Azalea Lestrange

**Azalea 'Zalea' Esmie Cullen** (née **Lestrange**) was born to Rodolphus and Bellatrix Lestrange on September 13, 1980. In her last year of Hogwarts, she met and fell in love with a vampire, Christopher Cullen. On the maternal side, her grandparents are Cygnus and Druella Black, with her aunts being Narcissa Malfoy and Andromeda Tonks, while on the paternal side, they were Gladion and Nozéa Lestrange. She is also cousins with Dracona and Audrey and the niece of Rabastan, Ted, and Lucifer. From her mother's affair with Voldemort, Azalea had a half sister named Delphini.

In 2007, she had married Christopher Cullen and became a member of the Olympic Coven. She was transformed into a vampire by her husband after nearly dying giving birth to their triplets, Viola, Marian, and Harrison Cullen , human/vampire hybrids. Azalea is the daughter-in-law of Seth and Maya Salvatore, as well as the adoptive daughter-in-law of Xavier and Brianna Cullen. She is the adoptive sister-in-law of Selena and Matthew Cullen and of Elsa and Jace Hale.

As a human, Azalea possessed a natural immunity to the mental powers of vampires. After her transformation into a vampire, she develops it into the ability to project a mental shield that protects others from the psychic powers of other vampires.

Contrary to popular belief, Azalea didn't need to attack anyone, and found she could still survive on magical food with occasional donated blood. In 2027, she was also the one who turned Kiallera into a vampire to save her life.

## Biography

### Early life

Azalea Esme Lestrange was born on September 13, 1980, to Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange, a young couple living in the English countryside in Lestrange Manor. Her parents and uncle were imprisoned when she was only a month old. During her childhood, Azalea was raised by her aunt Narcissa and uncle Lucifer.

After starting Hogwarts, Azalea never fit in with her peers. She had always had the feeling of being a little out of sync with everyone—including her cousin, who was her best friend. Azalea grew up as the more responsible and independent individual.

During free time, she preferred to read, in part because she was extraordinarily clumsy. Her naturally responsible nature carried over into her schoolwork, where Bella was generally a straight-O student. Her plan for the future was to become a potioneer and create potions for vampires.

When Azalea noticed that her father felt lonely due to the lack of romance in his life, following her mother's death in the war, she encouraged her father to go on more dates. Eventually, Rodolphus fell in love with and married a witch named named Isana Miran. Azalea wasn't entirely fond of the idea, but nevertheless offered her blessing. They married in the same month that Azalea turned 17.

### Wedding

Azalea and Chris had told her aunt and uncle about their engagement and both given their blessing, though Lucifer was still slightly resistant to the thought of their marriage. Selena was busy making preparations for the wedding, which was only one day away. Meanwhile, Chris had bought her a Mercedes Guardian, which she saw as either a sign of compassion and caring or as over-protectiveness and worry about her safety. This car was for temporary use until she was changed into a vampire, when she would not need the protection, and then he'd replace it with a red Ferrari. Meanwhile, Azalea felt guilty about Jason, believing that her rejection caused him to run away.

The wedding went smoothly, and Azalea met the Denali coven for the first time. Jason arrived at the party despite her rejection of him, and Azalea was very relieved that Jason had decided to come after all. However, he got into an argument with 'Zalea about her wanting to make love with Chris while she was still human. Luckily, only the werewolves and the Cullens heard the argument.

Chris and Azalea left for their honeymoon to Isle Esme, where they consummated their marriage. Chris was horrified when he saw that he bruised her while doing so. He vowed not to make love with her again until she had been turned, but she succeeded in getting him to do so.

### Pregnancy & Birth of triplets

Azalea later noticed that she was getting unusual illnesses and changes of appetite, but did not make anything of it. After seeing a bag of unused tampons, she realized that she was pregnant with half-human half-vampire offspring. Chris immediately took her back to England where he and Xavier could abort the baby, but Azalea asked Elsa to protect her: she has already come to love the children. Her babies developed at an extremely fast rate, and she became very sick. She became unable to adjust food, and was dying slowly. Chris asks Jason to try to convince her to kill the babies that were killing her, but Azalea refused, because she loved it. Through Jason's joking, Chris then suggested for Azalea to drink donated human blood, and she quickly became stronger, but it also made the babies so strong that one of them broke her ribs by accident.

Soon after, Chris realized that he could hear the babies' thoughts now that they had developed enough of their brains, and started to love the babies when he heard that they "absolutely adored Azalea." Jason remarked that Chris could never hate anyone who loved Azalea, which was why Chris did not hate him. Also, after going against Sam's orders to kill Azalea and her babies, Jason formed his own pack with Leah and Seth Clearwater to protect her and the Cullens.

