Hey, so here's one of the stories that I have been working on. I just suddenly felt like writing this one a few days ago and now I'm on chapter five, I'm not entirely sure where it all came from to be honest. It's my safety blanket crossed over with Glee, obviously, and I hope you all enjoy

I do have to warn you though that for this story quite a bit of HP-canon has been altered, so if you are confused and want to find out more about that then just ask me. I will be putting that all up as just a Harry Potter story at some point, I just need to get around to writing it

I have never written any Glee fanfiction before and I haven't actually watched it in a while (I'm changing that right now though!) so my characterisation will probably be off, I'm warning you. I hope it isn't too bad and that you won't all hate me too much for that... They only start to appear around chapter three though, so you never know, I may have a beta by then who can help me point out when it gets too bad and put them back on track, maybe. I'll think about it.

Oh! I do not own Harry Potter, Glee or any songs that may pop up! There's your disclaimer that I so nearly forgot!

Hope you all enjoy it and let's kick things off...

20 August, 2010;

England:

It had been three weeks since the war had ended and Nora was feeling trapped.

She had been walking around the Tonks' house like a ghost, simply going through all of the motions and she needed to get out!

Everywhere she looked there seemed to be a reminder of what had happened – of what they had lost to that snake-faced bastard. The living room was where Uncle Ted showed her the brilliant world that was comic books; where she often cuddled up to her uncle while they watched a movie that her Aunt Andy or older sister normally only humoured him for. The back garden was where she would play with her 'dogfather' in his dog form, just so that he could have that bit of freedom. Even her own bedroom was haunted, echoes of days spent with the girl who had become her older sister over the years. If she closed her eyes then she swore that she could still hear Dora's familiar laugh bouncing around the room once more.

It was all haunted and she did not know how to escape it! She knew it was just as bad for her Aunt Andy as well; it was why she always made sure to keep her hair the natural black while her aunt was around. She did not want to be one big reminder of the woman's real daughter who often changed her own hair to bright colours.

With a sigh Nora dragged her eyes away from the photos the lined the wall – each one a punch to the gut as the occupants smiled and laughed away to themselves, unaware that half of them were currently dead. She had to stop this! She had to get away from here…

Nora's eyes widened as she fastened onto that thought – get away. Would it really be that simple? Could she even manage that?

Moving quicker than she had in a while Nora headed up the stairs and to her room – she pushed past the memories that always came up, grabbed a notebook and pen from her desk and then jumped on her bed.

With a flick of her hand she had the notebook open and had started to write down a list of what getting away would require.

-Away from magic – muggle world then.
-UK, too many reminders. Too close.
-English speaking would be best – French is not the best still, too close anyway.
-America? YES!
-Somewhere quiet? Not a city.
-Problem – AGE! Have to start Muggle School again?
-Problem – GUARDIANSHIP! Possibly get AA to sign something? Emancipate?
-Need muggle papers – get the goblins to forge some school records and such?
-What to tell people...

Nora nibbled on the end of her pen as she frowned at the page, surely Aunt Andy would agree in the end – it would make so many things easier on the two of them.

Standing up from her bed with the notebook in hand, she decided it would probably be best to get Aunt Andy in on the plan before plotting her escape any further.

With that decided Nora headed downstairs to where she could hear Aunt Andy moving around the kitchen.

"Aunt Andy?" she called when she reached the room, standing awkwardly in the doorframe in a way that she hadn't since that very first summer at the Tonks' house.

"Yes, Eleanor?" the older black-haired woman turned around to face her adopted daughter.

Nora barely suppressed the wince at being called by her real first name – she did not like being called it but Aunt Andy had hardly called her 'Nora' since the war had ended, since Dora had-

She shook her head slightly to clear those thoughts, making herself focus on the here and now.

"I want to get away," she said simply as she placed her notebook down on the counter between them, her eyes downcast and shoulders slumped. She paused for a moment but when her aunt did not reply she carried on, twisting her hands together as she tried to explain. "I want to leave here for a bit, get away from things. I mean- it's not that I want to leave you, I don't! I just- It's here. All of it, it's too much. And I don't think I can go back to Hogwarts. I want to escape for a bit, be normal." Nora peeked up at her guardian from under her fringe, trying to see how she was going to take it.

Andromeda's eyes softened slightly as the young girl rambled on, she reached one hand out to stop her fidgeting hands, the other going to Nora's chin to make her look up at her.

