Short-ish update, working on making them longer, but I felt like this was a natural place to end this chapter, hope you guys enjoy!


Daughter of the dark and moon

hidden in mud

Will meet her match with a bird of prey

Their union will be realized in a fury of

Fur joining feathers.

Destined to turn the tide

of the greatest war

Their love will save us all


The pair arrived at the the three broomsticks at precisely noon as requested. They were soon ushered into a back room that was reserved for them . Barely haven opened the door Hermione was tackled hugged by an excited Andromeda.

'Hermione! I can't believe it's you! My Goddaughter! You have no idea how much I mourned for you when we thought you were lost to us!'

'Andromeda it is so good to see you again! Such a bonus that you are my Godmother!' Hermione hugged the woman back with equal vigor

They released, exchanged a few more words, and Andromeda looked behind Hermione and saw the blonde beauty

' oh and who do we have here? What a pretty young lady, are you lost young one? Do you need an older witch to show you the ways of the world? Hmmm, I could…educate you quite well.' Andromeda purred stepping closer to the blonde

Faster than anyone anticipated Hermione appeared in front of her imprint in a protective stance growling lowly flashing her golden eyes menacingly.

Andromeda backed up raising her hands in a calming manner, ' well I guess that answers quite a few questions, you're her imprint I take it?'

'Oui'

'And French, oh Merlin you are mated to a Veela! Hermione you are lucky!'

Hermione just growled louder at that, but slowed when she felt warm hands surrounding her from behind her muttering in French

'Hush Cherie, no harm was done, you know I'm your one and only, she knows now. Don't hurt your Godmother after finally meeting her. Hush now baby.'

Slowly Hermione came back to herself and shook her head

'Sorry about that Andromeda, but I found my love only two days ago, and we exchanged mating marks yesterday. So I'm running on instinct more than usual, in fact I shifted for the first time then too.'

' well I guess there is no doubting now that you are Le Lee's child, don' be surprised if Narcissa wants to ride you.'

Hermione winced at the wording, from the previous letter she received she knew what the older witch meant but knew her Veela would take it the wrong way. She was not wrong as a growl came from her Veela, followed by a leap towards the eldest Black and was only stopped by Hermione's arms locked around the French witch' s midsection.

Andromeda quickly corrected, ' oh…umm… what I mean was…'

'That she usually puts her foot in her mouth, what she was referring to was the fact that as a child I loved riding on your mothers shifted form. That was one of my most fond memories of sweet Leah. Narcissa Malfoy, nice to meet you both, my sister here is quite good at sticking her foot in her mouth as you can see. Please forgive her, she means nothing by it.'

' thanks Cissy.' Andromeda grumpily replied

The newly mated pair relaxed and greeted Narcissa and gave a soft chuckle at what just happened.

'Now that this all is taken care of please follow me and let me introduce you to the rest of the group at this gathering.'

He pair dutifully followed the Black sisters into the back room and was greeted not just with Jacob Black her godfather, but also the remaining elusive Black sister. Belatrix sat next to Jacob toying with the nape of his neck much to his begrudging. She had a mischievous smile on her face and without any further information than a glance she said,

'So Le Lee's daughter found her imprint in a Veela, well done young one!' She ended in her maniacal cackle she was famous for.

The tall muscular native turned looking at her, rolled his eyes and stood up. 'Hermione it is truly a pleasure to meet you Goddaughter. I can see you have indeed been given the gift through your bloodline and as your kin and one of your kind I would be happy to answer your questions you must have.'

' pleasure to meet you Mr. Black, and you are indeed right I do have many questions if you would be so kind to answer today, but first,'. She turned to the remainder of the room and addressed. 'Thank you all for meeting me and I apologize for any misunderstandings earlier. Let me formally introduce myself and my imprint to you all. This beautiful woman next to me is Fleur Delacour of the Veela Delacour clan, she is in line to be the next Alpha of her flock and is the love of my life. Just so I don't have to speak to this more than once, I shifted for the first time two days ago finding my imprint and finding her in danger, I shifted defending her. She too shifted to her Veela form both protecting each other from the threat and since then we have claimed each other exchanging mating marks consummating our bond. As this is very new we are both running high on instincts. Me especially since I only just found out about my heritage and am still coming to terms with everything. '

Fleur during the speech had wrapped herself around her mate from behind caressing the taller shifter's arms in a calming manner. Placing one kiss to her shoulder she stepped away and looked into her mate's eyes smiling brightly.

