Veela, A Veela is a woman who is exceptionally beautiful with some unique powers. They have the power of allure which makes men around them if not controlled, do stupid things and make them drool over them. Another part is that when a veela is angry they transform into a Harpy-like form and can throw a fireball from their hands. Also due to this, they have an affinity for fire and air elemental magic. These all factors made it so that the Veela population is mostly viewed as objects of lust by men and objects of Jealousy to the women. In England however, this was not the only problem as there Veela's were not even considered as human but creatures like house-elves and this is what worried Alain Delacour
Alain Delacour was Minister of Magic of France(Ministere des Affaires Magiques de la France), the French culture and society were more accepting of Veela as a result of that major part of the Veela population resided there. His wife Apolline is a Veela and so were his daughters, Fleur and Gabrielle. They were his main concerns, Gabrielle, not so much as she was just 8 years old but Fleur was 17 and now he was worried if she would find someone who truly loves her and not veela side of her.
Fleur was not too eager about coming to England because of two reasons, one was cause it was much colder in England than in southern France, and the second was people of this country by what her Papa said were not too welcoming to Veelas. She came as her father was invited by the minister to see the Quidditch World Cup with family. So here they were at the tent sitting in the lounge. They only arrived half an hour ago.
"Maman I want to go out, to the stall", Gabrielle pleaded as she was excited to see England. Apolline who was sitting across on a similar lounge chair said "Angel, we just arrived and you must be tired, have some rest dear" Gabrielle pouted and said "Non! I am not tired and I want to go out" seeing her cute pout Fleur smiled cause she was her only friend and she loved her. She looked at her mother giving her a reassuring look "Don't worry Maman I will go with her and bring her back by lunchtime" her mother smiled and nodded.
She took Gabrielle's hand and both went out of the tent she had a map. To look at it she let go of the little girl's hand. The moment she did her sister started running, that too in the wrong direction and now she was running behind her telling her to stop. It was too crowded and she was barely able to keep up the cause of it
Suddenly she saw that Gabrielle bumped the side of someone then she too bumped into the same person and as momentum was too great both of them fell. She was on top of him and his hands were around her waist, she had her self-defense mechanism on and blasted her allure at him but she noticed his eyes were closed and she was waiting for him to open them.
"Erm, can you get up?" this was not what she was expecting as she heard it she was lost in his Emerald eyes, they didn't show sign of anything but… innocence! Even under the allure that too this close also with physical contact which she didn't mind. Wait for What! That was strange cause she never allowed any boy to touch her let alone wrap his arms around her. The only man who touched her was her father and yet here was this boy whose touch filled her with warmth. For her, this only meant two things that he was either immune or in love with someone else. As she thought about the latter possibility she felt a pang in her heart she wanted to know who he was and also if he was in love with someone, if not she wanted to be that someone.
She did something rare, mischievously smirking "I would eef you remove your 'ands from around my waist", Harry's eyes widened as he went beet red. He quickly removed his arms which made Fleur somewhat sad she felt the loss of the warmth with his hands leaving her waist. She quickly got off of him and for the first time noticed she was wet head to toe then saw her sister giggling on the side watching them. She quickly held her hand and glared at her. She then turned her attention to the boy on the other side of her
"I am sorry I didn't mean to hold you I was just that you could have hurt yourself if you landed anywhere besides on me, I am sorry," Harry said sheepishly. At this Fleur was shocked. Why and How was thinking about her while falling and even apologizing to her for saving her. She knew he was humble but something didn't feel right to her. She replied "Non, I was at ze fault I am sorry, I was following my sister and caused you to spill water" gesturing to Gabrielle.
"OH! no it's okay, I will just go and refill them, well then take care" with a smile he picked up the buckets and started walking away but Fleur was not ready for him to go so she called "Non, I spilled your water so let moi 'help you in refill it," she said in hopes he would stop. Harry smiled but it turned into a frown of concern as he looked around people staring at him "Are you sure? I mean people will stare at you cause you are with me"
This once again she was again shocked and confused. Shocked by his concern but to her, it only showed the purity of his heart and confused as to why people stare at him. She replied "Well I am used to people staring at me" hearing this Harry blurted out "Cause you are so beautiful" as he realized what he said his eyes went wide, about apologized but Fleur stopped him chuckling and nodded "Oui, that is one reason and also because of my Veela allure" while blushing which she had no idea she was doing, as it was the first time she was blushing from a compliment that she heard daily.
