Well here it is! The finale that has taken SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long for me to finish! I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting for so long but life happens! So please enjoy the last chapter and I hope to come out with more stories later!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything! Stephanie Meyer and J.K. Rowling do! :)
Chapter Nineteen: Finale
"What's taking so long?" Ron sighed after about a half an hour of Miranda's searching.
"Mr. Weasley, I don't think you want to provoke her like that." Edward muttered as he saw where Miranda's thoughts were headed. Somewhere along the lines of pain and torture…
"Miranda, focus." Edward had to remind her.
"Sorry." Miranda sighed. "Conflicting motives and all."
Ron scooted a little closer to Harry and away from Bella, Edward and Miranda.
Bella cocked her head to the side. It was the first any of them had moved since Ron's statement of impatience.
"Do you hear that?" She asked them, straining to hear better.
"Hear what?" Harry asked. "I don't hear anything."
"Miranda suggests that you should try the extendable ears." Edward told them.
"Wow, I haven't heard about those since…" Harry broke off mid sentence, then shook his head and began again. "There are too many tunnels and switchbacks in here for us to really hear anything. Mrs. Cullen what is it that you're hearing?"
"Harry you can call me Bella if you wish. Mrs. Cullen makes me feel old." She giggled quietly, enjoying her not so tasteful joke.
"Not funny Bella." Edward murmured in her ear.
"Sorry." She tried to reign in her giggles. "It's like a drumming noise. Drum duh-duh dum." She sounded out how it would sound if they could hear it. "Edward, please tell me you can hear that and I'm not going crazy?" She pressed her hand to his cheek.
"Yes." He closed his eyes. "I can hear it now." He whipped his head away from them. "Someone's coming." He stated simply with an edge, everyone froze. "Oh for the love of all that's Holy!" he growled.
"Hey guys!" Scorpius said brightly. "Miranda, I thought you might need this." He tossed the DS to her which she caught effortlessly.
"I've been looking for this!" She turned to look at him suspiciously. "Did you steal this from me?"
"I can neither confirm nor deny that statement." Scorpius tried to look innocent.
Miranda started to growl. "You are so much like my little brother!" She was breathing heavily. "If Jake, Cho, and Ren weren't still missing I'd throttle you! You little weasel!"
"Wait! Nessie isn't with you?" Scorpius said at the same time that others came emerging from the shadows.
"Jasper? Alice?" Edward said in shock. "How did you guys get here?"
"Alice had a vision of Alec. She wasn't focusing on him though, just on Jane." Jasper said in a calm tone.
"But we would still be lost if I hadn't seen Scorpius." Alice chirped. "Someone untied him and he came looking for you guys."
Everyone turned to Bella.
"What? I didn't untie him." She sounded miffed. "And it was my baby out there. Wild horses couldn't stop me."
"Alright, fine! We can talk about it later!" Scorpius was getting impatient. "Can we get back to the point? Nessie is still missing!"
"Right." Miranda flipped open the DS and started searching for what she needed.
"Hello Ronald Weasley." Alice noticed Ron half-crouching behind Harry, who was oddly comfortable surrounded by vampires. "It's nice to meet you again."
"Hi." Ron started to hyper-ventilate.
"Uhh… Jazz? I think Mr. Weasley needs a chill pill." Alice winked.
"Wait what is he doing?" Ron panicked as Jasper started moving towards him.
"It's alright Mr. Weasley!" Alice tried to calm him down. "He's not going to hurt you! NO! Don't run you'll trigger his hunting reflex!"
"What is going on?" Harry addressed Bella and Edward.
"Jasper can effect people's moods. He's trying to calm your friend down but I don't think its working." Bella explained.
"Well somebody had better shut him up before I loose my patience and transfigure him into a bug so I can squash him…." Miranda grumbled.
"Mr. Weasley." Bella, using her calming voice, caught Ron as he passed by her. "It's going to be alright." Then she gave him a gentle smile.
A low growl was coming out of Edward's throat as he listened to Ron's thoughts.
"Thanks." Jasper grinned at Bella as he touched Ron on the shoulder.
"What is he doing?" Harry asked Alice.
"He just calming him down." Alice reassured him. "Nice going Jazz." She rolled her eyes at him. "You could have put him in a coma!"
"I shut him up didn't I?" Jasper grumbled as he folded his arms and leaned against the wall.
Ron sagged in Bella's arms and laid his head on her shoulder. Edward nearly became unhinged as he started drooling on her.
"Uh, Harry." Alice was looking at Edward and looking at the immediate future. "I think you'd better take Ronald."
Harry looked at Edward as well. "Maybe your right."
Bella handed Ron over and then went to Edward's side. He wrapped his arms around her protectively.
"Calm down Edward. We have to find Renesmee." Bella reminded him.
"Found them!" Miranda perked up with bright eyes. "Let's go!"
"Did you use some sort of tracking spell to get them?" Alice inquired.
"No, built in GPS!" Mirada laughed, she was so happy to find them, this made her hysterical.
The vampires just shrugged as they followed her. Harry was having difficulty with Ron so Alice came back to help him.
. . .
"Is that a light up ahead?" Cho asked.
"I hear voices as well." Nessie perked up and strained to hear.
She heard someone call out her name as well as Jake's and Cho's.
"Can it be?" Cho's voice trailed off.
"Hey guys!" Nessie yelled. "Were down here!"
Nessie and Cho jumped off Jake and ran towards the lights from Miranda and Harry's wands, Jake came a few minutes before they did.
"Uh does anyone have some spare clothes?" He asked sheepishly. "Being a wolf has its disadvantages."
"Here." Alice giggled as she reached into her bag and pulled out a spare set of shorts and a t-shirt. "I had a feeling that you might need these."
