Disclaimer: I do not own any of J.K. Rowling or Stephanie Myer's characters. Although at times I will insert my own original characters periodically to move the story forward.
Warnings: Strong language, mental health, sexual situations, alcohol.
Author's notes: This is my first story and I welcome all reviews, please be kind and respectful. This story takes place just a few months after the Battle of Hogwarts and moves the Twilight timeline back to 1998. I am writing in the first person from Harry's perspective throughout. Enjoy!
Note: This is where Harry goes to the reservation and learns some magic from the old woman at the bookstore, and he receives a warning from a member of the tribe.
Chapter 15- Tribal Relations and Warnings
I woke up from a double wet dream, and was immensely thankful that my cock wasn't throbbing like it was last night. When I got into Edward's car he leaned over and kissed me deeply rubbing my cock. "Are you still on that?" I moaned enjoying the sensation; I could feel through his jeans that we had some business to take care of before school. We parked in a secluded area near the school and walked into the woods. We quickly took care of each other's needs, and both breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm going hunting straight after school" Edward breathed as he kissed me softly on the forehead when we returned to his car and pulled into the school parking lot just in time for our first classes. "Even though I enjoy the constant sex we have to get this under control, I know that both of us are starting to have sore dicks, and that we need to take our eyes off of the prize for a few days."
"I agree" I breathed kissing him lightly on the lips and staring into his red-tinted golden eyes. "I'm starting to get back to normal from the blood replenishing potion that Carlisle gave me to take last night. I'll have Bella take me home so you can replenish your blood supply as well."
He quickly walked me to my first class and I groaned as I plopped down next to Mike waiting on Mr. Brown to start. "Long week?" He asked with a grin
"You have no idea." I sighed as Mr. Brown collected our essays on The Great Gatsby. "I got plenty of rest while I was out sick."
"Is that what you and Edward are calling it these days?" He ginned making me blush
"Well I'm not saying that he didn't take care of me extremely well while I was out sick." I grinned causing a chuckle from Mike.
At lunch Edward and I decided to sit apart from each other to avoid further temptation, we both doubted that a live sex show would be appropriate in the middle of lunch. "So how was your sexcation?" Jessica asked slyly causing me to blush heavily.
"Edward had to take care of me while I was sick all week with the flu." I said eating a bite of my chicken sandwich and taking a drink of my iced tea.
"I bet he took really good care of you then." Jessica grinned, then she had a look of sadness on her face. "Why did you have to end up with the cute single Cullen?" She whined.
"Just lucky I guess" I said causing Emmett to let out a loud laugh over at the Cullen's table. I turned to look at them just in time to watch Edward give him an 'I swear to God, if you say out loud what you are thinking right now I will murder you in front of everyone' look causing Emmett to laugh even harder, and Rosalie to smack him hard across the back of the head making me smile. Edward's eyes met mine for a brief second and I swear that if he was human he would be blushing so heavily right now.
"I didn't hear you calling Edward's name this weekend." Mike grinned causing Jessica to choke on her soda and turn as red as Edward's eyes after we swapped blood this weekend. "In fact you were quite vocal with my name."
"Shut up" She said throwing a chip at him causing us all to laugh.
After lunch Edward ended up setting as far away from me in Biology as the table would allow, and refusing to meet my gaze for more than a moment at a time. When I finally caught his eyes he showed me that he was going to skip his last class of the day and leave early. I smiled warmly at him and went to give his hand a reassuring squeeze, but he pulled it away from me showing me through eye contact that he was doing all he could to not start stripping and fucking me right now. "I know I wouldn't complain" I thought to him with my energy, "But I don't think that Mr. Banner is ready to teach us sex education with a live demonstration."
Edward laughed softly and turned his attention to the front of the class where Mr. Banner was droning on and on about something that I couldn't give two shits about.
After saying goodbye to Edward I caught up with Bella on the way to gym. "Hey could you give me a ride home after school today?" I asked as we rounded the corner to the gym. "Edward has to go hunting, in fact he's skipping this period to do so."
"Skipping?" Bella asked surprised
"Yeah, remember how when he and I swapped blood and it sent us into a sex frenzy?" I asked
She grinned, "Let me guess, you over did it and now he has to dilute his blood to get you out of his system."
