Hey guys! The dramatic close to the last cliffy! I put all the chapters together last night and, including this one, I have written over 45,000 words! I have never felt this accomplished! :3 Thanks to everyone who reads my story! I love you all!

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Chapter 21: Memories of Miranda

"Miranda?" Draco choked out. "I thought you were dead?"

"I was, I still am." Miranda looked at her brother with sadness bleeding out of her. "The Miranda you know truly died that day."

"What happened back then?" It seemed that Draco had forgotten everyone else was there. It was just him and his sister having a mini reunion.

"It was the day that I was leaving for Hogwarts." she said, her eyes lost in the memories of the past. "I was about to finish my final semester there. You were three years shy of going, you were so mad at me." She chuckled. "I had been involved in some bad situations that summer Draco." She turned to glare at Alec. "I got involved with the wrong crowed." She went back to staring off in space, and Nessie could see it too.

Two children, one a girl with flowing blonde locks, the other a small boy with pale blonde hair were playing in a large meadow that was actually a lawn. The Malfoy manor was in the background of the picturesque scene. The forest bordered the lawn on the other three sides.

The children seemed to be flying around on broomsticks. They must have been playing Quidditch. They were laughing and having a good time. Then the girl seemed to notice something in the forest. A faint smile touched her lips before she turned back to her brother.

"Go back to the house Draco." She said turning back to the forest.

"What about you?" young Draco asked cocking his head to the side.

"I'll be fine, just go." The girl didn't look away from the forest as she said the words.

Young Draco took the broomstick that she had abandoned and flew back to the house, grumbling the entire way. Once she saw that he was gone she ran towards the forest, where someone was waiting for her.

"I thought he'd never leave." A familiar voice came from the trees.

"I knew you would come back for me!" She smiled brightly as Alec swung into view.

"Of course I did." Alec said like the possibility that he wouldn't was unheard of. He kissed her passionately for a brief moment. "Are you ready?"

"Yea," She said as she pulled a backpack out of nowhere. "I'm ready for you to change me so we can be together."

What the girl didn't know was that Draco hadn't gone back to the house like she ordered.

"Don't scream." Alec commanded but put his hand over her mouth just in case. Whether it was by her shock or something else she did scream as soon as his teeth pierced the skin at her throat.

Young Draco screamed in harmony with her.

Alec took away the girls unconscious body, back to his home in Italy.

"Draco you had interpreted it as a vampire attack," Miranda said, coming back to the present. "And it wasn't a rouge vampire." She turned to face Alec head on and pointed at him. "It was him."

Everyone turned to look at Alec. He looked at Miranda like she had just shot him.

"How dare you!" Caius barked at Alec. "You told us that you found her out in the middle of no where!" His anger intensified when Alec didn't speak. "Explain yourself you worthless –"

"Peace brother." Aro moved to restrain Caius. "I'm sure there is a logical explanation for all of this." He turned to smile at Alec. "Isn't there Alec?"

Alec turned to face his master and held out his hand and Aro took it. He was unwilling to speak his thoughts aloud. Miranda continued to glare at him.

Aro released Alec and sighed in understanding. "Ah, young love." He turned to face Miranda. "It confounds us all. But I'm afraid that you broke one of our cardinal rules Alec. We'll deal with you later."

"Miranda, my dear it is a pleasure to see you back again." Aro turned away from Alec. "You left us so abruptly before."

"You'll have to excuse me Aro." Miranda replied coldly. "But once I found out the kind of monsters you were I decided that I was better off alone." She glared at Alec. "If I had known what I know now, then. I wouldn't have gone with you. You stole everything from me, and I will hate you until you until the day I perish!" She drew out her wand again but was subdued by Demetri and Felix. They forced her into a kneeling position in front of Aro.

"I should kill you now." Aro said calmly.

"On what charges?" Miranda growled at him.

"For trying to orchestrate a prison break." Aro looked where Nessie, Draco, and Julia were standing. "Put them with the others." Aro sighed to his guard.

Nessie was reunited with her family briefly.

"Where are Alice and Jake?" Nessie asked in a hushed voice.

"Later." Bella grabbed her in a vice tight hug. "Oh Nessie we were so worried about you!"

"Bella?" Edward asked hesitantly. "She can't breathe."

"Sorry." She set Nessie down and bit down on her lip.

Draco and Julia were cringing away from all the vampires and holding onto each other.

Aro turned away from the touching site and bent down to examine Miranda closely.

"I would hate to loose you again, my dear." He whispered in her ear. "You can always stay here with us."

