Chapter 1

' For my birthday I wish for a everything '

Zehir woke up with a start , she was not in her bed in the Gryffindor dorms , she was not even sure if she was in Hogwarts. She was however in a magical area so that was something. She looked around , she saw that she was in a place very similar to the Leaky Cauldron, just cleaner.

' Excuse me Miss are you okay?' a voice from above asked. She looked up to find a man about 30 looking at her with an apron wrapped around his hips. It was definitly the Leaky because that was a younger version of Tom staring at her. She got up and looked around , people were wearing clothes from the thirties. Her brain was not accepting this. What the hell happened but Sirius had always told her , that when in doubt go to Gringotts so that was what she was going to do.

' Yes Sir , I am fine but can you please tell me the way to the bank , I think I am a little lost.' She asked as politly as possible.

' Sure miss , follow me. ' said Tom and walked to the back of the inn. The fact that he did not call her crazy confirmed her belief. So she followed him. He opened the gateway to Diagon Alley and told her to follow the Alley to the very end beacuse that is where Gringotts is located. She thanked him and made her way to Gringotts. On the way she did an inventory check and realised that she still had her wand and a trunk in her jeans pocket. She ducked into a corner and pulled out the trunk.

Inside the trunk were all her most valuable possesions, her album, cloak , marauders map, her firebolt and a locket that Sirius had made for her. It was a platium and diamond locket in the shape of a cirlce with lilies on it embossed with diamonds. Inside the locket was a picture of her with Siri when she was a baby and another one of older her and Sirius. The locket had padfoot engraved at the back of it, she also had a bag of galleons , not much but enough for a day or two.

She repacked her trunk and made her way towards Gringotts. On the way she spotted a street vendor selling the daily prophet. She payed and picked up a copy. She saw the date on it and freaked out for a second , it was the first of january 1942. Holy shit , she was in Grindelwald's time , the dark lord she knew had not yet risen. She continued reading the paper while she walked into Gringotts.

She walked up to the nearest teller and waited for him to look up.

' Yes ' he asked slightly snootily.

' Good Morning Lord Goblin may your money flow and your enemies roll at your feet. ' she had successfully shocked a goblin. But he recovered quickly and with a much warmer voice replied.

' Good Morning may your coffers fill and your magic prosper, what can I do for you lady Witch?'

' I would like a lineage test , parental test and inheritance test done Master Goblin as fast as possible.' She said . the goblin seemed to note her urgency and called for another goblin to lead her off to the private rooms at the back. She was taken to a room and shown inside where another goblin was waiting for her with a few pieces of parchment and a dagger.

' Please place a few drops of your blood on each of these pieces of parchment ' the goblin said.

Zehir slit her palm and placed drops of her blood on each of the pieces of parchments in front of her. The first one was her parent test which read:

MOTHER : LILITH JASMINE PEVERELL nee' BLACK

FATHER : HADRIAN PEVERELL

Shock number one , she decided to save the inforation that she was a pureblood in this verse away and move on to the second sheet of parchment which showed her lineage and family tree. She was apparently the only heiress to the Noble and Most Ancient house of Peverell and had three seats on the Wizengamot for that house on her father's side and she was the neice of Cassiopea Black on her mother's side. The Black family branch went on for a long time while the Peverell line stopped short.

She saved that information away as well and moved on to her inheritance paper. She was .. wow. Apparently she was Lady Gryffindor-Peverell-Shafiq. She inherited all three from her fathers side but from her mother's side she did not inherit because it was not the direct line. She was filthy rich and had a lot of real estate and invstments that raked in even more money. She looked at the goblin in front of her.

' Master Goblin, I need an account manager, laywer and advisor. Also I would like to finish my education before I take my seats in the Wizengamot so I would like a proxy. I do not wish for a guardian.' I stated , from what I knew about goblins they liked respect and they liked buisness. I gave them that .

