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AUTHOR'S NOTE: I want to give y'all a heads up. The due dates for my 3 research final papers are coming up within the next few weeks, so I might not update in a while. I just wanted y'all to know that if I don't update for a while, I did not fall off the face of the Earth. I am just knee deep in research. This is sadly the life of a public history grad student.

CHAPTER 25: REVELATIONS & PONDERINGS

DRACO POV:

A/N this is taking place before, during and after Christmas. Not to get confused with the current timeline of the Twilight part, which is at about late February right now.

Ever since I said goodbye to Mya, my life and mood has been dull and depressing. Mya was the light of my life and with her nearby I knew I could get through anything, but with her gone so was that light of hope. Luckily Christmas was near and I could escape the castle for a couple of weeks without the nosey students especially the Slytherins who were trying to figure what was going on with me. They thought I would be happy that Mya no longer had her memory and was gone; instead I acted like an Inferius. I knew I had to get out of this slump because I could get in so much trouble with my father if he heard that I was not acting like I owned the school and insulting everyone that was not a Slytherin.

When I got home for the Christmas break I shut myself in my room telling everyone I did not want to be disturbed. Luckily my father was barely there, he was busy doing who knows what. I honestly don't want to know. However I could not escape my mother. After the third day she came in, put a silencing charm around my room, and in her own motherly way asked me what was going on. I knew I had to tell her and that's what I did. I told her everything that happened that involved Mya. She listened and waited for me to finish. I looked at her and she kindly smiled and hugged me. I felt so much better to finally tell someone about Mya.

"Draco sweetheart. I am so happy that you found someone like her. From what you told me about her she sounds like an amazing girl. I am so sorry for what happened to her and hopefully with the strong bond that you two share, cause I have a feeling it is very strong, she will get her memories back. I know that you feel like the world is ending but she is not dead and you have to keep going for her sake. As you said that you feel that without her the light is gone but it is not. It is still there to guide you. She might not be here with you in person but she is still with you. Do you think she would be happy that you went into a downward spiral that I know you are heading to now? No she would want you to keep living and becoming the man that she, you, and I know you can become and not someone like your father. You said that you recently have become friends with some of the Weasleys. If you can keep seeing them, in secret of course, then you can stay on the path you started to go down the moment you apologized to Hermione. For now those three Weasleys will be your rocks, because they know the truth and have seen the real you. But remember that you cannot let anyone in Slytherin know the real you, because I have a feeling that the dark side will be coming back soon and soon we need to choose sides. I will do everything I can to protect you Draco because I do not want you to go down the path of your father. Wait a second I will be right back."

She went out of my room for a few minutes and came back with a package in her hand. She made sure the silencing spell was back up and gave me the package to open. I opened it and it was a black leather messenger bag. I was confused and looked at her. "I was waiting to give you this at the right moment but I decided to give it to you now. It has an undetectable extension charm so you could put whatever you need in it. I want you to be prepared in case you have to leave in a hurry. Like I said I have a feeling that the dark side will be back in power soon and the last thing I want is for you to have to get the dark mark. So take it with you back to school and put some of the most important things that you have here in the bag but don't take everything because your father would start to suspect something is up."

"What about you mother?"

"Don't worry about me sweetheart. I have my own bag and I have plans set into place. It might not happen for another couple of years but we need to prepare." I nodded and hugged my mother. She was right even though Mya may not be here physically she is with me. I had to make sure that I continue on the path that she, my mother, and myself wanted me to stay on. No matter how hard my father tries he will not extinguish the light in me. Don't get me wrong it still feels like half of me is gone including my entire heart but I have to be strong and not let the emptiness consume me and let the darkness take over me.

Mother was also right, I had to keep up the friendship I had with Fred, George, and Ginny. Since I no longer had Mya to communicate with them I had to find my own way. That's when I got the idea to connect three more journals to Mya's and mine, one for each of them. Of course with the help of my mother I was able to make it so that if only Mya and I wanted to communicate without the others then we can. I wrapped the journals up and I would give them to the three Weasleys when we get back to school since I could not risk sending them to the Burrow. I put them into my messenger bag along with Mya's gift and every muggle book she has given me. I also packed some books that would be useful if I was on the run as well as a picture of mother and I. I made a mental note to see if I could get a picture of Mya.

