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

A hand waving in front of the light auburn haired girl's face shocked her out of her stupor and she focused her gaze on the regular waitress, Cassie, that Hope and Daphne see each time they come to New Orleans. As the Tribrid enjoys coming here frequently as she loves this city generally because of her childhood memories with her family.

"You alright there Hope?" Cassie worriedly asks one of her favourite customers.

Hope swallows loudly, nodding softly, "Yeah." Hope murmurs quietly.

"Sorry but would you excuse me for a moment?" The young girl requests politely.

Cassie looks between Hope and to the spot the coppery auburn haired girl was looking at before she came over. The waitress believes she was looking at a woman, possibly in her 30's with dark blonde hair and a defeated posture as she asked for another drink.

The young woman turned back to Hope but she had already left, heading off to the woman she was staring at. "Sure, just be careful." Cassied murmured to herself.

Hope made her way gracefully to her aunt as she sidestepped a few more waitresses and patrons before she slid into the stool beside the distressed woman.

"Aunt Freya?" Hope called out hesitantly.

Freya's head popped up at the familiar term and voice, turning slowly towards the person speaking to her before gasping as she scanned the girl in front of her.

"Hope?" Freya whispers in disbelief.

The Tribrid nodded before shooting forward to wrap her aunt into an overbearing hug so tight she thought she was going to break Freya's bones.

"Hope." Freya groaned out as she returned the hug her niece had initiated. Normally she would tell Hope to loosen her grip but she's been so lonely since she arrived here, so she held her tongue and just squeezed the youngest Mikaelson against her heart.

The first-born Mikaelson witches stayed like this for a very long time as they whispered reassurance to one another, "It's me, Aunt Freya.", "I missed you so much.", "I love you Auntie.", "I love you too Hope."

Eventually they pulled away from the embrace before Freya stood up. "Can we talk?"

Hope understood what her aunt wished to do, requesting Hope to leave so they could talk in private. Hope stood up and raised her hand to the bartender, calling him over.

"Hey Jerry. How much does my aunt owe?" Hope asked with a happy smile he was pleased to see on the young girl's face.

"Over the past few days, I believe it comes up to $237.86." Jerry informs the girl whose eyes widened before she turned to look at the older woman with surprise on her face.

"What? My entire world has been upended. I think drinking is a much better outlet than what I'd normally do." Freya replies with a hand on her hip.

Hope blinks once before sighing lightly and handing over her card to the bartender.

"My aunt has a point. You can just go ahead and charge that card. It's a family account." Hope mentioned as an afterthought.

Jerry looked somewhat skeptical but placed the older woman's tab on the younger girl's card. He was partially shocked as the card was accepted and held the card out for Hope to take before mentioning with a teasing smile. "I'll admit. It's strange seeing you here without your other half. Where is the lovely Daphne?"

Freya blinked slowly before turning to face Hope with an intriguing glance as Hope blushed when she caught her aunt's gaze before laughing awkwardly as she answered the bartender. "Uh, Daph had prior commitments with her friends and was unable to come with me. She's probably going to regret that decision later once she meets my Aunt."

Freya hummed loudly in agreement.

"I can't wait to meet her." The eldest Mikaelson remarked with a feral grin on her face.

"Lord have mercy on both mine and Daphne's souls." Hope groaned out as she walked to the exit calling out over her shoulder, "Bye Jerry! See you next time."

Freya was quick to join Hope outside before taking Hope's arm gently, linking it within her own as she guided them through the paved streets of New Orleans. The pair was walking at leisurely pace toward the Abattoir, their home back in their world, as Freya summoned a powerful privacy bubble around the two of them so they could talk as they walked.

"Hope? How are you here?" Freya asked with a worried glance, "You know we are not in our world anymore. Right?"

"I know Auntie. We even went back in time." Hope added before a smile came across her face. "I'm just so relieved that you are my Aunt Freya and not some doggelganger to screw with me."

However, the Tribrid's face took a huge change of direction as she spoke her next sentence. "But I'm not sure why you are here? I mean I swan dived into a black pit of doom, hoping that I would see mum and dad again."

Freya tightened her grip on Hope's arm before angling her head to Hope. "What were you thinking, jumping into that thing!?" The elder Mikaelson almost shouted out but was able to keep her tone down so as not to attract attention.

"For God's sake Hope. Your parents wouldn't want you to sacrifice yourself after everything we have done to keep you alive."

Hope looked down to the ground as guilt flooded through her veins at the thought of disappointing her aunt. "I'm sorry."

The dirty blonde woman sighed softly and breathed out, "I know you are Hope. But please. Don't do that again!"

Hope pursed her lips together as she stayed incredibly quiet and her aunt groaned beside her. "You've already done something I'm not going to like, haven't you?"

Hope scratched the back of her head and gave a small nod. "Yeah. But I swear it for a good reason and I've planned out how to make sure no one gets hurt. I've already saved one life by entering the Tournament."

Freya's brow furrowed as she turned to look at Hope. "What Tournament?" Came the unimpressed tone Hope was trying to avoid.

"Uh… The Tri-Wizard Tournament? You do know we ended up in a Harry Potter universe? Right?" Hope asked her aunt cautiously.

Freya stopped them just outside the Abattoir, before turning slowly to face her niece for a moment as she took in Hope's words.

Freya shook her head, releasing Hope's arm as she walked into the courtyard.

"Just perfect." Freya murmured quietly under her breath.

"At least I don't think this could get any worse…" The powerful witch trailed off for a moment before turning back to Hope, "You entered the Tri-Wizard Tournament?"

Hope nodded her head.

"The same Tournament where you will have to face a motherfucking Dragon!?" Freya asks her niece in the most deathly serious voice to which Hope swallowed the spit in the back of her throat and nodded again.

The elder witch walked over to the fountain and collapsed heavily on the stone rim before blurting out. "I hate this world."

Hope pursed her lips understanding where her aunt was coming from. Freya's entire world has been tossed upside down. Her wife and son are in another universe and another time. She's babysitting Hope as she does some very dangerous and potentially stupid shit, all while trying to contain her magic, which got a surprising power boost as she arrived in this world.

With all this going on, Hope's actually immensely impressed that her aunt hasn't blown up or burned down any cities yet, considering how dangerous an upset Mikaelson witch can be when they can't control their magic.

"Aunt Freya. I've been trying to research to find a way back to our world. But it's very slow going." Hope started to explain as she took a seat beside her mentor and mother figure growing up.

