AN: ok so it seems a decent amount of people want this to continue so here it is
WARNING: scenes ahead include depictions of child abuse viewer discretion is advised.
Disclaimer: no Bella's were hurt in the making of this chapter.
I looked up from the letter nervously, I didn't know how I was going to be recieved, despite Alice's assurance I was still worried.
my fears were immediately layed to rest as Esme rushed over and pulled me into a very comforting hug. I smiled as I hugged her back a bit. as much as I loved them like family. I had never really gotten used to anyone other than Harry showing me affection, in fact, now that I thought about it, the only time I had ever initiated a hug or touch with any of them other than Edward was when Alice had first shown up, thinking I had killed myself.
Emmett was grinning and Jasper and Carlisle looked intrigued, I bet all the gold in my vaults that they would want to raid my library trunk, it was full of books from the Potter library as well as my mom's personal journals. Edward was just sitting there staring at me as if he wanted to cuddle me and make everything go away,. Rosalie and Alice were arguing over something and I turned to listen in.
"-pack only simple clothes, you heard her, they don't want people trying to replace their culture!" Rosalie hissed.
" but rose! its fashion! what if they wear rags or-or burlap!" She asked. I snorted, "Alice, I love you, I really do. but for the love of Merlin, if your coming with me when I visit. do NOT insult our fashion, we dress quite differently from you but we like the way we dress, think of it like this. would you go to Japan and tell a girl to take off her kimono because you think its ugly and to put on something from Vera Wang? no right, because it would be rude, same rules apply."
I said sternly. Alice pouted. " okay, I see what you mean, and we're not just visiting with you, were all moving to England so you can spend time with your brother and family." She said casually before turning back to talk to Rose about what would be acceptable to pack.
I gaped and Esme and Carlisle beamed. " well I suppose we'll have to find a home to buy. I'll get right on that." Esme announced. that broke me out of my shock. " Esme, thats nonsense! don't waste your money, your all very welcome to stay with me in Potter Manor, there is more than enough room and the manor is surrounded by forest. oh, but dont attack the unicorns, they're a protected species." I said seriously.
that comment seems to open up the flood gates of questions, I tried to answer all of them gamely, and Edward did his best to keep everyone else at bay.
it was Jasper's question that slowed them down. " what is a Mastery and how important are they in the wizarding world." he asked. I thought for a moment.
" a mastery is basically like a license and certificate for a certian branch of magic rolled into one. it also grants you a title, showing that you are a Mistress or Master of a particular branch of magic, for example, I actually fo have a potions Mastery, despite my young age, in fact I'm the youngest Potions Mistress in all of Europe and the Americas. Having a mastery is required for most jobs, for instance.
remember how I told you about brooms? well to work in a top of the line broom company like Nimbus or Cleansweep your required to have both a potions and Charms Mastery." I explained. The Cullen's looked at me in awe. " what did you have to do to get your potions Mastery?" Edward asked.
I blushed. " you have to write a paper on a potion you think can be improved, how to improve it and the steps that should be taken to improve it with little to no risk to your person, brew a highly unstable and complicated potion called NoirleveX. it's one of the most complicated potions in existence but if brewed correctly it can duplicate the drinker,
of course the duplicate is nothing more than an advanced golem, but its useful, and finally you have to invent three potions and their cures. I invented a poison that is flavorless and odorless that will kill someone only when they fall asleep, so it looks like a natural death. its antidote, a potion that allows the dirnker to learn another language instantly, you only have to say the language you wish to learn in that language before you drink it. and a potion to make you see underwater.
I'm also currently trying to work on another potion, its half complete and almost to the testing stage." I said, shooting a glance at Rosalie, she was the entire reason I was even attempting this potion.
Carlisle looked very interested in what I had to say. " what will it do?" He asked, the others waited for my answer as Edward gazed at me proudly. I blushed, "Well, I actually wanted to invent the potion for Rosalie, there are a few potions geared towards vampires, potions to control your blood lust and to dim your sparkling and such,
so I think its possible, I'm making a potion that will make it possible for female vampires to get pregnant." I rambled. I bit my lip and looked around the room, all the Cullens were frozen and staring at me in shock, next thing I knew I had my arms full of a dry sobbing Rosalie. "ThankyouThankyouThankyou" She blubbered, I could barely understand her.