After having a moment, which included dropping a cup full of blood, the hardened placentas detached, and Chris, Selena, and Jason were forced to perform an emergency surgery since Xavier was hunting with Brianna. Azalea's body was nearly destroyed in the process—with several ribs broken, she lost vast amounts of blood, and her spinal cord was snapped. Seeing the babies were two girls and a boy, Azalea named them "Viola", "Marian", and "Harrison" in birth order right before her heart stopped beating. Chris then injected her heart with his own venom and bit her body in several places, effectively initiating Azalea's transformation into a vampire.

Azalea experienced the full agony of transformation—the feeling of being burned alive, which she commented that Jake snapping her leg couldn't come close to this. An injection of Morphine caused paralysis that made her feel like she was trapped in her own body. Eventually, Azalea coped with the pain and started to ignore it. The morphine paralysis eventually wore off, but she remained completely still throughout the process to keep from hurting Chris's feelings. Near the end of the three days she felt her heart being destroyed and her life flashed before her. She felt her heart beat for one last time and thud. During the three days she was asleep, Azalea couldn't help but wonder what her transformation would cost her: her babies, her self-control, or her family? She opened her eyes and was amazed by her new senses.

She claimed that she could notice how everything was different now that she was a newborn: Her senses were improved by great lengths. She explained her new eyesight, laying her new eyes first on a light on the ceiling, claiming to see an "eighth" color emanating from it—UV light. Shortly after her creation, Chris took her out on her first hunt. She jumped out of the window with a flip very gracefully, impressing her husband, kicked off her shoes and ran barefoot through the forest. She proved to have incredible self control when she ran away from the scent of human blood, something newborns weren't supposed to be able to do. After she was full, they returned to meet Viola, Harrison, and Marian. Even more so, she was amazed by the passionate touches of Chris now that he no longer had to worry about hurting her.

While everyone was worried about her thirst, she managed to retain complete control and hugs her triplets. Azalea later found out Jason imprinted on Harrison, which made her very angry; she calmed down quickly, but not before trying to kill Jason after also finding out that he had nicknamed her son "Ness", after the Loch Ness Monster. Later, Jason, aware that the Cullens were planning to move away, phases into his wolf form in front of Azalea's relatives (he thought they was the reason she was leaving). Dracona was shocked to discover Azalea has known about the mythical world for years, and told her to tell them everything; stating that they almost lost her once and didn't want to risk it again. This allowed Azalea to keep her family in her new life without putting them in danger. Azalea adjusted to her new life extremely well, going as far as to think she was destined to be a vampire.

### Vampire War

Months later, Azalea was hunting with Jason and Harrison in the forest when a vampire, Irene, was her son and mistook him for an immortal child, whose creation is a heinous crime of the vampire world. When Selena learned that the Volturi and their entire guard were coming to destroy the Cullens, she fled with Jason on a secret mission and left clues for Azalea to find J. Jenks to forge passports and IDs for her triplets and Jason if they failed to stop the Volturi. The Cullens looked for other vampires to be witnesses, including nomads and other covens, such as the Irish and the Amazon covens. In the meantime, Azalea found out that she possessed the power to shield herself from the psychic abilities of other vampires. Isabelle from the Denali and Zafrina from the Amazon taught Azalea to project said power so she could protect others from the Volturi's gifted guards.

When the Volturi arrived at the end of December, the Cullens and their allies managed to convince them that Harry and his sisters really were half-human, but Aro, dead-set on claiming the gifts of the Cullens and some of their friends, ploted every possible justification to kill the triplets. When Chris faced Aro alone, his wife's anger triggeed her shield with absolute control, allowing her to shield everyone in her surrounding. Before the Volturi could declare a battle, Selena and Jason arrived with vampires Kachiri and Huilen and half-vampire Nahuel to prove that the children's existence was safe to the vampire world. The Volturi had no more plots to start a war with the Cullens, and, with the help of the shape-shifters, Selena's research, and Azalea's gift, retreat to Volterra, though Irene paid for her mistake with her life. After the confrontation resolved, Azalea and Chris embrace Harry, Mari, and Vi with their arms.

Azalea's concern for her children's future was also put to rest when she learned that her kids will cease to age at seven, where they would remain young and healthy for at least 150 years. At the end of the war, she dropped her shield to let Chris to read her mind for the first time, showing him how much she really loves him. The happily ever after began here.

