Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter the only thing that belongs to me is the changes to the the plot and my OCs. I was inspired to write my own different type of creature fic by 'The Rise of Drackens' by Starlight Massacre and 'My love for you, for all of you' by Aisyaz.

Note: there were no Horcruxes for the purpose of this story: Voldemort created another dark ritual to make sure he stays alive, which was linking himself to all of his followers through the Dark Mark. He leached off their magic and their life force which is what kept him alive. The only ones not to be killed via this were the witches and wizards forced into taking the Dark Mark. Don't like it than kindly don't read.
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Prologue

After the war had ended and with the death of her beloved Godfather, Sirius Black. Mia Elizabeth Potter was once again dumped at the Dursley's to deal with her grief alone. Just like when her friend, Cedric had died at the end of her Fourth Year. But she wasn't going to stay here this time. Why should she? When Voldemort was gone and his death had caused all his true and loyal followers to die as well. They were killed in the backlash from her's and Voldemort's spells clashing, like in the graveyard, only this time it caused an explosion that killed Voldemort and destroyed half of the Atrium at the Ministry. Besides, her Uncle had already struck her with his belt multiple times across her back, the moment they were in the door. It seems he hasn't forgiven what happened with Dudley and the Dementors. Taking the hair grip out of her hair she slowly, and painfully walked over to her desk where Hedwig sat locked in her cage thanks to her Uncle.

"Head to Fred's, Hedwig, I'll be there soon." Mia smiled softly at her beloved owl, stroking her breast feathers and kissing her head once she'd unlocked the cage without any need to use the hair grip, her magic has been out of control lately. She supposed it was from the approaching creature inheritance, and wasn't that something, and what a story it was. It started when she was thirteen. She's been dating Fred Weasley since her Third Year, his Fifth Year and they've grown pretty close. In her Fourth Year when Ron was being an arse; all she had was Luna, Neville, Lee Jordan, George and her Freddie, and sometimes Hermione, but she was mostly around Ginny and Ron. Then later that year, both Fred and George came into a surprising creature inheritance that not only shocked them but all of the Weasley family, but was accepted pretty easily.

On their birthday, 1st of April, they were visited by this Council Elder from The Nether Realm who explained that they were dominant dracken-fae hybrids. Otherwise known as a Dragel. They had these large and beautiful ruby red wings with citrine coloured scales that were 26 feet in length, they had sharp claws and even sharper fangs, and they could fly. The Council Elder, Elder Talbot, as he was called, explained everything to Fred and George, took them to The Nether Realm where they spent the next few days getting used to their abilities and training for their ranks, they were also given a ring so they could transport to and from The Nether Realm whenever they wished.

Within a week of their inheritance George met his mate; Chantelle Knox, and became the protector and Beta to her other mate Elijah Fojrd, who was the Alpha. Fred had spoken to the Elder Talbot about Mia, which is how they found out that Mia would be coming into a Dragel inheritance, because Fred's Dragel became aggressive at the thought of losing Mia. Plus Talbot's wife who was a Healer performed a complicated spell on her that revealed she would be a submissive Dragel; just like Chantelle. Who Mia got on with really well and the older submissive took Mia under her wing as it were. Afterwards, Fred and Healer Talbot explained everything to her, and told her to contact her or her husband, if she had any questions that hadn't already been answered. Now nearly two years on from Fred and George's inheritance, George has a beautiful baby girl who would turn one later this year and who adores her Aunt Mia.

"Mia?"
"Mia?"
"MIA!!?"
Mia gasped, spinning around with her new wand pointing it at the intruder, only to find Fred's beautiful brown eyes smiling back at her.
"Freddie, don't do that!" Mia complained, a hand on her chest as she stowed away her wand in the invisible wand holster on her arm, which is when she realised she had the three-way diary in her hands which was glowing blue from unread messages from Fred. She had been so lost in her thoughts she hadn't realised she'd picked it up. "I'm sorry Freddie." Mia sighed, going into his open arms, and resting her head on his chest.
"It's okay sweetheart." Fred soothed, holding her close as he kissed her forehead. "What's wrong?" He asked, when he felt her wince.

