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In on the Secret
"….."
Bella could only stare. As she looked at Vulpeculas interested face she thought, 'What the Hell? What resistance? How am I special? By her accent she a Brit, why did she come here?'
Vulpecula continued on, "You were friends with the Cullen's yes? I have vampire friends who told me all about them. They are the first 'vegetarian' vampire clan. Well, my friends told me that they were currently living in Forks, Washington and when I recently did a family search, I found relatives that live in the area. Naturally I had to come and meet them for myself. My relatives accepted me easily enough, but I heard that the Cullen's left town. After investigating the matter I found that you were quite close to them. And after meeting you I can see why they would take an interest in you."
"Interest?" Bella asked weakly.
"Yes your ability of Occlumency is remarkable. How long have you trained?"
"Occlumency?"
Vulpeculas face went blank, "You mean you don't know? I must have taken years of training for you to master that level of protection for your mind. Do you know anything about the magical world at all?"
By this point Bella was openly gaping at her.
Vulpecula just sighed, grabbed Bella's hand, dragging her out to the parking lot and stating, "Come on your cutting class today."
"Aren't you a student too?"
"No, I just blend into crowds very easily."
The next thing Bella knew she was speeding towards the Quileute Reservation in a black Lexus SUV. ("It's only a rental; I'm working on getting my own car.") She should be freaking out at this point, but she was strangely calm. She felt comfortable. Almost how she felt when she was with the Cullen's or Jacob. She had said something about magic, like magic was real, but now that she thought about it, it wasn't that far a stretch to believe that if vampires were real, then magic could be too.
As she was contemplating, they pulled up to the Black house. She again stared in surprise at their location.
Jacob came bounding out of the house yelling "Cuz!" before he caught site of Bella. He immediately beamed and grabbed her in a hug. "I'm so glad you're here! You're going to help aren't you? It's going to be so much fun!"
Bella was losing air, he was crushing her. Vulpecula cleared her throat and said, "Jake don't break her we need to give her an explanation, call her father over as well, he might as well hear this."
Jake, looking sheepish, nodded and ran into the house, yelling his apologies.
"I know it will be a lot to take in, but we could really use your help. There is a whole world full of people like you, the Cullen's and myself. All will be explained and I can tell from your easy acceptance of the Cullen's and the current situation that you will be very important to us."
They entered the house and took a seat across from Billy. She and Jake chatted until Charlie showed up with a panicked look in his eyes. He started firing off questions until Billy calmly waved his hand, "Take a seat Charlie and let me make introductions, this is the head of our family, Vulpecula Lestrange-Black and she will be explaining everything. Try not to interrupt until the end, it takes a long time and will take longer if she has to explain everything after every interruption." He laughed.
Charlie and Bella looked questioningly at Vulpecula, Charlie couldn't help but ask, "Vulpecula? Where did that name come from?" He received an elbow in the ribs from Bella for his question.
Vulpecula just gave a tiny smile and began, "Family tradition. It comes with our world. We are different from you, we are special. We can do things that you could only dream of. Because of our differences, we went underground so to speak and created our own world separate from non-magical beings. Yes, non-magical. Magic does exist and people live among you that have magic. Of course, the longer a society is separated, the more cultural gaps occur. My name is a good representation of this.
I am actually named after a constellation, for hundreds of years; all the men and women in the Black family have been given these names to show our prestige in our society. My mother was a Black; since she was so proud of her heritage she carried on the tradition and named me Vulpecula, "The Fox." Several generations ago, Billy Black's five times over grandmother gave birth to a child who would not be accepted into our society. The baby was non-magical, or a Squib as we call them. When he was old enough to survive the muggle, non-magical, world he was shipped to America with a fellow Squib with the last name of Clearwater. They made their way across the continent and settled in with the Quileute tribe. They married into the tribe, and generations later you get Billy and Jacob as well as the Clearwater Family. Because they were Squibs, they felt at ease with the tribe, because they had a form of magic of their own. They transformed into giant wolves called Spirit Warriors. Because of the extra magical heritage that was introduced into the tribe, the Black and Clearwater families have formed unnaturally. Jacob here will not have to fight for his dominance over a pack; he will become a natural leader and even gain some shaman powers when he shifts for the first time. The Clearwater family will see Leah as the first female Spirit Warrior and Seth will have an extra power. The initial shifts are brought on toward the end of puberty and only when an enemy is near. Right now a generation is shifting due to the Cullen's influence.
The initial Spirit Warrior Shift hundreds of years ago was brought on by two beings that were unnaturally pale and beautiful. They murdered tribe members for their blood and could not be defeated because of their diamond hard skin, super speed and super strength. The Quileute's called them the Cold Ones. Modern Society calls them vampires."
Charlie was hyperventilating at this point and clutching Bella to him like a lifeline. Bella, while shocked easily reasoned that everything matched up.
