People believe in what they want to believe. That was when they did not face the hard truth. But when it was staring down at you, you cannot help but let the flicker of doubt in your mind. The moment of truth has always been harsher. For the seventeen year old Harry Potter, the moment of truth has always been harsher. From the moment he learnt that he was a wizard to the moment he faced the Dark Lord, with the painful truth that he was a Horcrux himself, each and every moment has been harsh. But learning that the Muggle world has a hidden Supernatural world in it and his best friend of seven years was a part of the hidden world and that she was a three-part Immortal Hybrid and that her entire family was Immortals themselves, surpassed it all. He shouldn't have been surprised, seeing as he was a part of a hidden world as well, and that there were secrets that bound to be, but he was.
The youngest sibling of the Mikaelson family, Arabelle Mikaelson Salvatore, invited Harry and Ronald, to the Gryffindor Tower. Now they sat with the Malfoys and Snape in the right, while the Mikaelsons along with Hermione in the front.
Hermione shyly stepped forward, "Hi", she said.
They nodded. Well, some did.
Hermione took a deep breath, an action he was all too familiar with. It meant that she was going to talk long and no one, absolutely no one should talk in the middle. "I know most of you are confused, curious and wary about what happened in the battle field, but I think you should all know some truth about me. I am as you all knew, Hermione Granger, but my true identity is Hope Hermione Mikaelson. My family, my Father and his siblings are Immortals. The Royal Family of the Muggle Supernatural world. Just like our Wizarding world, the Muggle world also has vampires, werewolves and witches. But their magic is different from ours. My late Grandmother was a powerful witch. She was the one to create the first vampires, who are my father and his siblings, after my youngest Uncle, Henrik was killed by werewolves on a full moon. My father is a Hybrid, a part vampire, a part werewolf. My uncle Kol and Aunt Arabelle are Hybrids as well. A part vampire and a part witch. And—"
There was a cough, which they all learnt was from Hermione's uncle Kol, "I prefer being addressed as a Warlock. Witch is feminine"
Hermione rolled her eyes and continued. "And the others are Vampires. My family is called the Originals. All their mates are vampires as well, except for Aunt Bonnie. She is an Immortal Witch"
Harry swallowed. This was getting much weirder. But he was wise enough to keep his mouth shut. One look at the ginger beside him, and he knew he was thinking among the same line. And so they wisely didn't interrupt when she continued. A pissed Hermione was the worst Hermione.
Hermione continued, "When my mother, Hayley, was pregnant with me, she was targeted for many reasons. My father earned a lot of enemies, for one. The Supernatural world was threatened, seeing as I was unnaturally a three part Hybrid. And the local coven, who fell under the fancy full words of my father's enemies, tried to sacrifice me while I was still in my mother's womb. Suffice it to say, they met their end. That was when Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor Snape visited my father and told them about the prophecy. So as soon as I was born, my aunt Belle locked away my vampire, werewolf and witch abilities. I was given to the Grangers, who were loyal to my family for generations"
That's about sums it up. But, Harry knew she only gave the plot. Harry cleared his throat and said, "But how does the Malfoys fit in all this?"
Hermione just shrugged and said, "I would like to know that, myself"
Someone cleared their throat. The others followed the sound to one Lucius Malfoy. "I shall answer that particular question, Mr Potter" he said. "The Malfoys has been loyal to Mr Niklaus Mikaelson and Mrs Arabelle Mikaelson Salvatore for seven centuries now."
He was met with extreme confused looks, which annoyed him even more. Lets face it. Lucius Malfoy was a planner and a doer. But not a talker. So he beckoned Narcissa to continue.
The witch in question for her part, glared at him and continued, "As you all know in the late 13th century and early 14th century, the witch trials were very active in the continent. Anyone, who are different were labelled as witches and executed. It was at that time that a sixteen year old Alexia Malfoy wandered around the Southern part of the Muggle France, despite the warnings of her parents. She came across a disturbing scene. There was a very drunk man beating his wife, and Alexia being a tender hearted witch, charged into the scene, wand in hand and cursed the man. One look at her, both the man and the woman, started screaming 'witch, witch'. Alexia was taken into the custody of the local magistrate and was sentenced to burn in the stake. She was tied to the stake, when all of a sudden, the men in the inner circle, two to three men, I believe" here she looked at Niklaus, who nodded, "Yes, three men in the inner circle dropped dead with snapped necks. Before the crowd could react, Alexia was released from the stake. After reaching a good distance from the crowd, Alexia thanked her saviours, one Niklaus Mikaelson and one Arabelle Mikaelson, and took them to her parents. After learning what has happened to their daughter, they thanked them and pledged their loyalty to them. And that was how even after centuries, we are still loyal to them"
There was a very uncomfortable silence. But it was soon broken by Hermione with a "wow".
Even in the haze, Ronald Weasley for once asked something that was overlooked by the others. "Wait, how old are you all?"
"Well" Niklaus said, "My siblings and I are a thousand years old. Stefan and Damon are a century and a half old. Katerina and Nadia are five centuries old. Sage is nine centuries old. Marcellus is two and a half centuries old. And the others are at their late twenties"
Which, successfully, made the most occupants to drop their mouths.
AN: Hi dears, I am back for good. Now the figurative cat is out of the bag, next chapter there will be a Dramione interaction.
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Until next Time...