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Chapter four – the daunting task

It had been an hour and a half since they had boarded the Hogwarts Express, and they had split up into separate compartments. Harry had decided to stick with Jake and Nessie, but was now beginning to regret this decision. Nessie was fast asleep, with her head resting on Jake's chest, and his arms wrapped protectively around her. Jake was staring out of the window, the colours of the scenery flickered past but he didn't see any of it. Nessie was subconsciously showing Jake her dream. It was a beautiful place, the grass was swaying gently in the breeze, and the flowers were so bright they seemed to glow. The most enchanting feature of this transcendent place was the waterfall; it was powerful and magnificent, the water cascaded down with a voice of its own. She sat in the middle of the grass watching the waterfall, awe-inspired by its splendour. Jake closed his eyes, he adored Nessie's mind.

Harry, who was sitting opposite them and growing more uncomfortable by the second, felt he had to say something. "So" he whispered to Jake, whose eyes snapped open, as if he'd just slammed into reality from the middle of a dream. "Are you guys from London too?" Although Harry knew they clearly weren't from their accents, he wanted to know where they were from, but directly asking seemed rude to him. Jake smiled.

"No, we're from the states - a little town called Forks."

"Oh" before Harry could elaborate, the door of the compartment swung open to reveal a boy with fiery red hair.

"Hi, I'm Ron Weasely" he said quietly, not wanting to wake Nessie. "D'you mind if I come in, it's just that I was with my brothers - Fred and George, but then they went off to temporarily blind the driver. And I was by myself so I thought…"

"Sure, of course, come and sit down" said Harry sounding relieved beyond comprehension, finally someone else aside from those two. They seemed pleasant enough, but it was the way they acted around each other, like they had a whole separate world just for them. They were all like that, their whole "family" seemed to be paired up, and Harry knew there was something more to them. "I'm Harry Potter" Ron's eyes widened.

"Wow, like as in the Harry Potter" he said sounding a little dazed, Harry nodded embarrassedly. Ron turned to the boy and girl opposite and grinned, the boy nodded back in return. Nessie started to stir, and slowly opened her eyes; she stretched whilst Jake lifted his arms from her. Jake turned to Ron.

"Your brothers are trying to make us crash? I must introduce them to Emmett; somehow I think they'd really get along." Ron raised his eyebrows.

"Is this Emmett a bit of a practical joker too?" Jake and Nessie looked at each other and laughed.

"You could say that, I'm Nessie by the way; sorry I didn't quite catch your name."

"I'm Ron, Ron Weasely" he held out a hand, which Nessie politely shook. "Hey" he said suddenly "I know what you are." Jake growled, Nessie's eyes widened in horror, and Harry looked up expectantly. Ron was taken aback by this unexpected response.

"Urm" said Ron, not sure whether to voice his opinion now, because that boy looked like he could do a lot of damage.

"Go on" Jake said slowly. "What is she?"

"Er…erm… well you know I was just thinking that you don't really look like a typical human… in a nice way, I mean because you're really beautiful." Jake's eyes narrowed; there was no way this boy was going to mess it all up now. "So you know, I thought you might be a v…" Jake started huffing in a way that reminded Ron of the big bad wolf, and he aptly felt like one of the little piggies. He sighed; he knew he had no choice but to continue "I thought you might be a veela." Nessie sat back and shut her eyes, relief etched on every line. Jake's entire body relaxed, and he exhaled a deep sigh.

Nessie made a bid to act normal as if nothing untoward had just passed between them and said "What's a veela?"

"They're like these inhumanly attractive girls, who kind of charm people" Ron had gone bright red. Nessie smiled.

"Well thanks, but sorry I am just your "typical human" both my parents are both muggles." (The last bit wasn't really a lie; well they weren't wizards at any rate and as for the first bit, well a little white lie never hurt anyone.)

"Anytime" Ron said awkwardly "both my parents are wizards, so you know I've really grown up with it all." He paused before continuing "urm it was really great talking, but I think I'm going to go and see how Fred and George got on." He said all of this hurriedly. Ron was more than a little freaked out by the way these two eleven year olds were behaving, and had never seen anything quite like it. Jake nodded at Ron in typical Jake-like fashion, and Nessie waved.

