A Birthday's Wish

[Aleyha Snow]

Seventeen in three days. Not even two weeks ago, Aleyha Devearux had managed to attack Prodan and get expelled from Hogwarts New Zealand. She was perhaps the first student that had been expelled, and after seeking out her father, she had come to terms that Professor Styx had done it for her own good. She was better off like this anyway. She had also talked to Asparuh about her situation. It was unique, because it was the first student of her generation, of any other person that he even knew, to be expelled. How would she be married then? Asparuh had told her that answer too. The day of her seventeenth birthday. The day she becomes an adult, she would have to be married to Theodore Snow. Aleyha was freaking out enough right now. She had sent him a letter warning him of her arrival. She was on the train, her head bowed and her clothing nothing short of jeans the color of a night's blue, and her shirt green and with nothing on it. It covered her arms with longer sleeves. Would Theodore really want to marry her in three days? She let out a sigh, and Fenrir hissed from within her bag, "Care not my sweet, for you are noble. Slytherin would be proud."

Aleyha glanced down and she reached in her bag and stroked the snake's head. The train started to slow down, and she glanced up to see where she had arrived at. This was the place. She really hoped that Theodore would be waiting for her. She wanted - nay, needed to see him. She needed to be wrapped in his arms, cuddled and adored. She wanted to be with him forever, and after being separated and at school for a while, she wanted to just leave everything behind her. She got the heirloom for a wand, and now, she was good to go. Aleyha stood up, picked up her bag, and she stepped off the train with a crowd. Her red eyes searched for Theodore, and when she found that light hair, those green eyes, Aleyha smiled brightly. Running, she skid to a stop in front of him, before placing her bag on the ground and she embraced him in a tight hug. Greetings were overrated by voice. Why voice when you can just hug the person to death? She slowly stepped back from him, and she smiled at him. "I've missed you, and um, I've got news for you." He already knew that she was expelled, but now was the fact that they had to be married in three days.

 

[Theodore Snow]

Theodore was both horrified and amused that his girlfriend and future had been expelled from Hogwarts. It was something he didn't expect to ever hear from her about but once it sunk in he realized it wasn't out of her character to end up this way. She was a troublemaker who tended to lose her temper. There was obviously going to be a day when she completely snapped and went off her rocker. He was just worried that she had gone as far to attack a Professor over it. Aleyha had been lucky that all Professor Styx did was kick her out and take away her wand. She could have ended up in a situation where she may end up in Azkaban or where he would need to go in and bust her butt out. He loved her so of course he wouldn't let her rot away in some place where she wouldn't be treated away. But alas she was only being expelled so when he didn't have to worry so much about if she would be okay or not. And today she would get betting off the train and heading back with him as she could not Apparate and he wanted to see her anyways. He missed her and even though he wasn't exactly proud of her getting into trouble and getting kicked out of school before she learned some of the more advanced magic that she needed to know, he knew things wouldn't be much different than they were now. Well except for the fact that neither of them had to go back to school, he was a Death Eater in training, and soon Aleyha would be seventeen years old. So now a whole new scenario was added into their lifestyle and Theodore wondered what it was going to bring to their relationship. Apparating to the Train Station where Aleyha's train would be arriving soon Theodore removed the black hood from his head and brushed aside some of the blonde hair that had fallen into his face. His hair was likely to be longer than Aleyha remember it, that and the fact that he was no longer wearing that green colored uniform. Now it was just a black cloak thing. Beside him a small white cat arrived and stared up at him with it's piercing gold eyes. "Do you have to follow me everywhere I go?" The cat cooed at him and he rolled his eyes. Of course Nicolette wouldn't give him a straight off answer. Ever since he had Graduated she was on his case about getting his dad off the throne. Yes he asked her to help but she didn't need to be so pushy about it.