"Nothing." Mia said quickly, trying to pull away from Fred. "Let's just get back to the flat." She said, backing away, but not showing him her back as she knew that some blood had seeped into her grey t-shirt, proven when Fred sniffed the air and let out a deep rumbling growl.
"You're bleeding." He hissed, his Dragel attributes bursting out and would have torn his clothes too, if it hadn't been for the specially made clothes he'd brought from The Nether Realm that had charms on them to accommodate the wings.
"Freddie, calm down okay. Please calm down. Let's just get back to the flat then I'll show you, I promise. I want to be gone before they come back from the fair." Mia all but begged. Fred sensing Mia's distress rained in his Dragel with the effort and practice he'd learned at one of the academies in The Nether Realm. 

"I'm sorry sweetheart." Fred apologised, once he'd pulled in his wings, fangs and claws. He waved his wand and all of Mia's belongings packed themselves into her trunk which snapped shut with a soft thud and click. After Mia had checked under the floorboards to check her prized belongings had indeed been put into the trunk, she took Fred's hand as he took her away from the Dursley's for good.

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The weeks leading up to Mia's sixteenth birthday have been rather hectic. Mia had settled into Fred's room while he had taken George's room, she had felt bad for taking his room until Fred explained his Dragel wasn't happy about her sleeping in a room which smelled like his brother, which was fair enough as far as she was concerned. The first day after she'd moved in and Fred had healed her she had visited Gringotts to claim all her Ladyships and get her things in order to move her account to the Gringotts in The Nether Realm, she found it amazing how they had a branch pretty much everywhere. She'd completed her summer work and also pulled out of Hogwarts to complete her schooling from home in The Nether Realm; she was done being everyone's martyr and scapegoat.

She had also been helping Fred and Lee run the shop on occasion, while Fred and Lee completed the paperwork for Lee to become the manager of the store in Diagon Alley, and they had been busy stocking up the stockroom full of products. They would send Lee more products as and when he needs them. George was in The Nether Realm setting up a WWW shop in Arcadia Way and looking after Chantelle and Megan as Chantelle was pregnant again but this time with quads. There wasn't usually such a large gap between pregnancies but Chantelle's mother had suggested: that because George was in the Wizarding World constantly while it was in a war zone none of their Dragel's felt it was safe to have more chicks at that time.

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On the evening before her birthday Mia sat up in the flat reading a book after closing the shop for the night. It had been hectic today and she was exhausted. She, Valerie and Lee had been rushed off their feet with students stocking up on all sorts of prank items, ready to return to Hogwarts. Fred had been in The Nether Realm for more protector and a little Beta training at Elijah's academy: 'The Academy of The Protective Arts', and to visit George, Chantelle, Elijah and little Megan.
"How's Georgie doing? And how was training?" Mia asked, looking up from her book, when Fred shadowed in.
"It was really good and it helped me a lot. Georgie's excited and nervous about the quads, little Megan is coming on in leaps and bounds and she keeps asking for you. And everyone misses you. Tea?" Fred asked, kissing her forehead as he made his way to the small kitchen.

"Please." Mia asked, setting her book down on the table, biting her lip anxiously. "I miss them all too." She continued, when Fred came back and handed her the honey tea, a coffee in his hand as he sat on the arm of her chair and an arm around her shoulders pulling her close. He knew she was anxious about the inheritance and he wished deeply that he could help her. He didn't know if it was better not knowing and suddenly waking up as a strange creature or knowing and having the long wait and anticipation.
"Here. I stopped in at the bookshop while I was helping George set up the shop." Fred said, pulling a shrunken book out of the pocket of his suit jacket and resizing it. "It'll explain everything better than I did. And as it's from 'Drusilla's Book Emporium', in Arcadia Way it'll be truthful unlike the books in 'Flourish and Blotts'."

