Hermione knew the second her family had arrived, even though not sharing blood with Godric, she could always tell when he was near, and knew he would not have been able to come without the rest of her family. Not wanting to be found in a dungeon, the witch got onto her feet and easily unlocked the door to her cell, then walked up to the next floor. As she strode out of the basement dungeon, the witch was nearly knocked back in as a shotgun blast sent an already destroyed vampire her way.
"Oi, Jase, I love you but watch where you're aiming that," the brunette joked.
"MIA!" The blonde man ran over and hugged his cousin, "We were so worried. Are you okay?"
She nodded, "Oh yeah, I'm perfectly fine but pissed. Where's my wand?"
Holding up a finger, Jason turned his head up and yelled at the top of his lungs, "FOUND HER GODRIC!"
In less than a second, the teenage vampire was in front of them, and Jason was off to kill more vampires. Seeing her new love standing there, the witch let loose a few tears and ran into his arms, "I knew you would get here."
"You had me so worried. Why didn't you escape during the day?" Godric was looking her over for injuries in the midst of a raging battle.
"I had no idea how many humans there were and I didn't want to risk my life. Now, do you have my wand?" Grasping it when it was drawn, Hermione got an evil grin on her face, "Godric, let's go get some answers."
Laughing darkly, Godric took her hand and they walked side by side towards the throne area of the house. As they made their way there, they passed the slowing fight, those in the white vests vastly outnumbering the others now. Knowing they could handle it, neither teen stopped their trek.
When they entered a brightly lit room, they saw the two people they wanted surrounded by 20 vampires. On the throne was an elegant looking redhead vampire, who laughed, "Godric, you and your human are no match for my guards. Together they go far over your age and will destroy you as you should have been centuries ago."
"Really bitch? Hell, bring it on, I'm game," Hermione moved her love behind her, no wanting him to get injured.
With a flick of her hand, the Queen's guard sped towards Hermione, who was more than ready for them. Because they were intent on getting at her, the witch figured they would not bother noticing everything else happening around them, so when they were only a few yards from her and Godric, she conjured a wall of wooden and silver spikes. Unfortunately for the guard, they weren't paying attention and killed themselves on impact.
As Sophie-Anne and Molly looked on in fright and fury, Godric gently kissed the witch, "That was amazing. By the way, the twins have missed you."
"Are they alright?" Hermione wasn't really bothered about the two redheads looking on; she was concerned about her babies.
"Yes, your Gran is watching them and Teddy. Now shall we deal with these two?"
Pressing another kiss on the vampire's lips, the brunette turned to face the women, "Why did you have me kidnapped?"
"To have my own personal witch obviously. And all it cost me was a few underlings and of course, your death," the Queen stated before turning her glare over to Godric, "The Magister will not be pleased with the number of vampires you and your people have killed, all for a pathetic human."
"Hermione is not a pathetic human, she is my mate and the leader of a very large family, if you want to see an example of a pathetic human, look beside you," Godric sneered, "As for the Magister, do you really think that I have spent over 2000 years on this planet and not made friends in a position of power much higher than your own? I know each of the members of The Authority and they know that I am here."
That news actually had fear showing on the redhead vampire's face, "They, they can't allow this. I am a monarch; you aren't even a sheriff any more. Leave my home now."
The two loves rolled eyes before Hermione sent a death glare at Molly, "You are a disgrace for a mother, wife, and a human being. More so, while you may be a Pureblood, I am a far better person than you, even if only a Muggleborne. Arthur will be so sad to hear that he can't personally see your face when he serves you with divorce papers, but maybe I'll send him a copy of this memory to keep him laughing."
"You dirty Mudblood, don't talk about my family!" Molly screamed, aiming her wand at the younger witch.
"I can talk about your family because they are my family, more so than they are yours because they chose to stay with me even after I left. Hell, George has come to live here with me and guess what Molly?" Hermione chuckled as she leant forward, "He fucks a black gay Muggle every day, at least 4 times a day, and in all different places and positions."
That statement made the redhead shriek, and send a Cutting Hex at Hermione. The witch sidestepped it and began sending a volley of beams back at her, none of them would be considered light magic. Behind her she could sense that the others were now watching as they fought in the throne room, and could also hear some of them snickering at her comments concerning George and Lafayette. Each spell sent hit Molly's shield but it was quickly losing strength, and when it finally fell, she had nowhere to hide, getting hit with everything before Hermione stopped.
Walking towards the woman, Hermione kicked aside her wand, and aimed hers between the bright brown eyes she had once loved so much, "Have fun dealing with Harry on the other side, he will certainly find a way to cause you pain there. Though when you see him, be sure to tell him that I've moved on but will never stop loving him."
