Moving On

Chapter 43

A/N - Magic can only do so much in my mind, I like to think that Victoria's gift can out manoeuvre all the Cullen and Potter Clans. She has the ability to avoid deduction and get out of sticky situations…much like Harry could when he was human and Voldemort kept coming after him. However, her ends coming pretty soon now as the chapter title indicates.

A.A.N - - I've noticed a decreese of reviews for my story...is this story boring you now? shall i just round it up and finish it? i could do it in the next few chapters if i've gone to far and made the story too long and boring! it wasnt something i wanted to do...so please let me know what you want.

Victoria's defeat

Everyone had drunk their fill, ensuring they had enough blood to do themselves until this was all said and done. Upon opening the window he had grinned in grim satisfaction, perfection, it was dull and grey this morning and by the looks of the dark clouds overhead Harry would say it was going to rain later on today. They didn't have to worry today, Harry wasn't exactly sure how long his Glamour would hold up on them, and they didn't like it either so they tried to avoid still going out in the sun just in case. They really should have known better after all Harry Potter was the most powerful wizard alive.

"You would think she would be easy to get rid of" sighed Ron joining his best friend at the window. When he had found out Harry was a vampire, he had thought ironically enough that he wouldn't be going on every adventure with Harry. As he would live forever, even when his best friends and everyone he knew was dead and buried.

"That is why she keeps getting away, you keep underestimating her - if we don't stop we will end up hurt or someone dead. Look at what I did to Voldemort…now if you hadn't seen it happen would you believe it?" said Harry smirking grimly.

"Blimey Harry nah, you're right" said Ron grudgingly.

"We have to go at her with everything we have, fight her as if the hounds of hell were on our trail" said Harry his face closed off as he said this. He thought his life would have been easier, maybe being able to relax but now he was chasing after another vampire. He was going to have to kill her as well, she had brought it on herself but it didn't mean Harry was unfeeling and wasn't going to regret it.

"It always happens to us, eh, mate" said Ron nudging him in his side.

"Me you mean" sneered Harry half heartedly.

"Bloody hell mate, you spend way to much time with Severus! And we did everything with you. We will continue to do so even in a hundred years time…we are best friends. Although I hope life is a little more peaceful in one hundred years time" said Ron laughing wryly.

"The three musketeers" laughed Harry, remembering when he called him and his friends when he was younger before Neville and Luna joined the group.

"Mione used to laugh when you said that…me I never did get it" frowned Ron confused.

"It's about people who fight together, one of them dies their motto had been - one for all and all for one" said Harry if he remembered correctly, he remembered the Video from when he was young - his cousin had it. It had been on when he was forced to clean his cousin's room. So he had taken his time, and managed to watch the rest of the film.

"Well that sounds about right" laughed Ron.

"Not just three any longer though" said Hermione coming up beside them.

"No, there's not. Did you call home?" asked Harry; those words were still strange to him, home. Somewhere to call his own with his friends and people he thought of as family.

"Yes" said Hermione.

"So how's everyone?" asked Harry knowing Hermione already knew what he was going to say.

"Draco is fine; he's driving everyone crazy with his antiques. He loves being a vampire" grinned Hermione her brown eyes rolling in exasperation.

"He-he go Drake" laughed Neville.

"I bet Severus is just as smug, I wonder how he managed to stop himself going insane. Waiting seventeen years for his potion to finally work, or rather waiting seventeen years to see if it HAD worked." said Harry a smile lingering on his face as he thought of the man.

"Is he that mad on potions?" asked Edward from his position lounging on the couch looking bored.

"Yes, it's his life everything revolves around potions" said Harry. "Just like my life used to revolve around defence against the dark arts…now that I'm free proper free I'm not even sure what I want to do" sighed Harry glumly.

"That will come to you, the beauty is you don't have to rush anymore…its not as if you don't have all the time in the world to think about what YOU want to do" said Jasper, who seemed to want to make up for the arguments they had.

"Very true, have you ever wanted to do anything other than lead?" asked Harry sliding down beside Jasper a curious look on his face now.

"It's all I know" shrugged Jasper looking distinctively uncomfortable.