"Maybe you might be able to help me speed things up? I have all these books in my library, but I have no idea where to even look for a universal travelling spell or portal."

Freya let out an exhausted breath before turning to look at Hope with tired eyes. "There are like 7 things on my mind right now that are worrying me and the longer you keep telling me things the more problems keep popping up. So let me just ask, how long have you been in this universe for? Because from the money, to the library that you apparently own, to the girlfriend you have…"

Freya looked down to Hope's left hand and saw a new ring on Hope's left ring finger before stuttering, "Hold that thought. You're engaged!?"

Hope blinked before looking down to her left hand to examine the silver infinity ring with the sea-blue heart-shaped stone set in the middle of the infinity symbol. An unconscious smile graced Hope's face as she looked at her ring with love in her eyes.

"Yeah. I am." Hope replied with a shy and giddy voice.

Freya noticed just how amored her niece is with her fiance and smiled as Hope's giddy lovesick face struck all the heartstrings in her body. "I'm so happy for you, Hope. I know that if your father could see you like this, he would be so happy that you are so in love."

Hope looked up with unshed tears in her eyes as she crashed into Freya for another hug, "Thank you, Aunt Freya." Hope mumbled in the other witch's shoulder. "You have no idea how much that means to me, hearing you say that."

"I know, little one. Trust me. Klaus and Hayley would be absolutely thrilled to see you so happy. It's all they have ever wanted for you." Freya mentioned, as a tear or two came to her own eyes as she spoke about her brother.

Hope cried into her aunt's shoulder for a little while before leaning back slightly to meet Freya's eyes as she quietly informed her aunt. "She's my Mate. Aunt Freya. My Werewolf side found her Mate."

Freya's jaw dropped at Hope's confession. "Holy shit! That's amazing, Hope!"

Hope grinned like a maniac as a blush began to heat up Hope's cheeks. "Thank you."

Freya asked many questions to her niece about her fiance, Daphne, what she's like, what does she look like, what does she do and does she make her happy? Hope answered all the questions her aunt had with a grin on her face the entire time.

Before they knew it, nearly an hour had passed as Hope gushed about Daphne and Freya felt as if she knew the blonde girl almost as well as her siblings with the amount of information Hope gave.

Hope looked up to the sky and regretted informing her aunt that she would have to get going soon to head back to Hogwarts soon. Freya looked mortified at the thought of Hope leaving her and she gripped onto Hope's hand in fear.

"Please don't leave?" Came a broken sounding request from the older woman.

Hope's heart broke as the devastation coming from her aunt as she tried to think of some options for her aunt without deserting her. "I could introduce you to Nic and Nelle? They are the couple that took me in when I arrived here nearly 3 and a half years ago now."

Shock quickly marred Freya's face as she looked at her niece. "3 and a half years? You've been here for 3 and a half years?"

"Yeah. It was a tough transition from everyone knowing you exist to not a single soul recognising you, along with the despair when you remember that everyone you know and love is somewhere you can't reach. I don't know how many times I woke up screaming when I had dreams of my family dying and I'm not even there to try and save you, or the memories my mind plagues me with of mum and dad dying." Hope mentioned with a forlorn look on her face.

Freya closed her eyes slowly in regret as she heard how bad things got for Hope when she was on her own, before she could say anything Hope continued with a slightly happier smile on her face.

"Nic and Nelle have been wonderful parents to me. They look after me, try to make sure I don't go spiralling into a pit of guilt and if I do they just comfort me and allow me to pull myself out at my own pace." Hope looked over to her aunt, "I'd love to introduce you to them."

The Immortal Viking Witch bit her lip lightly. "I would like to meet them. But just not today. I don't think I'm ready to meet your newfound family. I think it would only make me feel more guilty."

Hope sighed but didn't pressure her aunt. "That's alright, Aunt Freya. Just so long as you do meet them one day?"

"Of course, little one." Freya replied as she wrapped her arm around Hope's shoulders and pulled her into a one-armed hug.

Hope smiled and sunk into the embrace before another thought went through her head and she shot back slightly. "I need to take you somewhere in Britain so you can get access to all the resources I have."

Hope stood up suddenly and held out her hand to her aunt. "Take my hand and I'll apparate us there."

Freya blinked as she tried to recall what 'apparating' is, eventually Freya's eyes narrowed as she looked at Hope. "Are you trying to tell me you can teleport?"

Hope just gave her father's smirk to her aunt and wiggled her fingers slightly, Freya sighed as she placed her own hand in Hope's before muttering, "I swear that smirk was created by the devil." Causing Hope to laugh at her aunt's exasperated face.

With a completely silent crack of apparition the two women disappeared from America and appeared in magical Britain in the flash of an eye. Freya blinked once before shaking her head slightly to clear her vision. "Well that was different."

Hope grinned and took her aunt's hand as she walked them over to the crooked looking building that looked like it shouldn't be structurally standing and walked in without a single hesitation. Freya was looking around in fascination as she took in the sights before Hope brought them to a stop off to the side of the bank.

The older Mikaelson looked over to Hope in curiosity before her niece leaned over to her and whispered. "I'll explain everything later when we are in private again. But for now just treat the Goblins with respect and just copy my greetings when spoken to. I'll take the lead here."

Freya nodded as she watched a small creature make their way over to them. Hope then made some guttural noises which the Goblin returned before looking at her with what looked to be amased eyes.

The Goblin turned back to Hope momentarily before squeaking out, "Follow me, please." Before he turned around and walked off into a corridor. Hope gave her a slight nod before following after the Goblin. Freya just gave a short nod to herself as she caught up to Hope so she could walk beside her niece.

They were ushered off into an office and were told to wait as the Goblin left for a moment.

Hope took this moment to explain to her aunt what was happening. "So these offices are possibly the most private rooms in this universe. First off, don't lie to the Goblins. You're about to meet the King of the Goblins. His name is Ragnok."

A frown etched it's way onto Freya's face. "Why are we meeting the King of the Goblins? Isn't that a bit excessive?"

The door opened just as Freya was speaking and the Goblin King just looked at Hope in exasperation. "Really Hope? Are you completely unable to make my life any easier?"

Hope snorted, "Nope and you love it. I make your life interesting. Don't even try to deny it."

Ragnok rolled his eyes before dismissing the younger Goblin, who shut the door behind himself. The Goblin King regarded the newcomer with an attentive gaze before chuckling softly. "Even without doing the Blood Inheritance test. I can tell she's related to you, young Queen. The woman radiates magic out of her very pores, just like you."