"I can understand, sweetie," she whispered. She did not want to lose her adopted daughter as well but she really could understand the young girls need to get away, especially since all the rest of the wizarding world seemed to want to badger her and know what she was doing twenty-four seven. How could she be expected to try to carry on with her life and learn to deal with the loses when people would not leave her alone? Yes, Andromeda had definitely seen something like this coming; she only wished that it would not.

"You can?" Nora asked quietly, her eyes wide. Even at sixteen, right then she reminded Andromeda so much of the lost little eleven year old that she had first met, a little girl only looking for some reassurance.

"Of course I can," Andromeda murmured, offering her a small, sad smile. "Now, tell me what you have thought of so far."

Nora quickly picked up her notebook and grabbed her Aunt Andy's hand, dragging the taller woman over to the kitchen table and taking a seat.

"I don't have much yet, I thought it was best if I got your help first," she said, letting Andromeda sit down before she pushed the now open notebook towards her. "It's only a couple of points, I'm sure that there's more to do, but... that's all I have."

She watched, nibbling on her bottom lip, as Aunt Andy read through her meagre amount of notes.

"The muggle world would be best, you're right there," Andromeda murmured as she read through it, barely holding in a snort after a couple of lines, "Definitely nowhere French for you, I can still remember those nightmare lessons."

"I wasn't that bad," Nora muttered, though her aunt just ignored her.

"As much as I hate to think of you that far away, somewhere in America would work the finest for you. Actually… I think, if I am remembering right, then you should own some property over there. I can remember cousin Sirius mentioning it when we were discussing your finances. One was a house in New York and I believe he was talking about passing on a small apartment somewhere in Ohio to you, I can't remember exactly where; we would have to ask the goblins."

Nora looked up at her with big eyes, her hair slowly gaining more of a purple tint as she started to get excited. "You would really let me go that far away?"

"If this is what it takes to give you time to heal, then I can live with it," Andromeda slowly nodded, "But I want you to call on the mirrors at least every two days and if you ever need me then I am right here, okay?"

"Okay," she nodded, trying not to think of the last time that she had called her on the mirrors. "When can we go see the goblins?" Nora asked, hoping to get everything sorted out quickly.

"I suppose, since you will probably end up going to a muggle school then we should get it sorted for the new school year," Andromeda said after a moment's thought, "We can go this afternoon, so long as Teddy is settled."

Later the same day that is exactly what they did – they packed a bag for Teddy and then they were off through the floo.

As soon as the occupants of the Leaky Cauldron (where they arrived through the floo) realised just who had entered, they all fell silent and stared at her.

With a feeling of dread settling in her stomach, Nora had a flash back of the first time she had entered this same pub when she was eleven.

She was extremely glad that she had Aunt Andy with her this time around – the former Black managed to get them out of there quick enough that they did not even manage to disturb Teddy. Aunt Andy had super powers, she was sure of it – well, she had joked about that enough with Uncle Ted anyway.

Finally the small family found themselves at Gringotts and Nora had never been happier to see the marble walls – at least within the bank she would not get openly stared at as much.

Nora followed behind her guardian, keeping her head down and her hair a normal colour in an attempt to not be spotted by any nosy witches or wizards. It would be safe to say that she failed – she was sure that people had spells in place specifically to spot her; she was not just being paranoid!

The family of three (it should have been bigger than that!) quietly waited in line until a goblin was free – it seemed that the little creatures were being kept busy by wizards trying to get back to normal and rebuild.

Finally they stepped up to a free counter and Nora stole her adorable godson (she had most definitely put him in a teddy bear onesie again) from his grandmother so that the woman could deal with the goblin.

It did not take them as long as she thought it would to end up sat in a goblins office, apparently Ripshaw was only in charge of the Potter, Black, and Tonks accounts though, so he had not had much to do. She really should have paid more attention when Aunt Andy and Sirius were trying to talk her through her accounts.

"Mrs Tonks, Miss Potter, to what do I owe this visit?" the goblin began as soon as the two witches had sat down.

Nora knew better than to try to ask the goblin for help herself, she was smart enough to realise that she would just make a mess of everything and so left the talking to Aunt Andy for now. She was fine holding Teddy.

"I am sure you are aware of the attention that Eleanor has on her lately," the goblin nodded and so Andromeda carried on talking straight away, "the problem, however, is that it is not giving her a chance to deal with everything that has happened to her over the years. As such, she wishes to get away for a while and I am in support of this idea. We were hoping that you could help with setting up some paperwork for her within the muggle world and checking to see what properties are owned, between the two of us, in America."

