A/N: Hey everyone here is the fourth chapter, the response to this story has blown me away. I received an interesting request from Ogremen who sent me a suggestion. At first I was hesitant to include this character but the more I thought about it the more it made sense. Not spoiling anything but I would appreciate your feedback on the addition to the story. Also I hated the fact that the vampire's sparkled in the twilight series, so I have change their lore, an explanation of them is given in this chapter. As always I own nothing, all the characters belong to their owners, and I'm simply playing in the sandbox
Chapter 4: First Full Moon, First Battles and a Destiny Changed
HPOV
It was just before dawn on Thursday that Harry awoke to the sounds of the forest outside his window. He had found the the unique noises of the forest soothed him better than a glass a fire whiskey. Rising quickly he threw on a clothes and made his way down to the first floor. Stopping before entering the study, not wanting to wake Teddy at such an early he quickly opened the door and stepped inside locking it behind him setting an alarm for when Teddy opened his bedroom door.
On the surface the study was like any other, a desk with a large chair, computer and a bookcase behind it. To the left stood a window with a nice view of the forest and to the left stood a wall filled with the numerous degrees he had accumulated over the years. Stepping up to the wall, he placed his palm on the blank wall muttering quickly "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good."
Stepping back a doorhandle appeared first, followed by a large oak door. Opening the door swiftly, he had his way down the stairs to his basement. When Harry had purchased the house he had made sure that it would have everything he would need, both magical and mundane. He had hired the Gnoemean Bank of America, the leading bank in magical USA to ensure the house was both fully stocked in magical supplies and artefacts but also fully protected from any and all creatures, human or otherwise that would indeed to harm either he or Teddy.
The Gnome's had not failed to deliver, they had given him a fully stocked potions lab, an expansion charm on the room for training purpose's with fully automated dummies that fought and adapted to the dueller. But that wasn't what had impressed him the most, it had been the security system they had installed. Whilst the goblins in England were known for their expert craftsmanship, the Gnomes of America were known for their ingenuity. They were specifically famous for their unique inventions that combined the magical and the mundane worlds.
They had expertly combined a series of wards tied directly into a central alarm system. It would notify him if and when someone had breached the property, their intent to the owners what type of creature they were. If the wards detected someone with lethal intent it would engage a three level defence system.
The first was if they preached the property perimeter, they would activate a notice-me-not charm. If they proceeded to the second level of the system, within ten metres of the house activate the second defence mechanism. Similar to the stupefy spell, it would emit a barrier stunning the subject and ejecting five metres from the house. The third and final system was actually two pronged, if the subjects are able to breach the house an alarm will sound in the Auror building in Seattle, ensure that Auror response will be swift. The second prong of the system activates is an electrical discharge aimed at the intruder enough to vaporise a vampire.
As Harry looked around his potions lab, it would be enough to make Snape jealous. As he made his way over to the cauldrons he had boiling with the various potions he was making. A woflsbane potion and a dreamless sleep potion were both currently "cooking" as Harry had come to call it. The dreamless sleep would be ready before midday, however Harry had just started on the wolfsbane potion and Snape hadn't been lying; it was one of most complex potions Harry had ever mastered.
Requiring a full month to brew, it wouldn't be ready in time for the full moon tonight, which had made Harry swore at first until he had taken out the ingredients to start, intent to making a trip the Salem Magical district to purchase a dose, he had found one on the shelf with the note saying "Compliments of the Gnoemean Bank of America." Those gnomes really did know customer service Harry thought as he finished adding the last of ingredients to the wolfsbane potion just as the alarm to Teddy's room went off.
Putting the cauldrons on a low setting Harry set about cleaning up and making his way back up the stairs. As he exited into his study, the door to the basement disappearing behind him, the sound of Teddy's sleepy footsteps could be heard from the hall outside. Walking out of his study, he found a very sleepy Teddy wiping his eyes.
"You're up early Teddy" Harry said, picking him up and walking into the kitchen, plopping him down into the stool before walking over to the fridge to gather the eggs and bacon needed for breakfast.
