The Cullen's have a pretty Victorian style home in London that we went to soon after my rescue. It was strange leaving the room that had been my home for the last five years. As much as I hated that room, it was all I had known for so long. I remember stepping outside for the first time and just took a big gulp of fresh air. It was heavenly. It wasn't even that bright out, but my eyes ached almost instantly. Alice was prepared and handed me a pair of oversized sunglasses. Which I was very grateful for and quickly put them on. We were in Carlisle's car for a couple of hours, but reached the home before the sun had set. I could tell right away that I was going to love the area we were in.

We are in an area called Battersea and right next to a huge park. I can see the park from one of the windows of the bedroom on the top floor. This has become my favorite place to sit in the house. My little sanctuary. I enjoyed looking out the window and just taking everything in. There were green parrots flying around the trees and I could hear children laughing as they rode around on bicycles and scooters. There was a treetop rope course, that the bravest children and adults could go on. It made me nervous watching them, so I didn't watch much, but right under the rope course was a miniature golf course for families to do a little putt-putt and a cafe and that I could smell pizza cooking in their ovens. There was even a red ice cream truck parked right outside the gates and it was so nice seeing the delighted looks on the children's little faces as they received an ice cream cone. Even though I was not outside with them, it made me feel a little better as I watched them. I'm not sure if normal is the right word, but I can't quite decide how I feel. I do know I was thoroughly enjoying the sounds and smells around here.

'Good morning Bella. How's your tea?' Carlisle asked as he came to sit by me the next morning.

'I'm doing okay.' I said slowly, turning to face the doctor. 'Has my father's flight arrived?' It took a couple days to track down my dad, but Charlie got on an airplane the moment he was notified. He had been in Florida visiting my mother. She had been insisting that they have a memorial for me, she'd been asking him for over a year to declare me legally dead. My dad wouldn't do it though. Thankfully, he hadn't given up on finding me alive. He told me on the phone, that he knew with his whole heart that I was alive and I just needed to be found. It was so hard on him. He took a leave of absence from the Forks Police, but he did have to return to work. He didn't want to loose everything and not have a house for me to come home to. Him and Renee haven't been on good terms in years, but my disappearance had brought them together. I'm not sure if she actually cares about me or if she just likes being in the spot light and all the attention she had been receiving ever since the news of my disappearance. I wonder what the cover story is. I'm sure my father wasn't going around telling people his daughter was had been attending a school for witches and wizards when she was kidnapped by a vampire. I wonder what my mother thinks. Does she know? I haven't asked my father, but I have a feeling he didn't tell her either. My mother is not even coming to see me, now that I have been found. She told Esme on the phone that she was preparing for my arrival. Like I would ever live with her. I don't know her at all. She's just a stranger to me, I hardly even remember what she looks like. I was so young when she left. I'm pretty sure my memories of her are really just old photos that I've seen.

'Yes, he made it to Heathrow airport and Alice went to pick him up.' I smiled at Carlisle.

'Thank you for taking care of us.' He returned my smile and placed a hand lightly on my shoulder.

'It's my pleasure, Bella. I just wish we had found you sooner. You will never know how guilty I have felt over the years. I wish I could go back in time.' He looked so sad as he spoke to me.

'It's okay Dr. Cullen. We can't change what happened and I know we have to move forward. Please don't feel guilty anymore. You weren't the one who kidnapped me and you couldn't have known that Edward was going to do what he did. Plus you and your family were the ones to rescue me and you've been taking very good care of me ever since.'

'Thank you Bella. That means a lot to me.' He chuckled a little bit. 'Are you sure you are only 17?' He asked me playfully.

'Yeah, I am. I just had to grow up quickly.' We sat quietly for a few minutes and then he spoke, breaking me from my never ending thoughts.

'I have the results from the bloodwork we did. You are actually quite healthy, healthier than I was expecting.' He said as he looked over the paperwork in his hands. 'A bit anemic, and definitely low on vitamin D, but overall... your healthy.' I smiled feeling relieved.

'That's good then?' He nodded his head.

'Yes, very good. I'll get you a good multivitamin. We will work on building your strength up with proper nutrition. Emmett took it upon hisself to build you a home gym in the basement. I thought it was a bit much, but he's actually on to something. We can have you do a bit of walking to help your muscles regain strength. You'll been feeling good in no time.' I nodded at him. He watched out the window with me for a little bit longer. We both seemed to be enjoying hearing the laughter of children.

