A Hope through time/ Hope Mikaelson in hp and teen wolf

Chapter 29: chapter 29



The Flamel's were walking through the streets of France in mid June along with the Greengrass' as Nicolas and Perenelle gave a once in a lifetime tour, using all the information they had gathered over their extraordinarily long lives.

Hope was trailing behind the group ever so slightly under her invisibility spell while keeping a magical eye open in the surrounding area and making mental notes on all the Wizards and Witches that regarded her family with a demeaning gaze.

Daphne had subtly elbowed Hope in the arm, dragging the Tribrid's attention back to the tour before realising that they had stopped in front of some snobby looking family that reminded her of the Malfoy's.

Hope's eyes narrowed dangerously as she heard the father speak.

"Well, well. Look who finally crawled out of hiding. The Flamel's." He taunted mockingly.

The wife made a show of looking around the Flamel's and the Greengrass's before making a dramatic show to her two kids that looked and felt like they have only recently gone through their Magical Maturity. "Such a shame too. It looks like they didn't even bring along their Heir. Only some common riff-raff from England."

The Greengrass's adopted their famous ice-cold Occlumency skills as Nicolas and Perenelle sighed.

"It seems our day is complete. The Giroux's have charmed us with their unwelcome presence." Nicolas remarked as he looked back in the direction he believed Hope was in due to the radiating anger coming from behind them before shaking his head slightly, telling her not to interfere.

"Besides, if the Greengrass's are common riff-raff that must make both of our familys' common peasants as well. Considering that we all share the same status within the House hierarchy." Perenelle added with a bored wave of her hand dismissing the other family's claims elegantly. "As for our Heir, they will be competing in Double's Duelling tournament today." Perenelle tore her gaze away from the shocked faces of the snobbish parents before looking at the children who seemed to puff up their chests.

"Perhaps you might meet them before they knock you both out of the tournament… If you make it that far." Nelle smirked maliciously.

Hope's jaw dropped at how savage Perenelle was being to this family and her overwhelming anger dissipated as she watched the scene play out.

The Giroux's sputtered indignantly as they turned around and walked away with their noses high up in the air, what shocked Hope more was the kids were doing the same thing.

Once the French family had walked off far enough Hope faced Nic and Nelle.

"Do all high class French families do that haughty thing?" The light auburn haired girl questioned curiously before noticing the Greengrass.

"Or do all high class families do that because you four are taking on the same air of superiority as those guys were." Hope frowned slightly at the English family.

Suddenly the entire Greengrass group looked in Hope's direction wanting to dispute the claim but Hope beat them to the punch. "Just remember that I'm from an even higher House and I don't act like that."

"No, you don't. At least not always." Daphne replied quietly before continuing a little bit stronger than before.

"But occasionally you do. How you handle the Slytherins at school is the perfect example of being more superior than them. They just don't know it."

Hope considered her Mate's words before nodding her head side to side in acceptance.

"Okay. You've got a point there. But kids are assholes. I had the same problem at my old school. Except there I was regarded as the daughter of the devil, rather than the saviour of the magical world." Hope remarked with a sarcastic eye roll.

Footsteps walking away on stone pavement was the only indication the Flamel's and Greengrass's that Hope had walked away, most likely heading for the same building the Giroux's walked into for the Duelling competition.

Daphne had a sad look on her face that would give a kicked puppy a run for its money as she walked into the French Ministry owned building that would be holding this year's Duelling competitions.

The Single's competition was held over the last two days which Hope had decimated the competition easily becoming the Under 16's Champion. Hope gave her winnings to Professor Flitwick as a thanks for putting up with her shit at school which he just rolled his eyes at her. Hope also made a fast apparition trip home so she could place her trophy on her dresser at home before returning to France.

The poor kids didn't know what happened when they Duelled Hope. One second they were standing, the next they were either knocked out of the Duelling Ring, stupefied unconscious or by the last few rounds they collapsed due to magical fatigue.

Hope wrapped her arms around Daphne's waist and kissed her on the cheek.

"Wipe that guilty look off your face love." She murmured against silky blonde hair as the Tribrid tightened her grip around the taller girl's waist.

A sigh left Daphne's mouth as well as an apology. "I'm sorry for upsetting you earlier."

Hope walked around Daphne's form as she couldn't believe her ears. "Daphne, love. You have absolutely nothing to apologise for. You were being truthful and honestly I needed to hear that. Because I don't enjoy being haughty to the people I know and care about. It makes me feel like crap when I realise I treat my friends like that."

