Chapter Six
Severus looked down at Alana, disappointment evident in his eyes. She held her Firebolt 3 along with the rest of her family who had their own Firebolts to ride on. Alana had tried to burn every way of transportation so that they didn't have to go to the Cullen's. "I want you near me at all times while we're over there," said the older wizard. "If I even catch of hint of magical energy coming out of you, then you will be going over there every night to help out with whatever they want for a month straight."
Alana looked at her guardian in outrage, her mouth in an angry pout. She place her broom on the ground, stepping on it and kicking off the ground. "Fine," she said in a tight voice. The family followed suit and Remus took the head of the family. They didn't bother putting an invisibility charm on them since they were traveling through the trees. Harry took his place by Alana, Draco and Viktor road higher than the others to look for any possible threats, and Severus and Sirius took the lower ranks. The pixies that were in the garden followed them with smiles on their faces. They were going to ask if they could tend to the vampire's garden since their garden was finished for the day.
"I hope they like the Blood Pops," smiled Sirius as he ducked so he wouldn't hit a branch. He looked at the bag in his hands and then smiling at his lover who smiled back. "Most vampires do."
"I'm sure they'll love them," commented Harry. He swerved in and out of the trees in a very laid back manner. "Did you get the blood flavored jelly beans sis?"
Alana gestured to the bag in her pants pocket. "Yup. I wouldn't want to disappoint," she murmured while looking at Severus with a glare. The black haired man just looked ahead completely oblivious.
The Cullen's paced within their house, waiting for the wizards to come into view through the window. Alice was her cheerful self, looking at the different ways the future was planning out for them. Carlisle and Esme were silently talking about who was going to get along with who. Jasper, he was just wondering if any of their emotions were going to change at any sudden notice. Rosalie and Emmett just hung back, staring at the trees like Edward. He was standing along, waiting for his mate to come through those trees. He wanted to see him again, possibly hug him if he would allow him to. Just some kind of contact would have been amazing.
"They should be here in a few minutes...there was a tad bit of a situation," said Alice with a giggle. Everyone looked at her in worry. "Nothing bad, it's just that Alana had some fun with a fire charm that's all. She still doesn't want to come over." She ended with a frown, wondering if she'd let Alice give her a make over. "She'll want to though, in a week or two." She gave Edward a knowing smile and he groaned. He had to compete with that psycho woman? What was he going to do?
"She'll kill me."
"No, just threaten," his sister smirked. "And possibly put you in a lot of pain if you hurt him. But that's all...I think."
"Great," Edward sighed in frustration. "She really does hate vampires doesn't she?"
"You could say that," replied Alice vaguely.
"What do you mean?" he asked while trying to get into her mind. All he could here was that stupid gummybear song. She smiled at him, but shook his head.
"They're here!" said Esme as she walked over to the window by Edward. They appeared through the trees standing on brooms and flying really fast through the air. With their vampiric eyes they could see that all of them were trying to slow their brooms down by doing dives and swirling through the air. They landed in front of the house, staring at it in awe.
Esme was the first to come out of the house to great them. She walked down the steps, smiling at she did. "Welcome to our home," she said as she took notice of the pixies that were flying up to her. They smiled, waving slightly.
"They wanted to know if you'd like them to tend to your gardens," explained Sirius. "They're garden pixies and ours in done for the day."
"Of course," smiled the vampiress. "Help yourself," she said to the pixies. They squealed in glee and went to work within seconds. The rest of the family came out from behind her, only Carlisle keep his mouth shut. The rest of his kids were looking at them in awe. "Children these are the guardians of your friends: Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black."
"You guys ride brooms?" questioned Emmett while joining his mother. "That's so cool. Do you think I could ride?"
"With one of us controlling it yes," answered Viktor. "They're pretty easy to maneuver once you get the hang of it." He walked up to Emmett, handing him the broom and explaining things about it while they walked back into the house. Jasper joined them, wanting to ride the Firebolt himself.
"Please come in," offered Carlisle and the family followed inside. Harry took Alana's hand, giving her a comforting smile. Edward watched the interaction with a pang of jealously. He wished he could hold that hand. "We would love to know more about the wizarding world if you'd let us. It is to our knowledge that a Dark Lord was vanquished not too long ago."
Remus smiled with pride. "This is because of the twins that he his forever gone. They were the ones to defeat him." Alana and Harry blushed in embarrassment. They hated it when their guardians bragged about murdering someone.
"Oh wow," said Esme with sad eyes.
"Don't feel sorry for us Mrs. Cullen," smiled Harry softly. "We're only doing what needs to be done and we've been through worse."
"Call me Esme dear."
"Ok, Esme."
"Draco would you like to come and help me pick out an outfit for school tomorrow?" questioned Alice. "I'm just not sure what to wear." Draco smiled, nodding while following Alice up the stairs. Rosalie followed as well, wondering if the human did have a sense of fashion or not when it came to woman's clothing.
That left Carlisle, Esme, Remus, Sirius, Severus, Edward, Harry, and Alana sitting in the living room in a quiet silence. Edward took the liberty to sit next to Harry, and Alana took his other side while Severus sat beside her. Remus and Sirius sat in a love seat, even if they was only brotherly love between them.
"Oh!" mused Sirius as he took the Blood Pop levitated within the air. "I almost forgot to give you these." He set them on the table and Alana tossed the jelly beans near them before crossing her arms over her chest and staring out the window. "If you ever need more just come to us and we'll get you some more."
