HB; OK, I just want to explain the time thing here ok?
The first and second year at Hogwarts continues just as the one from Harry Potter. Is AU from third year onwards.
THIRD YEAR MAIN PLOT POINTS
Sirius Black escapes from jail
Juno is warned to not go running off after blowing up her aunt.
Juno is warned not to go looking for Black.
Juno becomes close to new teacher, Remus Lupin
Dementors attack Juno during a Quidditch Match
Learns they only dangerously affect her, and begs Lupin for Anti Dementor lessons
Juno receives Firebolt for Christmas. Hermione believes Sirius Black sent it, after they learnt he betrayed her parents.
Crookshanks appears to have eaten Scabbers, so Hermione and Ron end their friendship, with Juno torn between the two.
Juno learns how to ward off Dementors.
After the Quidditch Match final, Sirius Black ambushes her along with Ron and Hermione, who had renewed their friendship.
A scuffle ensues with the newly found Scabbers, and it is revealed it was Peter Pettigrew all along.
Sirius Black is proved innocent and offers Juno a new home.
Juno is kidnapped by Peter while recovering from a dangerous Dementor attack, and dragged into the forest, but was spotted by Cedric Diggory, who followed.
Cedric Diggory is murdered.
Lord Voldemort is resurrected.
Before Voldemort could kill her, Juno was saved by Dumbledore, and Voldemort and the Death Eaters immediately fled.
Juno is taken to the hospital wing to recover.
The fourth year was the Harry potter fifth year (DA, occlumency lessons, ostracized by Ministry and all that) , the fifth year was the sixth year, AND WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN JUNO'S SIXTH YEAR (she was 15 at the time) WAS THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. Goblet of Fire was missed out entirely due to lack of necessary importance. And instead of finishing their last year (which actually wasn't important, they could pas their NEWTS without it) they went to Forks instead. And Juno and Ron are sixteen and Hermione is seventeen
Ok sorry about the length, but I just wanted it to be clear. It's easier than explaining it all within the story, parts will be explained but not everything, so I wanted it to be clear, cos a few things from Hogwarts are in this chapter concerning the years. Oh, and they start Hogwarts at 10 and not 11. If anyone has trouble understanding any of this just ask, I will be happy to clear up any questions.
CHAPTER V – Burning Flames and Microscopes
JUNO POV
The next day was better…and worse
"Oh how I loathe thee, let me count the ways…" I muttered under my breath before leaning my head out of the window. "HERMIONE! HURRY UP!" I yelled through to the open door of the house. I heard Hermione's annoyed call of response, before sighing and turning back to stare at the road, itching to get to school, just to get it over with. Ron looked up from his homework against the passenger seat dashboard, to raise an eyebrow at me.
"You want to go to this Muggle school?" he asked, sceptically.
"I want to day over a done with" I explained. "I wanna call Teddy and Remus when we get home" Ron snorted. "What? I love my godson, what's wrong with that?" before I could get an answer out of the red head, Hermione had run down the drive and climbed into the almost non-existent back seat. Finally, I thought before starting the ignition and reversing out of the driveway.
"It's going to be a good day today" Hermione said, with a smile.
"How so?"
"We're learning about Shakespeare-"
"What's that, an illness?"
Hermione glared at her boyfriend, while I snorted. "William Shakespeare was an incredibly well known poet and play write. Even you should know that, Ronald"
"Wizard" Ron sang, leaving Hermione to sulk in silence.
Our school was only about ten minutes away, almost walk able. It was difficult trying to find it a day before; the only way of knowing it was a high school was the almost covered sign depicting its name. And compared to Hogwarts, an ornate and beautiful castle it was nothing; merely a bunch of mismatched maroon brick houses. I followed the growing line of traffic leading into the school parking lot, preparing myself for another day.
We pulled into an open parking space, next to that of Mike Newton's. The three of us grabbed our bags and climbed out, Mike immediately moving towards me.
"Hey, guys!" he said, brightly. I merely smiled, adjusting the strap on my shoulder bag.
"Hi, Mike" Ron said, grinning, having already bonded with the blond boy over Gym. I rolled my eyes, which was echoed by Hermione's own. Boys are predictable.
"Me and the others were going to up to La Push next weekend, we wanted to know if you would come?" he asked.
