A Hope through time

Hope made her way through the cottage holding a letter in her hand and a frown on her face as she turned the corner into Nic and Nelle's office. They were discussing how to handle their publicity of being Lady Emrys' parents as well as Nelle's reintroduction into society now that they have announced themselves during the Tri-Wizard Tournament.

"Hey guys? Just curious, but how can Harry send me the location of a property that is hidden by a Fidelius charm? I thought only the Secret Keeper could give out the location?" Hope questioned as she shook the letter in her hand.

Nic and Nelle looked over to Hope at her sudden appearance as they thought that she was off with Daphne and Freya as the Mikaelson women were working on how to deal with Voldemort now that they know Riddle was hiding his location with a Fidelius charm.

"Uh… Well, One option is that the owner of the property changed hands. Another option, the Secret Keeper changed." Nelle suggested as she looked to her husband in confusion as she tried to think of alternate options. "Um… I can't think of anymore ideas. Can you dear?"

"No… Are you hoping to use this information to find Tom's hideaway?" Nic asked.

"If possible, yes… But in this scenario, no. Harry isn't the Secret Keeper for…" Hope's face scrunched up as she tried to say the address before frowning and trying again. "..." Hope glared off in the distance at the annoyance. "Let's try again… Harry isn't the Secret Keeper for… Black's property. Ha! Take that Fidelius charm!"

Nic and Nelle snorted slightly at Hope's frustration and amusement at trying to beat the Fidelius charm.

"Who was the previous Secret Keeper?" Nic questioned.

"Dumbledore. Who else would want to control the location at which the Order of the Phoenix gathers?" Hope rolled her eyes as she leaned against the doorway.

The Flamels bobbed her heads in agreement. "Good point." Nelle mumbles.

"So… Harry sent you the secret for the location?" Nic blinked in confusion as he regarded his daughter.

"Yes."

"That's very intriguing… Although from what you showed us through your pensive memories of the most recent British Wizengamot meeting, Sirius showed that he was willing to stand up for you against Dumbledore. He's not a blind follower. Not anymore. He definitely could've changed either the Secret Keeper if he cast the spell or put the house in Harry's name." The Immortal Alchemist theorised.

Nicolas leaned down on his desk with his chin held between his hands as he cheekily smirked at the auburn haired girl. "Are you going to crash the party?"

Hope gave her parents a look.

"Nope. Don't answer that. I already know the answer. Is Daphne or Freya going with you?" Nelle butted in before Hope could respond.

"Daph was also able to read the… address??? Ha! That also worked. But yeah, Daph will join me. According to Harry there is a meeting tonight." Hope informed the French couple with a small smirk as she found another word around the spell.

"Just try not to piss off all of the members of the Order would you?" Nelle suggested with a raised eyebrow.

Hope let out a scoff of laughter. "I'll do my best." The Tribrid mentioned as she strolled out of the room with an air of confidence.

Nic looked up from his position to gaze at his wife watching as she sighed loudly. "She's going to cause mayhem… Yep. Should've seen that coming."

Nic gave a tiny laugh under his breath. "In Hope's defence, I think that the Order members already don't like her."

The Healer pursed her lips and nodded in acceptance at her husband's comment. "Sadly I think that may be all too true."

Hope was holding Daphne's hand as they apparated in front of a muggle apartment building in Islington. The Emrys couple looked at the brick building as it extended slowly to show a hidden magical home. Number 12 Grimmauld Place.

"How do the No-Maj not feel the buildings moving apart like that? It looks like an earthquake." Hope questioned as she watched everything shook dangerously through the windows of the neighbouring homes, numbers 11 and 13.

Daphne had her cold mask on as she answered in a deadpan tone. "Magic."

The auburn haired girl turned slowly to her partner as she shook her head in disgrace. A tiny smirk appeared on the corner of the blonde's mouth as she kept her attention on the townhouse.

"Ready to go in darling?" Daphne offered with a barely there smirk as she moved forward with Hope's hand still in her own. Hope moved subconsciously with her wife as she continued to shake her head with her own smile on her face.

"That was a terrible answer, love."

"You asked. I answered." Daphne huffed out in amusement.

Hope scoffed as she moved closer to Daphne wrapping her other arm around the blonde's arm and leaning her head against Daphne's shoulder, snuggling into her Mate's cool body in the warm summer night air.

Harry made his way out of the house with a visible frown on his face as the lamp beside him flickered highlighted the dark circles under his tired eyes. Those same dark emerald eyes met Hope and Daphne's forms and he let out a grateful noise as his face lit up. "Thank God you two are here!"

The Emrys couple shared a concerned glance before turning back to Harry.

"Why? What happened?" Hope drawed out slowly.

