Hogwarts: A Hope Through Time (Book 1)

Chapter 56

Hope gave a large stretch with a wolfish groan as she turned slightly in seat in the train compartment that Daphne had expanded so more people could fit into the Hogwarts Express compartment. Hope leaned against Daphne's shoulder as she shot her a quick smile before relaxing on her wife's shoulder. Hope tossed her legs up to rest on Luna's lap but the Seer shifted quickly so Hope's legs fell heavily on the seat.
Luna giggled as she did a quick hop over the Tribrid's legs to land on Hope's lap with an 'oof' from Lady Emrys as the silver-eyed girl curled up into Hope's warm body. "Night Hope. Wake me up when we get to school."
"Cheeky play, little moon." Hope grumbled with a small pout that the others in the compartment snickered at the interaction between the normally uptight Slytherin girl and the whimsical Ravenclaw girl.
"Great. Now I have to hold up both of you." Daphne complained half-heartedly.
"Don't worry Daphne. No one here will spoil your Ice Queen persona. You're allowed to show that you don't have a frozen heart and just say you love us." Luna remarked with a large grin on her face but her eyes remained closed.
Daphne turned slightly to glare around Hope's body but Luna had already moved her hand so she could place a finger on Daphne's lips before she could speak. "Shhh. We know you love us Daph. You don't need to say it aloud."

Daphne shifted back slightly as she tried to nip at the Seer's finger but Luna saw it coming and moved her hand away slightly causing the blonde Slytherin to miss and Luna bopped the Greengrass Heiress on the nose. Daphne blinked in shock while everyone in the cabin had trouble containing their snickers.
The Emrys Consort huffed as she crossed her arms with a roll of her eyes. "No one here repeats a word on what happens in this compartment. Is that clear?"
"Only if we are allowed to laugh at what happens in the cabin." Neville countered with a large grin on his face.
Daphne narrowed her eyes momentarily as she tried to make the Gryffindor boy nervous but Hope chuckled, breaking the eye contact between her wife and her friend as she answered. "Deal."
Harry, Hermione, Neville, Padma and Susan laughed while Tracey who was on Daphne's other side let out a tiny snort of amusement that she tried to hide in her blonde friend's other shoulder.
"I hate you all." Daphne complained with an adorable pout that Hope caught in the corner of her eye.
"Can we tell Hannah and Parvati when they come back from the Prefects meeting?" Susan asked with a cheerful smile on her face.
Daphne groaned as the others laughed.

"I have a question though." Hope mentioned as she rested her chin on Luna's head and wrapped her arms around the younger girl as she shifted slightly to get comfortable.
Hope looked over towards Neville and then Harry and Hermione at the other end of the seat. "I can understand that Snape wouldn't want me or Daphne as Prefect since we have been causing a lot of trouble last year. I'm not sure about Tracey but I'm going to assume it's due to affiliation with us. Sorry Tracey."
"Don't worry about it. I didn't want to be in close contact with Snape anyway. Dude gives me the creeps." Everyone on the other seat looked at Tracey with wide eyes as Daphne snickered. "What?" Tracey questioned as she shifted nervously in her seat at the attention.
"Guys? Remember not all Slytherins are mindless drones." Hope reminded them with a grin.

"For Ravenclaws, I can imagine Warrior Flitwick choosing either Su or Parvati and Terry Boot, Slytherins are Draco and Pansy." Hope shook her head at the couple as did everyone else in the cabin. "Professor Sprout would've picked Susan, Hannah or Megan and either Ernie or Justin... Actually not Justin, he bullied Harry in 2nd Year, calling Harry the Heir of Slytherin. I think he was the first person to start that rumour. Professor Sprout would remember that."
Hope frowned. "What I don't understand is how could McGonnagall pick Ronald?"
"Affiliation." Harry answered with a bored look on his face.

"Sirius told me that Professor McGonnagall has been distancing herself from Dumbledore as she saw Sirius at the Ministry of Magic after I left Black's home and invited my Godfather to live with me. We left the Weasleys and Order of the Phoenix with Kreacher and the portrait of Sirius's mother " Harry chuckled at the thought.
"My spell wore off?" Daphne blinked with a frown.
"Yeah, lasted...2 weeks?" Harry asked as he looked to Hermione for confirmation as she nodded.
"Is that normal?" The blonde witch murmured into Hope's ear.
"I've never permanently kept that spell active on someone before. I don't think Aunt Freya has either. So I'm not sure love."

"So what you're implicating is that Dumbledore picked out the Gryffindor Prefects?" Padma questioned anxiously as she worried for her sister.
"At the very least the male Prefect. Ronald is Dumbledore's puppet. McGonnagall would've picked either Harry or Neville. Although with Harry's track record she would've asked if he wanted the position or not."
"Which she did." Harry responded.
"She also mentioned that I was guaranteed the position as Prefect, obviously there was some foul play there, but if it had to go to anyone else I'm glad it was Parvati. She'd make a good Prefect while I try to keep this one out of trouble." Hermione admitted with a smirk.
The compartment laughed jovially as Harry was the one to pout this time. "I don't always get in trouble."