I frowned, the name familiar. Oh, yeah. A tribe of shape shifters live there…Maybe not…
I smiled. "We'll see"
"Well, you guys should definitely come up to Port Angeles with us" Mike suggested, as we made our way towards the classrooms, many whispers pointed our way. I suddenly had the strangest prickling feeling on the back of my neck, as if someone was watching me. Well, probably half the people here… I glanced round anyway to see the Cullen's climbing out of their small silver Volvo, the one from Biology looking at me again.
He seemed much calmer today, and was leaning casually against the driver door, and his staring wasn't making me as uncomfortable as yesterday, but he still annoyed me. I quickened my pace, wanting to avoid his golden eyed gaze.
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Boys of Forks high school; all competitors of dog shows. Eric came to sit with me in English and met me outside the cafeteria so he could sit with me. I am definitely regretting being nice. It just brings unwanted attention. I carried my Spanish binder like a shield, ready to use it if anyone tried to get too close. Living in a house full of Weasley boys for summers in a row, you learn a few things on how to protect yourself.
Mike also caught up to us, as me, Jessica and Eric walked through the doors to the cafeteria, me not talking, them doing enough to make up for it. Looking quickly around the crowded room, to see Ron and Hermione once more sitting with Angela and some others. I sighed, and made to queue up, glancing around the rest of the room, freezing as I spotted that table in the corner.
This time the Cullen's were all sitting perfectly together, laughing and talking, their lips moving too fast to see properly. But something was different about them. The blond seemed less pained, they seemed more carefree, and the bronze-haired one held himself differently…I couldn't explain it.
I felt Jessica tug on my jumper sleeve. "J.D, what do you want?"
"Huh?" I asked, before glancing around. "Oh, nothing. I'll just have a soda" I quickly joined the end of the queue, trying to stop blushing, the others beside me.
"Aren't you hungry?" Jessica asked, who had immediately forgotten the fight we had yesterday, and had still wanted to be my friend.
"No, not really. I'm never really that hungry. I feel a bit sick" I muttered, grabbing my soda. I walked with my eyes on my feet after them to the table, Ron and Hermione smiling at me as I sat down. Once or twice Mike asked me if I was ok, and so did Eric, making me think that I should play up and go to the nurse's office. I frowned at my own weakness. You're a Gryffindor, act like it! A voice that sounded suspiciously like Sirius' almost yelled in my head. I nodded to myself. No boy or anybody is gonna make me weak. No one.
I glanced at the Cullen's once more to see them still smiling and laughing. They seemed like something out of a movie.
"J.D, mate, who are you staring at?" Ron asked, his bagel half way to his mouth. Biology Cullen looked up at that precise moment, making me look at Ron, hoping he didn't catch me staring.
Jessica giggled. "Edward Cullen is looking at you". So, Edward then.
I hummed, not wanting to give a response, but not being able to help it. "Does he look pissed?"
Hermione frowned. "No, why would he be?"
I shook my head. "No reason"
"He mean to you, Junie?" Ron inquired, with a smirk, making me scowl at him.
"Don't call me that," I all but snarled. "Won-Won" I added under my breath, making Ron scowl back, and Hermione's eyes narrow slightly. I winced inwardly. Won-Won had been a specific name given to Ron by his girlfriend, Lavender Brown, in our fifth year, one that had sadly, ruined Ron and Hermione's friendship for a while. Thankfully, Ron was poisoned not so long afterwards, so they renewed their friendship. There was still slight hostility when she was mentioned.
"The Cullen's don't like anybody" Jessica chipped in. I hummed again. "They don't really notice anybody…but he's still staring at you"
"Stop looking at him, then!" I hissed, glaring at her.
"I don't like him" Ron stated, looking over at Edward now, making me roll my eyes. "He stares too much. And I really don't like the fact he's still looking at you, Junie" I hummed, it now becoming a pattern for me, and tried to keep my gaze off the boy, who in less than twenty minutes I'd be sitting next to.
I spent the last of the lunch, making small talk with Ron and Hermione, before agreeing we'd talk more at home, and followed Mike and Angela to Biology. He kept a string of complaints about the lack of snow so far. I added 'yeah's and 'right's in all the right places, and that seemed to keep him happy. I mostly wanted to talk to Angela, but that seemed to be a small chance, as Mike never seemed to stop talking.
