A Hope through time

Myrddin shot across the plains and the rural roads along Southern Ireland, starting at Crookhaven and finishing up at Seven Heads. Hope was trailing after him with her full Tribrid speed but every so often a streak of lightning would overtake the onyx Phoenix and the coppery auburn haired girl before the Thunderbird lost her momentum, falling behind slightly before flashing forward in front again.

The three Magical Creatures were racing against one another. Hope chose a quiet and mostly isolated countryside to test their speed, power and magic along a 100km trek, but most importantly they were doing this to have fun. Myrddin was getting restless during the school terms, feeling Hope's angst and Alexandria's youthful and relentless energy that needed an outlet.

Myrddin felt like he was acting like a mother hen between two children who were vastly on separate ends of the spectrum, one that was too energetic and the other who was too moody.

Thankfully the midnight Phoenix was appreciative to the Greengrass Heiress, who was able to break past Hope's defences with ease. The only downside was that whenever Daphne wasn't around Hope, the Tribrid went back into a recluse, working exclusively on trying to figure out how to get back to her own world and also learning everything she can about Wizading Politics in this world.

During their run the Phoenix used the opportunity to distract the Tribrid and to unleash Alexandria's pent-up energy, magic and lightning giving the sunlight coloured Thunderbird clarity of mind and to tire the young hatchling out.

Unfortunately the run didn't distract the Mikaelson witch as much as Myrddin had wanted and he let out a thrill of frustration as he perched himself on Hope's right shoulder. Alexandria landed on Hope's other shoulder once they came to a stop at the edge of a cliff face, overlooking the raging sea with her arms crossed over her chest in with a loud sigh.

Hope stood there quietly watching as the waves crashed against the cliff face for nearly an hour as she complemented her choices, such as the choices she had already made when she first arrived here and the ones she knew she would have to make in the future. She questioned herself 'is what she doing the right thing'. Myrddin and Alexandria tried to alleviate Hope's worries but the Tribrid was being stubborn.

After a while Hope sensed two magical beings appeared to either side of her in a crack of apparition. Lady Emrys turned her head to the left and right to see Nicolas and Perenelle to each side of her. A confused look came across Hope's face as she brought her arms down to her side. "What are you two doing here?"

"Luna." The Flamel's answered simply as if it answered all questions, which it technically does.

Hope rolled her eyes in amusement as she gave a small smile.

"So Luna knows that I'm having an existential crisis? That's slightly annoying." The auburn girl snarked lightly.

There was a hint of a smile at the corner of Nicolas' mouth while Perenelle wanted to pity the girl who had the weight of the world on her shoulders, but the naturing woman would never treat Hope like someone who was broken, so she threw those feelings behind an incredibly thick Occlumency wall.

"Hope, sweetie. I know what it feels like to question every choice you make. Nic and I have had this exact same conversation multiple times over the last few centuries. We question if we should help the Wizarding World to the fullest extent of our capabilities or if we should ignore the cries for help." Perenelle started to explain as she took one of Hope's hands into her own, holding it gently.

Hope brought her attention to Perenelle with a curious look. "What made you choose to help or not?"

Nicolas picked up where his wife had left off. "We have helped out many times over the years, mainly in France. That's why we have so many debts owed to us in France and why we also owe a couple of debts to other families, like the Delacours. We help and the people depend on us completely, forgetting how to fend for themselves. Thereby making the Wizarding Community weak and obsolete."

"On the other hand by not doing anything, but knowing that we have the knowledge that could have saved many lives, it leaves a certain amount of guilt that is difficult to shake." The Immortal Alchemist mentioned with a distracted look on his face.

Hope pursed her lips as she considered her adoptive father's words. "So the outcomes are admiration and hero-worship or undeniable guilt and regret?"

Hope groaned loudly. "Got to admit those options suck. Especially for people like us."

Perenelle chuckled with a serene smile on her face. "Do you mean introverts or martyrs?"

A smirk appeared on the Mikaelson girl's face, "Of course." She replied vaguely.

Hope saw the unimpressed looks on the Flamels' faces, her smork only grew as she followed up with, "Both."

Nicolas and Perenelle shared a look behind Hope's back before they both called out, "Brat." As the two immortals shook their heads in annoyance.

Hope let out a light laugh as she unfolded her arms as she turned around to walk back so she could walk back to the closest town at a slow pace as she heard Nicolas and Perenelle follow behind her hesitantly. "Well this year will be the year when everything changes. I've already discussed this with Daphne. I'm going to be entering the Tri-Wizard Tournament so Cedric doesn't die this time round, to make sure the Merpeople don't break the treaty by attacking an underage Veela and to give Harry some backup against Voldemort."

Nicolas hummed in acceptance. "But doing this doesn't bother you."

Hope glanced over her shoulder to look at her father of this world with a questioning gaze, as the 680 year old man continued on with his thoughts. "You help people because it's the right thing to do. But you don't want any recognition for your actions as you don't believe you deserve it, due to some need to atone for your family's sins."

Hope sighed loudly as she stopped in her tracks and looked down to the ground in shame, Perenelle wrapped an arm around Hope's waist and pulled her into a side hug. "Sweetheart, there is no reason for you to make atonements for your family, especially for mistakes that you hadn't even been alive for. Their actions are not on you, Hope. You create your own legacy."

"I may not be burdened by my family's actions in this world but it doesn't change how I was raised and what the Saltzman twins call my 'Martyr Complex'." Hope replied solemnly.

"I'm fairly certain a blonde haired witch will knock you out of that complex pretty quickly." The healer rubbed Hope's arm in a soothing motion.