"Yes, but if you had a chance to get a job, grow old which you will with the potions Severus will make. What would you do? After all those years of leading and doing what you needed to do … what kind of job would you want for yourself?" asked Harry.

"Only other thing I can think I might enjoy it teaching History or lecturing on it at a college" shrugged Jasper, he loved hearing everyone's opinions on battles and arguing about it like it was politics.

Harry smiled softly; he must have sat there in silence for a good few minutes before answering his own questions. "I would have loved to be a Defence teacher…I was rather good at the D.A I liked to think I helped a lot of people…or I would like to be a healer. Most people would expect me to be a Professional Quidditch player" mused Harry looking deep in thought.

"The beauty of no one knowing where you are or if you are alive - they cannot make you do anything" grinned Jasper.

"Yeah," grinned Harry.

"If you could become a father…would you?" asked Ron out of the blue to Jasper and Edward.

There was silence for the longest time, and Ron feared he had asked too personal a question.

"We don't know, I mean for the longest time we have believed we are unable to have any. I think only Esme and Rosalie have never given up hope, no matter how slim it is" said Jasper slowly.

"I'd do it for Rosalie in a heartbeat. Plus I like the thought of a little blonde haired cherub running around with my dimples" smiled Emmett his eyes glazed over in extreme emotion.

Jasper stood up, holding on to Alice as she stumbled as a vision hit her. Alice described it as it happened, her voice detached until she came to herself. Jasper calmed her down soothing her and Harry and Jasper looked at one another and nodded. It was time to end this once and for all, as nice as it was to sit and lounge about doing nothing they wanted to get home. Jasper had come to love the conversations, arguments and confessions they had all made each night as they lay there while the world around them slept. It made him realize that he wasn't the only one who suffered, who found vegetarian diet hard, who was fearful that they slipped up.

"She's going to feed apparently" said Alice.

"You doubt it?" asked Harry.

"Yes" said Alice with a hint of hesitance in her voice "I think she's up to something she knows exactly how my visions work."

"Good, then we split up, Hermione have you got the D.A Galleon coins?" asked Harry standing in front of the brightest witch of their age.

"Sure I summoned them all back" said Hermione, raiding her bag for them. It was truly the weirdest sight for the Cullen's watching someone putting their entire arm into a bag that didn't look big enough for a hand. Once they were out, Harry pressed them into the hands of everyone there. Thankfully there was enough to go round.

"If it goes hot get your ass to us, if ours goes hot then we will run towards you" said Harry looking pensive "Me, Edward, Neville and Emmett will go one way. Alice, Jasper, Ron, Hermione will go the other way."

"Done" said Hermione grimly. She too wanted to get back, not for school but to settle back into a routine. Plus she missed spending the night with just Ron as much as she loved getting to know them she wanted to spend some much needed time with her red headed fiancé.

So they left the hotel, making sure to walk slow enough to appear human. Knowing there were camera's everywhere, it took ages for them to get to where Victoria was going to be. The others were in the different direction the galleon at the ready just in case Victoria showed up.

It seemed to take ages; there was no sign of Victoria both teams were just about to give up. Alice didn't have visions and Victoria seemed nowhere to be seen. Then Victoria had Edward by the neck, threatening to kill him if they didn't back away.

"Why did you bother doing that? Why not run?" scoffed Harry, using his magic to work the Galleon it heated up in his hand which told him he had succeeded. Neville and Emmett were nowhere to be seen either, it was as if they had been hurt or too far away to hear their conversation which he doubted very much.

"Because I am not spending the rest of my life running" snarled Victoria, sure she loved hunting and the trill but this was ridiculous she had to watch her back constantly. She wasn't used to that, and there was loads of Vampires after her. She was beginning to realize she had made a mistake, but there was nothing to be done about it now.

"Crucio!" snarled Harry angrily, he was sick and fed up of people he knew or loved getting hurt. For the first time in his existence Harry successfully got the Crucio curse to work. Victoria had to let Edward go as she no longer had control of her muscles. Victoria had never been in so much pain before in her life; not even the turning was as painful as this. She was scratching her face beyond recognition, chunks of cement looking skin was peeling away. Edward quickly made his way to Harry's side, who knew if he had been able to breath would have been trembling in fear.

