I don't own Harry Potter in any format, this is a fanfiction only.

It took Dumbledore three hours and a bribe to get Harry to wear something that was close to presentable. Harry flat out said that he hated the entire robe look, he even mentions what was the difference between male student clothes and female student clothes? Dumbledore told him there was a difference between, one was the gender of the people wearing them for one.

Harry flat out told him he was not going to be wearing a gown to meet the person who quite possibly is his potential bride. The bloody baron was quite sick of hearing the discussion and flat out said that if he did not like how his clothes looked to close his eyes and imagine what his clothes would look like while sending magic through the cloth of his robes.

In a matter of seconds, the robes changed into a rather respectable combat fatigues shirt and vest. The normal camouflage color was replaced by black with golden zipper and buttons. "You are meeting someone you want to fight or want to have a relationship?" Dumbledore had to ask. Harry simply said that it was best to be ready for anything.

As the fireplace began to grow larger and they saw two people walk out of it Dumbledore welcomed Francis and his daughter. Fleur did not miss her chance to cause her aura to flash before the men in the room. Her father was immune and Dumbledore did not even react except when he told her she was not his type.

Harry felt the magic and he had to admit it was rather strange but did not budge. She was dressed in black robes that were clearly meant to hide her figure, and her hood was up and covered most of her hair and her long locks hide her lips. The thing that made her smile behind her locks was that he was immune to her aura.

Normally a man would be reduced to a flirtatious idiot by being hit with her aura at the strength she had hit him with. "So let's get a few things straight, my name is Francis Delacour and next to me is my very precious and stubborn daughter, Fleur Delacour. Am I to assume you are the Son of my old friend James and Lily? I believe they told me your name was Harry."

"It is indeed Harry Potter, but please keep your distance. I don't like for unknown humans to touch me. " Dumbledore could not believe what he said to them." Harry, I assure you they have no intention of harming you, you have to excuse him he had a rather difficult childhood and does not trust people easily because of it. He does not mean to be rude. "

" I am not rude and humans are capable of harming their own children. It would be foolish to let your guard down. " Francis could not help but to agree with him." He is right with the way the world is some humans are no better than monsters. But I promise you, Harry, I was a good friend to your parents and I would not attack you. "

Fleur decided to lower her hood and allow her hair to flow freely. She sent her aura again as her face was exposed to him, and that is when it happened the aura became visible and took the form of a golden light that it looked like a golden ribbon was from his heart and to her own.

"So my aura did, in fact, recognize you as my mate. But I will not suffer the touch of a weak mate so I demand that you show me your might in a duel. If you can not beat me then you a free unworthy to be my mate. "

They decided to have the duel on the great Hall." Albus mind telling me what did you mean by a difficult childhood." As the two prepare the duel arena he told him of the horrors that Harry was forced to endure and the fact that the only parental figures that the ever shown him any love were, in fact, a male and female panther that lived in a zoo far away from Hogwarts.

Fleur was glad to hear that her fear was not going to be a problem. Harry knew the harshness of life and he had the bravery to defend himself, but now it was a matter of seeing if he had any talent.

Harry did his very best to evade her magic spells which were not easy since he had no wand to help him. He did have something she did not know in his many times he spent walking at night I the castle he found some weird letters carved into the very walls around the halls of the castle. It took him some weird occurrences to realize these were actually repositories of an old wizard's knowledge, only two managed to accept him.

The first was this really weird looking snake in the shape of an S. The runes like these allowed him to learn offensive spells and combat skills and the weirdest one of all was a Griffin with an H on his chest. This allowed him to learn defensive and the one skill he truly felt right at home with, wandless magic.

Fleur was casting at him as if her very life depended on it. She was determined not to be settle for a weak, talentless mate. Weak mates often spelled doom for her kind, and she would not make that mistake. The thing that caught her by surprise is when he clapped his hand and pushed them outward. He felt the magic of a shield being used but she saw no wand.

'Impossible, I am older and have two whole years of training, there is no way he knows wandless magic, it must be a bluff. I will teach him this is no joking matter.' Fleur sent a very powerful blasting curse at him and that is when the most unexpected thing happened the curse hit his shield and bounced in the direction of Fleur. Fleur managed the barely get out of the way of her own curse.