By the time we got into the Biology room, most of the class was in there, but as the lesson hadn't started yet, everyone was standing around talking. I immediately went to my seat, just as Mr Banner was distributing a microscope and a few slides on each table. Oh joy. I put my bags on the desk, and turned away slightly from Mike's conversation with the other students, and doodled on my books. My thoughts flew off…
The blond, strangely dressed man before me smiled behind his chair. "Now, how can I help you?"
"Well" I said, slightly hesitant, glancing to Ron and Hermione in turn, before looking back at the man. "The sign, sir, the one you were wearing at Bill and Fleur's wedding… The triangular one? We were wondering what it meant"
Xenophilius raised his eyebrows. "Are you referring to the sign of the Deathly Hallows?"
I snorted softly, at the memory and finished the doodle. The sign of the Deathly Hallows, the triangular cloak, the stone and the wand shone up at me. I, Ron and Hermione, had found all. Looking for the Horcruxes we had stumbled upon them, and they were just as important. The cloak, impervious to spells, the stone that could apparently resurrect the death, but only in a non corporeal form, and the Elder wand, the Deathstick, that all men had fought and killed for, until it fell into my possession after disarming Voldemort; a lucky feat. The Cloak, which belonged to my father once, was now buried under my floorboards, along with the wand. The stone lay in the middle of the Forbidden Forest, dropped there when I sacrificed myself to Voldemort, destroying my own Horcrux, the one Voldemort left inside me when he tried to kill me. Exactly-
"Hello" a musical voice beside me said. I jumped at the sound and looked to see Edward Cullen smiling at me. He was sitting quite far, and his chair was turned towards me. His tousled hair seemed even messier than usual, and his lips were curved into a comforting smile, but it didn't reach his eyes. "My name is Edward Cullen. You're Juno Dumbledore, right?"
I opened my mouth to retort, correct him, but I couldn't. My mind was spinning, confused. Did I imagine yesterday? No-even Mike had said he had been weird.
"Y-Yeah" I stammered, my voice croaking, and I swear I could feel my knees shaking. He smiled more. I looked back to my books, clicking my pen. Thankfully Mr Banner started the lesson then, and I tried to pay attention to make up for yesterday. Apparently, the slides were out of order and we had to put them back into their phases of mitosis or something. That sounds like an illness. Jesus, I thought wizards had weird names for things. And worst of all? We weren't allowed to use our books. You'd think that after defeating the darkest wizard of all time, and saving the world, the cosmic order would cut me some slack once in a while!
"Ladies first?" Edward asked. I blinked, my mind blank.
"Huh?"
"Or should I go first?" he asked, his smile widening. I frowned, knowing he was thinking I was mentally incompetent and couldn't look through a stupid piece of plastic and glass.
"I've got it, Edward," I said, defiantly, and I saw his smile drop slightly. I took the microscope and carefully placed the first slide into its holder and turned to 40X magnification. I peered into it, thinking hard. I looked through everything last night it should be a piece of pie…But sadly, after trying to grasp wizard education for six years, and immediately going to something completely different, made it harder to absorb information.
"I think its…. prophase" I muttered. "Yeah, prophase" I said with more confidence, leaning back from the microscope.
"Do you mind if I take a look?" Edward asked, reaching for my hand, which was about to take out the slide. Our hands touched briefly. I felt a jolt of something pass through my hand, almost like a spark of magic, and I felt part of my own leave me. Apart from that strange act his hands were cold; almost as if he had held them inside a freezer for a while. He immediately flinched away from my hands, his eyes sparkling almost wildly.
"Sorry" he muttered, taking the microscope, while I continued to blink. Is he magical? Or was it just a reaction to the contact? I surveyed the boy as he glanced into the microscope, and looked back up after a minute.
"Prophase" he agreed, writing it into the first space on our worksheet. He carefully removed the slide, and placed in the second. After another minute, while I blankly; stared at him, he looked back up. "Anaphase"
"Mind if I look?" I asked. He smirked and passed it to me. I looked through the eyepiece, to be disappointed. Damn. I wanted to wipe that stupid smug look of his face. "Anaphase" I muttered, adding it to the list, my small scrawl paling in comparison to his italic script. We spent the next few minutes going through all the slides trying to correct each other, which Edward had done for me on three of them. We were finished long before everyone else, so we merely sat in silence. I started to click my pen again, trying to get a reaction from him. Nada. Another point for my whole not human idea.
"So, are you liking Forks?" I blinked at the unexpected question and glanced to see Edward smiling at me again.
