Bella's POV

The day we were set to leave for England came like any other, I had sent a letter to Harry tell him the good news, and he had responded saying that he would send the twins to escort us.

I questioned his sanity.

I had been staying at the Cullen's house instead of Charlie's, it made it easier to teach them about the Wizarding world. I grimaced as I swallowed my weekly potion. it tasted like green Tea mixed with flat soda, not one of the most Disgusting potions, but still bad. but it was a necessary evil to keep my discomfort down to a minimum.

Harry didn't really approve of the potions, but respected my choice to suffer in silence, after all, I hadn't dragged him to the hospital wing wing when he accidentally engorged his bits... Merlin that still made me laugh.

"What's that?" came a voice from the doorway. I looked up to see Alice and Rosalie standing in the bathrooms entrance, it was Rosalie who had spoken. I glanced down at the potions vial and quickly stowed it away in my pocket.

"A potion that some witches tend to take." when their soulmates won't sleep with them, causing strain on their bonds I added mentally.

"What's it for?" Alice asked. I gulped, pain that makes you feel like your stomaches got a migraine. "Discomfort." I replied evasively. "Your still bad at lying to us." Rosalie commented.

I sighed. "Who else is in the house?" I asked. " Just us, the others went for a quick hunt before the twins show up" Alice said. " If I tell you, you have to swear not to tell anyone, especially Edward." I said seriously. They nodded.

I sat down on the edge of the tub. "Witches and wizard are different from Muggles in lots of ways, one of the most notable ways is that we have soulmates, though it is very rare to find yours, Edward is obviously mine, in the Wizarding world if we meet our soulmate all of our instincts start telling us to complete the bonds and protect our soulmate, there are three stages to bonding.

number one is first contact, number two would be the first kiss, and finally the third stage is having sex for the first time. these events ideally would happen within weeks of each other, though most mated pairs don't wait that long.

and if you take longer your body and magic start to become restless. it's a bit uncomfortably at first, but as time goes on the discomfort grows into pain, it's my magic straining to complete the bond, because natrually we should have completed the bond by now. and without the potions I'd be feeling as if I've got migraines in my stomach.

with the potions it's only a mild discomfort, it was invented because some mating couples. muggoeborns, wanted to wait until they were properly married to have sex, nevermind the fact that in the Wizarding world being soul bonded does mean your married. or that traditionally Wizarding marriage Ceremonies happen after you complete the soul bond... noooo, they just have to do things the muggle way and- I'm sorry, I'm ranting.

anyhow, I decided to go on the potion so Edward didn't feel like he Has to have sex with me, cultural differences and all that." I said as I blushed.

they blinked. "Why don't you tell him?" Rosalie said furrowing her brow. I sighed. "like I said, I don't want him to feel as if he has to sleep with me, Tom is Harry's soul mate, and he told me about all the problems that caused them because neither of them really understood it. it took Hermione going out, buying books on soul bonds and throwing it at them to realize it's not something you can shut off or really stop without the potion, though they did break tradition, my brother refused to have a marriage Ceremony without me being there to bless the bonding rings." I explained

Alice and Rosalie looked intrigued, and I mentally prepared myself for the questions I knew would come.

Alice's POV

as Bella finished explaining about why her brother hadn't married his mate yet, we heard the others come back, I knew Bella wanted a traditional Wizarding wedding, I had had a vision of her and her friend Luna discussing it. she very much wanted to do everything by the books on her wedding, or bonding ceremony, as it was traditionally called.

but she didn't want to cheat Edward out of the type of wedding he wanted, the muggle kind. I told Edward to keep everyone downstairs, that he'd want to hear this and Bella wouldn't admit it otherwise.

" sounds like you know a bit about the process, tell us, how do weddings work in the Wizarding world?" I asked.

Bella got this completely wistful look on her face, " the planning usually starts when a witch turns 13, traditionally witches would make a dream journal type of thing and plan their dream wedding." She said seemingly lost in memories.

"Did you make one?" Rosalie asked Bella nodded. "at first it was a way for Hermione, Daphne and Luna to boost my confidence, at that time I still considered myself unloveable by anyone but my brother, I never thought that I would fall in love, or have anyone love me. I was sure that any soul mate of mine would reject me eventually.

