Hello people!
For the record, the basics of this story line do not belong to me. It is a re-write of amypop's story "New Wolf in Town".
The characters rightfully belong to J.K. Rowling (The Harry Potter universe) and Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga). The storyline belongs to the user 'amypop' here on ff but will Siriusly start to deviate from the original NWiT during this chapter.
/Minna Vipera
Edited on 16th of October 2018
"Speaking normally"
'Thinking'
(Author's note)
"Telepathy/Pack talking"
"Animals talking"
"Is that… Fluffy?!" she wondered. Luna and the cerebus both heard her and turned around, Luna with a smile and the bigger dog with suspicion.
"Is that his name? He seemed lonely, not even the wrackspurts dared to get close…"
"Yep, he scared the life out of us in first year. He used to belong to Hagrid, Dumbledore borrowed him to guard the philosopher's stone. Remember me, Fluffy? I'm one of those annoying kiddies who bothered you when you were in the big castle a while ago?"
One of the big heads tilted to the right, thinking, before letting loose a happy bark and sniffing Haley. Apparently satisfied with what he smelled he gave another short bark and sat down, one tongue hanging out of each mouth
"Yup, you are one of them daddy's friends. You still smell like him" The cerebus said (remember Haley has the ability to talk to animals (And no, Luna and Hermione doesn't (Although Luna can understand them quite well anyways by simply being herself and getting 'being herself' slightly (read highly) enhanced in the change)))(Did I get all of the parenthesis' correct? (That is the correct name right? I'm not a native English speaker, so help^.^)), "I miss daddy. The meanie oldie made him leave me in the forest. Have you seen my daddy?"
"Sorry, not in a while. He was a bit hurt in the Battle of Hogwarts, but knowing him he'll be back in business in no time. If you want we can see if we can contact him and see if he wants to come here." Haley didn't think Hagrid of all people would mind living in this place, especially if it had one of his own charges in it. "By the way, who do you mean with the meanie oldie?"
"Umm, I think daddy called him a door of some kind. He said dumb old door when he talked about him I think. He could have been talking about the big door to the Castle as well. It really is old, they should make it stop creaking."
"Dumb old door? Sounds like Dumbledore. Did he have a really long white beard?"
"Yup!" The huge pup answered, "It was reeeally long. The longest I have seen on a human. I don't like him. Do I have to go back to the castle? I like daddy, but the door is scary."
"You don't have to if you don't want to. Dumbledore died a year ago, so you don't need to worry about him. As for the main doors to the castle I think you are safe. The last time I saw them they were blown of their hinges… But like I said I'll try to contact Hagrid, okay?"
"Is daddy coming here? Can I stay!? Can I? Can I?" Fluffy did know how to use his puppy eyes. He also managed to both triple the effect with his three heads and make it look hilarious, a fifteen foot Cerberus begging a 5'9" girl for permission.
"We'll try to get him here, but no promises. You can stay as long as you want as long as you won't hurt anyone," Haley answered with a smile. After all it's hard to not laugh at puppies, even one of that size, "Luna, you wouldn't mind if Fluffy stayed around would you? I'll try to get Hagrid here as well."
"I would like that. Hagrid is a kind man, and Fluffy is adorable."
"Also, I think we should have a talk about what to do now that we are here. I'm not really that excited to re-enter the wizarding world, even if it's the American one and not the British one…" She trailed off at the end, reminding herself that she hadn't really planned this 'running-away-from-the-idiots' thing through before. "What do you say about having our first official pack meeting?"
Luna's reply was to throw the balls in different directions (causing Fluffy's heads to start play fighting each other to decide which one to chase) shift and run towards the house. Haley wasn't long after.
They found Hermione right where they expected her to be, in the library with her nose buried deep in the encyclopaedia Haley had shown her earlier and it took them the bigger part of the next fifteen minutes to get her responsive again. It ended only when Haley finally snatched the book out of her hands and pointed towards the door.
"Airhead, pack meeting, kitchen, now." And with that they simply lifted the brunette out of her chair and dragged her to the kitchen table.
As they sat down Haley took the word. "So what do you guys want to do now? I know I wouldn't manage to stay here all day long, and others would probably think it was strange if we didn't go to school or work. Any suggestions?"
"I wouldn't mind going to high school," Hermione started, "I have tried to keep up with the muggle schooling even at Hogwarts, but with how this last year turned out I'm a bit after. I know you have done the same Hales, so for us there should be no problem resuming those studies. What do you think Luna?"
"Actually I have done the same. My grandma was a half-blood and always insisted that one should know as much as possible, even if it's unlikely you will use the knowledge. Mum did the same when she went to school and even convinced daddy to learn with her. The Quibbler is actually printed using a slightly modified muggle printer. I vote high school." Luna's dreaminess seemed muted as she spoke of her deceased family.
