I arrived back at my dad's apartment just as Charlie arrived. I greeted him with a hug and led him inside and to the kitchen.

"Where have you been?" Charlie asked me.

Charlie sat down at the counter as I started to fix us some breakfast. I grinned sheepishly as I broke some eggs in a bowl for an omelet.

"I watched Uncle Nik break his curse last night."

Charlie frowned, "You didn't." He started fussing at me about doing something so dangerous.

I listened for a few minutes as I prepared the omelet.

I shrugged, "I got bored. I was cloaked the whole time."

"That doesn't make it okay!"

"No one but Dad and Uncle Nik knew I was there." I defended myself.

"So they know you disobeyed them?"

I winced and nodded. I wasn't sure how they were going to handle this, but I knew I was going to have to deal with both of them. Though I thought I'd be able to get out of it with Uncle Nik since he hadn't specifically told me not to go.

Charlie quit scolding me after that and asked how it went. I filled him in and told him about how I helped Niklaus phase. He was as surprised as I was when I told him Niklaus could talk to me while in wolf form.

"Uncle Nik thought it was due to us having a bond."

Charlie nodded, "I guess that makes sense."

I shrugged, "Yeah."

I put an omelet on a plate and handed it to Charlie. I quickly made up another omelet for me and sat down next to him. After we ate I led him into my makeshift lab and we started the heritage potion.

Charlie stayed with me until my dad and Niklaus arrived the next morning. As soon as they walked in I demanded a drop of blood from my father.

"Why?" He asked warily.

"For a potion I brewed." I replied simply, leaving the room to retrieve the potion.

I heard Charlie sigh and tell them, "She brewed a heritage potion, sir. It'll show your family tree."

My father nodded as I came back in the room with a vial of the potion and a piece of parchment. I handed the vial to him and directed him to add a drop of his blood to the vial and then to pour the vial on the parchment. Elijah did as I directed and we watched with bated breath as his name appeared and then the names of his parents, grandparents and so forth until the parchment was full.

Niklaus leaned over and looked at it, "This can't be right!"

I looked over and saw my father's family tree. "It's true! Your father really is Salazar Slytherin! I had half convinced myself that I had read it wrong."

Charlie laughed at me, "Why? You already knew you were the heir of Slytherin, love."

I stuck my tongue out at him, "There's just something about seeing it on paper."

My father rolled his eyes at our shenanigans, "I will admit there is something about seeing it on paper."

Niklaus just stared at it confused, "Mikael isn't your father?"

Elijah shook his head, "No, he isn't."

"How long have you known?" He asked Elijah.

Elijah sighed, "Not long. Stella and I read it in a book."

Uncle Nik raised an eyebrow at me and I looked away. "Hungry?" I asked them.

Uncle Nik sat down at the counter beside Charlie, "Yes love."

Elijah excused himself to go freshen up while I started breakfast for us. I turned on the oven to preheat it and turned to Niklaus and Charlie.

"Uncle Nik, this is my boyfriend Charlie Weasley, Charlie, this is my uncle Niklaus."

Charlie sent a glare my way as Niklaus turned to Study him closer. "Tell me about yourself Weasel." Niklaus demanded, intentionally butchering his name.

Charlie sighed, "Why is it always Weasel?"

I giggled and turned to look at them catching Charlie sending a glare my way. "Laugh it up darling," he said with a smirk, "I could always start calling you Ferret."

I snorted, "Ferret is Draco, not all Malfoys mon chère."

Charlie raised an eyebrow and waved his hand dismissively, "Yes, yes. He's the Albino Ferret. You're just a Ferret, ask Ron."

I pouted, "No I'm not. Your brother and his little friends have never called me that. The Ferret's cousin maybe but not Ferret."

Charlie laughed but didn't reply to me. He turned to Niklaus and said, "Well, I'm Charles Weasley, second oldest in my family. I have 5 brothers and one sister. I attended Hogwarts and live in Romania, working as a Dragonologost."

"What does a dragonologist do?" Uncle Nik asked curiously.

"I Study and work with dragons on the Dragon reserve," Charlie explained.

"Does my niece ever visit you there?" My Uncle Nik demanded concerned about my safety.

I rolled my eyes as I put a sheet of bacon in the oven. Niklaus was so overprotective, I had forgotten how bad he could get.

Charlie squirmed a little under Niklaus' intense stare on him. "Very rarely, sir. We met there and she has only been back a handful of times. We usually meet in England."

"What was she doing there, that first time?"

"Blood, Uncle Nik. I was making a deal to get dragon's blood," I replied with a sigh.

"Stella, love go back to what you were doing. I was talking to Weasel."

"Draco is going to love you," Charlie muttered under his breath.

Niklaus continued to speak ignoring Charlie's muttering, even though he heard it clearly. "You are in enough trouble as it is, no need to add to it, by sticking your nose in a conversation that doesn't concern you."

"You're having a conversation about me, how does that not concern me?" I demanded placing my hands on my hips and scowling at him.

"Estelle," my father warned as he walked in the room.

Still scowling I turned back to my preparations for breakfast with a huff, deciding it was in my best interest to drop it. I discreetly rolled my eyes as my uncle asked Charlie to answer the question. I fried up some eggs and toasted some bread as the bacon finished baking.

