Familiar

A/N… just to remind you guys, in this fic a bond occurs between two individuals when one of them feels the need to share power. But the bond can lead the two to be either mates or enemies. A person can only have one bond at a time. This is because the mate side of the bond is naturally exclusive, but the enemy side of the bond leads the two to destroy each other. Voldemort for example is Harrys enemy, but it is not a bond between them. Even though it appears to be. The magic of a person decides who it wants to bond with. But in Harry and Voldemorts case, it was the combination of Lily’s magic and the prophecy which resulted in the exchange of power.

So Harry is still able to bond with someone…Yay.

To my reviewers I love you all.

Anon…I am glad you like my story and am sorry you think it is going a little slow. Hopefully you will stick with the story. Something will be happening soon.
Marille…I know exactly what you mean. Im glad you like it.
Heksy…You are brilliant, thankyou. Sorry if the description of Harry was difficult, I am planning on strengthening his description in the next chapter. And don’t worry Harrys changes will be making an appearance soon.
Angel…I hope she will too…

Chapter 8: A Letter

Krai waited until Harry was asleep, he then slithered away from his Master. As he moved, he thought of his Master and what he was about to do. He had asked the Master many questions, the answers had been interesting, but what he was most interested in was the people his Master knew. He would ask more questions later, but the answers he had now were enough for him to begin. The Master had spoken of people as he had asked and the white owl had told him what they looked like, as far as any owl can describe a walker.

The good one, Her-minoe was interesting to him. The owl had spoken of how they first came to be friends, Hedwig boasted that Harry told her everything. Not everythingsss white owl, not everythingsss. He smiled his snakish smile, which basically meant showing his fangs, the owl almost acted like Harry’s life giver. And if he had learnt anything about walkers they did not always speak to their life givers.

It seemed to him that the good one, was an odd friendship for his Master to have. Then again most of his friends were odd, they were all lions, he could tell by the way his Master spoke of them. The snakes had more interesting sounds to their names. It was strange that the angry one, Ron, was the first friend Harry ‘found’, he wondered if his Master would still consider that particular human a friend if he weren’t the first friend he made.

The twins and Nev-ll were important to his Master, almost as important as the good one but more important than the angry one. His human was changing, becoming grown and from what the owl said, the angry one was not. His needs in friends would change, but the biggest change would come when the Master changed. When the bloods appeared his Master would need a mate. One mate and one mate only. Many humans mated with many other walkers, his human had not done this yet. Which would help him, when the time came. A pure mate was the best mate.

And that was the problem, finding his humans mate. His human was powerful more powerful than anyone realized and his mate would be powerful also. Many humans had said that knowing a name gave you power, but to a snake a name told you everything about a person. The good one, was kind, smart but she wasn’t powerful enough to bond and mate with his human. The angry one was disregarded completely, the boy was powerless and the little power he did possess was incompatible with Harry’s.

The twins were nice, funny, powerful, but he knew twins were a set, almost like mates themselves. One was the dominant in the partnership and the other was the submissive. If a bond was created with one or both of the twins, the dominant of the two would not be content to allow Harry to lead and even if he didn’t intend to, his magic would reach out and take Harry’s, leaving his Master vulnerable.

The man Remus would be the best choice for his mate, but he was a man, not a young one. And he was dominant. It was a shame, if the man were younger he would be perfect. Familial feelings were soon overcome by the urge to mate in unrelated humans. A mate that was older, even if he were the submissive would attempt to lead his charge, never allowing their mate to make their own mistakes. Their intentions were for the best and in a lot of cases the relationship worked. But that was not what his Master needed, his Master needed a submissive that would allow him to make the decisions, to rule by his side and abide by his decisions.

The others he had mentioned were not suitable, for other reasons. Snape was a submissive and if he was not mistaken was in denial over his own mate. Voldemort, was dominant and evil. Dumbledo-re, was too good, also dominant but there was something wrong with him that Krai couldn’t quite figure out. Both were way too old and would overwhelm his Master. Dudley was a muggle, so unable to share power, useless. And Neville, too submissive, would never contradict his mate when his mate made a bad decision. That left the last name to be mentioned, the one he had asked specifically about.

There was possibility there. He was obviously submissive, the way he bowed down to his fathers wishes was a clear indication of that. But there was a little bit of a dominants nature in him, if the stories Hedwig had told him were even half true. Hhhmmm, the leader of the Slytherins but only the leader by default. If Harry had allowed himself to be sorted into Slytherin he would rule the snake pit. That was another issue that had to be addressed, winning the respect of the snakes. Easily done, most snakes were followers, whether dominant or submissive. Yes, easily done, win over the leader the rest will follow.