My mother also felt that it was time for me to learn occlumency to protect my mind. So for most of the time I had left of my Christmas break, when my father was not in the manor, was spent on learning occlumency. My father was only at the manor with us on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. I had a long way to go but my mother, who has mastered it, said that I made a lot of progress. Soon I was back on the Hogwarts Express and ready for the new term. The Slytherins seemed happy that I was back to "normal" in their eyes, which was a relief to me. It took a couple of days but I was able to quietly give Ginny a note to tell her for her and the twins to meet me in the alcove in the library later that night. All three of them were in the spot as I walked up and put up the spells. They looked up at me as I came into the alcove.

I sat down next to Ginny and spoke, "I know before Christmas it looked like I was going in a downhill spiral but thanks to my mother who knows everything. Don't worry she will keep the secret because she does not believe in the whole blood status thing. Unfortunately she came to this realization after she already married my father. She has secretly always taught me to have my own mind and that blood status doesn't mean a thing. I am guessing that's why I haven't turned out to be the total prick that I could have easily been. Of course to the world I still have to be that prick so my father doesn't find out. Anyway, I digress thanks to my mother I know that I want to stay on the path in fighting for the light side. Look I know that Hermione is gone, hopefully temporarily, but I still want to be friends with you and hopefully you still want to be friends with me."

I look at all three of them and they looked at me with smiles. "Of course we still want to be friends with you Draco. Fred, George, and I were so worried about you over the holidays. I know it must be really hard. We all miss Mione." Fred and George nodded.

"Yeah, Georgie and I wanted to send you a prank to lift your spirits a little but we did not want to chance it getting into your father's hands by accident."

"That was a smart decision although he was at manor on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. Here I have something for you." I grabbed their presents from my bag and handed it to them. They took their presents and opened them. When they saw the journals they looked confused. "These journals can be used so we could communicate with each other." Ginny grew frightened and I just remembered her experience with Tom Riddle's diary. I slapped my forehead for forgetting that especially since it was my father that gave her the book. "Don't worry Ginny it won't harm you, see." I grabbed my journal out of my bag and wrote: To all: see there is no harm it's just a way to communicate. Mione and I did it this way all the time with no problems~ D. Ginny and the twins saw what I wrote. "See it's not like Tom Riddle's diary." She nodded. "So with these journals we can communicate with each other without anyone else knowing. No one but us could see what has been written. So if you want to send a message to everyone which includes us plus Hermione then you have to write "To all" just like I did. If you want to just write to a couple of people then you have to write their names first. Just make sure that if you write to everyone to remember to sign your name or something like that so we know who you are."

"Draco, I helped with packing up Mione's stuff and I came across a Christmas present marked with a "D." I knew it had to be yours so here is Mione's present for you. I know that she would want you to have it." Ginny gave me a nicely wrapped present.

I hesitated thinking that should I wait for Mya to be back to open this. Then I thought that just in case she never regains her memory or if her feelings about me changed then this would be the last present she would ever give me. Whatever this present is I will cherish it always. I opened the card and it said "D~ I hope you enjoy these. Happy Christmas ~ Love, M." I am not going to lie; I teared up a little bit when I read the ending. It got me thinking did she love me too and did not have a chance to tell me? I was acting like a complete jerk to her in the week leading up to the first task. I did not want to dwell on the meaning of the "love" too long especially since Fred, George, and Ginny were here. I opened the present and it was what looked like an entire series of books, seven books all together. The series was called The Chronicles of Narnia and by looking at the covers of the books they seemed to look interesting. I looked up at the other three and saw their confused faces.

"Only would Mione would give someone spell books for Christmas," chuckled Fred or George. I seriously need to learn how to tell the difference between the two. At first I was confused then I realized because of Mya's spell they can't see the true titles of the books.

"They are not spell books. They are charmed to look that way because of a spell Mione put on them. Ever since we became friends, I have become interested in learning more about muggles. She thought it would be good for me to start by reading muggle fantasy books, so I could get an understanding of how the muggles perceive magic and the supernatural. For every birthday and Christmas, she has given me some muggle books. For obvious reasons no one can know exactly what these books are so they just look like ordinary spell books on the outside." They were intrigued and asked me about the books I read so far and for the next couple of hours I told them all about them. Soon we had to leave the library because it was just before curfew. I had a feeling that whatever happens in the future those three would become my closest and most trusted friends.