"Thank you Freddie. I love you." Mia said gratefully, her throat a little tight.
"You're welcome love." Fred said, brushing her black hair out of her face tenderly. Picking up a strand he smiled at the blue ends, she dyed it just before Fourth Year and kept it like that ever since, which was something else she and and Chantelle bonded over, despite Chantelle being a year older, as the elder witch had dyed her ends a teal colour. "I really do love your hair like this, it suits you. And I love you too." He added, kissing her lips softly, lovingly and tenderly. He'd missed her while he'd been away.
"What shall we have for dinner?" Mia asked, taking a sip of her tea. To be honest she wasn't sure she could stomach much as her stomach was churning madly like a washing machine.

"I'll make us something small in a bit." Fred said, picking up his own book he'd brought to learn more about being a protector. They took it in turns to cook, he was glad he'd got his Mum and Mia to teach him. He didn't want her to cook all the time as it wasn't fair.
"Okay, and thank you for the book Freddie. And I'm glad you told me Freddie, otherwise I'd be freaking out right now." Mia said anxiously, looking down at the book as she read the title, 'All you need to know about becoming a Dragel.'
"I'll always protect you Mia. Just like I've always done. I love you. I wasn't about to let you go through what George and I did." Fred assured, hugging her close. The pair moved to the sofa so they could cuddle up while reading their books, and to make sure Fred doesn't fall off the arm like last time. But if anyone asked him that he would deny it vigorously.

Giggling softly at the image popping into her head, Mia opened the book to the first page and started to read.

'Dragel

What is a Dragel? Well, not much is known about Dragel's as they are very secretive beings and what is known is not correct. Thankfully, I, as the writer, have obtained my information from a reliable source which I will not divulge for theirs and my own safety. So on to the question: what is a Dragel?

A Dragel is a humanoid dragon (a Dracken) and a Fae hybrid. The merge of these two wonderful creatures shows in two different ways. The first is in the submissives who show more Fae like qualities with their shimmery white coloured wings and peach-white scales. And the second in the dominants; who have more brightly coloured wings and scales or in other words, 'jewel coloured wings and scales'.

When Dragel's first came about they were Drackens that bred with a Fae; their offspring became the first Dragel and the rulers of the Dragel Community. The Council will defer to the Rulers for laws and other such things. Before a Submissive is introduced at a Mate Meeting the Rulers would announce a meeting, or rather a ceremony in the Dragel Halls that everyone has to attend. Either one of the Rulers (King, Queen, etc), or Head Council member will announce the new submissives and dominants to the rest of the community.

The Dragel Hall and community is located in another realm; the Nether Realm. Which is where most born Dragel's live but they can live in the Wizarding or Muggle World if they so choose. This is one of the reasons how Witches and Wizards end up with Creature inheritances; the gene either becomes dormant by producing chicks who are witches/wizards and not Dragel's or the gene appears in a witch or wizard after being dormant for a long period of time.

The Nether Realm was created to protect the remaining Dragel's from persecution. A Dragel can enter the Nether Realm by a special ring that allows the shadows to transport them from the Human Realm to the Nether Realm. To simplify; it's sort of like a mix of Apparatition and a Portkey. A new Dominant and Submissive that have just come into their inheritance will either be introduced to Dragel society in the Nether Realm and given their ring by a Council member for the dominants and as for the submissives it's a little after they arrive as they will bond with their Alpha first and then will receive their ring when they register their mating.

The lifespan is also extended more so than a wizards/witches 150-200 years, a Dragel has been known to live for an average of 250-300 years; aided by the magic of both their Core and the magical Core of their creature. Dragel's develop faster mentally than that of wizards which allows born Dragel's to come into their inheritance at fourteen, train for two years and then be able to find a mate at sixteen. This helps them become more accustomed with their Dragel and to gain a better control to avoid detection, but also so they can better prepare for the rolls they will have in life and in their mateship.

There are also three different ranks for a dominant whether born or inherited. It is in their genes what rank they will be in their mate-ship and cannot be changed. The ranks are as follows;

Alpha (the head dominant of the mate-ship. What he/she says goes, but they will often defer to the submissive as well. This is to make sure the submissive is happy both mentally, emotionally and physically. An Alpha can also be a warrior in a mate-ship).