Hope gave a genuine smile at the mention of her Mate. "Yeah, maybe."

The two legendary birds shared a glance behind Hope's head before letting out a thrill of noise and took off with a gust of wind before disappearing in a flash of fire and lightning. The Flamel's gave Hope a curious look wondering why the birds left.

Hope rolled her eyes at her adoptive parents as she answered. "They're a little tired from our run… well flight for them, they're going home to rest. Alexandria finally managed to access her larger form with four wings. Myrddin and I are proud of her. She's learnt how to use her lightning in that form and also took down some farm animals to find out how strong she was."

"Very impressive. I thought Thunderbirds couldn't access their larger form until their 50th year or so?" Nicolas remarked in curiosity as he rubbed the stubble on his chin.

"Probably." Hope replied simply.

Lady Emrys turned around to the cliff again before changing the topic back to her recent troubles. "Although back to what Nic said earlier, performing the actions to help people doesn't bother me. It's knowing that I will be a predominant figure in the Wizarding World is what worries me."

"Everyone will be judging me openly as soon as I come out as Lady Emrys and will be combing through my life with a fine tooth comb. Your lives and the Greengrass's will be affected by this the most." Hope admits worriedly as she wished the waves would wash away her fears.

Nicolas placed a hand on Hope's shoulder before pulling her into a hug, resting his chin on the top of her head. "My sweet girl. Perenelle and I will be absolutely fine. We have for centuries. Besides you have upgraded both ours and the Greengrass's security on the wards. You are already protecting us, even though it is not your responsibility."

"It may not be my responsibility. But I would rather fight The Hollow or jump into Malivore again than leave my friends and family unprotected from people who are obviously coming after me. I've made that mistake before and it almost killed me." Hope murmured, regret and sorrow laced her words.

Both Perenelle and Nicolas let out a sad sigh as Perenelle also embraced the young girl, trying to offer as much comfort as they could.

"This time you don't have to do it alone." Perenelle remarked as she ran her fingers through Hope's long auburn locks.

"You have Daphne, me, Nic, Luna, potentially the rest of the Greengrass's, the Bones' women, Professor's Flitwick and Babbling, the Goblin Nation and Harry. Your friends from the other school houses, Neville, Hannah and the Patil twins." Perenelle pulled back slightly and brought Hope's sea colored eyes to meet her own hazel ones.

"You've already amassed a small army and the people you have trusted with wandless magic are in a league of their own thanks to you." Perenelle pressed a light kiss on Hope's forehead before resuming their group hug.

A small sniffle was heard and a quiet noise was spoken. "Thank you. For not giving up on me."

"Never." Both of the Flamel's replied instantly before tightening their hug, "Always and Forever. Right?"

Hope chuckled silently and nodded against her parents.

When the family finally apparated back home Hope felt better than before, needing to be able to clear the air about some of her fears but she had more questions in regards to her political standing. Hope organised to do her Goblin training starting tomorrow with Daphne but she chose to go into Gringotts a day early, so she could tackle the Bills and political memos first before being able to take her frustrations out in training for the next week.

"Good evening, King Ragnok, King of the Goblins, Blooded Warrior and Proxy to the Legendary House of Emrys. May the souls of your enemies run in fear by the mere mention of your name or power." Hope greeted with a small bow as she came face to face with the impressive Goblin.

The Goblin King ginned feral as he gave a small bow of his own. "Good evening, Lady Emrys, Queen of the Werewolves, Princess of the Vampires and seasoned Warrior. May the blood of your enemies coat your blade forevermore."

Hope's eyes widened at the greeting. "I thought I still had one more week left of Goblin training before I could receive that title?"

"You also mentioned in your deal for Lancealot's Spear, if you exceeded our expectations we could name you a Warrior earlier. However 3 one week sessions are still required. But we would be pleased to have you come back whenever you wish to train with us. You push my Warriors to new limits against your powers. It humbles them and encourages them to continue learning new skills or improving old skills." King Ragnok mentions with a proud smile.

Hope smiled back at the Goblin King, as she raised a fist over her heart and bowed respectfully to the elder Goblin. "Thank you for your generosity, King Ragnok."

The Goblin clapped his hands together loudly and rubbed them together. "Thank God the niceties are out of the way. Walk with me to my office and you can tell me what's troubling you while we go over everything from the Wizengamot."

Hope rolled her eyes dramatically as she walked side by side with the Goblin as this was the only way they walked together these days. A Goblin leaving his back open to a strike was considered suicidal, but having the ruler of another species leave their flank open for attack is also stupid. The Goblin and Tribrid figured out this was the easiest method of travel for them and they both respected each other enough that it was seen as a power play.

As they entered Ragnok's office he pulled out a Blood Quill to which Hope groaned at and subconsciously rubbed the top of her right hand as she could almost feel the upcoming pain. The Goblin just chuckled at Hope's displeasure. "Start with this pile first. It has the Dark and Light Bills. The Neutral Bills are… unique."

Hope raised an eyebrow at the Goblin at the choice of his words. "Unique, how? Like Marcus Greengrass hindering us or helping?"

A tooth grin was Ragnok's response. "Guess you will have to wait and see. Why do you think it's Greengrass?"

"I kind of threatened him when I told him I was going to marry his daughter with or without his permission and if he interfered I would rain down hell on him politically as Lady Emrys." Hope replied casually with a smile as she picked up the Blood Quill and took the first sheet of paper, scanning over it quickly before declining the Dark Bill in front of her with a flourish of her hand across parchment.