Theodore barely had time to say anything else to the cat before he was embraced in a tight hug. Wow she got off the train awful quickly for someone as small as she was. Theodore snorted and wrapped his arms around her in an embrace. "Way to get kicked out, loser. Kidding..I've missed you too. It's bored without someone to hang out with." Theodore half-laughed when he told her this. He got lonely and bored quickly because he had no one to talk to and he was used to spending the day with Aleyha, Kaleb, and Leviathan. But how he was able to see two of the three more easily because Kaleb was at Durmstrang and Aleyha was out of here. The cat by his feet mewed softly as she sniffed Aleyha's shoes. Theodore had forgotten that the two of them never met. He shooed the cat away before he flicked the hair out of his face again. "I have news too. But you go first." He wanted to tell her that he had become a Death Eater. He knew it was something she wanted but would she be ready to hear him talk about it. He wanted to hear her news though as she rarely gave him news. It had to be big or she wouldn't have brought it up. Glancing at Fenrir whom was with her he had forgotten about the snake. It was almost nice to see him again too. Almost.

 

[Aleyha Snow]

Being expelled opened those blood red eyes of Aleyha Devearux. Why? It proved to her that no one really appreciated a Parselmouth and that the path of good was just not even in her sights now. She had her eyes on the path of being a Death Eater. She would become one, and she would stand proudly at her soon-to-be husband's side. She would make sure that they would be a force to be reckoned with. They were powerful, both descending from rather powerful families. They might not be pure-blood, but both were special. Not everyone could say that they could talk to snakes, and not everyone could say that they had Veela blood running in them. Aleyha knew the babies already, if she were to have more than one, and they would have blonde hair, that was a definite. Aleyha was glad that Theodore was out of school, and she did not want to worry about it. But he could apparate and do things that she could never do. Not unless she had a teacher that is. How else was she going to learn to apparate when she was in trouble? Aleyha needed it, she needed to learn to apparate. That was the only reason that she wanted to even stay at Hogwarts, to learn that at least so that she could use it to her advantage later on. Her red eyes bore into his green, and she smiled hopelessly at him. His hair had gotten longer, and she could have sworn that he looked colder and even hotter than before. Aleyha smirked lightly, and she thought of how lucky she had been to even have such a guy like Theodore Snow. He was everything, a feminine boy with a manly attitude, and build. She was fully satisfied with the catch that she had. How could she not be? Aleyha did not think of herself as that pretty at all, but now, she was just happy to be reunited with Theodore once more.

Her eyes went down to the cat, and the first thing she said was, "When did you get a cat?" Her almost invisible white eyebrow raised curiously. She did not know if Theodore liked cats, but Aleyha had half a mind to kick it when it sniffed her shoes. It had gold eyes, and wondered if Nicolas Hensel, a professor at the school, had the same shade as this one had. Aleyha glanced up at Theodore, and she nodded, completely understanding. While at school, she was just alone, only Ariah to keep her company, but that girl had yet to really convert to evil so she did not really tell Ariah anything with her life actually. "Well," started the Parselmouth with a smile, "I guess Hogwarts New Zealand cannot handle a Parselmouth like me huh." She was just playing around but inside, she wondered what if it was true. Her eyes went to the ground and wondered if he knew about them having to get married in three days. Aleyha slowly brushed the hair from her face, and she almost refused to have any sort of eye contact. This was something that was huge, and well, she did not know if she was ready. Even if she wasn't, she did not have a choice in the matter. She had to get married, and she had to have a baby within a year of that date. Which meant, a year from now, she would be a mother. Aleyha started, her voice amazingly soft, "Theodore, you know how we were supposed to be married after I graduated, because they wanted to wait until I was an adult? Well, since I was expelled, the day I become an adult, we have to get married. So, three days and we will have to have a wedding. And then after that, we have one year to have a child either born or on the way." Her eyes met with his own, and it was amazing how her voice remained as clear and as cold as she ever could make it, as if she were talking about the weather. She was hiding her nervousness that was for sure. "Your turn."

