𝑀𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑒

𝐹𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓎

"Come osi?" The girl spat

"Please, I love him" Hermione begged and tried to make the girl let go of her wrist

"Lasciala andare sorella, lei appartiene a me" Emilio ordered

"Drink this" she ordered again, Hermione fought

"N-no, I want Emilio" she told her

The girl growled and forced Hermione's jaw open before forcing the drink into her mouth

The bitterness of the potion managed to remove the mist and she shook her head

"W-What?" She whispered "What happened Gis?" She asked

Gisella was a girl she had clicked with, the other girls that had attended all looked down on Hermione

"Come on" the girl ordered and dragged Hermione away

"Gisella, how do you know Emilio?" Hermione asked

Gisella took a deep breath and dropped her head

"He is my brother, my real name is Gisella Alexandra Ardito" she explained

Hermione froze

"What?!" She exclaimed "why didn't you tell me?!"

"Why do you think? The bastardo has been hiting on you all week, I wanted to be your friend but I knew your wouldn't have if you found out I'm Emilio's twin sister" she said, she looked at Hermione and the brunette witch could see the pain in her eyes "I'm sorry about my brother, but if I'm being completely honest with you, I'm rather surprised that you were able to resist the potion" Gisella confessed "how did you?" She asked

Hermione blushed

"Ah...the potion wasn't strong enough because you're already in love with someone" she said "is it Draco?" She smirked

"I-no...It's complicated" she whispered

"Not really, the potion didn't work because you're already in love with someone, you smelled them" she told her "it nulled the effects"

They reached Hermione's dorm and entered her room

"La biancheria intima rosa di Circe la tua stanza è più carina della mia"

This was the first time Gisella had entered her room and she didn't expect that sort of reaction Hermione burst out laughing before she could stop herself

"You're different from your brother, why?" She asked "oh gods that was rude, I'm sorry—"

"It's okay Hermione, Emilio was the golden child for my parents, he got everything he wanted and could do no harm, whereas I was the reject and the scrape goat, when I started showing Veela traits my parents wanted to maintain the Ardito line pure so they kicked me out of the family" she finished

"I'm sorry" Hermione apologized

"Don't be, either way it was a long time coming, now I'm free"

"Wait...you're a Veela?" Hermione asked surprised, Gisella sighed and nodded, that was another thing she didn't tell her, not that Hermione was going to get angry, it was Gisella's secret to tell whoever she wanted

"I'm a quarter Veela, my aunt on my mother's side is a half Veela, she has taken me in and has taught me how to control myself" Gisella explained

"Have you found your mate?" Hermione asked, remembering back to her readings from when Bill Weasley started dating Fleur

"Not yet, But I'm not in a big rush, as long as my mate isn't a jerk, I'm good for life"

Hermione nodded in thought