Harry grunted as he kicked at some rocks beneath his feet in anger. "Some members of the Weasley family are making my life hell!"

Hope tilted her head in consideration. "Ron? Ginny? … Mrs Weasley?"

At each name Harry's head moved in an up and down motion as he bared his teeth. "I mean Mr Weasley and the twins are okay but I have no idea why they are here! And Dumbledore brought Snape here as well and now I'm being reprimanded for becoming the Lord of my House and changing my allegiance to Neutral."

"Oh! You finally changed your allegiance? Welcome to the Neutral Faction Lord Potter." Daphne inputted with a polite smile until Hope sent a mental message saying 'not the time'.

"Uh… Sorry. I was raised in a very political based family… Is Hermione here with you?" The blonde witch awkwardly explained as she tightened her grip on Hope's hand nervously.

Harry gave a short genuine laugh. "Yes she is. You never learnt the art of making a smooth transition into another subject, did you Daph?"

Daphne sighed. "Actually I'm pretty good at it. Slytherin and all. Just wasn't expecting to use my cunning mind with you."

Harry guided them to a park bench as they sat comfortably with Hope in the middle. Harry and Hope kept the conversation going as Harry filled in the two Slytherin girls on what was happening in the house. Apparently Ginny has tried to flirt with Harry in front of Hermione while Ronald was acting all brazen with Hermione. Sirius tried to put this to a stop but the Weasley matriarch made her voice heard and berated Sirius everytime he tried to help.

Mrs Weasley was trying to dose Harry and Hermione with repulsion potion for each other and lust potions to Ginny and Ron respectively. Harry was ever so grateful to Hope as she suggested that Harry should get Hermione a gift that detects mind altering potions. It's saved her from being drugged more times than not. Harry's seen the twins apparate around Mrs Weasley while she's making the potions in an attempt to distract her and ruin the potions she brews.

Remus has been staying with Sirius as well which Harry's not completely certain about yet. Mr Lupin seems to keep spewing Dumbledore's dribble while he is alone in Harry's presence. Harry doesn't want to tell Sirius what Remus is doing since he doesn't want to jam a wedge into their relationship now that Sirius is finally able to spend time with his old friend without fear of imprisonment.

Hope offers her sympathy for the young boy as she gives some advice. "Sirius and Remus will work it out in their own time. I will talk to Remus myself so you don't need to tell Sirius. He'll have to speak to me… You know, being a Werewolf and all that." Harry snorted as a relaxed grin spread across his face.

"The Weasleys… Uh… Well… I have a few opinions about the Weasley family. Some that would incriminate me in a No-Maj court of law." Hope mentioned as she tapped the park bench loudly.

"Not a fan?" Harry teased.

Hope snorted quietly. "The twins are good fun."

"And Bill?" Harry raised an eyebrow in the Emrys couples direction.

Daphne sucked in a breath at the mention of the eldest Weasley male. Hope rubbed her thumb over the back of Daphne's hand absentmindedly.

"I have nothing against Bill. He seems… noble." Hope offered with a clenched jaw as she forced herself to smile on her face.

Harry lost his sarcastic grin and he cleared his throat. "Sorry."

Daphne shakily waved him off. "Don't worry about it."

"She's here you know?" Harry informed the pair in a whisper.

Hope and Daphne froze at the quiet words as they turned slowly towards Harry. "With Bill?"

Harry gulped as his heart jumped dangerously in his chest as he bobbed his head ever so slightly.

"Oh…" Hope and Daphne murmured.

Hope shook her head after a moment. "This will be an interesting meeting. Weasleys of all shapes and sizes, Dumbledore, Sirius, Remus, Moody, Snape, Hermione, you, us and our ex… Yeah this will be fun." Hope grumbled as she buried her head into Daphne's shoulder.

"Mmm. Fun." Daphne parroted.

Lady Emrys' eyebrows furrowed as she lifted her head off her Consort's arm. "Hey Harry? How did you send us the address for a Fidelius charmed location?"

"Sirius signed the deed of the Black ancestral home over to my name for a few hours which changed the Secret Keeper to one of my choosing. I picked Sirius but when we changed the deed back to Sirius he put me as the Secret Keeper. Unfortunately I can't kick anyone out who was previously informed about the location from the first Secret Keeper."

"Dumbledore." Hope and Daphne interjected knowingly.

Harry's eyes widened behind the round black-rimmed glasses in surprise. "Uh… Yeah. How did you know?"

Hope and Daphne gave Harry a look. Harry held up a hand. "Actually I don't want to know."

"Good choice." Hope chuckled.

The 3 Hogwarts students stood up after catching up and Harry was able to finally calm down after being stuck in a difficult household.

