Over the next few days Aria and Lucius did nothing but train and make love. It was all consuming and all empowering; the two activities combined together grew their emotions and power into such astronomical levels, that it was hard for the two to literally do anything else. Work went undone, food stayed uneaten and communications with the outside world ceased.

Aria's skills in wandless magic were increasingly growing, and rapidly, thanks to the connection she shared with Lucius, and it seemed like her powers grew off of the love she felt for him. It must have been their Veela connection, which made this new wandless magic so easy for her to grow her skills in. Not only could she now light a whole chandelier of candles in a second, but she could also now produce her own jet of flames out of thin air, which she could wield and control with her hands alone. Lucius was immensely impressed with her growth in such a short amount of time. He had no doubt that she would excel quickly though, once the discovery that their connection aided their abilities was discovered. While his touch continued to help her when she learned new wandless skills, she was becoming more and more independent from his touch to bring up the strength she needed to produce her wandless powers. Soon he no longer physically needed to be touching her for her to complete her tasks using her newfound power.

However, there were many times over the past few days Lucius continued touching Aria as she used her wandless magic because it opened up their mental connection. The feeling was literally like a drug to the two of them; as addicting as the erotic night they had tasted each other's blood. The feeling the two felt when they could hear each other's thoughts was addicting enough, however when their romantic and sexual side came out (which was often), their verbal thoughts would disappear leaving only the mental feeling of pure emotion and ecstasy. This was the drug that had become so addictive to the two of them, as the feeling of being mentally connected on such an intense level was comparable to a multitude of orgasms at once. Those mental connections and nudges they could give each other were unlike anything either had felt.

One grey and misty morning Lucius lay awake in bed as he smiled contentedly to himself. He wasn't sure how many times they had actually made love the night before. It seemed as if it was every hour, the two would find themselves stirring in their sleep, and their bodies would come together, as an invisible yet powerful force needed them to combine. No matter how many times they had made love, it never got old and it never was the same; each time felt more and more powerful and Lucius truly felt that his body wasn't of his age, but more of a sex-hungry adolescent.

He smiled to himself and looked to his left at the stunning beauty in his bed. As she lay asleep and still in the grey morning light, with the blankets half off her perfect body, Lucius took in her wild blond hair that splayed across her pillow, her swollen pink lips from so much passionate kissing and the slight bruises on her neck, arms and chest, where Lucius may have accidently been a bit too passionate during their euphoric coupling. Her right hand rested on the pillow, where she was laying peacefully like a goddess in a portrait, and he noticed she had never taken off his iconic Slytherin snake ring that he had given her that fateful morning he had been taken away to the Ministry during his arrest. Even during her poisoning and her healing, the ring had never left her finger. It touched Lucius that she had never taken off that ring; the promise that he would always be with her.

The sight of the ring though, made him think about the other important ring in her life; her engagement ring. Aria hadn't wanted to wear it to work at the Ministry, wanting to avoid even more gossip and paparazzi, so he had stored it for her safely in the drawers where he kept all of his other precious items; like the necklace from his mother that Aria had worn at the Samhain Ball at Hogwarts. Now that she no longer worked at the Ministry, Lucius thought it was time she wore her engagement ring proudly again.

Lucius quietly slipped out of bed and even more quietly opened the drawer, which contained her ring. He then made his way back into bed and slipped the stunning jewel on her left hand, which was resting lightly on her chest over her heart. After the ring was on, Lucius kept his hand on hers and rubbed over the top of her hand lightly with his thumb. He knew it would probably wake her, but he wanted so badly in that moment to see those bright green eyes looking back at him.

Just as he expected, Aria opened her emerald eyes slowly at first as her lashes fluttered and her eyes focused. She hadn't minded being woken up so gently and the sight that awaited her upon waking was one she would never truly get used to; the sight of the most handsome and noble face staring back at her with depthless grey eyes, the color of the sea after a storm that shined brightly as if the sky reflected off of the water of the sea.