"Er, I think I'll join you if that's okay?" Harry said keenly jumping out of his seat, and following Ron. Nessie sighed as she watched them leave.

"What's wrong Ness?" Jake instantly turned to her.

"It's just that, we're never going to be able to fit in, everyone thinks we're weirdoes. I mean did you see their reactions?"

Jake rolled his eyes "that's only because they both had a crush on you." Nessie's cheeks glowed crimson.

"They did not. How do you know? Besides that's totally weird, why would they have a crush on me?" Her words got progressively faster as she said this. Jake smiled at her.

"Because you're "inhumanly beautiful." Which part of that is weird? And I know because it was obvious from how flustered they were both getting." Jake grinned; he loved teasing Nessie, who was getting redder by the second.

"Jacob Black" she said seriously "shut-up, besides crushes and boys are lame." Jake pretended to look hurt.

"Oh so now I'm lame am I?"

"No, because you don't have a crush on me, and you're also not a boy." Jake looked shocked.

"Now, I know my hair grows quick, and at the moment it's quite long, but that does not make me a girl." Nessie smiled.

"You know what I mean" but as she looked at Jake's eleven year old self, Nessie began to doubt her words. The ageing potion had taken him way back to his pre-wolf days, and he genuinely looked like any other eleven year old boy. At least size wise he did, he certainly wasn't generic or nondescript. She shook her head to try and rid herself of these confusing thoughts. "Hey, I'm just going to go to the ladies." Jake blocked his ears as if she'd just said something insanely rude, and brushed her away. She laughed at him, as she swung open the compartment door.

There was a sign which said "toilets" at the end of the corridor carpeted in crimson velvet, however as she approached, there was no distinction between male and female toilets, there was just a toilet. As she wondered what to do, the sign changed to read "ladies toilets" and she couldn't help but be amazed at this. Walking in she found a lush room, which had light pink wallpaper, and sinks with vivid floral patterns that swayed as if there were a breeze. A toilet was at the far end, and Nessie wondered if it would be made of solid gold. It was actually diamond.

As Nessie walked out she had only one thought on her mind: how would they adapt to this completely new environment? The last thing on her mind at the moment was Voldermort; Emmet had convinced that there was nothing to be worried about, and that Jane had been losing her touch anyway. Suddenly Nessie started to feel faint, and the walls of the corridor began to close in on her, then there was nothing but thick, viscous blackness. After what felt like an eternity the darkness began to trickle away, and as Nessie opened her eyes, she was staring up at a vast ornate ceiling. Slowly she got up, and found that she was in a huge, plush room, the kind that would belong to someone like the Queen of England. Nessie screamed. She was scared, didn't know what the hell had happened, and wanted Jake. The tall walls seemed to vibrate, and a hollow echo proceeded.

It was then that Nessie saw the glorious emerald throne, which shone at the end of this room with a light of its own. There was a female seated on the throne, wearing a yellow silk dress, which flowed over her body as though it were made of liquid. She was at present smiling at Nessie, but her eyes (which were a shade darker than her dress) seemed shrewd and calculating, although they were not unkind. She pointed a finger at Nessie, who found herself being unwillingly drifted towards this woman, and fought the urge to scream again.

Nessie was now close enough to see that this was no woman, but instead an ethereal being of some sort. This being put her hands on her lap, and spoke to the now shaking Nessie. "Renesmee" she had a quiet voice, but one that cut through the air "you know nothing of your duty do you?" Nessie shook her head.

"W-what's going on? Where am I?" The being sighed.

"You are in the Other World."

"What do you mean, I'm dead?" Terror saturated each syllable. Nessie had a vivid vision of her parents, and of their unspeakable sorrow. Then there was Jake.

"No, you are here temporarily; I shall soon send you back. You are far too important; and we would not allow you to be killed so easily. I am Fate, the other powers and I have decided that you would be the best person for the task." The fear Nessie felt now, grew ever more pronounced as Fate told her what she must do, and the enormity of the consequences if she were to fail. With a snap of Fate's fingers, Nessie opened her eyes, and saw her dad leaning over her, the gold in his eyes churning with absolute horror. They reflected Nessie's own emotions back at her. How was she going to succeed?