Hello, readers! Here is the third installation of "A Shocking Inheritance". I hope it lives up to your expectations. I will probably be able to update more often this week, because my school is off for Thanksgiving Break. I apologize in advance if I use a phrase that you don't understand or isn't normally used in England/ Europe. I am from the Southeastern United States, and we have a buch of figures of speech that people from other countries might not understand. Heck, I don't even understand some of the things that are said here! :)
Disclaimer: I (sadly) don't own any part of Harry Potter.
Chapter 3
As I woke up the next morning, I found myself slightly disoriented. I couldn't remember where I was. Then, all of what happened the day before rushed back to me. I jumped up and looked in the mirror to make sure that everything that happened was real. The mirror showed me the new Azalea Potter, Veela. I still couldn't quite comprehend everything that had happened to me. I went downstairs and ordered some breakfast. I hadn't noticed the day before, but I was recieving quite a few appreciative looks from men all around me. After I finished my breakfast, I decided to go read the book I found on Veelas.
Back in my room, I picked the book off of the dresser and then sat on my bed. I looked at the cover and read the title. Veelas: The True Facts by Angeline Bellerose. The book looked to be really old. It was probably the only such book in existence, because I had never heard Hermione speak of Veelas and that was saying something. I settled in for a long day of reading.
A Veela will come into her inheritance upon her 14th birthday. This is only the first part of the transformation, though. Three days to a week after the initial transformation, the Veela's allure will start to manifest. If the new Veela is not in a secure location, this can lead to a tragic fate. Most men will not be able to resist the pull of the allure of a Veela and will do anything to have the Veela as their own. It is essential for a Veela to be in a secure location until she can control her allure. It is preferable for her to be around other Veela.
Every Veela has a mate in the world somewhere. She has until her 17th birthday to find and bond with her mate. If this is not achieved the Veela will eventually die of heartbreak. A Veela is not fulfilled without her mate. She can never be truly happy by herself.
The Veela will begin to have dreams about her mate when her allure manifests. While not seeing her mate's face for a while, she will see defining qualities in these dreams that hint at who her mate is. Whether it be likes, dislikes, or qualities about him, it may appear in these dreams.
The Veela's mate will have attributes that attract the Veela to him. If the Veela is attracted to intelligence, her mate will have a good intellect. Her mate will be her equal in all ways that matter.
Upon seeing her mate the first time, the Veela will hardly be able to control herself. She will feel the need to go and claim her mate before another female asserts herself in the Veela's rightful postion. It is vital that the Veela does control herself so as to not scare her mate.
Her mate's scent and/ or presence is the only thing that can calm her out of her Siren state which is achieved when infuriated or threatened. In the Siren state, the Veela becomes birdlike and is able to conjure and manipulate fire at will. Even if the Veela and her mate are not bonded, he will feel the need to find the Veela and calm her. If not calmed, she will remain in the Siren state until the threat or whatever has infuriated her has been eliminated.
I stopped reading when I got to this. I had to find my mate before my 17th birthday or I would die. I could turn into a Siren when infuriated or threatened. I could manipulate fire in that state. I looked through the table of contents and saw that the only thing left was the bonding part and about a Veela's children. I decided to read that at a later date.
After getting up and stretching, I saw that it was 2:00 and went and ordered some lunch through room service.
As I ate lunch, I knew I needed to go see my vaults. I dressed in a white belted dress. It had pink flowers on it in pink and was longer in the back than in the front. I then put on some nude heels with a flower on them. Then, I grabbed my Coach Poppy purse with matching wallet.(Outfit on profile) I had purchased this outfit and other clothes and accesories during the last Hogsmeade visit last year. I found out that I loved more girly outfits. I never wore these clothes around the Dursleys, because they would have tried to take my money from me.
I headed to the bank and walked up to a teller. "I would like to visit my vaults, please." As I said this, I placed the keyholder that Gemkeeper had gave me yesterday that had all of the keys to all of my vaults on it. The goblin got wide-eyed and motioned me towards a different goblin that apparently drove the carts.
The first stop was my trust vault; I was about to start filling a bag with coins before I decided to ask if the bank had a some kind of debit card. The goblin, suprised by my question, nodded and said," It only goes to our high end clients. Luck enough, you are able to receive it." He grabbed a card out of his pocket and did some kind of magic to it. He then handed it to me and said that it was connected to my trust vault until I was 17 and that only I could use it. I accepted the card and put it in my wallet.
After recieving the debit card, I visited all of my other vaults and took the heir ring for each of the families that I was the heiress to. Though the rings were normally worn by males, but I decided to wear them around my neck until I could formally become the Lady of each house and the rings would adjust themselves to fit me. I also took some more of the books for each of the vaults. It seemed that every family had a specific subject that they specialized in: The Potters in Transfiguration, the Gryffindors in DADA, the Emryses in Arithmancy, the Belleroses in Charms, the Ravenclaws in Runes, and the Blacks in Potions. I gathered a myriad of all of the books and vowed to try and read as many as I could. The books kept in vaults were most likely rare, old, and/ or part of a family's specific magics. I probably wouldn't be able to find these anywhere else.
Remembering the problems I would have with my allure when it manifested, I stopped by Gemkeeper's office to check and see if I had any properties that I could stay at. He showed me a gargantuan list of properties that I owned, and I picked Potter Manor to go to. He said that all I had to do was hold the Potter heir ring and say "Home", and it would take me there. I went back to the Leakey Cauldron and checked out. With my belongings in my arms, I held the heir ring and said,"Home."
I feel bad about the fact that I ended on a cliffhanger, but I felt that it was good a place as any to end. I hope to have Azalea's mate picked out by one of the next 2 chapters. Please review and tell me your opinions of my story and your opinions of who Azalea's mate should be. I am open to suggestions about who Azalea's mate should be, but I will probably do one of the Weasleys. One of the reasons that I picked for Azalea to go through her inheritance at 14 was because all of the Weasleys come to the Burrow in it, and other Veelas are mentioned (i.e. the Bulgarians mascot and Fleur). I would also like to thank Rayven Plexure, mercuryfire, and Yoruko Rhapsodos for reviewing. I hope I answered any questions you had about the story.