Ragnok met Freya's jade coloured eyes and asked. "So who are you to Hope?"

Freya stared back at the Goblin and regarded him with the same cautious gaze that he gave her, she could sense the power coming from him, which was nearly 5 times more stronger than the Goblin that escorted them.

"I'm Freya Mikaelson. Hope's aunt." Freya replied simply.

Ragnok hummed before facing Hope. "You know this could make life very difficult if your aunt replaces you as the Head of your House?"

"House?" Freya questioned before settling a glare on her niece, who at least has the tendency to look sheepish.

"Uh, so there's an interesting fact about our family. It turns out that we are descendants of Merlin. Since this universe has a literal community of magic they have created a political structure, which as descendants of one the founders of magic. Basically we are the top of the food chain, we are the entitled in this universe and have a dramatic effect on the politics here."

"I thought you wanted to go home? Why join this world's politics if you are just going to leave?"

"I do want to go home… But this universe has also become my home. I was planning on waiting until possibly mid 2030 before going back to our universe. It takes the time travel problem out of the equation and allows my Mate to stay with her family for another 35 years. Because I can't leave without her, otherwise it could kill us."

Freya took a deep calming breath at Hope's explanation. The elder Mikaelson couldn't fault her niece's reasoning but she really wished to go back to her wife, Keelin and son, Nik.

Freya sighed. "I can't stop you from doing what you want, Hope."

"And I can't stop you from leaving." Hope admitted with a kind smile, "I finally understand what Aunt Keelin was talking about when she talks about you. Keelin's your Mate but she's not an Alpha like me, so she can't initiate the bond. You'll have to do that."

Freya scoffed lightly. "That'll be a fun conversation to have. 'Hey honey. Do you mind if I take a giant bite out of your shoulder so I can start an ancient bonding ceremony?'"

Hope was trying so hard to hold back her laughter as she managed to string together a sentence. "I'm fairly certain she would be thrilled if you said that. Exactly that."

Ragnok snorted at the interaction between the two family members before receiving a look from both women which had them lose control of their laughter. "So are you doing the Blood Inheritance test?" Ragnok asked as he scratched his chin.

Hope looked over to her aunt. "I swear that I have been trying to find ways home but I've just hit dead-end after dead-end. If you really want to find a way home you'll need the books that the Emrys vault can provide."

Freya however turned her gaze to the Goblin. "If I do this, am I bound to this universe or can I leave whenever I want?"

"Just like Hope you can leave whenever you want." The Goblin King replied.

A delicate hand came up to the elder Mikaelson's forehead as she rubbed against one of her temples in thought. "Very well. What do you need me to do?" Freya sighed as she looked at the Goblin King.

Ragnok summoned the sheet of parchment and a knife. As he placed the parchment flat on the desk he started talking. "All you need to do is cut your hand or finger to coat the tip of the knife then gently hold the knife against the parchment so the blood slowly transfers from the knife to the parchment."

Freya took the knife in hand sensing it first before making a swift nick across the heel of her palm before moving the knife back to coat both sides of the tip of the dagger before gently placing the knife on the parchment. Freya watched in fascination as the blood seeped into the parchment, forming words and sentences.

Ragnok informed Freya that she could remove the knife and he picked up the parchment to read over.

A ring box flashed in front of the Goblin and he picked it up as he read over the parchment in his other hand. "Oh thank God. She doesn't have a million names that I have to remember. Although this is very strange. Hmm. The Immortal Viking Witch and Heir Emrys? Heir?"

Ragnok looked inside the ring box to confirm that the Heir ring was in the box before looking up to the two women in front of him before asking, "How can Freya be the Heir when she's 1,000 years older than you?"

Freya just looked confused as she didn't know what any of this meant but Hope's eyes widened as she must've figured it out. "Maybe it's the same thing that happened to the Greengrass Heir ring? The person more likely to produce a bloodline keeps the higher ring?"

The Viking Witch looked crestfallen at the description as she recalled her unborn baby she had killed when she tried to commit suicide to escape her aunt's evil clutches. Hope placed a hand on Freya's shoulder before murmuring a sorry into her ear.

Ragnok suddenly felt awkward at the personal moment between the two women and cleared his throat gently. "Sorry to interrupt. But Hope, just like last time we will have to release the information of the Heir of a Legendary House to the public."

Ragnok presented the ring to the older witch, watching as she slid the ring onto her right index finger before asking the Head of House Emrys, Hope. "What would you like to do?"

"Also it should be mentioned that I'm not immortal anymore." Freya mentioned in a huff.

Hope gave a sideways glance to her aunt.

"I think I have an idea for that." The Tribrid murmured to herself before going into deep thought for a while before turning to Ragnok, asking, "Can you wait until Freya and I leave the bank before announcing this?"

The King nodded his head. "Very well."

"Can I also have permission to use one of your time manipulating rooms?" Hope requested with a curious expression.

The Goblin looked a little confused but agreed. "Depends on what you are using it for."

The corner of Hope's mouth raised in a smirk as she shared a look with her aunt. "I want to share all of my memories with Aunt Freya from the time I arrived here to when I saw her. Aunt Freya taught me this spell when I was a child. It only works between family members. But basically we can share memories by compressing all our memories that happened in a year into a 1 hour transference. The only downside is that during this 1 hour we will be completely vulnerable to attack on our bodies since we are knocked unconscious for the spell to work."

Hope looked over to her aunt before mentioning, "At least this way you'll know what books I've looked into to try and get home… Although I probably should remove some memories of Daphne and I… You don't need to see those." Hope mentioned with a red face.

Freya snorted as she shook her head. "Hope, sweetie. Relax. I can show you how to block those memories."

Ragnock did the calculations for how long the Emrys family would need to use the time manipulation room. Theoretically the two Mikaelson women should only be in there for roughly 30 minutes, leaving them with enough time to visit their vault at Hope's request.

The Goblin King had peered into the room a couple of times over the course of time the powerful witches were in there and saw both women with their heads placed against one another with their eyes closed as their mouths were barely moving.

Ragnok felt the magic being used in that room and released a heavy breath. "Please for the love of God, let both of these witches be on our side. Otherwise I shudder to think what would happen if the Ministry attacked them… Actually I'd find it amusing... Until they decided that they could conquer this universe."

As Hope opened the door Freya groaned with her hand placed against her head. "Did you have to learn so much stuff, Hope?"

