Please be gentle! I would like constructive critism. Please?! R&R! You probably noticed that I'm calling Dumbledore "Albus" in America you usually call people by there first names.
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Chapter 1: Unexpected guests
I stood up dropping the dead body of the elk I had just drained of blood
I stood up dropping the dead body of the elk I had just drained of blood. Edward was still bent over slightly, finishing his elk. The ache of hunger in my throat was better, but I was still thirsty. I closed my eyes ache quickly caught the scent of a doe to the north. I followed the scent speedily and found her lying on the ground. She had a wound on her back leg that she was trying to clean with her tongue. I pounced, grabbed her neck and twisted it in a flash. I dug my teeth into the chosen spot and relieved my thirst. I didn't think I could handle any more blood in my small body, so I ran to Edward. Just as I was getting close, I caught a strange sweet smell I had never smelled before. Edward was starring at the most magnificent creature I had ever laid eyes upon. But, no, they weren't real. Then I realized, why not? I'm a vampire whose friends with a werewolf, or used to be friends. Anything is possible.
The creature was snow white; it looked like a horse. Except for a large horn that was growing out of its forehead. A unicorn.
"Is that a…"
"Unicorn?" Edward finished for me. "Yeah, I think so."
"Have you ever heard of them being, you know, real?"
"I didn't know they existed at all." He said astounded. I was longing to dig my teeth into the animal's warm throat. I could hear the blood pounding through its veins. The blood was almost sweeter than a human's. My throat was in so much pain I couldn't bear it. But I didn't want to harm this beautiful creature, let alone drink its blood.
"Let get out of here." I whispered. Edward shook his head vigorously. We turned and leaped away. I could tell he was restraining himself from running full speed so I could keep up with him. When we reached the outskirts of a small village we stopped and looked at each other questioningly.
"What the HELL was that." I said.
"It… was a unicorn." I replied simply.
"But it smelt so good, how is that possible?"
"I don't know, I guess we're lucky to have seen it at all.
"I guess." I mumbled. He pulled me to his chest and lifted my chin up so he could kiss me. Our lips moved in unison for quite a few minutes, than I pulled away and hugged him close. Would I ever get used to having he forever? Well one thing was for sure, I had been holding back when I was human. It definitely helped that we didn't have to breathe when we kissed. Ever since I had been changed our physical relationship has taken off…
It's been almost four years since I had been changed. I was not a crazed newborn. Actually I had never been a blood thirsty newborn. It seemed that knowing what to expect when I was transformed made it easier for me as a vampire. I had even kept my relationship with Charlie. We were in England. Alice had had a vision of Jane (the vulture) coming to visit us in Forks. I didn't want them anywhere near my family and friends. So Edward agreed t come with me to Italy to show them I was changed. We decided to have a second honey moon and travel around Europe. We were in England, somewhere in the country side.
"Would you like to stop here for the night? Perhaps they have an Inn of some kind in the village."
"Sure." I said quickly. The electricity between us was painful. Every fiber of my being longed for our body's to be one. I needed more of him NOW. And apparently felt the same. There was a dangerous gleam in his eyes, he held me close as we walked toward the village at the fastest possible human pace. There was snow on the ground. We didn't need coats, we hadn't warn them to go hunting. There were no humans around.
"Um Edward, won't we look a little conspicuous with no coats, and no luggage?"
"I suppose so. Should we go get the car?"
"Yah. Let's go." I smiled at him.
The car was parked, maybe six miles away at the edge of the forest. We got there in around four minutes. We climbed in and sped down the unpaved road, driving around the forest.
"Carlisle will be interested to find out that UNICORNS exist." Edward said, amused.
"Do you want to call him?" I asked.
"No, this is our time." He grabbed my hand and kissed my knuckles seductively.
"This is ridiculous!" I burst out.
"What is?" He said innocently.
"I want you so bad right now, why don't we pull over."
"You little seductress. I just thought that we could be on a nice comfortable bed; maybe see a little more scenery. We only have what? A month until the Volturi decides to look for you."
"Fine." I gave in; he was obsessed with me, "seeing the scenery."
