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Chapter 13

*Hermione's Point of View*

Shaking the hand of death isn't as terrifying as I thought it would be. Maybe it is because I have been here before; too many times to count for my liking. However the previous times I had faced death it wasn't like this. Right now death can come at any time; it all depends on the creature that is currently holding my somehow sturdy hand. From the second our skin made contact I knew he was a vampire; all my theories and hypothesis's became completely clear. The coldness and texture of his hand, the way his appearance was so intense; he was beyond any beauty that this world could possibly hold and everything about him kept me rooted right where I stood. The only difference that truly stuck out is his eyes. In every book I read about vampires their eyes are blood red; however this vampire was different for his eyes are a golden color. I decided to store this new information in the back of my mind for hopefully future research.

Remembering that I was is in what could be a dangerous situation we stood there hand in hand and for the first time in a long time my mind went blank, what do I do next? I popped into an unknown home and said hello. Politely greeted the man in front of me, but now what? Oh dear lord I have become even worse than Harry Potter himself! Only he would think that this was a brilliant idea to jump head first into a situation instead of being intelligent and think through all the possibilities! Now even if I wanted to go for my wand, which is only centimeters away from my hand, my life would be ended before any of my fingers even graced the wood. My breath became short as I attempted to control the terror that was creeping throughout my entire body. No, I will not let this happen; I will not be weak. I instantly shook all the negative thoughts out of my mind; what in the world was I thinking? I had been through hell and back. I ran straight into oblivion and walked back out into humanity with scares to show my journey. My feet were already in the water, and it was time to dive in and get to the end of this mystery; find out who these vampires are and capture the rest of the Death Eaters. To be frank I just wanted to get this entire ordeal over with then maybe, just maybe I can finally go home.

Just remember to breathe.

"Hello I am Hermione Granger and it is nice to meet you." If only Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley could see me now, I think they would either die with laughter or think that I have gone completely mad. Maybe I was going mad for the vampire that was currently shaking my hand gave it a gentle squeeze and flashed me with a breath taking smile.

"Hello Ms. Granger, I am Dr. Carlisle Cullen and welcome to our home. I am glad to see that you seem well, but due to the events that have occurred recently I would like to have, well let's call it a chat with you. I am a local doctor here in the area. " He said as he gracefully slipped his hand out of mine and lead me over to a kitchen table; wait they have a table in their extremely magnificent kitchen? I have indeed lost my mind. To add onto my madness did he say doctor? How can a vampire be a doctor? As my mind went into over drive I placed the jar of tea on the table and before I could stop myself the wheels in my brain were turning and thousands of questions started to bubble up until they overflowed. Then the worse thing I could ever possibly do occurred. I opened my mouth.

"Wait, wait did you say doctor? I mean that is absolutely brilliant; amazing! I have read so many books, but nowhere in any of them stated anything like this. This is historic; to think that there are vamp…" Oh merlin. Build me a wooden box and put me in a hole, because the look on every face in that room was louder than any words. Slowly, ever so slowly I grasped my wand with one hand and without realizing I had clasped my other hand over my mouth. Just when I thought I could escape the one called Carlisle chuckled and sat himself next to me at their kitchen table.

"Well I guess that the best way to deal with this is to be honest and to be honest I have a feeling that you are no normal young lady either?" He said looking so relaxed and calm about the entire situation. I was stuck, however the look in his eyes were so trusting; it was as if his eyes were pleading for me to stay, listen, and understand. So I slowly released my hand from my mouth and nodded.

"I am a vampire, and this is my clan." He said as he gestured to the other people in the room. "This is my wife Esme" He said as this breathe taking women glided over to his side and gave me the most heartwarming smile. "And these are my adopted children, Alice and her partner Jasper, Rosalie and the big guy behind her is Emmett, and then last is Edward and his fiancée Bella." Each one was as beautiful as the next. It was somewhat overwhelming to be surrounded by not only a room of vampires but a room filled with absolutely gorgeous people. I suddenly became aware of my own appearance, the visible scares that covered my body, how skinny I had become due to the amount of running we had to do over the year. I started to slowly fidget with my old worn out hoodie, and for the life of me I could not even remember the last time I had taken a proper bath. If only I took a little while longer before I came to this house to make myself look a little more presentable. Well it was too late now, better to just sit still and focus on other things, which was easy in this case. I first focused on the ones called Alice and Jasper; Alice looked like a fairytale fairy. Not a real fairy, real fairies are actually vicious looking. Jasper was handsome in such a unique way that all you wanted to do was stare at him, but by far he was the most serious looking of the group. Emmitt on the other hand was indeed a big man; he was what they would say here in America, hot. But he also gave off an air of playfulness. Next to Emmitt was Rosalie who must be his mate? Rosalie was like an old fashion movie start beauty, but for some reason it felt like I knew her? Something to ponder on in the future. Now Edward was just downright gorgeous, any girl would go weak at the knees with just one look at him. It a good thing that I had a chair under me otherwise I would be a puddle on the floor. Now Bella was different; she was a beautiful young girl. But like me she was a young girl, just human. This was getting odder by the second.

