A Hope through time

Loud knocks at her door woke Hope with a groggy and angry expression as she checked her watch, showing her that it was 6:30am. Hope groaned but got out of bed to open the door slightly so the Phoenix's perch couldn't be seen by her Head of House who was standing displeased in front of her door. Hope blinked once in shock as her tired brain attempted to comprehend the image in front of her.

Snape promptly shoved Hope's wand back into her chest before leaving back into the common room. Hope looked flabbergasted as she stared ahead in confusion at the aggressive nature Snape returned her wand.

The Tribrid managed to grab her wand before it fell to the ground after Snape almost bounced it off her small stature with a confused tilt of her head as Myrddin let out a tiny tweet of anger.

Hope was dragged out of her stupor when she heard Dumbledore's voice in the common room. "So Bathsheda, is there anything we can do to protect these students from the wards?"

Hope grinned as she raced back into her room to quickly get dressed into the Hogwarts robes in record time. Myrddin quickly perched himself on Hope's shoulder as the Mikaelson witch hid the Phoenix with an invisibility spell before heading out into the common room. Hope managed to achieve this in under a minute as she really wanted to see how Dumbledore would react.

Hope mentally informs herself she'll shower tonight since she doesn't have Astronomy again until Thursday. With Myrddin on her shoulder, Lady Emrys casually enters the common room before sitting on one of the lounges out of the way and begins drawing on a spare piece of parchment she discreetly summoned.

Now Hope has a reason to be out of her room without drawing attention to herself and she could still listen to the conversation without looking like she's actively eavesdropping.

There was a young woman looking around in amazement at the wards she could sense within the room.

The woman spoke with an American accent which surprised Hope slightly as she thought she was the only American at this school. "In all honesty this is the safest room, probably in the entire castle." Shocking Dumbledore and Snape into utter silence.

She continues on, not noticing the worried looks shared between the other two faculty members. "These wards are based on ill intent wards."

The young Professor's face turns stormy as she learns something highly disturbing through the erected wards and faces Snape with anger visibly pouring off her. "There's also a ward here to stop sex without consent."

She remarks grimly as a disturbed look marrs her features. "Rape. Is that the kind of things-"

"Enough! My dear Bathsheda. Severus had no idea such things happened in his House. As you can tell. There is a ward to stop such things from happening." Dumbledore interrupts and tries to placate the Ancient Runes teacher.

"These wards were made at the same time." Babbling replied, distastefully refuting the Headmaster's words immediately.

"No. There is nothing I can do to bring down the wards. Due to two reasons: One, these wards protect the kids and the ill intent ward has a time limit on it of 1 hour. It only lasts longer if the person who activated wishes to harm someone and two, the wards are literally powered by the castle, which as you know I can't influence." Babbling explained with a pleased smile.

Dumbledore seemingly ignores everything the Runes Professor said before rubbing his chin in thought. "The castle, you say."

The Headmaster hummed as he pulled out the Elder Wand, casting a powerful finite incantatem on the entire room causing the room to shudder slightly.

"That should do it". Dumbledore says in a proud grandfatherly voice as he knew as Headmaster he has the ability to alter the wards within the castle.

Bathsheda frowns in confusion at Dumbledore's reaction and how he handled the situation before casting another spell with a furrowed brow.

Babbling sighed in relief when she felt the wards were still in place. "Thank Merlin."

Hope moved her hand in front of her face to hide her smirk at the ironic remark considering Lady Emrys placed the protections on the house.

"Your finite didn't work." The Ancient Runes Professor announced with a content sigh.

Both Dumbledore's and Snape's jaws dropped in disbelief as they both knew Dumbledore wielded the Elder Wand, the most powerful wand in the world and Dumbledore is also the Headmaster. His counterspell should have worked.

"What?" The two men spoke together in shock before waving their own wands around to confirm the other Professor's findings as they didn't believe her.

Hope was so distracted by the show Dumbledore and Snape were putting on, that she didn't even notice anyone else in the room with her until she felt a hand on her shoulder. Hope had relaxed instinctively into the touch instead of attacking whomever it was which meant this could only be Daphne.

"What's going on?" Hope's Mate asked in curiosity, eyes flickering between the 3 teachers.

Hope turned slightly to look at Daphne before answering quietly. "Apparently there's a ward or wards in this common room. One that stops rape."

Daphne's eyes widened in complete relief as a quiet sigh leaves her lips.

"And there's also another one that is based on an ill intent ward. I think this is what happened last night." Hope informed her friend with a cheerful smile.

Daphne squeezed Hope's shoulder.

"Probably. I'm glad you're okay." The blonde beauty whispered before she moved to the lounge as far away from Hope as possible.

Rushed footsteps at the entryway to the Slytherin Dormitory dragged Hope's attention back to the Headmaster as he attempted to pull out the Slytherin Wardstone from the stone snake. The Wardstone wouldn't budge due to Hope's powerful and premeditated Containment spell. Dumbledore got frustrated that he was unable to remove the Slytherin Wardstone and opted for the easiest solution.

Dumbledore held his wand in the stone guardian's direction before blasting the snake with an overpowered bombarda, thus destroying the Wardstone and the stone snake.

"It appears we'll need to get a new Wardstone for Slytherin." The Headmaster tells Snape with a sombre expression as he realised there was an audience staring gobsmacked at him.

