Life After Death And Betrayal

Chapter 9

Warnings


"Jasper, you see what I'm capable off, I can take care of myself, and you don't need to defend me. I can understand it's hard to fight your instincts but please…just try. You are only scaring my godson, nobody else. He's not used to people growling like that." explained Harry, keeping an eye on the building near the park, waiting on whoever it was to come around. Carding his hand through Teddy's brown hair, comforting him - reassuring him that he was fine. He went back to eating when it was obvious nothing interesting was happening.

Sniffing some more, Jasper grimaced as if something foul was under his nose. Harry stared at Jasper confused and curious…what had forced such a look from the normally composed vampire? "Shape-shifters stink," murmured Jasper, speaking loud enough for Harry's human ears to pick up.

Harry sniggered in amusement, "Really?" perhaps that's why Vampires and Werewolves didn't get along. Shape-shifters weren't werewolves though, he wondered briefly which smelled the worst.

"Yes, you can smell them a mile away," said Jasper, "And their scent lingers for weeks."

"Cool," said Harry, the new information not the fact that they stunk.

"There are three of them, they are arguing," said Jasper telling Harry what was happening.

"Why?" asked Harry, perhaps they weren't here for him or to see his godson. Harry didn't believe in coincidences though, if they tried anything they'd soon learn a lesson they'd never forget. Nobody hurt his godson and lived to tell the tale; in fact nobody would ever get within touching distance of him.

"Two of them are arguing that he's being irrational, that Teddy isn't a threat." said Jasper; he couldn't tell who was who though. He could only feel their emotions, to bad Edward wasn't here. He'd know their thoughts, and right now that was better than feeling their emotions.

Harry stiffened, mirroring Jasper's stance, he was in full defensive mode.

"They know I'm here," said Jasper still telling Harry what was happening. "Two of them are worried about you." his voice was harsh now; he didn't like the thought of people thinking he was a danger to his mate.

"It must be the boys that were working in the shop," said Harry, "It's nice to know they are worried after telling."

"It's not as simple as that, they are connected to each other telepathically, and when they change into their wolf form everyone sees everything they've done. It's not a voluntary thing, they had no choice." said Jasper, "At least that's what Edward learned during the time they agreed to the treaty and the day they reconfirmed it with the Elders."

"Treaty?" asked Harry curiously, "What exactly do these Shape-shifters do?" he asked naturally alarmed if they had a treaty with vampires.

"They turn whenever there are vampires in the vicinity, they catch and kill them when they can…protecting Forks from danger." said Jasper.

"Isn't vampire venom dangerous to them?" asked Harry blinking in confusion. He knew vampire venom was dangerous to a normal werewolf, wasn't it the same thing for the shifters? Just how different were they?

"Yes," said Jasper confirming Harry's suspicions.

"Then how the hell do they survive?" asked Harry.

"There are many of them, and I do not think most vampires know their venom is dangerous to shape-shifters. We have the upper hand, only because of Edward's gift." said Jasper.

"Yeah, I can see how that would help." said Harry nodding.

"You know what his gift is?" asked Jasper surprised.

"Yeah I do, I could feel him trying to get into my mind, gave me quite a headache too. The only reason I didn't say anything was because I knew he couldn't control it." said Harry.

"How do you know that?" asked Jasper, wondering if Harry would ever stop surprising him.

"His jabs were constant without any real pressure," said Harry shrugging his shoulders unbothered by the conversation. "Have they left?" just how far away are they that they hadn't appeared yet.

"No, they've changed into their wolf form," said Jasper, his eyes concentrating on the other side of the park.

"So much for a quiet day out," sighed Harry, now that Jasper had mentioned it he could see three wolf's hidden in the forest. One as black as night, another grey and white, and a brown russet were closer than the others. Staring the brown russet one in the eye, gleaning its thoughts from his mind. So they thought Jasper was a danger, they were prepared to destroy the vampire to keep him safe.

"Jacob Black, get your furry backside over here now," said Harry loudly, his green eyes glaring at the black one aware of the animosity he held within him.

