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Quidditch Trials

By the time Dinner came around everyone was talking about how I'd spoken in Parselmouth during Transfiguration; even the ghosts were talking about it.

"What did you say to the snake?" Ron asked when two people walked past whispering about it.

"I told it to leave her alone," I said truthfully.

"You could have just turned it back into a rabbit. Why'd you speak to it?" Hermione asked.

"I don't really know," I shrugged. "Every time I see a snake I just get some weird impulse to talk to it."

"I wish I could talk to snakes," Harry muttered.

"Did you really want to go through what I did when every one found out I was a Parselmouth?" I asked him.

"No I guess not," he replied, frowning slightly.

With everyone talking about what happened, I didn't get a chance alone with the Cullens until late that night. We'd ended up being alone in the common room as I finished a Defense against the Dark Arts essay. Hermione, Harry and Ron had just gone off to bed and I suddenly realized that no one else was in the room other than the Cullens and me.

"You're a Parselmouth?" Emmett exploded as soon as Harry, Ron and Hermione were out of hearing range.

"Yes," I said as I finished writing my last sentence of my essay and put the parchment down.

"Isn't that Slytherin's symbol?" Rosalie asked.

"Yes," I said knowing exactly where this was going.

"Then why aren't you in Slytherin?" she asked curiously.

"I wasn't born a Parselmouth," I told them. "I was made one by Slytherin's heir himself."

"How do you make someone a Parselmouth?" Alice asked.

"By cursing them," I said.

"Cursing them?" Edward asked, confused.

I moved my hair away from my forehead to reveal my scar. "This mark is one left only by a very powerful curse."

"What curse was it?" Emmett asked.

"The killing curse," I muttered.

"The one Voldemort cast," Alice whispered.

I nodded, "This is why I'm the one who has to kill Voldemort. When he gave me this scar he gave me some of his power. Not only am I now a Parselmouth but it also gave me a strange connection between my mind and Voldemort's. When Voldemort is feeling particularly emotional, I can feel it and sometimes even see through his eyes. I had to learn Occlumency to keep him out of my mind."

"And me," Edward breathed after a brief pause.

We all turned to stare at him.

"That's why I can't read your mind," he said. "You're using Occlumency to keep me out."

I sighed and nodded.

"You knew," he accused, "You knew and you didn't tell me."

"I only found out why yesterday," I promised. "It's also why you can't read Dumbledore's or Snape's minds, they know Occlumency too."

"Does anyone else?" Alice asked.

"Not at Hogwarts," I said. "But a lot of people who spend time around Voldemort would."

"Would Voldemort?" she asked.

I tilted my head to the side, wondering why she wanted to know but answered anyway. "No," I started. "He most likely thinks that no one would dare challenge his power."

She nodded, thinking, but didn't say any more on it.

"Well I'm going to get some sleep," I announced before heading up the stairs and off to bed.


At breakfast the next morning, it was brought to my attention once again that Dumbledore and Snape were rarely at meals anymore.

"They sure are away a lot, aren't they?" Ginny stated.

"Who?" Hermione asked.

"Dumbledore and Snape," she replied.

"I noticed that," Harry said. "I wonder why."

"Business with The Order most likely," Ron said.

We all nodded in agreement, having concluded the same thing.

"Hey Swan!" the voice of non-other than Draco Malfoy called.

I groaned.

"What do you want Malfoy?" I asked without glancing away from my food.

"Just thought I'd let you know that I'm Slytherin's seeker again this year," he said. "There isn't really a reason for you to even bother trying to put together a team." He was smirking, thinking he'd won.

"I just thought you should know," I told him in the same tone, "That you need to get over yourself."

Everyone around us started laughing; even some of the Slytherin's cracked a smile.

He didn't even reply as he stormed away.

"So trials are still on tomorrow?" Jasper asked from across the table.

I nodded, smiling at him.

"I hope the team is really good this year," Ginny said.

"Hey," I exclaimed. "Don't forget I'm the one choosing the team."

"But you have to actually have good players to choose from first," she pointed out.

"True," I said.

"We do have some good players," Harry said.

"Yeah, like us," Ron said high-fiving Harry.

I, along with Hermione and Ginny, rolled my eyes.

"With your new broom we'll defiantly have the fastest seeker," Ginny grinned.

"I'd almost forgotten about that," I said.


Saturday finally came around and all of Gryffindor was now on the Quidditch pitch – either in the stands or on the pitch holding a broom.

"First," I called, loud enough that everyone could hear, "I want you to all fly two laps around the pitch in groups."

I blew my whistle and a group of five second year girls lifted off the ground and started flying around the pitch. They were very slow and two of them descended to the ground after one lap during a giggling fit. I sent that group straight to the stands. The first couple of groups went by pretty much the same, all of them younger kids. By the time I got to fourth years they started to pick up pace and managed to stay in the air the entire two laps.

Everyone who failed to complete the laps I had sent to the stands and the only group left to fly consisted of Harry, Ron, Ginny, Edward, Emmett and Jasper. I blew my whistle with a smile on my face and the six of them took off at lightening speed and completed their two laps with ease before returning expertly to the ground.

"Nice," I said before turning to face the people who were still left on the pitch. "Anyone trying out for beaters," I called. "Stand over there," I pointed toward the other side of the field and about ten people, including Emmett and Jasper, walked in that direction.

I turned around toward the box of Quidditch balls at the same time as I grabbed my broom. I took out three beaters' bats and handed one each to two of the boys who had stepped aside and kept one for myself.

"In the air," I said to them and they took off.

"Everyone else is to stay on the ground," I yelled, not wanting any injuries.