' Miss Peverell , I believe all of that can be arranged for a price of course and I believe you will want descretion' the goblin replied with a smirk

' Yes Master Goblin that would be appreciated and if a thousand galleons left my accounts and ended up in your possesion no one need know right?' asked Zehir with a smirk of her own.

' Not at all Miss Peverell and I suggest that you use Shafiq as your last name else you will have problems at Hogwarts. The current deputy headmaster is known for sticking his nose in places that do not belongand if he catches wind of your power you will be harassed and tortured till you join him.' Sid the goblin with a surprising amount of concern. ' Now if you will follow me we will find you a lawyer and I volenteer myself for your account manager. Your lawyer will double as your advisor and I will be your account advisor. As for your proxy, I believe it would be wise to keep your seets frozen until you find a necessity to do otherwise. This is in your best interest.'

' Very well master goblin I will adhere by your advice and I would be honoured to have you as my account manager.' So saying Zehir followed the goblin through the halls to the floo room from where they flooed to Abel Malfoy's office. There they were greeted by his secratary who asked them to wait a while she informed Mr Malfoy. They sat down on the couches and waited less than ten mintues before they were invited inside.

' Thank you Carol , you may leave now 'said a cool voice with a slight french accent. Zehir thought it was very similar to Draco Malfoy's accent. They sat down opposite to the man and got down to buisness.

' Sharpclaw I was not expecting you today , to what do I owe the pleasure and who is this charming young Lady you have brought with you , a new client perhaps' the man said.

' Yes Abel this is a surprise visit and yes she is a client ,a very wealthy client and a powerful one too. May I introduce is Zehir Laila Shafiq Lady to the Most Noble and Ancient Houses of Shafiq and Peverell and the Most Noble and Imperial House of Gryffindor.' Said Sharpclaw with a flourish. 'Now she is in need of an advisor and lawyer and I recommended you to her. Care to take it up?'

Abel smirked at Sharpclaw before saying ,' Miss Shafiq it is a pleasure to meet you I am Abel Malfoy of the noble and most ancient house of Malfoy and I believe that it would be beneficial to both parties if I were your lawyer.' And that was that.

' Mr Malfoy I believe the same. Now, I am sure you are a very busy man so how soon can we start buisness?' asked Zehir her smirk not leaaving her face.

' We can start now Miss Shafiq what would you like to do?' asked Malfoy with an eerily similar smirk.

' First job , I wish to complete my education so I will be joining Hogwarts the next semester which I believe is the day after tomorrow but I want all formalities finished today. Secondly no one is to know of my titles unless I allow it, thirdly Albus Dumbledore, I want a restraining order against him on moments notice. I am not fond of him and never will be oh! and please call me Zehir'. Zehir was on a mission ,ever since she realised the date she decided to change her game and for that she needed independence and a lack of Dumbles in her life.

' As you wish Zehir, the second and third are easy , the first however you must take a few tests in the ministry. That can be arranged by today evening but it will come with a price because of your confidentiality clause also what of a guardian figure'.

' That is no problem , just have it done, I would like fifth year tests and i want them at the earliest. As for guardian I have muggle ones so spin it around that. And do call me Zehir'

' Very well and please call me Abel , I will have your appointment by 3 this afternoon , which is in another 4 hours. I suggest you ge some lunch Zehir and pick out a place where you will be living. ' replied Abel .

' That was the plan Abel. I will be living in a cottage in Wiltshire, it is on the small size but I will be living alone and would like my privacy and safety. The place is of Shafiq property so it is the best option'. Zehir said with a smile, she knew that Malfoy Manor was there and was hoping to make friends but she was not going to be revealing that.

' That is a wonderful plan , my brother Clement Malfoy and his family live there in Malfoy manor. He is the Lord of the Malfoy family and he has an heir in Fifth year. I will take you to wiltshire myself and you can meet them. ' Abel gave Zehir exactly what she wanted and she agreed.

