Harry, Draco and the others had all been in Durmstrang for 3 days now, they had not had any lessons yet though. While they had all been given their timetables they were told that they would be starting on the Monday after they came to the school, they came to the school on a Friday which meant that they would be starting their lessons the next day.
Harry was becoming nervous, he had looked up what Krum had been telling him about his change, Durmstrang had a much larger library than Hogwarts did this could have been due to the fact the Durmstrang had a number of books on the dark arts. In fact most of the books in the library were dark, Durmstrang did accept those from the light who couldn't go to Hogwarts, but they were kept on a different campus with different teachers and there were only a small handful of them.
Harry had looked up the information in any of the light books but found nothing, then he thought that anything to do with creatures was considered dark and he began to look in the dark books. Harry had never seen a dark book before, he found every book that he read was interesting and told something new each time. Harry hated reading when he was in Hogwarts but now that he had something interesting to read it seemed as though he couldn't get enough. The books told him what Krum did, that if someone is blood adopted, has a mate and is very powerful then their whole being could change into something, and something more powerful then they were now.
While Harry was nervous about this he couldn't wait for his lessons to begin. He had looked at his timetable and found that most of his lessons were to do with the dark, he had asked the headmaster about this and he was told that since he has had no previous training with the dark spells then he would be spending more time on them. The headmaster told him that he didn't have light and dark lessons, he was told that the light and dark were taught together. He had every subject, but they were going to be spilt up into pieces he would learn the light side of the spell and then he would learn the dark side of the spell. Harry knew that he was going to do better in the dark arts as would all of his friends, he and the others had been betrayed by the light and they did not want to use the spells that the traitors had taught them.
"Hello love, something troubling you?" Draco's voice broke Harry out of his thoughts.
"Hey Draco, its just the days is drawing near when I am supposed to change. What if father hates me when I change? Or, even worse, what if you don't love me when I change?" These things had been on his mind since he was told what could happen. That was the one thing that Harry dreaded the most, his father, his friends and his mate leaving him when he changed.
Draco understood. Ron, Hermione and the others in Hogwarts were only using Harry from second year, they had discovered that they did like him in the first year but then Harry appeared to change to them and that's when they were approached by Dumbledore. Harry had changed in second year, he had gotten stronger, faster and smarter over the summer and his friends did not like that, so they turned their backs on him. Harry thought that his father, his friends and Draco was going to leave him if he did end up leaving.
Draco smiled softly and grabbed Harry's chin, forcing the dark haired boy to look into his eyes. "Harry I am never leaving you, no matter how much you change. I love you, not your looks but the way you want to help people, your personality and your pure heart and that is never going to change within you. No matter how much you change you are still going to be the boy that I am in love with, still be my mate and still be the one that I want to spend the rest of my life with. Your father loves you too Harry, you have changed the dark lord so much, that he is not torturing people, he listens to his Death Eaters and he allows those he trusts to call him Tom. This shows that you have given him the heart that he lost so long ago, you brought Tom Riddle back and got rid of Voldemort. And all of your true friends, not the Weasel and the Mud-Blood, they love you and care for you too, you gave them the freedom that they had never had." Draco finished, pressing his lips to his mates forehead.
Harry had listened intently to what Draco was telling him and he found it all to be true.
His new friends had stuck with him, some of them choosing him over their families, and they had reacted so protectively when they found out what had happened to him, he knew that when they see the others when they go their for the tournament that they will not be letting him out of their sight, although he would not be recognised. His father, the person who was once his enemy all because of a fake prophecy and the person who gave him the life that he always wanted but had never been able to have. He was still connected to his father through the scar, he could tell that his father loved him and that it was no joke, he allowed Harry to be the person that he wanted to be, not someone who others wanted him to be. And then there was Draco, the person who the traitors had made him hate since first year, but a part of him always loving Draco since the beginning. Draco was his mate, the person who was in love with him because of his personality and attitude, rather than his looks, money and fame that others had loved about him. Draco had gotten into the shell that he had put around his heart, and brought him out into the life that he could have with him.
Harry knew that he had the perfect family, the perfect life.
Harry launched himself into the arms of the boy that he loved with all of his heart. "Oh Draco, I love you so much!" Harry yelled before nuzzling his head into the crook of Draco's neck.