Jacob gave a startled yelp, as if he couldn't believe a human knew what they were. He started to walk forward, before he fell down on all fours, panting. Harry stared some more, until he comprehended what was going on. Fury lanced through him, it seemed the pack was different from true wolves. The Alpha was able to control them; it wasn't like that with moon wolves. He subtly waved his hand and the magic temporarily cut the strings holding the others to the alpha's command. He'd repair it when Sam learned a valuable lesson the pack wasn't his to do as he commanded.

"What did you do?" asked Jasper feeling the fury bubbling in one of the shape-shifters. He crouched lower, snarling, daring the wolf to come near his mate or his godson. He'd destroyed newborns; he could take on a lone wolf. Screw the treaty, they were actually breaking it themselves so this wasn't his fault.

"He was forcing them to obey him, against their wishes." snapped Harry, his own anger heightened.

"What did you just do?" snarled Sam, flashing back to human form, Harry turned away grimacing in disgust, really that was an image he didn't want thank you very much. He felt two similar shimmers, as Seth and Jacob turned back as well.

"It will reattach when you've actually started listening to what your pack want. They aren't yours to do what you wish them to Sam Uley the quicker you learn that the better off you'll be." said Harry his voice cold and hard.

"How did you know it was us?" asked Jacob, glaring at Jasper as if he was evil reincarnate.

"Stop with the glaring Jacob, you have a bloody treaty ongoing, he's no danger to anyone - notice the eyes?" sighed Harry exasperated.

"Harry? Are they like daddy?" asked Teddy his amber eyes wide with surprise. His granny told him stories about his mummy and daddy who were in heaven now. She told him his daddy could turn into a wolf, and she'd gotten him his favourite teddy, a wolf that looked exactly like his daddy did when he turned.

Harry grabbed his godson and set him on his hip, glaring at them as if to say try anything and ill kill you. For someone quite small compared to them, he did look extremely intimidating. Especially with the magic pouring off him in waves, it just screamed anger and protection. "No Teddy they aren't, your daddy only turned into a wolf when the moon was full see." said Harry pointing towards the half moon, to prove his point.

"That's why he smells like us!" said Jacob looking relieved, now Sam didn't have a reason to hurt him.

"Yes," smirked Harry wryly, "His father was a werewolf, and if he had tried you would have found yourself leading the pack Jacob…I would have killed him."

Sam breathed furiously through his nose, unable to believe the impudence of the boy in front of him. He snarled and opened his mouth, yelling; only…nothing came out. If he couldn't hear the birds chirping he would have thought himself deaf. Yet he wasn't, and still no sound emerged from his mouth.

"One word, just one word and you'll find yourself unable to transform either do you understand me?" asked Harry his green eyes blazing with power and promise to live up to his word.

"What are you?" asked Seth, his eyes wide, he'd never seen anyone stand up to Sam. He was so big and intimidating and easy to anger. Poor Emily was proof of that, imprints were supposed to be cherished. Yet he'd gotten angry and she'd borne the brunt of it. Her face was still horribly scarred by what he'd done, you'd think after that he'd get a grip on his anger but he hadn't.

"I'm someone you better not cross," said Harry simply, "My secrets are my own."

Jacob and Seth nodded, Sam just walked away, turning into his wolf form and bounding away. Harry twitched his hand and removed the silencing spell, he did not want his godson to hear whatever Sam was about to spout. He was just a little boy, and the last thing he needed was Teddy going home and repeating those words to his Gran.

"We better go," said Seth, looking at Sam's retreating figure.

"I'm not going to turn into Alpha am I?" asked Jacob looking deeply troubled.

"Not until you want to, Alpha status is not something that can be forced, only when you are ready to stop following orders and create your own path." said Harry smiling in understanding. "You'd surprise yourself Jacob; nobody is ever ready to lead others. Trust me I know, but there comes a time when there's simply no choice. You are both Alpha's, you both have your own ideas on how the pack should be run. Inevitably there will be conflict, like there is now."

Jasper stared at Harry cautiously, when had Harry lead others? If he wasn't mistaken it felt as though…it couldn't be possible could it? Then again they had been in war…but Harry was a young boy…surely there were more experienced people to deal with it.

"Thank you," said Jacob, most people just said to take up the mantel or rather his father said it. Nobody had ever put it quite that way before, and he understood where Harry was coming from. Hell they'd just about started fighting just a few minutes ago, Harry was right they would come to blows sooner or later. Hopefully by then he'd be ready to lead, or separate himself from the pack.