"I believe that can be done. Will it just be Miss Potter who shall be leaving, or will you and the young one be keeping her company?" the goblin asked as he started to pull out some paperwork.

"Just Eleanor, so something needs to be set up for her attending a school and living by herself." Andromeda more than knew that Nora could look after herself fine, but she was still a bit worried about her living on her own.

"You will want security wherever she decides to live then, I assume," Ripshaw said, almost absentmindedly as he pulled out property lists. "You have three options then, Miss Potter, unless you are thinking of buying something new."

He passed the list over to Andromeda who glanced through before holding them out for Nora to see.

"As you can see, between the three family accounts you have access to a four bedroom house in Brooklyn, New York, a single bedroom apartment in Lima, Ohio, and a three bedroom house in San Francisco which I believe needs a bit of work done on it."

"Can we see about getting the one in San Francisco fixed up? Not that I want to move there, I think the apartment sounds better at the moment." Nora said after a moment's thought. She positioned Teddy so that she was holding him with one arm before reaching out to pull out some pictures along with a floor plan of the apartment. "Would it be possible to knock in some of the walls though and making it one large room and a bathroom? I think it would be perfect if it was just more... open."

Ripshaw nodded slightly as he summoned the files back to his desk, "I am sure that we can arrange for that to happen. Is there a date that you would like to be moving over?"

"As soon as I can, I want to be there for starting school," Nora said with a quick glance over to Andromeda.

Her aunt flashed a reassuring smile at her before turning to Ripshaw, "Eleanor will need to be set up to start at a local school too, but obviously she has not had a formal education in the muggle world for a while. Now, I do not want her too far away from people her own age, but would it be possible to have her set to enter the year below she normally would?"

"We can arrange for that," the goblin answered without even a moment's pause.

Her aunt definitely knew how to get a goblin working how she wanted.

Nora watched as her guardian and the goblin went back and forth, only occasionally adding into the arrangements but otherwise it was like she was not needed.

Teddy woke up about half an hour into the meeting, so Nora at least had something to keep her occupied. She was so glad that the little Metamorphmagus was such a good baby (she was sure that made Aunt Andy happy too), all she had to do to keep him fairly quiet was cycle her hair through different colours. Teddy loved his colours it seemed.

She kissed his nose as she turned her hair blue to match the colour that he was normally settled on.

"Nora?"

She looked up in surprise when she heard her name, her hair automatically jumping to purple.

Her aunt looked slightly amused as she nodded her head towards the door, obviously that was not the first time her name had been called.

"We're finished here for now, Ripshaw is arranging for your paperwork and to have someone sent to the apartment to alter it as you wished."

"Right, leaving," Nora blushed slightly as she stood up, quickly following her aunt to the door. She turned around as she reached it and flashed a smile to Ripshaw, "Thanks for the help today, Ripshaw!" she said before she followed her aunt out.

Andromeda settled some paperwork into her bag before she took Teddy from Nora.

"Ripshaw assured me that we should have you ready to move within four days so is there anything else you might need within the alley before we head home? I have some furniture magazines at home that you can look through for decorating ideas."

Nora thought about it for a moment, her hands automatically starting to fidget as she nods her head. "There is something, yeah. Before the war kicked off fully D- we promised that I would another piercing done at some point, so I want to get that done the magical way while I can. And… there's something else that I've wanted to do as well and that can't be done in the muggle world. I may need your permission though."

"Nora, dear, you're rambling again," Aunt Andy said, her amused smile causing Nora to blush once more. "Why don't we head to get your piercing done – and I really hope that this will be the last one – and you can tell me what else you want to do."

Nora nodded her head before she led her aunt out of Gringotts and to one of the alleys that leads off from Diagon Alley.

"Actu Alley, it has been a while since I have been down here," Andromeda mused as she followed her adopted daughter.

The two came to a stop outside a small shop labelled 'Instant Ink', "This is where I came last time and, well, while I was here it gave me an idea that has only grown since. I wanted something to honour my parents originally but I've had a better idea since. I know you may not exactly approve, but it would mean a lot to me…" Nora trailed off once she had realised that she was starting to ramble again.

"You want a tattoo, don't you?" Andromeda said after a minute of silence. She watched as Nora slowly nodded her head before humming. "If you are one hundred percent sure and it is not too large, then I will agree. I want to see it first though."

