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AN: Glad you guys liked the idea. I never did like the whole young Gabrielle suddenly becoming Harry's age or similar. Anyway hope you enjoy chapter two of A Veela's Chance. Just a question though, would you guys prefer for me to write like I did with the first chapter when the girl's speak or do you want me to write the accent, I was planning on just writing normally and removing H's like in Harry, his, him etc. And having them use French terms in certain situations, eg. Merde instead of merlin, Maman for Mum, Papa for Dad etc. I'll keep it like that to see what you guys would prefer for later chapters.
Delacour Manor
Gabrielle woke up early having had a wonderful dream last night. She dreamt she was somehow whisked away to the past by her newly awakened Veela magic to a time when she could get to know Harry on a much more personal level. Maybe even help him develop the feelings for her as she held for him. Sighing she truly wished the dream was real. Looking around her eyes widened, some of her things were missing and some items she had thrown out years before now here. 'Merde, it wasn't a dream, I really might 'ave a chance with 'arry' She let loose a girlish squeal and ran out of her room.
Racing straight to her sister's room she had to know if this was real and what some elaborate prank by somebody. Opening the door an ecstatic grin came upon her face. Running and jumping onto Fleur's bed she started hugging her waking up the girl who was quite startled. "Gabby, what is the meaning of this?" Signifying waking her up in such a manner, said girl just said "I thought it was all a dream Fleur, I woke up thinking none of this happened. Then I looked around my room and realized it might be real, I 'ave a chance to win 'is 'eart. So I ran 'ere to make sure and 'ere you were, 13."
Fleur just smiled softly at her sister, she too still found it hard to believe that her little 4 year old sister was now 11 and someone she could talk to, relate to, be the friend she had been craving for since she started attending Beauxbaton's. "It is 'ard to believe I agree, but I thank your Veela magic for letting it 'appen." Gabrielle always was naive as a little girl, never noticing how upset Fleur would be coming home for the holidays. She must be very lonely and Gabrielle was secretly happy that she would never have to experience that feeling. They would be attending Hogwarts together, so even if the students turned against them, at the very least they had each other.
Apolline Delacour had a long night thinking when they went to bed the night before, thinking meaning disappointment for her husband but this was important. She thought about her eldest and how isolated and alone she must have felt attending that wizarding school. Her heart warmed when her second daughter mentioned that they travelled to England to attend Fleur's wedding, it meant that even after all those hard years she still found a man worthy of her love.
Her thoughts then drifted to her youngest, she knew full well how she would have treated her apparent love for a boy who was already a young man. She would have scoffed at the idea as some silly little crush and dismissed the idea completely. But the fact her daughter was here now, her Veela magic sending her memories back to this time, proved to her that there were true feelings involved. And some sort of potential from the man in question must have been witnessed by the magic to allow it to act. It would have done what was needed to make their love possible.
Believing that it sent her daughter to this time because somewhere in this Harry's mind he must have realized he could have fallen in love with Gabrielle if they were closer in age. Her sister described her frantic calls to her before she blacked out and Apolline knew then and there that her future self would have realized just as she had when her daughter arrived what was happening and blamed likely kicked herself for dismissing the possibility her daughter held true feelings for the man. But the future/past was irrelevant now, all that mattered was the future and Apolline would not allow the future to repeat itself, she would give her daughters the chance at true love. A love she held with her husband and they had the right to try to gain as well.
Getting up and changed she headed downstairs and smiled when she saw her daughter's animatedly talking, they each had a friend, something they possibly never had in her youngest daughter's world. "Good morning Darling's, 'ow did you sleep?" Fleur smiled up at her mother "It was the best night sleep I 'ad in a long time Maman" Gabrielle followed suit nodding enthusiastically "I woke up thinking yesterday was all a dream, but when I realized it was all real it felt just as good as the first time finding out"
Smiling lovingly Apolline said "I'm glad to hear it, the portkey is scheduled to leave in 30 minutes so I need you two to go and get changed plus get anything you may need. Gabrielle I asked Macy to get you some new clothes, they should be on your bed now." Smiling brightly the girls rushed out of the room to get changed.