"Let me give you a piece of advice, don't worry about it, what's coming will come its how we deal with it when its happening that shapes us." said Harry, sounding wise beyond his years.

Jacob nodded they looked around before turning into their wolf forms before storming off to doubt after Sam.

"You were part of the war weren't you?" asked Jasper eyeing Harry as if daring him to deny it. "Your feelings were intense, especially when you spoke of having to lead."

Harry grinned sadly, "I'll never be able to keep anything from you will I?" he stated.

"You don't have to talk about it, but of all people I would understand." said Jasper.

"Perhaps that's why we were mated together." said Harry, packing everything up, it was time to leave the park. Taking Teddy's hand, they began walking home, Jasper as always a silent strength beside him.

"I was the central figure in the war against Voldemort; before I was born there was a prophecy that stated I'd bring the downfall of the Dark Lord. Voldemort who was addicted to finding out his future, if he'd control the Wizarding world. He only heard half of it." said Harry.

"That's how you lost your parents?" asked Jasper sympathetically.

"Yes, there were two boys who fit the description, but he chose the one closest to himself - a half blood apposed to the pureblood child." said Harry.

"Wait I thought you said he wanted rid of everyone that wasn't pure?" asked Jasper.

"Yes, he denied that part of himself, when he was seventeen he went looking for answers. He found out his father had been a Muggle, and he went nuts killed his father and grandparents. Framing his uncle from his mother's side for the murders and he away with it. It wasn't the last time he murdered either, but I'm getting ahead of myself. He fashioned himself a new name, his birth name was Thomas Marvolo Riddle and made an anagram of his name which turned into I am Lord Voldemort. He pronounced himself the heir of Slytherin, which was a coveted name in the Wizarding world. Four wizards founded Hogwarts, the magic school and they were the most famous names in our world. Helga Huffelpuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin. Legend says that Salazar left the school after getting into an argument with the other founders. Salazar believed that only purebloods should be admitted to the school; back then though they didn't have the protections we did, to keep our world hidden. You know when witch hunts were at their worst, it was said before he left he put his familiar into a secret chamber. Claiming that his heir would finish his noble work, and purge the school of Muggle Born students." said Harry, pausing to take a deep breath before carrying on. "Now for over a thousand years the chamber was considered a myth, until it was opened sixty odd years ago, the familiar killed a half blood student, a Slytherin. When the school was rumoured to be getting closed, the boy who had opened it pointed the finger at an innocent student. A spider was then blamed for the student's death, a spider if you'd believe. Sometimes Wizards could be completely stupid, or perhaps they didn't want to face the truth."

"So what was it?" asked Jasper, "The familiar?"

"It was the king of serpents, Salazar Slytherin was a Parselmouth, and he had left his Basilisk behind to protect the school. A basilisk is a sixty foot serpent, its venom can kill you within a minute, and its gaze could kill you, and its reflection at least reflection into its eyes can petrify you."

"I see," said Jasper, "Go on."

"It was Tom Riddle who had opened it; he left Hogwarts after graduating and killed his family. After that he collected objects Ravenclaw's diadem, Hufflepuff's cup, Slytherin's locket, he tried to get Godric's sword but it was too protected and its whereabouts was unknown. So he collected other things, the Gaunt ring, his pureblood mother's name, that's how he was a descendant of Slytherin. He used a diary when he was seventeen, and um oh yes, he also used his snake to create Horcrux's." said Harry, he whispered the word so low that Teddy didn't have a hope of hearing if he was listening.

"What's that?" asked Jasper, it sounded rather ominous.

"To create one, you must murder, it's the foulest magic known to man. You are splitting your soul into different parts. Nobody had ever dared to make more than one…until Voldemort. In doing so he turned into an animal, a soulless creature unable to feel and it made him very unstable…and also immortal." said Harry.

"Immortal?" asked Jasper taking an interest in that part of the statement go figure.

