บท 5: The Coven 0005

"You always kiss Fleur on her lips, but only kiss me on the forehead. Why is that?" She asked innocently, "Do you love me less?"

Harry had to cough to hide his wry expression, "Give me a break…" He said under his breath such that only Fleur could hear him. She let out an alluring giggle while snuggling in his neck, causing him to feel ticklish as her breath ran along his neck.

He cleared his throat and looked at Gabrielle's innocent expression before saying, "I love you just as much as Fleur, Gabi. But it's a different kind of love. To me, you're like my family, while my love for Fleur is romantic. You wouldn't kiss your mother on the lips, would you?" He asked, wanting to drop this conversation on Apolline's head.

"I see…" Gabrielle seemed to understand something, "I can't kiss my papa on his lips…" She said under her breath, making Harry choke, 'I thought Fleur was fucking with me…'

Harry wanted to interject, but that would lead to another troublesome conversation. And he didn't want that. He just wanted to hug and cuddle his girlfriend while waiting for their destination to arrive.

"You should talk to your mother about this when we get back home, she will explain it to you in a much better manner." He said, "Okay?

"Um-hm…" Gabrielle nodded before leaning against Harry's arm.

His focus finally went to the dazed girl who had been ensnared by Fleur and Gabrielle's charm that was freely flowing through the cabin, 'I really need to ask for an amulet from Mum. Otherwise, these Veela will destroy this girl,' He thought.

"Hey, Gabi." Harry caught Gabrielle's attention, "Do you want to learn a trick?"

"What kind of trick?" She asked.

"You know how your friends get dazed every once in a while when you aren't wearing your necklace, right?" Harry said and Gabrielle nodded, "I'll teach you a way to fix that and bring them back from their daze."

Her eyes brightened up as she heard his words and she enthusiastically nodded.

"Neither Mrs. Delacour nor Fleur has taught you how to feel your allure aura for now since it's not strong enough to be significant." Harry started his explanation, "So, we will need a spell to do this trick, okay?"

Gabrielle nodded and asked, "Should I take out my wand?"

"No need, I'll help you with it first." He said as Gabrielle's eyes drooped with sadness.

"Is it complicated?" She asked, "Will I need to practice it for weeks before casting it myself?"

Harry cooed, "Not at all honey…" He hugged her close to himself before planting a kiss on the top of her head, "We'll be done by the end of this ride. It's not that complicated."

Her eyes brightened up and she snuggled close to Harry's chest, indulging in his pampering pats and caresses.

After a few seconds, Harry pulled his hand away from her head and said, "Show me your hand." She raised her hand and placed it above Harry's opened palm.

He grabbed his wand with his other hand that was wrapped around Fleur's waist and pointed it at Gabrielle's arm, "Attrahens." He chanted while moving his wand from her arm toward her elbow, "What do you feel?" He asked her.

"Warm…" Gabrielle said, "As if some kind of warmth is coming out of my tummy and moving toward my hand…" She explained.

"Very good." He praised her, "That warmth is your allure being attracted toward your palm." He explained before pointing at Celine, "Now focus on her and snap your fingers while thinking of jolting her awake from the snap."

She nodded before snapping her fingers and looking expectantly toward Celine. But the poor girl was still dazed, "It didn't work…" Gabrielle was sad.

"Try again." Harry encouraged her, "Make sure to focus on wanting to wake her up. That's the most important part. You can attempt the snap five times before the effects of the spell wear off." He said.

She nodded and snapped again. That also resulted in a failure.

By the time her snaps were exhausted, she still didn't succeed.

"It's fine. We have the entire carriage ride to try this trick out. You remember the Wand movement and chant, right?" He asked her.

When Gabrielle nodded and took her wand out, Harry said, "Good. We'll start soon, but first…" Harry glanced at Celine who was almost about to start drooling. He cast the same spell, but this time his wand moved from Gabrielle's forearm to her palm before snapping lower in the direction of his palm, "We need to wake her up before we can continue your training." He said.

Gabrielle felt the familiar feeling of heat being transferred from her stomach to her palm, but instead of coagulating in her palm, she felt it escaping to Harry's palm that was placed under hers.

