DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER, SAILOR MOON, OR TWILIGHT.

Chapter Two: A Soul's Journey

As Hollis opened her eyes, she noticed she was no longer on the battlefield. She was surrounded by familiar people, but she could not remember who they were. She appeared to be in a shabby house lying on a bed in the middle of a room. She surveyed the room. There appeared to be seven solid people around her. There was another person that looked transparent but she didn't get a good look at her. Her eyes were focused on the two people that were closest to her. One was a man with messy black hair and hazel eyes and the other was a woman with red hair and bright green eyes.

"Who are you? And… where am I?" Hollis questioned, confused.

"Oh! My dear baby! I wish I could have raised you! I am so proud of you!" the woman with red hair and green eyes exclaimed. She wrapped her arms around Hollis and cuddled her close.

Hollis's eyes widened. "…Mum…?" she tearfully tested. The woman nodded. She turned to the man that had black hair, "…Dad…?" The man nodded. "Am I dead?"

"No, honey, you aren't dead. You were cursed. The curse was meant to turn you into a fully-fledged vampire and catapult you to the future. You were meant to suffer, cursed forever to feed upon those you had so faithfully fought for and be forever alone, without any of your loved ones and no chance of joining them. As it is, someone intervened with the spell and sent you to the far past where they was someone who had the power to change the curse. Your body is currently changing to become a vampire, and due to the fact that you have a very important place in the past, you are the very first vampire. You will be able to function like a human: eat normal food, cry, and appear in the sunlight as if there is nothing wrong with it, among other human abilities. However, your body no cannot die. You will still be forced to drink blood, but you won't feel the need to kill them and won't have to feed as often. Your eyesight will be fixed and you will have superhuman eyesight, hearing, speed, and strength. You won't pass on the curse every time you bite a human either; you will fully be able to control that. In the future, after you decide to pass on the curse, it will change into the stereotypical vampire curse today," her mum explained.

"Oh," she was dumbfounded, "what am I doing here then? Will I ever be able to see you again after this? Who are all these people? And where is here?"

"We are in a sort of limbo. We were allowed to come visit you. We are going to transfer all of our knowledge to you so that you will be able to fight to the best of your capabilities. You will need it. After we transfer all of our knowledge, we are going to help awaken you, but that will be for later. For now let me introduce you to your ancestors: Merlin, Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin."

Hollis turned her gaze to the five famous people, completely gob smacked.

Salazar, the guy in green robes and silver trim with green eyes that were exactly like her own, spoke up, "You should know that I am not evil like history makes me out to be. I never hated muggleborns, my wife was one. I also got along with Godric famously! He is my brother you know… how history messed that one up… I'll never know. Anyways my wife, Helga Hufflepuff," he pointed to a witch that looked kind and motherly with warm brown eyes and black robes with yellow trim. "my brother, Godric Gryffindor," he pointed to a man that had flaming red hair and hazel eyes dressed in robes of red and gold trim, "and his wife, Rowena Ravenclaw,"he pointed to a witch with long black hair dressed in blue robes with bronze trim.

"We are going to transfer all our knowledge to you now, okay? Then we will answer any questions you may have, but by then I'm sure you will know the answers yourself! Part of the knowledge is occlumency, so the knowledge will automatically sort itself so it won't overwhelm you. You will be out for a few hours absorbing the knowledge and reviewing it, not that time matters here," Merlin told her.

They all stood around her, the seven of them, and each put a finger on her head. They started chanting in Latin and Hollis soon blacked out. She spent the next several hours, or was it days, maybe years? One could never tell when you are inside your mind. Time doesn't mean anything there. She spent a very long time reviewing and sorting the knowledge of her ancestors. By the time she was done, she could complete her masteries in Defense Against the Dark Arts, the Dark Arts, Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Healing, Astronomy, History of Magic, Mind Magics, and even Divination, believe it or not. She even knew elemental magic, blood magic, rituals, soul magic, spirit magic, parcel-magic, and even necromancy, not that she would use it. She would truly become a Mistress of Magic. She even acquired practical knowledge from the muggle world. She knew martial arts and swordsmanship, but she would have to work through the paces for her muscles to get used to it. The magical knowledge it seemed is instinctual for her magic. Her mind truly became a fortress with her occlumency knowledge; nobody would be able to penetrate her mind, ever. Legilimency also became instinctual, that is if she ever decided to use it. She woke herself up when she was completed.

When she woke up, she stretched and opened her eyes lazily. "How long was I out?" she inquired.

"No more than a few hours, dear, not that the time means anything," her mother answered.

