Chapter 6
Finding a Mate

Shayla's POV

It seemed that the years passed by way too quickly. It seemed like a week ago I was walking these halls to classes with my brother then a few days ago Harry was a shy baby. Wouldn't speak what words he knew to anyone but a select few, and now he was a fifteen year old young man. I look at some of the pictures in an album I had of Harry growing up. He wasn't very camera shy for some reason that I have no clue of but people shy. I remember when he was little he always had a little stuffed tiger. He wouldn't go anywhere without it.

"Aunt Shay …. Can I sleep in here I can't sleep."

"Sure Harry, come on." I say as he crawls in. "Anything you want to tell me?"

"No."

"You sure?"

"Why do you want me to get a resort?" Harry asks rolling over to look at me. "I thought you would have been happy with me being in Gryffindor. I mean my mother and father were in Gryffindor."

"I wasn't in Gryffindor I was in Slytherin."

"But you said you were always hanging around dad."

"It was because of mom. She said that if he did any thing to me 'because I was in Slytherin she would kill him. Plus I told him that it would be momma he had to worry about it was me…. Oh don't look at me that way I was a trickster when I was in school still am. Have you wondered why Arthur's so nerves around me? I put a spell on him that made him turn a different color everyday for over a mouth."

"Why?"

"He called me a trader. I was put into Slytherin while my whole family was in Gryffindor. I was the first and maybe the last if you don't get changed into Slytherin. I was so mad because of it. I wasn't to trusting of him. I never liked him after that; I don't like him now I just tolerate him. Do you know after I got you it had been about five years so you would have been six, he talked Albus told him I was abusing you said I was beating you and not feeding you." I paused and looked at him. "Remember the man Douglas?" Harry nodded. "Well he came and tried to take you only to find out that you were a healthy six year old living with a loving aunt. I asked him why he was sent and found that out I almost blow my top, but sent him a howler."

"Why would he do all of this. Do you know he told Ron and Ginny evil things about you? They told me and I couldn't believe it I told them you weren't like that. Ginny said she didn't know you so she couldn't make any judgment till she meant you, but Ron just believe anything you tell him. The day after you told me you wanted me you wanted me resorted Ron said you were an evil Slytherin bitch because you toke points."

"The like brat thought I had hurt you, and I snapped at him but I had good reasons he had been trying me since the beginning of the year."

"Yeah sometimes he doesn't think before he speakers."

I rub the side of his head and say "you know you don't have to do this. If you say so I'm call the headmaster in the morning and tell him that I changed my mind. I only wanted you to be happy."

"I know, you tell me all the time and I can tell by the thing you say and do. You lesson to me and when I was little and Dudley would hit me you would get on him even if it meant you got into it with Vernon. You taught me things I don't think most of my professors knew at my age. You are one of the only people who see me and not my scar or the fact that I'm the boy-who-lived. That's why I love you like my mother. You are my mother in all the since except you know."

"Yeah I know. Go to sleep baby boy… I love you with all my heart baby boy."

It had been a few weeks latter about three days before I had to go back and to the school so Harry and I went to the sea where I had a small house there right on the beach. Harry hadn't been there since he was about six because of my work till now.

"Harry it's time for dinner!" I yell out of the window.

"Coming!" he yelled back.

When Harry entered there was a burst a magic. When I looked up Harry grinned sheepishly. I know Harry's magic was little off but not that much.

"What's wrong Harry your magic shouldn't be doing that." I ask

"My mate is close."

"Do you want to go get them now?" He nods "Okay let's go." I smile as we walk the beach.

It was about half an hour latter when we found Draco sitting on the board walk staring out at the ocean at the sunset. Before I could stop him, Harry was on his knees in front of Draco with his forehead in his chest and his arms around his waist and purring. I carefully walk up to them scared Harry would try to fight me to protect Draco. Harry seemed to since me and he turned to me and growled.

"Harry you know me its okay I won't hurt you or Draco. I just want to talk to him let him know what's going on so he'll calm down."

Harry looked up into Draco's eyes and saw the scared eyes Draco looked back at him with, and then looked back at me with pleading eyes.

"Draco, you know what Harry and I are right." Draco nods, "Well it seems that Harry has chosen you as his mate."

"But, but can't you do something make him stop." at this Harry whined and started to cry at the thought of Draco not wanting him.

"It's not up to me. It was up to Harry. Well his instincts were the thing that triggered the love he had for you to begin with, well I should say the love he always had for you in a way." I said rubbing Harry's back. "We, I mean Harry, myself and others of our kind are like veela in away we have our mate that we love uncannily but if we are rejected we live with our heartache only dying when our supposed mate dies and only then will we have peace form the pain. We can try to move on like I did but we will always want for our mate, only with acceptation or like I said before death of said mate."

Draco reaches out a hand to pet Harry's now changed left ear and smiles as Harry stars to purr again.