"Gladly." Snape replied as happily as he could. Hope had to admit there wasn't much difference between his expressions.

The three women who were in the Slytherin Common Room stared in shock as the Professor and Headmaster walked away.

"What in Merlin's name was that?!" The older woman exclaimed in anger, losing her American accent. A more natural Irish accent revealed itself as Babbling tossed her hands in the air in exasperation from her two colleagues' behaviour and disregard for the Slytherin students' safety.

The two first years stayed silent at the womans' annoyance and glanced at each other discreetly.

Without any prior warning, there was a burst of fire at the Slytherin doorway which drew the three girls' attention to the noise of the small explosion, causing them to jump in surprise. They watched in shock as the debris on ground levitated up to the ball of fire above it and with a bright flash.

The stone snake was reformed back to its previous glory. The guardian hissed threatenly in the direction the Headmaster disappeared down before slinking down to the ground. The forked tongue wrapped around the amber coloured Wardstone before withdrawing it back into its mouth with a grinding of stone.

The two students and the Professor looked over to the now reformed snake guardian in awe.

Babbling turned to the two stunned girls in the common room and gave a quick warning with a serious tone coating her words.

"You two saw nothing. Do not mention the wards to anyone and don't mention that the stone reconstructed itself. Okay?" The professor said pointing between the two girls.

Both of the girls looked between the snake and the Professor before nodding determinedly in agreement. After confirming that she would keep the information she had learned this morning a secret, Daphne walked off into her dorm possibly to get ready for the day.

Hope's curiosity got the better of her so she decided to leave with the Professor.

Hope leaned her head to her shoulder and mentally asked her invisible Phoenix. 'Is that how you are reborn? It looks painful.'

'Basically. But your face was priceless.' The Phoenix laughed in her mind and Hope rolled her eyes at Myrddin's teasing.

'I'm going to hang out here and see if anyone else trips the wards and hopefully watch as Dumble's and the cranky bat find out their plan to destroy the Stone failed. It was smart choosing to imbue my restorative abilities into the Wardstone. Well done, Little Wolf.' The midnight Phoenix praised her before flying off to get a better vantage point.

Hope trailed behind the intriguing Professor, studying her profile as well as her magical power because something about her felt… Off? Not bad. Perhaps a little familiar but Hope couldn't put her finger on it.

Physically the woman is very attractive with milky white skin, arrow straight raven hair that comes down past her shoulder blades, a symmetrical face and expressive, deep jade eyes. Hope honestly liked the woman's personality as she held her ground against Dumbledore when he tried to sweep the infractions of Slytherin House under the rug. The Tribrid also noted from observing her in the common room that Professor Babbling was highly intelligent and observant. She was also very dedicated to her work.

"So just wondering, but what subject do you teach? I didn't think the school had a Professor that taught warding?" Hope asked the woman as she came up beside her.

Bathsheda turned to the curious first year as she recalled this girl, Hope Mikealson, had the longest sorting in apparently half a century. Babbling believed this girl was a Muggleborn witch due to all the negative reactions the Slytherins gave her after she was sorted into Slytherin. Babbling could admit that she was worried when the auburn haired girl was sorted into Slytherin.

"I teach Ancient Runes here at the school. However I studied warding as a joint course at the Ministry. Usually those two subjects go hand in hand." Babbling answered the inquisitive girl.

"By the way, my name is Bathsheda Babbling." The Professor offered in shocked surprise as she didn't know why she gave her name to a student.

"That's cool. I plan on taking Ancient Runes in 3rd year. I wish I could start learning Ancient Runes earlier but I'll be happy to have you as my teacher, Professor Babbling." Hope mentioned with a genuine smile.

Hope nearly forgot her manners until she introduced herself. "Oh and I'm Hope Mikaelson."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Mikaelson. Although I have some questions for you." The Professor mentioned as she came to a stop so she could face the younger girl in suspicion.

Hope looked at the raven haired woman with curious eyes as she urged the Professor to continue. "You're hiding something. But with the house you were sorted into, I feel like you requested to go into Slytherin."

Hope looked at the Professor with a smile filled with hidden agendas but stayed quiet until Babbling could finish her overwhelming suspicion about her. "Then not even 1 day later. A powerful protective ward now stands over the Slytherin common room. While you, no offence, have not been attacked by the Slytherins yet. Which is highly unusual for a Muggleborn. Especially one placed into Slytherin."

Hope had a crooked but knowing smile on her face.

"Yes. It's very strange, or so I'm told." Hope replied vaguely.

"I like you, Professor. You care. The other faculty members I've come into contact with just look at me with pity, but you've actually put together all the evidence and confronted me about it." Hope remarks with a pleased smile.

Bathsheda raised an eyebrow and waited for the auburn haired girl to continue, "But you're right. I am hiding something. However I don't know you well enough yet to share my secrets. Sorry." The young Slytherin girl admitted to the teacher with a frown as Hope felt a strong connection to this woman but didn't know what it was.

Bathsheda bit her lip with a thoughtful look on her face as she felt comfortable with this Slytherin student hanging around her, she made the younger girl an offer. "I like you too, kid. Perhaps I can earn your trust. How about you pop around to my classroom during some of your study periods or even after dinner sometime?"

Hope's smile increased. "Sounds like fun. I'll show up next week for the first time. Don't want to give the Slytherins any ideas, now do we?" Hope answered with a mischievous smirk.