The Malfoy boy, (he had missed his first name he would have to ask the owl) was interesting. Hedwig had told him about the boy, how he and his Master had fought almost everyday for the last six years. They couldn’t seem to stay away from each other. But was this just luck or the fact that they lived together in one place for the majority of the year. He didn’t think it was that simple. He had been listening to Harrys thoughts earlier while he read the blue book. His thoughts of bonding with a familiar had made Krai smile. But when he had mentioned bonding with another soul, a longing so deep, down in the depths of Harry’s mind had surfaced, it disappeared so quickly that his Master didn’t feel it. But he did.

His Master wanted a mate. A familiar would never be enough for him. Harry would love Krai and trust him for the rest of their lives. But Harry needed more. His human had never experienced the feelings a mate could give him. And that was wrong. He hadn’t even felt the love of a life giver and that was wrong. He was insecure about this also. He knew he could love and that someone could love him but he believed that those he loved would always be taken from him in one way or another. He needed a mate to feel worthy and secure. A mate that could never leave him, because they were his mate.

His snake lord would mate for life, they would be together forever. But he couldn’t tell Harry this or his Master would know that he had been in his mind. It would take Harry a long time to accept that intrusion, so he could never mention mates until Harry brought it up. But his humans insecurities would also work against him in this. If he did not believe he had the power for the bond, he would never ask about it and as a consequence would not believe it to be true. Everything came down to Harry’s confidence, it was the most important thing, he had to focus on it. His Masters magic would choose his mate, but Krai could always anticipate.

He was sure, the Malfoy boy was Harry’s mate. Everything fit, he was a suitable age, he was a submissive that would also advise and he always sought Harry out. That had to be the possible bond, unfortunately because of the boys father the bond was heading down the volatile path. At the moment the bond was still reversible, but that was only because of Voldemort.

The dark snake lord was his Masters main enemy and as long as Harry considered him so and didn’t defeat him, the bond with Malfoy couldn’t develop to the ultimate end. If he was correct and Malfoy was Harry’s mate, he had to change the situation soon. To change the potential bond from enemy to mate he would have to lessen the impact of the father on the son. Then the boy would have to be friendly to Harry, the bond would sense the lessening of hostility and move more towards the mate side. Doing this would be harder than increasing Harry’s confidence.

He slithered up to the ornate desk in the corner and crept up the table leg. After checking the connection between him and his Master and finding Harry was asleep, he opened himself to Harrys magic and allowed it to flow into him. The white owl sensing what he was about to do, glided over to the desk to watch. Hissing words, he unrolled a sheet of parchment and took a quill from the case on the desk. Using his Masters instinctive control he shaped some energy into a solid form and used it to hold down the corners of the parchment, to stop it from rolling back up. After a moment he used a modified wingardium leviosa to hold and control the quill as he dipped it in the ink pot and brought it to the parchment. Pausing a moment, he turned to the white owl and asked…
what is the name of the young Malfoy

The answer she gave him shocked him to the core. He lost control of the magic energy and the quill clattered on the desk, splashing ink all over them. He couldn’t believe it, was it really that obvious…

As the owls indignant hooting came to his mind, he realized Harry was waking, he sent his Master calming feelings and pretty soon Harry was asleep again. The owl by now had stopped hooting. Again he tapped into the magic and used it to perform a cleansing charm. He then picked up the quill and wrote…

Draco


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Later after many starts and pauses he read over his letter…

Draco

Was that man who came out your Father? Was he mad at you for some reason? I didn’t get you in trouble did I? I hope not. There aren’t many people here I can talk to. Im not used to talking to people, my Father doesn’t like me much. He never lets me talk to anyone, unless it helps him in some way. He’s ashamed of me. He left my mother when I was young, but came back to see me a few years ago. He was disappointed. He showed up every so often and complained about me. He listed my many faults.

Im living with him now, my Mother died so he had to take me. He doesn’t like me talking to people. The only reason I saw you the other day is because I was on my own, he was away but wanted me to get him something from Diagon Alley. You were right I had never been in Knockturn Alley before and I had never seen a dark arts shop before either. I went in by mistake and thought I’d have a look around. I know I bothered you at first but I hope that changed.

I will be sending you this with my owl, she will wait for a reply or a dismissal…

Aidan


He was happy with it. He hoped Malfoy would reply, it would be so much easier if he did.

Using a little bit more magic he sealed the letter and placed a glamour over Hedwig. He then told her what to do and watched as she flew out of sight. He hoped this would work.


Merry Christmas everyone.