her. Relaxing, she took her time to really enjoy the scent. The essence of Hermione (Black) Granger. She was dragged back to reality when she felt the girl chuckle and heard her best friend slash brother's voice.

"I believe she almost hexed you, 'Mione…" The smile was obvious in his voice.

"Nah, she knew it was me."

"'Mione, she drew her wand," Ginny added, pointing at her hand.

"She just came out of war and is an Auror. It's only natural."

"To end zis nonsensical banter: yes, I drew my wand, and yes, I would 'ave attacked eef I 'adn't smelled 'er. So yes, I knew eet was 'er in a second." Fleur moved so she was facing Hermione and her friends, and put her wand back into its holster.

"Good thing you know my smell then. What do I smell off?"

"Your favorite zings." Fleur knew she would have to elaborate, Hermione knew her smell was better than most. The lioness smiled and raised an eyebrow. "Books, old and new, ink, new parchment and pepper chocolate." She added, after pecking her on the lips.

Hermione beamed.

"What does parchment smell like? What the hell is the difference between old and new books?" Ginny murmured to Harry, he shrugged.

"They are some of my favorite smells." Luna smiled, not bothering to answer the redhead.

Fleur tuned out the trio conversation as she felt Hermione's breath near her ear.

"What were you thinking about that made you forget your surroundings?" Her voice was lower than usual, Fleur felt the start of a shifting and instinctively held the brunette closer to her.

"You." She answered simply. The blonde nipped the other woman earlobe and smiled at the quiet gasp she elicited from her.

"For Merlin's sake, there are first years around!" Ginny said, faking distress. Hermione and Fleur smiled at her and turned to resume their walk to lunch.

"Hey, you have practice after lunch, right?" Hermione asked, looking at Ginny, who simply nodded.

"I need to go see Madam Pomfrey after lunch to see if I can play too…" Harry mumbled.

Ginny nudged him. "I'm sorry, you are still taking those potions and I can't risk having you hurt before the game."

"And you are pretty reckless on a broom," Luna added.

Fleur smiled internally and exchanged a look with Hermione.

After lunch, all of them went to the hospital wing with the boy, except for the redhead who had to check the pitch and make sure the rest of the team was there. He knocked on the door and opened it. As the group entered, they saw the resident healer near a younger student who seemed to be in pain.

"Just a moment." She said, after seeing they were all in good shape. Returning her attention to the younger girl, she gave her a potion and told her to get some rest on the bed. After pulling the curtain around the bed, she turned towards them. "Ah, good. I was going to pay you a visit later. As you are all here… Sit, all of you." Fleur understood she meant her three companions and stood by Hermione's side holding her hand. The healer performed a series of diagnostic spells on each of them and seemed to be satisfied by their results. "I need to say, Miss Granger, the treatment you managed to ensure Miss Lovegood and yourself went through may have saved your lives. I'm still impressed. Although I shouldn't be. You are the brightest witch of your age after all." She said with a smile. "You are all getting better." She glanced at Hermione's left arm. "I hope it doesn't hurt much." She added apologetically, there was nothing she could do about the carving without knowing in what curses and potions the blade had been embedded. "Keep taking the potions as Cissy instructed and I'll go to you again in two days."

"Uhm, I've been meaning to ask you something…" Harry said as the healer seemed to be going to tend to another patient. She turned back to him and motioned him to continue. "As you know, the first match of the cup is approaching…"

"Yes, Mr. Potter you may go to practice. Just don't exaggerate, please. I don't need you collapsing in the middle of the pitch."

"I don't zink Ginny would let 'im, anyway." Fleur offered before Harry could say anything.

"Thank you, Madam Pomfrey. And Fleur is kind of right…" Harry smiled at the healer that had treated him for his entire school career. "Ginny would kill me if I overwork myself." She smiled at him. "Thank you, I'll head to practice then." She nodded.

The three hopped off of the beds and they started their way towards the pitch.

"Perfect weather!" Hermione exclaimed, leaning on Fleur as they walked across the school's grounds on their way to the court. "Not too hot nor too cold, no rain yet it's not dry…" Fleur had to agree. Honestly, that was the main motive for her to like it so much in Britain.

"I personally like the snow better." Said Luna, smiling. "We can simply stay inside warming near the fireplace, reading a book and drinking something hot… And there's Christmas."

