There will likely be one more chapter of re-edited content after this, perhaps two but that is unlikely. It has been a long road, but we're getting there... Please review?

AN2: For some reason no alert went out with this being initially published, after twelve hours it only has thirty views which is just bizarre for this story. So I deleted the chapter and reposted it, hopefully it lets you guys know this time?

As was to be expected the fallout from Lillith's most recent brush with death made her an instant celebrity at school, again, and as before it was completely unwanted. Unfortunately this time the entire incident had been caught on camera.

Hermione admitted her girl looked rather enchanting as she locked her legs down and pushed her will against the glowing curse, grinning as she threw it back at the foul creature that called herself a professor. The Weasley twins had taken the heart warming image a step further by enlarging it and hanging it from the Great Hall's rafters, the faculty made a bit of noise about that but no one made any effort to take it down.

Lilly for her part just shrugged it off and said "Eh...I say this one actually makes number seven on the list," and left it at that. Though, of course, the DADA club had been in an uproar, apparently the thought of losing their club president upset them greatly which admittedly warmed the Grey Witch's heart a bit even though the situation itself was rather uncomfortable.

Lilly stood beside her girlfriend looking sheepish as nearly thirty students (and one Professor Flitwick) admonished her for taking such nasty risks, even though this time it really hadn't been her fault. Well, not completely at least.

Eventually Susan Bones made her way to the front of the crowd and addressed the emerald eyed teen directly, "Lilly I'm calling in that favor you owe me since you seem hell bent on getting yourself killed before you pay up."

Quirking a brow at the buxom redhead Lilly nodded her understanding, "A Black pays her debts, what is it you bequest?"

Smirking Susan grabbed her by the back of the head and pulled Lilly into a deep kiss, the room went silent as the Bones heiress wrapped her arms around her neck and snogged the raven haired witch for a solid ten seconds.

Breaking the kiss Sue stepped back and licked her lips, "Been waiting a month to do that, thanks," and with that she left the room her hips sashaying seductively back and forth as she turned the corner.

Hermione was too shocked to be enraged and Lilly just stood stock still face blank from what amounted to a mental overload. For the crowded room's part its denizens were in varying levels of disgust, shock, and arousal at the display, eventually shaking her head Lilly turned to face the direction of Susan's form.

"And...that just happened, well...I do believe my ability to snark has been temporary disabled," she made eye contact with Hermione worry obvious on her face, the brunette gave a slight shake of her head to show she wasn't mad, well not mad at her anyway.

Scratching the side of her nose distractedly she continued, "Anyway, as the Headmaster announced my dad is taking over as the new Defense professor, since he lives in the real world he'll be teaching us largely the way I've been explaining it to you all. That being said there's some things he can't get away with showing students, that's where I come in. Hands up if you all want to keep the club going even though we'll have competent instruction for the first time since Professor Lupin got saked for bullshit reasons?"

You didn't have to be a genius to see how pleased Lilly was when every hand in the room including Flitwick's shot up. Nodding she quipped, "Gonna go out on a limb and say Mademoiselle Bones agrees with you lot of degenerates so looks like we're still stuck with each other. Now today Professor Flitwick has generously offered to explain to us how to cast the 'Bunker Shield' charm which will stop anything short of an AK cold, Professor it is now your show."

After a rather entertaining session (the highlight being Ginny's overpowered shield deflecting Ron's stunner right at his face) the young pair of Gryffindor witches meandered their way through the halls to finally open the Room of Requirement and confront another Horcrux.

Not realizing it at first the happy couple was soon flanked by Susan Bones and Daphne Greengrass, eventually the blonde Slytherin spoke up, "You're welcome by the way."

Startled Lilly and Hermione looked up at the mildly smug young woman, "For?" Hermione asked in confusion.

Susan laughed a bit at that, "For making it easier for you two to eventually come out of the closet of course! It was Daphne's idea but I didn't mind my role in the slightest, the best part is anyone tries to involve me in a smear campaign they get to deal with Auntie. To truly be honest she oh so enjoys destroying the press so really it's a win win all around."

Daphne grinned at the befuddled couple as she rolled her eyes, "Come off it you two. It is so obvious you are in love it hurts, we spend every afternoon with you for the club as well as our normal classes so it is rather hard to hide; and if you couldn't already tell we aren't judging. I am curious though, how long?"

Lilly sighed as her shoulders slumped while Hermione just smirked and shook her head, "Since the day she claimed House Slytherin as her own. Although the feelings had been there since at least the end of our second year we never acted on them."

Nodding in understanding Daphne gave the bookworm a knowing smile, "Yeah Tracey and I were the same way, although it was third year when those Dementors showed up on the train when we admitted it. Nothing quite like having all your hope sucked out of you to make you appreciate what is there."

Lilly goggled at her but Hermione snorted and opened her hand towards her girlfriend. Both Susan and Daphne burst into laughter as Lilly dropped a few galleons in her palm while mumbling, "You were right, totally misread that one, still say Draco's a poofter though I'll win that one."

After catching her breath Sue gasped out, "You two spend far too much time with the twins, anyway just letting you know that most of us girls who don't reside in the vapid airhead department already figured you two out and approve, talk to you two love birds later!"

With that they walked off leaving the amused couple behind, rubbing the bridge of her nose Lilly began giggling and it eventually became a full on laugh, Hermione wasn't far behind.

"Oh man *hehe*...our lives...anyway, shall we?" Nodding happily Hermione hooked her arm through her girlfriends as she was escorted to the seventh floor, eventually stopping at a dead end next to a rather confusing tapestry involving dancing trolls. As Hermione stood transfixed by the bizarre sight she missed Lilly summoning the door to the Room of Requirement that Voldemort's soul shard had so kindly informed them of; turning around as she heard Lilly whistle Hermione came to a stop next to the open passage.

After observing what could only be described as a hoarders dream come true (and a cleanup crews nightmare) for several seconds Lilly scratched her head in frustration, "Well...that is certainly a lot of shite... I have a vague idea where we need to go so I guess follow me and try not to touch anything too rusty, tetanus and all that."

Snorting Hermione took her hand and let the surly ravenette guide her through the endless piles of accumulated junk.