Harry confused what she meant "Um… I am sorry but I don't know what a Veela is"
She again got feeling about something being wrong with him but suppressing that feeling "I will tell you all about it but first I zink introductions are in order, Hi! I am Fleur Isabella Delacour" offering her hand.
He took her hand shaking it he introduced himself "Hi! I am Harry James Potter, nice to meet you" with a small smile.
That's when she realized all this time she was talking to 'boy who lived', 'The Harry Potter', but she also noticed he was nervous introducing himself so she didn't react.
Harry sighed in relief seeing she was not reacting like all others who meets him for the first time "We can talk while walking". With that, they were about to start walking but Fleur again stopped him by placing a hand on his hand "Oui, we can but first, you give me one bucket and let me carry it" Harry protested "NO! No you can walk with me but I will carry the buckets" Fleur pouted saying "You zink I am weak and can not carry a bucket?" she knew what effect it would have on him and it did. Harry franticly took to clearing the misunderstanding "No no no, I was just…." Admitting his defeat he gave her a bucket and they started walking towards the tap.
As they were walking Fleur told him all about Veela and their abilities. As they were walking back Harry asked her "So you are from France?" Fleur replied "Oui," Harry asked again "Then way why are you here, I mean in England ?" Fleur knew it was an opening to tease him so she did "why you don't wan' moi to be 'ere"
Harry shook his head like a lunatic "What! No! No, I didn't mean that, I am happy to meet you. I didn't mean to say that I am sorry. You are beautiful and I don't think I would like to lose you!" Fleur who was laughing at his rambling was stunned when she heard that he would not lose her she was not sure what to do. Blushing harder than she ever had in her life and trying to change the subject answered his previous question "I am 'ere wiz my Papa who is Minister of Magic in France and was invited by your minister to watch ze match" with a shy smile as she was still thinking about what he said.
Harry nodded in understanding "Oh okay, I hope we meet again tomorrow at the match" with a hope in his eyes to which she replied, "I 'ope so too, by ze way where are your seats?" Harry replied, "We are in ministry top box, and you?" She had a huge smile on her face beaming "zen we will see each other tomorrow cause we are also zere I will save you a seat beside me"
This brought a smile to his face that made her heart feel warm, he smirked at her "not if I reach first and save you one first" She simply raised her eyebrows "we will see, Arry"
The way she said his name made him feel things he didn't understand
They reached near his tent Fleur turned to him saying "I will see you tomorrow, Au revoir" waving her hand as she went her way. She had to control her urge to kiss him as her veela side was on fire as she finally found a potential mate, all this while her sister was constantly giggling while she was still holding her hand.
When they reached their tent Gabrielle ran to Apolline yelling "Maman Fleur found a boyfriend!" looking at Fleur who was beet-red. Apolline asked, "Flower what is Gabby saying, you found someone?" Fleur sat beside her nodding "Oui Maman but let me explain first. When we.." And she relayed all the events and at the end said "…and the boy I am talking about Maman, is Harry Potter he is immune but he is not my boyfriend," she said glaring at her sister who sticks her tongue out and Mumbled under her breath "not yet at least" Apolline teased "I don't know flower it looks like Gabby is correct cause you are blushing even talking about him" she exclaimed "Maman!" making Apolline and Gabrielle laugh.
Back at Harry's tent he just entered and found very worried Hermione "Harry James Potter! Where the hell have you been its been an hour since you left and why in the heavens are you all wet?" Harry replied " 'Mione I was coming back but on the way, I bumped into someone and fell that caused water to spill all over me so I had to go and refill the bucket"
Hermione brought a towel and gave it to him "Merlin Harry you will catch a cold go dry yourself and where is Ron?" he replied while drying himself "Ron met Seamus and went with him" he made his way to the bathroom to get into dry clothes. He was still smiling as he was constantly recounting his conversations with Fleur.
He and Hermione made Lunch, everyone ate while talking about various things. He turned all of that out as found himself lost in thoughts and soon the day came to a close as everyone went to sleep. He was excited to meet Fleur again as she became someone he wanted to be with.