"Gee Harry. You went from the 'relatives' to people who are trying to poison you. Maybe you should just live at the ancestral Potter household? The Goblins would be able to tell you where to find it." Hope suggested as they made their way back to 12 Grimmauld Place and to save Hermione from the hostility that Harry suddenly realised he left her in.

Harry blinked as he stopped and turned to Hope with a confused look on his face. "I have my own ancestral home? Is there a way to keep people out without needing to place the building under a Fidelius charm? It just seems that casting a Fidelius charm brings its own problems."

"Of course you have an ancestral home Harry. All Most Ancient and Noble Houses have at least 2 ancestral sites." Daphne informed the newly instated Lord Potter.

"Huh." Harry huffed.

"As for keeping people out, I can set up a barrier spell that syncs up to ancestral Wardstone. It will stop people from coming in unannounced. You'd also have the ability to add and remove visitors at your own discretion." Hope added with a nonchalant shrug of her shoulders.

Daphne and Hope were moments away from walking into the hidden property until the blonde jerked to a stop and looked back to Harry. "What issues did you come across with the Fidelius charm?" Daphne questioned with a curious tilt to her head.

"Do you mean other than the changing of ownership of the property means that you can alter the Secret Keeper rather than the person who cast the Fidelius in the first place? Well there's the other issue of the missing number in the No-Maj community. I'm surprised no one has questioned the missing street number." Harry mentioned with a small smirk of pleasure.

"Hmm… That's a good point." Hope agreed before a look of fascination crossed her face as she started rambling. "I always wondered what happened when a No-Maj bumped into the Fidelius charm. Would they be confused and disoriented? How high up does a Fidelius charm go? Since magic has a drastic effect on electronics, how come the magic doesn't affect the neighbouring homes but for some reason makes this street light out the front flicker?"

Daphne and Harry both turned to the aforementioned lamp that flashed on and off as they both blinked in consideration.

"You know… I've never thought to question that before. Does that mean we should just look for instances of random power outages to locate Riddle Manor?" Daphne frowned as she looked over to her wife.

"Could definitely try." Harry answered as he watched the light dim once again.

"Actually there is another thing that concerns me about the Fidelius charm. What happens if someone who has been told the secret of the location tries to pull a person who doesn't know the secret into the property?"

Harry and Daphne frowned. "How would you attempt to test that theory?" The raven haired boy asked with a confused tilt to his head.

Hope thought about it for a couple of seconds. "I could try pulling Freya into the Black's ancestral home? Then you could have an attempt as the Secret Keeper? See if that makes a difference.

"I don't think that would be a problem. I'll still have to check with Sirius before giving you a definitive answer." Harry mentioned it as an afterthought.

"No problem. I'd prefer not to piss off the Lords of 2 of the 7 Most Ancient and Noble Houses. Take your time. If the answer is no, I imagine that my family would be able to come up with an alternative. So don't feel pressured to say yes." Hope relayed with a polite smile.

Harry brought the couple into the house as he took them on a tour of the house after collecting Hermione from Mrs Weasleys' grasp and Ron's lingering stares.

"Oh thank God you two are here." Hermione sighed in relief as she moved to hug Daphne first. The blonde went stiff for a couple of seconds at the sudden touch before relaxing slightly and wrapping a loose arm around the brunette witch. Hope shared an amused look in the raven haired boy's direction. Harry bit his lip awkwardly as the Boy-Who-Lived averted his eyes at the affection being shown. Hope noticed this and the smile on her face disappeared as quickly as Draco would call out for his father's help.

Hermione immediately wrapped Hope in a hug as well which the Tribrid immediately reciprocated. The Gryffindor girl shuddered in the smaller girl's arms and let out a sigh as she buried her head in Hope's shoulder. Hope rubbed the girl's back as she realised that Hermione was probably being berated as frequently as Harry or perhaps worse than him since Harry could flaunt his position as Lord Potter.

"Don't worry Hermoine. I've told Harry to take you somewhere without overbearing Weasleys… Speaking of Weasleys. Hello Gred and Forge." Hope attempted to placate the intelligent witch as she turned her head to the side watching as two distinctive 'pops' of apparation sounded in front of Hope.

Identical red headed boys groaned when their Slytherin friend called them out before they even had a chance to scare the Emrys couple. Daphne, the Slytherin 'Ice Queen' also appeared unaffected at their arrival whereas both Harry and Hermione flinched as the noise and Hermione peeled herself away from Hope to glare at the twins.

"Oh our dear Slytherin saviour and cunning Lady Emrys of the only active Legendary House."

"Our pariah, ruler and sister from another mister." The second twin continued with a practised ease as a smile was slowly showing itself on Hope's face.