Haley clapped her hands and exclaimed "It's settled then. Atoria," the small elf appeared with a crack, "do you know anything about the different high schools in the area? Preferably non-magical, I doubt anyone of us wishes to deal with bigoted idiot sheep at the moment."
"Yes Mistress, there is two of them schools. First are Forks High School that is in Forks, other are Quileute Tribal School that are in the forest where the wolves live." The little elf supplied helpfully.
"Wolves? Are we talking real wolves, werewolves or some kind of shape shifters?" Hermione chipped in quickly. "Atoria thinks shifters, but we has seen fresh tracks a week before full moon, so they is not Moon-howlers. Too big to be normal wolves Drake thinks." "Thanks Atoria, I'm not sure I am ready to go to school with any kind of magical beings yet though, what about you two?"
"I agree with Mione, what do you say Moonbeam?" Haley wondered. She could agree with Hermione's reasoning, none of them were interested in getting into trouble just because someone magical actually managed to connect the dots. That would without doubt bring the attention of at least half the magical world and since it would be proof that she was alive many would flock to their location in hopes of either killing her (and by extension, Hermione and Luna) for being bitten by a werewolf or to capture them to breed more Lycan. Neither were outcomes she was willing to try.
"I also don't want too much contact with confirmed magicals; however Fluffy gave me the impression that there was something else here as well. Apparently outside the wards is 'scary, the nice big cats that go out there sometimes don't come back, one of them said she found her mate without blood!', but I can't think of any animal that would suck the blood of predators. Nargles only feed on particular brain patterns in humans, crumple-horned snorkack are strictly vegetarian and prefer birch sap, vampires only drink human blood, and common vampire bats only take a few drops at a time, not enough to suck any animal dry. There is of course the umgubular slashkilter, but it only feeds on the blood of elephants and giraffes…"
"I think I heard something stalking a mountain lion and a deer last night. I was trying to test the limits of my hearing, and it really sounded like it was specifically hunting the lion, the deer was left alone even if it was closer to the hunter's original position. It might be what Fluffy was talking about. It was way too silent to be any animal I know of, or a human," Hermione said thoughtfully. "I think we should go to Forks High and see what happens since the tribal school is most likely both only for the local kids of the La Push reserve, and if Atoria says that's where the wolves are I think keeping clear is a good idea. We can always keep an eye out for whatever is sucking the animals dry." A second later she added another thought. "Maybe changing our names might help prevent anyone from recognizing us, if there was even one magical person in town they might think it was a bit odd if a certain Haley Potter-Black, Hermione Granger and Luna Lovegood suddenly show up when half the world is still debating whether or not you should be hunted or declared dead. We can probably keep our first names, but last names are a bit too obvious..."
"Forks High it is then!" Haley exclaimed. "Any suggestion for names? I don't think we can pass for biological sisters since we look so different, but cousins maybe? If we said our fathers were brothers or half-brothers no one would think it was odd if we shared last name but not looks."
"What about Rey or Ray? Luna is our little ray of moonshine, but it actually means female roe deer. Prongs was a stag animagus, so it´s not that far off." Hermione added with a smile.
"It also means king, doesn´t it? I like the double meaning, and Luna Rey sounds good." At Luna´s smiling reply Haley nodded.
"Well, the deer part can also refer to a nervous person and I have to admit to always having been very nervous about anything not related to books..." The eldest girl admitted quietly
"So it´s Haley, Hermione and Luna Rey? I like it! Do you want to follow me to the school this afternoon to try to fix all the enrolment papers and so?" Haley's suggestion was met with two "No thanks" as Luna would rather go out into the woods and play with Fluffy and Hermione was still a little(?) annoyed that she was pulled from her book, so she was going right back to the library. "Awe, and I wanted company. Oh well, is there anything you want me to get for you while I'm out?"
"Not at the moment, but I think we should all go out and get a few sets of muggle clothing soon, I don't fancy coming to school on the first day wearing robes… If only I could've found my converse before we left the castle" Luna answered. "You are giving us a week or so to settle before starting school, right?"
"Sure, sure. See you later." Haley waved as she exited the kitchen on her way to the door. 'Now I just have to figure out how to get there without raising too much suspicion. Thank god both me and Mione have our drivers licences, now we just have to get a car…'
"Atoria ("Mistress called?") do you know where the nearest bus stop is? I need to go to town and enrol us in school."
"Atoria knows! It is three miles north of the gates. If Mistress wants we also has a car next to the stables that Mistress Lily put there when she and Master James was here. She refused to apparate or walk to the bus when she was expecting Mistress."
"My parents were here? When?"
"Master and Mistress was here before you is born. They was touring the west coast and came here last before they is going back to Godric's Hollow, they left the car because it were hard to apparate it."