"Junior woke me up" came the sleepy reply from the Toddler. Harry stopped for a moment, silently cursing Greyback for the millionth time, before continuing carrying the breakfast ingredients over to the stove.
"Little early isn't' it for him, to be waking up isn't it?" Harry replied turning on the stove and cracking some eggs. "Yeah I know, maybe he's excited for the new forest" came the sleepy reply from the stool.
When Teddy transformed, with the help of the woflsbane potion, he was able to keep his mind and keep the monster at bay. However even though they were able to suppress the wolf part of his mind, it was still able to communicate with the young child. These often took the form of nightmares proceeding to the full moon, however as the day of the full moon itself progressed Moony Jnr as Harry and Teddy had come to call him would wake.
Basic animal instinct would be the only way to describe state of mind he felt from that corner of Teddy's mind when they were linked. It would rage for control until the Teddy took his wolfsbane dose, but it didn't usually wake till the hour or two before the rise of the full moon.
"Do you want your potion?" Harry asked, getting a sleepy nod in response "Accio wolfsbane Potion" which made the youngster perk up; he loved it when Harry did magic. A whooshing noise, followed by Harry putting his hand up in a stopping motion.
"Not me you idiot" Harry murmured at potion in mock-annoyance making Teddy giggle "you're supposed to go him" he finished pointing at the giggling boy. The potion looked at Harry as if in a "Are you sure" sort of way which set the young into fresh peals of laughter making him fall out of his seat. Harry now laughing himself grabbed the potion out of the air and walked around island, picking Teddy up and placing him back on the stool.
"Take your potion you'll feel better" Harry murmured placing the potion in front of him, ruffling his hair as he walked back to the stove.
"I hate the taste of this stupid potion" Teddy murmured before popping the cap and swallowing the contents, making a face as it went down. Harry was already handing the young boy an apple juice, taking the empty potion bottle with him from his other hand.
"Yuck" sputtered Teddy taking a quick gulp of apple juice. For a few moments there was silence in the kitchen before Teddy broke it.
"So have you figured out what Leah is yet?" Teddy asked. Harry had indeed figured out what Leah was, thanks in turn to his wards.
"She's a shape shifter, she's able to turn into an animal at will" Harry murmured "specifically her form is a wolf, which would explain some of what you're feeling for her" he finished, starting to serve up breakfast.
"What about what you're feeling for her Uncle Harry?" came Teddy's response, almost causing Harry to drop the plates he was carrying over to the island.
"What are you talking about?" Harry asked feigning ignorance, placing Teddy's breakfast in front of him.
"Come on Uncle Harry I'm not a baby, I've seen the way you look at her you like her" Teddy said finishing in a sing-song voice.
"Oh yeah and what makes you this say this-oh wise one?" Harry asked Teddy. He shrugged for a moment before replying.
"Just the way you look whenever she's around, you're always smiling" Teddy said looking more serious for his age than he should "You haven't smiled a lot, in the last couple of months Uncle Harry… not since you went away for work."
This made Harry freeze up for a moment, the time Teddy was referring to was when he was held captive by the unknown wizard. He'd thought he'd shielded Teddy from the worst of it, ensuring his room was silenced to block the screams from the nightmares and he always made sure he was always had a shirt on when Teddy was in the vicinity.
"I'm fine Teddy…it was just a work trip" Harry replied, lying quickly. Teddy looked up at him, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah since when do work trips end with a trip to St Mungo's?" Teddy asked before continuing "All I'm saying is you seem happy…happier than I've seen you in ages." Teddy finished eating before excusing himself, rushing into the lounge room to watch early morning cartoons, leaving Harry alone in the kitchen with his thoughts.
After cleaning up breakfast Harry had set out on getting the supplies ready for the "camping trip." When they went on these trips in England they had often apparated to forest and set up camp. This was the first time in which the forest was at their doorstep. The plan was for Harry and Teddy to set out just after two, Harry would transform into his shadow wolf form and they would run north for a couple hundred miles ensuring that there was no chance of accidental contact with the human population.
