"Oh, hey Merlin, why are you here?" Emma asked, tilting her head.

"Oh, hey Emma. I'm looking for Kat, have you seen her?"

"I think she's out riding, she'll probably be back soon though. Why do you need her?"

"I need her cause I need to help out with something in my world, and I was going to ask if any of you lot were free to help me."

"Oh, I can tell you that, well, I can lead you to the board that has the rotations on it. Who did you have in mind?"

"You and Colyn. As you have the highest levels of magic, I was hoping you'd work well with this. Maybe Secilia and Danny if you two are unavailable."

Emma nodded. "Right, well, as far as I know, I'm not on the board right now, cause I got a concussion, so I'm off the board."

"You have a concussion?"

"Oh, yeah, well, it happened a few days ago, but I'm still healing. I'm off the board for a while, so I can help you. And cause I'm off, Colyn is insistent upon remaining here to make sure I'm okay, so, he's here too." Emma shrugged, grinning. "So, I'm good to help."

"If you have a concussion, you shouldn't be doing anything," Merlin deadpanned.

"I'm fine. I heal quickly, and Carbonne helped, and so did Annmarie. I'm good, me being off the board is merely a formality," Emma quickly assured her.

"Right. Well, I still need to tell Kat. She's the leader after all."

"Right, she's over here," Emma said, leading her over to where Kat was. "Kat, Merlin needs me and Colyn for something."

"What is it?"

Merlin pulled out a tablet, bringing a picture of a boy on it. "This is Harry Potter, he's part of the wizard community."

Emma gasped. "Harry Potter?"

"Yeah, you know him?"

"I know of him," Emma decided. "So, Hogwarts?"

"Yeah, I'm not even going to ask how you know that. Anyway, I'm going to need to borrow you, so we're there for the first month or so of school. Afterward, it's done. We just need to gather data on what he can do, and make sure he's safe. We'll be switched out with another team after that month. For some reason, that place's time moves funny, and to everyone out here, we'll only be gone about a week. In a few months, I may need you again for the second year, but I may be able to bring my friends instead that time. This time, neither one was ready magically. They haven't mastered our style of magic, so they won't be able to use the lesser kind."

"Is this a superiority complex I sense?" Emma asked, smirking slightly.

"They require wands and greek incantations to do magic. Think of it as less evolved than our kind."

"Does that community know of you guys?"

"Yes, they know of our families. We will be entering you two as Children of Lancelot. While they may be skeptical that you get along with me, they'll have to manage."

"Wait, back up. Why would they be skeptical?" Kat interrupted this time.

"Because Lancelots are taught from birth that Merlins and Le Fays are demons, or something like that. It's very deeply rooted hate, rooted all the way back in the myths. Normal knights considered magic to be something that needed to be irradiated. Therefore, they passed this on to their descendants. It's a thing that happened a lot. Luckily, they mostly resort to bullying now, not outright hanging."

"Hanging?" Emma asked, shocked.

"Salem witch trials," Kat said, not looking up. "They've happened in most universes, hung a lot of our girls in addition to some of Summaria and Arrow's type, plus the emotional type and the occasional land born mermaid. I'm assuming yours were led by the descendants of the knights of the round table and focused on Merlin descendants and Le Fay descendants?"

"Yeah, plus the occasional element fusion-fission type or host type," Merlin agreed, swiping across the screen to a picture of a red-headed boy with freckles. "He's a Weasley, we're keeping an eye on him and all his siblings too. Crazy lot they are though. He's got a little sister starting next year."

"History nerds," Emma muttered, looking at the picture Merlin landed on next, this one of a pale boy with stringy pale blond hair.

"Draco Malfoy. We're kinda keeping an eye on him, kinda keeping a look out for him. His family is known for its hatred of Muggle-borns, which is anyone whose parents weren't wizards before them. Technically, our families qualify as pure-bloods, which is a term you'll hear a lot, because of our extensive lineage. So, once he hears of our last names, you two will be going by Lancelot for this mission, he'll practically be tossing himself at our feet. I'd suggest avoiding him. His family is annoying to deal with."

"So, standard bully. Got it. Avoid, but keep a half eye on."

Merlin nodded. "Right, so, there are four Hogwarts houses-"

"Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff," Emma interrupted. "Colyn and I are probably in Gryffindor."

"Okay, with that out of the way, one more thing, well, actually two more things to cover, first, I'll have us transformed into 12-year-old versions, as the first years are all 11 or 12. Two, I'll need you guys to show up at my house in two weeks. Don't really bother packing anything, we'll get everything we need in Diagon Alley, perhaps bring toiletries though. From Diagon Alley, we'll stay in one of the inns nearby, and then board the train for Hogwarts."

"So, fairly simple?" Emma asked. "Will you be using a wand? Or just me and Colyn. And, can me and Colyn even use wands?"

"Yes, I have to, and yes, you can. It takes internal magic and makes it external through incantations and wand waving."

"Okay, all my questions are answered." Emma turned pleading eyes on Kat. "Can I go?"

"Well, if Merlin is requesting you specifically," Kat began.

"It would be preferable to Secilia and Danny, as many wizards hold a negative view of halfbreeds, and I fear it may insult them, as they are half ghost," Merlin agreed.

"Fine, you can go. But take it a little easy, would you? You still aren't at full strength."

"I doubt this will require even half strength from her or Colyn. I doubt a full day of spell casting would even dent their magic stores. And the house elves are usually perfectly happy to make some extra food, and every meal has loads of food, so I'm sure Colyn's fast metabolism will be fine."

"Settled then. You leave in two weeks. You're staying home until then though."

(A/N) So, how was the history lesson? The Salem Witch Trials hung a lot of people, and in worlds with actual magic, would've hung a lot of magical people, girls, especially. With Kat's magic being an entirely female magic type, they took a serious hit, forcing them underground even more. Hence their isolation today. The Knights of the round table's descendants loosed up eventually and learned to use magic, but still, have that deep-rooted hatred and fear of Merlins and Le Fays.