Nora's head shot up to look at the older woman, her face clearly showing how shocked her aunt's answer had her. "You're the best!" she grinned before pulling Andromeda into the shop.

Nora walked straight up to the counter and rang the bell there while her Aunt looked over the various pictures on the walls. She only had to wait a minute before a familiar face appeared from the back and she was extremely glad that it was a familiar face. She was not sure what she would have done if it was someone that she did not know and they treated her like… well, the girl-who-lived.

"Nora! Good to see you again! What will it be?"

That was what she loved about Peter, he treated everyone the same and always got straight to work.

"I'm wanting those last piercings done of course, Pete!" she grinned up at him as she tucked her hair behind her left ear and flicked where she wanted pierced.

"We agreed three in a row, right? Helix piercings, if I'm remembering right." He hummed as he leant on the counter.

"Don't you always?"

"Only for my best girls," he replied straight away, a cheeky grin on his face.

"Every girl that walks in then," she returned without a pause.

"Nora, you wound me!" Peter gasped, placing a hand over his heart.

The two laughed for a moment before his expression sobered and he straightened up, "I was sorry to hear about Tonks, she was always a laugh."

Nora nodded her head slightly in agreement (her sister was certainly that) as she looked down at the counter, "That kind of brings me to the second thing that I'm after actually…"

Peter adopted a slightly amused smile once more, easily figuring out that she does not yet want to talk about Dora Tonks and accepting the slight change of subject. "This wouldn't have anything to do with you eyeing up my drawings last time you were here, would it?"

"Maybe?" Nora said, both of them knowing that was exactly it.

"I see you have your adult with you, so what will it be, short-stuff?"

"I'm not short," she answered automatically, before quickly adding on, "Do you have any spare parchment?"

Pete passed her a piece of parchment from under the counter; curious on what she is going to do. Of course he completely ignores her denying her height. Nora was short and everyone knew it.

Nora flicked her wand into her hand from the invisible holster on her arm as she pulled the parchment closer to her. She placed the tip of her wand so that it was hovering right above the paper as she concentrated on exactly what she wanted. Her tongue poked out between her lips slightly as he eyebrows furrowed, what she was attempting was a hard method but it would be worth it.

Dean Thomas had taught her in fourth year and it had always taken all of her concentration. The idea was that if you had your wand a certain distance from the parchment and traced it along the area that you wanted your drawing while focusing completely on exactly what you want drawn then your magic would work with you and place it on the parchment. It was only temporary though, which was why most people never bothered to learn – too much effort for something that would vanish. Dean of course just wanted to learn anything and everything that had to do with his art and Nora had needed a distraction.

Peter watched as the small sixteen-year old focused her whole attention on what she was doing, her wand leaving behind sparks of magic and slow forming lines of ink. He would admit that he was not expecting her to do that.

It took her just over five minutes before she had the idea down of what she wanted and when she did she pulled her wand away with a pleased smile before she pushed the parchment back over to Pete.

"Think you can do it?" she asked as she fiddled with her wand.

Peter looked over the drawing and slowly nodded his head – it was rather beautiful, he would admit. "Of course I can, short-stuff."

He glanced up to see Andromeda wandering over, looking curious. He nudged the parchment over, "What d'ya think? She got permission for this?"

Andromeda looked over the image of a lily done in bubble-gum pink and black, the words 'Aug 2010' swirling around the outside, before a sad smile appeared on her face.

"I think it's lovely, Nora. You can have it done."

Nora let out a relieved breath before she nodded to Pete. "Let's get this all done then."

One of the things that Nora truly loved about magic was how much easier it made things, with the use of magic tattoos could be done quickly, painlessly, and without all of the after-care. It was much the same for piercings too, hence why she was able to walk out of Pete's shop half an hour later with three new piercings done and a bandage on her left shoulder blade that she would only need to keep covered for another hour.

Yes, magic certainly was an amazing tool.

So, that's chapter one. I've got a few more written out and waiting to be posted, so expect another within a week. I am trying to stay about three chapters ahead of you all though. Glee characters, as I said, only start to appear around chapter three, so let Nora have a chance to get into the country first!

I'm looking forward to your thoughts so far, if you have any!

I will ask though, if you have any song recommendations that you would like Nora and the glee club to sing, then send them to me! That's one thing that I struggle with, settling on songs! I'm currently trying to pick a song for Nora and somebody to sing in the glee episode 'Duets', so hint-hint!

Hope you all enjoyed it!