by tati
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Warning: This is a SLASH romance fic. There will be violence – there is ALWAYS violence in my stories. Nothing you read qualifies as NC-17 because I have read much worse that still fit the rules, so no tattling!
A/N: I'll try to update my stories (most of them) once every Saturday/Sunday/Friday, okay? Thank you for liking this chapter; I wasn't sure that it qualified as 'good.'
I am addressing some debatable issues in this chapter (why Narcissa is at Hogwarts and not with her mate, since she is a submissive) and I hope that my explanations pass muster. Thank you for reading!
Due to ff.net restrictions, I'm having my 'Explanations' here, instead of as a chapter by itself. I strongly advise that you read it.
This is a Question/review that I received and answered. Please read it.
My responses will be in .
I can agree, I hate stories where Harry is oh so powerful and Oh so destinied for more than being a simple wizard. But I can relate to your story now, I am glad. Harry, Draco and Snape, already have enough problems without more being created. Thats why I like your story.
1. Draco and Snape did not automatically fall in love with Harry and start trying to get him to mate with them.
Right. But HARRY is in love with them. I guess my muse made it so that the submissive knows who the soulmate(s) is/are. Don't ask. I just go along with my muse and keep quiet while she gloats when reviews come in.
2. I don't Harry being beating, I just hate when it is done in anger, but I must agree Draco will react as he was taught until someone he respects teaches him there is a different way. Hopefully his mother will start him on this road when she sees him. Question now that his mother is without a mate, seeking a new one will she go back to being submissive until claimed again or does she keep her back bone.
No, she stays with a backbone. Once you mate, puberty's OVER. Ooh, don't I wish THAT were true... no more hormones sigh.
3. Finally I am glad that you are going to build their relationship from the ground up. although, I admit that your going ot have to invest a chapter or parts of a chapter before they mate, the tendancies of part veela and fallen are. What I mean is this everyone has read all the draco is veela story, and they all have one common thread, he can only have one mate, and he is possesive of his mate. So you will have to explain why how your veela is different, and how he can share even if it is with a fallen.
Hell yeah! Lots more chapters coming up .... only, I've never written romance before so if you have any ideas for as to how exactly go about getting the two thick-headed , prejudiced idiots to see the real Harry, I'd be much obleeged.
Draco is already attracted to and occasionally sleeping with Severus, but he needs balance. These three, instead of having one soul mate, have two. They are each a third. He will be very possessive of both Severus and Harry and (being the more volatile Veela) he will be provoked to action more often than Severus, who will have a strong jealous streak, but 'avenge' it in more subtle ways. Harry, being the submissive, will not have a say about others looking at his two in public, but if he got the person alone...Azkaban!Harry (not really - hee)
Clarification: Is this right or am I forgetting something?
1. Harry is a submissive Fallen: fallen are some kind of kin to Veela.
Correct. Fallen just have some different characteristics and different powers, but the two species often interbreed.
2. Both races have dominant and submissive break down, which superceeds gender.
Not sure what you mean. Fallen attract homosexuals - Veela attract everyone. If, say, you had a STRAIGHT dominant female Veela (all Fallen are either gay or lesbian) she'd find a submissive male, yes.
3. Of the to genders, being a fallen submissive is worst.
Definitely. Unless, of course, like Harry you'll survive to be mated...in which case you are VERY powerful - more so than any dominant - and the submissive can tap into that power when his/her mate(s) is/are in danger. Just wait till Harry makes mincemeat of Voldie!
4. In this story scent does not play a role in choosing a mate, just sex who ever gets to the submissive, get it. The submissive has no choice nor defense aganist an unwanted mating.
A Veela submissive might, if the dominant is not overly powerful, but yes, Fallen submissives and submissives in general has no choice. Of course, running is an option.
5. After a fallen submisive is mated they become dominant to everyone, but their mates which they enjot an somewhat equal relationship, but if the mate wants they can use their powers to make their mate submissive again.
They do not become dominant, but their natural personality shines through. It also does so during puberty (when the poor things are not being frightened out of their wits). Only in puberty, they are more sensitive to moods and more apt to take things as threats. They react to said threats meekly until mated. The rest is accurate.