I could feel Charlie's eyes on me as he said, "Stella was at the Dragon Reserve to see about making a deal to get dragon's blood. She and her friend Nadia lived in Romania and felt it would be easier to get Dragon's blood than it would be any other kind."

"Why dragon's blood?" Elijah asked.

"Dragon's blood is a bit of a delicacy in the wizarding world. Wizards and Witches are often dropping in to try and make deals to get blood." Charlie replied turning his attention to my father.

I pulled the bacon out of the oven and fixed everyone's plates. I set their plates in front of them and then went to the refrigerator to grab some orange juice for everyone.

"So asking for dragon's blood wouldn't catch anyone's attention?" Elijah asked again.

Charlie shook his head, "No sir."

I handed a glass of orange juice to each of my men before sitting down at the counter with them.

"So if it's common, how did you find out who our Stella was?" Uncle Nik asked picking up his fork and digging into his food.

Charlie smirked as I groaned, I did not want them to find out how Charlie found out.
Elijah and Niklaus both looked at me with raised eyebrows.

"Something you want to tell us love?" Niklaus asked.

I shifted uncomfortably, desperately trying to find a way to tell them without telling them whole story. I exchanged glances with my boyfriend hoping he would help me out, he merely smirked at me.

"I swear you were sorted in the wrong house," I told my boyfriend grumpily.

Charlie shrugged, "The sorting hat placed me where I asked it to. Can you imagine the reaction a Weasley in Slytherin would have gotten?"

"No way!" I gasped, "It really did suggest Slytherin for you!?" I had only been joking. Charlie nodded. I stared at him in shock. I shook my head, "Remember that for when Albus starts school, he has Slytherin written all over him."

Charlie nodded, "I know. Poor kid is going to have it rough."

I nodded. He would indeed, Slytherin's approval rating had dropped in recent years between Tom Riddle's and Gellert Grindwald's exploits. "Hopefully he and Scorpius will be friends, they will need each other." I said with a melancholy look.

Charlie sighed and stood up, he walked around to where I sat and wrapped his arms around me. "Hey there," he cajoled me, "Cheer up love. They will have us, even if they aren't friends." I leaned into his embrace and he continued promising me softly, "They will always have us and they will be the turning point for Slytherin. They will change the perspective of Slytherin and be stronger for all the struggles they will face."

I turned so I could see his face and gave him a weak smile. "Thank you darling." I gave him a kiss.

Niklaus cleared his throat, causing me to blush lightly. Once he had our attention he said, "I'm waiting for an answer to my question."

I looked down at the counter, my blush deepening. Charlie answers for me, "She wandered to close to a mother dragon and I had to step in and save her. She had burns on her arm and they healed quickly so I knew she wasn't fully human."

I squirmed under the scrutiny I was under as he said that. "That sounds better than what did happen, much more exciting. Much more Malfoy like." I spoke up.

Charlie laughed, and nuzzled my hair. "Truth is she told me her name and I figured it out rather quickly.

I sighed, "I forgot how well known of a fact it is that Draco and his family is the last of the Malfoy family in today's day and age. Carelessly I introduced myself as Estelle Malfoy Salvatore instead of just Salvatore. Up to that point I had been extremely careful not to use Malfoy when dealing with wizards."

"Why is that," Niklaus asked curiously as he finished his breakfast.

I sighed, "Because it hasn't been all that long since I used Malfoy in the wizarding world. When I left you, Uncle Nik, I went to stay with Abraxas Malfoy and his family. I posed as his sister in the 50's and there are some who would still remember me back then."

Charlie nodded and tightened his arms around her, "Unfortunately for her, I not only knew that Draco was the last of his family line, well until Scorpius came along. My mentor at Hogwarts had attended school with her and had told me stories of her, as well as shown me her picture."

I sighed, pulling a little out of his embrace to reach for my glass of orange juice. "So when he heard my name he quickly put it together. He delivered my dragon blood order personally and confronted me." I said before taking a swallow of my juice. "I'm just lucky I could trust him."

"What made you so sure you could trust him?" My father asked.

"He asked me to join him in fighting for the light side in the war. I knew then and there that he could at least be trusted to one put family feuds aside, and two not to hand me over to Voldemort." I replied, giving Charlie a slight push to his seat.

Charlie obeyed and moved to sit back down and finish his breakfast. Meanwhile Niklaus asked, "Why would Voldemort want you? Because you are half vampire?"

I nodded, "Partially yes. I was also engaged to him in the 50's and he had been searching for me ever since. If Abraxas hadn't been such a faithful follower, I would have probably been the last know Malfoy."

"You're saying he would have killed Abraxas?"

I nodded at my father's question. "Yes. Tom was livid when I broke things off."

"Tom?" Niklaus asked.

"Voldemort was originally known as Tom Riddle." I told him as I went back to eating my meal.

The conversation lagged after that, no one was sure where to go with it after that. I could tell though, even in the silence that, though grudgingly, Niklaus liked Charlie. Charlie helped me clean up after we all finished our meal and we spent stole a few minutes alone before my uncle and father interrupted us. Charlie took his leave not long after, leaving me with my uncle and father both of whom were unhappy with my disobedience the night of the ritual.