Hey Guys smaller chapter this time around. I like how it came together and as a famous singer once said. "If i feel like my song is sung then it doesn't matter how long it is." I wanted a calm chapter after the incident the next one will be about the weeks leading up to the second task.
Harry's eyes opened slowly as he felt sleep begin to let him free thanks to a beam of light. His eyelids were heavy with peace as he felt safe and warm. He shuffled slightly, squeezing the object in his arms closer to him as he fought against the awakening. The squeezed object gave a small noise of contentment which caused Harry's eyes to flutter back open and take in everything.
There on what was most likely the softest bed, bar the one that was made in the Chamber of Secrets, laid Fleur within his arms. He was rid of his cloak, vest, and tie but the rest of his clothing remained and as he took her in, her beauty in the dawning morn notwithstanding, she slept in her dress from the other night. The only thing missing be the shoes. She seemed to sparkle in the silvery gray satin dress. Good, Harry thought, neither of us are ready for that step or at least I am not. At least yet.
His memory drifted to the kiss. It was soft, slow and yet passionate. He recalled the tears coming from Fleur as she asked him not to leave her yet that evening due to what happened and they had returned to her quarters at the Beauxbaton Carriages. They had snuck into her room, a private room as a gift for becoming the Champion of Beauxbaton. They simply removed restrictive, hard to breath clothing and had taken to the bed to lay and talk. And they did. Harry discovered that although she was the most beautiful at school. She was also the most lonely.
Fleur had to develop a personality so to speak for dealing with unwanted attention and spite due to her heritage. It was simple. Anyone that found her attractive man or woman were affected by the allure. And those who weren't often spited her for such attention. Only a select few who understood the situation were her closest and only friends. She had even mentioned that after a bit of work as a CurseBreaker for Gringotts she would wish to do her enchantment mastery and job from the safety and security of her Grandmother's Sanctuary. Away from the world. Away from spite. Away from unwanted attention…and a thought that struck a sad cord to Harry when he realized it. Away from him.
Harry would respond about the tales of his upbringing. He did not know why but it became easy to talk with her. Slowly he told her from the abuse of doing better than Dudley. To the attempts to squash the magic from him. She had instantly been angered by this.
"Veela are beings of temperamental magic, Harry. Our emotions of passion fuel ourselves. To us trying to destroy the magic of another is hearsay." She had said. "Not to mention the harm it could have caused you." She explained how one who's magic suffers from the attempts to be disconnected of it often become what is referenced as an obscurial. With a. Fierce look she had declared that she would never allow him to return to such abuse causing his heart to warm.
As the memory faded he gently lifted his hand and ran it slowly down the arm of Fleur tracing it to her hip. The soft hum of comfort caused her to shift slowly till she buried her head into the pillow rubbing her face in it. After a sigh she turned and looked up at him.
"Good morning~" Her voice was barely louder than a whisper as he leaned his head down till he could feel her breath against his face.
"Good morning to you too~." He whispered back and continued his gentle movements, gaining a sigh from her in contentment as she nuzzled closer. "How are you Fleur?"
Fleur smiled softly and opened her eyes as she reached up and began doing the same as Harry on his arm. "Like for once…I'm at peace. No one understands how it is to be a Veela. The constant balance we must keep as beings of pure passion. And for once ... .I don't feel my avian form clawing to the surface in anger or frustration or even desire… I just feel….Warm." She smiled at that feeling and finally laid her head on his other arm.
"You are a clear example of why I love this magical world so much." Harry muttered and she leaned back looking at him questionably. "The Unexpected. A world of unknowns that just continues to grow. We may think we have found everything out but then." He hadn't realized his hands were moving in the air, swirling the dark cloud he had used a few times now till he collapsed it into a ball before. "Pop" He muttered and the ball exploded. "The unexpected occurs and we discover something new."
"That smoke… You used it in the task. What is it?"
