Knock. Knock. Knock.
"Don't worry. I'll get the door," a toddler screamed out.
"Hermione Jean Granger! You better not answer that bloody door, you're only three!"
Destiny heard someone knocking at the front door and knew her precocious toddler would somehow open the bloody door if she didn't hurry and beat her to the door. Speaking of said tiny-terror it appears Hermione has powers of some sort, odd things have been happening from her setting the neighbor's garden gnome on fire, due to it upsetting her. Which honestly, good riddance Destiny swears its beady little eyes follow you every time you pass it. The most recent episode happened four days ago when she found her in the backyard having a full-blown conversation with a raven and the neighbors Great Dane puppy Luci. Apparently, Luci was trying to chase the raven, thinking it was a game. There was much cawing and barking going on. Hermione scolded both of the animals and told them they were now all friends, and they needed to learn to respect each other. That was the day Destiny had to start buying bird food, due to Ava becoming Hermione's friend. At first, Destiny merely believed it was Hermione finally acting like a normal toddler. Until she caught Luci and Ava nodding at her child like they understood what she was saying, then to put the icing on the cake they responded and Hermione knew what they were saying. While heading towards the front door, Destiny pondered whether Hermione was a mutant that's the only logical reason she could come up with, but then that would mean superheroes and the multiverse along with several other theories were possibly valid.
She sighed to herself and noticed Hermione dashing out of her room...naked again. "Lovebug, what have I told you about taking your clothes off and running around naked!" "This better be a phase, please god be one," Destiny says to herself while pinching the bridge of her nose and shaking her head. "Mama, Ava and Luci told me it was weird that humans wear clothes, well they called us evolved apes, but I got the gist, so anyway I decided to try being like them," Hermione giggled as her mother caught her and blew a raspberry on her tummy. "Lovebug, I don't think you should take clothing advice from animals. Now go back to your room and put your clothes on and don't forget your pull-ups again," Destiny shouted as Hermione raced down the hall back to her room. She knew Hermione was going to get distracted by her books, her little girl was a genius in the making she was sure. "That little rascal I will have to dress her myself I'm sure."
Destiny heads down the spiral staircase to the ground floor to the front door. "Who's there? I wasn't expecting any company, it's eight in the evening" Destiny says as she looks through the peephole. She doesn't notice anyone and starts to head back towards the stairs when she notices the front door is unlocked. She immediately is on guard, she knows for a fact that she locked all the doors, she would never put Hermione at risk. She goes to the closet by the staircase that leads down to the indoor pool and gym when she hears what sounds like men whispering. She opens the closet door silently, reaching up on the top shelf and pulls out a sturdy black box. Destiny silently remembered the reason her father Jamal gave the box to her.
Jamal was smitten with his little girl when she was born. He grew up during a harsh time when racism and hate were prevalent, due to him being a Black man and his wife Kimi being Native American. He wanted to make sure Destiny could defend herself, so while Kimi taught her about her history and culture, he taught her how to be a warrior and defend herself when necessary. He started off teaching her hand-to-combat; she learned how to box, grapple, and use people's body weight as leverage. He then went on to teach her how to knife-fight, he told her he could teach her how to shoot a gun, but in close-quarter combat, guns were a hindrance. They practiced with markers first, so he could show her what veins and arteries to cut. He even showed her which ligaments and tendons to cut to incapacitate her opponent. Jamal then went on to show Destiny how to use various knives, daggers, and machetes. One thing her father always told her stuck with her, "little bean family is all we got in this life, some are blood and some ain't. Family teaches and protects one another, so make sure you pass down the knowledge you're learning from me and start teaching the little ones young." She took her father's advice and has been teaching Hermione, she started off teaching her how to fight with the staff and hand-to-hand combat. Destiny is brought out of her memory by something one of the men said.