"The Cullen's came to Forks a few generations ago and the tribe made a treaty with them, only because they fed on animal blood instead of human. They recently came back and got involved with Bella, but suddenly left a few months ago. No human is allowed to learn about vampires and the Volturi Law states that they could kill her any time because of her knowledge of their world."
Charlie, who had been reassured by the Cullen's 'vegetarian' status, now looked even more worried.
"But they won't," with a small smile she continued. "I have allied myself with them and now that I have meet Bella I can reassure them that she is not a threat. She will be under my protection even if she doesn't agree to help the resistance. You see, the last few generations of British magical society have been in turmoil. Magical children born from muggle families are being persecuted and edged out of our world. Discrimination for muggleborns and Squibs as well as creatures such as Veela, Centaurs, Merpeople, House Elves and Goblins got so bad that the pureblood magical families declared a war of sorts. Muggleborns were not safe anymore. A mad man by the name of Voldemort gathered followers and tried to snuff out muggleborns and their allies. Until a small boy magically defeated him fifteen years ago. His mother must have put some kind of ancient protection on him, so when Voldemort tried to kill him it backfired and made him a spirit. He hid pieces of his soul so he would never die and almost two years ago he was resurrected. Things are going to get worse than ever and my family and allies have a large part to play. My parents and uncle on the Lestrange side are insane and follow Voldemort; I gained emancipation and headship over the family due to their criminal status. My Aunt, Uncle and Cousin Malfoy also follow him, but were respected members of magical society until recently. My Aunt Andromeda married a muggleborn and her daughter will be persecuted for her special abilities. They are in my resistance; Dora is actually the equivalent of a CIA agent in the magical government. My cousin Sirius, the Heir to the Blacks, died half a year ago and I took over his seat, meaning I am now the Lord and Head of Two Ancient Houses."
"For the last few years I have been gathering allies of various blood status, ethnicity, race and social class. I have extended my reach to the Centaurs, Goblins, House Elf's, Vampires and Veela. I trained my closest circle at school and no one knows of our relationship. Through them and other contacts, I have gained allies in banking, three magical governments, and various law enforcement and black-markets. My information network is unrivaled and I trust that every contact gives information that is complete and truthful.
She hesitated, "I have infiltrated Voldemorts inner circle of followers by leading him to believe I have loyalties only to him. Soon I will have to participate in raids. Terrible things happen during them. They target muggleborn children and their families who have not been informed of their magical abilities. They torture, kill, rape, steal….it is terrible to behold. I intend to participate, but I will send the families to a secret location and then replace them with golems before I stage a raid. My loyalties cannot be questioned.
I have already received permission from the Magical Branch of US government to settle all the new families in America. I just needed a location, now that I have found Billy and Jake; I wish to move them here. One of my manors will be transported to a large forested area about 20 miles North of Forks and be turned into a school. The actual families will be settled in Forks. The children will be transported magically to school each day to learn all the subjects muggle children learn as well as magical subjects. I intend to start small then, as time goes on, have the largest magical school on the West Coast of North America.
The primary targets are local families with young magical children as well as the families of young or older children in magical Britain. Everyone will be accepted regardless of blood status, race, or ethnicity. We also hope to have students on an international level who are not just from the UK or America. The goal is to have children learn things that help them adjust and survive in both worlds. British magical society is practically stuck in the Victorian Era, there is no modern technology or thought. Muggleborns usually enter the magical world at ten and never leave, even if the opportunities are not what they could have in the muggle world. For instance, there is a girl in my year at school, in the muggle world she could so anything because of her brains, the magical world will restrict her from gaining a position above assistant in government because she is not fully immersed in the magical culture and traditions and because of anti-muggleborn discrimination. By teaching the student about both worlds, they can have any opportunity they want and have the best of both worlds.
Charlie, we wanted to tell you this because the families need to be protected. They will be arriving soon and will be scared. My contact in the American Magical Branch is sending over agents to help protect them. You know everybody in the town and are trusted and respected. You would be put in charge of their security. If you don't want to accept that's fine, but everything would go over smoother if you are in the loop.
Bella, you have some magic in you, you feel comfortable around us, because you're different too. Your ability to block your mind from being read is a manifestation of this. If you help us we can train you to maximize your powers. We want you to go to different magical and creature communities with Jake to try to recruit teachers, support, funding, and students. It will be hard work; you need to learn all about the magical world. We understand if you don't want to help, it will be very dangerous, but we need you. We are trying to change the world and you would be part of it. We'll give you both a few days to think about it."
She sighed and began to stand, but she was interrupted.
Bella held her gaze levelly, while Charlie sat up straighter,
"We don't need to think about it. When do we begin?"
Vulpecula couldn't help but smile.
"Now."
