Surprise Mate

Chapter X:


“What is taking them so long?” Lucius said getting slightly impatient they had been waiting for Harry and Draco to come join them for the last thirty minutes. “I don’t remember it taking this long to feed Draco when he was a baby.”

“I sure they are moving as fast as they can.” Pansy said sharing a knowing look with Hermione. They had been working for the past week, talking to their respective best friends into finally telling the other how they felt. Pansy bless her soul had been working with both for over a year she was at her wits ends. But with Hermione taking Harry and Pansy taking Draco she was able to use her Slytherin nature to finally get Draco to agree with telling Harry how he felt. They just hoped that their hard work had not failed and at this moment Draco was spilling his heart out to Harry.

“I am going to go get them.” Lucius said sitting down his tea cup and rising from his chair.

“NO!” both girls shouted at him shooting up from their seats each grabbing one of his arms.

Lucius raised an eyebrow at them. “And why not?”

“Do you know how hard we've been working?!” Pansy practically shrieked. “You go in there and you might ruin the past week of our pushing them to talk about how love each other. I for one do not want to go through another week of Malfoy stubbornness, no offense.”

“Draco is just now letting Harry know how he feels? The boy has been infatuated with him for nearly four years and he is just now telling him? Sometimes I wonder what I did wrong.” Lucius said sitting back down the girls following his lead.

“What do you mean Mr. Malfoy?” Hermione asked him.

“Malfoy's go after what they want and they get it at all cost. For Draco to wait four years to get what he knows he wants, even I knew that Harry was his mate when Draco started to become obsessed with him. It was always 'Potter this' and 'Potter that' there wasn’t a conversation Draco and I had that didn’t in someway come to include the Harry. He wasn’t absolutely sure that Harry was his mate till last year. I think before that he thought he would end up like me.” Lucius said the last part solemnly.

“What do you mean?”

“I have never found my mate. I am thirty-six years old and to this day I have not found him or her. At this point in life I have given up hopes of finding my mate. We Banshees are lucky that we can survive without our mates. Though we are considerably weaker than our mated brothers and sisters. The only thing we can't survive though is the rejection of our mate. But I don’t even think that fear crossed Draco's mind. He was more wrapped in what Harry needed and wanted that he just over looked his own needs and wants.”

“Well we don’t have to worry anymore Draco is getting what he wants. Harry wouldn’t even think of rejecting Draco, he is in love with him.” Hermione said reassuring Lucius who had a look of worry on his face at the thought of losing his son if Harry rejected him.

It was another ten minutes before Draco and Harry came back with Kara sleeping in her mama's arms. From the smile on Harry's face and the cocky smirk on Draco's Pansy and Hermione breathe a sigh of relief, they finally got the two of them to open up to each other.

“So anyone hungry?” Harry asked them gently rocking Kara who started to stir in his arms.

“Starved. Been waiting for the two of you to finish feeding Kara.” Pansy said to them

“Alright then lets eats.” Harry said moving over to the table the house elves had set up for tonight. The table was filled with a bit of everyone's favorites.

“So Harry where are you planning on going during the Christmas holidays?”

“I thought of just staying here. I was going to go to the Weasley's but I don’t want to burden them with Kara and myself. And I definitely will not be taking my baby anywhere near my uncle. My aunt will dote on her, but I do not want to cause her extra stress that Uncle Vernon will put on her. I could go stay with Sirius but he is busy most of the time, which I am thankful for with his new found freedom. He runs a lot of earns for Dumbledore and working at the Ministry taking up his old job as an Auror. And Remus will be with the werewolves trying to recruit them for Dumbledore. So no one will be at Grimmauld Place but myself and Kara and that place is far to dreary for my liking. So my best option is to stay here.”

“Come stay at the Manor for Christmas.”

“What about Voldemort? Don't you always host those Death Eater filled Christmas parties?” Hermione asked for Harry who was a bit shocked at the suggestion.

“Not this year. It's being held at the Goyle's Estate.” Draco answered. “We have a whole warded wing for you and Kara. No one knows about this ward wing expect those of us in this room and Uncle Severus.”

“And if I go I am completely safe from all the Death Eaters?”

“I swear it.” Draco said with an intensity in his eyes that it took Harry's breath away.

“Than I will have it set up.”

“Could I come with him? I really don’t have no where else to go with my parents in hiding and without Harry I don’t wish to go to the Weasley's, not with Ronald there.”

“Still haven’t forgiven the Weasel?”

“No, and I don’t see it happening for a long time coming.” Hermione said her voice cold as she stabbed at her food with her fork.

“I have no problem with you being the Manor Miss Granger.”

“Excellent than we can all be there.” Pansy said excitedly.

“You will be there too?” Harry asked her not in the least bit surprised.

“I spend almost all of my Holidays at the Manor. I am suppose to be playing Draco's doting mate.” Pansy said rolling her eyes.

