Dear Lily

I'm sorry I couldn't see you off on your summer vacation in America, to make it up to you I have enclosed in this parcel some favourite items from Uncle Georges joke shop use it well and do right by the marauders name.

You probably haven't heard but I scored ten goals in my last match against the Irish and we are a favourite for next year's world cup.

Mum and Dad send their love and I'm not meant to know this so don't tell them I told you but yesterday dad and Uncle Ron caught three of the escaped convicts so at this rate you may be able to return home earlier than the end of the summer.

Looking forward to seeing my favourite sister this Sunday for Grandpa Arthur's birthday dinner.

Love your favourite brother James.

Lily couldn't help but smile at her elder brother's letter and it wasn't until she saw the snow white family owl perched at the kitchen window that she realised just how much she missed her family. Lost in her thought Lily did not hear Hugo come up behind her and jumped half out of her seat when he spoke.

"What you reading,"

"A letter from James, apparently three of the criminals have been caught," though to Lily it looked like Hugo already knew this.

"I know Rose had sent me an Owl yesterday afternoon her and Al were actually there when the third guy was captured," seeing lily's glare he replied red faced and slightly bashfully "I didn't want to make you worry about everything going on at home, I'm sorry I shouldn't have lied,"

"That's OK I get why you did it," she sighed putting the letter "you ready to go,"

"Yip I came in here to ask you that," Hugo replied. Though just as the two were about to leave Andromeda came through the kitchen door.

"And what are you kids up to today,"

"we were planning to go hiking today the weather doesn't look too bad," you could see Andromeda go through this in her head, pros and cons before deciding to allow their planned activity to go ahead with a nod.

"Now you kids be careful, there was an outbreak in the wolf population a couple of years, it's settled down now but just be careful ok, you have your wands? Just in case," she warned

"Yes aunt Andromeda," the two replied together "and don't worry we will be safe," Hugo added trying to reassure her that they were indeed responsible and could do this on their own because as much as they loved her they didn't want Andromeda watching their every move for the entire summer.

"So what have you found, you've been quiet all morning," Lily said playfully bumping shoulders with her cousin by this point they were safely out of any muggle ear shot having gone a good way into the forest so Lily was not worried about being over heard.

"Well I think I was right about the legends being more history than stories,"

"So there are actual shapeshifting wolves living here," she replied in disbelief

"I know I'm as surprised as you,"

"OK so what do we do now?"

"well we should tell our parents," seeing Lily's panicked look Hugo hurried on "but in doing so we would have to leave, and so far we haven't gotten any signs that they are dangerous, if we are luck we won't even run into them,"

"Besides we could take a couple wolves," Lily said confidently

"But just remember what we learnt in class, and please don't try anything stupid, in the books all the lore it talks about the reason for their existence, to kill vampires Lily they are no ordinary wolves,"

Flashback: 5th year Hogwarts

"Alice Wait up," Lily called chasing after her tall Brunette friend.

"I don't want to hear it," Alice replied continuing down the flight of stairs not sparing a glance to her childhood friend.

"Just listen to me for a moment," Lily called out cringing at herself for sounding more childlike than she would have liked.

"Make it quick," Alice said finally stopping and letting Lily catch up "not everyone is OK with turning up to class ten minutes late," Lily felt that jab was uncalled for but let it slide and that's what best friend do forgive, she only hoped Alice felt the same as her when it came to forgiveness.

"You got to understand how weird this is for me your my best friend and Al is my brother, just give me time to get my head around this,"

"You said some really hurtful things Lily,"

"I know I was just mad that you kept this huge secret, we always tell each other everything, and I don't want to share you,"

"You will always be my best friend Lily, and as best friends you know how long I have loved Albus,"

"I know and I'm going to be a better friend, so are we good," Lily questioned

"We're good," Alice replied hugging her best friend "how let's get to class I was serious about not wanting to be late," Alice said seriously

"Even if it is History of magic with professor Bins," Lily joked and Alice made a face at that, the class could put to sleep even the most studious of students, but at least they could face the torturous class with their friendship as close as ever.

In the end it didn't matter that the two were slightly late to class seeing as Hugo was already seated in their usual spot in the back of the class and had saved a seat on either side of him for the two girls, sadly they went late enough Lily thought since the lesion was only just starting as they sat down.

"Ok Class I want you to turn to page three hundred and twelve and as you can see today we will learn about the Vampire race and their relationship with wizards, firstly many of you have heard the stories about vampires like Dracula but that is actually a misconception created by the race in the early 1600 to appear more frightening to the human population," professor Bins started off his usual rants in his monotone voice.