"How did you guess?" I asked surprised
"The way he was looking at you and refused to touch or look at you in Biology last period" She said still grinning. "That and the fact that you two didn't sit together at lunch; normally you would sit together either on your own, or with us."
"Yeah" I blushed, "We also had to stop and fuck before school too."
She stopped grabbing my arm bringing me to a halt just outside the gym. "You still have it in your system?" she asked with a look of shock on her face.
"I took a blood replenishing potion last night and this morning." I explained, "So I had things under control, although when it comes to Edward and sex I'm not going to turn it down if I have a free minute to accept his offer."
"Oh!" She said turning bright red, "You know Jake and I haven't even moved past the kissing stage, and not even making out really. I'm a little nervous about falling for my childhood best friend, and I can tell that he is just as awkward as I am." She frowned and bit her lower lip like she did when she was nervous or deep in thought fretting over something. "You should come with me to the reservation today after school"
"Sure" I agreed, "I could use a chance to get out of the house, and live my life not glued to my mate. Just drop me off at home on the way to get my spellbook so I can go visit the Evans witches and learn a thing or two. I'm really interested in the types of magic that the tribe does."
Bella smiled, "Awesome, now let's go in before the bell rings and Coach Smith counts us tardy.
Coach Smith was out sick today so we had a substitute teacher that just let us fuck off and do whatever we wanted. Some kids played basketball, some played catch with baseballs, and some just sat around talking and hanging out or doing homework. I decided to catch up on homework, with Bella's help of course, so that I could focus on learning something more important in my spare time, like Quileute magic. As I watched Mike play basketball and Jessica swoon over him I was glad that I was able to get him off of Bella. She's really all in with Jacob Black, and I can tell from the way that she talks about being with him that she feels drawn to him and it's not just a childhood friendship blossoming to a relationship. Has she imprinted on him and just doesn't know it yet? I know that squibs can imprint as well, although it's not as common as wizards and witches. I just hope that Jacob does feel the same way about her, and not just being convenient because of their close friendship. I looked into Bella's eyes and saw that she was thinking of how much she felt about Jacob, and how much being in love with him just felt right for some reason. She was taking things slow because she wasn't sure where he stood on things, that and she isn't the type of person to rush into big decisions without thinking things completely through first.
After school she dropped me off at the house to pick up my spellbook and let Sirius know where I was going. He was thrilled that I was going out to pursue other activities that were all on my own and away from Edward. "I'm actually looking forward to some away from Edward time." I said as I came back downstairs with my spellbook in my bag slinging it over my shoulder. "I really love spending all of the time that I have with him, but at the same time I do feel kinda smothered."
"Well him taking care of you and waiting on you hand and foot all week can make anyone who doesn't like being treated like that can leave you feeling smothered." Sirius said sipping his beer and flipping through the channels on the TV, Oprah's show was a flop today so he had to find other sources of entertainment. "You're not used to being treated like that. You've had a hard life growing up and have had to do a lot for yourself. I know that you needed him to do what he did for you this past week, but I could tell when I saw you the other day that the only thing keeping you from breaking out in tears like you did on a constant basing in St. Mungo's is Edward. He is such a good thing for you, and I am so glad that you found him. How are your nightmares?"
"Better" I said, "I haven't been getting them about old things, just new worries about MACUSA trying to make the Cullen's lives miserable out of bigotry."
"Well that's good that you are finally moving forward with your life." He said warmly, "Say hi to Billy for me while you are there."
"Will do" I said running out the door toward Bella's waiting truck.
"I wonder if Jake has finally gotten that rattletrap old car running yet." Bella said dreamily as we made our way to the reservation. "Although if he has I will have to find him a new project, working on cars and stuff like that makes him happy. I really enjoy watching him work."
"No" I corrected with a sly grin, "You just enjoy thinking about what those hands of his can fix up on you."
She hit me on the arm, "Get your mind out of the gutter." She said turning a bright shade of red.
I kept grinning, "Ok, ok, just remember to have him warm you up before he gets your motor running for his next project."
