A/N: Alright my lovely readers, the time is finally here and I'm devoting an entire chapter to it! Tom and Hermione are going to truly meet for the first time! I can hardly contain my excitement! So without further ado…

Oh I almost forgot: WolfyVannah5- yes! I love that you got my Snape reference last chapter, your comment made me seriously bust up laughing, got some strange looks at the people around me too…:)

A reviewer requested that I put up crossover warnings to go with this fic, to be honest when I began this journey I wasn't sure which direction I was going to go with it and be story has taken a life of its own. My apologies if anyone has been offended and I have updated the author's notes on the first chapter to reflect those warnings. Thank you to everyone who has read this story I love all of you guys!


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


Hermione raised her hand to knock on her Alpha's door and then paused. She tilted her head to the side as a familiar sound came from the heavily warded door.

Loud singing and maniacal cackling laughter, obviously from her cousin Bella and an sounds from an unfamiliar male which she suspected was her father….and…what was that? Howling?

When her wife had noticed Hermione's nervousness earlier in the evening she had suggested showing up and just get it over with. She was not expecting the scene they intruded upon…

The pair in the room had obviously stopped halfway through cleaning the chambers and now were dancing and singing with reckless abandon. Bellatrix was holding her crooked wand as a mock microphone and her…umm father was doing an…air guitar impression? To Ozzy Osborne?

Screams break the silence

Waking from the dead of night

Vengeance is boiling

He's returned to kill the light

Then when he's found who he's looking for

Listen in awe and you'll hear him

Bark at the moon

Hermione couldn't help the deep laughter that came out of her at the scene before her. Soon Fleur joined in the laughter and drew the attention to the comical pair who immediately became decidedly more British and composed. However their quick composure was given away when both Bella smirked at being caught.

'Come now young one, will you join us for tea?'

'I dunno, seems we have interrupted…perhaps we should come back at a later date….perhaps after your tour dates?' Hermione teased her cousin.

Bella laughed at that one' Cheeky witch! Ha ha no, your father and I were just tidying up a bit and reminiscing.'

Hermione smiled at this as the group sat down to a tea service the house elf suddenly supplied.

'Thank you sir Dobby, this all looks amazing.'

Dobby smiled deeply at this, 'You are most kind Miss Grangy!' And with that the curious elf disapperated with a pop.

They sat for a while in companionable silence until a conversation finally struck up about the scene the young married couple had walked into.

'…that song was released the winter before your birth little one. The pack loved everything rock or metal and the irony of quote barking at the moon end quote, was not lost on them. Honestly after my loss. it was the song that helped direct my anger all those years…'

Hermione smiled sadly at that, but then decided to lighten the mood.

'I can see that, Uncle Jasper had me listen to Five Finger Death Punch while we trained '

'I'm not surprised, although they have graduated from Pantera and Megadeth I see.'

'Hardly, that was our Tuesday workout music, along with Mandatory Metallica Mondays…hmmph Americans.' Hermione laughed in response.

Their lighthearted conversation turned to the serious with the conclusion of the tea service, and true to her word Hermione heard her father out. Bellatrix chimed in only to clarify things Tom had not noticed thorough his suffering and rage. He had explained the truth about their DADA professor and why he seemed so different all of a sudden, as well as everything else he had disclosed to the side of the light.

'I know that I have done things that are unforgivable. I have disgraced my name in a misguided crusade against innocents. I fractured my very soul to reach those ends…and what did that get me? Nothing but heartache, I couldn't even save my loved ones. I swear to you my child, I know I am not the father you expected or even deserve, but I pledge my undying devotion to you and yours. I will not fail you again. If you will permit me, I will prove to you every day until my dying breath that I can be the man you need me to be, to be a father you can be proud of. I have so much to atone for, that I know can never be forgiven, but I want to try. For you, for my Le Lee.'

By the end of her father's speech both Hermione and Tom were in tears. Hermione leapt forward clutching her father to her desperately.

'Ok' Hermione mumbled into her father's shoulder

His eyes closed tighter and he hugged her with everything he had.

Fleur and Bella sat to the side of the pair, silent tears streaming down their face.

They broke apart and collected themselves for a bit.

Once Hermione came back to herself she went right into familiar territory, wiping her tears as she began long suppositions of possible solutions'

'Ok, well I believe our first course of action should be to see about finding all of your Horcrux's and bringing them here. I was reading in the restricted section the other day..'

At this the room began snickering.

'Oh shove it! …Anyway I believe I found a way we can put your soul back together.'

The group assembled widened their eyes at the resident bookworm in silent awe.

'…umm you do want that, don't you father…I mean perhaps it was a bit presumptuous of me to…'

Bella was the first to recover coughing slightly, interrupting the rambling, nervous witch. 'Little one we have already collected the Horcrux's and they are heavily warded in the Chamber of Secrets if that helps.'

Hermione visibly relaxed and stated after letting out a breath of air 'Good, then we have our work cut out for us. The ingredients we will need are very rare and can only be found in the far corners of the earth. Some of the ingredients seem to only exist in legend, and I believe it will take at least a year to procure these ingredients but it is possible. First off we will need the prints of a butterfly foot, tar from a ship that has sailed to a far away land, spring water collected by an old woman it must be stored outside for the length of an entire winter without…'.

