Disclaimer: Characters belong to J.K. Rolling. I only own the story line and the OC in this story.
A groan was heard as a young woman woke up from where she was lying on a massive bed.
Savannah Stone sleepily opened her eyes to see dark green silk curtains around the bed she was lying on. It took a minute for everything to come back to her. Walking out of the pub after getting some supper and being grabbed from behind. Breathing in harsh chemicals as the world went dark around her.
Savannah went to sit up only to find her arms chained to the bed with padded cuffs. Panic started to set in when the sound of doors opened.
Savannah froze in fear as footsteps came closer. The curtains were opened and Theodore Nott stared down at her with a smirk.
"Hello, my little Muggleborn. Did you sleep well?" Nott asked.
Savannah shook in fear. "Nott? Why am I here? What do you want with me?"
Nott smiled and sat down beside her body reaching out to run a finger along her face.
"My family are not fools'. Well, most of us are not anyway with my father being the exception. My grandfather refused to let me be marked by the Half-blood bastard Tom Riddle. Good thing or I would have been locked up with my former classmates and father who foolishly took it. One thing the Nott family does know is fresh blood must be added every 5 generations and that is where you come in." Nott said with a smile.
Nott lifted one of her wrists to look at the cuff. "Usually, the family would find a Muggleborn, Half-blood or a pureblood from another country to be brought in. Fake documents were created for Muggleborn's and Half-bloods making the other purebloods think the Nott heirs were marrying foreign poor purebloods. No one would find out about them until they could pass as a pureblood in proper society. Thanks to Harry Potter my family no longer need to do this."
Nott leaned back and observed the woman with a smile as she stared in shock.
Savannah shook her head with tears filling her eyes as she realized what Nott was hinting at. "You can't do this. I don't want to be here or marry anyone right now. Everyone will know I'm missing if I don't show up for work on Monday. My family will know I'm missing and report it."
Nott just smirked at the woman. "Oh, they won't worry. Your job believes you got an amazing job opportunity in America working with magical Native American tribes creating ruin chains that will preserve their ancestral lands from muggles. You had to leave immediately. It was triple the pay you earned working in the magical transportation office."
Nott held up a letter. "Your boss, Percy Weasley, is very happy for you and wishes the best since he knows you have always wanted to be explore America. He said he would take care of everything."
Savannah's eyes got wider as a tear ran down her face before whispering, "and my family? What did you do to them?"
Nott frowned and reached out wiping the tear away. "None of that. They are fine and living their best muggle life."
Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a vial of blue liquid in it. "This is a Nott family secret. It's a potion my too many great uncle, Alexandru Nott, made which acts like the Imperious curse but in liquid form. The ministry would ban it if they knew as it needs blood from the head of house to work. 3 drops each and your family will believe everything I tell them and it's undetectable so no one will ever find out. Your mother and father were so proud of their magical little girl. So proud of the amazing witch she has become. They told me some amazing stories of your accidental magic."
Nott's smile softened as he cupped Savannah's face. "They also told me about your dream of being like some child muggle cartoon character Bell from some movie about a beast prince. You dreamed of owning a library like from this story. Don't worry. If you are good, I will build you a personal library just like that. Lady Nott always has the best and what husband would I be if I couldn't provide a library of your dream for you."
Savannah jerked her head away from his hand crying. "Why are you doing this to me? I won't agree to anything."
Nott just sighed. "Oh, I'm sure you won't. Most of the brides who came in didn't want to be here or married to my relatives. It was very rare for a bride who agreed to be here. Uncle Alexandru created a potion for that too."
Nott pulled out a vial with pink liquid in it. "This contains the second imperious potion with a different twist. For brides who don't know their fiancé, it will change memories to include the fiancés in the memories or change a memory of them meeting someone else to be them meeting their fiancé. For brides like you who knows their fiancé, it changes our meetings to be more favorable for the fiancé. A negative memory will change to be a memory that would give a positive experience. Your deepest hearts desires will influence the memories to change them to exactly what you wanted with the twist of me being the man of your dreams. Most pureblood families have something like this in their family grimoire."
Savannah shook her head in shock. "It's not true. It can't be."
Nott smiled. "It's very true. The Malfoy, Avery, Pucey and Montgomery families used to their versions of this every 10 generations. This inbreeding was only started 6 generations ago with some families. Maloy's 3 times great grandfather refused to follow the redirect when it was his time and he passed it to his heir which started the downward spiral. Many pureblood families followed the Malfoy Line's example. Others like mine refused to follow this new line of thinking. The Pucey line is one that stood with the Nott line on not allow incest in our lines. Adrian Pucey has his own Muggleborn in his home right now that is being influenced to be the perfect wife for him. I don't think you would know her since she was in Ravenclaw. She's a year younger than us as well. I remember her as being a shy and quiet girl who was a loner. Her disappearance went unnoticed once the war started after our sixth year since she was an orphan. I will arrange for you to meet her soon. She is being influenced to be the perfect wife to Adrian."
Nott placed it on the table by the other potion before leaning forward reaching out to cup Savannah's face with his hands.
"As for why you are here, isn't it obvious? I remember every interaction I had with you during first and second year. I watched you during third year all the way to when the war broke out. You were fifth in our year and never shifted up or down. You drove Blaise Zabini crazy that he was stuck at 6th place with a Hufflepuff beating him. You let me, Malfoy, Granger and Greengrass fight for the top four while secretly holding on to 5th place with a shy smile. You never caused waves like granger for being a Muggleborn. You were quiet, respectful and a perfect example of feminine beauty. You avoided confrontation with students and faculty alike. During the Umbridge debacle, you kept your head down and avoided her wrath. You have grown from an awkward child into a beautiful woman."