"You don't treat everyone like that. Mainly Slytherins."

A smirk came over Hope's face as she added. "And Ronald."

Daphne rolled her eyes but nodded her head in agreement. "And Ronald Weasely. But that boy discriminates against anyone in Slytherin."

"Or anyone smarter than him." Hope muttered quietly but Daphne's Animagus enhanced hearing overheard Hope and she arched a perfect eyebrow at her lover. Hope groaned lightly as she told Daphne about 1st year's Hallowe'en and how Ronald made fun of Hermione as she tried to help him with his pronunciation for spells in charms.

"She's right, you know." A squeaky voice said from behind Daphne causing the girls to jump slightly as they turned to face their Duelling Mentor and Charms Professor.

"I remember that class. I was teaching the levitation charm to the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws and Miss Granger tried to teach Mr Weasley the charm but all he did was snap at the poor girl and made her feel inadequate for trying to help." Flitwick admitted with a displeased sigh.

"Oh, so the red-headed boy is rude to even his own housemates… That surprisingly makes me feel better for being in Slytherin but also concerns me considering he's now friends with Hermione." Daphne remarked thoughtfully.

Hope just looked at the blonde before replying with one word. "Harry."

The Professor just pointed in Hope's direction in agreement before ushering his students to the opening ceremony.

Hope took down her not me not ward as she walked side by side with Daphne into a large arena with roughly 6 Duelling Rings today as more room was needed in the Duelling Ring for the additional competitors.

Sebastian Delacour was the member of the French Ministry to explain the history and rules of the tournament as all the competitors listened. Hope felt a heated glare from somewhere in the arena either on her back or Daphne's. Hope looked around to find where the source of the resentment was coming from and came face to face with the Giroux kids, who were glaring at Daphne's back.

The blonde rolled her eyes as she noticed where Hope's attention was at along with one of Hope's death glares.

"Just ignore them. They're not worth your time." Daphne murmured to Hope as she turned her attention back to the French Deputy Minister.

"Interesting. You've already managed to get under the Giroux's siblings' skin in the matter of seconds. That's a record, even in France." A musical voice came from Hope's other side.

Daphne turned to look at the speaker and her eyes glazed over for a second as the Veela allure washed over her momentarily.

The blonde shook her head as she ignored the pull of the allure from the Veela-Witch. "They were bigots who insulted my family as well as the Flamel's in the same sentence. It's not hard to hate them."

An arched eyebrow was given from the elder Delacour daughter as Hope smiled at the golden-haired girl as the Tribrid greeted the older girl pleasantly. "Hello Fleur. It's nice to see you again."

Daphne brought her gaze to Hope's who just looked at the blonde with a sly smile on her face as Hope noticed Daphne's slightly flushed cheeks from the earlier hit of Veela allure, causing Daphne to blush slightly at Hope before she turned to Fleur.

"Merry met, Fleur Delacour." Daphne greeted as she reached around Hope to shake Fleur's hand.

"My name is Daphne Greengrass."

Fleur accepted the beautiful blonde's hand with curious eyes as she shook it. "Not going to mention your family house, Miss Greengrass?"

"I didn't see the point. As Hope likes to point out, we already know each other's houses. There's no reason to reiterate something we both already know." Daphne replied as she glanced at Hope trying to keep things civil since the Delacour's are friendly with the Flamel's and Fleur seems to be Hope's friend.

"I guess not. Your family visits France more often than not, so you are known here. Although I didn't know you knew Hope." Fleur mentioned with a curious expression as she half-listened to her father on the stage.

"We've known each other since before school started and we're in the same house. We've only recently been able to talk to one another freely at school since we are both training under Professor Flitwick tutelage." Daphne answered.

A gobsmacked look came over Fleur's face as she looked at both girls, taking in her potential competition. "Professor Flitwick? Hogwarts Duelling Champion?"

Both blonde and coppery auburn haired girls nodded strongly as Hope chose to change the subject to something lighter. "How's your sister, Gabrielle?"

Fleur rolled her eyes playfully at the younger girl.

"Still a handful," Fleur replied as she searched the crowd for her little sister and found her next to the Flamel's with a look of shock as she watched Gabrielle and another girl with dark brown hair about her sister's age, maybe a little older, pull a prank on the Immortal Alchemist.

"Sweet Merlin! I'm going to kill my little sister after this." The Veela grumbled under her breath in embarrassment as she watched in horror.

