Two Warriors

by Skipsophrenic

What if the LeStranges hit another Muggleborns house before they were captured, what if the girls house they attacked was across the road from Harry's house. What if Hermione's Father had the respect of one of the galaxies best hunters. How would Harry and Hermione's life change? Warnings: Rated M due to nudity, gore, violence and mentions of abuse.

10. Chapter 10

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Predator, I just write for fun!

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Harry appeared on the path already fully camouflaged as he looked about. He had been 'technically' telling the truth when he said they had a lead.

The full truth is in going through all the information Albus had sent up to them, the knowledge-finders sifting through it, had noticed that after he had disappeared, Voldemorts followers had returned to places they knew were important to their master in the hopes of finding him. Even now 13 – 14 cycles on each of those interrogated held the belief their master would return to them, and that when he did, they would continue their own brand of genocide, torture and rape.
That lack of remorse had led them all to having hyper-sensitivity stims as well, tripling their felt pain.

Now that Pettigrew had run from the burrow over a year ago, the Knowledge-Finders had theorised he might do the same, so now Harry was stood here at a derelict burnt out shell of a building that had 'Wools Orphanage' engraved in the stone above what used to be a doorway.
Sighing he switched his Visor to scan Thermals and Psionics while he searched through the wreckage.

The sights he saw that day would stay with him forever, why the locals hadn't been to bury the dead he didn't know, but seeing the skeleton of an adult crouched over a youngling as if protecting it was bad, that both skeletons showed visible signs of intense heat caused his gorge to rise.
He spent hours going through the building and finding similar scenes, Youngling skeletons all huddled in a corner, larger ones holding them close.
His only solace was the thought that with the residual burning on the bone, they would have died quickly.

After going through the building room by room and finding nothing that would lead to the capture of Pettigrew he let out a growl and stepped out, looking along the coast.
Frowning he noticed his visor picking up a large heat-mass along with a powerful psionic dome further down.
Following it he came to a path along the edge of the cliff.
Carefully so as not to slip he made his way along until he came to what looked like the entrance before noticing psionic protections were layered into the rock bringing his shoulder cannon to bear he had the thought if the rock wasn't there, then the psionics would drop, and with that sent three controlled blasts that would collapse the rock face.
What came rushing out for him had him swearing even as his cannon started blasting plasma faster than most could track as he drew his sword and pistol.
The large heat mass had been Xenomorophs. Lots of Xenomorphs. Knowing he was in trouble he sent the call for help signal and launched into the fray.

Live or die, he needed to keep their attention here. With a large town full of innocents down the road it would be a slaughter should the Xenomorphs go that way.
His blade whistled as his voice rang out in a battle-cry as he cut, dropping his active camouflage.
Spinning he narrowly avoided the tail spike set to impale him even as an exploding head sent acidic blood flying his way, fortunately most landing on his gun.
He sent up a silent thanks to the Armourer as the yellow ichor just slid from his armour instead of burning through like it would his old set, although he had yet lost another pistol.
He fought on through the horde, minutes ticking by until looking high he saw one leaping at him and blasted it apart with his shoulder cannon, whilst his sword gutted another one.

As these happened another showed on his alert as leaping for his back and he thought he was about to be sent to the Long Sleep when with a battle-cry like an avenging angel his LifeMate landed in its place having split it on her way down.

More hunters coming down raining their plasma were clearing a safe zone to land about them, driving the Xenomorphs back into the cave, herding them into a bottleneck where the now 20 strong Hunter-force shot their cannons.
"That is yet one more to your tally." Harry said to Hermione acknowledging she had once again saved his life.
"Extermination now, Gratitude tonight my 'Mate" Harry nodded ignoring the chuckles from the other hunters as he'd again left the comms on to local broadcast.

When the thermals and motions scans showed no further signs of movement they hesitantly stepped forwards spears, blades, pistols and shoulder cannons all primed.
Harry sent a flare burst in from his cannon and they were able to confirm visually that the Xenomorphs had all been destroyed.
In the middle of the lake that his helmet picked up was a Xenomorphs version of amniotic fluid, there was a pedestal with something being held in place on top.

Taking a quick run he used a quick blast of his new foot boosters to give his leap the height needed to make the jump, coming to land perfectly next to the pedestal before looking in, his eyes widening in amazement at what was held within.

"Hermione!" He called out, and a second later she joined him.
"What is it?" She asked as he pointed to the device he'd seen, Hermione looked and a gasp was heard over the comms.
"Harry is that…"
"A Xeno-Control pad." He breathed reading the words engraved into the unit along the top in the Old Galactic Tongue. 'Snorkak Series XEN-0-M0-RF.'
"Come on let's get this back up to the ship," Harry said quietly carefully lifting it out before putting it into a jolt proof casing and returning to the cave entrance with Hermione.

He looked up the path and felt his spirits darken at the memory of the three youngling skeletons holding each other. He would ask in his report why nothing had been done, but for now he just wanted to return to the ship, shower, couple with his mate and then hold his Daughter.

Signalling a return the Teleport officer brought him and five of the group up.
Quickly stepping off the pad he headed straight for their new quarters, Hermione following.
Upon entry there wasn't anyone in the living room, a quick glance with thermals showed that all other three room occupants were in Luna's room.
Sighing he headed to the Armoury and quickly stripped of the metal closing the door and resting his head against it.
"My heart?" Hermione's quiet voice asked when a few moments had passed after she finished stripping he didn't move.
Coming up to him she rested a hand on his shoulder gently turning him, he looked up with his own tumbling emotions straight into a sea of caring amber.

"Come with me." She said quietly, drawing him from the Armoury through the corridor to their bedroom and into the washroom.
Pushing him under the water she lifted her lips to his, hovering a mere centimetre away.
"I am yours, as you are mine, let me show you." She whispered as her lips closed on his.

After their lovemaking ended Harry stayed under the showers water gently trading kisses and caresses with his LifeMate under the guise of helping the other to wash until they were both well washed and rinsed.

Harry stepped under the blower as Hermione stayed under for one more rinse as he went and pulled the brush through his long wavy locks, reaching for a hair tie when Hermione's hand on his stopped him.
"Leave it, please?" Hermione asked in that quiet tone she only ever used when they were alone.
Harry nodded gently leaning forwards for another kiss before pulling back as he ran his hands through her amazing auburn curls.
"As long as you leave yours free." He answered pulling some over her shoulder to cascade down her front along the side of her round milk-gland. Hermione nodded with a smile and turned walking out their room and down the corridor to Luna's room as he wrapped an arm about her, letting his hand settle on her hip as they entered to a beautiful scene.

There on the bed wrapped protectively in Gabrielle's arms was Luna, while curled asleep across the foot of the bed was Fleur.
Harry gently kissed Hermione's temple before heading over to the shelf and pulling down the Picture-Maker and taking a couple of shots.
Setting it on the shelf he moved to Luna's 'side' of the bed and sat on the edge gently stroking her hair to wake her.

Her silver eyes barely opened and settled on him before with a squeal of "DADDY!" She had shot up knocking a now aware but sleep-dazed Gabrielle onto her back and startling Fleur to wakefulness as she clamped her arms about Harry.
"Hey there Little One I'm okay what's the fuss?" Harry asked quietly.

Luna didn't answer just kept her grip tight about him a happy smile on her face.
Fleur had gotten up and stretched arching her back twice as Harry watched her face frown on the second attempt before trying a third.
"Hermione?" He said nodding to Fleur and seeing her nod as she came up behind the young woman before the flat of her hand shot out and Fleur's back gave a distinct little 'Crack'
"Oh Merci zat waz … uncomfortable."

Harry nodded as he stood pulling Luna up into his arms she wasn't in any danger of letting him go anytime soon.
He looked to see Gabrielle holding her arms out to Fleur to be carried as well and raised a questioning eyebrow to Hermione who just smiled and nodded for them to head into the living room.

Following on he sat on the couch and held Luna close.
What he'd seen at the Orphanage remnants today had shook him. Whoever had done that to the younglings in there had better pray they had already gone to the Long Sleep or when they did find their way there it would be a long and painful process.

Hermione sat on Harry's other side worming her way under his arm as Fleur took the chair with Gabrielle, pulling a screen-comp to her, and working on something with the younger girl.

Turning to Hermione gently kissed her head as he held her tight.
Looking down to Luna he was a little surprised to see she'd fallen back to sleep against him.
"She's had an emotional day and it's not over for her." Hermione said quietly.
"Hmm?" Harry asked letting his fingertips gently trace shapes along the skin of her arm.
"She threw some words out without thinking earlier, and I had to come down on her pretty hard."
Harry nodded.

