A Hope through time

A loud whistling screech woke Hope, startling her as she bolted to an upright sitting position while instinctively conjuring a fireball in her palm. When Hope managed to focus on her surroundings she took in the stone room and her mind supplied that this was the Slytherin dorm room.

Hope looked around in confusion wondering what had woken her up so rudely and saw Myrddin, who erupted into a chortle of whistling laughter. Hope groaned as she powered down the fireball before falling back heavily into her bed with a thud. "Bloody bird."

Hope checked her watch for the time and noticed it was 8:14am. This caused Hope to jump out of bed and get ready for the school day. The Tribrid rushed around to put on the school robes and put a brush through her hair.

Once she was dressed and presentable, Hope grabbed a folder with some parchment, a self inking quill, a knife she had conjured and strapped to her ankle. As Hope always had at least one blade on her person so she could feel safe and secure when traversing in a new environment.

Hope had the Emrys Family Codex tucked into a robe pocket, cloaked and shrunken for future reading or in case she got bored.

"Come on Myrddin. We have a Slytherin Wardstone to alter." Hope cheerfully mentioned as she held up her right arm to act as a perch for the bird.

Myrddin flew over to the proffered arm in a few graceful beats of his large wings and as soon as the Phoenix gripped onto Hope's body the powerful young girl cast the invisibility spell, 'invisique', over herself and Myrddin cloaking them from sight.

Hope hovered by the door frame for a few seconds so she could magically scan for anyone within the common room and she smiled wide when she found out no one else was here other than herself.

"Must be breakfast time." Hope whispered quietly to her invisible feathered companion. Which the Phoenix thrilled back quietly in agreement.

As Hope exited the common room into the dungeon she did another precautionary scan of the area as she didn't know if anyone was in the corridors, but it's always better safe than sorry. The scan showed the same results as her previous test, that there was no one around.

Lady Emrys placed her hand on the stone snake that guards the common room and repeated the words Salazar gave her.

"In the name of Salazar Slytherin, I Hope Mikaelson have been chosen as the protector of this House." Hope clearly states with authority.

There is a groaning sound as the stone grinds against stone as more of the snake emerges from the wall. The stone snakes' mouth opened wide and its tongue dropped down, curled around a large ruby stone the size of an adult's fist.

Hope reached out to grasp the Wardstone and the tongue released the stone willingly to her. Hope did a quick magical sense on the stone before she swore in outrage.

"Assholes. Students from previous years have defiled the Wardstone and made it so if a student from Slytherin doesn't do something horrendous to another, it will curse the student." Hope growled.

The longer Hope focused on the stone the angrier she got as Hope noticed that Snape and Dumbledore have also added some wards to the stone but nothing to help any of the students in their care.

"Putain de cretins! (Fucking morons!)" Hope swore again as her Wolf scratched at the confines of her mind, wishing to maul the two apathetic teachers into tiny and bloody smithereens.

After calming down her incredibly bloodthirsty Wolf. The first thing Hope did was cleanse the Wardstone completely. Washing away every ward that was on the stone previously and overpowering the enchantments done by the teacher and headmaster.

Once this was done the Wardstone had been reset back to its factory settings. It had changed in colour. Instead of the deep blood-red colour, it was now a clear amber colour.

Hope drew out the knife she had conjured earlier and started etching in runic symbols to create the new wards for Slytherin House. Once Hope believed she was done, Lady Emrys turned the stone over multiple times in her hand. Studying the symbols and making sure each of the characters was done properly as she returned the knife back to its hiding spot under her robes. Myrddin let out a thrill of a happy song, which told Hope that the Phoenix couldn't find any faults either.

Hope held the stone as far away from herself as possible and opened her hand, palm up before flinching slightly. As she felt as Myrddin moved from her shoulder down her arm and onto her open hand that was holding the Wardstone.

Hope couldn't see Myrddin due to her invisibility spell but she could feel him pulling some magic from her before releasing the energy in waves, completely focused on the Wardstone. After about a minute Hope felt the power cut off and Myrddin hopped back to Hope's shoulder.

"That will do it." Hope happily announces as she places the garnet-coloured Wardstone back into the snake guardian's mouth, watching as its tongue coils around the stone securely.

Hope then casts a Containment spell on the tongue so the guardian won't release the Wardstone to anyone. The stone snake withdrew the stone back into its mouth and into the walls of Hogwarts. The castle shuddered lightly as the properties of the updated Wardstone came into effect around the massive stone castle.

Hope cancelled her invisibility spell on herself and Myrddin before bidding a farewell to the black Phoenix as he flamed out of the Hogwarts wards. Hope almost skipped to the Great Hall in joy but she refrained from doing that as she knew the Slytherin students would most likely find it shocking that she was able to get out of her room considering they tried to lock her in.

When Hope entered the hall she moved at a leisurely pace to the green and silver table and sat at the end of the table, where there was no one sitting before placing her folder down beside her.

Hope managed to eat two slices of toast and a handful of bacon before the food disappeared automatically. Which caused Hope to frown as she has used a lot of magic over the past 12 hours and she needed food to replenish her energy.

A menacing shadow appeared behind her and Hope almost struck out at the figure in natural instinct but she caught herself as she saw it was Snape.

The hooked nosed teacher looked completely disinterested as he drawled out, "Perhaps, next time you should arrive earlier to avoid any problems with hunger, Miss Mikaelson. It would be convenient for you to set an alarm so this doesn't happen again." As he placed a sheet of paper beside her.

Hope clears her face of any emotion as she stoically replies, "Yes, Professor. Sorry." As she picked up the piece of paper which was apparently her timetable.

"Thank you." Hope said politely as she motioned to the timetable.

Snape narrowed his eyes in a sneer before grunting and taking his leave. He was hoping to get more of a reaction out of the other girl or possibly some excuses as to why she was late to breakfast. But the Muggleborn girl didn't even bother and instead reacted how he expected a true Slytherin to act which concerned him ever so slightly.

Hope turned her attention to her schedule and read today's classes.

7:30am-8:30am: Breakfast.

9am-9:50am: Charms w/Huff.

10am-10:50am: Herbology w/Huff.

11am-11:50am: Study.

12pm-1pm: Lunch.

