The day of the will finally came, and the day Dahlia was going home. She was sad to say goodbye to her friends, but she wouldn't deny that when she opened her eyes that Wednesday morning and saw the dress hung up and the sun shining through the windows, she was smiling. For the first time in a long time, she jumped out of bed with a smile on her face and was excited for the day to start.

She wore a long, slim, cream dress with silver see-through layer added on top and Dahlia needed the help of magic to help do the back as it was a corset. It had short sleeves and just sat at the top of her shoulders and had diamonds along the top edging of the dress. She had the locket hung in the centre of her chest as usual but also wore diamond earrings and bracelet to match that her sister had sent up with the dress, along with the cream coloured heals. She did a quick job of her makeup and hair, knowing it wouldn't be as good as when Eva did it, but her servant and friend wasn't there to help so she had to make do. She gave herself a light natural smokey eye look with an orchid rose shade of lipstick before twisting her hair to the side in a braid before putting on a silver diamond flower forehead band on her forehead, finishing off the look.

Dahlia then used an extension charm on her satchel bag before placing all her other belongings into it, packing away the last of her life at Hogwarts. She then made the bed, wanting everything to be tidy for the professor that took her in when she had no reason to, and left the room. Dahlia couldn't find the professor anywhere in the living chambers, especially when the woman was usually drinking tea before the day of teaching students began. She was curious, but her curiousness ended when she left the chambers through the painting and saw the professor at her desk sorting through papers.

The professor looked up and was surprised and just stared at Dahlia. Dahlia shifted uncomfortably and said, "what is it? Do I have something on me?"

McGonagall shook her head and replied, "no, you just.... you look like a princess".

Dahlia couldn't help but smile. She did have to admit her current attire did make her look more like the princess she was as all the other outfits she wore at Hogwarts were more for comfort after the stab wound and she didn't really care much about her appearance as she was too busy trying to convince people that she wasn't evil. Now going out in public, she had to be sure she would look the part and not embarrass anyone in the process.

"Thank you," Dahlia said as she walked to the professor's desk, "So I was thinking of going down to the camp to check in with everyone then come back here for breakfast and go back to the camp before the will reading. Did you manage to get lessons covered this morning?"

McGonagall nodded and replied, "second and third period classes only today and yes I have them covered".

"Great, so I'll see you later then".

Dahlia then left and because of how early it was, there were very few people walking around the castle. Tonks hadn't even started yet so it was Auror Dawlish again who she knew hated working the Dahlia Detail, as she had begun to call it.

Getting to the camp, she wasn't too surprised that everyone was awake and packing things up or gathering around the large fire to have breakfast. Like always her brothers were at breakfast but her father and sister were not so she suspected them to be in the royal tent but when she went to enter, she heard voices she didn't recognise. She entered to find her father, sister, and the Hogwarts founders in there but with two other people. A pale man with white hair and a beard and in cuffs and a woman sat on the couch with her feet up, twisting a knife into an apple as she ate. She was wearing a long black dress with wild curly hair and dark, almost black, eyes.

All the talking instantly stopped when Dahlia entered, and Hela stood from her desk where they were all talking and said, "Dahlia".

"What's going on?" she asked as she looked around.

Loki said, "your sister and ideas of hers".

Hela rolled her eyes and said, "listen, there is no doubt in my mind that the likes of the Ministry and other people have found out about the will reading today and people will be in Diagon Alley just to get a look at all of us, especially you, Dahlia. So, I had the idea of what if we distracted the people and media with something else?" Hela gestured to the man in cuffs and said, "this is Lord Salazar Slytherin and over there is Lady Selena".

Dahlia looked to Selena as the woman stood and made her way to her, the knife now in the table as Selena threw it down and Dahlia said, "you're one of the four wardens".

Selena smirked and said, "yes I am. Don't worry, us wardens are not what a lot of people say we are. We're not blood thirsty or want to kill everyone we see. We do have emotions, we do recognise what's right and wrong and above all, we're loyal to the Queen".

"Nice to meet you then," Dahlia said with a small smile as Selena gave a curtsy then walked to the queen's desk. Dahlia then looked to Salazar and noticed that while he was in cuffs, he didn't seem to be in pain or even look like he had been tortured. She couldn't help but ask, "I'm sorry but aren't you supposed to be in Mareritt?"

Salazar smiled and was about to answer when Rowena, who had her arms crossed, looked to Hela and said, "as did we. Really, Hela, I thought you would tell me at least".

"I'm sorry," Dahlia said as she walked to the desk where everyone was, "what's going on?"

Hela looked between everyone and then Salazar answered looking at Dahlia, "when Hela placed my decedents and I back into Mareritt, all those who believed in being pureblood is best and passed on that belief, we weren't exactly being tortured".

Dahlia looked to her sister who continued, "for a couple of years they were but then I couldn't live with the guilt any longer. They didn't do anything, they just passed down a belief they thought was right and I was punishing them for it".

Salazar added, "in her defence, a lot of my ancestors who thought that, were dark witches and wizards and some were already still in Mareritt. Hela offered us freedom, but I believed she shouldn't, not until Tom's soul was caught, it would send out a message to others...besides, it would be hard to look at people who helped bring the belief of pureblood superiority into the world".

