Well that was Unexpected
Disclaimer – I do not own anything from Harry Potter or the Vampire Diaries. Those honours go to JK Rowling and Julie Plec respectively. I only own the idea and any OC characters. Anything that you recognise is not mine.
Hallie (POV)
I had stopped in the kitchen doorway after seeing the person who had attacked me in the woods. I noticed him frown and glare at me. "Hold on your Caroline's cousin"
Caroline glances between the two of us. "Wait you two know each other?"
"Well I wouldn't say we know each other. He attacked me in the woods earlier today" I said crossing my arms glaring at him
"Damon! I specifically told you to leave Hallie alone "Caroline yells at him
"How was I supposed to know she was your cousin" He says shrugging
"I don't know. Maybe don't attack every single person you run into who's alone?" A girl who I recognised as Elena says sarcastically
"So you all know?" I ask confused
"Know what?" Matt says
"That he's a vampire" I say
"Of course we know. Wait how do you know?" Caroline says
"Well given the inhuman speed and strength it's not too hard to narrow things down especially if you have the right books" I explain
"More like she knows because she's a witch" Damon says
Caroline looks at me. "Your a witch?"
"Yeah. I didn't tell you because it can be a pretty overwhelming thing to learn" I explain
"It's true. She's the girl I saw in my vision" A girl spoke up who I recognised as Bonnie
"Is anyone else confused or just me" Matt says
"I think we should go sit down and try to understand all this" Caroline says
Everyone goes into the living room and sits down and I start to explain things.
"I'm a witch but my magic is very different to what I'm guessing yours is?" I say gesturing at Bonnie. My type of magic isn't as ancestral or spiritual. We use wands to cast magic although with a lot of practise and no short amount of talent you can cast spells without a wand and sometimes without even having to say the spell" I explain taking my wand out of my arm holster to show them "Females are called witches while males are called wizards"
Everyone listens to my explanation. " Growing up I showed many signs of magic usually when my emotions were out of control. This is called accidental magic but I didn't know what it was as my aunt and uncle didn't like magic and tried to pretend that it didn't exist so I wasn't aware of what I was until I turned 11 and I was accepted at a school for witches and wizards"
"So you went to a school where you learned about your magic and how to control it? "Bonnie asks
"Yes you go from the age of 11 till your about 17/18"I say
"That's so cool. So have you graduated then?' Bonnie asks
"No. We have two set of qualifications that you can leave school with. The first set is called Ordinary Wizarding Level or OWL's and they are taken at the end of 5th year so students are 15. Then there's the second set is called Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test or NEWT's and they are taken at the end of 7th year so when students are 17/18. I achieved my OWL's after my 5th year but I had to leave school before I could start my final year ." I explain
"How come you had to leave?" Caroline asks
"There was a war going on in the wizarding world and because I was heavily involved I had to go on the run for several months while we made plans how to defeat the enemy" I explained vaguely
"Oh. Are you gong back to complete your final year then?" Elena asks
"I haven't decided yet. I have a lot to think about before I make my mind up" I say
I look over at Bonnie. "What did you mean when you sad that I was the girl from your vision?"
"When my magic was first developing I would get visions of things that were either going to happen or that had already happened. A few hours ago Caroline and I were taking a break from decorating and I got a vision of you in the woods. I could also sense the magic you did. It was very powerful, nothing like i had ever felt before. It makes sense now because it's a completely different type of magic." Bonnie explained
"Oh okay. Visions can happen with my type of magic but they are extremely rare. You have to have seer blood in order to have proper visions and true seers are extremely rare so many people who claim to be seers are fakes" I say
We talk amongst ourselves as a group for a bit before Caroline looks at me with a hopeful look on her face. "Hallie you can say no if you don't feel comfortable but would you show us some of your magic?"
I hesitated slightly but the others especially Bonnie seemed really excited at getting to see me do some magic. "Okay but not here. I may be pretty good at magic but my magic likes to go overboard sometimes and the last thing I want to do is end up destroying anything" I say with a smile
Everyone grabbed their things and split up between Bonnies and Matts car. We drove to the edge of the woods and walked the rest of the way until we had reached a clearing that was quite far in to make sure no one accidentally stumbled across us. I spent some time showing them different spells and Bonnie also joined in showing me some of her own magic. After about an hour we eventually headed back into town.