Beta (can also be a protector and is known as the second in charge and the peacemaker of the mate-ship).

Protector (as stated above a protector can also be a Beta. But if there is already a Beta in the mate-ship then the protector will be the third in charge and will be responsible for making sure everyone is kept safe, especially the submissive and chicks.)

Warrior (as stated above a warrior can also be an Alpha. But if there is already an Alpha then the warrior is responsible for making sure everyone is safe like the protector, but will be the first one to fight if it is needed. They will also take on the jobs of protecting everyone at Mate Meetings, Ceremonies and the annual Dragel Holiday at the end of Easter, April, where all Dragel's attend in the Dragel Halls).

Sometimes a dominant can also be a Healer, although a submissive can and usually has become a Healer, but it depends on the type of magic that Dragel has.

The Dragel Holiday is usually for Dragel's to show off their families often dressing in their smartest robes or dresses, create alliances and sometimes mates are even found at this gathering which had spurred it to become an annual social occasion.

Dominant:

Dominant Dragel's have brightly coloured scales and wings which are from their Fae heritage. The wings can range from 16 feet to an impressive 29 feet that was recorded by a large dominant some odd twenty years ago. The length of the wingspan depends on the height, weight, age and sometimes power of the Dragel. The colours of the scales and wings are often brightly coloured showing off the amount of power they wield, but mainly due to the personality of the dominant. It's been proven that the more brightly coloured the the wings the more attractive they are to a submissive, as the brighter colours show a good temperament that a submissive looks for instinctively to be able to protect them and their chicks. They have sharp claws and sharp fangs that can easily tear into flesh and they can use their wings to fly if needed. The scales often cover about 50% of a dominant's body.

Dominants are usually male but it has been recorded that there are rare female dominants which take up around 5% of the dominant population. As the Dragel population is dropping due to being hunted by hunters and the Ministry it has increased both Dragel's instincts to find a mate and start a clutch of chicks or a family if you will, as quickly as possible. This is one of the reasons why Warriors were put at the entrance of the Realm for protection and a spell was placed to determine the intent of the people entering. This was also the reason why Mate Meetings were set up to help all dominants find a mate, which is exceedingly difficult as there are more dominants than submissives.

Submissive:

A submissive Dragel tends to be much smaller than their dominant counterpart. They have shimmery white dragon-fae type wings with peachy-white coloured scales that cover around 75-80% of their body, including their wings. They too have sharp fangs and claws although they are smaller than the dominants, but can still easily cause more damage as their claws become acidic when threatened. A submissive wingspan only ranges from 12-15 feet, and the scales on their wings take on the colour of their mates once mated, however, the ones on their body will still remain the peach-white colour. At sixteen years old both inherited and born submissives will release a cry to let their Alpha or top dominant know they have come into an inheritance. The Alpha then usually appears and explains the laws, takes them to the Nether Realm, and after bonding together, helps them through the following Mate Meetings.

The submissive population is less than half of the dominant population and is usually female. But like with dominant females there have been reported cases of male submissives but these are exceedingly rare. The number of mates a submissive has will depend on the power of the submissive, but it has been reported that an extremely powerful submissive needed four dominants to help them get pregnant and ground their magic. If the magic is not grounded by the end of their first year it can become extremely dangerous and cause a backlash that could end up killing the entire family and anyone in proximity.

Breeding cycle:

The Breeding cycle or heat, usually lasts for ten days of continuous intercourse where the dominant(s) will continually copulate with the submissive to end in pregnancy. They will neither eat nor drink during this time as they go into a sort of heat where the submissive releases pheromones that make the dominant(s) wild. They are more animalistic during this time and will only release growls, whines, rumbles and chirps. The dominant(s) are also very protective and territorial during this time and will attack, ask questions later if someone interrupts who isn't supposed to be there.

Leading up to a Breeding Cycle the submissive's diet will change to constantly wanting bloody meat, then to only wanting fruits and vegetables, then to finally grains and nuts high in fibre to give the submissive energy during the heat period. This depends on the submissive but usually lasts for around 2-3 weeks. After which they may have become pregnant, if not they'll have a month break where the diet will switch back to normal and then by the end of the month switch back to the heat diet. When a female submissive has her period it is usually around the time she's switching from meat to fruit and vegetables.