Aria felt Lucius' thumb rubbing over her hand comfortingly, so different from the intense rubbing and touching he provided her last night during their countless love making sessions. Her body indeed felt a bit sore from last night; they had made love countless times and through the magic and euphoria of it all, it had gotten wild to say the least. Aria had never felt so addicted to anything in her life, and last night just proved that their relationship and connection would be endlessly getting more and more extraordinary. Some would consider such an all-consuming relationship toxic, but not for Lucius and Aria's situation. Their love and bond brought nothing but goodness and light and truth, and that was a drug worth staying addicted to.

Aria looked down at her hand where Lucius traced his thumb lightly and noticed her engagement ring was back on her finger. She broke out into a wide smile at the sight of the large yellow diamond back on her finger; she had almost forgotten how absolutely stunning it was. She finally spoke.

"I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to put it back on," she said sincerely as she looked back into Lucius' eyes.

Lucius looked at her with empathy. "I understand at the time you wanted privacy; as did I. But I think it's time it stays on your finger for good now. Don't you?"

"Definitely," she agreed.

Lucius smiled and leaned in and kissed Aria on her swollen lips and the bruises that he had marked her with, unintentionally, from the night before. "I am sorry I hurt you," he said as he kissed each spot gently, willing her soreness to go away.

"I'm not," she smiled as she smirked a little smile and ran her fingers through his silky platinum hair, which trailed along her breasts deliciously, causing him to shudder around her.

Lucius still felt bad about the bruises, but he couldn't help but smirk a bit at her acceptance and desire for the pleasurable pain that their love could sometimes exhibit. He knew Aria fantasized about his dominant, ex-death eater side quite frequently and as always, it felt good to put his dominant and darker side into a pleasurable outlet; an outlet for good instead of evil.

Her skin tasted so good as he kissed her all over, her naturally sweet scent and taste combined amazingly with the slight saltiness of her skin that had been heated by their love from the night before. Craving their connection yet again, Lucius began his wandless use of magic by snapping his fingers, which ignited a warm crackling of embers in the large fireplace in the room. The instant he did his magic, as his hands and lips touched her all over, their mental connection opened up and it was instant bliss.

He heard Aria's inner thoughts of, "Feels so good. More. Never stop," until they no longer could be heard as words but only felt as pure emotions of lust and love. Lucius moaned out a sigh of pure passion and surrender and Aria shuddered with delight as she too felt the pleasure of the raw emotions between them and their mental link. Just as the two lovers were about to enter another session of all-consuming love making, there were faint taps that could be heard on the window behind the thick drawn curtains. Lucius and Aria ignored the noise at first, as they continued touching and kissing each other in every which way.

The pecking and tapping failed too cease, and it was breaking Lucius' mental connection with Aria; something his body was vehemently against. A low growl issued forth from his chest of agitation, and yet the annoying tapping noise didn't stop, and so with reluctance, Lucius kissed Aria one last time on the lips and got up out of bed, raging erection and all, and made his way to violently rip open the curtains to see what the ruckus was all about.

Low and behold, the tapping noise was coming from a very tiny, but very energetic young owl, which had a note attached to its leg. Lucius sighed out in agitation at the fact that this little creature could be responsible for him having to break his orgasmic connection with his fiancé. The little owl flew into the room and landed on the bedside table next to Aria's, and hooted a cute little noise of annoyance of having to been tapping on a window to get in to deliver its note.

Aria was quite breathless and agitated as well at having been interrupted, but she felt slightly guilty as well, as she knew the note the owl had delivered was from her parents, as she recognized her mother's neat script on the front of the note.

"Sorry my love, it looks like it's a letter back from my parents," Aria said as she untied the letter from the owl's little leg. She reached for her wand, which was also on the bedside table, to Accio over a treat for the owl, but with a slight smile on her face of determination, she put her wand down and held out her hand as she attempted to use her new wandless magic to Accio over the treat. Sure enough, with a few seconds of concentration, she clearly said "Accio owl treats," and in came flying into the room the little pouch of treats, which was normally stored in the kitchen.

Lucius couldn't help but smile through his agitation at her great use of magic; it made him quite proud. Still, he hated to have missed his opportunity to ravish her this morning. "And what did the note say that a simple phone message couldn't have accomplished?" he said with a raised brow.

