A/N Hi readers! I forgot Hagrid's accent/slur, so I wrote it into this one. This is my longest chapter yet so enjoy!

Diagon Alley

"Carlisle, we're going to Hogwarts."

"Wonderful!" Hagrid exclaimed as he rose from the now-broken white leather chair he had been sitting in. "In yer letters there's a list of everything yeh need. I'll show yeh to Diagon Alley to pick 'em up. Be ready to leave by 3 'o clock tomorrow mornin'." With that, Hagrid waved goodbye and left us sitting silently in the living room. After a few long minutes, Carlisle was the first to speak.

"I don't believe this is the best idea at the moment, considering Bella's current condition. We can't put you in a classroom full of students. You won't have enough control for that for least another year."

"But I wasn't thirsty at all around the owl or Hagrid! Alice saw me at the school and said I was perfectly fine." I paused to look at her. She nodded in encouragement. "Did you guys notice any thirst? Jasper, you're probably the most sensitive to it besides me…" I trailed off, not wanting to offend him, but he didn't seem to take offence.

"She's right. It seemed to disappear when he stepped in the room." He agreed.

"Well it makes sense to me, seeing as they're not human." Alice chimed. An evil grin spread across her face. Edward laughed at her thoughts. "By the way, didn't Hagrid mention a shopping trip?" I now understood the smirk. Within a second I was looking over the other piece of paper in the envelope. I was murmuring out loud while I read,

"Cloaks…pointed hats…course books... wand… cauldron? I don't know where to buy all these things." I looked up to Alice who was bouncing with excitement.

"Diagon Alley! Where Hagrid is taking you…I mean us…shopping tomorrow!" Alice's voice was singing with enthusiasm. My eyes widened in terror at the realization that Alice had just invited herself. Edward burst into laughter.

"Of course Alice would try to go! They may have the only shops in the world that she hasn't visited." Everyone laughed at this because it was true. I was still tensed at the thought of it though. Edward must have noticed because he grabbed my hand and pulled me off the couch into his arms.

"Let's get out of here." He whispered in to my ear, giving me chills as he kissed the hollow behind my ear. If I had a heart to flutter, it would be going crazy right now. "Let's go to our new meadow." I didn't trust my voice, so I simply nodded. With that Edward once again pulled my hand and we were running out the door and through the over-grown lawn towards the woods. I let him lead the way.

Once there, Edward ran toward the center, still pulling my hand. Then he abruptly stopped and let himself fall backward with a loud booming sound, leaving his impression on the ground and pulling me on top of him. I laughed at him and snuggled up to his chest.

"Are you sure you can handle going to school so soon?" Edward spoke, his voice seemed much louder with my ear to his chest. I heard the tone of worry he tried to conceal.

"Completely. I'm so excited! I can't believe I'm actually a witch…" I replied.

"Want to see me pull a rabbit from a hat?" He laughed at himself and I joined him. We continued like this: me in his arms and talking about the impossibility of our situation, until far after sundown. The cloudless night was clear enough to see the many stars sparkling in the dark sky. This would be a rare occurrence in Washington; you usually can't see through the grey blanket of clouds. I was happy to see Alaska greeted me with a beautiful starry night.

"Edward, what time is it? Hagrid is coming at three." I asked my love. Edward lifted his luminescent arm and pulled his sleeve up to check his watch.

"Two forty. Perhaps we should head home and act sleepy for him." He said as he sat up, taking me with him. I nodded in agreement. We got up and headed home at a slower speed; we still had twenty minutes to kill before Hagrid's arrival.

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Knock-Knock-Knock

Hagrid's knuckles noisily stuck the front door at 3:05 in the morning. In any other household, it would have woken everyone up. In this house, though, we vampires don't sleep, and you can wake up someone who isn't sleeping. Edward, Alice and I were waiting for him and quietly slipped out the door to greet him.

"Hello Hagrid." I faked a yawn. "Why did we have to leave so early?"

"Mornin' Bella. By catching an early flight, we'll get into London just in time for the Diagon Alley shops to open."

"Flight?" My voice cracked despite the velvet tone I usually carried. I could control myself around people without a pulse or containing a mysterious minty aroma, but humans are another story all together. I was in no way ready to be around the warm, pulsing, non-magical heart of a human, let alone on the enclosed, cramped enclosure of an airplane. Complete with recycled air and there would be the world's first mid-air vampire massacre. Perhaps Edward would get his chance to save me from the spiraling death trap descending toward the earth after I eat the pilot.

I heard the quick gasp, gasp, gasp, gasp of air dragging through my lips, but I couldn't stop it. It looked like the house was shaking, like there was an earthquake, but I knew it was my own trembling causing the illusion.

