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Emily helped Harry gather all of his things in her living room. It had taken a week of inspections and interviews for Jethro LaMont to be appointed as Harry's new Guardian. And she had been put in charge of the monthly visits that would be taking place throughout the summer. "Is that everything? You have all of your clothes? All of Hedwig's things?"
"Yes." Harry said as he sat down on his trunk. His father was suppose to pick him up today and take him home.
Emily stood silently as she and Harry waited for Severus. Harry had been very excited to spend time with his father. He had gone off on a long list of what he had wanted to do with his father. She wondered if Severus would have enough time before they had to go back for the next school year.
The fireplace flashed green as the black clad man walked out. "Hope I haven't kept you." Severus said as he gave the two a smile. He stumbled a bit as Harry latched onto his waist, not letting him move from the spot he was in. "Ready to go?"
"Yes!" Harry said as he grabbed his trunk and dragged it to the fireplace. "How does this work?" He looked behind him as Emily and his father dragged the rest of his things into the fireplace.
Emily laughed as she helped pile everything in. "You just hold onto your trunk."
"Are you sure you don't want to come along?" Severus asked Emily. He had wanted to spend with her as well. Their relationship was still new and he wanted to strengthen it.
Emily shook her head as she caught sight of a pout on Harry's face. "I have things I need to take care of. Spend some time with your son, Severus." She placed a kiss on his cheek before stepping back from the fireplace. She gave them both a wave before Severus flooed them away.
She let out a sigh as she flipped the hourglass back over to red. "Now to deal with the Coven." Emily walked over to her room and locked the door behind her. Picking up the black cloak from the foot of her bed, she made her way to the portrait of a black door. She raised her wand and touched the keyhole with it. "In Blood we Live, In Blood we Sleep." The door opened and Emily took a step into the portrait and out into a candlelit room. She pulled her hood up as she shut the door behind her and walked out of the entry room.
She swiftly walked through the halls of the Coven Headquarters. Like all magical buildings, the outside looked like any other Muggle building. But the difference was in the magic that concealed them from the Humans. They used Blood Magic, the magic that Vampires had created back in ancient times. Her painting was also Blood Magic, it had been the first piece of Blood Magic she had performed when she had moved to London.
Vampires had their own laws, much like the Wizards. The number one law was the necessity of being registered to a Coven. If you weren't registered, you were Rogue. And if you were Rogue, you were dead. The registration law was in place so Vampires didn't run amuck. If Vampires started feeding on large numbers of people they would be exposed. And then they would have to go through another Purge. So the laws were created, and enforced.
Emily stopped in front of the large double doors that lead to the High Council. She took a deep breath before she reached out and pricked her finger on the door. The drop of blood soaked into the wood, dying the wood black. "Lady Grimm, The Council has been expecting you." A voice spoke out of the door as the wood bent as if it was a curtain, another Blood Enchantment.
She stepped through the opening and continued into the room. She stopped in the middle of a large circular room. Around the room on a raised platform were eight chairs. She reached up and pulled her hood back. "Emily Grimm is here as requested." She bowed her head as she moved her hair to expose her neck. It was the proper way to introduce oneself to the High Council.
"The Council recognizes Emily Grimm." Emily looked up and glanced at the Councilman directly in front of her. "We request an update on your position at Hogwarts."
"My position is secured." Emily stated calmly. "I will be staying." She had gotten a One-year passport for blood collecting. She wasn't sure if she was going to be staying longer, and you can only have one passport at a time. "I formally ask to have my passport extended to the full ten year term."
"Your request will be granted at the passport office downstairs." Another Chairman spoke to the left of Emily. Emily turned and gave the man a nod in acknowledgement. "Anything else you wish to report?"
Emily took a deep breath. "I have found my Mate." She noticed many of the elders nodded with smiles, Mating was an important event in any Coven. "He is a Human Wizard." She flinched as the room grew deathly silent.
"You know the laws regarding Outsiders." The room remained quiet. "Bring in the Device." A pair of hidden doors opened and a round ball was rolled in by two helpers. "Present your blood." Emily picked up the small knife that was stabbed into the colorless ball. She cut her thumb and allowed the blood to gather on the tip of the blade before stabbing it back into the ball, dying it the bright emerald green that belonged to the House of Grimm. "Now then, does he know that you are not human?"