"How hard?" He asked.
"She has to sit with you this evening and write about what she did and why it was wrong, and now everything has been explained how she now feels." Harry hid a wince at this, Luna didn't show it much, but she was a total 'Daddy's Girl' at times, the worst of the punishment for her wouldn't be the writing, it would be in that she'd done something he wouldn't approve of and she was the one to tell him the details.

He closed his eyes and sighed, she had only ever had to do that once before, when early on in November she'd gone against Hermione after she'd told her it was time to pack up for bed, part of the punishment being Hermione wouldn't tell him the full details, that would be Luna's job.

-flashback-

"Babygirl its bedtime." Hermione said from the edge of her bed where she was propped up leaning on her arm.
"But Mummy, 5 more minutes on the game, pleeeeeese." Luna asked from the table where she was sat with a screen-comp, a pout on her lips.
"No Luna, you've already had an extra fifteen minutes, now come on it's time for bed." Hermione said moving to stand when Luna slammed the screen-comp down, a crack sounding and appearing in the screen as the blond shouted "No!"

Moving over to the table Hermione simply picked the screaming Luna up about her waist and carried her into the bedroom and put her on the bed without a word.
"MUMMY! NO! I DON'T WANNA!" Luna screamed getting up and trying to run for the door only to be caught in Hermione's arms and sat on the bed and gently held in place as Hermione crouched in front of Luna.

"Luna! Stop it!" Hermione said sternly, the tone of voice snapping her out of it, this was the first time Hermione had ever used this tone of voice on her.
"Now, before you worry about me leaving you that will not happen, but you need to understand what you just did was wrong." Hermione said forcefully.
"But Mummy…" Luna tried to say upset.

"No Luna, no buts. Fifteen minutes ago you asked for a little extra time, I said 'Okay but in fifteen minutes you've got to go to bed' and what did you say?" Luna looked down shame flitting across her features.
"I – I said 'Yes Mummy." Hermione nodded letting an arm go and with a curled finger gently lifted Luna's chin to keep their eyes locked.
"In that moment you made a deal, I gave you a little more time to stay up, and you agreed when your extra time was up to go to bed. You broke that deal." Hermione sighed.

"You know what it means to Yautja to be honourable, we don't just say that – we live it – so, your punishment will be this." Luna bit her lip. The last tantrum she'd thrown Hermione had made her help in the ship kitchen with the washing up for that night. That had been A LOT of plates.

"No Screen-Comp games for four days while yours gets fixed. You can't use mine or Daddy's either except for looking things up for your non-psionic lessons, and tomorrow after breakfast you're going to sit with Daddy and write about what you did tonight and why it was wrong. If you're not sure on the words or spelling Daddy will help you."

Luna at that point had broken down trying to convince Hermione to send her to the kitchens, work in the Armourers, anything but have to disappoint Daddy, but she'd stayed firm, and the next day Luna had had to sit there and explain everything to him as she wrote.

The hug she'd given him afterwards saying 'sorry' over and over said more than anything there was still a residual worry over them 'leaving her.'
Harry had simply picked her up and let her know it was okay, and that he was proud of her for admitting what she had done was wrong.

In the grand scale of things it had only been a 'little thing' where tantrums were concerned, and for that they were grateful, but she could be a handful at times.

-End flashback-

Harry opened his eyes and nodded.
"Anything other than sitting and writing that I'll need to enforce?" Hermione shook her head.
"No, it wasn't bad enough for worse." Harry sighed in relief. Thankfully Luna had never done anything bad enough when he was the only one watching her that it warranted sitting with Mummy and writing it out.

As much as Hermione thought Luna was a 'Daddy's Girl' the truth was she was actually a 'Mummy and Daddy's Girl.' To properly disappoint either of them really upset her, which is what probably helped keep her tantrums to only the minor things.

"Oh my, I've just remembered something talking about writing," Hermione uncurled from the couch quickly heading out the room.
Fleur glanced up before shrugging and returning to her discussion with Gabrielle as Harry gently adjusted how Luna was lay against him so she wouldn't awaken in any discomfort.

Hermione soon returned carrying a slightly crumpled envelope before curling up on the couch under his arm again holding it up for him to read.
It was addressed to both 'The Lord and Lady Potter.' He had a brief moment to think how the person would react to find he was sat here naked with his equally naked LifeMate tucked into him and having him stroking the curve of the side of her bare breast with his fingertips. Probably 'scandalised' knowing human culture.

Hermione flicked the envelope open and withdrew the thick expensive looking parchment that had a Coat of Arms at the top centre of the page.

To Lord and Lady Potter:

Allow me to introduce myself, I am Mrs Augusta Longbottom, Matriarch to the Longbottom's and regent to The House.

I would like to invite you both to evening tea one night at your pleasure, I do understand you have not been raised or made aware of our ways through no fault of your own.

I would like to offer my services in correcting these oversights in your upbringing, and help you reacclimatise to your position in our society.

Yours sincerely
Madam A. Longbottom

"How dare she, of all the -" Harry started before his words trailed off into Yautja as he stood pacing. It was a sign of how badly the woman had erred in her words that Hermione hadn't once interrupted his rant to warn him on his language, moreover, was in silent agreement as she sat there her eyes blazing.

Luna who had been shocked awake at the loss of her pillow looked between Harry and Hermione before quietly.
"Mummy?" Harry turned to face the couch seemingly to force calm on himself even as Hermione closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening them and turning to her Daughter.

"Don't worry Babygirl, it's just someone who made a big mistake that's all. Daddy and Mummy will be having words with them. It will take Daddy and me a few days to calm enough to reply to the letter – and even before we do we need to repay a debt." Luna nodded.
"Okay mummy." Before yawning and getting off the couch and heading over to Gabrielle, a couple of words later and the two girls were now at the table as Fleur looked over to Hermione an eyebrow elegantly raised.

Hermione snorted and held out the letter for Fleur to read even as her eyebrows receded in shock.
"Iz she an eediot?" Fleur asked bluntly causing Harry to let out a chuckle as he spoke.
"I think she must be with writing that." He said with a groan as he collapsed back onto the chair with a groan.

"Easy Harry, Fleur's not the one who wrote the letter." Harry sighed.
"Sorry Fleur but…" Fleur waved him off as she spoke.
"Eef someone 'ad written zis too mee I would be a leetle beet angry az well." Fleur told him rather bluntly.

Harry nodded and turned to Hermione.
"Sparring?" She simply nodded, it was one of their ways to deal with pent up aggravation, plus it was a way for them to properly check the others performance and let them know if there were any points they were flagging on.

"Fleur, if anyone needs us we'll be in the Third Sparring room on the second floor, front quarter." Fleur nodded as Luna looked up to them and spoke. "Have fun mummy, don't beat Daddy up too much." Causing the adults to laugh.
"I'll try not to Babygirl." Hermione said with a smile as they headed out.

As they entered and removed their blades setting them on the bench Hermione waited just long enough for Harry to fully enter the ring as she span on her heel bringing he other leg up to strike the centre of his chest only for Harry to catch it and throw the leg up, she turned this throw into a backwards flip and started circling in a half crouch as Harry did the same.

"Oh guess what we've decided to pull forwards to tonight?" Hermione asked, just as she span out of a charge from her LifeMate, landing a blow to his lower back.
"Gyah, strike to you. Luna's Pudding night?" He said with a grin even as it was his turn to dodge or block a flurry of kicks.

"No softbrain, its Pudding night already. As of tonight – Yipe!" she crashed to the floor as Harry's leg sweep caught her off guard. Even as Harry gave a small frown.
"Strike to me, you're dropping your guard a bit on your lower left." He said helping her to her feet even as she mock-growled before nodding – "Show me."

Harry nodded closing his eyes a moment before he stepped forwards and positioned her body.
Looking down she growled properly this time, to anyone normally Earth-raised there was nothing wrong with her 'mid-punch' stance, however anyone Martial Arts trained would immediately spot it.

Not only was her defensive stance lacking, but like what had happened, she was completely open to a leg-swipe.
Nodding she adjusted her stance before looking to Harry.
It only took a glance to tell him to continue and they started circling again.
"As I was saying, as of tonight Fleur will be a true Sib to me, she –" She was cut off before with a flurry of blows Harry found himself flying through the air to land on his back. Flipping to his feet he nodded.
"Second Strike to you. I over-extended that last punch?" He asked as Hermione nodded to him.
Rolling his shoulder he dropped to the crouch and moved in close to trade blows until he had her arms crossed across her chest in his grip, her pinned back to his front.
"pin." He tried to claim. "Not quite!" Hermione said bringing her heel down on his instep and throwing her head back to a –crunch – as she broke his nose for the 15th time that year in a spar.

