Disclaimer: If you think I can be two people at the same time... you belong at a funny farm...

Author's Note: OKAY!!! I ADMIT!!! I AM A HORRIBLE UPDATER!! I AM SOOOOOO SORRY ABOUT MAKING YOU ALL WAIT!! THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH ME!! YOU ALL ARE AMAZING!! Okay, I know you guys want the Golden Trio to lighten up with the Cullens, but think about it… Voldemort had just returned (remember this is OotP), no one believes Harry or Dumbledore, and Harry just saw someone die (RIP Cedric). If I was Harry, I would be pretty paranoid too. So let me get Harry to warm up to the vamps first before I throw him in, but believe me… it will be soon. I've also had a number people asking me if I was going to get Emmett and the gang to prank Umbridge… (insert evil laughter) Soon my friends… very soon. :)

Inspirational Song: "Rain" - Creed (Great song! I recommend it! Especially if you like Rock and Alternative Rock! That's all I listen too! Oh, and some pop! Hah!)

Magical Experience

Chapter 10: Baseball

Bella's POV

I placed my Cullen baseball hat snuggly on my head, quickly peeking over my shoulder to see the sleeping figures of my roommates. After Hermione let out a soft snore, I bent down to collect my bag out from under my bed and flung it over my shoulder. It was the night we have all been excited for - baseball! I smiled to myself as I heard a soft knock on my door. I glided over and opened the door to immediately come in contact with the sweet lips of my husband.

I pulled away and glared playfully up at him. "You know, Edward, I didn't know I gave you permission to steal kisses from me," I said for the vampire ears.

His killer crooked smile appeared as he licked his lips. "I didn't know I had to have your permission."

Catching Edward off guard, I passionately planted a kiss on his mouth. I pulled away again and hovered over his lips, whispering, "I had to steal that kiss back."

I saw the love swell up in his eyes, but I teasingly slid passed him and down the girl's dormitory staircase. I heard him behind me and I knew he was going to get me back for giving him the slip.

Edward grabbed my hand and quietly dragged me through the Gryffindor Common Room. I noticed that the fire was still lit and two figures slept on the couch and armchair beside the warm light. From the look of it, Harry and Ron fell asleep doing their homework. I didn't give it much thought; I was a little preoccupied with the amazingly sexy vampire in front of me.

"What's that look for?" Edward asked, pulling my bag off of my shoulder for him to carry.

"Nothing," I teased, winking. "Just thinking."

Edward groaned loudly as we walked out through the Fat Lady's portrait. I heard her give us a disapproving grunt, but we both ignored her. I mean she is just a picture.

"You know how that frustrates me, love," Edward sighed, leisurely placing his arm over my shoulder. He leaned closer to my ear and I could feel the trail his breath left over my skin. I took a sharp intake of breath and swallowed the venom that pooled in my mouth. Weird as it sounds, vampires produce venom when they smell blood and when the emotion of lust is extra strong. Damn my sexy husband, trying to seduce me. Like he even needs to try to do that; I'm practically a puddle of goo whenever he looks at me. I'm still head-over-heels for this masochistic, lovable, overprotective vampire.

Edward's musical laughter filled my ears as he laughed at my reaction to his... teasing game. I growled and pushed away from him, walking ahead of him.

"Bella, love," Edward whined, grabbing my hand and trying to pull me back towards him. I knew he thought that I was mad at him, but who said that two can't play at that game? I pulled away once again and shook my hips at him; I looked over my shoulder and winked, looking through my eyelashes. Edward swore under his breath as I rushed off and ran down four flights of stair at lightning speed, but Edward, being the fastest in the family, caught up to me quickly.

"No fair, love," he whispered, pulling me into a secret passage entrance behind a tapestry.

"What are yo-?" I began, but his lips were pressed against mine and I felt the feeling of lust skyrocket. Suddenly I felt the pounding of a heart and footsteps; Edward and I froze, the only thing moving was our lips against each others. I heard the heart come closer then moved passed and out of immediate contact.

Edward pulled away smirking. I smacked him on the chest and hissed, "You could have at least warned me!"

"I thought that this way would be, eh, more fun," he said, playing with a piece of my hair.

I rolled my eyes and pulled him through the tapestry we were hiding behind.

We made it to the Entrance Hall, where everyone was waiting. Before anything was said, Carlisle motioned for us to take the conversation outside and followed him out into the Court Yard.

