The Veelas

The Veelas

Draco walked down the hallway towards the Great Hall for lunch. The talk of Hogwarts was that there was a new student, and she was half Veela. All the boys had tried to send her owls already; there was a wait on sending owls. Draco had not done anything yet. He was a Malfoy. His plan was to swoop in later and deceive her with his charm. After all, he was one-third Veela himself. Draco turned the corner when he ran into something.

"WATCH IT!" Draco shouted. He looked at whom he had run into. A Weasley. Ginny reached down to pick up his stuff, but Draco snatched it before she could hand it to him.

"Sorry," Ginny said coldly.

"You should be," Draco answered. He picked up his last quill and left.

"Bastard," Ginny muttered.

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Draco looked around the Great Hall. He was trying to find the new student. He heard that she had been sorted into Ravenclaw. He scanned the Ravenclaw table. He spotted her. He casually rose from his seat. He walked over to the Ravenclaw table. Potter was there. This only made it better. Draco could flirt with her and make Harry look like a fool. Could life get any better? Draco walked right by Potter and straight to the new student. He gave a smile.

"Hello," he said politely. "I do not believe we have met. I am Draco Malfoy." The girl smiled. She was Draco's age. She has silver flowing blonde hair to her shoulders. Her eyes were a pale blue. Oh yes, she was definitely a Veela.

"I am Emily. Emily Watson."

"I'm Harry Potter," Harry said, bringing himself into the conversation.

"I heard that Harry Potter went to Hogwarts," Emily said. Harry's cheeks turned red.

"It's hot in here," Harry muttered.

"That's right." Draco directed his next statement to Emily. "Potter always has hot flashes when evil is around."

"Well, maybe it is because you are here Malfoy," Harry said faking a smile.

"Ouch, that hurt Potter. I think I will go curl up in a corner and cry."

"It would save yourself from me killing you!" Harry still said in a peaceful voice, smiling at Emily.

"Potter," Draco said in mock terror. "Your comments just get worse and worse."

"Look Malfoy, let's settle this. Right here. Right now." Harry pulled out his wand.

"Gladly," Draco replied. Emily's smile grew bigger. She enjoyed having boys fight over her.

"Good luck Draco. Good luck Harry." She kissed them each on the cheek then flounced off.

"Ready Potter?"

"Always Malfoy." The two stood there only for a second until they cast their first spell.

"ACIDITOUS!" Draco shouted.

"BONEUCUS!" Harry cried. Harry was hit with acid on his entire left side. Draco's leg was broken. This did not stop them. They continued to dish out their spells as if they were giving candy to children. Eventually McGonagall came over and took their wands, but the two continued to attack each other. They had to be pried apart. Harry face was swollen, there was huge cut down his arm that was bleeding freely, he had a huge bruise on his jaw, and many other injuries. Draco's leg was broken, he lip was cut, he had a huge gash in his face, and Draco's face was also swollen.

"I do not know what is going on here," Professor McGonagall said sternly. "But, I assure you no matter what happened, both of you will be punished severely. Now I will take you two to the hospital wing. Come on." Professor McGonagall turned around and took the two to the hospital wing.

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They met up with Ron and Ginny in the hallway. The two of them were heading to lunch.

"WHAT HAPPENED?" Ron bellowed. Ginny stood there wide-eyed. Harry tried to answer, but Professor McGonagall stopped him.

"Mr. Weasley, you and your sister go ahead to lunch. The situation is under control."

"UNDER CONTROLL MY ASS!" Ron said once McGonagall had left. "WHAT THE HELL DID MALFOY DO TO HARRY?"

"Ron, if you noticed Harry did something to Draco also."

"Ginny that is besides the point! What the hell did they fight for? Harry told me this morning that his was not going to fight Malfoy after his six-hour detention he had last night because of fighting with Malfoy. Why would Harry fight that damned Malfoy?"

"Probably the new girl that you had to send an owl to this morning," Ginny said grinning. Ron's ears turned pink.

"I did not," he said immediately.

"Yes you did. Your stupid owl brought the letter to me instead."

"Idiot owl, I told mum that he was no good, but she insisted that I keep him for another year before we change him for another owl." Hermione came running up.

"Did you see Harry and Malfoy?" was the first thing that Hermione said.

"Yeah, I did. What happened?" Ron asked.

"They were fighting over that new girl, Emily, I think."

"I told you," Ginny said.

"Let's go visit Harry," Ron suggested.

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Madam Pomfrey fussed over both of them. The whole time she was muttering,

"You have been in here twice this week now you two. Did you not learn your lesson the first time?" Neither Harry nor Draco made any comment to this. When Madam Pomfrey finished with them she said,

"You two need to stay in here for a while. You have some nasty injuries. Plus, Professor thinks that you two need to 'sort out you problems'."

"WHAT?" Harry and Draco screeched.

"My only problem with Harry that he is here," Draco said.

"Look Malfoy, I do not want to be stuck in the hospital wing with you either."

"When I said 'here' Potter, I meant alive."