Hope threw her hands up in innocence. "Hey! Don't blame me! I just needed to learn what I had to. Although on the plus side you've picked up all the spells I've learnt from this universe including apparition."

Freya just gave a small glare at her niece as she murmured, "I'm jumping with joy." With enough snark that Klaus would be proud.

"Oof." Hope replied with her own banter, "I think I heard Mum shout some very distinctive choice words at you for being so inconsiderate to your niece." She mentions as she places a hand over her heart.

"Cheeky bugger." Freya smiled as she pulled Hope into a hug which turned into a laughing session.

Once Freya let go of Hope she turned to the Goblin King. "Sorry for my rudeness earlier, King Ragnok. King of the Goblins, Blooded Warrior, Proxy of the Legendary House Emrys and also Ally of the Mikaelson Clan."

Ragnok's eyebrows shot up in surprise at the 1,000 year old viking as she started speaking in Gobbledegook. "My niece is a little forgetful when it comes to niceties."

"Hey!" Hope complained before pouting, "I'm not always forgetful."

Freya shared a disbelieving look with the Goblin King who looked away as he was trying not to laugh which caused Freya to smirk in victory. "Anyhow I'd like to thank you for taking such good care of my niece while she's been here. She's only had good things to say about you."

The Goblin bowed his head slightly. "Honestly, it's been a pleasure being her… friend?" He questions in curiosity as he turns to Hope who's nodding her head in agreement. "She is wickedly smart for her age. I enjoy watching her bury her opponents in crafted words and spelled letters."

Freya laughed. "Yeah. I saw. She gets that from my side of the family."

Hope rolled her eyes and she let out a muttered scoff. "No kidding."

She cleared her throat as she met her aunt's piercing gaze. "Time to go to the vault! Come on Ragnok. Let's go before my aunt kills me." She informed the elder Goblin before lightly pushing him out of the room and away from her aunt.

Freya called out, "Coward!" Before she slowly stalked behind the unlikely duo as they made their way to the vaults.

The three of them managed to squeeze themselves into a cart as it shot off through the tunnels heading towards the bottom of the bank.

Freya had a curious thought cross her mind from all the memories Hope gave her before turning to face the Goblin King and raising her voice so she could talk over the screeching of the metal tracks. "Ragnok? You know the rules of this universe better than most. Do you think it would be possible for Hope to use her Slytherin Protector status to get me into the school as a safeguard?"

Hope turned her head to stare at her aunt in amazement as the possibility of having her aunt at the school never crossed her mind.

The Tribrid set a hopeful gaze on the Goblin as he scratched his chin thoughtfully, "I don't see why not."

"Really?!" Hope asked with a wonderful smile.

The Goblin hummed loudly. "Sure. Lady Emrys sending in her Heir to act as a safeguard to the school would be a legitimate claim so long as Freya doesn't mind showing her ring?"

"No issues here." Freya remarked before looking over to Hope, "And I know that you wish to keep your identity a secret just for a little while longer, at least until the Dragons arrive, so the Ministry can't change the first two Tasks for the Tri-Wizard Tournament."

"Ohh. So that's why you are waiting." Ragnok realised as the two women nodded at him. "I did not think of that reason but now I understand your reasoning."

Ragnok offered his hand to each of the women once they arrived at the Emrys vault. Hope placed her Emrys ring against the door to open the ancient door before walking in with Freya on her heels.

The coppery auburn haired girl pulled out the Emrys Codex and placed it on the pedestal that it was on when she first walked into this room and held her hands out to her aunt. Freya placed her own hands into Hope's as they crossed their arms over the Codex and started chanting a permanent duplicating spell on the book so each woman would have a copy.

Once they completed the spell, Freya tried to remove her hands but Hope held onto them with a thoughtful expression before looking back up to her aunt's curious jade orbs. "Can we create another? For Daphne?"

Freya chuckled lightly as she tightened her grip in Hope's hands, "Of course." The eldest Mikaelson replied with a smile.

After they performed the spell again Hope took two of the books and shrunk them to place into her robes as Freya did the same thing placing it into her jeans pocket. The Mikaelson women walked around the vault and pulled out some bundles of sage and some amethysts which they immediately made into communication crystals. Hope was just about to leave before she saw her aunt walk through to the back of the vault, almost like she was being compelled to go down there.

Freya reached behind some shelves and yanked out what appeared to be a bo-staff or possibly just a staff. As Freya placed her other hand on the staff, a light exploded from the staff causing both women to shield their eyes.

"What the heck did you find Aunt Freya?" Hope called out as she blinked her eyes rapidly, trying to get the black dots to leave her vision.

Freya sighed lightly. "I'm going to go with Merlin's Staff." The elder witch admitted with a roll of her eyes as she passed the staff from one hand to another, examining the new feature that appeared at the top of the staff.

The top of the staff bulged out and some panels were etched into wood so the peridot crystal could be seen through the gaps. The gem was roughly the size of a pre-teen's fist and was a flawless oval shape, no imperfections could be seen on the stone.

"I'm going to call you… Hirdman." The stone glowed a bright green once it was named by the ancient witch.

Hope looked at her aunt in curiosity. "Family?" The younger girl questioned with a slow smile appearing on her face at the old Norwegian word coming from her aunt's mouth.

Freya nodded once, "What else would I call it? Always and Forever? That's a mouthful. For evig og alltid…"

The Emrys descendants shared a look before blurting out, "Nah." "Nope."

King Ragnok saw the women exit the vault and he had to do a double take at the staff Freya was holding. "Oh for fucks sake! Really?! You found Merlin's lost Staff? What the fuck is it with you two that screams, 'let's locate lost priceless artefacts like it's nothing!'" The Goblin King ranted as he threw his hands up into the sky before turning and walking back to the cart grumbling creative swears in Gobbledegook.

Freya looked shocked at the display whereas Hope laughed her ass off. The elder witch had to drag Hope towards the cart since she was too busy laughing to pay any attention.

As they reentered the cart Hope managed to calm down long enough to ask, "Hey Ragnok? If Freya is using Merlin's Staff, does that mean she doesn't need to get a wand?"

The Goblin opened his mouth to answer, sucking in a breath before he paused for a moment in silence, looking off into the distance.

Ragnok gave a chuff of laughter. "No. Your Aunt does not require a wand."

Freya threw her hands up in the air and whooped loudly. "Woo-Hoo! No bloody wand for me! Sucked in Hope!"

