"Draco you must feel it by now." Professor McGonagall said and looked concern. It felt good having someone besides his friends who cared for him like she did. A grown up who he could trust now when his godfather was dead and his mother was in France.
"Yes professor, I am. It is getting harder at practice. My body feel so heavy!" Draco took a spit from his glass of water. "I don't know what I should do professor."
"Sorry dear I know it's hard on you. Maybe you should take a break from training and just focusing on getting used to your new body." She gave him a reassuring smile and continued. "But there is something I was meaning to ask you dearest. Have you been feeling, well how should I phrase it?"
"Sorry professor but we once talked about birth control pills so I think it is safe to say that you can talk to me about anything by now." Draco gave her a smile as he continued to drink up his beverage.
"Okay then. Have you been feeling a bit heated like you want to mate-." Draco was so surprised that he sprayed out all the water he had in his mouth and sadly most of it came right into professor McGonagall's face.
"Sorry professor, please carry on." Draco said after he had stopped coughing. He ALMOST, started to laugh as he saw the professor drying her face from the water still dripping down her cheeks. Well that was embarrassing!
"Okay, please do drink water but AFTER I am done." McGonagall paused and waited for Draco to answer her which he did with a small nod. "I think that you will have your very first "real" heat next week and to take precautions I think it would be best for you to send me an owl when you think it is going to start." She laid down the napkin she had used to wipe herself off on the desk.
"But professor how do I know when it is the rea..?" ¨
"I promise you, you will notice!" She said and gave him a small smile. There was something she wasn't telling him, but why? Draco said his goodbye and got a pat on his shoulder as he walked towards the door.
"So, what wanted professor McGonagall?" Pansy asked when Draco walked down the last step of the stairs.
"She just wanted to ask me if I was alright." Draco strode onwards, they were going to be having a charms lesson with Gryffindor.
"Ohhh?" Pansy said and smiled. "And?!" Why is she so damned good at seeing through me?
"Well she told me about,," Draco looked at his friends and lowered his voice and said his sentence but in a super low tone.
"What?" Blaise lowered his head to hear more clearly what his friend was telling them.
"Well,, ehh." Horror spread in Draco's body as he felt himself blush like a complete fool.
"Well what?!" Blaise was really starting to enjoy himself, he had never in his life seen Draco turn more red than a tomato nearly purple. It really didn't fit with that light hair his friend had.
"She told me that maybe I would be feeling a bit different next week." Draco just hoped that his friends would be happy with that answer but he was wrong, so wrong!
"Different? How different?" Pansy asked.
"Are you going to have mood swings?" Blaise said and thought that just maybe Draco already had them.
"Oh, are you going to be even more weak? Soon I will be able to beat you at arm wrestling!" Pansy clapped her hands together with a smile. Just what I needed two guessing morons.
"If I tell you, will you both promise to just shut up?!" Draco asked and felt even more embarrassed.
Pansy and Blaise looked at each other and said "YES!"
"Oh Merlin I hate you both!" Draco looked around and noticed a door stood opened to one of the many classrooms. He grabbed his friends and dragged them into the classroom, after a quick look around to make sure they were alone Draco closed the door. "Okay remember you both promised to shut the hell up after I tell you!" They both nodded and smiled. "Professor McGonagall told me that I will be going into my first "real" heat soon and that I should be careful."
If they had been turned to stone there wouldn't been much difference in Blaise or Pansy's faces. They stood there gaping like two morons. Until Pansy's face broke up into a huge smile.
"OH MY GOD! Seriously that's awesome Draco hun!" Pansy grabbed his hand and jumped up and down. Draco whoever didn't jump, he just stared at his maniac friend and tried to force a smile.
"Yeah awesome,,," Draco looked for some support from Blaise who just stood there smiling. "Please Pansy stop jumping up and down."
"But Draco, if you're going to go into heat won't your scent be like, extreme? You have only have had your fake alpha rut/omega heat before but now,," Blaise was worried, he knew that it was a miracle that Draco's scent had been so weak until now but that would change after his first heat.
"That's why the professor wanted to talk to me."
"Oh?" Pansy looked surprised.
"Well yeah, she wanted me to send for her when I am starting to feel the effects of the heat." Draco felt like that should be the end of it but boy was he wrong!
"Ooohhh maybe she got her eyes on you, Draco." Pansy started to laugh as did Blaise.
"What? Are you stupid Pansy? Wait! Dumb question." Draco said and then he slapped Blaise on his arm and gave Pansy an evil look.
"Come on Drake it was just a joke. Of course, she wouldn't be after you it would be sick! I mean she is like old, really old." Pansy continued to say.