It really did help, letting my imagination run wild for a moment, I considered putting down the most absurd things." Here she laughed. "But then I got a bit serious, And I realized that a more traditional Ceremony and such were what I really wanted... of course every witch knows their not going to have the exact Ceremony they planned." She mused.

I looked at her in confusion. "Why?" I asked. She laughed again. "well we all know there is a groom right? in the Wizarding world the ceremony would be there to show the joining of two, or three. family's. it also shows the couples ability to work together and compromise, overcoming obstacles. when a witch finds her futer husband they go over her dream Ceremony, usually the witch has a list of things she's willing to change and a list of things she refuses to change, usually it's things like her bonding robes or her wreath, or who's family rings to use that goes on the non changeable list.

and in most cases those lists are easily accepted by the groom. though in one case that made the papers a quite thoughtless groom refused out of hand to use her family rings, because his family were of higher social standing on a technicality. She was heartbroken and told her head of house." I said smirking.

I blinked. "What happened?" Rosalie asked.

" oh, all the men in her family, all 25 of them went to have a 'chat' with the guy. he ended up in St Mungos spell damage ward for three weeks, during that time his Fiancé hadn't visited him at all, only sending a short note via owl, explaining had he asked. she would have informed him that her family rings belonged to her mother who had died when she was Young and she wanted to wear them to represent her mother, she also informed him that the rings had been the Only thing she refused to budge on.

he paniced and ended up begging her for forgiveness." Bella said.

me and Rosalie giggled. "Men." we all said together, then promptly dissolved into another fit of giggles

"so what else does a traditional ceremony consist of?" I asked. Bella beamed. " well there are rules on the rings, a choice family member your close to, or a friend you consider family, will bless the rings by adding a bit of their own magic to it, then the bonding couple will put on the rings and join their blood in a special vial. though for a vampire it would have to be their venom. and the combined blood, or venom. would be poured into the runes, then the rings absorb the mixture and like muggle weddings the couples kiss.

then, both immediate family's would come up to congratulate the couples .and then the guests. and the formal dinner afterwards isn't much different from a muggle weddings reception, except everybody writes down a general wish for the couples to lead a happy life, then they burn the parchment in a giant fire pit that's in the center of the room.' she explained.

"what happens if someone puts something mean in the fire?" Rosalie asked. Bella smirked. "the fire flares and that person turns green." She said snickering.

I smiled, I felt a bit bad for tricking Bella into admitting what she wanted, but what kind of sister would I be if I let her give up her dream wedding? or bonding, whatever it was called. besides, no one said she could only have ONE wedding, we could do the bonding her way first and then have a muggle weddings like Edward wanted the next day. it was perfect! oooh and Harry will love that idea! yay! now I just need to get my hands on that book of hers!

"oh everyone just got back." I said smiling.

Bella's POV

I blinked and cast a Tempus silently. it was 8:25. the twins would be here in ten minutes. I jumped up. "I have to get charged!" I said quickly. They looked at me oddly. "What's wrong with what your wearing now?" Rosalie asked. I sighed, "nothing, for a muggle born or halfblood, but I'm the Heiress to four ancient and Noble houses, I have a public face to maintain, especially since I've been gone for over a year.

people will question that, and by people I mean our political opponents, in public I have to be cold but polite, any crack in my armour will see those that wish to bring me down grasping at that crack with both hands. now go down stairs, I want to change in peace and get my game face on," I said as I showed them out the bathroom. They smiled and went downstairs as I removed the disillusionment charm from my Dress robes, The gown was made of velvet in a nice midnight blue color, trimmed in black with a high collar and open back, with long sleeves that hung off the shoulders, the cuffs of the sleeves were wide and flowed nicely along the floor length skirt of the dress.

I smiled as I put it on, I had Had winky collect the dress from My closet at Potter Manor, I shuddered as I thought about what would happen when Alice saw my closet, It was basically an apartment, with separate rooms for their own purpose,

I didn't even fill it! Harry, Luna, Hermione and Daphne, the evil fiends that they are, had taken my hair for polyjuice and gone shopping for three days straight, buying me whatever looked good on me. Jewelry and Tiara's included! the end result? I had more ball gowns than a quinceanera store, more form fitting dresses than a luxury mall and more casual robes and clothes than Lucinda's Fabrics, a more high end store in the Wizarding world that bordered on Wystiria walk and Dungrounds avenue.