Ragnok let out a deafening roar of laughter as he heard the reasoning behind the leader of the Neutral Faction change of direction with his Bills. "Geez Hope. That's not the smartest play in any political book."

Hope scoffed lightly. "Doesn't really matter. If Marcus becomes a liability I can always use my position as Lady Emrys and the Consort Greengrass to force Marcus out as Head of the Greengrass family and place Daphne there in his place. Other than that, he owes me a Life-Debt that he's not even aware of since I cured Astoria."

The Goblin King blinked a few times in disbelief before asking. "How did you cure someone with a Blood Curse that old?"

Hope was speeding through the Dark Bills in record time after she realised she could use her superspeed to speed-read, before she turned to face the Goblin with a serious expression. "I used a combination of my blood and Phoenix Tears. I've also discreetly removed the Blood Curse from the family. No more Greengrass's will ever be afflicted with that curse ever again."

Just as Hope moved onto the Light Bills she unloaded her troubles with the Goblin King. Politically, Ragnok told her she had nothing to worry about, she was a natural and he enjoyed working with her. Ragnok even mentioned if he was ever removed as her Proxy he would still quite happily stay with Hope as an advisor, to which Hope thanked the Goblin profusely.

As the duties as a saviour to the Wizarding World, Hope just agreed to do what she believes to be right and will try to keep peace between Magical Creatures and Wizards while destroying Voldemort. The Tribrid also mentioned to the elderly Goblin that there are only 3 Horcruxes left, the ring, the locket and Nagini.

"So you're leaving the ring for Dumbledore to find, so the withering curse on the ring will be placed on Dumbledore and take him out of the equation for the Light Faction. The snake you will just perform a locator spell after the ring has affected the Hogwarts Headmaster and kill it. Whereas you plan on getting Harry Potter and Sirius Black's help to get the locket from a House-Elf hiding behind a Fidelius charm?" Ragnok summarised.

Hope nodded her head distractedly as she re-read the same piece of parchment for a third time. "Yep, that's about right."

Ragnok peered over the girl's shoulder to see a Bill from the Dark Faction pile, trying to bring in a rule about school Wizard Duels not being allowed and any Duels that had been made in the past year are null and void. "Let me guess, you had something to do with this?"

Hope grunted in the affirmative as she declined the Bill while stating. "Poor Lucy Malfoy is a sore loser. Thankfully Wizard Duels can not be banned even if this Bill came to pass. It's a rule that is unchangeable, no matter how much they try."

The Goblin King let out a chuff of laughter as he recalled that rule being made a few hundred years ago. "I know. What did you make him agree to anyway?"

"To step down from the Board of Governors for Hogwarts and to never apply for a position there again." Hope answered as she moved onto the Light Bills as a smirk appeared on her face, "Although he only duelled me because I defeated his son earlier in a Wizard's Duel without even drawing my wand. Punching Draco in the face will always be a memory I will never forget."

The room erupted into laughter as the Goblin King and Wolf Queen laughed at the Malfoy men's bad luck before they managed to calm down.

Ragnok managed to pull himself together before mentioning. "As much as destroying the Malfoy men amuses me. It's Lady Malfoy who is the true Slytherin of the family. Be wary of that one."

Hope only nodded her head to the Goblin's warning.

Hope's wrist was starting to cramp after 2 hours but she was up to the last of the Neutral Bills, to which Hope was pleasantly surprised when they were craftly worded Bills written by Marcus Greengrass, offering more land to Magical Creatures and also trying to slowly accumulate the Wizarding World to the 20th century. By bringing in small uses of electricity to buildings which normally use a lot of candles or lamps to enlighten a room.

Hope agreed with most of these Bills but always confirmed with Ragnok first, to see if there were any cleverly placed restrictions or demands in exchange for these services. But neither Goblin or woman found any hidden messages.

The Bills were exactly as they promised.

No more, no less.

Hope had another curious thought as she looked over the last 2 Bills. "Ragnok?"

The Goblin hummed in response for Hope to continue, "Am I bound by any Life-Debts to the Flamel House?"

Ragnok thought about it for a moment before replying. "No. You are only bound to Debts that are a part of your highest ranking House. However, if there is a Debt owed to the Flamel House and you have a Debt to the Legendary House owing from the House who has the Debt to the Flamel's. You could transfer the Debt down from the Legendary to a Most Ancient and Noble House, to neutralise the Life-Debt."

Hope hummed slightly as her brain wrapped her head around the information she had learned. "So for instance. There is a Debt with the Flamel's owing to the Delacours. If I was to get a Life-Debt from, let's say, saving the youngest Delacour from the Merpeople during the Tri-Wizard Tournament. As the Flamel Heiress, I could transfer this Debt to the Flamel's and cancel out the Debt?"

The Goblin King scratched the top of his head as he paced in the office for a while, as Hope finished the Bills, Ragnok turned back to the Tribrid with a grin. "That would be absolutely legal. Even if the youngest Delacour is used in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, from what you have told me there was no consent in knowing she would be placed underwater with a species the Veela have a very fragile treaty with."

"Excellent." Hope responded with a grin.

"I may be friendly with the elder Delacour daughter but there is no way in hell I will bring that kind of drama of a 2nd wife onto Daphne."

"Covering your bases then?"

"Always." Hope strongly replied.

Daphne joined Hope and the Goblins the following day to begin her week of training but she was a bundle of nervous energy as she whispered over to Hope. "Are you sure that this is okay?"

Hope let out a tiny chuckle as she replied. "Yes love. Everything is ready for both of us. Stop worrying."