After a time she began speaking to fill the strange silence, "I'm thinking this is either were everything we vanish in the castle ends up or it's mass storage for the house elves, or maybe even where generations of desperate pranksters ditched the evidence to avoid detention."

Lilly nodded at that ruefully, she certainly could have used this room a few times to avoid Filch and the like in the past. Eventually Hermione slowed her pace seeing stacks upon stacks of very ancient looking books, drawn to the tomes Lilly let out a soft squeak as she was abruptly pulled in a new direction mid step, upon seeing her scholarly friends target she simply smiled and basked in the smaller witches excitement.

Letting go of Lilly's hand Hermione began sifting through the books trying to be as gentle as possible, Lilly though knocked a pile of ancient text books off a plush chair and cast a cleaning charm before sitting down. Aware that this was going to take awhile she began sifting through the trove of knowledge as well.

Hermione occasionally muttered to herself as she put the choicest volumes aside for later, trying not to laugh at her girlfriends distracted chattering Lilly's eyes were drawn to an ancient leather bound volume that seemed to call out to her. Its faded green cover was cracked with age and the gold lettering embossed along its spine was nearly illegible, squinting she picked it up and examined its front, 'Summoning Daemons, Angels, and Other Self Important Incorporeal Entities; By Alexandria Slytherin nee Potter'.

"What...oh...wow..." she tried opening the tome but it wouldn't budge, turning it over the back cover had a tiny indent with a small gold barb in the center; sighing at the irony of her previous admonishment to her girlfriend she jabbed her thumb into the recess and let a small amount of her blood seep into it.

The book visibly glowed for a moment then clicked open, cracking the cover a feminine voice spoke to her, 'Hello my descendant. As you may have already discovered this tome is rather dangerous, the rites, bindings, and blood rituals found within are bound to our family line and no others. Heed the warnings I've inked in these pages for while the art of the Sorceress Summoner is powerful it can also cost the unwary witch more then her very life.

'There is nothing freely given, nothing freely gained, remember this when dealing with that which lays beyond the veil. If I may make a suggestion hire a goblin to help write out the contracts, if nothing else they tend to frustrate Angels which is simply amusing to observe. Be strong, be wise, be careful, hwyl fawr am nawr fy mhlentyn.' With that the recital which left Lilly stunned faded into silence.

'Well...I think I can now understand ancient Welsh...that's new...'

She didn't know why but she felt that she needed to hide this from everyone for the time being, it may have been a compulsion charm for all she knew but regardless she surreptitiously slide the tome into her bottomless bag as she stood to cover the motion.

Nonchalantly walking towards the distracted Hermione she glanced over the teens shoulder to take a look at what had her so rapt, frowning when she realized it was about human transfiguration Lilly cleared her throat. Hopping in surprise Hermione slammed the book shut looking a bit sheepish, realizing that Lilly had seen what she was looking through she gave a wan smile before speaking.

"Sorry, I still haven't given up on trying to find a way to turn you back into Harry, I promised after all..."

Feeling irrationally angry Lilly brought her occlumancy barriers up to remain calm, "Didn't realize the being a girl thing bothered you so much 'Mione."

Looking shocked and a bit hurt the brunette shot up waving her hands in denial, "No no its not that! It's just...you are going to have to take on so much more grief and strife as a High Lady rather then a High Lord. You are powerful but we live in a patriarchal society, it will be uphill the entire way and being with me will make it even harder. I just thought..."

Gently grasping Hermione's chin Lilly drew her into a passionate kiss, letting it linger she eventually broke it with a smile.

"Love, I don't care, seriously being a woman doesn't bother me in the slightest, I never felt comfortable in my old body on top of which, I have you, I have dad, Moony, and hell even Bellatrix. I have family that cares for me and that's all I need, I'll fight anyone who tries to take that from us so please don't beat yourself up trying to find a solution to a none-issue ok?"

Looking as if she was about to cry the smartest witch (in Lilly's not so humble opinion) in the world whispered gently, "Why...why doesn't it bother you? If I were turned into a bloke I think I'd go barmy in twenty minutes...why doesn't it bother you?"

Sighing Lilly paced a bit not really feeling that this was the best venue for this revelation but her girlfriend was upset now and waiting till after they confront the Horcrux hiding somewhere in this room wouldn't sit well. Coming to a decision she pulled out her wand and cleared a table of its load and cast a cleaning charm on it, laying the wand down she pulled her robes up over her head and tossed them on the table. Undoing her tie and unbuttoning her white oxford shirt she tossed both items atop the discarded robes and turned to face a now blushing Hermione in nothing but her skirt, stockings and black bra.

"What do you see love?" Hermione began stuttering as she was staring at Lilly's endowments, rolling her eyes she stepped forward and grabbed the brunettes hands pulling them to her bare sides, "Not the girls dear, you saw Harry without his shirt at the tournament, feel me and tell me whats different."

Shakily dragging her hands up her best friends body Hermione let out a shuddering breath as she felt the smooth unblemished skin, Lilly for her part was quite glad she had her mental barriers up or this would have already gone in a far different direction then intended.

Eventually Hermione leaned in and began placing kisses on Lilly's bare neck while muttering, "You're perfect," smiling sadly Lilly gently pushed the now thoroughly flushed witch away, meeting her lust filled gaze the emerald eyed beauty nodded slowly before she spoke.

"Exactly love, where are the scars from when Vernon strapped Harry to the banister and whipped him with a belt? Where are the scars caused by a basilisk and a dragon, magical wounds that supposedly would never fully heal? Where are the dozens of poorly healed broken bones that made me feel like an eighty year old man every time it rained? Where is the psychological trauma of being beaten and molested for nearly a decade?

"It's all gone hon, I've been given a fresh clean start, the old wounds left with the old body and while I'm aware of what the Dursleys did to me the events themselves were tossed out of my mind never to be found again so I will not be held down by them any longer."

Smiling at the now crying young woman before her she pulled her into a tight hug, "So what if in that trade off I'm now a woman, I'll gladly take it. I have my freedom, I have my health, and I have you, all told I think I made out on this one."

There was a sobbing laugh from the bushy head resting on her chest before she heard a muffled response, "Ok...I get it now, thanks..thanks for sharing...on an unrelated note your baps are amazing."