When he snapped his fingers, Celine's eyes instantly regained clarity, "S-sir…" She seemed spooked.

"Don't worry." Harry's tone seemed to have a natural calming effect on her right now, "Just rest until we reach Beauxbatons. There shouldn't be any more disturbances. I'll cast the silencing spell once again so you don't get disturbed."

She nodded and got back in her curled-up sleeping position, 'She's so meek… How'd she even get a student authority position?' Harry was a little curious about Celine's circumstances.

"How will we train now, 'Arry?" Gabrielle asked.

"On a dummy, of course." He laughed, "Do you think we would be going around charming people just for you to train this trick?" His words made Gabrielle blush.

"I'm bored…" Fleur decided that she wanted to be a part of the training.

"No!" Gabrielle lashed out, "It's just me and pa— 'Arry" She almost slipped before correcting herself. She gave a discrete glance to Harry who didn't seem to have noticed her slip-up, "Go away. 'Arry will teach me."

"I'm the one with actual experience with allure, why do you want him to train you?" Fleur was baffled.

"I just do." Gabrielle huffed, "Go away."

"'Arry…" Fleur turned to the man whose lap she had been hogging, "Gabi is being mean to me..." She acted as if she was the little sister in their relationship.

'Somebody help me…' Harry sighed tiredly before mediating between the two sisters. Unfortunately, his wish to have someone help him out would forever remain unfulfilled.

…

For the next few hours of the journey, Harry helped Gabrielle get the trick to a practiced level so that she could cast it herself in case she needed to.

"Thanks for teaching me, 'Arry…" Gabrielle hugged him gleefully. She was happy to have learned a new trick.

"Not a problem." He patted her head, "We're family after all."

"Mhm…" She nodded and made herself comfortable by bringing her legs up to the seat and using Harry as her pillow to pull herself into a comfortable position, "I'll sleep for a while…" She mumbled.

Harry had a wry smile as he felt like he was in a hell of warmth while being in a heaven of self-satisfaction. His drop-dead gorgeous girlfriend and her carbon copy of a younger sister were both hugging him as if he was the only source of comfort for them. But at the same time, he was now stuck in his position, unable to move. Especially with Fleur sitting in his lap and unwilling to move away.

'Whatever…' He didn't care that much about his slight discomfort considering that the girls were both happily asleep and comfortable, 'Guess I'll rest too then..' He thought as he grabbed his wand and cast a few spells all around the cabin to prevent anyone from entering or exiting, followed by multiple anti-breaking charms that would prevent spells like Alohomora from working.

Lastly, 'Petrificus.' He silently cast the binding spell at the asleep Celine that would petrify her, but she wouldn't know about it unless she woke up. The spell was a less extreme version of the full-body binding charm. It was just a worst-case measure considering that he had two very beautiful Veela sleeping on him and he wasn't going to be fully awake.

'Just like Mum taught you, Harry. Better to be safe than sorry…' He thought to himself as he dozed off to sleep.

A while later, Celine's eyes fluttered open as she tried to straighten her legs to stretch, but she was unable to move even her head, let alone stretch her arms and legs. Her eyes opened wide as she struggled unsuccessfully. It was then that she glanced at the trio in front of her.

The three of them were in deep sleep. Fleur was hugging Harry while sitting on his lap and had her face buried in his neck. As for her little sister, she was lying halfway on the seat with her torso completely leaning on Harry's side. She was using his arm as a pillow as it went behind her head and his hand was resting on her stomach.

Seeing Harry's peaceful expression, Celine realized the reason behind her petrification, 'They don't actually trust me…'

From her initial wariness, now, Celine was genuinely curious about this elusive senior who had a scary reputation among the entire student body. She wanted to know more about not only him but also about the two Veela sisters that he seemed to be so close with.

It was impossible for her to go to sleep after realizing that she'd been petrified with a spell, so she did the next best thing and mentally recited arithmancy equations. As a certified bookworm, she had expectations of herself that she would do her best to meet, 'I can't dishonor the name of Beauxbatons when I go to Hogwarts.' She seemed to have already set Harry's casual offer in stone and was fully hyped about going to Hogwarts.

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