I can't handle this! I don't want to be a monster, but that's just what I was; an out of control, in-human, blood-thirsty, monster. Stony arms were around me, but I was trembling too hard to know whose.

"Are you all right?" Hagrid's deep voice bellowed with shock and concern.

"She's afraid of airplanes." Alice lied for me from a few feet away. It must be Edward's hands petting my hair and hushing in an effort to calm me, but nothing would calm me now as the unnecessary gasps came more quickly. Edward's soft and worried eyes met my crazed violet ones. He pulled my head in to his shoulder and whispered into my ear.

"Bella, love, calm down, it's ok. We'll rent a private jet." My breaths slowed. "No one will get hurt." I knew he meant 'You won't hurt anyone.' He pulled me away from him slightly. "I have an idea." His lips pulled up into my favorite half smile and I melted.

. .

It was comical watching Hagrid trying to stuff himself into Edward's tiny Volvo. We ended up taking Emmett's Jeep.

"…so you see, this will really help Bella's nerves." Edward finished explaining why he tied a blindfold over my eyes and insisted that I wear ear plugs. We hope that by blocking as many of my senses as possible as we pass through the airport that I won't massacre everybody there. I had a blindfold to block my sight, earplugs to obstruct the sound of the many surrounding heartbeats, and I'll be holding my breath to block my most powerful sense; my sense of smell. As long as no one touches me, we shouldn't have to worry about my sense of taste. I shivered. All it would take to ruin our plan was one person bumping into me. I would be thrown over the edge at the feel of pulsing blood flowing through the arteries located just below delicate skin. Then we would have to worry about my sense of taste.

Hagrid sat next to me in the jeep happily blabbering about the stores we would be visiting, oblivious to the dangerous situation he was entering.

"Put you ear plugs in, Bella, we're near the airport." Edward called form the driver's seat. I shoved my earplugs in, and although I could still hear talking, I could no longer hear Hagrid's oversized heard beating next to me. I sighed in relief. Maybe our little scheme would work. A slight smile pulled across my mouth as I deeply inhaled through my nose. It would be the last breath I would take for the next hour at least.

I felt the jeep turn around in many tight circles and I knew we were in the airport's parking garage looking for a space. The jeep came to a stop so I attempted to undo the complicated seat straps. Strong, hard hands stopped my fumbling hands.

"I'll get it." Edward spoke. Within a second I was in his arms bridal style. He must have moved it vampire speed. I hope Hagrid didn't see!

At that moment, in Edward's arms, I felt very isolated, almost like when the blackness engulfed me when I'd lost too much blood. Right now I was suffering from a loss of too many senses. I felt like I was floating in nothingness; no sound; no smell; no sight; no feeling. Just darkness. I felt scared. I now understood the uncomfortable feeling the accompanied holding your breath that Edward once talked about.

My feet were suddenly placed on the cement floor and Edward's arm was around my waist, lightly pulling me the right way. I let my feet move. When I was human, I would be tripping over every step, but now grace tinted my every movement. Warm air hit me in a rush as we stepped inside the building. We continued through the airport like this, pausing here and there, probably buying tickets and such. I could only imagine the strange stares we were getting! Then again, it was around 4am, there couldn't be too many people here. Eventually I felt someone slip my shoes off; we must be passing through security. SECURITY!? If I wasn't holding my breath I would have gasped. What if they pat me down?! They can't touch me! I'll ruin everything! All I xan do is pray that Edward gets all the metal off of me. I felt his body pull away, but he never released my hand as it pulled me through the detector. I didn't hear anything. Did it beep? I wanted to ask, but I couldn't allow the air to pass through my lips to speak.

Eventually I was pulled out another door leading outside to the tarmac. Once on the private jet and buckled in to my seat, I waited a few more minutes before the stewardess stopped talking and joined the pilot in blocked-off cockpit before my blindfold was removed.

"Wow" I let out the breath I had been holding for so long. The jet was amazingly luxurious. There seemed to be red silk and gold lining everywhere.

"Its jus' like Gryffindor house in here!" Hagrid commented. I ignored it though, if I could blush, I would. I knew this was all for me. I didn't even want to think about how much this must have cost! I looked to Edward with pleading eyes.

"Isn't this a bit much?" A bit is an understatement.

"It's necessary." He reminded me. I felt so guilty, but he was right.

We spent the duration of the flight talking about Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic and Diagon Alley. Everything was so new!

Eventually the plane landed on the London landing strip and we started up the blindfold charade once again, only this time we would continue it until we reach the safety of Diagon Alley. We told Hagrid that it would be fun to surprise me. He believed I would be plenty surprised enough with out the blindfold, but he went along with it.

After an hour of traveling, we finally walked into a warm building where Edward told me I could remove my earplugs and breathe again. I inhaled deeply the mint hit my nose again, with a hint of beer.

