disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter nor do I own Twilight. (not that I would admit it anyway)
An: this is the last chapter in Secrets of the Past. Not as long as it should have been but I was losing my will to write on it and wanted to finish it for those that were actually reading it. So here it is. Enjoy~
ch. 5
"Okeh so tell me again why we're here?" Bella didn't really like the idea of being back in Vulterra. It still haunted her dreams.
"Because Astrid got the dead set idiotic idea to be here...I don't like this place. It smells awful."
"It's full of vampires and you didn't have to come Remus." The werewolf shook his head at the youngest Cullen.
"I did. Astrid, Harry, and Luna are all here. I swore to each of their father's I would protect them. Nothing on Earth will stop me from that." Astrid smiled at her guardian and hugged him.
"And James loves you for it. Now...where is he?" The blonde started to move like she was being guided by an unseen force only to be stopped by two men and a little girl.
"Uh, excuse me. You're in my way." Alice moved to take hold of Astrid's hand, pulling her back a bit as she did.
"That's the Vulturi. Don't sass..." It seemed the three weren't alone either. More surrounded them...crap. They were caught.
"How nice of you to come back Cullens...and you brought food. Smells...odd." One of the larger vampires grinned and started to lead them into a building.
"No one here is food Felix." Edward seemed braver then the last time. That was good...most likely. The large group had been brought into the large throne chamber of the Vulturi. All three on the thrones were drawn to them. Each in turn had a different reaction too. Marcus had one of surprise on his face, which was quite unusual for the vampire. Aro had one of interest and curiosity. But Caius looked at them in disbelief, if not...worry?
"So the Cullens have come back and young Bella is still human I see...and you have more now. Tsk, tsk. This is a grave betrayal of the leniency we have shown you." Astrid snorted at the old vampires words. She couldn't help it. He sounded so...authoritative.
"Please. What leniency have you showed them? Oh allowing someone to live! Oh how very kind of you for allowing a human, which you have no control over, to live. I see." Aro hissed at her words, moving to stand up.
"How dare you speak like that to me."
"Speak like what? How I always do? No problem. Didn't cause me any pain at all." The other vampires in the room were getting tense. Even Harry was fidgety and that only ever happened around Tom Riddle.
"Astrid...don't do anything stupid okeh? We've never fought vampires."
"You haven't dear cousin. Remus and I have. Well Remus has. I know how to fight though." Aro's attention was wandering to the others in their group. Which one was Remus? They would have to watch that one. It all became crystal clear when he smelled the wet dog smell that wolves gave off.
"A mutt? In our chambers! How dare you Cullens. You will die for this." Instantly the group moved together. All moving to protect one another. Astrid however narrowed her gaze.
"Do not talk about my god father that way. You will lose your head if you dare threaten him or my friends again old man." The silence that rang through the room was deafening. Marcus and Caius both stood to stand next to Aro. This child was threatening them and with such a confidence that they thought she was stupid.
"Do you know who I am?"
"A foolish man? A set of dusty bones from ages long gone? A man who at this moment is wanting me to kick his skeltor ass?" Astrid was still trying to find the man she had come for but with everyone's hoods up, she couldn't tell.
"Insolent little girl! Kill her." Felix moved with lightening fast speed to kill the girl he found to be quite striking. His blow however was stopped by one of their own. The Vulturi's most skilled assassin. In a flash Felix was across the room on the floor. Aro however looked to Caius's chair, noticing that it was indeed the vampire he thought it was.
"What are you doing? You defy us? Your family?"
"I'm protecting my family Aro. You will not touch her." Ah ha! The man she had come to find. Harry and Remus both looked like they had been smacked in the face. That voice. No. Way. Cautiously, the boy who lived moved toward the hooded figure.
"It can't be. I-I watched you die..." The man turned his head slightly to Harry's voice. He really never wanted him to find out. Jasper could feel the tension in the room building. This was going to get ugly.
"Harry. Who is it?" Edward still had a hold of Bella but that didn't mean the brunette wasn't ready to fight. Still, she was curious as to who the vampire was. After all, the vampire defied the Vulturi to protect one them.
"Sirius." The green eyed wizard took hold of the hood and pulled it down. There he was. Black hair down to his shoulders, bright blue eyes that looked so familiar, and that trademark smile that was so Sirius Black.
"Hi Harry. Still alive I see...good. James would never forgive me if I left you only to have you die." Sirius lifted his eyes to meet Remus's. The shock on his wolf's face didn't surprise Sirius. It was the love that he still saw shining in his eyes that took him by surprise. Even though he was now the arch enemy of his species...Remus still loved him.
"Rem..." The ensuing chaos that exploded from that word was indescribable. All hell broke loose. The Cullens were fighting off vampires to protect Bella while Sirius moved to protect his daughter. Harry and Luna were back to back with their wands out and casting spells while Remus tried to stop any vampire around from killing him. It all stopped in a split second when Jane forced Sirius to stop by causing him pain and Felix grabbed his head to kill him once and for all.
