A/N: wow I suck. really...I definitely meant to have more of this posted already, but with this and my other story, and all the crap going on in my life-with my job or my computer...-it's been hard to get around to it...sorry!
so without further ado-here's chapter 2, this is B/E...i'm gonna be switching back and forth between Draco and B/E until they meet up and the storylines connect finally
KT :)
also-I do not own Twilight OR Harry Potter!! Stephenie Meyer and J.K. Rowling have the honors of being able to say they do.
Chapter 2: An Explanation
They exited the private jet quickly, to avoid being seen by any humans. Alice assured them they would be safe, but Bella thought there wasn't anything wrong with hurrying just in case. She settled into the passenger seat of their rental Volvo, 'of course Edward had to get a Volvo, stupid shiny silver Volvo owner' Bella thought as Edward started the car and pulled away. He held her hand over the center console as they drove towards the cottage.
"Remember we do have neighbors, the cottage next to us belongs to the Malfoys, or something like that, but they're hardly ever there," Alice's final words to them had seemed oddly cryptic, Bella had her suspicions that her and Edward were having one of their silent conversations.
It was time for Bella to figure out what she meant, "Edward?" Bella asked, as she looked at her husband.
"Yes love?" Edward's ocher eyes scorched her unbeating heart, momentarily causing her to pause, dazzling her as usual. Edward chuckled, breaking her out of her daze and he raised a questioning eyebrow at her.
"Why was Alice so adamant about reminding us about the neighbors? The Malfoys? Has something happened before?"
Edward paused, "Well...remember how I told you I've lived in England before?"
"Yes, of course!"
"Well..I knew a kid named Malfoy...this was actually recent too...I left a little over 4 years ago, just before I rejoined my family in Denali and then we came to Forks. Let's just say...in this kid's mind, I'm supposed to be dead." Edward said this last part in a rush, as if ripping a band aid off fast so it wouldn't hurt as much, 'or maybe he hoped I wouldn't hear it' Bella thought.
Bella raised her eyebrow at him, and he knew she did as she said-"explain."
Edward sighed, he knew this was a conversation they'd have to have eventually but he wasn't sure how she was going to react to this story, 'but then again she never responds the way I expect her to either' Edward mused. "when I was here I was under the alias of Cedric Diggory. I had come across Cedric in an alley way in London at night, and he was dying fast. He had been attacked or something, I couldn't tell, but he begged me to help him find his parents peace. He explained to me how he was a wizard, about to enter his sixth year at some school called Hogwarts. He wanted me to hide his body, and I could pretend to be him as we looked exactly alike oddly enough. I couldn't change him, as that's not what he wanted-and you know how hesitant I am to change anyone, forcing them into this life," at this Bella rolled her eyes, waiting for him to continue, "I had the rest of the summer where I learned to do some of the basics, apparently something about me-or vampires-was or is magical and I could use his wand and perform magic." He paused here to look at Bella again, who looked surprised, but intrigued to say the least. She raised her eyebrow at him, as if to say 'okay...continue'
"I went to his school when it came time for it to start, and entered this competition they were having-the Triwizard Tournament. Cedric's family and friends would've expected him to participate and the challenge fascinated me, of course. Before you ask, I hunted in the connecting woods, deer, small creatures that the larger, magical creatures wouldn't notice missing."
"I actually was going to say-of course you participated, your over active competitive nature wouldn't let you sit idly by as a huge challenge presented itself right there in front of you," Bella giggled at the indignant look on his face, "you know that's 100% true!"
"Love! That's harsh! I'm not that competitive..."
Bella raised an eyebrow, "so you *didn't* just have a week long wrestling match because Emmett said he was a better fighter than you?" If Edward could've blushed, he would have, "that's what I thought," Bella said, smirking.
"Do you want to hear the rest of my story, love, or not?" Edward said, trying to turn the attention away from his embarrassment.
"Of course I do Edward, tell me about the tournament." Bella responded, sounding a tad bit patronizing which Edward raised an eyebrow at but went on to continue his story.
"Well, there were three tasks. The first one, we had to defeat or get past a dragon to get a golden egg that each dragon was guarding, easy enough with the combination of magic and being an indestructible vampire. The second task we had to rescue someone from the black lake-the large lake near the castle/school-and from the mermaids. Naturally they were afraid of me, being a vampire and all, but I used a charm as well to keep up appearances. The third and final task a kid named Harry Potter and I were tied for first and we wound up reaching the cup, or the end of the maze, at the same time. neither of us would take it, so we agreed to take the cup at the same time-"
Bella interrupted him laughing, "wait! You *actually* wouldn't win when he was offering it to you?!?"
"Bella! It's common courtesy, I didn't want to be selfish, plus he's been through a lot in his life, he deserves something like that."
"Through what?"
"Oh just a crazy murderous power seeking lunatic wizard who killed his parents and tried to kill him too but he's survived several different attacks from him..."
Bella was shocked. "Oh" was all she could say. "So I guess I can see why you did that."
"Yeah...well the cup transported us to this graveyard. Harry started panicking and next thing I know I saw a flash of green light, which I later figured out was called the killing curse."
"Wait...you were...killed?!" Bella was confused now.
"Well no, not exactly. I was more...frozen I guess. Granted I have no heartbeat, I'm cold and had been frozen so everyone thought I was dead. I became unfrozen halfway through "my" funeral, but stayed still and waited until nightfall to dig myself out. Because I was supposed to be dead, as Cedric, I knew I had to leave the country, so I rejoined the family in Denali, Alaska, and everyone that knew Cedric Diggory had closure that he was dead, and died facing a murderous lunatic, instead of some random no named criminal who left him in an alleyway to die."
Bella looked contemplative to say the least. Slowly she said, "so you lived...a year...as someone else...and as a wizard non the less?!?"
Edward was hesitant to respond, worried about her reaction as usual, "Yes...does that upset you love?"
"No....I don't know...I just...don't know why you kept that from me until now, I mean that's huge!"
"I had to keep it as secret as possible, only Alice really knows fully what happened-as she saw it...no one could know for several reasons: one-the wizard that "killed" me was the one going after Harry. As powerful as he was, he was able to read people's minds. He was hungry for more power and a way to cheat death, if he had found me alive he would've come for me, for my secret-"
"..and the Volturi would've wound up getting involved, and the whole situation would've ended poorly, and we would've had an actual war...right?" Bella figured it out quickly.
"Yes love, exactly. Now Voldemort (the powerful crazy wizard) is dead and all I really have to do is steer clear of where the school and Cedric's home are."
"And this Malfoy guy who would recognize you?"
"Yes, well him, and anyone else that would."
"Okay so we stay in the cabin, go out when we know he's not where he can see us, right?" Bella said, settling down after processing this huge story he just told her.
"Exactly love." Edward squeezed her hand and kissed her knuckles softly as they kept driving.
