A/N Hello, thank you to Sapphirine, embyr81788, Tamyshka, bakachan17, Sylvia Sylverton and Aoi Me for being my first reviewers for this story! I am pleased that people seemed to have liked it. I decided Lex-Veela just to be different really because there a lot of Veela stories around and I love them all. My favourite is of course 'Magnetic Attraction'. Well anyway on with chapter 2, comments and any ideas are most appreciated. Thank you for reading, PLEASE REVIEW it's the reason I write here.
Bakachan17 – yes this is going to be draco/harry (I love it do you?!) and what is uke? You said don't make draco the uke but harry is the uke type? Please fill me in (or anyone else who knows!)
The normal: I am currently sitting at work…hmm…if I was JK Rowling I wouldn't have to sit at work and write at the same time would I…I would be rich…but sadly I'm not her! So on that note I make no money from this and all belongs to JK & those she has sold the privilege to! I'm just borrowing the characters and ideas for the moment and will return them unharmed when I'm done!
Chapter 2
Draco laid on top of his bed waiting for his fathers arrival. He frowned at missing the start of term banquet and all the fun with his friends and his mind flashed back to the train trip here and his rather unfortunate timing of events. Not that it was in his control when it happened, and at least only small group of people saw, even if it was the famous trio whom he so much despised. His thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door as Professor Dumbledore, Professor Snape and his father entered the room. He leaped to his feet to acknowledge them and was grateful when Dumbledore transfigured the bed next to his into a table with food for them to share.
Draco's father started talking to them all, quick and dry, obviously wanting to get the conversation over with. "Well as you know," he addressed the teachers, "Draco has my curse, I am a Lex-Veela and therefore so is Draco and I take it from what I've heard he came into power on the train. Most unfortunate timing…but anyway, I do not think there is anything much to do about it now. Draco knows what to expect don't you son." Draco just nodded his head in response a sad look in his dark eyes as his father refused to look at him but instead continued talking unnecessary explaining what would happen, "Draco will now begin hunt for his mate everyone will find him overwhelming attractive" at this Draco smirked and his father frowned but Draco was sure he saw Dumbledore smile "as I was saying, Draco can turn this charm on and off, as he knows, so there is no need for him to distract the whole school all the time, however when the charm is on when he touches someone or if they touch him, he will be able to tell if they are his mate, if they are not of course he will feel almost as if they have stung him, if it is his chosen mate he will have the desire to touch them more, of course this I do not need to explain." The three people remained silent in the room only nodding to acknowledge the speech they had heard. Draco had hoped his father would stay a while but of course he left he boy alone only moments after arriving. Professor Snape and Dumbledore had to head back to the feast but Draco declined their invitation to go as Dumbledore had explained to him that he would be informing the school of what was going on so that they were aware. Draco new it was necessary but decided that it was not something that he wanted to witness.
* * * (A/N I am skipping time here but it is necessary to get to the more important and exciting parts of the story…*dramatic pause*…)
Draco found the next few weeks highly amusing. Most students, although shocked at the news to start with, just treated him normally, while a rumour spread through the first years that Draco was a highly dangerous dark creature and he had a lot of people avoiding him or running from him in the corridors and between lessons which he found rather amusing.
Of course he was looking always for his respective mate and had taken again to using his 'Little Black Book' but now it was keeping lists of people he had touched and he knew were not his mate. At the moment he was lying on his bed in his private room which Dumbledore had to organise for him after the first night because it appeared that whilst he was asleep he couldn't control his charm, and upon waking up on their first morning to find himself surrounded by the other boys of his dorm room all looking at him lustfully he knew that the sleeping arrangement was never going to work. He started flicking through the lists of people that he knew were not his Lex-Veela mate:
"Pansy – sadly
Crabb & Goyle – thank goodness!
Lavender
Millescen – I'd die if it was
James
Lucy
Justin
Dean
……….."
And the list went on for pages now. He noticed curiously that he had just about exhausted all possible Slytherins, which worried him, what if it turned out to be a Hufflepuff!! He found himself growing impatient to know, his body was craving his partner and it would continue to do so until the person was found. Draco didn't mind if it was male or female, as you could have guessed from his Little Black Book he fancied both however in his heart he had a feeling it would be a male and he knew that alone would displease his father greatly, even though in the Wizarding world it didn't matter if you liked either sex as if, and when, two males were together they could have a baby if they wanted to. But to Draco's dad the fact that they were Lex-Veela, making them half-breads, was bad enough he wanted his son to be as normal as possible. Realising he was late to potions he grabbed his things and headed to class.
