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I am writing this just for fun and no money is being made.
She did her best to calm her heart down but it wasn't working. It had been months since the war, but she still had those nightmares. Death! It was always death. Surrounding everything and everyone around her. Nothing but chaos. Everyone dead, but her. It has been the same since the war.
Athena couldn't go back to sleep so she decided to take a bath. She was just planning on what to have for breakfast, when she felt something shift in the atmosphere along with a ripple of magic, which seemed dark to her. Darker than anything she had ever felt and it gives her goosebumps.
Her thoughts turned toward Damon. It's been days, since she had last seen him, so she decided to visit him. There was something wrong with this town and she was sure, she would be able to find something about it if she talked to the Salvatore's. She remembered him telling something about the Boarding House, which was not that far.
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She apparated a block away from the boarding house. So far, life has taught her that nothing good ever came from dealing with the supernatural, so she should just turn and leave but she couldn't do it. So, she braced herself and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. She tried again and waited but the result was still the same. She was about to turn around and leave when she heard a scream. She waited to see if it was somehow her imagination, but the next one was a loud piercing cry of agony.
She took her wand out, pointed it at the door and whispered, "ALOHOMORA."
The door opened with a click as she entered. She took a deep breath and quietly walked inside. She looked around and was startled by the beauty of the house.
Athena heard someone groaning nearby and moved towards that direction. She wasn't able to comprehend what she was looking at. She stood there, wide-eyed but was not able to work her feet or her brain for that matter.
Damon was tied to a chair, with the fire poker sticking through his chest. Stefan was standing at the other side of the door, looking amused and there was another guy, near the curtains who was focused solely on Damon. He had an athletic built with brown hair and blue eyes. But the thing which alarmed her the most, was his aura. He was surrounded by darkness. It was much darker than she has ever felt, which was saying something. She shuddered.
Stefan seemed apathetic and was apparently, enjoying the show. She saw him telling Damon, that he was not the one who did it, then removed the poker from Damon's chest and left. She observed Stefan and noticed that he was not able to see the guy. What was he?
Before she could think about it, the guy removed the curtains and Damon started screaming. The sun was burning him and she thought back to their trip. They had been out in the sun before, what exactly was happening here? The answers could wait, she had to save him, now.
"Colloportus!" she gasped and the curtains sealed themselves.
Both their heads snapped toward her. The guy looked at her with narrowed eyes, just as Damon's eyes widened with horror and he shouted at her, "No Athena. Get out of here, now."
Before she could respond to him, she felt the temperature in the room drop. The other guy was looking at her like he wanted to kill her, without giving it much thought, she shouted,
"Depulso!" And the guy vanished.
She went to Damon, who was gawking at her and removed the chains with the flick of her wand. She was just helping him to the couch, when he abruptly shouted, "You are a witch!"
She rolled her eyes and muttered, "Well done, Sherlock."
"Why did you have to go and spoil the fun?" Stefan said just as he entered the room, at which they both glared at him and he held his hands up in surrender.
Damon winced and Athena noticed that he was still bleeding. Weren't vampires supposed to heal instantly? So, she gestured towards his wounds and asked "Do you need any help with that?"
"There are blood bags in the cellar." Damon almost wheezed.
She looked at Stefan and said, "Could you be a dear and bring some?"
"I am not your puppy."
The smirk she gave him was wicked and said, "I could always transfigure you into one."
"You wouldn't dare."
"Try me." Her smile didn't wane and she didn't look away from him as well.
Meanwhile, Damon was looking at both of them with his mouth hung open. Were they seriously bickering about some shit like that, when he was in pain and barely able to breathe? He couldn't help himself from the groan that left his mouth, "Seriously, guys?"
Athena and Stefan looked startled, but she outstretched her hand and muttered "Accio Blood Bags."
Very light sound of something speeding through the air behind them just as a couple of blood bags came flying into her palm and gave them to Damon. He was thankful that their nonsensical argument was over, he was getting a headache.
"That's handy." He told her and drank.
After he was done, no one knew how to address the elephant in the room. The silence was uncomfortable.
Damon decided to break it as he cleared his throat and asked, "How do you know each other?"
"Really, Damon. That's the first thing you want to know?" Stefan rolled his eyes and Athena's lips twitched.
"So, what was that about and who was the guy?" Athena asked.