Aria raised her brow back but laughed out in disbelief and smacked him lightly on his arm in teasing. "Mr. Malfoy! Are you saying you are actually condoning the use of a muggle phone to send messages? Coming from the man himself who refuses to use a phone unless absolutely necessary. I am quite shocked," she teased.

Lucius couldn't help but smirk again. She had a point. "I suppose you are right…you know I just hate being interrupted when I am in the middle of ravishing my prey," he said as he leaned back down onto the bed and buried his face into her neck and kissed and nipped at her sensitive skin.

"Mmmm," she moaned as she allowed her lover to enjoy her body.

Lucius came up for air after a bit, and now looked seriously into her eyes. "But truly, is everything alright? We shall be seeing them tonight still for that muggle holiday?"

"Yes, Thanksgiving," Aria smiled up at her lover. His lack of knowledge or interest in anything muggle was unintentionally sort of cute, she had to admit to herself. Aria had sent her parents a note a few days ago that her and Lucius would be arriving on Thanksgiving Day. Her parents hadn't pressed her for any more information on her mystery man, other then the fact that they were excited to meet him. They had no idea his age, his history, their soul mate connection, or even the fact that they were engaged. They were in for a huge surprise tonight.

Aria and Lucius had also had to figure out how to travel all the way to Los Angeles. Although it would normally take much longer for a muggle to travel from England to California, it was still going to be a bit of a journey for the two. The farthest Lucius calculated he would be able to apparate them was probably to about New York; about halfway between England and California. He was an extremely powerful wizard, but even his magic had distance limits. Unfortunately, they couldn't Floo, since Floo Powder did not work over bodies of water, and the two had the whole Atlantic Ocean separating them from North America. They had decided a few days ago, amidst their constant love making, that they would apparate from England to New York, take a plane from New York to California, and then while Lucius was on the plane, he could rest and regain his strength so he could apparate them once landed in California, straight to Aria's childhood home.

Aria had luckily been too preoccupied the past few days with her training and her body's constant need for Lucius', even this morning she had been quite distracted, but now that their connection had been sidetracked briefly, her stomach knotted into a bundle of nerves. She was very nervous for her parents to meet Lucius, and visa-versa. Her and Lucius had been in their own bubble of magic and romance pretty much since they first became involved, and now to share their love so intimately with her parents seemed odd. She also couldn't imagine Lucius in her world. She had been so immersed in his mysterious and wondrous world of the Manor and England, that California no longer felt like home or felt like a place of security. He would seem so out of place, and she was nervous that by taking him out of his element here, their connection would lose some of its magic.

Lucius seemed to sense her abrupt change of emotion and he instantly stared intensely into her eyes with a look of absolute comfort. "It'll be okay my love. Nothing that could happen or be said tonight, will ever make me love you less," he said as he stroked her hair behind her ears.

"My old world just seems so boring compared to our world here," she admitted to him. "Compared to what we have here, my old life seems so juvenile…uninteresting."

Lucius shook his head in disagreement. "No my love. Nothing about you is uninteresting. Just as you love to learn about my family's history, and me, I want to learn about you and your family. It's extraordinary really…before I would never have cared to want to learn about anyone but myself and how things could benefit my Malfoy name…but now…with our connection, everything is changed."

Aria smiled, the knot in her belly feeling a bit less constrictive.

"And I promise, our magical world here at the Manor will still be waiting for us when we get back."

Aria breathed out a sigh of relief. He was right. With one more passionate kiss of undying love Aria was ready to go back home…well her old home. Her true home, now and forever, was Malfoy Manor.

"Well…shall we get ready then?" she said breathlessly.


Aria and Lucius weren't planning on staying in California long. Lucius said he would stay there as long as she needed and wanted but it was really Aria who was more anxious to get this trip over with and he knew it was mainly her nerves talking and not any indication that she wasn't excited to see her parents or go back to California. And so the two lovers stepped out on the front steps of the Malfoy Manor with their light suitcases and embraced, as Lucius prepared to apparate them.