She and Sharpclaw then flooed back to the bank to collect her Lady ring and her cottage portkey. She then got a sack of money and a list of books currently being used by the fifth years and went shopping. She headed out into Diagon alley and headed for the nearest pub and got lunch. She had a light lunch of a beef salad and a glass of pumpkin juice. Thinking about all that had happened today gave her a headache so she decided to save it for the night.

She went out to the alley once again and headed for Flourish and Blotts first. She browsed the shelves and pulled out all her course work books which included books for transfiguration, charms, DADA , hebology , arithmacy and ancient runes. Apparently during this period arithmacy and ancient runes were core classes along with maical theory. She also got potions books but she got more than necessary as she was interested in some of the titles she saw. After that she got books on wizarding law, the pureblood directory and a few more books she thought would be useful. She also got many packges of parchment , envalopes , quills and various other regular supplies. She also got a sketch book and art supplies as she was rather good at it but never got the chance to pursue it. FInally she got a book on gobbledygook, vampires and a book on all creatures that seemed to be nuetral enough. She walked up to the counter with a large pile floating behind her and paid for her purchases.

She then decided to go and get a trunk because the one she had curently could not hold all her purchases. She walked up to the trunk shop and went inside, she was greeted by a nice man who showed her all the diffferent types of trunks before telling her all the add ons she could get. She settled on a plain black walnut wood trunk with three compartments. One for clothes, one for books and another for any extras she wanted to carry with her. Also from there she got a small wooden jewellry holder and a quill and ink box. She had a feather light and shrinking charm applied to her trunk and had her name carved onto her jewellry case. She paid for her purchases and left. She was not worried about the costs as all the things she was buying would last her many years as they were of very good quality.

She left he shop an made her way towards Twillfit and Tattings, she was a little nervous about this one as she had never bought clothes for herself and she was not from this period. She decided that she would do her best. She walked into the shop and was greeted by Madam Twillfit and asked her for a full wardrobe along with school robes. She chose the colours black, blue , green ,violet, scarlet, white and a very pale almost white pink and a slate gray. She saw the style for dresses was a full length dress with a high neckline and the hem stopped at the ankle and it was figure hugging. It looked ridiculous .

She had a very slim figure with decent curves so decided to play safe and order female pantsuits in all the colours ahe asked for. She also asked for extra jackets,blazers and winter coats and gloves. Zehir had a few staple pieces embridered with the Shafiq crest and had a few embroidered with snakes. She also picked out a few smart cut fedoras and large brimmed hats sme with feathers and some without to match her pantsuits. She had a few blouses made with large puff sleaves and small waistes in pastel colours and one in emerald green. She had pencil skirts made to match them and added a few sequencing patterns to them. Her pantsuits were very professional and perfect but her blouses and skirts were more on the dressy side. All of her clothes were made of silk or chiffon. She had one or two made of cotton. Finally in this department she had seven plain white full slee male shirts made for her sleepware.

Finally she decided she would have two custom dresses made one in white and one in dark green. The white one would be on the more innocent and classy side whereas the green one would be sexy and dressy. She started on the white one first , it was a greek style dress with a boatneck and speghetti straps. It fell down past her ankles and had a small train , it was not figure hugging but A fell along her body making her seem extra slim and tall. The dress had a thin silver belt hugging her waiste with emeralds studded onto it. She then went on to the green one, this on was extreamly figure hugging and had a slit from upper thigh all the was down. It was completaly backless and had a waiste bad made of silver with rubies embeded on it. Over all she was extreamly pleased.

Lastly she pulled various pairs of stockings and sets of underware, a bathrobe and a few bedrobes in satin to finish of her wardrobe.

She had all of them made and had them shrunk and pocketed. She payed and left a pleased but extreamly exausted Madam Twillfit.