"You know Harry not all of us are sex obsessed like you are." She said flatly still the same bright shade of red.
"I know" I said, "But that doesn't mean that it doesn't cross your mind from time to time."
When we got to Billy's house surprise, surprise, Jacob was working away on his car in the barn out back. When we walked in Bella kicked his foot, "Have you got this rust bucket going yet?" She asked
"Hey it's like your truck, it's a classic that takes some tender love and care." He huffed, "Besides I still need some more parts, I've scavenged all I can for free or next to free so after I put the transmission back in I'm at a standstill."
He rolled out from under the car and Bella grabbed him pulling him into a kiss. He turned a bright shade of red and when I caught a flash of his eyes as he looked over at me I saw where he really enjoyed it. I tried to look deeper and investigate where he stood on their relationship status, but he looked away and walked over to the wash station he had set up and began to wash the grease off of his hands. Bella walked over behind him and put her arms around his waist making him jump as he rinsed his hands. "So what's on the agenda for today?" She said softly behind his tall shoulders.
"What do you want to do?" He asked softly turning to face her.
"Well Harry's going to see some relatives that he has on his mom's side that belong to the tribe." She said looking up at him smiling, "So we will have all afternoon to figure out what we want to do."
Jacob blushed at that, "Well let's go and see what's for a snack inside."
Bella laughed, "All you can think about is food."
"And you" He added making her blush.
When we got to the house a tall Quileute man that looked similar to Billy with long black and silver hair was sitting in a chair on the porch talking with Billy. "Hey Harry, Bella, what brings you guys out here today?"
"You know why I'm here Billy." She smiled
"I'm going to go and see the Evans sisters." I said, "I want to get to know my relatives here on the reservation. I was told that they wanted to see me a while back."
"Don't take too seriously some of what they try to teach you." The tall man said, "They know some things, but they also are a little on the odd side."
"Good to know" I said.
"My name is Julius Black by the way." He said offering his hand, "Billy's older brother."
I shook his hand, "Harry Black" I said noting that he had a wand under his coat when I shook his hand. He must be Sirius' friend from his days at Ilvermorney.
"Well we're gonna go get something to eat." Jacob said leading Bella inside the house, "Are you coming Harry?"
"No, I'm gonna talk for a bit with Billy and Julius before I go and see the Evans sisters." I said
"Don't eat everything in sight." Billy said sternly, "I'll want something for supper later."
"Ok dad" Jacob called over his shoulder as the front door shut behind him and Bella.
"So Mr. Potter how are things going for you here in America?" Julius asked warmly
I froze, Sirius probably told him that we were living here. "I'm liking things so far." I said tensly
"There's no need to be nervous." Julius said calmingly, "In fact I was going to stop by and see you and Sirius later after I left my brother's. We have a little bit to discuss, in private." As he said the last part he turned to look at Billy.
Billy sighed and made his way to the door, "Don't scare the boy too much." He said, "I'm going to go and make sure that my son doesn't eat me out of house and home, that damn boy is growing more and more, and eating accordingly."
Julius helped Billy into the house and sat back down on the porch swing gesturing for me to sit in beside him. "Harry, in addition to being an old friend and distant relative of your godfather, I am an auror with MACUSA out of the local Seattle office. Your activities with the Cullens are mainly going under the radar, in fact they are being treated with so much contempt that no one at the office barely registers that you are mated to one of them unless they read either theirs or your file. I have been assigned to be your handler for lack of a better term. Only my boss, the head of national magical law enforcement, and the president of MACUSA know of your real identity and that of Sirius."
I blinked and swallowed hard taking in everything that Julius Black had just said to me. "What's a handler?" I asked nervously
"Someone who acts as a point of contact between a person and an organization." He explained, "MACUSA has an interest in keeping up with your activities just in case you run into some kind of trouble."
"Trouble?" I asked confused
"People from your life back in Britain coming to do you harm, breaches of the International Statute of Secrecy on your part, trouble from local wizarding communities, trouble from dark creatures, you know the basic stuff. You and Sirius are here to hide from your past and start fresh, those at the top of MACUSA are very anxious to make sure that you don't have to do any extra work to stay in the shadows. They also would like for you to help from time to time if you are able."