Once we were in the chilly night air, Emmett laughed, echoing around the stone walls of the castle.

"We thought you two were going to bail on us!" Emmett said, wiggling his left eyebrow.

"Oh, grow up, Em," I retorted, giving him the cold shoulder.

Emmett snorted loudly, making rude, sexual gestures with his hands. I covered my face with my hands; if I was human, my blush would be fire-engine red. Edward quickly covered Renesmee's eyes, growling in the progress.

"Emmett McCarthy Cullen! I do not want to see that!" Alice screeched, turning from her brother. Emmett paused for a second and roared with laughter.

Before the very inappropriate conversation could continue, Carlisle cleared his throat and threw Emmett a very stern glare. Emmett locked his hands over his mouth, stifling his laughter.

"Now," Carlisle started, glancing towards the forest, "you all know we are going to enter the Forbidden Forest. You are, under no circumstances, to disturb the native species within it. Professor Dumbledore has warned me about some of the creatures lurking within the brush – especially the Centaurs – are either very territorial or aggressive, so please, don't attack or kill anything. We are only able to hunt in an area up north, where the deer, mountain lions, and bears are plentiful."

Everyone gave Carlisle their word, but I could tell that our male counterparts wanted to challenge a magical creature. Carlisle smiled and produced a baseball from his inner coat pocket.

"Now, we need to find a large clearing in the forest to designate as out official baseball field while we are here at Hogwarts," Carlisle spoke tossing on the ball in the air and catching it. Was he teasing us?

Jasper's grin widened. "I don't think that would be too difficult."

Carlisle chortled. "Who ever can find the perfect clearing first gets first choice on teammates." The doctor knew just how to get the males riled up – competition. Edward gripped my hand tightly. I glanced at him through the corner of my eyes, pulling at the elastic in my brain.

What's wrong?

"Alice is blocking her thoughts," he replied under his breath. "I can't see where the clearing is."

I rolled my eyes as Alice giggled from her place next to Jasper. "In many states and areas in Canada, cheating is illegal."

Edward playfully pushed me with his shoulder. "What's the whole point in having a gift and not being able to use it for my own advantage?"

I huffed, smacking Edward's shoulder. "Just pay attention to Carlisle."

Edward laughed, kissing the side of my head. Carlisle smiled slightly and turned everyone lose to find the baseball field. Edward pulled me along with him as we entered the northern part of the forest. The first couple of yards had a light disbursement of foliage, but as we entered deeper into the Forbidden Forest, the trees grew closer together and the plants on the ground grew taller. I chill ran down my spine; like someone was watching in the distance, but it was difficult to tell where. I could hear heartbeats and breathing from all around, but since I was unfamiliar with the sounds and smell, I could not tell what or who was out there.

Edward's run slowed to a light jog. "Don't worry, Bella. They are not going to attack, they are merely curious."

I nodded slowly. "Let's just find the clearing, please."

Edward paused, thinking quickly.

I opened my mind, I don't think we are going to find a clearing here. Edward turned to look me straight into the eyes. I continued, The forest is extremely dense here; it would be hard to find any space.

Edward nodded his head in agreement. "Emmett and Rose are in a less dense area a little west. I think we should head in that direction."

"Alright, sounds like a plan," I replied, griping his hand tighter. Edward altered the direction we were going and we sped of west. Hunting for the clearing was taking longer than I expected. After a while of running, I heard the crack of thunder above us. I wondered how long we have until the storm passes. Luckily the forest began to lighten and Edward slowed his pace again.

Edward swore loudly, but before I could ask, I heard, "Found it!" coming from the south.

Jasper, of course.

Edward listened silently for a few seconds, reading the directions from Jasper's mind and started walking in the right direction. "It's about three and a half miles from here." Within a minute, we emerged into a large clearing. It was about the size of a football field, with lush green grass surround by tall flourishing trees. At the west side was a patch of wild lilies growing.

"Nice, Jazz," I said examining the clearing.

"Why thank you, darlin'," he responded, twang and all. Once the family congregated in a circle in the middle of the clearing, Carlisle set the rules.

"You all know the rules: no attacking one another, no cheating, and no screw balls."

"Aw! No fair, Carlisle!" Emmett moaned, throwing his hands up.

Carlisle ignored him and continued, "Jasper is one team captain, who's the other?"

"Euh! Euh! Me! I want to be captain! Me! Me! Please!" Emmett shouted, raising his hand and waving it violently.