"Thanks Alice." Jake grinned. "You know for a vampire you come in pretty handy."
They all came out of the cave together, finally united, and headed back to Hogwarts, to home.
. . .
The story was recounted several times, to different people, each time more dangerous and heroic than it actually was. So facts became fiction, fiction became rumor and rumor became legend.
Some vampires had come to see for themselves that in fact a few vampires were getting along with wizards and witches. As a good will statement, the Headmistress gave Carlisle his job back and invited them all back to live in the castle, with a little help from Harry.
Esme accepted she would be going anywhere that Carlisle was. She started helping Professor Longbottom with the herbology classes. Once he got over his natural aversion to her, he found out that he enjoyed spending time with her and thought she was rather nice. But who couldn't resist the Cullen's natural charm once you get over the fact that they're vampires?
Jasper and Alice declined after Alice got one of her visions.
"I think we need to pay Peter and Charlotte a visit." She told them after they decided. "They might be turning over a new leaf."
"That's fantastic!" Bella beamed.
Rosalie and Emmett decided not to stay as well. They weren't quite finished with their trip around the world and thought they needed some time alone.
"Besides," Emmett chuckled. "who wants to go to a school with a bunch of wizards who know who we are? I like playing human!"
It was an easy decision for Bella and Edward. They would stay with Nessie, even though Carlisle and Esme would be watching her like a hawk and she would stay with Jacob and Cho during the breaks.
"Come on Edward." Jacob insisted. "She'll be fine with us. You and Bella go spend some quality time together!"
"Well, our honeymoon was cut a little short." Bella smiled at Edward.
"I can't believe it!" Edward faked outrage. "You're on his side again." He folded his arms and looked away from her.
"Come on Edward." Bella turned him around and batted her eyelashes. "It has been a long time." She took both his hands in hers and kissed them gently.
"You know I can't resist you when you're like this." He complained lightly.
"That's the idea." She winked at him before pulling him down for a kiss.
"Gross!" Nessie and Jake said at the same time as they shielded each other's eyes.
Cho got her job back as well. The students rejoiced at her return, apparently the interim Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher wasn't very good.
Jake resumed his old position helping Hagrid. His pack had a choice to make, rejoin Sam's pack or come to London. Most agreed that their place was back at La Push with Sam. Only one had objections to both choices.
Leah chewed Seth out for an hour on the phone and as soon as the plane landed she yelled at him some more. Then she met Miranda, she just bonded with her in no time.
"So you're the girl that caught my brother's eye." Leah smiled at Miranda as they started discussing wedding plans. The other boys just stared after them with their mouths hanging on the floor.
Embry and Quil came just for the wedding then were going to return to La Push. During their stay at Hogwarts though, they often joined Al, Hugo and James in pranks.
Teddy bonded with them as well. They helped with his 'time of the month'. They stayed with him in the Shrieking Shack. "Just like the old days." Harry said.
Now that the charade was over, Nessie could roam around the school freely without having to hide anything. She reunited with her old friends and got reacquainted with the new ones. Cathy thought it was cool that she was part vampire.
Nessie and Scorpius got reacquainted as well. Since he found her in the caves they had been inseparable.
"I'm so glad I don't have to hide anymore." She sighed in relief as she put her head on his shoulder at their favorite place.
"Me too." He leaned his face down so his cheek was resting on top of her head.
"How did you figure it out?"
"It was easy." He turned her to look at him and then started playing with the necklace that he had given her. "I saw you playing with it one day."
"When?" She blushed.
"Oh, at the Yule Ball." He grinned. "I don't think I could've hid that from your dad."
They both laughed as they watched the sunset behind the trees of the forbidden forest.
. . .
A month after school was out there was another wedding to attend. Seth and Mirada were scheduled to say 'I do' at two o'clock on the back lawns of Malfoy Manor.
"Are you sure Daddy wont mind?" Miranda asked Draco.
"Of course not!" Draco brushed her off. "I'm the Master of the manor now anyway and he can't say a word about it!"
"Thank you so much little brother!" She hugged him then released him so Seth could give him a bear hug. "Watch out darling! Don't break him!" She warned him.
It was a very simple wedding, Jake, Quil, Embry, Draco and Scorpius were the groomsmen and Cho, Claire, Leah, Draco's wife, and Nessie were the bridesmaids.
A few of the other Quileute tribe members came, Sue, Billy, Sam and his pack, Emily, and even Charlie came, who surprised everyone.
The Aurors also came. Some of the men were crying because Miranda was getting married. But she paid them no mind because she only had eyes for Seth.
Bella was so happy to see her father that they didn't actually come to the wedding. They just sat in one of the rooms in the manor and talked.
Nessie was so happy to be walking down the isle with Scorpius. She tried to ignore the wolf whistles from James, Hugo, and Al. She paused at the end of the isle and pulled out her wand. Scorpius just shook his head. "Wait for it."
Their chairs collapsed out from under them and sent them into the mud. Everyone was rolling with laughter as they took in the boy's dumfounded expressions.
"You're gonna get it Malfoy!" one of them yelled.
"I'll be waiting Potter!" Scorpius winked at his father.
Everyone danced the night away, as demanded by Miranda and Seth, there were no slow songs and no one complained.
Charlie and Bella finally came out of the manor to attend the rest of the reception and danced mostly with Edward.
It seemed like the first time in a long time that there were no walls. No one was divided by class, station, or breed. Everyone was just happy and free the way it should be.
So I hope you enjoyed it! I learned a lot about reading and writing during this process! Number one of which is to update more often! And through this process I have met so many diverse people that I would have never met without this story and that they have the biggest patience jars that I have ever seen! Thank you so much for reading this and hope to see you again in the future!
~K.C
