Change of fate
Chapter 6
Anubis was working on his martial arts training and his sorcery he received to owls that landed in front of him as they patiently waited for him to finish his work out, when he finished he walked over to them and took the letters off them before he fed them a little treat before he went to his room to read them. When he got to his desk he opened the one with the Delacour crest first and proceeded to read it.
Dear lord Hufflepuff and Le Fay
I, Jean Delacour, am interested by what you offer us in return for my daughter's hands in marriage. I personally am very reluctant but I want to make sure that my daughters have a stable and happy life and I am prepared to sign these contracts if you would meet me at my chateau at Paris on the 24th of November
I await your arrival with anticipation
Sincerely
Lord Delacour
Anubis frowned at this but shrugged as he opened the Greengrasses letter.
Dear lord Ravenclaw and Slytherin
I, Andrew Greengrass, have received your letter and we are, my wife and daughters, are honoured that you would consider my daughters for your wives and would be even more honored that you would join me and my family at are manor on the day you received this letter. Just say Pingy and tell my house elf that you will join us today.
Sincerely
Lord Greengrass
Anubis raised an eyebrow at the last part before he called the elf and said he would be joining his master in an hour's time, when he morphed his usual clothing on to his body he proceeded to find Lily and James. When he found them he spoke jumping them out of whatever they were doing. "I am leaving to go and meet with the Greengrasses now, I will be back in a short while" Anubis said as he looked at them before James spoke. "I would assume this has to do with filling the new positions your rings force you to fill" Anubis nodded at this before walking away.
When Anubis apparated outside the manors he had to give the Greengrasses ancestral home an approving nod before he walked up to the front door and knocked five times before he waited to be let in. He didn't have to wait long before a house elf let him in and lead him to a sitting room.
Andrew Greengrass was pacing as he waited for the young lord to arrive, when he got the letters he had been overjoyed at the prospect at his daughters marrying into a prestigious families before he remembered that his daughters were just ten and eight respectively, he didn't want to be the one to condemn them to a life of misery in order to fix their financial problems. Until he got a good idea of what this young man was like he would not sign anything. When a house elf informed him that his guest had arrived, he stopped pacing and faced the door as it opened as a young man entered. He was garbed in grey wizarding robes with violet sash across his stomach; he also wore a grey cloak with the hood down which revealed his stunning features. His face was aristocratic and his skin was very white for someone his age but what caught his attention was the glowing violet eyes as he looked Andrew over. Judging by the height of this boy he would put him around fourteen.
Andrew decided he be the one to start speaking first. "I welcome you to my home lord Slytherin and Ravenclaw, I am Andrew Greengrass and I believe we are here today to discuss my daughter's futures". When the boy spoke it spoke it sent his hairs on edge for it was far too deep for someone his age "I thank you for inviting me into your home, lord Greengrass. My name is Anubis and to make sure you are not confused with my age, this body is ten years old, technically I am forty six". When Andrew found out that piece of information he let his mouth drop in shock.
Anubis snorted internally at the man's display before continuing. "I believe that your wife and daughters should be here, for I believe they have a right in this decision as it is their lives we are talking about" This shocked the man out of his shock before ordering a nearby house elf to bring his wife and daughters to him. As they waited for them to arrive they told each other about themselves and the political situation, which intrigued Andrew to how this young boy could talk about politics that only few adults would comprehend.
When the living room door opened they stopped speaking and look at the new comers, Anubis was captivated by the three beauties in front of him. The older woman could pass for a twenty five year old, she was light skinned, had long blonde hair, long legs and sparkling blue eyes. The two young girls were more or less carbon copies of their mother except the younger one had deep brown eyes who obviously inherited that from her father. Anubis shook himself out of his stupor when the Andrew spoke again with a slight smirk at Anubis's reaction. "Anubis, may I introduce you to my wife, Jassamine and my two daughters, Daphne and Astoria" when their names were said they each curtsied to him with a short "milord". Andrew continued after a brief pause "they are ten and nine respectively".
Anubis got up and moved toward Daphne who was shifting nervously under his calculating eye, noticing this Anubis smiled at her in order to relieve the tension she was experiencing before speaking to her in a quiet voice. "You must be Daphne, tell me what do you think of the situation you and your sister are in?"
Daphne always expected for to be wedded off to one of the rich pureblooded heirs when she grew up but to wedded off to a lord Slytherin of all people made her very nervous, but when she saw him she thought she wouldn't have minded of being married to him but what he said made her shocked to the core. None of the pureblood boys ever treated anything more than a baby making machine, but for this boy to treat her as an equal and with respect made her feel extremely happy and she knew then and there she would want to be with him for the rest of her life as he was the only male apart from her father to make her feel special. "Honestly milord I am a bit nervous but I am eager for this arrangement to happen, as you just treated me like a person instead of object like most boys treat me" Daphne said with a smile as she looked into his beautiful glowing eyes as she leaned in and kissed him without thinking.
Anubis was shocked as were the other adults in the room but he could be bring himself to care as he returned it with as much passion he could give her, when he finally broke the kiss he looked at her to see she had a dreamy smile on her face and her eyes shone with a emotion he had not seen in a very long time.
Love
A coughing sound drew them back to reality as they both looked at an amused Andrew who was smiling at the pair of them as they tried to hide their blushes but fail. "Now I know you will be a good man for these Anubis as shown just now. If you want we can seal the contract now and we can then relax as you get to know your betrothed and inform them of your other betrothed" Andrew said as he pulled out a contract and quill for them to use.
Anubis nodded as he made his way over before he stopped and turned to Astoria with a concerned look on his face before he spoke to her. "What is your opinion on this, Astoria?" Astoria just smiled and said "I would like to be with you; how you treat my sister I couldn't find anyone better and I would like to married to someone like you and I think you are the one of your kind". Anubis hung his head at this as he thought about how he was the only one of his kind as he was vampire but ever since he got infected with Redlight, he no longer had to feed anymore and he still had all the benefits as a vampire without the disadvantages. Not to mention his new powers which literally made him the ultimate weapon.
Andrew noticed this and decided to ask "Anubis are you okay you seemed upset". Anubis just turned to them before he morphed his arms into his claws which earned a scream from Jassamine. "When she said that I was the only one of my kind she was more right than she could ever know and I felt that if I am to be betrothed to your daughters I felt that you deserved the truth" Anubis said as he morphed his arms back as he sat back down on the settee he had been sitting on earlier, it was completely silent for a few minutes before surprisingly Astoria came a sat on his lap and snuggled into him as she said "It doesn't matter to me if you are not human you are the only one for us" Daphne was nodding at her sisters words as she came and sat down next to him and snuggled into him as well.
Andrew Smiled at the display before speaking again "We don't mind if you are not human we will still like for this contract to happen for are daughters as they seemed to be rather attached to you already". Anubis smiled at this declaration before he pulled the contract over to him, read it over to make sure there was nothing that shouldn't be there and signed it with the familiar flash of light.
After that Anubis told them his life story and how he became as he was and asking them to teach their daughters occlumency because the old fool Dumbledore will surely use legilimency on them if he can find out information on him. When he got them to agree he pulled Daphne into another kiss and then hugging Astoria as she was still too young for these types of things before saying farewell and leaving.