Scars: A Dramione Veela Story

Chapter 3

Draco's pov ~earlier that morning~

I help Beady wash the dishes from breakfast before going up to my room and finish packing. When done I walk down the grand stair case to my mother and father's room. But before I can knock I hear sobbing. I slowly push open the door. My mother stands up after all she is a very proud women. She puts an arm around my shoulders.

"Because your turning eighteen this year I need to tell you something." She gives me a searching look.

"Yes?" I say as we reach the door.

"You're a Veela, your father is one and I am his mate and you may find your mate at Hogwarts so I had to tell you before you left. Take this book it should help." She says in a rush handing me a small leatherback book.

I stare at her unsure of what to say. I had heard of Veela's but never dreamed I was one. I am about to ask her the million questions that have just popped into mind but then my father enters the room. He amazingly got out on all his death eater charges but one and spent most of the summer in Azkaban. I lower my eyes to a bottle he carries in his hand. I step toward him and look him in the eye. The gears in his drunken brain slowly turn.

"Get out of my way boy." He said squinting at me. Over and over in my head, I was telling myself I was man enough for this. I lean back before throwing my clenched fist at his grimy oily head. My mother behind me was trembling and more tears were falling from her eyes. Father falls to the floor and he tries pitifully to clamber back to his feet. I turn to my mother kiss her on the cheek and say farewell. I step over my father and walk over the door. I reach the safe distance and aparate to the station.

When I reach the station I smell something wonderful. Like vanilla and roses. This must be it this must be her, my mate. I follow the smell to the front of the train I climb aboard but the smell fades away from me. Dejected I walk down the train to the Slytherin compartments to find Blaise.

When I reach the compartment I look in to find Pansy and Blaise in a rather passionate embrace. Deciding I would leave them alone. I set off to find the heads compartment so still dragging my trunk I keep walking. When I get there I thankfully find it empty and store my trunk above my head. I pull out the veela book and lounge across one of the seats.

A few minutes later I hear a knock on the door. To my surprise, I find Professor McGonagall. I stand quickly and open the door.

"What can I do for you professor?" I ask standing back as she comes in and sits down.

"The head girl should be here in a moment and I wanted to talk to you before she arrived." I nod and sit down. McGonagall was the new headmistress for this year but I heard she was still going to teach Transfiguration.

"I know you and Miss Granger have a sworded past and I am hoping you will try to be friends for the greater good." I look at her blankly. I got a pain in my head when McGonagall mentioned Granger and I troubled me because I never got headaches.

"Ok professor." And at that moment Granger walked in. I find the smell of vanilla and roses all around her. I know it's Hermione who is my mate.

She sits down beside me facing the headmistress.

"Welcome miss Granger, I need to tell you that this year with the war being over I chose both of you to set an example." Gran-Hermione looks a little shocked.

"Ok professor." She says.

"You also have a new common room in the east tower. The castle has been rebuilt to look like the old one but we made a heads common room for the both of you. The password is Unity." She finishes standing up.

"Well, I must get back to the teacher's compartment. I will see you both in transfiguration." And with that, she left. Hermione stands.

"Can we at least put our past behind us and try to be friends?" I say trying to sound sarcastic.

"Fine, I'll give you a chance." She says. I keep my expression cool as she exits the compartment but I feel elated in my heart.

The next few hours pass with me finishing my veela book. I found out that once I kissed my mate for the first time I would be able to sense her emotions and her mine. I would get much better senses and If my mate dies I die. Also that if we didn't consummate our relationship by my nineteenth birthday I'd die. If she was injured my blood would punish me by giving me a faded version of her wounds but if I was hurt she would just get pain in that area. I hear faint talking outside the compartment and stand up to eavesdrop.