King Ragnok chose this moment to walk into the room and Daphne froze suddenly before giving the Goblin a graceful curtsy. "Good morning, King Ragnok. King of the Goblins, Blooded Warrior and Proxy to the Legendary House Emrys."

Ragnok glanced at Hope with a raised eyebrow but the Tribrid rolled her eyes at the Goblin King.

"Don't look at me like that." Daphne shot her head in Hope's direction and looked at her with shock in her eyes as her Mate's blatant disregard of etiquettes as Hope continued, "She came to me like that. All rules and regulations."

Hope smirked as she turned to look at her lover. "I think it's sexy."

The Goblin King groaned quietly and rolled his eyes. "None of that now or I will probably want to eat my own eyeballs if you keep that up."

Hope's smirk became less defined as she looked back to Ragnok with a pleasant smile. "Sorry Ragnok. I'll behave myself… I am still allowed to flirt, right?"

There was a long answering sigh. "Whatever. Let's go. I wanna kick your ass Mikaelson."

As it turns out Ragnok did kick Hope's ass for the first 10 minutes as the Tribrid kept getting distracted by her Mate watching her. Hope was chided repeatedly by King Ragnok to stop looking over to Daphne or he would start her training in another room. Hope's eyes flashed gold and Ragnok groaned as he landed on his back with a thunk and the point of a sword against his neck.

"Right. Don't threaten or even talk about Daphne. Got it." The King of the Goblins groaned out in pain as he pushed Excalibur away from his neck.

"That's a good choice Ragnok." Hope replied in Gobbledegook as she had taught Daphne her translator spell earlier in the year.

The grating sound of the Goblin language left Daphne's mouth and Hope was shocked that Daphne was able to make the harsh sounds from the new language sound relatively pleasant. "You should listen to my Mate. She has a very short temper when it comes to me… Or at least that is what Warrior Flitwick says and I'm inclined to agree."

"Ah, Hope has taught you her translation spell." Ragnok replied as he stood to his full height with a grin.

"Yes. It makes it easier to speak to Warrior Flitwick at school without the need to erect Hope's insanely powerful boundary ward everytime we wish to speak privately. Warrior Flitwick assures us that the Goblin language can't be spoken or translated by anyone other than Hope and myself. Nobody else is powerful enough to perform this spell other than the people Hope has helped unlock their Magical Potential. So a grand total of 5 people could theoretically understand the Goblin language." Daphne explained to the elder Goblin.

"Excellent! From now on if you are here as the Consort Emrys you are to speak my language to anyone of the Goblin Nation." Ragnok exclaimed happily as he focused his attention on Daphne.

"Sure. It will add more discretion to Lady Emrys." An unsubtle cough came from the light auburn haired girl and Daphne smiled slightly as she corrected herself, "Very well, it will help Hope stay under the radar."

Daphne looked over to her right as she watched Hope balance Excalibur over her right shoulder. "Why do you hate being called Lady Emrys so much?"

Hope blinked a few times at Daphne's sudden question as she tried to think of an answer for her Mate. "Honestly. I'm not used to the name and the name places an even larger burden on my head. One that I don't know if I'm ready for."

"As much as this conversation is needed, we only have a week of training. Talk and fight at the same time." The Goblin King announced as he made some motions with his hands to dismiss the other Goblins in the area.

"I want to see how well your Mate does against you. So summon your weapons and you can use your magic in this fight. Warrior Flitwick informed me that I would be impressed, so show me."

Daphne glanced at Hope and watched as she took the enchanted blade off her shoulder and conjured a secondary sword in her left hand, before she took a defensive stance, waiting for the blonde to form her icy rapiers.

The Greengrass Heiress used her magic and froze the floor before shooting up icicle spikes from the frosted marble floor. Some of these spikes were shot out from the very edges of the room, since the blonde knew from experience that Hope was able to melt the ice within a certain radius from herself. What Daphne didn't expect was for the spike to melt before they were able to get close to Hope and the blonde raised an eyebrow at the Tribrid.

"What? I'm over trying to dodge all the ice you send my way. So I've learnt to project an invisible flame-based barrier around myself. I'm hoping that it will protect me against all your ice attacks." Hope explained as she made her way over to the blonde who was sending ice walls at Hope, trying to slow her down but the fire shield held strong through the barrage of attacks.

Daphne altered her rapiers into steel rather than ice so they didn't melt as she threw herself into the fire barrier with her own cold barrier wrapped tightly around her. A hiss of steam sounded as the two shields collided and a fine mist started to form around the two girls.

The blonde thrusted her narrow blade forward only to be blocked by Hope's conjured sword and the lethal dance began between the Consorts.

While the girls were striking at each other and blocking each attack Ragnok made some appraisals as he watched the fight continue and the mist surrounding the girls was steadily becoming thicker by the minute.

He was immensely pleased with how well the Greengrass girl was fighting, even though Hope had taken out the other girl's main offensive abilities by erecting the fire shield, the blonde was still using her magic, basic spells, but overall effective.

The witch used the mist to her advantage multiple times by using a low powered lumos charm, refracting the light off all of the water particles in the air.

Hope had been blinded by this tactic the first time but she was still able to defend herself against the slashes, thrusts and feints Daphne had unloaded on the Tribrid in quick succession.

Hope used her other senses to compensate for the temporary loss of her sight. Her hearing and sense of smell went through the roof. The Tribrid heard the blades cutting through the air as the strikes came from above, to the sides, thrusting towards her and occasionally from below. However it was Hope's olfactory senses that gave Hope the advantage. She could literally smell Daphne's blood along with her natural scent of fresh snow, oranges, and parchment no matter where Daphne was in the room and followed that scent like a bloodhound.

