Just thought that I'd warn you that this is my longest and final chapter (before the epilogue)- almost 2 A4 pages ;) I don't write very long chapters... I hope you like it :) Please review :) Epilogue to come!

Furface xx

Chapter 10- The final decision

By the next day, I still hadn't told Sue or Seth, or anyone else apart from Sam, who had come round for lunch.

While everyone was eating (I had gone hunting yesterday and was obviously not), Sam led me outside, and holding my shoulder he said, "Look, I just want you to know, you're welcome to stay here for as long as you want, even if that's the rest of your life. Don't feel that you're not wanted. You've made friends in this pack."

I nodded sadly, "I want to stay, but my parents are back home, and they think that I'm dead. I can't leave them thinking that. Also what about all my old friends? My brothers?"

"It's a hard decision to make, but you can always visit us after you leave. Right?"

"I don't know, but apparently it's hard to get here from where I live, apparently this is a kind of parallel universe to mine…"

At that moment Seth joined us outside.

"Hey, what are you talking about?"

"I… Urmm… Well…"

"She's been offered the choice to go back home." Sam interrupted.

"That's great!" Seth smiled, "I'm happy for you. Really." But his smile was shaky, his words weren't quite genuine and his hands were quivering.

"Seth, I can't leave you either, you know that…" I sighed mournfully. He embraced me, holding me tight.

"I'm sorry, this will just make you decision harder, but please don't leave! Please! You can't!" Tears fell down his face.

"Oh, Seth, if only you could come with me. I have to go though, and you're needed here."

"Wait! Why don't I come? I could go with you!" His face lit up with hope.

"It's complicated, see, I don't know if you'll even be allowed to come to where I live, you're not a -" wizard. Something invisible caught my tongue and I was left with but the thought.

"Oh. Of course, you can't tell us."

"It's not up to me! I just tried to! It's just that something keeps stopping me! Please, I do sincerely want you to come. I just don't think you can. And what about Sue? You're all she has!" It took him a few moments to answer after that, but from the look on his face, I could guess what he was going to say.

"You're right…"

"Seth, look, we'll figure something out." Sam said quietly, then he said something else and went indoors with Seth. I didn't hear what he said though: I was too busy walking towards the forest. It wasn't too far, so I stayed in human form until I reached the forest boundary.

Fawkes, who was sitting in a tree, happily, calmly, caught sight of me.

Ginny. Have you made you decision?

No, Fawkes. How am I meant to? And I was meaning to ask- how often will I be able to visit La Push?

Not very often. Perhaps once a year if you're lucky. It's hard. It takes time to make the correct potions and to perform the correct spells.

Oh…

I think you should go back, you should see how heartbroken your parents are…

You're right. You're right. I'll be back in a few minutes, please wait!

With that, I leapt back onto the road and straight to Seth's house. I was still in wolf form, but luckily no one was around, so I wasn't seen.

"Seth!" I called, and he came running immediately, "Seth, I've decided, I have to go back to see my parents, but I'll visit you!" He opened his mouth to object, but I put my finger to his lips.

"Shh, you can't change my mind, and I'll be back. Remember, I think that time passes quicker over there. So what will be years for me might just be a few months for you. I'll try to move here once I'm old enough to leave my parents, but that's in 2 years. I love you, I do, and I'm sorry." Before he could say anything, I kissed him. Tears ran down my face as I walked away.

"Bye, please come back as soon as you can." I turned around to see him waving slowly.

"Goodbye." I said as I returned to the forest. Once I saw Fawkes, I collapsed into tears.

Take me home, I whispered. He dropped a feather of his in my hand, and I felt myself spinning and spinning.

Looking around, I saw my kitchen.

"Mum? Dad? Hellooo?"

"Ginny? Is that you?" I recognised my Mum's voice immediately.

"Mum! I'm back!"

"Where were you?" She asked as she ran downstairs and hugged me.

"A different world, you would never believe it!" She laughed, but upon seeing the serious look on my face, stopped.

"Oh! What happened over there? What did you do? Did you miss us? Why are your eyes a different colour?"

Well, I became a vampire, and then I was imprinted on and became a werewolf!

"Well, I met some vampires, different from our kind, and they kind of… Bit me…" Mum gasped.

"You're- you're a vampire? Well, that's...different…"

"I'm not done! Then I was imprinted on by a werewolf and discovered that I was a werewolf too!"

"Well, as long as you're happy and safe that's great!" She smiled warmly.

"Oh, I missed you so much! And everyone was so worried, except for Harry… Dumbledore was amazing though, he helped us all along!" Of course, Harry…

"Wait, where's Dad?"

"At work, it's midday, darling. Also, do you want to go to Hogwarts or just return at the beginning of next year? You've already missed 3 years there!"

"3 years? I was only gone 5 months!"

"Time is faster here, of course, Dumbledore said so…"

"I'll go back now, if that's OK, where's my wand?" She fished around in her pocket and pulled it out. She had probably kept it there since I disappeared. I felt so bad for not returning sooner, but I couldn't dwell on that too long.

"Let's go!" She flicked her wand and a fully packed suitcase flew down the stairs.

I completed my years at Hogwarts, Dumbledore always gave me the supply of blood I needed to quench my thirst. No one was told. I phased a few times, trying to reach the pack through my mind, but I only heard echoes of our past conversations.