"Okay, could you show me to it? I hope it's still driveable after so long time..."
"Yes Mistress, Atoria will show you!" The little elf led her to the stables and around a corner where she was faced with a shiny black -41 Buick Roadmaster. If there was one thing that uncle Vernon had taught both Haley and Dudley it was classical cars, and Buick was one of his favourite brands, so both children were expected to know everything about them (Dudley because Vernon wanted to pass on his passion and Haley because he needed someone to serve his own -49 Buick Special). Therefore Haley knew fully well what type of car she was looking at, down to the smallest bolt.
"Wow," was all she had to say. "Do you know if it still runs? I have never seen one in such good condition!"
"It has been slightly modified, Atoria thinks Rajok has been looking at how to make it run only on magics. Originally it's runs on a mixture of magics and muggle fuel. It is also faster than the muggle version. If Mistress is wanting to hear more yous should talk to Rajok, he knows how its starts."
"Thank you Atoria, I'll do that. Rajok" *Crack* "Yes Little Mistress Haley! Yous is calling Rajok? Is something not fixed to how yous like it?" The little elf almost started twisting his ears before Haley grabbed his hands to make him calm dovn.
"Nope, nothing like that. In truth I am in need of your help, I was planning on going to the town and Atoria said you knew how to operate the car, would you mind explaining?" He immediately relaxed at these words and an eager spark appeared in his oversized eyes.
"Rajok is very glad to explain Mistress Haley! Mistress Lily wants to be able to move around in the non-magical way when Mistress Lily and Master James was here because the magical way could be dangerous for Little Mistress. Mistress Lily enchanted it to only need non-magical fuel once per year and to mostly draw on the magics in the air but it is not finished before theys gone back to England, so Rajok has done the rest after Mistress and Master passed. Rajok was hoping Little Mistress Haley would come and that Mistress would like it" A few tears appeared and Rajok blew his long nose on a polka dotted handkerchief he drew from... somewhere... before continuing. "The car is finished on Little Mistress´s ten-and-seventh birthday and Rajok is so happy Little Mistress is here to sees it! *cue more blowing of nose, happy tears and a big hug from Haley, which made the little elf straighten up and stop crying half from shock and half from every elf´s very deeply rooted sense of being respectful to their masters* "To start it Little Mistress must simply hold the wheel and put her feet on the pedals. Someone without magics can also drive it, but only as a normal of theirs cars, but a little less non-magical fuel is spent." He explained before leading her over to the driver seat and demonstrating. "Like so!"
"Thank you Rajok, you wouldn´t happen to have a map of the area do you?"
"Rajok thinks there is one in the glove compartment! Master James wrote magic in it so it is always right and tells where yous and yours family is, Rajok thinks Mister Moony helped."
"Really? That is great! Thank you so much for your help, I´ll be going now." Haley pulled out the map (which looked exactly like a regular muggle map book if one were to ignore the large "Marauder´s Map – World Edition" written on the front with blinking letters) and flipped it to the correct page. She was surprised to not only find a dot for herself by the house´s driveway but also dots labelled "Luna Lovegood" and "Hermione Granger". ´Maybe they show up because I consider them sisters, or because we are in the same pack. Hmm´
After surveying the map for the shortest route to Forks High she stepped on the gas and quickly left the area on the narrow road leading to the town, again completely ignoring the existence of the front gates.
Finally got this out! I´ve had 90% of it written up and just sitting around for over a year, I´m sooo sorry I didn´t finish and post it earlier!
I just thought that since Fluffy is a canine and a magical beast, there is a possibility that he might be added to the pack and connected to the mind link. This is just my mind randomly figuring out that it would be fun… And no, I do not think any other magical wolf would be added even if it was possible, Remus is very much dead, so sorry but there will be no Moony with manageable transformations in this story... What do you guys think? If you think it sounds good (at least five more votes for yes than for no) it might happen later in the story (key word is might. It's still very fuzzy in my brain).
I never understood why amypop decided to have Hermione be the only one to change last name (to Potter!) while Luna could keep hers... Quote from original:
"...anyways we got names Luna can keep hers Hermione you are going to have to be my twin sister Hermione Potter has a nice ring to it"
I thought this way would make more sense as well as providing an explanation for why they needed to change names.
As of the 22nd of November all chapters have been edited and I'm about 600 words into the next chapter. It will incorporate more of the Twilight universe and consist of the last week before they start school. You will also learn what happened to Hermione's parents. Changes in previous chapters are mainly straightening out the timeline (I now have the entire first week written out on a schedule, and this particular day - which happens to be the third of May, Forks time - planned out on an hourly schedule.) and dampening some of the gifts from first chapter, because honestly, waaay too much of a Mary Sue. And that's after I removed the control time gifts from the original...
/Minna Vipera