Harry woke up in her room without any sort of memory leading up to her getting in bed. She had rested well and she suspected she had needed it, the magic from the day before had been taxing to say the least. She had seen Jasper's face when he first saw her doing that and knew she didn't look natural, she hadn't cared. Now she looked in the mirror and sighed.
"What is wrong?"
The voice came from the shadows but it didn't startle Harry, she knew someone was in the room, she gave a sad smile as she looked at those shadows in the mirror. "You stopped me yesterday." Was her answer.
"I did." Was death's answer as she stepped out of the darkness.
"Why now?" Harry asked in return. "You have never stopped me from doing anything. You even encouraged me back when we first met."
"I thought you would recognise another tortured soul," Death's tone was monotone as always, Harry had never heard any emotions in that voice. "I guess your emotions clouded your judgement."
"I didn't even know I could do such a thing," Harry looked at her hands and her thoughts went back to the moment the magic exploded from her fingertips as she snapped. "What happened?'
Death's eyes glimmered lightly as she smiled, "This was the first time you truly accepted your powers as my master and intended to use them," The crown of dark matter on her head was pulsing with power and as Harry looked back at herself in the mirror she saw herself wearing an identical crown. "It was however not the time or place to use such a power without experience. If I didn't stop you when I did it would have been an equivalent of a atomic bomb going off right where you stood."
Harry flinched as she looked at her reflection and then turned towards Death. "Thank you, it is clear I will need to train a bit."
Death just smiled as she winked back at her an promptly disappeared.
Harry was about to walk out but was stopped by a knock, when she opened the door she saw a sheepish Edward standing in the doorway.
"How can I help?" Harry asked before Edward could say a word. She had stepped aside and let him walk in.
"I've heard some things that I just wanted to have a talk about." He said as Harry closed the door.
"You can go ahead," Was her answer as she plopped down on her bed. "I've warded this room so I wouldn't disturb someone if I had a nightmare, lets just say that no one can hear us speak now."
"I've picked up on some stuff and I just have some difficulty putting things together." It was like Edward didn't want to address the problem at all.
Harry just raised her eyebrows and gave him a look. "Has Jasper told what happened yesterday?"
Edward flinched as if the memory burned him. "He told us after he put you to bed," He looked up from his hands and looked at Harry with wonder in his eyes. "He only warned that there were scouts out there and that Jane was one of them but I saw what happened. He couldn't stop his mind from wandering and I saw what you did to stop her."
"So her name is Jane?" Harry wondered, she sounded off topic as she briefly looked back at the mirror but the dark crown wasn't on her head anymore.
"What you did was impossible. If I didn't see it in Jaspers memory it wouldn't believe you could do such a thing," Edward pulled her back to reality with his words. "There is one problem though," He walked back and forth in the room as if he didn't know how to explain exactly. "The leader of the Volturi, Aro, he can do what I do." He looked back at Harry as if to drive a point home but he continued when he saw that Harry didn't get it. "He can read minds, he has to touch a person and he knows everything you have ever known but I just know what everyone is thinking at one given time. Aro will know what you did to Jane, he will want to know what I know before a fight will ever break out."
Harry's eyes narrowed as she looked at Edward but not in anger, she was putting it together at her human speed. "You know my story." She didn't elaborate but Edward looked back at his hands in answer.
"Jasper tries to keep his mind private but he can only do so much." Edward was looking everywhere but at Harry. "I know most of the things you said to him and the minds of the Romanians fill in the blanks as to what happened when they met you."
Harry smirked, "I think it is time for me to actually train for an upcoming fight," Edwards eyes snapped back on hers as she spoke. "I will be a prime target when the Volturi know what you know."
