A/N: Okay, so I know that I said this story and Dark Phoenix Arisen were not and would not be companion pieces to each other. However, I have seen how very similar and yet different they are, and thought it might be fun to use them that way. So from now on they are to companion pieces. But, keep in mind I am still very ill despite my recent writing activity. I am doing somewhat better, but I am very ill and still bedridden for the most part. There may be periods of time where more chapters are added and then periods where nothing happens at all. I will finish theses two stories though, no matter how long it takes me to do so.

Also, Dark Phoenix Arisen was started first before Soul-Mates was and now it would appear this story was despite the truth of it. Dark Phoenix Arisen has come to a major roadblock and slowly I am working on it, but just know that Soul-mates might very well become much farther as I work through the block since it has created many new problems the more get through one area of the block.

Chapter VI: A Secret Pranked is a Secret Kept I

After Halloween, everything between Harry and Draco fell into a more normal routine as they fine-tuned their 'new Slytherin Conversion' plan. The school remained utterly clueless as to Harry and Draco's true relationship for the majority of the student and teacher body due to the fiery sparks having gone off about the rumored threesome between the golden trio that was started on accident when Harry forgot to remove his charms a couple weeks ago.

The Professors for the most part had ignored the rumors about it since it was none of their business if it was true or not, and some of the teachers there Harry would have said were now more uncomfortable around the three of them due to their new patterns of nervousness because of the rumors. Professor Snape and Headmaster Dumbledore being the only two people in the school that were exempted from both categories that were described above here, of course.

Intriguingly, Harry had albeit, noticed that Professor Snape seemed more curious of the rumor than anything else and had taken a peculiarly odd habit of watching Harry and his friends more than normal. It was almost as if he was stalking them for answers. It irritated them to no end at times, and Harry had already once entertained the idea of doing a fake make-out sandwich between him and his friends whilst Snape caught them in the middle of it despite the trouble they'd be in for it. He thought it'd be humorous to see though even if this idea was more involved for revenge due to his irritation not minding the fact that Snape deserved it five times over by now.

Whereas the Headmaster had kept his distance from Harry again; the same as he had done in his fifth year, before the fiasco in the Department of Mysteries within the Ministry of Magic had occurred. This was perfectly fine with him as long as he maintained a careful guard of his surroundings and to not let the wily old man catch him unaware of whatever he was planning up his sleeves for him if anything.

The Christmas holidays were right around the corner and Draco was ecstatic to have Harry visiting the Manor for them. he talked constantly to Harry about how much his mother was thrilled to finally be able to meet him without war sides getting in the way. He knew the blonde was utterly brainless at times when it involved presents and holidays; yet the Elven lord found the blonde who was his mate's antics very humorous and at times, utterly hilarious. Between the intense workload from their teachers before the break and watching Draco run around in the room of requirement like a headless chicken when he realized he had 'forgotten to plan this or that' was quite amusing to say the least.

Harry had already managed to secure the privacy wards he would need for their plan to work and he found that Hogwarts's sentient spirit had been quite accommodating for this plan since she had felt it was time that the rest of the houses in her school saw Slytherin in a new light than the one they knew of currently.

It was now about two weeks until the holidays and the student body, himself and Draco included, had been fastidiously studying for the mid-term tests next week before they were to go back home for the break. Surprisingly, Draco and Harry's abilities complimented each other more than they had been aware of.

Where Harry's abilities lacked in some levels, Draco's were stronger in those areas to a degree and he was able to assist Harry with perfecting them. The same could be said in reverse too. Draco helped Harry understand Potions better than he had before, even with his new and better senses that had allowed him to avoid careless mistakes. Whilst Harry helped Draco more than anything with Transfiguration. Just because Harry had been given all these new gifts and all this knowledge; it did not mean he automatically could use them. He had to train them to make them work, and studying was one of the first key elements of knowing how to do this, much to his own chagrin.

It was a lightly raining day that found Harry and Draco in the 'story room' on a Saturday morning and with their noses piled into their transfiguration texts of all things. Draco groaned as his head began to hurt and Harry just smirked to his mate in a knowing kind-of way.

He knew Draco hated transfiguration.

"Draco, I was thinking about something yesterday and I would like your opinion." Harry asked him

The blonde merely gazed up at Harry and nodded before returning his eyes to his book.