"Ready?" he said as he held tightly to her around the waist. His brow furrowed as he was gathering up all of his strength to apparate them the farthest distance he had ever tried to go before.

"Yes, my love. I am ready," she sighed out in anticipation.

With one final nod of his head, Lucius held Aria even closer into his chest, half out of protection half out of motivation for the strength he needed, and then he apparated.

The two landed a bit clumsily in a secluded spot right outside the departures area of JFK airport in New York. Both of their light suitcases were sprawled out on the ground and Aria's vision was blurred as she struggled to regain her composure. If she felt that way, she couldn't even imagine what Lucius must have been feeling. Lucius himself, felt much the same way as Aria, just a bit worse for wear. His vision was blurry and his body felt as if he had just ran for miles up a steep mountain. He leaned against the nearest wall for support, as he closed his eyes and caught his breath. Through the ringing in his ears, he could hear Aria regaining her composure and laughing out slightly in pure amazement.

"Lucius, you wonderful man…you did it! You got us to New York…and to a secluded area of the airport nonetheless…absolutely incredible my love."

Lucius smiled, feeling pride at her being so impressed with him. He knew he had just utilized a lot of his power, and he must admit that he did feel rather proud of himself in that moment, despite his dizzy eyes and ringing ears. After his vision came back clearly, he embraced Aria and held her tightly as he kissed her on the top of her head.

"Half way there. Now it's your turn," he said tiredly.

Aria knew he meant navigating them throughout the airport and getting them to their flight. Lucius had told her he had flown once via an airplane when he was a young teen, after graduating from Hogwarts, as he had wanted to travel outside of the country, but didn't yet have the power to apparate long distances.

As Aria led them through the airport and to their flight, she noticed two things. The first was that Lucius was most likely in culture shock at being in a place filled to the brim with so many diverse muggles. She could tell he was struggling internally since he had on his perfect poker face of emotionless indifference. She knew this was probably the one place he desperately did not want to be. As a man who not only enjoyed his privacy and space, but also a man who had many past prejudices to all things muggle, being in a busy airport was without a doubt very muggle. The other thing that Aria noticed was how many muggles ogled at her Lucius. She had never experienced this before because everyone in the Wizarding World in England already knew Lucius and also of his past. However, here in America, where looks mattered and beauty was coveted and desired among many other things, Lucius looked like a God amongst mortals.

He had opted to not wear his iconic black robes, but wore tight fitting black slacks and a beautiful charcoal colored button up shirt with his sleeves rolled up slightly so that his muscled forearms were on glorious display, the grey of the shirt blending beautifully with the grey of his eyes. He had pulled his platinum hair back at the nape of his neck, another feeble attempt to try and blend into the muggle world. It was all for naught however, he was too naturally stunning; and people definitely noticed. Women of every age stared in wonder at the gorgeous man as he glided throughout the airport, and even some men stared at Lucius with apparent intense jealousy at all of the attraction he was obtaining. However, when Aria looked up at Lucius, who had been following her by her side the entire time, he was simply looking ahead with a stoic face of indifference, until he looked down at her briefly as she stared and gave her a dashingly innocent smile. He truly didn't notice all of the attention he was getting, and it made her heart want to burst of happiness that he still only apparently had eyes for her.

When they made it to the right gate they sat down in some seats closest to the window, the farthest they could get away from everyone else, so they could have some privacy and Lucius instantly noticed Aria remained quiet as they waited for their flight to begin boarding.

"What is it my love? Something is troubling you."

She smirked a bit at how perceptive he was to her emotions. She also had to admit she felt a bit silly to have become so jealous of all of the women staring at her man; her soul mate. "I'm afraid I am embarrassingly feeling a sense of insecurity…" she admitted and then winced at her shame of it.

"What? Why?" he couldn't possibly imagine why there would be any need for the most amazing and beautiful being on this Earth to feel insecure, but he knew sometimes Aria didn't know how truly beyond amazing she was inside and out.

"Lucius…look around you. Everyone wants you. I find myself getting a bit protective…" she admitted as she looked down at the ground in shame.