Lilly snorted out a laugh at the non sequitur as she released her girlfriend, winking as she began putting her clothes back on Lilly purred out, "Well then I'll just have to let you play with them later, I know you've been working on those privacy charms."

Blushing deeply but grinning in return Hermione nodded, "Oh I've perfected my technique," walking up to the now fully clothed Lady Black she whispered into her ear, "All my techniques." Lightly licking her earlobe Hermione pulled away leaving a shivering and flushed Lilly standing there.

Straitening her back she began marching forward, "Oki Tommy time for you to die!"

Chuckling Hermione ran to catch up wrapping her arm around Lilly's waist as they searched for an insane wizards shattered soul shard. After a bit Lilly ruminated over the best course of action before speaking her mind, "Hey brown eyes?"

Hermione hummed her response as Lilly continued, "I was wondering, should we kill this Horcrux now or later? I mean I have no idea if Tom is even aware that I'm munching on his magical core like a bag of crisps, and if he isn't there's only two others left, well that and the snake but chances are that's gonna be our last priority."

Hermione's wonderful mind began processing this and after a few minutes she had a response, "I think you should unbind it, a horcrux is the darkest of artefacts and I'm not comfortable having it sitting around a school filled with kids, imagine if some firsty wandered in here and found it?"

Sighing Lilly wrapped her arm around her shoulders and pulled her love closer, "Was afraid of that, god I hate consuming these things. I have the weirdest urges to kick old people down the stairs and steal candy from children for weeks afterwards...ah well can't be helped."

Grunting her acknowledgment they trudged on until they turned a corner, sitting atop a pile of junk was a discolored tiara, its beautiful elegance resembling a bird in flight with a large oval sapphire in its center.

Sighing Lilly let go of Hermione as she trudged forward, "I am so not looking forward to this, babe you're lucky your bums cute or I wouldn't do this so willingly."

Casting the counter curses she'd learned from Tom on the diadem she picked it up and placed it on her head. Immediately her occulmancy barriers were assaulted and nearly torn down, what began as a one sided attempt at body theft ended up becoming a psychic game of tug of war. Falling to her knees Lilly tried to organize her thoughts into collective clusters to fend off the invading shard of Tom's soul.

Eventually, much to her chagrin, the soul shard broke through the initial barrier and ran into her first mental wave of defenses. To her amusement Tom had no idea what to make of it all as was intended.

Grinning as he starred at the armada before him she appeared next to his wraith like form as he cursed out,"What the hell is this?!"

As the massive arrowhead shaped warships formed a defensive barrier they disgorged thousands of TIE fighters each with who quickly broke off into squadrons forming a hemispherical blockade.

Grinning Lilly smugly stated, "That is her Royal Majesties Imperial armada of Imperator Class star destroyers! Good luck each fighter is piloted by a copy of Neville, Luna, or the Twins and each cruiser is captained by a Hermione, the idea you could get through this is honestly hilariously amusing."

Turning to her in rage Tom lashed out but it did nothing to her spectral form so she continued to taunt him, "Even if you got past the armada there's still layers of defense, next is a police box manned by my Dogfather, uncle and parents, after that is Starfleet headed by Professor McGonagall."

At this point Tom ignored her and charged at the Imperial armada, it amused her that he didn't even get past the TIE fighter screen, eventually, his damaged form struck back at her but she was able to stop him cold.

Snarling he screamed out, "You may think you have won but I am immortal, I have anchors scattered across Britain and I will be forever living! Only I, Lord Voldemort can truly defeat death!"

Snorting Lilly began siphoning off his power while she taunted him, "You know I never figured that bit out. Me, if I made a Horcrux I'd put it in a muggle safety deposit box in I don't know, the colonies or maybe China, you know well away from those who would care to destroy it.

"Tom your arrogance is both terrifying and hilarious, even though I do not intend to go full dark I'll make a far better Dark Lady then you made a Dark Lord, nighters sweet prince we're done here."

With that Tom's soul was dispelled and his fragment of magic became her own, coming back to the real world she was screaming while starring a horrified Hermione in the eyes.

Fun fact, a fifteen year old boy in a seventeen year old woman's body trying to contain the artificially inflated magical core of someone who had a blood seal on them since infancy, plus half the power of a middle aged Dark Lord does not bode well for the user.

Still screaming she felt the power trying to eat at her very being, and bless the bushy haired Goddess before her she fully grasped what was going on, snatching the ichor stained tiara and ripping it from Lilly's head Hermione slapped it on her own brow while statinga quick incantation.

"I Hermione Jean Granger through the rights of blood and heredity declare myself the sole heir to the house of Ravenclaw, so it is said so mote it be!" Hermione was consumed in a grey mist as her school robes vanished. Lilly received a rather tantalizing view of her love's nubile body that was shortly coated in layers of blue robes and mithril armor, once the transfer of title was complete she fell to her knees and grasped Lilly's head, "Share it with me, before it kills you!"

Lilly got her meaning well enough, grabbing the Lady of Ravenclaw's head she pulled her into a deep kiss dumping her very soul into the young woman, after a time an equilibrium was reached and they both fell over. Lilly had no idea how long she had been sprawled out there on the floor of the room of junk, but it was long enough for the Volde'funk in her hair to solidify, groaning in disgust she sat up and cast a scourgify on her head.

Looking down at the prone woman before her Lilly began to panic, casting a cleaning charm on herself to remove the ichor and vomit she pulled Hermione up into her lap and began stroking her face.

After a time the teen opened her brown eyes now flecked with shards of glowing sapphire, grinning she grabbed Lilly's cheeks and pulled her into a deep kiss. It felt like they had snogged for hours but it could only have been minutes.

Eventually Hermione let her go and they starred at each other, "Equals more then ever eh?" Lilly's quip was more true then not, she'd dumped all of the new Horcrux's power into her friend on top of a bit she'd already accumulated. The trade off off for the power loss was that she felt more stable then she had in months.

Grinning Hermione kissed her again and stayed that way for five minutes, no complaints here, eventually breaking the embrace her bushy haired best friend pulled her to her feet.

"This, this is amazing, I can...I can think of so much right now! There's no hindrances, no care what others think, there's just...knowledge!"