"I'm starting to hate it due to the fact I've been here not even two weeks and the people have asked me if I liked it at least…three thousand seven hundred and twenty two times" I said quickly, glaring at him slightly.
"I'm guessing it is getting quite annoying" he said simply.
"Yeah" I mumbled. We were quiet for another minute at least, before I couldn't help myself.
"What's your problem with me?" I blurted out. Edward looked shocked but before he could answer Mr Banner leaned over our shoulders to read our sheet. I blushed at my stupidity.
"So, Edward, didn't let Juno here use the microscope?"
"No" Edward automatically said. "We corrected each other, and she identified two of the five"
"Have you done this before?" Mr Banner inquired. I shook my head. "Well, it's good to see you two as lab partners" he walked away, leaving the two of us in silence again. I began to pick at the ends of my green jumper in nerves.
"Juno?" I stiffened slightly, and felt my cheeks burning pink as Edward leaned closer to me. "I don't have a problem with you. I was unwell yesterday and I wasn't acting politely with it"
I frowned. "So you were unwell, which caused you to be a prick, but you managed to play dodge ball ten minutes later? Wow, what a strange illness" I said, sarcastically.
Edward tried to give a crooked smile. "That is how it seems" he muttered. "But I am sorry, Juno" I hummed again, and continued my doodling. I felt Edward lean to look at what I was doing. "That is an interesting drawing," he said, gesturing to the Hallows symbol. "What is it?"
"Umm…." I murmured. "It's a symbol that I found drawn in my fairy tails book" It was only half a lie; the symbol was drawn in Hermione's copy of Beedle the Bard tales, the wizard equivalent fairy tales. Edward seemed to buy it anyway and smiled again. He smiles too much, I thought.
"So, why did you move to Forks?" he asked.
I sighed. "You know, you don't have to make small talk. We can just sit here in silence like yesterday"
"I enjoy talking to you" I blinked at him before looking back at my book with a nervous laugh. God, I'm acting like Lavender and Parvati.
"Well…a lot of things have happened with my family in the past couple of years, so me, Ron and Hermione decided to move out here. Bit of scenery, a break…though my definition of a break doesn't concern going to school". Edward laughed softly, but there seemed to be sympathy in his eyes. "My uncle suggested I stay with him and he'd sort things out, but I thought it best if I left"
"You don't get on with him" he summarised.
"No, it's not that" I said, quickly. "I love Remus, it's just…he has a five month old baby, and I would just get in the way. His wife, Dora, also died about two months ago, so I thought it would be best if he had some time alone with Teddy"
"The baby" he surmised again. I nodded, a smile forming on my face.
"My Little Teddy Lupin" I muttered.
"What about your parents?" he asked after a moments hesitation.
"They're out of the picture" I muttered. "They died when I was one, so I was raised by my aunt, and then I went to Remus"
"I'm sorry about that" he replied, sympathetically, while I was wondering what the hell I was doing, spilling my life story to a stranger! Next minute I'd be telling him about Voldemort. "But now you're unhappy"
I frowned. "I'm with some of the only people that I love. Why would I be unhappy?" Edward shrugged, but his eyes were intense again.
"You put on a good mask, but I think you're hurting more than you let on"
"What do you know?!" I snapped. Luckily I was saved as the bell trilled loudly. I grabbed my books, and without looking at Edward again, I followed Mike out of the classroom.
"Did you get that stuff at all?" Mike groaned, as we continued on our way to Gym. I hummed. "It all looked the same to me. But you got it all" he added, grinning at me. He's like a dog. Bet if I scratch behind his ear, his leg will go crazy.
"Cullen seemed more normal today. You're lucky you have him as a partner"
"I was fine with it" I said, still a little snippy. "It was hard though. We didn't do mitosis at my old school…. What is mitosis?" Mike laughed as we walked into Gym and then we parted going off to our separate changing rooms. I saw Hermione once more at the benches with a book and waved, trying not to look at the Cullen's sitting not too far from her.
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"So, Won-Won, are you ready fro me to totally emasculate you in front of all these people?"
"Ok, but then we have to play some Gym" Ron muttered, moving off to the opposing team.
I snorted, and pulled my hair into a pony-tail. We were playing dodge ball again, and as me and Ron were on opposing teams, it would be good competition. I never tried for Chaser at Hogwarts but naturally I had to learn the basics for the other positions; though I was better at Beater than Chaser. Ron, who would have been an excellent chaser but excelled more in Keeping, would be an excellent opponent. Luckily for me Mike was on my team, and I stood next to him. Unfortunately, so was the infuriating Cullen, who was glaring at Mike again. Luckily he's not in Ron's team.