Lucius looked around and paid attention to the surrounding women for the first time since they arrived at the airport and finally noticed the stares of lust, and he slightly sneered in disgust. "Well, I thought I was the only one feeling a greater sense of possessiveness here…"

"What?" asked Aria confused by what he meant.

"Haven't you noticed that every man here wants you…if I could read their minds I am sure I would have hexed everyone here by now straight to Hell…" he said through narrowed eyes as he looked out then at the male muggles surrounding them.

Aria couldn't believe it. She had been so preoccupied in looking at the all of the women looking at Lucius, she hadn't realized that Lucius himself, had been annoyed at all of the men staring at her. She supposed looking from an outsider's perspective; the two of them were rather otherworldly, especially when seen together.

Aria laughed at the whole silliness of the situation. It was sort of comforting to her that despite their deep connection as soul mates, they still had a sense of protectiveness for each other.

As they finally boarded their plane, people seemed to stare less at the two of them, perhaps because in such confined quarters, their extreme beauty intimidated people in close range, but when they approached their seats, Aria was met with the wide smile of a young man who realized that he was just about to spend his entire flight next to the gorgeous woman. It reminded Aria of her initial flight over to England months ago, where a young man of similar appearance had hit her on the entire time. She had felt so awkward and helpless at the time but now she had Lucius, who would be sitting on her other side, and so she was comforted in the fact that she had nothing to fear (perhaps except for Lucius' strong protectiveness for her).

Sure enough the second Lucius turned the corner and saw the young man staring at his witch, his eyes narrowed into slits causing the man briefly to look away.

"I'll sit there," said Lucius as he quickly, yet politely moved in front of Aria, as he puffed out his chest so that he could take the seat in the middle. He smirked to himself when he saw out of the corner of his eye the young man sigh out in defeat.

Aria normally hated takeoff, and so as the plane sped down the runway ready to ascend into the sky, she cuddled up against Lucius and buried her face into his chest, and instantly felt a sense of calm as he held her. Holding the love of his life calmed him down too, as he was feeling a bit inwardly nervous about flying as well; he had only truly flown once before. Lucius was so comforted in fact, that he soon found himself practically falling asleep, as his body was trying to regain its strength from apparating so far earlier. He could feel Aria's head getting heavy on his chest and knew she would try and rest now too. He would let the sleep take him, since he needed to regain that strength for when they landed, so he could apparate them to remaining way to her parent's house, but not before he did something that would truly be a comfort while they flew.

Using his wandless magic, he muttered a silencing charm to form a complete bubble of silence around the two of them so that no noise could penetrate their little sanctuary where they sat. Since he was holding her as he used his wandless magic, the mental connection between them opened up. The two of them moaned a bit in pleasure as the addictive feeling of their connection vibrated through their bodies, minds and hearts. He didn't know how their mind connection would affect them as they slept, but he knew that this would be the most comfortable flight Aria had ever experienced.

Aria and Lucius slept straight through the 6-hour flight from New York to Los Angeles. Their mental connection had indeed been pleasurable. Both of them had had erotic dreams of the other, and Lucius had been grateful in that moment he had been wearing tight black slacks, otherwise his erection would have been clearly visible for all to see. After they landed and as they waited for their bags, Aria had quietly told Lucius with a flush coming to her cheeks that she dreamed that they were back at the Standing Stones in Scotland and that she had dreamed she had been endlessly riding him to bliss over and over again as the magic of the stones amplified their magic. Lucius stared down at her in wonder as he revealed to her, he had the same exact dream. So that's what their new mental connection could do while they slept; dream sharing. Dream sharing was a powerful gift, as it was essentially being able to still experience things with another like in the waking hours, even when asleep.


When they two finally got their bags, they made their way outside, into the bright California sun. Although it was November, it was still a perfect 65 degrees in Los Angeles and Lucius couldn't believe that Aria essentially got to live in paradise growing up. He wondered if before she came to England, if she truly knew what the meaning of being cold was.

Aria led Lucius to a spot in between buildings where they could safely, and discretely apparate. She had written down her address on a little piece of paper and handed it to Lucius so he could focus on the address as he apparated them to her childhood home. She had slipped her engagement ring off of her finger and put it safely in her purse so that she wouldn't have to immediately address that to her parents the second she got home. "Are you ready?" she asked him as she looked up into his eyes with nervousness.