Hope stuck her tongue out at her aunt, who was too busy cheering as they went around the bends on the track to pay any attention to Hope.

Ragnok walked them back to the office they first met in and asked Hope once again. "So what would you like to do about the Heir Emrys announcement?"

Freya answered the Goblin. "Just inform them once we leave. Hope and I will just apparate to Hogsmeade. Once we get to the Hogwarts wards, Hope will enter and call out her intent as Slytherin Protector to add a safeguard and pull me through the wards. Thankfully Hope doesn't need to be at the Slytherin Wardstone to add a safeguard. Since it's basically what you did with Myrddin without noticing…" Freya trailed off for a moment as she realised something, "Huh. You'll have to introduce me to your Phoenix and Thunderbird later. Along with your wife." Freya stated with a teasing grin.

Hope's eyes widened dramatically. "Oh God! She's going to kill me when she finds out about you!" Freya just starts laughing as Hope's worried face as the Tribrid starts to pace.

Ragnok looks between the two women with an intrigued gaze. "Just curious. But how do you not have more questions for your niece after learning 3 and a half years worth of memories? She mentioned that she wasn't a fully activated Tribrid when she arrived in this universe but over the past 3 years that's changed."

"When we share memories, we are basically projecting ourselves into the memory being shown. Hope and I were able to talk about the experiences she's had while here and I asked for her reasoning behind some of her choices. I'm actually incredibly proud of how she's handling her vampirism." Freya explained as she smiled with pride at her niece.

Hope smiled as well before adding, "Although Aunt Freya was not pleased about the Hellhound and Basilisk and she yelled at me for placing my name into the Goblet of Fire."

Freya glared at a wall when she heard the Tri-Wizard Tournament being mentioned. The Immortal Viking Witch cleared her face of any emotion before looking at the Goblin King, "However, I was hoping with your approval, if I could take over Hope's magical training from Warrior Flitwick?"

Hope paled as she heard her Aunt's request before blurting out in a terrified groan. "I'm gonna die."

Ragnok took note of Hope's posture as she looked at her aunt with pleading eyes, practically begging her not to go through with this.

The Goblin King gave a toothy grin which Hope saw and promptly announced. "Crap!" As the Goblin gave his permission.

"Enjoy your extensive training, young Queen!" He taunted as he walked out of the room.

Freya gave Hope a mischievous grin and Hope groaned loudly. "Yep. I'm gonna die."

Hope and Freya apparated back into Hogsmeade just as the last stragglers from Hogwarts were making their way back to the carriages. Instead of entering a carriage, the duo decided to walk to the boundary, chatting along the way.

"So, before we announce you to the school about being a safeguard I was hoping that I could introduce you to Daphne before everyone potentially swarms you."

Freya nodded. "That's fine by me. Your Duelling class would be a good time for that introduction, along with Flitwick, Myrddin and Alexandria. Maybe we can meet your Heretic Professor after your training?"

Hope narrowed her eyes at her aunt. "What went through your head that made you interested in meeting Sheda?"

Freya shrugged. "I need something to do while at school. So I may as well put my viking knowledge to use and help out in that class, while I'm not looking for a way to get home."

Hope hummed slightly as she looked away with sorrow in her heart at the thought of her aunt leaving her. "So once you find a way home, you'll leave?"

Freya let out a heavy sigh. "I do want to go home as soon as I can, but, looking through your memories, I know why you are choosing to stay until 2030. Firstly, because of Daphne. Secondly, trying to get a time travel spell to work in tangent with a universal spell is practically impossible."

Hope looked up to meet her aunt's eyes as a small smile came on her face when Freya started to talk again. "I'll stay with you until you finish Hogwarts. By then I'll reassess, check the information we have, see how we are faring in this universe. Because waiting until 2030 is the safe option, I'll admit. I'm just afraid that this universe will chip away at me and my memories of Keelin and Nik."

"I'd never let you forget them! And if this universe becomes too difficult to live in we could always just vanish without a trace. It wouldn't be too hard." Hope suggested genuinely but in a playful tone.

"I won't stop looking for a way home though."

"I know Aunt Freya. Because I won't stop either."

The Mikaelson women finally reached the boundary ward before stopping next to it and nodded in mutual agreement never to give up on going home, back to their universe. Hope took a step into the school grounds feeling the power of the wards wash over her like a cascading river.

Hope turned around to face her aunt and called out. "As the named Slytherin Protector chosen by Salazar Slytherin I offer my Heir to act as a protector and safeguard to all the students of Hogwarts as well as the delegates that have arrived just over a week ago. So I swear, so mote it be."

Hope felt a flare of magic pulse off her so she held out her hand through the ward, waiting for Freya to take it as Hope pulled her biological aunt into Hogwarts.

Freya took a deep breath as she felt the magic swarm through her. "Wow! That's powerful! I'm glad the wards accepted me otherwise I would be trying to dig my ass out of a tree."

Hope snorted at her aunt's description as they walked the rest of the way to the school.

The 1,000 year old viking woman placed a powerful notice me not ward around herself along with one of her invisibility spells and privacy spells as soon as she saw the castle.

"Okay. Now that is impressive. No offense but the Salvatore School has nothing on this." Hope made a small humming noise at her aunt's appreciation of the large stone castle.

A frown suddenly appeared on Freya's face as she thought aloud. "I just realised, I won't have a place to sleep."

"Share my bed." Hope replied simply as she faced her aunt, "Like we used to when I was a kid."

Freya smirked as she recalled a memory that Hope accidentally forgot to hide. "Are you sure you want me to stay in your bed? I could always use the Room of Requirement."

Hope blushed slightly, "Jesus! I'll change the damn sheets again if it's such an issue for you." Hope tried to snark back to regain some dignity but failed once Freya replied.

"That's not the issue, little wolf. Your Mate showing up in the middle of the night is… Or possibly a Veela."

Hope groaned loudly as she walked inside the castle walls with her aunt chuckling quietly beside her. "You're evil." Hope grumbled back to her aunt.

Freya grinned as they made their way to the Charms classroom for Hope's afternoon Duelling class. Freya noticed that her niece was getting more and more anxious the closer they got to the classroom and stopped grinning so smugly.

A strong hand was placed on Hope's shoulder. "Breathe Hope. You have nothing to worry about. From your memories Daphne is very open-minded and forgiving. She won't be angry with you for not telling her about me. Let's face it, it's a bloody miracle that I ended up in the same universe as you as well as nearly the same time. She'll understand."