Smirking Lilly hugged her before she tried to bolt for the library, "That's probably the diadem, as Lady Ravenclaw you're inclined to learn no matter what, as Lady Slytherin I want to manipulate all those around me, sadly I have a lot to learn on that subject.

"Just settle down for now, something tells me Rowena wasn't miss socialite just like Sal wasn't mister sensitive, give your mind a chance to acclimate ok?"

Pausing for a moment Hermione eventually nodded in turn, the needy look in her eyes turning Lilly on in ways she couldn't even begin to describe. Trying to think of the best way to diffuse a potentially sexy situation (hey even she knew that the middle of a room of junk was a poor choice!) she eventually spoke, "Why not talk to McGonagall?"

Hermione thought a moment on that before shaking her head, "Why not ask your dad? He or Bellatrix probably would have something to say on this that wouldn't end in us getting suspended."

Smirking Lilly pulled the lovely Lady of Ravenclaw into her arms and kissed her gently. "Ok gorgeous, as always I'll follow your suggestions."

With that they apparated to the flat housing one quite hung over pair of Blacks. They entered the abode to find Tonks standing in Bella's living room looking highly amused at the prone forms of the passed out raventte's on the floor.

Glancing over at the teen couple the pink haired witch grinned happily, "Wotcher Lilly and 'Mione! If I'm looking at this correctly did you buy our lovely cousins a case of whiskey and a Super Nintendo?"

Laughing Lilly nodded, "Shit dad and Bella worked through all that and Super Mario World in one night!?"

Her cousin shook her head equally amused, "It appears so, I came here to give Bella this from my mum but I think it would explain more to you then them at the moment, been trying to wake their arses up for an hour."

Smirking Hermione grasped the proffered scroll and opened it, eventually her amusement fell as she met Tonks gaze, the normally chipper woman nodded slowly to an unasked question and Hermione looked like she was about to explode.

Shoving the scroll into Lilly's hands she rushed forward and began helping the prone Bellatrix to a sitting position, confused Lilly read the crumpled document and felt her blood freeze.

"This...this was legal Tonks!?"

Snorting the metamorphmagus shook her head sadly, "Up till right before You-know...Voldemort started his campaign being a woman meant you had no rights, your head of house made all decisions and they were final, there's a reason mum ran after all.

"Wasn't until there was literally more women left than men that things changed, necessity was the only reason people like my boss Madam Bones got their jobs despite behind over qualified for it. That marriage contract literally made Bellatrix do whatever the LeStrange's demanded, let me ask you something, once Sirius dissolved the marriage how was she? Dumbledore has a theory on the whole psychotic personality thing, and yes he knows about her already, the whole order knows, please just be objective right now."

Slightly angry and more then a bit mystified that Dumbles knew about her Wicked Witch Lilly eventually just shrugged, "She's fun, playful, she likes Led Zeppelin and looks at the banning of minor dark spells as nothing but old people being whiny. Truth be told outside of the mass murder I'd love to emulate her, she's hilarious and I thoroughly enjoy her company."

Nodding sadly Tonks observed Hermione shoving a potion down Bella's throat before responding, "That's what mum and dad say she was like before she was forced into that marriage contract, how did she get along with Sirius?"

Snorting Lilly glanced at her dad passed out on the floor, "Outside of some obvious tension due to previous battles they acted like teenagers, reminded me of the Weasley's honestly. They grated on each other but they were both happy that the other was there."

Tonks sighed as she took the scroll back and rolled it up, "Yeah about right. Look, Dumbledore thinks that with the soul bindings those fuckers put on her nulled she's going to regress a lot. What withSirius having spent over a decade in solitude and torture alongside her...well... They may both be nearing their mid thirties but they're going to have the temperaments of those in their early twenties at best, mid teens at worst. That's what mum's concerned about. If you need anything lemme know, show Bella the contract she was forced into when she sobers up and...err..."

Glancing at Sirius she continued, "And wait till Sirius is drunk again before you show him, there may be fewer deaths that way, anyway I have to get back to my job take care love."

Placing the scroll on a table she was about to apparate when Hermione shouted out, "Tell Remus we said hi!" Tonks hair shifted to green as she blanched right before she vanished from the room not seeing Hermione's grin as she ran away.

Snickering at her girlfriend Lilly walked up to Sirius to help the man up to the couch, he was groaning something along the lines of "bitch ass yellow Yoshi's" but she could have been misunderstanding him. Eventually they were able to shove enough potions down the adults mouths to make them coherent.

Bella reacted first by vomiting into a trash pail, after a time she glanced at Sirius, "Did we have sex last night?"

Groaning her dad nodded in a vague fashion, emulating Bella he threw up into a soup pot before responding, "Four times, then we finished off five bottles of Jameson and played that game of yours till we passed out."

Nodding Bella threw up again while Hermione looked disgusted, "They are... aren't they second cousins!?"

Snorting Lilly leaned into her to whisper, "Purebloods love, closely related cousins are actually preferred as creepy as it is for those of us who live in the real world. I fed her a contraceptive potion so no worries there, if it goes beyond a one night stand we'll work something out."

Nodding in understanding Hermione kept her tongue as Lilly cleaned up the large amount of sick.

"Dad, Bella, seriously you two need to learn moderation, plus try Secret of Mana it has magic and stabbing shite to death, something to appease both of you."

Groaning the adults both gave her mirrored wary salutes which managed to warm her heart greatly. In Lilly's point of view their fucked up family was what she had always wanted, namely, giving her love and acceptence, and thus she'd blithely ignore the immaturity displayed before her.

Guiding her dad to the kitchen while Hermione did the same for Bella the couple placed the incoherent adults at the table before they began preparing breakfast. Going for heavy and alcohol cleansing she made a large platter of bacon and sausage while Hermione fixed a large stack of french toast and scrambled eggs, calling a confused Dobby to her to indulge in the meal with them the abnormal family dug into their impromptu feast.

"I...could seriously get used to this," Bella happily stated as she tore into her plate of dead pig, chugging a glass of juice she gave Hermione a happy grin as she refilled it, Sirius for his part finally seemed to gather enough of his wits to realize what was going on.

"Shouldn't you two be at school?" Snorting Lilly took a large bite out of her cinnamoned sweet toast, licking the syrup from her lips she replied.

