Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or Harry Potter
A/N: I decided to make this story occur during Eclipse. I am sorry to those who wanted to see it during Breaking Dawn. Also, this is not an Edward and Hermione fic no matter how much the first paragraph makes it seem so.
Chapter 3
Hermione had been walking in the woods surrounding her house for who knows how long. She had not particularly been paying attention to how long she was walking for or where she was going exactly but she did not have to worry about either of those things. Being a vampire, she had all the time in the world to do anything she pleased and if she was lost, she wasn't really lost; vampire senses and speed dealt with that. Not to mention she was a magical witch capable of apparating. Hermione had just decided to turn back when a two story house came into view. Inside the windows was a kitchen where a girl, seeming around Hermione's age, was washing dishes. However, this was not what caught her attention. Hermione had been observing because the boy next to the girl had peaked her interest. He had pale skin, similar to Hermione's, brownish-bronze hair that had been tousled messily, and a tall and skinny, yet muscular, body. Hermione recognized him for what he was exactly. Vampire, she thought. It was then that she came to realize that the vampire was alone with a human girl. At this, Hermione began to panic. Had she entered right at the moment of the vampire's feeding? After seeing so much death from the war, Hermione did not know if she could handle anymore unless the victim were to be completely deserving of it. This innocent seeming girl definitely was not. She began contemplating whether she should save the girl or not when the vampire and girl leaned in towards each other and kissed. Hermione stood confused. What is going on? A vampire could not possibly be in a relationship with a human. Perhaps he is luring her in, Hermione thought, however, her thoughts disappeared when the vampire turned slightly towards her; not enough for him to see her, but enough for Hermione to see him, or more like see his eyes. They were yellow. Animal drinker, Hermione thought to herself as she breathed an imaginary sigh of relief. After the reassurance that the girl was safe, Hermione stood and watched the obvious love that was displayed in front of her with slight adoration and a smile on her face.
Hermione did not know how long she had been watching them for but soon she began to feel a bit like a stalker. She took this as a sign to leave and turned back to go home but a sound to her left stopped her in her tracks. A normal human would have been unable to hear such a sound but Hermione was no normal human. It sounded like a low growl. Hermione questioned what the sound could have been but quickly received her answer when the putrid smell of a wet dog hit her nostrils. Werewolf, Hermione exclaimed to herself. Hermione noticed that the noise sounded quite far away. Hermione decided that the wolf had not seen her yet and without a second thought, Hermione turned on the spot, arriving at the kitchen of her home.
"Sam!" Seth exclaimed as he bolted into the former man's home with a panicked expression on his face. The entire pack, who had just sat down for lunch, looked up in surprise and stared at Seth.
"What's wrong Seth?" Sam inquired in his booming alpha voice. Everyone looked on worriedly as Seth began jumping from one leg to another subtly and biting his lip, something he only did when he was nervous.
"Well, um, you see, I, um," Seth stuttered before an annoyed looking Leah rolled her eyes and yelled at him to spit it out. "I smelled someone during my patrol." Everyone stiffened and all stared at the still nervous looking Seth before turning to Jacob. Jacob was fuming and it seemed as though steam might come out of his ears soon. Jacob then suddenly stood up and was about to run out the door when Sam placed a hand on his shoulder,
"Calm down Jacob. Now tell us what happened Seth."
"Well," the youngest wolf began, "I was circling Bella's house while on patrol when I caught this scent. It was weird. The smell was sweet but not as sweet as the vampires. It was one of the most amazing scents I have ever smelled! It smelled like-," Seth paused in thought before a large grin spread across his face. "It smelled like happiness and sunshine!" At this, everyone in the room shared a look that clearly said that they thought the boy was going mad but they let him continue. "Anyways, I followed the scent to see who the person was but there was no one there! The place where the scent is strongest doesn't lead anywhere! It's as if the person just disappeared on the spot."
"That's not possible Seth. No one can just disappear on the spot." Quil stated.
"You think I don't know that, genius?" Seth answered. "Come with me and you'll see. The trail just ends at the-." Seth was cut off mid-sentence by the sound of thunder. The pack quickly ran to the window to see rain dropping down in large sheets.
"Well it looks like that won't be possible anymore." Sam said. "By the time we get to Bella's house, the scent would have already washed away. We should head to the Cullen house and tell them what happened." The group nodded and they all filed out of Sam and Emily's house, shifting when they reached the woods.
Silence ensued after Seth finished retelling his story to the Cullens and Bella who had also come when Edward was called. "Wait," Alice began, "that's impossible. I would have been able to see this before it happened." Everyone considered this before Edward interrupted.
"But Seth was involved and you can't see shape shifters."