Hope took a few shaky breaths until she was able to settle her heartbeat. "Thanks Aunt Freya."

The Tribrid opened the door to see Professor Flitwick and Daphne already in the room. Hope turned around and closed the door behind her invisible aunt before snapping her fingers to erect a privacy ward. Daphne looked surprised that Hope put up a privacy ward so she asked, "What's wrong?"

Hope met her Mate's ice blue eyes and smiled. "Nothing's wrong, love."

Since Freya was still invincible to everyone in the room bar Hope, she made a whipping motion at her niece before smirking at the copper haired girl. Hope pursed her lips together and blushed, causing Daphne to look at Hope in concern, "Are you sure?"

Hope blinked and focused back on Daphne. "Yeah, I'm sure."

Hope fidgeted with her fingernails as she shyly met the blonde's face. "But I do have something important to tell you."

"Is that why you don't look dressed for Duelling?" The half-Goblin remarked from the top of a pile of books.

Hope looked down to her clothes in curiosity and murmured, "Right… I didn't change after I got back…" Hope cleared her throat and spoke louder, "But in my defence I've been a little busy. I made a trip to Gringotts today to speak to King Ragnok."

All the playful humour left the half-Goblin's face as he took on a more professional posture. "Oh whatever for?" Daphne also looked rather confused and faced Hope as she leaned against one of the bannisters.

Hope pursed her lips together as she tried to decide what to say. Hope opened her mouth for a moment, about to start her story before closing it.

"Wow I really should have thought about how I was going to explain this before now." Hope blurted out while looking at Freya who was leaning on the same bannister Daphne was on.

Daphne frowned at how bizarre Hope was acting and looked over her shoulder to where Hope was looking and sensed out with her magic. Daphne shot up and moved a step or two back from the massive energy spike beside her as she tried to force herself to see through the spells that were concealing something utterly powerful. "Hope? Who else is here?"

Freya looked over Daphne's shoulder to meet Hope's surprised gaze. "Smart girl you got there little one. Quite the looker too."

Hope's eyes nearly bulged out of her head while Freya laughed.

"Asshole." Hope mumbled which caught Daphne's attention.

"Who's an asshole?" The blonde asked as she tried to keep her main focus on the unknown magics in the room. Flitwick just looked confused at the entire scene.

Hope sighed. "Love. You're not going to be able to break through her barriers, wards and spells. I don't even think I can. My Aunt is definitely more knowledgeable in magic than I am."

Daphne froze and slowly turned to Hope. "Your Aunt?"

Hope blinked once as she realised she had actually mentioned her aunt in a sentence and nodded slowly at her girlfriend. "Yeah. My Aunt Freya. I found her in this universe, shared my memories with her and also went to Gringotts to get the Blood Inheritance test done."

The blonde blinked in disbelief and Flitwick jaw dropped as he asked in disbelief. "There's another one of you?"

"Tribrid? No. Emrys? Yes. Ragnok confirmed it and I'm assuming by tomorrow morning the new Heir Emrys will be announced in the Daily Prophet." Hope answered the Professor. "And yes. I said Heir. Even though Aunt Freya is older than me, I have more of a chance of continuing the bloodline, so I stayed as the Head of House."

"Oh… So why doesn't she show herself?" Daphne asked as she walked over to stand next to Hope.

Hope levelled a glare at her aunt before she dramatically rolled her eyes before murmuring her counterspells and snapping her fingers to take down her own privacy wards. Once Freya came into existence Professor Flitwick jumped back in surprise saying "Oh my!".

Daphne appraised the woman in front of her before facing Hope. "Never thought I'd say this, but I don't think your paintings of your Aunt do her justice. Not with the overwhelming power beating down on me."

"It's a bit hard to paint the sheer intensity of her power. Although Aunt Freya is laying it on a little thick." Hope replied with an understanding nod of her head.

The viking witch rolled her eyes and lessened the effect of her magic, "Better?" Freya asked with an innocent smile.

Hope gave her aunt such a dead-pan look before facing Daphne. "Anyway. Daphne. I'd like you to meet my Aunt Freya."

Freya waved at the blonde with a genuine smile on her face as she walked forward and held out a hand. "Hello Daphne. It's lovely to finally meet you face to face. All I had to go on was Hope gushing about you and her memories, most of which were really sweet to watch. So it's good to know Hope has someone to love her. Always and Forever." Freya greeted the younger witch.

Hope smiled as Daphne placed her hand in Freya's, shaking it before the older witch brought Daphne's hand up to her lips and placed a chaste kiss on the back of her hand before letting go. "Pleasure's all mine. I thought I wouldn't meet Hope's family until we travelled back to her universe in 2030. But I'm glad you're here with your niece."

Freya hummed, "Yeah she's thrilled. Especially considering I'm taking over her magical training during Duelling classes."

Freya looked over to the small statured Duelling Champion. "Sorry for taking over your job, but I asked King Ragnok and he agreed that I could take over Hope's magical training. If I have your permission I'll also teach Daphne as well?"

Hope groaned at the beginning of Freya's speech before she got to the end and wrapped Daphne into a tight hug, yanking the other girl behind herself. "Oh crap! She's gonna kill us."

Daphne was confused at the mixed emotions she felt from Hope so she asked Freya. "Why is Hope thinking you are going to kill us?"

Freya smirked and Daphne groaned as it was the same smirk Hope had which meant trouble and the Greengrass Heiress gulped in frustrated worry. "Because I'm one of the few people that can blast through Hope's protections and actually put her on the defence."

"Aunt Freya taught me most of what I know about magic. But the thing is I haven't learnt everything she has to offer considering she's got centuries upon centuries of spells that I don't even know about. Aunt Freya and I will be recreating some of the grimoires from our universe to use in this one, just in case." Hope admitted with a sigh.

Daphne blinked, "So your Aunt's going to kick both our asses is what you're trying to tell me?"

Hope noded rapidly, but added. "As much as we'll get our asses kicked, Freya will also teach us so many new spells. So it kinda evens out."

"I'll agree, if Freya joins us when we do our sword fighting." Daphne countered with a cheeky smile.

Freya thought about it for a bit. "I feel like I'm gonna regret this. But you're on, Elsa."

Daphne looked utterly confused at the older witch before looking at Hope who was trying not to laugh. "You know, I've been trying so hard not to make that comparison Aunt Freya and now you've ruined it."

"I'm missing something." The blonde Heiress mentioned as she pouted in annoyance.