"Yes, my love," he said as he tucked her hair behind her ear sweetly, and brought her in close as he prepared to apparate them. Luckily the distance was incredibly short from the airport to her house and he had gotten some incredible rest on the plane, so his magic was back in full force.

With a pop, he apparated them instantly to her childhood home. There was no dizziness or loss of senses this time and the two of them landed firmly on the ground in front of her beautiful home. She didn't realize until she was there how much she had missed this place and of course her parents and she smiled slightly at the feeling of nostalgia that washed over her. Of course it felt like home, but not as much as the Manor now did. The Manor was truly her home; the home her soul had wanted to call its own since the day she was born.

Lucius looked up at the beautiful Spanish style house above them. They were high up in the Hollywood Hills and Lucius could tell that the second floor of the house would provide its inhabitants with an exceptional view of the surrounding Los Angeles area. The outside of the house was grand, Lucius could admit that; of course his Manor was one of the most grand homes in all the world so it was always hard to compare, but he could tell the De La Cours were well off considering. Their beautiful home was two stories and the walls were covered with beautiful crawling ivy in some spots, giving it a feeling of old Hollywood. Aria grabbed Lucius by the hand and squeezed as she led him up the front steps of the home. Lucius heart beat a little bit quicker, not from scared nerves, but nerves of desperately wanting her parents to have a good reaction to him; to their relationship. The old Lucius never would have cared, but when it came to Aria, everything mattered.

Aria didn't bother knocking on the door; she had her own key, as her parents clearly still considered this her home. Lucius wondered if her parents ever realized that when their daughter went off to her job at the Ministry that she would never really be coming back to Los Angeles permanently. A small feeling of guilt fell through him. Aria opened the door to the home and the two stepped inside. Immediately Lucius could smell the delicious scents of food wafting throughout the home and his mouth instantly watered. He also could hear the voices of her parents coming from the kitchen and he instantly squeezed Aria's hand. The inside of the home was just as beautiful as the outside; there were a lot of white tones and light greys, very airy feeling, just like Aria. It made Lucius smile.

"Hello!" Aria called out into the house happily. "We're here!"

"Aria!" her mother called from the kitchen in delight at the sound of her daughter's arrival.

Sure enough a beautiful blonde woman came running out into the main entryway of the home followed by a handsome man who had a kind smile across his face. Lucius could immediately tell where Aria got her good looks from, as both of her parents were very attractive for their age, which Lucius instantly noticed was exactly around his age as well, perhaps a bit younger even. He took in her mother's heart shaped face and plush lips, exactly like Aria's, but it really was her father's eyes that stuck out to him; so green and so like Aria's. It was a little odd seeing those eyes on a man, but Lucius remembered that day that they had magically spoken with Aria's ancestor, the Marquise De La Cour, from the book, and she had those same green eyes as well. Apparently the green eyes were a De La Cour family trait, which would explain why her father possessed them too.

Aria's parents instantly went in for a giant hug at once, all three of them locked in a loving embrace all the while her mother and father saying sweet things about how much they had missed her and how great she looked. Lucius' heart panged at seeing what it was like having such a close and loving family…something he had truly never know until Aria. He could see where she got all of her goodness and love and it made him smile at the thought.

Just then her mother and father turned to Lucius, almost as if they had just seen him there for the first time.

"Hello!" her mother said excitedly and kindly, although he could tell both of her parents seemed quite shocked at his age, as they stared with wide eyes at him and then back at Aria briefly, as if trying to imagine the two together. However her mother was polite as ever.

"My name is Diana. It is so nice to meet you. You must truly be special for Aria to bring you home…she has never brought anyone home to meet us before in this way," said her mother.

"Mom," Aria said with an embarrassed look on her face.

Lucius smiled politely and bowed slightly as he held out his hand to shake Diana's. "Lucius Malfoy. It is a pleasure meeting you, and thank you so much for having me," Lucius said with the most perfect gentlemanly grace. Her mom flushed an attractive pink at the gallantness of it all.

