A/N: I do not own Legacy of Kain or Harry Potter

'- is deified. The Clans tell tales of Him. Few know the truth. He was mortal once, as were we all. However, His contempt for humanity drove him to create me, and my

brethren.

I am -, first-born of His lieutenants. I stood with - and my brethren at the dawn of the empire. I have served Him a millennium. Over time, we became less human

and more ...divine. - would enter the state of change and emerge with a new gift. Some years after the master, our evolution would follow. Until I had the honor of

surpassing my lord. For my transgression, I earned a new kind of reward...

agony.

There was only one possible outcome - my eternal damnation. I, -, was to suffer the fate of traitors and weaklings - to burn forever in the bowels of the Lake of the

Dead.'

'Cast him in.'

'Tumbling, burning with white-hot fire, I plunged into the depths of the abyss. Unspeakable pain... relentless agony... ... time ceased to exist... ... only this torture...

and a deepening hatred of the hypocrisy that damned me to this hell.

An eternity passed, and my torment receded, bringing me back from the precipice of madness. The descent had destroyed me... and yet I lived.'

Jasmine sat up with a jerk, panting heavily as the the feeble light of sunrise glistened off of the thin layer of sweat that covered her skin. As she pulled her knees to

her chest, she found it amazing that she hadn't screamed. The nightmare she had last night... It felt so real... Like she had been there herself. It was frightening.

Jasmine ran a shaking hand through her hair before getting out of bed. Silently, she crept out of her room and into the bathroom where she took a quick but cold

shower to clean the sweat off of her before sneaking back to her room. Pulling on her cousin's oversized castoffs, Jasmine crawled back into bed and just laid there,

pondering over her frightening dream as she nursed a pounding headache until she realized that she needed to get out of bed. It was now eight in the morning and

she knew she needed to make the Dursleys breakfast before she got in trouble. Crawling out of bed, Jasmine dragged herself downstairs, while attempting to ignore

her headache, and started to make breakfast. She scrambled eggs, toasted bread, and she was just frying bacon when the Dursleys came downstairs. Finishing the

bacon, Jasmine served the Dursleys breakfast before going back up to her room, discreetly snatching two pieces of toast and some bacon as she left. Making a sandwich

of the toast and bacon, she munched on it as she checked over her entire room to make sure she didn't forget anything before tucking Hedwig's cage into her trunk.

Pulling on her nicest castoffs, Jasmine pulled her invisibility cloak, wand, and money pouch out of her trunk before closing it and tapping the rune carved into the lid.

Her trunk shrank to the size of a lighter and she tucked it into her pocket along with her wand and money pouch. Yanking on her shoes, Jasmine pulled on her

invisibility cloak and silently made her way out of the Dursleys' house. Once she was in the old, abandoned park, she pulled off her invisibility cloak and tucked it into

her pocket before pulling out her wand. Going over to the road, she stuck her wand out as if she was hailing a taxi. With a faint 'pop!' a purple, triple-decker bus appeared

in front of her. Jasmine tucked her wand away as the doors opened and she was greeted by Stan Shunpike before asking to be taken to the Leaky Cauldron. The Knight

Bus arrived at the Leaky Cauldron at ten forty and a few extra Galleons was all it took for Stan to 'forget' that he saw her. Disembarking, Jasmine entered the Leaky

Cauldron, keeping her head down as she stealthily made her way through the tavern to the courtyard in the back. Once she was sure she was alone, Jasmine pulled

out her wand and tapped the bricks on the wall. Three up and two across. Stepping back, she slid her wand back into her pocket as the wall turned into a large archway.

Going through the archway, she kept her head down as she quickly made her way through Diagon Alley to Gringotts. Entering the bank, Jasmine went up to the nearest

teller to ask where she was supposed to go for Sirius's will reading and she was directed to a large, comfortable room. She chose to sit next Remus, who looked even

more worn than he normally did.

"How are you holding up Remus?" she asked as she rubbed her head a bit. Her headache hadn't gone away but seemed to be slowly increasing with each passing hour.

"I'm fine." said Remus.

"No he isn't." said Tonks, who was sitting on the other side of Remus with her mother Andromeda "He hasn't been sleeping at all! I had to give him a Dreamless Sleep

potion just to get him to sleep last night!"

"Remus." said Jasmine "You need to take better care of yourself. I don't want to lose you."

"Alright, cub, I promise I'll look after myself better." relented Remus. Jasmine offered him a small smile before she began to observe everyone else in the room. She

spotted Draco and Narcissa Malfoy sitting off to one side and the Weasley family was sitting off to another side. and various other people were scattered about the room,

all waiting for the will reading to begin. Jasmine barely blinked when Hermione slid into the seat next to hers.

"How are you, Jazz?" asked Hermione.

"Tired." said Jasmine "I haven't been sleeping well. Keep having nightmares." She sighed a bit "I'll probably see if I can get ahold of a couple vials of Dreamless Sleep if

this keeps up."

"It's good to see that your finally taking care of yourself." said Hermione.

"Well, five years of you bullying me to take better care of myself has finally got it through my thick head." said Jasmine "Say, 'Mione. Do you think you could join me on

a shopping trip in Muggle London? I need to get a new wardrobe."

"Of course." said Hermione "When are you going?"

"After I see to a few things here." said Jasmine "I want to see if I can get control of my family's vaults after the will reading." Hermione nodded before everyone fell

silent as the will reading began.