"Yeah here's the thing dad classes are over, its eight in the evening, you two have been out for the better part of Monday," Both adults paused, looked at each other then shrugged before digging back into their food. Hermione began giggling at this and Lilly soon joined her, poor Dobby just sat there munching on eggs wondering what the hell was going on with his masters.

Lilly eventually cleared her throat then stated, "Anyway, the reason we're here is Hermione claimed her title, we'd planned on waiting but she needed to take some of my founders magic plus a bit of Tom's so now we're blown. There's no way Dumbles doesn't know what happened so we just wanted your expert opinions."

Bella shrugged as she tore into her second plate of bacon, "To hell the old codger, if he doesn't like the fact that you're being proactive against the Dark Lord so be it. Plus he doesn't even need to know about the Horcrux, just say you found that tiara thingy and made the claim.

"On a semi-related note don't be shocked if there's a major counterattack soon just to show that he's still a threat, the fact that he was trying to reclaim a Horcrux for his rejuvenation rite shows how desperate he is feeling right now. I know now that you retrieved the locket Lucius failed to acquire but the LeStrange vault was emptied by my ex the second Sirius divorced us so he has the one that was put in my charge."

Grinning Lilly nodded to her mentor, "I know the other one and even Tom is going to be hesitant to go after it, that ring has enough wards around it to make a Goblin paranoid. Despite my Death's insistence I go after it first I think it will be the last I go after, there's simply too many protections."

Sirius spoke up, "Don't forget he could just make more, from what you two...three have told me he isn't exactly stable right now, he might go full crazy and forge thirteen of the damn abominations."

All three witches shuddered in sync at this thought, Bella spoke up first, "Lets...lets hope it doesn't reach that point shall we?"

Hermione and Lilly nodded to her at this and finished their meals. Eventually the dysfunctional family ended back up in the living room, Lilly and Bella began playing on the Super Nintendo as Hermione grilled Sirius for information on becoming an animagus. It was honestly, really, the most relaxing day any of the four had experienced in years.

After a few hours the pair of witches left their odd mentors behind and they apparated back into their shared room in the Gryffindor dorms, smirking Hermione pushed Lilly into her bed then straddled the ravenette woman. Casting binding and silencing charms on the curtains she shrugged off her robes and shirt in one motion, her bra followed quickly after that, Lilly for her part followed suit and in a moment both young women were near naked. Smirking Hermione tossed Lilly's glasses aside as she slithered up her body and in moments their breasts had been firmly pressed against each other.

Seeing that she actually managed to make her other half blush Hermione cooed, "Oh my, did I actually unsettle the Lady of Slytherin?"

Groaning Lilly shot forward and before she knew it both their knickers where on the ground.

Lightly chewing on her earlobe Hermione shuddered as Lilly whispered, "The things I want to do to you tonight would land me in Azkaban, but lets go slow at first...please? I love you so much, I just..."

Suffice it to say they were both sore and tired in the morning, and for the first time in Hermione's life she was late for class and didn't give a fig in the slightest for it. As the days moved past their mentor relationship with the Blacks solidified as they learned to 'dance' from Bellatrix and cast from Sirius, soon both witches spread the knowledge to their DADA club and gave their friends a fighting chance in the coming war.

Sirius as the DADA professor was amusing, he considered writing essays to be, and Lilly quoted this often "A professor's attempt to masturbate to their own awesomeness." So most of their classes with him were practical, which meant lots of things were blown up on a daily basis.

Hogwarts had never been so brilliant, of course something had to blight the experience.

As the Yule hols rolled forward an uncomfortable situation revealed itself, "Lilly, I want you to meet my parents."

This...was not a social situation the Lady of Slytherin wanted to find herself in, for starters she was dating an only child who happened to be female so she automatically assumed she had to deal with an overprotective father figure. Add to that they were in an obviously gay relationship and you have a formula where a young witch was very aware obliviation spells may be necessary in the near future.

Unfortunately she happened to love and respect her girlfriend so she agreed to it, goddammit. When she had related her annoyance of the situation she found herself in to her Wicked Witch Bellatrix only cackled in turn while wishing her good luck.

Bitch.

Adding to the chaos Sirius had insisted she claim the House of Potter as the family head since as heir to the House of Black she'd have to attend social gatherings anyway so why not do it in style. The turn around on this was her overall value had increased to around three billion quid, suffice it to say she was actively pursued by many a suitor.

So she ended up in a verbal agreement with Luna for her to take Neville on a 'date' to keep up appearances before disappearing on the Hogwarts express with Hermione; and she she guided her love through the thronged masses till they reached the cabin she'd already had warded.

"Good. God. What else are we going to be subjected to before we reach Kings Cross?" Lilly honestly had no response to her lovers questions so she simply pulled the tense witch into her arms and cuddled her for a time, and of course eventually their happy doze was broken as their cabin door was opened.

'Right, forgot to reactivate the wards, damnit,' lamenting this oversight a group of older Slytherin's she didn't recognize entered led by one Theodore Nott, the grim faced blonde glared at the pair of girls with contempt.

"The Dark Lord is very displeased with you, since Malfoy can't be trusted to get the job done its up to use to make you and the little mudblood whore recognize your betters."

Lilly couldn't believe her ears, really she could not. Leaving Hermione at her side Lilly stood and starred at the group of belligerent but obviously uncomfortable teens before splaying her hands out before her.

"This is a taste, round two is up to you idiots," with that she cast the Slytherin family magics she'd researched in the past month, the arcing black lightning electrocuting those stupid enough to stand before her. As the teens screamed in agony Lilly's contempt and arousal rose, no wonder the dark arts were considered a controlled substance, the pleasure she gained from punishing these morons was immeasurable!

After a time a frantic Hermione broke her concentration and she was soon glaring down at a group of smoky agonized fools, "Tell your Lord my response, now sod off before I stop being generous!" The group of cowed snakes ran off as a concerned Hermione starred at her, eventually Lilly calmed and pulled the smaller witch to her lap and began kissing her passionately.

"I can't lose you, please...please always be there for me, please be there to pull me back from the brink... What I could have done to them..."

Smirking despite the situation Hermione returned the kiss as she whispered, "Always love."