"Mason Lockwood." Damon said.
"What guy?" Stefan said at the same time and looked at each other.
"You weren't able to see him, were you?" she asked Stefan.
"I killed him. The only thing I want to know is how was he standing right here, spit-roasting me?" Damon said.
"Ah!" was her response.
He whirled toward her in bewilderment. "You just saw a dead man walking, and that's what you have to say?"
"Uh.. Well, one of the teachers in my school was a ghost. And the castle was filled with them. Its not a big deal."
Damon and Stefan gave her a look which clearly meant that she was crazy and asked her carefully, "You had ghosts as teachers, in a school?"
"They are not vengeful spirits trying to harm anyone. Besides, they are exactly like us, just not alive." she shrugged.
Damon though, had other issues, "The guy, wanted to kill me."
"To be fair, you killed him first." Stefan helped from his corner.
"But the one I saw here, Mason," she looked at Damon for confirmation and he nodded, "was surrounded by darkness. He was a muggle, right? He is not supposed to be here."
"Muggle?"
"Non-magic folk." They both answered at the same time and then again glared at each-other.
Before they had time to start another argument, Athena suddenly felt the air around her drop, it became cold and she felt a strong wave of magic pass through her. She stood up abruptly, tightened her grip on her wand and looked around.
Damon and Stefan noticed her sudden change in her posture and looked around.
"What now?" Damon almost whined.
"Somethings happened. I can feel dark magic oozing out of air, like tar." She shuddered and added with a whisper, "We are not alone. Someone's here."
She felt a sudden gust of wind, the hair on her neck stood up and she suddenly turned around. And came face to face with a blonde girl and shouted, "COLLOSHOO."
The girl tried to move but was stuck and looked at Athena with narrowed eyes.
"Lexi?" Stefan said and Damon groaned.
"You know her?" She asked and muttered, "Vindictus Viridan." Which released the girl.
"I am so sorry." she told Lexi.
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She heard a familiar crack of apparition and froze.
"What was that?" Damon asked.
Stefan And Damon didn't wait and ran towards the door as Lexi tensed.
"Oh no! Not again." She moaned but didn't wait and followed them out.
Three men were standing there wearing the wizarding robes and had their wands in their hands. Two of them were old but one was fairly young. The auror was looking at her continuously, which was making Athena uncomfortable.
The one in the front looked particularly bored. He didn't look at anyone and told them in a monotone voice, "We work at the Auror department in MACUSA. My name is Gondulphus Graves and this is my partner Robert Grimsditch. This is Albert Perschky of Accidental Magic Reversal Squad. Clause 73 of International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy was breached this morning."
"What's MACUSA?" Damon piped up and the man shot him a glare.
"The Magical Congress of the United States of America." Athena replied.
The man, Gondulphus, continued, "It is standard procedure to obliviate the muggles. Now, if you will?" He didn't wait and gestured to one of them to start.
She was about to intervene when Robert almost shouted, "Merlin's Beard. It's The-Girl-Who-Lived." And the other two looked at her with shocked wide eyes.
"You are Athena Potter." One of them said and she grimaced.
Robert was oblivious to the tense atmosphere around and was jumping. "I can't believe I am standing right next to Athena Potter. I am a huge fan. Can I have an autograph? I even have your picture with me." He finished in a single breath.
Damon and Stefan were looking at her with a questioning gaze. She had thought to tell Damon, but this was not how she imagined it.
The other guy, Albert, cleared his throat and continued, "I am sorry about this Miss Potter." as he gestured toward the excited auror and continued, "It's standard procedure. We will be out of your hair, as soon as our work here is done."
She didn't know them much, but she enjoyed the brother's company. Damon was the first person she befriended in the muggle world and she was not going to let anyone ruin that.
"Well, it's not the breach of clause as they are not exactly normal muggles." She stated calmly.
The statement startled all three of them and they looked past her, at the two men and the blonde girl. It took only a moment, but their eyes widened in horror and they pointed their wands towards the three of them.
"Vampires!" one of them shouted.
She didn't have much time to think, as one of the men fired, "Incendio!"
"Protego!" She barely managed to cast a shield between the wizards and the vampires.
Athena didn't let go of the shield and positioned herself between noticed that Stefan and Lexi were standing behind her and Damon has positioned himself, partly, in front of her. She was aware of the fact, that he was itching to kill these men, who had attacked him without provocation.
