I'm putting a disclaimer every few chapters so you guys don't forget who the real genius is. Here it is.
J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter and all related names and ideas and Stephanie Meyers owns Twilight and all related names and ideas. Last time I checked, I am not either of those women. * I check school ID.* Nope, I'm not either of them, although I wish I was.
The phrase "The wand chooses the wizard." First appeared in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, or as it is known in the UK, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and was said by Ollivander. It too is the property of JK Rowling.
I'd like to thank xxBoyMeetsGirlxx and Hidden Traces for their reviews of chapters 9 and 10.
Yey! Chapter 10 is finally here!
This chapter has been up for a while. I would like to warn you that this chapter and the next were very hard to write. Here's Elena's thought process for finding out who .
The first part was the clues he gave her.
The second was going online. ' said that he was famouse in a different way and that he had been on the daily prophet in their third year. So a hogwarts student who is old enough should remember.
Secondly. she knows the person she talked to well enough to guess who she was speaking to online.
Thirdly she phrased it as a riddle using all of the clues
Fourthly, when people lie, it's always smartest to stick closer to the truth. So he used Orion as a last name.
I'm sure you know who it is.
Lastly, the person she was talking too knew him well enough to guess right off of the bat!
Here it is. Read and enjoy!
Chapter 10:
Bella took everything with a kind of ease that I had never seen before. When I had told her that a dark wizard was after me she just looked at me calmly and said, "Wow, you're luck really is as bad as mine." We both looked at each other and laughed. Once we stopped giggling I told her I wasn't going to let her get into this mess.
"You are my friend. Besides, being away from Edward…" A look of pain crossed her face. She shook her head and Edward drew her closer.
"Being away from Edward is not an option for me. I can't function without him." They were such a cute couple. I couldn't decide whether or not I should be awing or be nauseated. I settled for a little of both.
"You should go to Hogwarts. Hogwarts is one of the best and I know for a fact it will accept you. "
"Hogwarts?"
"Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's a seven year school for witches and wizards. Most students get their letters at 11. Actually, you're supposed to get it. We are the only wizards/witches in Hogwarts history to get a letter later than the age of twelve."
"See, I knew you were special." Edward gave Bella a peck on the cheek. She rolled her eyes.
"No, Edward, I'm just a freak."
"You're boyfriend can read minds and you think you're a freak."
"Didn't we have this conversation a year ago?"
"More or less, yes."
"Then you know how it ends?" She stared in his eyes.
"Yes I do." She ended up kissing
I cleared my throat. "Ahem!" They both pulled away and looked in my direction. Bella was blushing a very bright shade of red.
"It most certainly didn't end like that."
"I like this ending better."
"This is what I get trying to have a conversation with a couple. They end up snogging in the middle of it." Edward looked embarrassed too. He looked away for a second.
"Now, as I was saying, I think Hogwarts would be the best place for you to be."
"Tell me about it."
"Well…" I ran my fingers through my hair as I was thinking. What could I reveal to her without spoiling the experience. Alice came into the room and plopped down on the seat next to me and plopped down next to me on the couch just before I began speaking.
"Hogwarts was founded around a thousand years ago by Salazar Slytherin , Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. The founders were all friends, but there was one conflict that would threaten their friendship. Who they would admit into the school."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Edward asked.
"Plenty. It showed their principles. Griffindor wanted to let in the most courageous, Ravenclaw-the most intelligent and Cunning, Hufflepuff took the most loyal and the students that couldn't fit into the other houses, and Salazar Slytherin wanted to take in ambitious students. However, there was one other thing…" I shook my head and sighed. This was the cause of so much pain. "You must understand that this was a thousand years ago, before we went into hiding. People were much more aware then. Slytherin did not want to accept muggleborns. He was afraid that there families would try to hurt the rest of the students. The other founders disagreed with this and it caused a rift between them. At least, that's what Hogwarts A History says. Over the years the rift grew bigger. They set up a house system named after them. And they charmed a hat –you know, the stereotypical black pointy hat? That's it. It's kind of creepy, but cool. It reads your mind to decide what house to put you in."
"Hm. It's not that weird." Emmett said from behind me. I turned around and saw all of the Cullens behind me, listening intently.
"Coming from a sparkly vampire with a mind reading vampire brother, that's not saying much."
Jasper was chuckling behind. I shifted in my seat a bit and got back to the explanations.
"There's a room known as the great hall. It's where all of the meals are served and all of the school wide assemblies are held. It's…" I struggled to find a word for it. "Magnificent. The ceiling changes to reflect the weather and floating candles hover above our heads.. The place is huge! There are long tables spanning the width of the hall. The tables are sectioned off into houses. Houses generally eat together, although I think it's an option to eat at another table. It's rarely done. The tables are piled up with amazing food made by hous elves. House elves acted as servants in old wizarding households. They were offered freedom and pay before taking the job, but all-well, ok, not all of them. There is one elf who actually accepted. "
"The main subjects are transfiguration, charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts (or DADA for short), and potions. All of them are exactly what they sound like. Potions can best be compared to chemistry, I think. Although, I should probably warn you that if you tell any pure blood wizard that they will deny it until their dying breath.", I smiled. Wizards could be so odd at times. What's so wrong with comparing wizards to muggles?
"If you like, I could teach you a little bit. Just until we leave for Hogwarts."
"When are we leaving, by the way?" Bella asked while looking at Alice.
"Don't look at me. You know what I can do is based off of decisions. No one's made the decision yet. And to answer your first answer Elena, we would love too!" She jumped up and hugged me.
Alright. Let's begin. "My trunk is here with me. I pulled the trunk out of my pocket. They looked at me like I had gone crazy. Their eyes were directed at the trunk.