As the other two girls heard Fleur's threat they looked in the direction Gabrielle was apparently in as Daphne did a facepalm and groaned quietly.

The Greengrass Heiress watched as Astoria with the help of who she assumed was Gabrielle set off some silent Wizarding Fireworks under Nicolas' seat as Perenelle watched everything unfold with a smile on her face.

Hope just snorted with laughter into her hands.

"Oh God! Your sisters are awesome!" Hope laughed as she turned to Daphne.

"Remind me to give your sister some chocolate later if Nelle doesn't beat me to it." Hope cheerfully added to her soon to be wife with her signature smirk plastered on her face.

Another groan escaped Daphne's mouth as she dragged her hand down her face in annoyance. "Too late."

Hope turned back around with Fleur as she watched Perenelle give some chocolate to both girls as Nicolas looked a bit frazzled for a moment for casting a silent scourgify charm on himself before chuckling happily as he stood up and proceed to chase Astoria and in turn Gabrielle along the bannisters in the viewing area.

Hope pursed her lips together tightly, trying very hard not to burst out laughing so she turned back around to Sebastian who was just finishing up, just a little bit too quickly. Hope realised that he must have seen at least some of the scene in the crowd and he figured he had to provide damage control for his youngest daughter.

However Sebastian stumbled over a couple of words as he watched Nicolas Flamel chasing the two girls with a playful smile on his face as Perenelle and a tall blonde woman, who his mind supplied the name Annabeth Greengrass, watched on with large smiles on their face, along with a hint of exasperation.

Sebastian's jaw would have dropped in disbelief if he wasn't woo busy trying to give a speech that he was near positive he was now horrendously butchering.

"Remind me never to bring my sister to these events." Daphne groaned in exasperation.

The crowd was clapping after Sebastian had finished up his speech so Hope laughed aloud as she leaned her head against Daphne's shoulder. "Good luck with that Daph!"

A much longer groan came from Daphne as she threw her head back in defeat knowing the Tribrid was right.

Fleur had only just realised that the girl with her sister was actually Daphne's little sister but she was confused as both Hope and Daphne had spoken about the Immortal pair as if they knew them.

"Your family know the Flamel's?" A strong French accented reply came from the Veela as she looked at Daphne.

Daphne surprisingly shared a look with Hope before replying. "Yeah. We've known them for about 5-6 years. But they were known as the Fell's to us until maybe a few weeks ago."

"So you know who the Flamel Heir is?" Fleur asked in curiosity.

Daphne smirked at the Veela. "Yeah. I do."

Fleur's silver eyes widened and she was about to ask who but the blonde just remarked with a cheeky smile, "And so do you, Miss Delacour." As Daphne grabbed Hope's arm and walked away to prepare for their Duels.

"Did you really have to do that?" Hope whispered into Daphne's ear.

Daphne shrugged. "Technically I didn't tell her anything other than she's met the Flamel Heir. Hopefully she'll put the puzzle pieces together sooner rather than later."

Hope brought them to a halt as she gave Daphne a questioning look, the blonde sighed as she explained. "Maybe having a Veela as a friend isn't a bad idea."

Daphne pointed back in Fleur's direction. "That girl is powerful and is also in line to become the next Wing Leader of the Veelas. You would do well in making some more alliances with people like her… Politically speaking anyway."

A smile appeared on Hope's face the longer Daphne talked.

"You like her don't you?" Hope cheekily teased her Mate.

Daphne's eyes bulged wide at Hope's words. "W-What?"

Hope tilted her head as she heard the stutter and her grin turned into a smirk.

"I was going to say that she reminds you of yourself but now I'm beginning to think it's something else." Hope remarked as she placed an overpowered privacy ward around them, "And here I thought you didn't want me being with anyone else, let alone a Veela and yet here you are. Considering the idea. Naughty girl, Daph."

A full blush came over the blonde pale face turning her cheeks a bright pink.

"Shut up. She's pretty." Daphne replied with an embarrassed smile.

Hope hummed in agreement.

"Got a crush there, love?" The Tribrid teased the taller girl.

"No-o?" The blonde replied uncertainty before walking off to meet up with Professor Flitwick to go over some tactics with the experienced Dueller.

Flitwick had decided earlier during school that Daphne wasn't going to use her ice magic at all if she could avoid it unless the Legendary duo thought that she had to. But considering both girls could perform most charms and spells silently and occasionally wandlessly, it didn't really matter if the girls didn't use their full potential. However neither of them were going to show their impressive magical skills anytime soon.