Taking a magical tent and supplies for one night they would hitch the tent up and make their several way several miles from the camp site. There they would wait till night fall and the full moon rose and Teddy would transform after which they would run and hunt sating the wolf in Teddy for another month. As Harry brought the tent, Teddy and his gear down the stairs Harry thought back to what he had discovered about Leah last night.
As he'd said they she was a shape shifter, not a true "child of the moon" as Teddy was, but still had the ability to transform into a wolf. The difference being that, a shape shifter could for the most part control when they transformed (it did note however that extreme anger or rage can cause them to lose control and shift) whilst a lycan couldn't.
Also unlike Teddy who was resistant to the vampire venom whereas by contrast the bite of a cold one could kill a shape shifter. It also said that shape shifters had amazing regenerative properties able to heal from broken bones overnight. Teddy could only rapidly heal whilst he was in his wolf form. It also stated the shape shifters were always from Native American tribes and that the first "phase" of the tribe was in response to a perceived enemy of the tribe.
As Harry thought dropped the bags in the hall he thought back over everything he knew about her. Although he couldn't blame her for keeping secrets, it still hurt a little that she hadn't told him her secret until he remembered that she wasn't the only with secrets between the two of them. The more he thought about it, the stronger the urge to share everything with her became. He knew that he should be fighting that, she was clouding his judgement too much for him to be making rational decisions but if he was honest he didn't have fight in him to push her away and deep down he knew wouldn't be able to. I don't want to fight it came the crystallising thought pushing all of his other racing thoughts back.
Taking his phone out of his pocket he dialled the number
"Hello" came the sleepy murmur over the phone line. Harry closed and just focused on the breathing coming from the other end of the phone line.
"Hey its Harry…I didn't wake you did I?" Harry asked after a few moments. He could hear rustling on the other end of the line before a response came back.
"Sorry…I just had a late tribal meeting late last night is all" she replied sounding much more awake and alert over the phone.
"So what's up?" she asked which made Harry pull up short.
"I just…it's…" Harry struggled into the phone before taking a deep breath and continuing "I just needed to hear your voice is all" he finished lamely, so much for the famous Gryffindor courage. There was silence on the phone for a few moments before a reply came.
"That's not what you wanted to say" she said softly, Harry could detect her smile down the phone "But it's nice to hear you say that." Harry was silent for a moment before a question that he couldn't hold in burst out of his mouth.
"Please tell me I'm not the only one feeling like this" Harry said before he lost his nerve.
"No Harry, you're not the only who feels the…connection" she said in a soft whisper.
"Is it real?" he found himself whispering back. A throaty laugh came back down the phone.
"You silly idiot of course it's real" came Leah's warm reply through the phone assuaging fears he didn't even know he'd had. Harry closed his eyes and just let her words rush over him. Not sure if it was the words or the source from where the words were coming but familiar warmth he felt whenever he was in contact with her came back.
"So sorry to change the subject abruptly but Teddy and I have a camping trip to get ready for" Harry said down.
"What-no you can't" came the heated reply which had shocked him "I mean you know with all those reports of the massive wolfs and hikers going missing it's too dangerous."
"It's nice to you know you care Leah" Harry spoke into the phone before continuing "Don't worry I'm staying close to Forks and I'm armed I can handle anything the forest can throw at me." He thought he heard her say "no you can't" before she spoke more clearly.
"Alright…but message me when you get to the camp site…and when you go to bed and when you wake up" Leah replied listing her demands if he was to go into the forest. The quiet worry he felt in her voice just made his heart swell a little more with the growing affection he was starting to feel for her. It had been a long time someone outside of work or Teddy had worried about him and it felt nice that she was so concerned over a normal camping trip…well as normal the Teddy and his trips get.
"I promise ok…and besides I'm pretty sure someone promised me a second date, there's no way the even those giant wolfs are going get to you out of it" Harry said, which set Leah off for some reason. Not understanding why she was laughing he was content just to hear it.
