I do not own any of the following Stephenie Meyer twilight or J K Rowling's Harry Potter. This story is AU from... well if you read you find out. I have no idea what happens after this chapter, I have a vague idea of what I want to do, so some idea's might be helpful, or I might just have it as a one shot. oh, and there is a bit of the original dialogue from twilight in this as already stated I do not own this. Hope you enjoy.
Harry looked over the coven as he James, Victoria, and Laurent glided into the clearing the sound of thunder rolling around them serenading their entrance. Glancing over them he noticed immediately the human among them, they are all slightly closer together than necessary, obviously trying to protect the girl. One of the vampires has his arm clutched around her protectively if a bit not possessively. He is quite tall and had a red hair and a very angular face. The girl has brown hair that reaches her shoulders and is very pale for a human no wonder James, Victoria, and Laurent haven't noticed her yet, that will not last long. The game of baseball that we interrupted and that made Laurent curious seemed to have been given up.
"We thought we heard a game," Laurent said to break the ice, and the ice is not broken, I can't help but think that this will not end well. "I'm Laurent, these are Victoria, James, and Harry."
"I'm Carlisle. This is my family, Emmett, and Rosalie, Jasper, Esme and Alice, Edward, and Bella." Carlisle, as he is now called has blond hair and is also tall he stands regally to attention and exudes the aura of one in charge, no doubt that this is probably the coven leader. Emmett is even taller and is very broad and muscley, he could probably be the biggest vampire I have ever seen. Dark hair adorned his head and he is stood slightly in front of whom I can only assume is his mate. She or rather Rosalie as Carlisle pointed out is quite a sight she is beautiful with blond hair that is long and flowing down her back. She is perfectly put together and reeks an air of superiority, looking quite breakable dwarfed by her mate. Jasper also has blond hair but more honey-toned it is closely cropped to his head and is quite curly. He is tall and has the bearing of a soldier, no doubt he has fought in a war or two. Alice is very short compared to the rest of her family, she has short black hair that is spiked in all directions and an air of mischievousness about her that stirred a distant memory in Harry. Alice also looked as though he was looking into a slightly convoluted mirror, they could probably be siblings in another life. The mother of the coven as it would seem; Esme she's taller than Alice though not much of an achievement and has caramel colored hair that is kept away from her face in an elaborate twist on the back of her head, she has kind eyes harry observed. On the end of the line is the human whom I can only assume is Bella, she is with Edward the last of the coven.
"Do you have room for a few more players?" I heard Laurent ask.
"Actually, we were just finishing up. But we'd certainly be interested another time. Are you planning to stay in the area for long?" Carlisle replied and I nearly laughed at the situation, Carlisle has done very well trying to end this little meet and greet while also collecting information about when we will bugger off, all while sounding so pleasant and welcoming, I congratulated him in my head.
"We're headed north, in fact, but we were curious to see who was in the neighborhood. We haven't run into any company in a long time." I sighed in agreement and look a little longingly at the large coven. James nudges my shoulder and I schooled my features to blank while clutching at my arm from the exceedingly aggressive shoulder tap.
"No, this region is usually empty except for us and the occasional visitor, like yourselves." Carlisle replied and I feel a slow calm seeping into me, I eyed the coven with a new wariness, if one of them has the gift to control emotions they most likely can feel emotions as well. I felt a little fear but quickly pushed it away as I saw the one called Jasper glance in my direction for a second. So it's him, I raised my shield while raising my eyebrows at him, he looks away in shock then glanced to Edward he also looks a little shocked, I wondered why. All this happened in less than a second and I realized that James, Victoria and Laurent have not noticed our little exchange.
"What's your hunting range?" Laurent casually inquired and I noticed James perking up at the idea of food.
"The Olympic Range here, up and down the Coast Ranges on occasion. We keep a permanent residence nearby. There's another permanent settlement like ours up near Denali."
I noticed Laurent's clearly shocked reaction, James and Victoria also look a little shocked but I observed that James is slightly distracted he had eyes only fo the human, so he had cottoned on to her human status, I wondered when he would be speaking up.
"Permanent? How do you manage that?" Laurent asked and I can hear the wonder and the genuine curiosity in his voice.
"Why don't you come back to our home with us and we can talk comfortably, It's a rather long story." James and Victoria exchanged a surprised look at the mention of the word home and I felt a slight pang in my heart I quickly looked down so nobody could see my face.
"That sounds very interesting and welcome." Laurent spoke as I quickly blanked my face, Jasper is starring intently at me and I realize that my shield slipped for a second. I averted my gaze and checked my shield. "We've been on the hunt all the way down from Ontario, and we haven't had the chance to clean up in a while." I noticed that Victoria frowns slightly at Laurent's comment she probably takes it as a slight dig at her, as she revels in the outdoors and thoroughly enjoys their unconventional lifestyle. She looked like she was about to say something in retaliation but Carlisle beats her to it.
"Please don't take offense, but we'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from hunting in this immediate area. We have to stay inconspicuous, you understand."
"Of course." Laurent nodded. "We certainly won't encroach on your territory. We just ate outside of Seattle, anyway," he laughed and I spied the human shivering and noticed that James saw it also, clearly the thought of food and a human so close has James hungry.
"We'll show you the way if you'd like to run with us, Emmett and Alice, you can go with Edward and Bella to get the Jeep," Carlisle casually added. I think this will be it no more small talk I take a step back slightly to brace myself. And just in time as I felt a breeze pick up, this is it James crouches growling, and Edward does them same in defense, a feral snarl ripping from his throat. The coven crowd in and Carlisle stands at the front.
"What's this?" Laurent exclaimed in open surprise. Neither James nor Edward relaxes their aggressive poses.
"She's with us." Carlisle's firm rebuff was directed toward James and I take another step back as I saw Victoria and Laurent finally twigging on.
"You brought a snack?" Laurent asked, his expression incredulous as he takes an involuntary step forward. Edward snarls even more ferociously, his lip curling high above his glistening, bared teeth. Laurent steps back again.
"I said she's with us," Carlisle corrected in a hard voice.
"But she's human," Laurent protested. The words were not at all aggressive, merely astounded and I suppose he has a reason to be all vampires see humans as a source of food and only that. To be in one's presence is torture to want to rip out their throat the whole time. How did this coven live with the human? Clearly Edward was in a romantic relationship with her and cared for her how did he not give in to the temptation. I take a step back again as I sense the atmosphere intensify.
"Yes." Emmett states the obvious his eyes on James. James slowly straightened out of his crouch, Edward did not move an inch, Laurent spoke up trying to soothe the situation I can't help but think his attempt is futile.
"It appears we have a lot to learn about each other."
"Indeed." Carlisle's voice was cool.
"But we'd like to accept your invitation. And, of course, we will not harm the human girl. We won't hunt in your range, as I said." Laurent replies, that will not go down well. It isn't with James glaring at Laurent with disbelief and aggravation, Victoria scowls and I notice that she shifts to James's side clearly stating her allegiance if things were to go south, she glances at me clearly wanting my allegiance also. I take a deliberate step away from them, I do not want to be involved in this fight for the human. She glares and bares her teeth at me, Laurent noticed this byplay and also steps away from James and Victoria.
"We'll show you the way. Jasper, Rosalie, Esme?" Carlisle called. The others of the coven quickly converge on the human and ran from the clearing.