"Don't be mean!" Draco felt like he didn't want to continue this talk.
"Plus little Draco has his eyes on someone else." Pansy smiled and hurried of.
"Shut it PANSY!" Draco yelled as he ran after her into the hall. Then he felt a hand on his shoulder, of course it was Blaise. Who else would stop him when he was running after Pansy?
"So before running after my future mate can you tell me what that was all about?" Blaise said and did his winning smile. Reminder to myself, hex Pansy when I see her next time!
"About what?" Draco said and tried to act innocent.
"About the "eyes for someone else" part, are you going to tell me who it is or must I guess?" Blaise whispered into Draco's ear. Reminder to myself, hex Pansy so bad that she won't dare to come near me for a month or so.
"I don't know what you are talking about. I mean, Draco Malfoy in love with someone? No nix, never!" Draco turned his eyes away from Blaise's and looked down the hall, it was soon time for next class to begin.
"Ohh," Blaise said and started walking towards the classroom they were going to be in for the charms lesson. Draco walked up to his side and felt like he finally could relax. "So if I said that I saw Potter hitting on a girl yesterday you wouldn't be,," He didn't finish what he was saying as he noticed that Draco had stopped. Blaise could see a slight bit of pain flash over his friends face and he immediately regretted telling his friend a lie.
"Why, why would I care? I mean he hates me and I ha-." Draco stopped talking.
"Draco I'm sorry it was all just a lie! I didn't see Potter at all yesterday." With this Blaise saw his friend's mouth turn upwards a bit and they slowly started moving again. "But I was right." He lowered his voice and leaned down to Draco's ear. "You like Potter and there is no denying it!"
Draco stopped again but now for a different reason than before, he had never blushed so deeply before and he could feel almost all his blood went to his cheeks. "Oh just shut up Blaise!"
They walked to the lesson and they noticed that it had already begun.
"I am happy that the two of you could join us in today's lesson Mr Malfoy and Mr Zabini." Professor Flitwick said.
They could clearly hear some laughter coming from the Gryffindor tables. Draco glances over at Potter and noticed that he was staring right back at him. Draco lowered his eyes and started unpacking his things to the lesson.
"Hush now and we will start the lesson." Professor Flitwick swung with his wand and the paper on his desk turned into a sandwich. "We are going to learn how to make everyday objects into food. We will start with the paper into a sandwich. When you have practiced enough you will be able to make a full course meal. But remember this food will only help you in need when you are hungry and should not use it everyday! It is not as nutritious as real food."
"So professor means that if you only eat this sort of food you will,,?" Seamus waited for the answer which came.
"Die." This made the whole class take a more serious turn as they all had started to joke about never cooking again. Draco whoever was not worried he had a house elf Debbie who was there to take care of him when he was done with school. In the summer, he had tried to give her freedom but she had said no, which was surprising. So now she was staying in the house he bought, the Malfoy manor had been sold by his mother last week. It feels good to know that I will never go back there again! That house had never felt much like home to him so he had given her permission to sell it as half of it belonged to him now after his father was put in prison. With his part of the money he had bought a house. It was not as big as the manor but he had felt right at home when he first set his foot indoors. Now Debbie was there at the new house. It felt nice to know that there was at least one person waiting for him.
"Mr Malfoy did you hear me?" Professor Flitwick asked, he was now standing right next to Draco who looked surprised.
"Excuse me, I was thinking of something else." Draco said and he heard a certain redhead laugh. Oh I will hex him right after class!
"It is alright Mr Malfoy but try to listen." The professor turned toward his desk and he once again told the whole class what to say and do with their piece of paper. To Draco's extreme surprise he was the first to make it, the paper turned into a sandwich and well it certainly didn't taste as good as the ones in the Great hall but it was eatable.
"How did you do it Draco?" Blaise asked and tried for the second time with his paper. On it was a sketch of a sandwich but nothing more.
"You know you were supposed to make an eatable sandwich with magic not sketch one yourself." Draco joked as he saw for the second-time Blaise try and well his sketch improved and looked more and more like a picture. "Well if you fail to make food from everyday object you can always sell your art and make money to buy food." Draco laughed when the third attempt from his friend only added colour to the sketch sandwich.
