Inheritance - The Courting

Chapter 2

A/N: I don't own the Harry Potter characters, if I did, I would be bloody rich by now.

Draco POV

Draco grew up knowing that he would have a creature inheritance. He would probably be a Veela, since both his father and mother were Veela's. He also knew that he would have a mate, so every time Pansy would flirt with him, he would be disgusted. It also helped that he was gay and came out at the quite young age of twelve. But back to the topic, creature inheritance. Because of his inheritance he got vacation a few weeks earlier. He was hoping he would have a fated mate like his parents. 

You had two kinds of mates, the first type being the fated ones. Their bond was visible for everyone and was activated as soon as they met after their inheritance. They were the most uncommon type of bonds. The second type were the mates who had to be courted. They were the most common types of bonds. With the courted the bond was just hidden very deep, and wasn't immediately visible. It was still there though. The fated ones naturally had an attraction towards each other, even before their inheritance came.  

He was currently laying in his bed, waiting for the clock to turn to midnight. His parents were by his side, because the presence of loved ones would ease the pain a bit. He felt slightly nauseous because of the nerves, but he knew he would be fine. And although he knew it was coming, the pain hit him hard and he almost blacked out. The pain was consuming him and he couldn't see or hear what was happening. He felt the skin on his back rip and wings sprouted out. His eyes were burning and his head felt like exploding. After what felt for hours but must have been 10 minutes the pain subsided and left him panting on his bed. He saw the worried faces of his parents hover above him. "Are you okay Dray?" his mother asked him. He nodded carefully before he started to move around a bit. Once he knew for sure that he wouldn't pass out if he sat up, he got up out of his bed. At his first try he fell backwards because of the new weight on his back. His second try was a success. He slowly walked towards his full body mirror, only to be shocked at what was staring back at him. The boy in the mirror had snow white hair and silver eyes that looked like they were made out of liquid silver. He was a taller then he had been before, now standing at 1,84 m (about 6'1). The most noticeable difference however where the pure white with silver wings on my back though. They were so soft when I reached out to touch them. But they were also quite sensitive, so when I touched them, I shivered a bit. Only then I noticed the shadows that seemed to crowd around me. My parents were still sitting on my bed, letting me have the time to admire myself in the mirror. Luckily I was wearing boxers. 

I had failed to notice before, but the bed was covered in red. "How did that happen?" I ask while pointing to the bed. "When your wings ripped out of your back, they took a lot of blood with them" my father answers. I nod and turn my attention back towards the mirror. It's fascinating to see that the boy, no man, in the mirror follows all my movements.

A few moments my father speaks up: "We have to go to Gringotts to get you an inheritance test tomorrow". I just nod, still looking at my own reflection in the mirror. My parents seem to understand that I will be at this for some time and leave me alone with my reflection.

The next day we went to Gringotts for my inheritance test. A kobold named Griphook came to us. 'Come with me, Mr. Malfoy.'. He led us to a room with a desk and three chairs. '13 drops of blood on the paper, Mr. Malfoy.' he said while handing me a very cool knife. It was inlaid with rubies and all other sorts of gems. It was silver and radiated power. I cut in the palm of my hand. The blood drops fall onto the paper. Out of nowhere words starting to appear.

Birth certificate

Name: Draco Malfoy

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Birthday: June 5

Wand: Hawthorn and unicorn hair, ten inches

House: Slytherin

Father: Lucius Malfoy

Mother: Narcissa Malfoy (née Black)

Godfather(s): Severus Riddle-Snape, Tom Marvolo Riddle

Godmother(s): Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black)

Creature: Shadow Dragon-Veela (dominant)

Powers: Shadow traveling, dragon tongue, wings, dark magic, potion magic, claws, blend into shadows, fire breath, magical core, wandless magic, wordless magic, shadow army

Mate: Unknown (courting)

Lord and Heir ships:

- Lord of the Malfoys

- Lord of the Blacks

- Lord of Slytherin

Properties:

- Malfoy Manor

Vaults:

- Malfoy Vaults (all)

- Black Vault (personal)

I know Dragon-Veelas are rare, but Shadow Dragon-Veelas are only seen once in a century. My parents are looking at me, they look very proud. We thank Griphook and walk out of Gringotts. My mother took us to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Palour. I got my favorite flavor, which is, obviously, green apple. After we finished our ice-cream we went back home and celebrated it with a nice dinner.

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