The Unknown

Chapter 69: Goodbye Gifts

The Weasley twins and Hermione were surprised to see Dahlia outside of the Great Hall when they were making their way to dinner. Hermione smiled and hugged her and asked, "what happened to you? You weren't in class and Professor McGonagall wouldn't tell me anything when I asked".

Dahlia shrugged and answered, "she gave me the day off lessons, my family was dealing with some things. I got told by Saida today that I am back at perfect health and the goblins found my mum's will, the will reading is tomorrow".

"You're going home tomorrow?" Hermione said sadly as she knew what the meaning of the will being read meant and Dahlia being well again.

"Yeah," Dahlia said with a slight nod and saw how they were saddened about it. "Hey, I'll only be on another realm, I can come and go within seconds thanks to Hela's portals, it's not like well never see each other again. Besides, you already agreed to come during the holidays".

"Cheer up, Hermione," Fred said and put a hand to her shoulder.

"Yeah," George said as he stood beside Dahlia, "we know you'll be here without our gorgeous faces next year," he gestured to himself, Fred and Dahlia, "but you'll be fine".

The three of them laughed while Hermione smiled and rolled her eyes. Fred then said, "so, last night at Hogwarts, what are we going to do?"

Dahlia glanced behind her as Tonks and Akio were stood against the wall and said to her friends, "you mean what can we do while I have a Niflheim soldier and an Auror following me...really guys, I just want one night of normality before I go back to Niflheim and I'm suddenly Princess Dahlia all the time. I just want to be student witch, nothing special tonight".

"So, dinner first," Hermione said, "then we can always go back up to the tower and just talk".

Dahlia smiled and said, "sounds like a plan".

They entered the hall and thankfully Akio and Tonks stayed at the doors, so they didn't draw too much attention to themselves. Dahlia went to sit at the end, but Hermione pulled her down the table and said, "normal Dahlia never sat close to the doors. You wanted to be normal, be normal".

They sat at the upper half of the table, Hermione and Dahlia sat on the middle isle of the table while the boys sat across from them. There weren't many students in the hall yet and the professors hadn't begun to arrive just yet as they were usually some of the last. As more people began to arrive, it seemed like Dahlia was the focus of attention as everyone saw her and she knew they began whispering about her. So, her friends tried to distract her. "You excited to be going home?" Fred asked.

Dahlia smiled and nodded, "it'll be good to get away, you guys are gonna love it when you come in the holidays. It'll be a bit strange at first, but you'll love it". She then looked to Hermione and asked, "any news on your parents agreeing yet?"

Hermione answered, "well I've told them about how your dad is alive and how you have brothers and a sister and they're happy for you, but I haven't told them yet about...you know".

Dahlia sighed, "about my father being Loki the man who tried to take over New York and the place you want to spend summer in is the realm of the dead. Understandable".

Hermione gave a quick smile and said, "I think they'll be fine, but I think I should tell them that part in person".

"I understand," Dahlia said then went into the brown satchel bag she had with her and brought out a blue leather book. She handed it to Hermione and said, "here, for you".

Hermione frowned as she held the book and stoked it before she opened it to see the blank pages. "it's empty," Hermione said.

Dahlia placed her hand over it and whispered, "quid est occultatum revelare".