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".

A few specks of her purple magic landed on the front of the book then Dahlia nodded down to it and Hermione opened it to see the inscription inside, "To Hermione, thank you for being my best friend and for always being there for me. You're the smartest witch of our age, I hope this helps you, love Dahlia".

Hermione smiled at Dahlia before she turned the pages and saw spells and potions she had never heard of. Dahlia said, "spells, potions, enchantments, all lost over the years. Don't worry, I haven't given you any that are illegal just ones that the wizarding world seemed to have forgotten. You want to be the best witch you can be, so be it".

Hermione hugged Dahlia with one arm and said, "thank you".

When she pulled back, she then brought out a small box and said to Hermione, "I also thought you should be the guardian of this. It's a messenger box. Basically, I have one that's linked to this so if you want to send me a letter while I'm on Niflheim, you just put the letter inside and tap it with your wand and the letter disappears and appears in my box and same when I send you a letter. That way we can still talk". She glanced to the twins and said, "and anyone who wants to write to me can send the letters to you".

Hermione placed the box in front of her and put the book on top of it and said, "I will".

Dahlia then brought out two scrolls out of her bag and looked to the twins as she held one in each as she said, "pick, left or right first".

The twins looked to one another before they said together, "right".

Dahlia handed the right one over and they quickly opened it. The boys frowned as they read what was written so Dahlia explained, "it's a prank product from my father".

Their eyes widened, and they quickly began to read as fast as they could while Hermione protested, "'Lia!"

"What?" Dahlia shrugged, "I stopped my father from teaching them personally, but they deserve at least one prank. In my defence, I had to turn down the first twenty ideas because I thought they were too dangerous, or they would scare someone to death. This one is acceptable".

"What is it?" Hermione asked the twins.

"This is great," Fred said as he stared down at the parchment.

"Amazing," George said.

"He really is a god".

"Only he would think of this".

Hermione went to reach for it to see but they quickly scrolled it back up and George tucked it into his robes as Fred said, "all will be revealed." He then gestured to the other scroll Dahlia had and asked excited, "is that another?"

She shook her head and handed it to them as they were less enthusiastic but more curious now. They opened it up and both boys froze before they looked to Dahlia shocked, "this is..."

Hermione looked between them and asked, "what?"

Dahlia answered with a smile, "it's the deeds to the shop they've been looking at buying in Diagon Alley. I know you both have been saving up for years for it and the money I gave you last year for the tournament was a big part of it. It was your start up fund. I had a talk with the goblins when they were at the camp and we came to an agreement...the shop is yours, no cost".

Fred shook his head and sighed, "you paid for it".

Dahlia gave a slight shrug, "well my sister did, and we didn't pay the full amount. They seemed all too happy to provide the deeds to the shop for very little because of the whole losing my mum's will and they seemed very happy with the prospect of doing business with my sister when she hinted that she might do business in future with them".

George shook his head and said, "we can't, it's too much".

Dahlia let off a small laugh and said, "it's really not. My sister made a point and said that loyal friends are hard to come by, especially when they know the truth. The three of you walked into the camp as if it was nothing, as if it was normal, you accepted that part of my life. It's hard to find friends like that. Besides, depending on your stocks and profit, it would have taken you years to pay off any loan you got. This way, you can start off the shop owning it fully without debt and no investors telling you what to do. Number 93 Diagon Alley is yours".

The twins just looked at one another surprised that someone would do that for them. They shouldn't have been too surprised at Dahlia as she was one of the only people who could tell them apart, even when members of their own family couldn't. They weren't prefects like all their other brothers, they didn't have the perfect grades like Percy, they weren't the oldest or youngest, they were just the middle children. Dahlia was giving them what they dreamed of when people like their mother discouraged their dreams and wanted them to live a simple life working for the Ministry. Dahlia knew what it was like to be different, to stand out when those around you looked down on you, of course she would do more than encourage them when she had the opportunity and funds to do so.

"Thank you," Fred said slightly quiet, full of emotion and not fully processing it.

Dahlia smirked, "can we stop with all the emotion you look like you're both about to cry".

George ignored that and said, "anything you want, you or your family, anything in the shop, you get it for free".

Dahlia opened her mouth to object, but Fred beat her to it, "we're not taking no for an answer".