"Why must you ruin our fun before we even had an opportunity to start?" Both newly as-of-age wizards complained with a flair of laughter as they wrapped their arms over the others' shoulders.

Hope snickered to herself. "Oh boys, you crack me up. Still causing mischief and mayhem?"

"Always." Fred began.

"Who do you take us for?" George finished.

Hope glanced in Daphne's direction as they shook their heads in amusement. "I know right? Whatever was my wife thinking?" Daphne teased her Mate.

Fred threw an arm over Hope's shoulder as he continued the tour Harry was giving the couple. George offered his arm like a noble for Daphne to take and the blonde gave a small laugh as she accepted the arm but remained at a respectable distance. The Gryffindor pair rolled their eyes at the twins' antics but had a large smile on their faces since the twins were one of the only bearable parts of their stay at Grimmauld Place. The other being Sirius himself.

On their tour they hadn't passed another living soul as there was a meeting going on in the kitchen/dining area. Although as the small group walked past a portrait it screamed an impressive amount of expletives at them but at the sight of Daphne, the woman in the portrait changed her attitude completely as she greeted the blonde with respect. The twins introduced the woman in the portrait to Hope and Daphne in an disgusted whisper as Walburga Black, apparently she was Sirius' mother who hated Blood Traitors, Half-Bloods and Muggleborns.

Hope looked around to see all the insulted expressions from the Gryffindors in the darkened worn out hallways. Hope's brow furrowed in anger and Daphne felt her negative emotions as she glanced around to see all the angry faces around her.

"Silencio." Daphne spoke as she waved her hand as she's seen Hope and Freya do in the past and the woman's mouth disappeared sending the Black matriarch into a fit.

Hope glanced over to Daphne with an impressed eyebrow. The Greengrass Heiress looked over to Hope with a pleased smile. "It worked! Cool!"

"Wait… You didn't know that would work?" Hermione asked as she softly rubbed at her ear that was closest to the painting.

Daphne looked to the warm, inquisitive brown eyes from the bookworm. "Nope. It's one of the Mikaelson's spells. I didn't know if it would work for me. I'm glad it did though!" Daphne turned to Hope with a smug grin on her face. "I think this is going to be my new favourite spell!"

"Better than Expelliarmus." Hope as she chanced an amused glance at Harry.

Harry shook his head indignantly as he called out. "Hey! 'Fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times.'"

Hope frowned as she fully turned her body to Harry and Hermione covered her mouth in an attempt to hide her laughter from the Purebloods who looked incredibly confused.

"Did you just quote Bruce Lee to me?" Hope questioned the raven haired boy with a hint of laughter in her tone.

"Did I?" Harry whispered back in conspiracy forcing Hermione to let out a boisterous laugh behind her hand.

Hope snorted in amusement. "Touche Harry." Lady Emrys turned to the two redheads and her Mate as she explained. "Bruce Lee was a No-Maj martial artist, actor and few other things. He's said some rather inspirational quotes in his life… Think of him like… Actually think of him like Moody."

"Constant Vigilance?" Daphne offered slowly.

"CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" Fred and George called out loudly causing Hope to wince as her eyes flashed golden at the noise.

"Sorry." The boys whispered as they caught the change in colour of Hope's eyes.

"It's fine." Hope waved them off as she heard a set of light footsteps coming down the steps. The footsteps weren't what gave the person away. It was her scent.

"Fred! George! Why are you being so…" An angry musical voice grumbled as she came down the last flight of stairs before veering off as she caught sight of her ex-girlfriends. "... Hi?"

"Hey." Hope and Daphne returned with a small nod of acknowledgement.

"Awkward." The twins muttered quietly to Harry and Hermione although the other three women heard the comment with their supernatural hearing and glanced at the tall Weasley children with a look.

The pranksters cleared their throats as they each gripped the shoulders of a younger Gryffindor and guided them strongly towards the stairs. "That's our cue to leave."

"But–"

"No!" Fred, George and Hermione all interrupted Harry as they practically ran to the top of the stairs. The twins suggesting in great detail how they use an extendable ear to eavesdrop on the Order meeting.

Hope waited until the Gryffindors had all retreated until turning to look at Fleur. "Well, that's one way to clear a room. Are you here with Bill?"

Fleur brought her attention back to the short auburn haired girl. "Oui. He's in the meeting."

"Why are you not in the meeting?" Daphne asked in confusion as she continued. "You're as-of-age… like the twins… Why aren't the twins in the meeting?"

Hope pointed to herself as an answer. "Their affiliation with me. Right?"

"I assume so." Fleur answered as she crossed her arms over her chest.

Fleur tapped her foot on the wooden floor a couple of times before speaking. "Do you two think that we will ever be able to have a conversation without the awkwardness?"

