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CPOV
We look up at the gates and see on each side it contains a crest. It must be the Hogwarts crest. The gates begin to open and Hagrid leads us on a stony path up to the front of the castle. On the way there I can't help but marvel at he sights. There is a tree that is moving viciously almost like a child having a temper tantrum. Across the way there is a pier that leads into a lake that seemingly has black water. Is that a tentacle waving at us? How odd. Further up we pass greenhouses and I have to run and grab Esme before she gets us off track. I could swear that I heard one of the flowers hiss at me when we got too close.
Despite the beauty of the castle and it's surroundings you can still see where obvious destruction has taken place. The tree and the ground surrounding it has scorch marks. The pier leading to the black lake looks off balanced and is missing a few planks. The greenhouses have cracked windows which appear to be held together by magic. Looking ahead some of the stonework of the castle has been messed up and some towers have fallen and are in the process of being rebuilt.
"This here is where I live. Used to be made outta wood but it was destroyed by death eaters. I wonder since it's stone if Dumbledore would let me have a dragon? I had to give the last one up ya see because he was afraid my hut would catch fire. Oh how I miss Norberta!" Hagrid said with a slight sob pointing at a small cottage that is surrounded by huge pumpkins. My family looks around at one another in discomfort. Does he mean a real dragon? His house seems sort of small to accommodate the large man let alone to fit a dragon. A few meters away from the house I notice that there is a line that should be for clothes. Instead of clothes; however, it is hanging dead ferrets. Who would need a line of dead ferrets?
We continue up the path until we reach the front entrance. We walk into a hall that has moving pictures, coats of armor, and grand staircases. Wait a minute…. Did that staircase just move?
"Watch out for the staircases they can be a wee bit tricky" Hagrid explains. A wee bit tricky? How about a wee bit dangerous? Edward looks at me and nods in agreement
We make it to the front of a wall that houses two gargoyles.
"Pudding Pops" Hagrid says. Pudding pops? My internal question was answered when the gargoyles begin to separate and reveal a spiral staircase. It was a password. An odd one, but a password none-the-less.
We walk up the staircase and Hagrid opens the door. There I am face-to-face with none other than Albus Dumbledore.
APBWDPOV
I rise from my desk to greet Carlisle and his family. They are looking around in wonderment at my office and the portraits of the previous headmasters. Fawkes is sitting on his perch trilling in merriment at the family. I look at the family and realize that is it quite large. I know from the letter that Carlisle had said his family is composed of seven members; however, I only see six. Standing next to Carlisle is a woman with caramel colored hair and a warming smile. On her right is a burly man with a mischievous dimpled smile and a lovely woman who looks as if she was once a veela before she turned. Behind them stood Cedric and to his left was a scarred vampire. I could only see his scars when the light hit them. Beside him was a short pixie like vampire but I couldn't see her face due to the others blocking my view.
"Welcome Carlisle and family. I do hope you had good travels so far. I appreciate you coming and helping us in our endeavor to rebuild the castle."
"It is wonderful to be here Albus. Let me introduce you to my family. This is my wife Esme and beside her is my son Emmett and my daughter Rosalie." They all smile in greetings and Emmett gives a cheeky wave that makes my eye twinkle. He looks like he can be trouble. Better keep him away from the Weasley twins or chaos will no doubt ensue.
"This is my son Edward." He points to Cedric. How odd.. why would he point to Cedric and call him Edward? The boy moves to my line of sight and is about to interrupt when I stop dead in my tracks.
Looking back at me is a face I never thought I would see again until I passed on. A face that has haunted me for a little over 100 years.
"Arianna." I whisper. The pixie like vampire steps forward.
"No, my name is Alice. This is my husband Jasper." She states as she points to the scarred vampire.
I would know my sister anywhere but she doesn't remember me. I must make her remember. I walk to my desk on shaky legs and pull out one of the portraits I had commissioned of Arianna just weeks before mother took her into hiding. She looks almost identical but the vampire in front of me has short hair. Her eyes are the same though. I would know those eyes anywhere.
"This is a portrait I had commissioned of you over 100 years ago right before you were taken from me. Your name is Arianna Allison Dumbledore. You are my sister. You were a seer and it caused you to be in danger. Mother took you away and wouldn't tell us what she had done with you. By the time we found traces of you in America you were already gone." I hand her the portrait and she shows her family. I could see her begin to tremble and step forward but she is already falling into her husband's arms.
APOV
I feel myself falling as I am hit with a visage of memories. I see a little girl around the age of six smiling and running away from Albus Dumbledore who looks to be around 25. There is another boy around 20 who is leaning against the wall laughing as the little girl avoids trying to get tickled. FLASH!