10 minutes later had Gabrielle back downstairs bouncing around happily and checking the time every 30 seconds as if her glare was going to speed it up. 10 minutes after that had Fleur come down as well where Gabrielle immediately grabbed her arm and began talking excitedly about the last time she was there briefly when she was 7 before they went to Hogwarts.
Fleur just giggled at her sister's enthusiasm, they may look very similar but their personalities couldn't be more different. Gabrielle was a stubborn, bubbly, excitable girl with more confidence than most. While Fleur was much more reserved, proper and quite blunt when she wanted to get her point across. "Okay darlings, come and grab hold of this" Getting two "Okay Maman" The girls took hold of the portkey and with a pulling sensation they were gone.
They arrived at the London branch of Gringott's "Hello Ladies, my name is Ragnar, welcome to Gringotts London branch, allow me to show you to the entrance so you may enter Diagon Alley" Apolline stepped forward "We thank you for your kindness Ragnar. If you could show us the way out we would appreciate it." Ragnar bowed "This way" And began walking, the 2 girls and their mother following. They seemed to be crossing through quite a few tunnels and Gabrielle was looking around in wonder and the inscriptions on the walls.
Ragnar seeing this stated "They are wards young Lady, written in our own ancient language that only our kind knows. It stops clients from remembering the way through these walls. This allows us to have the advantage if an attack ever occurs, they will continually get lost and one of our squads will find the threat and eliminate them." Gabrielle nodded in understanding, Wizards have been known throughout history as taking advantage of Goblins, and they had every right to hold such precautions.
Ragnar stopped and pointed to the door in front before bowing "This is the exit Ladies. I hope you will find England to your liking." Apolline bowed and the 2 girls copied. "Thank you for your help Ragnar" He merely nodded once and left. The girls smiled at each other and went through the doors, Apolline close on their heels.
They entered the main foyer of Gringotts where many Goblin's sat behind desks doing various tasks, Wizards and Witches of all ages going up to them to discuss their businesses. Seeing the entrance they headed towards it, completely missing the large man and small boy standing in front of him. Ignoring the various glances the 3 of them received from all those they passed. Well Gabrielle being absolutely oblivious to them while Fleur and Appolline chose to ignore. Stepping outside the Fleur gasped at the sight before her and Gabrielle giggled "I told you it was amazing Fleur, Maman where are we going first?"
"'Ow about you get your school robes first. That seems like the easiest option and I can see it from 'ere, I will 'ead over to that bookstore to get your schoolbooks" Agreeing with their mother they walked over to the store named Madam Malkin's and entered. The middle aged woman looked over at Appolline than the two girls and said "Hogwarts dears?" The woman was about to speak but Gabrielle excitedly stated "Oui, I'm starting as a first year and my sister is transferring from Beauxbaton's for third year"
The woman smiled kindly at them "Of course dears, this way, we actually have a young man being fitted right now. You will have to go one at a time however I'm afraid, there's only two assistants working right now and I need to mind the shop" Walking over to where a boy had their back to them the assistant not attending to the boy asked "Ok who wants to get fitted first?" Gabrielle was looking over at some Muggle clothes and Fleur rolled her eyes before walking up purposefully a few stools away from the boy saying "I'll go, my sister seems a little distracted"
The boy looked over and frowned at the distance she put herself at from him but said "Hogwarts too?" Fleur looked over at the little blond boy with a pale pointed face. For some reason she couldn't fathom she pictured a ferret when she saw him. Shaking her head she replied bluntly "Oui" The boy frowned before saying "Oui? Are you French, why aren't you attending Beauxbaton's academy?"
Fleur merely responded "I transferred for personal reasons" The boy ignorant to her wish for silence continued. "Oh and what are they?" Choosing to ignore the comment then respond hoping the boy would get the hint she sighed when he continued "No matter, I would leave that school too if I got the chance, I hear they let in even more Mudbloods, Half-breeds and similar than that old fool Dumbledore does. They really shouldn't allow it don't you think?"