Daphne and Hope went through their first 4 matches without a single issue as the young couple swap positions after each match, one attacks while the other defends just so that they both had the opportunity to cast spells and practice their battle tactics.

None of the teams have even come close to breaking through the girls' defence. Not even the older pairs were able to get past their defences.

In the Doubles Competition, the pairs can be in any age ranging between 12 years to 18 years, making it possible for siblings or even Betrothed pairs to Duel together as a team.

Hope's eyes widened as she met her next opponents, Su Li and her older brother, Shang.

Hope moved closer to Daphne so she could whisper in her ear. "What should we do with this pair? I don't want to defeat them too badly. Su's a friend… Or at least an acquaintance?"

"Did you know the Li family are experienced sword fighters?" Daphne informed Hope.

"Meaning?" Hope drew out.

Daphne rolled her eyes.

"If we knock out her brother quickly I can summon a sword and challenge her to a sword Duel instead. However, that will mean that you can't interfere in the match between me and her." Daphne explained before turning to face Hope's clueless expression. "Come on, Hope! You should know this. Professor Flitwick told us this nearly 3 months ago."

"Oh… Was that after our Hogsmeade trip to Ireland?" Hope asked as she tried to recall the day.

Daphne thought about it for a few moments before nodding slowly. "I think so. You were distracted weren't you?"

Hope arched both eyebrows at the blonde as she recalled skinny dipping with the other girl during that trip. Daphne averted her gaze as she remembered what happened during that trip.

"Right." The blonde drew out as she moved to the front position of the Duelling Ring on her side.

Hope chuckled as she moved to the back position which is normally used for offensive magic but she's using this position to stay out of Daphne's way.

Red sparks flew out of the officials wand, the Li siblings shot out quick stupefies at each of their opponents but Daphne swatted hers away whereas Hope deflected the spell back at Shang. Hope and Daphne called out their own stupefies at the same time, aiming the spells at Shang, who was busy blocking the deflected spell to see the combined attack coming at him.

Su conjured a stone wall to protect her brother, but it wasn't strong enough to stop both spells. Hope's spell hit the stone wall first causing it to shatter into tiny fragments, pittering down to the ground like raindrops while Daphne's spell knocked the older boy unconscious.

Daphne didn't waste any time to summon a sword to her hand before she pocketed her wand back into its holster. "Su Li, I challenge you to a sword Duel to determine the winner."

Su's eyes widened at the challenge before she looked back at Hope who looked back at her with a near bored expression as she returned her own wand to her holster and moved further back to the edge of the arena awaiting Su's answer.

The crowd closest to their Duelling Ring went ridiculously quiet as they waited in a tense silence as the Chinese witch thought about her decision.

"I accept." Su called out as she moved her wand in front of her calling out, "Gladius." Conjuring a sharp looking samurai sword before holstering her own wand.

The Ravenclaw and Slytherin students moved closer to the centre of the ring and the arena magically constricted so there was less room to move around. Daphne had her left hand behind her back as she made a small bow while keeping the blade to her side.

Su also gave a small bow as required before the Duel could start again, almost immediately after Su straightened her back, red sparks shot out of the officials wand to restart the match.

Su placed her other hand on the handle so she could stabilise the blade and make smoother movements as she advanced on the blonde haired Slytherin. Su made a slashing motion and Daphne moved gracefully, confidently as she deflected the blow while moving out of the way.

The Chinese Ravenclaw student had a look of realisation cross her face as she watched the Slytherin girl make a thrusting motion towards her body.

Su twisted out of the way, barely able to avoid being nicked by the blade but Daphne was already moving into another slashing motion with her rapier, quickly transitioning into the next strike.

Daphne followed Su as she dodged out of the way of her strikes, occasionally using her blade to block one of Daphne's slashes but Su wasn't able to build any momentum to mount her own offence. Su was tiring quickly in this Duel as the exhaustion from using her magic in the first 4 matches while also having to fight Daphne in a very physical match was catching up to her.

The blonde noticed that the Chinese girl almost looked like she was about to faint whereas Daphne still had plenty of energy left. Maybe Hope was onto something by training her in magical and physical stamina.

Daphne saw Su lower her guard slightly and she moved in slashing directly into Su's katana forcing the other girl to brace herself against the hit.