She checked the time and realised it was already 2 and that she had three more stops to make. She hurried to the potions store and bought vials of head ache cure potions, stomuch soothers, pepper ups , allergic reaction creams , muscle soothers ,vitamins, calming draughts skin care products and hair care products. She had them all boxed and payed and ran out. She headed for the Emporium to get an owl and rushed inside , she browsed around and settled for a magestic eagle owl bird and bought him. She named him Alvah and asked him to fly at a leasurly pace to hogwarts. Then the final stop was the jewellry and accesories store.

She walked onside and bought several pairs of heels and a few pairs of boots. She got shoes she could run in and a pair of dragon hide ones as well. She got pairs of dragon hise gloves and softer ones made of silk. Zehir got hair ties ,clips and ribbons. She found a few more hats that she liked and got them along with belts. She chucked them all into her basket and moved on to the jewellery section to see if anything caught her eye and two peices did. One was a neck brooch made of white gold with emeralds studded onto it, the other was a platinum laurel wreath, it had small emerald sanakes woven into the leaves and she fell for it. She bought both of them along with a few other bits and pieces and had everything parcled.

Zehir then requested the shop assistant to allow her to floo to the ministry because otherwise she would be very late and that would look very bad on her. Luckily she was allowed to that and flooed to the ministry. She met Abel up front who took her to the registration office and had her registered as Miss Zehir Laila Shafiq along with her perticulars and had it closed down so that no one but her or her lawyer could access that information. She then went to the examination office where she met Madam Marchbanks, who conducted her tests.

She started with transfiguration and worked her way along all the core subjects ending at potions followed by the tests she needed for her electives. Lucky for her she had been studying on her own for a while so that she would not be taken by surprise and hence these papers were simple. Once she was done it was nearing 6 and she was asked to wait outside while they graded her papers and finalised everything. She and Abel went to a little coffee house nearby generally used by people who are asked to wait by the ministry.

' So Zehir can you tell me a bit about yourself , I need information incase of a problem.' Started Abel. Zehir started talling before he could complete.

' I was brought up here in London but in the muggle world by a couple who were not very fond of me. They were my father's squib sister and his wife' She did not know where from these words were coming but she kept speaking and rolled with it. 'I did not know about the magical world until about a month ago when I was asked to clean out the attic and found my original Hogwarts letter and my father's trunk. Turns out my Guardian was jealous of me being a magical daughter of House Shafiq and hid it from me. I know everything now however and am going to leave it at that. ' Zehir did not feel like talking about it after that and made that clear by opting a defensive pose.

' That is fine , I know enough to ward of any questions. In any case Zehir we must go over a few things before you go to Hogwarts. Number one being you have to trust me. I am your lawyer and I have your best interests at heart and so if anything comes up that you cannot handle by yourself you must write to me. Secondly Dumbledore, you have asked for a restraining order against him at moments notice , so if anything happens I need to know. Also along with your head of house I will be helping you make future decisions regarding anything I consider major. Yes?' Abel finishd and relaxed his posture ever so slightly when I nodded.

We by then had finished our tea and decided to head back to the ministry and find out if I can continue the classes I want. We arraived at the ministry and made our way to the examination department just as they finished grading my papers, I had done both theory and practical so I would get results for both. I got my results which said

NAME: ZEHIR SHAFIQ AGE:15

SUBJECTS THEORY PRACTICAL

MAGICAL THEORY O NIL

TRANSFIGURATION O O

POTIONS O O

DADA O O

CHARMS O O

HERBOLOGY O O

ARITHMACY O NIL

ANCIENT RUNES O NIL

WIZARDING POLITICS O NIL

ANCIENT STUDIES O NIL

This was brilliant , I could continue all the classes I wanted and do my electives. Take that Hermione.

' Congragulations Zehir this is a reamrkable score sheet. I wish you all the best for the future' said madam Marchbanks and left her with Abel.

' This is wonderful Zehir , good job'. Said Abel.

' Thank you ' I said when I had finished internally freaking out.

'Now that we know our curriculum we can leave and get you home so that you can get some rest. We can visit my family later.' Said Abel and I could not agree more.