"You think anyone is in here? Is the Dark Lord even sure the little mudblood bitch lives here? I can't believe we are smuggling mudbloods and using them as…" Before the unknown male could finish his sentence, another male says, "What the bloody fuck is wrong with you someone could be listening! If you can't shut the fuck up, I kill you myself! I don't know why the Dark Lord insists on an initiate tagging along with me; you all just end up slowing me down. Now let's find the little brat and leave." Destiny then pulls out a sixteen-inch bowie knife from the box and says a quick prayer to her ancestors. She then waits in the closet for the men to pass by her as they are moving up the staircase to the first floor. "This place is fucking huge. I reckon these mudbloods are rich...maybe we should choose a different house I mean what if we're stealing a mudblood royal or whatever they call 'em." Destiny can spy through the gap she left in the door. They both are wearing black robes, and she can't help but think they are going to kidnap Hermione for some weird cult ritual or sell her into sex-trafficking, which completely pisses her off more. The men start talking again, "Fenrir, where do you think the kid's mum is at?" "I don't know, but I reckon we can play with her a little before taking the brat," Fenrir replies while licking his lips. Destiny bares her teeth at that idea and just as Fenrir heads upstairs, the other man heads towards the kitchen. Destiny sneaks behind the robed figure, standing in the middle of her kitchen and covers his mouth while plunging the knife in his neck quickly before the man has time to react. Destiny closes her eyes for a second and then takes a deep breath to calm her heart and adrenaline.
She then heads up the stairs, and she can hear Hermione and the man Fenrir talking, "brat where's your mum, you're coming with me." "Where's mummy what did you do to my mummy," Hermione screams. Destiny then hears a Hermione struggling, 'let me go! Let me go! You're being a bully!" She then hears Fenrir say, "you daft bitch! You bit me! I reckon I'll rough you up before I hand you over to the Dark Lord." Destiny then rounds the corner and silently walks in Hermione's room the walls are painted with blues and greens, but mainly you recognize different types of flying creatures painted on the walls, and hanging from the ceiling is a gigantic replica of an Argentavis. Destiny witnesses Fenrir violently shaking Hermione by the neck while he has her suspended in the air. Destiny eyes turn from their bright silver, almost translucent color to a deep stormy gray. She then charges at Fenrir and stabs him in his right kidney with the knife, instead of pulling the knife out she carves through his kidney, muscle, and fat like butter, spraying blood all over the room when the knife finally exits his flesh. She then cuts the brachial artery of the arm holding Hermione up. Before Destiny can injure Fenrir more, he throws Hermione away from him, and she hits the wall and starts crying and screaming for Destiny. "Shhh, it's okay lovebug let mama deal with the big bad wolf and everything will be alright. I'll protect you, remember family always protects each other." Destiny says while walking over to stand protectively in front of Hermione. Fenrir responds, "You don't realize how accurate that statement is, I'm sure the Dark Lord wouldn't mind me having a little taste of the both of you. Bitch, you and your daughter, will likely not survive this." Fenrir hands change to claws, and he grabs Destiny by her neck and slams her on the ground. He then uses his claws to shred her clothing off. Hermione is rocking against the wall staring out the window trying to calm down to help her mother. She notices the moon is full and high in the sky. She then hears her mother let out an ear-piercing scream. She turns her head and sees that the bad man has bitten her mama with what looks like sharp canine teeth. Hermione can feel pressure building deep inside of her, she's terrified of the bad man, but the fact also enrages her that the bad man is hurting her mama. Hermione grabs the juvenile staff lying in the corner of her room and hurries towards the bad man. She then jabs one end of the staff deep in the wound her mama created. Fenrir roared, turned around slightly and swiped his claws across Hermione's face. Hermione then wailed in pain falling to the floor. The pressure that Hermione detected earlier kept building until, finally, it exploded out of her. When Hermione opened her eyes, she saw bright blue, almost neon flames racing towards the bad man in different creatures' shapes, some magical in origin. The bad man then cried out and dashed towards the window, leaping through it.
Fenrir was still on fire as he fell from the third story by the time he reached the ground he was a pile of ash. Due to the immense stress, Hermione's bout of accidental magic cast blue fiendfyre and killed Fenrir.
"Mama, mama, wake up! Please wake up," Hermione yowled out.