Hope then gave a compliment to the teacher with a cheeky grin.

"It's nice to see someone else being cunning other than a Slytherin. I'll see you next week, Professor Babbling." Hope finished before walking off to the Great Hall at a relaxed pace, leaving a bewildered Professor behind.

"Why do I have a strange feeling this kid will have a bigger impact on the Wizarding World than Harry Potter will?" Babbling murmured to herself before her expression turned dark.

The Ancient Runes Professor looked back to the Slytherin dormitory as she angrily muttered, "What the hell is Dumbledore doing?"

When Hope entered the Great Hall there weren't many people there so Hope chose to write another note to the Flamel's asking them to send her notes during her study periods, before breakfast or after dinner. So she wouldn't have to make up excuses if other students were to see a random piece of parchment appear suddenly in front of her.

Hope also mentioned how Dumbledore reacted to the change in the Slytherin Wardstone and how he blew up the Wardstone to stop the effects but Hope cheerfully included that she suspected this might happen, so she had Myrddin imbue the Wardstone with his reincarnation abilities.

The young Flamel Heir also informed them about the Ancient Runes Professor and her curiosity about the woman's magic calling to her in some unexplainable way that Hope couldn't figure out. Hope asked them if it would be a smart idea to bring in a teacher to help her while she was at school and whether to tell the teacher the truth about her extraordinary appearance in this universe.

Hope cast a geminio spell on her timetable before scrunching up both the note and the copied timetable together into a small paper ball. Hope moved the ball under the table to hide her activities from sight. Hope cast her spell under her breath, touve mon se kavo, touve mon se kavo and the balled up piece of parchment disappeared in a small flash of fire.

Sea coloured eyes looked up as Hope saw Professor Snape enter the Great Hall with an angry expression and a sneer plastered on his face. Snape faced the Muggleborn girl at the end of the Slytherin table before somehow managing to deepen his sneer as he strode past her.

"Geez. This exile thing from Slytherin is getting old fast." Hope muttered and watched as the Headmaster practically ran to the staff table holding a red coloured Wardstone in his hand. Hope's eyes widened at the speed the elderly man was able to move at and gave a small chuff of laughter at the action. Dumbledore came over to where Professor Snape was seated and whispered in Snape's ear, causing the greasy haired man's eyes to go wide.

Hope almost jumped when she felt talons clutching onto her shoulder suddenly.

"Jesus! Myrddin. You scared me!" Hope silently berated the bird while looking towards the staff table so the students wouldn't see her speaking to herself. Thankfully since all the Professors' attention were focused on Snape and Dumbledore rushing out of the Great Hall, none of them saw her mouth moving either.

The midnight coloured Phoenix laughed at her while he mentally communicated into her mind pressing his small head against Hope's temple as he showed the events that he had witnessed earlier.

How Dumbledore came back with a new Wardstone that was the same colour as the first stone before Hope had removed all the dangerous hexes, but dropped the stone in shock when he saw the stone guardian was back. The Headmaster blew up the guardian again and used his magic to conjure another guardian to stand in place of the old 'defective' one. He picked the blood red Wardstone from the ground and moved to place the stone into his new suit of stone armour guardian.

But as Dumbledore was reaching forward the conjuration was destroyed by a loud explosion of magic. The area around the Wardstone placement burst into flames and reconstructed the original stone guardian. When the snake reappeared it hissed threatenly at the Headmaster, who backed up in shock and then ran away.

Hope covered her mouth and laughed at Dumbledore's dumbfounded expression.

'Excuse me. I have to leave and watch what Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum do next.' Myrddin mentioned as he generated enough thrust to fly off.

Hope laughed at the reference the black bird made, knowing that Myrddin had learnt it from her since she used to call the Saltzman girls this when they were being rather rude to her.

"Funny bird." She murmured to herself.

By the time all the students arrived for breakfast. The Great Hall erupted into constant noise giving Hope a headache so she chose to ignore the conversations happening around her, but some of the Slytherins were acting rather suspicious.

So Hope focused on them and listened to what they were talking about. They were talking about what happened last night and the pain they experienced. Some of the students, like Marcus Flint were still in the Infirmary.

This information shocked Hope, as she expected all of them to be released by now, but if he and some of the other students are still in the Infirmary. Which means that they are still thinking about hurting someone, most likely her and it is keeping the ward active.

Hope narrowed her eyes slightly as she thought the ward would wear off after an hour once they left the Slytherin common room since the Wardstone should only come into effect in the Slytherin common room. Hope thought about this as she absentmindedly ate her breakfast.

The sound of loud hooting dragged Hope's attention to the roof as hundreds of owls swooped into the Great Hall and dropped parcels from the ceiling which most of the students catched them with a practised ease. While the younger years somewhat fumbled their parcels and copy of The Daily Prophet.

One of the owls flew down to Hope, landing on the solid table without any issues. The owl stared at her before offering out its leg with a letter tied to it.

Hope looked at the bird curiously, believing it to be a Burrowing Owl due to it white and light brown flecked feathers.

"I wonder who you belong to?" Hope murmured as she reached forward and casted an inconspicuous spell without her wand to check for traps.

The results came back clean, so she relieved the owls' burden and it flew off after Hope offered the bird some bacon from her plate.

Hope read the front of the letter and noticed it read as Lady Hope Mikaelson and her eyes widened in recognition as she saw the Gringotts wax seal on the back. Instead of opening her letter straight away, Hope stood up and left the Great Hall to head back to her dorm room so she could read the letter in privacy.