"Oh, seems Rosalie hasn't been captain for a while," Carlisle said, nodding towards the blonde vampire. Emmett enthusiasm was extinguished instantly.

"Alright," Rosalie smiled, glancing at her husband, who was pouting slightly.

"Go ahead, Jasper."

"Alice." Alice pounced on her husband and kissed him furiously.

Rosalie paused, deciding who to pick. Emmett looked like he was going to go crazy. "Fine, get over here, Em." Emmett let out a battle cry and scooped his wife off the ground.

Jasper considered for a second. "Er… I'm going to go with Carlisle."

Carlisle didn't look surprised and walked over to Jasper and Alice. Carlisle was the best all around best baseball player.

"Edward, get over here."

Edward reluctantly pulled away from me and joined Rosalie and Emmett.

"Bella."

I was hugged by a small vampire as I joined Jasper, Alice, and Carlisle.

"Esme."

Esme joined Rosalie, Emmett, and Edward.

Jasper laughed, "I'm going to choose Nessie just to piss you off Rose."

Rosalie let out a low growl, "Thanks, Jasper."

So the teams consisted of Jasper, Alice, Carlisle, Renesmee, and me versus Rosalie, Emmett, Edward, Esme, and Jacob. Jasper won the coin toss so we were first to bat. Alice wanted to bat first and Jasper was not going to deny his wife anything. Alice gripped the metal Louisville Slugger TPX and stationed herself at home plate. Edward played in center field, Emmett was in right field, Rosalie in left field, Jacob was umpire, and Esme was pitcher.

"Ready?" Esme asked politely. Even in baseball, Esme was still as sweet as ever.

Alice nodded her head in response. Esme wound up and pitched a fast ball. With a thunderous crash, matching the ones overhead, Alice sent the ball zooming over third base and Rosalie, and into the forest. Alice threw the bat aside and began her sprint around the bases, her team cheering her one. Rosalie and Edward chased over the ball, while Emmett station himself next to second base and Esme ran to home plate. The baseball made a low whistling whoosh as it landed in Emmett's had, just as Alice rounded third base. Once the ball was in Emmett's hand, he sent it to Esme, who was open to receive it. Alice slid into home, kicking up dirt. Once the dirt cleared, everyone could clearly see Alice's foot on the base. Alice bounced up and squealed loudly.

The score 1-0.

It took us six point three four seven seconds to score one run.

During the game five Louisville Sluggers were broken and seventeen baseballs were shredded, most of it being Emmett's fault. That guy didn't know when to tone down his strength.

I got a strange feeling around the twenty-sixth inning. I straightened up from my hunched form in the outfield and looked to my right. I didn't want to sound crazy, but I had a feeling like something was wrong. That was usually Alice's area of expertise, but with all the magic and magical creatures, her visions were very blurry and hard to read. I could still hear heartbeats around us, but I noticed a few sped up. Then suddenly I heard only six heartbeats – including Jacob and Renesmee; like all the creatures suddenly fled. Was I the only one that noticed this?

I heard a small shuffle of leaves and a deep intake of breath. Three heartbeats quickened and a twig snapped about a hundred yards away. I turned my back towards the game and concentrated on the sound. I heard a whimper and deep, menacing breathing. Thunder sounded from above me and the wind picked up. Then it hit me; that smell… it was familiar, but new. It was…!!

Without taking a second glance to the game, I left my position in left field and rushed into the forest. I heard Edward and a few others call my name, but I didn't look back; I knew they would follow me.

Trees branches smacked my face, but soon broke as I zoomed passed. The monstrous breathing got louder as I approached. I came to a small opening in the forest trees where Harry, Hermione, and Ron sat huddled together, wand extended, moving away from a woman with long black hair that reached the ground below. I gasped out loud, catching the attention of all four. The woman's bright, grotesque eyes turned to me and she advanced towards me. I was able to focus on her green tinged face; something told me that this woman was not even close to being human.

Edward, being the fastest, caught up to me first. He appeared in front of me within seconds, growling at the woman. He put his body between woman's and mine, protecting me from whatever she was. The women growled back at Edward; she opened her mouth like she was ready to scream, but Edward tackled her before she could utter anything except a grunt. Edward sent her flying into a tree, causing the tree to groan from the force. The woman pushed herself away from the tree and lunged at Edward. Before the women could reach Edward, the large figure of Emmett intercepted the woman in midair, causing both to break a large tree in the process.