'I lived in England for several years. There's many parks and common areas, but this was always my favorite park.' He told me breaking the silence.

'I can see why. It's beautiful.'

'There's even a zoo in the park,'

'Really? I would love to see that.'

'As soon as you feel up for it, we can definitely take you there. It's small, but it would be a good outing for you.'

'Hey!' Esme said sweetly coming into the room, carrying a large box and setting it on the bed. She ran her fingers through my hair. 'A gift from Alice. I tried to rein her in a bit, but she wanted you to have a whole new wardrobe.' I smiled and thanked Esme. I learned very quickly that the Cullen's were very wealthy and I didn't matter how much I tried arguing about spending money on me, they weren't going to stop. I think this is one of the ways they are trying to make up for what Edward had done. It was just better if I went along with it. Plus I really did need new clothes. The ones I had were completely worn out and mismatched.

'Jasper and Emmet should have made it to Hogwarts early this morning. They'll be able to notify the Professor and your friends that you've been found.' That made me smile. Gosh I missed my friends. Fred, George, Harry, Hermione... and of course, Oliver. I really missed him. For the first few years I ached for him. It physically hurt me to be away,but as the years passed the ache faded to a dull pain, never quite going away. There wasn't a single day that went by that I didn't think about him. I was always wondering how he was doing and what he was up to. Had he finally won the Quidditch Cup? Had Fred and George opened their joke shop? It was their dream. I just hoped they were all okay. I selfishly wondered if they ever thought about me or if I was long forgotten.

Later that evening I finally heard the words I'd been aching to hear.

'He's here.' Esme said before Charlie even knocked on the door.

'Bella, I want you to stay seated. I know you're feeling better, but too much excitement might not be good for you.' Carlisle said in a very fatherly, doctory sort of way. I knew he was right, but it was very hard to sit still. He laughed at me and nudged my chin. 'He's going to be so relieved to see you Bella.'

The front door opened and footsteps could be heard coming up the stairs.

'Is she here? Is she okay?' My father asked as he started running up the stairs.

'She's fine, she's ready to see you.' Esme greeted him sweetly at the bedroom door. 'Come on in. She's right in here.' I watched in anticipation as my father rounded the corner. He stopped as soon as our eyes met. He had aged a lot of the last five years. My disappearance really took it out on him. He was thinner. His hair was greying, but he looked so relieved at finally seeing me. I know Carlisle told me to stay seated, but I ran for my father and hugged him tightly. Our bodies wracked with sobs as we held each other tightly. We ended up on the foot of the bed and sat together crying and laughing. Finally reunited after more than five years. I'm sure my father, when he left me at Kings Cross train station, didn't expect to not see me again for years.

'Look at you, you're all grown up.' He sounded sad and surprised. It must be a shock to see his little girl from his memories now almost a full grown adult.

'You look, exactly how I remember you.' It was slightly a lie, but I didn't want him to know that I noticed how much he had aged. He chuckled.

'Now, I know that is not true.' I giggled.

We started small talk and kept the conversations light. We eventually moved down into the living room and Alice could tell that I really didn't have much to say other than that I was okay. I was safe, Edward never hurt me, kept me mostly fed. There just wasn't much to talk about my time in the room. So, she kept the conversation going as I sort of zoned out.

My mind wandered over to the dream I had of Fred. How real it felt. How did he do that? Was it a spell? Did he enter my dream or was he actually there. How did he give Alice that vision of where to find me...

Over the the next few days I let my father and the Cullens fuss over me. I tried eating whatever was put in front of me, even just a few bites to satisfy everyone watching. I even made it down to the basement gym Emmett had made for me. I had absolutely no muscle and started off with just a little walking. Alice and Esme had me do a little Pilates too.I was surprised to discover that I actually liked it. We came up with a simple schedule for me to do on my own and I'm hoping I will have a bit of muscles soon.

'Hey Bella?' Alice broke me from my thoughts and I looked up to her watching me intently. 'We need to hunt, it's just, we haven't been around a lot humans since your disappearance. We did most of our searching at night. Afraid people would catch a glimpse of our skin in the sun. We just want to be extra cautious with you and your father inside with us.' She gave a knowing look to my father and we watched as the Cullen's slipped outside to hunt.