Unknowingly, Hope attracted the attention of two of the staff members, Babbling and Flitwick. One of which is curious about the girl and the other who recognised the owl as a personal owl belonging to the Goblins.

One of the Slytherin students stood up from the table with his wand pointed at Hope. It was the same 7th year boy who jumped in to attack her after all of the older students tried to attack her last night. The boy fell to the ground in obvious pain but was unable to scream due to him no longer having a mouth.

"Woah!" Hope exclaimed in surprise as she moved backwards from the boy raising her empty hands after she had shoved the envelope into her robes. She was actually surprised that the boy came out to confront her in public.

Professor McGonnagall rushed down to the fallen boy to run some diagnostic charms on the boy while asking the kids around the boy what happened and all the Slytherins pointed at Hope. When McGonnagall turned around to Hope she saw the young girls' shocked face and pursed her lips in curiosity, knowing that the rest of the Slytherin house didn't like having the Muggleborn girl in their house.

So the Deputy Headmistress looked over to the Ravenclaw students and asked them as well. The Ravenclaws also chose to point at Hope as well, but they were mainly doing this because of the menacing glares being given to them by the Slytherins behind McGonnagall's back.

Before Professor McGonnagall could turn to face Hope to offer detention. Professor Flitwick had caught up to Hope and the Deputy Headmistress stating quickly, "Minerva. I happened to see that the elder Slytherin boy had stood up and drawn his wand on Miss Mikaelson here. She just simply backed up and raised her hands in surrender."

The half Goblin looked over to the rejected Slytherin girl. "If Miss Mikaelson consents, I can check the last spells cast through her wand?"

Hope looked at the short Professor in surprise and nodded, pulling her wand from her holster and handing it to the Charms Professor without complaint. Hope watched as the small Goblin felt the power and threatening danger from the young girl's wand.

Filius shuddered slightly at the dangerous wand in his hands, holding it delicately as he felt this wand would try to kill him if he attempted wielding it. The Muggleborn girl must have had a wand specifically crafted for her. Flitwick gave a quick glance to Hope wondering what else she may be hiding.

Currently she has amassed a message from the Goblins and a specially crafted wand.

The next thing that confused the former Duelling Champion was that a first-year Muggleborn witch would have a wand holster. Even Minerva looked surprised when Hope produced her wand from a holster.

Since the holster was within the school's unlisted but recommended requirements. The teachers didn't ask her any questions as the wand holster Hope had strapped to her arm was legal for someone her age to use and they were not banned from the school.

The entire student population watched in interest as Hope could feel their stares on her back and waited for Flitwick to come back with the all clear. The only spells that have been cast through Hope's wand are the finite, lumos, nox and acus lignum unum which is the stick to needle spell.

Flitwick hummed before returning Hope's wand.

"All clear Minerva. The girl hasn't cast any spells that have any harmful effects." The Charms Professor announced.

Hope was getting frustrated that she's almost gotten into trouble on two separate occasions for the same thing.

"I'm just wondering but is it normal for first-year students to be accused of harming other students within the first couple of days and having their wand tested!?" Hope blurts out with a displeased look on her face.

"I mean what spells would I know that could do something like that!?" She continues as she motions to the downed Slytherin boy with her arm in frustration.

"I'm a Muggleborn witch! Where would I even learn spells like that!?" Hope finishes her rant in anger before walking out of the Great Hall in annoyance without taking a single look back.

Once Hope got into her dorm and slammed it shut before she started swearing angrily for about 10 minutes. Not caring how loud she swore as the sage would keep her words private. Once Hope was able to calm down she recalled her letter she received at breakfast from the Goblins and pulled it out. She moved over to her desk and sat down, opening the letter.

She read who sent the letter first and bit her lip, seeing it was from the Goblin King.

Lady Emrys (Hope Mikaelson).

Thank you for informing us about Godric's intent to return the Sword of Gryffindor and his acceptance to return the Sword once you have retrieved it and have others use it to destroy the Horcruxes'.

We also thank you for letting us know about Salazar Slytherin's request to protect the Slytherin House with your help. Something you should know about the Wardstone. It works on all Slytherins within the castle, practically anywhere within the Hogwarts wards. The wards will come into effect against any Slytherin student if they go against the intent wards you have placed on the Stone.

Hope hummed to herself, now understanding why the wards worked outside of the Slytherin Common Room. This actually made Hope very relieved as this will protect the innocent Slytherins that are Half-Blood, Muggleborn or Purebloods who are easily manipulated.

Hope continued reading the letter.

We will not interfere with your wards, nor will any of our employees, as we believe in the actions you have taken to protect the Hogwarts students as the chosen protector who was hand picked by Salazar Slytherin himself. However if the Headmaster asks for our help we will have to send someone out to confirm that the Wardstone was updated by Salazar's chosen protector.

We appreciate the early notice you have given us, if you are able to keep us in the loop it would be very helpful.

On a side note, could you include the method of how you delivered your letter? We are unaware of how it arrived… on my desk, no less without anyone noticing.

Also with our correspondences I will be sending one of our personal owls, Sandy. The owl that delivered this letter to you. As any of the other Gringotts owls would be easily recognised to any of the Pureblood families who receive financial reports on a monthly basis. So this will help keep your identity a secret from the Purebloods.

