Dreams and Mates
The Spell is Broken: Memories Returned
Chapter 2
Dreams and Mates
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"I think we dream so we don't have to be apart for so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can be together all the time." ~ A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
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Malfoy Manor, Whiltshire, England
July 31 12:00 AM
A young fair haired man shot up in his bed, a scream on his lips. Eyes that are normally as blue as the sky were blacker than night, his bleached blond hair stood on its ends as magic pulsed around him. His name is Draconis Lucius Malfoy and he is a Dominate Veela whose Submissive mate just came into their inheritance.
Draco struggled to get out of the sheets that had entangled his body when he was asleep. There was the fast, soft footsteps approaching his bedroom. The door to Draco's bedroom opened to reveal his father dressed in silk pajama pants and his shirt unbuttoned. Lucius's hair was flowing freely around his shoulders and rumpled from sleep. He had been woken by the magic that was flowing from his son's room, indicating that his son's mate had received their inheritance and finished awaking Draco's Dominate Veela. Lucius was happy that his son would hopefully not be forced to experience the same fate as he did seventeen years ago.
Oh yes, Lucius remembered what happened all those years ago, for much like Elfs, Veela who are carrying cannot be affected by most harmful spells. Lucius was forced to watch as his mate had his creature locked away with the memories of their relationship. He played along with the farce of forgetting about his mate and marrying the youngest Black daughter. He even, reluctantly, accepted the story that Draco was from a drunken night at a club and then magically adopted by Narcissa. Which was not the case, it was only a spell that changed Draco's appearance. Draco had inherited his mate's square jaw, and body build, but had received his own coloring. The spell made it seem that his coloring was Lucius, expect for the eyes which were blue like her's.
Draco finally freed himself from the clutches of his sheets and was ready to race out of the house to find his mate. Lucius, seeing that his son's Veela was in control, reacted quickly, stunning his son and tying him to the bed. Draco quickly broke the stunner and struggled to escape the ropes holding him. After about fifteen minutes of useless struggling the newly awakened Veela began to calm down and let his human counterpart take back control of their body.
"Father! Let me go!" Draco begged. "I need to go to them! My Mate! They are so sad! Father please!"
"I'm sorry Draco," Lucius apologized quietly. "You know you must not for a week while their body and mind adjusts to the new Veela. You will receive dreams that will allow you to talk with them and find their identity so you can immediately go to them at the end of the week. We must keep this from Narcissa. She will only try to lock away your Veela and mine when she realizes that it isn't."
"That Bitch is going to die a very painful death when sire's memories are restored," Draco snarled.
"Yes, she is," Lucius said softly and sat on the bed next to his son. "I so wish your sire was here Dragon. He could help you much more than I. I am submissive, I cannot help you the way you truly need."
"Mother..." Draco began to protest.
"Sleep love," Lucius said softly and cast a light sleeping spell on his only son. The submissive veela dropped a kiss to his son's hair and left the room.
Lucius sighed as he made his way towards his office, knowing he would not be able to sleep again without a drink. When the blond arrived, there was a letter sitting on his desk baring the Gringotts seal. Quirking his eyebrow in confusion, Lucius made his way to the liquor cabinet and poured himself two fingers of firewhiskey before sitting down behind his desk and examining the letter. Treating it like a Band-Aid, he ripped open the seal and unfolded its contents;
Greetings Lord Lucius Abraxas Malfoy-Lestrange, Lord of the Ancient and Noble House of Malfoy;
We the Goblin Nation, as wished by Goblin Friend Lord James Charulus Prince-Potter, are extending to you and your son the title of Goblin Friend. We wish for you to come to the Diagon Alley Gringotts as soon as can be safe. We know of the things that have happened to you thanks to Lord Potter who, a month before going into hiding with the muggleborn Lily Evans, came to us with a truly nightmarish story. Honoring his wishes we are to extend this invitation to those who were considered Lord Thomas Marvolo Slytherin's closest friends and to offer the removal of the spell that was placed on all of you. First though we must attend to Lord Severus Tobias Potter-Prince and his Heir, Harald Severus James Potter-Prince who will be coming later today. There is much to be explained and much to do before Hogwarts resumes on September 1st. All of the forsaken ones shall unite to return our world to what it once was.
