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The Veela Fic

Chapter Six: Confusion and Some Explanations

The Great Hall was quiet when the Golden Trio and Ginny went to lunch the next day. It was a Hogsmeade weekend but they decided to stay at school to study (in Hermione's case), practice Quidditch ( Harry and Ron) and to help Snape (Ginny).

Hermione was too wrind up to eat. She couldn't seem to find anything on veelas and was beginning to feel guilty for not telling her friends. Ron would make it worse, she thought, Harry would be worried and Ginny.. That's it! Since Ginny is a pureblood, she should know something about veelas. She decided to talk to Ginny after lunch.

Ginny was thinking about yesterday. I wonder why Malfoy was with Severus, she thought. She knew they were friends but she never seen Lucius Malfoy with Severus at the school before. I hope it's not related to Death Eater business. Since Harry killed the Dark Lord, it was a peaceful time in England, but there were still Death Eaters on the loose. Lucius Malfoy was acquitted on all charges that he was a Death Eater and Severus was given the rank of Merlin Order, First Class for his help.

The doors opened and Snape appeared, along with Lucius Malfoy. "What is he doing here?"whispered Ron, nudging Harry. " I don't know," Harry whispered back. Hermione wondered if he was here about Draco. If he is, she thought, he must not know that I am Draco's mate.

Both men sat down at the head table. They began eating in silence. Snape generally never talked during meal times, unless he was with Lucius, Dumbledore or sometimes Ginny. Today he didn't speak at all,deciding that it would be best, for his neck's safety at least, to not talk about his work, since Ginny was involved in it a great deal.

Lucius was contemplating his next move. Should he send her a gift as a secret admirer, to hopefully make her more receptive to his attentions? Or should he be frank with her and ask her father for her hand? He didn't know what to do. All Lucius knew was that he needed her and soon. He sighed, I guess there's only one thing to do, he thought, talk to Dumbledore. He disliked the man for several reasons, he always had that annoying twinkle in his eyes and Lucius generally thought the man was insane.

"Ginny," Hermione said, breaking her out of her thoughts, "will you go to the library with me after lunch?" Hermione suggested the one place she knew the boys wouldn't follow. "Okay," Ginny said, wondering what it was all about. She noticed Draco seemed to be looking over at their table with a strange look in his eyes.

After lunch, the two girls walked to the library. Once they found a dark corner, Ginny asked, " What do you what to talk about?"

"I need your help," Hermione said. She then took a deep breath and said, "I'm Draco Malfoy's mate."

TBC