"Bloody crazy-hard-headed female that hurt!" Harry said as he stumbled back letting her go as he fell to the floor.
He looked up to see her grinning down to him, hand on a cocked hip as she held her hand out.
"Third strike to me?" Harry grumblingly nodded as he took her hand and let her pull him up. He'd completely forgotten about her head-butts.

"You were saying about Fleur." Harry said as they circled again.
"Oh right Fleur will be taking my Mark tonight and I hers. I finished the –" She ducked a strike from his fist driving hers into his stomach knocking him back a bit. His block was there, just not fast enough.
"Design, she loves it." She finished before releasing a barrage of blows and kicks that Harry blocked or evaded, until one kick was slightly too high and he caught the leg sending her flying into the wall.

"My second." He called as she stood with a grimace before limping back in.
"Damn, think you cracked my femur." She said adjusting her stance to keep that leg better protected.
"So what time do you want to do the Marking." Harry said grunting as she slid a blow to his ribs cracking one, but he didn't go down twisting her around by grabbing the arm he'd been hit with intending to pin her against a wall when she raised her good leg and pushed against it driving them back and using the momentum to break out his hold as she stood ready, although panting for breath.

"I think Half 7 would be best, that way Luna can be there before going to yeeeeee!" Hermione screeched as they were trading blows as she spoke until she was suddenly swept into her bad leg and went crashing to the floor, staying down this time, signalling her surrender with a hand wave.
"As – dammit this hurts – I was saying," Hermione said sitting up to grasp her injured leg.
"That way Luna can be there before going to bed."

Harry nodded his agreement to this helping her to stand.
"I'm going to need help in the shower." She warned as he helped her over to sluice off. Nodding he aided her in and supported her as they washed, before drying off.
Their still damp hair pulled into a messy tail as they made their way to the medic for healing.

The Medic looked up as they entered and nodded to the scan-bed as Harry spoke.
"Confirmed cracked rib and broken nose for me, suspected fractured femur for Hermione and multiple contusions for both." Harry said after helping Hermione up to the bed.

The medic simply nodded and pulled the arm over her going down the body as he watched the screen when his mandibles clicked in surprise.
"Hermione, when and how did you have this healed?" He asked pointing to the screen, looking they all saw an impossibility.

Although Hermione could bear children, when the time came for conception they were going to have to go to the Medic for it to be done artificially as when Hermione had been on a training hunt in her 5th cycle since being adopted, she'd been gored by her prey and by the time they got her back to the medics, her egg-sack had been too badly damaged to save, leaving her with just the one.

Now though her scan showed two perfect ripe with health egg-sacks.
Harry looked from the screen to Hermione and back to the screen even as she had a trail of happy tears falling from her bright shining eyes, a wide smile about her face.
"I – I don't know how that happened, but I – I…" The medic gently patted her shoulder as he spoke.
"If you do not know, then do not question, just be happy that you will not need to see me in a couple of cycles except to tell me you are stopping the shots." He said.

Hermione nodded as he turned back to the screens and continued the scans.
"Well you were right, you have given yourself a tiny fracture, I won't even need to restrain the limb – a small shot of Calci-Form and you're good to go. You have a minor welt on the back of your head which I will deal with, other than that I don't even see that you'll actually bruise as Harry feared.

Hermione nodded and let the medic work as Harry pulled himself up onto the second bed.

It was only moments later the medic came into his line of sight and started scanning.
"Yes, you have both breaks but otherwise you're fully healthy. Again hold still." Harry did as the medic none to gently pulled Harry's nose straight and a needle went in the side, before that same needle was withdrawn and shoved in his chest at the site of the broken rib.

"The Calci-Form will take about an hour as both your breaks were pretty minor – and no, this does not mean you can skip on your after-spar check next time." Harry grinned.
"Yes Medic, whatever you say medic." The medic just left chuckling.

"Harry," Hermione's voice came from the side after the medic had left. "When do you want to have our own youngling?" She asked.
Harry felt his throat tighten as she asked, he had always dreamed of being a Father, and now he already was to Luna, but Hermione was basically saying when did he want a second youngling.
"I – I'm not sure Hermione, you're the one who has to bear our young, I'm ready whenever you are my heart." He said quietly.

Hermione's joyful voice entered his mind once more as she answered.
"Okay, We're still a little too young at the minute what do you say to in about 3 – 4 cycles?" Harry had to get up and move to Hermione's bedside to look down to her hopeful face even as she bit into her lower lip nervously. Gently he used his thumb to prise her lip free before leaning down to kiss her, his hand sliding down her body to rest on her lower abdomen.

"To see you round with our young would be one of the most beautiful sights I have ever hoped to see," He whispered as the kiss broke. "The time when you're ready can't come fast enough." He finished kissing her again with all he felt.

As the kiss broke a second time he heard her whispered plea to stay, by her side, and smiled down as he sat on the edge of her bed.

-0-

Luna blinked awake to her shoulder shaking to see her Mummy was sat on the edge of the bed.
"…ybygirl, time to get up." Luna decided that nope, she wasn't going to get up and pulled the sheet over her head.
"Uh-Oh it seems the sheet has eaten my little one." Her Mummy's voice had a little laughing tone to it and Luna started giggling as she was being tickled over the sheet.

She quickly threw the sheet back and launched at her Mummy trying to fight back only to be swept off the bed.
"Oh there you are, awake and ready to go for a shower." Hermione said to a laughing Luna as she held her aloft falling back onto her back.
"Mummy! That's not fair you tricked me." Luna moaned as Hermione brought her down to give Luna her morning cuddle.

Chuckling Her mummy nodded as she answered.
"Yes Mummy tricked you, but I still got my morning cuddle so I think it was worth it. Hermione said, sitting up and steadying Luna on her feet.
"Now you go shower and brush your teeth. I'll be back in ten minutes to help with your hair.
Luna nodded looking to her mummy to see she'd pulled her own hair into two loose ponytails today.
Can you do mine like yours mummy?" Smiling Hermione nodded before gently propelling Luna to her washroom.

Luna quickly showered and went through her morning ablutions, coming out and getting ready for the day, just finishing pulling her normal weapon belt on as her mummy came back in the room, two hair ties about her wrist.

"Ready?" Luna nodded quickly going to sit on the little chair that she always used for Mummy to help her do her hair.
So you want two tails coming like mine with a parting down the middle?" Luna nodded, yes but can you also do the funny part at the front? Where it goes like 'swish'" She mimed with her hand sweeping across her brow.
"Oh so you want some bangs put in as well?" Luna smiled and tried to nod wincing when she realised her Mummy already had her hair gathered.

They stayed chatting for a while as Hermione worked as Luna tried to convince her of the importance of more pudding days, after all pudding was the most important food ever.
"There all done." Her Mummy said gently reaching around to tap Luna on the nose.
Looking up into the mirror she could see she had the exact same style as her mummy, except where her mummy's hair was a little curly hers was dead straight.

Getting up she held her arms up for a lift.
"Oooh okay, but only because that means I get another cuddle off my little Babygirl." Her Mummy said with a smile settling her on her hip and heading out the room.
"What we doing today Mummy?" Luna asked.
"Well, when we've finished breakfast we're going to go back to the planet with Gabby and Aunty Fleur.

"Once we're down we are going to have a look at their timetables and see when they can next come up to the ship, or if you're a good girl, you can have a sleep-over with Gabby at Aunty Fleur's."
Luna's wide smile almost split her face as she squeaked out a "Really!" and her Mummy nodded.
Her arms wrapped about Hermione tightly as she squeezed.

"Now I want you to eat up all your breakfast today as we're going to be a little busy today as well and lunch might be a little late." Her mummy told her.
Luna nodded as she was sat in her chair with Gabby next to her and her now proper Aunty Fleur next to her.
Being allowed to be there with Mummy and Aunty Fleur taking each other's mark was one of the best things she'd ever done. She watched as her family all enjoyed their breakfasts a big smile on her face, unable to believe how her life had turned around. And it was all thanks to Mummy and Daddy stopping those older kids bullying her on the train.

Even now that was one of the bestest yet scariest things to ever happen to her.

She carefully ate all her food when as she finished a chime happened on Mummy's Arm-Comp.
She watched as she flipped it open and a screen seemed to appear in the thin air above with Uncle Sirius's face on it.

"Hermione, I've tracked Remus down but he doesn't believe me about Harry being on the Noble Spear or half of what he's read. He thinks after the stories of my release I've played one massive prank on his paper subscriptions." Uncle Sirius said as she sighed.
"Sirius tell me that this is the prank. Please?" She nearly growled in frustration as Daddy gently started rubbing Mummy's back gently.