"The vampire did not face as bad of a struggle as other magical creatures such as wolves and giants, since they appeared more human more like us if not slightly paler with a tendency to sparkle in contact with direct sunlight, that is why you see things like blood lolly pops, those items that catered to the select few that walked openly in our world,"

"There is something slightly special that happens to wizards or muggles that have magical ancestors when they are turned. The develop gifts, we don't know what the extent to these gifts are but it has been theorised they could develop anything from heightened senses like smell, telekinesis, mind control abilities, reading the thoughts of others, it's quite spectacular really,"

"During the time of merlin is when the relationship between our two races hit its stride and most would say the reason wizards and witches we more accepting of vampires than other creatures, he created a truce between the groups, they would help keep the existence of the vampires secret from the humans as long as they did not feed from our people. This agreement went on for many years

"During Voldemort's first rise to power he met with the Volturi a group of powerful and feared vampires that were let's say the government for the race, but the vampire were no fools and unlike many of the dark creatures they did not follow Voldemort instead they went into deep hiding and during the decades of battles with the dark wizard they did not surface once,"

"now we come to more recent time's, about four years after the victory of the greater battle of Hogwarts, the ministry of magic tracked down the Volturi and reinstated our truce only this time with a little more stricter rules the first being they had to actively keep the secret of their existence hidden from muggles and report any breaches to the ministry, they also had to cut down on their feeding by ninety percent they obviously weren't happy but complied in the end. Now the vampire council meets yearly with a group of top officials from the ministry to ensure their continued cooperation," Lily's head hit the table with a bang she honestly didn't know what she was thinking when she decided to take this class for Owls and by the looks of other faces around the room she wasn't alone in thinking this on second it is probably the guaranteed E from this class, out of all the subjects in Hogwarts this had the highest pass rate with the least amount of homework involves, as long as you read a history of magic before the exam you were good and most had read the book at some point in their five years of study.

End Flashback

"I would never," Lily joked incuriously "hey Huey do you think Aunt Hermione should know she is the head of the magical law enforcement office after all,"

"We will tell her eventually, and she will know what to do with this discovery when we tell her," Hugo said certain that his mother would do the right thing with this information.

It turned out to be a nice afternoon strolling through the hiking tracks and decided to call it a day when the sky's opened up to the rain and gale force wind and headed back the warmth of home. If there was an entire pack of magical vampire eating wolves in the forest then they weren't around today but they were glad that they didn't encounter these wolves because neither herself or Hugo new what they would do if they encountered them.

After the long day Lily was ready for bed at close to ten when she went upstairs to her room seeing a window was open she went to shut it when she caught a glimpse of something in the corner of her eye something sandy and definitely not part of the forest shrubbery, sticking her head further out the window she confirmed her suspicions when she saw two giant eyes shining in the moonlight, Lily rushed down the stairs as silently as so could so not to wake anyone up, she threw the door open and was greeted with an icy cold breeze that reached her bones , In her haste Lily realised she had forgotten a jacket so now she stood outside in pyjama shorts and one of James's old T shirts that no longer fit him.

She was disappointed to see no sign of the animal at the edge of the forest. For a secon Lily thought she saw the bushes rustle to her left but but after staring at it for a few moments with nothing happening she concluded it was just the wind, right now she was certain it was a wolf not the one she had an encounter with in the forest but she assumed it had to be part of the pack and right now she couldn't help but wonder were these the wolves that hunted vampires because it can't have been a coincidence that she has encountered them twice now, sighing Lily headed inside there was nothing to see and she had a big day tomorrow, as they will be taking a trip Back to England for Grandpa Arthurs birthday tomorrow and of course Hugo who will be seventeen the day after tomorrow and she still had to get his gift.

Seth POV

that was not good, Seth thought he didnt plan to go to her house espically this late, but he was on partol and things were quiet so he was left with nothing but his thoughts to keep him occupied and when he caught her scent he had to follow even though it meant leaving his post for these few minutes it was worth it to see Lily was safe in her home after a day in the woods it had taken all his will power to not go looking for her, but the smell of her scent completely destroyed his resolve.

Now seth was paying the price for his moment of weekness, this was the second time she had seen a wolf, she was bound to be suspious, that was not good as much he would like her to know to not have this secret between them she wasnt ready he could feel it in his gut, he had to be more careful he thought as he headed back out to complete his patrol after seeing Lily go back inside from his spot behind the bushes.