"If those giant wolfs know what's good for them they'll leave you be" she murmured, making him remember that she was or knew the identity of the giant wolves. Teddy chose this moment to come down the stairs.
"We leaving soon Uncle Harry?" asked the youngster making Leah laugh over the phone. Teddy realising it was Leah on the phone he screamed a "hi" down the phone before dancing on the spot anxious to leave.
"Leah I have an excited six year old to appease" Harry said making her laugh and Teddy grumble at him "But I'll call you when Teddy and I reach the campsite." After saying his quick bye's, he slipped his phone back into pocket, shaking himself out of his Leah induced haze looked at his godson who was still dancing on his feet, excitement pouring out of him.
"I'm sorry dad I'm just really excited" Teddy burst out making Harry laugh. Gathering the supplies, he shrunk them all down so they could fit into Harry's magical expanding bag. After placing them all into the bag Harry lead Teddy out of the house, stretching out his neck and back muscles as they stopped a short distance from the forest.
"I love this part" Teddy said bouncing on his feet in excitement. Harry smiled at him before taking a deep breath focusing his magic and found his animal spirit, his body began to shift bones' reshaping and cracking, black fur sprouted and when suddenly Harry exploded. It was over within moments, where Harry once stood, now there was a black wolf. Almost three times the size of a wolf found in the wild, his fur was as black as the midnight sky.
Looking around for a moment, getting used to his new senses and body spotted his nephew Teddy ran over to him bounding around in a circle making the small boy laugh in joy. He licked the boy's face getting a "Yuck Uncle Harry" for his efforts. Stopping, the wolf crouched down allowing the small to climb up onto his back (which took several minutes given his small size compared to Harry's wolf form even with Harry crouched down).
Once the boy was settled, the wolf starting to make his way over to the forest, the gigging toddler in his back. Once he entered the forest he took a deep breathe, allowing his wolf senses to expand over the forest and that's when he noticed several distinct smells. First there was a scent that smelled similar to that of Teddy only it had for lack of a better term, smelled cleaner more pure as if untainted by darkness associated with Teddy's lycanthropy. Must be Leah and her pack Harry thought.
The second smell he was able to recognise it almost instantly; it was the scent of a vampire. Sickly and smelling of decay they had an aroma to him that smelled like bleach and rotting flesh whilst he was in his wolf. Normally, the smell of a vampire wouldn't usually both him this much, but it was the sheer amount of different vampire scents he was smelling which made his raise his shackles, growling.
There were at least forty different vampire scents he could detect in the and around the surrounding forests of Forks. This is where the vampire army went Harry thought to himself in disbelief. Most of scents were old at least six months old, leading up into the mountains and the wooded area that preceded them. However there were eight fresh ones that he almost saturated the forest and Forks. There's a coven in the area came Harry's disbelieving.
From the scents they had been here a while at least three years which caused him to shake his head in disbelief. Harry had checked before moving to Forks, there had been had been only one report of a fatality in the surrounding forests in the last year; Harry Clearwater but that hadn't even been from any physical injuries it had been a heart attack. The working theory Harry had found when he was looking over the police report was that that shock of seeing such a creature had caused the heart attack.
None of this was making sense to Harry at all, vampires were nomadic creature's not staying in the same place for too long and for good reason ; they often caused numerous deaths in the area and to avoid attention they left the area as quickly as they arrived. There had no reports in the Auror office of deaths in Forks caused by vampire's which just lead to further confusion. If they were obviously keeping a low profile and they were obviously not feeding on the local so where were they getting their food source.
"Uncle Harry what are you doing?" Teddy's voice came to, breaking him out of his raging thoughts. Looking over his shoulder, he spotted a confused look on his face. Remembering where he was he suddenly suppressed his natural scent, it wouldn't do any good have a vampire pick it up and follow back to the house.
Putting his thoughts aside for the time being he barked and looked at Teddy in a way he had come to understand, hold on tight. Feeling the young boy grabble his fur and tighten his hips Harry crouched before shooting off the ground bounding faster than a human eye could following racing up into the mountains, the setting sun beginning to fall below the western horizon.