Soon their fortress of calm was ruined by Ron and his whingeing, and eventually Gred, Forge, and Ginny joined but rather then bitching about things they couldn't change the deviant trio brought about the conversation on how best to replace the great hall with a burning inferno and or a swamp. This distracted Hermione and intrigued Lilly, destruction of property ranked up there with 'flying with Hermione on a moonlit night' for her, eventually their plans for chaos were interrupted with the train stopping at its yards.

Wishing farewells to her redheaded partners in chaos Lilly followed Hermione to a pair of dignified adults standing beside a current model Mercedes, grinning at her girlfriends parents she introduced herself.

"Hello, Hermione has spoken so highly of the two of you, I am the Lady of three houses, Slytherin, Potter and Black, but please simply call me Lillith, or Lilly if you feel comfortable doing so. I didn't grow up a nob so I find all the pomp to be rather ridiculous you see."

Her grin turning mischievous she added, "And if you could get your daughter to lay off on the dental hygiene regime she insists I follow I'd greatly appreciate it, seriously haven't been able to add honey to my tea since we've become friends."

Over Hermione's indigent shout and the adults laughter Lilly couldn't help but reflect that this might be the best holiday she ever experienced if she played her cards right. Introducing herself to Dan and Emma who insisted she call them 'Mum and Dad' (if only they knew) she helped Hermione put her things in the cars boot before taking position next to her in the back seat, balancing the fragile package meant for the dentist duo on her lap she covertly held Hermione's hand as they were driven to her bushy haired loves home.

"Now don't play this up too much, I want...I want to know how they'll react beforehand...before we spend the hols with them..." Nodding in agreement she held her hand as they made their way into the Granger home.

Eventually as things settled Emma asked, "Not that I mind you bringing a different friend but I was expecting you to ask that Harry you're constantly talking about over, I'd love to meet him!"

Dan Granger's eyes hardened at that as he crossed his arms and nodded, groaning internally at totally calling the over protective dad thing Lilly placed her burden on the table and pealed the paper off it.

"This Mum and dad is a pensieve, its a rare artefact that Lilly spent some rather significant resources to acquire, in short it will let you two view our memories, instead of awkwardly explaining things to you we thought it best to show you, with your permission?"

Both adults looked a bit surprised at their little girls forwardness but nodded, they rarely got the chance to observe the magical world that so absorbed their daughters life and this little taste would help them be closer to her.

Lilly stepped forward with a large glowing jar, "The first memory is what caused my current...situation, after that it will start at first year and move on. It is a mixture of both my and 'Mione's memories but considering the fact she's been at my side since day one it'll make sense, hit the loo and be ready to lose two hours of your life."

Snorting at the ravenettes brusqueness the adults did as requested and waited by the bowl of glowing memories, tapping a few runes Lilly glanced to Hermione, "You might wanna watch this too hon...it'll explain what you missed second year...please don't be too angry with me I didn't want to fight the rudding thing ok?"

The Grangers exchanged glances before looking down into the bowl, after that they knew everything.

For starters they knew that Lilly had been Harry, they knew that their daughter was madly in love with the young woman, and they soon realized that the magical world was not nearly as idealic as they'd been led to believe.

They got to witness first hand their daughter being ostracized up to her first Halloween where an infuriated Harry showed up to take down a troll intent on killing their daughter. They were then treated to the boy counseling the brunette before he headed through the fires alone to face an insane professor and kill him before he retrieved an item that would allow the darkest of wizards to regain his life.

The second year they were able to feel Harry's sense of isolation as everyone thought he was responsible for the injuries to the student body while only Hermione truly believed him, and then they were able to feel his pure rage and hopelessness when their daughter fell to the same petrification.

All three Grangers felt ill as Harry barely survived his encounter with his idiot DADA teacher and the subsequent battle with the Basilisk. Unfortunately unable to turn this feature off they felt Harry's agony as he slowly died from the venom and his sense of satisfaction that the monster of Slytherin would not be able to hurt his Hermione further. Once Fawkes healed Harry with his tears the memory jumped to the meeting with Dumbles and Lucius that caused Dobby to be free.

The Third year was largely skipped over because frankly dementors were abominations and the fewer people who knew about them the better, they got the jist of it though. Sirius was innocent, Moony was a badass paramilitary werewolf, and Harry would crush anyone who got in the way of his friends or family; life lessons some of the Slytherin's who still hadn't grasped this fact despite onsite training.

Their fourth year the Grangers were able to absorb both their daughters and Harry's horror as he was subjected to a tournament he had no desire to participate in, both parents were proud of their little girl standing by her friends side as the entire school abandoned him. After the dragons which left Emma in tears, and the lake which left Dan in a rage, both parents remained silent as the tortured and brutalized Harry appeared before the masses after the third task cradling the dead body of his friend.

After that they received a crash course on what had happened to lead to Harry's sex change and what their daughter had been part off, after a time the glow of the pensieve faded and the parents starred at the two teary eyed witches. Much to both their shock Emma charged forward and grabbed Lilly into a death grip as Dan did the same to Hermione.

As one both adults cried while Dan sobbed out, "I'm so proud of you dear, so proud of you..."crying herself now Hermione returned the hug.

Lilly for her part was already sobbing holding onto Emma, outside of Hermione and Sirius no one had hugged her like this before and it broke the dam so to speak.

After a time the hugs released and the tears were cleared, in the awkward silence Lilly said, "Dobby?" With a pop the tuxedo bedecked elf appeared before his mistress bowing lightly, "Tea and biscuits for four please." Nodding and smiling the elf momentarily disappeared and then reappeared carrying the requested items, placing them on the table the happy elf asked a question.

"Is Dobby supposed to be stealing all tea and biscuits from Headmaster Whiskers still Mistress Lilly?"

Choosing to ignore the fact that the little elf still wouldn't drop the 'Mistress' honorific Lilly nodded, "Of course, and the service is excellent as always thank you. Oh and please remember to tell Winky to keep up her drunk act when dealing with the old codger, no need letting him know shes on the up and up yeah?"