6. Can Harry get pregnant? What is their life span?
Yes, Harry can (and may) get pregnant. The lifespan will be approximately 200 years. Most wizards will live to about 150 years. Dumbledore is 165, but he's weird so he'll probably die at 300 or something. I'm betting it has to do with insanity. (joke on my part, but now that I've thought of it I just might use it)
PS. I am glad you consider my review critical and not a flame. I posted a review for another story (I think Draco was a veela in it to, but he was worse than your draco. And there was such plot contradictions and stuff, things the writer call foreshadowing I called plot holes and incomeplte thoughts.) well the writer got pissed and posted awhole chapter deciated to me. Then I had to explain it was not a flame, I was simply telling her what I was having issues with. Besides when I review I actually write something more than "good job, please update." and such no help dribble. Since, I write, I know that I am telling the characters story, not my own so they don't alwys do what I want. So when I review I react to the characters, not the writers. But in that story, I had to react to her, needless to say, after replying to her rant she told me I should have posted it to her in a private email. So I stoped reveiwing for a while. Thanks.
Hee, well I've done that to a reviewer too, but this wasn't like the other. And mind, it IS foreshadowing. You know my story HP and the Ebony Orb? Well, the bit where Sirius says Harry doesn't look like James is incomplete, but that's MY foreshadowing. There are a few other incidences, but I can't think of them at the moment, and right now I'm supposed to be typing up a report on Phillis Wheatley.
Ahem, well, sometimes you can't think of what to say, or you don't have time, so people write quick things such as 'good job, please update', though I try to sound more enthusiastic than that. blushes
Don't blame you for not reviewing anymore. I really need to post my email addy up there...
Thank you for the review and addition to review!
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tati1
"No. I'm just slave labor. Nothing more nothing less. They fear that if they hurt me or starve and overwork me too much there will be retribution from my 'freak friends'. So my survival is assured. It's just … keeping me alive doesn't require hugs. Maybe a blow to the head, but nothing so demeaning as hugging what is abhorred." He frowned; no longer talking to Narcissa but sounding things out to himself. "Though if they knew I were gay even the threat of magic wouldn't stop them. They believe homosexuality is even worse than being a wizard. I think that's because Uncle Vernon is so intent on 'manly' things. They believe that being gay means 'sissy'." Narcissa just gave him another squeeze and waited until Harry was asleep on her shoulder to leave to yell at her son; conjuring the tired teen a quilt as a forethought instead of an afterthought.
He was such a sweet boy.
"Draco Alexander Malfoy!" The howl echoed through the Slytherin dorms.
"Someone's in trouble with Mummy," snickered Pansy Parkinson quietly to Blaise Zabini. He grinned as Narcissa Malfoy stalked into the common room.
"Draco!!!!!!!"
"He's in the Library." Narcissa nodded grimly.
"Thank you, Pansy." She vanished out the entrance and the door slammed shut behind her. Pansy continued to snicker.
"Draco is soooooo in for it!"
"Draco!" Said boy flinched and turned quickly.
"Mum? What are you - " Narcissa grabbed him and smacked her son soundly. "Mum!" he protested. Everyone in the Library was staring, and several were starting to laugh. Narcissa just glared at him.
"How dare you?! You leave that nice Potter boy alone, you hear? If I catch you beating him one more time – Draco, you arrogant – I can't - " She stopped as she noticed the stares and the whispers that were starting. She pulled at his arm fiercely. "Draco Alexander, you come with me right now! Never, in all my days have I been so ashamed - " She dragged him out of the Library, growling.
Severus whirled angrily.
"Stop staring at me, Potter!" Harry flinched and looked down at the floor.
"Sorry …"
"I just bet you are," he muttered as he finished rearranging his rooms. "Stupid, spoiled, arrogant, irritating brat … what I wouldn't give to have even Longbottom in your place. And trust me, that is a huge concession, Potter." Harry flinched again, but Snape wasn't watching. "Utterly useless, totally brainless, scheming, sniveling, rotten little ingrate." His rant grew more vivid and nasty in detail as time wore on. Harry was asleep by the time he finished. "Ungrateful!" he snarled softly, but found himself pulling a blanket over the sleeping boy. He looked so cute and vulnerable lying there like that … "I did not just think that Potter was cute," he uttered in disbelief.