"Help how?" I asked
"Not much mind you" He explained, "Discreet ways mainly, you won't be called in to work as aurors or anything that drastic. Your help will only be solicited in cases like what is going on in the local area concerning the vampire attacks."
I froze in fear, "How do you think I could help with that?"
"You have an intimate connection to the local permanent coven." He explained
"I'm not going to act as a way to pass dirt on my mate and his family if that's what you're suggesting." I said angrily
"I have no intentions of asking such a thing; you can be rest assured of that Harry." Julius said, "What I meant by helping us is by helping to catch or kill the rogue vampires responsible for causing terror in the magical community. The Cullens have quite a stake in containing what is going on in their territory, and if things get too bad then the No-Maj's will notice and they might have to relocate. You wouldn't want that now would you? Especially since that might affect your plans to stay in the peaceful sleepy town of Forks, Washington and have your mate nearby instead of having to up and move to somewhere less hide able from what you are hiding from."
I could feel anger rising up hard inside of me as he spoke. I also had fear that if the rogue vampires causing trouble weren't caught then I might either have to lose Edward, or pack up and move with him leaving everything that Sirius and I have built here behind just because of some careless assholes. I blinked back tears of anger and sadness as I spoke. "How can I help?"
"If you or the Cullens come across any information regarding the whereabouts, or local activities you come across, of the rogue vampires all I ask is that you please pass it on to either me or the local MACUSA office in Seattle." He explained calmly, "Although if you or them decides to take more drastic steps to control the threat then you are more than welcome to do so and inform us of your actions."
"You mean kill them ourselves" I stated flatly and angrily.
"If you feel like it, or are left with no choice in the matter in self-defense or preservation." He explained, "Or just capture and restrain them and let us take care of the rest, it really is up to you. Also, the use of the unforgivable curses is allowed on dark creatures if necessary."
I felt like crying from anger and frustration. Why did I always have to get involved in bullshit that always finds me and forces me to have to save everything. Why can't I just be a normal eighteen year old wizard and enjoy not being the famous Harry Potter savior of the wizarding world. "I'll do what I have to do." I said coldly
"Good" He said, "Oh and one more thing, have you and your mate fully sealed your bond yet?"
"I don't see how that is any of your business." I stated flatly
"I'm just making sure that there is a note in your files to indicate that the red eyes he sports from such activities are not mistaken for him being a member of the rogue coven that is terrorizing the area." He explained in a calm voice. I could tell that he is no stranger to dealing with upset people, and delivering upsetting information to people.
"We have" I replied tersely
"Ok, thank you for letting me know" He said, "I will let the office know, although under your assumed name of course, that Edward Cullen is not to be targeted with suspicion according to eye color. I will also call off the aurors that are harassing the Cullens as a whole. I do not harbor the prejudices that those in my tribe do about them. As long as they stay off of our lands then they have nothing from the tribe to worry about, and we will stay clear of them as well. I wouldn't go around telling the members of the tribe about your blood swapping with your mate though as that constitutes a violation of the treaty even if it's consensual. I think that I'm the only one in the tribe that knows about how vampires seal their mateships though. Don't worry, I intend to keep it that way."
"Are we done?" I asked flatly
"Yes we are, for now." He said calmly, "would you like a ride to the Evans sister's house?"
"No, just point me where to go and I will walk." I said
He told me where to go and I started walking where he pointed me. I was so angry at him and MACUSA. I thought that I had left having to solve other people's problems behind, although I guess if it impacts the Cullens then it is my problem as well. When I arrived to where Julius told me the Evans sisters lived I had a feeling that I was going to apparate back to Billy's to avoid another long walk. I walked up the steps and knocked on the door. The woman who worked at the bookstore answered. "Hello young son." She said warmly, "Come inside, would you like a cup of tea?"
"Yes please" I said exhausted from the walk over.
"Have you had a chance to look over your book?" She asked warmly pouring me a cup of hot tea, I was chilled to the bone from walking outside in the cold November air.
"Thank you for the tea." I said taking a sip, "I have been, although I was hoping that I could come by and you could explain it to me. Other than your notes I don't understand it too much, it's written in what I would assume to be Quileute."