We flooed over to Gringotts and had my house registered wth the floo system. Zehir then bid Abel good night and promised to write from Hogwarts. She then flooed home.

She was greeted by the head house elf Loopy.

' Welcome Mistress to Shafiq Cottage , I bees Head Elf Loopy. Can Loopy bees taking Mistress' packages?'

' Loopy my name is Zehir and yes take then up to my suite and have them enboxed by another elf. I have a few more things to tell you.'

Loppy snapped her fingers and all my parcels dissapeared. ' Loopy , I will be leaing for Hogwarts the day after tomorrow okay and by then I need this cotage in pristine condition. I also require a personal elf who will answer my calls even in Hogwarts.'

' Of course mistress Loopy can bees doing that. Loopy bees sending kitty as Mistress' personal elf.'

' Very good Loopy , I am going to take a bath now so please alert the kitchen that I would like food to be ready when I call, I will be eating in bed. Also send Kitty to me now.'

Loopy nodded and popped out with a crack and in her place stood another elf who introduced herself as Kitty. ' Kitty please take me to the master bed room and help me run my bath'

Kitty led me up the stairs to the second floor and then to the last door. It was a doube door made of maple wood engraved with the family crest. I walked inside and asked Kitty to run my bath. I just took a moment to really look at my suite , it was a multi room suite , each room seperated by a half wall. The room I was standing in was the sitting parlour. The room was in shades of light green with of white drapes. The furnture was made of maple wood polished to the point were I could see my reflection. The room had a three seater couch and a love seat, it also had a mini book shelf and a small fire place all situated around a coffee table. It was very cosy. She also spied a small chess set sitting in the corner.

Zehir finished admiring that room and moved on to her bed room which was the same in the colour scheme , the bed was a beautiful king size sleigh bed with two big sized pillows and a million small soft pillows strewn about. It had drapes around it made of fine silk and see through chiffon , the layer effect that the combination gave off made the bed look magical. The sheets were silk and so were the curtains. Overall Zehir was a very happy princess. Just as Zehir was about to jump on the bed,Kitty called saying that her bath was ready so Zehir went ahead and took her long bath just taking the time to soak up all the smells and oils from the things Kitty had added to her bath. Once she was done she stepped out and pulled on her bath robe. While she was walking back to her bed she decided to stop for a moment admire herself and tell herself that she was beautiful.

She stood in front of the mirror and pulled of her bathrobe, she was of a very slim build and a moderate height. She had a beautiful face however with a cute button nose and a sweet rose mouth with small dimples. Her eyes were large and almond shaped and of a very unique green colour. She was in her very humble opinion beautiful. Her hair was another story, it was a deep auburn colour and fell with lose curls all the way down past her waiste. Her skin was a creamy white but she had many scars from her time with her reletives but they made her stronger so she ignored them.

Zehir walked back to her bed and crawled into it , she was sleeping in her robe today apparently. Her elf had laid out her dinner for her so she picked it up and started eating when everything that had happened today started catching up.

She had somehow managed to come to the past , to Tom Riddle's school year no less, and she had a new name , a new identity a new life. She had hated her previous life as the saviour. She had wanted to be normal so badly and now that she had a chance she was going to do exactly that. She was not going to do what anybody expected of her , this was a blessing and she was going to grab it with both hands. Screw Hermione ,screw Ron ,the only people she was going to miss were the twins and her beloved godfather but she would deal with it.

She finished her food , said thanks to mother magic and went to sleep eaxusted from her day.

The next day morning she woke up feeling a lot better than she had the night before and her head felt a lot clearer. She was going to go to Hogwarts, have a freash start there and make one Tom Riddle understand love. With such an agenda on her mind she got up and made her way towards the bathroom to get ready for the day. She took a warm ,quick shower and cleaned of. She pulled on her dark blue pantsuit and tied her hair up into a severe bun. She grabbed a matching fedora with a single black feather on it and made her way downstairs.

