Author's Notes: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. If I did, I would have Remus tied up to my bed and Sirius cooking in the kitchen while James plays with my daughter. Peter would be running from my cat. I don't own any of the Marvel Comic book Characters either. If I did, Logan would be out in the yard hurting my husband while Scott and Alex are arguing about how to hurt my husband. I don't own any of the Inu-Yasha characters. If I did, Sesshomaru would be joining Remus in my bed. Inu-Yasha would be with James playing with my daughter and Kagome and Sango would be helping Lily and Ororo beat the tar out of Miroku. I don't own any of the Star Wars characters. If I did then Qui-Gon would still be alive, Obi-Wan would not have had to train Anakin, and Anakin would not have gone to the Dark Side. I don't own the Mystic Force Power Rangers. If I did, do you really think Leanbow would have become Korag? I don't own Charmed or anyone from them. If I did, do you really think I would have them fight all those stupid demons that seem to think that they can take them out? I was just laughing at the thought of owning Lord of the Rings, Fantastic Four, or even Pirates of the Caribbean. It's just so flipping funny! Enjoy!

Author 's Note: Sorry for the long time betwen updates but I had a few problems crop up that I had to take care of right away. The first was that I lost my father to what the coroner says was a massive heart attack but my mom and I both think that his body simply gave out on him from an unknown illness. My daughter and I had to go to his memorial service and I spent a week with my family. We got home and I just wasn't in the mood to type. Then I ended up in the hospital with an abcess under the skin just below my knee that popped into my leg. I have had some time to write but typing is another story.

December 21, 1996

Noonish

Godric chuckled slightly as he turned to look at Merlin. "Well, it looks like our lines shall finally join together."

Merlin watched as Ginny crawled across the floor toward Harry. "Yes. And possibly in more ways than one."

Hermione looked up at Merlin and Godric. "Would someone care to explain to me how I am an heir of Slytherin?"

"And me?" Marina looked up at Merlin and the three Founders.

Merlin knelt down to the same level as the girls. "Salazar was a pureblood bigot. When his youngest son married a young noble woman of Muggle descent, he disowned him. However he could not disown his son magically. If the two oldest sons could not continue the lines then his line would inherit."

"Salazar never knew that his son had come to us for help." Godric ran a hand through his windswept hair. "Young Soren decided to make his family matriarchal and he took his wife's name."

"Meaning that only women could inherit." Hermione glanced at Marina.

"Precisely." Godric turned to look at Merlin. "Now I see why the Elders call the brightest witch of the age. Such a shame that Salazar never cared for that line of the family."

"I know, Godric." Merlin held a hand out to help Hermione to her feet as Godric pulled Marina to hers. "Now Soren's two older brothers believed that their father was right in all things and in so believing they followed his teachings and shunned their brother." Merlin started to lead the group out of the Ward Room. "Now as the centuries passed, Salazar's teachings were being twisted. The older brothers bred their lines so closely together that the oldest line died out centuries ago. The younger of the two realized that he was going to need fresh blood so he went to Spain to breed with a Spanish witch. His line continued but with barely any magic. Until the Guants."

"Wait a minute. The Guants are related to Tom Marvolo Riddle." Harry was keeping up with the story as avidly as Hermione and Marina. "That means that Voldemort's mother was the very last of the line."

"Exactly. This was the final end of the second brother's line. By now the magic was extremely thin in the line to the point that any child that Merope had would have no magic at all. She knew that she needed to bring new blood into the line and not just magical blood. She knew that it needed to be Muggle blood. She set her sights on a young Muggle named Tom Riddle. She plied him with love potions until she was married and pregnant and then she told him the truth. He left her and the baby. The rest of Voldemort's history is better left unknown."

"Salazar would be turning over in his grave right now." Godric smirked as he looked down at the floor.

"Never mind what Salazar would think. Now Soren's line had continued very strongly due to the fact that almost every generation married Muggleborn witches or wizards. However a century ago twin daughters were born. Their parents noticed that these girls were different from the other magical children at the same age. When the girls were nine, their mother noticed that they had no magical auras." Merlin sank into one of the chairs at the Staff Table.

"They were Squibs, weren't they?" Hannah looked over at Hermione and Marina who looked like they were about to cry.