A slight smile gracing his lips Dobby gave her one of his jaunty salutes and vanished. Smirking she began sipping her tea and grinned in appreciation, she loved a good earl gray. As the Granger couple and their daughter discussed her...situation with Lilly she simply remained quiet and enjoyed her drink, eventually a consensus was met and the pair of adults decided to address her.

"So...you're in love with my daughter..." Staring at Dan Granger was not difficult, for starters he wasn't a three story tall dragon and he was a rather attractive brunette much like his wife. That helped a lot really.

Nodding Lilly sipped her tea before she replied, "I'd burn most of the British isles to the the ground to keep her safe, she's my one true friend and love, and nothing could keep me from her. On that note she's also the singularly most terrifying witch seen in centuries so my interference is largely unwanted and unneeded."

Hermione snorted at this but it caused both parents to smirk in pride, finishing her tea Lilly stood and bowed to Dan directly, "I, the Lady Lillith Alice Potter-Slytherin-Black do so bequest to court your daughter the Lady Hermione Jean Granger-Ravenclaw and do so swear to physically or politically destroy anyone or anything that has the foolish notion to threaten your daughter, so mote it be."

It only took a gasp from Hermione and a flash of light for Dan and Emma to fully graspe what the young witch had just sworn to.

Not fully comfortable with the gay thing but fully understanding what the oath would cost the young woman Dan nodded, "So mote it be," the flash of light was blinding.

After that Emma was grinning, "So who wants dinner? We already have reservations so why don't we get to know our daughters significant other a bit better over a good meal and wine?" Both her grumpier half and the teenage witches smiled in response.

Lillith and Hermione sat in silence in the back of the Granger's Mercedes as Dan meandered through the late afternoon traffic, both young women lost in thought, eventually Hermione cast a privacy charm then broke the silence which caused her lover to grimace. "So...that oath..."

Rolling her eyes Lilly kept her gaze on the passing traffic, "Not that big of a deal, it was worded in such a way that I'd only go after threats to you, plus the lovely loophole of the fact you cannot make magical oaths to muggles helps as well."

Pausing Hermione looked confused before she violently whispered, "You played my parents?!" Glancing over to the bushy haired brunette Lilly kept her gaze a few moments before sighing, out her reply."

Can I honestly say anything right now that wouldn't make matters worse, seriously?"

Hermione was chagrined to admit she had to bite off making a 'Sirius' joke there before responding, "Why would you find it necessary to lie to my parents straight out of the gate?"

Lilly resisted the urge to roll her eyes again as she responded, "Because your dad practically screamed over protective even when I was only running my passive legilmency on the room, not to mention both your parents are dentists who I inherently distrust. Anyone who gets their jollies drilling into other people's heads automatically earns my ire."

Hermione was about to snap back before she paused and sighed, "You're having one on me right now aren't you?"

Grinning Lilly waggled her brows in response, huffing Hermione eventually just asked her original question, "You played them right?"

Lilly remained quiet before sighing again, "Yes and no, I meant the oath but it isn't binding. Remember what I told you earlier this month? My Founders magic makes me inclined to manipulate people, its just second nature to me at this point. As for it being binding, Hermione? I'm fifteen, you're sixteen, we literally have our entire lives ahead of us, do you honestly think I'd blindly bind my magic to an agreement I made before I even got out of school?

"Your parents think you're safer now, they're not going to be hounding us the entire hols to be safe or other contrite crap especially after they got a crash course on how bloody dangerous that school is! Enjoy the fact that my duplicity has given us a modicum of freedom and leave it at that ok?"

As much as Hermione wanted to be enraged she couldn't manage it, Lilly hadn't out and out lied and the more she reviewed the situation the more annoyed with herself she got over not catching the details.

Eventually holding her forehead she sighed deeply, "You didn't use a wand, silent wandless lumos?"

Snorting Lilly's lips curled into a smirk and simply replied with an "Of course."

Shaking her head Hermione turned her eyes out the window again as she thought up her response, eventually she just sighed in exasperation and removed her seat belt sidling closer to Lilly to wrap the young woman in a hug.

"All right...I get why you did it, you probably bypassed two weeks of fretting, just try to reel it in love ok?"

Smirking Lilly gave her a quick peck on the cheek before responding, "Honey, its my nature to manipulate, while I still have my 'saving people thing' as you put it the sorting hat did try to place me in Slytherin first. I will make a tentative promise to you though, I'll never try to consciously manipulate you or anyone you tell me to trust. No witches oath or any of that, just a promise from your girlfriend, ok?"

Hermione frowned as she worried her lower lip but eventually she nodded, resting her head on Lilly's shoulder lost in thought the emerald eyed young lady watched the blue flecked gaze of her lover with wry affection. Before they'd been, *ahem* bonded the brunette would never have given in that quickly. Huzzah for a satisfied sex drive bypassing hours of needless bickering!

She would never let her girlfriend's father know this of course, she liked breathing, obviously.

As the car came to a stop Lilly recognized the venue as a higher end French style restaurant, the Grangers were obviously better off then expected but they were both doctor's of a sort so she shouldn't have been surprised. As they exited the vehicle there was a brief bark as a snowy white owl landed on the cars boot, Hedwig gave Lilly an indignant glare before offering up her foot with a large envelope attached to it.

Snorting Lilly took the parcel then placed the miffed owl on her shoulder while casting a disillusionment on her, "Sorry girl didn't mean to leave you at home like that. Come on I'll sneak you in so you can confuse the muggles by ganking their food."

Hedwig let out an amused bark at this so Lilly walked towards the entrance while Hermione pushed her befuddled parents forward.

Pulling up to Lilly's side she quietly muttered, "Do you have to roll your hips like that? Its...distracting..." Lilly snorted while Hedwig clacked her beak in amusement, locking gazes with her girlfriends familiar Hermione eventually shook her head in faux disapproval.

"You are really going to let your sentient magic owl friend terrorize a restaurant full of stuck up snobs for a free meal aren't you?"

Grinning with a mischievous glint in her eyes (which she'd placed a glamour on to keep down the glowing, no need to freak out the normals) Lilly quipped what was fast becoming her personal mantra, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good."

Trying to look disapproving but failing miserably Hermione just followed the group into the restaurant and took her seat, Lilly then managed to stun Dan and Emma by fluently speaking French to the waiter requesting a bottle of wine and hors d'oeuvres.

