Harry Potter and the Land of Youth

What Do You Call a Male Veela?

August 4th, 1991

King's Chamber's, Elphame 

"Grandfather, you asked me to come to see you?" Harry asked as he entered his grandfather's study.

"Ah, yes Harry, I thought it a good idea that we sit down and discuss your lineage. Specifically, I wanted to know if you noticed anything unusual about your choice in friends." Finvarra asked his grandson.

"I don't know. I mean they're all great, even if Roxanne can be a bit of a pest from time to time, no offense." Harry said.

"None taken; but what I meant was, have you noticed that all your friends are girls?" Finvarra asked.

"WHAT? That's not true, there's... um... there's... huh. Yeah, I guess you're right, they are all girls. Why is that unusual though?"

"Most boys your age would want nothing to do with so many young women. However, most boys your age are not descended from a long line of the Gancanagh. We are a type of Fairy who have a supernatural allure that affects females. And while yours may not be working at full force yet as you still have yet to go through puberty, it still is present. It will make girls want to be friends with you. It will also have the side effect of making other boys jealous of you.

In fact outside of the British Isles Gancanagh have commonly been referred to as 'Male Veela' given what our powers do. Interestingly our powers have no effect on Veela and theirs have no effect on us." Finvarra explained to Harry.

"So what... when I get older I am going to be mobbed by girls who want to do the nasty with me?" Harry asked.

Finvarra laughed at that and said, "By that point in time you may not consider it nasty. However the girls who you currently consider your friends will have had a longer period of time to get acclimatized to your Allure, and thus will not be as heavily influenced by it when it fully manifests at around the age of fourteen. Other girls however will not be so lucky.

"However I think you should be going; you don't want to be late for your big shopping trip. I know your Grandmother has big plans for today, and the first stop I believe is Ankou's Wandmaker's. You know The Ankou family made this wonderful wand several centuries ago, Elder Wood, with a Thestral Hair Core. That thing was downright absurd in what it could do. I imagine that any wand you and Roxanne can get from the Ankou's will be a wonderful implement."

"Okay Grandfather, I will see you later!" Harry said while waving goodbye to his grandfather.

"Goodbye Harry, have a good day." Finvarra said.

Ankou's Wand Shop xXx

Oona guided Roxanne and Harry into the wand shop owned by the infamous Ankou family. Now what is unusual about the Ankou family is that new members of the family aren't born. Rather new members are created when a person passes through the Veil of Death in the Department of Mysteries in Britain's Ministry of Magic. These individuals were essentially the people who had passed through the Veil. To the wider world they were known by other names however. In Japan they were called the Shinigami. In the Christian Nations of Europe they were often called the Grim Reapers. But in the antiquity of Ireland and Britain, they were called the Ankou, and that is how they were called in the Land of Youth.

"Ah, milady, what brings you to our humble abode?" one of the Ankou asked of Oona.

"We seek wands for my daughter and grandson." Oona explained.

The Ankou glanced at Harry and Roxanne and said "While that is indeed your grandson; that is not your daughter."

"Of course I am her daughter." Roxanne said a little put out.