"You are correct young son." She said sitting across from me and gesturing for me to pull out my book and put it on the table. "Have you been able to work on any of the magic inside?"
"No ma'am" I said, "I have not"
"Well let's start with something simple then." She said taking the book from me and opening it up to a page on what looked to be candle and lighting magic. I pulled out my wand, "You will not be needing that. I assume that you can cast your magic without your wand?"
"Yes" I said putting my wand away
"The magic lives inside of you, you are the wand. Wands are a white man's tool that is used by those who either do not know how to control their magic properly, or are seeking a way to channel that magic in a stronger way. Am I correct to assume that my reading of your energy is correct in that you have a great deal of power inside of you?"
"Yes ma'am" I said sipping my tea, "I had a teacher that trained me into tapping into my magic, and into the energy inside and around me."
"Where did you learn from this teacher?" She asked walking over to a cupboard and pulling out some candles.
"Hogwarts" I said, "He said that I have a special gift that most do not have when it comes to feeling and using energy."
"Some would call that the powers of the Jedi arts if they have been keeping up with the popular movie series." She said setting up the candles in a circle on the table, "Although I'm also told that the movies are inspired by actual events far across the galaxy."
"That was what The Professor said when he told me that I had the abilities of a Jedi." I said finishing my tea, she quickly replaced my cup with another one and filled it from the pot on the table.
"Does this professor have a name?" She asked
I told her his name, "Although he prefers to go by The Professor, he said it has to do with wanting to be known as a teacher and not by his name."
She held out her hand, "May I?" I let her take my hand, and then she began to read my palm. "I see great tragedy in your past, I also see that you were prepared for that tragedy by a wise teacher. You have overcome a great ordeal that fate brought into your life from a young age. I see a very long life ahead of you, in fact I see no death in your future. You have a great sadness and a great anger inside of you as well. How do you sleep?"
"It used to be horrible, but then I found my true mate and things are starting to line themselves out." I sighed taking another drink of tea.
"Your mate is a cold one." She said, it was not a question
"Yes" I said finishing my tea in a single gulp and swallowing hard.
"He has nothing to fear from me young son." She said tracing my palm, "What do your tea leaves say?"
"I've never really been able to do the art of divination too well if I'm being honest." I said, "I took a course at school taught by a woman that come to find out didn't have the gift unless it made itself know at random causing her to go into a trance and not even remember what she prophesied."
"You have a skepticism of the seeing arts then." She said taking my first cup
"I just haven't found anyone to be able to do them in a real way." I said, "The Professor taught me to keep an open mind and not judge things at first glance if I have a bad experience."
"I see you have a tragedy in the coming months." She said looking into the cup.
"What tragedy is that?" I asked curiously, hopefully she isn't a fraud like Trelawney.
"You will have to kill to save your life, and the lives of those you care about." She said, "Not to worry young son, you will be lost for a little while afterward, but you will recover quickly if you trust in your mate and allow him to share your burden."
I froze and could feel my throat tighten as the emotions flooded me, no not again. I already killed Voldemort, and now I have to kill someone else. "Do you know who it is that I have to kill?" I asked scared.
"All I see is that they pose a great threat and that you will meet them soon." She said sadly setting my cup back down on the table, "You will be marked to them by fate and in four months time you will be forced to act. You can choose to eliminate the threat when you meet them soon, but I do not see that you will be able. You have a fear in you, I sense you have killed for this reason in the past."
"Have you read the wizarding newspapers?" I asked sadly
"From time to time." She said, "The name Voldemort sounds familiar, I would assume that you had to be the one to kill him."
"Yes" I said blinking back tears as the memories flooded me. I told her the prophecy concerning Voldemort and myself. "Is this one of those situation?" I asked scared that it was.
"Yes and no" She said, "You will be the one to kill him, although you will try to avoid it. If you do what needs to be done when you meet this threat then you can save yourself trouble and hurt down the road. If your fear makes you incapable of ending the threat as it appears then more will suffer because of your fear until you have done what needs to be done."
