August 2006, Forks, Washington

Hemione was standing before the Cullen's House and was nervously putting her wait from one foot to the other. Would her great-uncle believe her? At least she had taken her research with her in her purse. She could take it out to show him and also to show him some magic if he didn't believe her word. Oh, it had been a mistake to come here unannounced, it would probably throw him and the rest of his family for a loop.

Finally the door opened and a friendly looking woman in her late twenties, early thirties stood there.

"Hello, how can I help you?", she asked smiling.

"Hi, I, ehm. I am looking for Jasper Whitlock, is he here? Could I speak to him?"

The woman's eyes widened surprised and she seemed to stop moving all together for a few moments. Hermione had to give it to her, normal people wouldn't have picked up the unnatural movement. She was accustomed to being near humans for longer periods of time.

"I am sorry, there is no Jasper Whitlock living here, maybe you got the wrong address? Or the wrong surname? My son is called Jasper Hale", the woman said apologetically.

Hemione was tempted to hit her forehead with her flat hand. Why did she forget that?

"I am sorry, I really said the wrong surname. I meant to say Hale. Whitlock wasn't his name for at least sixty years. So could I speak to him? It is about his family."

The woman seemed now even more surprised and lost for words.

"Please", she asked sincerely.

"Well… come in, we can talk in the living room", she then said and invited her into the house.

"Thank you", Hermione said relieved and meant it.

She was taken upstairs to the living room, where there were four men and three women waiting, trying to behave unsuspiciously, and not as thought they hadn't heard everything she had said outside.

"Let me introduce you to my family, I am Esme. This is my husband Carlisle Cullen", she started and went to her husband. Like all vampires he was unnaturally beautiful. He was blonde and looked a bit older then the others.

"This is my son Emmet Cullen and my daughter and his girlfriend Rosalie Hale", she explained and pointed at a big muscley man with a big grin on his face and a blonde beautiful woman, that reminded her a bit of the Malfoys. She seemed a bit haughty.

"This is my daughter Alice Cullen and my son and her boyfriend Jasper Hale", Esme continued and pointed to a small girl with a black pixy haircut, who seemed a bit confused and a handsome man, blond like Carlisle and Rosalie. He seemed confused as well and stared at her intently and with his forehead in crinkles.

"And then there is my son Edward Cullen and my soon to be daughter-in-law Bella Swan", she explained and pointed at the last couple. The man had bronze hair and was staring at her intently while frowning as well, he seemed unhappy. She felt someone probing her mental shield but ignored it for the moment. The last one was, to Hermione's surprise, a human girl amidst the vampires she looked a bit plain, but she was pretty.

"Hello, I am sorry to disturb you all. And that unannounced as well. I… I assume I will talk to all of you? Oh, I am sorry I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Hermione Granger."

"Welcome to our home, would you like something to drink?", Esme said smiling.

"Yes, thank you, tea would be great."

"Please take a seat and I will be shortly with you."

Nervously Hemione walked to the couches and took a seat.

Taking a deep breath she started to explain herself: "Well… Firstly, you don't have to pretend in front of me, I know you are all vampires, expect of you Ms Swan. I won't tell anyone, because I am a witch. If you don't tell, I don't tell. Because I am a witch I know of vampires and other magical creatures. Before you interrupt me, the reason for me being here, is because I was searching for living family, and discovered, that I had a great-great-many-greats-great-uncle in you Mr. Whitlock, sorry Mr. Hale."

So now she had dropped the bomb. Everyone had frozen from shock and didn't even blink, expect for Bella. But that was probably because she was a human.

The first who got his bearings together was Emmet.

"Wait, wait, wait. So you mean to tell us, that you are a witch and that magic is real? That is so cool, can you show us some magic?", he said enthusiastically.

At almost the same time Bella said: "You never told me, that there were witches as well. What else is real? Next you tell me that dragons are real!"

"Actually, they are. There is a reservation in Romania, where a friend of mine works. But I thought you knew about magic, since you are Vampires or about to become one? Or I presume you will be, because of the wedding? I asked a girl how to get here and she told me", Hermione asked unsure and still nervous.

Now Carlisle spoke: "Yes you presume right. Bella will be turned after their honeymoon because she wishes it so and we are happy to have her in our family. But unfortunately, I could not tell them about magic, since I was … I think you call it jinxed? I could not talk about it with people, who did not know about it."

"Ah, that explains it, at least to some degree. I will have speak to Kingsley about it. It should not happen, that magic folk is left in the dark", she said more to herself than to the others.

"Can we see some magic now?", Emmet asked impatiently.

Before she could answer him, Edward said: "Is it because you are a witch, that I can't hear you and Alice can't see you?"

Hemione blinked confused.

"What do you mean with hearing and seeing?", she asked, because it didn't make sense for her.

"My brother can read minds and I can see the future, or different options of the future. He can't hear your thoughts and I didn't see you coming here. Jasper is an Empath. He can sense feelings and manipulate them to some extent. Can you feel her?", Alice piped up.

"Yes I can feel them, but they aren't as clear as other peoples feelings. Could you… Do you have something to prove what you said? Are we really related?", Jasper answered and looked strangely at her.

Hermione was a bit overwhelmed with the information. She did not really know what to think about these abilities. So she concentrated on the things she knew.

"Of course. I have brought my research with me", she told him and took out her little trust bag.

She accioed her research and pictures out of the bag.

"Yes, finally some magic. Can you show us more?", Emmet asked still impatient.

Esme looked at him reproachfully: "Let your brother have this moment, there is still time after this, to show you magic."

Hemione gave her research over to Jasper and waited for his reaction. She was still nervous. She wanted him to… what? Did she really hope that he would be her family? They did not know each other, even if they were related. He already had a family, maybe he didn't need more.

After only a short while, he looked up and eyed her strangely.

"It… seems to be true. You are the descendant of my little sister. It says here that she married and had a long life. I hope it was a happy one. Tell me, what is with her other descendants?", he asked her a bit restrained.

She was relived, when he seemed to believe her, but then he asked about her family and her face fell for a short time, until she had control over it again.

"I… I am the only one left. Well I, my daughter and my godson, who is like a son to me", she explained.

Now the blond vampire, who hadn't spoken yet and had looked bored, seemed interested.

"You are a mother then? What is whit the father?", Rosalie asked.

"Teddy's, my godson's parents died three years ago. I helped his grandmother raise him and she helped me with my daughter. Sadly, she… she died a few months ago. The father is not in the picture. It was a one-night stand and I never saw him again", Hermione explained and became sad again, when she thought about Remus, Tonks and Andromeda.

"Not, to be rude, but why did you come here?", Emmet asked bluntly.

"I..", Hermione started but her voice cracked a bit.

She cleared her throat and began again: "I hoped to get to know my relative, but I can understand, if that is not a possibility…"

"No. No, I would like to get to know you and your children. I… have difficulty… to control my hunger around humans. I don't have the urge to drink from you. That is… refreshing", Jasper stopped her.

"Okay, now that that is taken care of, can we see more magic?", Emmet said.

She now suspected that he wanted to alleviate the situation a bit.

"Yes, of course", she said with a small smile.

It would seem that she would have to search for a house or apartment here in Forks, so that she could get Shea and Teddy here. She looked forward to getting to know these people.

AN: I hope you enjoyed it!

I will try to post again soon.

Thanks for reading!