"Eventually… Probably." Hope responded half-heartedly.

"Are you also factoring in that my little sister is most likely Gabi's 'person' like Bill is yours?" Daphne asked in a deadpan as Fleur's metallic eyes widened at the thought.

The room was silent as the Greengrass Heiress subconsciously voiced her concerns without thought, the blonde did not mean to say that.

Hope couldn't help herself as she snorted. "Oh the irony."

Fleur and Daphne both shot a glare in Hope direction and the Tribrid apparated to the top of the stairs to get away from the death glares from the two blonde women. Hope stood behind the twins as they lowered an ear attached to a string down the large staircase, hovering in front of the kitchen door.

"Jesus! Hope! Now I've got to worry about you apparating around! One day one of you will give me a heart attack!" Hermione whisper-shouted as she poked at Hope's shoulder in annoyance.

Hope looked down to where Hermione was poking her and looked back up at the brunette with a stoic expression causing the Gryffindor girl to stop with a small groan.

"Sorry. I'm used to apparating around my family. We seem to have a knack of knowing when someone apparates and tell who it is through their Magical Core. It's how I knew my favourite twins were trying to scare me or Daph with their newly found freedom to apparate." Hope offered with a partially guilty expression.

"I was wondering how you knew we were going to apparate behind you without us even finishing our apparation at the time." George mentioned as he watched Fred test the extendable ear.

"What brings you up to our neck of the woods?" Harry mentioned as he leaned boredly over the wooden bannister.

Hope looked down at Fleur and Daphne as she picked nervously at her cubicles. "Running away before those two figure out they could be future sisters-in-law due to their little sisters getting closer."

All the Gryffindors turned to Hope with wide eyes for a moment before looking down to the bottom of the staircase where Daphne and Fleur were quietly talking. Daphne had her arms crossed over her chest as she reservedly stood ramrod straight as she kept eye contact with the Veela. Fleur had her hands clasped tightly in front of her, eyes shifting often as she couldn't keep Daphne's gaze.

"Sweet Merlin! That will be mighty awkward once they figure that out." Fred and George relayed in their twin speak.

The Tribrid tapped the wooden railing with her finger a few times as she responded. "Definitely. Which is why I'm keeping my mouth firmly shut and you 4 will not mention a word of this to either of them." Hope tilted her head to the side as she glanced at the group through the corner of her eye with a glowing amber eye. "Am I clear?" Hope questioned them with a cool tone.

"Yep." Were the symphony of replies from the Gryffindors.

The sound of arguing coming through the extendable ear garnered the attention of everyone at the top of the staircase.

The Hogwarts students eavesdropped on the conversation until they heard a disgruntled meow through the malleable ear. Hermione stiffened up as she leant over the railing and called down to the hairy, ginger furball telling him to get away.

Daphne rolled her eyes as she picked up the cat who immediately struggled against the blonde woman until she semi-shifted her eyes into slitted feline irises. Crookshanks noticed the change in the blonde holding him and stopped squirming as he gazed up into cat-like eyes meowing loudly as he wanted to be let down.

"Yeah right. Like I'd let you down furball. You'll just go straight back to trying to eat the ear." Daphne murmured as she shook her head. "Cats… Such little troublemakers."

"Hey!" Hermione called down indignantly.

Daphne looked up but kept her voice at the same volume. "Hope can attest to the troublemaker part." 'Can't you darling?' A smirk stretched across the Greengrass Heiress' features as she sent that last part to Hope only as Fleur looked between the couple with a knowing gaze as she knew that Daphne or Hope teased the other.

Hope's eyebrows rose in surprise as the sly remark. 'Of course but you're my trouble love and only mine… kitty cat.' The Tribrid possessively responded to Daphne.

"To be fair I'm more of a dog person. Cats freak out at the smell of wolves." Was the answer Hope gave for the 3 Gryffindor boys, who bobbed their heads as they agreed that Hope would be biassed in this debate.

Hope and Daphne glanced at each other possibly for the hundredth time as Molly Weasley berated them for showing up to an Order meeting uninvited. Dumbledore questioned them multiple times about how they were even able to enter this property as he never gave the girls the location. Sirius looked outraged at how the girls were being treated within his home.

The Emrys couple weren't even able to answer Dumbledore's query or the glares coming from Snape and Mad-Eye Moody as Mrs Weasley talked over them loudly to yell at the girls which called down her 2 youngest children. Ron spewed out insults as he tried to drag Hermione away from Harry and closer to him.

Ginny did the same to Harry on the other side as she gossiped that Hope and Daphne were lying snakes that opened the Chamber of Secrets using a book they had placed in her cauldron.