"Do you think that if Severus was told the truth about me that he would; in turn at least, be able to not see me as my father and come to a truce?" Harry asked of him

Draco set his quill down softly, "Harry, I can only make an educated guess here since I still don't understand why Severus seems to loathe you as he does, but from what I know of his character then yes...I think he may be amenable to change his views and come to a truce if this is what you want."

Harry seemed to nod, "Do you think we should let him in on this plan of ours then? Or perhaps a better way of stating this is…do you think we should have him there when we begin it and let him see the truth with the rest of the group?"

Draco sighed, "I don't know, honestly. It's risky to do this with him involved either way."

Harry remained silent here; knowing the truth in that statement better than most would realize.

"I think we need to execute the plan after mid-terms on Saturday before we leave Sunday morning for break. I know this is earlier than we originally planned it, but something tells me we need to as an instinctual feeling." Harry said

"I just hope I'm wrong on this."

Draco stared at his mate, "Has your scar burned lately?" He asked

Harry sighed, "Yes, and quite frequently too. It has me concerned that Tom is on the move so quickly again. I've been rather fortunate that no visions have occurred with this burning he has caused, but I won't count on it lasting much longer if he is moving as fast as I predict he is."

Draco seemed concerned, "Do you know anything he could be up to right now that could stimulate the increased frequency of the pain?"

Harry thought a moment, "I know he sent messengers to send as envoys to several clans of werewolves and vampires. Perhaps their acceptance of his terms is the cause of this and he is planning a raid of some kind."

Draco paled, "That's not good."

Harry sighed and grimaced, "No, it's not good at all for any of us."

The week of preparatory study went by in a flash and soon the school was inundated with the heaviness of mid-term exams. Fifth years and seventh years were particularly being watched due the OWL and NEWT tests to come at the end of the year.

Draco and Harry barely had any time for the other during the day and at the end of the exam day; they were literally too drained to do much other than sleep. Hermione and Ron were much the same so there was no suspicions yet.

By Friday, the trio and Draco met in the room of requirement to iron out last minute details of the latest part of their 'plan'. Coincidentally, this new part had to be added due to Ron's loud mouth accidentally almost blowing their cover and Seamus overhearing him.

"Okay, so at nine o' clock tomorrow night, we are leaving Gryffindor common room down to the fourth floor where…" Harry glared at Ron for the millionth time

"Where you will undo your glamour charm for your elven appearance underneath the cloak to resume your Lord Peverell persona and then create a second body double for yourself in a normal human Harry form for Seamus to find later on." Hermione said with pink-tinged cheeks

Harry nodded and then glared at Ron to continue.

Ron sighed, "Which is then after the clone is done, the real you will leave under the cloak to meet Draco near the Slytherin dorms as Seamus tries to find Hermione and I with the clone and catch 'us' making out to prove the rumors were true after all despite they are not really true at all." Ron shivered in dismay

"Right. Ron, as much as you don't like this idea; it is your fault Seamus even heard of the plan to begin with no matter how mixed up it was when he entered the common room yesterday and just happened to overhear of it. So, now you and Hermione with my clone are going to have to fix it whether or not you like the idea." Harry glared at him

Ron whined in a pleading way, "Harry, I said I'm sorry already for the thousandth time so can't we just skip this?"

Harry glared at his friend as Draco tried desperately not to break out laughing from behind him.

"Only to allow Seamus to suspect something is up if we avoid fixing the problem in the first place and create more problems for our group later on when the headmaster or Professor Snape become more suspicious of me than they already likely are? I'm not taking any more chances than are necessary here Ronald Weasley and even still; there are many things that could go wrong yet if the wrong people have the wrong information, Ron." Harry said furiously

Ron bowed his head in shame, "I'm sorry Harry…I had forgotten exactly how dangerous this was for you and Draco due to the prank we've been pulling all year so far. In fact, it almost seemed it was just a prank until now. I'll try harder not to let this happen again." He said quietly

Harry sighed, "See that you don't Ron, or next time my head might be on Voldemort's dinner table on a silver platter."

Ron paled at this statement very quickly as Hermione grimaced to the image Harry created for her, and Draco had paled much like Ron did to the idea of his soul-mate being beheaded and his head being presented in such a way to the dark lord.

On Saturday morning, Harry and Draco woke early and met in the room of requirement for some time together before the plan was to be executed that night. Harry had been wanting and longing for the feel of his soul-mate, though he had not said anything to Draco about it in order to keep stress down during exams. It likely would not have helped their study habits at all.