Before Harry could ask about it Draco spoke up. “Dark Lord knows what we are and he also knows that when I turn sixteen I may find out who my mate is. When we come n contact with our mates we go through some changes. The night I found you on the Astronomy Tower was when I knew you were my mate so I couldn’t go in front of the Dark Lord and not have a mate. So I asked Pansy to pretend to be my mate. At the time she didn’t know why she was pretending other than the fact that I didn’t want the Dark Lord to know who my mate was. But the first night I brought her with me was when she figured it out.”

“What kind of changes?”

“My eyes are lighter than fathers. I had a growth in height and become a bit broader in the upper body, me ears also become slightly pointed but not as bad as an elves, far or fairies, and I have my fangs which are about the same as a vampires. Which took a while to figure out how to retract had to use glamours for a month. All my traits show me as a dominant Banshee.”

“Do you have the high pitched scream?” Harry asked in amusement.

“Yes I do. And I would demonstrate but seeing how I am not in distress or anguish or in need of aid, than I can't. And when I do you probably do not want to be around.”

“And you are Banshee to?” Harry asked turning to Lucius.

“I am. But I have not received all my Inheritance of the Banshee because I have yet to find my mate. Some of them I have been given with age. The height and broadness. But nothing more.”

“You will find him.” Harry said to Lucius. “You will be surprised as to who it is though.”

“And you know this how?” Lucius asked Harry puzzled.

“Sometimes when Harry is relaxed and happy he just knows things. We think it will become more defined when he turns 17 and receives his Inheritance.” Draco said to Lucius. “It's rare that you get his insight because he is rarely so relaxed and happy so ask what you can now father.”

Lucius gave a nod of his head to Draco than turned to Harry. “Do I know him?”

“You've met him twice, but there was no contact between the two of you. You have to touch your mate to know it is hm.”

“Can I have his name?”

“That is not how it works Lucius. But lucky for you he is recently single but it also may be problematic because his boyfriend just broke his heart and left him knocked up.” Harry said with a frown.

“Do you know who he is?”

“Yes, I happen to know him very well we do a lot of corresponding via owl.”

“Can you set something up with him for me?”

“Sadly no, but there is a silver lining. You will definitely be meeting him soon. So prepare yourself Lucius Malfoy you are in for one hell of a ride.”

Before Lucius could ask Harry anymore questions Kara gave a wailing cry that caused Harry's attention to be drawn down to her.

“That's all you getting out of me tonight. Excuse me I have to go change Kara.” Harry told him before he left the table.

“Well there is hope for you yet father.”

“Is he ever wrong Draco?”

“Never. In the year and half that I have known Harry as a friend this has only happened two other times and every time it was true.”

“What did he predict?” Hermione asked she had never seen Harry do that, but than again she never got a chance to see Harry totally relaxed and happy.

“The first one was of the fiasco at them Ministry. He said that will be a turning point in Lucius' and Draco's life.”

“The second was shortly before the fiasco at the ministry when he predicted Mother's demise.”

“How did you two get him so relaxed and happy?” Lucius asked them.

The both of them blushed at the memories which was a rare look on the both of them. “We were drunk and as a dare I had to make out with Harry.” Draco said his cheeks flaming red. “That's how we got him to tell about the second one. The first one again involved fire whiskey and a couple of good laughs.”

“And where did you get the fire whiskey for both of these occasions?”

“From the Manor. I had one of the elves owl it to me.”

“And even drunk he was never wrong and yours was by far the longest prediction he did and that was while he was sober.” Pansy said said to Lucius distracting him from Draco's pillaged fire whiskey. “So now you just have to figure out who is recent single and knocked up and than you are good to go.”

“Do you know who he is referring to Miss Granger?”

“No. I usually know who Harry is keeping in touch with these days, especially since our friendship has become stronger. Harry has many correspondence from his old Quidditch buddies, the Weasley's, older friends that graduated, some people he met at the Ministry, some famous Quidditch players Oliver introduced him to at the end of last year, even some friends he made from Durmstrung. Who ever he is I seriously don't know.”

“Don't worry about it father if Harry says you will meet him soon than you will.”

“How soon is soon?”

“Soon enough Lucius. Don't stay focused on that live normally and you will find him.” Harry said coming back to join them without Kara this time.

“Maybe I should run to the Manor and get you some fire whiskey and try and get some more out of you.” Lucius said truly contemplating that thought.

“Be patient Lucius. You have waited twenty years for the day to come when you meet your mate. A little while longer will not hurt you. Trust me Lucius you will find him. Just go about you life normally until then.” Harry told him sitting down.

“I trust you. Well it's getting late and you all have to get up early in the morning.” Lucius said standing from his seat. “Don't worry I have already asked the Headmaster to have you all excused from your classes tomorrow and Harry you have the whole week so you can get to know Kara and vise verse. I will see you all again soon.” everyone gave their farewells then with green flames he was gone.