A/N- I''m going to try something I don't do very often, and reply to a couple of reviews.
dalistar123: First I would like to say, I never liked the horcrux's, which is why I'm getting rid of the one in Adelina early on. Secondly, Adelina's hair color. First I would point out that I mentioned in the previous chapter that Lamia have hair and scales ranging from normal, to the not-normal. Charis was born with white hair and scales. As for the Adelina's hair, lamia, or at least this version, are my creation, they can have multicolored hair. And I like pink and black (Hell, I like any color with black). Also, you said even magical babies wouldn't be born with multicolored hair, two thing. When have you ever known a actual, real-life magical baby (I apologize to parents as I'm sure having a child seems magical, at least until you gotta change diapers)? And two words: TONKS and TEDDY. (By the way, this is my story if you don't like it, don't read.)
Mshadow88: Thank you for your defense.
"Serpnti/Parseltongue"
Chapter 1
Ten Years Later
"...And so Medusa came to love Perseus and gave her heart to the young warrior, unaware of his true intentions. Willingly she transformed into her human form and took Perseus to her bed. Hours later, having filled his carnal pleasure, Perseus took his sword and removed Medusa's head, but he was slow. At the last moment, Medusa woke, and realizing her loves betrayal, her hair turned into serpents as she set her stone gaze on Perseus in an attempt to take her to Persephone with her. But it was not to be. Perseus survived the encounter and, realizing the power of Medusa's gaze, even in death, desecrated her body by taking her head as a trophy. This is the reason we forbid men from our island." Adelina smiled a bit at the end of her story.
Charis smiled at her daughter. "Very good, you've taken your history lessons to heart I see. That's good."
Adelina stood proudly before her mother. Days away from turning eleven, Adelina had already begun developing into a young woman. While not large, her breast did have noticeable size. Her tail stretched for twelve feet from her waist, just under half of an average adults length. Her messy hair, when short, had grown to her mid-back and was pulled into a ponytail for some effort of control, all except two bangs of pink hair that framed her face. The two pink stripes in her black hair where well defined. Her upper body was tanned from spending a lot of time out in the sun.
Piercing green emerald eyes shone with joy from the young lamia's face. And nothing remained of the horcrux that had once marred her brow.
Like her mother, Adelina wore a tiara, unlike her mother, it was silver instead of gold. Aside from the tiara and a couple of silver bangles around her wrist, the only jewelry she wore was a golden locket, containing the pictures of James and Lily Potter respectively, and two diamond stud earrings, one in each ear.
"Thank you Mother," Adelina said with a smile.
Charis gestured for Adelina to follow her. "Since you obviously took time in you history studies, let's see how you've done in you defense studies." She led her daughter to a clear courtyard.
Adelina sent a pleading look at her mother. "Please, do we have to do that now," she whined.
Charis chuckled as she removed her tiara and set it aside. "Yes. You'll have to get used to it once you leave Stheno."
The younger lamia sighed and removed her tiara, setting it beside her mother's as she shifted her tail into tanned legs. Charis watched her daughter for any more protest before following suit.
Walking into the center of the courtyard, Charis spoke, "Since you dislike your legs so much, I want to see how well you've done practicing your kicks."
"Mother..." Adelina began to protest.
Charis cut her of with a raised hand. "I know you don't like being in your human form Adelina, most of our kind don't, but you will be traveling in a world where we must, for various reasons, keep our true natures secret. These lessons can save your life one day," the Naga explained seriously.
Adelina bowed her head. "I understand Mother."
Charis set a stern gaze on her daughter before nodding. "I'm sure you do. Now let's work on your kicks."
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After Charis released her for the day, Adelina made her towards the islands market. Making her way towards her favorite stall.
Padme, chef by trade, smiled when she saw the young princess approach. Padme was an older lamia, just over two centuries old, only her eyes betrayed her age however. Padme's body appeared to be just as young and supple as it did when she was thirty. "How may I serve you today Princess?" she asked the younger lamia.