"Oh, speaking of Christmas…" Fleur said. "Maman and Grandmère are inviting everyone to our winter 'ouse at some time over zee 'olidays…" She and Hermione were yet to discuss this but she was sure that her girlfriend would like to have Harry, Ginny, and Luna there.

"Won't it be the first time Hermione meets them?" Luna asked, looking at Hermione, who simply nodded. Fleur felt how nervous the brunette was getting and squeezed her hand lightly in hopes to reassure her.

"Oui… We are yet to pin zee day we are going but I figured 'ermione would appreciate your company zere."

"We might go a few days before everyone but I really think we could use a change of sight…" Hermione added. They approached the field and saw Ginny dragging the balls' trunk into the field. Harry ran to her so he could help her.

"They are cute together…" Luna noted, looking at the couple in front of them.

"Yeah, but it would be even more so with the three of you, Lun," Hermione added, smiling at their friend who instantly blushed.

"Yeah, yeah…" Luna murmured.

Fleur remained silent, simply smiling. Luna knew she agreed with the brunette. As they entered the pitch, Ginny and Harry smiled at them. Fleur was uncertain if they were smiling at the three of them or only Luna and she and Hermione just happened to be near the Ravenclaw. The veela chose to believe it was the second option, having long admitted to herself she was a big romantic. Something Hermione had proof of every day, she was proud to say.

"Wanna play, Fleur?" Ginny asked, with a playful grin.

"Non." She held her girlfriend closer to her and smiled back at the team captain. "I just spent the whole morning away from 'ermione and 'ave no intent on spending any more time."

"Whipped."

"Proudly so." Fleur laughed.

"We will warm up as soon as the rest of the team gets here…" Ginny offered.

"We will watch from one of the stands…" Luna smiled.

They headed to one of the empty stands, some Gryffindor students were there to watch the practice as well and were beginning to fill most of them. Moire found them a bit later after the team had started taking leaps to warm up.

"Hey!" The girl smiled at the three of them. No other students had entered the stand they were in and the little girl seemed to be having a small battle inside herself. Fleur read her face with ease.

"'ello, Moire! Want to sit with us?" A grin spread to the younger lioness and she nodded.

"Where are your friends?" Hermione asked, smiling sweetly at her.

"They are waiting for me… I said I was only gonna say hi to you…"

"Don't they want to watch the practice with us? There's plenty space…" Hermione extended the invite.

"I'll ask them!" The girl jumped in place and practically skipped to the stairs.

"Quick, they will begin any time now!" Luna shouted as soon as the girl began to descend the stairs. Not longer than five minutes later, a group of five Gryffindors entered the stand, led by Hermione's miniature copy (not that they really looked alike).

"Moire, are you sure…?" She heard one of them whisper.

"Yep."

"But…"

"Good! You are here!" Hermione exclaimed, seconds before Fleur could welcome them. "They are beginning!"

"See?" Moire sounded a bit annoyed. Fleur couldn't keep herself from snickering, the girl was too adorable! Except for her, the younger Gryffindors kept their distance during most of the practice. The girl was clearly annoyed with the hesitation coming from her friends, Fleur found it sickening cute but absolutely understood them. The three of them had quite the reputation as war heroes and probably most of them had heard their parents talking about the brunette and telling them not to be in her way or annoy her… Fleur kissed her lioness on the temple, standing from where they were watching the game. The brunette quirked an eyebrow questioningly, she gave her a wide smile and motioned she would be back in no time. Moire had been leaning on Hermione as they watched the team basically ignoring her friends with annoyance. The blonde felt both gazes following her while she walked towards the first year's group.

"'ello! Why are you all zee way down 'ere?" She asked, making sure to smile reassuringly at the small group. They seemed to squirm a little and look at her with frightened doe eyes.

"Uhm…" One of the girls managed to say.

"Zee view from up zere ees quite a lot better and I'm sure Moire ees missing you…" She smiled once again, trying to make one of them talk to her. "What are your names? I'm sorry I didn't ask before…"

The girl that tried talking before took a breath, "I'm Kassidy…" (she was redheaded, almost as much as the Weasleys) and motioned to each of the other kids: "Blake," the blonde boy smiled, "Teagan," the brunette girl next to him waved "and Dallas" the raven-haired boy nodded.