Aria's dad gave Diana a look but then chuckled slightly. "Adrien," he said as he reached his hand out to Lucius and shook it firmly.

Aria didn't find it too odd when Lucius greeted his mother, but as she saw her fiancé and her father shaking hands, as they slightly sized each other up, it made her flustered a bit. Lucius looked divine for his age, but he was still around the same age as her parents and she was sure her parents would be wondering how this all happened, as she was sure they never expected her to go for an older man. Truthfully neither did Aria, but her parents didn't yet know the circumstances of their love and connection and she really couldn't wait to tell them.

"Well come on everybody it's time to eat! Happy Thanksgiving!" said Diana happily as she led everyone into the dining room. It was a cozy room with a beautiful dining table and it was set festively with fancy plates and glasses and garlands of leaves and decorative pumpkins, Lucius smiled at the whimsy of it all, as Diana ushered for everyone to take their seats.

The meal was wonderful and the conversation started out cordially. Everyone was still a bit on eggshells, as no one yet had the courage to broach the subject of Aria and Lucius' relationship, but the conversation was still pleasant as Aria and Lucius spoke about how they met at the Ministry and how he was her mentor. Her father raised his eyebrows at this; clearly thinking Lucius may have taken advantage of his young daughter being her mentor and all. Aria then told her parents about her exciting job opportunities she had in Scotland and then at Hogwarts and all of the great work she had done. Lucius also learned a bit about her parents as well; how they both worked as executives in the Wizarding Entertainment Film Industry here in Los Angeles; so that is where they got their money from, both being high level executives for the rich and famous of the Wizarding World. Overall the conversation was fairly normal, as normal as it could have been. That was up until the end of the meal, when more wine and dessert finally came out.

"Mom, Dad…" Aria started out slowly, making it known that she now wanted to really tell them what had been going on and how serious her and Lucius' relationship actually was. "I want to tell you about us…about what actually has been going on."

She looked over at Lucius then for comfort, and sure enough he grabbed her hand in his and squeezed it as he looked into her eyes with his own. Her parents suddenly got very still and Diana seemed to be frozen, as her wine glass was half raised to her mouth. Adrien straightened out in his chair, bringing his full attention forward, almost as if he had been expecting this to come.

Aria then began the tale of their relationship, only this time more in-depth, making it clear Lucius was more than just her mentor. She told them from their very first meeting at the Ministry, they knew there was something special, and then that night Lucius saved her from Paulo. Aria's mom had started crying at this point, clearly distressed that her daughter had almost been raped. She looked over at Lucius with tears in her eyes as if he was a hero. Adrien looked down as Aria continued with her story clearly in deep thought. Aria went on to tell them about the prophecy, and Lucius chimed in during this part of the conversation to better explain about the prophecy and about the magic they had felt at the Standing Stones in Scotland (of course leaving out the parts about the passionate love making). Then Aria told her parents of the Chamber of Love and how she had been granted access to it. Aria's mom was still crying silent tears of wonder, and even Aria's father looked up during this point, as if seeing a whole new side to his daughter as he looked at her with wide green eyes.

Aria explained to her parents how she was 100 percent sure her and Lucius were the mythological Veela soul mated couple throughout time and that when their love was combined their powers were unsurpassable. She even told them about her training in wandless magic and how Lucius and her could also connect on a mental level as well by reading each other's minds and emotions. Lucius noticed Aria decided to leave out the bit about her almost being poisoned to death, but he knew it was because her mom was already crying over everything else and didn't want to worry her further. Aria came to the end of the story, and her parents could simply only stare at their daughter and at the blond headed man next to her.

"Oh and one more thing you should probably know…" she said as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her stunning engagement ring and slipped it back on her finger. "Lucius and I are engaged…and I have moved in with him at the Manor. He made me co-owner,"she said with a wondrous smile.

"Oh Aria!" her mom said was tears of emotion and happiness ran down her cheeks. "My beautiful daughter is going to be married!"

Aria blushed slightly and smiled sweetly as she looked up at Lucius who smiled down at her again with love. Aria had to admit it felt good to be able to tell her parents all about the two of them. It felt amazing to be able to share with them about the most special person in her life and the magic of their love.