The Greengrass Heiress sweeped her leg out and took out Su's legs, forcing the other girl to land roughly on her back before she placed a foot on top of the sword, stopping the Ravenclaw girl from retrieving her sword and Daphne levelled her own rapier to Su's torso.

"I yield." Su breathed out as she collapsed completely on her back to catch her breath.

The official called the match a win for Daphne and Hope.

Hope made her way over to the two swordswomen and placed her hand on Daphne's shoulder. The girls shared a look before Daphne took out her wand and vanished the rapier in her hand.

Both Slytherin girls offered a hand to the Ravenclaw girl. "Need a hand?" Hope asked with a smile.

Su opened her eyes as she saw both girls offering a hand up. Groaning Su reached forwards and placed a hand in both of the girls hands and they pulled her up in one quick but strong motion, bringing Su to her feet.

Flitwick came up to the girls and congratulated them on a thrilling fight. Su looked ashamed as she looked at her Head of House but he just had a pleased grin on his face as he walked up to her and praised her in the sword fight against Daphne.

"Excellent sword work Miss Li! You certainly impressed me! Lasting as long as you had while Miss Greengrass has been training with me, is absolutely remarkable." The Head of Ravenclaw informed his pupil with pride shining in his eyes.

Su blinked before she looked over at Hope as she asked the loner Slytherin in disbelief. "You're learning how to use a sword during your Duelling classes?"

"Yeah?" Hope replied uncertainty as she didn't know if Su would be offended.

Su pouted as she pulled her wand and vanished the sword she used. "Way to make me jealous, Mikaelson."

Hope shrugged halfheartedly once she realised Su wasn't upset with her. "Meh. I did my friendly duty by helping out with Potions."

Su opened her mouth then closed it. "Good point. I'll need an EE in Potions to become an Auror after school. So thanks for that."

When Daphne and Hope were waiting for their next match Daphne murmured to Hope in Gobbledegook to keep the conversation private. "What was that about Potions?"

Flitwick was standing close enough to the girls to listen in to their conversation as he was intrigued as well.

"Snape has a ward in his classroom that alters the textbooks depending on the student's house and blood purity. Basically Pureblood textbooks are left untouched except for the Gryffindor books. All Gryffindor textbooks are altered so most of them will only receive an acceptable score if done perfectly and a poor score if a single mistake has been made." Hope explained to her Mate with a sigh, not realising that Flitwick's jaw had dropped in outrage.

"I mentioned this to Susan and Neville during our trip home after 1st year and they told their guardians." Hope added with an afterthought.

Hope brought her gaze to Daphne's ice blue orbs as she softly asked. "Why do you think there are Ministry Officials at the school for our end of year results? How do you think I came first in the year in Potions when everyone in our year knows Snape hates me?"

"He does what?!" A distraught voice sounded from behind them and Hope froze up before turning slowly to face the Professor.

"Uh…" Hope starts awkwardly until she sees the Duelling Officials calling her and Daphne over.

"Come on Daph! Time to go. Our next match is starting." Hope rushed out as she stood quickly dragging a stiff looking Daphne along with her as the blonde tried to process the new information Hope gave her.

Daphne took the position at the front again and as soon as the red sparks appeared she casted a wide ranged depulso knocking both of the competitors out of the ring within a span of three seconds. It was possibly the fastest Duel in the competition so far… Maybe even the fastest ever recorded.

"Damn it." Hope muttered under her breath at the quick win as Daphne dragged her back off the arena and placed her back down in front of the Professor and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" Daphne asked with anger in her voice.

"Because you were safe! Madam's Longbottom and Bones were on top of it until Snape added an additional ward with Dumbledore's help, using the castle's wards to make it seem like the blatant disregard of students' safety wasn't important. I mean really, there was a damn shade of Voldemort killing Unicorns, a hatchling Dragon that Hagrid had, a Cerberus and a bloody Hellhound at the school during our first year."

"Then in our second year there was a Basilisk petrifying kids and there was no investigation from the DMLE, no worried notes from parents and then there's the Acromantula nest in the Forbidden Forest that no one mentions to their parents." Hope ranted as she took a deep breath at Flitwick's and Daphne's stupefied expressions.

"With the amount of problems that are happening at the school, why are none of the students telling their families? One of these things would worry a protective parent. All of them? The school should have been shut down during the Troll incident at Hallowe'en in first year." Hope questioned them with a meaningful look.

Flitwick blinked a few times before he fell heavily in a chair.