I released the bludgers and they flew up into the air. I hopped onto my broom and kicked off up into the sky. The bludgers were flying around the pitch wildly, narrowly missing some of the stands.

"Right," I said to the two boys that were sitting on their brooms in front of me. "I want you to aim the bludgers through the goal posts when they come near you."

They both nodded, looking nervous. Before either of them could even have a chance to hit a bludgers one flew over the boy on the left's head and headed straight for me. I swung the bat and the bludger went straight through the goal post on the other end but I could see it coming back toward us.

"Go!" I yelled so that the whole pitch could hear before I flew out of the way of the other bludger.

The first two boys were strong but couldn't manage to get the bludgers to go the way they wanted them to. The next three groups were quite the same, as they were all really buff guys.

"Emmett! Jasper!," I yelled towards the ground as the second last pair touched the ground. "Get up here!"

I hit one of the bludgers out of my way as Emmett and Jasper came to a stop in front of me.

"You know what to do," I told them. "Go for it."

Before I could even take another breath they'd flown off after the bludgers. Jasper was the first one to get a bludgers through the goal post but Emmett's followed shortly after. The crowd was cheering and after about five minutes of them hitting the bludgers continuesly through the hoops from different angles and positions, I returned to the ground to watch the show.

"You're not a bad beater yourself," Edward said next to me.

I turned to look at his face, "Thanks. I'll always be a seeker though." I paused, "It's in my blood."

He turned so that his eyes met mine and he smiled the crooked grin that I loved so much, "Your blood?"

I returned his smile, "My dad was a seeker. They say he was the best Hogwarts ever saw."

My gaze drifted back to Jasper and Emmett as the crowd cheered again.

I laughed, "I think they've done enough showing off."

I blew my whistle and Jasper and Emmett returned to the ground. I kicked off the ground and flew after one of the bludgers. I caught it and put it back in the box before doing the same with the other.

"Keepers in the air," I said after finally getting the second bludger back in the box. Several people took off up toward the goalposts as I took out the Quaffle.

I turned to Harry and Ginny, "Would you two mind helping me out?"

Both of them smiled and took off into the sky and faced the keepers. I smiled and took off, stopping in between Harry and Ginny.

"You're going to take turns defending the goal against the three of us," I told them. "You'll get five chances."

They all nodded.

"First up," I called.

Harry, Ginny and I did several tricks, confusing the keepers to the point were most of them didn't know who had the Quaffle. One boy managed to save four and it looked like he was going to be the best until Ron managed to save all five, giving him a much needed confidence boost.

The keepers retired to the stands, other than Ron who was going to help me, as the Chasers flew up into the sky.

"I want you in groups of three," I called to all of them. They split into groups of three and I was surprised when Harry and Ginny went with Edward but didn't comment on it.

The groups of chasers each took turns at trying to get the Quaffle threw the hoops. I knew, just as well as everyone else did, that Harry and Ginny were going to be back on the team again but it was only fair to make them trial. They made it obvious why they were on the team and working with Edward made them look even better.

I was actually quite awed at the way Edward played. It was aggressive but also graceful, just like everything else a vampire did and just like everything else, Edward was really good at it. No one managed to get the Quaffle past Ron except Harry and Ginny who both managed to get two goals and Edward who got four.

As every one returned to the ground I announced the team in a voice everyone could hear.

"Our keeper, for the second year in a row, is Ron." I called loudly as a cheer erupted.

"Our new Beaters are Emmett and Jasper," another loud cheer went through all of Gryffindor.

"And our chasers this year are Ginny, Harry and Edward," a third cheer erupted through Gryffindor as the team came to stand on the pitch.

"Congratulations," I smiled at all of them. "You all did really well today and I expect to see you all here Monday after school for our first training session."

We all started heading to the changing rooms when I remembered something, "Oh and a warning to all of you. Be careful around the Slytherin players, we all know that they like to cheat."

"No one will be getting any of us," Edward said tapping the side of his head. Harry, Ron and Ginny had already entered the change room and hadn't seen the action.

"Stupid, mindreading vampire," I said as I entered the change room. I could hear Emmett and Jasper's laughter through the door.


"Who are the new additions to the team?" McGonagall asked as I entered her office to give her the new team list.

"Edward, Emmett and Jasper Cullen," I said.

"The Cullen brothers?" she asked sounding surprised.

I nodded, "You've seen how big Emmett is, he makes an amazing beater."

"And Edward and Jasper?" she asked.

"Jasper is the other new beater and Edward is an amazing chaser," I told her truthfully.

She nodded with a smile, "I can't wait to see them in action at our first game. It's in a week by the way and it's against Ravenclaw."

I nodded, "We'll be ready."

"I hope so," she said taking the parchment with the team member's names on it.

I returned to the Gryffindor common room to be bombarded by Alice.

"What is it?" I asked her.

"Malfoy," she said. "He's going to put something in your pumpkin juice tonight."

"And if I don't drink it?" I asked.

She blanked out for a second before smiling, "You'll be perfectly fine."

I returned the smile.

"Come join us," she said, dragging me to where the other Cullens were sitting. "It's only fair that you are part of the family celebration."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because you're part of the family," she said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. As I laughed and joked with the entire Cullen family, for the first time in six months, I felt like that was true.

I really felt like part of the Cullen family again.

I felt like this was my family.


I was thinking about maybe writing a chapter in Edward's point of view of what has happened so far and what is running through his head.

Tell me what you think of the chapter and of me writing a chapter in Edward's P.O.V.

Thanks for reading and reviewing,

Mel