Of Darkness and Light
I woke up early the next morning from the ringing of my alarm clock and stretched before opening my eyes and heading out of the bed. As soon as I was up I noticed Hedwig was perched on the desk with an envelope tied to her leg. I stifled a yawn before grabbing the package and opened to see what response I got. The head goblin understood that I wanted to keep our business private and that seeing as I was sixteen I was of the age to receive my inheritance and basically seen as an adult in the wizarding world. Apparently my father came from a long line of wizards and witches. I was, in fact, more pureblooded than Malfoy himself was seeing as my father's lineage went a little father than the Malfoy's or the Black's.
As I went through the papers I'd received and sat in shock when I realized that my parents had left me with something around four hundred million pounds, give or take a few pounds along with fifteen years worth of interest, and various estates and properties around the world. Then there was the Black family fortune that I'd received from Sirius, who was the only one still in the family seeing as the others are dead or married and had given up their family name, which took them out of the equation of inheritance, and he had split everything between Remus and myself with my half equaling about a hundred seventy three million pounds. After reading through the papers I found a black American Express card and an ID sitting on a piece of paper that would need my signature and my finger print pressed in a drop of my blood before it was activated and I could use it.
I went through the process of activation and smiled when a gold force went over me and the card before a letter popped up and said it was activated and ready to use. It also reiterated the fact that though it was one of the rarest forms of muggle credit cards it would work like a debit card and take the money directly out of my personal vault. I nodded and quickly jotted down a couple of letters for Hedwig to take to Flourish and Blotts as well as one for the Apothecary before giving her one of her treats and sending her along.
I headed into the bathroom and took a quick shower before brushing my teeth and washing my face. I towel dried my body as I made the transition from my bathroom to my bedroom. Once I was dry I rolled on my deodorant before pulling on a pair of boxers. I grabbed my dark blue damaged jeans and slipped them on before pulling on my white polo shirt and sneakers.
I slipped my ID and credit card in my back pocket before spraying on some of the cologne Akasha had purchased for me before walking out of my room and out of the apartment. I hailed a cab and told it to take me to the best jewelry store in London. The driver looked at me for a minute but quickly drove to this small boutique and told me how much was on the meter. I handed him one of the few muggle bills I had before leaving the car and walking inside the store.
As soon as I walked in I found myself being stared at by a couple of the workers there. The look they gave me was one that clearly stated that they thought I didn't belong to the store and from that reaction I knew that I wouldn't be purchasing anything from those workers. I planned on buying the best ring they had and I wasn't about to give the commission to someone who didn't even want to help me.
As I turned I noticed a woman wearing a pretty smile who asked me if there was anything I needed. I immediately got comfortable and told her that I was looking for an engagement ring. She looked surprised and mentioned how I looked too young to be getting married. I smirked and said looks could be deceiving. She laughed at that and then asked me what my price range was and what exactly I was looking for.
"Money is of no object," I started. "My significant other is the epitome of elegance so I want the most precious stone you have but I don't want it to be gaudy."
The woman looked at me closely and when she realized that I was serious she nodded and went to the back room to get some of their more expensive pieces. She came out a few minutes late with two boxes. She opened the first box to reveal a three-stoned diamond ring. The ring had a center piece was an orange pear shaped diamond with a white trillion cut diamond on either side sitting on a platinum setting.
"The center piece is a rare colored diamond and weighs about three and a half carats and each trillion weighs a carat and a half. The ring comes up to about a hundred and ten thousand pounds without tax," the woman replied, trying to gauge my reaction.
I nodded and asked to see what was in the other box. She placed the orange diamond back on its velvet setting before opening the next box to show one of the most beautiful pieces of jewelry I had ever seen. It was a three stoned diamond ring on a platinum and rose gold setting. The ring had a center piece was a large radiant cut pale pink diamond with a white half moon cut diamond on either side of the center piece.
"The center piece is very light pink, radiant cut diamond and weighs about seven and nine hundredth's of a carat and each side piece is one and six tenths of a carat. The ring totals up to roughly two hundred fifty-four thousand," the woman replied.