Though I couldn't help but glance at him every two seconds. He was even more infuriating when he could look so perfect in the P.E uniform. Even his pixie like sister did, who was on Ron's team, and who had actually managed to pull Ron into a slight conversation. Though Ron seemed very uncomfortable talking to her.
The game actually started not long after that, and the war begun. Me and Ron, just out of being best friends, didn't aim for each other at all, and went for everyone else. So far the Cullen's had avoided getting out, but Angela had tripped over her own feet and was out. Mike, who just congratulating me on getting so many out, was hit right in the stomach by Ron. I distinctly heard Ron say sorry to Mike's retreating back as he left to sit with the other people who were knocked out. There was few people left on each team; on mine, me and Edward and a few I didn't know, and on Ron's, him and Pixie and another few others.
I tried to think of a quick plan. Edward and me could both go for Ron, eliminating the best opponent, though the Pixie seemed pretty good. And her and Edward were avoiding going for each other too.
"Hey, Juno. Are you going to stand there dreamy-eyed all day?" Ron called across the Gym.
"I was?" I asked. I shrugged, clasping the ball tighter in my hands. I glared at my brother who grinned, and as I pulled the ball back, I felt something smash into my face. I stumbled slightly, and winced, clutching my stinging cheek.
"Dumbledore, you're out, but you're not supposed to hit in the faces" the coach yelled to one of the boy's on Ron's team, who just shrugged.
"Are you alright?" Edward asked, suddenly standing right beside me.
"Peachy" I muttered, walking over to the bench. "Oh, Edward?" he looked back at me. "Kick his ass" I saw Edward smirk, as I walked over to Hermione, an identical one on my face.
EDWARD POV
He had done it. He had made contact. But he didn't know if it made any difference.
He had gotten to Biology just as the bell had gone and had found Juno already there, at her desk doodling in her books, and she was even more breathtaking than the day before. She had obviously tried to wear clothes closer to that of the other students; a green jumper that enhanced her eyes, and normal jeans. He had shocked her when he had begun to talk, and he expected that she was still uncomfortable around him. They had worked well together, and Edward could tell that she didn't understand the mitosis at all, and tried to help, which she immediately shot down. She had wondered what his problem was with her, and he wanted to tell her the truth everything, but he had to spin it instead. She had not believed him. He made her smile, and he couldn't help but smile himself. She had been sarcastic and made jokes, making him laugh. The scent was almost forgotten when he was talking to her.
And when he touched her, he almost came undone. The scent and the aura she sent of had come back tenfold. Something had shot through him and his mind went wild. He wanted to touch her more of her, her entire being, but he had to restrain himself. He had to.
He had even gotten her to tell him more about herself, and he couldn't help but smile when she did, when she talked about the baby. But he had angered her or struck a nerve when he tried to learn more, and she had left the classroom angry. And with Mike Newton. It took all of Edward's control to not rip the human to pieces for even thinking those thoughts about his mate.
They had been on the same team in Gym, and even with his enhanced senses, Edward had to be careful. Juno moved almost like a vampire, graceful, showing she had natural skill in sports, and threw the ball almost brutally, taking out most of the opposing team. Edward had heard all his siblings' thoughts teasing him as he watched her and Jasper commented many times on his feelings, making Edward swear that he would deal with him later. Almost at the end of the game, where Edward's team was winning, Juno had been hit, hard. Edward had growled at that and had given a deathly glare to the boy that did it, causing him to pale. Juno hadn't really been fazed, but her cheek had gone bright red, and Edward could see the blood underneath her skin.
"Are you alright?" he asked, standing right beside the smaller girl, trying to control his anger at seeing her hurt.
"Peachy" she muttered, walking over to the bench. Just as Edward turned he heard her call him. Looking back her saw an evil smirk on her face. "Kick his ass". Edward smirked himself. This is going to be a lot fun…
HB: OK, I think it's the longest chapter of this so far, I'm not sure, I'll check. Not really much just the first contact. Next chapter won't be much Edward and Juno, I'm gonna try and focus on The Golden Trio and the Wizarding background. Anyway REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW, THEY MAKE ME VERY HAPPY AND WRITE REALLY LONG CHAPTERS.