I quickly transfigured my shoes into satin flats, the gown would cover my feet anyway, it was charmed to make it look like I was gliding across the floor, my feet would only show if I was walking down stairs so I felt I could get away with the flats.

I sighed as I pinned half my hair up and spelled my Raven locks to come down in soft curls around my shoulders, It was a simple, yet elegant look for my hair, and after a moment I conjured a dark blue thin satin ribbon and tied it into a loose bow before tying it to the pinned back hair, making it look like the satin ribbon was holding the hair. after a moment, I decided I was still missing something and spelled rouge lipstick on, smiling in satisfaction I charmed the lipstick to never smudge and went to walk downstairs Just as I heard a knock at the door.

Edwards POV

I couldn't believe what I had heard, why didn't Bella just tell me? It broke my heart to think about my angel feeling so worthless, The Dursleys would regret the day they hurt my beautiful mate. Of course I knew Alice and Rosalie were keeping things from me, Bella, after explaining how Occulmency was the reason I couldn't read her mind

she then informed us that vampires could learn the skill and that she was willing to teach us, it had only been a few days, but everyone else had already gotten to the point where they could block select thoughts from me, if they really tried. Emmett was ecstatic, and the others were happy as well, so even though I knew they were hiding something from me, I couldn't even begin to guess what it was. all I knew was that it was something Bella had asked them to keep secret, that and whatever it was had to do with the fact that Wizards and witches had soulmates.

I didn't mind, Bella would tell me in her own time, Esme went to get the door the moment one of the twins knocked, and I looked up as Bella descended the stairs, I gasped. She was right, their fashion was different. and had a distinctively medieval quality to it. but the dress looked beautiful on her

Emmett gave a low whistle that made Bella blush as Esme led the twins into the living room. Alice and Rosalie were starting at Bella, not even trying to conceal their mental plans to shop at whatever Wizarding store Bella had got her clothing in.

I smiled, we all had suitcases filled with cash to convert into Wizarding money, Bella had promised to explain things on the way to England, the twins were apparently taking us In a flying limo,. Bella had muttered about "dramatic fiends " when she heard and mumbled about them being "Perfectly capable of acquiring international Portkeys." I had laughed and calmed her down, assuring her that the ride would give us time to get to know the twins.

she had smiled and nodded, then she looked horrified and promptly banned Emmett from ever planning pranks with the twins and threatened to turn him into a newt if he didn't comply. the rest of us had snickered and laughed as Emmett pouted. as soon as Bella got to the last step the twins rushed over to her.

Bella's POV

I smiled as Fred and George Ran over to me with a cry of "Isa!" I laughed when Fred hoisted me on to his shoulder and George promptly dropped to his knees and bowed with his hands splayed out in front of him. I continued to laugh as Fred started out with their ping pong talk.

"Oh Great Isa!-" "-We are graced to be in your presence!-" "We thank you mighty Dark Lady-" "-For allowing us humble servants to escort-" "-you back to your loyal subjects!" They said finishing together, I was practically in stitches as I cuffed Fred across the head. "put me down you Fiends!" I said merrily, still giggling as Fred set me on my feet.

I mockingly glared at the two and snorted as George stood kneeling on the floor. "Rise oh idiotic servant of mine, I command you two to go out and prank the masses!" I said imperiously before dissolving into another fit of giggles. Fred and I George snorted and turned to the Bemused Cullen's. They bowed quickly before introducing themselves.

"Pleasure to meet you, I'm Fred and this is George!" George said. I rolled my eyes. "As my brother George said It's a Pleasure to meet you I'm Fred." Fred said. George took on a confused expression. " Hold on. I thought I was Fred?" George said. I snickered. Fred looked to be in serious thought.

" no, I'm definitely Gred. Your Forge" he said. the Cullen's all looked confused. I slapped both of them on the backs of their heads. "Their screwing with you, That ones Fred and I this one's George" I said pointing to the twin on my right then left.