"By the holy name of Merlin, you're right… The school should have been shut down a while ago according to that reasoning. But why have none of us done anything about it?" The Professor mumbled to himself.

The Professor stayed silent as he tried to figure out what went wrong at the school but everytime he thought of something there was a strong mental nudge in his mind forcing his thoughts away from the topic, but he kept coming back to it.

Hope finally spoke to the Professor when she noticed him hitting mental roadblocks as his forehead furrowed in frustration. "Professor?"

Flitwick hummed as he brought his attention to the young Lady Emrys as she spoke to him in his native language. "Perhaps after the tournament you should go to Gringotts and perhaps meet up with one of your Healers?"

The half Goblin tilted his head in confusion. "Why would you suggest that?"

Hope sighed as she took a seat next to her Charms Professor. "I had asked Sheda to do the same thing when she decided to put her trust in me and she found the results shocked her. Maybe you might find the same results?"

"You're not going to just tell me what's wrong?" Flitwick questioned.

"I could. But I always preferred when people realised the truth on their own without anyone trying to manipulate the situation to their own advantage." Hope admitted with a kind smile.

The Professor hummed quietly as he saw Daphne join them before asking in English. "Where are we up to in the tournament?"

"Finals." Daphne answered before she looked over to Hope before giving a small smile. "Guess which siblings we Duel next?"

Hope looked around and saw the panting Giroux siblings as they gave a shark-like grin at the girls.

"Well, I guess Gods do exist. I was hoping we could Duel them." Hope remarked with a pleased smirk.

Hope looked back at Daphne before a sly grin appeared on her face. "Got any embarrassing ideas in mind?"

"I'm going to beat both of them. Alone." Daphne replied with a stoic face as she walked off to the side to take a drink of water. Flitwick and Hope shared a curious glance as they wondered what Daphne had in mind.

When the officials called the teams up Hope moved to the back of the Duelling Ring as Daphne stood front and centre waiting for the match to begin with her 'ice mask' in place.

Red sparks signalled the start of the match and Hope cast a silent protego around herself as Daphne ducked down to avoid the spells from Andre and Sophia as they both aimed for the blonde at the front.

Daphne slammed the tip of her wand on the ground and called out, "Glacius."

Ice coated the ground as Daphne's spell took instant effect, even coating the soles of their shoes, freezing both Andre and Sophia to the ground as they tried to twist and turn in place, trying to break out of the ice.

Daphne turned her wand to Sophia first and cast, "Bombarda," at her feet.

The spell destroyed the ice and knocked Sophia off her feet before finishing her off with another Glacius, blasting ice cold air at the downed girl, encasing her in a foot of ice. The Greengrass Heiress felt a cutting spell coming from Andre and sidestepped the spell before shooting off another powerful "Glacius."

Andre Giroux cast a protego to block the icy blast but the blonde's spell was too powerful as it literally froze the magical shield before shattering it with a loud crack.

Andre's face was frozen in a look of pure shock behind maybe a 3 foot block of ice and Daphne lowered her wand as the match was called a victory to Daphne and Hope.

As the Emrys couple walked off, Hope whispered to her Consort. "Feel better?"

A rare smile appeared on Daphne's face that had absolutely nothing to do with Hope for a change as she turned to face the auburn haired girl. "Definitely. Now I see why you threaten to beat the crap out of everyone."

"Including Malfoy?" Hope questioned curiously.

Daphne thought about it for a moment before she recalled what she heard Andre mention about taking Hope away and showing her a good time before she realised that Hope probably also heard that comment.

Daphne pursed her lips as she asked. "You heard what he said about you. Didn't you?"

Hope nodded gently as she brought Daphne to a halt next to her.

The blonde turned her head away from Hope as she murmured. "Alright. I guess I can't be a hypocrite anymore considering I just did the same thing you did to the Malfoy's. Though to a smaller scale. Although I did make it possible for them to leave the arena of their own accord."

Hope's eyebrows rose as she turned back to the frozen Giroux siblings still stuck in the ice as the officials tried to free them before turning back to Daphne with a disbelieving look on her face.

"Oh, shut up. So they'll need a Pepper-Up Potion when they get them out of the ice. That's not that bad." The blonde witch pointed out with a shrug as she walked back over to Flitwick.

Hope snorted as she followed Daphne to the bench, giggling with quiet laughter as she sat down next to Flitwick again as she watched Fleur and her friend Annette, in a Duel against a pair of American students from Ilvermorny.