1pm-2:50pm: Potions w/Gryff.

3pm-3:50pm: History of Magic w/Raven.

4pm-4:50pm: Study.

5pm-6:50pm: Transfiguration w/Raven.

7pm-8:30pm: Dinner.

8:30pm-9:20pm: Astronomy.

Hope raised her eyebrows as she was reading, thinking this was going to be a long day. The Tribrid almost banged her head on the desk when she saw Astronomy at the bottom of her timetable and checked how often she had Astronomy, which thankfully was only twice a week. One on Monday and the other on Thursday. She spent about 20 minutes before class was set to start, studying her timetable and noticing the patterns.

Core subjects such as: Potions, Charms, Transfiguration, Defence Against the Dark Arts and Herbology all had practically 5 hours total throughout the week. Whereas History of Magic, Flying and Astronomy only has 2 hours throughout the week.

Hope noticed how all classes ended 10 minutes before the next class was set to start wondering why the staff did this before she looked down the Great Hall realising it took her about a full minute to make it from one end of the hall to the other. Travel time through the massive castle. That makes sense.

There was a note at the bottom of the timetable informing her that there is a curfew in effect from 11:30pm to 6am in the morning. This didn't worry Hope as no one would ever find out if she wasn't in bed since nobody should be able to see through her invisibility spell or get past her barrier spell on her dorm room.

Although Hope doubted she would go out past curfew frequently, only when she needed to shift. But then again with how the first day started maybe she will need to shift more frequently to calm her Wolf. The good news is that she could start her morning runs at six in the morning before everyone else even got up to start their day considering breakfast started at 7:30am.

Hope brought her attention back to reality when she heard the students moving and after memorising her schedule Hope slid it into one of her pockets before picking up her folder and following her green and silver classmates to Charms class.

Every Slytherin student ignored Hope vehemently, not even offering a glance in her direction as if she was simply dirt under their feet and Hope scratched her forehead in frustration as she wanted to make some friends as she promised Myrddin, Nic and Nelle.

So instead she made her way over to the two newly minted Hufflepuff girls she met on the boat ride, Susan and Hannah and made small talk with them until the teacher arrived.

A high pitch but authoritative voice came from behind them, "Ah, good. You're all here. Enter please."

The owner of the voice was obviously a Goblin, but Hope felt an energy similar to the wizards around her.

After a few moments Hope recalled that this was Professor Flitwick. A half Goblin and half Wizard Hybrid as well as Charms Professor, Head of Ravenclaw and former Duelling Champion.

When Hope entered the classroom, she took in the empty space through the middle of the room and the long benches around the outside of the classroom. All the Slytherins sat on the far side of the room, giving them a clear view to the exit as well as not allowing anyone at their backs. Honestly this would generally be where Hope would normally sit as she preferred being able to keep an eye on everything.

As she was still standing near the door she saw the sneers from each of the Slytherin boys and the looks of distaste from Milliecent and Pansy, the other two girls from Slytherin. Hope discreetly rolled her eyes at them before they landed on Daphne who stared blankly at Hope before pulling out the items needed for this class.

Hope gritted her teeth while internally growling at the hostility from her own classmates. 'These houses will be considered your family', McGonnagall's words went through her head and she scoffed loudly before moving over to an empty desk at the front of the class. Dropping her folder unceremoniously in front of her before plonking down into the seat with a glare as she stared at the front of the class waiting for the Professor to make his way up the tall desk.

With Hope ignoring every Slytherin because they have already labelled her as an outcast. The Hufflepuffs were curiously looking over to her, then over to the other Slytherins, trying to work out what was going on.

However, when Hope looked over to the Hufflepuffs as Professor Flitwick was outlining the syllabus to the class. Hope saw a look of pity on Susan's face, which told Hope that Susan knew what was happening to her. Hope twitched her nose at the thought before deciding to return her attention back to the Professor and she wrote some notes down when asked to, trying to ignore Susan's lingering gaze on her.

The first lesson was coming to an end, but Flitwick had asked all of the students to perform a spell, the light spell, lumos.

Hope subtly pulled her wand from its holster before Flitwick made his way over to her.

The Tribrid was rolling her wand between her fingers when Flitwick came to stand in front of her and requested for her to try the spell.

Hope focused her magic and the amount she would release, making sure it would only be the 2.5% that she promised to use through years 1, 2 and possibly some of year 3.

Hope holds her wand delicately in her fingers with the wand tip pointing in the air and simply chants, "lumos."

A small light appeared on the tip of her wand, but she wasn't looking at her wand as she cast. Hope was watching Professor's expression in anticipation, hoping that nothing seemed out of the ordinary to him. As this would be a great test to indicate if she was using the right amount of power.

Apparently Flitwick was slightly intrigued as his eyebrows rose but he gave Hope the counter-charm, nox, so she could cancel the light charm without another word. Hope didn't know what to make of the response, feeling slightly anxious and paranoid.

When the class was dismissed with homework of recasting both the lumos and nox charms to learn what their magic feels like and the feeling of using magic. Hope collected her items and left in a brisk pace without a backwards glance.

Hope's mind was in overdrive as she assessed the class. She figured if all Professors teach like this she will most likely enjoy school when she starts learning new spells, so she smiled slightly.

"Hey Hope?" A familiar voice calls out and Hope turns around locating the source, Susan.

"Yeah?" Hope replies in confusion as she waits for the girl to catch up with Hannah beside her looking almost as confused as Hope.

"How would you like to work with me and Hannah in Herbology?" Susan asks genuinely.

Hope blinked a few times and caught Daphne's face over Susan's shoulder giving her an indiscernible nod towards her.

This confused Hope further as this was the first interaction Daphne had managed to send her way before answering, Hope turned to Hannah first with a polite smile. "If we are able to work in groups of three, I'd be happy to join you both. However, if it is just two, I'll find someone else to join in with."

Both of the yellow-trimmed girls smiled at the considerate Slytherin girl as they walked into the Greenhouse. Hope almost stumbled as she entered the room smelling only the ammonia-based fertiliser, causing her to sneeze suddenly.

Professor Sprout was watching as her new first years were entering and was surprised when two of her Badgers walked in with a Slytherin girl. Sprout noticed the Slytherin girl falter in her steps before sneezing.

