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"Do you have to set them off?" Hermione asked exasperated.
"Dunno but they're headed this way so . . . look natural" Blaise said and leaning against the car with his arms crossed and his lips drawn in to what Hermione presumed was his 'sexy' face.
She snorted "yeah real natural" as she and Theo moved around the car to stand beside him and Draco.
They stood together and regarded the vampires warily as they made their way towards them.
"Hello" said a smooth voice as the vampires neared them.
Hermione scoffed and hid it behind a cough, Theo nudged her but she caught his mouth tilt at the corners before he composed himself. Blaise and Draco were openly snickering and it made the vampires all frown in confusion.
After composing themselves Draco narrowed his eyes and made himself seem taller, more threatening as he nodded and replied "hello".
There was an awkward silence where the four magical folk and the vampires assessed each other. It was broken as Rosalie snorted and rolled her eyes.
Hermione stared at her with a raised eyebrow "wow, that may have actually been considered as a laugh" she paused and looked mock concerned "did that hurt much?"
Rosalie growled "why you-" she snarled as she moved to pounce on Hermione.
"Ah, ah, ah" tutted Draco as his hardened eyes turned to the blonde "I wouldn't do that if I were you" he drawled looking bored but Hermione could see the threat in his eye.
Hermione sighed feeling guilty for her bitchy side "let's start over" she took a step closer to the smallest female vampire, Draco growled and followed her with the others close behind. None of them wanted her anywhere near the vampires, especially after the way Severus had shouted at them all to look after her better and make sure she doesn't over do it.
Hermione rolled her eyes at her brothers and reached out a hand to the female in front of her "hi, I'm Hermione Lupus" she then gestured to the three behind her "these are my brothers, Draco, Blaise and Theo".
"Hi" replied the vampire happily with a small shake of the hand and a grin "I'm Alice, this is my … boyfriend Jasper, his twin Rosalie, her boyfriend Emmett and then our brother Edward".
Hermione eyed each vampire and gave a nod, she turned to Rosalie last "would you both accepting an apology if I gave one?"
Rosalie snorted "not likely" she crossed her arms.
Hermione smirked "good because I'm not giving one".
Rosalie eyed her in reply before her lips tilted up at the side, she let out a long suffering sigh "as much as it pains me to admit this but I like you Lupus, you don't take shit sitting down that's for sure".
Hermione let out a laugh "meaning I'm the only brave enough to bite back" she felt the vampires grow wary at her word use but didn't show that she noticed.
Rosalie was the only one who hadn't grown wary but her smile widened and she nodded "exactly".
Hermione grinned and turned to her brothers "think I've just made my new best girlfriend by shouting at her, seems a bit like déja vu doesn't it?" Her brothers snorted at a reminder of how she became friends with the Greengrass sisters. Yes, they really didn't want to see a repeat of that.
"Shout at people often do you?" asked another voice.
Hermione regarded Edward through narrowed eyes, she felt a slight push on her shields and sucked in a breath "you" she whispered glaring at Edward "I do not like".
Edward blinked shocked, Hermione wondered if it was because of what she said or because he couldn't get into her mind. She felt her brothers move closer to her as if they understood her reasoning.
"Why?" Edward asked frowning.
Hermione regarded him in silence for a moment before answering quietly "the things you seek are not your own therefore you should not force it from anyone even if that person doesn't know what you are doing" she paused as the vampires began to look confused "I wont let it pass a second time" she turned to Draco "we'll be late for class if we don't go now".
Draco scanned her face, his own hiding his emotions but she could see the worry "I'm fine Drake" she whispered as they all turned and walked away from the still confused vampires.
"Do you think I gave too much away in telling Edward I knew he was trying to get into my mind?"
Blaise snorted "if that was your way of telling him then I'd hate to hear how you try to confuse him".
They continued to walk in silence before Theo asked "do you think we should just tell them what we are?"
"No" answered Hermione quickly, her heart squeezing with fear "no" she said much softer "I don't think that would be a good idea".
Blaise nodded his agreement whilst Draco said "I think we need to get them to somehow give away what they are to us and then we can discuss with Severus what we must do".
"What's with that Edward anyway" Hermione growled suddenly with narrow eyes "how could he get into my head, or at least how could he try?"