"Yes, the only way you can complete your soul again is if you feel remorse for the killing you'd done. Unfortunately Voldemort didn't have a remorseful bone in his body. I was seventeen when I had to hunt down the objects hosting his soul, the objects I mentioned earlier…it took me an entire year, that wasn't the kicker…I found out in the end I was one." said Harry wryly, opening the door to his flat letting Teddy run up the stairs, Harry walked at a more sedate pace, Jasper was eagerly awaiting more information.

"How? Can two souls live in one body?" asked Jasper.

"Evidently, when he killed my parents he accidentally created a Horcrux and it latched onto the closet thing available - me. I'm not sure if it was before or after he cast the killing curse on me. I'd make a safe bet the Horcrux was created at the same time, and yes the curse does what it says. I was the only person to have ever survived such a curse in my world. It made me famous, I was called the boy who lived from that night onward." said Harry quietly, he smiled when he saw Teddy already sitting watching his cartoons with two cookies in his hands.

"That's a lot for a one year old boy," said Jasper cautiously.

"Yes, I grew up aware of who I was as you know; I thought I was a freak for having magic. I thought I was the only one, until I got to Hogwarts, anyway by the time I was seventeen the entire world was waiting on me defeating Voldemort. The public didn't know the prophecy but they were perfectly content to sit on their arse will a child did their duty. Well not everyone but you know what I mean, do you know how many wizards and witches actually tried to stop Voldemort? Twenty seven, that's not counting those that had died before the final battle. Voldemort had triple the amount of followers and dark creatures on his side. Yet somehow we managed to overcome all incredible odds and drive the darkness away." said Harry still amazed even today at how such a small amount could stop the rising darkness.

"Did you have to kill him?" asked Jasper, sitting down on the kitchen table as Harry made himself a cup of coffee.

"No, he killed himself," said Harry, sitting down "So why did you agree to go to school?" changing the subject.

Jasper let him seeing he had, had enough of talking about what had happened. There would be other days; he'd get the full story sooner or later.

"To be honest in the beginning I liked it, it was different, a change despite the fact I was in a school full of humans. Since I had been turned I'd never had the chance to read a book, get into a debate about History. Which is my favourite subject, I've been there, seen it, experienced it so I like to read about it." said Jasper.

Harry grinned, "If you'd been to Hogwarts you'd have been the only one to stay awake during History in my class."

"Not a lot of people like history," conceded Jasper saddened slightly that he didn't have this in common with his mate.

"Not what I meant, our teacher was a ghost, he went on about Goblin wars we learned nothing in his class. His voice was like a drone, it was just hard to remain awake." said Harry laughing sadly as he remembered the good old innocent days.

"I see," said Jasper his mouth twitching, feeling his mate's genuine amusement it was a good feeling.

"So what do you do after school?" asked Harry rolling his eyes as he said the damnable words.

"College, university and maybe a job for a few years before we have to start over again." said Jasper.

Harry gaped, "You mean you actually repeat high school over and over again every what seven years?"

"Ten or eleven years," said Jasper, "And unfortunately yes, I don't attend as much as I should but lately I've just not been able to care."

Harry just shook his head in disbelief, a vampire attending school, they might as well have signs on their back that says bite me I taste lovely. He was genuinely surprised they'd been able to keep control of themselves. "Accidents happen, what the hell do you do then? don't tell me that nobody has ever hurt themselves in high school, I certainly had my share of bloody incidents." well it was a bit different he supposed, he had attended magic school not Muggle school.

"Alice can see the future, we are always forewarned," said Jasper.

"You rely on her gift," stated Harry sitting back, "Gifts are supposed to be cherished not relied on, if something did happen I suppose Alice would get the blame for not seeing it?" disapproval deep in his voice and on his face.

"You don't rely on yours?" asked Jasper his face filled with disbelief.

"Touché," murmured Harry conceding Jasper's point, he did rely on his gift and he wasn't about to deny it.

"Exactly," said Jasper without gloating just simple fact.


damn it sam is just too easy to hate lmaooo but maybe i can have harry get through to him...without his commanding abilities maybe he will listen to what his pack is telling him...would you like to see harry heal emily's face? everyone on the rez knows about magic well at least part of it hello they are shapeshifters! lol they must believe in magic! we can have it that emily hasnt ever left the rez too self concious about her scars... and no need to explain them disapearing harry harry manage to make the treaty between the tribe and the cullens stronger? R&R PLEASE!