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BELLA (AKA HERMIONE POV)

A/N: We are back in late February where the last chapter left off

Edward and I quickly got a seat in the restaurant in a quiet corner. The server, who was a blond and looked in her early twenties, came up and asked us what we wanted to drink. Her eyes stayed on Edward never looking at me. I rolled my eyes and heard laughing and saw Edward looking at me. "What would you like to drink Bella?" His eyes stayed on me never looking at the server.

"A Coke please." The server finally looked at me with a frown and nodded.

"Same" Edward said keeping his eyes on me as she nodded again and went to get the drinks. I kept looking at him. "What?"

"I am trying to figure you out."

He became reserved again. "Why do you need to do that? I am just a guy who is having dinner with a beautiful girl."

I blushed at his comment. "How did you know where I was? I was not exactly on the main road. How did you know exactly what restaurant that Jess and Angela was at since I did not tell you the name of the restaurant? There is still the matter of how did you get to me so fast before Tyler's van was able to crush me? I know there is something different about you."

Before he could reply the server came back with our drinks and asked us, mainly Edward, what we wanted for dinner. Edward then asked me what I wanted and I picked the first thing I saw which was the cheese and spinach ravioli. Edward not looking away from me told her that he was not hungry. She asked if he was sure. When he nodded again never looking away from me she left. I waited for him to answer.

"I can't answer your questions right now in the middle of a restaurant."

"Will you answer them in the car?"

"Maybe"

"Seriously maybe! I think I deserve some answers. I have thought that maybe it was because of something like radioactive spiders, kryptonite, or something similar."

He laughed at that. "Seriously you are thinking of comic book heroes?"

"Hey I said HAD thought of not that I think those are the true answers. I have one more theory and I have been doing some research on it."

"What is your theory?"

"I don't want to say it in the middle of a restaurant."

"So it's something really crazy. Will you tell me in the car?"

"Maybe"

"Oh come on Bella. I am now really interested in your theory." Just at this moment the server came with my ravioli and asked Edward again if he wanted anything. He shook his head and she left. I realized that I was hungrier than I thought and ate two raviolis as Edward sat and watched me.

"Are you sure you don't want any food or are you going to just stare at me as I eat my own?"

He laughed. "I am good. I have a special diet."

"What kind of diet?"

He looked down and I waited for him answer. "It's a special diet, where I don't eat processed foods and stuff."

"Uh huh." I made sure to use the "I don't believe you" tone. Then there was an awkward silence. I knew he probably won't give me truthful answers here at the restaurant. So I finished my ravioli quickly and he asked for the check. After he paid we left and got into his car.

"Now can you tell me what your theory is?"

"Will you answer my questions."

"If you answer mine I will answer yours."

"Would you answer truthfully? I know you were lying about your diet."

"I promise to answer the questions as truthfully as I can."

That was probably as good of an answer as I will ever get. Although I really wish that I could consult the book I just bought before I told him the theory, I knew he would not answer my questions before I told him and I really wanted answers. "Fine. I knew that you and your family were different from the beginning you all have like a supernatural aura and all of you have weird colored eyes that can change colors from black to an ocher color. Then last Saturday, my uncle and aunt invited their friends Billy and Jacob Black who are part of the Quileute tribe." I noticed that his face froze and his knuckles tightened on the steering wheel. "While we ate dinner they told us some of the Quileute legends including the ones about the "Cold Ones." It got me thinking so I did a Google search. Of course the search came up with some wild theories and the Hollywood versions. I did find a book that seemed interesting and that was why I was in Port Angeles. I got the book and was heading to the restaurant when you came and saved me. Thanks for that by the way."

"So that is what you think I am, a "Cold One" or more commonly known as a…"

"Vampire? Yes.

He looked at me. "Are you scared?"

"No. I feel safe in your presence because I know that you won't hurt me."

"Bella, I could hurt you SO easily. I am designed to let people in and for them to feel a moment of security until I bite them to suck their blood."

"But you don't drink the blood of humans do you?"

"No animals, but how do you know?"

