~ France. Delacour Manor
Apolline was sitting in the living room enjoying a cup of tea and relaxing. It has been a long and chaotic day. Her husband was still stuck in the office. Some idiot pureblood went into the suburbs and met an exorcist.
Obviously he was deemed as a heretic and killed. Now quite a large number of wizards were panicking and were angry. So they killed him back in revenge.
Now the whole thing escalated. The Church is a big organization and they have many people stronger than them. That and the fact that wizards and the Church have an animosity spanning centuries made this very difficult to resolve.
So she was taking a peaceful break now.
Then a loud bird like screech echoed in the house, causing Apolline to sigh. 'What now?!'
"GABRIELLE!!!!" Fleur screamed out and Apolline heard hurried footsteps on the floor above her.
"I'm Sorryyyy!!" the little girl yelled out, but it was quite hard to believe her as she ran with a smile on her face and her giggles echoed in the hallway.
Once they got to the stairs Apolline finally pieced it together. Gabrielle was holding a wand and Fleur's hair was all fuzzy and sticking out in every direction.
"Give me back my wand you little gremlin and accept your punishment like a Veela!"
Apolline facepalmed 'What am I going to do with these two. She loved her daughters but they were so... chaotic'
"Nooo!" Gabrielle predictably ran towards her mother to escape Fleur "Mama! Save me!"
"Get back here!" Fleur was quickly catching up. Despite being a lot older and bigger, chasing after kids was exhausting.
"HUP!" Gabrielle jumped at her mother who caught her and put her in her lap. She then turned to Fleur and gave her a smug grin.
"Grrrr" the older girl looked like she wanted to set Gabrielle on fire, and it showed, her hands were engulfed in Veela flame.
'This has gone long enough' Apolline stared down at Fleur who froze in place "Girls. I can already tell this is Gabrielle's fault. But I want to hear it from the start."
Fleur pointed her finger at Gabrielle "She stole my wand and turned my hair into a mess!"
Gabrielle immedietly pouted "Fleur wouldn't play with me and just ignored me!"
"I was studying! I'm supposed to be in school now, but I'm at home! And we played the whole day yesterday!" Fleur growled at her. She is at home because of all the chaos happening around in France. School is no longer safe, plus she can relax and spend some more time with her family.
"Liar! Mama she finished all her homework the day before!" Gabrielle turned to Apolline with pleading eyes.
Apolline raised an eyebrow at that. Her daughter was smart and talented, but she only did what was required to keep her high grades. Never more than that, hearing that she willingly studied was surprising.
Fleur blushed a little and looked away "I started to study some advanced topics."
"And why would you do that" Apolline put her hand over Gabrielle's mouth. She needed to stay quiet for a while, this was important.
"Mhmhmhm" Gabrielle tried to pull away the hand but her mother didn't give in. So she just crossed her arms and sulked in Apolline's lap.
Fleur had a conflicting expression on her face. " I..I realized I wasn't as impressive as I had assumed. With minimal effort I'm already the best in my year and soon in the entire school. But when Harry Potter arrived... I have never welt so lacking."
'Ahhh. So that is the cause. My little girl finally has a crush.' Apolline stopped the smile that was going to appear on her face. Even though they might look human they are Veela, unless they are absolute scum, a Veela will always be attracted to the most powerful mate available.
Powerful can be subjective, it can be raw magical might or maybe rich and politically powerful. A Veela's instinct drives them to get the best possible life for protection or luxury. But there are exceptions, sometimes is just to get pregnant with the most powerful mate they can find. So the next generation can be even more successful.
"So you decided to change that?"
"Yes" She said resolutely "I don't see why I can't do it"
'Good, at least now she will take things seriously' Apolline was very pleased with the result's of Fleur's new mindset.
Ckrrrrr.
A drawer opened by itself, right after a letter started to float and flew to them, landing on the table.
Apolline immedietly pointed her wand at the letter, her other hand was engulfed in flames. Fleur reacting just as fast grabbed Gabrielle and her wand back.
Markings appeared on the back of the letter, then they connected forming a magic circle. The next moment a Holographic Harry appeared on top of the letter, but just his upper torso and face.
"Harry Potter?" Apolline looked with a shocked at the little hologram. 'How? Why? Has he been listening on us all this time.
He looks at them with an amused expression as they pointed their wands at 'him'. Harry then turned to Fleur. " Interesting choice in hairstyle. Anyway what is this I hear about Exorcists and Wizards?"
...
The older girl's face went completely red and the next moment when she realized what had happened.
"Wahhhhhh!!!!!" Fleur screamed out as she ran back to her room.
"Fleur!' Gabrielle ran after her, but her tiny legs couldn't catch up to Fleur's stride. BANG
Apolline heard the door slam shut, and then a loud Thud. Which she assumed was Fleur jumping on the bed. 'Great. Now i have to deal with that'
She forced a smile on her face as she turned to the hologram. "How can I help you Mr. Potter? And how are you doing this?"
