Essentially Magical
Romance; Discovery; Spirituality; Family; Adventure; Horror; Hurt/Comfort; Humor
a Twilight/Harry Potter Crossover
Honor goes to Stephenie Meyer, first and foremost, for her unsurpassed gem of a story as experienced in the entirety of her Twilight series. 'Greater love hath no man than this…' is the supremely precious unspoken truth at the heart of it. Thank You, so much, for putting it all into words!
But also to J. K. Rowling, whose magical Harry Potter universe is so delightfully full of profound parabolic symbolism that it lent itself willingly to the uniting of the worlds in the creation of this story.
Thank You!
Finally, though it's true that many of the details I have woven into this tale – along with its tangent storyettes – are indeed fiction… the devotion of the characters and the reality of their challenges, are not. Sometimes, it behooves us to run with a good example when we find one. This is just my way of shining their light.
Indeed, as much as Harry Potter and Twilight are both unique stories of fiction, they wouldn't blend together so seamlessly if there weren't some profound truths linking them together.
This is my toast to those truths.
Please enjoy!
* * * Prologue * * *
Owing to the fact that vampires of the undead have proven themselves to be extremely dangerous even to wizards (not-so-apparently due to the tendency of magical persons to display their awareness of the vampires' existence while, underneath all the magic, still being devastatingly human), the Ministry of Magic keeps tabs on their movements in order to protect the greater wizarding world from accidental encounters with them. They do this by magically monitoring airports and political boundaries to report on any such vampire activity. Without question, the European Ministry of Magic has known for a long time how to distinguish them for tracking by their lack of heartbeat. However, what these vampires actually look like has never been clearly seen. There have only ever been rumors of their red eyes and beauty.
Among the things that have been observed over time (in addition to their supernatural speed, the fact that no magic has ever been attributed to them, and the tendency they have for traveling in – at the most – only very small groups) is the fact that no human (magical or otherwise) remaining in the company of a vampire has ever lived very long, and more specifically: no human ever traveling in the company of a vampire towards Volterra (presumably a capital of some sort) has ever come back out. Thus, when during one typical bustling Spring day the monitoring systems at the Ministry of Magic report that a human traveling in company with a vampire has left the States and entered into Volterra, only to reemerge hours later in company with the same vampire and one other to return apparently unharmed back to where she came from, it catches their attention (and subsequently, the attention of Albus Dumbledore – who keeps an ear out for anomalies such as this).
Following up on this tip with a bit of his own research, Albus manages to find out (from the corresponding muggle flight logs) what the names are of those involved, in hopes of learning more, over time, about how they may be different. Over the next couple of months he keeps tabs on the news around where they presumably live – making shocked note of the vampires' apparent relation to the Forks' town doctor (and the surprising lack of correspondingly expected obituaries) while also wondering over the recent 'animal attacks' near Forks and the alarmingly supernatural murder spree going on in Seattle. Regrettably, the nearest magical tracking boundaries surround the entire state of Washington, and so it is difficult to determine anything precise from the widespread pattern of vampire activity that crosses it. However, when it is clearly indicated that Bella Swan and her father (the Chief of Police in Forks, whom she lives with) continue to personally associate with these vampires on a constant basis, yet have evidently remained unharmed during all this time… his curiosity is piqued.
A/N: So... I have finally decided to start posting after all, even though my story remains a work-in-progress. FYI: It is my hope to publish a new chapter every couple of weeks, and by so doing, give myself time to write most of the rest of it so there won't end up having to be longer lapses between updates in the future. So you know: The major plotline of this story is all planned through to a quite satisfying end (if I do say so myself), and the same can be said of its sister story (which will get published in coordination with this one, as the timeline dictates). Only minor plot points and details still need to be fleshed out as I write, though I do tend to be slow about getting it all out properly (it usually takes me 1-2 months to produce a new chapter). I'm hoping that positive reviews can help speed this process along. :) This story is currently earmarked to be 36 chapters long, 20 of which are already written, but I expect it will turn out to be quite a bit longer before I'm done.
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