LPOV
The Cullen had come to be known as the unofficial "Headquarters" in preparation for the Volturi's arrival. After Leah had received the call yesterday after dinner she had driven straight to the Cullen's to get a better picture of what was happening, Jake being a emotional mess when she had arrived. That's when the gravity of the situation sunk in for Leah. Irina a vampire from a clan in Alaska had spotted Renesmee in the forest and had mistaken her for an immortal child. Angry at Laurent death at the hands of the wolves she had travelled to Italy telling the Volturi of the "abomination" the Cullen's had created.
Now the Volturi would here in a month, a month in which the Cullen's and Quileute had to prepare for their arrival. With the full realization of Jacob's imprint with Renesmee forging a new family connection of an unbreakable bond and mutual pact of protection between the Cullen's and the Quileute, ending the animosity between the between the two families once and for all.
Now a plan, a long shot had been formed by the Cullen's. They would send word to all the vampires who knew of the Cullen's, they would show them Renesmee. They would see and be witness to the half vampire child and the hope that with enough witnesses they would be able to prove to the Volturi that she was not an immortal child. If the plan failed the alternative was to fight the Volturi and everyone knew what the outcome would be; if they had somehow miraculously defeat the Volturi they would lose people in the fight.
Now the by next day's afternoon the only members left of the Cullen family in were Esme, Carlisle, Edward, Bella and Renesmee. The rest had left for the four corners of the world hoping to find support from the many friends Carlisle had made over the years. Leah and Jake were sitting on the back porch looking into the forest, a comfortable silence between the two. Leah had just gotten off the phone, who had assured that her that both Teddy and himself had reached the campsite without incident.
Bella and Edward were upstairs with Renesmee whilst Carlisle was the phone, contacting the vampires who carried phones. Esme was in the kitchen preparing a meal for Jake Leah and Nessie who now reached the age of small child Carlisle had estimated she was at least four years old.
"We're going to beat them Jake" Leah said breaking the silence between the two "We're going to protect Nessie, prove to them she's not an immortal child" she finished in a firm voice that brokered no argument, Jake sighed and smiled at his Beta thankful her words of support.
"I hope your right" Jake said putting his head in hands breathing a deep sigh before he continued in a choked voice.
"I can't lose her Leah…I just can't" Jake said in a choked voice. Leah could understand how he was feeling. If someone were threatening Harry like the Volturi were Renesmee she would be a mess.
Wrapping an arm his shoulder in support she took a moment before speaking. "Renesmee will be fine Jake…you'll see trust me." Jake smiled at her for moment, pair watching the rare unclouded sun dip down beneath the horizon and the full moon rise.
"Come on lets go inside" Leah said to Jake the pair rising and turning to go back into the house when they heard. It was howl but unlike they had ever hear a wolf or a pack member howl. It was loud and monstrous sound echoing down the mountain raising the hairs on the back of her neck in fear.
"What the hell was that?" Jake asked quaver in her voice. The howl had the same effect on him as it did her she could tell, pure unadulterated fear; that howl had been the sound of a true apex predator and it had terrified them both.
"Just a wolf Jake, just a wolf" Leah said to him "Come on lets go back inside" Leah finished wanting to get inside, into the safety of the Cullen household. As Leah followed Jake into the kitchen she willed herself to believe the words she had spoken to Jake. It's just a wolf she told herself, even though deep down she knew that whatever had made that howl was no ordinary wolf.
She was thankful Harry had told her he was going in the opposite direction to the mountains, to a camping ground just outside of Forks to the south. If Leah hadn't heard from him by midnight she would go to campsite and make sure with her own eyes that he was ok.