"Hello Padme," Adelina asked. "What's the special today?"
"Roasted lamb." Padme answered.
"Could I have some please," Adelina asked, handing the older lamia a few silver coins.
Padme shook her head as she took a stick of roasted meat from her heating rack and handed it to the young girl. "One of these days, your mother will have me arrested for spoiling you appetite," she teased.
Adelina chuckled as she took the food from her friend. "Don't worry Padme, I'll grant you a pardon as soon I become Naga," she joked back.
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Later That Night
Adelina smiled as a familiar owl landed on a perch next to her own white owl, Hedwig. Due to the fact that her birthday was tomorrow, she wasn't surprised that a package was attached to the owls leg.
Offering the owl a couple of Hedwig's treats, Adelina took the package, and the attached letter.
She opened the letter first and began to read the french handwriting.
(Translated from French)
Dear Adelina,
I'm sorry I will be unable to attend your party, but I hope the gift makes up for my not being present. I'm doing fine, though I wish that I was able to take pain potions, sadly they'll have no effect as I go through my maturation into a full veela. I'll be glad to finally look my age instead of a young girl. My boobs will actually be bigger than yours finally!
I wish you were going to come to Beauxbatons instead of Hogwarts, I have hardly any friends here and I don't think that will change this coming year when I show up as a fully matured veela, if anything it will get worse. You have to promise to write me when you begin Hogwarts. I want to know everything.
Grandmama, Mama, and Papa want me to remind you to be careful, that England is not as tolerant of non-humans as other nations. They and Gabrielle also asked me to wish you happy birthday. Their gift is also enclosed.
Hopefully, I will be able to finish maturing and visit you before you leave for England. If not, I'll see you next summer.
Happy Birthday,
Fleur
Adelina smiled as she set the letter from her friend down. She opened the package to find two wrapped packages, one in white wrapping paper and one in blue stripped wrapping, and another note.
(Translated from French)
The blue gift is from me, the white from my family.
Fleur
Adelina smiled took out the blue package first. Unwrapping the gift, she found a small box. Opening it, she was met with pink diamond stud earrings. She took them over and set them in her jewelery box before going back and opening the white package. Inside the other gift was a black beret, with red roses winding alone one side.
Smiling, Adelina made her way to her desk to write a reply back to her friend, penning it it French.
(Translated from French)
Dear Fleur,
Thank you for the earrings, and thank your family for the beret. I imagine I'll wear both quite a bit when I go to Hogwarts.
I'm sorry the maturation is so painful, but it will be over soon hopefully. Though if I understand veela heritage properly, the longer it takes you to mature, the more powerful your abilities will be. And don't worry about the other girls at Beauxbatons, you'll always have me and your sister as friends. I admit it will be interesting to see you with breast for once, though don't hold out hope that yours are bigger than mine just yet, I'm still growing after-all.
I wish I was going to attend Beauxbatons with you, but Lily asked Charis to send me to Hogwarts. Charis has yet to tell me the reasons. I got the Hogwarts letter last week, but mother is waiting until after my party before taking me to Athens for my supplies, just in case anyone gets me anything already on my list.
I can honestly say that I don't look forward to going to school, I'll have to be in human form and wear clothes almost all the time. Not something I'm looking forward to. Not to mention the fact that I won't just be able change into my natural form when I want. The longest I've ever been in my human form, that I can remember anyway, is several hours, maybe a day at most. On the other hand, It will be interesting to see where James and Lily went to school, maybe I'll come to understand them a bit better. At the very least, I'll get to see where they came from.
Mother's already warned me about attitudes in England, but thank your parents and grandmother for the reminder. I promise to be careful, but things happen. I just hope that nothing happens.
I hope you finish your transition soon.