"I'm afraid not." Sirius sighed.
"Damn – okay look we're really busy the next couple of days, then we should be free – what are you and Remus doing in three to five days?" Uncle Sirius shrugged on the screen as he spoke.
"Well sheep watching mostly, partly why Remus thinks this is all one big joke, his only contact with the Magical World has been the Newspapers – until me there's been no one else for him to confirm them."

Luna watched as Mummy said a few words in Yautja and Daddy gently slapped her back.
"Sorry," Mummy said as she looked to the screen.
"Fine in seven days I want you and Remus ready to be teleported up to the Spear." Mummy said in an angry tone as she watched Uncle Sirius nod.

"Okay, just use this Arm-thingy you gave me when I came back to Earth to call me." Mummy nodded. "Okay bye." Before closing her Arm-Comp before leaning her elbows onto the table and her head into her hands as she sighed.
"Just once since we've returned to earth I would like it if we didn't have any issues to deal with." Hearing these words was a blow to Luna, her Mummy saw her as an issue to be dealt with? Didn't her Mummy want her?

Her spoon clattered to the table as she fled the room sobbing with Hermione's cry of her name going ignored as she ran back to her new room, tears streaming down her face.
Running in she launched onto the bed burying her face in her pillow as she cried.
She didn't move until she felt a gentle strong pair of hands pick her up setting her onto a lap.
Luna found she was in her Mummy's arms and felt herself break even more.

"I – I'm sooorrryyy!" Luna cried against her mummy's breast as she gently rocked her.
"Easy Babygirl, Shh, it's alright." Mummy said quietly, Luna could hear she was worried as she spoke.
"What's wrong Babygirl, please you're scaring Mummy." Luna heard her say.
"I – issues s – since returned. I – I'm o – one of those Mummy…" Luna sobbed into her.

She heard her Mummy let loose a string of words in Yautja that Luna didn't think were nice words before Mummy spoke to her again.
"Nonono Babygirl, you are not, have never been, or will be an issue to me Babygirl. You are my Daughter, you are one of the two most important people in my existence. The other being Daddy." Mummy said and Luna looked up from where she had rested her head to see her Mummy's bright amber eyes looking at her.

"Really, I – I'm n – not an issue?" Mummy leaned down and gave Luna's head a kiss as she spoke pulling away.
"No Babygirl, even when you're being a naughty little thing I will never think of you as anything but my Babygirl who holds a flame in my Heart."
a still snotty feeling Luna squeezed Hermione and answered.
"I love you too Mummy." Before feeling herself being lifted and taken into her washroom an set on the counter by her sink as Mummy washed her skin from where Luna had cried over her before throwing that cloth away, dampening a clean one and turning to Luna.
"Now let's give your face a wipe and get ready to go to Hogwarts okay Babygirl." Luna sniffed and nodded as she sat still for Mummy to wipe her face before letting her put her back on the floor.

She felt her Mummy watching as she skipped out the washroom and about her room gathering up her two Sai's and their cylinders.
Spotting them on her 'pretty' weapon belt she soon got them off and attached to the one she was wearing before he heard Mummy calling her to by the wardrobe.
"Babygirl, remember we're going to a part of the planet where it's going to be chilly. I think it would be better for you to have something on more than that two piece swimsuit you like to wear.

Luna pouted at her or tried to, it wasn't easy when she was also smiling as she nodded heading over to the wardrobe and picking out her clothes as Mummy left her to change.
Five minutes later she reappeared in the common room in her black jeans and sweater holding on to her coat and gloves of the same colour.

Her mummy snorted as she did before they headed to the Teleport Room.
"Zrtait to my room in zee Beauxbatons carriage pleaze?" Aunty Fleur told the man who made the Teleporter work.
Before Luna knew it she and her parents along with Aunty Fleur and Gabrielle were in a room done in pale reds and hints of darker as Aunty Fleur seemed almost like she didn't want to get dressed.
She looked to Mummy and Daddy and frowned with a thought.

"Mummy, Daddy? Why didn't you put any clothes on before coming down?" she asked.
Her Mummy knelt down to speak to her as she answered.
"Mummy and Daddy's Potter Rings have a very special piece of psio – magic, it stops us needing to worry about being too hot or cold. That's why you'll notice all the Ladies and Heads of Houses here all wear light summer clothing even in the really cold weather."
Luna nodded that she understood as Aunty Fleur and Gabrielle finished getting changed.

"I am really beginning to zink zat 'ou 'ave ze right idea. Eet iz zho much comfortable whizzout clothez." Aunty Fleur sighed as she stood.
Her Mummy laughed as she answered Fleur. "I thought you lived next to a beach that was clothing optional.
"Oui I do, but unteel I met 'ou I 'ave never gone for more zan a few 'ourz whizzout, and now I 'ave repeatedly gone for dayz – eet eez… comfortable?" She finished on a querying note as she shrugged her shoulders.
"But I can zertainly zay I weel be adapting to zee naked lifestyle wen at 'ome now – we live on zee zouthern part of France, zho eet eez almost always warm." She finished as a smiling Gabrielle came up next to Luna in her own winter clothes.

"Are we going to zee castle now Mummy?" Gabrielle asked looking up to Aunty Fleur who had a wide smile on her face as she nodded in answer before taking Gabrielle's hand. "Oui. We need to go and uze zee library zere, but Aunty 'Ermionee and Uncle 'Arry 'ave to go and do zome ozzer tazkz. But 'old on a meenute." Fleur said walking to Harry and Hermione with a timetable in her hand.
"I zink we should go one weekend up wiz 'ou and one 'ere wiz me, I can eazilly exzpand my room for three more." Fleur said to Hermione.
"Or we can go alternate weekends but the adults stay home the first night to give the others a little rest? Until after the tournament – after then we'll be taking Luna on her first long training hunt, we're going to be taking her on a couple on little ones on earth." Aunty Fleur smiled at that. "Oui –" Was all she got out before Luna's squeaked "Really! A training hunt!"
Daddy came over and knelt down to pull the bouncing blond into a hug as he spoke.
"Yes a training hunt Little One, we didn't give you the blades to look at now did we?"

Luna felt ecstatic as she squeezed her Daddy in a big hug before breaking off to give her Mummy one.
"Well now zat eez zorted I zink eet eez time to go." Aunty Fleur said and Gabrielle reached up to her. "Mummy?" A smiling Fleur lifted Gabrielle up as she answered
"'oo can pozibly zay no to zat face?" she said picking her 'daughter' up and heading out the room with Luna and her parents following.

It didn't take them long to make it to the Great Hall as Fleur and Gabrielle headed off to the library Luna spotted breakfast was still happening.
Frowning Luna looked up to her Mummy and spoke.
"Mummy, why are we here so early?" she asked as she sat on the edge of the Ravenclaw bench as her Mummy crouched in front of her to answer, while her Daddy carried on up to the table with the professors at it.
"Well Babygirl," Her Mummy started looking up to her. "You remember at the ball how that boy jumped in front of that mean red head boys spell?" Luna nodded not noticing the attention they had gathered.

"Well the reason he had to do that was because the red head had broken his wand already. Remember Yautja as a point of honour replace any broken blade in the defence of their Youngling by another. We understand a wand is not a blade but if I understand Psionics right, where we Yautja would use a blade, Psionic users use a wand?" She looked up to what was obviously a final year for confirmation.

The boy nodded as he answered.
"That's right. Non-magicals use guns, we use wands and Yuja?" He asked looking to Hermione who shook her head as she spoke "Yautja" The boy nodded. "Right the Yautja use your blades." Luna nodded.
"Thank you" He nodded smiling back at her before returning to his breakfast.

"Because of that as soon as Harry has got permission off Professor McGonagall as Professor Dumbledore is away at the moment, we're going to take him to the wand shop." Luna smiled.
"Can I tell him Mummy?!" Luna asked excitedly as her Daddy came back with a slight smile and a nod, holding out a slip of parchment for Mummy to take and read.
Her mummy nodded and passed Luna the slip which turned out to be written authorisation for Neville to leave in the care of Lord and Lady Potter for the morning to purchase a new wand.
"Go on; see there he is talking to that red headed girl?" Luna looked over to where her Mummy pointed to see the boy who had danced with her at the ball talking to the silly red head girl who'd attacked Mummy in September.

Getting up she shot around the hall until she was by the boy poking him in the arm as she stood there bouncing in place.
He turned and smiled when he saw who it was.
"Hello, and how are you ms Lovegood?" Smiling rapidly she passed him the slip as she spoke.
"Mummy said we were going to get you your new wand today and that I could tell you and give you this so come oooooon!" She finished trying to drag his considerably larger frame off the bench making a rather comical sight.