They were distracted by Jacob shaking his head as if something just occurred to him…'wait Delacour? Your mother wouldn't happen to be Appoline would it?'

'Oui?'

'Oh my god you must be Emmy Bear's girl!'

'You know my fazzer?'

'Yeah his cousins live in the town next to the Rez, we have a treaty with those bunny munching vamps. Small world' He chuckled

'Indeed, Im sure he would be happy to see you Monsieur.' Fleur smiled

All tension left the room at that exclamation and they got on to the meeting and much information had passed onto the mated pair. Hermione for her part loved getting to know more about her mother's family and more about her nature as a wolf. She shared about her familial bond with the Tabby professor, to which Belatrix surprisingly responded with a smile saying she was her favorite professor, even if she was a goody goody.

For her part Fleur was delighted to see the look of pure jubilation in the eyes of her mate that only came when the young wolf gained new knowledge. The Gryffindor has a voracious appetite for knowledge and this only made the Veela fall in love with her more. The fact that Jacob knew her father was interesting on its own and couldn't wait to speak with her papa about it.

Jacob and Hermione had been both gifted port keys to be able to apperate to Forks and Hogwarts respectively. Belatrix being the strongest witch present had given the thoughtful gift and it was in the form of a silver necklace with a wolf pendant. Jacob chuckled at this.

To which Belatrix replied, 'what?'

' oh it's just that I gave my imprint's mother a similar pendant long ago.' Jacob said with a smile as he attached the gift around his neck.

Hermione had been surprised at the dark witch, knowing she was her fathers lieutenant and had a reputation for dastardly deeds and wicked demeanor. This witch in front of her was nothing of the sort, she was cheeky and loving toward her family, a fierce devotion to her that was not often seen amongst those she knew. She wondered what all of this might mean for the upcoming and seemingly impending war with her father..That was a subject she would rather not think of at the moment…


The meeting at the three broomsticks shifted to the Forbidden Forrest, where Jacob was excited to go for a run with his Goddaughter/cousin. Thankfully Jacob had the foresight to bring an extra leather strap for Hermione to attach her clothes to her hind leg, and explained she should stash some clothes around the Forrest and Hogwarts just in case she had to shift on the fly. They spent the rest of the afternoon in their wolf form teaching Hermione all about her nature and instincts. She promised to visit the pack in America over the holidays and was excited to meet her extended pack-mates. As they were heading back as promised Hermione gave Narcissa a ride on her back to Fleur's slight grumbling but quickly was distracted when she was picked up by Jacobs strong jaw and thrown onto his back, cursing in French the whole way eliciting a wolfy grin and chuckle from the sandy brown wolf.

'She really is alive Bella!'

Andromeda exclaimed watching the exchange. Silent tears going down her cheek.

Bella turned to her sister, brushed away the tears with the pad of her thumb and kissed her cheek.

'Yes dear sister, it appears we haven't lost our Le Lee completely, I see quite a deal of Leah in Hermione.'

Andromeda thought about this and nodded in agreement, wondering how she never saw it before. She turned to her sister and asked what everyone dared not think about this whole time.

'So does her father know she is alive?'

Bella comforted her sister and kissed her forehead in a sisterly manner and replied 'yes Andy he knows, how could he not?'

'Things are about to get complicated again aren't they sister?'

'Undoubtedly, but this here between us will never be, Blacks stick together no matter what.' Bella solemnly swore.

They were broken from their conversations by the Veela shifting and whacking Jacob in the snout

(Incomprehensible French curses). 'Don't you ever pick me up (French cursing **whack whack**), if you weren't my mate's family (more French cursing**whack**)…'

Hermione laughed in her wolf form and licked her mate to try and console her ruffling her feathers comically, only to make Fleur let out another slew of curses about canine slobber and her feathers . At this point Bella and Andy were rolling on the ground laughing hysterically. One thing was for sure life from this point on would never be boring again.