The Professor frowned slightly as she walked over to the three girls with a kind smile on her face.

"Hello my little Badgers. Is there something wrong with your friend?" The Head of Hufflepuff House asked her students and both of them looked worriedly at the Slytherin girl.

Hope noticed the attention she was getting from the entire class and felt her cheeks flush slightly in embarrassment.

Hope replied quietly so only the Professor and her two acquaintances could hear her. "Sorry Professor. Nothing is wrong. I just have a very sensitive nose. All I could smell when I walked in was the fertiliser. The ammonia smell was slightly overpowering. Sorry."

"That's okay dear. Minerva, I mean Professor McGonnagall, has the same problem. She says she focuses on a singular smell in the greenhouse. She mentioned that the smell of the ivy is quite pleasant." The kind teacher offered the younger girl a solution to her sensitive nose.

Hope cocks her head to the side in consideration but follows the advice as it was a good idea, so she focuses her nose to smell the ivy covering the greenhouse.

After a couple of seconds she is able to think clearly again and nods gratefully at the Professor. "Thank you Professor Sprout." Hope smiled at the Professor before encouraging the two Hufflepuffs to a working bench at the end of the Greenhouse near where Professor Sprout would be lecturing.

At the end of Herbology, Hope was ever so thankful that she was able to be partnered with both Susan and Hannah. Hannah had a natural green-thumb, knowing exactly what the plants needed. Whereas Susan and Hope could definitely do the work without too much drama but it was easier knowing Hannah could monitor the plant instinctually.

If Hope wasn't working with the two Hufflepuffs, she imagined this subject would be quite difficult for her. Especially if Professor Sprout didn't offer her solution to Hope's unknowing Werewolf curse.

Since the Slytherins and Hufflepuffs all had a study period before lunch. The unlikely trio of girls finally managed to locate the library after 20 minutes of searching and they got started on their homework for Herbology first.

Learning the characteristics of the plant they are working on currently, which was valerian sprigs. What can the plant be used in and it's history? There were optional extra marks if they could locate who originally found the plant and if the plant was created or if it exists naturally.

The girls talked in hushed tones after the Librarian, Madam Pince, yelled at them to keep quiet.

Since the homework for Herbology was due next week as they will roughly spend 1 week on each plant before moving onto the next. Unless they need to come back to it at a later date for revision. The girls packed up and headed to the Great Hall for lunch since they still had plenty of time to complete the homework.

Hope was slightly bothered by the fact she couldn't sit near the Hufflepuff girls due to everyone sitting in their own houses. However the entire Slytherin table earnt her attention as they all glared at her in hatred.

Hope blinked once in disbelief at the sheer level of hatred from her own house before she moved to the end of the table again to sit down in silence and ignored the death stares from her own house.

Oh how she couldn't wait until they tried something in the common room and she turned her face down so her hair covered her face then grinned almost sadistically, before loading her plate with food.

Hope spent her time listening in on the conversations happening around her since she had nothing better to do. The Slytherins were making remarks about her and her Mudblood ways, to which she rolled her eyes hearing most of this came from Draco and the other first years. As they explained how she was a teacher's pet, sitting near the Professor and how she's made friends with losers from Hufflepuff.

Hope let her own glare show through at that before turning her wolf ears to another table.

Ravenclaws were talking about the classes and how they would tackle their homework, in groups or alone.

The Gryffindors were talking about Quidditch. Hope located Harry who was already looking at her, then the rest of her table with suspicion. Hope smiled over to Harry. Someone from a rival house was willing to care for her, even though she was in Slytherin, which actually lightened her mood. Harry returned the smile before Ron dragged his attention away.

There was too much noise between herself and the Hufflepuff table so she turned her attention to the Professor's table and hit dead silence. Hope furrowed her eyes discreetly at the teacher's table as it was practically the closest table to her and she couldn't hear anything.

Hope faced the table in curiosity as she noticed the Professor's talking to one another normally. They must have a noise cancelling spell placed over the table. Smart. Hope thought to herself as she continued to eat her lunch to regain her energy from this morning.

As the Slytherin students stood up, so did Hope but she followed at a distance so she wouldn't get caught in any traps the kids in front of her may leave for her to step into as she could sense when anyone ahead of her used magic.

They walked past their common room and waited outside a musty smelling room, which Hope thinks doesn't have any ventilation. Hope grimaced to herself as she knew the smell of the old room would make her sneeze again. So the Tribrid took the time before the lesson to try and find a different scent to focus on in the Potions room.

Hope couldn't find one inside the room but was drawn subconsciously to her left where the Slytherins were standing, glaring at her. She recognised the scent as fresh snow, oranges and pachement which made her Wolf preen happily.

Daphne.

Of course.

The Tribrid could use Daphne's natural scent to drown out any overwhelming smells and since she was always going to be in Hope's classes since they were both in Slytherin. This knowledge made Hope relax into the stone wall with a pleased smile on her face as she happily breathed in her Mate's relaxing scent.

Luckily for Hope, no one had the time to ask her why she was suddenly smiling like a loon while being sneered at as the Gryffindors showed up at this time. The tension in the hallway became thick enough that even a sword couldn't cut through it even if the blade had been sharpened to perfection causing Hope to raise an eyebrow at the odd feeling of being ignored due to the house rivalry and shrugged to herself.

Before any snide remarks could be traded between the two houses there was a whooshing sound of a cloak. Snape appears from around a corner, capturing Hope's attention as she wonders how the hell the man can move in such a way that the cloak whooshes around so roughly around him.

Snape glides into his classroom, "Are you waiting for a written invitation?" Professor Snape drawls out, forcing the students to enter in hurried motions.

Hope realises upon entry, that if she pairs up with any Gryffindors, the Slytherins will most likely try to sabotage her as mentioned in rule 4 of the Slytherin guidelines. Although since the Slytherin's have already ostracized her, joining a Slytherin would be suicidal as well.

So Hope chose a middle ground instead by sitting at a desk on her own, near the back of the class so she could watch everyone since all the Slytherin mainly chose the closer desks in this class. How bizarre.

The walls were lined with tons of magical ingredients and her attention was snapped to in front of her as her cauldron appeared in front of her with a flash of magic.