"Damon, don't." She reached and grabbed his hand in hers. It was the only way to assure that he won't try anything.
She narrowed her eyes at the man who had fired the spell and said, "These are my friends and I won't let you hurt them. I trust the demonstration of my magic is not necessary? You don't want to pick a fight with me. You know me well, gentlemen."
Albert lowered his wand and held his hands up in a placating manner. "Of course, Miss Potter. But it's against the law for a muggle to know about magic. And, it includes muggle vampires as well."
She gave them a bone chilling smile and said, "Do you want to explain to the Prophet that you attacked The-Girl-Who-Conquered without any provocation? MACUSA employees attacking a decorated war heroine. They will have a field day."
The men looked terrified of her but Albert gathered his courage and said, "We will discuss the matter with the President, Miss Potter and will get back to you by the end of the day. Have a good day, ma'am." And with that he apparated along with his partner.
Robert was still there, looking at her sadly and said, "I guess I will have to wait for that autograph." Then he apparated as well.
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"I need a drink." Athena said to no one in particular and went inside. She settled herself on the sofa in front of the fireplace, summoned the bourbon, poured some in a glass, took a sip and muttered to herself, "Hmm.. Not as nice as Fire Whiskey but close."
Stefan gave her a look and shook his head. He didn't know what Fire Whiskey was but one thing he was sure about, that the girl was pretty much a female Damon. And he shuddered at the thought. Damon on the other hand, snorted.
"Not to be rude and interrupt your deep musing, but want to tell us what that was about?" Damon asked. He was getting tired of what the fuck moments today.
"There was a madman, who wanted to rule the world. His only desires were to become the most powerful being in the world and to rid the world of muggles. There was a war months ago and I helped a bit." She ended.
It was the first time Lexi spoke, "Helped? You are the one who ended it."
Athena met her eyes with a wide questioning gaze. "Spirits talk, Miss Potter. There probably won't be a single spirit, who doesn't know about you." Lexi replied.
Athena closed her eyes and sighed. She wanted to start a new life without any of her freakiness. Even the spirits know about her. She would never be able to have a normal life.
"Guess, I'll always be a freak." She uttered.
Damon flew toward her and held both her shoulders, almost making her jump. He looked into her eyes and said seriously, "Don't say that. You are not a freak and never were." And then added to himself, "I should have waited and killed those relatives of yours."
"What?" Athena's eyes grew, to match her now, bewildered face.
It didn't register to him what he had said and gave her a questioning gaze, "What?"
"It was you!" She breathed.
He realized his mistake and cursed himself. What was it about this one girl, that had him spilling everything without a second thought? She was looking at him with those bright emerald eyes, which were filled with awe. It was a gaze filled with wonder and admiration; never, had anyone looked at him like that, it scared him and he wasn't sure why. He shifted uncomfortably and cleared his throat to get her attention.
She came out of the haze she was in and blinked at him. "The day we met, I asked you if we've met before. Why won't you tell me?"
"It wasn't important." He shrugged offhandedly.
She looked at him and whispered, "It is to me."
Damon softened at her words, but his expressions remained the same. Stefan and Lexi were standing there, trying to figure everything out but thankfully, stayed quiet.
Athena looked at Damon and said, "Okay. You and I, are going to talk. But first, I need to find a way to get out of this mess."
"We just have to find someone who would know each and every detail about your world. Someone intelligent and manipulative, in a couple of hours. How difficult can that be?" Stefan said sarcastically.
"Hermione!" She exclaimed excitedly.
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"I can take only two people with me. Can you be there without help?" Athena asked Lexi.
"See you in a bit, darling." With that Lexi winked at her and vanished.
She held her hands up for the brothers to take, at which Stefan gave a look of horror and backed away from her. Damon, merely raised his eyebrows at the scene in front of him.
"Oh, come on, you big baby! It wasn't that horrible." She told him with the roll of her eyes.
"Not horrible? I was about to hurl." Stefan snarked.
Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Damon was about to open his mouth; this would take longer than necessary, so she didn't give them time, reached and held one of their biceps with each hand and apparated. Stefan knew what was to come and landed on his feet, unlike Damon who was on his knees, wheezing. It wasn't as bad as the first time, but still took Stefan some time to feel normal.
"Is it even legal to do that?" Damon asked finally.