With what strength she had left, Molly wheezed out, "Always knew you were a whore."
"Avada Kedavra," Hermione cast with no guilt what so ever.
The green light hit the redhead square between the eyes, her last words still ringing in the ears of those who heard them. Godric opened an arm for Hermione, taking her to his body, but never taking his eyes off of the shit-scared Queen of Louisiana, "Sophie-Anne Leclerq, are you going to allow yourself to be destroyed easily, or will you make it hard on yourself?"
"I am 539 years old, I will not make it easy for you," the redhead bared her teeth but before Godric could act, 2 shots rang out, blasting the vampire into a million bloody pieces.
Swiftly turning around, the pair saw Remus and Sam each holding a smoking pistol, "Which bullet do you think killed her?"
Everyone laughed at the shapeshifter's question, Hermione running over to embrace them both, and it quickly turned into a group hug, everyone had truly missed her. With her head between the two men's, she whispered, "I think Sam's hit her, Moony's went a little wide."
"Hey, I'm meant to be your fatherly influence, where's the love and respect?" Remus had a faked look of hurt on his face.
"It's your fatherly influence that made me the way I am you old wolf," smiling and feeling the love that everyone around her was sending, Hermione felt at home again, "Let's get out of here, I want to see my babies again."
Luna quickly created a returning Portkey, and with Godric holding her and the rope, Hermione found herself being taken home. The second her feet touched the ground, she was running into the house, aiming straight at the lounge, where she could feel her twins were. When she entered the room, Teddy raised his head and grinned widely, "Auntie Mia!"
Diverting her course, the brunette bundled the 10 month old boy into her arms, "Teddy Bear! You okay?"
"Mhmm, Nana been caring for me and babies. Where were you? Everyone sad and angry," the toddler flipped his hair colour until stopping on purple.
"I know sweetie, Auntie Mia was sad and angry too but the bad people who took me won't do it again. Promise," Hermione gently held her godson against her, twin streams of tears running down her face in the relief of being home once again.
Teddy placed his hands on his aunt's face, placing baby kisses all over, and a large toothy grin on his face, "You back, that's all that matters."
"Yes it is Teddy," Adele agreed from the rocking chair, where she was cradling a twin in each arm expertly, "Mia, you come over here and give me a hug."
Setting the boy on the ground, Hermione went over to her grandmother and embraced her around her babies, "I hope the twins didn't make too much noise Gran."
"They were fussy but with you back, they're asleep finally," relieved of the twins by Godric, the elderly woman pulled her youngest granddaughter into a strangling embrace, "You ever do that again to any of us and I will personally put you over my knee."
"I didn't have much of a choice…" Hermione stopped at the look she was getting and nodded in defeat, "I promise Gran. How about you go get some sleep?"
"That sounds like a great idea Mia," Jason came over and hugged his cousin before wrapping an arm around their grandmother's shoulders, "Come on Gran, let me take you home."
One by one everyone left, Stan actually getting a large hug from the brunette for his help before he and his troops left back for Dallas. Finally it was just Hermione, Godric, and the twins sleeping in their mother's arms. Godric moved the infants into their bassinettes and gently kissed his love, "I was scared that you were never going to come back to us."
"I would have, no matter what the circumstances were, I have too much waiting for me here," the chocolate eyes then quickly flashed with fear and Hermione dipped her head slightly, lowering her voice, "When I saw that it was Molly, I did think for a second that I would never be able to tell you something very important."
"What would that be?"
Taking a deep breath and looking into the green eyes that she loved, Hermione spoke, "I fell in love with Harry when I was 12, if I'm truly honest, I mean he saved me from a fucking Troll, and we had nearly 7 great years together. We loved and lost together, fought beside and with each other, and I truly thought we would be together until the end of time. The Fates had it planned differently though, and he died but not before leaving me with two wonderful babies. And I was so certain I would never love anyone the way I loved Harry, and I was right, I don't love you the same way as I did him, I love you so much more. That scares me so damn much because while my brain tells me that it's what Harry would have wanted and it's normal to fall in love again, my heart is fighting me with every step. But I know what I want and, if you'll have me, Kendra and Romulus, what I want is to have you. I love you Godric and I have for a while now."
The vampire's heart had sunk so low when he had heard his love say that she didn't love him the same as she had her first husband, but then he soared higher the more she spoke, leaving him with a brilliant smile on his face, "I love you too Hermione, and I'd be there for you and the twins even if you didn't want me to. You really are a strange human."
"I've been told," the witch laughed, passionately kissing her love in joy.