Daphne looked over to the time-traveller who was watching their last opponents in their 2nd last Duel of the day. "Who are you hoping we face?" The blonde questioned her Mate.

The Tribrid hummed in thought as she looked over the two teams. "I would actually prefer to Duel the Ilvermorny students."

Daphne looked over to Hope who shrugged. "I'm trying to get Flitwick to agree to hold an inter-school Duelling Competition with the other two schools coming this year, so we can Duel Fleur and her friend at a later date."

A groan came from Flitwick as he approached the two Slytherin students. "And again I say you shouldn't even know about the Tri-Wizard Tournament Hope. Much less about which schools would be competing."

Hope shared a look with Daphne who pursed her lips and turned away so she could laugh in her hand.

Hope watched as Annette passed out after using so much of her magical stamina whereas Fleur was still going but she was tiring quickly. A bead of sweat dripped down her forehead as she managed to knock one of her opponents out of the ring but she was knocked out by the magical backlash of stopping a Bombarda from her opponent.

"She did well by herself." Daphne admitted as she watched a Duelling official revenerate the two Beaubaxton students as well as the Ilvermorny competitor.

Hope turned to face Daphne with a smile on her face as she started a mental conversation with the blonde. 'Mmm she did. Is this something we should talk about? You seem to be developing a bit of a crush there Daph.'

Daphne blushed slightly before cooling her cheeks down with her magic. 'I want to say no. But it would be a good idea to talk about it. Are you attracted to her?'

Hope arched an eyebrow but answered honestly. 'I would never leave you for her, ever. But I won't deny that she's attractive, yet you think the same thing which kinda liberates me for admitting she is attractive.'

Daphne hummed. 'I can ignore her if you want, so long as you do the same. But so long as she wouldn't try to come between us and cause trouble I think she could be fun… Do you know if she's attracted to you?'

Hope bit her lip as she watched Fleur come towards them. 'I think she's attracted to power. But she also looks for someone that doesn't become a drooling mess every time they look at her. Then again, I think her parents are aiming for her to marry into the Flamel family.'

Fleur walked up to the two British girls and sat down in an exhausted heap next to them.

"You two did well defeating the Giroux siblings. They're hard to beat." A puff of flowery air comes from the panting girl.

'Damn! Does she always smell so good?' Daphne asked Hope mentally as the copper haired girl laughed softly as she glanced at Daphne for a moment and subtly nodded her head.

Hope turned back to Fleur with a kind smile. "I wish I could take some credit. But those popsicles still in our last Duelling Ring, are all courtesy of Daphne."

Fleur looked over to the Ring and saw the two siblings frozen in blocks of ice and her eyes widened as she turned back to Daphne.

"Wow. I kinda wish I could've watched that match. I would've loved to see that. They're such pigs in that family." Fleur complained to the tall blonde.

Hope conjured a vial and pulled out her wand as she extracted her memory of the Duel and placed it into the vial before handing it over to the white-gold haired girl.

"Here. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did." Hope said with a smile.

Fleur blinked as she slowly took the vial from the auburn haired girl. "You know most people can't pull memories out of their head that easily."

Hope shrugged while Daphne scoffed. "That's because Hope is the queen of defying all laws of magic and she does it to piss Nicolas and Perenelle off."

Fleur swallowed as she heard that response from the blonde and looked at Hope with new eyes as she put all the pieces together and moved closer to Hope's ear. "You are the Flamel Heir."

Hope glanced over to Fleur with a devious smile. "Maybe, maybe not. Maybe I want to know if I can trust you. Your parents are relentless in their search for the Flamel Heir. Even you told me that at the Yule Ball."

Fleur clenched her jaw as she released her allure in anger. "Damn it! Please don't hold me accountable for my family's choices."

"She doesn't. Trust me." Daphne replied quietly as crossed her arms loosely.

Fleur looked up to Daphne with surprise in her eyes as both girls were unaffected by her allure. The older French girl knew Hope could resist her but Daphne was also able to ignore her allure as well. It was practically unheard of in the magical community.

"Your allure is powerful but Hope is a better ally to have than an enemy." Daphne half heartedly explained to the Veela.

Hope weighed her options as she decided to give the Veela a chance.

"We know about the Tri-Wizard Tournament coming this year, so how about we start fresh? You don't mention me to your parents until the end of the tournament and you learn more about me… well us and we'll re-evaluate throughout the year?" Hope offered with a hand out.