However, once a submissive has all of their mates (or after every mate), they will go into a bonding heat outside of the cycle, to mate with the dominants. This usually ends in the submissive becoming pregnant if they're not already from their first few bonding heats.

Pregnancy:

A Dragel pregnancy only lasts for seven months and is extremely delicate in the first month, especially for a male submissive. During the last month of pregnancy the submissives will find somewhere high, dark and secure to build a nest and will enter it once it's finished. The dominants will not be allowed to enter it or come near it and it would be extremely dangerous if they do so. When they are bringing the submissive raw meat they will drop it outside a few feet from the nest or they will throw it in from a distance. It is extremely dangerous to discover the nest before it is entered, not only for their life but for the submissive as well as they will destroy the nest and move it somewhere else which can be detrimental.

A female submissive will give birth naturally and can fall pregnant in both the heat cycle and not if their temperature is high enough. Whereas, a male submissive will have to use their claws to cut themselves open to remove their babies and can only fall pregnant on a heat cycle or on the very rare chance that they raise their temperature without a heat cycle, like the females.

They will both need to drink a cocktail of their mates blood, sweat and semen for the duration of the pregnancy as the baby will demand it and they will need to drink it after giving birth to heal them, prevent infection, and to regain their energy so they can feed and bond with their baby. They will stay in the nest a few hours after so their Dragel can lock on to their chicks scent and bond with them. How long they stay in the nest will depend on how many chicks they have and how they are all doing afterwards.

The first pregnancy will only carry the one chick to get the new family used to having a baby but the following pregnancies can carry up to six chicks in one pregnancy, depending on the submissive.

Mate Meet:

A Mate Meet will take place a month after the Alpha and submissive have bonded. The alpha will then inform the Dragel Halls of their bonding, register their new family, and set up a meeting in a calming place for the submissive, where the submissive will pick out their future mates. If they need more than two mates the Mate Meets will take place every two weeks until the submissive has all of their mates. Unmated dominants will be informed from all around the world (if they are not in the Nether Realm), and will come to see the submissive. Council members and warriors are in charge of the Mate Meet to protect the submissive, and they will all be mated which offers assurance to both the newly mated pair.'

Mia closed the book as she thought over all that she had read. She could have anywhere between two and four mates, but only two are needed to become pregnant, the other two are needed to ground her magic (if she needs them). She's not sure if she's ready to become a mother at sixteen, but then her thoughts drift to little Megan and how she's always wanted a family of her own. And this was her chance. She could finally be somewhere safe where she could have a family, although she did want to become a Healer. She liked helping people.
"Freddie?" Mia asked, walking into the kitchen, wrapping her arms around his waist and kissing his shoulder blade feeling his wing twitch beneath his skin.
"Yeah?" Fred asked, looking over his shoulder at her as he stirred the chicken and mushroom noodles.

"I want to become a Healer. I like helping people." Mia said determined, but there was a hint of shyness in her voice.
"Then I will make sure you do what you love, sweetheart. I'll protect you from everyone including your other mates if need be." Fred said seriously, making Mia beam happily at him. "Come on, let's have some dinner. You'll need your strength for tonight." Fred said, pulling out her chair before he dished up her plate than his own. He flicked his hand at the sink where the dishes started cleaning, drying and putting themselves away. And how right he was.

Later that night as midnight crept closer and closer; Mia was tossing and turning in her bed. Feeling completely uncomfortable in her own skin and feeling like she was going to melt from her high temperature that had come on an hour ago. She let out a whine that almost sounded inhuman to her ears, as the clock struck midnight she let out a terrible scream causing Fred to wince in the next room. She felt like her skin was going to melt right off her bones and she felt itchy all over, her teeth hurt and so did her nails as they elongated into her fangs and claws. But what hurt the most was when her wings tore through her skin causing her to scream in agony. It felt like she was being tortured by Bellatrix and Voldemort together. Not being able to take it anymore Fred ran into the other room to at least be with her and try to comfort her, when Mia let out a long and shrill cry.