When Hope's sight came back the girls had been in this twisted metal dance for about 10 minutes without either woman showing any signs of slowing down just yet. This made Ragnok somewhat proud, knowing that the Greengrass Heiress would be able to put up a decent fight against some of his Warriors without the use of her magic. Although he was curious about what the girl could accomplish with her ice attacks against a more average fighter.

"I must say I'm once again impressed by both Lady Emrys and Consort Emrys." Hope shot a glare over to the Goblin King at the use of those titles whereas Daphne faltered in her attack for a moment before recalling that she should be known as Consort Emrys, as that is her highest title in the Wizengamot.

"You need to start accepting Lady Emrys as your name Hope. From what you told me earlier this year and last year, you plan on announcing yourself as Lady Emrys during the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Which means you need to start answering to your name rather than glaring at it. Grow up young Queen." Ragnok scolded the reluctant Tribrid.

Hope huffed in annoyance as she ducked under the slash Daphne aimed at her head. "But I don't want the weight of the Wizarding World on my shoulders."

"Boo-fucking-hoo." The Goblin replied without a hint of sarcasm as Hope and Daphne had their swords locked in front of them before they looked over at the Goblin with disbelief in their eyes.

"You have a destiny, Hope. Deal with it. At least you have your Mate at your side to help you carry the burden. Besides Consort Emrys has been trained and raised in the political world all her life. Accept her help you idiot."

Daphne's jaw dropped in shock but Hope wasn't on to pass up an opportunity. So she flipped Daphne over her shoulder and on the ground before disarming her Mate, straddling her in the process and pinning the blonde's arms over her head.

The witch let out an 'oof' as she landed on her back but wasn't able to react quickly enough to stop Hope from pinning her.

"Cheater." Daphne let out breathlessly as she starred up into Hope's sea coloured eyes.

Hope gave Daphne a quick smile before she looked up at the Goblin ruler with a disgruntled expression.

"You know you're an asshole right?" Hope asked the Goblin in a rhetorical manner.

Ragnok gave a halfhearted shrug as he maintained eye contact with Hope, trying to get his point across to the stubborn girl. "Fine. You may have a point. I should be getting used to the name, since everyone will most likely start calling me that once I announce myself." Hope looked at the girl underneath her and asked in english. "Would you be willing to help me with the Wizengamot love?"

Daphne smiled up at her Mate before chanting, "Accio, Hope Mikaelson."

Hope's head was affected by the spell the blonde used, magically dragging Hope's mouth down closer to Daphne's and the blonde kissed her for a few moments. "I will always help you Hope. King Ragnok is right. I've practically been groomed for this position for my entire life. Let me help?"

Hope sighed against Daphne's lips before nodding slightly. "Okay."

Over the course of the week Hope and Daphne trained against each other, side by side and they also fought a group of Goblins single-handedly. Ragnok was extraordinarily happy with how both of the girls were doing singularly and together in pairs.

Ragnok even extended the same courtesy to Daphne that he had with Hope, allowing her to come around at any time for more training. This caused a massive grin to appear on Hope's face as she had faith that Daphne would leave an overwhelming impression on the Goblin Nation.

"Has Warrior Flitwick informed you both of the Duelling Competitions that are held worldwide?" Ragnok asked the girls as they were once again paired up with one another taking on a small army of 30 Goblin Warriors.

Daphne was providing the defence for their partnership with her thick ice walls while Hope was setting magical bobby-traps on the floor, walls, ceiling and even in thin air for the Goblins to activate.

"Yes. He has. We decided to let Hope compete in the singles while I sit it out, to avoid us showing our full potential until next year. Because Warrior Flitwick just assumed that we would eventually versus one another and neither of us would accept a pity loss, so it was the easiest way to avoid a confrontation." Daphne answered as she created some animated ice doubles of herself and Hope to join the battle.

"Thankfully the Professor mentioned that there is a Pair's Duelling Competition. So we signed up for that together under the guise of Flitwick's protegees." Hope continued as she waved her hand causing both girls to vanish under an invisibility charm.

The Goblin army were doing their best to fight off the icy doubles but for ice sculptures they had amazing flexibility and speed, dodging and weaving their way through the masses and setting off some of Hope's bobby-traps.

While some of these traps acted as a paralyser, gravity manipulations or even in some cases one of Hope's sleeping spells from her world would knock the Goblins into unconsciousness at the snap of her fingers.

"Lord have mercy on any soul that fights against the two of you." The elder Goblin muttered under his breath.

Hope lifted her invisibility charm and stood with her arms crossed side by side with the Goblin King. "Sorry. I don't believe any King wants to witness some of his best Warriors getting their asses handed to them by magic. But you did request this match."

To Hope's surprise the Goblin didn't flinch at Hope's sudden arrival, but he did let out a sigh. "No, I don't enjoy watching this. Your Mate's magic and your own are practically out of this world. Well… Power wise anyway. Besides your extensive magical power, both of you are tacticians and able to plot out your next move as well as your partners along with your opponent. I'd bet any and all Goblin-Made weapons that I own that I would never see the day when you and Daphne would lose a duel. Magical or with swords. My Warriors never stood a chance against both of you."

Hope let out a quiet hum as Daphne blew up her ice walls with a loud shattering noise before turning the ice shards into small mist like particles, blinding their opponents. Hope decided to end the match quickly after Daphne created the perfect distraction.