"A reflection shield and he is only a first-grade student. I guess I need to take his more seriously. " Fleur began doing something her father considered to be foolish, she began to change into her avian form and began to throw fireballs at him. Harry knew he needed more agility than his human form could offer, he too transformed into his Panther form. The duel was declared over when using his claws he caught one of Fleur's fireballs and managed to hit her with it. She fell unconscious as he changed back to his human form.

Fleur got hit right between her breast, as a result, her clothes were badly burned and she was showing quite a bit of cleavage. Harry began to move near her and her father feared he was going to kill her. But instead, he gave her a lick on the face and rubbed his head on her face. "I think that is the equivalent for panthers as a very romantic kiss."

"But why does he accept her, when he clearly showed no signs of accepting her before. " Francis wanted to know what caused his change in attitude towards his daughter. " I might be wrong, but I think the reason he accepted her is because she is not entirely human. He does not trust humans for some reason. My guess is that it is because aside from me and my deputy headmistress, we are the only humans who have been kind to him."

Fleur asked him to please return to his human form so that she could understand what he was saying. Harry did as she asked but not without making sure he was far enough from her to do so safely." I said that you smelled wonderful up close. " Fleur blushed as she heard the compliment.

" Harry why is it that you seem to reject my presence before but not now? " Harry asked her to sit down." I have never had much of what you might call a good experience with humans. My panther family warned me profusely about them, even after what my aunt and uncle did to me, I started to expect the worst in humans, as if they could do nothing good. "

" Dumbledore keeps trying to get me to accept that my aunt and uncle were a bad example of humanity, but I know better. Most of my family were stolen from other families that lived in the wild. Most died because the humans did as I grew up. It seems poaching was even a danger when living in the zoo. "

Fleur got the feeling that what she heard when the duel started was the sugar coated version of his past so she asked to hear every detail, spare no detail no matter how gruesome. Harry did as she asked. He told her of the daily routine that would make the way most blood purity fanatics treat their house-elves seem kind.

Daily beatings for simply breathing or for not accomplishing a task that was considered impossible for someone so young. The way his uncle would look for any chance to berate, insult, belittle and beat him. When he had no reason to do so, he created some.

Fleur found out the extent his knew how harsh life was and found out she had been living in a paradise by comparison. She was so moved that she took hold of him and placed his head on her lap as she rubbed his hair and scratched behind his right ear. Fleur could almost swear that she heard him purr even when in human form.

"It seems they are no longer so against the marriage contract as they were at the beginning. I did not know Harry had such a horrible childhood, but you must also know that my Fleur is no stranger to a hard life. "

Francis spoke of her troubles she often faced in the Academy she attended. At the time Fleur was still running her fingers through his hair, and enjoying the feel of being so close. She decided to be fair to him, and do as he did for her. She would tell him her view on humans.

"I can relate your dislike of humans. Most human females tend to dislike or be downright envious of those of my kind. Human males are often reduced to big slobbering flirtatious fools by our aura and consider us veela to be the embodiment of female beauty. This tends to create a lot of envy and even hate from human females. "

" They consider us to be nothing but harlots willing to sleep with anyone that can offer us a substantial enough of a benefit. " Harry could hear the anger in her words as she said that." It is not true, we only mate with the one who is immune to our aura, and is recognized by the aura as our mates."

" We mate for life,and it would be simply unthinkable of even considering the possibility of infidelity. I had no less than 56 attempts on my life and I imagine there will be more in my future. That is why you being strong was so important to me. If we mate I must know that you can defend yourself, If we mate I would not survive if you died."

"The sheer sadness and pain of the loss of my mate would slowly drive me to my death so that I would be reunited with you. I want a long marriage, with at least three daughters if not more. I am not human, so you don't need to worry about me. I am veela, and veela would be the daughters we would have if you still want to be my mate? " Harry sat up and right next to her.

Harry took hold of her and pulled her close till she was could feel his arms around her. He kissed her lips and whispered in her ear," I would have no one other than you, how about it care to make me yours? " Fleur smiled and a tear came down her cheek." I don't have to, you were mine all along, you simply didn't know it. Just like I am yours. "

Francis and Dumbledore saw the way the two were behaving and could not help but to laugh," I really don't think we could get them to break that contract if we tried. I swear they look like a couple of honeymooners. This is going to be a major scandal in both our school. But I still think you should take him to buy his books and school supplies If you want his to study here. If not give him to me, I'm sure Beauxbatons would welcome him with open arms. "