"It's a future reference. I'll take you to watch the movie when it comes out." Hope replies as she wraps her arms around Daphne's waist.

"Movie?... Oh that Muggle thing when you look at the chunky looking box?"

The Mikaelson women looked at each other before Freya shrugged. "In this time that's actually a very accurate description."

The viking woman smirked before facing Hope with a ribbing smile. "Although poor Hope hasn't even seen a television the entire time she's been in this universe. Apparently the special effects are too cheesy for what she's used to."

Hope shrugged half-heartedly against Daphne. "Well that's one of the reasons. Another one is that I have been practically learning everything about politics while spending time with my family, friends and girlfriend."

Hope pecked the side of Daphne's cheek before resting her chin on the taller girl's shoulder as she continued listing her new hobbies. "I've also been getting straight Outstanding's in school and I've also managed to complete King Ragnok's Warrior training within two, month-long weeks in the time manipulation room."

Hope's head shot off Daphne's shoulder for a second, "Oh! And I'm destroying Voldemort's Horcruxes while trying to guide the Wizarding World into the 20th century."

The Tribrid heavily dumped her head back onto Daphne's shoulder, who let out a small 'oof' at the jarring sensation as Hope grumbled into Daphne's light-weight coat. "I think that last one is actually proving the most difficult."

Freya rolled her eyes at her niece. "There's no need to lay it on so thick in this room sweetie. Everyone already knows what you are doing. That's why I'm going to take some of the responsibilities off of your shoulders. I can take some of the political things off your plate. Like speaking to your potential allies face-to-face. I can call in some of the favours you amassed over your time here and get Sirius' trial ready for the end of year Wizengamot meeting."

"Actually I never thought about that." Hope mentioned as she straightened herself and walked to Daphne's side, "Would that work? Sending the Heir Emrys to make the rounds around the Wizarding Houses?"

"Definitely." Daphne replied immediately before holding up a finger and pointing it at Freya. "Although I do have one question. Hope mentioned that she inherited her family's cunning minds but if you just arrived here then how would you know about all the rules and regulations?"

"There's a family spell we used while at Gringotts. We are able to view each other's memories if we give permission and leave our minds open to one another. Hope generously offered to show me her memories. All the spells she's learned while here, I know. All the books she read, I now have all the knowledge Hope has learned." Freya explained as Daphne suddenly blushed the colour of Gryffindor red before she levelled a massive glare at her girlfriend.

Hope backed up quickly as she blurted out, "We can also control the memories the other person sees. I kept our moments private. Or in the one instant I missed a memory, I skipped over it once it started." The words rushed out of Hope as she backed up to hide behind her Aunt who snorted at Hope's evasive actions.

Freya momentarily looked behind her and saw Hope moving along with her to keep most of her body hidden from her Mate and shook her head in amusement as she faced Daphne. "My niece is not wrong. We even discussed how to block those memories before performing the spell. I think you're both safe."

There was a long pause as Daphne tried to avoid meeting Freya's gaze while Hope kicked at the floor in embarrassment.

Freya shook her head lightly, "Alright from what I recall, usually in this class, you both practice your sword work in the afternoons?"

The two Hogwarts students gave a small nod, but when nothing else was said they both looked up to see Freya arch an eyebrow at them.

"Oof. That's a look." Hope mentioned with a cringe as she summoned Excalibur to her hand. "Maybe we should do as my Aunt Freya says?"

Daphne felt remarkably awkward when she saw the unimpressed look on the elder witch's face, ice coating her hands as she slowly created her rapiers.

"Sure. How the hell can your Aunt just simply raise an eyebrow and make us feel like guilty children?" The blonde witch whispers to her Mate.

Hope shook her head as she shrugged in remorse. "I don't know. She did that at my old school and the same thing happened."

When the girl's moved close enough to give their bow to one another before backing up, Hope conspicuously whispered to her lover. "I'm starting to think it's a superpower." Daphne just nodded as they rose.

"You both know I can still hear you." Freya called out and the girl's froze slightly before sharing a look of guilt.

"You may as well start. I'll just be speaking to your Professor Hope." The dark blonde woman remarked as she sat next to Flitwick and erected a smaller privacy ward around herself and the teacher.

Hope groaned out a sarcastic, "Great." At the end of her groan she started the sparring session with Daphne.

As the girl's finished up their training they made a quick detour to their common room so they could shower and get changed into something less sticky. Freya waited for Hope in her bedroom, once the other girl allowed her aunt to enter her wards and barriers. Hope walked out with a towel around her body as she made her way over to her dresser to grab some clothes.

"Sorry. Forgot some clothes." Hope mentioned to her aunt as she hurriedly made her way back into the bathroom to get dressed.

Hope saw her aunt at her desk writing something so she called out through a mostly closed door. "What are you writing?"

"Just making some quick notes for meet-ups with Amelia Bones, Augusta Longbottom, Xenophilius Lovegood, Sebatian Delacour. I'm also writing up some dismissals for the dark families that ridiculed you for the Heir of Slytherin thing as well as your 'defensive actions' at the Quidditch World Cup." Freya called back as she kept writing.

"Why do you say it like that?" Hope asked in partial curiosity as she peeked outside the door.

Freya finally lifted her head from the desk to level an incredulous stare at her niece and arched an eyebrow through the crack in the door.

Hope rolled her eyes. "Fine. I get your point. But at least we no longer have to deal with those Dark families, which I take as a win." Hope responded by opening the door fully as she used a second towel to dry her hair.

Before either Mikaelson witch could make another comment, there was a shocked squawk from the golden bird who finally woke up from one of her recharging sleeps, since hatchlings require more sleep than adult birds.

Alexandria looked back and forth between the two women in utter confusion as the Thunderbird knew that her bonded was completely happy and at peace with the person in her room, but she also knew that Hope didn't have many people that she trusted to be in her personal space.

Hope walked over to the perch at the foot of her bed and reached out to stroke the beautiful bird's shiny feathers. "Morning sleepyhead. Have a good sleep?" A quiet thrill was the only reply the Tribrid got and Hope sighed.

"Myrddin?" Hope called out while flaring her magic ever so slightly.

A burst of bright fire appeared next to Hope, sharp claws clutching tightly on the Tribrid's shoulder as the onyx coloured Phoenix studied the incredibly powerful newcomer in Hope's room.

'Who is this, Hope?' Myrddin cautiously asked his bonded charge.

Freya blinked once before she turned her head back around to the desk and shook her head in exasperation. "Hope? Why does your Phoenix sound like Elijah?"