Harry smiled "This is a simple communication method that magicians use. Wizards aren't capable of using them yet so I just placed one on the letter in case I needed to contact you quickly. Letters take too long, England and France are also too far away for Floo Calls. Now back on the topic at hand. What happened with the Exorcists and Church?"
~ Hogwarts
While one of the clones was speaking to Apolline another Harry was walking around on the fifth floor hallways. Hope was silently just following along
Hope is still a bit pissed off. She wanted to go with Harry when he fought McQueen but he didn't let her. What kind of bodyguard was she when she never followed him when he goes into danger?
"Hope I know you are angry with me, but why are you following me around for something as boring as this?" Harry turned to her with a raised eyebrow. 'She should have some more important things to do or just relax. She has been training pretty hard lately.'
Hope's eye twitched "When you say boring. I hear potentially life threatening"
'She isn't wrong though' that thought immedietly passed through Harry's head. Technically what he was currently doing would be tantamount to suicide. But that only refers to anyone that wasn't him. As a proper High Class now, he has plenty of mana to keep his absurdly strong barriers going.
Frankly the only danger here was Dumbledore. Harry still is unsure on how much of a power up the old man can get from the Laylines. ' I really should find a way to deal with that. Destroying the Laylines would be such a pity. I can use this place after I take out Dumbledore. Maybe seal them temporarily, or disconnect Hogwarts from them.'
"Harry" Hope tapped him on the shoulder once she realized he was lost in thought "What are you doing anyway?"
"Looking for an extremely dangerous secret room that nobody has found in centuries, and those who have previously found it have all died"
Smack
Hope facepalmed 'Why do i even try?' she turned to Harry with a serious look on her face "Why do you always do stupid things like this? You might have extra lives thanks to your 'Fragmentation Clones' but I still worry when you take unnecessary risks"
Harry patted her on the head, completely unconcerned with her worries. "They are not unnecessary. This world is cruel and hard. Until I reach a point where I can intimidate other factions I can never stop.
I have told you before Hope, the strong live, while the weak get slaughtered. The reason I'm doing is just because of a 'maybe'. Maybe in one of those rooms there will be something valuable or helpful in my research.
If you never take any risks there will be no opportunities. We would have to grow at a slow and steady pace. And when there are beings that can kill us by just blinking, slow and steady really isn't an option"
Hope clenched her fist "Then why am I training so hard? When you always just leave me behind at home"
Harry sighed "I'm leaving you behind because it's not your time yet. As the Tri-brid, unlike me you will start your real training once you reach your body matures"
"What do you mean by that?" Hope said with a confused expression.
"I'm a wizard. I rely on magic and Magecraft for the most part. That means I keep pushing things i can do with Mana and things i can create like the poisons and artifacts. Age has nothing to do with that. When i reach my normal physical growth, nothing will change except bigger mana reserves and bigger physical strength.
But for you, specifically your werewolf and vampire parts. You will be able to do a lot more and grow even more. Right now what you are doing is laying the foundation for the future.
A werewolf requires a strong body more than anything else. A vampire needs blood magic and a strong body. To fully activate your vampire bloodline I think you need to die temporarily. Only then will you be a true Tri-Brid.
Its not just a transformation, its an evolution. I just don't want you rushing into danger and getting hurt. If that by any chance makes your evolution worse, it would be such a pity. So don't worry about being useless now. I have looked through every record I can find and all point towards the same thing. Focus on your training, it will pay off, believe me in that."
Hope just lowered her head. She understood what Harry was saying, but it was hard to let go of these feelings just like that.
Seeing this Harry just sighed and scratched his head "Haaa. Then again you also aren't wrong. Having no fighting experience is also a stupid decision. I'll take you on some hunts with me. But only Mid-Class ones"
Hope gave him a bright smile and she just hugged him "Thank you"
Harry smiled as he held her in his arms. "You are welcome."
They spent a few moments like that before Hope heard someone coming, so they separated. Judging by the footsteps it was just a few students. But she wanted to keep these kinds of things private.Harry on the other hand just froze in place, he just received some information through the Harry Network
"What the fuck?"
~ 3 minutes earlier. USA. Constantine.
"RAAHHHH" A creepy mutated creature screamed out in pain as lightning tore through its body.
Constantine pointed a finger at it and rectangular light beams shot out of it, they pierced the creature and sealed it's movements.
'Nice another devil for the Clones back home. This should help with the Devil Flame research'
Bzzzzz
Constantine's phone buzzed. Like a reflex he pulled out his flip phone and put it on his ear "Constantine here, who do you need killed, I'm in a good mood so I will offer you a 1% discount"
A rough sigh came out of the phone "John. It's Bobby Singer"
"Bobby, how has it been old man? Hair still turning gray thanks to those misfits of yours?" John chuckled at his expense.
Bobby let out another sigh, he sounded exhausted.
"It's actually why am I calling. Sam and Dean were arrested in Washington. And they aren't breaking out of this one"
Constantine raised an eyebrow. With their skills those two should be capable of breaking out of any human prison. "Arrested by who?"
"It was Navy Cops that got them. John.. it looks like they want the death penalty for the boys"