Ingredient from Albania , Africa,Transylvania , North Pole, and even one from the fabled Lost city of Atlantis…

Tom sat back listening to his daughter spout off ingredients and precise spell instructions by memory. She was so much like her mother, so studious, so fierce, so loving and caring of those in her circle. He didn't care how long it would take, he would find a way to fix as many wrongs as he could. What mattered now was this, this building a connection to his own flesh and blood. He would keep them safe, he would see that their world would not fall. He knew that his daughter did not know him, nor trust him yet but he was willing to do anything to begin to build that trust. He wanted to be the man his Leah loved once more.

Glancing at Fleur's face, he couldn't help but smile. The blonde angel was undoubtedly Veela, gorgeous, but she still seemed like a fierce fighter but with a soft soul. She was protective of his daughter, but at the same time let her fight her own battles. This was a trait that if his daughter was anything like her mother, he was sure she appreciated. Leah didn't suffer fools, nor did she take well to anyone being possessive or controlling of her. The young pair seemed to be truly in love and it warmed his heart to see his young one so happy and in such a healthy relationship.

The fact that they had married in a Veela ritual that his daughter had blushed profusely when asked about the nature of the ritual and refused to answer any further questions about it amused everyone in the room except the studious young wolf.

He had explained about everything that he had went through with his ceremony with her mother and some of her nervousness faded. She seemed to relish any and every detail of the mother she would never know. As sad as it was for that fact Tom was also pleased to see that she cared to know about the woman who gave her life.

'…maybe little Luna would be able to help us find some of these items, she seems to have an uncanny ability to know obscure and seemingly unknown mythological things and beasts.' Fleur suggested

'Brilliant! Oh Merlin, why didn't I think of that!' Hermione exclaimed before soundly kissing her imprint in her rush of excitement. They seemed to forget where they were and an innocent snogg began to teeter on the indecent when Hermione's hand snuck under Fleur's shirt when they heard a familiar cackle followed by a statement

'I know we had thought that she was mostly like her mother but seems we were a bit premature in that assumption. It appears she is as much of a boob woman as you were. Although I can't say I blame her Fleur does have a very nice rack, if I were unattached I wouldn't mind…'

'Bella!' Hermione yelled 'argggg! Got it, point taken'. Hermione embarrassingly laughed forehead resting on her giggling imprint's shoulder. 'I can't believe that just happened, in front of my father, no less.' She mumbled the last bit

Fleur turned to the adults in the room staring, 'perhaps we should call it a night, once my sexy wolf gets riled up, no one is safe. She has quite an insatiable libido, I'm only thinking about everyone's safety after all.'

Hermione raised her head and lightly smacked Fleur's shoulder, 'hey!'

'Oh shushhh, it's ok ma chérie, it's ok' Fleur cooed

'Oh shove it, if anyone is oversexed it's you, you horny Veela! How many broom closets did you shove me in yesterday morning alone?'

'Mmfmm?' Was the mumbled response

'What was that, because the answer was five, so don't blame me you sexy thing.' Hermione laughed tickling the prone blonde.

They tickled each other for a few minutes until Bella yelled, 'DOG PILE!'

The young pair stopped moving, eyes growing wide a second before they were squished underneath onyx curls and a billowing corseted dress.

'Ooofff! Bella!' Hermione groused, 'get off!'

'That's what I plan on doing once my Tabby gets back.' Bellatrix responded into Hermione's ear before she licked the wolf's side of her face.

'Awwww gross cousin!' Hermione squirmed.

Fleur had managed to get out from under the pair and looked on as the two went after each other knocking the finished tea setup with a crash, continuing on to knocking over two of the large bookshelves in the room with a resounding thud as the books came cascading down around the pair with a series of 'oofs and owws!'

Tom at this point had fallen out of his chair laughing in hysterics at the scene in front of him. His ribs and other injuries acting up but couldn't find it in him to care.

Just as the last book fell on the pair the door opened and a familiar Scottish Baroque filled the room

'Blithering idiots, I'm surrounded by blithering idiots. One tea service…one bloody tea service! Is that too much to ask?'

'Tabby!' Bella shouted before a stray book fell on her head from the shelf above her. 'Ouch'

'Don't you Tabby me, lass!' Minerva took a few settling breaths, closing her eyes and pinching the bridge of her nose. 'The stress isnee good for the wee one.' She removed her hand and raised her eyes looking at both her Beta and her lover.

'If this place is not spotless by the time I come back you both will be transfigured to a broom and dustpan, maybe then this room will stay cleaned.' She stated in a huff and left the room slamming the door behind her.

The whole room waited a breath's amount of time before it erupted in a fit of giggles.

'Oh Merlin you should have seen your face Bella!' Hermione laughed

'What?! She's right scary when is angry…'. Mumbling the next statement, 'especially since our cub decided to come along...'

'I heard that mo ghràdh! Besides it's your bloody fault I'm having your cub! One night I let you talk me into transfiguring…'.

A silencing charm had been hastily thrown at the door. As a nervous looking Bellatrix laughed equally nervously.

'You heard her, less talking more cleaning!' Bellatrix briskly said

A loud snort came from Hermione before she erupted in laughter and Fleur and Tom were not too far behind.