Chapter 11:

A/N: I hope you guys are still enjoying the story. And please don't hate on all the fluff between Draco and Hermione. I love the sweet Draco.

No POV

The next morning was a quiet one. Everybody was giving Hermione and Harry quiet time to grieve the loss of their friend. They were also all trying to figure out what their next step forward would be. Blaise, Theo and Draco knew, from their death eater days, that Dolohov would not stop till he got what he wanted. They knew that he wouldn't spare anyone who got in his way, even the sons and daughters of old his friends. But that was not a deterrent for them. They planned on protecting their new friends. The eight friends had become a family, and they protected their own, no matter the risk. They just didn't know what to do.

A few miles away, the Cullens were in a similar pickle. Someone was also after one of their loved ones. Hermione's cousin to be exact. The red head was gathering up a 'New Born' army to kill Isabella. The vampires and the pack of wolves were already planning to fight together to protect her. Even though Edward and Jacob didn't like each other, they both still loved Isabella. Even though Jacob and Isabella were not the best of friends at the moment, he still wanted to protect her. And even though the vampires and the wolves were each other's enemies, they both had the same desire to protect. Vampires protect their family. Shapeshifters protect human kind. What they didn't know was that Victoria had an extra member in her party, one that Alice Cullen did not see in her vision. A one Mr Antonin Dolohov. He had gained knowledge that Hermione and Harry had moved to Forks but that they were quite heavily protected. He knew that he would need help, and with most of his fellow death eaters dead or behind bars, he wasn't sure where he could get it. It was just sheer luck that he had come across a red head vampire who happened to have her eyes set on a different Forks resident. He recognised her for what she was the minute he saw her, and had every intention of fleeing until she grabbed him from behind by his neck. He hit her with a spell that sent her flying. This intrigued her, and she thought that his addition to her little 'family' could really benefit her. At first he was going to decline, until he heard where she was going. He agreed to help her if she helped him.

Alice was sitting on the couch with her adoptive sister, Rose, discussing the insane but oddly creative and pretty fashion choices of Luna when she suddenly had a vision.

"What is it?" Rose asked.

"I had a vision."

"No kidding." She rolled her eyes.

"It was about Victoria."

"Hang on, I'll call the others."

When everyone was seated around her, she told them of her vision.

"Victoria was sitting with a man, and they were discussing something in hushed voices. I couldn't hear what they were saying. But she did call him Antonin, so I guess that's his name."

"What did the man look like?" Edward asked.

"That's just it," she frowned, "I couldn't see him. He was blurry."

Everyone looked at Jacob, who had been joining their meetings to keep up to date with what was happening.

He defensively picked up his hands, "Hey I know it's the packs that she can't see but it's not us. We're on your side. You know that. There has to be something else other than werewolves that she can't see."

Edward looked at him thoughtfully, "There is," he exclaimed, "Bella's cousin and her friends. You can't see them! You don't get visions of them!"

"What?!" Jacob questioned, "You can't possibly think that Hermione has something to do with this."

"You know what," Bella ignored Jacob, "Yesterday when I spoke to her, her boyfriend showed up. He seemed overly concerned about her safety and spoke about a friend of theirs, Dolohov."

"Hermione has a boyfriend?" Jacob questioned.

"And how is this information relevant to our problem at hand?" Rose huffed, just after him.

"Perhaps these people know that it's not safe to be out with potential new-borns around! And maybe this Dolohov is the blurred guy."

"Okay, just hang on," Emmet said, "the blurred guy is Antonin not Dolohov, weird names might I add, and 'these people' that you're referring to, Bella, is your teenage cousin and her friends. They are humans, Bella. Why would they be mixed up with vampires?"

"Look! Hermione doesn't like me. And her friends don't like you guys. And how do you even know that they're not vampires? Maybe they have some hidden talent that makes them undetectable?"

A very annoyed looking Rosalie turned to her, "I think you're letting you're dislike for your cousin make you irrational. They eat food in the cafeteria every day, Bella. They go to school when the weather is sunny. And of course we can tell if she's a vampire or not. It's not something we have look for, it's just instinctive. Like if you see a girl walking passed, you know it's a girl. Besides, she's friends with Jacob. To a werewolf, it's not about what we look like, it's about how we smell. They can smell us from miles away. He would have known it immediately."

"Yeah," Jake added, "I'm going to have to agree with the blond on that one. She spent two whole nights with me and my entire tribe. None of us picked up anything fishy. And we've had no new additions to the packs either. There is eight of them Bella, if they were vampires, we were bound to have a few new transformations."

Bella sat back defeated. She hadn't see the flaws in her theory.

"Although I agree that those kids are not vampires, perhaps Bella has a point." Carlisle said.

"Carlisle?" Esmé questioned.

"Look," he started, "We know there is an unknown guy in Alice's vision. We know that she can't see those kids. Perhaps there is a connection. We could just show up at their house and ask if they know an Antonin. If they attack we will defend ourselves. We're vampires. They're humans. They're no match for us. If they know something, we'll know grill them for information."

"I don't like this idea at all." Jake frowned.

"Then don't come." Edward shot him, "I am with Carlisle on this." He added to the rest of the group.

"Fine, the eight of us will go over right now." Carlisle said.

Edward frowned, "Eight? There's seven of us, unless, of course, Jacob has changed his mind and is going to join us."

"No, I'm including Bella."

"Carlisle, I will not allow it." Edward said.

"I'm coming. There's no stopping me." Bella insisted.

Edward rolled his eyes, "Fine! But you're sticking with me. And I'll be ready to run if anything goes wrong."

Emmet laughed, "They're humans. What could possibly go wrong?" he asked, then rolled his eyes and walked out the room.