Minerva ignores the pain in her thigh and kicks the door in when she hears who she believes is Hermione in distress. She sprints up the first flight of stairs, calling out, "Hello, anyone home? Hermione, Destiny, where are you?" When she reaches the third floor, she hears a child sobbing. She rushes towards the sound and finds blood splattered all over the room and a substantial dent in one of the walls and on the floor. She then sees a little girl on the floor with thick black coily hair with a dark blue tint. She then notices the little girl is wearing pull-ups and has blood all over her body. She kneels down next to the girl, "Hermione?" She looks up at her, and Minerva's eyes widen a fraction, noting three long gashes across Hermione's face. "My name is Minerva, would it be okay if I helped you and your mother?" Hermione's lips tremble, and she throws herself at Minerva clinging onto her jacket while hiding her face against her neck. "Shhh, I have you gaol beag. I will take care of you and your màthair," Minerva whispers against Hermione's head. Minerva then sends her Horned-Nemean lion Patronus to tell Narcissa and Bellatrix to meet her at her manor. Minerva then makes sure Hermione is secured against her. She then wraps her other arm around Destiny's waist and apparates to her manor.
The McGonagall Manor
Minerva apparates inside of the room right next to hers, she then lays Destiny and Hermione down on top of the duvet covering the king-size bed. "Happy! Happy!" Happy pops inside of the room and lets out a gasp. "Mistress Tabby, what happened there be blood over all yous! I's got to get some potions for all yous," Happy exclaims popping out of the room. Minerva busies herself by taking off Destiny's shredded clothing. She then starts to clean Destiny and Hermione with a soapy washcloth. Minerva was so focused on her task that she didn't hear her bedroom room open until Bellatrix barged in frantically looking around the room. "Min, where is she?! Where is Hermione?! Please tell me she and Destiny are alright." Hermione had dozed off into a fitful sleep while Minerva cleaned her and woke up whimpering due to the loud noise. "Bellatrix Alexandria Black, calm yourself," Narcissa quietly hisses. Bellatrix finally lays eyes on Hermione, and her first realization is Hermione will be a heart-breaker when she's older. She quietly observes Hermione she has thick, shiny, black coily hair with a blue tint, a brown-caramel complexion, and bright silver eyes. Bellatrix was transfixed for several seconds by Hermione's eyes when she noticed the claw marks on her face. She grits her teeth as she sits on the side of the bed closest to Hermione and says, "little one, my name is Bella. Can you remember what happened?" Hermione crawls over to Bellatrix and sits in her lap, playing with her curls. "The bad man wanted to take me away, but mama protected me. The bad man didn't like that, so he hurt mama by biting her with his wolf teeth," Hermione whimpers and hides her face against Bellatrix's chest. Bellatrix calms Hermione down by rubbing her back and humming a lullaby she used to sing to Narcissa as a child. Hermione soon falls asleep again and Bellatrix places her beside her mother.
"Narcissa, you stay here and continue to heal Destiny and Hermione. Minerva and I will go back to their townhouse and see if the wolf is still there."
Minerva strode towards Bellatrix, "I smelled a werewolf in Hermione's room, but I could not distinguish who the scent belonged to. I imagine they got away by jumping out of the window." Minerva places her hand against Bellatrix's shoulder and apparates them back to the Granger's residence. Bellatrix and Minerva are on the first floor and smell a strong odor of blood coming from the kitchen. They quietly step inside the kitchen and observe a beta lying on the floor in a blood puddle. "It looks like Destiny killed a death eater, but what were they doing here?" Bellatrix continues to ponder when the answer hits her like a freight train. "That fucking bastard! I did not think he would do it!"