I didn't even need to see anymore. The pink diamond was the one. I smiled and said, "This is the one."
"The pink one?" the woman asked with surprise in her voice.
"Yes," I replied before grabbing my ID and credit card out of my back pocket and handing it to her. The woman's eyes all but popped out of her head when she saw the infamous black American Express card and quickly went to process my purchase. Fifteen minutes later I left the store with an amazing ring in my possession and now I needed to head to a flower shop.
As I awakened I smelled a sweet floral scent wafting from outside of my door. I stretched and made my way out of the bed and over towards my door. I opened it to see red, white, and pink rose petals lying on the floor leading through my apartment. I followed them and was surprised when they stopped in front of my dining room table where an elegantly wrapped present sat on the table. I walked over and began to open in when Harry's voice rang out through the room.
"I know you said that I wasn't ready but I would love to be your consort. So to prove it to you," Harry started as he took the unwrapped box from her hand and opened it to reveal the diamond, "I went to a jewelry store and purchased this ring for you. So...will you marry me?"
I know I should have said no. I mean he's still a baby but he was dead serious and no was the last thing on my mind so I said, "Are you sure? This isn't something that you can take back after it's done."
"I'm positive," Harry replied as he slipped the ring on my finger.
"Then come on," I replied as I turned and lead him towards my room.
As soon as Harry closed the door I used my supernatural speed to close it before caressing my hand up his defined chest and lightly tilting his head to the side. I licked at the sensitive skin of his jugular before biting through his skin and taking in his life's blood. Just as he was on the brink of death I lifted him and laid him on the bed before slitting my wrist and placing it to his mouth. Harry, having seen a few movies with a vampiric theme caught the message and began to drink my blood.
It didn't take long for the turning process began and he soon began to scream and writhe on the bed as his cells slowed down and his body died. I caressed him as he went through the change. All of a sudden his skin dropped a tone and his incisors began to elongate. His eyes opened and his green eyes stared out at me. I smiled, revealing my deep dimples before bending down and giving him a gentle kiss.
It was short and sweet but it was very nice. It was one that held promise. I got up and walked to the door so that I could call my mother and tell her of the new occurrence in the whole consort issue. Before I walked out I turned and with a smirk on my face I said, "I think that this is going to work out very well."
When my mother found out about my engagement she immediately set to making the arrangements. I told her to promise me that it would be a small affair, and after her finding out that my consort was a vampire she agreed. To say that my family didn't care for mortals would be an understatement and that was why I didn't wait until after the ceremony to turn Harry. I wanted as little controversy about this as possible.
It was August 21 and Harry and I were in Italy staying at my parents massive estate about to make the formal proceedings of our wedding. I was at the end of the hall in this beautiful white velvet and satin strapless gown and my jewelry consisted of a white and black diamond wreath designed necklace and earring set. My engagement ring was currently on my right ring finger and I took a deep breath before walking down the hall to be greeted by my parents, siblings, and Harry who was waiting for me in a perfectly cut Versace suit.
We exchanged vows and opened our telepathic channels before going through the transferring of blood. Once that was completed we slid on the platinum diamond embedded bands before I slipped my engagement ring over my wedding band before Harry and I mingled amongst my...our family. We left an hour later to get...reacquainted with ourselves.
Headmaster Dumbledore was sitting at his desk when an unmarked owl came in and laid a letter on his desk in handwriting that he was only too familiar with. He immediately opened the letter and what he read left him in surprise. Harry Potter was alive and he would be attending Hogwarts that coming September but would be bringing along his wife. That created somewhat of a predicament because he would no longer be able to keep a close eye on Potter now that he would have to have his own apartment.
Dumbledore was confused as to who Harry could possibly be married to. From what Arabella told him Harry barely left Privet Drive, let alone had a girl over. The only person he even looked at in a romantic way was Cho Chang and that had gone horribly. He just wondered who it was that Harry met over the course of two and a half months that convinced him to marry her.