"Yes." Godric handed both girls handkerchiefs. "Now, they knew that they would not be able to inherit the magical line. After speaking to their parents after they came of age and were about to marry, they both changed their last names. The older girl decided on the name Granger while the younger girl went with the name Alba." He held up a hand to stop the questions that Hermione and Marina were about to ask. "These girls followed the tradition of the daughters marrying younger sons and having them take their name. But both stopped the tradition there. As the generations passed, they noticed that they only had sons and grandsons. You both are the first girls born of Soren's line that carry magic in close to a century."

"But my mother's last name is Alba and she's magical. She's always told me that she was raped by a Muggle." Marina looked confused.

"No she wasn't. She tricked your father the same way Merope tricked Tom Riddle. She made a powerful love potion and forced him to marry her after which she took his name. When she discovered that she carried a girl to carry the Alba name, she left him and never saw him again." Godric hugged Marina tightly. "Your father, Jason Alba, has no clue where you are or that you even exist. Your mother was hoping that your father was from the oldest of the twins so that she could force you to inherit Soren's line. However as I have already told you he was not."

Hermione pulled her cousin into a hug. "Don't worry. I'll help you find your father."

"Thank you." Marina looked up at Godric. "But what would make her do that to Father?"

Regina moved over to her friend and took one of her hands. "I'm going to take a guess and say that either her family was extremely poor or very close to it or dying out magically. By having you, she could claim any vaults that were left to you through your father's line." She looked over at Merlin and Godric, who were both nodding in agreement.

"There's got to be a way to keep her from getting the money." Marina looked over at Godric and Merlin.

"The only way is if Miss Granger claims it before your mother decides to kill you for it." Merlin noticed that Hermione was already walking toward the doorway of the Great Hall.

"What are we waiting for? Christmas?" Hermione stopped as Godric grabbed her hand.

"I think we should deal with the cleanup first and then we'll go to Gringotts" Godric looked around at the other heirs who were all cringing slightly at the glare that Hermione was giving him.

Suddenly the doors to the Great Hall slammed open, making everyone pull out their wands and swords and aim them at the intruders. Dumbledore had managed to make it through the wards around the castle which Merlin had allowed to fall after the change in the Ward Stone. He looked around and noticed several things: the two piles of ashes in the center of what had been a crystal cage, the door to the Ward Room slowly closing behind the Staff Table, and the bloody hands of the Weasleys, Harry, Regina, Hermione, Marina, Hannah, and Susan.

"What have you done?" Dumbledore stormed toward the group.

Godric leveled his sword at Dumbledore. "Our Heirs have reset the wards. No dark wizards shall ever enter here."

"You can't do that. It has always been the job of the Headmaster to set the wards." Dumbledore took a step back only to have Godric's sword follow him.

"That is no longer the case. Our heirs shall control the wards. They will take the place of the governors of this school and as such they will decide how it shall be run." Godric sheathed his sword.

"But…"

"That also means that they shall do all the hiring and firing for this school." Helga moved to stand behind Susan and Hannah.

"Which shall include the Headmaster." Rowena had moved so that she was standing between Luna and Richard who were both glaring at Dumbledore.

"They can't. There aren't any other heirs for Slytherin." Dumbledore smirked slightly thinking that he had won the argument. "That is the only way they can do this."

Godric laughed loudly. "Oh but there are."

Dumbledore's eyes widened slightly as he realized what this meant. "The line of Soren Slytherin. But that line died out a century ago."

"Wrong. The twin girls changed their last names and married Muggles. Miss Granger and Miss Alba are the first girls in that line that had magic in almost a century." Godric noticed that Dumbledore's eyes fell on the two girls so he stepped between them just as the doors to the Great Hall slammed open again.

James, Lily, Sirius, and Prue ran into the Great Hall as Remus and Veronica followed at a slower pace.

Lily ran up to Harry and Regina and pulled them into a tight hug. "I'm so proud of you both."

James smiled as Harry and Regina tried to get out of Lily's grasp. "We knew that you two could do it."

Lily finally let go of the two teens and turned to the Founders and Merlin. "I see that 'they' decided to allow you to join us."