"Great. Why must you always choose the crazy ones?" Rosalie rolled her eyes.
"Hey. I'm not crazy. And that's not a toy. Fine. Here's your first lesson on magic." I paused.
"Lesson 1: Keep an open mind and retain your sense of logic, but don't let it cripple you. This isn't a toy chest. It's real trunk. I've shrunken it until it became pocket size."
I took out my wand and un-shrunk it. "It's a little too advanced to start out with. Now let's see…where are those first year text books?" I murmured while digging through two years worth of stuff and six grade levels of text books. By stuff, I meant old candy wrappers and old, crumpled up homework sheets.
Either way, about fifteen minutes and several small piles later I finally found my first year books.
"Since you don't have your own wand you will have to take turn using my mine. However, you should know that the 'wand chooses the wizard' (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), to quote Ollivander, the wand maker. My wand won't work as well yours.
" 'The wand chooses the wizard?'" Carlisle seemed confused.
"I'm not exactly sure how it happens. I think it has something to do with it matching your magical core. Your wand is in tune with your magic. Actually, to be fair, you don't necessarily need a wand to practice magic, but having one to channel the magic makes it easier. "
"Really?"
"Yes Bella. As you advance in your studies you'll learn silent and wandless magic. But for now, why don't we start at the beginning. Here's what you be learning. You'll be learning charms, transfiguration, defense against the dark arts, and potions. You will learn both the theory and practical wand waving, and we'll focus and potion theory. I need to save my ingredients for an emergency. I will also tell you what I know about wizarding culture. Since I don't have a lot of time-"
"You don't have to-"
"I know I don't have to. But I want to. As I was saying, Monday's we can go over charms and transfiguration and Wednesday can go over DADA and potions. I'll just give you a light back ground on wizarding culture. Each session will be an hour because we are short on time and a dark wizard is targeting me, and therefore you. You will be expected to study everyday because we are lacking time. Bella." I turned to her. "I'm aware that, as human, you don't have as much time as the Cullens, so I'll make the lengths of homework reasonable."
"You sound like a teacher." I glared at Emmett.
"Emmett, magic is serious. If they want me to teach them magic, then I will. We're all in danger so right now I don't have to tiptoe around the subject."
"She is right. When we said we wanted her to teach us, we meant it. We didn't know it would be so disciplined. We just thought we would learn a few spells here and there."
"Sorry. I guess I did get a bit carried away." Suddenly found the coaster in front of me fascinating."
"I want to learn, and you're right, we are in danger and I want to be able to defend myself and it really couldn't hurt for us to get ahead."
"Bella's right."
I smiled. Both of them wore determined looks. "Alright. So, is this schedule more agreeable to you?"
"Yes." Both Alice and Bella said it at the same time. Ok girls, let's start now.
1hr later:
I was exhausted. Alice asked so many questions and it had been a long day. Looking up at the clock, I gave a sigh of relief when it was time to end lessons. We had gotten a lot done. I taught them how to turn a match into a needle and wingardium leviosa as well as taught them how to use a quill. Carlisle laughed at this and said that he hadn't seen a quill in a couple of centuries. (to which I retorted that wizards embrace tradition and that he was one to talk, considering the fact that he's a five century old vampire who actually remembers using one in muggle society )
"Okay. That's it for today's lessons. You've all done really well. Now I want you to write me a two foot-um that would be like what? Two pages? Anyway, I would like and essay explaining in detail how the wingardium leviosa spell works, how you cast it, and practical application in everyday life."
"How are we going to find the time to do this? I already two other essays due!" Hm. I thought I was going easy on them!
"Bella, I thought I was going easy on you! On any given day I'd be given multiple essays several feet in length. The longest one so far was ten feet of parchment. I'm not letting up! I've survived several death eater attacks with a basic magical knowledge. It takes your opponent by surprise. I want you to master these spells. Class dismissed. Sorry to cut our conversation short, but I have pressing matters to attend to."
She looked at Alice strangly and asked her, "What conversation?"
I got my laptop out of my bag and collapsed on the couch. I opened it and googled Hogwarts chatroom because I couldn't remember the web address. I clicked on it and logged in.
Ravenclaw14 has just entered the chat room.
I saw Marauder'sSon17 had already logged on.
Once again I started off saying Hello.
He said, "Hello"
I couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?"
Marauder'sSon17 replied by saying, "Nobody important. Besides, isn't that the point of having a screen name?"
I just decided to say it. "You're Harry Potter aren't you"
Marauder'sSon17 denied it. Or that's what it sounded like. "What makes you say that?"
"That's exactly the sort of thing you would say. You know, about being 'nobody important'." I wanted to roll my eyes.
Marauder'sSon17 finally admitted that he was Harry Potter. "Yeah. I am."
I reassured him that I wouldn't tell anyone. "It's okay. I won't tell anyone."
Marauder'sSon17 said thank you.
"Now I have a question. Someone has asked me to solve a riddle and the answer is the name of a person. Will you help me."
He said, "I'll try."
I gave him the riddle. "This person is famous, but not in a way I'd expect. He was in the newspaper during your third year, Orion is in his name somewhere-or I think it is, at least. , and he hinted towards the fact that he was a troublemaker as a Student at Hogwarts. Who is he?
He was angry. Mad doesn't even begin to cover it. "How dare you disrespect his memory!"
"What?" I was startled.
"My Godfather."
I was suprised. "Sirius Black? I'm sorry Harry to put salt in old wounds, but believe it or not, I think this is important. Thank you. I'm logging off now."
Ravenclaw14 is exiting the chat room.
"That was informative." I muttered to myself.
"So it seems our teacher is an imposter."