But I didn't have to wait long. We were at the village in three minutes. We drove passed down the street between many shops and restaurants, but there were no parking spots. A few people were walking down the streets. But they were wearing the most unusual clothes. They looked like wizard robes, the kind you see during Halloween, but well sewn, and black. All the people had surprised, horrified looks on there face. I heard a fairly pretty woman gasp, she dropped the package she was carrying and ran into a bar called, The Three Broomsticks. What an unusual name. What? Hadn't they seen a Volvo before? Well probably not, this wasn't even a town, it was tiny. Maybe I shouldn't have convinced Edward to rent a Volvo. But this was our kind of car; it made me feel at home.
"Is it some sort of celebration today?" I asked, curious.
"I don't know." Edward said in his velvet voice.
"Those outfits are so unusual. Maybe it's a Holiday?"
"Probably. I guess we'll just park on the edge." He turned the car around and quickly parked it on outside the village. We climbed out and grabbed our suit cases and pulled on our coats with lightning speed. He took my hand and we started walking past all the shops looking for a place to stay. We passed a sweet shop called Honeydukes, and a joke shop. Then we came to the bar, The Three Broomsticks.
"Let's go in and ask where we can find a place to stay." Edward said quickly. His honey colored eyes met mine. We both understood. We needed to be alone somewhere. I pushed open the door, it was fairly large with rickety tables and chairs randomly placed everywhere. There were a few people huddled together at a table clutching large tankards. This place, this village was so empty, it was kind of nice.
The woman behind the bar was cleaning the counter with a whit cloth. She was the same woman that dropped the package. She looked edgy.
"Excuse me." Edward said politely. The woman looked up and saw us standing there. She gave a little squeak. Then she was pulled into Edwards intoxicating gaze.
"Um…" She mumbled, shaking her head slightly, dazed. Poor woman. I hit Edward on the shoulder playfully and whispered so low that only a vampire could hear, "you're dazzling another woman."
He gave me my favorite crooked smile and said, "It's not my fault I can't speak to anyone without them feeling dizzy." True, but I still felt bad.
"Could you tell us where we could stay for the night? We were traveling and thought we would stop here." He smiled warmly at her.
"I…yes. We have some room here if you wanted to stay. We have a few rooms in the back.
"That would be much appreciated." Edward said. Why wasn't it illegal for someone to look so damn sexy?
"Sure thing" she replied.
"If you don't mind me asking, is it a holiday of some sort here, everyone is wearing quite the unusual clothes." If anything this was interesting.
"Uh… no." Then she got a weird look on her face, like she just realized something not-so-nice. I looked up an Edward; he also had a confused look on his face.
"Bella," he whispered, "she's thinking we're something called muggles. She… she thinks she's a witch." He took in a sharp breath and said, "no way!"
"What? What is it?" I said, eager to know what was happening. He laughed.
"You're going to love this Bella. To bad you're not human so I could see your reaction. But you would probably be too brave like usual," he smiled down at me; "This is a town full of… wizards and witches! I never thought this was possible but, we saw that unicorn today. And," he sniffed the air, "they smell different, not as… appetizing as humans." I was so confused, wizards? Was that possible? I sniffed too, it was true. They did smell different, everyone in the pub did. He seemed confident enough to say all of this rather loud, everyone could hear him.
"Um, excuse me for asking," Said the woman, "but…what are you exactly, and if your not muggles why were you driving a what's the word? Oh, a car."
"To blend in with the humans," I said like it was obvious, "we couldn't run all the way, it would be too suspicious. And the Volvo is quite fast."
"Right." Said the woman, I could tell she was just as confused as I was. A weird popping noise came from the left. I turned my head and saw two men pop out of thin air wearing bright green robes.
"All right Rosmerta, where's the muggles? Don't know how they could have gotten past the charm."
The woman, Rosmerta, pointed at us and said, "I'm not exactly sure they are muggles. Best do the charm, just in case." The men rose two sticks, maybe wands? I thought, and said clearly, "Obliterate!" We just stood there starring at them, what was that suppose to do? Guess it didn't work.
"I guess they're not muggles. Maybe not even wizards." Everyone stared at us in shock.