Jasper emerged from the thicket and dove into the quarrel.

I realized that Harry, Hermione, and Ron sat behind a tree and I went over to protect them. I reached them and knelt down quietly.

"Hey, are you guys okay?" I asked, over the screeches and growls. All three jumped at my voice. "Chill, I'm only here to protect you from… from that thing."

"Banshee," Hermione whispered, looking me straight in the eyes.

"Banshee?" I asked, watching their reaction. She nodded in confirmation. I whirled around as I heard another branch snap from the thicket to my right. Another green tinged face appeared. I swore under my breath. Another one, great.

"Don't let it scream," Hermione instructed quietly. "The scream's fatal to anyone that hears it."

I swore again; I knew it was fatal to the wizards, but I had no idea when it came to the vampires. I was not going to take any risks.

I notice this Banshee was shorter, younger maybe, but it still had the animalistic eyes and long, black hair. It took a step closer to the trio and me. I stood between the three wizards and the screaming creature, crouching low – readying my muscles for the leap. It let out a low growl and opened its mouth. Like Edward, I lunged at the creature, knocking it back. I noticed how hard the skin was, almost tougher then the stone hard skin of vampires.

The Banshee and I rolled around the brush, swiping and snapping at each other. I felt another presence within my fight and saw Rosalie grab the Banshee's hair. It screeched, allowing for me to stand and ready for another attack. I tackled the creature again and bit into its' neck. I felt the warmth of its life elixir flow into my mouth. I swallowed a few times and pulled back, spluttering and gagging; the blood was disgusting. I noticed the coloring was a purplish color as I wiped it from my lips. The Banshee whimpered slightly, but it eyes flashed with anger. Before the creature could attack me, Alice little form attached to its back and cleanly snapped its neck.

I watched as the Banshee fell to the ground between Alice, Rosalie, and me. We each glanced at one another before I broke the silence.

"Nice one, Alice."

She giggled softly. "Thanks, but I think Carlisle will be upset that I killed it."

"How did you know that would do the trick?" I asked, nudging the motionless creature on the ground with my foot.

"Snapping necks kills any living creature," Alice replied simply.

Rosalie picked up the Banshee and slung it over her shoulder. "I'll take it to Carlisle. I'll see what he wants to do with it."

Alice and I nodded as Rosalie walked towards Carlisle's direction. I noticed that it was quiet, no growls or battle noises. Nothing.

I turned back to see Harry, Ron, and Hermione watching Alice and me intently. I approached them cautiously. They didn't move as I knelt down in front of them.

"I'm really sorry you three had to see me like that," I apologized gently. "I have a feeling like I owe you three a huge explanation."

I watched as Hermione opened her mouth to say something, but suddenly close it. I felt a hand on my shoulder and knew instantly that it was Edward. I turned my head to look up at him. His shirt was torn and his hair was even messier, but other then that he looked normal. I noticed that the others file in behind me. Edward knelt down next to me, facing the three Gryffindors, and slung his arm around my shoulder.

"Are you...?" Hermione whispered softly, trailing off.

Harry boldly finished her question. "…Vampires?"

I sighed, and nodded.

"Yes," Edward answered, "but we are the good guys. Professor Dumbledore and Carlisle have been very good friends for a long time."

"Albus," Carlisle added, taking a step forward, "asked my family and me to come to Hogwarts to protect it."

"No," Edward responded to Hermione's unasked question. "We do not drink the blood of humans or wizards. We have a strict vegetarian diet of animal blood."

I heard a few rustle coming from the forest behind us. Esme spoke up quickly, "I think it be best if we explain to the three once we get out of this forest."

"Agreed," Carlisle said, walking over to the three wizards. "Would you mind if we carry each of you? It would be a much faster way to exit the Forbidden Forest."

The trio looked apprehensive, but they seemed to understand the dangers of the forest outweighted the dangers of us. Edward leaned down and motioned for Hermione to climb on his back, while Emmett and Carlisle did the same for Harry and Ron. Once all were situated and settled, we took off at lightning speed to get the hell out of the forest, our game of baseball long forgotten.

Now the for the explanation...

End of chapter 10!! Hope you enjoyed it! I'm a sucker for Edward/Bella scenes. Don't kill me; I will update sooner!! PROMISE!!