Merlin smiled at Lily. "Yes, 'they' did however we must return by the end of the day." He turned toward the doors of the Great Hall.

Slowly the battle weary warriors made their way into the Great Hall. They were either carrying the wounded or the dead. Surprisingly the DA members weren't injured or dead. They quickly assisted Madam Pomfrey with the wounded while Leo healed what he could. Suddenly Severus ran into the Great Hall carrying Lucius Malfoy with Draco right behind them.

"Oh no." Hermione hurried over to Draco to keep him from interfering with the two healers. She never noticed the glare that Ron sent her way. "Draco, you need to let them work."

"Let me go. He took the curse meant for me." Draco struggled to get out of her arms. "Please let me go."

"Not yet." Hermione felt Draco's knees give out and quickly followed him to the floor.

Severus stood behind Madam Pomfrey and Leo watching them try to heal Lucius. Leo lowered his hands just as Madam Pomfrey lowered her wand. Severus gave Madam Pomfrey a grim look as she shook her head slightly and handed him the Malfoy family ring. He nodded before turning around to see Draco in Hermione's arms crying.

"Mr. Malfoy." Severus handed him the ring. "I'm sorry."

"No! No! You're lying." Draco knocked the ring out of Severus's hand. The ring clattered against the stone floor as it bounced away. He turned to look at Leo. "Heal him, please, Mr. Wyatt."

Leo looked at Severus who gave him a slight nod. "Come here, Draco." Draco crawled to his father's side. Leo held his hands over Lucius's still form. The healing glow shone from Leo's hands, however, none of Lucius's wounds healed. Leo lowered his hands as he heard Draco crying even harder. "I'm sorry, Draco. My powers won't heal the dead."

Draco nodded slightly as he swiped at the tears running down his cheeks. "Where's his ring?" He started to frantically look for the ring he had knocked out of Severus's hand. "Where is it?!"

Paige knelt next to him and put a calming hand on his shoulder. "Allow me." She held her other hand out. "Malfoy Family Ring!" The palm of her hand filled with orbs. When the orbs disappeared, the Malfoy ring sat in the center of her hand. "Here you go, Draco."

Draco took the ring and shoved it in his pocket as he climbed to his feet. He noticed that Dumbledore was watching the commotion. "Headmaster, I will need to go to Gringotts and have Father's will read." Dumbledore simply nodded as Draco turned to face Hermione. "Granger…I mean, Hermione, thank you for everything."

Hermione gave Draco a hug. "When you go to Gringotts we'll all go with you."

Ron grabbed Hermione's arm and yanked her away from Draco. "Like Hell you will! You're not going anywhere with that slimy snake!"

"Excuse me?" Hermione yanked her arm from Ron's loosening grasp. "Just who do you think you are?"

"Besides he wouldn't want a bushy-haired know-it-all like you. Who would besides me?" Ron ignored her outrage as well as the outrage of the rest of his family, the Potters, Sirius, Prue, the Lupins, Harry, Regina, Piper, who was trying had not to blow him up, Phoebe, Paige, the Founders, and of course Merlin. "And you won't be claiming the Slytherin Heritage. You can give it to her!" He pointed at Marina who was glaring at Ron and clenching her hands as if to keep from strangling the red head. "You won't be the heir to a slimy snake."

Merlin stepped up behind Ron and hit him in the back with a stunning spell. "I will be speaking with this…child about his attitude. No heir of mine will act like that towards a lady." He levitated Ron and charmed him to follow him out of the Great Hall. "May I use your family quarters, Godric?"

Godric nodded his agreement before Merlin made his way out of the Great Hall. "Now where were we? Oh yes, cleanup." He turned as Professor McGonagall made her way over to him.

"No need. We will take care of it. I believe that you should head to Gringotts and take care of this business."

Luna looked around the Great Hall. "I wonder where Dumbledore has gone?" Everyone turned to look at her. "What didn't any of you notice the lack of wrackspurts?"

"Who wants to bet that he's gone to Gringotts to stop all heritage testing?" Harry started toward the edge of the wards only to be stopped by Rowena.

"Didn't you know that the heirs of the Founders and Merlin are the only ones that are able to Apparate within the wards?" With that the entire group Apparated directly into the foyer of Gringotts Bank