"I'm sorry," Hela said.

Salazar nodded, "you have nothing to apologise for." He then said to Dahlia, "myself and others stayed in Mareritt but we were shielded from everything that was going on around us, so we wouldn't go mad and we were never tortured after those few years".

Rowena said, "which I would have liked to know about".

Salazar said, "we couldn't tell anyone, it was a show of power, my love".

"Look," Hela said, "I'm sorry for not telling you, Rowena, but Salazar made a convincing argument and others of his family agreed that it was a show of power and did try my absolute best to make sure they had everything they needed and weren't affected by the rest of Mareritt".

"What's with the cuffs?" Dahlia asked.

Selena answered, "he may not be being tortured but we have to keep up appearances when it came to other souls in Mareritt. Can't have them thinking the Queen has gone weak or has a soft spot for feeling guilty".

Loki then said, "he still has them on because your sister has a plan to distract people. While we go to read the will, there will be an opportunity here for people to come and ask questions with the four founders of Hogwarts and later, Merlin and Morgan will be arriving. Your sister has spent the night inviting people and spreading rumours throughout magical Britain and it seems to have worked".

"Here?" Dahlia asked, "how'd you manage that?"

Hela shrugged and answered, "set up a stage near the Quidditch field with a lot of chairs. I already know the Minister is coming and people from the Daily Prophet and a lot more".

"Does Dumbledore know?"

Hela scoffed as she sat down, "no, but it is happening anyway. With the amount of people coming and the opportunity of meeting six legendary figures of wizarding Britain, I hardly think he would even try to stop it. This way, there will be very little people in Diagon Alley to annoy us".

Rowena then asked, "can we at least lose the cuffs until later then?"

Hela nodded to Selena who took the cuffs off and Salazar instantly hugged Rowena and whispered that he was alright, and Dahlia heard whispers of Helena through their talk. Hela smiled, and Dahlia noticed that smile and almost forgot that everyone in the room, except her, had some part to play in Hela growing up and helped form the woman she now was. All five council members in the room were put together when Hela was a child and still needed people to guide her and help her and they did just that and were still doing it to this day. It was why they called her Hela in private and not by her title.

"So, do you have everything ready?" Hela asked as Dahlia was snapped out of her thoughts.

Dahlia hummed with a nod, "yeah, I just wanted to see if everything was okay and ready here for us to leave".

"Of course," Hela answered.

Loki then added, "have you said goodbye to everyone?"

Dahlia shook her head and said, "not yet. I'm going to have breakfast at the castle and say bye to some people before coming back". Dahlia then noticed Loki examining her dress and said, "what?"

Loki hummed, "you know that dress would be better with a higher neckline, sleeves or maybe some high up gloves".

Dahlia rolled her eyes while some people in the tent laughed and Hela said, "papa, she looks beautiful. Sister, ignore him. That dress looks great on you".

"There's no doubt she looks beautiful," Loki said, "that's the problem".

Dahlia smiled as she said, "okay, I'm going back to the castle before I'm suddenly dressed head to toe covered like I belong in a convent". Loki went to speak but Dahlia shook her head and left, hearing people laughing at her father as she left.

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Dahlia spoke to her brothers for a while before heading back to the castle and Tonks was back replacing Dawlish. She made Dahlia blush when she whistled and bowed and said pretty girl when she saw Dahlia dressed like she was and tried to encourage Akio to say something nice. It was clear that the soldier wanted to roll his eyes at Tonks' childish behaviour but it seemed the soldier and Auror had become quite comfortable with each other in the week that had past and while Akio was still a closed book to Tonks that she knew nothing about, Tonks was very open and Dahlia knew he preferred it when she was on shift as he knew what the young Auror's intentions were and her attitude.

Making their way back to the castle, Dahlia got a few looks before she met up with Hermione at the Great Hall and Hermione smiled and said, "nice dress".

Dahlia gave her a little twirl and said, "got to look the part when I go back home. Where are the boys?"

Hermione shrugged and answered, "asked Lee when I came down and he said they already left but they're not here. Probably up to something or testing their products on some innocent first year. I should be finding them".

Dahlia grabbed her arm and looped their arms together and walked inside the hall and said, "I am leaving today so the last thing I don't want is to see you yelling at the boys and threatening to send a letter to Mrs Weasley if they are up to something to do with their products. Which let's be honest, I gave them a shop yesterday, they are probably doing business and trying to order things for the shop or designing advertisements or finding staff. Come on 'Mione, you want them to do well, don't you?"

Hermione sighed instantly and said, "of course I do but if they're having first years try their products, I have to stop that, I'm a prefect".

Dahlia giggled as they sat and hummed, "because Hermione Granger has never broken a rule. She's never gone down corridors that have been forbidden, opened doors that are locked for reasons, hexed a student, stole ingredients to cook up a potion she shouldn't be brewing in a bathroom, used a certain time object in a way against school rules, punched a student, broke a prisoner out of a cell, help form an illegal club...shall I go on".

Hermione blinked quickly for a moment before she looked down and mumbled, "I suppose when you put it like that".