I didn't want to be the one to have to kill people just to save everyone. As soon as I heard the prophecy marking Voldemort and I together by fate then I spent the next two years being trained to do just that. I even had to prepare to accept death in order to do it. I finally stopped having nightmares about that, and now I have to end the new threat before other people get hurt or killed. At least this time I have Edward to help me through this, I finally don't have to shoulder the burden alone anymore.
"Are you ready to begin your lesson?" She asked snapping me from my thoughts
"Yes" I said thankful to be moving on to something more pleasant.
"Close your eyes and focus on finding your center." She directed me, "Feel the energy around you and let it calm and penetrate you."
She went on to spend the next hour teaching me how to light candles by channeling energy alone and not using a spell. She also worked with me on continuing what The Professor taught me about varying the energy flow in order to make the candle flames change sizes. She also taught me some simple spells in the Quileute language, and gave me a book on how to translate it into English to study. She said that she wanted to see me again on the first Saturday of December to check my progress.
"What is your name by the way?" I asked curiously and surprised that I had forgotten to ask when we first met.
"Amy Evans" She said warmly, "But you can just call me Elder Mother if you prefer."
"Thank you for your help Elder Mother" I said, "I will see you in a couple of weeks."
"Goodbye young son" She said showing me out of the door.
I promptly apparated back to Billy's house startling Bella as she was walking out to her truck. "Jesus Harry, don't scare me like that." She said holding her chest and panting. "I was just about to come and pick you up. How did things go?"
"Good" I said getting in the passenger side of her truck and casting a warming charm with my wand as we waited for the heat to warm up. I decided not to tell her about Mother Evans' predictions. "She wants me back in a couple of weeks to go over what I learned. I have to learn how to speak their language in order to do their magic though."
"Is it complicated?" She asked pulling out of Billy's driveway.
"Not too bad" I said, "It uses a lot of vowels though. How was your time with Jacob, did he eat Billy out of house and home yet?"
"Well Billy might have to send Jake to the grocery store after school tomorrow." She laughed, "I don't know what it is, but lately he has been hungry all the time. I guess he's just growing, not that I'm complaining how he is starting to get all tall and hot."
"I have a feeling I know what else you want to get tall and hot." I grinned causing her to blush.
"We'll see." She said as we left the reservation and headed onto the highway.
When I got home Sirius and Julius were finishing up supper. "Edward called while you were out." Sirius said when I sat down at the table.
I got up and walked over to the phone and dialed the Cullen's number. "Hello, Cullen residence." Jasper called out in his deep Texas drawl.
"Is Edward there?" I asked
"Oh, hi Harry." He said, "Here he is as a matter of fact."
"Hey love, how did it go?" Edward asked softly, "Sirius told me where you were this evening."
I told him about the prophecy Mother Evans had made about me and about Julius Black, who had just said goodbye to Sirius and left. "Are you gonna be able to come over later?"
"Sorry love" He sighed, "I'm still kinda not up to being in that close of proximity to you at the moment." I could hear the frustration in his voice.
"Then I'll see you in the morning." I said happily
"The sun is going to be out until Saturday." He said sadly, "So none of us are going to be at school."
My heart sank, "When will I get to see you again?"
"I'll spend the weekend at your house." He said cheering me up, "I'll come by Friday after the sun goes down. Although we should really try and not swap blood again this weekend, I think we both can agree to that."
"Sounds good, I'll see you then." I said happily, "I love you"
"I love you too." He said as we hung up the phone.
"I'm tired" I yawned, "I think I'm going to turn in early."
"As in your tired and are really going to get some extra sleep?" Sirius asked with a grin, "Or tired as in Edward will be over shortly?"
"The first one" I yawned again, "I spent quite a lot of time focusing on how to control energy and magic from Mother Evans."
I picked up the phone again and called Bella, Charlie answered. "Hey Charlie it's Harry, can I speak to Bella please?"
"Hey Harry, what's up?" She asked when she got to the phone.
"Edward and his family won't be at school the rest of the week" I said, "Sun days off. I'm gonna need you to give me a ride to school the rest of the week."
"Sure, I'll see you in the morning." She said, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight" I said hanging up the phone. "Goodnight Sirius." I yawned heading upstairs.
"Goodnight Harry" He called after me.