Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and never will. It belongs to the brilliant mind of JKRowling, and I do not make any money off of this piece of work.

Title: Alyssum
Characters: Alison Harriet Potter (Harry Potter), Bill Weasley, Severus Snape, Rosalita Weasley, Vincent Weasley, Molly Weasley, Fred and George Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Percy Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Remus Lupin, Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Sirius Black, and other various OCs.
Pairings: Ron/Hermione, Bill/Harry
Rating: M
Chapter: 38
Genre: Supernatural/Drama
Words for chapter: 964
Warnings: Female!Vampire!Harry, AU, OCs, het, language, vampires, manipulative!Dumbledore, violence, post-Hogwarts, post-Voldemort, and the standard whatever else this demented author thinks up.
Summary: Alison Harriet, Harry, Potter disappeared at the age of twenty-one. Years later, a vampire, though no one knows it, appears in London with a striking resemblance to the Girl-Who-Lived. Yet she didn't come alone, as a man arrived with her. Now the duo must survive a normal life filled with challenges and plots to ruin their happiness. Can they pull through, or will one little fact destroy them?
Notes: As with some ideas recently, a female!Harry with a creature element has attracted me. The plot bunny appeared and I actually wanted to write it. The title comes from a plant that appears in the story and relates to Alison. Also, Harry will be called Alison in text and either Alison or Harry by the characters.

Chapter 38: Movements

Alison closed her eyes the moment that her family had entered their home. She found that she was glad about that fact, though she was still quite tense from what had happened not that long ago. Yet, that was to be expected with everything that had been happening. She didn't want to experience all of the disasters that seemed to have become a part of her everyday life. She wanted to be with her family and have a normal life. Of course, that didn't seem to be happening. She sighed as those thoughts ran through her mind. Bill, on the other hand, came over and put his arms around her. She let him.

He kissed the back of her head. "It will be okay, Alison. I know that it will. You trust me, right?" She nodded in response. She knew that she trusted her husband. He had always been good to her. In fact, he hadn't ever given her a reason to distrust him. She turned around to face him. She tilted her head to the side and took in the appearance of her husband's face. Bill hadn't changed much since they had met. Yes, he was older, but so was she. Luckily, he never stopped being there for her when she needed him to be.

She sighed and nodded again. "I just don't like that everything around us is heading towards something that is going to bring danger to our family." Bill nodded at that. He knew that everything appeared as if it was moving towards that very situation. Alison looked towards the bedroom where her children slept. She knew that they had gone straight to bed when they had gotten home. She walked over and looked around the door. They were both in bed. She had no idea about whether or not they were asleep, but they were in their beds.

Bill pulled her back and closed the door. "The man will be stopped, Alison." She nodded again. She already knew that. Their floo went off. The two of them looked in the direction of the fireplace. Dumbledore was the one accessing their floo. Bill saw the man. He knew that the man was going to want to come through. He didn't want to allow that, but they didn't really have a choice in that matter. The man would find some way to get in no matter what. That meant that Bill needed to let him in. "You may enter." The wards around their floo allowed the headmaster to step on through. Bill then let out a slow breath. "What do you need, headmaster?"

The headmaster gave them his twinkle-eyed smile. "I needed to speak with Alison, alone." The man shot Bill a look.

Alison shook her head. "If you need to speak to me, then you can speak with Bill around." She wasn't about to let her husband go.

Dumbledore frowned. "I really do insist that we're alone for what we need to discuss." He was giving her a look that Alison would have listened to when she was younger. However, she was no longer that little girl that did what the headmaster wanted.

Alison shook her head again. "No, I'm not going to allow that. You will speak with the both of us or not at all." Dumbledore then let out a weary sigh and nodded. It seemed as if he had decided that he would allow that.

He nodded. "All right." Alison wasn't sure whether his giving in was a true sign of giving in or something else. The reason for this was because she found it a little odd that he had given in that easily. He then made a noise. "I would like you to contact the man, Alison. I want you to tell him that you've changed your mind." Alison shook her head. She wouldn't do that. She knew that the man was up to something. Dumbledore gave her a look. "The man is interested in you, Alison."

Alison snorted. "So was Voldemort, headmaster. I'm not going to join this man. I'm not even going to pretend to." She shook her head again. She couldn't believe the headmaster. Bill took her hand and squeezed it. Alison returned the squeeze.

Dumbledore sighed. "Well, I'll leave you to think about it. You might reconsider after some thought." Alison made a noise. She couldn't believe that the man would even think that she would do such a thing. She knew that there was no way that she would reconsider her decision.

She shook her head. "I won't reconsider. Now, please leave." Dumbledore stared at them for a moment before leaving. She looked at Bill. Alison knew that it had been a little too easy. Bill wrapped his arms around his wife.

Bill kissed her forehead. "The headmaster does things his own way. It may not make sense to all of us, but it makes sense to him." Alison nodded in agreement. The man wasn't the kind of person that everyone understood. In fact, Alison didn't understand him after all of the time that she had spent around him as a teenager. Bill kissed her on the lips. She returned the kiss and wrapped her arms around her husband.

Alison set her cheek against his chest. "I hope that it ends soon, Bill. I really do." Bill nodded in agreement. He wanted this to end as well. He needed Alison to be able to relax and have a life. It was something that had been a reason for their move to Peru. In fact, it was because she had finally been able to relax that had brought them back. Yet, it appeared as if that feat was ripped away from her. He just hoped that it didn't continue on forever.

A/N: Here we go. Four chapters left before the end of the story. Hope that you enjoyed. Later.