More to do with the fact she was managing, much to his startled expression.
"What are they feeding you up there?!" He asked bemusedly as she dragged him over to her parents.
"Oh the foods wonderful, especially the Greth stew – but my favourite is still Pudding, it's the bestest most wonderfullest yummiest food out, but I'm only allowed it every two days." Her mummy was laughing by the time she'd finished, having stood when Luna shot off.
"Nice try Babygirl, but it's still only every two days," She said before shifting her attention to Neville.
"Are you ready?"

"Awuh?" Neville answered.
Luna looked to him and then to her Mummy.
Neville was taller than Luna yes, but not as tall as her mummy, so his head was just above her chest height and he seemed to be very distracted by Mummy's chest.
"Longbottom!" Her Mummy said a little firmer seeming to catch his attention as he blushed bright red.
"Yes Neville they're my milk-glands," She sighed looking to Daddy.
"What is it with Human Males and the sight of these?" She wondered out loud pointing to her bare chest. Daddy shrugged.

"So are you ready to go Mr Longbottom?" Daddy asked again as a blushing Neville stammered a yes.
"Good take hold of Hermione's hand, Luna you hold her other." Daddy said and Luna quickly ran to her Mummy's side taking her free hand as Harry tapped his Arm-Comp a few times before reaching down to take Luna's other hand just as the four of them disappeared from the great hall, reappearing in Diagon Alley.

As they did Neville stumbled a little putting his hand out for balance before Luna heard him make a sound between a squeak and an 'eep' at where his hand had landed on her Mummy's breast. Not even paying attention to that fact even as Neville snatched his hand back Hermione passed a bag down to Luna from her Weapon Belt.

"Babygirl, there's 15 Galleons in there, why don't you go and buy some more bedtime stories? Now remember that's your pocket money for the two weeks, you need it to last." Her Mummy said pointing to Flourish and Blotts "Remember to ask the person behind the counter where they are.
"Okay Mummy!" She said excitedly, taking the pouch and running to the store.
She wasn't allowed to shop on her own very often so loved every time she was trusted by her parents.
Running right up to the counter she spoke a little out of breath.

"Hello? My Mummy said I can get some more stories for bedtimes from here – where are they please?" Before the man at the counter could answer a voice behind her spoke up.
"Oh hello Luna dear, why don't I show you?" Spinning around Luna spotted it was Mrs Weasley who spoke.

"Oh, hi Mrs Weasley! Please, that is – if it's not a bother?" Luna asked going a little shy at the end.
"Now Luna, I'm sure your parents have already said you're not a bother, now the story books are right over here." She said gently guiding Luna to the children's section.
"Now what sort of books do you like?" Mrs Weasley asked lifting Luna up so she could see all the books better.
"Oh I like the ones where the woman is the one who sorts the nasties out. Did you know My Mummy is a real life hero – She beats up baddies as a job!"

Mrs Weasley smiled as she started heading to a shelf that Luna read was titled Warrior Witches.
"Yes dear, remember I was at the castle when the things attacked. Here we are." She said pointing to the shelves and Luna looked.
Her eyes widened as she saw there were lots of books from her favourite series including all three of the ones she hadn't read yet.

"Mrs Weasley how much are these books?" Luna asked pointing to various "Wendy Witch and…" books.
Carefully she pulled a couple out and looked on the back. "Well dear it seems they're three galleons each. Luna gave a smile and nodded.
"Yay I can get all three and save lots of my pocket money!" Luna said excitedly as Mrs Weasley smiled to her helping her to pick the books down and taking her back to the front of the store.
"Now you pay for these and then we'll find your Mummy and Daddy." Luna nodded rapidly and passed over the 9 galleons needed before Mrs Weasley picked up Luna's bag of books with her own in her free hand as she shifted her hold on Luna slightly.

"Now I've read the paper so I won't be too shocked at Mummy and Daddy if they're not in their Armour, so I need to know, am I looking for your parents in their armour or not?" Mrs Weasley asked delicately.
"Oh they're not wearing it today, but said it was too cold for me to wear just my swimsuit." Luna answered as Mrs Weasley smiled.
"Well they are right you know. So do you think you know where they might be?" She asked Luna, a slight trace of concern on her face.
"They said they were taking Neville to the wand shop because…" Luna trailed off looking away as she didn't want upset Mrs Weasley.
"Luna, did my Ronald have something to do with Neville needing a new wand?" Luna nodded slightly.

Mrs Weasley sighed.
"Where did I go wrong with that boy?" She asked quietly as they stepped into the wand shop.
There at the counter were her parents with Neville as her Daddy was pressing his ring against some parchment.

"Look who I found wandering around the bookshop." Mrs Weasley said heading over to her Mummy and passing her over.
Mrs Weasley seemed to barely bat an eyelid at her parent's state which surprised Luna a fair bit until she remembered a talk she had a long time ago with her First Mummy, Ginny and Mrs Weasley. The two girls had gone on about how it was very wrong for someone to do something that they'd read about in their books.

Their parents had sat them down together and explained that yes if they had been British and raised British that it would be wrong – but they needed to take into account and respect others ways of life.

That had been one of the last important lessons her Birth-Mother had given her.

"Thanks for bringing her over," Her Mummy said taking the proffered bag of books. "We were just about to come and get her.
"Oh it was no problem dear, now I hear that the entire reason Neville needed a new wand was due to my – sigh – son. Would you allow me to contribute to the cost of its replacement?"
Mummy shook her head as she answered her with a small smile as Luna rested her head against her Mummy's shoulder.

"No it's alright, but like I explained to this Little One earlier," She indicated a now calm and not so excitable Luna, "As Yautja, because Neville lost his 'weapon' in defence of our Youngling, we are honour bound to replace it.
"But it was my – youngling?" Hermione nodded that she'd gotten the word right as they headed out the shop. "That broke it, that makes it at least part of my responsibility."
Her mummy smiled.
"I get what you're saying honestly I do, but please let us do this, he saved my Daughter a lot of pain."
Mrs Weasley nodded at that.
"Very well, but I expect to see you at the Burrow for a meal one of the days soon."
"On a Pudding night? Mrs Weasleys Puddings are mega yummy!" Luna piped up making the two mothers smile.

"Yes Babygirl, now do you want to get some Ice-cream before we have to take Neville back to Hogwarts?" Luna nodded rapidly and they headed over to Fortescue's.
"Are you coming too Mrs Weasley?" Luna asked. It looked like she was about to say no so Luna added a bit of a pout.
"Of course dear." Mrs Weasley suddenly said after a quick glance to her Mummy where she nodded a tiny bit with a smile.

As they walked Mrs Weasley spoke.
"You'd think after seven of my own I'd learn to resist that particular pout-face." She said as they took a table.

Luna smiled happily as they spent the next hour at the shop, she speaking to Neville about all the different plants after they'd asked him to let his Gran know they would be free to talk to for the next few days between 9 and 5 when they came down for lessons and so that even though – to Luna's pouting annoyance – she was losing morning playtime with Gabrielle due to her lessons, she would be keeping the afternoon one.

Luna also heard them arranging to go to the Burrow in two days for the evening meal there.
Her eldest two would be back in the country for a while and she'd like to introduce her Mummy and Daddy to them.

"STOP THIEF!" A voice shouted out and Luna looked up to see a man running from the till of the shop with a big sack of coins, before seeing Daddy suddenly get up.
"Neville look! Daddy's going to stop the bad man!" Luna said excitedly poking the still blushing boys shoulder.

He'd gotten past the squeak and nod stage, but was still highly embarrassed whenever he looked Hermione's way.
Luna watched as the man made to run past and her Daddy swung his extended arm around hitting the man across the chest hard enough that he flipped backwards right around to land on his front, before daddy sat back on his chair and planted a foot on the man's back while returning to his ice-cream.

"Luna Babygirl, have you got any ribbons in one of your belt-boxes?" Mummy asked her with a smile.
Luna grinned and quickly pulled two hot pink ones out and went over to the bad man.
"Please stop struggling, Daddy will only stomp harder." Luna said as the customers were all treated to the sight of Luna trussing the would-be thief like a present as two Aurors walked in and suddenly started laughing.

"Johns are you seeing this?" The one said as he walked up to them.
'Johns' nodded. "Seeing mate, still working on the believing." He answered with a grin as he walked over to the counter to get the store owners statement as Luna calmly returned to her Ice-cream a slight frown on her face.
"What's wrong Luna dear?" Mrs Weasley asked, struggling not to laugh every time she looked at the now trussed up and forlorn looking thief.
"I don't have a rubber chicken." She pouted. Mrs Weasley unaware as to why she wanted one quickly conjured one up.
"Now that'll only last two hours but –" She was cut off as Luna suddenly grabbed the chicken and ran to sit on the thief's back and started to hit him on the head with said chicken.
"You. Do. Not. Steal! Bad. Man!" Luna shouted causing the people in the shop to burst out laughing as she left the chicken on the man's head coming back to the table with a smile on her face.
"Thanks Mrs Weasley."