HPOV
The snowy mountains were silent only broken by the occasional sound of insects and animals that inhabited the frigid region. Suddenly the light sounds of snow could be being broken by a pair of wolfs when suddenly two wolfs, if you call them bounded out of the darkness. One was quite smaller and quite different to larger of two. Almost human looking it had the snout of a canine, with the body characteristics of a human with a light dusting of fur Teddy's Lycan form looked like a cross between a human and a wolf. He barely reached one third of the height of Harry's animagus form
Pair of wolfs stopped for a moment the smaller sniffing the ground the ground for a moment whilst the older simply stood beside him allowing his cub to pick up the scent. Can you smell the scent? Harry projected his thoughts towards Teddy. Werewolf's typically formed tight packs, able to telepathically project their thoughts to each, ensure they are able to better co-ordinate between them.
The same link had formed between Harry and Teddy, Harry theorising it was a combination of his animagus form and the close bond he had formed with Teddy that allowed for such a bond to develop between them. Teddy sniffed the ground for a moment before nodding his head in indication of the direction of the deer they were hunting. Harry thought that if Teddy hunted animals during the full moon it would help sate bloodlust of the wolf inside him. That way came Teddy's voice in his mind.
As the pair took off in the direction of their prey they had no idea the wide red eyes of a vampire followed their every movement. Dimitri had been sent ahead by the Volturi to gather information on the Volturi when he had detected the unmistakable scent of a child of the moon. Following it silently from a far distance so as not to be detected by scent he was thankful for the overpowering smell of the vampire left behind by the newborn army. Using skills Dimitri had learned whilst hunting the animals on the orders of the Volturi he was able to keep the wolfs in his sight. As he followed the pair of wolfs as they hunted and killed the wild deer he knew without a doubt that this was a child of the moon.
The ferociousness it showed when hunting and killing its prey whilst more controlled than a typical Lycan it still showed signs of the animalistic nature in the way it killed the deer. As Dimitri watched the Lycan he realised he wasn't the only tracking the pair spotting a small brunette vampire. Dimitri realised this was a survivor of the vampire army the Volturi had unofficially supported in the hopes they would destroy. Realising that he needed to report to the Volturi this new crucial piece of information.
It would be the Cullen's final undoing Dimitri, an immortal child they would might survive, but the fact that the Cullen's were aware of the Lycan their territory and hadn't reported it would be their death sentence. Shame Dimitri thought to himself as he made his way South intent finding a phone it would have been entertaining to see the newborn attack the Lycan he thought as a laugh burst from his throat just imaging the carnage those two wolfs would cause to pretty little newborn.
Harry sighed as he chained Teddy up to the pole just outside of the tent. Harry turned and walked over to the campfire putting his hands up to fire, taking a seat on the log beside it. Harry sat there a moment looking over at Teddy still in his wolf, curled up sated till the next full moon. Watching Teddy transform into his cursed form still shattered Harry's every time it happened. Unlike the smooth transformation of Harry went through went transforming into his wolf Teddy's experience extremely painful.
All his bones would break and shift causing the young boy to scream in pain. Harry would often look away till the transformation, not able to bear the pain of seeing his nephew go through such pain. Afterwards Harry would transform linking his mind with Teddy helping him to gather his focus to and regain control. After that they had ran through the mountains, hunting through the night. Harry could have sworn he felt eyes on him through the forest, but he hadn't been able smell anything (not that he could smell much other than sickly smell of the vampires that dominated the entire region) and every time he checked his surrounding he found nothing and no-one following him.
You're still as paranoid as ever Harry thought to himself ruefully. The sun would rise in the next half an hour and Teddy would revert to his form after which Harry would carry him into the tent and allow the recover till they left. Looking over Teddy once Harry decided to go for a walk through forest. As he stood and walked away from the camp he let closed his eye and allowed the sounds of the forest watching over him.
And suddenly he a whoosh go past him causing his eyes to snap open in surprise. There less than stood what appeared to be a fifteen year old girl with shoulder length dark brown hair, she was short barely able to reach Harry's shoulder's and at first glance looked unthreatening but the blood red of her eyes gave her away; she was a vampire. As they stared at each other, everything he knew about vampire's he had learned about in third year defence against the dark arts came rushing to his mind.
Vampires were able to be killed, a wooden stake or removal of the heart would kill them as would decapitation. Direct sunlight would cause them to burst into flames, fire would also cause them die as well. Whilst wizards held the advantage over the vampires with magic, vampires had increased strength, heightened senses and increased speed.