A real smile graced Jasmine's lips for the first time since Sirius' death as she followed the Black Account Manager, Blood-fang, down the hall to the bank manager's office

with Hermione at her side. Since Sirius had emancipated her in his will, she was able to claim the headships of all the families she was the heir of. That was why they

were going to Bank Manager Ragnarök's office, to run an inheritance test. Upon entering the office, they saw a scarred and rather vicious looking goblin sitting behind

the desk. The goblin motioned for them to sit down as another goblin came in with a dagger and a sheet of parchment. The dagger was jeweled and engraved with

numerous runes.

"Now, miss Potter," said Ragnarök as he handed Jasmine the dagger "All you need to do is cut your finger and allow a drop of blood to fall on this sheet of parchment."

Jasmine nodded as she took the dagger and cut her pointer finger before allowing a single drop of blood to fall onto the parchment. The injury healed instantly as the

blood was absorbed by the parchment which began to glow. When the glow faded, the parchment held several lines of writing that looked like it had been written in blood.

It read as follows:

Jasmine Lily Potter

July 31st, 1980 - present

Mother: Lily Potter née Evans

January 30th, 1960 - October 31st, 1981

Witch born to 7th generation Squib mother and Muggle father

Creature blood: Vampire

Familial Decent: Evans family (muggle); Most Ancient, Powerful, and Regal House of Kain (wizarding/ creature)

Father: James Potter

March 27th, 1960 - October 31st, 1981

Wizard born to magical parents

Creature blood: none

Familial Decent: Most Noble and Ancient House of Potter

Heir of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Potter (through paternal line), the Most Noble and Ancient House of Black (willed to by godfather, Sirius Black), and the

Most Ancient, Powerful, and Regal House of Kain (through maternal line/ sole remaining member)

Titles to be claimed upon coming of age or legal emancipation: Lady of Most Noble and Ancient Houses of Potter and Black; Mistress of the Night, royal leader of all

european vampires (the Most Ancient, Powerful, and Regal House of Kain)

Titles claimed so far: none

"This family" said Jasmine "The Most Ancient, Powerful, and Regal House of Kain, I've never heard of them before." Ragnarök whispered something to Blood-fang and

the other goblin left the room.

"That is because they were believed to have died out eight generations ago." said Ragnarök "Apparently they had a squib child who vanished into the muggle world

before the family was killed off."

"Killed off?" said Jasmine "Why?"

"The House of Kain was the original ruling clan of Vampires." said Ragnarök "But as times changed, they intermarried with humans and eventually became one of the

founders of the Wizarding World. However, they still dealt very closely with vampires and vampiric creatures, leading many people to believe they were Dark in nature.

During the seventeen hundreds, the Ministry of Magic emerged and they began to purge all the creatures they considered 'Dark' from the land, including vampires. The

House of Kain were, naturally, against this and the Ministry of Magic claimed that they were attempting to usurp the authority of the Ministry and had them all killed.

The other families vehemently protested the execution but could do little else without threatening their own families. The current Minister of Magic gave a public apology

on behalf of the Ministry for the execution of the family when he first took office but by then, very few remembered the House of Kain and only Pureblood families and a

handful of scholars knew of them."

"I never knew." said Jasmine "Did my mother know?"

"Unfortunately, no." said Ragnarök "She never took an inheritance test because it was believed that her family were muggles. Now, miss Potter, are you ready to claim

your titles?"

"Yes, Bank Manager Ragnok." said Jasmine before Blood-fang came back into the room carrying a box with two other goblins, who were also each carrying a box.

Ragnarök nodded and Blood-fang stepped forward.

"I am Blood-fang, Account Manager of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Black." said Blood-fang as he set a mahogany box on the desk in front of Jasmine "Inside

this box is the ring of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Black. I look forward to working with you in the future, Lady Black." Blood-fang backed up and one of the

other two goblins stepped forward.

"I am Bone-claw, Account Manager of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Potter." said Bone-claw as he set an elmwood box on the desk next to the mahogany box

"Inside this box is the ring of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Potter. I look forward to working with you in the future, Lady Potter." Bone-claw stepped back and

the final goblin, a female this time, stepped forward.

"I am Grey-stone, Account Manager of the Most Ancient, Powerful, and Regal House of Kain." said Grey-stone as she set an ebony box next to the other two boxes

"Inside this box are the rings of the Most Ancient, Powerful, and Regal House of Kain. I look forward to working with you in the future, Mistress of the Night." With a nod

from Ragnarök, Jasmine reached for the elmwood box and opened it, revealing the Potter family ring. It was gold with a ruby set in it that had a golden stag set inlaid in

the stone. Picking up the ring, she slid it onto her left ring finger and the ruby glowed softly. Opening the mahogany box, Jasmine pulled out the Black family ring. It was

silver with an onyx stone set in it that had the Black family crest inlaid in the stone. Sliding it onto her left pointer finger, the onyx stone glowed softly as she opened the

ebony box, revealing two rings. The first ring was silver with an off-white skull that lacked a lower jaw and had two oversized fangs. The second ring was a band made of

silver with a band of onyx set along the entire length of the ring. She put the skull ring on her right middle finger and the silver and onyx band on her right pointer finger.

The eyes of the skull glowed white and six glowing white symbols appeared in the band. Ragnarök frowned when her noticed that the rings were still glowing.

"That's odd." said Ragnarök "The rings shouldn't be glowing unless there is an enchantment being directed at you. That's their purpose." Ragnarök turned to the other

goblins "One of you go fetch a healer from St. Mungo's!" The three goblins quickly scurried out of the room as Jasmine started to nurse the headache that decided to

come back with a vengeance. It felt more painful than before, like some sort of pressure was building up in her head. The pain felt as though it was sliding down her

spine and constricting her chest. She was vaguely aware of Hermione calling her name as everything blurred before vanishing into darkness.