Harry and Hermione waited patiently outside the door to their potions lab (Ron had dropped the subject this year and much to Hermione's delight had taken up muggle studies which she thought would be "very good for him"). Harry was gazing moodily at the wall and Hermione was desperately trying to find out what was wrong with him.
"Come on Harry just tell me what's wrong, you know you can talk to me about anything…"
Harry just mumbled something at her which sounded like "imsickofbeingme"
"I didn't catch that sorry, you'll have to speak up," came Hermione's happy reply and when Harry refused to say anything else she continued in a forced happy voice to talk to him.
"Come on Harry cheer up, is it the lessons you've been having with you know who getting you down? Because I heard that you were going really well with them, Ron told me"
"It's nothing Hermione ok!" Harry snapped at her before turning back to studying the wall behind him.
Hermione shrugged. Harry had been in a funny mood for weeks now and she and Ron had just decided to not pressure him too much and just continue being happy. Hermione decided that he was probably just going through "one of those growing up stages" and when she had suggested this to Ron he went bright red and left the room as soon as he could clearly not wanting a lecture on teenage mood swings and growing up from Hermione.
He mentioned it to Harry later who just shrugged but they both agreed that Hermione had grown up heaps over the summer, everything from her looks to her attitude and new found self confidence had them baffled and Ron admitted at times he just didn't know what to say to her. Harry noticed with a inward smirk to himself that Ron had taken to looking at the ground and rambling when he spoke to Hermione. Harry wasn't sure if Hermione noticed or understood what it meant but Harry had some idea which was partly why he was annoyed.
Snape ushered them into the lab and started waffling on about advanced sleeping potions. Harry tuned out and looked around his fellow class members and his eyes laid to rest for a moment on his enemy Draco Malfoy, he too was looking around the class but with a strange look of desperation in his eyes because whilst he was sitting there trying to listen to Snape he felt a strange tingling feeling and then it hit him, his mate was in this class, he could feel it, and ahh, it was getting stronger, Draco felt his body start to change a funny sensation filled him like he might burst and suddenly he only half knew what he was doing, his mate was here and he was going to find them. He started standing and looking madly around for a sign.
Professor Snape noticing his students strange behaviour looked sternly at the boy "Mr Malfoy why are you out of your set!" Draco could hardly talk at this stage as he was too consumed by what he felt, somehow he managed to mumble in a strained tight voice "forgive me professor" before releasing an overload of Lex-Veela charm onto everyone in the room. In an instant everyone was out of their sets and running towards him. Shoving people out of the way, Draco had not expected this to happen so strongly and got the shock of his life as people bumped into him or touched him sending negative shocks through his body. Then two or three people would touch him at once and the pain was so bad he tripped and stumbled onto the ground.
Snape, who was lucky enough to know a bit about Lex-Veela had cast a charm onto himself to make him not fall for Draco's charm and was now trying to get people out of the class room and off Draco whom he could tell was not at all prepared for what was happening. Snape shouted to the class to move out of the room but to little result. Draco, who was trying to escape from the crowd surrounding him fell over a chair and stumbled backwards onto Harry. He cried out as Pansy tried to touch him the stings from his non-mates too much for him to handle. Harry was caught by surprise as Draco landed on top of him and Snape watched as the two boys crashed to the floor. He saw Draco's face screw up in pain as Pansy touched him but then noticed how the boys face relaxed again as he fell onto Potter.
Draco blacked out as his head hit the ground and the charm was lifted, everyone started looking around in confusion not sure of what was going on. Snape was quick to take control of the situation. "Everyone back in your sets. NO do not touch Mr Malfoy he is hurt enough, yes Pansy he needs to go to the hospital wing but your touch will only harm him more…that's right now everyone sit down. Mr Potter please take Mr Malfoy to the hospital wing, NOW Mr Potter!"
Harry glared at the crumpled figure of Malfoy on the floor. "But Professor," he started cautiously, you said for no one to touch him…"
Snape glared and rolled his eyes, "that's right Mr Potter but I believe it will be fine for you to, just do as I ask and take him!" Confused Harry half carried half dragged Malfoy out of the room muttering under his breath.
As she watched Harry and Draco a flash of realisation followed by horror flashed across Hermione's face, her eyes widened and locked for a moment with Professor Snapes who nodded at her expression briefly before addressing the class and telling them that the lesson was cancelled.
A/N Thank you for reading, what did you think? Please review it is most appreciated. I will be trying to update every day that is not the weekend. PLEASE REVIEW comments and ideas most appreciated! Again, sorry about the spelling believe it or not I do spell check I know I cannot spell if anyone can help or wants to identify all errors go ahead and I'll fix it otherwise, just enjoy the story!!! Next chapter is going to be good we have a bit of a moment between Ron and Hermione and we find out if Harry finally works out what is going on…