Chapter 75: The Veela Bond Explained
Remus didn't reply because he had finally realized what the giant wall of poisonous green that was on the other side of the Chamber was. Dumbledore's words came back to him, "I want you to imagine facing the thing you're going to see with just that in your hand. Then remember he was only twelve and didn't have his wand at the time," Remus stumbled over to the Basilisk and just stared at it.
Sirius walked over to his friend, "I wouldn't want to face it. Give me Moody, two aurors and a couple of dementors anytime over fighting one of those."
"True," Lupin agreed, "But what about the Basilisk or Lily after James' Bachelor party?"
"With the hangovers we had?" Sirius replied remembering that morning well. "Basilisk would have been much much quieter. Though I thought from the look in Lily's eyes we were going to die."
Remus turned back to Harry and noticed all three young women had moved much closer to Harry. "I guess everyone has already told you how impressive this was, so I won't bother repeating words already spoken. Are you alright being down here?"
He watched Harry's eyes flicker to the Basilisk and around the Chamber. Harry finally said, "I'm fine."
"So can you tell me your secret now?"
Harry looked at his three bond mates, and then turned back to Remus. "It's only going to be a secret until the summer," He nodded to the table and chairs that were still there from the previous evening. "Have a seat."
Remus stared at the chair and then over at Sirius who had a blank expression on his face but the old twinkle was in his eyes. Not as bright as it had been in school, but much better than the almost dead eyes Sirius had the previous year, "Good to see that coming back. I'm glad Azkaban hadn't driven it completely out of him," He thought. Remus strolled over and sat down and he looked up at the young gentleman still standing there.
"I feel like I'm telling my own father this time," Harry thought, and then to Remus. "Shall I start this off by giving my old Defense teacher a quiz? Moony, looking at Gabrielle and Fleur, what can you tell me about them?"
Remus studied the two young ladies, "Both are extremely attractive young women, silvery-blonde hair, perfect complexion and carry themselves with exceptional grace. I would be very surprised to find they did not have some Veela in their parentage."
Harry turned to Hermione, "Shall we give him an O?"
"Most definitely Harry," Hermione replied. "He was our best Defense teacher."
Harry turned back to Remus who was smiling, "Their Grandmother is Veela," Then to Fleur and Gabrielle, "Am I going to like your Grandmother?"
"As long as you don't get 'er angry you will," Fleur replied then seeing the expression change on Harry's face. "Don't worry, she'll love you."
"Do you mind me quizzing Remus like this?"
"No, of course not. It is zat part of us zat you are explaining."
Remus was trying to remember all the customs and powers of a Veela that might be at the bottom of this secret that his friend's son held, but he couldn't think of any. Harry was obviously not under the influence of their allure.
"Next question then, what unique custom can the Veela employ when it comes to love?" Harry asked.
Remus again delved into sparse knowledge the sixth year textbook they had used imparted and nothing came to mind about Veelas and love. "I don't know Harry, I covered Veelas in the sixth year class but the textbook didn't give much information since they are mostly on the continent."
Harry looked at Hermione "Well that explains why I didn't hear of them until the World Cup. We hadn't covered them yet," Then back to Remus, "Okay, I'll stop with the questions. Moony, Veelas can initiate a bond between themselves and a chosen person made of love," Harry wrapped his arms around Gabrielle's waist. "Their term for this is naming their bondmate. If accepted, the bond creates a permanent magical connection between the Veela and their chosen bondmate."
Remus looked at Harry and Gabrielle. "So you're Gabrielle's bondmate?"
Gabrielle turned around and putting her arms around Harry the two of them kissed. Harry's eyes finally left hers and he looked over at Remus, "Yes. I am Gabrielle's bondmate," Then Harry walked over to Fleur and stared into her eyes.
"You tease," Fleur thought through a smile. Their lips came together and they enjoyed a few seconds of a kiss. Looking back at Remus once it ended, "And Fleur is my bondmate as well."
Remus's jaw was opening and closing as he tried to figure out what to say. Finally after a few attempts, "Both?" was all that materialized.
Sirius was enjoying the look on his friend's face, but he knew the jaw was going to hit the floor soon.
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