Aria looked over at her dad who still remained fairly silent in awe at the situation. "Dad are you okay?"

"Y-yes…I think…" he said with a kind smile and a sigh. "But how…? How can you two really be the Veela couple of history? I know of that tale, but that is what I always thought it was…a story…"

"I don't know dad…all I know is that it is true. I have seen and experienced so many amazing and unexplainable things…and between the prophecy and the Chamber of Love…and on certain nights when our power is physically noticeable…it is the only explanation."

Adrien nodded his head in agreement but still looked down as he thought about his daughter's words.

"Dad you must know the De La Cours are powerful Veelas," she said as she looked at her father.

"Yes I knew there was some Veela blood in our family. Perhaps also on your mother's side too," he said to which Diana nodded her head in agreement as she continued wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Aria you have grown so much, I can see it, and in such a short amount of time. It is incredible," said Diana.

"And I have grown because of Aria…" Lucius said suddenly and lovingly as he looked into Diana's eyes seriously, as if portraying to her the seriousness of his meaning. "Without your daughter I would have been alone and miserable for the rest of my days. She is the one being that has brought light into my life…she has taught me how to truly love. She is everything to me and I will do anything and everything for her."

This caused Diana to have another outburst of happy tears and Aria flushed again, half out of embarrassment over her mom and half out of love for Lucius and his declaration of love for her in front of her parents.

After some more wine and some more questions from her parents about the crazy events that had taken place in their daughter's life over the past few months, the wine and the heavy meal started to get to everyone and a wave of tiredness could be felt around the entire room.

"Before everyone goes off to bed, we have to do our Thanksgiving tradition and say what we are thankful for," said Diana excitedly, clearly inspired by the love she felt from the evening.

"Lucius," Aria said instantly as she looked at her lover with nothing but adoration.

"Aria, only and forever Aria…" he said back just as instantaneously.

Diana smiled and even Adrien had a soft smile play across his lips. Aria could tell with that smile he had come to accept the love between his daughter and Lucius, but she knew he would have a lot more questions. However, those questions could wait. Diana grabbed Adrien's hand and spoke. "I think I can speak for both of us, when we say that we are thankful for your happiness Aria…and for finding your true purpose it seems." She then turned to Lucius. "And we are thankful to you Lucius…for looking after our daughter and loving her so unconditionally. We couldn't ask for anything more in a partner for our daughter."

Lucius smiled at the kind, beautiful woman and looked down in rare humbleness.

With a wave of her wand, Aria helped her parents clean up the delicious dinner and bid them goodnight, and then her and Lucius made their way upstairs to Aria's old bedroom. It looked very similar to that of her bedroom in her old flat when she first arrived to London; very white and airy and feminine. The two lovers got ready for sleep, and then fell into the soft, plush bed, completely full of food, wine, love and exhaustion from the long day.

The windows were open letting in a chilly breeze, but as Lucius predicted, the view from Aria's room and the balcony she had was simply stunning as it overlooked the city lights of LA and the surrounding mountains and palm trees. As he held her cuddled up under the soft down blanket he whispered contentedly into her ear. "I think that went well."

"Mmmm," Aria said as his deep voice comforted her soul. "Yes I think so too. Especially for my mom; she seems smitten with you. I think my father came around at the end…although I am sure he will have many questions."

"We will answer them as best as we can," promised Lucius. "Thank you for bringing me here to meet them. I know you were nervous."

"I wasn't nervous about introducing them to you. I am so proud to be yours…I was more nervous about how we would explain the true meaning and depth of our connection. I hope we made them realize how important and special our bond was."

"I don't think anyone will truly ever understand," admitted Lucius. However he was happy about that oddly as their love was truly one of a kind, he didn't want to share that feeling with anyone else but Aria.

And as the two lovers dozed off into a deep sleep, full of food and love, Lucius had to admit to himself that this was one silly muggle tradition and holiday he could get behind…because all he felt in that moment was pure thankfulness for the gorgeous woman he held in his arms as he drifted off to sleep.