"We don't know but he tried the same with us" Theo said uncomfortably "Dad said he was going to research though because he didn't know that the vamps had some magical talents".
Hermione looked at him confused "there's more?"
"That silent one tried to calm Draco down when he was arguing with Edwards yesterday" replied Blaise as he glanced at the blonde beside him.
Draco rolled his eyes "forced me to calm down more like".
"Forced?" Hermione frowned "how could he force you?"
"He has some power over emotions" replied a grumpy Draco "I don't like this".
"Me either" muttered Theo as he glanced warily at the passing Muggle students.
Blaise looking serious as he grimaced "same" he agreed softly before his eyes flickered to Hermione "we're supposed to be keeping you safe and we've brought you to more danger" he glanced away quickly ashamed.
Hermione stopped walking and the others carried on not realising she had stopped until they had taken five steps away from her.
"Don't" she said desperately in a soft voice when they turned to look at her "please don't blame yourselves and things that can't change".
"We could with a time-turner" offered Theo.
Hermione sighed and glanced around, there were a few stragglers but not many who could overhear their quiet conversation "I'm betting if we do get our hands on one and we actually chose a different place, well I'm guessing that it might be just as bad" she gulped and blinked back sudden tears "I'm starting to think that maybe it wasn't Harry who brought us trouble for all those years" she shook her head and stared at her boots "what if it was me?" she whispered "what if I could have prevented some things from happening by not going to Hogwarts".
There was a moment of silence before Hermione felt herself pulled into a hug "the only thing that would change would be Potter dead in first year and Voldemort would have taken over" Draco whispered softly into her curly hair "without you, we wouldn't have won the war".
Hermione shook her head in disagreement but didn't reply, she held onto Draco for a little longer until her emotions had calmed "I'm sorry" she pulled away "even though I slept for so long I still feel tired" she smiled slightly at her brothers "you know I'm cranky when I'm tired".
Her brothers nodded in reply before Blaise was beside her and feeling her forehead "are you well though?" he asked concerned "Sev- Father said you would still be tired – I'm not sure why – but he said we would have to keep a close eye on you and to make sure you ate".
Hermione rolled her eyes "I'm fine" she snapped before wincing and looking up at him guiltily "sorry" she muttered and shook her head.
Theo snickered at Blaise's mock hurt look and said "you didn't eat breakfast did you" he stated more then asked.
Hermione frowned "erm, no?"
Draco looked at her in disbelief "you don't remember?"
Shrugging sheepishly "I was in a hurry" she said weakly.
Draco's shoulders sagged and he growled "come on" he suddenly said as the three boys turned around in the opposite direction all tugging Hermione along.
"Where are we going?" she asked frantically trying to pull from their grasps.
"To get you food before you collapse again" muttered Blaise darkly.
Hermione gulped and looked behind her "b . . . but the lunch area will be closed, where are you going to get food?"
Her three brothers suddenly let out loud laughs as they exited the school "we're going to use some skills we got from Hogwarts".
Hermione watched them confused until Theo rolled his eyes "we're skipping school and apparating someplace".
Opening and closing her mouth unsure of what to say Hermione muttered "technically we learnt how to apparate from the Ministry".
Rolling his eyes Draco sighed "since it's you we're going to feed where do you fancy going?"
Hermione's eyes lit up "fancy a picnic on the beach?"
Theo glanced up at the clouded sky "in this weather?"
"Afraid of a little rain Theo?" laughed Hermione.
Blushing Theo stuttered "n . . . no".
Sighing Draco exchanged a tired look with Blaise "sure" he agreed finally as he ran a hand through his hair "who knows maybe, we'll see those shifters again".
"Do you think they know about the vampires?" asked Blaise curiously.
"They could do" said Draco and Hermione at the same time, they glanced at each other amused as Draco gestured towards the woods "we'll apparate in there and be back here before the end of school to get the car".
Nodding Hermione followed closely behind them, just before she stepped through the group of trees that would block them from view she turned around to see the vampires watching them curiously from the two cars they had arrived in.
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Ooooh, not good first impressions for poor Eddie.
This is way shorter then my other chaps but I wanted to give all of my amazing viewers something to read, next is more shifters and finally some answers for our favourite wizards and witch :) I think i'm dissapointed with this chapter but I hope you guys aren't :/