Said Mrs Weasley struggled to answer for laughing even as she indicated it was okay.
After the Auror's left with the now 'gift wrapped' criminal the group prepared to leave as Florean Fortescue approached and spoke.
"I'd just like to thank you for what you did today, he was making off with what amounted to a month's worth of profit."
Her daddy just smiled as he held out his hand.
"it's no problem – I was just doing what I'd been trained to do" Fortescue nodded before handing Luna a card with 5 pictures of ice-creams on.
"And for you there's this – you show this card your next 5 ice-creams, and they'll be free." Luna desperately wanted to take the card but looked to her Daddy first.
"As long as you don't use them all up in one sitting."
Luna nodded and took the card with a "Thank you!" before the group stood to leave.

Once outside Mrs Weasley turned to them.
"I'll see you at 7pm on Friday. If your parents are able to join please bring them, I'd like to meet them." Her Mummy ducked her head with an embarrassed smile as she spoke.
"Wh – what about my Mark-Sib and her…" She started.
"Oh you mean that Fleur girl with her sister that you told me about in there?" Mrs Weasley asked before continuing, "Well from what you've said she's your family now right?" Mummy nodded.
"Well she's invited then!" Mrs Weasley said.
"It's just a shame we won't be able to have the Twins and Ginny join us." She said.

Luna 'eeped' as her Daddy picked her up while speaking.
"Mrs Weasley, if you write your younglings and tell them to be at the main entrance hall at quarter to 7 we'll make sure they're at the Burrow Friday night and return them to school Saturday morning. Just make sure to let Professor McGonagall know we'll be making off with them." Her Daddy told Mrs Weasley who nodded with a smile.
"Very well, I overheard you say to Neville you'd be at School most the daytime hours during the week, if I think of anything to ask I'll write the Twins" Luna watched as her Daddy nodded.

"Unfortunately Mrs Weasley we really have to go now, we promised to Have Neville back by the end of the Lunch period. Please take this and place it outside your door by 7 Friday night, we'll use it to locate where to appear."
The red head nodded and shooed them off with a wave. Jumping a little as they all disappeared in a white light.

-0-

Hermione awoke feeling groggy and a little sore but as soon as she figured out why was left with a big smile on her face. Harry hadn't used her body in the night to simply relieve his own need since before they'd returned to earth, even though she'd taken her pleasure from his at least three times.

She stood and quickly had her shower and brushed her teeth, as she looked in the mirror with a grin as she finish before heading to the common room, it was still half an hour before Luna needed to be up yet and Hermione wanted a pre-breakfast 'snack' from her LifeMate.

He had just finished putting something in the oven and turned around when she came up to him, locking her lips to his before kissing her way down his body.

After finishing what she had set out to do, Hermione stood once more and headed into the kitchen for a juice as Harry leant against the counter a bit.
Looking at her he smiled.
"I forgot you like to 'reward' after waking up like you probably did."
Hermione nodded as she drank.

Finishing she put the glass down before coming up to give him another gentle, emotion filled kiss before pulling back to look up into his eyes.
"Thank you, sometimes I just need to know you desire me like that enough to just do it."
His arms came about her, his hands settling interlinked against the small of her back as he kissed the tip of her nose before answering.
"You will always, always have me desiring your body light of my heart, do you not realise how beautiful you are?" Hermione's head ducked a little as she blushed, in all the time they'd been together he could still say things that would just melt her a little inside.

"Thank you Harry." She said looking up to him through her lashes to see him looking back to her with such devotion she just had to hold him and be held by him, she stepped forwards and rested her cheek on his shoulder smiling as his arms came about her fully, it was these moments of utter contentment that were worth everything.

The mood was gently shattered by the little ding of the oven timer, she felt a gentle kiss to her head as Harry spoke.
"You go wake up the Little One, we've got breakfast and then transfiguration." Hermione gently pulled away after placing a last kiss on his cheek, barely a light brush of her lips before heading out and to Luna's room only to see she was already up, showered, dressed in her Ravenclaw uniform as she was attending classes today and was currently fighting her hair with a hairbrush.
"Having fun Babygirl?" Hermione asked to an exasperated sigh as she came up behind the blond and gently took over drawing the brush through the blond locks a lot easier being able to see the trouble spots and deal with them better.

"Yes mummy, just… well I wanted to surprise you and be ready all by myself for the first day of class." Luna's frustrated little face looking back to her from the mirror said.
"That's okay Babygirl. Now remember just this week we're trading our Arithmancy to join the group lesson in charms, so remember to follow Professor Flitwick after Lunch."
Luna smiled and went to nod but stopped herself as Hermione was pulling her hair back into one long braid again.

"Do you want this left down Babygirl or wrapped into a little bun?"
"A bun please?" Luna asked.
Minutes later they were done and Luna had finished strapping on her belt and wrist sheaths.
Coming to breakfast Luna smiled at the smell, Daddy had cooked a traditional Rice Pudding this morning. She hadn't had this for breakfast before and tucked in with relish.
Hermione chuckled as Luna finished and held out her bowl silently asking for more.
"I think your Daughter approves of your cooking LifeMate of mine." Hermione said with a smile as Luna started rapidly nodding, only the jewelled stiletto holding her hair in place.

Chuckling Harry served her a second bowl before going to get his weapon belt and wrist blades.
They waited until Luna said she was done to go, when with a sigh Hermione knelt next to Luna and grabbed a cloth from the table and wiped the corner of Luna's mouth.
"If I've told you once Youngling mine, I've told you a hundred. Always wipe after every meal." Luna simply grinned cheekily before…

"HUGATTACK!" And throwing herself at Hermione.
"Ommf!" Hermione gasped, staying upright through her own sheer strength more than anything.
Chuckling she stood settling Luna in her favourite carry-position on her hip and grabbing both hers and Luna's book bags, headed to the Teleport room to head down to the transfiguration classroom where McGonagall would be waiting to start their lesson.

As soon as they materialised McGonagall stood and came to greet them.
"Lord and Lady Potter I have a Madam Longbottom visiting who says you informed her to simply come here to talk to you?" Harry nodded and spoke.
"Yes, when would she want to speak with us?" McGonagall leaned back against her desk as Hermione set Luna down and quietly told her to revise her notes from the last lesson, to an almost imperceptible nod of approval from the professor.

"I was thinking this afternoon after lunch, as she has chosen to spend the morning with her grandson." Hermione nodded.
"That will be fine, but as that means myself and Harry will be out of the castle I am informing you now, in all matters regarding to Luna when we are not here, Fleur DeLacour from Beuxbatons is the one to contact. She has our complete trust regarding our daughter." McGonagall looked a bit surprised at this when Hermione felt a tiny tug on her belt and looked to Luna who had tugged on one of the blade sheaths.
"Is Fleur DeLacour my Aunty Fleur?" Luna asked quietly as Hermione nodded with a smile.
"Yes Babygirl she is, I just needed to use her full name to make it official that the school understood okay?"
Luna smiled up before returning to her reading.

"Just to be clear on this Deputy Headmistress, Fleur DeLacour has been informed of this and is fully aware of what this entails." Hermione said.
"Very well." Professor McGonagall said before gesturing the two to their desks.
"Now, just before Christmas we were covering animate to inanimate…"

After the lesson and subsequent lunch Hermione groaned rubbing her mildly distended stomach.
"LifeMate of mine." She whined. "Remember to make me run double this weekend." Harry chuckled from her side as he answered. "Same here." As Fleur looked on amused from opposite them, Luna and Gabrielle had gone off to their lessons, but as Fleur had a free period she'd held back to keep her new family company "I take eet zat 'ou ate too much." She said cheekily.
"Shut up." Hermione groaned from where she'd rested her head.

Fleur let out a tinkling laugh as McGonagall came to collect them.
"Madam Longbottom asks if you are ready?" She said.
Harry frowned remembering both her letter and his own research into Wizarding culture as he phrased his response.
"You may tell the Madame Longbottom of House Longbottom that the Lord and Lady Potter shall be with her presently and would appreciate she send properly worded requests in the future." Harry finished.

"M – my apologies Lord Potter that was my doing, I asked like that as I did not think you were on par with our formal language, what she actually said was 'I shall await you in the antechamber, please make your way once you are able and not before.'" Harry nodded curtly and stood.
"Professor, in future do not presume to speak in place of the Noble Houses or change their spoken messages, I may have grown up away from Earth but I am a quick study." McGonagall paled at the well-deserved rebuke and led them to the Antechamber.
After making the introductions she stood to one side until she had three sets of eyes staring at her.
"Yes?" Madam Longbottom said.
"Sorry but it is customary for the students head of house or the depu-" She was cut off from by Hermione's words at this point.