Suddenly I realized I had been staring and quick snapped myself out of my own thoughts and redirected my gaze to Dr. Cullen.

"Now that you know about us I have a theory about you? I don't know how much you remember of the past events that happened here, but as you can imagine I have been around for many, many years and I have encountered many things in my life, including wizards." He said as his eyes scanned my face, looking for a reaction. My breath came in short, which was habit when someone found out of my true identity; but this time it is different. We both revealed our true identities and it wasn't like they were not part of the magical world, it was just a unique situation. However having a completely normal person involve does make things a little more complicated. But if they trust her then it must be alright; and I haven't even had a chance to contemplate the young men standing in the background staring at me like I was about to be set on fire. In the end it was too late to go back now, and I dreaded to admit it but now that all of our secrets have been exposed we might be in for the long haul.

"Yes, you are correct I am actually a witch, you know men are considered wizards women witches." Merlin I am rambling, I need to focus. "I am here on business from Britain, and please let me apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused you and your family." I said as I tried to smile, however I wasn't even convinced. Everything was so out of my control that it frightened me, but I needed to put on a strong face to let them know that I need to be taken seriously. "The reasons for my being here is extremely confidential and I do not want to involve you more than you already have been. I am planning on moving on to a new area. I ensure you that if any of you need further protection I will do anything in my power to subtract your family from the events that have already been put into motion. I have to say it truly was wonderful to meet you all and I wish I had more time, but I think it is best if I move onwards." This is for the best I reminded myself. Yes this is for the best; I do not want to involve these nice people more than they need too. I stood to leave when all of a sudden one of the men in the background, not only startled every person in the room, but also grabbed everyone's attention including mine.

"WAIT! Please don't leave…"

Jacob's point of view

Oh…my…god… she is looking at me; even behind her sliver sunglasses I can tell that her eyes are scanning me, analyzing everything about me. If you look closely you can almost see the gears turning in her head. Everyone froze; it was as if we all were waiting for the explosion to be triggered. All sides were able to come together and peacefully reveal the so many secrets and truths, but my little interruption could completely ruin all the progress.

Suddenly I felt a firm hand grab my shoulder and at first I was caught completely off guard, then I realized it was Sam's strong hand that was trying to slowly pull me backwards. After taking a moment to register Sam's actions I realized that when I made my little outburst I had subconsciously started to move toward her, she didn't know it at the time but her gravity was pulling me to her.

Snapping out of my imprint mind set and back into reality I had managed to land myself right in the center of the room and closer to my new imprint; close enough for her to take the slightest step backwards and her hand to slip back into her jacket. She was holding her breathe; she's going to pass out if she holds it in any longer. I needed to back down, as hard as it was to step away from her, to control the urge to hug her and never let go, I had to step back. I was making the situation worse and I was making her extremely cautious. If I go too fast, if I make her think I was a threat then she will disappear again. It killed me inside to even think of the thought that she could vanish in the blink of an eye, and it terrified me even more to think that it was an actual possibility. My fate was now centered on her, yet her fate was still free to change paths. I instantly pushed those thoughts out of my head, I cannot be thinking of losing her before we even had a chance to properly meet. Right now at this very moment nothing mattered. I didn't give a damn about fate or the powers at be, all that mattered was making sure that I had the chance to see her again.

So I took one step back, and then another. She finally stated to slowly breathe again and I could tell that she loosened her grip on whatever she had her hand on. So I kept moving back until I was back where I originally was by Sam. Sam's hand was still firmly placed on my shoulder and I could not even look him in the eye. If I did that would confirm everything and make my imprint mind warp my new reality.

I had to do something to keep her here, anything! So I blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"Did you bring tea?"

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