Hope could feel Elf Magic residue on the cauldron allowing Hope to conclude that it made sense for the Hogwarts House-Elves to summon each of the students' cauldrons whenever a class started, instead of the student's carting around the bulky item with them throughout the day.

Hope was going to pull the cauldron out of her compartment she still wears on her, but realised it would cause a lot of attention to her, so she's glad for the interference from the House-Elves.

Snape draws everyone's attention when he almost silently does the roll call.

Professor Snape pauses on Harry's name.

"Mr Potter, our new celebrity." Snape announces with disdain before finishing the roll call.

Snape starts his lesson with a monologue. "There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science of the potion making. However, for those of you who possess the pre-disposition, I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to brew glory, bottle fame, and even put a stopper in death. Then again, maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel comfortable enough to not pay attention…" He drones off making eye contact with Harry.

"Potter!" Snape calls out suddenly, shocking the students as they flinch at the loud bark of noise.

"What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" Snape fired off quickly at the first year Gryffindor.

Hope's eyes widened at the 5th year question Snape gave Harry, she watched as Harry shrunk in on himself and Hope noticed Hermione's hand shoot up to answer the question.

"I don't know, sir." Harry replied sullenly.

"No?" Snape asks in unconcealed mockery.

The greasy haired Professor continued his quickfire questions. "How about where would you look to find me a bezoar?"

"I don't know, sir." Harry repeated quietly.

Hope started to scowl more freely at this question as she only knows this due to Nicolas and Perenelle telling her about it and its properties of curing most poisons.

Snape ignores everyone else in the room and asks Harry another question. "What is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?"

Hope kept her face completely blank at that question, but internally her Wolf was growling and pacing in her cage wishing to tear the man apart. Only Werewolves, Potion Masters and qualified Herbologists would know this answer.

Harry replied in the negative again while keeping eye contact with the Professor.

Snape just sneered while replying with a displeased drawl of words. "Clearly fame isn't everything. For your information, Potter. Asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of Living Death. A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite."

"Well? Why aren't you all copying that down?" Snape snaps out angrily at the class, forcing everyone to start hurriedly writing.

Hope can already tell she is going to hate this class with a passion and was ever so thankful she had Nic and Nelle teach her Potions in a more peaceful environment.

Snape touched the blackboard with his wand, revealing the writing hidden on the board and announced in a long drawl. "Instructions are on the board. You have 1 hour."

The Professor returned to his desk and sat down. Not even bothering to keep an eye out on class for their first Potions lesson. One of the few classes if you make a mistake you could literally blow something up.

"Fucking asshole." Hope muttered under her breath in anger.

Hope read over the notes on the board and narrowed her eyes in suspicion at the instructions knowing that Nelle had taught her this Potion once before and the procedure doesn't match what she's been taught. Hope opened her Potions book and read the instructions in the book as well before gritting her teeth.

Hope feels the spell that has been used on her Potions book and sensed the classroom noticing that practically all the books have been altered. However if the student was in Slytherin and a Pureblood there was no spell cast on their books.

A small grunt left Hope's throat as she didn't want to start an altercation on her first day but she kept an eye out on all of the Gryffindors' Potions, aware that if there was going to be any explosions they were going to come from the red and gold clothed students.

Hope ignored the instructions in the book as they were completely wrong and would possibly kill her. Since the Tribrid thankfully remembered the procedure of how to make this potion with Nelle.

She followed the instructions on the board as they were more accurate than the book and she added in her own steps when she came across a missing section. Trying to do this as discreetly as possible.

Hope suddenly reached out and caught some mandrake root that tried to make its way into her cauldron. The auburn haired girl eyed it wearily before looking over at the direction it came from and she saw Draco's stupefied expression.

Obviously Draco wasn't expecting her to catch the root but unfortunately for Hope, Snape saw the root in her hand and jumped to the most obvious conclusion. "Miss Mikaelson, just pray tell, what were you going to do with that root?"

Hope looked blankly down at the mandrake root before placing it at the edge of the table.

"I came across this and will return it to its proper location after class. However I'm not certain where to find it, sir?" Hope replied stoically while forcing herself not to blame anyone as for one he wouldn't believe her and it was the safest route.

Snape answered her in a disbelieving tone. "It's located on the shelf behind Mr Malfoy."

Hope nodded slightly as she bottled her completed Cure for Boils potion, labelled it and handed it over to the Professor before returning the mandrake root to the shelf while ignoring Malfoy. "Thank you, sir."

Hope was beyond relieved when her double Potions period was over. However Hope couldn't help but be amused at Snape's surprised face when she handed in a perfect potion that would get her top grades. Hope thinks it is called Outstanding + or just Outstanding in this universe. Either way the young Tribrid was beyond thankful for the lessons she had with Nicolas and Perenelle.

The auburn haired girl followed her classmates once again at a distance to the 2nd floor for History of Magic. Hope was actually looking forward to learning about the history of this universe.

Hope found history fascinating and was thankful that the entire history of magic didn't revolve around her or her family. The Tribrid was over all the fearful or awe inspiring expression cast her way when nobody thought she was looking. It made her feel like an object rather than a person. Hope had recalled a conversation she had overheard from the twins' shared room as Dr Saltzman tried to placate his kids, by informing them he loved them and that they shouldn't try to change who they are.

The words, 'Hope is not the goal!' echo through her mind every so often when she feels the full weight of her losses and thinks about her family, wondering if they thought that was true. Hope normally cried to herself as she hid in her bedroom when the overwhelming guilt overtook her.

The Slytherin student came to a stop outside of a plain looking classroom.

The male Prefect sighed in exasperation as he said, "Just go inside. The Professor is a ghost, so he doesn't really care what you do." Then left the first years alone to fend for themselves.

Draco started making a fuss about how a filthy Mudblood like Hope shouldn't be allowed in a Potions classroom, much less a wizarding school as she was going to blow some poor kid up by tossing the mandrake root into a cauldron.

A majority of all the other Slytherin students sounded their agreement except for 1 dark olive-skinned boy, Blaise? Hope thinks his name was as well as Tracey and Daphne who all chose to remain silent. The sad thing about Malfoy's rant is that Draco is actually right about the effects of what would happen if the root was tossed in. Which helped solidify his claim.