"I don't even know…but yet….it feels like a part of me. So maybe it's the physical representation of my magic…I don't know. I ... well I was gonna ask someone about it but It's safer for them if I don't get in contact for now." Harry sighed as the smoke laid softly into his hand and disappeared. "Whatever it is….I don't fear it…even though I'm sure others do." He looked at his palm for a moment before seeing her hand slowly slip into it and interlock their fingers.
"So….you're just like me." Fleur smiled up at him and he stared dumbfounded as no one had ever said that.
"Yeah…I guess I am." He smiled as the two of them cuddled together for a few moments longer letting the world fade away and simply enjoy this moment of the two of them. A few hours later Harry found himself walking with her all the way up to the school where his girlfriends were waiting for him at the top of the steps and the moment he got close they rushed him checking him over.
"We heard about how Rodger was found this morning." Padma mentioned as she was casting diagnostic magic on him to make sure he wasn't hurt.
"Padma….Padma…hun I'm fine." Harry cupped her cheeks to hold her there. "Breath." He teased softly and pressed his forehead against hers. Meanwhile Parvati was staring directly at Fleur who was trying her damndest to make herself unnoticeable.
"Are you alright Fleur?" Parvati asked, causing the others to look at her and Harry smiled gently at her and gestured for her to come closer. Once she got close enough he took her hand softly. Parvati looked upon the scenario in front of her and looked at her sister. The twins seemed to communicate with each other for a moment before they turned and moved to an empty room and opened it, gesturing for the two to follow.
Once they were all inside PArvati went around casting privacy spells to make sure no one heard their conversation that was about to happen.
"So….what happened last night?" Parvati asked plainly.
"Depends on what you-"
"Harrison James Potter…." Padma glared at him softly.
"Sorry, bad joke." Harry admitted before he pulled some of the smoke out again and blew it out into the sky near the windows causing the light beaming through to illuminate through the smoke showing the scenes that transpired last night. After about thirty minutes the twins were sitting looking at each other before looking back at Harry and Fleur.
"So…you kissed each other….and then went to her room and simply held each other to sleep." Padma sighed and looked at the Veela in the room before glancing at her sister.
Parvati shifted her teeth against themselves in thought before she put her hand through her hair. "Under a different circumstance ... .I would be extremely pissed off at you Harry ... .and to be frank I am sad that you kissed another girl….besides my sister that is."
"Parva-"
"LET. ME. FINISH." Her voice was cold and hard like the flat side of a knife. "I am upset….which is my right…" Parvati looked at Fleur and her eyes softened some. "But as I stare at her I see she truly cares for you….and though she is strong….she needed something that only you could have provided because you….are a good man Harry." Fleur and Harry looked up at her. "I wont say I'll get used to this too quickly… But if I can share you with my sister…and you've proven that you have enough heart for the both of us to continuously feel loved. " She looks at Fleur and walks over, taking her hand in hers. Fleur looked like she was on the verge of crying from being accepted. "Besides…you are quite beautiful."
Padma's jaw fell loose as did Harry's before he closed it. "So those rumors of you and Lavender from the previous year were true?"
"I mean…yes….no….slightly. We practiced with each other. She wasn't into it too much. I do prefer guys too but." She shrugged and laughed. "Besides I figured if she was willing it'd be interesting but it is her choice."
Fleur looked at her slightly and hummed for a moment before tilting her chin. "I mean I'm slightly curious but I won't promise anything." Parvati nodded to that as Fleur turned to look at Padma. "And you?"
"I…just don't wanna lose Harry." Padma admitted. "I'm not as outgoing as you two so being able to be with him is amazing."
"Padma…you never have anything to fear. I meant what I said last night. To all of you." Harry looked at all three girls. They all smiled back at him with soft eyes.
"I guess if we are gonna be a group…then we should have a place where we can all be together more often and get to know each other. Going between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw Towers every night was one thing but now we have to include the Carriages." Parvati laughed softly before noticing Harry's look. "Harry…..you already know a place don't you?" He sheepishly grinned.
"I think it's time you met someone….or I guess something." He began to walk away with a small wave to follow him. As he led the girls to a passage. A passage to a place below the bowels of Hogwarts. To The Chamber Of Secrets.