~Scene~
a few hours later After demonstrating my magic and breaking my Glamour, which shocked them I stood up. "okay, so I'll go update Charlie on everything but first, please do not attack the creature that is about to pop into the room." I said, the Cullen's nodded with confused expressions on their faces.
"Winky!" I called out. There was a loud POP! and in the next second the excited house elf was bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Yes Mistress? what can Winky be's doing for you's?" She asked in her high voice as she worked to smooth out her uniform dress that held the crests to the houses of Potter, Prevell, Gryffindor and Merlin. I smiled as the Cullen's stared at Winky in shock.
"Yes, winky could you bring me my Library trunk along with my Pensive and case of memories, while I'm speaking with Charlie Id like the Cullen's to see the copies of memories of Hogwarts, of course I'll tell them the stories later but i think seeing some of it might be better than just hearing it." I said.
Winky nodded and popped out only to return a moment later with the requested items. "Wills that be all Mistress be requiring of winky?" the house elf asked.
I nodded and winky popped away as I placed the Memory case on the trunk before opening it to the first compartment, I had no intention of letting them see the password protected memories in the hidden compartment. I picked up a vial and looked at the tag, it was the memory of when Fred and George showed us the Marauder's map. I uncorked the vial and poured it into the basin.
"you can start with this one, and take your pick of the others when your done with it. just stick your heads into the basin and you'll be pulled into the memory, you can put in multiple memories at once but be warned, you can't get out until either the memories end or I go in there and stop the memory, I'll only be a few hours, oh and when your done with the memory just touch the mouth of the vial to the memory, it will go straight back into its assigned vial. " I said, kissing Edward Goodbye before smirking mischievously at them and apparating away on the spot,
Rosalie's POV
we dipped our faces into the basin and were mesmerized by the memory that was playing around us. we were in a hall, standing a little ways away from what was clearly a young Bella, maybe around 13 standing next to a boy that was identical to her, black hair and green eyes, and currently joining his sister in glaring at two twin red heads
"Whats this rubbish?"
Bella demanded, I smirked as we watched the scene unfold.
~Scene~
when we came out of the basin we were all laughing. "I can't believe she threatened to turn them pink!" Emmett barked a laugh.
Jasoer snickered as He shook his head. "I can't believe she got them to swear loyalty to her!" he exclaimed.
Emmett laughed again as the rest of us rolled our eyes at their antics. "Hey Jasper, I solemnly Swear that I am up to no good!" He mimicked. that set us off giggling again, really of all the absurd-
"Password accepted" the memory case said before the vials lifted slightly and moved aside to reveal another compartment full of vials marked with red. we all stared for a moment before Emmett began grinning like a loon.
" oooooh, I wonder what bells is hiding here." He said as he replaced the memory we just watched in favor of grabbing around a dozen of the red marked vials.
" Emmett maybe we shouldn't touch those." I said seriously, my oaf of a husband simply rolled his eyes at me, "oh c'mon rosie. Whats the worst that could Happen? I bet these are the real embarrassing memories!" he said excitedly.
I gave him an unimpressed look. " Emmett, she didn't give us the password to those for a reason." Alice said in a disapproving tone.
Esme nodded. "thats right, she probably didn't want us to see them, I don't want to violate her privacy." she said.
Edward nodded along. " yeah, ask her to view them when she comes back." He insisted. Emmett groaned. "c'mon guys! what if its the real cute stuff, like first day of school and all that jazz, don't you want to see what her childhood was like? y'know what she did for fun. I mean, we know she didn't get along with her relative's but surely she had friends before Hogwarts!" he insisted.
I bit my lip, it would be nice to see how adorable she was. I bet she was an extremely cute kid. probably wore those adorably prim and proper dresses to...
Edward groaned as he caught wind og my thoughts. " it can't be to embarrassing, Bella probably won't mind." I decided. the others reluctantly nodded, our curiousity to see Bella as a small child was just to great to overcome.