That comment hit a little too close to home but Fleur tried her hardest to bite back her retort, wouldn't do you make enemies before even getting to the school after all. She merely didn't respond. Gabrielle was too far away to hear the comment however but if she had she wouldn't of let snobbish little boy get away with that kind of insult. She was looking at some Muggle dresses when she heard the door open. Looking over she gasped before quickly hiding her shock, he would think she just recognized the boy-who-lived and from what Fleur wrote about him in the future he hated the title.
Madam Malkin gave a similar introduction before getting him to wait next to Gabrielle. She looked over and smiling shyly blushing lightly she said "'ello, I'm Gabrielle, I'll be starting at 'Ogwarts this year" Harry looked over at her and he too smiled shyly before saying "Uh, hi, I'm Harry, I'm starting there too this year" Smiling more when he responded she said "Do you 'appen to know 'ow to get around Diagon alley? My sister and I are from France and this is our first time 'ere"
Harry looked down at the ground shyly and said timidly "No, this is the first time I've been here too" She beamed at him "Then you must be with someone who knows their way around right? Could they help us too? We can explore together?" She hoped that she wasn't pushing the topic too much with the excited questioning. He looked up suddenly and looked in her eyes, she blushed under the stare and after a little while he smiled "Sure, I'm sure he won't mind"
She beamed at him and without even thinking she hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek "Thank you 'arry" Feeling him stiffen she frowned momentarily before she felt him relax and awkwardly say "It's, uh, no problem, umm, Gabrielle" Still smiling she said "I decided to come to 'ogwarts and my sister transferred from Beauxbaton's Academy which is the French version of 'ogwarts..." Before talking to Harry about France and differences she's noticed so far etc. Harry stared at the girl wide eyed, she was talking so much and yet didn't seem to have the need to stop and breathe.
Draco Malfoy was getting irritated at the girl who was ignoring him, didn't she know who he was, he was about to give her a piece of his mind when the assistant said "Alright young man, your done" Lifting his chin high in the air he huffed and replied "About time too" Before hopping down and storming off. Gabrielle stopped talking when she saw the blonde boy march towards the entrance. He looked like the boy who seemed to torment Harry after he rescued her form the lake. Draco's eyes met hers and he sneered at her, she looked taken aback by the gesture before he turned away and kept walking the rest of the way and out the store.
Harry looked over at her shocked face after witnessing what just happened and asked "Did you know him Gabrielle?" She looked at Harry and replied "Non, why did he look at me like that?" Fleur walked over at that moment and said "It was probably my fault. I ignored 'im when 'e was trying to talk to me, 'e claimed Mudbloods, Half-breeds and similar shouldn't be allowed to attend 'Ogwarts." Gabrielle gasped and Harry timidly asked "What are Mudbloods?" Gabrielle had heard from Fleur that he grew up with Muggles, but seeing how little he knew still surprised her.
"Mudblood is a term used for wizards or witch's born from Muggle parentage. Pure-Bloods are those who 'ave at least a few generations of wizards and witches before them. Some Pure-bloods believe that magic should remain with magical and muggles 'ave no right to learn their ways." Fleur explained to the boy, "My name is Fleur by the way, I take it my sister 'as befriended you?" Gabrielle glared at Fleur and said "'arry as agreed to take 'elp us find our way around the alley"
Harry looked down embarrassed so missed Fleur's eyes widening and darting between her sister and this small boy. Shaking her head she spoke to Harry. "Thank you 'arry, we doubt we could 'ave navigated our way around on our own." Blushing at the complement Harry responded "It's alright but the man showing me around will be helping you, so it's not really me though" Gabrielle looked at Harry and said "Non, if I did not meet you then we would not meet this man who is 'elping you 'arry" Smiling he nodded before both he and Gabrielle were called to get fitted.