"You picked the wrong family to mess with" said Harry his voice cold and hard matching the unforgiving look on his face.

Suddenly Emmett and Neville came out of nowhere, grabbing her and subduing her. Only then did Harry take the spell off, suddenly Emmett and Neville were ripping her up into pieces.

"We need fire quickly!" said Jasper as the others finally joined them.

"Fiendfyre!" shouted Hermione, the wand aimed at Victoria's remains. Each Vampire stepped back, ensuring that the fire didn't get anywhere near them. They stood there for what felt like hours watching Victoria another Normad Vampire turn to dust.

Her remains were then promptly banished by Hermione who wore a disgusted look on her face.

"Let's go home" said Hermione.

"Everything's in Hermione's bag she summoned everything and checked out before we left" said Ron.

"I want to see Luna so come on" said Neville he had missed his fiancée terribly.

"I want my Rosalie too" said Emmett nodding, it seemed like Emmett and Neville were bonding pretty well. They seemed to have become fast friends over the course of the past few days. Harry wondered if it was because they were both without their lovers or had plenty in common…although Harry couldn't see it being the second one. He shrugged his shoulders, he was just glad they had people there of their own kind who got on with them. Harry had been worried they would have been seen as 'Freaks' in the vampire world.

"How is it going?" asked Severus as soon as Harry called him.

"She has been dealt with we are coming home, how is everyone?" asked Harry.

"Fred, George and Draco were unhappy that they missed another Harry Potter adventure. Although Draco is quite happy that he's now a vampire and can keep up with his parents and friends" said Severus smirking over the phone.

"How's Remus and Sirius?" asked Harry softly.

"Good, worried about you especially when you wouldn't answer their call" said Severus a note of questioning in his voice.

"I didn't want to talk to anyone; I was…felt like I was doing something wrong for some reason. I didn't want them to hate me" murmured Harry knowing good and well he wasn't making much sense.

"I see, never fear that Harry they love you and couldn't hate you anymore than they could apparate to the moon" said Severus soothingly, obviously gotten the gist of what Harry had said.

Harry's relationship with Severus had changed; Severus was different with him than anyone else. He even had more patience for Harry than he did with Draco and that was saying something. Severus seemed to understand what he felt and was going though. Severus had been a constant in his life, even if he was an unfair biased constant at that. He was more like a father now than ever before, Remus and Sirius would probably be disappointed to be qualified for more like an Uncle roll. No one would ever take the place of his mum even if he had a female influence in his life.

"Thanks Severus, we are on our way back we will be back before morning" said Harry sounding more hopeful than expectant.

"Yep, just in time too…its sunny tomorrow" grinned Alice.

"And you don't have the excuses you used to have to remain of school" smirked Harry wickedly.

"Just take care and I'll see you soon" said Severus before Harry heard a click indicating that Severus had put the phone down.

"Bye" grinned Harry into nothingness.

By the time the teen's and Cullen's had gotten back the first thing they did was wrap their significant other in a hug. Rosalie and Luna getting the biggest hug of them all. Harry smiled sadly at Edward, feeling for the teen as he watched everyone hug someone. Harry just placed a hand on Edward's shoulder giving him some small measure of comfort.

"Our time will come" said Harry soothingly.

"Yeah" sighed Edward, no longer believing that, he had waited over one hundred years for his mate. He had thought Bella was the one until Harry had come and made him face reality. Now he was alone and felt more alone than ever despite having new friends.

They had no idea their significant other was each other.

When will they realize they like each other? who will do the falling first? will they like each other and not realize and the families set them up? did you like victoria's defeat? like how neville and emmett are getting on? how will i have Edward and Harry get together? something different...for a change... I've noticed a decreese of reviews for my story...is this story boring you now? shall i just round it up and finish it? i could do it in the next few chapters if i've gone to far and made the story too long and boring! it wasnt something i wanted to do...so please let me know what you want. R&R Plz