Hope just did a side-glance towards the other students before rolling her eyes as she moved past her classmates and into the room. The classroom was set up with a simple one person to a desk setup which Hope was ecstatic for and sat in the back right hand corner.

After about 5 minutes all the other students from both Slytherin and Ravenclaw made their way into the room and sat down, chatting away as they waited. The students didn't have to wait long as a ghost phased into the room where the blackboard was, scaring the kids. Hope just shook her head in disappointment at the Professor's introduction and the students' reaction. The ghost wasn't even that scary.

Professor Binns did his roll call just as all the other Professor had and then he somehow managed to divulge from there by talking about the Goblin Rebellions. For some strange reason the ghost's voice seems to be lulling Hope off to sleep. That thought caused the Tribrid to shock herself back to reality as she looked around cautiously to the other occupants in the room.

Hope noticed that a majority of the class was already asleep. Only herself, a Ravenclaw she remembered from the roll call as Su Li, as well as Daphne were awake.

Hope watched as Daphne was nudging Tracey every so often to wake her, which had Hope snickering quietly under her breath. Drawing the attention of the blonde haired girl.

Daphne sent a quick smile to Hope while no one was watching. Hope's heart fluttered at the small interaction and smiled back at her Mate with a peaceful expression on her face. Hope's entire body relaxed at Daphne's small act of defiance to her own rules of potentially ignoring Hope during school.

Hope made a quiet purring sound in the back of her throat as her Wolf was pleased at the attention she received.

While Professor Binns was still talking, Hope concluded that this class was practically useless as the Professor's voice literally lulls the students asleep.

On the plus side. None of the Slytherins would annoy her in this class, giving her a much needed break from their bullshit. On the other hand, she wasn't learning anything from this class and Hope wants to learn the History of Magic, even the Goblin Rebellion but she can't learn it from this teacher.

The auburn haired girl thought to herself for a while of how to solve the problem in front of her. While she was distracted, Hope noticed a folded piece of parchment on her desk. Hope frowned slightly at the note as she wondered how anyone could have placed it there. So she scanned it with her magic before picking it up and unfolding it when she felt Nelle's magic surrounding the note.

Perenelle's neat writing in front of her made her smile longingly at the note as she read the letter from the Flamel's.

Hope was right.

Nicolas and Perenelle were undoubtedly furious when they leared about the rape that happened in Slytherin House and requested, very strongly, for Hope to do whatever was necessary to stop this from continuing.

Neither of them were upset with Hope ending up in Slytherin.

It was actually their top pick based on Hope's personality. Hope shrugged to herself in acceptance, knowing if she had to choose her own house based on her personality, brash and cunning, she would've either ended up in Gryffindor or Slytherin so she couldn't complain.

Hope folded the note and slipped it into her robes before making a mental note to tell the Flamel's to send these notes in the morning during her breakfast time, that way she could say an owl dropped it off.

Hope forced herself to stay awake through the rest of the lesson by drawing on the back of the syllabus that appeared on their desk about halfway through the lesson. Hope decided that she would borrow the history books from the Library and study on her own. Hope thought about putting a silencing ward around herself, so she didn't have to hear Binns sleep-inducing voice and just read the history books mentioned on the syllabus during History of Magic.

When the hour was finally over she bolted out of the classroom, so she could get to the Library and get the history books before anyone else figured out the alternative. However Madam Pince said that all the history books are already being borrowed and haven't stayed on the shelves for longer than one day.

The librarian even told Hope she thinks the Ravenclaws stockpile them in a hushed whisper. Hope ran a frustrated hand through her hair before finding a table to sit at while she contemplated another alternative before giving up.

Hope got up and started wandering around the school in silence as she cast her lowest powered lumos' and nox's as she walked. So it looked like she was also doing her Charms homework, well, technically she is but she just wanted to do something to occupy her time during the study period.

The Tribrid heard the elderly but stern voice of Professor McGonnagall and followed it as she had Transfiguration next and being early would save her from walking with the Slytherins. Hope chose to lean on a wall opposite the door waiting for her next class to start.

She cast a quick tempus charm through her wand since she still had it in her hand and saw there was still half an hour left before returning it to her holster. Sighing in boredom, Hope slid down the wall and sat on the floor, still leaning her back against the wall.

Hope pulled out her Emrys Family Codex, chanting a obscuring spell on her book to change the cover of the book to something less conspicuous as she started to read some of the chapters potions and potion making.

The universal-traveller went through about 3 chapters before slapping her forehead.

"I'm such an idiot." Hope mumbled as she cancelled out of the potions book.

Hope searched through the Index and opened a history book mentioned on her syllabus.

"Thank God I bought this book with me." Hope sighed in silent relief.

The class Professor McGonnagall was teaching left the classroom and stared down at the first year Slytherin in equal expressions of confusion and surprise. Hope glanced up from her book and raised an eyebrow in challenge. Surprisingly none of the fifth year Hufflepuffs or Gryffindors accepted her challenge and instead left to head to their next class.

McGonnagall popped her head out from her classroom and saw a first year Slytherin reading a book outside her classroom.

"I hope you are not skipping class." The Professor remarks sternly.

"No, Professor. I have a study period. I thought locating my next class would be a smart option, so I wouldn't be late." The green and silver trimmed girl replied casually.

McGonnagall raised an eyebrow, so the girl sighed and pulled out a piece of parchment and unfolded it.

"This is my timetable if you would like to collaborate my words." The girl passed the parchment to the Deputy Headmistress.

Professor McGonnagall read the name on the timetable as Hope Mikaelson and she almost sighed aloud, knowing what bullying would await the poor girl in the future.

The elderly Professor took pity on the young girl. "Very well Miss Mikaelson."

McGonnagall handed the sheet back to the first year. "In 5 minutes tell the class to come inside and sit at a desk. I'll be with you shortly after that."

Hope smiled. "Sure thing, Professor McGonnagall."

After the Professor walked back into her room, Hope packed her Emrys Index back into her robes and stood up to rest against the wall again realising if the last class was just released then her next class will be starting soon.