Nott rubbed his thumbs up and down Savannah's cheeks watching as the color drained from her face.
"Do you remember after Christmas during third year when you started receiving books from a friend? That was me. I sent the first ones talking about the Sacred 28 and how to address them with the advice that learning it would help the pureblood snobs from being cruel to you like other Muggleborn's. You took my advice and learned all the books had to tell you. Didn't the purebloods of Slytherin stop harassing you? You thought it was a professor trying to help you fit in to our world but couldn't show favoritism. I started sending you other books and watched as you changed to fit in with your pureblooded classmates. Christmas became Yule and Halloween became all hallows eve. You changed how you wore your hair, dressed, and your mannerism. I knew you were the one after the ruins project in 4th year. We worked close together in that project and I knew what needed to be done. My grandfather and I have been working on this plan since then. If the war had not broken out I would have had you as soon as graduation ended."
Savannah shook her head in shock whimpering "n... no."
Nott's smirk widened as one of his hands slipped down to rest on her side under her breast. "Oh yes. Do you have any idea what you did to me during our Hogwarts days? You were so beautiful at the Yule ball in that dark blue dress like a fairy from the stories of old. Your hair done with white lilies and blue bell flowers. Do you know the meaning of those flowers?"
Nott laughed as he watched Savannah blush. "Of course, you do. Lilies representing purity and virtue while blue bells represent humility and reverence. I couldn't look away as you danced with that idiot, Justin Finch-Fletchley. You were the belle of the ball. It didn't stop there. Do you have any idea how hard it was to focus on classes while you were sitting there so prettily? Soaking up everything our professors had to teach us like a cute little sponge while biting that lip of yours with your nose cutely crinkled at things you didn't know. The way you would curl up in the library in that hidden corner reading your romance novels blushing so beautifully. Like a flower just waiting to bloom that lets the world see only a glimpse of the beauty inside.
I watched you very closely, Savannah. I know you are a shy person in an unfamiliar environment but will discuss your favorite stuff if asked. You enjoy small meals with fresh vegetables and that you are not a big dessert eater. You enjoy trying different things but can't stand any seafood as the smell, especially raw seafood, makes you sick. You would rather be inside than outside during summer days because you are sensitive to the heat but you love curling up by the window watching the world go by. You love fantasy and history novels but love romance comedies the best. You love listening to ghost stories from all over the world. You don't like pumpkin juice but love the American sweet iced tea that you had on a trip with your family to America. I had everything planned to woo you during our seventh year. It would have been perfect."
Nott leaned back with a frown. "It would have been if the war had not broken out right after our sixth year. I was worried you would be captured and tortured by death eaters. I checked the cells of Malfoy manor every time I was over looking for you. I paid money to spies to find me if you were captured and sent to Azkaban. They all thought it was because I wanted to kill you myself. They had no idea my real motive."
Nott's frown shifted to a proud smile. "But my brave little Muggleborn was so smart and powerful she performed the Fidelius Charm to hide her family's home from death eaters. I heard your conversation with Weasley after the war when we went back for our 8th year. It was brilliant magic. I made sure to be as friendly as possible to Potter, Granger and Weasley to make sure no one would suspect me of any wrongdoing. I knew I had to wait and plan for the long run. Waiting 3 years was worth it for this moment. You and I will grow the Nott family building up our reputation to be as clean as the boy who lived. The Nott family will expand to become the greatest family in the wizarding world with everyone being in aww at our name."
Savannah cried "you won't get away with this."
Nott snorted before reaching out and opening the pink vial. "My family has been getting away with it since the time of merlin. No one will ever know and it will never stop."
He forced Savannah's mouth open and poured the liquid in. Holding her mouth and nose closed, Savannah had no choice but to swallow the potion.
Nott took a step back as Savannah sobbed. The potion would do the background part for him and he just needed to lead his Muggleborn in the right direction.
Leaning over, Nott brushed her hair out of her face. "Rest, my little Muggleborn. Everything is ok now. I will take care of everything. You are finally home where you belong."
Savannah ignored him as her head started to pound. The evil potion was already starting its evil work as the first memory Savannah had of Nott started to change.
Memory
11-year-old Savannah was walking in the library and bumped into a Slytherin dropping her charms books.
"I'm so sorry. I'm such a klutz." Savannah said with a pink blush covering her face.
The boy smiled and picked up the books handing it to her.
"A beautiful girl like you a klutz? I don't believe it. I'm Heir Theodore Nott but friends call me Theo." He said with a smile.
"I'm Savannah Stone. It's very nice to meet you." Savannah said with a smile.
Theo's face lit up "stone? Muggleborn?"
At the fearful look on her face, Theo smiled sweetly. "Don't be scared, Savannah. Not all purebloods are like Malfoy. I'm fixing to head to the great hall for supper. May I escort you to the great hall?"
Savannah's face grew red as she shyly nodded her head. It was just like the romance novels her older sisters read. A handsome dashing prince and the peasant girl stories.
Theo took her books and offered his elbow guiding the girl's hand to the correct position. "Allow me to tell you about the wonderful world you have entered in. "
The two walked out of the library.
Memory ends
Nott snorted as he stopped using legitimacy to observe the changing Memory. The potion worked wonders. He remembered that meeting. It ended in him making the Hufflepuff cry and flee the area.
Nott kissed her forehead before turning to leave the room. He needed to prepare for his soon to be new wife's training. He couldn't wait to see what their children would look like. Maybe he would reach out to Adrian and see what kind of training he was doing with his Muggleborn fiancé. He had all the time in the world.
Theodore Nott stopped and glanced back at the girl as she breathed heavy and quickly. Savannah Stone would not be going anywhere.
"You are mine, my little Muggleborn. You are in your new home and you will remain by my side until your last breath."