"Pleasure to meet you!" She made sure to beam. "I'm Fleur! Zat pretty brunette over zere ees 'ermione and zee blondie ees Luna." Fleur was aware they know who they were but decided to introduce them anyway.

"We know…" The blonde murmured, receiving a badly disguised shove from his ginger friend and a glare from Teagan.

"Good. Now, don't you want to watch what's left of zee practice from up zere? I can assure you zat zee view ees really better from zere…" She chuckled. The first years exchanged a glance and got up, following Fleur as she climbed back to her seat. She introduced them to the two girls, who smiled and waved. Moire seemed to brighten as soon as she saw her friends following Fleur.

"Thank you for doing this…" Hermione whispered to her, kissing her cheek. She smiled at her girlfriend lovingly.

"So, you lot like Quidditch?" Luna asked the younger students happily. They all nodded.

"I don't really get it but I guess it's fun to watch…" Moire said.

Hermione smiled, "I don't either… And I hate flying."

"Oh come on, eet's quite easy to understand…" Fleur laughed.

"I get the rules, babe. What I don't get is the need to fly."

"That is the fun part!" Kassidy chimed in, smiling.

"Not really. It's bizarre to simply mount a broom and get off the ground!" Moire half muttered.

"Oh, come on! Once you get the grip you learn to love it!" Blake nudged Hermione's miniature.

"Hey! Ginny is trying that maneuver from the Harpies again!" Luna exclaimed. They all focused on the captain.

The redhead had caught the quaffle from the keeper and took off flying across the pitch almost making a beeline in the direction of the opposite goal posts. By the middle of the field, she and one of the other two chasers on her team came across each other then the other one did the same, they were all flying incredibly fast so it was almost impossible to know who had the ball. A bit before they got to the scoring area, one of them purposefully slowed down, holding the ball, but picked up the pace quickly. The three of them reached the line together on three different locations, only one entered the area and scored. Fleur noticed how united the team was, she was absolutely certain that maneuver wouldn't be possible if the team wasn't so tight. Ginny was indeed a great player and a crazy fan of the Harpies. She probably analyzed each and every maneuver they ever did. This one specifically forced the keeper to focus in only one chaser as their velocity could make anyone feel a little dizzy, it wasn't a fail-proof one as the keeper could choose the right chaser but if the chasers kept an eye on them they would easily enough predict who should try to score.

"WOW," Teagan exclaimed. "We are definitely going to win the cup." The other first yeas simply nodded. Fleur saw Luna beaming proudly from the corner of her eye and chuckled a little.

"Ginny is really good!" Kassidy stated.

"She wants to play professionally, she's going all in," Hermione informed smiling. The pride she felt for her best friend was obvious in her voice. "And she managed to get a dream team, apparently."

The practice ended shortly after. The Gryffindors began to go back to the castle, while their group stayed behind, near the exit of the locker room.

"We are waiting for Ginny and Harry…" Hermione informed the first years.

"Can we stay too?" Blake asked beaming.

"Sure."

It didn't take long for them to see the couple heading out of the pitch. Fleur smiled as Ginny got out of her way to thank Luna for watching, hugging her. Harry followed the redhead lead. The veela was standing right next to Hermione, her hand on the smaller of her back drawing senseless patterns over her clothes. The lioness leaned on her and kissed her cheek as a disguise to her whispered note: "They are cute together." Fleur simply nodded slightly.

"Eet seems you 'ave new fans, Gin!"

"I knew you would come to sense and notice my superiority in the sport!"

Fleur couldn't help but laugh. "HA! Never. I beat you anytime! I meant les petits." She corrected, motioning to the younger part of the group.

Teagan smiled widely and agreed with the veela. "You are fantastic!"

"Well, thank you!" Ginny held her right hand over her heart and bowed slightly.

"I'll cheer for any pro's you get in!" Moire exclaimed

"And you will get free tickets anytime you want to watch!" Ginny laughed.

"We still have about an hour until dinner, what do you want to do?" Luna asked.

"Oh, I desperately need a shower. You go ahead and I'll meet you at the Great Hall." Harry said, smiling.

"Me too. See you there?" Ginny held Harry's hand.

"Sure." Luna smiled at them

"'ey! Separate bathrooms!" Fleur exclaimed quickly before they took off.