Hope stretched out her muscles and heard some cracks as she realigned her bones. Lady Emrys folded her arms in front of her chest and waited for the Slytherins to arrive as she could hear them around the corner. Hope could hear a lot of the first years were yawning as they were still waking up from the History lesson.

When the Prefect saw Hope he faltered in his step before berating her. "What part of 'stick together' don't you understand, Mudblood?"

Hope decided to screw with him.

"I thought the rules told us not to be late? Professor McGonnagall had informed me to let the class into the room in 1 and a half minutes." She replied almost innocently as she couldn't stop the corner of her lips coming up in a smirk.

The Prefect grunted at her and told her to be in the common room after dinner immediately.

Hope looked at him in confusion. "But we have Astronomy right after dinner?"

The elder boy groaned.

"Fine. Straight after Astronomy. Don't be late." He stated angrily before walking away.

Before the other first year Slytherins could comment on this the Ravenclaws showed up and looked at dynamics between the one Muggleborn student, Hope and the other Slytherins.

Hope disregarded the scrutiny from both Houses and informed them all they can go into the classroom. Hope bypassed everyone as she walked into the classroom with the tables lined up in 2 rows with 6 tables that hold two people each.

Hope was about to take one of the seats at the back of the classroom when she noticed a grey and black tabby cat on the teachers desk. Hope cocked her head to the side in confusion before walking to the front of the room and stared at the cat. Strangely enough the cat stared back almost as curious as Hope was.

Hope blinked a few times before muttering, "You are not a normal cat. There's no way."

The cat's eyes widened in shock as Hope shook her head to bring herself out of her questioning gaze before turning back to the desks and sitting down in the back behind the Ravenclaws.

"What's the matter Mikaelson? Do you see the resemblance to yourself being a scaredy cat?" Draco taunted before bursting into laughter, making the other first years join him.

Hope rolled her eyes at the lame insult.

After 10 seconds the cat meows loudly drawing the class's attention to the front of the class as the tabby cat launched herself off the table, morphing into Professor McGonnagall within the span of 2-3 seconds. Once McGonnagall completed her Animagus shift she had an exceedingly unimpressed expression plastered on her face as she faced Malfoy.

The class stared in shock while Draco looked like he sucked on a lemon. "That's enough Mister Malfoy. Unless you would like to see how scary this tabby cat can be. 5 points from Slytherin. However, Miss Mikaelson. You were the only one who noticed that I was not really a cat, but rather an Animagus. So 10 points to Slytherin."

Hope blinked at the Professor owlishly wondering why she was being so nice to her.

The rest of the class was a syllabus as well as trying to turn a matchstick into a pin. Hope could have done this easily on the first try, but noticed that no one else could do it so she chose to play dumb. So she casted a dummy spell, finate, through her wand while saying the spell the Professor has taught them.

At the end of the lesson the class was slightly worried as no one was able to perform the spell, but McGonnagall informed them that most students take 2 months to be able to perform this transfiguration.

Hope's eyes nearly bulged out of her head at the length of time she would need to play dumb for, 'Fuck my life', Hope thought to herself as she didn't even bother trying to hide her disdain as she banged her head on the table with a groan.

Hope trailed behind the Ravenclaws to the Great Hall for dinner while casting a silent spell that they learnt in Transfiguration. So if everything goes to shit as she expects it to go after Astronomy. Hope will have all the necessary spells on the wand.

Once in the Great Hall Hope sat on her own again and she decided to listen into the older years of Slytherin to see what they planned to do to her. The Tribrid rolled her eyes as she heard their plan.

They were all going to attack her in the common room with simple hexes that she could block using her bulla protection spell. Hope was a little disappointed in her own house. She thought this was supposed to be the house of the cunning and ambitious.

Hope sighed as she continued eating her dinner without a care in the world, considering she knew that improvements Hope and Myrddin made to the Wardstone will stop any fight before it even has a chance to begin.

When the feast was over she noticed that every house took Astronomy at the same time. Thanks to the fact that there simply weren't enough hours before curfew for this class to be taught to 2 separate year groups, so it was a joint lesson.

Hope waited for the Hufflepuffs to leave their table before getting up as well. Hope timed this so she could join her Hufflepuff friends as they made their way to Astronomy.

Susan pulled Hope back slightly from the rest of the group before whispering, "You know you can't dodge your housemates forever. They will get you."

Hope glanced at the red head girl as she examined her and her intentions. This suspicious examination caused Susan to seize up slightly at the intense gaze.

Hope gave a small chuckle as she tried to break the tension in the red head's body.

"Relax, Susan. Just wondering why you're telling me this? I've noticed that the professors do nothing about this, so I assumed that the students would be the same." Hope replied honestly.

Susan actually growled under her breath.

"Well, that's not the way I was raised. Being the neice and ward of the Head of the DMLE means I know that a majority of the Dark Families. That they have kids in Slytherin and all these kids learn is how to make others' lives hell." Susan ranted quietly.

Hope pursed her lips together in understanding as she realised why she was drawn to Susan. Hope reached out before the other girl could rejoin the group.

"One of these Dark Families destroyed your family. Didn't they?" Hope murmured softly with compassion in her voice.

Susan looked almost afraid at Hope before nodding solemnly. "Yeah. How'd you know?"

"I know the feeling. My mother was murdered by a group of people that couldn't accept what she was and what she could do. My father sacrificed himself for me. You have the same look on your face that I have on mine when I think about those who hurt my family." Hope revealed to the other girl with a sad smile on her face.

Susan's mouth dropped open in shock. "I'm sorry. That was rude of me." Susan apologised quickly.

Hope waved her off.

"It's fine. I'm happy I've told someone… This is very rude of me and very direct, but you don't have to answer if you don't want to. Do you know who killed your parents? You mentioned being a ward. I know what that means since I'm also classified as a ward as well." Hope questioned the other girl in curiosity.

Susan looked angry for a moment, like she wanted to yell at Hope. But instead she reigned in her temper before answering bitterly. "Yeah. Avery Sr. But he's claimed the Imperious Curse was used on him, meaning he got away scot-free."

Hope added Avery's name to a list of people she was going to kill, this list now includes Voldemort, Crouch Jr, Pettigrew, the Lestrange's, the Carrow's and now Avery.

"Politics suck." Hope muttered in disdain.