Stay safe, Hope Mikaelson - Lady Emrys, Queen of the Werewolves and Princess of the Vampires.

Regards, King Ragnok - King of the Goblins, Blooded Warrior and Proxy of the Legendary House of Emrys.

Hope re-read the letter and checked her watch for the time 8:33am. Hope recalled she had a study period first then a double Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson. There was a Flying class after lunch followed by a single hour of Charms, Transfiguration and Herbology.

Since the Tribrid had a study period as her first period, she replied to the Goblin King and added in the titles Ragnok had mentioned. Because if he had used them there was probably a good reason for it, meaning she should use all of them as well. Especially when sending out mail as Lady Emrys or Heir Flamel.

So Hope informed the Goblin King that she would keep him updated and requested if he could keep her up to date with the happenings within the Wizengamot. As she thought this is something she should probably follow for future reference for when she has to take her seat later down the track.

However she lets him know that it would be highly unlikely she would affect any of his decision making as the Goblin King as he shares similar interests with her.

Hope also came up with a plan that no one in Slytherin would ever guess, not even Dumbledore or Snape. She asks when a Goblin or a representative shows up at the Headmaster's request, if the representative was to inform them of Slytherin's Protector. Asking if they could mention that the magic matches Lady Emrys but to make sure that no one mentions Hope Mikaelson and Lady Emrys are the same person.

Making sure that the Slytherins learned not to mess with the wards since a Legendary House made the changes to the Wardstone. Meaning none of them could actually flaunt their Pureblood Houses and connections to the Wizengamot around to threaten the culprit to change it back.

Hope wrote down the messaging spell she used to send the letter to the Goblin King as well as the details of what the spell does and how she performs it.

When Lady Emrys finished her letter she sent it off with a quick spell and painted until her next class was about to start. Allowing her to calm down a bit before she had her first class with Quirrell-Mort.

"Fuck! I need to shift. I'll do it tonight before my wolf decides she wants to murder someone… Or potentially everyone." Her Wolf huffed out in agreement as Hope spoke to herself.

When it got to 9:45am Hope left her unfinished painting of her family at aunt Freya and aunt Keelin's wedding and walked around the school trying to locate her next class since she didn't have anyone to show her where to go.

Hope's sensitive wolf nose caught a distinct scent and grinned wide as she followed it to Daphne. When she rounded the corner Hope gave a taunting small wave to the shocked Slytherin first years as they thought they had lost her.

Hope leaned against the wall opposite to the Slytherins.

The Gryffindor students thankfully picked this moment to show up. Harry surprised everyone in the corridor by walking up to Hope and giving her a hug. Hope froze for a few moments before she wrapped an arm around his shoulders.

"What's this for, Harry?" Hope asked with a chuckle.

"Just glad you made it here in one piece." The Gryffindor replied as he broke away from the hug to glare at the Slytherins.

"Thanks Harry." Hope said with a smile.

"What are you doing with my best friend, you slimy snake?" An obnoxious voice called out from the Gryffindor side, Ron came up to them and pushed Hope backwards into the wall.

"Ron!" What are you doing? She's my friend!" Harry replied back angrily to the Weasley boy.

"But she's an evil snake! You can't trust her!" Ron argued with Harry still looking at Hope with distaste.

Malfoy decided this was the best time to butt in. "Your friend, Potter? HA! You make friends with a Blood Traitor and a Slytherin Mudblood. How pathetic."

The blonde boy sneered at Harry before looking at Hope.

"And you Mudblood, you'll get yours." Malfoy says as he pushes past Hope, bumping into her shoulder.

Instead of taking the hit like she did for Ron, Hope braces herself as Malfoy smacks into her causing Malfoy to groan as he holds his hand to his shoulder in pain.

Hope snickers at the so-called Prince of Slytherin as he sulks off into the classroom. The rest of the students enter the classroom but Hope chose to sit by herself as she didn't want to hear Ron's derogatory remarks, which sadly Harry understood but he was insistent in giving Ron the silent treatment.

When Professor Quirrell entered the room he made his way to the front of the room stuttering out the syllabus for the year.

Surprisingly for Hope, Quirrell-Mort could teach decently well but the stuttering was very annoying and since she knew it was fake it grated on her nerves. She took notes and listened to the Professor but was distracted as one of the first-year Slytherin boys dropped to the ground with a grunt of unimaginable pain.

"Oh my, W-what is th-this?" The DADA Professor stuttered in shock as he saw the Slytherin boy about to hex the deserted Mudblood Slytherin, drop to the ground in agony.

All of the students stayed silent but Hope noticed that the boy was facing her as was his wand, meaning he was planning on attacking her from behind. This information annoyed Hope as she tried to remember the cowardly boy's name. There was Malfoy, his two cronies Goyle and Crabbe, then there is Zabini who Hope recalls is a dark-skinned Italian boy, so that would leave Nott as her attacker.

Zabini slurs out almost boredly. "Our Head of House is dealing with it. For now get Crabbe and Goyle to carry Nott to the Infirmary. He'll be fine later."

Hope studies the Italian boy in scrutiny as she doesn't remember anything about the boy. She shoves this to the back of her mind and reminds herself to check this kid's reactions to her. Since his actions reminded her of Daphne and Tracey, they don't react or speak out, they overlook the infractions and ignore them to stay safe.

Perhaps this boy is protecting himself or possibly someone else.