"Madam Longbottom would you care to head to the Three Broomsticks – away from those who would attempt to overhear that which is not for their ears." The aged witch nodded with a smile and stood leading the way, and a furious McGonagall behind her as the Deputy kept murmuring over and over about the rules being broken once again.

They were pretty quiet on the walk to Hogsmead until in the pub, where after a word with the proprietor they secured a private room and refreshments.

"So you wished to meet?" Harry said, dropping all 'formal talk." Madam Longbottom nodded before starting to speak.
I am here to offer my services to coach you through the landmine that is social etiquette here. For instance your appearance today, I know you have flaunted ourselves like this becau-"

"Excuse me? Flaunted?!" Hermione interrupted before going off into an hour long explanation of the Yautja, their customs, their ways and their daily lives.
"So as you so delicately put it, we do not flaunt ourselves, we are merely from a different culture to your own, and were asked to be here as representatives to our culture as well."

A well chastised Madam Longbottom sat staring before nodding slowly while taking a long drink.
"It has been a long time since I have had someone, quite justly it would seem, correct me about my assumptions. For any insult given I offer my unreserved apology.
"Accepted, but I must ask, your son tells us you receive the Magical Times, did you not read the article we gave?" The Longbottom Matriarch coughed looking embarrassed as she spoke, it was then Hermione also noticed the well hidden but there signs the woman was having trouble with her nudity.
'aah HUMANS!' She thought silently in frustration.
"I am afraid I never read that article." Hermione shook her head with an exasperated sigh.
"No wonder you came with a biased opinion. In future, I would advise being sure of all your facts." Hermione said.

The older woman nodded as she sat back with a slight thoughtful face.
"Are you aware of the alliance between Longbottom and Potter?" She suddenly asked at which point Harry sat up and interrupted.
"Excuse me, Hermione I apologise but I have read further than you and know where she's coming from." Hermione nodded and ceded the talk to him while listening in, taking a sip of the water, having found Butterbeer to be sickly sweet – Luna would love it, she had the odd thought.

"Madam Longbottom, for this discussion the Head of the Longbottom Family should be here, if you wish to have this, then please summon Neville Longbottom."
The older witch had a look of mixed frustration and shock.
"I am sorry my Grandson is not the head of the family at the moment – his Father lays incapacitated in hospital along with his mother.
He tried to ask to take up headship of the house his past 14th Birthday, but I refused, he is not yet even half the wizard his father was, resorting to making fancy tales to convince me otherwise. My Neville would never stand there and take a frunculus, that was an obvious ploy to get out of being punished for breaking the wand that was his fathers! Pah, I have forbidden him the use of the one he tricked whomever to get him, and now he has to use his mothers. God help the la-"

"ENOUGH!" Hermione shouted unable to believe this – this being was related to Neville.
"I was there that night, I saw the incident –He didn't just stand there, he leapt into the Frunculus curse that was aimed at Luna Lovegood – MY DAUGHTER! And you deny him a gift of the YAUTJA! You dishonour a gift from HOUSE POTTER! And you call us your ALLY?!" By now the woman had gone white at what was being shouted at her.

"For you to then cheapen his mother's memory too – And what right do you have to withhold the Lordship from the rightful Heir and Lord of your house!"
"Bu –but – I'm regent, I know what the house needs – he – he's just like his mother – weak – doesn't know much besides charms and p – plants –"

Hermione by now had stood leaning over the table glaring at the woman.
"First you never again denigrate your Son's Wife – secondly, Neville gets the gift of house Potter back," The witch flinched.
"What. Did. You. DO!" Hermione screeched. "B – burned it."
"House Potter will again fund a new wand, and you will allow Neville to take the Lordship unless we can help revive his father. Take us to the hospital. NOW!" Harry said sternly standing, his breathing heavy, while Hermione's glare looked ready to kill.

Madam Longbottom got up and headed back down the stairs into the common area and headed to the fireplace taking some powder from the pot and throwing it into the fire as she called out "St. Mungo's Visitors Entrance!" As soon as the fire turned green she stepped through.
Harry nodded and repeated the procedure, before Hermione followed entering into a mostly empty room as she and Harry followed Madam Longbottom through the corridors to a room that as soon as they entered the male healer in there stopped everything he was doing as he stared at Hermione's chest.

Hermione simply ignored him and headed to the beds with the two adults on before watching as Harry set a disc onto the floor and typed into his Arm-Comp.
Turning she spoke to the old witch who had angered her.
"What Harry is doing is signalling to the Noble Spear to send the Medic down with a porta-Scan. He will then determine what, if anything can be done to help there two."

"Ah- a ahem." The bright red Healer coughed and Hermione turned her bright amber gaze his way.
"I believe, as we've told Madam Longbottom before, there is nothing to do – we've asked time and time to let them out their misery. Once the Torture curse snaps your mind – it traps you into a cycle of reliving the last moments of your life."
He finished glaring at Madam Longbottom.

"If I let them do that I will not be able to Block Neville from his Lordship. I am The Regent of the House, I am in Charge!" She said with the tone of voice of one who is entitled to that power.
Hermione had to force herself not to slice this females throat open.
When a white light appeared Hermione turned to see the Medic stood there with a large portable scanner and quickly relayed to him the suspected problem.

He simply nodded as he started – warning them it would take him at least an hour to do.
Hermione nodded and waved at Harry to interpret for the Healer so as she didn't have to face him going stupid again.
Madam Longbottom went to speak again when Hermione slowly pulled a blade.
"Right now I am having a real problem with you. You've read how we deal with 'problems.'"
Madam Longbottom closed her mouth and Hermione sat in a chair as Harry joined her, both flipping up Arm-Comp screens to read their Charms texts – just because they weren't in the lesson with Luna was no reason not to revise while they waited.

Madam Longbottom chose to sit in a chair a few seats down and watch.
Hermione shook her head as she scrolled through her booklist. Madam Longbottom may be a 'lightsided' witch but she was as elitist as the darkest wizards she'd interrogated.

Two hours on and the Medic came back to them speaking to Harry.
"I am sorry, the kindest thing to do would be to let them die, their minds are locked, playing the same scene over and over again." Harry nodded and stood thanking the medic who left.
He closed his eyes and turned to the Healer.
"Healer aside from Madam Longbottom has anyone else argued against the allowance of these two to die?" He asked bluntly.
The healer shook his head as he spoke.
"No, in fact it's documented that at least once every 3 months their son Neville has a blazing row with Madam Longbottom over this. I believe he has it here in writing that the day he accepts his Lordship shall be the day he himself comes to the hospital to order the humane ending of their lives.

Harry turned to glare at the Matriarch of House Longbottom as he spoke.
"As of this moment the alliance between House Longbottom and Potter is Sundered, until a just minded person is in charge of said House I cease all contact with it except for to the Heir to that house." Harry said to Madam Longbottom's paling face.
"No I need those Proxy Votes, I have agenda's I must push through, you can't!" The old witch tried to argue.
"As of this moment Madam, all Potter votes and those belonging to Potter by Proxy, will be voted on by the Lord Black. Good bye." With that he stormed from the room, Hermione following leaving a shell shocked old lady behind.

They had barely left the hospital and were walking along Diagon Alley when Hermione's Arm-Comp went off.
Growling she flipped it up to see Fleur's face looking back to her.
"Well zats nize." Fleur said to her.
"Sorry Fleur just dealing with one of the worst type of people I have ever come across has left me a little – irritable.
"yez well 'ou might want to come to zee zcool. Zome eediot inzulted Gabrielle where Luna could 'ear 'er." Fleur said with a smile.

"Oh dear – what actually happened?" Hermione groaned as she took a seat on one of the pathside benches with Harry's arm about her.
"Um ze girl from zlytherin, zhe called Gabrielle a 'Alf Breed," Fleur's face for a moment was a deadly as any hunters before she continued.
"Az 'ou know 'our daughter 'az taken to zee Yautja way quite well. Unfortunately for zee girl, when asked I believe zree timez to apologize from what witnezzez zay – zee 'oung witch in question dezided to draw 'er wand and threw a boil 'ex at Luna." Hermione closed her eyes and sighed, either Luna and the girl were now in the hospital wing or at least the girl was.
"Zee zpell 'it Luna but zhe ztill carried on 'er retaliation. I zaw zee last bit, zee girl 'ad a ztab wound in 'er leg and a 'ole ih 'er wand 'and." Hermione nodded.
"Witnesses confirmed she only acted in defence?" Harry asked wanting to be sure. Fleur smiled and nodded.
"'Oui, and only after trying zee peazful option firzt." Fleur answered.
Hermione sighed with a small smile of pride. "We'll be there soon. I take it she's now in the hospital wing?" Fleur nodded before they said their goodbyes.