They were also extremely durable, able to regenerate had at an incredible rate and they had fangs coated in a deadly poison that had deadly consequences if you survived the attack the poison from their fangs would cause the victim to turn within three days of being, shorter if there multiple bites. It was often advised to wizards that if they are to encounter they are to apparate to the closest Auror office and report the encounter.
The vampire would usually be hunted and sworn to secrecy by magic or killed was more typical outcome. Auror's often had to work in teams of two or three to take down a single vampire. The more vampire's, the more Auror's were required to battle them. During the Second War Harry had come into contact with numerous vampires and even more in his career as an Unspeakable and an Auror. He was able to recognise the hunger in her eyes; this vampire was close to starvation, her eyes he noticed had an added amber like tint to red of them.
"So hungry" the young girl moaned sniffing the hair before locking her eyes onto him "and you smell so good unlike those other wolfs" she said before she prang at him causing Harry to apparate to where the vampire was standing. The girl was shocked for a moment, before she turned and dodged the Incendio spell Harry had fired at her. She looked quite shocked at the turn of events, in the blink of an eye she had gone from the hunter to the hunted. As she land after dodging the fireball she was quite shocked to see the human moving in to attack with his bare hands the newborn thought in fear.
As he started to swing at her she realised he had speed that matched hers, and as the first right hook connected it sent her straight into the tree behind her causing it bend and break under the force of the blow. As Harry saw the young vampire stunned and in slight pain he pounced on her not giving her a chance he started to lay blow after blow into her causing the tree under buckle break further under the force. As Harry picked up a piece of the splintered tree below him, raising it above her intent on striking the killing blow something made him pause.
Maybe it was her age or maybe it as the pain and resignation in her eyes as if she knew was fate was long coming and had long ago accepted it. It was a look he had come to see in his own eyes during the darkest days of the Second War. He had come to think that he wouldn't survive the Second War but he was determined that if he was die he would take Voldemort with him. As he looked at her he realised she as a newborn, no more than a few month into her new life. Coming to a decision he threw the wood away into the forest and looked at her.
The young newborn was confused, weak and helpless at the mysterious figure who had wholly beaten her.
"Well just finish it…please" she whispered closing her eyes preparing for the killing blow. But it never came. Instead when she opened her eyes she found his hand outstretched to her. When Harry had looked into her eyes, he performed a silent Lilligilemens spell he saw glimpses her thoughts and her life up until this point.
Raised by an abusive father who beat who regularly she took to streets when she was thirteen to escape his wrath. After two horrifying years a vampire named Reilly had turned her and told her she was to help take down another cover; the Cullen's. As he took all of this the young girl spoke before closing. Harry stopped for a moment for holding his hand out for her to take. She see opened her eyes she saw the outstretched hand; confused and wary at what it meant.
Harry recognised a kindred spirit in her, his own history of the abuse at the hands Dursley's, she was like looking to into a what-if future had Hagrid not come and informed him of the magical. Harry been contemplating running away when Hagrid had come and save him. This could have been you he thought but what solidified his decision and made him stretch his hand to her He also saw a longing for a family she thought she could no longer have, something he knew all too well having felt it as a constant companion before Teddy came into his life.
"Take it" Harry murmured to the young girl "I promise I won't hurt you" he finished. She looked at his hand for a moment before taking it allowing him to pull her up off the ground.
"What's your name?" Harry asked her. She looked at him for a moment before she responded.
"Bree Tanner, and can I ask who and what are you?" she asked obviously in disbelief causing him laugh.
"My name is Harry Potter" he said pausing for a moment (after all it was only once he told someone this for the first time) "and I'm a wizard" he finished to her shocked face.
A/N: So the plot begins to thicken. The Volturi have found out that there is a child of the moon in Forks and for those of you who guessed Bree Tanner is the addition I have added. How she survived the Newborn battle in Eclipse will be explained in the next chapter. Let me know what you think in the reviews of the latest developments to the story.