Chapter 3: The Letter

Esme POV

We were having a family meeting when the strangest thing happened. A large Barn Owl flew through the open window. It landed in front of my husband Carlisle and stuck out his leg. I thought it was the strangest thing and I could tell that Rose, Em, Jazz, Alice, Bella and Nessie thought so too. Edward and Carlisle however looked surprised but they knew what was happening.

"What is it Edward, Carlisle?" Alice chirpy voice broke the confused/surprised silence.

"A letter." Edward answered stiffly. Rose's wind chime voice answered acidly.

"Thank-you Captain Obvious. She meant to say who is it from and why did it arrive by owl?"

"I can answer that." Carlisle said. "It is from Percy Weasly and it arrived by owl because he is a wizard and that is how they send their mail."

"Who is it for Grandpa?" Nessie asked, full of curiosity.

"Edward and myself."

"Why have these wizards sent us letters I didn't even know that there were such things as wizards." I was genuinely confused.

"Carlisle you better open that it's a howler." Edward a said a matter-of-factly. This was starting to weird me out.

"What is a howler?" Bella asked. "And you didn't answer Esme's question." They didn't seem to notice as there was smoke steaming out of the envelope.

"Get some water put that fire out!" Rosalie screeched.

"There's no fire. But Carlisle you better open the letter before it starts screaming." Edward said calmly. Carlisle gingerly picked up the smoking envelope and ripped it open. A terrible screeching filled the room.

"Carlisle, Harry and Ginny Potter and Ronald and Hermione Weasly are coming to visit you and your family especially Edward. They need to see for themselves that HE is still alive in some form. Unfortunately Hermione is in denial and Harry, Ron and Ginny don't know what to make of it. They will be apparating to your property today at five."

"Crap, they can't come here." Edward started swearing his head off so bad that Bella had to cover Nessie's ears.

"Edward it's about time the Wizarding world found out your still alive, in some form or another." Carlisle said evenly.

"Didn't they say they'd be coming at five? Shouldn't we be getting ready?"

"Esme we still have hours and the house looks fine." Emmett said rolling his eyes.

Carlisle had something small in his hand and handed it to Edward.

"You might want this son." It was as long stick.

"What the hell is that? Do you reckon that their bringing vampires from another coven and we're gonna have to burn them? Carlisle that doesn't sound like you." Emmett asked with a hint of a smile.

"This is a wand. Unicorn hair, twelve and a quarter inches, ash and pleasantly springy to be precise. No we don't think they're going to bring other vampires, even if they were we aren't going to be burning this and of course Carlisle would never do that." Edward said silencing Emmett.

"But Edward if that is a wand and it's yours then doesn't that mean..." Bella trailed off.

"Yes. I am a wizard. My name in my human life was not as you believed Edward Anthony Mason it was in fact Cedric Diggory. I was about to be killed by a dark wizard named Lord Voldemort when Carlisle found me. He bit me just as Voldemort was casting the spell so that I did not die. We put about to the Wizarding world that I was dead, I didn't want to expose Carlisle and I didn't want the same fame as Harry the other Hogwarts champion. We made up a fake past for me and found out that I could read minds this could be a result as I was a wizard or just random chance." Edward er Cedric took a deep breath and looked uncertainly around the room. Bella was the first to break the silence.

"YOU ... LIED ... TO ... ME!"

The next bit was a blur and I heard screams of anger and screams of pain. Bella had launched herself across the room at Edward and had started attacking him it had taken both Jasper and Emmett to calm her down. Rosalie walked over to Edward her beautiful face contorted with rage and slapped him full in face. It can't have hurt but shock still crossed his face.

Rose and he had never been best buddies but still they got on well enough that he never expected her to slap him or anything. I walked over to Bella, Jasper and Emmett so that Emmett could go to Rose and try to calm her down.

Alice approached Edward cautiously she didn't seem angry but she didn't seem thrilled either.

"Edward are you saying that if I hadn't claimed I could see the future I would have been sent to Hogwarts or something?"

"Yes, all of you would have. You all have extra gifts so you would have most likely been enrolled at Hogwarts if you hadn't been changed into vampires."