### Transforming Kiallera Prince-Slytherin

"*To whoever finds this note, my name is Alexis Princewood. My wife, Kiallera, is very sick; Shade Anemia, and there is no cure. Please, turn her into a vampire. Both of us have discussed this and agreed this was the best choice as the only other alternative is death. I'm pregnant, and I don't want my child to not know their other mother.. Use the floo powder or aparrate to Princewood Cottage. We'll be waiting.*"
— Alexis's note
Twenty years after the confrontation with the Volturi, Azalea and her family received a note from Alexis Princewood asking for help. Kiallera had contracted a deadly and incurable wizard illness, Shade Anemia, and asked one of them to turned her into a vampire. Being familiar with this sort of thing, Azalea aparrated into the cottage and transformed Kiallera with a venom injection and bites. Before leaving, she left a note on how to prevent Kia from succumbing to her bloodlust. A few months later, the Cullens received a birth announcement from the couple stating that Azalea Yanli Princewood was born happy and healthy and that the name was their way of saying thank you.

Moved by this, Azalea and her family became frequent visitors of the cottage and vice versa, with them even inviting Kia on some of their hunts.

## Physical appearance

"*I remember my cousin Azalea from our time at Hogwarts. She was so focused on doing well in school that she was completely oblivious to all the heads she turned. And that hasn't changed even after she turned into a vampire!*" - Dracona on Azalea

Azalea was described by many as being very beautiful, even more beautiful than her mother prior to imprisonment, having a very pale complexion with long, straight, dark brown hair, unique chocolate brown eyes and a heart-shaped face with a wide forehead. Her eyes are large and widely spaced. Her nose is thin and her cheekbones are prominent. Her lips are a bit too full for her slim jawline. Her eyebrows are darker than her hair and are straighter than they are arched. As such, even before she became a vampire and inherited god-like beauty, Azalea was rather pretty, as she unintentionally attracted the attention of several boys in school, not just Christopher.

The scent of her blood was incredibly attractive to vampires, described by Elisa Tanner to be the "sweetest scent she'd ever smelled", though it was a thousand times more intense to Christopher Cullen.

As for distinguishing features, she has a small crescent-shaped scar on her hand where she was bitten by Jake, a tracker vampire. The scar is described as being pale, always a few degrees colder than the rest of her body, and it shone like a vampire's skin when exposed to the sunlight. After Azalea was changed into a vampire by Christopher, she became extremely beautiful with even paler skin, straight waist-length hair, and crimson red eyes that would eventually turn gold after months of drinking animal blood. Her features were also heightened and perfected by the transformation.

## Personality

Azalea was an extremely brave, kind, loyal, and selfless person who possessed tremendous strength of character. She willingly went to what she truly believed to be her death, because she refused to let her stepfather destroy everything. She was also very strong-willed and unafraid to stand up for herself. The fact that she was capable of repelling the Imperius Curse suggests that she had an unusually strong sense of herself and her morals. Dumbledore once made parallels between Azalea's traits and qualities that Salazar Slytherin looked for in his own hand-picked students. He also noted that Azalea's choice not to draw on those qualities really defined who she was, rather than the simple fact that she had them.

## Relationships

### Romances

#### Christopher Cullen

Azalea and Chris clearly have a strong, healthy, and loving relationship if they had stayed together for about twenty years. The birth of their triplets, Viola, Marian, and Harrison, only strengthened their relationship, since Azalea almost lost her life during the labor and Chris didn't want to lose her. Azzy was completely okay with the transformation, knowing that if she wasn't turned then she would be dead.

She overcame her fear of marriage and happily married Chris, becoming "Azalea Cullen". During their honeymoon on a private island, Isle Esme, Chris and Azalea consummate their marriage and conceive three vampire-human hybrid children. During the birth, complications occur and Chris, after delivering their babies via caesarean section, injected Azalea with his venom by injecting it straight into her heart and bit her to speed up the process, thereby transforming her into a vampire and saving her life.

After her transformation, she and Chris became equals on all levels and could experience a vastly easier life together, though they found it very hard to satisfy their sexual desire for each other. At the end, Azalea learned how to deactivate her mental shield allowing Chris to read her thoughts for the first time, which brought them even closer together. At the end, Chris and 'Zalea lived happily together as husband and wife with their children, Viola, Harrison, and Marian.

### Family

#### Bellatrix Lestrange

It's implied that before her imprisonment, for all her faults, Bellatrix was close to her daughter and a devoted mother.