"Of course, I have my license." She responded.
"You guys need to have a license for that?" He was having trouble believing her.
She didn't get the chance to reply as Stefan asked Damon innocently, "Are you all there, big brother?"
It was Damon's turn to be horrified, as Athena ignored them both and went inside her home. Damon short him a nasty glare and led himself into the house and came to an abrupt halt; but Stefan was stuck outside. Athena invited him in, after which he made his way inside and collided with Damon. Lexi was already there. He was about to open his mouth but snapped it shut, after looking around.
The bookshelf was reorganising itself. Large tomes were hovering in the air as they rearranged themselves.
"Sorry about this. I didn't know I was going to have guests. Don't mind them. Some of them are harmless, really. But don't try to touch them, they hate it and could bite you."
The three of them were staring at the books and then at her, as she ranted.
Lexi couldn't stop herself and asked, "Bite you?"
"Yea. Some of them are flesh eating monsters. You just have to know how to handle them. It's fairly easy, once you know what makes them happy."
They chose to stay quiet after that until Stefan asked, "How exactly is this Hermione going to help?"
She muttered, "You'll see." And walked toward her fireplace, bent down on her knees, tossed a handful of Floo Powder as the green fire erupted from it and was about to stick her head into it, when someone grabbed her waist, and she found herself on the other side of the room.
"Are you crazy?" Damon nearly shouted in her ear.
The movement was so sudden, that she hadn't even realized what had happened, until he spoke to her. She blinked and then blinked again, to regain her focus.
"It connects me to all the wizarding fireplaces throughout the world. It's a means of travel or talking to someone, like a phone with a visual. It's called Floo Network. You'll see."
Damon was beyond horrified to even think about travelling by it himself, much less letting her stick her head in that thing. But before he could do anything else, she threw the powder in the fireplace and shouted, "Hermione!"
It's been a couple of seconds and he was questioning her mental health, when he saw a sight that imprinted itself in his mind, forever.
"Athena Lily Potter! What have you done now?" A sharp voice inquired.
He heard Stefan gasp and went forward to see what it was and couldn't hold back his own intake of breath. There was a girl in the fireplace, well her head and her hair, but still a girl, talking to Athena, like it was normal to talk through a fireplace.
"I didn't do anything." He heard the words but were not able to comprehend them. This was beyond ridiculous. He had known about witches since he was a human but this?
"Uhmm…."
"Can you come over, like now?" he was finally able to focus on her and was it his imagination or the fierce girl he knew looked terrified?
They heard the other girl sigh and said, "Back off. I am coming through."
He was about to ask what she meant by coming through, when suddenly a smolder of green erupted from the fireplace and a figure stepped out of it, leaving tendrils of smoke behind.
The girl had even bigger hair than it looked in the fire with pale skin and brown eyes. She was wearing blue silk pyjama set.
"Nice dress. Very sexy!" Damon couldn't help himself and Athena almost face palmed herself. Hermione was going to kill him and then her.
Hermione looked at the guy for the first time and narrowed her eyes at him.
"Thank You. But, it definitely can't beat yours." She was smiling but her eyes were a different story.
Damon frowned at that and looked down. His blue shirt was torn from where Mason had shoved a poker inside him and was covered with blood.
She didn't give him time to reply though and turned towards Athena with exasperation and said, "Muggles? Not one but three? You know what happened last time."
"I am a ghost, if that helps." Lexi piped up.
But was ignored as Athena almost whined, "As if I could forget. I didn't have a choice, Mione and well, these are not normal muggles." Now, she just had to wait.
"What?" Hermione looked at the girl and then at the guys.
"Vampires? The first person you befriended in the muggle world is a vampire? It is forbidden for the vampires to know about our existence. You and Ronald, goofing around, playing Quidditch, all those pranks on Slytherin's… never paying any attention to your studies, and clearly no one ever listens to me. Now you have gone and broken another law. What am I going to do with you?"
Stefan and Lexi were looking at the brunette with wide-eyes, as she ranted. Damon, well, he just wanted to get it over with.
"Excuse me, not that the speech is boring, not at all, but we have a situation on hand. There is a ghost standing right here with us, and I don't even want to know how many more are roaming around who were supposed to be dead. And on top of that, we have to deal with some wizards, who mind you, I had no idea existed until this morning." Damon snarked. He was getting tired of What the Fuck Moments today.