Blonde… (Brunette)… Joke of the Day (courtesy of Jacob Black):

Jacob: BELLA!
Bella: Oh, gosh, what now, Jake?
Jacob: I'm trying something new today; I want to tell a joke to a brunette instead of a blonde.
Bella: (smiles) Did Rose threaten to cut off your balls and feed them to a radioactive monkey?
Jacob: (shivers) No a radioactive squirrel.
Bella: Oh. So what do you want?
Jacob: JOKE TIME!!!
Bella: (sighs)
Jacob: Ready, Bells?
Bella: I guess.
Jacob: (grins) Okay... how do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Bella: (thinks) How the heck am I supposed to know?
Jacob: (rolls his eyes) You open the door, put the elephant in, and close the door... duh!
Bella: Oh gees! (slaps forehead)
Jacob: Bella, there's more. How do you put a giraffe into a fridge?
Bella: I don't know! Open the door and put it in?
Jacob: NOPE! Open the door, take the elephant out, put the giraffe in and close the door! Double duh!
Bella: That's stupid...
Jacob: God called a meeting of all the animals in the kingdom, but the only way to get there is to cross a crocodile infested river; how do you get across?
Bella: A boat?
Jacob: Nope! Swim, because all the crocs are at the meeting!
Bella: (rolls eyes)
Jacob: Every animal is at God's meeting, but one. Which animal is not present?
Bella: What? How am I supposed to know?
Jacob: (rolls eyes) The giraffe, because he is in the fridge. Duhn, duhn, duhn, chee! (laughing)
Bella: That's so stupid, Jacob! (leaves room)
Jacob: (mumbles) Blondes are funnier... (sits in front of the TV)
Bella: (sneaks into the kitchen and opens the refrigerator door) Here giraffey, giraffey. Come out, come out!
Edward: (walks into the kitchen) What are you doing, love?
Bella: (jumps) Uh.... uh.... uh.... looking for the.... uh.... remote! Yeah, the remote for the.... uh.... the computer! Yeah! I gotta go! Bye!! (runs out of room)
Edward: ("WTF?")

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Okay, so I've got some complaints about the Blond Joke of the Day. So people think that I'm picking on blondes; sorry, but that's what Jacob did to Rose. Get over it. I've also got complaints that my jokes are too "vulgar." Um, okay... so I guess my jokes are too dirty. Whatever. Some people live under rocks... I get it. I don't see how they are dirty (the worst was probably the ironing board one), but it wasn't like I said vagina or penis or fuck in the jokes. I thought my jokes were funny, but I still got complaints. Whatever. So if I get anymore complaints, the Blonde Joke of the Day will be stopped. I don't like dealing with angry people, a reason why I couldn't be a psychiatrist. Anyways... that's the deal. IF ANYONE HAS ANY GOOD BLONDE, BRUNETTE, OR RED-HEAD JOKES, SEND THEM TO ME! :)

Question for the readers:

If you saw The Twilight Saga's New Moon, what did you think? If you haven't seen it, will you? Why or why not?

SPOILER WARNING!!

I saw it the Friday it came out. The theater was packed and I forced my best guy friend to come with me. I'm just that evil. ;P Anyways, I really liked it. I thought it was much better then the first movie and I have to say, Taylor Lautner (aka Jacob Black) made the movie. He is a great actor, except when he gets excited, his voice gets all pitchy and funny sounding. I'm sorry for all the Kristen Stewart fans, but she has no effing emotion and when Edward left her, she didn't even look sad. I mean, really?! She has no facial expressions and it starts to piss me off. Robert Pattinson was good and, holy hell, he got his ass whooped by Demetri!! OMC! Poor Edward! I really liked the pack, they were funny. And when Bella went to the movies with Jessica and totally ditched her to ride on the back of some biker guys' motorcycle; where the freak did that come from? Cracked up when Laurent was in the meadow with Bella and that translucent Edward appeared next to Laurent and demanded Bella to lie. I almost died laughing; Bella was SO loosing it in this movie. Haha. OMC! Did anyone notice that Carlisle got more time on the big screen?! I did!! I was a little upset because Emmett and Jasper barely got any! (tear) I love Em and Jazz! I love Emmett line, "Dating an older woman. That's hot." Bahah!! :) All in all I give New Moon an 8 ½ out of 10, while I gave Twilight a 7 out of 10. I can't wait for Eclipse!! :)

Edward demands your vote for the sexiest vampire!
-EC4prez-