 

[Theodore Snow]

Theodore raised an eyebrow as Aleyha asked him when he had gotten the cat. What in the world was she talking about when she asked about a cat, he was pretty sure he had no-oh, that cat. He glanced down at Nicolette before he snorted and let his hand fall down to brush a fallen leaf piece from his girlfriend's hair. "That's not technically a cat Aleyha. That's Profes-er Kalif's wife Nicolette. She's been helping me attempt to thwart my dad and get him off the Head position. Only she's lately taken to being very annoying about it." He narrowed his eyes and glared down at the little white cat evenly. It didn't seem to bother her one bit and without dainty little steps the white cat walked away to check something out. Theodore wasn't even going to pretend like he knew what she was interested in either. Perhaps later on she would reveal her true form to them. But as it stood she seemed to be fond of keeping herself more hidden. As a veteran Death Eater, Theodore was told that Nicolette became nervous about where and when she revealed herself to others. Aleyha may have been family to her but Theodore didn't know if she would remain a cat or not. A shrug escaped him before he returned his dark emerald green eyes onto Aleyha. Her comment about the school not being able to handle someone like her made him smirk though. Truly she was adorable for someone who caused at much trouble as she did. "Not that I'm going to complain, I was starting to get bored. I still can't believe you attacked a teacher though! I thought I told you to behave." It made him feel like he was scolding a younger sibling or a child now. He had hoped that Aleyha would have listened to him and stayed out of trouble, but apparently her calling for trouble was stronger than her common sense was. Moments ticked by and Theodore wondered how things were at the school he had left behind. What were they doing right now? Did anyone even remember his name? He was Head Boy but he didn't know if that counted for anything. He didn't miss them all too much so he wasn't sure if they missed him. Aleyha started to talk about the marriage that was supposed to happen after Graduation. Now Theodore was starting to get a little nervous about this.

"Well I already knew about the baby thing, your dad already cornered me on that one. Lovely father to 'son' talk we had there. But married in three days? As soon as that sounds...I don't care, were ready anyways..I think. Are you happy about it and everything?" Theodore opted to try and comfort her about the marriage but he wasn't sure what he could say when he didn't know how the marriage life worked other than the fact that he would be with Aleyha all the time. And that's what he wanted. To just be with her. So Theodore felt like he was ready for marriage, with Aleyha at least. The baby thing he knew and had discussed with her father about. He wanted to know how she felt about it though. He also needed something to distract him from the fact that he had also remembered that Aleyha would be seventeen soon. That meant additional fun. "Oh my news...I um...became a Death Eater in training? Your news kind of kicks mine out of the park though."

 

[Aleyha Snow]

That was not a cat? Aleyha did not need glasses, and she could very well tell that it was most definitely a cat. It did not look like a dog or a rat either. But when she heard more of what Theodore said, she gave Theodore the most confused look in the world. Professor Styx, er, Kalif's wife was a cat? How in the world did that happen? And then she remembered the whole Animagi thing. She nodded slowly, and she shook her head, "So, Nicolette, is an animagus. But well, you kind of do need to get your father off the throne, Theodore. You need to hurry it up man!" Aleyha almost had the nerve to poke him in the chest, but she kept her arms to herself for right now anyway. When the cat walked away from them, Aleyha scratched her neck, before straightening out her hair and she sighed. She honestly did not mind Nicolette, but she thought that one of Kalif's children were allergic to cat dander or something like that. Aleyha wondered how that worked out actually. The family seemed to attract people with special abilities and all that. She had a fiance that was Part-Veela, she was a Parselmouth, Nicolette was an animagus, someone married a metamorphmagus, and Asparuh and Kalif were legilimens. Then again, whatever one would call what Hades did special was something unknown. Aleyha bit her lip and she pouted a bit. She pointed out, "I was picked on okay? I was being told not to talk to snakes, and Fenrir! You should know how it feels about being picked on about something that is not your fault, so me attacking a professor is justifiable. Cause um, he was nagging it on anyway?" Aleyha could not even pretend to be innocent right now.