"We're vampires." Edward said calmly. "Now can you help us with a place to stay or not."
"Right I guess you can go back, Stan." Rosmerta said, "I'll handle them." The man called Stan nodded and the men vanished with a loud CRACK.
"Well vampires aren't usually allowed to stay here. Danger for the customers, you see."
"Ah… well we assure you we are no danger we…live off animals. Our eyes aren't red surely you can tell the difference." Edward said persuasively. He was moving his thumb soothingly in circles on my hand. He could tell I was going to lose it.
"Well I've never seen a vampire with red eyes, or those butter scotch eyes of yours. You should have reacted to that spell in any case. It would be against my better judgment to let you stay, sorry." But she didn't look sorry. That was ok. We could make do in the car…
"Excuse me." Said an old voice. It was coming toward the only customers at the table. An old man with a long silvery beard, a crooked nose, and half moon glasses was looking at us with interest. "Would you like to join us? I would like to hear more about your kind. I've never heard of vampires like you."
"We would be delighted." Edward replied. I gave him an evil look as he pulled me to the table. How much longer would we have to wait? We took to chairs from another table and sat down. It seemed that Edward wasn't keeping up the human act anymore, his actions were extremely fast. I guess it was safe to be our selves then. I gave up my human act and sat down far from a human speed.
"I am Albus Dumbledore and this is Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick, and Hagrid, excuse me ProfessorHagrid. I looked up at Hagrid. He was clutching a cup the size of a small garbage can. He towered above us. Even Jacob, I winced, was not nearly that tall not that wide.
"Hello." Edward and I said quietly. "I am Edward Cullen, and this is my wife Bella."
I didn't like the looks of that Snape guy. He sneered at us like we were some kind of mold he wanted to get rid of. If I was a newborn I would have an excuse for knocking that sneer off his face, but I wasn't. His greasy black hair fell around his face nastily revealing a hooked nose. That Flitwick guy looked nice though. He was tiny, but he smiled warmly. The men were all staring at me now, except for Albus, with looks of longing on there faces. I guess it was my turn for "dazzling." It always made me uncomfortable, but content. At least I was Edwards equal now.
"Nice to meet you! Aren't you to a little young?"
"Well, we look young."
"Right, right. Well that's different. If you don't mind my asking how old are you?"
"I am 111 years old, Bella's younger only 23. She was changed when she was 18, almost 19." Edward looked down at me, rubbing it in.
"So where are you from?" Albus asked.
"Forks, Washington, in the United States." Edward said with a little smile.
"I see, and why are you here?"
"Delightful. So tell me, are all vampires from the states like you?"
"Well… yes, they're like us all over the world. Thought there aren't many of us that stick to our diet."
"I've never heard of vampires quite like you. And I've met a lot of vampires."
"Those vampires you met weren't real." Edward said, "they were your kind seeking attention, I can tell."
"Oh and how is that?" Albus said, confused.
"Well they didn't have certain characteristics, and they slept. Vampires cannot sleep. That was not real blood. It didn't smell right. And we don't keep it cold, I'll tell you that!"
"How can you tell?" Albus asked, "have you met one?"
"No, I'm just seeing what your seeing in your memories. Some of our kind have…special gifts."
"Really?" Albus said sounding intrigued. "And do you have one of these?" Albus asked looking at me, his blue eye sparkling.
"Ah…yes I'm immune to all, ah… powers. Our powers and I guess our kind is immune to yours. And I can make people lucky, or unlucky."
"Very impressive." Albus said enthusiastically.
"Well it's a bit disappointing; our vampires were a lie the whole time." Drawled Snape.
"Severous it is a bit surprising, we need to learn more."
"Technically, we're not suppose to tell anyone about us without turning them. No one must find out!" I didn't want to ruin everything but this situation was making me uneasy.
"Well Bella, the volturi don't even know that wizards exist I think we're safe."
"o's the volturi?" Asked Hagrid in a rough voice.
"You're worst nightmare." I mumbled. I looked down at the expensive watch Edward forced upon me. It was 12:30 at night. Didn't these wizards sleep? Sure enough I was answered.
"Well Professor I better get going." Squeaked Flitwick, "the others muttered in agreement and stood up.