The three vampires helped themselves to one and found that they tasted so good, like real blood. "I think we'll need many orders," joked Carlisle. Everyone laughed besides Alana. He frowned, looking at the girl in interest. Her eyes were so different from her brother's. Harry's was calm and filled with such happiness that it seemed to leak from him. Alana, on the other hand, had worry etched all throughout her face, and there was this icy calm that Carlisle had seen on only one person's face, Marcus, one of the leaders of the Volturi. "So, Alana, have you thought of any careers in the wizarding world you might want to go into?"
Alana looked over at the blonde vampire, shrugging. "I'm not really sure what I want to do."
"She excelled in her Care of Magical Creatures class. Also her Defense classes," smiled Sirius.
"Defense comes easy to both of us," smiled Harry while giving his sister a comforting squeeze. "Although I could never do what she did in Magical Creatures class. She helped the games keeper, Hagrid, help a Centaur give birth. Only a trained specialist could do it."
"You don't need to be trained to help a creature give birth." She looked over at Carisle, the first time she had looked any of the vampires in the eye. "I basically looked it up one day, memorized it, and then when Hagrid called I helped out."
"Is there a career in that?"
Alana shook her head. "The people within the Ministry of Magic don't think kindly of magical creatures. They think of them dark so whenever they find them they usually end up in Azkaban, within some kind of zoo, or dead." The vampires looked at her with outraged looked as they continued to suck on their Blood Pops "The only thing close is a mediwitch."
"Which you'd be good in since you are very good in potions," said Severus. "That would be a great job for you. And you know how to treat certain venoms so you can work in the Magical Creature Bites and Injury Department."
Alana just shrugged, watching Emmett struggle on the Firebolt outside.
Carlisle smiled at the girl. "Well do you think that one day I might be able to watch you heal or help out with some magical creature dilemma?"
"If you catch me at the right time then yes."
"Then I'll have Alice looking for when you will be healing someone or something."
"What about you Harry?" asked Edward. "Mediwizard Potter?"
Harry giggled, looking up at him with a big smile. "No. I think I'll become an Auror. Kick some butt."
"Oh bloody hell," muttered Alana. The three elder wizards chuckled at the witch.
"What?" questioned Harry with a glare. "I can be an Auror if i want to. It's what Dad did. And Mom was a mediwitch so we'd be living on their legacy of awesomeness."
Edward laughed at Harry, putting an arm around him. All of the adults in the room smiled at the sight, and Harry blushed before leaning into his arms. Alana's eyes glowed in protectiveness. Her hand went to her wand, but she didn't withdraw it. She stared at the jelly beans on the table, and her mouth was set in a hard line.
Severus stared at his daughter, gripping her arm tightly. "Try it and you're grounded." Esme and Carlisle looked at the two in worry. "She's fine, just reflexes that's all. All the time during the war she was known to protect Harry."
"How you were in the war then?" asked Esme with worry.
"How do you think we killed the Dark Lord? Waltz into his house and have a cup of tea?"
"Alana," warned Sirius. "That is a discussion for another time."
"No I think this is the perfect time for this discussion. They need to know that they're in a room with two kids who have killed more than the average wizard. Been through more than enough torture throughout their lifetime." Remus sucked in a breath, and the whole house was silent. "We were the reason the war even started or should I say brother dearest was."
"Alana! Enough!"
"Since when did you have the right to act like a father Severus? If memory serves right the reason you turned gay was because my mother didn't choose you over James." She stood up, her Firebolt shooting into her hand. "I'm seventeen fucking years old, a full grown witch. If I don't want to be around these leeches then let me be. Don't force me into things like Dumblefuck did!" She disappeared with a pop, only green mist separating in her wake.
Severus looked at the mist, hurt evident in his eyes. "If you'll excuse me..." he disappeared as well.
"I'm so sorry you had to see that!" apologized Remus and Sirius at once. "She's not herself and she didn't mean it. Well the Dumbledore thing yes, but nothing else. And Harry she doesn't blame you at all."
The entire family appeared in the room, wonder in their eyes. Edward held onto Harry tightly, seeing the nonchalant attitude in his eyes. He was used to this. He even blamed her on occasion. "Where's Alana?" asked Draco.
"Gone."
Sighing, he disappeared, going after her.
"Why does she hate us?" whispered Alice. "I didn't see this coming. What set her off?"
Sirius took a deep breath. "You must understand that she doesn't hate you. She doesn't hate anybody other than Albus Dumbledore, Voldemort, and the followers of the Dark Lord. What set her off was Severus' fatherly attitude. She doesn't like it. The only person she thinks should be her father is James Potter, and he's dead along with her mother." Esme gasped, but kept silent. "Lord Voldemort killed the twins' parents when they were one. Both of them had a certain prophecy. Harry's was to destroy the Dark Lord while Alana's was to aid him and protect him with all of the magic she could conjure. And Severus is bisexual so that was a big low blow on her part."
"Were vampire followers of the Dark Lord?" asked Carlise.
All the wizards nodded. "I guess we'll start by saying..."
Soundtrack Chapters 1-6
Counting Bodies Like Sheep- The Perfect Circle (This is the main song that inspired this story)
Arms of Sorrow- Killswitch Engage
Blow Me Away- Breaking Benjamin
Restless- Unkle
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Next Chapter- The explanation of the wizard's past, and you'll find out where Alana went and only Draco knows about it. Till then here's a sneak peak of next chapter!!
"They tortured me," whispered Harry as tears formed in his eyes. He shook his head, drying them up as fast as they came. "Made Alana watch." Her screams echoed through his ears, calling his name. "You know what...why don't I show you? Then you'll know why she dislikes vampires so much."