But when Theodore said that he knew about the baby thing, and that Arnost had already told him about it, she let out a sigh of relief. She did not have to really explain it to him. But that meant that they would have to have sex though. Aleyha actually looked forward to that, but one could be nervous about it too. The first time was always the worst from what she heard, and then it got better and better. Aleyha smiled lightly but she was not too sure if she wanted to try on those gowns and stuff with friends. No, she wanted to do everything on her own. "Dad took care of that for me. But I guess we have a wedding to plan. Then I can get rid of my horrible last name, and regain my middle names. I am happy, but I think it is the aftermath that I am a little nervous about." Aleyha slowly stepped closer to him and placed her hands on his sides. That smirk on her lips told him that she was happy about it, in a way. It was finally here. She was going to be married. And then soon, not knowing when but she would be pregnant with his child. Boy or girl first, she cared not as long as it was his. And it would be, and she was going to say 'I do' - though she might not have a choice in the matter, she wanted it. She would have it no other way. And she knew the perfect person to conduct the wedding. Hades! He knew how to do it and everything. When she heard that he had become a Death Eater, Aleyha was excited for him. He had chosen the right path. "Oh that is just-" Aleyha took this time to give his behind a tight squeeze, "hot. Anyways, I am so proud! Let's go home, and get prepared! Three days is just a short time away!"

 

[Theodore Snow]

It seemed that Aleyha was confused by what Theodore had told her, it made the blonde laugh softly. That confused a lot of people that didn't know Nicolette well. She had gone through years of some people thinking that she was a cat and not a human. It was always funny to see someone's reaction when she turned into a woman. It was like being stuck inside a really weird dream that made no sense to anyone. "Yeah she's an Animagus, but you'll get used to that eventually. I know I need to get my father off the throne, but it's a lot harder than it looks. Trust me. I need to wait for a moment when he's off guard. If I just rush in there he'll kill me. He may lack the skills of a leader but he does know how to use the Dark Arts well." Theodore offered a version of an explanation to Aleyha and Nicolette whom he knew could hear him well from her sitting position a few feet away. People were now starting to pressure him into just doing it but he didn't want to be an idiot and lose his life so quickly. All of the snows that were on his side assured him that Alphonse was no wuss when it came to the dark arts. Theodore hadn't even attempted one of the Unforgivable Curses whiles his father used them on various occasions. Right now he just needed to figure out a plan that wouldn't get him killed. If they wanted him to rush in so badly and fight him. They why the hell didn't they do in there and offer and to kill him for Theodore? He understood that everyone was waiting on edge for Theodore to go out and do what he was supposed to go do. But did they understand that this wasn't going to be something he could just charge in on? Did it even matter what he could or couldn't do anymore? Aleyha stated her reasons for getting into trouble and Theodore stared down at her quietly. When she was finished he shook his head before he bit the inside of his cheek softly. "You need to control your temper young lady. I do know what it is like to get picked on, but acting on anger doesn't too me much good if I get in trouble. Your lucky all they did was expel you." He commented and brushed his hand against her cheek. He wasn't angry with her and everything but he did want her to understand that sometimes it was better not to act upon anger. If Theodore had acted out of anger like she had his father and him might have gotten into it far long ago. With them being young and a lot weaker than the elder's of this world, they needed to be careful who's skin they got underneath. Theodore wasn't prepared to let anyone slow him down from getting what he wanted.