"It was lovely meating you!" said Flitwick, Hagrid nodded and said, "yer should stay a while. You can 'ave a cuppa at me hut tomorrow if you like, or I guess you don't drink tea do ya? We can jus' chat."
"Thank you. We would love to." Edward said. Everyone filed out into the cold. Snape took one last glance my way and walked out, his black robes billowing behind him. Albus stayed standing next to us.
"Would you like to stay at Hogwarts for the night, Bella, Edward?" He said.
"What's Hogwarts?" I asked.
"A Wizarding School I am the head master there. It's a castle, I'm sure we can find you a room. I guess you don't sleep, but maybe you would like to rest."
"Yes. Thank you!" I said eagerly, finally "rest" time. Wizards had schools? And in a castle no less? This was unbelievable.
Albus lead the way out of the shelter. He huddled up against the cold, but we remained tall, feeling nothing.
"My carriage is this way." He said tiredly.
"We can run." Edward said excitedly.
"Show off." I muttered.
"It's too cold for that. I would get there before you for sure, come out of the cold." He was climbing into a black old fashioned carriage, but there was nothing to pull it. Wizard stuff I shrugged.
"It won't be a problem, it's much faster." Edward reassured him.
"Okay." Albus said, he was probably interested in how we would get there before him. "I'll meet you at the door."
"Kay" I said. Maybe I would get to show off for the first time sense my newborn strength left me.
"Want to race." Edward teased.
"You know your going to win." I said.
"I'll take it easy on you."
"Don't." I said.
"Go!" I shouted. Not even getting a second head start. I pushed myself as hard as I could my legs moving impossibly fast, but not fast enough. Edward was in front of me in no time. At leas six yards in front. He was laughing, looking over his shoulder, I was laughing too. I went faster but only managed to get a yard closer. We passed a now open gate that Edward swung open. I looked up at the huge castle, a few lights sparkled in the dark. It was beautiful. And not far from here was the edge of the forest we hunted in. In one minute we reached a big wooden door.
"I won." Edward said simply.
"Of course you did." I said sarcastically. He pulled me towards him and starting kissing me so passionately, that if I were human I would have feinted by it's magnificent. He deepened the kiss. We pulled away from each other and sat on the steps leading to the door. He pulled me on to his lap, wrapping his arms around me. We stared at the direction we came, waiting for Albus's carriage to appear.
"How is this possible? For heavens sake, we're sitting outside a castle. That's a school for wizards."
"We are lucky to be here, quite the learning experience I would say I can't wait to tell Carlisle, he'll probably want to come see for himself."
"Hmmm… I know that if I don't get you soon I'm going to explode."
"You do have me, forever remember?" He said cuddling closer.
"You know what I mean." I said rolling my eyes. He laughed and said, "Be patient Bella." Like I hadn't heard that one before. I could see the horseless carriage coming closer, about a minute away. We waited until Albus got out and strolled across the snow. He reached us and smiled.
"Well that was extremely interesting to watch. Please come in. He climbed up the stairs, took out what I assumed was his wand and whispered, "Alohamora." The door swung open and he beckoned us to follow. We were by his side. He looked back and saw that we were on his left. He looked a bit uneasy but started walking.
"There's a spare room on the first floor you can use. First I'll show you where we eat. You won't need to eat, but I'd like to announce you as guests in the morning, around 7:30, that is if you don't mind.
"We'll be there, thank you for your hospitality." Edward said politely.
"You're very welcome." We came to a large door. Albus pushed it open to reveal a dark room with four long tables. And one at the end of the room horizontal to the others.
"This is the Great Hall. Let's keep moving." We turned left and walked behind Albus for about five minutes. I understood now how hard it was to follow humans. It was so boring. It took forever. He stopped outside a faded black door and said, "here you go." He turned the handle painfully slow and pushed it open.
"I hope this will do." He said kindly. "Good night." This old man was very kind, he hardly knew us, yet he was talking to us like we were old friends.
"Good night." I replied grinning. Finally.
"Shall we go in?" Edward said mischieviously.
"Yes." I said looking up at his face playfully, cathing his bottom lip with my teeth.