Draco arrived shortly after Harry and came into the room with a scowl on his face, which Harry found odd since it was so early.

"What's up?" Harry asked nonchalantly as possible

Draco scowled more, "Pansy's getting desperate to know where I keep disappearing off to at random times each week and so she tried to ambush me this morning to get her answers. Thankfully, I had anticipated this and was able to avoid giving her any real answers directly. Next time however, I may not be quite so fortunate if she is truly determined."

"I see." Harry said indifferently whilst trying to push down a stub of irrational jealousy towards Draco's friend.

Draco came and sat by Harry and they relished in the quiet of the room with the warm fire beside them. Comforting them with its presence and warming them with its soft heat. Hogwarts's sentient spirit soothing Harry's nervousness with her gentle voice whispering amid the invisible breeze of the castle and her protective nature calming his nerves over tonight's plan.

"Draco…" Harry asked suddenly

The blonde only hummed in acknowledgement due to his enjoyment of his mate beside him and the quiet of the room.

"I am starting to think we are both odd." Harry smirked to himself knowing how Draco would likely respond to that

The blonde cracked an eye open as he narrowed it in suspicion towards Harry.

"How are we the odd ones here in this blasted school? Or, better yet, why are we odd at all compared to the world we live in for that matter?" He asked him

"We are odd because we have both known for nearly a month that we were soul-mates, and yet we continuously avoid talking of things that are awkward to our relationship due to the fragile newness of it regardless to how many times we've met here or had busy schedules?"

Draco sat up and sighed, "Such as?"

"Such as to the fact that we both know I am Lord Peverell now and a forefront figure to the war ahead of us. I am an Elven lord who was come to seek justice for its people unknowingly. I am a dominant person by nature or an alpha if you prefer. You, however, are much the same. You let no one tell you what to do any more and you certainly haven't ever done so whilst here."

"Your late father seemed to be the only one who could tell you to do anything prior to now, but with him gone; you have changed into a more independent person and in my personal opinion, a better person all together. It is a welcome change, however again, whenever I seem to be near you…then you seem almost as if you'd prefer to step back from the dominant role when I'm around you and to let me have such a role. I find myself curious about it more than anything?" Harry said

Draco sighed and answered quietly, "That's because I do step down when you are here."

Harry stared to this a bit, "Why, not that I am complaining; but, I do find it odd that you would do so anyhow?"

"Because despite the fact that I know that I can act as a dominant role if I desire to, I feel more at ease knowing that you are a true dominant and can protect me if I should need it at a given time for being my mate. You probably smelt the change in my aura at the beginning of the year?" Draco asked

Harry nodded, "Yes, but I don—"

Draco shushed him, "The change in the scent is due to my Veela heritage on my mother's side. Predominantly, it is women in the Black lineage who became veela. Andromeda and Bellatrix being exceptions I suppose, but I guess that having no female heirs made the blood thinner and the creature line knew that it was dying out and so it chose me instead top pass the genetics to. I am by nature a submissive veela though I can act as a dominant if I desired to and I will voice my opinion if I want it heard as you know well by now."

"If you weren't around me so much all the time, I would be acting as a dominant more often on my own behalf as a mechanism to better protect myself from those I considered a weak dominant and ones that had showed interest in me as a mate to begin with. I have my veela powers in control from the summer training my mother did with me, but my appearance only changed very slightly so there was not much of an outward sign to the change at all."

"We are are mates as two creatures to the other, but also being true soul-mates as well as creature mates adds a layer of depth that is harder to define. I had thought you knew of my being a veela and so I did not say anything until now. I apologize that you thought otherwise." Draco said quietly

Harry nodded, "It's not anything to apologize over, Draco. We are new to this and we learn as we go along each day. Sometimes there will be moments that surprise us and others that won't."

He then fell quiet as he continued to think on this matter more whilst Draco gazed up at him with concerned eyes. The silver irises held so much emotion there that only he would likely ever see.

Harry then lowered his head and caught Draco off-guard by catching his lips in a tender and semi-chaste kiss. The veela in Draco was surprised but happy nonetheless by this action. His internal veela was practically purring in happiness.

The kiss lasted for several minutes before Harry broke it and awkward silence filled the room.

"I hope we can do more of that here alone after the break more often when all this planning and converting is done with?" Draco smirked

Harry smiled, "I'm sure we could as long Hermione and Ron don't blow our cover first."