The brunette looked at him and narrowed her eyes, "Hermione Granger. It's nice to meet you too."
"And what exactly can you do to help?" He knew he was being rude, but he didn't actually give a damn, the only thing he wanted was to deal with all this shit, as soon as possible. He was not in the mood to get fried by another angry spirt.
"What my brother means, is that he would be thankful if you would be able to help in some way. Using tact is not his best pursuit." Stefan piped up. It would have been fun to watch the witch hurt Damon and bring him down from his high horse, but they needed to know what was happening.
Hermione was about to curse the snarky one but then the other one spoke, "Who exactly are you?"
"Stefan Salvatore. That's my brother Damon."
Hermione looked at them and nodded, "I am the Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. I deal with all kinds of magical creatures and laws related to them. I am not sure why muggle vampires are forbidden to know about us but I have read that it was done centuries ago, to save our kinds from killing each-other. It was decided to stay away from your kind by Merlin, himself."
"Merin? You guys believe that?" Damon laughed.
Athena looked at him, "Yes. He is known to be one of the greatest wizards, in history. One of the most powerful man, ever."
That stopped Damon short. Here it goes again. He was one of the oldest creatures and didn't know anything. What else was real? Dragons? He snorted. This all was getting to his head.
"Is there anything you can do?" Stefan asked.
"This is the most entertainment, I've had in a long time." Lexi said amused.
"All I want to know is, how exactly can we send the ghosts back? Do you know anything about that or I would have to do it myself? We don't exactly have time to listen to great theories." Damon told Hermione as he took a step towards her threateningly, after which she aimed her wand towards him and was about to fire a spell when Athena jumped between them.
Athena, didn't have the energy to deal with two overgrown kids at the moment and she could see they were about to rip each other a new one. She could already feel the tension between the brothers. And she was sure, Hermione would have loved nothing more than to kill Damon and he seemed the one to act impulsively. She was sure, neither one would back down and it would turn into a disaster. They already had a lot on their plate, so she jumped right in between the two, who were just feet apart, not to mention locked in a stare-down. She thought about the saying, if looks could kill.
She gave Hermione a pleading look at which she huffed, turned around and settled herself on the couch but not before giving Damon, a death glare.
Athena turned towards Damon and asked, "Did you have to do that? She is the only person who can help. She doesn't even know the whole situation, yet."
"She would have known, if she could listen without blabbering constantly." He told her but she noticed that he was tense and looked ready for a fight. She thought back on her own time, when she didn't know if anyone of her enemies would find her and her friends. The constant fear of not knowing what the next second is going to bring. If she would live to see another day or will get tortured by Death-Eaters, if she got caught. She could see the same fear in his eyes. He had enemies which he killed, seeing them back and getting tortured by one of them, had him on edge and he was trying to overshadow it by the only way he knew. Anger! She had faced the same fear and she was even afraid to think what would happen, if Voldemort or God forbid... Bellatrix Lestrange came back to haunt her like this.
"She knows everything that had been ever written in any of the book. I know she can help or I wouldn't have called her." She told him.
"I don't trust her." He said petulantly.
"I would have been dead, if not for her. You are my friend and I really like you. It wouldn't be good to see, the first person who helped me, dead." She smirked at that but looked into his eyes and said seriously. "I won't let anyone hurt you, Damon. Trust me."
A warm sensation filled him and he felt it spreading through his entire body. He had never felt anything like this before, not with Katherine or Elena, not even when he was human. He had always been the one to look after everyone he loved, taking care of people even though they hated him most of the times, for his ways, but no one ever had said something like this to him. When was the last time someone cared about him? He couldn't remember anyone after his mother. Stefan was his brother and they always would have each-other's back. But apart from anyone other then his family, no one had deemed him worthy enough to be capable of human emotions. He was the one who had to take every hard decision and he had always been condemned for it. This was the first and the only person, who had given him that much thought. In that moment, he felt many things, all at once, joy, gratitude, hope and another emotion he couldn't name. He felt fluttering of something in his chest and he liked it, a lot. He felt good, which he almost never did, unless, it involved sex or killing someone. What was this?
Damon came back to himself, he smirked and wiggled his eyebrows at her, "Beautiful, you should outright tell me that you find me irresistibly sexy."