Her agenda for the day was to buy the rest of the things she wanted and meet the Malfoys. She and Abel had decided that it should be a meeting over early tea time and so aroud 3. She was free till then. She ate her breakfast , pulled on her fedora and flooed to the leaky cauldron.

Zehir first made her way towards a cosmetic store and pulled out red and black lipstick in various brands. She had a perfect porcelein skin so she did not need make up but she liked lipstick so she got some. She also got some balck eyeliner and on a whim got green lipstick and pink lipstick as well however unlikly it was that she would wear them. She got a small cosmetics case and lipstick holder and made her way out. She then decided that it was time she visited Knockturn.

She went down into the Alley and browsed past all the shops, there were shops selling amulets, wands, a few bookstores but nothing peeked her interst so she kept looking coming too stop in front of an extreamly rickety old shop. It seemed to be a shop that contained everything so she went inside to see what was there. Inside was a lot cleaner than the outside, there were a few book shelves , a few shelves containing various knick knacks and a small animal corner. She decided that she would browse the books first. There were books on any and all subjects , Zehir got books on wandlore, a few on potions and even found a set of seven parsel books. It was a collection of books by the same author on healing magics.

She then moved on to the assortment section and found a few earrings that caught her attention and a jade choker in the form of a coiled basilisk. Moving on to the animal section , it seemd it was dedicated to snakes mostly. There were large cobras and pythons and even a runespoor.

' Hello serpents , I hope you are all well?' she asked formally , even if none of them ended up being her familiar she planned on buying all of them and having a snake house near her cottage. She missed snakes they had a very unique outlook on life.

' Ssssspeaker, we have not come across a ssspeaker in many generationsss , introduce yourssself.' One of the snakes hissed , she noticed one snake in perticular , a green tree python was eyeing her up.

' My name is Zehir Shafiq and I wish to take all of you with me and build a sssnake houssse near my home. I am also looking for a familiar. ' Zehir stated her buisness frankly.

' Very well ssspeaker, you may take all of usss , and I will be your familiar, your magic is calling to me and I will not refusse the lady' said the green tree python and the rest of the snakes nodded in acceptance. Zehir reached inside the python's nest and allowed him to rest around her shoulders. The snake was beautiful.

' May I call you Fontane' she asked the snake wrapped around her shoulders.

' You may mistress , I like my name ' replied the snake.

She flagged down the owner of the store who looked like he was part of the furniture and payed for all her purchases and arranged for the snakes to be delivered to her home. Zehir paid for her purchases gave insrtuctions for her snakes to be sent to her cottage. She continued to browse the alley after that making a stop for lunch at around 12.

She walked inside a richety old inn and ordered lunch. She looked at the current patrons of the pub , there were a few old mouldy people who looked like they were part of the inn, a few questionable people and a few creatures as well. One person caught her attention, and that person was clearly not a human. His magic was off but it was amazing at the same time. He had a very close connection with the Lady Magic which ment that he was a creature of some kind but was born with amguc weilding ability. She decided to investigate.

She shifted seats to a place closer to him and flared her magic out slightly. It had an obvious effect on him and before she could process another thought the stranger had shifted to her table and was staring intently at her. He was beautiful, ethereally so. He had perfect features with long blonde hair left loose and red eyes.

' Well Miss what could I have possibly done to gain your attention?' his voice was musical and very sultry. Vampire.

' Well sir, I was hoping to gain your attention , your magic and your connection with the lady had me baffled.' Zehir said silkily.

' Little witch , it is not a good idea to play with me , especially today.' The vampire intoned but Zehir was not finished with him.

' Sir , I was hoping to find a friend in you , is there anything I can do to earn that honour?' she was not dumb , this was a vampire and an extreamly powerful and old one at that if his magic was telling the truth. Having him as a friend and as a potential ally would surely benefit her on the long run.

' Little witch , you are rather forward, aren't you. Maybe there is something you can do for me that might convince me that you are genuine in your request, but will you do it is the question?'