With that Draco looked around in the classroom, he noticed that more and more succeeded with their sandwich. Then his eyes met a green pair, Potters perfectly emerald eyes. Oh fuck! He is looking at me! Why doesn't he look away? Should I? Oh dear his look only intensified! Fuck it I can't keep looking at him! If I do,, I don't even want to know what will happen! Draco could clearly feel the pulling sensation from his body, like a magnetic force between them. In any second he felt like his body would fly right into Potter's perfectly shaped body. No that can't happen! Not in the classroom! Not EVER! That was when Draco saw it, one thing that never ever had happened before, Harry Potter smiling and not in a mean way. No like he would smile to his friends. Is this a dream? He can't look at me smiling, can he? NO! Definitely not! Oh shit, Potter look away or else I think there will be an accident real soon! Fuck his lips look so soft and his hair would feel so good and…
"Mr Malfoy?" Professor Flitwick came to his rescue and Draco finally took his eyes from Potter's.
"Yes professor?"
"I think you should have waited for me before you taste tested the sandwich." The professor whispered.
"What?" Draco looked at the professor and then he noticed it. His light hair that hung slightly over his eyes were now in a completely different colour, green, emerald green. His hair looked like grass.
"Oh dear Merlin!" Blaise shouted and started to laugh but remembered where he was and hurried to slap his mouth close but too late. Everyone in the classroom was now looking at Draco and almost everybody was smiling or laughing. Can this get any worse? But as everyone knows, it can get worse. Draco saw how Blaise pressed his hands closer to his mouth to prevent more laughter to come out. Draco looked around and everyone was now laughing more than before. With fast movements, he picked up a hand mirror and he saw that in his straight green hair grew small white flowers. FUCK! Draco looked around the room and saw his love. Potter was smiling but was most certainly the only one except the teacher who wasn't laughing. Even his friends were laughing.
Suddenly Draco felt an emotion he had never felt before. One of those omega hormones was rising to the surface. With a trembling lip and tears forming in his eyes Draco took his bag and ran out of the classroom. What is this? I can't stop these bloody tears from streaming down! He didn't want more pupils than necessary to see his tears so he yelled "Accio broomstick!" and after just a few seconds it came flying towards him through the corridor. Luckily there wasn't so much pupils out from their lessons yet so he had no problems flying down the corridor and out. I will explain this later for professor McGonagall, she will understand. But why can't I stop crying? The tears just kept coming and Draco landed on the ground outside the school. He needed to clear his head.
The omega pheromones were getting to him and Draco wasn't a bit sure of what to do. He had never felt so,, so,,,, he couldn't even describe the feeling. It felt so strong, a feeling of pain, sadness, panic and loneliness. There was something his body craved, it had started a few days ago, but now it felt even stronger. He wanted something next to him, it was as if he could feel a piece of himself missing. But what? It is digging itself deeper into my chest, but what is it? Why do I feel so lonely? If he was honest with himself he knew what it was that he missed, what he needed and it wasn't something, it was someone. A raven-haired boy with emerald eyes and a huge heart, Harry Potter. I love him! I need him! But he will never want me so I must get these stupid feelings to go away. But how? Draco laid down in the grass and he noticed his hair once more. The green colour was starting to slowly fade to his regular colour which really helped making the uneasy feelings gradually ebbing away. Looking at his hair it would be about an hour until the green colour would be gone. If it wasn't so cold I would like to stay out here a bit more but now it feels like I am freeing to death! Draco held his arms around his legs.
As he sat there trying to make himself a bit warmer a thick blanket was put over Draco's shoulders and he turned his head to see who it was. But no one was there. Draco look around and tried to see if there was someone hiding behind the trees but he didn't see anyone. Who in the world knew he was sitting outside in the grass? He couldn't be seen from any of the school windows so how? Potter? Draco sighed as he understood how completely stupid that sounded. Potter helping him? Potter would never help you more than he has and he would never put a blanket over your shoulders! Stop being so stupid myself! I am a scumbag death eater and there is nothing that can change that fact. Draco looked around and after he made sure he was alone he pulled up his sleeve. There it was, the dark mark. A sound was heard behind Draco, like someone breathed in a lot of air in shock. He looked around again but still he didn't see anyone. But to be safe Draco pulled down the sleeve and hurried up on his broomstick and flew away towards the castle. There was no one there. I saw no one and on one saw me! But I am so stupid! Being so careless, what if someone had seen me? I know that some people have seen the mark but I don't want anyone else seeing it ever again! But still sometimes I just forget, forget about that shameful part of me. A part that I didn't want anything to do with! Draco felt a tear falling from is eye. I never wanted to be a part of that side and if they all knew about my ranking I wouldn't have been forced. After landing on the ground again he wiped his face and looked up onto the massive school. He felt a power rise inside him, a determination and he strode on towards the school's entrance. I am NOT a death eater!