After 3 of the Slytherin boys left the classroom Quirrell only kept them long enough to give them their homework then let them go off to lunch.

Hope only had a small lunch because she had a feeling that she wasn't going to enjoy Flying class. Just the thought of it has her Wolf getting restless as she paces around in Hope's mind, thinking bitterly about not being able to feel the ground beneath her feet.

When lunch was finished all first years were heading in the same direction outside and Hope gave a smile to Harry before heading off to the Hufflepuffs, so she can work with Susan and Hannah.

However they were joined by three Ravenclaw girls, one of which included the Ravenclaw that was able to stay awake during History of Magic, Su Li and the other two girls were introduced as Lisa Turpin and Padma Patil.

Hope sneaked a glance at the remaining Ravenclaws to see how these students react to 3 of their own with herself and the Hufflepuffs. She was sadly disappointed when she saw the remaining Ravenclaws were glaring at her and their housemates.

She continued looking around at her other classmates. Obviously the Slytherin students did not like Hope at all so there was no surprise that the snakes were giving her a death stare. Other than Harry, Hermione, Neville Longbottom and Parvati Patil, the lions were scowling at all the Slytherins, including Hope by default due to the colours on her robes.

Hope turned back around and sighed, a comforting hand landed on Hope's shoulder and saw it was from Susan. Hope managed to crack a slight smile at the red headed girl but the group stopped walking as they approached the Flying instructor, Madam Hooch.

Hope looked up and caught a glance of Madam Hooch's yellow eyes. Hope looked at her suspiciously and sensed the woman in front of her trying to see if the woman has any wolf heritage in her.

As Hope was sensing the teacher, she missed the first part of the lesson and Susan bumped her which drew Hope's attention back to reality. Thankfully Hope didn't sense another wolf in the vicinity so she relaxed slightly.

Hope copied the other students and stood to the left hand side of her broom. She placed her right hand over the broom, then called out 'up' just like all the other students. The broom did come up to her hand but it came up reluctantly, following Hope's internal battle of not wishing to fly and Hope's extraordinarily powerful magic, however Hope's magic is too strong for the broom to ignore the command.

The Mikaelson girl heard a loud thunk and looked up to see Ron holding his hand to his slightly red nose.

Hope couldn't help herself and laughed behind her hand, thankfully Harry also laughed at his friend hurting himself, "Shut up, Harry."

After all the students had their brooms in their hands, Madam Hooch taught them the proper way to mount their brooms and Hope couldn't help but smirk at the innuendo the rest of the class was too young to understand.

The teacher told them to lift off the ground, hover for a moment then come straight back down to the grass and land safely.

Neville screamed as he started flying suddenly and lost control of his broom. Hope had forgotten about this lesson from the movie as she watched Neville fly around uncontrollably in multiple directions unable to regain control of the broom.

Hope wondered to herself if there was any way she could help out without compromising herself to the school. With the spells she knows from Hogwarts, she had no way of helping Neville, short of catching him out of the sky which would be possible for her mostly due to her Werewolf abilities. But once again that would look very bizarre for a small girl to catch a falling boy out of the sky without trouble.

Hope pursed her lips and rushed forward once Neville was hanging by his robes on the sculpture and the robes ripped before she got there.

However, since Hope was the first person to reach Neville, she checked his eyesight to see if he had a concussion before she was politely moved out of the way by Madam Hooch. The Flying instructor braced Neville to her side and rushed him off to Madam Pomfrey in the Infirmary.

Draco picked up Neville's Remembrall and tossed it around carelessly, Harry walked up to Draco with a strong stance and held out his hand.

"Give it back Malfoy." Harry said sternly to the blonde haired Slytherin boy.

Malfoy being the pain in the ass he is, mounted his broom and told Harry to take it off him. The blonde haired Sytherin boy flew off on his broom in what Hope assumed was incredibly unsafe to fly.

She watched as Harry argued with Hermione before flying off after Malfoy.

"What. An. Idiot." Hermione says in exasperation. Hope stifled a laugh, but she chose to fly up beside Harry, to give him back-up.

As Hope lifted off the ground, her Wolf growled at the feeling of wrongness, but Hope continued and got her balance on the broom she heard Hermione groan in frustration.

"Wizards are idiots. I'm surrounded by idiots." Hermione murmured.

Hope laughed aloud at Hermione's remark as Hope had the exact same thoughts many times over the past few months.

When she came up beside the boys, she hovered beside Harry and called out. "Just hand it back, Malfoy."

Harry looked over his shoulder in surprise seeing Hope up beside him and he smiled, happy that someone cared enough to help him. However he did notice that she was unsteady on the broom as if she was afraid of heights or just incredibly uncomfortable on a broom.

"Getting a girl to stand up for you Potter. How sad." Malfoy sneered at the two.

"If you want it so bad." He said, tossing the Remembrall to his right hand readying to throw it.

"Then catch." Draco called out as he threw the ball as hard as he could towards the castle, intending to destroy the glass sphere.

Harry darted after the ball while Draco gripped Hope's arm. "Just wait until I tell the rest of the Slytherins you are consorting with Gryffindor's Golden Boy. They will tear you apart for breaking the rules."

Hope snatched her arm back with force before countering back to him without fear and a glare of her own. "What choice do I have? The entire Slytherin House outcast me on the first day, probably within the first few moments when I was sorted into Slytherin and I was Muggleborn. You all chose to make me a target, to victimise me. So I don't give a care in the world what the Slytherins think of me as they already want me dead."

