"So why does it bother you that the big guy keeps staring at me," Cordelia asks.
"I don't like it because your my sister and it's only our first day and he already seems obsessed with you. There's also seems to be something peculiar about that family."
"You noticed it too," Cordelia asks.
"Yeah, they are not ordinary Muggles. I noticed that we walked into our first class, Edward was staring at us. Then suddenly I felt something try to invade my mind, almost as if it was Legilimency, so I immediately put up my Occlumency shield," Harry explains.
Cordelia nods, "I felt it too, and did the same thing. Honestly, I think it was coming from Edward, he had this frustrated and confused look on his face afterward. But I don't understand if you're suspicious of them, why did you talk to him and Jasper?"
Harry's brow furrows in thought, "I was trying to figure out what they are, and I thought that if we talked to them we could get an idea of what they are. I'm beginning to think they are not human."
"Perhaps we should avoid them until we know what we're up against," Cordelia suggests.
Harry nods, "I think that might be for the best, we'll try to avoid the Cullens as much as possible without making it look obvious. I'm sure in a school this small we won't be able to avoid them completely."
Cordelia nods then flicks her wand so that she could cancel the Muffliato Charm. She puts her wand away and the bell rings signaling the end of lunch.
While Cordelia and Harry were talking outside, Bella and the Cullens were talking about them in the lunch room.
"When did you have a vision of Cordelia being my mate, Alice," Emmett asks.
Alice smiles at her brother, she examines her nails for a moment then answers, "This morning before school."
"Why didn't you tell me?!"
Alice giggles, "I wanted it to be a surprise."
"Is that why you were singing the National Anthem backward in your head," Edward asks.
"Yep."
"Well, she's very pretty, although a bit standoffish, her godbrother seems to be a little bit friendlier than her," Bella observes.
"Though their both a puzzle," Edward says.
"Why is that?" Jasper asks.
"They're both like Bella, I can't read their minds either," Edward informs his family.
"Wow, that's weird, who would have thought there would be three people whose mind you can't read," Emmett tells his brother.
At that point, the bell rings and they head on to their next class. When they get out of the cafeteria, Emmett immediately starts looking around for Cordelia, but she's nowhere to be seen. He finally catches a glimpse of her and Harry at their lockers getting their book bags and heading off to class. Emmett wants to rush off after his mate but he stops himself, he doesn't want to scare the girl on her first day of school. He suddenly feels someone pat his shoulder.
"Good thinking, Em, you really don't want to frighten the girl, you don't want to appear like some sort of stalker," Edward tells his brother as he walks off with Bella in the opposite direction.
"Like you're one to talk," Emmett says just loud enough for Edward to hear. Edward turns around and glares at Emmett who laughs as he walks off to class.
The rest of the afternoon passes by without any more contact with the Cullens. To avoid talking to them, Harry and Cordelia sat as far away from them as possible. And once school was over, they rushed to their car and left, not noticing that the Jeep Rubicon that they had parked next to belonged to Emmett. When they got back to the Black Mansion, Cordelia put her hand in the new transformed lion's mouth and the gate opened. They drove up the lane and parked outside the mansion.
Before they got out of the car, Harry and Cordelia looked at each other, "Should we tell Padfoot and Moony about the Cullens?" Harry asks.
"Not yet, let's figure out what they are first and then tell them," Cordelia suggests.
Harry nods and they get out of the car, as soon as they enter the Mansion, Sirius comes bounding down the stares he sweeps both kids into a hug and kisses Cordelia's head.
"So tell me, tell me how was your first day of Muggle school," Sirius asks as they walk into the living room.
As they walk into the living room, they notice Remus is sitting on the sofa watching the news on their brand new flat screen. When he hears them come in, he turns off the TV and makes himself comfortable so he can hear all about their day.
"It went better than we expected. We actually understood everything that the teachers were talking about, that Acclimation Potion works wonders." Cordelia tells her father as she goes to sit by her Uncle Moony.
"Did you make any friends," Remus asks.
"Not really, there were a few people that tried to talk to us but they were annoying. We did meet this lovely couple, Angela Weber and Ben Cheney. They seem to be alright." Harry tells the two men.
"At least they weren't gawking at us like we were zoo animals." Cordelia mumbles.
"What do you mean, Cord?" Sirius asks.
"What I mean is, apparently nothing ever happens in this town, and a couple of new students is a great source of gossip for the students, probably the whole town."
"But other than that, did you like it?"
Harry and Cordelia look at each other, and shrug, "Yeah," They answer at the same time.
"But Fispey will have to start making us lunch, the food there was absolutely horrendous."
"Yeah, Cord and I haven't eaten anything since breakfast," Harry comments
Remus calls for Fispey and tells her to prepare some tea and sandwiches for Harry and Cordelia. Just enough to hold them over until dinner is ready. Once Harry and Cordelia finished their snacks and told Remus and Sirius more about their day, they went upstairs to their rooms to start on their homework.
Cordelia goes to her room and throws her bookbag on the bed, she goes to her library and goes through her books, She grabs that she got from Flourish and Blotts USA, Magical Creatures of North America. Something had been nagging her all day about the Cullens and she thought for sure the answer would be in this book.
Thumbing through the book, she noticed chapters on the Wampus, the Pukwudgie, The Horned Serpent, and the Thunderbird. Cordelia knew those were also the houses at Ilvermorny, they looked like interesting articles to read, but that would have to wait. She finally came to a chapter that caught her eye and memory, Vampires. Suddenly Cordelia remembered what Ethan had told them, that there were vampires roaming throughout America, but they were different from the ones found in England. Cordelia jumps up and rushes to Harry's room.
She knocks on his door and waits. When he opens the door, she rushes past him and jumps on his bed, "I think I know what the Cullens are."
"Come on in Cord," Harry says as he crosses his arms and looks at her, "Alright what are they?"
"Vampires."
"Vampires?"
"Yes, remember what Ethan said that Vampires roam America, but they're different from the Vampires we're used to? The ones here have their own rules and government. Well, I looked it up in Magical Creatures of North America, it says that the vampires normally found in the United States are pale white and ice cold, they are unnaturally beautiful and give off a sweet scent to draw in their prey. It also said that most vampires have red eyes from feeding on humans, but there are a select few that choose to try to live among human. So, they only drink animal blood. Causing their eyes to change from red to amber."
"And you think the Cullens are the animal drinking kind of Vampires?" Harry asks.
"It would make sense, they all have amber eyes, Like Moony. Actually, that is what made me suspicious of them in the first place, the amber eyes."
Harry nods, "It makes sense, so what should we do?"
"The books says that some of the Vampires have gifts, I bet one of the Cullens has the gift of mind reading, and I'm sure it's Edward. You and I both felt someone try to invade our minds and he was the only Cullen in the room at the time. That being the case, we need to be on guard and continue to avoid them." Cordelia points out.
"I think your right, we don't need any more trouble."
Just then Remus calls up that its time for dinner, Harry and Cordelia put their books away and make their way downstairs, they decided that they weren't going to tell Sirius or Remus about the Cullens just yet if something happened then they would.