Dahlia sighed in defeat before she nodded but someone said behind her, "Miss Lokidottir". They all looked to see that it was Professor McGonagall looking confused and slightly concerned, "I thought you would be at the camp".

Dahlia smiled, trying to hide how ashamed she was that her professor saw the state she was in that morning and said, "all healed. Dad said I could come and have dinner here".

McGonagall frowned and asked quietly, "am I to expect an empty bed tonight or in the morning?"

Dahlia shook her head knowing her professor thought they would be leaving but she answered, "no. we are going back but we're not just going to disappear. They found my mum's will," this seemed to gather McGonagall's attention as her eyes widened slightly. Dahlia continued, "tomorrow morning at 11am. You can come if you like, technically you are my legal guardian and I don't know if I need permission to be there or anything from my guardian".

Professor McGonagall nodded and said, "I will be there...we will discuss everything later". Dahlia only managed to give a small nod to the professor before she walked away, and Dahlia knew the professor wanted to talk a lot more but not about the will.

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Dinner went better than expected, there were still a few looks and whispers and Ron was glaring at her half the time, but it seemed some people had moved on and had better things to talk about than Dahlia and her family. Dahlia talked and hanged out with her friends in the Gryffindor tower for a few hours then told them she had to leave, not because of curfew but because she still had to speak to one more person. Hagrid. The man who had introduced her back into the wizarding world, the first man who had showed her genuine kindness and seemed to truly care about her. He was a true friend and had always empathized with her situation as he was half giant half wizard, an orphan, they were both different from the wizarding normalities.

Now, however, Dahlia hadn't spoken to Hagrid since before the big reveal and when she had seen him around, something else came up or was happening and she couldn't talk to him. She didn't want to leave without talking to her first friend in the wizarding world, letting him believe his friendship meant nothing and that she wasn't grateful. She walked her way to the hut and while Tonks knew Hagrid and his lovable nature, Dahlia had to warn Akio that despite Hagrid's large size and the fact that he was a member of the Order, he meant no harm to her and would only ever attack someone if threatened.

As she made her way to his hut, she saw smoke coming from the chimney then she knocked on the door and a second later, it opened, and Hagrid stood there. "Dahlia," he said surprised.

"Hi, Hagrid," she said with a slight wave and a smile, "can we talk?"

Hagrid took a moment before he nodded and gestured inside and said, "come in". Dahlia walked inside but Akio and Tonks stayed outside, and Tonks said a quick hello before Hagrid closed the door. He walked to the table where Dahlia had sat and said, "jus' makin' some tea. Wan' some?"

Dahlia shook her head and declined, "no, thank you, Hagrid". Hagrid made himself some tea before sitting down across from Dahlia and they sat nervously, neither one knowing how to breach the subject, so Dahlia just said, "I'm sorry for lying to you, for lying to everyone".

"Why did yeh?" he asked confused.

Dahlia shrugged, "I had to. I haven't always been lying, I honestly thought James was my father in first year. It was only after Quirrell that I found out the truth about my father being Loki and it all just got complicated from there".

"Ron, Hermione, yeh could 'ave told somebody".

She shook her head, "I couldn't. It's not that I didn't trust anyone, it's just I didn't want anyone keeping a secret this big. Not to mention what happened in New York with my dad, a lot of people would have judged me for that, a lot of people are judging me, now the truth is out. Ron already doesn't want to be my friend because of the whole princess title".

"Forget 'bout 'im".

"I am, he's the one who threw away five years of friendship not me. He just doesn't understand the danger that comes with my family. I had to keep them a secret to keep them safe, everyone saw what happened when the Avengers came".

Hagrid hummed, "stupid idea yeh stabbing yourself".

Dahlia smiled, "yeah my family thought that too but it was the only way I could contact my sister and get help...I'm going home tomorrow".

This seemed to surprise the half-giant and he shifted for a moment before he said, "oh".

She nodded, "I wanted to say goodbye and to see if I still have a friend left".

"'Course yeh do," Hagrid said smiling, "I'm not goin' anywhere".

Dahlia smiled then reached into her bag and said, "I have a present for you. I know you have always wanted a dragon, but the Ministry won't let you have one or they'll take it away like they did with Norbert, but I brought you this".

She brought out a dragon carved out of wood and it wasn't too big but big enough to fit in his palm. She handed it to him and he said, "Thank yeh".