"Oh," Hollis commented bemusedly. "Is anyone ever going to tell me who the semi-transparent girl is?" She was staring at the girl that was sitting at the back of the room next to a semi-transparent staff that was leaning against the wall innocently. The girl had beautiful green eyes and black hair done up in a ponytail with soft curls cascading down her back. She wore a soft gold leotard with a short, pleated, layered skirt with bright gold on top, navy blue, dark purple, and forest green beneath each as a separate layer. There was a multicolored bow situated at the top of her skirt with the colors from her skirt. Below her head was a bright gold bow with a broach that was ivory and accented with her skirt's colors. Draping over her shoulders was a cloak that was done in a soft gold accented in ivory. Her feet were clad in bright gold high heels. Her staff was a simple ivory that was accented with the colors from her outfit. Around the gold globe that seemed pulsating with magic situated atop the staff were single thin ribbons, an equal amount of white and black ribbons. All the time, she sat at a table relaxing and drinking a semi-transparent mug of what looked suspiciously like hot chocolate.

At Hollis's words, the young woman perked up and banished her mug. She stood up, grabbed her staff, and calmly walked over to where Hollis sat up next to her mother and father on the bed. Then she spoke. "I am a shade of your past lives and the responsibility my soul has whenever it is reborn. I am here to awaken you and recombine myself with you so that you will truly know your purpose in the world and the real reason you had to go to the past. I am going to awaken you now. You will know what I'm talking about," the young lady winked. She put her pointer finger Hollis's forehead and a white star that was pointed in black dots appeared and started glowing. The longer the star glowed, the more the lady seemed to merge with Hollis. Hollis was remembering her thousands of lives and her responsibilities. She was learning and remembering her place in the universal hierarchy. When the lady was completely merged, Hollis had transformed into the outfit the lady was wearing earlier, and her staff was solid. Her eyes were glowing gold as she remembered everything and sorted everything with her occlumency. After more than six hours, her eyes stopped glowing and she came out of her trance. She smiled widely.

"Are you alright, honey?" her mother questioned hesitantly.

"I'm perfectly fine mom!" Hollis responded enthusiastically. She sobered up quickly and mumbled to herself, "I hope I get to see her again though. Hopefully this will be my lucky lifetime, since it's not like I'm going to die again."

She perked up suddenly and questioned, "Will I still have a destined mate as a vampire even though I don't have the full curse?"

Merlin answered, "Yes. But unfortunately, you will have to wait till you get back to your own time to get him since he is not exactly alive where you are at the moment. I believe his soul is that of the one you fall in love with lifetime after lifetime. You will have to wait for more than a million years without him though. "

Hollis choked back a sob. She knew what he was alluding to and she thought she knew the one he was referring to but it was going to be torture to wait until time catches up with itself so that she reconcile with him and hopefully awaken his memories long lost. She would wait for him though. She always did.

"I will wait for him like I always do. But by the stars, I can't wait to see him again!" she sobbed. She hugged her mother for all it was worth and cried into her shoulder. It was nice to be comforted by her family. She dreamed of this moment her whole life and always wished that her mother would have been able to be there for her. She relished in this moment.

After a while being comforted by her family, she sobered up. She cleared her throat, "I thank you for your hospitality, but I really must be getting back to my body. I have a feeling that my body is ready to wake up. I will see you again though and I have no doubt that I will meet you again when you are alive. I will visit whenever I can get away," she hugged her mother and father again. "I'll miss you guys."

Her mother caressed her cheek and looked into her eyes. "We will see you again honey. We will be right here for whenever you need us."

"I know, mom." Hollis turned to each and every one of them and shaking their hands and saying her thanks for their hope and her sincerest hope that she will see them again.

She addressed Salazar Slytherin, "When I get back to my own time I will make sure to correct everyone's assumptions of your life. I'll make sure they know the truth. Hopefully, that will help get rid of house rivalries."

Salazar smiled a huge warm smile and said sincerely, "Thank you. You don't know how much this means to me."

She softly smiled back, "No problem."

"I love you mom, dad."

"We love you too, sweetie. We will see you again," her mother smiled at her.

"Maybe next time we can test out those Quidditch skills of yours. I've always wanted to know if you could beat me," her dad added.

"Of course. It won't be completely fair of course, no one can beat me," she smirked and tossed her hair in a mock arrogant fashion.

"We will just have to see wont we," her dad admonished and puffed his chest out in pride.

"I love you all. I really must be getting back now. See you again!" Hollis waved as she disappeared into thin air.

After she was gone they all turned to each other. "You all remember her from when we were alive right? She truly has some adventures ahead of her," Lily commented.

Everyone nodded in agreement. They couldn't agree more.