Alice shook her head, "I know that but Seth never actually met the person so I would have been able to see him or her approaching Bella's house at least." The entire group nodded, agreeing with Alice.
Suddenly, Edward stood up straighter and furrowed his brows. Jasper looked at him curiously, being able to feel the confusion rolling off of the former. "If the person was as near as Seth said, then I would have been able to hear their thoughts." Everyone's eyes widened at the revelation. This person was immune to Edward's mind reading, a feat that has only occurred once before.
"You couldn't read their mind? This person is like me?" Bella inquired incredulously, eyebrows furrowing even more than Edward's. Carlisle answered her rhetorical questions.
"Edward couldn't read the person's mind but he or she is not like you Bella. You have proven that you are capable of resisting Edward's, Jane's, and Aro's power and you may be capable of resisting others' but Alice can still see your future."
"Anyways, what are we going to do? We don't even know who this person is and what they are capable of. The person is obviously not a vampire if their scent is nice to Seth but we still don't know if this person is working with Victoria. She can be collecting more than just newborns for all we know." Sam stated. He and the pack had been listening to the conversation and their worry had accumulated after hearing that the new person was able to resist the vampires' powers.
"There is not much we can do now." Carlisle explained. "If Seth happens to catch the scent again, he should find the owner and try to see what they look like. For now, we should take the extra precaution and provide more protection for Bella." Leah and Rosalie both audibly groaned at this, earning glares from Edward and Jacob. Carlisle ignored this and went on. "We don't know what we are up against so we should all be careful." Everyone nodded in agreement at this.
"Okay. We should go and check on the elders." Sam stated in conclusion. With a nod from him to Carlisle, the pack ran back to the woods, shifting as they went along.
Hermione began pacing across the living room while biting her thumb, creating bite marks that instantaneously healed. "What to do. What to do." Hermione thought about what had happened earlier that day. The growl had definitely come from a werewolf or some type of wolf shape shifter. Their disgusting smell had proven it. The wolf had most likely caught her scent by now and might chase after her. The two were natural enemies after all. Had the wolf been chasing after the vampire that was with the girl today, Hermione questioned to herself. Hermione began thinking that she should become a recluse and never leave her home so that the wolf wouldn't be able to catch her scent and come to her. It was one thing to have a deranged and obsessed death eater after you; it was another to have a deranged and obsessed death eater and your natural enemy after you. Suddenly, Hermione stopped pacing and took her thumb away from her teeth. "Of course! How could I have been such an idiot!" Hermione flicked her wand out of her holster and casted a charm on herself. "Smell eraser. How perfect." It was at times like this where Hermione thanked the wizarding world for having so many spells, including this one. The spell that Hermione had just casted had erased her scent so she currently smelled like nothing. Of course the spell had to be casted every week to have the scent remain erased but Hermione could live with that. After all, this spell would allow her to go outside and live her life, starting with her muggle high school life. Hermione was to attend her senior year in Forks High School and now she could spend it free of the presence of wolves. She began school tomorrow and bookworm Hermione could not be more excited but, unfortunately, war hero Hermione was quite the opposite. She was fighting a battle within herself, the bookworm believing that muggle school would be an amazing experience while the other believing it would only consist of nosy and incompetent people. But both Hermiones agreed that she couldn't wait to learn.
Hermione awoke to the sound of birds chirping, the sun shining across her face, and her alarm clock radio spouting out the song, "Walking on Sunshine". Hermione chuckled as she imagined it all play out in her head. In reality, she was sitting on the couch of the living room, textbook in one hand and blood pop in the other. As a young girl, she had always found it amusing how some teenage movies began with the main character awoke to the perfect morning with upbeat background music playing as she got ready for the day. Hermione had never experienced that of course, war tended to disregard one's wishes of awakening to a sunny day and "Walking on Sunshine" playing in the back, but that doesn't mean she could not imagine it all happening in her mind. Her entire night had consisted of reading all of her textbooks thrice and it was safe to say that she probably knew more about the subjects than most of the grade. That was one of the upsides of being a vampire, no sleep. Usually, most vampires would say that they missed sleeping but Hermione was the opposite. She did not want to close her eyes for more than a second for fear of seeing memories of the war, the deaths, Dolohov, and the worst, Greyback. Hermione was taken by one of the vilest people she had ever met and it disgusted her to no end. She shook the thought from her head and cursed herself for thinking about it before going back to her textbook.