He was not outright rejecting ,that is good. Maybe she caught a good moment for her. ' Anything you wish Sir, if it is within my capacity then I will endevour to carry it out' respect was the best path.

' I am a vampire as you no doubt have guessed by now and you have picked a rather brilliant moment to come after me. Very well Little Witch, I am in need of a decent meal right now so if yo allow me to drink from you to the point were I am satisfied then I will consider your request.' The vampire gave her a smug look as if he was sure that she would regret asking and reject him. Well he had another thing coming.

' As you wish Sir' at his look she elaborated. ' Friendship is built on trust and now I am trusting you to not drain me dry'.

He gave her an unredable look and then let a small smile grow on his face. He held up one finger and bent it in a come hither motion. Zehir got up from her chair and moved towards him coming to stop in front of his legs and held her arms lose by her sides. He gently pulled her down on his lap and pulled of her hat and her balzer, in the process dislodging Fontane. He hissed in displeasure and slid onto the table and settled on top of her blazer making a crude nest.

The vampire unbuttend the first few buttons of her shirt and pulled it down revealing her shoulder and neck bare. He traced a finger along the vein in her neck and gave her one last look as if judging whether she was actually going to go through with this. He must have found what he was searching for because the next thing she knew , his mouth was attatched to her neck and was slowly picking up the severity of his bites slowly building it up and in one smooth move he had bitten her and was sucking her blood.

It was an overall all consuming feeling , the blood was slowly flowing out of her making her slightly woozy but she did not fight back , she just garbbed hold of his shoulders in an attemt to stay upright but that was all she did. Slowly when she was sure she would pass out he finally came up and looked at her. She was pale , weak and limp on his lap, his arms being the only thing keeping her upright.

The vampire healed her bite marks and pulled her blazer back onto her shoulders. He just held her for a while until her magic replenished her blood enough for her to sit upwithout feeling like she would faint at any moment. He halped her back to her chair and sat down himself.

' Well Little Witch , it appears I must consider your request but I will introduce myself first. I am Eros Zraven of the Zraven clan and you have just become my first human childe. Do not be mistaken , you are still a human but by trusting me so much , you basically put as much faith in me as a childe would put in his or her sire. In return , I now have to take care of you as if you were my childe. This is a very sacred bond , one I hope you will honour' Eros finished off.

' Eros , I am honoured to be your childe and I will strive to honour it. My name is Zehir Laila Shafiq and I am recent tranfer student to Hogwarts. If you do not mind, can you please tell me what does being your childe entail.?' Zehir was taken aback, she had expected a tenrative frienship , maybe close allies. She had not expected this not by a long shot.

' Very well, firstly , you may only call me either Sire or Master. I do not expect the second one to come easily so I will be leniant on that note but i do expect it in front of other vampires. Secondly you are my childe which means you are free to come to me for any advice or guidance , infact it is expected that you come to your sire for any and all problems that you have. I also have a say in whoever is your suitor. I will not pick him or her but I will have a say. You are expected to be at the important events hosted by my clan and act like a vampire sire. There are a few more small things, but this is enough for now. The thing that is most important is that you must place absolute trust in me, else this relationship will not work.' The vampire was very clear in his expectations and it was nothing that Zehir did not expect so she nodded her head with a smile. She walked back over to him and made herself comfertable on his lap. They spoke for a little while longer before Zehir realised that she was expected for Malfoy Manor , so she bid her Sire farewell and left the alley.

She moved quickly and silently back to Diagon Alley , making sure she was immaculatly dressed and had Fontane wrapped around her, she grabbed hold of the portkey and said the password which took her directly to the main recieving room in the manor.

She was greeted by an elf that took her to the formal sitting parlour where the rest of the family had assembled. The elf announced her and she was allowed entance. Inside the main Malfoy family and Abel were sitting around a coffee table and talking amiably. When she entered , Abel got up and escorted her inside and made the intorductions.