"Harry, you could not measure how much I love you. I am so glad you saw the truth before they could have done anymore damage, and I am so glad that fate chose you to be my mate. I love you too" Draco said. Harry lifted his head up and stared, Draco's red eyes staring back at his sapphire blue intently.
"Draco are we still going to have our bonding ceremony in a few weeks? We only did that because we thought that we were going back to Hogwarts and we didn't want anyone to think you forced me." Harry was nervous, he wanted to bond with Draco as soon as he could, but he didn't know if Draco was only wanting to do it that quickly so people didn't think that he was forced into anything.
"Of course we are Harry. If I had the choice we would already be bonded, but I wanted to wait for a little while before we could. We will ask the headmaster tomorrow if it is okay to take one day of learning in a few weeks because of the bonding ceremony." Draco said earning a happy smile from his mate, and a long kiss as well.
"Great I will mirror father and let him know." Harry sat up and related the message to his father through the mirror that he always wore. Voldemort and the others already spoke to the headmaster and they had the days for the ceremony clear for the both of them. His father also told him that Narcissa, Bella and the other women in the Death Eaters were so excited to be planning the wedding for their prince. Harry and Draco bid Voldemort goodnight and said they would contact him tomorrow.
"At the World Cup not only will be competing but I will tell those traitors that I am not going to Hogwarts, and that I am going to a better school. I am so glad they will not know who I am until I want to tell them, and that will not be until we get to the final battle. I feel sorry for you lot, they are going to be picking on you, the twins as well as Bill and Charlie the most." Harry said. He felt bad that he and his father were going to be protected against most of the insults, though he knew he would still get some because of what happened in Diagon Alley, but the others were going to get the blunt of it.
"Oh don't worry Harry. We can handle them, and our parents are going to be there as well as other people, so nothing is going to get out of hand. Besides we will only see them when we go to the winners box, as they will be with Minister." Draco said, hugging Harry tightly and never wanting to let go.
Suddenly Harry could feel something strong surging within him as if something wanted to be released from in him. Harry could feel the power and he wanted to release it, he knew what happening. He was changing and he knew that Draco could be hurt in the process.
"Draco its happening, you can't be touching me right now. I will tell you when it is safe." Harry said. Draco understood this as he to had read up on this process, at first the power breaks free and then it begins to return into his body where it will fuse with his cells and change them, and in turn changes Harry in the process. When the energy begins to return to Harry's body then they want their mates holding them during the process to keep them grounded.
Draco moved away from Harry but so that he could still see, hear and get to Harry should he need it. Bright blue and red energy burst free from Harry's body and started to swirl around him, the magic reached out to Draco as well but it did not hurt him, in fact it seemed soothing. Some of the energy entered into his own body, this also happened if the mate or the adopted father is near during the process then the energy would be taken into their body too, it connected them to one another. Even if one of them was not then the energy would seek out the missing person and connect them anyway.
Draco saw that the energy was beginning to return into Harry's body, so he started moving forward. He then thought that he would let Harry decide when he was ready to have him nearer as he didn't want to cause any harm to the one he loved.
He did not have to wait long. "Draco I need you?" Harry called across to his love.
Draco was there in less than minute, wanting to be there for his dark haired lover. "I'm right here Harry, I'm never going to leave you." Draco said .
After about half an hour all of the energy had returned to Harry's frame, and once again he had changed however not by much. Harry was now the same height as Draco, his features were a lot sharper than they once were and his fangs had lessened, while they were still there and could be seen they were not as noticeable as they were before hand. However the biggest change was Harry's eyes, they were the same sapphire blue colour, however now there were splashes of green, amber and light blue in small flecks, you would have to be close to see them. Harry's skin also seemed to be a bit hotter than it was before hand, as well as this he still had the same dark hair but now it had flecks of dark blue and dark purple in small strands.
"Wow Harry you look gorgeous." Draco said. He summoned a mirror so Harry could see his new look. Harry liked the way that he looked now, it was then that he noticed that Draco had changed slightly, not as much as he had but there was still some differences that could be seen.
"Here Draco, you have changed some as well." Harry said, handing the mirror over to his mate. Draco looked into the mirror and saw that he now had sharp features, his eyes remained red mostly but he now had amber, blue and green in small flecks just like Harry. His hair had darkened but it was still a bright blonde colour, however it too had dark blue and dark purple streaks in it. Draco's hair stood out the most as it was purple and blue in platinum blonde hair.