Fleur took Hope's hand and shook it with a smile. "Deal."

As Fleur walked away Hope called out, "Oh and Fleur,"

Catching the Veela's attention as she turned around to face Hope.

"You may want to start practising English. Not many kids at our school will know French. On the plus side we can always make fun of them in another language… I know I will be." Hope muttered the last part mainly to Daphne who smiled and shook her head in exasperation as she let out a quiet laugh.

Fleur rolled her eyes as she responded in English. "Great, I can't wait. I will zee you both in a few monthz, 'Ope and Daphnee."

The girls shared a look before looking back at Fleur with a light shake of their heads, the Veela sighed in dejected understanding. "I'll work on it." The silver eyed girl mentioned as she walked off to her parents.

Hope just stared and Daphne and mentally sighed at the girl. 'God I hope we can trust her. She's kinda fun when she's not being depicted as a haughty French girl.'

A furrowed brow appeared on Daphne's face as she replied to Hope. 'Is that a representation of how someone from France is depicted as? Or someone from a privileged background?'

Hope stayed quiet for a moment as she thought back to the movie for a moment before locking eyes with the blonde. "Both, I guess."

"Great!" Daphne sarcastically replied as she turned to scope out the remaining competition.

"This should be an easy win with how tired they look."

Hope's head swivelled as she took in Daphne's change of subject to face their last team of the day for the championship.

"Are you two ready?" A squeaky voice came from behind them causing Daphne and Hope to glance at their Professor with unnerved expression and a raise of their eyebrows.

The half Goblin sighed as he softly muttered to himself. "Right, stupid question to ask you two."

Flitwick cleared his throat awkwardly. "Well let's not freeze these ones to the floor this time. The Officials are not pleased about melting all that ice."

Daphne had the decency to at least look sheepish at her Professor and muttering an apology under her breath.

After about a 30 minute wait Daphne and Hope were called up for their last Duel of the day and Sebastian made a reappearance to make the announcement for the final Duel.

"I wish to congratulate all competitors that competed today before we witness the Youth Doubles Championship match of 1994. Please give a round of applause for all our Duellers who competed today as well as our Officials who volunteered to referee these Duels for today." The Deputy Minister of France congratulated as he clapped his hands.

Hope and Daphne clapped their hands along with their opponents as Sebastian requested. Hope looked out to the crowd to find her parents who were clapping along with proud smiles on their faces as Nicolas whistled loudly. Hope quietly chuckled to herself under her breath at Nicolas' antics.

Sebastian calmed the crowd before he spoke again. "The winner of this final Duel will receive 1,000G, the 1994 gold trophy displayed behind me,"

Two identical 3 foot tall trophies were sitting behind Deputy Minister Delacour with animated Duellers firing golden spell at one another as the other set of Duellers blocked the golden coloured spells with a golden shield.

"As well as an invitation to join their local Auror Academy."

"However as some people may have noticed, Miss Mikaelson here had won the Under 16 Championship a few days ago and she already has an invitation to the British Auror Academy. Unfortunately we are unable to give you a different reward." Sebastian pointed out as there was another round of applause for Hope as well as some cheers, which surprised Hope and she gave an understanding shrug to the Deputy Minister before she glanced at Daphne who clapped with a massive grin on her face.

Hope internally rolled her eyes as she gave a small bow and wave to the crowd before nodding slightly at Mr Delacour. Sebastian returned the small nod. "With that out of the way. From Britain with their Duelling mentor and former Duelling Champion, Filius Flitwick are Daphne Greengrass and Hope Mikaelson."

Another set of cheers came from the crowd as Britain would be the closest homeground for the two remaining teams in France.

"And from America with their Duelling mentor and another former Duelling Champion, Lucien Castle are Nathan Redwood and Jason Smith."

Hope subconsciously clapped her hands but her eyes sought out the other Duelling Champion as she remembered the name Lucien Castle from her universe as the first person her father turned into a Vampire.

As her eyes met the elderly man who was applauding his students, Hope instantly knew this was not the same man that tried to kill her family. He was kind and calming from what his magic read as and the other major factor was he was a Wizard and not a Vampire.

As the applause died down Sebastian called over an Official and requested for the remaining Duellers to get into position.

Hope went to the front this time while Daphne made her way to the rear of the Duelling Ring, both girls flicked out their wands simultaneously as they waited for the red sparks to start the match.

After a baited breath red sparks shot out of the Officials wand.


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