Hope flicked both her wrists towards the ground as she called out, "Fluctus impulsa."

A powerful wave of magic shot out from Hope's hands and barreled its way through the blinded Goblin army, knocking all the Goblins backwards into the wall behind them with a fleshy thump before they fell to the ground with a groan.

The Goblin King blinked once before he turned to face the Tribrid.

"What was that?" He asked in disbelief, forgetting to use Gobbledegook to speak to the girls.

Hope chuckled and waved her hand making Daphne visible, but she was too busy also looking over to the downed Goblins on the other side of the room with a look of awe across her face.

"Shockwave spell." Hope answered the Goblin King's question before expanding slightly on it.

"The spell normally is generated through a witch's hands, but it can be channelled directly into something or someone. I actually destroyed a gargoyle with this spell once, although I did need help from a friend." Hope finished with a forlorn smile on her face.

A look of genuine confusion crossed Ragnok's face as he mentioned in a factual tone. "Gargoyles can't be destroyed."

Hope shrugged slightly before mentioning in a deadpan. "Well this one was."

A thought crossed Hope's mind and she switched back to the Goblin language. "Actually I should probably show you and the Flamel's all the creatures I have faced in my world. See if there are any differences between my universe's Magical Creatures and this world."

Daphne groaned quietly while the King of the Goblins had a grin spread slowly and widely across his face. "I, for one, would love to see some of your memories."

"Not this week. I promised my sister I'd spend some time with her since I apparently ignored her at school." Hope pursed her lips together as she avoided mentioning that her Mate ignores everyone when she has her 'ice mask' on.

Instead the copper haired girl replies to Ragnok. "I have no issues with waiting a few weeks, maybe we'll do it after the Duelling Competitions?"

The Goblin sighed dramatically. "Very well."

When Daphne had said Astoria wanted to spend time with her sister she also meant her sister-in-law as well apparently. So Hope had stayed at Greengrass Farm for a week, while Nic and Nelle occasionally popped in to say hello. Somewhere along the line Annabeth's jaw dropped when Daphne made a remark about Nic's Alchemy studies and if he could teach her some transference spells.

Daphne had felt so guilty when she accidentally revealed Nic and Nelle's secret but the immortals waved off the incident as they were planning on telling Daphne's family over these holidays anyway.

It didn't stop Daphne from apologising profusely to Nic and Nelle for the next week, that is until Hope whispered something in Daphne's ear and the girl flushed red in embarrassment before walking outside for some air. The adults looked at Hope questionably, but Hope just smirked and arched an eyebrow smugly at them which caused all the adults to clam up quickly either not wanting to know or in Nic's case trying not to burst out in laughter.

Astoria just looked confused at the whole interaction. "What just happened?"

Nic couldn't hold it in any longer and laughed loudly while the rest of the adults couldn't even look in Astoria or Hope's direction.

Hope gave a quick glance at the confused look on the youngest Greengrass' face before replying, "I got Daphne to stop apologising."

A frown joined Astoria's confused expression. "But how?"

Marcus, Annabeth and Nelle sputtered as they hoped that Hope wouldn't say something too crass.

"By threatening to spank her." Hope answered honestly with a sly smile on her face.

"Trust me Stori. Don't ask any more questions, unless you want to learn some interesting facts about your sister, that you really don't want to know." Hope told the younger girl while giving her a look that just screamed scandalous.

Astoria opened her mouth but looked at the disturbed faces on her parents as they were trying to tune out what Hope was saying. A look of disturbed horror crossed Astoria's face as she finally understood what was happening and blanched as she made gagging noises as she ran out of the room and most likely to her bedroom.

Hope's smug expression didn't leave her face for the rest of the day or night, as it turns out. Daphne had made another apology to Nic and Nelle as they were leaving and Hope's sensitive hearing overheard it.

After she waved her parents goodbye, Hope leaned on Daphne's shoulder as she murmured so quietly only Daphne could hear. "I heard that apology when my parents left."

Daphne shivered slightly at the promise of pleasure in Hope's voice.

"When we go to bed tonight I want you to strip out of your clothes and bend over my knees. You didn't follow my rules, love. You have to pay." With a nip at the blonde's ear the Tribrid had left the room to join Marcus for some last minute additions to some Bills for the Neutral Faction.

Daphne gulped loudly at the saliva that had built up in her mouth.

"Fuck." Daphne murmured as she tried to get the motor functions in her legs to start working again but all she felt was her own slick coating her inner thighs.

"Merlin be damned. Fucking Hope Mikaelson." The blonde groaned quietly at the arousal covering her upper thighs.

Daphne swallowed again as she called out a little louder. "Good night, Mum, Dad."

Daphne made her way slowly to her room as she heard replies from her parents. Daphne was about to say goodnight to her sister but she could tell that her sister was already asleep since Astoria's magic was quiet. It was easier to predict what Astoria was doing more than anyone in her family in Daphne's mind.

Well apart from Hope obviously.

Daphne could tell if Astoria was asleep, the wind, Daphne could sense which was a part of her sister's magic along with chocolate and ink, was quiet and still. This let the Greengrass Heiress know her sister was having a peaceful sleep, so she walked past her sister's bedroom before making it to her own room.

The Consort Emrys placed a powerful privacy ward up on her door and stripped out of her clothing with extreme haste before she moved to her bed and kneeled beside the bed facing towards the door. Placing her hands in her lap as she patiently waited for her Mate to appear.

Hope didn't take too long to turn up as the door shimmered maybe a few minutes later, the anticipation built up in Daphne's body as her arousal pooled in her lower abdomen.