"Well looks like whatever I have become you have part of it since you are my mate. I still have the thirst for blood so I think that I am still part Vampire, but there is no trace of the Veela in me." Harry said, looking at Draco.
"Yeah I still have a thirst for blood as well as meat which shows that I am still a wolf but there is something else there and it is stronger than the wolf." Draco said.
Harry then sniffed at the air, catching Draco's scent. Soon Draco had an armful of Harry sniffing at his neck. Harry licked at the blondes neck making Draco tilt his head for his lover to drink from him, which Harry gladly did piercing Draco's skin and drinking the sweet blood that flowed into his mouth. Meanwhile Draco was smelling Harry's own blood and it was calling to him, so he lifted his head, licked Harry's neck and then bit down drinking the blood that flowed into his mouth.
Harry and Draco had never drank from one another at the same time, they found that it was even more pleasurable then drinking from just the one of them.
They parted from one another, Harry licked Draco's neck to heal his marks, Draco doing the same to the marks he left on Harry.
Just then the others all walked into the room, having sensed the strong magic in the room. But as soon as they stepped forward and into the room, Harry went wild. He curled his body around Draco like a small cat, he then began to growl and hiss at those who had just entered into what he considered their nest.
"Hey Draco what's up with your mate?" Blaise said, moving forward and coming to stop right next to Draco.
"Blaise I would get away from him if I were you." Viktor said, he knew what was going to come to next.
"Why would I need to mo... ah!" Blaise yelled out. Harry had uncurled from Draco and launched himself at Blaise and had landed on top of him.
"Don't touch him, he is mine!" Harry yelled as he began clawing at Blaise.
"That Blaise is because you touched Draco. If I am guessing correctly then Harry has gone through the transformation. Some of what people become are very protective of their mates, they will kill if they someone harm their mates and they will attack if anyone touches them. The best thing to do is not touch Draco, Harry will be with all the time and he will not allow anyone to touch, its his instincts." Viktor said.
Draco stood up and moved over to where Harry was still sitting on Blaise, still hissing and growling at the boy below him. Draco reached a hand out and grabbed Harry forcing the dark haired boy to stare at him in the eye, Harry seemed to recognise the eyes as he stopped hissing and growling, even getting up of Blaise.
"Well Draco looks like you, me, father and your parents are going to Diagon Alley later today, we need to know what we have become." Harry said, after he was able to regain his control and apologised to Blaise for how he acted.
"Yeah we will. Everyone here is going with us, this will be the last time we are allowed out until the proper year begins, lets go talk to the headmaster first though." Draco said, everyone nodding.
They arrived at the headmasters rooms. After they had been invited in they decided to ask. "Headmaster can we please leave to go meet our families to go to Diagon Alley?" Harry asked, he had fallen into the role of leader very well. Draco and all of the others had all taken Harry's mark, all a part of the inner circle, wherever Harry went the rest went with him and whatever Harry asked them to do they would do it.
As well as this the day before Harry had given the mark to his three new Bulgarian friends, they had accepted right away and when he told his father he was proud that Harry was making new true friends at his new school. Voldemort had spoke to each of the three Harry had chosen and he approved, as well as ask them to tell Harry of anymore who would wish to follow his son, the three agreed. Harry decided he would wait to look for more people until the year began so he could judge them during school. His father had warned him to limit the numbers, he had been told no more than 20 people could be marked, he already had 13 marked, the adults who stuck with him took on the dark lords mark as they had nothing to fear. While they were not going to Hogwarts they would still be out in public, at the arena for the World Cup and at Hogwarts for the tournament, they still needed their own mark, plus they are younger than the other Death Eaters so following Harry made more sense.
Harry did not want anyone else in his group, he was happy with the people he had now, so he told Voldemort that he would stay with the people and the numbers that he already had, Voldemort was very proud of his son for making that decision.
"And why would you need to do this?" The headmaster asked.
"Well Harry had just changed into a new creature, and since Draco is his mate then he has also changed. We do not know what they are and they want to go with their families to Gringott's to see what they are. We are all Harry's marked inner circle, so wherever he goes we want and need to go with him. Especially if we run into those who betrayed him again." Bill said, explaining it instead of Harry, who was too busy cuddling into his lover.
"Oh well in that case yes you may all go, but I want you back here for 10pm." The headmaster said. They had learned there is not a time limit for staying up, but you had to be back at the school for 10pm.
"Yes headmaster, we shall be." Draco said, before all of the children left to use the port key home.