Daphne went cold at the accusation from Ginny as she glared at the girl with her icy eyes. Hope tilted her head to the side as she contemplated whether or not to rip off the younger redhead narrow minded head off her shoulders. The twins paled dramatically at the deadly expressions coming off the Emrys couple directed at their younger siblings and gulped loudly as they shrunk into themselves.

Bill also made an appearance as he wrapped an arm around Fleur's shoulders, pressing a kiss to the side of her head as he watched the proceedings with a critical eye. Fleur gave a content hum as Bill pulled her close but the woman froze up when she saw Hope and Daphne's sad eyes watching the interaction.

It got to the 5th time of Dumbledore asking the Emrys couple how they managed to get inside the hidden property before he used the spell that projected his voice. Hope felt the magic focusing in on the elderly man's throat. Hope erected a fast silencing charm around her Mate, herself, the twin as well as Fleur and by association Bill. Hope would've covered Harry and Hermione but she was feeling petty towards the younger Weasley children.

The Emrys couple watched as Dumbledore opened his mouth, no sound being heard by either of the girls or the 3 eldest Weasley boys present or Fleur who looked at Hope with a raised eyebrow, knowing that the Tribrid was behind the noise cancellation charm. The rest of the attendants in the room winced as they covered their ears at the booming sound. Hope looked at Dumbledore with an unbothered expression as she smiled at the old man who seemed rather shocked that the Werewolf wasn't curled up in a painful ball like Remus was. Sirius knelt over his friend with an evil glare in his dark eyes as he gazed up at Dumbledore.

Hope cancelled out the charm. "Does this mean we can talk now?" Hope offered with a little bit of a sarcastic lit to her tone.

Apparently this was the wrong thing to say as Mrs Weasley began to shout again, something about not showing the proper respect to their Headmaster and Leader of the Light causing Hope to sigh in annoyance.

"Guess not." Hope muttered under her breath as Ronald, Ginny, Snape and Dumbledore joined in with Mrs Weasley's boisterous and loud voice.

Harry in the meantime, was able to shake off Ginny and recollect Hermione as he moved her closer to Hope. "Why haven't you just waved your hand and made their mouths disappear?" The Boy-Who-Lived asked the Slytherin girl.

Hope glanced at Harry for a moment. "I was waiting for Daph to do it. See if she can do it to multiple targets rather than a portrait."

Daphne's head popped up as she turned angrily to Hope. "Why didn't you tell me that earlier?! We wouldn't have needed to hear them shout at us for the last hour!"

"I was waiting to see when you would eventually crack and just use magic instinctually. It's what my aunt and I do. I've been mentally holding myself back from reacting. It's actually been really hard." Hope responded with a small chuckle.

The blonde blinked as her jaw clenched. Daphne summoned her wand to her hand faster than anyone else could draw their own wands which was saying something in a room full of battle-ready wizards especially Moody, Dumbledore, Black and Tonks, casting a quick silencio practically moulding everyone's mouth shut except for Hope and Fleur.

Hope observed the room in curiosity as everyone's wands appeared in their hands as their mouths disappeared. Hope held out a hand as she called out, "Bulla." Creating a magical shield around Daphne and herself as a couple of colourful spells ricocheted off Hope's shield. One from Dumbledore, unsurprising in Hope's mind as she knew the elderly wizard could cast silently, the other spell came from Moody.

Fleur blinked as she looked around as well, taking notice that everyone except her and Hope had their mouths welded shut. "I think you missed me Daph."

The blonde jumped at the voice and turned around. "Oh!... I was actually trying not to silence Harry and Hermione, the twins, Sirius and since I have issues with Bill, I was going to allow him to keep his mouth." Daphne admitted sheepishly.

Hope snickered. "It's not as easy as Freya and I make it seem, is it love?"

Daphne looked down as she bit her bottom lip nervously.

Lady Emrys faced Dumbledore and crossed her arms over her chest. "To answer your questions. We were invited by Harry to spend time with Harry and Hermione. Had a nice chat with the twins while we were here. How did we get inside the Fidelius? Well I'll leave that to your overactive imagination." Hope told the Hogwarts Headmaster before turning to the next person which happened to be Snape.

"You! How you are not in Azkaban amazes me everyday. How someone who thrives off the misery of the students in his class, the same person who is by law responsible for the students in his care allows bullying and rape to go by unnoticed. You sicken me! I wish I could challenge you to an Honour Duel." Hope's eyes were glowing angrily as her canines scraped across her bottom lip as Snape visibly moved away from the young girl's anger. "Kill you slowly for all the torture you have inflicted on hundreds, if not thousands of children over the years. For being the reason that Harry's parents are dead! Why Neville's parents were driven to insanity! All because you pushed your only friend away by calling her a Mudblood. The only person who cared about you." Snape's eyes widened as his heart jumped dangerously in his chest at Hope's words.