The girl is now around age 12 and is crying profusely. "I don't want you to go to war. Mother never plays with me. She won't let me out of the house. If you leave I will be left all alone!" she yells at the two men standing in front of her. FLASH!
The girl is slightly older, possibly 15, and is struggling against the arms of a woman. "Arianna stop fighting me. I have to hide you in order to protect our family!" she yells at the girl as she continues to drag her towards the middle of the room.
"You bound my magic and cut my hair off mother!" she cried to no avail the woman reaches for an object and they are whisked away to American.
"I am sorry Arianna but you are too dangerous. I hope that one day you will forgive me. Obliviate!" FLASH!
The girl is barely awake but can hear the tones of two people talking. "What are we going to do with her? She has been here for over a year and won't stop talking about magic and seeing the future. Shock treatment isn't working and if this were Salem she would have been burned at the stake! She could be dangerous." One of the man said.
"Not to worry Charles, someone will come for her in a few short months to take care of the issue." The man looks at her and smirks. Red eyes. He has red eyes! She falls unconscious again. FLASH!
The red eyed vampire is standing over her watching the girl writhe in agony. "Albie, Aberforthe, help me! It hurts!" she screams over and over again to no avail. In the distance she could here what seems to be a fight breaking out. FLASH!
"Alice, Alice wake up." She can hear Jasper say to her.
"What is wrong with her? Why isn't she waking?"
Struggling against the darkness I begin to fight to open by eyes. Standing above me is my family with worried looks on their faces. I give them a small smile to let them know I am alright and they help me stand up. I move forward towards the worried look of the old wizened face from my memories.
"Albie" I whisper.
He leans forward and hugs me and I have finally found my past, my brother.
JPOV
I can't believe it! My wife finally remembers her past. I know it haunts her dearly to not know who she was or how she came to be. She always wondered if there were people out there who loved her.
"Alice, are you okay?" I ask.
She smiles at me. "I am wonderful, never better. Everyone, my name is Arianna Allison Dumbledore. I remember everything. I was a witch who could see the future. Seers are few and far between but were highly sought after during the war. People wanted them on their side so they could stay one step ahead. My mother bound my magic and cut my hair so that people didn't recognize me. She took me to the states and took away my memories. I must have broken through the spell because I still remembered magic and my brothers. I was institutionalized and turned by one of the orderlies. I don't know what happened to him from there but there was a fight and someone left me there alive."
"We are so happy that you remember dear." Carlisle and Esme step forward to hug her which she returns with eager passion.
"I love you and I am happy for you." She looks at me and beams. I have never seen her so happy in all of my life. My empathy is making me down right giddy and it takes all I have not to jump up and down with glee.
EPOV
Once the family reunion is over we get back down to why we are here. Dumbledore is still under the impression that I am my human counterpart but in all of the excitement I never did get to tell him.
"Okay, well now that we are done with the emotional rollercoaster why don't we give you a tour of the castle." The headmaster states as he begins to walk forward. I can't help but notice that he refuses to let go of Alice's hand and I give her a reassuring smile.
We walk towards the opposite end of the hallway to a portrait of a rather large man who is sleeping. It looks like that he fell asleep reading a book in his pajamas right before we got there. Dumbledore taps and the portrait and he shoots up from his chair
"Password" he speaks.
"Cullen Quarters" Albus says in reply and the portrait shoots open.
"This is where you will all be staying for your duration. Each of you have your own rooms based on couples. Your things have already been moved. You can change the password to anything that you like."
We look around the common room and it is beautifully decorated. There are flags with the Cullen crest on them that adorn the walls. The furniture is beautiful and completely different from the sheek modern look that Esme usually goes for. It looks like home.
"If you follow me I will be happy to lead you to the great hall where we have our meals."
We leave the room and follow the Headmaster down the moving staircases. We reach two giant doors with innate carvings on them. Once they open we are looking into a room that has four large tables in columns. The front of the room is slightly elevated and has one large table that looks onto a golden podium that must be for announcements. Along the walls are flags that compromise the Hogwarts crest. The ceiling looks as if it opens up directly to the sky and we all stare at it in amazement.
"The ceiling is enchanted to look like the sky outside." Albus explains with a twinkle in his eyes.
"This is where all of the sorting for our first years take place. There are four houses here at Hogwarts and they are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. I imagine Cedric can tell you all about them." He looks at me in amusement.
"About that" I jump in hoping to clarify the situation when the doors to the great hall swing open.
"Headmaster, finally, I have been looking all.." the boy stops dead in his track.
I turn to look at him and nearly want to pass out. He looks exactly like me down to my eye color. Cedric Diggory is a vampire.
"Holy Shit there's two of them! Emmett exclaims before my world goes black.
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