"Yes." Emily answered truthfully. The Device was the Vampiric versions of the veritus serum. While your blood was inside the Device you could not lie. And any that tried to lie would find themselves in unimaginable pain.
"Have you told him what being your Mate means?"
"No, but I have told him he is my Mate." Emily spoke, "And I know he is my Mate. In the span of a month we went from being coworkers to being in a committed relationship."
"And you are sure this is not some infatuation?" Emily looked over at the man that had spoken. "Nowadays it is not uncommon for you young ones to have phases. As long as discretion is used."
"It seems to me this is no simple infatuation." A woman spoke from Emily's right. "We all have our Mates. And none of us knew it at first glance, or even the first decade for that matter. But we also did not have as much contact with each other. With her constant contact, it makes sense for her to have discovered him so quickly."
"So he now falls under Mate Laws." The unnamed head of the council spoke calmly. "But he will not be an active member of the Coven until you present him to us. Until then he will not fall under our protection."
Emily nodded in acknowledgment. "I will present him to you once we have fulfilled the Wizard custom of marriage. Then, if this does turn out to be simply an infatuation, then a simple memory alteration will suffice."
"That is acceptable." Emily let out a breath as he waved his hand and the ball beside her returned to it's colorless state. "You are free to go." Emily gave a bow to all of the members of the Council before she left the room.
"Hey Emi." Emily scowled as she walked down the hall towards the passport office. "What, you ignoring me now?" She let out a huff as the man beside her kept pace. "You know, most people greet their cousin with a smile."
Emily shot him a glare with a smile. "Hello Robert." She turned down another hall and down the stairs into the milling crowd. "Don't you have a job to do?"
"Nope. Unless you've done something again." Robert followed Emily through the bustling crowd of Vampires. "What are you up to? Transferring again?"
"Why do you care? My father interested?" Emily broke away from the crowd and headed for the small alcove that the passport office occupied. She heard a snort come from Robert as she stood in the short line. "Because I haven't seen you in the past thirty or so years. And last time I saw you, you were planning on killing me."
"You exposed Vampires to an entire town." Robert retorted blandly. "And I got sent as clean up. You got off easy because you're a Grimm." Emily looked away in a bit of guilt. Her cousin worked as a Cleaner, they cleaned up any cases of exposure. "And I got transferred here a few months ago. I've been hanging around in hopes of seeing you. You know you're the only Grimm outside of Germany."
"I'm pretty sure my father enjoys knowing that, knowing exactly where I am to send someone to come 'persuade' me." Emily could attest to that. The first century after she had left home had been spent running from the assassins her father had hired. Only difference between her family's assassins and any Rogue for hire, had been that they had to take her back alive. The joys of being the only woman in her family that could have children.
"Next!" Emily moved up to the window. "Name and business?"
"Emily Grimm, passport extension." She stated as she reached into her cloak and pulled out the black book that was her Blood Passport. She slid it over to the attendant before turning her attention back to her cousin. "So my father hasn't contacted you?"
"Not a word." Robert crossed his arms beneath his cloak. "He still hasn't forgiven my mother for confessing to marrying a Wolfe. Let alone mixing blood." His voice dropped as he spoke. Robert's father was the leader of a werewolf pack, making Robert half Vampire half Werewolf. He was considered an abomination in any society, but only their family knew. Since exposing it to the Vampiric World would ruin their entire reputation. "I think he would sooner kill me than talk to me. Heck, he might kill me just for being alive."
"At least he has no power outside of his Coven area." Emily turned her attention back to the attendant as she passed back her Passport. "So, what now?" She walked off towards the portal room to head home.
"Now, I would ask you not expose us again." Robert ignored the glare his cousin was giving him. "The Founders won't give you another chance. Five is a lot for anyone."
"Four of those weren't my fault." Emily stated pointedly. The Founders were just that, the Founders of the Vampire World. They were the oldest Vampires in the world, and basically the highest ruling power. "Grandest Father has already berated me with more than a few howlers." Grandest Father referred to Eddard Grimm, one of the twelve Founders. "And I know I won't have anymore chances."
A bit more on my version of Vampire Society, History, and customs. What do you think? There will more elaboration in later books. But feel free to ask questions.