Emmett grinned and poured all the vials he had grabbed into the basin, once again we all dipped our heads in.
this time we ended up in a kitchen and looked around curiously, thats when a young girl walked in, her hair was loose and flat and her bright Green eyes were downcast as she carried a bucket and scrub brush into the kitchen.
what was most shocking was that her arms were bruised and she was walking with a limp, wearing an extremely oversized boys shirt that hung off her worryingly thin frame like a dress.
my mind was working a mile a minute and the conclusions I was drawing were making me sick, one look at my family told me they had come to the same revaluation.
"I-Is that Bella?" Alice asked as if she were afraid of the answer.
the girl- Bella, got on her hands and knees and began scrubbing the floor. "I think so " Carlisle murmured sadly, Esme let out a wimper and sank to her knees trying to pry the brush out of Bella's fingers while muttering. "she cant be more than 8 years old," but to no avail. her hand simply passed through the memory. "We can't do anything." Carlisle reminded her softly.
we had discovered this when Emmett had tried to snatch the map in the last memory, Esme nodded and allowed Carlisle to pull her back into his arms.
This could not get any worse. I thought,
I was wrong, so,so very wrong. A fat boy sauntered into the room saw Bella and laughed.
"oi! you little freak! you look pathetic! you and your brother."
The boy sneered, I was shocked. the boy had to be around the same age as Bella, how could he be so mean,
Bella gave no other indication other than her hand tightening on the brush, that she heard him.
The boys face reddened and he kicked the bucket over in his rage. "answer me!" He said before deliberately pushing Bella into the table.
Edward growled but my eyes were on something else, specifically the glass that had been sitting on the edge of the table. I watched with growing horror as the glass fell and shattered.
Bella wimpered as she stared at the broken glass fearfully. suddenly there was a shrill voice shouting.
"FREAK! WHAT DID YOU BREAK!"
just then the owner of said voice, an ugly horse faced woman, came storming into the room. she stopped and gasped at the sight before her. glass and soapy water from the overturned bucket.
the woman gasped before her narrowed eyes landed on Bella's cowering form, while the boy stood off to the side. obvious glee written on his face.
"You little bitch! what do you think your doing endangering my duddykins with your freakishness! he could have slipped and cut himself!"
she screech as she backhanded Bella. I growled and wasn't surprised when I heard the rest of my family do the same.
"you need to be taught a lesson!"
the woman snapped.
we watched in horror as shr grabbed Bella by the hair, dragged her over to the burner and turned it on, after a moment of waiting for it to heat up she grabbed a now struggling Bella's right hand.
"NO!" Edward snarled as he lunged for the woman, even though I knew it would happen I was disappointed when he fell through the woman. in the next second Bella let out an ear piercing scream of pain as the woman pushed Bella's hand into the scorching hot burner.
in that moment I found someone I wanted to kill more than I had wanted to kill Royce and his friends. when we got to England the Dursleys were getting a visit.
"Damn right they are..." Edward growled as he glared hatred at the vile woman who ignored Bella's plea's for forgiveness and promises to be good.
just then a little boy ran into the room wearing similar cast-off''s as Bella. He took in the scene with wide angry eyes before he seemed to make a decision. He turned to the vile boy who had the audacity to be laughing actually laughing at Bella's pain.
"Hey Dudley! you tub of lard, you look like your about to burst from excess far!"
he yelled. I was confused, why was he getting himself in trouble? The woman's head snapped up and she immediately released Bella's hand, allowing her to cradle the burnt hand to her chest in favor of grabbing a frying pan and hitting the small boy in the head with it. the boy- Harry, grunted in pain as he dropped to the floor clutching his head.
"how dare you say that about my diddiums you little bastard!'
the woman shrieked.
"Hes deflecting the attention away from his sister, getting himself punished so they don't hurt her." Jasper said through his teeth
okay so here's the second chapter, I know its earlier than I said but i unexpectedly had a three day weekend and with all the favorites and follows this story has been getting I decided to work on the second chapter, make no mistake I'll still be uploading once a month, this was just a bit of a treat, one that I unfortunately cannot do often. don't forget to leave reviews as I love getting them! blessed be!ps thank you to everyone who took the time to leave me a review!