Daphne kept her eyes lowered to the ground but she heard Hope suck in a deep breath of air before she closed the door quietly and erected one of her powerful barrier spells that she used at Hogwarts in her dorm.

The blonde didn't hear any footsteps making their way to her but she felt Hope approaching her, a presence at her back became too much to ignore and she moved to turn around but Hope placed her hands on bare pale shoulders, keeping her in place.

"Well. I'll admit this is a nice surprise." Hope mentioned lightly as she drew patterns along Daphne's upper back, causing goosebumps to rise all over the blonde's naked body.

"I thought I would have to talk you into this, but you're really into this. Aren't you, love?"

"Yes." Came a breathy reply from the floor as she glanced up with shiny, ice-like eyes to lock gazes with glowing gold orbs and Daphne took a sudden gulp as her mouth watered in excitement.

Hope hummed and glanced around her Mate's room before landing on the chair Daphne told her to sit in during their first meeting.

Hope smirked to herself and leaned down to whisper seductively in Daphne's ear, moving a strand of silky blonde hair behind her ear. "Follow me then bend over my knees when I sit down. If you want to stop at any time, use the colour system to let me know."

Daphne hummed but Hope took a firm grip of blonde hair and pulled it down sharply and to the right, so Daphne's face up sharply so it was aligned with Hope's.

Daphne let out a startled groan as her head was forced in another direction but when she saw Hope's serious expression she responded to her Mate's stipulations verbally. "Okay Hope. I'll use the colour guidelines if it becomes too much."

"Good girl." Hope praised the taller girl brushing her thumb along Daphne's smooth bottom lip before walking over to the chair and sitting in it with a look of reflection on her face before a smirk overtook it.

"But maybe you should make it up to me?"

Daphne looked up at the auburn haired girl's face with a furrowed brow. "Other than apologising, what do I need to make up for?"

"Do you remember the last time I was in this chair?" Hope asked with a devious smile.

A look of comprehension crossed Daphne's face as a look of guilt came over her features. "I'm sorry about how I acted towards you when we first met. I was an entitled brat and I took that out on you."

The Greengrass Heiress looked up and made eye contact with Hope before apologising again. "I'm sorry."

Hope clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth before patting a hand on her lap. Daphne stood up gracefully before walking over to Hope so she could bend her body over Hope's lap with a flustered face while repeating, "I'm sorry."

Hope ran an open palm all across Daphne's smooth and unblemished skin as the blonde shivered at the touch, yet relaxing into her Mate's body. "I believe you, Daph and I know you are sorry. But I kinda hate seeing this chair over the past couple of years and thought that this would be a good way to replace some old memories with new ones? How would you feel about that love?"

Daphne's hands clenched tightly on the Tribrid's leg as Hope gave a quick but firm smack on her bare ass, causing the blonde to groan in surprise and a little bit of pleasure.

"I can destroy the chair if it annoys you so much?" Daphne offered as she lifted her head up slightly.

Hope rubbed her right hand along Daphne's upturned ass, squeezing and moulding it as she replied in a cheerful tone. "Now why would I want to destroy this chair when I know that after tonight, everytime you look at this chair, you will recall this night and what we did in this chair. You won't even be able to look at this piece of furniture without blushing."

A gasp left Daphne's mouth as she was smacked harder than before, however a guttural groan followed this smack as Daphne could envision looking at this chair tomorrow and not being able to keep a gaze on this chair.

Hope had spanked Daphne 3 more times before telling her to stand up, Daphne shakingly got to her feet and Hope checked in by asking, "Colour?"

"Green." Came the quick reply out of Daphne's lips.

Hope nodded and stood up herself, snapping her fingers on the way up, magically removing all her clothes.

As Daphne was taking in her Mate's toned and muscled form her eyes nearly bulged out when she saw the extra appendage that Hope had strapped to her hips. "Still good?"

Daphne's mouth watered as she nodded enthusiastically and she dropped to her knees in front of Hope's strap-on and took nearly half of the rubber dick into her mouth in one fell swoop.

Hope's eyes widened as she saw just how quickly Daphne moved to please Hope and take the dick into her mouth. Hope thought Daphne would take it slow since she knew Daphne was a Witches' Witch but perhaps the blonde just didn't like men in general but had no issues with their equipment.

Hope groaned softly as she felt Daphne push the dildo back and forth against Hope's clit, Hope brought her hands down to tangle into blonde hair as she started thrusting gently in Daphne's mouth who let out a happy moan as her hands wrapped around Hope's ass to stabilise her.

"Fuck Daph! I never thought you would enjoy sucking on my dick so much. Not to mention how good you are at it." Hope complimented the other girl as her fingers combed through long blonde locks.

Another moan was all the blonde replied with as she started including slurping noises to the mix as she tried taking more of the 7 inch dildo down her throat.

As Hope was getting close to her climax she pulled Daphne's mouth off the full length of her cock. Daphne took in a deep breath of air as she tried to move forward against Hope's grip. "Please?" Came the breathless request of the blonde.

"Later. First I want to fuck you on this chair. Lean your head on your arms over the top of the chair and spread your legs, so your knees are touching the armrests." Hope directed as she helped the blonde up to a vertical position and gave her a wet kiss before gently guiding Daphne over to the chair.

"Go slow?" The blonde witch shyly requested as she got into position, kneeling over the chair.

Hope's eyes softened considerably. "Of course, love. I only want you to feel pleasure. Especially for our first time using a toy."