Draco growled at that and Harry smacked his head.

"I was joking Draco; besides Ron may be thick at times, but he has learned that I truly am in danger from what he did so he won't repeat it. At least not on purpose, though a random scenario could occur that might endanger us."

"Mentioning my head on the dark lord's dinner table on top of a silver plate has had its desired effects on Ron for now. Let's hope it stays that way."

"So tell me Draco, what did you envision us doing for a whole week at your house with only us and your mother there?" Harry smirked at him

Draco's cheeks turned slightly pink at this, but he said nothing to the rhetorical question since he could see the wheels turning in Harry's head about whatever he guessed Draco thought they could do there.

"Well then, that answers my question. Fair enough."

Harry leaned down and captured Draco's lips with more vigor this time and smirk in his eyes. The mischief there Draco knew would not be contained for long, so he tried not to think about whatever Harry was thinking about.

Harry then moved to Draco's pale neck and his teeth grazed the skin lightly as Draco's gasp was expelled from him.

"I think I might have waited a bit too long to start contact like this." Harry muttered to Draco softly

Draco only moaned in response to the lips sucking the sensitive spot in the crook of his neck whilst Harry's hands hand wandered into the blonde's shirt. Hands that were quickly finding new ways to torture Draco with sensations and feelings he could only dream of.

The next thing he felt was his shirt vanishing and one of Harry's hands was pinching his left nipple as his lips gave a rather hard suck to his neck. Draco's eyes rolled into the back of his head with pleasure as his hips unconsciously gave a hard buck into Harry's groin.

This had then had the desired effect of causing Harry to moan slightly in want of more from his mate who was sitting so close to him and was so beautifully flushed and aroused for him much as he was for Draco. The dark haired teen knew they had to stop though, or else this would go too far and they would accidentally expose their relationship to the school.

"We need to stop Draco, or this will become dangerous for us. There will be plenty of time to explore later." Harry whispered in his ear softly

Draco whined in need to his mate who had left him so aroused for his touch. Harry gave the silver eyes that were pleading at him a hard stare.

"Later, I promise." He said softly before he smirked to himself, "However…to ensure you truly want to please me as your mate…you are not allowed to touch yourself, understood Draco?" Harry said with a gleam to his mate

The submissive side of Draco's veela understood perfectly what was meant by this but the blonde had yet to let his brain catch up. He whined at his mate to give him release still as Harry snapped his fingers firmly.

With the snap of his fingers, Draco went rigid in his place next to Harry. The magic Harry had done summoned something and it was now on Draco whatever it was.

"Feel different Draco? You should because I want you to please me later but I don't you pleasing yourself first. I am the only one who is allowed to please you as such unless otherwise I let you please yourself."

"You are my mate as much as I am yours, so you please me and as a reward I will please you." Harry smirked, "You will not be able to find release until later this evening now because the magic I did placed a cock ring on you to keep you from orgasm."

Draco whined pitifully now as he stared with wide eyes at Harry.

"You are not allowed to remove it Draco nor are you allowed to touch yourself either and if you do…the punishment will not be nice." Harry said feral, "Understood?"

Draco's veela internally submitted as the blonde nodded silently but felt pleased in knowing Harry would care for him as his mate. It would make for interesting scenes and memories during their new 'playtime' together and Draco felt happy knowing Harry knew this too.

Harry's eyes watched for signs of disobedience from his mate to the orders he had been given directly and Draco already knew instinctively that when the timing was right Harry would be a great father to their children. Draco then mentally smacked himself, 'Their children?! I am already losing it if I thinking that way! Come on Draco, get it together and focus on the present and not the future.'

Harry nodded as he saw Draco had no more signs of showing he would disobey the orders and he stayed with Draco for a few more minutes and then they left separately for breakfast to avoid suspicions as the rest of school should be wide awake by then.

Draco was aching for release as he watched his mate disappear down the opposite hallway and cock ring his mate placed on him made him want his mate back in the room quicker so he could use his wonderful mouth to give him relief by sucking his erection, but he did not dare go against his mate's want by removing the metal ring or by doing this and relieving himself on his own accord. Draco knew Harry would keep his promises to him if Draco did as he was told and that made his body shiver with more pleasure as the cock ring grew tighter underneath his trousers and his body felt tingles everywhere.

Draco internally groaned to himself and thought night could not come soon enough today as he entered the Great Hall for breakfast.