I Do What I Want (Drarry)

Missing Pieces of History

Authors Notes:

Okay, so this chapter is a little controversial. There will be things mentioned that have happened throughout history. I have changed and tweaked these things. In doing so there was no intent to insult any culture or belief. If anyone feels insulted I apologize. Not my intent. The way I have tweaked the story was not meant to gloss over the suffering of those who had been in these historical events. My story put a twist on things that have happened as to not run into anything cliché. Hopefully you understand where I was going with this and realize no insult was ever intended by changing history a little.

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It was not his parents who answered, they are too busy staring at Harry and Draco. Lucius was staring at his son as if he had never met him before, he was still hung up on his lack of decorum. Narcissa was staring at Harry and Draco both in awe. "Soulmates," Severus begins in his teacher voice that makes the teenagers sit up straighter. For a brief moment, Harry flashed back to potions class. He was tempted to pull out parchment lest there be a test.

"Soulmates are incredibly rare in the wizarding world. There has only been a handful of known cases in the past millennia. Every wizard has a soulmate. There isn't a single one that doesn't. Including muggleborns and squibs. Any being with magic has a soulmate."

"If everyone has one then how come it is rare?" Harry can't help but ask. Severus turns and glares at Harry for interrupting him. Harry raised his hands in surrender. Geez, you'd think he had insulted his mother by the way he reacted.

"As I was saying." Severus says pointedly, ignoring Harry completely. "The reason it is so rare is because soulmates connect on a deeper level. The souls are the ones connecting. Not the people themselves. Just because your soul resonates with that person does not mean your heart and your emotions will. Not to mention that soulmates aren't geographically located. The chances of you meeting your other half is slim to none. All wizards have a mate but that doesn't mean that their soulmate has to be another wizard. It could be a muggle, wizard or a magical creature. Which makes the chances of finding your soulmate rather difficult. With the world population of nearly 6 billion people and no way of narrowing down the list, it makes soulmates very rare." Harry and Draco stare at Severus in wonder.

"So take the two of you for an example. You are both incredibly lucky to have been so close to your soulmate geographically. But like I said earlier, just because your soul resonates with each other doesn't mean you as a person will. The two of you were enemies. You were drawn to each other yes, but you weren't in a position where the bond would kick in. People can meet their soulmate and never know it because they as a person just don't have an emotional connection to their other half. Your soulmate could be your best friend, your neighbor, your boss, a teacher, or a complete stranger. They might not even be born yet or have already died. Without an emotional connection, you would never know it. Wizards in general don't interact with muggles so if your soulmate happens to be one, most purebloods would never be matched. You also have to take in account of sexual preference. Neither of you have a problem with being male but say one of you just didn't fancy gentlemen, then the bond wouldn't have formed. When the two of you set aside your differences, it allowed the bond to form. If you had stayed enemies then the bond never would have had the chance to begin. Even if you had decided to be friends that wouldn't have necessarily started the bond. You both have to have an emotional connection for the bond to kick start." Severus paused to privately mourn the loss of never finding his own soulmate.

"Why don't they teach this in school? How come we never knew this?" Blaise asked quietly. He was at a loss. How could something so beautiful exist and no one know about it? He couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that he had a soulmate out there.