Grinning once again with a mischievous lilt Lilly shooed Hedwig to go cause chaos as she cracked open the owls delivered envelope, groaning she slid her chair closer to Hermione so she could read the letter.

Her parents looked on in polite interest as she let out an annoyed sigh, "Another board meeting? I thought you subcontracted the goblins specifically to avoid this sort of thing?"

Grunting Lilly kept her eyes on the sheaf of parchment as she continued reading, "Yeah I did but the little guys aren't allowed to enact major purchases and transfers without my direct consent. Glad the Slytherin vault wasn't set up like the Potters, the amount of interest I earned from their investments makes up 37% of my net worth. Christ this is annoying, I hope Moony gets back from whatever errand he's running in Russia soon, I hired him to take care of this for a reason."

Hermione huffed and took a sip of her wine, looking back at the documents she then asked, "What is he doing in Russia anyway?"

At that Lilly twirled a manicured finger in the air, "Who knows, this is Uncle Remus we're talking about here. He could be enriching some capitalist proletariat's buying up cold war era weapons, scoring a key of Colombian white, or getting some really good borscht, all I know is I need his furry butt here so I can get back to being a lazy boarding school student."

Dan snorted at this, "Interesting company you keep young lady," glancing above the papers meeting her girlfriends fathers eyes Lilly blinked then nodded her agreement.

"Dan, you have no idea, as it stands I'm going to have to go to Gringotts tomorrow, which while not earth shattering it is annoying, sometimes being filthy rich is very irritating."

The adults exchanged a glance while Hermione let out an amused snort, "Yes love when you were dirt poor far fewer people were interested in your portfolio."

Before anything else could be said the waiter returned and took all their orders, eventually a comfortable silence overtook the table as Hermione's parents observed the two young women leafing through the stack of legal documents. Eventually their meals arrived which caused Lilly to let out a pleased predators growl when her gigot d'agneau pleureur was placed before her.

She took a sip of her red wine with every bite of lamb savoring the flavor, Hermione for her part had gone with a bowl of bouillabaisse as Fluer had once suggested but she drank her white wine less enthusiastically then her iron livered girlfriend.

As the pleasant dinner conversation wound down Emma finally asked what was on her mind, "Lilly I don't mean to pry but exactly how well off are you? I know its a bit faux pas but you've really piqued my curiosity."

Smiling widely Lilly shook her hand unoffended, "Oh don't worry about it, not trying to be mysterious or anything just annoyed. The Slytherin vaults I acquired through conquest and the Potter through inheritance, technically the Black vaults will be mine as well but I'm honestly hoping Papa Padfoot finds a ladytype that'll pop out a few cousin's for me to dote on."

Looking to Hermione she than asked, "What's my net worth right now my lovely Goldkeeper? Not counting Pad's stuff?"

Hermione flipped out a small notepad and leafed through its pages, eventually she replied, "As of two days ago your liquid assets were 5.4 billion pounds sterling, or 54 million galleons, net worth including properties and annual interests is on the upper end of 13 billion pounds sterling or 130 million galleons, I don't have any info on the Black accounts on me though."

Nodding Lilly turned back to her meal as the Granger couple stared at the teen girls in shock, it took a few minutes for Lilly to notice their vacant looks before she sputtered out, "Wha-what's wrong?"

Dan coughed lightly then asked, "Are you trying to tell me you are a multi-billionaire?"

Nodding slowly as she took another dainty sip of wine Lilly smiled meekly in reply, "Err, yeah, kinda? I honestly grew up dirt poor and have no real concept of money as something other then a war resource, so I don't mean to be blase about my wealth it just doesn't really mean much to me other then being a means to end. And well...that end involves my enemies being dead, the magical world being brought to 20th century standards and my loved ones taken care of for life."

Smirking at her brunette better half she eventually snarked, "Although I have the strangest feeling someone is going to be demanding a personal library at some point so its a damn good thing I have the means for it." The Grangers laughed as Hermione blushed while chiding her for swearing again, all was good with the world.

Eventually an incredibly pleased Hedwig landed on the table with a porter house steak in her talons, the group watched in near mystification as the snowy white owl devoured the slab of bloody meat in less then a minute. Proving that she wasn't a proper lady Lilly's familiar belched then landed on her pet human's shoulder, before long she passed out occasionally clacking her beak in contentment.

Stroking the hyper sated owls head in amusement Lilly turned back to the Grangers, "Here's the thing, I literally fell into most of this, I'm just a normal person with a rather jaded outlook on life. Hermione keeps me honest and I love her for that on top of everything else she does for me."

At that Lilly snorted a bit while rolling her eyes, "Not like she needs me to spoil her now that she claimed her birthright anyhow," silence fell around the table as the adults both looked at Hermione questioningly.

Shrinking in on herself the young lady in question let out a small "eep" under the scrutiny, holding her face in both hands Lilly groaned into her palms before continuing, "You didn't tell them?"

Hermione shook her head in the negative and took a few moments to gather her courage, finally she said, "Mum, Dad, I am now the Lady Granger-Ravenclaw, it ends up that somewhere on mum's side a none magical born to the Ravenclaw line joined the muggle world and eventually led to me.

"Technically speaking we're British Magical Nobility..." That opened the floodgates, Lilly lost track of the scary intelligent families conversation so she simply pet her owl and finished her lovely dinner, some sort of consensus was met so the family eventually paid for their meal and left. The next day the Grangers drove the couple back to Diagon Alley despite the girls insistence that they could apparate the lot of them there in an instant, a wasted few hours later the quartet entered the goblin bank of Gringotts.

It was as she expected, completely boring and largely unnecessary for her to be there other then to sign her name, damn did she hate blood quills. The one plus side to this little lark was that she finally got around to withdrawing both the Slytherin and Potter family grimoirs, many of the spells in her recently acquired summoning book cross referenced with them so it was for the best.

She and Hermione poured through the books over the next couple of days, most of the spells were terrifyingly complex and required quite a bit of power to get off the ground, be it through sex, blood, or sacrificial magic.

Lillith couldn't help but reflecting on how amazing it was to be her, and how much her previous persona would approve of her new outlook on life.

This took four and a half hours of editing and I'm sure I missed many things...please review...