Susan gave a quick chuff of laughter as she agreed with the assessment. "That they do. Hopefully I can change things when I take my Head of House, but I don't think much will happen as no one listens to a woman. Though hopefully with a Legendary House active. Lady Emrys can change some things."

Hope looked worried for a moment while Susan wasn't watching before putting on a mask of confusion and replying dumbly, "Huh?"

Susan looked at her confused before remembering the girl was a Muggleborn.

"Sorry. I ramble a bit when I'm frustrated. That was basically Magical Politics. Forget it." She said as she continued up the stairs with Hope following her.

Hope let out a sigh as she hid her secret from the other girl. Hope felt a little bad about lying to her new friend but she would like to help Susan change the world like the other empathetic girl wished to do. So long as it's for the betterment of this world, the newly minted Lady Emrys had no problem helping Susan achieve her goals.

'Unless I've found a way out of this universe by then…' Hope subconsciously reminded herself while her Wolf seethed quietly at the thought.

Professor Sinistra, a middle aged woman with light brown skin, greeted the first years at the top of the stairs, before starting her lesson straight away. The students didn't even have the time to get any parchment or a quill out.

Hope quickly realised that she was not going to enjoy this class as the constellations from her world and this world are completely jumbled. When she had looked in the night sky during her time with the Flamel's she noticed that she could actually see Sagittarius in the Northern Hemisphere.

Hope was normally very informative about the constellations in her universe as her family liked to teach her everything they knew. But she was afraid of travelling to another universe along with time travel. Hope made the distinct deduction that she is going to fail this class.

"Fuck me." Hope mumbled to herself.

Hope was right. Within the first 5 minutes of the class the teacher informed the class they would be studying Halley's Comet, since it was due to pass overhead later this week. Hope groaned to herself as she tuned the Professor out. In her universe, it was a known fact for anyone who lived in Mystic Falls, that Halley's Comet passed over Mystic Falls once every 145 years. The comet was due to appear in 2009, not Scotland 1991.

Hope started doodling on her parchment as she ignored the lesson, believing that she wasn't going to learn anything in this class and only to show the school year how bizarre she was if she started informing them that she knew a majority of the constellations but can no longer find them on a star map.

However Hope thought of a way to avoid getting into trouble. She chose to doodle a constellation and lightly drew a line to join the dots together before drawing the representative creature it portrays.

She drew Aquila, 'The eagle' during class but managed to answer the questions the Professor would ask her correctly as the constellations were still the same, just in different locations she didn't know.

After class Professor Sinistra pulled Hope aside for a moment and asked to see what she was drawing during class. As she was slightly annoyed that the Slytherin girl was seemingly paying no attention in class while also being able to answer her questions with relative ease.

Hope handed over her parchment without fuss, surprising the teacher who expected the girl to hide the drawing.

The woman looked over the drawing as her eyes widened in awe at the detail, quickly being able to tell that it was a constellation.

"Why did you draw Aquila?" The Professor asks in shock as she studys the details of the drawing. It was how the Professor would picture Aquila to look if it was a corporal being.

Hope shrugged lightly as she released her anxious breath. Hope wasn't used to showing anyone her drawings and now she's done it twice but she still feels self conscious showing her art.

"I don't know. It was the first constellation that popped into my head." Hope replied smoothly as she extended her hand back for the parchment.

The Professor handed the page back with a sigh but warned her. "Make sure you take notes for the class. But so long as you draw the constellations before drawing your impressions of the constellation, I'll let you get away with drawing in class. As long as I can get a copy of your drawings."

Hope's eyes widened in surprise thinking she was going to be scolded for drawing during class. Hope pondered her choices before deciding she really could use the outlet for drawing, even if Professor Sinistra got a copy of her drawings.

"That's fine with me. I apologise for not making any notes for this lesson though." Hope apologised with her eyes downcast.

"It's the first Astronomy lesson and the first day of school. I think I can show some leniency for a first year." The Professor gave a small smile.

"Just remember, write down notes from the lesson." Sinistra replied before dismissing her after getting a copy of her drawing.

As Hope left the room and walked past the 4th year students who had Astronomy next.

Hope received some sadistic expressions from the Slytherins before one of them called out with a sick smile. "Remember to go straight to the common room firsty. The House wishes to speak to you."

Hope walked off with a roll of her eyes since they couldn't see her.

"Sure." Hope replied in faux worry and shook her head in disappointment at the power play the Slytherins were trying to pull off as she turned around the corner.

A cheeky grin appeared on her face once she was out of earshot before muttering to herself, "Too bad you won't be able to see the show."

The Tribrid made her way down to the dungeon but was stopped by a boy with a strong grip on her arm. Hope jumped slightly at the touch but followed the person pulling her into an empty classroom as she was curious how this would play out.

When they entered the room, the other student released her arm allowing Hope to turn around so she could face her kidnapper noticing the red trimmed robes.

"Sorry about that." A familiar boyish voice said sheepishly.

"Harry?" Hope asked in surprised confusion.

"What's this about?" Hope asks as she motions to the empty room he pulled her into.

Harry paces the room for a short while as he tries to sort out his words. "Look. I know that you're a Slytherin and I'm in Gryffindor but I was hoping that we could stay friends. You are the only person that has treated me normally since I've been introduced into the wizarding world and it's nice, having someone who doesn't treat me like a saviour."

Hope turned her head to the side as she thought to herself, 'Trust me. I know the feeling of everyone either despising you or depending on you.' Hope also mentally weighed her options at the same time.

Hope decided that becoming Harry's friend would be fine so long as she didn't interfere too much, so Hope smiled back at the boy. "Sure. I'm not making friends in Slytherin and their rules of not befriending Gryffindors probably don't extend to me as they've practically made me an outcast."

Harry gripped Hope's shoulders suddenly with worry in his eyes as he asked her with a serious expression. "They haven't hurt you have they?"

Hope was somewhat surprised with Harry's protective concern.

"No." Hope replied clearly and strongly to prove she wasn't afraid or worried.

"I'll be fine. Trust me, Harry." The auburn haired Slytherin informed the other student with a genuine smile.

Harry looked into the auburn haired girls' sea-blue eyes for a moment seeing the sincerity before releasing her shoulders. "Sorry for grabbing you like that."