May your wealth ever grow and your instincts never lead you astray;
Gringotts Junior Manager Bloodclaw
Lucius leaned back in his chair and smiled, it was time for the truth to be known.
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#4 Privet Drive, Surrey, England
July 31
1:00 AM
The glow around the young wizard finally dissipated. Harry let out a sigh and turned over in sleep and smiled gently as he started to dream.
**dream**
Harry woke slowly, laying on his back in a field of soft grass. The sun was shining down on him and warming him as a breeze gently floated through the air. Harry slowly stood and looked around him, taking everything in. The raven haired youth realized he was on the quidditch field at Hogwarts, but it was different. It was brighter, the air was fresher and warmer, the grass was softer and greener. Harry tensed as light footsteps came from behind him. He turned slowly;
"Hello?" Harry asked as he looked at the new comer who was outlined by the light making his face appear shadowed.
"Hello, my love," a deep voice purred as he walked forward to reveal his face. Harry gasped in surprise.
"Draco?" Harry questioned softly. He was surprised that he felt no anger at seeing the older blond. All he felt was confusion and panic. "What's going on?"
Draco looked over at the beautiful creature in front of him and was surprised to see Harry Potter. He wasn't surprised that he was a creature, but surprised that he had a mate other than human of another Veela. It was rare for creatures to mix blood. Draco then really looked at Harry for the first time since the inheritance. He had grown from his previous stature of 5 feet 5 inches to stand so that the top of his head was just barely to Draco's chin at 5 feet 7 inches, he would never be very tall because of being a submissive. Harry's raven colored hair had grown so that it was down to his hips and curling at the ends. His body had taken on a more feminine looks with wider hips. He had high cheek bones with full red lips, his skin took on an almost unnatural glow. His eyes remained green, but they had deepened from an emerald to an almost black forest green. The most surprising part were his ears, they had extended almost another half inch and had pointed perfectly at the top, and leaving no doubt in Draco's mind what he was.
"Oh Harry," Draco sighed realizing that Harry had no idea what was happening to him. "What is the last thing you remember?"
"I...was in my room at my Aunt and Uncles counting down till my birthday. I had been thinking about the fact that I was promised to be with my Godfathers after two weeks at my relatives, but I had just been forgotten by Dumbledore and my friends," Harry sounded so sad, so bitter to Draco. He wanted nothing more than to pull the smaller male into his arms and sooth his sadness, but he knew that explanations must come first. "I must have lost track of time because suddenly the clock struck midnight and it was like I had been dosed with sleeping potion. Then I woke up here."
"Why don't we sit down, this will take a while," Draco suggested and sat down Indian style in the grass. Harry soon followed suit, having decided to follow his instincts that had never lead him astray yet. When both were seated facing each other Draco spoke again; "what happened tonight was your inheritance, though it is not like the ones spoken about last year at Hogwarts when the Ministry officials came to speak about coming of age. While you did come of age and are legally an adult in the eyes of the Ministry as well as Magic, you came into a creature inheritance last night as well."
Unlike what Draco was expecting, Harry just cocked his head to the side and asked, "Creature inheritance? I didn't know that was possible."
"It is, though recently many of these inheritances have been sealed away," Draco scowled slightly before continuing; "but that is not for me to tell you, that job belongs to someone else. I am here to speak of your inheritance and what it means for you...and for me."
Harry took that moment to really look at himself, he ran his hands over his widened hips and over his face. When he reached to do the same with his hair he brushed his ears and his eyes grew large.
"Elf. I'm an Elf," Harry stated in awe. "But we are supposed to be extinct!"
"No," Draco shook his head. "Just hidden away. You seem to be taking this rather well."