'So, how are you really doing?' My dad finally asked, I realized that Alice just used hunting as an excuse to leave my father and I alone to talk. We really hadn't talked much since our first evening together.

'I'm really okay. I'm a bit overwhelmed. I was so used to being in that room all the time. Now that I'm free, out of that room, it seems like I have too much room or something. My senses seem to be running on overdrive.' I was quiet for a moment. 'I always dreamed of being rescued and now I have been, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do next.'

My father nodded his head in understanding.

'Do you want to come back to Forks? You could study and get your GED, go to college in a couple of years?' I mulled that over for a minute, but it didn't feel right. I would have several years to make up. Middle school and high school. The thought of going back to regular school sounded so painfully boring.

'No, I don't think I should do that, dad. If I were to go back to school. I need to go back to Hogwarts. Im still a witch. At least I think I still am.' I hadn't thought about that in a while.

'Um, well... I' he stumbled over his words. 'Wait, you want to go back to Hogwarts?' My father slouched down into a chair, but stood up again. 'I just got you back, Bella. I don't think going back to Hogwarts is such a great idea. Why would you want to go back there? It's where I lost you. Plus Bella I need-' I could see the pain in my fathers eyes as tears threatened to form, so I cut him off.

'I feel like that might be what I need to do. Maybe I could be tutored by one of the professors. I don't really want to be with the first years, I'm so much older than them.' I said fast, wanting to get it out in the open. I could see Charlie shaking his head. He clearly upset with me. 'Dad, the more I think about it, the more it feels like that is the right direction for me.' He grunted at me and we continued back and forth with him trying to persuade me into giving up magic and moving back to Forks with him.

When the Cullen's came back, Esme quickly got started on dinner for us. Both dad and I tried to offer help, she insisted that we rested and she loved getting to cook for us. She made a wonderful lasagna, salad, garlic bread and strawberries with homemade cream for dessert. I ate a little bit of everything. It all tasted so good. One of the best meals I had had in a long time. Charlie too. He admitted that he mostly ate fast food. Carlisle,of course, gave him a stern talking to. I guess both my dad and I need to eat better.

Alice started talking to me about the clothes she'd bought for me. I ended up liking most of it. Especially the joggers and sweaters.

'There is an amazing mall we can go to, Westfield, there are a ton of stores you will like-'

Alice stopped talking mid sentence and was quiet for a moment and when she came back to reality, she looked at me with a devastated look on her face. 'Oh Bella-' but she was caught off by the front door swinging open and Emmett and Jasper rushing in. We didn't hear from them for a couple of days and when Alice finally got a hold of Jasper, he told her they were having trouble tracking the Professor down. It didn't seem right, but we just went along with it and knew they would tell us everything once they had returned. Alice rushed to Jasper's side hugging him. Emmett stayed quiet and slowly walked away on his way to find Rose, (who I hadn't seen much of), not wanting to witness what was about to happen. Jasper slowly walked over to me and slowly pulled out a folded parchment and handed it to me. My eyes grew wide as I read the headline...

Remembering The Fallen Fifty

One year later

My eyes filled with tears as I looked at the pictures of Professor Dumbledor and Severus Snape. I sucked in a deep breath as I started to read the article. Professor Dumbledor did not die the same day as the Fallen Fifty, he died prior to the war. However Professor Snape and a long, too long of a list of people had died on May 2nd, one year ago today. I skipped over the list of names not wanting to read them and turned the article over, wanting to read more about what happened. There was a picture of Harry, Hermione and Ron and I stared at the picture of them. The picture was taken during the battle. They looked so much older, tired, littered with cuts and bruises. According to the article, they won. Hogwarts won the war. Lord Voldemort was defeated by Harry. As I looked closely at the picture, I notice behind them are the familiar faces of the Weasley family. Minus one.

'Tell my family that I love them. That I'm okay.'

With shaking hands, I flipped the article back to the front page and started skimming the list of names. My heart stopping at the name I dreaded to find.

Fred Weasley

I let out sob that wracked my whole body, bringing Jasper to his knees as the anguish filled me.

'He's gone.' I sobbed to my father. 'Fred is gone. He died. He's gone.' I got out between sobs. 'He's the one who found me. He lead Alice to where I was.' My dad looked so helpless and he looked guilty.