"I know because of your eyes. If you drank from humans then you would have red eyes. I heard it in one of the stories that Billy Black was telling. He never mentioned the ocher color but the blood red color of the eyes of the ones that drink human blood." In all honestly I have no clue how I knew about the eye color. I don't know why but I didn't want Edward to worry too much over where I got the information so I quickly came up with the explanation that I heard it from Billy Black, which was actually not true. I started to think of where I knew about the eye color. I felt like I read it somewhere in a book. Suddenly I got like a vision; I was in what looked like an old library somewhere. A girl with bushy brown hair, who was wearing a uniform of some sort, was reading what looked like to be an old book. I saw that the chapter she was reading was about vampires. The vision ended. It was weird because I have no clue who this girl was and yet she seem SO familiar.

"Are you okay Bella?" Edward asked getting me out of my muse.

"Huh, oh yeah I am fine. Sorry I was just thinking of some of the other stories that Billy Black told. So now are you going to answer my earlier questions?"

He took a deep breath. "Okay, to answer the first two questions. I have a special ability and that is that I can read minds. I was keeping my distance but close enough that I could still read Jessica's mind. When I saw that you left I read people's minds until I saw the minds of those monsters going after you." He had to take a deep breath to calm himself down. "After I saved you all I had to do was to find Jessica's thoughts. As for how I got to you so fast to save you from being crushed by Tyler's van, well I can run faster than the speed of light."

"Wait, can you read my mind?" I was nervous that he already knew that I was not truthful about where I got the eye color information and that he saw the weird vision that I was still trying to process myself.

"No. For some strange reason I can't read yours, your aunt's, your uncle's, or any of the Weber's minds"

"Good. At least I am not the only one with a crazy weird brain."

He laughed at that one. "You are sitting next to a mind reading vampire who can kill you at any moment and you feel relieved that you are not the only mind that I can't read?"

"Yeah well I am weird like that." We both laughed. " Why were you following me in Port Angeles? I heard that you and your family were camping."

"We can't be seen in the sunlight. I won't turn to ash or anything like that but everyone would definitely be able to tell that we are not exactly human. I will show you sometime. As for why I was in Port Angeles I don't know why but I feel so protective of you. You know for a human you are such a danger magnet."

"Yeah I guess I am. So even though you drink animal blood, do you always have an urge to drink human blood."

"Yes, I am always fighting it. Carlisle is the only one in our family where human blood does not affect much anymore. I guess it's because of being around it and suppressing the urge for centuries. It's weird though but for some reason your blood does not call to me like all the others. Well actually now I think about it neither does the blood of your aunt, your uncle, or the Webers."

"Huh. That's weird. Why were you so rude to me the first day we met in Biology and after that when you would come up to talk to me but then suddenly say we can't be friends and leave?"

"That first day in Biology I wasn't prepared. When you sat down and I didn't automatically feel the pull like I did with everyone else, I got scared because this has never happened before. I spent the week with Carlisle trying to find a reason why the blood of you, your aunt, your uncle, and the Webers would be different. As for after that, I really wanted to get to know you but anytime you asked me anything that could reveal what I am I got scared that you would find out. I guess it's too late now." He chuckled

"Did you find anything that would explain why my blood doesn't appeal as much to you?"

"No, but I don't care. Like I said I want to get to know you." He smiled and he took one of my hands. His hand was cold, smooth, and hard like he was made of marble. For the rest of the car ride he told me all about his family including Alice and Jasper's abilities and he never let go of my hand. Too soon he pulled up to my house.

"Can I pick you up for school tomorrow?"

"Although I would really like that, Angela would kill me if I don't go with her. I do owe her an explanation." He nodded. He got out of the car and at human speed walked over and opened up my door. I got out and he took my hand again. We silently walked to my front door. "Thanks for everything Edward. I will see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow Bella." He kissed the back of my hand and let it go. I walked inside and closed the door. As I lay awake in my bed fiddling with my charm bracelet, I thought about the conversation that I had with Edward. I also thought of when we held hands and when he kissed my hand. I think I like him but for some reason when he kissed my hand I felt like I was cheating on someone. Like there was already someone out there in the world that is my boyfriend. But I never had a boyfriend in New York. Then I started to think of that male voice in my dreams, could he be my boyfriend? That is absurd because I don't know what he looks like and he keeps saying Mya not Bella. However his voice sounds so familiar like his name is at the tip of my tongue. I then started to think of that weird vision I had. I don't know why but ever since I saw that vision I felt like a huge chunk of my life was missing. I just have to figure out where the heck will I start in trying to find the answers. I can't explain it but I feel like that girl in my vision and the voice in my dreams is the key to unlocking the answers I need.

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