The twins pouted and I rolled my eyes, Emmett was grinning from ear to ear. and after giving proper introductions I levitated all of the luggage into the Limo's trunk, which conveniently had an expanded space charm on it so all of our bags fit nicely. then we were off.

~Scene~

"So, Bella. can you explain Wizarding currency to us now?" Alice asked. I nodded. "Alright, it's fairly simple, we have three coins, A Knut, a Sickle and a Galleon. a Knut actually looks like a little bolt, but without the hole in the middle it's made of bronze. a Silver Sickle is about the size of a silver dollar, but it's thinner. A Galleon is about the size of, erm... two quarters placed side by side I'd say,

there are 29 Knuts to a Sickle and 17 Sickles to a Galleon. I'm not sure what the exchange rate is for new coustomer's, I'm from an Ancient and Noble house so my Account manager takes care of that, I Haven't dealt with a Teller since I was 13, and we didn't need Muggle money back then. " I explained.

The Cullen's nodded. Emmett then looked at the twins. "Any cool adventures Bella's been on that you two will tell us about?" He asked. "No!" I said sharply. "Please?" Emmett asked, using his best puppy dog expression. I sighed and looked at the twins. " second year, third game of the season." I said.

The two Fiends grinned and turned towards the Cullen's, all of whom were leaning forward eagerly. "well as I'm sure you know Isa along with Harrykin's was on the Quidditch team. Isa was the best chaser we'd had up until then. Angelina and Alicia practically worshipped her for her skills, but that game... that game really put her skill to the test..." Fred said ominously.

~Flashback~

Third person POV

Lee's voice carried across the pitch as the crowd excitedly muttered. "Alright folks! third game of the season, the one everyone's been waiting for! Gryffindor vs Slytherin!" The crowd roared in excitement.

Slytherin hissed across the pitch at Gryffindor and the Lions roared back in retaliation. "And now! introducing the Gryffindor team! Seeker Harry Potter! Keeper Oliver Wood! chasers Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson and the Lovely Isabella Potter! my isn't she a beauty! I wouldn't mind taking her to Hogsmead-" "JORDAN!" McGonagall interrupted."only joking professor, that is unless your interested Bella-" "JORDAN!" "Right back to the game.

oh, and here come the Slytherin team. Seeker Draco Malfoy, the stuck up Ponce that he is- only telling it how it is professor- Keeper Marcus Flint, who looks like he's been hit with one to many Bludger. and Chasers Tobias Jugson, Alexander Woolpen and Terrance Fester. all of whom seemed to have taken a few to many biscuits out of the tin when they were younger. " Lee commented.

The Gryffindor's were in stitches, Lee was the most biased commentator in the universe. "And Their off! oh! Gryffindor Chaser Isabella Potter kicks off the game nicely by scoring 10 points right off the bat, to bad Flint was to busy picking his Bogey's to notice... and Jugson takes the Quaffle! not very fast on his broom though, must be all that extra weight-" "JORDAN!" "alright keep your hair on, I'm doin' my best! and Chaser Alicia Spinnet takes the Quaffle after a failed pass by Jugson." Lee informed.

Isabella rolled her eyes as she set up for a Jace Pass, She flew under Alicia as she moved her arm back as if she were going to attempt to score by aiming for the top ring. Flint moved to block her, only for Alicia to drop the Ball over her shoulder right into Bella's waiting hands.

Bella wasted no time in shooting the Quaffle through the lower left hoop where Angelina was waiting, ready behind the goal, all before Flint could process what was going on, Angelina then Barrel rolled out of the way as the Slytherin Chasers shot at her like wild bulls, Passed the Quaffle to Isabella who double backed and Tossed the Quaffle to Alicia who then threw it back to Angelina, who had repositioned herself near the top post while the Slytherin Chasers were busy with Bella and Alicia.

Angelina then threw the Quaffle through the top post, scoring again and narrowly avoiding a Bludger to the gut.

the game went on, Lee taking every chance offered to compliment the Gryffindor's, Especially Bella. and insult the Slytherin's, despite McGonagall's ire

then after an hour Gryffindor was up, 350 to 240, suddenly Alexander jerked to the side 60ft up to avoid a Bludger, but the sudden move unseated him and he threw his arms out instinctively to grab the closest thing, which just so happened to be Bella's broom bristle's, Alexander regained his balance but Bella lurched forward and toppled off her broom she screamed as she fell head first towards the pitch.