Hope pursed her lips together as she tried not to laugh at Myrddin's dumbfounded expression but she couldn't keep it in and began to chuckle lightly. Myrddin expression turned from befuddlement to a glare in under a second as the midnight Phoenix thrilled loudly in her ear.

"Ow! Not so loud Myrddin! Geez." Hope complained as she covered her ears with her hands momentarily and glared back at the Phoenix. "Anyway, introductions are Alexandria, the Thunderbird and my Familiar. Myrddin is a Phoenix that I believe had bonded to the Emrys bloodline, considering that my Aunt could hear you."

The black bird blinked his beady little eyes before looking over to the older witch. 'You are related?'

Freya finished her sentence she was writing before looking back to the legendary bird. "Yes. Hope is my niece."

'But you are the Heir Emrys… Even though you are clearly older than Hope. Why?'

Freya looked down, "I don't have the ability to carry a child anymore."

Myrddin thrills sadly as he flies off of Hope's shoulder and sits on Freya's right arm. As soon as Mryddin's claws touch Freya's skin, he sucks in a breath. 'Jesus Christ! Is everyone in this family ridiculously powerful?'

The older witch chuckles lightly, "You could say that."

While Freya finished off a couple more letters to the Greengrass' and also to the Flamel's to explain her appearance while Hope placed the wax seal on the back of the envelopes and stamped her crest from her ring into the wax to make the letters official.

Hope's eyes narrowed as she watched Freya smirk as she rested her forehead against Myrddin's. "What are you two conspiring?"

Freya and Mryddin shared a look before the older witch stroked the black bird's head and he thrilled quietly to himself. "Nothing you need to worry about sweetie. So long as you follow the rules that you put in motion over the past few years."

"Why do I have the sudden urge to run for the hills?" Hope asked herself.

"Because you know me well." Freya simply replied as she stood up and cast an invisibility spell on Myrddin, concealing him and herself, "Time to go Hope. I think your girlfriend is waiting for you."

Hope rolled her eyes, picking up some of her notebooks as she called Alexandria over to herself. A flapping of wings was heard, "Invisique." Hope called out while the Thunderbird flew over to land on Hope's left shoulder, preening softly into the Tribrid's ear.

Hope opened her bedroom door leaving it open wide for Freya to exit and closing it behind the powerful magical aura. The two Mikaelson's made their way to the common room entryway to meet up with Daphne. The blonde Slytherin girl looked over to Hope's left side and narrowed her eyes to where she believed Freya to be before shaking her head and opening the door allowing the two girls to leave.

Hope, Daphne and an invisible Freya made their way up to the 4th floor, knocking on the heavy wooden door. Footsteps approached the door and Professor Babbling opened it with a smile as she looked between the two girls, "Come in--?"

Sheda tilted her head as she looked directly between the two Slytherin girls as she sensed something hiding behind the girls.

The teacher gave a curious look at both of the girls, Daphne only had her classic 'ice mask' on her face whereas Hope had a mischievous little grin in the corner of her mouth.

'Sheda. I have someone I'd like you to meet. Can you please let us in?' Hope telepathically shot off to the part-Vampire.

Babbling gave a long glance at Hope before looking back to the invisible overwhelming magic standing between the two students. The raven haired woman moved herself back against the doorframe to allow the students and magical essence walk past her. The part vampire shivered as she caught a whiff of the ancient smell of ancient iron, fire, spearmint, the same type of magical potency she feels from Hope as well as a hint of wolf.

Sheda closed the door with a deep swallow as she turned slowly around and Hope snapped her fingers erecting a privacy ward around the Ancient Runes classroom before turning her head towards her aunt, who thankfully took down her invisibility spell.

"Hey." Freya introduced with a lazy wave of her hand.

"Hi?" Sheda replied cautiously as she scanned the attractive and alluring tall woman that revealed herself through strong magic.

Freya smirked and held out her right hand, showcasing multiple rings on her fingers including the Heir Emrys ring, much like how Hope has on her own decorative rings on a majority of her fingers.

However the Slytherin girl hides her Heir rings and Head of House ring rather than her aunt who had no issues showing her rings. "It's nice to meet one of Hope's friends. My name is Freya Mikaelson. I'm Hope's Aunt."

Sheda just stared at Freya in complete shock for nearly 10 seconds before she shook herself out of her stupor, stretching out her hand to accept Freya's into her own with a startled gasp at the raw power she feels coming from the timeless witch.

"Sweet lord! You're just like Hope! You exude magic off yourself in waves, expect you're not holding back... Oh! Sorry, that was rude of me. I'm Bathesheda Babbling. Or if you like, you can call me Sheda, like those two do." Sheda blushed as she ranted on slightly.

The elder Mikaelson let out a small chuckle. "No worries. I think Hope and I have that effect on people. Or at least Hope would, if she didn't hold back about 95% of her power during class." Freya mentioned with a smile and a playful roll of her eyes.

Sheda's jaw practically fell off her face as she turned to Hope with comically wide eyes. "95%?! You hold back 95% of your power?"

Hope, Daphne and Freya all nodded their heads in agreement, "What the actual fuck?" Sheda murmured to herself as she slowly collapsed into a chair.

Hope rubbed her hands together for a moment as she revealed. "Well, I wanted to introduce you to my Aunt before she makes her grand entrance later at dinner, instead of being completely blindsided."

Sheda's head popped up as she looked over to Hope in confusion, so Hope clarified for one of her favourite professors. "As Slytherin Protector, I named my Aunt as another protection to the school along with Myrddin and the Slytherin Wardstone. So Aunt Freya's going to be sticking around for a while."

The Ancient Runes Professor's head pivoted around slowly to face Freya. "Why do I feel surprisingly safe with that knowledge? But also filled with dread knowing that Freya… The Heir Emrys, can offer Duels to anyone who breaks the rules that have been put in play by Hope throughout her years here at the school."

Freya just smirked along with Hope while Daphne nodded her head along with Babbling reasoning. "Simple. Because I will be out in the open as Heir Emrys. I can call on Wizarding Duels with anyone and they have to accept or lose their magic. Hope could do this but she's waiting until after the creatures for the First Task arrive."

"You are? Why wait until then?" Sheda asked curiously.

Hope crossed her arms over her chest. "So no one can change the creatures to something more dangerous because they are aware of the magical power I have. I'm trying to protect the other competitors from versing, potentially even more terrifying or stronger creatures."