It was during the Halloween celebration. Everyone was very entertained dancing, eating and talking. At first, I was also trying to be part of that world, until I heard it… the call of my destined companion.
Hermione and Ron, Harry's best friends, were in the middle of the dance floor at Hermione's insistence. It was the first year since the war that Harry had agreed to go out to a party, even though it still hurt him to think about his parents. However, this was Hermione's special moment, she was like her sister and she certainly wasn't going to miss the celebration of her promotion in the ministry. She usually didn't like parties either, but this time she wanted to fully enjoy all the things that she's not supposed to be able to enjoy once she's too immersed in work – as if that weren't the usual Hermione, a witch. too committed to studies and then to work such as a simple dance with her fiancé during the ministry's Halloween celebration.
Harry stood waiting, simply watching his friends enjoy themselves. He himself couldn't help but smile when he saw them so happy, even though nostalgia had invaded his mind and heart. Without being able to help but long for what his friends had, a partner with whom to share the most important moments of his life, someone who would be there when he got home, a hug, a smile... a family.
—This party sucks, why don't we go...
"That voice," he said to himself, turning his head in the direction from which the murmur had come. Unfortunately, the loud sound of the music, added to the large number of people gathered around him, did not help him locate the person he heard. From the tone of the voice he imagined that it was a wizard or a witch with a manly voice, whatever the case, that voice had caught his attention and made his skin crawl. His godfather, when he was still alive, told him about it: "when your alpha reacts to the tone of an omega's voice, you will know that it is your destined partner", however, those were only stories for children. Stories where it was said that alphas and omegas had destined partners, people with whom they would connect body and soul, but to date he did not know anyone who had found their destined partner. In fact, Hermione once explained that exceptions were few and dated back hundreds of years.
Driven by curiosity, he ventured into the crowd, trying to find the cause of his body reacting in such an unusual way, but he couldn't find it. There were too many people, it could have been anyone. He might even be gone already. He heard him say that the party sucked. He sure did, he was gone and she couldn't see his face.
— Friend, are you okay? —He heard Ron's voice.
He nodded slowly.
"Harry, we were worried when we saw you so upset," Hermione said.
Harry slowly turned around to return to the secluded corner of the room where he was a few moments ago. His friends followed him.
—What's wrong, Harry? Hermione asked, this time much more worried.
—Nothing, I just got confused, but it's nothing, don't worry.
Why talk to them about something so trivial. She didn't even know if it had really happened or if she had just imagined it. It was better this way, keeping her thoughts to himself, however, she heard her voice again, this time closer, this time it was directed at him.
Potter! he exclaimed in surprise, the most irritating young pureblood in history. Since they had entered school, Malfoy had made Harry's life miserable, he reciprocated the dislike, behaving just as cruel, mocking whenever he had the opportunity and fighting bare-knuckle when the blonde loosed his tongue too much. . "Granger and Weasley," he completed without putting on that sour expression that he usually used when he addressed them (Harry was sure that he only did it when he was present).
Hermione rushed to greet him politely, they had both worked together for a long time and had managed to establish a cordial relationship, Ron simply said "Ferret", but Harry did not respond. That voice, the one he had heard and had made his skin crawl, the one that belonged to his destined mate, the one that was supposed to indicate who the love of his life was, belonged to Draco Malfoy.