"Are we in a bar?" I asked now that I had the oxygen to do so.

"A pub actually, it's the Leaky Cauldron. It's a famous place. Were almost to Diagon Alley, you'll be able to take off yer blindfold here in a second." Hagrid told me.

"Eeeeeeeeeeee!" Alice squealed in excitement. I could hear her hopping up and down as the floor boards creaked. "This is so thrilling!"

"Almost there." Edward whispered in my ear. I could hear the smile in his voice. If I could see it, I would defiantly be at a loss of breath. I could only imagine his little crocked smile. I smiled at the image.

I followed Edward's pulling hand as he led me forward. Then he stopped. I could hear three taps then a weird grinding sound. Alice gasped.

"How are those bricks moving?!" My blindfold was then removed. I looked up to Hagrid putting away a pink umbrella with a brick archway opening to a busy street behind him. There were minty people dressed in long flowing robes everywhere! Every face seemed bright and warm with smiles as they rushed to get their shopping completed.

"Welcome," said Hagrid, "to Diagon Alley."

My mind flashed momentarily to the Volturi as a group of teen passed by, all wearing flowing black robes, but quickly realized the difference between them and the Volturi: they were missing the sinister feeling the Volturi exuded. These people seemed happy and excited and innocent, every face flushed with color; the opposite of the Volturi.

We stood there for a good moment taking in the scene before Hagrid spoke up.

"We best get moving or we'll run out of time!" So we started walking. "First we'll be going to Gringotts Wizarding Bank to change your money to our money."

We reached a snowy white building that towered over the other little shops. Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a uniform of scarlet and gold was a short green person with a swarthy, cleaver face, a pointer beard, and very long fingers and feet. I nudged Hagrid.

"What is that?!" I tried to say quietly.

"That's a goblin." He replied. "Not one to mess with, yeh'd be mad to try an' rob Gringotts."

We walked into a vast marble hall. About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter as they helped customers. We walked up to an empty teller and Hagrid explained, "We need to change some muggle money and start an account." With that he looked to Edward who whipped out a thick bundle of 100 bills wrapped in a rubber band. He must have seen my eyes bug out because he said, "It's to last us through the year." He signed a lot of papers and got our wizard money which consisted of many different mettle coins. Edward slipped them into a pouch as we left.

"Next we'll go get yeh two fitted for yur robes!" Hagrid said. Alice's grin became insanely huge as we stepped in to Madam Milliken's Robes for All Occasions. Clothes shopping must be her favorite. Alice skipped up to a squatty smiling witch dressed all in mauve and took over ordering our new wardrobes.

"We need two uniforms for Hogwarts, two hats, two winter cloaks, one of them navy blue……" Alice continued. I knew the blue was for me. It is Edward's favorite color on me.

I was lead to the back of the shop and stood on a stool to be fitted.

We left the boutique with multiple bags filled with new clothing. I looked down at my school list.

"Can we go get wands next?" I ask.

"Sure, come this way." We followed Hagrid to Ollivander's: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C. A bell rang as we stepped inside. I looked around the tiny place with walls lined with shelves filled with dusty narrow boxes.

"Good Afternoon." Said a soft voice as a boney old man stepped into the room. "Buying you first wands?"

"Yes, we are. Could you assist us?" Edward asked politely.

"Ah yes, step forward and we'll get started." Ollivander replied. He pulled a measuring tape with silver markings out of his pocket and let it go, nut it didn't fall. The measuring tape moved itself through the air and measured Edward as Ollivander turned around and started sifting through the boxes of wands on the shelf behind him.

"Which arm is your wand arm?" He asked. Edward heard his thoughts and understood.

"My right." He replied. Ollivander turned on his heels.

"Try this one." He spoke, holding out a lid-less box with a long orange-tinted wand. Edward's long, white fingers wrapped around the wand as he lifted the wand from the box and made a circle in the air with the tip. Beautiful silver and black satin ribbons shot from the tip.

"Brilliant! Found it on the first try!" Ollivander was elated, but Edward seemed uncomfortable ad he held the want away from his face. "13 inches of redwood and mountain loin heart string." Mountain Lion?! I laughed to myself. His favorite.

"Your next, Bella" He turned to smile at me as I stepped up to Ollivander to be measured.

"I'm right handed too." I told him as the measuring tape did its job.

"Well then, try this." He hand me one. I took it shyly, worried I might blast a hole in the wall, but Ollivander snatched it away just as soon as I took it.

"No, no- here, this one perhaps?" I tried again with the same results for another 7 more times before he handed me the last one I would try. Alice and Edward say patiently and waited as Hagrid fidgeted and whined.