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~Nether Realm: Mansion of André Aubert~

An unmated Alpha by the name of André Aubert, Lord of the Nobel House of Aubert was sitting in front of the fire relaxing after just finishing a new order of Potions. He was the second youngest Potion Master in all the Wizarding World, the first in France and the first in the Nether Realm to achieve such a prestigious job. The reason for being up so late was because he was lonely. He had built his manor with future children in mind. It was a gorgeous white building that was by the sea. It had three large garages, the first one was where he did his potions, the second was where he stored his car and gardening equipment, and there was also a spare one, both the potion garage; as he had dubbed it, and the spare one were heavily Warded in case a potion went wrong.

The house also had five floors, and an extremely large back garden and a medium sized front garden with a gravel driveway leading to the garage on the right side of the house, the potion and the spare were on the left side of the house. The ground floor had a large living room with a small fireplace, a slightly smaller living room with a large fireplace which is where he sat, a kitchen/ diner that led out to the garden through French double doors, and a downstairs bathroom. The first floor; had a family bathroom, a large study with a few desks in there, a large library and a first bedroom.

The second floor; had another family bathroom, two bedrooms and a playroom. The third floor; also had a family bathroom and three bedrooms. The fourth floor; had a third family bathroom, and the last three bedrooms. And finally the fifth floor; had the master bedroom with an en-suite and an extremely large walk-in-closet to fit everyone's clothes in. He had prepared for a maximum number of mates and maximum number of children. But that just made the house feel too big and too quiet at the moment, especially as it was all done in neural tones. He wanted to decorate it with all his mates so they came to see it as their home instead of just his. André was a handsome man; with dark curly hair down to his ears, and green eyes. He was born on December 14th 1970 making him twenty-six years old, and has never been mated for some reason, but that just gave him more time to work on being the best Alpha he possibly could be for his future mate(s) and children.

He is also 6"3 with a slim muscular build. André has jade coloured wings and ice topaz (icy blue) coloured scales. André runs a popular and extremely successful potion company which he built from the ground up and it supplies the Healing Halls with all of their potions. Despite his successful business all he wanted right now was a mate and children. And it seems his prayers would finally be answered. As he was turning a page of his book he felt a cry vibrate inside his head. The cry of his submissive mate. Jumping up excitedly he zoned in on the cry and used it to guide him as he shadowed out of the Realm towards his mate using his ring. Only when he arrived was it not what he expected.

~ Wizarding World: WWW Flat, Mia's bedroom (Fred's old bedroom)~

Fred was trying to calm Mia down when he felt his protector instincts kick in, his wings, fangs and claws bursting from him so suddenly it almost hurt. Moments before an unknown, unmated dominant shadowed into the bedroom. Fred could tell by the smell and the 28 foot wings that it was an Alpha dominant but he didn't care about that, all that he cared about was protecting Mia. His mate. Fred growled ferociously at the unknown Alpha who growled back just as ferociously, both with their fangs bared as their opposing coloured wings vibrated behind them. 
"Get away from her!" The unknown dominant growled.
"SHE'S MINE!!" Fred growled dangerously. Circling the dominant as he tried to get him out of the room and away from Mia who was slowly coming back to herself after the inheritance but she was exhausted.

Looking up from the bed she blinked a couple of times to clear her bleary eyes. She saw Fred and another dominant circling and growling at each other, just waiting for the other to make a move so they could attack. As that thought passed through her head she heard a voice in her head, it sounded like an animalistic version of herself and knew it was her Dragel side.
'Mates. Both of them are mates. Alpha and Protector.' Her Dragel side said anxiously, as it looked like they were about to attack each other Mia suddenly found the strength to stop them.
"STOP!!" Mia shouted, from the bed, her voice half a growl, freezing Fred and the other dominant in place as they turned to look at her but kept an eye on each other. "MY MATES! Both of you!" She added, setting the course for something rather unexpected.

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