Disclaimer: Anything that you recognise does not belong to me; it belongs to the very talented J.K. Rowling. Lucky her! I am doing this purely to see if I can, I am not making any money off of this what so ever. Unlucky me!

Also, I have read a lot of stories on this site, so if anything is familiar, it is not on purpose… Could you simply take it as an homage?

A/N: Thankyou Liz! I am trying, this one is three hundred words more than I usually write, and hopefully the next one will be longer!

A week later Hermione, Ron and Harry were late for Defence Against the Dark Arts, and were rushing through the corridors as fast as humanly possible, arguing all the way

"Honestly Ron, I cannot believe that you let me get so distracted"

"Hermione, how can you blame me for this? I simply gave you what you wanted and you were the one who forgot the time"

"Oh shut up both of you, it's both your fault, Ron, you shouldn't have forgotten to do your homework and Hermione you should have watched the time while you lectured him. And I can't believe that I was stupid enough to wait for you guys, there aren't going to be any seats left!" Harry panted

They skidded around the corner and could see the door to the classroom, putting on a last burst of speed Hermione, Ron and Harry rushed into the classroom, and with a hurried apology to Professor Lupin scrambled into the only seats left. Ron and Hermione were lucky enough to get seats together, but the only available space for Harry was next to Draco Malfoy. Truth be told, Harry didn't really mind having to sit next to Draco, over the past week they had had two more meetings about their Potions assignment and they had reached a point where they could work and talk as friends, practically forgetting all the years in which they wanted to do grievous bodily harm to one another. Harry hadn't so much as raised his voice or reached for his wand once in Draco's company all week.

Draco smirked at Harry, "Potter"

"Malfoy" Harry replied

Looking up he could see Remus wanted to get on with the class, so he stopped talking to Malfoy and looked towards the front.

"Okay class, today we are going to start to investigate the veela, I trust you have all done your readings, so, can anyone tell me what a veela is?"

Hermione's hand shot into the air as a few other people in the class raised their hands

"Yes, Hermione?"

"Veela are very powerful magic creatures who are found mainly in Bulgaria, their home country. They live in the forest and eat small woodland animals. Veelas are part of the genus of species who are equipped to be able to find their mate by scent, who can be from a number of species, including wizards."

"Ah yes Hermione, I am glad you have mentioned the veela's mate, always remember that veelas are fiercely possessive of their mates, so do not insult their mate if you come across a veela." Professor Lupin said with a smile, "Veelas are one of the creatures who can mate with wizards, creating what are known as 'part veelas'. As you have seen from your books, pure veelas are able to enthral their prey and bend peoples will to suit their purposes; they also morph into birdlike creatures when they are angered and have been known to be able to apparate anywhere in the world, to the side of their mate, unlike wizards, whose longest recorded distance when apparating has been two hundred miles. Can anyone tell me what veelas generally look like? Draco?"

"Veela are physically beautiful creatures, they fit the stereotype of the perfect body shape, the female veela are curvy, yet slender and the males are muscled and slender. Veela usually have silver blonde hair, with silver eyes but there have been some variations to the colouring, raven hair with dark eyes being the next most common colour scheme, all veelas have translucent skin though." Draco answered, glaring at the professor.

Harry looked at Draco in confusion, what as his problem with Remus?

"Correct! Now, part veelas when there is wizard and veela blood, inherit mainly the positive aspects of the veela and the positive aspects of the wizard. A part veela comes into what is called an inheritance on their seventeenth birthday when they take on the physical body type of a veela, keeping their hair and eye colour though. Part veelas are able to identify their mates by scent as pure veelas are; they are also fiercely possessive and can apparate to their mates' side as will. Part veelas also have the potent magic of the veela combined with a wizard's magical strength, making them very powerful indeed. And finally part veelas have the skill to bend people's will to their own, they can emit an attraction that makes people want to please them by doing anything, the part veela needs to be very careful with how they use it, as it can be worse than the Imperius curse."