"Aleyha Snow kind of has a ring to it anyways. Afterme-ohhh. Eh, we'll get to that when the times comes...I guess." Theodore didn't know exactly what to say about that. At least nothing he knew about that would make her less nervous or creeped out about the whole process. He wasn't full of himself on it but he figured that when it came time he would know what to do. At least that's what he assumed, human's had instincts too didn't they? It couldn't be too hard because his father seemed to have no trouble having babies. All together Theodore was sure he had close to fifteen brother's and sister's. Either way they would just have to wait and see how things went for them. He wouldn't dwell too much on it right now. It was starting to creep him out a little. The thought of being a father still didn't appeal to him that much. When Aleyha grabbed his butt he glared at her. Hot or not that was no excuse to touch his personal space. "I suppose you are right. Good thing I can Apparate now too, seeing as otherwise we'd have to ask for the cat's help. Hang on tight and don't squirm, I don't want either of us to get splinched." Theodore glanced at Nicolette and knew that she would be able to find her own way home. He then wrapped his arm around Aleyha's waist and Apparated the two of them off.

 

[Aleyha Snow]

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Three days pass...​

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The seventeen year old stared at herself in the mirror. She had requested a small, private wedding in France, and the one marrying her and Theodore was none other than Hades Lutrov himself. She had meet him on several occasions, and she was not lying when she said that he freaked her out on more than one occasion. Her wedding dress looked fabulous on her, something small and tiny to fit her curves. Her white hands smoothed over the dress that was only a bit whiter than herself. Her pale skin was softly moisturized with lotion that smelt lightly of green apples. Her eyes were softly tinted with dark gray shadow, and her lips were softly shining with the light feel of lip balm. She looked so beautiful, and yet, her family were only showing up for her, and for the arrangement of this marriage. There were no bridesmaids or best men or anything. She stared at herself in the mirror, and she knew that this day would have come, but four or three years ago, she would have never wanted it to arrive, and now, she wanted to hurry up and be married, and be known as Aleyha Snow, wife of Theodore Snow. Then they would go off to their honeymoon, and then... Aleyha blushed lightly at the thought. It was just so soon, so soon she would be a mother, and she was not even pregnant yet. Aleyha breathed out when she heard the organ play, and she turned her red eyes to the door, where she would go out and walk down the aisle. Her father was playing the organ, and that made her stomach turn into knots.

Walking in her heels, she walked out of the room where she got ready, and she held one small pink and white flower in her hands as she went through the hall, and emerging in a large room. Her eyes stopped to look. On the left side was her own family, those that could make it that were not in school. They were tall, frightening looking people, all appearing to be rather tense and some looking for blood. It was almost scary to see so many dark looking people, yet she felt right at home. Aleyha's eyes went to Theodore's family on the other side, not all were there, but there were enough to counter the largeness and quantity of the Zhefarovich family that had arrived. At the end of the aisle, she could see Theodore standing, looking as marvelous as he could, and then there was Hades behind the alter, looking at what appeared to be a book, and she gulped lightly. How were these marriages worked out? Aleyha saw a rope that looked like it was drenched in blood, and she frowned lightly. Aleyha approached the aisle, before she stood in her place, and her red eyes met with green. Aleyha smiled lightly, but one could tell, she was a little nervous. One would be insane not to be nervous about today. It was her birthday, and she was getting married on her birthday. November 13th, 2027, Aleyha Megan Devearux would be no more.

 

[Theodore Snow]

Theodore breathed out softly. He was already standing outside of the alter waiting for Aleyha to come out. He had been out here for a few moments and he was already feeling the pressure. These people had expectations of him and he was going to try and not let them down when it came to Aleyha. They expected him to run his family and have children on top of that too, which he couldn't help but cringe at every time he ended up thinking about it. To become head of his family he needed to remove his father first and aside from the fact that it sounded extremely tasking, but this could actually kill him in the end if he wasn't careful about what he did. His father could be an idiot at times and others it was easy to see why he had been head for so long. Then there was the thought of becoming a father. This probably scared him for more than his own father scared him. Only because children were very foreign to him. He hadn't been around many except his siblings but they were all a decent age and everything. The thought of having someone else's life placed in his hands and his actions was scary to him. He wasn't sure if he knew how to handle these types of things. Without his mother around for most of his life Theodore felt that he lacked the softness to take care of a child. Besides, he thought it would have been appropriate for him and Aleyha to make sure their lives were all situated and everything before they went around having kids. Just because kids made it awful hard to do anything from what he heard. There was just a lot of things that would need to be done after today and he wasn't all that excited to getting onto them. There was things that a young man should never have to face and he was scared to face them. If he and his sister were so torn apart because of their decision then he would certainly try to turn and ask her for advice. But as it was at the moment, his sister was actually standing on exile right now. Alyssa wasn't even here to see him get married, as he wasn't there for hers. When he heard the organ began to play he shifted his eyes over to Arnost, then Hades and the big book he had, and then he turned his emerald green orbs again.