' Zehir, may I introduce to you Clement Armand and Paris Amour Lord and and Lady to the Most Noble and Ancient house of Malfoy and their heir Abraxas Mallus. And to you my dear family may i introduce Zehir Laila , Lady to the Most Noble and Ancient house of Shafiq.' Abel finised and sat down. I was invited to follow suite.

' So Miss Shafiq, Abel has told us a bit about your past and it is my belief that he is quite enamoured with you. It is difficult to pull off such a thing and I am curious as to how you managed it' started Clement Malfoy. Zehir was a bit startled at the topic of conversation and decided that honesty was the best way to go about it.

' Well Lord Malfoy , I am not sure as to what I have done to your brother but I will say that I found his company equally if not more pleasurable.' She replied warmly.

The company spoke for a ittle while longer on Zehir's expectation of Hogwars , her exemplary test scores and a few other general topics all the while sipping cups of tea and enjoying fresh scones.

' Well Dear, it appears we have discovered why Abel is so enamoured with you, you are positivly charming. Anyway why don't you and Abraxas take a walk outside, he can tell you a bit about Hogwarts and the things you can expect. It will not be easy starting out in the middle of the year.' Paris said with a beam. She was an abnormaly chearful woman, nothing like Narcissa Mafoy, but then again she had never seen Narcissa in an informal setting.

' I would be delghted Paris.' She replied and then turned to Abraxas who had a smile creeping up onto his face. ' Well Abraxas care to escort me out?' he smiled and held out his hand which Zehir Quickly took and let herself be led outside.

'So tell me Abraxas , what in Hogwarts should I look out for apart from Dumbldore, Abel told me about him so ' She started not sure how to begin her onversation. They were both walking in the Malfoy Rose garden and Zehir had her blazer still on, the elf that had escorted her inside had taken her hat. Abarxas was doing a fine job of hand escorting her around the garden.

' Zehir there is a lot of things at that school that you will have to experiance for yourself. I will tell you a few things though so that you do not act like a clueless first year.' He said with a playful smirk. ' The teachers are wonderful for the most part, they are Prof. Ana LaCour for magical theory, Albus Dumbledore for transfiguration, Sven Delano for potions, Prof. Merrythought for DADA, Prof. Filius Flitwick for charms, Prof Auriga Sinistra for herbology, Prof. Aurora Macmillan for arithmacy, Prof Aquila Shaklebolt for ancient runes. As for the elcetives you have chosen , you have taken the same as me, Prof. Canis de Winter for ancient studies, Prof. Celestina Virgo for art and Prof. Gemini Acel for orchestra. Do not worry if you cannot remember all the nammes in one go , you will get them once you go to school. The subjects themsleves you will breeze through according to Uncle Abel.' Abraxas paused for a moment to take a breath and continued. 'Now for the most important question of all time, which house do you think you will get in?' Abraxas looked ready to break the Malfoy mask if I said anything other than slytherin so I decided to put him out of his misery.

' Slytherin Abraxas , really you should know that by now, if not I will be in Ravenclaw so its okay.' He gave me a blinding smile and continued to walk along the garden with me on his arm.

' Zehir, I will be very happy if you get into Slytherin but the house has unnoficial rules that you will have to follow and there are a few people who will not appreciate it in the slightest if you disobey. So I advice you as a friend to be careful, also Prof. Dumbledore does not like Slytherin.'

Zehir gave him a little smile and walked on. They both wandered around the garden in silence for a while before heading back in when it became dark. Zehir soon bid everyone goodnight before flooing over to her cottage and winding down.

One of the most wonderful things about house elves were the fact that they did things without even having to be told. Kitty had packed her trunk and made a bath for her by the time she had gotten back home and she could smell wonderful things floating from the kitchen. She slowly removed Fontane from where he had been sleeping around her neck and left him on a heated rock in her bedroom and went for a bath. She soaked away her weariness and came back to bed. She ate her dinner and crashed.