CHAPTER FIVE- DUELLING WITH VAMPIRES
(Hermione's POV)
As I took out my wand, I marveled over the strange turn our lives had taken after just a day in Forks. "Okay, I'll start first. Umm…Alice, could you stand in front of me? Yes, right there." I stood in the far right corner of the room and Alice stood about five feet away from me. "We'll start with a simple shield charm. At the count of three, you mock-attack me, all right? One, two, three!"
Alice jumped at me and in the nick of time I shouted, "Protego!" while waving my wand. While in mid-jump, she seemed to hit a wall, and fell back on the carpet. "Whoa! That was quite a spell!" she said.
"O.K., so this one works on vampires. Let's try another." Edward said. "Before we do that, could you tell us why our spells would not have the same effect on you as they have on humans?" Harry asked. "Because we have extraordinary senses; we are faster, have more sensitive ears and etc. etc, and some of us, like Alice and me have special powers too." Edward replied.
"What are those?" I asked.
"See, Alice has the gift of being able to see the future, Bella here has a mental shield which even I can't penetrate, and my brother Jasper can manipulate the emotions of those around him, and last but not least," Edward said, and then smiled, "I can read minds!"
"WOW!!!! That is SERIOUSLY cool!!!!!!!" Harry and Ron exclaimed. And even I had to admit, I was impressed. Then, something clicked. "Oh, so that is how you found out that we were wizards, didn't you?" I said. "Well, yeah", Bella said with a sheepish smile.
"All right, all right, now let's start again; I want to have a go at attacking!" Emmett said suddenly in his booming voice, making all of us jump. "OK, ready, Hermione? GO!!!" Edward shouted. As Emmett lunged at me, snarling in a vicious manner; I shouted "Protego!" again, this time utilizing all my concentration powers. Like Alice, Emmett seemed to hit an invisible wall, but then it seemed that the wall dissolved or something because he was on his feet again! "Oh no, because of my strength the wall disintegrated!" Emmett said in a sulky voice, making all of us laugh.
"Hey, you said that Bella had a mental shield, right?" Ron asked. When Alice nodded, he continued, "Well, couldn't we try the Cruciatus Curse on her then? It's just a mental illusion, isn't it; which doesn't really hurt you?" I nodded slowly. "But none of us has really, properly tried it before, have we? But I guess it wouldn't hurt to try (forgive the pun)."
Bella took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and came to stand in front of me. "OK, I'm ready." She announced. I gritted my teeth, rolled up my sleeves and then shouted, "CRUCIO!!!"
Nothing happened. I frowned, puzzled, as Bella opened her eyes and then smiled. "Thank God. It didn't work!" Alice let out a huge sigh. "I already knew nothing would happen!" She glared at Edward and then said, "You were worrying about nothing, Edward" At this; Edward rolled his eyes and grinned at us. "Sibling rivalry," he said shrugging his shoulders at our surprised expressions.
"Let's continue, now."
Hi everyone! How did u like this chapter? I did it in a bit of a hurry so please don't be let down. Anyway, school has started and I don't know how frequently I'll be updating.
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Cullensroc.
(Truly, they do!)