Hope was met with a slightly guilty face from her Mate. "Actually, it's not my first time with a dildo… I have one in my bedside drawer that I used after we had our first time together. But that strap-on is larger than mine, so I still need you to go slow."

A light chuckle left Hope's mouth as she peppered kisses along Daphne's back. "Okay. Thanks for telling me."

Hope ran her fingers through Daphne's slick folds drawing out a deep moan from the other girl as she collapsed her upper body heavily on the chair. "So wet."

Hope played with Daphne's clit, rubbing feather light circles over it. "Who knew that you would get so wet just from sucking my cock?"

Daphne let out a small whimper as she thrusted her hips forward slightly against Hope's hand, trying to find more friction against Hope's fingers.

"Please Hope! Fill me. Fuck me!" Daphne pleaded into her crossed arms as she pushed her ass out further.

Golden eyes made their second appearance of the night as Hope kneaded Daphne's firm ass, spreading the cheeks apart so she could get a clear view of the arousal literally leaking from the blonde's pussy in streams down pale thighs.

Hope lined up the strap-on with Daphne's quivering pussy before pushing in gently but oh so smoothly. "Fuck, Daph! You're so wet that there's not even a hint of resistance going in." Daphne could only answer with a loud long moan as she felt Hope enter her deeper than the Tribrid had ever gone before and kept going until Daphne felt Hope's thighs touching hers and she let out an utterly sultry moan at the feeling of being so full.

Daphne let out a little groan as she felt Hope pull back out slowly, when only the tip was still barely left inside her Daphne made quiet mewling noises as she tried to grind herself backwards onto the dildo, but she was thwarted as Hope's hand wrapped around the blonde's hips in a tight grip before pushing back in just a tad faster than before trying to slowly accumulate the other girl to being fucked.

Hope continued with this pace of slowly thrusting in and out of Daphne drawing out all kinds of moans, groans and whimpers, some quiet, some loud but the blonde was practically always vocal. Whether it was from the sounds she made or the heavy breathing as she tried to catch her breath.

"How does this feel love?" Hope asked smugly as she aimed the next stroke in towards the fleshy wall causing Daphne to buck forward as a scream came out of her throat.

"Fuck!" The blonde screamed as she dug her nails into the rough fabric of the chair, "It feels so good! I feel so full! Please go faster! Please?"

Hope moved one of her hands around and down the 'v' of Daphne's thighs to lightly pinch at Daphne's clit. Another scream tore through the blonde's throat as she climaxed with Hope still slowly pumping into her, prolonging the orgasm as Hope's fingers rubbed back and forth over her clit.

Explicities were being repeated constantly as Hope managed to pull out a second orgasm before the first one was able to finish. The Tribrid removed her hand from Daphne's clitoris but also slowed down her thrusts into the taller girl allowing Daphne to slowly come down from her high.

"You did so well love. We're almost done with this stupid chair." Hope mentioned as she pulled the strap-on out of Daphne with a groan coming from both parties.

"What else could we do to make this chair impossible for me to look at ever again?" The blonde asked in pants.

Hope picked up the other girl, lifting her out of the chair with a surprised squeak as the Tribrid turned them around and sat in the chair, bringing Daphne around with her to sit on her lap, before Hope leaned forward to nip at one of Daphne's ears. "You're going to fuck yourself on my lap."

Hope decided to help out by lifting Daphne slightly and positioning the strap-on with the blonde's entrance again before letting the witch slide through her hands.

Daphne gasped as she was suddenly impaled back on the strap-on unceremoniously and she let out a long groan as she was filled to the brim. "Fuck!"

Daphne had somehow managed to find the strength to lift herself up and down on the stationary dildo as Hope kissed and left little love bites all along her back, shoulders and neck as she murmured praises into her skin.

The blonde groaned in pleasure as she bounced on Hope's lap for what seemed like an eternity, Daphne eventually lifted herself up to a standing position for all of two seconds before turning around and straddling Hope, dropping herself down onto the strap-on with another loud groan as the new angle hit Daphne's core in different places.

Daphne brought her hands up to cup Hope's cheeks before she planted a kiss on Hope's lips that neither girl wanted to break. So Daphne kept rocking her hips into Hope's but the copper haired girl moved her hands to Daphne's ass so she could lift Daphne up to the tip of the dildo before lowering her back down into Hope's thrusting hips.

A muffled 'fuck' was promptly swallowed by Hope as she attacked Daphne's mouth while fucking into Daphne with a little bit of wolf speed causing Daphne's mouth to open loosely as she tried to moan in pleasure but no sound came out.

Hope picked up her Mate and rushed her onto the bed using a pillow under Daphne's hips to get the right angle to continuously hit Daphne's G-spot over and over and over again while she now was able to use one of her hands to violently rub at Daphne's clit, so the girls could share an orgasm together as Hope was close to cumming herself.

These two actions sent Daphne off the deep end as her body jackknifed up as she screamed bloody murder as the most intense orgasm flooded through her at an impossible speed and she squirted onto the bed, creating a mess of the sheets.

Eventually after maybe 20 seconds, Daphne lost her voice as she couldn't keep up with the pleasure she was feeling and 10 seconds after that the blonde collapsed back onto the bed with a creak of protesting springs as Daphne blacked out from the pleasure.

Hope moaned as she experienced her orgasm but she was more taken with just how beautiful Daphne looked as she came. Hope snapped her fingers to remove the strap-on from her body and from Daphne's tight channel.

The auburn haired girl also changed the sheets once Daphne passed out on the bed before rearranging herself and her Mate so they were under the sheets. Hope pressed a kiss on the corner of Daphne's mouth before whispering good night.