"Try this" Ollivander spoke, almost hissing the second word. As soon as he turned I smelled it; the intoxicating scent of human blood that made my throat burn and mouth pool with venom. It was extremely difficult to keep my hand moving at a human pace as I reached out to grab it. Even though it had no pulse, I wanted to sink my teeth into it. I knew my eyes must have turned extremely dark under my blue contacts.

I swooshed the want once, and then felt a warm tingle starting from my hand, running down my arm and through the rest of my body.

"Oh yes! This is your one!" Ollivander exclaimed. "She's a 9 inch pine with muggle heartstring. How interesting how you both got heartstrings…-the muggle died naturally, no need to fret." He must have seen my face twist in horror. Someone died to make this wand. Could I handle that?

"Is there any other choice?" I asked.

"This wand chose you. I can't sell it to any one else after its chosen you." He answered. I guess I'll just have to take it…

We paid for our new wands and left Ollivander's. All that we had left to do was get our basic potion's materials and text book. We stopped be the funky-smelling Apothecary first, but didn't stay long after we got what we needed. Our final stop was Flourish and Blotts Book Store. There were so many books! More than I had ever seen at one place. I skimmed over the Curses section while Edward and Alice whispered about a book in the Magical Creatures section and Hagrid got our school books. We left with one more book than necessary; one that Edward picked out.

As we were lugging all of our new supplies to the Leaky Cauldron entrance, Eeyops Owl Emporium caught my eye.

"Wait! Didn't you say we could bring a pet cat, toad or owl with us to Hogwarts?" Edward, Alice and Hagrid stopped and looked at me.

"Why, yeh want one?" Hagrid asked. Alice's eyes went blank as she had a vision.

"Toads are coming back in style!" She chimed.

"Yeah, well I was thinking about an owl, actually. Isn't that how you guys send mail? I thought it might be useful." I said. Edward smiled.

"Good thinking. Lets get one." We walked into Eeyops Owl Emporium, the colossal pet store. There were Owls flying everywhere above our heads! I was almost afraid one would swoop down and attack me, but what harm would it do to me as it pecked at my stone head. I laughed at myself.

Edward was eyeing a large Eagle Owl. It looked as if it could deliver a heavy 3'X3' box with little effort. It also looked expensive. I shock my head. Just like him to go for the most expensive thing there.

Just then I felt tiny claws in my hair. I reached up to grab the owl that had roosted on my head expecting to gasp something much bigger, but instead I got a hold of a tiny little thing. It was a beautiful black saw-whet owl that couldn't have been more that 5 inches tall. It's big yellow eyes seemed hypnotizing. I awed at how cute it was. I knew it was the one I wanted.

"Edward! Looook!! He's so cute!" I smiled with pleading eyes.

"Could he even carry a letter?!" he asked, eyeing its size.

"I think he could! And he's so cute!!" I giggled "Please?"

"You're an evil little creature." He smiled. Ha! I won!!

We left the Emporium with my tiny owl, when I asked Hagrid,

"Do we have to take a plane home? Couldn't we get there some other way, magically I mean." I wanted to avoid the whole airport situation. Hagrid still believed in my fear of flight though.

"Yeh could use floo powder… but yeh might give yur family quite a startle when yeh burst in through the fireplace." He laughed, but we were confused.

"Fireplace?" Alice asked.

"Yup. Yeh just throw some floo powder in a fireplace and think really hard about the place yeh want to go and hop into the fire, completely harmless of course." Hagrid explained. It seems dangerous, but it had to be better than a plane.

"We'll try it." Edward answered.

. .

"……………then you jump in." Hagrid explained floo powder traveling as Alice, Edward and I stood in front of the warm Leaky Cauldron fire place.

"Ready?" Hagrid threw powder into the fire, turning it funny colors. "Go!" Alice jumped first, then I , with Edward following me shortly afterwards. I repeated in my head Cullen Home- Cullen Home-Cullen Home. I kept my eyes squeezed shut as wind blew around me. The next second, I fell out on our Alaska home floor. Alice had already risen to her feet and was setting shopping bags on the couch next to Emmett who sat with his mouth hanging open in shock. Just as I picked myself up, Edward fell out after me.

"Did you guys just fall out of the fire?!" Emmett's eyes couldn't bulge any further out of his head. I blinked and Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie and Jasper appeared in the living room with us.

"It's the latest magical mode of transportation!" Alice said sarcastically with a smile. Edward looked down and patted his chest to make sure he was all there, then looked up at every one.

"Good thing everyone is here. I have something to share." Edward said as he pulled the extra book he got at the book store. We all gasped at the title:

Walking Stone: Defense Against Vampires

A/N What dou you think is going to happen next? :D Go ahead and take a guess. I bet NOBODY will get it right. I'll post the next chapter once I get 20 reviews. Its up to you! Review if you want more!