It wasn't Aro's command or Sirius' cries of pain that stopped them. No, what froze them was Astrid's sudden cry of 'stop'. Only the Vulturi had stopped moving. None looked like they had wanted to stop but the blonde had called for them to stop. So they did.
"Let. Him. Go." Her voice was firm and Felix was unable to resist. He let go of the Black and watched as he moved away. She wasn't done though. She was going to make them pay for what they were about to do.
"You should have listened when I told you not to threaten me again. Today is the day you die Aro. You were going to take my father away from me again and I WILL NOT watch him die a second time. Felix. Kill Aro, now." The look in the hunter's eyes showed how unwilling he truly was to this but his body was still moving of it's own accord. Sirius knew his daughter would do it too but killing Aro would only start a war. One that very few would come out of.
"Astrid stop. I'm okeh. I'm safe. Let them go...do not do this. You're about to do something that can't be reversed. Do you understand? The damage you are about to cause will fracture the very delicate peace we have...Astrid!" Sirius shook his daughter to get her attention. When she looked at him, Felix stopped moving. It didn't break them free of her power though.
"You have to power to kill them all, to kill all of us. I'm asking you to show mercy. Do something they wouldn't. Show that you aren't just like them...let them go." The marauder was pleading with his offspring to release the would be murderers. It was something she didn't think she could do.
"They'll kill you...they'll come after us and kill us all. I can't."
"They won't. Not now that they know of your power. Astrid you're a necromancer. Born to wield the darkest art there is, yet you are good. Brilliant and amazing and very very good. Mischievous yes, but no killer. This, what you're doing is not you. It is not how I raised you. Not how Remus raised you, and I will not stand for it. Don't give into that. It is a part of you...you control the power. The power doesn't control you." Remus moved over to where the two Blacks were. He moved to hug his god daughter.
"He's right. Stop this." All of her anger left her at that moment and the vampires were able to move again. None of them attacked though. Aro was too busy watching his assassin's daughter. The ability she had. It was not only remarkable but one he wanted to have.
"You can control the dead? That includes us undead vampires...interesting." Astrid looked over at Aro with anger eyes.
"I'm not going to be a part of your collection and none of us are going to be added to it. I'm taking my father and we're leaving. My family is off limits to you and your clan of vampires. None of you may come after us or so help me I will return and finish what I started..." It took a bit more then 'we're leaving' to actually be able to leave Vulterra, not to mention the Vulturi chamber itself. But somehow, by a miraculous turn of events, they were all able to make it home.
There was still a lot of explaining to do after that though. Like how Sirius's eyes were still blue and how Astrid came to have the power to control the dead...better yet, how Sirius was a vampire at all given that he fell through the veil in the Department of Mysteries. After what seemed like days sitting in the Cullen house, everyone went home. Remus thought about moving them again but Sirius was able to talk him out of it. None of them really wanted to know the method in which he used.
"So we're staying here? For good? Boring little Forks Washington?" Astrid didn't seem to like the idea of staying in the small town permanently. It was just so...boring.
"In a town where my daughter can't find trouble? Yes. I think we might." Sirius was setting things out on the picnic table for their barbeque. Remus shook his head from over at the grill.
"Don't challenge her. She can find trouble no matter where she is, but for the moment Astrid, yes. We will be living here for quite a while." The blonde black groaned and flopped down onto the ground. So unfair. Luna giggled at her friend's distress.
"It won't be so bad. We have interesting friends."
"As do we." Alice skipped outside with the rest of the Cullen family and Harry behind her. True, none of them were normal and life wouldn't be boring so long as they were around one another. That was something Astrid found to be a great relief. She still had something to entertain her...friends that would be most likely willing to get caught up in her ideas. Harry shook his head at his cousin and sat down next to her.
"Give me one day Astrid. One normal day where nothing goes wrong or explodes okeh?" The half vampire grinned and laid her head against Harry's shoulder.
"You got it Chosen One...hey Emmet. Wanna wrestle?"
~The End~
An: Alrighty! A bit rushed but I wanted to finish this story up. And just so all of you know Sirius's eyes are still blue because of his magical roots. He was a wizard in life and the magic in his blood keeps his eyes from showing his true vampiric status. Also he crawled out of the veil as a vampire because of the necromancer genes in his blood. Genes that became dominant and active in Astrid which made her a necromancer. Get it?
I will probably post another Harry Potter story with Astid in it but that is with her in her actual time. She wasn't meant for Harry's time. She was in his kids' time. So if I can get a few chapters of that typed up I may post it. Thank you for reading this story and I apologize for it's...rushed? finish. I wasn't really feeling it anymore but didn't want to leave it unfinished like so many stories on fanfiction are.