"I did. Good Merlin … ewwwww!" And with that inelegant exclamation he fled the room. Harry stirred softly in sleep, smiling at the warmth the blanket provided.
The next day Narcissa demanded a 'talk' with both Severus and Draco to 'educate them on the ways of a submissive.' That would have left Harry by himself, but he wasn't allowed to be alone, for obvious reasons, so with a little 'persuasion' from Narcissa he was allowed to visit with Ron and Hermione for the day.
"Harry!" exclaimed Hermione happily as he and Draco approached. "What are you doing here?"
"We're busy today, Granger," sneered Draco unhappily. "You and Weasley have to Potter-sit for a few hours. Under no circumstances is he to be left alone with anyone. Understood? Move it Potter, before I decide to ignore Mum." Harry hastily moved to his friends' sides. Draco turned abruptly and left. Harry watched him leave, wistful.
"Harry?" asked Hermione. He smiled at her happily.
"Hey, 'Mione. Sorry I haven't seen you two lately, but … well, you know." She shrugged and nodded.
"So, what do you want to do?" Harry shrugged too.
"Ron?" The redhead had been staring at Harry hard, and now shook his head.
"I don't get it, Har'. You used to hate Malfoy, and now you're living with him and Snape? What's wrong with you?" Emerald eyes welled with hurt. "Don't look at me like that. All Malfoys are evil; you know that. So why are you acting weird?"
"I – Draco turned. He's not going to be Dark, and you shouldn't just categorize peop - "
"So its Draco now? What, are you sleeping with him too?" Ron glared, making Harry shrink back.
"N-no. If I sleep with anyone I'll be bound to them for life. Didn't Dumbledore tell you guys?"
"Yeah," admitted Ron reluctantly. He began to look like the Ron Harry remembered as his friend. Then he looked miserable. "I'm sorry, Harry. I know you can't help it. It's just - "
"You've been enemies with Draco ever since you understood the name. Family rivalry and all that. I know, don't worry." Harry smiled weakly. "I just – I know it's hard, but could you at least try to get over it?"
"Why?" asked Ron. He sounded like he was whining. Harry flushed heavily.
"I – er – I … there's something … I'm sorry!" Hermione touched his shoulder lightly.
"What's wrong, Harry? We won't hate you, really." He looked up at her with desperate eyes.
"I'm so sorry! I just – I can't help it. I - " He glanced around the empty corridor and then lowered his gaze to the floor. "I'm … I think I'm falling for them." Hermione's mouth rounded into a soft 'o' as Ron stared.
"What?" he hissed in disbelief. Harry looked up tearfully.
"I don't know why, and believe me; I've tried not to! But I can't. I've fallen in love with Severus and Draco. I … I don't know what to do. I know that they could never do the same for me; they hate me. I … please don't hate me too …" Hermione engulfed him in a hug.
"Oh Harry, you're going to get so hurt … just be okay, alright?" Ron just stared; his blue eyes confused.
"Harry, I – I need some time. But I'll be there, okay? Just … wait. Please. I need to adjust a bit …" He walked away, looking dazed. Harry sagged against the wall, Hermione was still attached by her hug, and his sudden movement made her fall. They both toppled to the floor.
"Ow! 'Mione, geroff!" oomphed Harry from beneath her. Hermione jumped off him with a startled laugh.
"Oh, I'm sorry Harry!" She started laughing. Harry joined in; though it sounded strained. His laughter quickly turned to quiet sobs though, and Hermione was crying as well. "I'm really sorry, Harry!" she wept. "I think this is what 'hysterics' feel like, and I know it's not helping …" Harry's tears ended after awhile and he tapped the crying Hermione on the shoulder.
"Are you sure its not just monthlies?" he teased gently. She hit him lightly.
"Oh, you-!" He dashed off, laughing, Hermione hot on his tail.
"Now behave!" Narcissa called after the departing Snape and Draco. They sighed.
"Yes, Narcissa," they chorused. "We'll be nice to Potter."
"Who?" Snape growled at her.
"Harry."
"Good."
A/N: I know its not much, and I know it's been awhile since I've updated, but just wait, 'kay? I've got something great planned, and I'll try to update it soon!
As always, please review!
