Chapter 12
Minerva's hope
"So, you sent us Harry's school reports and the health reports from Madam Pomfrey, the school's medi-witch" Minerva nodded and smiled as she stirred her coffee.
"I did. I decided to send them as soon as I saw your name on the request form for Hadrian's school transcripts and his health reports. Could I trouble you for a finger of scotch or single malt whiskey in my coffee please?"
"I have bourbon, Jack Daniels?" Minerva raised her eyebrow "Besides, you look fantastic for a woman in your eighties, surely, a shot wouldn't hurt"
"Oh Klaus, I hope you aren't trying to seduce me, I am much too old to be swept off my feet" Klaus smirked as he poured a finger of bourbon into Minerva's coffee.
"I would like to thank you with an offer of employment. Obviously our witches/warlocks use wandless magic, ancestral magic. But I know that you could continue to train Hadrian in both wandless and wand magic. Seeing as you are a wand user" Minerva looked shocked "I have a bonded soulmate, you know? Her name is Caroline, Elena calls her 'Care' I call her 'my love' and she's also a pregnant vampire hybrid, very moody"
"To you and Caroline, and your future babies" Minerva chinked her cup with Klaus'
glass.
"What about Ms Bennett St John?"
"Please, Minnie, Bonnie is only trained in wiccan magic, Hermione and Hadrian still want to complete their magical education?"
"Yes, of course they do, but I also have a job to go to when the term at Hogwarts starts September 1st, I will stay for two weeks, but the rest is up to Salem Magic Academy or the new school. Salvatore boarding school for the gifted, was it? I thought that was Stefan Salvatore's idea, or Damon's. Damon is a very cheeky lad, for being 170 years old" Klaus smiled and nodded his head. "It's called arrested development, he was 19 when I turned him, Marcellus was 18, then, you know, I sent them to Hogwarts as transferred seventh years in 1922 so I could meet you again. Dumbledore was still manipulative then, and I believe he created Voldemort because he wanted to bask in the glory of defeating another dark lord, just like Gellert Grindlewald"
"In a duel" Minerva looked up at Klaus' wide eyes "He defeated Grindelwald in a duel and then he imprisoned him in Nurmengard, the wily old bastard betrayed his lover and then set about creating the next dark lord"
"Tom Marvolo Riddle, who was just a little boy who spoke parseltongue to start with, then Tom begged Dumbledore to be able to stay at Hogwarts, I found the little lad crying in a broom cupboard once, I just patted him on the head and sent him on his way back to that awful orphanage, they abused him and then he created six Horcruxes because he was so afraid of the bombs that were dropped on London during the second world war. There should have been child protective services in place for him and Hadrian. Did you know Hadrian can talk to snakes….and dragons?"
"What! Really?" Minerva nodded. Klaus grinned, he was so proud of his grandson and he was practically beaming "Anyway, I want you to meet my little girl, Hope, who has taken to Hadrian, she's a tribrid, just like Hadrian. Born, not bitten nor is she an immortal child" Klaus opened the door and Hayley passed him his daughter gently. "Hi, baby-girl, this is Minnie, she educated Uncle Marcellus" She blinked and rubbed her eyes, then gave a cheeky smile and pointed at Minerva.
"Kitty-cat" she squealed as Minerva smiled, then stood up and transformed into a cat. "What happened?" Hadrian shouted down the stairs "Don't worry, my grandson, your Auntie Hope has just discovered the delights of animagus transformation" Then the most amazing thing happened. Hope toddled towards the cat animagus and transformed into her wolf-pup form, then she yipped and scampered after the playful cat who purred and rubbed her head against the wolf-pup. "Uh, Elijah, Jackson, you have to see this!" Hayley murmured then she promptly turned into her wolf form, started ushering out the cat and the puppy to the garden. The whole family watched as Hope and Minerva curled up under the full moon with Hayley the wolf-hybrid watching over them.
The next day…
"Breakfast is up, Hermione, I made your parents some pancakes with fruit, do you want maple syrup?"
"Sure, why not?" Hermione tucked into her breakfast "Hade, you didn't have to cook for me" she said as she smiled.
"Better me than mom or dad, seriously, they cannot cook and they only know how to barbecue things" Damon walked in and grinned "Hey, so not fair, I can do pancakes"
"Yeah, sure, dad, are we going to meet the Headteacher from the local high school today?"
Damon hummed "Are you sure you're ready, Hade?"
Hadrian shrugged "As ready as I'll ever be dad, also apparently, american girls love the british accent" Hadrian smirked
"Hadrian Gilbert Mikaelson Salvatore!" Hermione scolded as she smacked him upside his head "What! It's true" He shrugged and Damon laughed as Elena walked in and grabbed some toast, then kissed Damon's cheek. "Hey, I hope you're ready for today" Hadrian nodded as his mom kissed his cheek too. Elena then confirmed Damon's theory.
"I concur, little lady. Grandpa Klaus had Care..Caroline Forbes swooning over his britishness as soon as she heard his smooth british voice"
"Also true!" Klaus shouted from the Library. They could feel his pride over that "Damon, I don't need you recounting mine and Klaus' courtship in Mystic falls" Caroline shouted "What, I thought it was romantic"
"Dad, Mom, school, meeting the principal is important, not your dating games in Mystic falls, seriously, I don't wanna' know about your sex lives. I'm fourteen"
Hermione giggled as she blushed. "Okay, relax, Hade, we are not meeting Principal Garda, that's Spanish for police officer, by the way, for another two hours. Go and get your school records and Freya can disguise the name of the school, pigfarts, was it"
Hermione rolled her eyes and resisted the urge to smack Hadrian's father upside the head. "Dad, Hogwarts!" Hadrian whined.
