A/N: I don't own Harry Potter… just the characters of my own imagination. Yes, this is the sequel to Blood Legacy. I couldn't bear to just sit at home and not write! Thanks to all my loyal readers and welcome to all my new ones! Enjoy this first chapter of the sequel and read and review please!

Chapter 1

About two hundred pointed black hats were thrown into the air, accompanied by cheers from the crowd of graduating wizards and witches below. "We did it! We did it!" screamed Dennis Pierce. His twin sister Verity jumped on him, hugging her twin ecstatically.

"We graduated!" she shrieked. Suddenly, she felt herself being pulled off of her brother and being crushed against another body. Her boyfriend Albus Potter kissed her full on the lips, and she moaned in pleasure.

He broke off the kiss, saying, "We're done with school!" He turned to congratulate Dennis, but found that he was snogging Rose Weasley. Lastly, James Potter, who had graduated two years before, threw himself at his friends, hugging whoever he could reach with such ferocity that they gagged.

"Come on," Rose said, tugging them away from the crowd of graduated Hogwarts students, "let's get inside before we get crushed."

"Claustrophobe," mumbled James.

"So," Verity said back in the Gryffindor common room. They'd be leaving the school the following morning; this was the last night they'd ever spend at Hogwarts. "When do we leave for our trip?" They were still wearing their dress robes. Verity's were light blue to match her eyes and it showed off her figure extremely well, a fact that did not go unnoticed by Al.

"I dunno," he said absentmindedly. "But you look hot in that." She giggled. Dennis rolled his eyes, but he smiled, happy that his sister and his best mate were happy together.

"We're leaving tomorrow afternoon," Rose replied, covering for her cousin. "Aunt Ginny, Uncle Harry, Mum, and Dad just want us to stop by your house for a couple hours before we take off for our cruise." Dennis and Verity were not related to the Potters, but their parents died when they were fourteen and the Potters offered to let them live in their house, which resulted in Albus and Verity snogging a lot.

"Good," James said, loosening his tie. "I can't wait to be on vacation. I can't believe I'm going with a bunch of seventeen year olds." Rose fixed him with an icy stare, so he quickly added, "But you're my best friends; I like you lot loads more than my friends that were in my year."

"Nice save," Albus commented, pulling Verity onto his lap. They had been dating since fourth year, and Verity never took off the promise ring he had given her. It was goblin made, with tons of magical properties. It was nearly impossible to break- you'd have to destroy it beyond magical repair. It always fit her, no matter what happened to finger- even when it swelled to the size of a carrot when she had an allergic reaction to a bee sting the summer before sixth year. It also gave her the ability to sense Albus's feelings to a certain extent. He kissed her cheek softly, holding her to him tightly.

"I'm going to go change," Rose said, getting up and heading for the girls' dorm. She paused and looked back at Verity. "Are you coming?"

"Yeah, these dress robes aren't very comfortable," she grinned. She kissed Al quickly on the lips before following her friend into the girls' dormitory.

"So," Rose said, once the door was shut behind them. "you and Albus are still as madly in love as ever. No, scratch that- you're more madly in love than ever."

Verity smiled at her friend massively. "Yeah," she said, fingering the two rings he had given her. One was the goblin made promise ring, the other was the Resurrection Stone. She also felt the cold of the lightning bolt shaped necklace against her chest. "Yeah, we are. How are things with you and Dennis?"

"Great," she chirped. "Are you and Albus going to tie the knot soon or what?"

Verity choked on her own spit in shock. "Well, I know we're going to be married, but… I haven't really thought about timing that much… I dunno really," she said after a few thoughtful moments.

"Well, you're probably noticed this…" Rose said. "I'm just saying… you're seventeen now…"

"So? We're of age, I know," Verity said, throwing on shorts and a tank top.

"No, I mean… the physical stuff comes into play way more than it did when you were fourteen," Rose explained, putting on jeans. "I mean… you're not obnoxious or anything when you're together… but you know he wants to…you know."

"Yeah, I know," she laughed. "And I know he does. I mean, I want to too- eventually. After we're married."

"You're lucky," Rose said. "He loves you enough to wait."

"Yeah, I know I'm lucky," Ver replied dreamily. "Let's get back- the boys will be wondering if we fell into a Vanishing Cabinet or something."

That night, Verity was tossing and turning, trying hard to fall asleep. Her excitement at the prospect of their upcoming trip was keeping her up. Suddenly, her promise ring glowed faintly in the darkness. Smiling to herself, she quietly crept out of bed and out of the Gryffindor common room. Since she wasn't a student anymore, she supposed she couldn't get in trouble for being out of bed.

She rambled over to the old oak tree by the lake. She observed it for a few moments, before reaching into what seemed to be thin air and grabbed the Invisibility Cloak and pulled it off of Albus with a flourish. He smiled at her and said, "Ring?"

"Yeah," she said, straddling him.

"I would've woken you, but I didn't want to disturb your sleep," he said.

"I wasn't," she grinned, kissing him softly. "I'm too excited about our trip. God, we'll be gone all summer."

"I know," he said. "Mum and Dad paid through the nose for that world cruise."

"I love your parents," she said, smiling. "By the way… we're of age now."

"And?" he said, playing with her hair absentmindedly.

"When are we going to get married?" she asked, spitting it out before the legendary Gryffindor courage could desert her.

He smiled. "I dunno. I haven't thought about timing that much," he admitted.

"Me neither," she sighed in relief. "I think… I think we'll know when we're ready."

"I think," Albus said slowly, "that you're right." A wicked gleam came into his emerald green eyes as he said, "But meanwhile…" He gently forced her onto the ground, laying on top of her.

"I love you, Albus Severus Potter," she murmured, their noses touching, their lips less than an inch apart.

"I love you too Verity Prince- Pierce," he replied. He bent his head down, pressing his lips to hers. He moaned in pleasure as her hands grabbed his shirt and pulled him closer. He reached just under her shirt, gently fingering her lightning bolt shaped scar, remembering the time when he couldn't touch it without causing her extreme pain. That thought sparked his passion, and he proceeded to snog her guts out.