Sincerely,
Adelina
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Next Week
Adelina was in her human form, dressed in a blue dress shirt, and wearing a wine red dress (like most lamia she preferred to wear dresses or skirts as opposed to pants). Charis walked with her, alone with two royal guards, as they made their way through the streets of Athens. The great thing about the city was that it was a tourist destination, so the groups odd colored hair didn't draw any notice from the muggles.
Charis led the group to Kolonaki Square, officially named Plateia Filikis Etaireias, where they mad their way into a well lit, and clean, bar & grill, The Smoking Dragon.
Inside the bar, Adelina observed several Greek witches, wizards, and their children sitting around at various tables or booths. But Charis led her and the guards to another set of doors, which she opened to led them into Hecate's Square, the premier magical shopping district of Greece. The square itself was filled with booths and tents, much like the marketplace back on Stheno or the markets of ancient Greece, while the edge of the square housed various magical shops and restaurants. A large magnificent fountain sat it the middle of the square, around which several people lounges on the edge or threw in coins.
The group's first stop was Alcippe's Wands.
The shop was clean and well organized, with Various blocks of wood and ingredients behind the large area behind the counter. A workbench was visible from the entrance. An older Greek witch sat at the counter and smiled as they entered the shop. "(Greek) How may I help you today?" she asked.
"(Greek) My daughter requires a wand," Charis answered placing her hand on Adelina's shoulder.
The woman stood and walked over to the young girl. "(Greek) It is a pleasure to meet you young Miss. I am Alcippe. If you would follow me, we will get you a wand."
Adelina followed Alcippe behind the counter as the woman began to speak. "(Greek) Many wandmakers prefer to mass produce wands, and have customer's try them out one at a time until they find something that fits them. I am one of the few that prefer to make custom wands that are guaranteed to work for, and fit, my customer perfectly. We will start with your wands outer shell." She gestured toward the wall that held blocks of various wood, and Adelina noticed that there where a few non-wood items present. "Run your hand over the shells until you find something that feel right."
"(Greek) How will I know what feels right?" Adelina asked.
Alcippe smiled indulgently at the question. "(Greek) Trust me, you'll know."
Adelina held out her hand and began to go through the various wand shells. After five minutes of searching, she felt a feeling of warmth, and joy, and welcome over a sealed box.
After informing the wandmaker, Alcippe took the box from the self back to her work-bench. She then handed Adelina a potion vial. "(Greek) Finding your core is a bit more difficult. You must find specific ingredients for your wand. This potion will allow you to zoom in on those items. Don't worry if you have more than one, while not common in pre-made wands, it's quite common in custom wands."
Adelina took the potion and the first thing she did was to pluck two strands of her own hair, one pink, and one black, and hand them to the wandmaker. Then she walked over to Charis. "(Greek) Mother, May I?"
Charis smiled and lowered her head as Adelina plucked two strands from her mothers head and carried them to the wand maker. Then Adelina walked over to the self of ingredients and pulled a single feather from the self before carrying it back to Alcippe. Adelina shook her head as the potion wore off.
"(Greek) This will truly be an interesting wand," Alcippe commented. "A basilisk fang shell and a wyvern feather and lamia hair core." She smiled down at the worried looking girl. "Don't worry little princess, I knew what and who your mother, you, and your guards where the second you stepped thru my door. And I am not foolish enough to believe any of you are monsters." She looked up at Charis. "It will take me a couple of hours to complete this wand. If you have any other shopping to do, I recommend that you finish it then return, if not, you're welcome to stay and watch me work."
"(Greek) Thank you Alcippe. We do have other things we need to purchase." She gestured to Adelina. "Come. Let's let Alcippe work."
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A/N- I know it's short. But I was trying to give a glimpse of what life was like for Adelina growing up. As for why Charis is teaching Adelina instead of tutors, it's a lamia thing that will be discussed later. I didn't include Adelina's birthday party because it would be quite large as she's a princess, and I didn't know how to write it. I didn't include the Hogwarts letter because I'm sure that everyone knows it.
And no, Adelina will not be paired with Fleur, but they are friends.
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