'Why do you look like that?' I asked him. 'You knew, you knew what happened at Hogwarts.'I accused and he only responded by turning his head away from me. 'That's why you were trying to keep me from going back. Well you got your wish, dad. There's nothing to go back for now.'

I was inconsolable. Alice was helpless as she held me in her arms.

'Carlisle, do something.' Jasper begged him. 'She needs you.' I felt a needle go into my arm and then my world went dark.


A few days have passed since I found out the new about Hogwarts. Alice and Jasper were able to get more articles about what had happened. It was horrible. I wish I could have been there. My heart continued to ache and my head never stopped pounding. I found myself sitting alone in the darkest room I could find in the Cullen's house. Maybe it's from the years of being kept in the dark, but it was the only place I could find even the tiniest bit of comfort. There was a small bed that I was sitting on, wrapped up in the only blanket I could find in here. I rested my head against the headboard and tried to disappear. Esme and my dad kept trying to get me to eat, but I couldn't stomach anything.

I heard footsteps outside the door to the room and wondered who had been sent to check on me this time. I was actually surprised this time.

'The women and your dad want me to come and take your pain away.' Jasper said as he came to sit down by me. 'Carlisle and I don't agree with them though. I have lived a long time and have witnessed the cycle of grief by hundreds of people.' He gently put his hand on my shoulder. 'Bella, I know, you may not believe me right now, but it will get better. You will always miss him, but it will get a little better. In the meantime, you can't let yourself wither away. It's not going to bring Fred back or any of the others. He wouldn't have wanted you to starve, Bella.' I leaned my head on Jasper's shoulder and he allowed me to sob quietly on his shoulder and wrapping my arms around his stone cold body. I knew Jasper was right, Fred didn't rescue me so I could starve myself. When I finally stopped crying ,I knew my heart had begun to heal. Already I felt the heaviness lift, just a tiny bit.

'That's a little better.' He said and he kissed the top of my head. 'Let's get you something to eat.' He stood up and helped me to my feet. My legs were shaking from lack of food and also from sitting for so long. We passed by my dad on the way to the kitchen, Jasper shaking his head at my dad. Silently asking him not to say anything. I let Jasper lead me into the kitchen and watched as food appeared in front of me. Alice having already told Esme that I would finally come out of hiding to eat.

I slowly ate as I thought back to the first time I had met Fred, my heart ached at the thought of never hearing his laughter again.

'When Emmett and I went to Hogwarts... we were so caught off guard by the destruction. We knew there had been a war, but we just weren't expecting what we found. So, we thought it best that we took our time with returning back to London. Im sorry we took so long to return. We stayed and started helping where we could. We wanted more answers about what had happened. We were finally able to locate Professor Mcgonagal. Bella, she was so pleased to hear that you are alive. With all the loss, she needed some good news.' Jasper said to me. 'She hasn't told anyone about you. She feels that your friends need to see you for themselves.'

'Bella, I hope you don't mind...I've looked into your future and I see you happy again.' Alice assures me. 'You have a gift too, Bella. Not like what Jasper and I have, but you will have a way of bringing so much healing to so many of your friends. I know it may seem like a lot to ask of you, you've already been through a lot. Just trust me on this. Bringing healing to them, will also bring healing to you.'

'They're rebuilding Hogwarts.' Emmett said as he sat down across from me. 'They're going to reopen in September.' I nodded my head. Jasper passed a small rectangle box to me.

'After the war, during the clean up. This was found. It has your name on it. Professor Mcgonagal asked if we would give it to you.' Emmet said.

'She said it's for when you're ready to return.' I looked up as the Cullens and my father walked out of the kitchen. I ran my fingers over the box, slowly slid a red ribbon off from it and opened the box. I let out a small gasp as it looked just like my old wand, the one Edward had broken. There was a small note inside.

For our sister Bella. We chose to believe that you will return to us one day and you will need this for when you do. We hope you like it.

Love,

Fred and George.

Something happened inside me as I read the note again and again. I took out the wand and felt the magic instantly connect to me. Holding it to my chest. They didn't forget about me. And I can't forget about them. I know what I need to do now. I need to return to Hogwarts. I looked up at Alice as she walked back into the kitchen, she nodded her head at me. I bet she had seen me make the decision and could see my future clearly. The decision has been made. I had to return to the place that this all started. Fred told me in my dream that I needed to find Oliver and to find him I needed to find George first.