Harry, having heard his sister scream, abandoned his search of the snitch and raced towards her, but someone else was closer, A blur shot passed the stunned Gryffindor Chasers who were stupidly covering their eyes instead of trying to get to their teammate.

Pale hands shot out and wrapped around Isabella's waist. Bella Looked up and breathed a sigh of relief, That is until she noticed who was carrying her, Draco Malfoy smirked at her as she openly gaped in astonishment. "Careful Potter, you'll catch flies " Malfoy Commented as he safely steered them to the ground.

Both teams landed, though no one officially called a time out. Harry ran Up to the pair just as Draco was Helping Bella to her feet. "-Highly irregular, Potters bound to miss the snitch." Lee commented. The Gryffindor's were booing and more than one was yelling at Harry to find the Snitch while the Slytherin's were down.

Harry's face reddened in anger and He cast a Sonarus on himself. "SCREW THE BLOODY SNITCH IM CHECKING ON MY SISTER YOU WANKERS!" he yelled.

~Flashback end~

Bella's POV

Emmett laughed. "did he really call a crowd of people wankers? to their faces!?! Geez Bella, your brother must have balls of steel!" Emmett crowed merrily.

I rolled my eyes and looked at the twins. "so, what's been going on? what did I miss?" I asked. Fred and George shook their heads. " nothing to important, although, do you remember Colin Creevey?" George said.

I nodded with a grimace. "The little Mudblood that constantly followed us around taking pictures of us, and everything in the Wizarding world, honestly I need to speak with Harry and Tom about that. he's a danger to our world, he sends all those photos home potentially exposing us to whatever family friend or co-worker who happens to drop by.

I always preferred his brother, Dennis never endangered the Statue, Why?" I asked. " He got beat a few weeks ago by muggle religious fanatics. he was overheard talking about magic and such at the wrong time, it was a big mess, four teams of obliviators had to be dispatched to contain the situation. he had all photos of the Wizarding world confiscated and subject to review as possible breaches in the Statue of Secrecy since none of them had any protections against muggles looking at them.

they'll return the ones that can be passed off as cosplay and such, but to get the others back he has to show up with an album or something to hold the pictures that's been warded against muggles and take a vow to keep them there and not show them to any muggle that isn't his immediate family." George explained.

I whistled. "the situation must have gotten really bad for them to go that far. usually it's a slap on the wrist and a "don't do that again" from them." I said. the twins nodded.

"what about the legislation me and Harry had been working on? I figured magical orphanages would be the easiest to get passed." I said. Fred nodded. "it's going well, we almost have enough support to overule Dumbledore's influence.

oh, and Neville has officially joined the Order of Shadows his nickname is Fox." Fred said. I smiled. " that's great, I know he was on the fence about joining, but enough of that. Harry told me you two were sweet on a certain blonde ponce..." I said, trailing off with a predatory grin. they groaned and sank into their seats, preparing for the Inquisition.

Thats all for now! let me know what you think, and Blessed be! may you all be safe from the evil Virus sweeping the nation, dont forget to wash your hands and clean your house. seriously, they shut down my school because of it and now I have this huge packet stack, personally I think the teachers are trying to kill us with paperwork, but thats just mePS: wanna hear something funny? i was in the store today drinking a soda, and one of my sips went down my windpipe on accident, so i startstarted coughing and this dude near me literally jumped out of the way... honestly. I started cracking up.

PS: leave a review and let me know what you think. it was just my birthday the other day and I got a new laptop! which is awesome because I've been telling everybody in my family that I've been wanting one for a few months. they all pitched in to get me one. it's not the best but it's my first computer that's actually mine and not the family's computer.

if your wondering how old I am now. as of April 12th I am 18. officially an adult. yay! on a serious note RIP to my dog foxie who died last month a few days after the last update. if I hadn't known exactly what I wanted to do with this chapter it would have been late along with some of my other stories. I'd had foxie since I was little and her death put me out of commission for a few weeks.