Hermione was fascinated by this topic, she was watching the teacher closely while taking notes, and noticed that he looked right at Draco Malfoy while speaking, but then he moved on to look at the rest of the class, so she thought nothing of it.

"Now, for the next twenty minutes of the lesson I would like you to discuss with your partner how you could defend against a veela, how a veela could aid you in battle and how you would work at identifying a veela, be it part or pure." Professor Lupin concluded the lecture section of the lesson.

"Damn werewolf" Draco muttered, what was the idiot trying to do? Out him?

"What was that Malfoy?" Harry asked, his eyes flashing dangerously, since Sirius had dies, Remus had kind of taken over the role of Godfather and Harry defended what was his, if someone was going to slur against his Godfather, they'd have to answer to Harry.

'Nothing, I just already know all this stuff, and he wont let me skip this class to o to the library" Draco answered

"How do you know all this Malfoy?" Harry asked with genuine curiosity

"What you think you're the only one that's worked hard since the summer holidays Potter?" Draco asked with a smirk to let Harry know he was not being malicious

Harry looked at Draco in shock and then burst out laughing, that was the first time someone had referenced Mark in a tone that was not hushed and concerned and Harry found it refreshing. Not noticing the stunned expressions of their classmates the two teens then got on with the task of discussing veelas. The rest of the class just stared in shock; including Professor Lupin, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy were working together without argument? Not only that, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy were making each other laugh? Had the world ended? Were there mood enhancers in the air? The students were shocked; they never thought they would see the day that the Prince of Slytherin and the Leader of Gryffindor would work together peacefully and happily.

After class the students made their way to the Great Hall for lunch, and Ron pulled Harry aside.

"What going on with you and Malfoy?" He asked

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, when the hell did you become so friendly? You were laughing and joking in class like you were old friends!" Ron was genuinely confused about what he had just seen, as far as he knew Harry and Draco hated each other

"Ron, we're just being civil to one another to get through this Potions assignment" Harry explained, although a little voice inside his head kept saying that maybe it wasn't just to get through the Potions assignment, maybe he and Draco could actually be come friends, when Draco wasn't being a git, he could actually be semi-decent.

"Civil! How can you be civil? The guy is out to get yo Harry, he serves you-know-who for crying out loud, he could be trying to kill you!"

"I don't know Ron, we have been alone for the Potions assignment plenty of times and he hasn't done anything" Harry didn't mention that Draco had also kept Harry's secret and hadn't told anyone about Mark, somehow Harry didn't think Ron would appreciate hearing that Harry had shared something so personal with Malfoy.

"Look, I will be careful around him and I will be on my guard, but I am not going to go out of my way to antagonise the guy! I need a good mark for Potions this year Ron, if I want any chance at all of becoming an auror."

"Alright mate, just be careful ok?" Ron really did worry about his friend and he didn't want Harry to put himself in danger unknowingly "Come on, lets go to lunch, I am starved."

In the Great Hall Vince, Greg and Draco sat at the Slytherin table eating their stir fried vegetables when Pansy sat down across form them and started to chat about inconsequential things, as one does at lunch time. Crabbe signalled to Draco "GET HER OUT OF HERE", since they had heard the news about their fathers, Vince and Greg had become even more silent and menacing, and they obviously did not want company, Draco felt sorry for his friends and wanted to help in any way. Suddenly an idea popped into his head; maybe he could use this as a little experiment. Turning to the girl across from him, he directed his veela charm at her

"Pansy, could you please go and sit down the other end of the table? It would really make me happy"

Pansy, turning into a quivering mass of hormones at the attraction being directed towards her immediately acquiesced, she would do anything to make Draco happy she thought as she took her plate and moved away.

"Thanks" Vincent grunted

"No problems" Draco replied, focusing on his stir fried vegetables

None of the Slytherins noticed the bushy haired Gryffindor walking past their table at that moment and hearing the entire thing. Nor did they notice her eye widen in realisation and her abruptly changing direction, instead of going to the Gryffindor table she went out the door of the great hall and directly to the library.