Chapter 10- My Dreaded Curse Becomes My Savior

I saw him, standing there with a mixture of shock and happiness on his face. All I could feel was this immense pain trying to throw me deeper into the curse. I smelt the air, and suddenly smelt an intoxicating smell. I knew that the owner of the smell was near, and that they were mine. I felt my muscles pull apart and reshape themselves. My shoulders felt heavier when my wings started to grow. All the time I can't keep my eyes off of Harry.

His face went to scared halfway through my transformation, but I didn't register that it was for me till much later. The pain of the transformation lead to me collapsing onto the floor, but not passing out. He approached me saying, "Draco? Are you okay? You grew wings, your eyes changed color, and your hair grew, and then you passed out. Is this the curse?" I smelt him. He smelled like the rain in fall, like chocolate being heated up, like vanilla in the wind. He smelled wonderful, he smelled like MINE. The thought scared me almost, but I had to power through. I opened my mouth and spoke. "Yes. I didn't tell you but, he activated the curse. Now that I have told you how I feel, my body is turning into a Veela. I can smell my mate already. It takes every fiber of my being not to go and attack them."

"That means, I really was the person you had to tell. Are you going to leave me now?" I could smell his sadness that cloaked that wonderful smell of his. Apart of me wanted to kiss him into silence then tell him I was never going to leave him, but I knew I shouldn't do that to him. "Calm down Harry, I will be fine. I can't even move right now, so how can I leave you?"

"Yeah, but what about when your fully healed?"

"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it ok? For now, just be here."

"I can't. We have got a war to plan for."

"Then, it would be you who'd leave me before I'd leave you."

"I know I have to leave, but I can't leave you alone when you're in this much pain."

I smiled, but I refused to answer him. He picked me up and held me to him as he ran to the room of requirement. I was being held in such a way that I could hear his heart beating. My heart in response called out telling me that it was beating at the same rate as his. I knew then that he was my mate. I wanted to tell him every, but I knew I should not, not when so much more was at stake.

When we entered the room and he sat me in a chair that magically appeared behind me. "Draco turned into a Veela. Hermione, we need to keep him from the battle."

That shook me into my senses. "What? Why?"

"If your mate were out there fighting you would do everything to save them. We can't let an endangered species fight in war trying to protect someone with the risk of death on the line. The Veela community would have our heads if we let you fight." Hermione answered.

"Then you truly know then that nothing can be done to stop me, and if you were to try you would be breaking more laws then letting me fight. I won't go into battle though."

Harry spoke then. "Why won't you?"

"I can't force THEM to stay out of danger, so at the very least I will stay safe for their sakes."

"I will make sure that the battle doesn't even reach this room. I will protect you Draco, and when it's over we will talk about this."

"I am sure we will. You all have a battle to prepare for, so may I have some time to myself."

I left the large group of Gryffindor's and walked into a corner of the room, and watched as they prepared. My heart was pounding, it wanted me to be with him coming up with ways to protect him, and have him by my side. I wanted to hear his voice more, hold his hand more, hear his heartbeat some more, finally give him a kiss, I wanted to spend the rest of my life by his side, I wanted him. It was as if the pull I had felt intensified so much that it was physically hard to move away. The farther I went from him the more I hurt and ached for him.

When he finished talking Harry came over and talked to me. "I know it must hurt being kept from the one you are mated with, but just this once, stay here and wait for it to be over. I need you to be alive when this is all over, so that we can talk about this. I promise that I will see you after this battle."

I didn't answer him, but I knew that since he practically ordered me to stay behind that I wouldn't be able to budge from the room. I wanted so much to follow, but I couldn't. I had to leave my life in his hands, and a part of me wanted to leave so much more in those hands, but I knew that it was hard enough bring the worlds savior, let alone mine. I knew that if he lived through the battle that he would be my savior too. I prayed to every god I could think of to bring him safely back to me. I just hop one of them was listening.