She smirked then reached across to touch his hand and he was confused when she began to mumble, her magic sparking its usual purple, "huius creatura as vitam, ad vitae huius... huius creatura as vitam, ad vitae huius".

Slowly, the dragon began to leave its wooden-like look and texture and within moments, brown and red scales began to form and as Dahlia let go of Hagrid's arm, Hagrid jumped at the small dragon that was now in his hand. The dragon jumped onto the table as he looked between them then let out a puff of smoke from its mouth.

Hagrid looked between Dahlia and the small dragon, tears in his eyes at the gift as she explained, "small transfiguration spell. It can't be used with Midgardian magic but with off world magic it can. He's not a real dragon, he won't age or grow or need feeding and the smoke you just saw come from his mouth, his flames won't be deadly. See". The small dragon let off a small flame and Dahlia put her hand to it and she didn't burn or even flinch. She began to stroke the dragon's head and said, "he's linked to your magical life-force. Everyone born on any realm in the nine realms has magic in them from being born on Yggdrasil, this little dragon is linked to yours so as long as you're alive, so will he".

She then picked the dragon up as he climbed into her palms and held hers out to Hagrid who took him, a few tears streaming down his cheeks as he said, "thank yeh, thank yeh". She smiled as Hagrid pet the dragon and said, "Benny, that's your name". Dahlia let off a small laugh at the name of the dragon as only Hagrid would call a giant three headed dog Fluffy and a dangerous dragon Norbert while his soft dog who lied down all day was called Fang. Now add Benny and it was clear that Hagrid did not see the danger that certain creatures possessed by the names he gave them.

Benny seemed to like Hagrid and didn't seem to mind the name as he climbed up his arm using his small claws and with help from his wings before he rested on the half-giants' shoulder, as if saying that was now his spot and no one would be taking him from it.

The dragon looked to Dahlia and let off a small flame and Dahlia said, "very nice to meet you, Benny".

"Thank yeh," Hagrid said again as he couldn't stop looking at the dragon.

Dahlia laughed, "you've already said that. It's okay, us half- giants have got to stick together". That statement attracted Hagrid's attention that he looked away from the dragon and frowned and she quickly said, "I forgot, you may not know that. My dad was raised on Asgard but he is a frost giant and was born on Jotunheim. The frost giants aren't as tall as the giants here but still, I'm half frost giant half human".

Hagrid smiled and laughed, "welcome to the club of half-giants".

She nodded, "thanks for the welcome...I should be going, I have a long day tomorrow and Professor McGonagall still wants to speak to me about something".

Hagrid stood as she collected her bag and as she put her bag over her shoulder, she and Hagrid hugged and as she pulled away, he said, "gonna miss yeh".

"I'll be back to visit, promise. Hermione has a way of sending letters to me so if you want to send a letter, send it to her and she'll make sure I get it".

It was a quick goodbye to Hagrid before she made her way back to the castle.

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Entering McGonagall's chambers, she saw the witch sat reading a book on the couch and drinking tea. She immediately put the book down when Dahlia entered and said, "ah, there you are. A servant from the camp came by before and left you a dress and a few other belongings in your room for tomorrow. She took your school belongings and your other dresses".

Dahlia hummed, "my sister said she would be sending someone to collect my things tonight".

"I assume the camp is packing up tonight?" McGonagall questioned as she stared at Dahlia above her glasses, as if the young girl was under great questioning.

Dahlia nodded, "they're packing up and sending some things back home but not everything. The majority of the packing will be done tomorrow when we're at the will reading, we'll come back here before we go, that way we can get the Thestrals".

McGonagall took her glasses off then gestured to the couch and said, "sit".

"Oh no," Dahlia mumbled quietly as she did as the professor said. As she sat down, she was quick to explain herself, "if this is about this morning, I am sorry if I worried you, but I knew they wouldn't let me fall. Besides, it probably wouldn't have killed me anyway".

"Oh really," the professor said in her professor voice and raised her brows, "because it didn't seem that way to me this morning. You were crying and standing on the ledge of the window, talking about how your family would be better off without you because you were so convinced that you would be the cause of their deaths. You are telling me you believed they would catch you in all of that?"

Dahlia shifted slightly as she looked down and said, "in the back of my mind yes. Do we have to talk about this? No doubt my grandparents were watching and I'm going to get yelled at when I get home".