His breathed hitched in his throat the moment his eyes laid on Aleyha. She looked beautiful and for a moment the Half-Veela male nearly forgot to breath. 'Dude chill out, your making yourself look like an idiot.' His mind told him and he shook his head and reminded himself that breathing was necessity. His breathing evened out and he flicked some of his blonde hair out of his face with a jerk of his head. Sometimes he wondered if it would be even fair if he always let himself act like an idiot or he listened to his brain and chilled out. His emerald green eyes met with her ruby eyes and he smirked. The smirked he had evenly perfected during the last couple of months. He blamed the evilness he had been exposed to lately. Or whatever. He could tell that she was nervous and he wished she wouldn't be. The worst that could happen was, well scratch that a lot could happen. That sketchy pale guy holding the wedding could do horrible things to them. Shaking his head and fiddling with his lip ring he gave a look to Aleyha, hopefully one that would remind her that she didn't need to be nervous about today at least.

 

[Aleyha Snow]

Aleyha suddenly felt like she was full of energy, something in her jumped at the chance to get married, jumped in joy in her heart. This was it, it had finally come. Aleyha wanted to be here, wanted to be his bride. Aleyha reached up to stroke his cheek, before she murmured, "I love you, Theodore Yzak Snow." Aleyha continued to hold her flower, before she was told by the Priest, well Hades, to join hands. Aleyha did exactly that, dropping the flower at their feet. Aleyha locked her eyes with Theodore, and her heart was skipping beats. The ceremony had begun, and there was nothing more than just having to slowly wait, but then she felt that rope tie around their hands, symboling the two pale, beautiful couple that they were together and intertwined for all eternity. There would be no divorce from this, they were stuck with each other. Luckily, Aleyha loved Theodore enough to stick with him forever. Aleyha shuddered lightly from the coldness from the red rope, but she waited patiently, as the organ music faded, and it was time for Hades to address the two.

"We gather here today, under the birth names of Theodore Yzak Snow, descendant of the Snow and Knight family, to bring forth Aleyha Proserpine Shaxia Zhefarovich, descendant of the Zhefarovich and Romanov family, under the laws of one marriage. Bond by birth, from the approval of the respectful parents, and the approval of the Patriarch and Head, they are together to this day, lest they suffer until death. We unite Theodore and Aleyha under this rope, intertwining them forever be. Let their blood bring forth descendants of approval, let them bring forth destruction and unite under the forces of evil and darkness. Let the forces guide them, make the spread blood and children, and allow them to live for long years. With all the powerful witnesses here today, you all have seen it, as of November Seventeenth, the arranged marriage has been completed. A kiss will finalize this."

Aleyha watched as the candle that Hades was holding the color of ebony, and he flew the flame out, the smoke rising to the ceiling. Aleyha turned her eyes to Theodore, and she stepped forward. Aleyha pressed her lips to his own, and from there on out, her name itself had changed. From the disgusting name of her adopted mother, of Aleyha Megan Devearux, to her father and now husband's name, Aleyha Proserpine Shaxia Snow. Aleyha could not ever be as happy as she was now. The flower on the floor also burst into a bright, green flame, before it extinguished. Aleyha moved softly away, and she smiled. That smile was gentle, and full of love. But after tonight, things would be totally different. The families clapped for the newly married couple. Aleyha never felt so much pride in her life. She had the perfect boyfriend, nay, the perfect husband.