"I would rather burn!" Miranda spit at him, and then groaned as Felix kicked her in the gut.

"That can be arranged." Aro looked at Felix and Demetri and they released her. Miranda was curled up in a ball on the floor. The frenzy was about to begin, Nessie couldn't allow this to happen, she wouldn't let Draco see his sister die twice.

"STOP!" Nessie ran forward to do precisely that. She covered Miranda with her own body.

"NESSIE!" Bella and Edward screamed together. They rushed to grab her but were blocked by the guards.

"Move out of the way child." Aro couldn't restrain himself for long.

"No, I will not allow you to hurt her!" Nessie seemed resolute on the issue.

"You give me no choice." Aro moved closer.

What no one anticipated was Bella's reaction.

"Confringo!" She shouted. The guards didn't know what to make of it but they didn't have long to ponder it because they both erupted into flames. It was enough of a distraction that Miranda had time to act.

She grabbed Nessie and muttered, "Bedazzle." Nessie didn't feel any different, but Miranda pulled her out of the line of fire. Demetri and Felix were intent on Bella so they didn't notice that Miranda and Nessie had moved.

"What did you do?" Nessie asked.

"A bedazzling hex," she whispered "it conceals a person."

"You mean no one can see us?" Nessie whispered back.

"Sort of." Miranda said. "Now stay here, I need to help your mother."

She walked forward and shouted, "Deprimo!" and a powerful gust of wind tore threw the turret. Bella was shouting spells, with no wand but she was doing pretty well against Demetri and Felix. The other Cullen's were engaging in battle with the other guards and Aro and Caius were trying to decide who to help.

"Miranda please!" Aro pleaded to the sky. "Please stop this!"

"Crucio!" Miranda cried out from somewhere behind them. Aro crumpled down to the floor, he didn't appear to be injured but he was feeling around blindly. Aro had never been incapacitated unless it was his own desire. Miranda's bedazzling hex wore of and she was growling menacingly at Aro.

"I should kill you now." Miranda repeated Aro's previous words.

Everyone who was still alive turned to look at Aro and Miranda.

"Expelliarmus!" someone shouted. Miranda's wand flew out of her hand and landed in front of a suit of armor. And Scorpius came from behind the suit.

"Scorpius?" Julia was the first to speak.

"This has to stop." Scorpius looked at Miranda. "Killing them would only make the other's seek revenge." He walked over to Nessie. "We have who we came for, so let's leave."

"Fine." Miranda was over her tantrum. "Accio wand." She held out her hand and her wand flew across the room and landed lightly in her palm. "I'll be watching you." She said as she stuck her wand in her combat boot. "And if I ever hear of you harassing the Cullen's again, there won't be a place in the world that you can hide from me."

Miranda walked over to where Draco and Julia were cowering in the corner. She had to work to make her features less scary and more comforting.

"Come on Draco." She offered him her hand. He smiled tentatively and took her hand. "Are you coming?" She looked at Edward.

Edward was still staring at Bella as if she was some new person he had never met.

"Of course." The sound of his own name broke through his trance like state. The Cullen's walked over to where Nessie and Scorpius were and lead them out of the castle. Miranda followed closely behind her brother and sister-in-law, throwing glances back to the shocked faces of the Volturi.

The party arrived back at the camp and was greeted with shock.

"What happened?"

"Who is she?"

"We missed you!"

Nessie tried to tune it all out and just focused on Scorpius's hand holding hers. He hadn't let go since they left the castle. Jake seemed to notice but didn't mind.

The ones who were left behind surrounded them, even Draco and Julia were enjoying themselves.

But Miranda stayed off to the side, she didn't fit in to any of the categories of people there.

Then one second they were standing in the clearing, enjoying hearing stories of the victory, and the next they were standing in the Headmistress's office.

"What happened?" James shook his head like it had been rammed in a blender.

"We were teleported." Cho's smile vanished and was replaced by seriousness.

"Yes you were." A stern voice came from behind the desk. The chair swiveled around to reveal the Headmistress. "Do you realize how much trouble you're in?"

The group looked down at their feet, except for Miranda. She stared at McGonagall.

"I have made excuses for you but this has gone on for far too long, impersonating as students, having secret meetings, and kidnapping Hogwarts students." James was about to protest. "I don't want to hear it Potter!" She snapped at him. "I'm afraid you leave me no choice." McGonagall rose from her chair and headed towards the door. "I'm sending an owl to the Aurors."

Well, sort of not a cliffy... not a major one anyway... More suprises in store for the finally! Dont worry though, this is just the end of this story, but the journy is hardly over! Look for the sequel to come out soon! :D