Harry let out a muffled noise as Hermione pulled him into a tight hug.

"Sirius. You're not faultless in this either. Your bullying against Snape caused this rift between the asshole and Lily. However, you've spent the last 12 years in Azkaban for a crime you never committed. I think you have suffered more than enough already." Hope mentioned with a quick glance to the heartbroken man who was making his way to Harry.

Hope looked at the Weasley matriarch who was fuming at being unable to talk. Hope licked her lips and shook her head. "I don't think I can put into words how immature and malicious you are being Mrs Weasley."

"Oh, I can." Daphne butted in as she took a step towards the woman but remained within Hope's bubble-like shield. "You poisoned 2 kids who considered you a mother figure, especially for Harry. You broke their trust repeatedly as you thrust your own children into a relationship that would never work. Harry loves Hermione. Hermione loves Harry. Leave them alone!"

Harry and Hermione looked over to Daphne with an appreciative expression on their face.

"You have the incessant need to be in control of everything, something I believe you learned from this old man." Hope continued with a thumb in the Leader of the Light's direction. "But you don't give anyone else the opportunity to speak. It's frustrating to no end. I'd say that I find your voice irritating and loud but that's my personal opinion rather than an issue that needed to be addressed."

Fleur put her hand in front of her mouth in an attempt to hold in the tiny snort that travelled up her throat.

Hope turned to Moody, opened her mouth then closed it before looking away.

"I think it's time for us to leave love." Hope offered as she held her arm out for her Mate to take. "Thank you Harry for inviting us. It was a… pleasure. Thank you Sirius for letting us into your home as well as your hospitality." Hope mentioned with a polite bow. Sirius waved her off in a motion that seemed more friendly than not since Daphne hadn't removed the silencing spell yet.

"Thank you Lord Black." Daphne parroted as Hope rolled her eyes. Fleur smirked in Daphne's direction which the blonde girl noticed before blushing slightly and wetting her lips as she felt Hope trail her fingernails over the soft sensitive skin on her inner forearm.

Daphne cleared her throat subtly. "Oh… Would you like me to remove the silencing spell I cast on a portrait in the hallway?"

Sirius's eyes widened comically as he shook his head and a muffled 'no' repeatedly.

"Okay. We'll see you soon Harry. Hermione." Daphne offered as she cast a 'finate' for the wide-ranged silencing charm from another universe and Hope apparated the pair out before the Order members decided to either attack them or yell at them again.

As Hope and Daphne apparated out of Grimmauld Place everyone's mouths reappeared. Harry and Hermione immediately moved their hands over their ears as Mrs Weasley let out something akin to a Banshee's cry. Fleur grimaced as she plugged her ears with her fingers a few seconds later, pivoting on her heels and moving out of the room before she would lose her hearing. The Golden Duo couple were quick to follow Fleur before the Order members could gather their thoughts and slammed down on the two Gryffindor students, interrogating them.

On the way through Harry helped Sirius pull Remus out of the room as the Werewolf was wincing at the screaming from the redheaded woman as well as the two youngest Weasleys joining in with their mothers loud screeching as they trash talked Hope and Daphne. Fred and George glanced at one another momentarily before apparating out of the room, following in the Emrys couples footsteps.

Bill blinked as he looked at his mother then his girlfriend wondering what he should do. He stood in the doorway allowing him to keep an eye on both his family and Fleur. Bill was undoubtedly aware that his mother, Ginny and Ron did not like his girlfriend. Whether it was because of their interactions at Hogwarts or the fact that the Veela was in a relationship with the two women who just left moments ago.

The Weasley Heir was utterly confused about why a high standing woman, let alone Veela, was in a relationship with two women who were also in an unconventional relationship within the magical community. A relationship that would normally be shunned upon but no one was brave enough to go up against Hope to voice their disgust at the same sex couple. Especially not since the last person from a Light-based family ran their mouth about how unnatural, disturbing and repulsive it was for the two girls to be together.

Bill only heard about what happened to this person, a long distance cousin of his from the Prewett side of the family. Lets just say that his cousin is confined to a bed at St Mungos, practically they were brain dead and had wounds on his body that the Mediwitches could not heal. Hope held this Duel in the middle of the Ministry of Magic for all to witness after the last Wizengamot meeting.

Lady Emys certainly knew how to show her strength and superiority in magic as according to the witnesses, the Leader of the Legendary House didn't move from her spot nor did she pull out her wand. All she did was speak some words, spells, that the crowd didn't recognise and made some motions with her hands as his cousin screamed in pain. Bones breaking. Cuts appearing on the body without the use of a knife or blade. Blood dripping down their face in tracks from their eyes, ears, nose and mouth as Hope apparently melted their brain.

