The first of August dawned bright and early. The sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. In the master bedroom of number 12 Grimmauld Place, Hadrian Potter blinked his eyes open. As he put his glasses on he squinted. Why is everything blurry? He took his glasses off. Huh, everything is clear now. So I guess my eyesight is better now, that's nice at least. Hadrian stretched and got out of bed, legs wobbling unsteady, and grabbing onto his bedpost to steady himself. Stumbling into the bathroom, he looked, shocked, at himself in the mirror. His creature inheritance had changed quite a bit about him. Obviously he had better vision. He had grown taller, that would account for his stumbling. He now stood at a whopping 6'6". Even his hair had changed, it was now much longer, and fell down around his shoulders in soft waves. Running his hand through his new hair, a finger brushed over his ear, pausing he felt around the tip of his ear, it felt different. He turned his head to the side and brushed his hair to the side. Yup, just as he thought, pointed ears. Finally coming to terms with his new appearance, he turned away from the mirror and stepped into the shower.

After showering, he stepped back into his room and opened his wardrobe. "Shit" he muttered, after realizing he now had nothing to wear. Pulling out his wand he transfigured his bedsheets into something suitable for the day.

Turning to the bedside table where he had placed Aurum's container he hissed "do you want to spend the day with me?"

Aurum looked up at and flicked his tongue out "yesss, ssspeaker, I would like that very much."

Hadrian held his hand out for Aurum to climb onto. Aurum flicked his tongue over his fingers before climbing up his hand. To Hadrian's surprise he didn't wrap himself around his finger, but continued slithering up his arm and into his hair.

He stifled a giggled when he felt the tiny snake wrap himself around his ear. "Iss thiss ok ssspeaker?" questioned Aurum.

Hadrian giggled "It ticklesss a bit, but you will be fine there."

When Hadrian went down for breakfast, Sirius stood up when he saw him, "Whoa pup, look at you, you look great."

"Thanks Siri, I feel great too." Answered Hadrian. "Haven't got any clothes to wear though. I had to transfigure my bedsheets."

Sirius snickered "I'll bet. You've gotten so much bigger. Are you going shopping later?"

"I'll have to." Hadrian groaned. "I think I'll ask Theo to go with me."

After breakfast Hadrian floo called Theo and made plans to meet up for a shopping trip. Hadrian hugged Sirius goodbye before heading out to meet Theo. Arriving at their meeting spot Hadrian looked around and spotted Theo. "Theo" he called as he walked over to him.

At his call Theo looked up and moved to meet him halfway. "Hadrian, wow! You got your creature inheritance, you look amazing!" exclaimed Theo.

Hadrian laughed as he hugged Theo. "Thanks Theo. Are you ready to do some shopping?"

They decided to start their shopping trip in Diagon alley and its neighboring alleys. Hadrian once again needed to purchase a full wizarding wardrobe. Although this time he was happy to have Theo's help. Once they finished their shopping in diagon alley they left to have lunch and finish shopping in the muggle world. During their lunch Hadrian and Theo discussed their upcoming marriage. They chose to get married at Grimmauld Place and then spend the next two days at the Peverell cabin in the Black Forest. Hadrian agreed to go out to the cabin the next day in order to make sure everything was in order. After the shopping was done they thought that they would end the day with a movie.

As they were sitting down in the movie theater Theo turned to quietly speak to Hadrian, and jumped in surprise at the sight of his eyes. "Hadrian" he hissed, "your eyes."

Hadrian turned to Theo. "Is something wrong," he whispered.

"Your eyes," Theo breathed, "they're glowing."

Hadrian frowned "my eyes are glowing?"

Theo nodded "glowing, like a cat, we should probably leave, we can't let the muggles see."

Hadrian scowled but agreed to leave.

Once they were back out on the street Theo turned to look at Hadrian, "huh, they're not glowing anymore."

Hadrian stopped and looked back at the theater "now that I think about it, I could see really well in there, like the lights were on. Maybe I have night vision now. Could that make my eyes glow in the dark."

Theo paused a moment before nodding in affirmation "yea, I think that may be it. Shall we head home now?"

Hadrian yawned "all right, I'm getting pretty tired anyway, I'll walk you back to the leaky before heading home myself."

At the leaky cauldron Hadrian walked Theo to the floo. Before Theo left Hadrian pulled him into a hug. "I'm really starting to fall for you Theo, and I'm looking forward to marrying you.

Theo pulled out of the hug and kissed Hadrian on the cheek, "I really like you too, Hadrian." Theo stepped away. "I look forward to our wedding day as well, I'll see you soon."

Hadrian blushed and waved as Theo flooed home.

Sirius was once again waiting for him in the entryway when he arrived home. As he came through the door Sirius bounded forward and pulled him into a tight hug. "Hey pup, how did it go?" Sirius asked.

"Great" grinned Hadrian, "for the most part."

"What do you mean for the most part?" Sirius grimaced.

"Well" Hadrian started, "We went shopping, had lunch, made plans for the wedding, we're having it here by the way, and then we tried to go to the movies." Hadrian pouted "but then we needed to leave because my eyes were glowing."

"Your eyes were glowing?" questioned Sirius.

Hadrian nodded "Theo said it was like a cat's, I couldn't even tell that the lights were off in the theater."

"Huh" murmured Sirius, "that must be part of your creature inheritance."

Hadrian nodded "it must be, how about we have supper, I'm starved."

Sirius and Hadrian ate a hearty meal before spending the rest of the evening discussing Hadrian's upcoming nuptials and then retiring to bed.