Seeing that the time was seven, Hermione arose from her sitting position and went upstairs to her bathroom to take a shower. Upon finishing her shower and entering her room clad in shorts and a t shirt, Hermione casted a drying spell on her body and hair and entered her closet. She picked a plain, white shirt that hugged her curves nicely, a pair of maroon colored skinny jeans, and a black leather jacket to wear over the shirt. She decided to pair these with a pair of brown combat boots. Picking up her black backpack, she headed downstairs to the living room where she would wait until it was time to go. Hermione began to think about the day that awaited her. She had decided the night before that she would not participate as much as she had in Hogwarts for fear that she would attract much attention but she still wished to pay attention avidly. As she thought of this, she began dreading the day slightly more than before. In a small town like this, she was bound to draw attention from everyone, especially since she had come near the end of the year. With the help of Kingsley, she was able to create fake records of her schooling but Hermione now wondered if that was all a waste of time. She did not want to go back to the life she had lived before which consisted of the attention of the entire wizarding world. However, Hermione soon pushed the silly thought from her mind. I have suffered through so much more. I can definitely handle a few stares, she thought. Gryffindor courage. Hermione was brought out of her reverie when she heard a pecking at the window. Looking up, Hermione could see that it was Harry's new owl, Hardy, which he had bought after Hedwig's death. She noticed that the owl was carrying a very large bag and so she quickly opened the window and relieved him of the weight, handing him a treat in exchange. Hardy politely nipped her finger before flying away. Hermione looked at the writing on the bag and noticed it was a pack of blood pops, 1,500 to be exact. Although she did not need any more, she was still grateful and slipped the bag into her backpack which she had placed a charm upon. It was now 7:50 and time to leave so Hermione quickly shut of all of the lights with her wand, placing it in her arm holster before running into her car and going down the gravel driveway.
Hermione entered the school parking lot and parked beside a silver Volvo which, she noticed, was the only parking space left. She shut off the engine and looked outside at the people who were staring at her which just so happened to be everyone. With her tinted windows, those outside were unable to see anything inside and were anxiously waiting for the owner of the expensive car to exit. Hermione gathered the last bit of courage left within her and grabbed her bag before graciously exiting the car. Although they did not know it, Hermione was able to hear everyone's soft gasps and whispering. However, one boy's voice stood out over the others. "Whoa she's hotter than the Cullens." Cullens? Who are they? Hermione asked herself. She began walking in her gracious manner and that made everyone even more shocked, if that were even possible. Hermione entered the building which did not even compare to Hogwarts and walked down the hall towards the main office, trying to ignore the stares and sometimes jealous glares.
Upon entering, Hermione noticed that there was only one secretary in the room so she approached her. "Hello, I am Hermione Granger. I am the new student here." The secretary looked up and her eyes widened, mouth widening also. She quickly collected herself and cleared her throat before saying,
"Ah yes. Here is your schedule and this is a piece of paper that I need your teachers to sign. You can just give it to me at the end of the day." With a nod, Hermione took the papers and left the office. She looked at her schedule and was getting ready to head to her first class when someone came up next to her.
"Hi! I'm Jessica! You must be new. What's your first class? I'll take you there." The girl named Jessica stated quite loudly. Hermione wasn't sure how to respond so she just handed Jessica her schedule and let her do the rest. "Oh you have English with Mrs. Smith. I feel bad for you; she can be a pain in the ass. I'll show you where her class is." With that, they both walked down the corridor and talked; well more like Jessica gossiped after Hermione introduced herself. Soon they reached the classroom and Jessica left, leaving Hermione to herself. Jessica reminded her of Lavender. She wasn't quite sure how she was supposed to take that.
So far, the day had been incredibly boring for Hermione. Nonetheless, she still paid much attention to the lessons. Throughout the day, some of the more brave people have been asking, or more like interrogating, Hermione about her life which she tried to avoid. Those who asked were blatantly ignored. Hermione was so annoyed that she did not care if she was being rude anymore. She sighed, just hoping that lunch would be better and with that, she entered the cafeteria.
"What's going on?" Bella asked the Cullens while looking around the room from the table. Everyone had been extra chatty and excited about some girl today.
"Apparently, there's a new girl. Her name's Hermione." Edward explained with his eyebrows furrowed in thought.
"You're worried," Jasper said. He attempted to send calming waves towards Edward with his empathic abilities. "And confused, but mostly worried. Why?" All of the attention from the table was now on the mind reader.
"Well, by reading the thoughts of some of the people in the room, it seems as though this Hermione girl is better looking than us." Everyone gaped at Edward. Silence ensued before Alice quickly readjusted herself and stated,
"But that would only be possible if she was a vampire, right?" Suddenly, the entire cafeteria silenced. Everyone, including the Cullens and Bella, all turned to see a girl confidently walking in and heading towards Jessica Stanley who was beckoning her to her table. Her sitting down seemed to be the trigger and the talking all began at once. Bella and the Cullens still remained still. Suddenly, Emmett spoke the words that were on each of the eight peoples' minds.
"Holy shit."