The eldest Weasley child was frightened about what Hope could do but he was also concerned about Fleur and his relationship with her as his girlfriend broke up with the Emrys couple and he's not completely sure if it was amicable.

The screeching of the Banshee was drowned out the further Harry, Hermione, Sirius and Remus got away from the Order members.

"How are you holding up Uncle Moony?" Harry softly asked as he has a soft spot for the Werewolf.

Remus groaned. "I've been better. Thank you for getting me out of there. That woman could certainly put a wailing woman to shame."

Sirius patted his friend's back gently. Even though the Lord Black didn't appreciate his friend taking Dumbledore's side and trying to trick Harry. Remus was still his best friend.

"How does Hope manage to deal with the intense sounds and smells? It's been bugging me since you told me she was a Werewolf." Remus asked aloud, not actually expecting an answer, just wishing to convey some of his annoyance at which the young girl had better control than him.

"Hope once told me that she focuses on Daphne. Her scent. Heartbeat. It calms her wolf." Harry admitted with a shrug.

"That's handy." Sirius barked out with a hint of laughter before his brow furrowed suddenly.

"Hang on… Why don't I hear my mother's all-so captivating voice?"

The raven haired man looked over to the portrait as he watched the elderly angry woman demolish the furniture in the portrait as she threw a tantrum at being unable to speak. Sirius recalled Daphne's mention of silencing the portrait in the hallway and burst out laughing, earning an evil glare from his mother in the picture.

"Remind me to get that girl a gift basket!" Sirius roared with laughter as Remus blinked at the portrait in amazement.

Harry and Hermione joined in with the Animangi' barking laughs as they were happy that Sirius was finally able to express a genuine moment of joy as the former convict hasn't had a lot of reason to be happy.

The Weasleys taking over his home without even a mention of their arrival, probably informed by Dumbledore that Harry was going to live with his Godfather as Sirius had threatened the manipulative old man to give Harry the Secret to enter Grimmauld Place. Then having Dumbledore show up only a few days later to reform the Order of the Phoenix to take on Voldemort once again.

It has taken its toll on Sirius but having his Godson and his best friend (when Dumbledore hasn't got his hooks in him) have been the highlight of his recent freedom.

Remus sighed sadly as he rested his back against a wall curling his body into a ball as he held his head in his hands. "Harry?" The Werewolf softly called out.

The emerald eyed wizard heard his Uncle and knelt down beside him as Hermione watched her boyfriend show the kindness in his heart that the Dursleys were never able to beat out of him and smiled at the knowledge that Harry's relatives were never able to break Harry's indomitable will.

"Yes, Moony?"

Sirius realised quickly that Remus was falling down the deep dark pit of despair and moved quickly over to his friends side wrapping an arm around Remus' skinny shoulders and cracked a quiet joke from their school years which never failed to produce a small smile from the normally depressed Werewolf.

It took Remus a few minutes to gather the courage to ask but eventually he managed. "Do you know if Miss Mikaelson has the power to possibly… stop me from shifting every full moon? Or perhaps… cure me?"

Harry pursed his lips. "I can certainly ask her Moony, but just because she is able to shift at will doesn't mean that it is possible for her to teach others how to control their shift."

Hermione sighed as she added in her two cents. "Hope once said something about her mother performing a ritual to share her abilities with her pack. But from my understanding Hope doesn't have a pack here. Being the Queen of the Werewolves didn't automatically give her a pack to lead, so theoretically Hope has no obligation to help… But Hope does have a soft spot for Harry."

"So… She'll at least hear you out?" Sirius questioned for clarification.

"Yeah." "Of course."

Remus gave a grateful sigh at the offer until he tensed up in fear. "What if she doesn't help me because of my relationship with the Headmaster?"

Sirius froze in his spot at the thought as well.

Harry thought about it for a second as he slowly shook his head. "No. Hope wouldn't hold you accountable for whatever Dumbledore has done. She's not that petty… Although knowing Hope, she would probably strongly suggest that you reconsider your allegiances after some careful deliberation."

"Is that how you and Sirius both decided to join the Neutral Faction?" The Werewolf curiously asked.

"Hope told me to reevaluate my options. Talk to people and to study the Factions to gather my own opinions rather than only using the information from Light-based families who are loyal to Dumbledore. It's narrow minded to only use one viewpoint to experience the world. Besides, I chose the Neural Faction as a way to help you Remus. The Neutral Faction helps magical creatures and it also migrating the wizarding world into the future." Harry answered as he awkwardly placed a hand on Lupin's shoulder trying to get him to understand his reasoning as Remus looked down in thought.