Draco looked shocked at the Muggleborn, not thinking that she would have been able to guess what the Slytherins thought about her.

Hope shook her head in disbelief at the shocked expression on Malfoy's face, wondering why the Slytherins all thought she was an idiot. She was so close to mentioning there was a reason she was sorted into Slytherin but held her tongue, as this would only draw scrutinous attention to herself.

Hope angled her broom down slightly as she learnt brooms are very sensitive to turning in any direction. As soon as Hope's feet hit the grass she let out an audible sigh of relief and her Wolf was finally able to relax again.

Hope managed to land before Harry came rushing back over to his classmates shaking the Remembrall in victory. Hope smiled at the scene as she leaned against the broom for support.

"That was reckless, you know." A cheerful voice said from behind her and Hope turned around to see that it was Hannah that commented on Hope's actions earlier.

Hope chuckled slightly, "It was, wasn't it? Almost Gryffindorish in nature, right?" Hope said with a laugh.

Susan came up next to Hannah and was going to berate Hope as well but stopped at the comment Hope made.

"Really Gryffindorish? Is that even a word?" The red haired Hufflepuff said with a laugh.

"Yep. It is now." Hope said with a grin as she watched Malfoy land next to the Slytherins.

The girls stayed silent as Professor McGonnagall came out and called Harry to her and they walked off together.

"If it helps," Hope drawed out, catching Susan and Hannah's attention, "I really hate flying."

Susan laughed at Hope as she chuckled out a reply. "Not your strong suit?"

"God no." Hope replied quickly.

"I like my feet firmly planted on the ground. Thank you very much." Both of the Hufflepuff girls laughed and Hope rolled her eyes playfully at them.

"Thanks guys, appreciate it." Hope said good-naturedly.

After the girls had stopped laughing at Hope they made their way to their next class, Charms. Professor Flitwick managed to pull her to the side for a moment and told her she was not in any trouble for her outburst during breakfast. Hope tilted her head to the side in confusion before recalling the 7th year boy who tried to attack her.

Hope nodded at him but was frowning as she walked over to her desk, getting ready for class in silence as she pulled out some pieces of parchments and a quill. She started taking notes off the board, then took out her Charms book and started copying out of her book as well. She did this through the rest of her classes throughout the day.

No one could tell Hope that she wasn't a conscientious student. She was always the first one done in all her classes and answered all questions that came her way.

With her study period Hope did join the Hufflepuff girls again so they could finish their Herbology homework. Hope managed to find the first person who used valerian sprigs in a Potion and shared the information with the two girls which surprised them. Hope also found that the plant had originated from Italy.

After dinner the Slytherins tried attacking her again but were thwarted by the Slytherin Wardstone. 'Obviously these Slytherins must have only gotten the ambitious side of the Slytherin houses' attributes.' Hope thinks to herself.

The only Slytherins that Hope believed were cunning were those who either have not attacked her, which is the majority of the 2nd years, the girls of 1st year and Draco. But Hope disregarded Draco as an option as he doesn't do anything that would get his hands dirty, he just uses his cronies, who are once again on their way to the Infirmary after trying to attack her again.

Snape and Dumbledore made an appearance again that night to remove the Wardstone but once again failed much to Hope's amusement.

Hope went into her room to study for a while until it became darker so she could shift without any late night stranglers witnessing something they shouldn't. When Hope had finished her 2nd painting she had started this morning, of the Great Hall during her sorting. She chose to paint this as she had spent enough time on the stool waiting to be sorted.

Hope had a near perfect recollection of the scene as she had always been observant but Nelle and Nic had suggested that she should learn Occlumency. Mainly so Hope would be able to use the skills for recollection considering Hope's mental barriers were unbreakable and sophisticated.

Hope took the painting off of the easel and shrunk it so she could take it home. Hope looked up to the space above her easel and smiled at the earlier painting she made of her family. It was practically a replica of the painting she made back in her universe and also back at the Flamel's. This painting was Hope's security blanket.

Hope saw that it was close to 10pm on her watch after she had packed her supplies away after cleaning them thoroughly. Hope cast her invisibility spell on herself before heading out her door and to the common room, she sensed around quietly before walking off to the exit, leading out into the dungeon.

Hope managed to leave the Slytherin common room undetected quite easily which disappointed the Tribrid and the daughter of Niklaus Mikaelson greatly as she made her way towards the exit near the Herbology classroom. Hagrid's Hut was at the bottom of a steep hill with stone, winding steps leading down to the homely looking cabin, as well as the Quidditch Stadium off to the left and the Forbidden Forest.

Hope smirked to herself as she jogged off directly to her right and into the forest in anticipation, her Wolf itching for a good run. Hope went about 50 metres into the dense and dark forest before casting her visibility spell.

Hope stripped down before folding her clothes and placing them under a tree root, stashing them away carefully. Hope shifts with a grunt of pain as she changes while partially angry, releasing a majority of her anger and frustration quickly from the first couple of school days.

Hope, due to being the Alpha of the Crescent Wolf pack in her universe and being a Tribrid, has the ability to shift into her wolf at different speeds if she so desires. Since her father had taught her on her first full moon how to complete the shift in record time especially for a new wolf. Hope could shift within a few moments and without much pain.