"Do what? Bella, speak plain," Minerva yells frustrated. "Forgive me, Min, I now know Tom has started to kidnap muggle-borns, but I do not know why. I can assume that it is the same reason he is trying to kidnap omega veelas, but for his fucking sake, I genuinely hope not." Bellatrix marches out of the kitchen, aggravated and heads towards Hermione's room on the third floor. She steps inside the room with Minerva and realizes Hermione is fascinated by animals that fly. One wall is dedicated to the rain forest and shows all types of different birds in flight. The next wall shows a black and green Phoenix-Dragon that looks like Bellatrx's Ultimus form. The last painted wall shows a Veela in-flight throwing a blue fireball at something in the distance. Bellatrix looks at Minerva, "how in the world would they know what my magical creature form looks like? And why is there a gigantic bloody bird hanging from the ceiling? What three-year-old is fine with a monstrous bird hanging from their ceiling?" Minerva looks at Bellatrix and smirks, "well, she should remind you of your creepy arse when you were a child, I'm sure. Now let us see what we can find outside the window. I see scorch marks leading to the window, and I am curious to find where the marks end." They both walk to the backyard and find a pile of ash where the werewolf would've landed. Bellatrix inhales deeply, growls out, "Fenrir Greyback; Tom sends that sack of shit to retrieve children!" Bellatrix attempts to calm her daemon, but she can feel her nails lengthening and her teeth sharpening. She turns to Minerva, "let's clean this mess up, then head back to your manor. My daemon needs to make sure Hermione is still safe." Minerva nods, and they walk back inside, removing any evidence that a battle took place.
Inside a warehouse in Muggle, London.
"My Lord, Greyback hasn't returned," Yaxley said.
"Yes, it appears Greyback has failed me and somehow died. But no matter he was a mongrel anyway. Yaxley, how many children do we have now?"
"We have approximately ten mudbloods, now my Lord give or take those who haven't already died," Yaxley replies.
"Good, we will stop there, we do not need the ministry catching wind of this," Voldemort said.
"My Lord, I don't mean to question you, but why not involve Bellatrix in this...side project of yours?"
Voldemort turns around and glares at Yaxley with his red eyes, he then hisses, "Crucio!" Yaxley falls to the ground, screaming and convulsing. Voldemort holds the curse for a minute, then stops. "Never question me, Yaxley. I haven't told our dear Bella because I have her doing other things that do not concern you. A shrewd ruler, delegates remember that for the future." Voldemort then heads to one of the back rooms to oversee how the mudbloods were developing.
The McGonagall Manor.
It has been two days and Destiny still hasn't woken up. Minerva is worried about her not waking up, she discovered Destiny is her soulmate. Narcissa told her that she would come back in three days to make sure that both Destiny and Hermione were healing properly and left her with instructions on how to care for both of them. She thanked Narcissa and went to take a quick bath. When she dropped her jeans, she realized she had a black and gray tattoo of a black wolf with silver eyes howling at the moon. The wolf was in the middle of a dark forest and a raven was sitting on one of the tree branches. Minerva was at a loss for words; she never thought she would ever find her soulmate; it seemed almost mythical to her. She was already fifty-two years old, which was not old by daemon standards, seeing as they could live for centuries, but she was still worried about never meeting her cridhe. Minerva is brought out of her memory by a toddler jumping on her lap. "Gaol beag, what are you doing?" Minerva can see that the wounds on Hermione's face have closed and left behind three diagonal scars across her face. "Màthair when is mama going to wake up, and when is Bella coming back to play?" Minerva chokes when she hears what Hermione just called her. "Little one do you know what màthair means?" Hermione bobbles her head, "yes, it means mother!" "How do you know Gaelic? Did someone teach you?" Hermione replies, "no I know many languages all I have to do is hear people speak in that language and I just know what they are saying. I can even talk to animals!" Minerva stares at Hermione in awe, having just figured out that Hermione is omnilingual. It is a gift normally hereditary among magical families, and the Ravenclaw family is well-known for the ability. Just as Minerva was going to start asking Hermione more questions, they both heard a groan from the bed.
Hermione jumped off of Minerva's lap and onto the bed. "Mama! Mama, wake up I miss you and so does màthair!" Minerva walks over to stand by Destiny's side and starts massaging Destiny's head, figuring she might have a slight headache. When Destiny opens her eyes, bright silver meets her emerald green, and she says, "who the bloody fuck are you!"
Chapter 2 translations:
Gaol beag- little love
Màthair- mother
Cridhe- heart