After we got back everyone had to go as they had things they needed to get back too. Once everyone left Caroline told me the truth about Mystic Falls and the vampires and werewolves. She filled me in on who in town they knew were supernatural. She told me that she was a vampire herself after being turned last year. She also said that while I was staying I would need to either wear or take Vervain to protect me from compulsion. She also gave me brief details on the various supernatural problems that had gone over the past two years specifically last year with Klaus using Elena as part of a ritual to break his hybrid curse and trying to find a way to keep her safe. It was also why Stefan wasn't here right now as he had left town with Klaus in a bargain for Klaus to save his life from a werewolf bite. The rest of the day was fairly uneventful and I went to bed a similar time to the previous night but it was about an hour two later.
It was a few days later and Caroline , Bonnie , Elena and I had decided to drive to the city of Richmond to go on a little shopping spree as it was a little under 2 hours away. We had just gotten back and Tyler had texted Caroline that he was having a party in the woods by the lake tonight so the 4 of us were deciding what to wear as well as getting ready for the party. I had told Elena that she could borrow some earrings from my jewellery box while I sorted out my clothes.
"Hallie what's this?" She asked
I turned to face her and sighed as I saw her holding up a silver chain with a gold plated ruby ring. I bit my lip.
"It looks like an engagement ring. Was it your moms?" Caroline says going over to look at it.
"It wasn't my moms. It's mine" I said hesitantly
"I didn't know you were engaged. How come you don't wear it?" She asks
"I don't wear it because i'm not engaged. At least not anymore" I sighed
"What do you mean not anymore?" Bonnie asks
I sighed as I grabbed my photo album from my bedside table and turned to the very back. "I started dating this boy called Fred just before I finished my 4th year. He was two years older than me and I was best friends with his younger brother Ron. We dated for three years although we didn't see each other for a whole 10 months because I was on the run during the war. We reunited the night the war ended. It was the biggest battle since the war began. Me and my friends Ron and Hermione had managed to sneak back into the school which is where the battle took place. Before the battle officially got started we were able to sneak away for an hour by ourselves. We were just happy that we had finally got to see each other again after so long. We were intimate and before we separated he proposed and I said yes. I put the ring on a chain so I didn't loose it during the battle" I explained.
"We planned to tell everyone after the battle was over. But we never got chance. There was a short temporary cease fire while both sides regrouped. Everyone on our side had gathered in the Great Hall of the school and I found out that he had been killed shortly before the cease fire." I sighed as I let a few tears roll down my cheeks.
Caroline sat next to me on my bed and put her arm around my shoulder comfortingly. "I'm so sorry Hallie"
I took a breath and composed myself slightly before I started talking again. "Up until now I've never told anyone. Apart from you three the only other person who knows is Fred's twin brother George. George told me afterwards that Fred had told him he was planning on proposing to me and he also promised that he wouldn't tell anyone until I was ready for people to know"
The girls spent some time comforting me before we started to get ready for the party. Part of me didn't want to go but the girls convinced me that I should go as It was obvious that I deserved to go out and have some fun.
We went out and I found that I enjoyed myself more than I thought. I had one or two drinks but I don't want to overdo it so I stuck to soda after the first two. Matt enjoyed having another sober person to talk to as he was the designated driver so he was also just having soda.
The party went on for several hours before I left and carried on for another few hours after I left. When I found myself getting tired and wanting to leave Matt said he would drive me home before heading back to be there to drive the girls home when they decided to leave. Liz was already in bed asleep when I got back as she believed that we were having a sleepover at Elena's so I made sure to be extremely quiet as I got in and headed up to my room to get ready to go to bed.
Authors Note - Hey everyone I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry for the short length I am gong to start making them a bit longer in future. I am so thankful to everyone who is enjoying the story. I'm amazed with how quickly it is growing so thank you to everyone who reads, reviews , favourites and follows.