But once her dad, mum and uncle had died, Hope slowed down her transformation so she could use the shift to punish herself for being selfish as the guilt of losing her family overwhelmed her.

A low growl filled the area as a white-grey wolf shook out her fur before running further into the forest. Hope came across the Acromantula territory fairly early on in her run and gave the huge spiders a very wide berth. She also found a field filled with fairies, their wings shimmering in the moonlight as they regarded her with caution and suspscion.

Hope huffed once at the tiny creatures before moving to the next area, which had her stopping at a boundary, sniffing at the edge of the boundary in curiosity. The agile wolf paced back and forth for a while, wondering whether or not to enter the territory but chose not to as she doesn't know what created the marked boundary line.

Whatever it was, had to be intelligent, Hope deduced as not many animals would know how to create a boundary line this strong and it's best not to piss off the natives since she was encroaching on their lands.

A galloping of hooves lifted the wolf's head, bringing glowing golden eyes in contact with what Hope believed to be Centaurs pointing their bows at her. Hope regarded them warily, while the Centaurs spoke in another language, possibly ordering them to do something. Hope took a step to the left to get some cover from a nearby tree.

"Don't move!" One of the Centaurs said in a deep voice.

Hope nodded her head slowly and yipped non-threatenly, so they could tell that she could understand the instruction.

After a few moments another Centaur came out from deeper within the forest and regarded her curiously.

"Since we all know that you are not an actual animal, would you mind changing back so we can talk?" The newcomer said with an authoritative voice.

Even in Hope's wolf form she could tell this was the leader of the Centaurs in the area, so she changed back on his orders since this was not a request and Hope found the idea of communicating with the Centaurs intriguing.

Hope stood up as naked as the day she was born as she regarded them without bothering to shield her younger body. Hope had learned a while ago that being a Werewolf means that you're more than likely to be caught naked and while she ran with aunt Keelin and the Crescents, she got used to being naked in a crowd especially if everyone else was also a wolf.

"Sorry for the intrusion. I'm new here and was just trying to find out what areas belong to whom." Hope replied with her hands raised placidly not wishing to start a fight.

"I'm sorry to ask. But what is your title? I know it's not 'Alpha' and I don't believe 'King' is correct either and I'd like to get on good terms with the local…" Hope veered off as she tried to come up with the correct term, "Communities in the forest."

An eyebrow raised on the Centaur and he called out an order, which had the Centaurs lowering their weapons slowly. "It's Herdmaster. It's strange, but I feel a strong power coming off you. Almost like you are an Alpha but we know the local Alpha and you are not him."

Hope memorised the title for the Centaur leader before answering, "I am the Alpha. The Queen of the Werewolves." This information sends the Centaurs into a panic as they spoke in hushed whispers.

"However," She calls out louder so they stop talking, "I am new to this position, which is why I don't know the titles for the Magical Creatures leaders. I also have a treaty with the Gringotts Goblins who have verified my heritage and claim as Queen."

"So you plan on taking over the forest?" The Herdmaster asks, subconsciously twisting the sword he had hidden behind his back.

"No!" Hope answers clearly.

"I have no intention of throwing a political spat over the forest. I already have to deal with this in the Wizarding World. I don't want to lead the Creatures of the forest. All I want is safe passage through the forest to run in... " Hope thought about not including the next part but thought it would be better if she mentioned it now instead of it happening after the fact. "And, if possible. Somewhere to hunt that is not dangerous to any of the Magical habitants in the forest."

All the Centaurs stared blankly at her almost in shock, but the Herdmaster managed to pull himself together and informed the young girl. "We will speak to the other inhabitants of the forest and inform them of you. However, with you being the Queen of the Werewolves. That title alone will allow you safe passage through the forest."

He paused for a moment before continuing cautiously. "When my herd was calling for me they told me that you had listened to a command in your wolf form and you didn't attack nor enter our territory. Is this correct?"

Hope sighed internally, "Yes, it is. I have complete control over my transformation and I could feel the boundary line your herd has made. It's very strong."

"Thank you. My name is Nunki." The Centaur introduced himself.

Hope replied with the same courtesy as the Herdmaster. "I'm Hope."

Hope shivered slightly as a cool breeze washed over her. "By any chance could we continue this conversation at a later date? It's a little cold and my fur is a heck of a lot warmer than my skin."

Nunki laughed at the young girl's banter. "Very well. If you are looking for food. I would suggest going near the Black Lake as the animals like to frolic there."

"Thanks." Hope looked over to her left as she recalled the lake was over to the left of the school.

The Tribrid started off in a run before leaping into the air and transforming within seconds while in mid-air before taking off with super-speed, a blur of movement to the visible eye.

After getting a meal near the lake Hope made her way back to where she left her clothes and shifted back. Feeling like a tonne of weight has been lifted off her shoulders and let out a full body sigh before re-dressing herself. Hope then headed back to her common room under her invisibility spell.

Once the relaxed Tribrid got back in her dorm, she took a shower and washed the dirt off her body as well as picked the pieces of leaves in her hair out with a roll of her eyes.

Hope yawned after hopping out of the shower and checked her watch curiously, 12:34am. "Eh, I've had less sleep than this before."

Hope walked past the empty perch, partially wondering where the bird was but dismissed the thought as she knew the Phoenix could take care of himself and he wasn't bound to her needs. Hope crawled into bed and fell asleep instantly.