"A few years ago when I first started Care of Magical Creatures I got curious," The new elf admitted. "I searched and bought any books I could find on magical creatures that were not prejudiced. Most of them I bought in Knockturn Alley. I read about Elfs, Veela, Vampires, Werewolves, Sprites and more. The books were interesting but they lacked a lot. I know that each creature has one ture mate that was chosen by fate. I know that in each coupling there is a Dominant/Alpha and a Submissive/Omega. I know that it doesn't matter the gender of either partner in either role, all submissives can carry and birth children naturally. That's about all I know really."
"Very good little Elf," Draco purred. Proud that his intended knew as much as he did.
"I can also tell that I am a submissive mate," Harry said softly, eyes sparkling. "I always wished this were true. I knew I was gay the moment I caught Percy Wealsey and Oliver Woods snogging in a deserted corridor during third year. I also knew that I would be the submissive, I wished that there was a partner out there for me who wouldn't put the weight of the world on my shoulders, who would give me a family that I didn't have growing up."
Harry stopped speaking and pinned Draco with a piercing gaze. Harry was taking in the changes to the Slytherin student. He had grown so that he reached a respectable 6 feet 1 inch. His shoulders had broadened and his hair was like Harry's used to be; short and untamable. Harry then noticed the Wings. Draco had beautiful wings that reached 12 feet across, the feathers were a pearl color with the occasional deep forest green adding a hint of color. Harry then realized what Draco was.
"I also know that you are a dominate Veela," Harry said confidently.
"A very true statement," Draco grinned. "Can you tell anything else?"
Harry thought for a moment, he took in his surroundings and the Veela before him. Harry felt safe for the first time in a long time. He felt no need to hex the blond, his instincts were yelling at him to get closer to Draco. He breathed in deeply through his nose and caught the scent of the Veela sitting across from him and froze. Draco smelled of nature, the woods after a fresh rain, and vanilla. His two favorite things. His inner elf suddenly yelled in the back of his mind 'MINE, MATE'.
"Mate, you're my mate," Harry breathed. Draco smiled happily that Harry had figured it out all on his own.
"Yes my love, and you are mine," Draco got to his knees and crawled closer to the elf and sat as close to him as possible. He then leaned over and placed his mouth next to Harry's ear and said, "and I don't intend to ever let you go. You are MINE to have. MINE to cherish. MINE to ravish. MINE to love and MINE to protect. I want to stand side-by-side with you as you find out the truth of his world and make your own choices on who to trust and who to fight."
All of a sudden the world began to fade into darkness. Harry turned to Draco and grabbed his shirt desperately.
"NO! I don't wish to wake and find that I had made this all up!"
"Shush loveling," Draco soothed his mate. "This isn't made up. For the next week we cannot see each other in person do to the inheritance still settling down. Instead we meet every night in our dreams to get to know one another so that when the week is out we don't have a 'get to know each other' time. It seems that it is time for us to wake. When you do, simply find a mirror, you will see that this wasn't just a dream. You will have a busy day my elf, trust what is revealed by the letter Harry. I will see you tonight."
Draco's voice had grown steadily softer as the darkness pressed in. When everything had faded Harry felt the touch of lips on the top of his head before everything exploded with light.
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Harry sat up with a gasp and placed a hand to the top of his head where the feeling of lips still lingered. He got out of bed and looked into the mirror on the back of his door. He smiled when he realized that it really wasn't just a dream. There was a incessant tapping sound and Harry turned to find ten owls waiting outside his window. He walked over to the window and let them in and looked outside and found the sun was just over the horizon, meaning it was just now 7:30 AM. Harry turned to the owls and began his journey into the truth….
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Malfoy Manor.
Draco woke with a gasp, just as Harry had. He smiled to himself and pulled out of the bed, glad that the ropes his mother had conjured had faded away when he entered the dream. Quickly dressing, Draco began to make his way towards his mother's office with a bounce in his step. It was time to plan...