She saw him looking at her with an unfathomable emotion in his eyes and she shivered at the intensity she saw in those orbs. In another moment, it was gone and the Damon she knew, was back.
They noticed by then, that Stefan was looking at Damon speciously, Lexi just looked amused and Hermione was staring at her with a look which was incalculable. She ignored everything for the time being. She still had to explain everything to Hermione and she didn't want any of them here when the aurors came. She could handle them but not if her attention was divided, for which it would be best if they left.
She told them to find out what was happening in town as well. Stefan and Lexi left. Damon was adamant at first but eventually agreed that 'witchy' might be able to tell something and then he gave her a brilliant smile along with a, "See you soon, Cupcake." Which made her laugh.
She was still smiling, when she turned around and saw Hermione looking at her with wide eyes and mouth hanging open. She tried to gain her attention but had to shake her friend, to bring her out of her trance and said, "What?"
After which Hermione closed her mouth and shook her head in negative. "Its nothing. Now, we don't have much time. Tell me what happened exactly."
Athena decided to let it go and explained every single thing, from the morning itself.
"There must be a way to deal with this without tempering with their memories. Do you have those books which I gave you, here?" Hermione didn't wait for the reply and practically ran towards the library.
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A couple of hours later, they heard cracks of apparition. They had to deal with this and Athena was sure Hermione would be able to do just that. What she was not expecting was, to see the President himself, on her porch. The man had a huge grin on and almost jumped when she stepped out to greet him.
"I am Samuel G. Quahog. President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America, and you of course have already met Mr. Grimsditch and Mr. Perschky. Miss Potter. Its such an honor to meet you, such an honor."
Then, he suddenly saw Hermione and his grin grew even larger, if that was possible. "And Miss Granger, I was not expecting to see you here."
"Hello." They both said at the same time as Athena said, "Please, come in."
He along with the two aurors came in and settled on the sofa. Hermione and Athena settled in front of them.
"I cannot believe that two third of the Golden Trio, is in America. You should live in the wizarding district, which is in New York. It would be much nicer and more suitable for you. Better than an old town, which has almost nothing. The place would be provided to you by the American Government, of course. You don't have to care about a thing."
Athena was looking at him with huge horrified eyes and Hermione would have probably hexed the man, if he were not the President of MACUSA.
Hermione cleared her throat, to stop the rant and the man looked so startled that she was sure that in his dreamland, they had already shifted to the place which government provided them.
"Mr. Quahog." Hermione started but he interrupted her, "Oh. Please call me Samuel."
"Mr. Quahog." she stated firmly, "shall we discuss the matter at hand?"
"Of course, of course. That's what we are here for, after all." And gestured for the man to start.
"Miss Granger, I am Robert Grimsditch. Clause 73 of International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy was breached this morning as muggles were made aware of the existence of the Wizarding World. It is standard procedure to obliviate them, but we were not able to do so. We were threatened, as well."
"That's because you attacked someone without provocation. You could have killed them." Athena stood up and shouted. She was so angry that the glass lying on the table, shattered.
All three men jumped at that and Hermione shook her head. Athena always had anger issues. She looked at the men and they looked terrified. She needed to take care of the situation, before it got out of hand. She held Athena's hand and made her sit. There was not much she could do, but this would have to do, for now.
"I am sorry." Athena whispered when she saw the broken glass and the terrified men.
"It's nothing. Happens all the time." Mr. Quahog said and repaired the glass with a wave of his wand.
"As we know that these creatures are not normal muggles, there is nothing specific mentioned about them in the laws. They are supernatural beings and our friends, as well. There might be some other creatures, who would know about our world?" Hermione said to the President.
For the first time since they had seen him, the man became serious and said, "There is a reason that they are forbidden to know about our world. Not many know because it was a long time ago and had been kept a secret. It was around 11th century. Dark Magic was used to create them. The witch who created them went against the nature. They are nothing but abominations. Evil creature that roams the night feeding on the blood of living beings and cannot go out in the daylight. As you know that those other witches, chanel their power from nature, unlike us. It was the nature's way to punish them. They shouldn't even be alive. Their place is not in the living world. But the main dispute started when these creatures, started creating others. Vampire species thought of themselves as invincible and tried to manipulate some of us for their gain. There were corrupt wizards who became power hungry. Immortality! That was what they wanted and they had it figured out. It increased the number of wizarding criminals. It was nothing but a game of power. Many innocents died, witches and wizards, vampires and hundreds of No-Maj's.