Harry dipped his head and Ginny laughed. "Always, Fleur! Always…"

"Not according to 'ermione…"

"What are we doing until then?" Hermione asked as the couple left, the redhead laughing hard and the raven-haired clearly wanting to disappear. "Do you have any homework to do?" She asked the first years. Fleur laughed and kissed the side of her head.

"So studious…" She said shaking her head.

"Hey, it's important!"

"Sure is, Mon Ange. But you don't even know eef zey want to spend zis time with us."

"Can we?" Blake asked eagerly. All five young faces looked expectantly at them.

"Why could you not?" Luna asked, smiling.

"I don't know…" Dallas answered ruffling his own hair.

"We do have homework…" Moire said in a small voice, next to Hermione. "I was planning on doing it this afternoon but they dragged me to watch the practice…"

After a small conversation, they decided to head to the library where Hermione and Luna could show them the books they used as research during their first year. An hour later, they were leaving the library, the first years carrying at least two books each, Hermione and Luna smiling and happy for being able to help. They entered the Great Hall and saw Ginny and Harry sat in their usual spot.

"Oh! That's where you were…" Ginny smiled at them, seeing the books. "'Mione and Lun dragged you there?" She laughed.

"We needed research material for our homework…" Dallas answered, smiling and struggling to hold four different books (just as Moire was).

"I was dragged," Kassidy mumbled. Teagan nudged her.

Ginny laughed wholeheartedly. "Well, let's eat! I'm starving and we were only waiting for you." They all took a seat. Luna sat by Ginny's side, with Teagan on her other side, Dallas, and Kassidy by Harry. Fleur and Hermione sat in front of the couple with Blake and Moire (respectively) by their sides.

"Sorry for making you wait, Harry." Hermione smiled at her brother.

"No problem. She's far better than Ron…"

Blake nudged Fleur lightly and whispered: "Why is she apologizing to Harry and not Ginny?"

Harry heard the question and smiled. "Ginny is a Weasley, you see? There is nothing worse than a hungry Weasley."

"Why?" Dallas asked (but earned a nudge from Kassidy).

Ginny laughed. "We tend to get nervous and a bit aggressive…" She explained. "But these two grew up with the worse of us. I'm, by far, better than my brothers." Harry nodded.

"Ronald is the worse. Ginny actually listened to their mother's lessons of civility and etiquette. I guess she's the only one that learned something…"

"Oh, it can't be so bad…" Teagan said.

"Believe us, it is," Luna said.

"Bill ees just like Ronald. I usually carry something to eat with me every time we go to zee field. 'e gets reckless when 'e ees 'ungry…"

"Always keep a Weasley fed." Harry said.

They served themselves, following Ginny's lead as she eagerly served herself as soon as the conversation died. After dinner, they walked to the Gryffindor common room together, the first years excused themselves to sleep and the five older moved to the private living room.

"You managed to finish your 'omework?"

"I still have a few touches left, but the girls did…" Harry smiled tiredly.

"Actually, I still have half of the ancient runes' sheet to translate…" Hermione said taking the seat by Fleur's side on the couch they usually occupied.

"No 'omework from today?"

"We have the same classes Mondays and Tuesdays. So we don't."

"Harry and I have something from Muggle Studies but it's usually not much…" Ginny said.

Fleur nodded. They talked a bit but soon they were all yawning and decide to retire to their rooms early.

A/N: Hey guys! Yeah, you can kill me if needed... Sorry, really. Holidays and all...

Next chapter is kind of full-on fluff! I think you're gonna love!

IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING (it's not really important), I forgot to add all the names of the veelas of the research (it has been updated but if you don't want to go there, 'ere eet ees: (year/clan, location/name and blood status)

Year: 973 / Ruud Clan, Norway. / Aimée (full female veela) and Gaelle (full female veela)

Year: 1040 / Falk Clan, Sweden. / Naya (full female veela) and Tascha (full female veela)

Year: 1155 / Leclair Clan, France. / Ysabeau (full female veela) and Mahi (half female veela)

Year: 1394 / Acerbi Clan, Italy. / Piero (full male veela) and Luigi (full male veela)

Year: 1528 / Losnedahl Clan, Norway. / Aleksander (full male veela) and Freydís (half female veela)

Year: 1674 / Royer Clan, France. / Katherine (half female veela) and Diane (half female veela)

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