Hope gently placed her hand on the top of Harry's shoulder and squeezed it lightly. "It's okay and thank you for worrying about me. Unfortunately I have to get back to the common room. I'll see you in Flying, Astronomy, Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts."

Hope let go of Harry's shoulder and was about to walk out the door before choosing to tell Harry something. "Oh, speaking of Potions. Sorry about what Snape did to you at the beginning of class. All the questions were advanced and not learned until 5th year or later."

This causes Harry's eyes to narrow in anger.

"Also if you copy off the board you'll hopefully get a pass on your potion. Don't copy from your book. I noticed mine had been altered after I bought it. A finite charm should return the book back to normal. So study the procedure before class, so you can get higher marks." Hope informed Harry so he may not be in as much danger if he follows her advice.

Harry cocked his head slightly in confusion and suspicion. "How do you know this?"

"My adoptive parents are quite experienced in Potions and I saw the information was incomplete on the board but relatively disastrous if the book was used. Thankfully I remembered the recipe of the potion from my adoptive parents." Hope answered truthfully.

Harry nodded with a smile. "Thanks."

Harry's eyes lit up as he recalled something then they became dark. "Do you think that's why Malfoy tried to toss a mandrake root into your potion?"

Hope nodded back at the raven haired boy. "Yep. That would have definitely blown up the cauldron and quite possibly me."

"Nice catch then." The Gryffindor boy replied with a frown at the thought of Malfoy trying to kill Hope by sabotaging her potion.

"I'll see you tomorrow Hope." Harry told Hope as he left with a thoughtful expression, going over all the information he had learned from the polite girl he met on the train.

After the unlikely pair left the classroom. Lady Emrys stood in front of her common room door with a malicious smirk as Hope called out the password in front of the stone snake. The Slytherin stone guardian hissed in appreciation and recognition before letting her inside.

Hope almost rubbed her hands together in uncontained excitement but managed to hide her vindictiveness behind a cold expressionless mask similar to Daphne's.

Hope came face to face with every Slytherin except for the fourth year students currently in Astronomy. Hope located Daphne whose eyes were unable to hide her terror of what she believed would happen shortly to her friend.

"What's wrong?" Hope asked the Slytherin House in artificial worry.

Instead of any answer being given, practically every 3rd year student and above drew their wands, pointing them at Hope. Almost instantly, each of the students pointing their wands at Hope all dropped to the ground in pain.

Other than the astonished noises from the crowd, the only other noise they could hear was muffled sounds from the ground. The attacking students' mouths had fused together seamlessly so there wasn't even a hint of lips on their faces anymore.

The remaining students were standing around in shock. Even Hope shared the same look of astonishment as she watched the Wardstone activate for the first time. It was damn efficient, not to mention quick.

Eventually one of the 7th years who chose not to attack in the beginning raised his wand at Hope, believing she was the cause for this curse on his classmates. But he dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes as the pain overwhelmed him as well.

'Idiot.' Hope thought to herself with a shake of her head.

Hope put a fake concerned look on her face as she asked in pretended shock. "What's happening to them? Should someone get a Professor?"

Hope thought she should take up a career in acting if being the saviour of magical worlds doesn't work out for her.

Surprisingly it was Draco that left the common room to get a Professor, most likely Snape. After some tension filled minutes of waiting their Head of House entered the room with his cloak swooshing behind him, taking in the sight around him.

"Someone take these students to the Infirmary." He said with an expressionless tone.

Draco being the obnoxious prick he is, starts calling out. "It was Mikaelson who did this Professor. She attacked them."

Drawing Snape's attention to the Muggleborn Slytherin. Hope managed to pull off a look of complete disbelief and a little anger.

"I haven't even moved. How could I have done this?" She asked in thinly veiled annoyance to the blonde haired Slytherin boy.

Snape walks over to her with suspicion in his eyes.

"Your wand, Miss Mikaelson." Snape demands holding out his hand.

Hope pulls out her wand slowly out of its holster and hands it to Snape, who recoils slightly at the menacing feeling coming off in waves from the first year's wand.

"The Headmaster will check this wand for spells in the morning. If it turns out, this," He says motioning to the injured students around him, "Was indeed your doing. I will see you expelled and gone from this school faster than you could even blink." He finishes with a threat.

Hope gritted her teeth but stayed quiet as Snape calls out, "Now all of you to bed."

The students were glaring at Hope except for Daphne who looked like happiness had overtaken her eyes, how she managed to keep a stoic face through the entire encounter shocked Hope.

"Did I stutter? NOW!" Snape shouted and the students rushed off including Hope.

As soon as Hope entered her room shutting the door loudly behind her, she started grinning stupidly and fell on her bed laughing aloud. Thanking her sage bundle for keeping this room shrouded in privacy from everyone outside of her room.

"Oh that was great! I can't wait until I see the look on Snape's face when he finds out I haven't cast any spells since Transfiguration. I also can't wait until Dumbledore and Snape realise it was the Slytherin Wardstone that punished the students." Hope laughed to herself.

A chortle of whistling laughter joined in and reminded Hope that she wasn't alone. "Hello Myrddin."

The Phoenix crossed one wing in front of him and the other wing bent behind him, making the bird look like he was giving a theoretical bow as he managed to scare Hope slightly.

Hope laughed it off as she was too excited for the following day. "Thanks Myrddin for helping me with the Wardstone. I really appreciate it."

Myrddin let out a thrill and flew over to Hope to get some attention. 'You know. I would love to be a fly on the wall for the upcoming shitstorm tomorrow morning?'

"Shouldn't be a problem. I'll just cast the invisibility spell on you before I leave this room so you can watch from wherever. I know that whenever you flame travel it removes any previous charms on you but I'll also put a time based spell on the invisibility as I don't want to try and find you to cast the counter spell later or reapply the invisibility spell." Hope said as she stood up.

Hope walked over to the Phoenix's perch, leaning over slightly so Myrddin could hop onto the perch without much effort as Hope got changed for bed.

Hope set her alarm on her watch for 7am. "I'll set it for 6 tomorrow so I can start getting my runs in again. So long as nothing else is supposed to happen in the next few mornings."