It is said that the leaders - Merlin, Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor met, to decide what was to be done with the species. One of them wanted to end the entire race,"
"Slytherin." Hermione said without a thought at which the President nodded.
"Godric wanted to create a treaty between the two. He wanted everyone to live peacefully. But Merlin wanted no part of it and came up with the idea to obliviate them, altogether. At the end, every detail about the wizarding world was removed from their mind. We have stayed away from the vampire species, ever since. International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy was laid down in 1692 because of the Salem Witch Trials. It has never been safe for our kind to reveal our existence to the world. And you have the first-hand experience as to how dangerous a power-hungry man can be. You of all people should understand about its importance, Miss Potter." He looked at Athena in the eyes as he said this.
No one said anything after that. They hadn't known that the circumstances had been dire and it was necessary. But there was one thing that Athena knew. First, she was thankful for the Unbreakable Vow that she basically forced on Stefan. She didn't trust him and it was a sure way to know that he won't betray her. Second, she trusted Damon. Yes, she had just met him but he was the one who gave her hope. The stranger, that she never forgot, who helped her with the pain and gave her food, when he could have just left her. He was her first friend, ever and she would not let him go. She had lost enough. Third, after meeting Rebekah, she knew that these would not be the first muggle creatures that she would get involved with. And for that she had to make sure to find a way to keep the authorities as far as possible, until she required help.
And because of that, the next words were out of her mouth, before she could think about it.
"I am willing to take an unbreakable vow, right now, that if any problem emerged because of any of my loved ones, I would be taking care of the issue myself. I won't let anyone harm our world. I hope you know this Mr. Quahog."
At the exact moment, Damon barged through the front door.
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He had been listening to the conversation from the moment, these wizards appeared out of thin air. He was not going to leave the girl alone. There was enough trouble as it is in the town. 'Witchy' was trying to find a way to send the ghosts back, Stefan and Lexi were back at the boarding house, bonding he was sure. Lexi had been able to bring his brother's humanity back once, maybe it will work again, so he didn't return. Instead, he checked on Elena, who was trying to find a way to bring Stefan back, with the help of Rick. Things have been awkward since the kiss. It was not as if he had initiated it and should feel guilty but he was not able to understand what he felt, when she kissed him. He loved Elena and had always had wanted her to choose him, instead of Stefan. Then she kissed him and he was sure the girl was in love with him, as well. No matter what she said. But there was a niggling sensation, going through him and he couldn't understand what. So, he left her alone. Then, there was Mason.
For now, he had to understand what was happening at the 'magical district'. It was his mind, someone was going to tamper with and he didn't want to forget anything related to Athena. He would think the reason later, but now he needed to be there. He would kill at least one or two of them if they tried anything, so he barged in there, and asked, "What's happening?"
At the same time Hermione shouted at her, "No, Athena. Don't." and the three men were looking at her with a stupefied gaze.
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At the boarding house, Lexi snapped Stefan's neck, tied him in the cellar and waited. When he woke up, he tried to get free but the chains were soaked in vervain.
He looked at Lexi and asked, "What are you doing? Let me out of here."
"Shh.. I am doing what I do the best, sweety. I am saving your life." Lexi said as she squatted down in front of him. She looked into his eyes and started the illusions. He started shouting at her and she sighed but didn't stop. It was going to take a long time and she knew she didn't have it.
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Athena was sitting on her bed, thinking about the events of the day, when Lexi appeared in front of her. She was surprised to see her here and was even more so, when the girl asked her to take care of Stefan. She couldn't understand why Lexi would think that she was the right person to keep an eye on him, given the fact that he would kill her, at the first opportunity he got, but she promised anyhow. Lexi gave her a smile and vanished.
EN:Telling me if you liked something or not would be appreciated, as its my first fiction ever and I have no idea what you guys would like or not.
I had many more things to add in this chapter, but it turned out to be longer than I intended. So, the remaining things would be in the next one.
Samuel G. Quahog became the President of MACUSA in 2014. Here, it was in 2007, just the year before War ended.
Spells used in this chapter.
Colloportus – Locking spell, used to seal or lock somethings.
Depulso – Banishing Charm
Colloshoo – Sticking charm.
Aug 2nd, 2018.
