Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and never will. It belongs to the brilliant mind of JKRowling, and I do not make any money off of this piece of work.

Title: Alyssum
Characters: Alison Harriet Potter (Harry Potter), Bill Weasley, Severus Snape, Rosalita Weasley, Vincent Weasley, Molly Weasley, Fred and George Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Percy Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Remus Lupin, Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Sirius Black, and other various OCs.
Pairings: Ron/Hermione, Bill/Harry
Rating: M
Chapter: 10
Genre: Supernatural/Drama
Words for chapter: 1,349
Warnings: Female!Vampire!Harry, AU, OCs, het, language, vampires, manipulative!Dumbledore, violence, post-Hogwarts, post-Voldemort, and the standard whatever else this demented author thinks up.
Summary: Alison Harriet, Harry, Potter disappeared at the age of twenty-one. Years later, a vampire, though no one knows it, appears in London with a striking resemblance to the Girl-Who-Lived. Yet she didn't come alone, as a man arrived with her. Now the duo must survive a normal life filled with challenges and plots to ruin their happiness. Can they pull through, or will one little fact destroy them?
Notes: As with some ideas recently, a female!Harry with a creature element has attracted me. The plot bunny appeared and I actually wanted to write it. The title comes from a plant that appears in the story and relates to Alison. Also, Harry will be called Alison in text and either Alison or Harry by the characters.

Chapter 10: Hunting

Alison was in the back of her store, looking for something that she needed to bring out. She had sent her children to look for it, but neither had managed to find the item that she had sent them to get. This left her to search for it, though she knew that she couldn't really leave the front of the store. This had meant that she had to send her children to watch for any customers. They had been given strict instructions that if a customer came in that they had to come and get her. Suddenly, both children came into the backroom looking a little nervous. She looked at them with a frown on her face. She wasn't sure why they looked as nervous as they did. She sighed and waited for one of them to say something.

Vincent was the one that decided to speak up. "Uhm…There's…There's a strange man in the front. He's asking for you. I know that you told us to get you if there's a customer in the store, but something doesn't feel right about him." He shifted from foot to foot. Alison went over and hugged both kids before making her way out to the front of the store. She knew that they would stay in the backroom until she told them that it was okay, as it was part of the agreement that she had drawn up with the children. Yet, the fact that they were nervous meant that they would be unlikely to even move a muscle to peek around the door. She saw that the man in the front of the store had a rather pointed face. The face wasn't a bad one to look at, but Alison found that she wanted some sort of blemish to break up the man's sharp features. Another thing that she noticed was that his hair was as black as hers was. She watched as the man turned towards her and smiled.

She raised an eyebrow, but quickly changed the expression for a smile. She was going to treat him as a customer until she knew otherwise. "How may I help you today, sir?" She couldn't help the feeling of danger that seemed to drift off of the man like a second skin. She didn't want anyone to harm her family, and this man felt like that's all he would do.

The man bowed to her. "I'm Michel Richards, and I'm here to look into some protection charms. Specifically, I'm looking for charms that protect against vampires." He gave her a look as he stood up from his bow. She looked at him, feeling as if he was trying to test something. That was a bit more disturbing than many of the things she had experienced in her life. Of course, she wasn't about to say anything that would make him suspicious. She knew how easy it was to draw attention to aspects that she didn't want people to know about.

She led him over to a section of the store. "I do have some charms. I did learn a few tricks when my husband and I were in Peru, yet it won't do much good if you invite them over to you. These are for Night Walkers." She watched to see how he was going to react. She knew that he might not like that. Yet, she also knew of things that couldn't be done. She wasn't about to assume anything, but she always gave people the required warnings. After all, she couldn't be held responsible for anything that went wrong if she gave the proper disclaimers before the customer bought the item.

He nodded. "Do you have anything, or can make anything, that will help against Day Walkers." She stared at him when he said that one. She knew that she did know something that could do that, but she also knew the laws in regards to Day Walkers. Yet, it was that question which caused her to begin thinking that it was Molly who had sent him. That thought worried her more than anything else. It meant that the woman had likely figured out some way to get around the security spells that Bill had placed upon her.

Alison let out a slow breath. "I did learn a charm while in Peru that can protect against Day Walkers. Yet, that was only because they don't have the same views and laws towards Day Walkers that many European countries do." She watched him. She knew that this was very dangerous territory, but she had to force herself to remain calm. The United Kingdom was a different country and hadn't had most of the problems that other countries had once had with all forms of vampires. Luckily, Day Walkers weren't as crazed as the Night Walkers were. This meant that it wasn't that surprising when Day Walkers were given rights like a normal person had.

Michel looked at her with a slight smile on his face. "Yes, Britain and the Americas feel that Day Walkers are all right. It seems to be specific countries that might say otherwise. I can never remember what countries those are." She nodded in agreement. Alison had seen that it was mostly random people that would do something against a Day Walker, but that was because there were no laws that stated that they couldn't protect themselves from that type of vampire. However, she knew that her silence was still the most important aspect that she could keep. Michel then picked up one of the charms that she had pointed out to him. "I will take one of these. I understand that it won't be a hundred percent effective, but no charm ever is."

She led him to the counter to pay for the charm and nodded. "Yes, it won't guarantee protection when you invite them in. Also, the protections will become null and void if the charm is damaged. So, please take good care of it." He nodded. She then looked at her handwritten price list to get the right payment amount. "That charm is four sickles." She only charged galleons if the item that she was selling was more work or a custom piece. While that kind of charm was somewhat involved, it wasn't as bad as the ones she had in back. Luckily, that charm was one that she could make in groupings of four or five a day. Well, she could do that when she just sat and made charms. That was the only reason that she had it listed as low as it was. It took some energy to make, though all charms were somewhat labour intensive when making them in the manner that she did.

Michel paid her the money and left with his charm. When he did so, Alison let out a slow breath and closed her eyes. The man had startled her and she felt that her nerves were still on fire from the danger response he had invoked within her. However, she was so focused on regaining control that she had missed Vincent walking into the room and looking at her. She opened her eyes and turned around. She stood there and stared at him. Before he could even react, she walked over and fell to her knees in front of him. She then pulled him into a hug. He stood there, somewhat startled. Rosalita came out and walked over to them. Alison brought her into the embrace that she was giving Vincent and held onto her children. "Everything will be all right. That man won't come back. I promise that he won't." She leaned back a bit and looked at them. "Now, you two go upstairs and return to your maths assignment." They nodded and walked off. She closed her eyes again and stood up. She knew that the kids were safe. Plus, she wouldn't let anything happen to them. "I'll find out what Molly's planning, I will." She then turned and went back to work. It was what she could do, and she would do it.

A/N: Well, here we go. Hm…Molly's up to something, and yet there's more going on. Hope that you enjoyed. Later.