"The bigots never learn do they?" Hermione asked turning to Harry as she spoke in Yautja
Harry who had leaned back on the bench shook his head as Hermione leaned against him and closed her eyes a moment just enjoying the tranquillity of the moment when.
"Aquila! Where are you? AQUILA!" Hermione opened her eyes to see a young woman with a toddlers pram looking about frantically feeling Harry tense behind her as she stood looking around before spotting at the other side of the street a youngling stood staring about looking scared.
"Harry, over there." Hermione pointed to the youngling female.
"Right you go get her, I'll bring her mother." Hermione nodded and headed over the street, her eyes dropping to slits when a man came out the alley and spoke to the youngling, his gaze that of a predator, one that had even the youngling immediately try to back away.

"..ant my mommy!" Hermione heard as the man reached for the girl.
Before his hand could reach her Hermione's hand clamped about his forearm tightly.
"Beat it." She growled, unknown to anyone watching as she span him and shoved him back down the alley she'd dropped a Cell-TeleTag in his pocket activating it so he'd disappear in a moment.
She'd let other interrogators handle this one.

Kneeling down in front of the girl Hermione spoke quietly.
"Hello young one. My name's Hermione, what's yours?" The scared little thing looked to her as she answered.
"A – Aquila." Hermione nodded.
"So where's your mommy?" Hermione asked keeping the girls attention as Harry pointed them out to the woman.
"I – I don't know. I – I'm lost…" The girl said a single tear sliding down her cheek.
"Well why don't I help you look?" Hermione said holding her arms out to the youngling who immediately let herself be picked up.

"Now would that be her over there, the woman by my LifeMate?" Hermione said pointing at Harry.
Aquila looked and started nodding rapidly.
Hermione smiled and headed over to them, passing the girl back to her mother as soon as they got there.
"Oh thank you! I can't thank you enough, if I'd lost her." The woman said with a watery smile.
Hermione answered with her own smile as she spoke.
"Don't worry, I know how I'd be if my own youngling went missing." Hermione told her, "Speaking of which Harry we need to get going." The woman thanked them again as they headed off.
Again it was the little things like that mothers smile that made the horrendous battles worth it.

Finding a safe place teleport from the quickly found themselves in front of Hogwarts. Remembering the route from their tour and subsequent visits they soon found their way up to the hospital wing, going straight in to hear Luna's giggling laugh as she listened to Aunty Fleur sat in the chair next to the bed telling her a story with Gabrielle sat on her lap.

"Mummy!" Luna's smiling face looked up to her as Hermione went over, her belt had been hung up at her headboard but she still wore her wrist sheaths.
"Hey Babygirl, I hear you got into a little mischief." Luna shook her head. "No mummy, I was stopping my friend from being hurt. The wand was pointing to her so I stopped it." Hermione smiled and kissed Luna on the forehead speaking as she pulled back.
"Okay Babygirl, now why are you still here if it was a simple boils hex that got you?" Luna shrugged and looked to Fleur.

"Zee nurse wanted to talk too 'ou." Hermione nodded.
"Okay. Babygirl I'll just be in the office with the Nurse and Daddy." Luna nodded and with the true attention span of a youngling turned back to Fleur.
"So what happened next – did the goat bite him on the bum?" Hermione snorted as she walked away, what was her sister telling Luna?

Getting to the office she knocked on the door to see the nurse pouring over her charts.
"Ah come in Miss Granger, Mr Potter." Madam Pomfrey said looking up to them.
Going in the two sat on the proffered chairs as the nurse sat back to look at them with what was even to one of the Yautja's top interrogators, an indecipherable expression before she spoke.

"I'll get right to the point. I haven't had need to see ms Lovegood in a professional capacity before, until today, so I took the liberty of running a routine scan and was quite – concerned by something that as revealed." Hermione tensed a little as the nurse spoke, what else had the scan revealed.
"Tell me, were you aware that she is not a virgin?" The nurse asked a slight glare in her eye, as well as an accusatory expression.
Letting out a breath Hermione forced herself to calm down even as Harry tensed next to her.
"We are aware," Hermione said looking at the nurse her voice toneless as she spoke the next bit.
"The ones who hurt her have been dealt with. Permanently."

The nurse looked in her eyes and nodded.
"Also I have evidence of large lacerations and broken bones being mended in the recent past…"
Harry sat forwards as he spoke then.
"Are you aware that to cause that amount of harm to a Yautja youngling is anathema. Even training injuries are sent to the medic immediately as training is over, even for a minor cut. The one who assaulted our youngling was likewise permanently dealt with."

The nurse sat back now with a more relaxed posture as she nodded.
"Thank you for clearing that up for me. Considering both your reputations, you can understand I was rather nervous about confronting you over her past injuries.
Hermione nodded.
"Especially as you were basically trying to ask about our youngling, and if we were responsible for what you'd found." Madam Pomfrey tensed slightly at this.
"It's alright, I've interrogated enough people to know when it's happening to me. The only reason we haven't actually taken offence at your words is simple. Had our ships Medic not been the one to treat Luna after her bones were broken, and had to be the one to inform us about the other… issue he would have asked the same."

The nurse nodded.
"Very well, as the only reason I kept her in was so I could talk to you, your daughter is free to go, the boils were easy to heal."
Hermione nodded her thanks standing and heading back out with Harry following.
"Hey Babygirl, you ready to get out of here?" Hermione asked with a smile.
Luna nodded rapidly swinging her legs around to dangle off the bed as she belted her weapon belt back on.

Hermione lifted her up and soon had her settled as Fleur stood with Gabrielle.
"So do you want to head back up for tea or eat here." Hermione asked her.
Luna looked to Gabrielle and smiled as she answered.
Can we eat here tonight please Mummy?" Hermione smiled and nodded even as she felt Harry's arm slip about her waist as they made their way down to the dining hall.

They'd been sat happily enjoying their meal and talking with some of the older students about the Yautja when a man stormed into the room.
"I Elphard Parkinson challenge Harry Potter to Honour Duel!" His voice roared out.
Harry looked up to the man with a raised eyebrow even as Hermione spoke.
"Your reasoning for challenging my LifeMate?" She asked the man.
"Because his brat hurt my Niece, and since her Father was sentenced I have had to take the reins of House Parkinson!" Hermione fought down the anger that rose at his words and looked to Harry to see him nod as he stood.
"Fine Wands or anything goes?" Harry stated walking up to the man. Hermione glanced to the head table to see McGonagall had been stopped by BladeMaster Flitwick as he explained to her that to interfere now would be both bad form in wizard and Yautja society.

"Mummy?" Luna's worried voice came across too her and Hermione smiled reassuringly at the little blond as she spoke.
"It'll be fine Babygirl. Look those two redheads are already taking bets." Luna suddenly grinned and shot across the room to talk to the two as Harry and the man had moved to stand opposite each other.

That Harry had a dagger drawn told her the man had chosen… poorly, and gone for anything goes.
BladeMaster Flitwick had already come down to erect a psionic barrier for everyone else's safety before speaking.
"To First blood. Begin!"
By the time he had finished the word 'begin' Harry had covered the distance, sliced through the man's wand and left a shallow cut on his hand."

"Winner. Harry Potter." Flitwick announced dropping the barrier as both Parkinson and a girl at the Slytherin table seemed to collapse in their places.
"Harry, as he called this an 'Honour Duel' you are now in charge of his house." Flitwick told him.
Harry nodded.
"Very well." He turned to Elphard and spoke quietly. "Have all paperwork regarding the Family Matters sent to me via Gringotts." The man nodded and slowly left the room not even looking at the dark haired girl who Hermione surmised had been the one Luna had cut.

Hermione turned back to her meal and simply carried on as if nothing had happened even as her grinning daughter came back with a big bag of gold.
"Babygirl?" Hermione asked a bit surprised at how big it was.
"I offered 100 to 1. They took it, Daddy won so I bet my last 9 galleons and won 900." Luna grinned up at her.

Hermione smiled, her Little Huntress was becoming quite the thinker.
"Well Babygirl, I think for both protecting your friend earlier, and outsmarting a lot of people we can relax a certain rule today."
Hermione slid a bowl of Pudding to Luna and the girl seemed to bounce in place.
"And I still get Pudding tomorrow with Mrs Weasley?" Luna asked excitedly.
"Yes Babygirl you do."
"Thank you Mummy!" Luna squealed before tucking into her dessert.

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