"Girls breakfast it is then," Dahlia said, and Hermione smiled pleased with the idea.

It wasn't long before the owls arrived, and Dahlia shouldn't have been as surprised as she was when Hermione looked to her with her Daily Prophet, shocked, and when Dahlia read the front page, it was about the founders, Merlin and Morgan being at Hogwarts and willing to answer questions. Dahlia could instantly hear students talking about missing class to go and see the greatest wizard to ever walk to earth and one of the greatest dark witches in history.

"Is this true?" Hermione asked shocked and pointed down to the paper she had dropped to the table.

Dahlia nodded and went to speak but two people flew into the room, throwing papers into the air while letting off small fireworks. Everyone jumped up and began to laugh and reach for the papers and it took Hermione and Dahlia a moment to identify the flying men as the Weasley twins through the fireworks. Dahlia caught a piece of the paper just as Hermione did and it was brightly coloured like the fireworks going off around them and the bold letters read

Meet Hogwarts Founders and Merlin and Morgan Le Fay

Quidditch pitch, 10am today

COME AND ASK OR MISS YOUR CHANCE

At the end of the paper, was an advert for the new Weasley shop that read

WEASLEYS' WIZARD WHEEZES OPENING SOON

93 DIAGON ALLEY

The Weasley twins then flew out of the room and many people followed them as they flew into the sky throwing more papers into the air and they had gathered a large crowd out front as it seemed they had been doing the same thing in the Hall and all across the castle, but obviously at a lower level thanks to the fireworks.

"WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?" Hermione asked loudly as she gripped onto the paper and looked between Dahlia and the sky where the boys were.

The professors were now coming out to attempt to stop the madness as Dahlia sensed a familiar power and looked around to see her father through the students, leaned against the wall of the courtyard and smiled up to the boys as they let off a large firework with the letters WWW. Loki then lost his smile slightly as he looked away and locked eyes with Dahlia but as she blinked, he was gone. A clear illusion that he wasn't really there, he just projected himself to be there, so he could see the boy's trouble while still being in the camp.

Dahlia knew what he was playing at, so she leaned close to Hermione and said in her ear so only she could hear, "this is my fathers doing. He's having Fred and George to distract everyone, so the professors don't try to stop the meeting from happening and to make sure people like the Minister arrive".

Hermione then said, "Fred and George will get in trouble, they could be expelled".

Dahlia let off a small laugh as she looked up, "I honestly don't think they care. Do you really see them needing their education for anything?" Hermione looked to the sky and smiled slightly then noticed Dahlia glanced at her and she shook her head and couldn't help but laugh as Dahlia laughed.

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When Dahlia returned to camp later, it was no surprise that her father was stood near the entrance smiling as if waiting for her. She tried not to smile as she said, "fireworks, really?"

He shrugged as they walked into camp together, leaving behind Tonks and Akio, and he said, "the fireworks were not my idea. I simply asked the boys if they were willing to help spread word of the meeting and distract the professors and they were happy to. I didn't know how they would do it, they simply told me they had it covered. I am, however, impressed that they managed to keep members of the castle distracted for so long".

Dahlia rolled her eyes, "it's Fred and George, mischief, getting into trouble and making a scene is what they're good at, especially when they want it to be known".

"Well, the meeting is in twenty minutes and many people have already arrived and we brought them through the gates. Too many, especially the press. When Dumbledore appeared to send everyone home, he knew he couldn't without causing trouble for himself. Merlin and Morgan as well as their daughter Isabel were brought in while you were up at the castle". Dahlia stopped and turned to her father who stopped and turned to her and he continued, "we'll be leaving in around an hour for the will reading. Did Professor McGonagall clear her classes?"

Dahlia nodded shocked then asked, "Merlin and Morgan are here...in this camp...like now?"

Loki sighed and said, "your father is a god, yet you're more surprised at a wizard's appearance here".

"Dad, it's Merlin, the greatest wizard to ever live and Morgan one of the greatest witches and-"

"I hold the title of greatest sorcerer in the nine realms," Loki said as he raised his brows slightly as he looked down at his daughter.

She shrugged unimpressed and said, "but you're my dad, you're...you know". He shook his head. She gave him a small sorry smile as she said, "weird...not cool..."

Loki's mouth opened slightly as he was called not cool by his daughter and she said a sorry before she walked away. It took him a moment to come to terms with the fact that his daughter thought him uncool and weird, but he supposed most daughters thought the same about their fathers, at least that's what he told himself.

Dahlia made her way to the royal tent and wasn't surprised by the three new arrivals thanks to her father. The small seven-year-old girl, Isabel, was sat on the floor near the coach, leaning against the small coffee table as she drew. She wore a long green dress with short shoulder sleeves and her dress had a gold flower pattern around the top. Isobel had wavy, chest-length, dark golden-brown hair with a cute button nose and chubby heart-shaped face with hazel eyes.

Isobel's parents, the legendary Merlin and Morgan, were stood near Hela's desk with Hela, Selena, Godric and Helga. Dahlia instantly noticed that Rowena and Salazar were missing and the group of five were acting weird, all gathered around the desk looking at a looking glass.