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onward
alex's pov
"Where are my robes?" I muttered angrily as I ran around the room like a psycho.
"I'm sure their somewhere here" said Edward as he calmly helped me to look for them. If only I had his patience.
I ran around looking for them as I attempted to put on my shoe at the same time. Instead I crashed into the bedside table and fell back before Edward got to me. He'd had his back to me so he didn't see my stumbling.
As soon as my body collided with the floor though Edward was beside me sitting me up gently.
"Are you alright?" he asked checking me over to see if I hurt myself.
"No I'm fine thank you" I said as I shoved my foot into the shoe.
"You didn't make sense but I found them" he said raising his hand to show me the black cloth I had failed to see in his hand before. I gave a sigh of relief.
"Thanks so much" I said taking them and standing up.
"Where did you find them?" I asked as I put them on.
"On a shelf in your closet" he said amused as he sat in the edge of the bed.
"Of course" I muttered, as I fastened the buttons.
"So what happens if you're late anyway?" he said as he watched me get ready.
"I don't know but the last time I was late McGonagall gave me a look that told me that I didn't want to know what would happen next time I was late"
I went to my closet to look for my bag. I still had to gather all my books.
Why didn't I do this yesterday?
Edward tapped my shoulder and I turned to look at him.
He was holding my bag already full of books with a mocking smile.
"Thanks" I muttered taking it. "And wipe that smile of your face" I grunted but couldn't help but smile as well.
He chuckled. "Something told me you wouldn't do it last night so I took the liberty of arranging them for you while you slept." He said still smiling.
"I seriously don't know what I would do without you" I said seriously as I took the bag and slung it over my shoulder.
"and I seriously don't want to find out" he chuckled as he began pulling me downstairs, where Frankie was quietly waiting as he sat still on the couch, The emerald green flames already dancing happily on the fire.
"Ready!" I sang.
Edward's pov
Her happy mood seemed to have a big effect on me. I knew, however, that as soon as she left the worry would come crashing into me.
We walked towards the fire. Seeing Alex use magic or just seeing magic didn't yet fail to amaze me. I felt so weak next to her when I saw her practicing with Frankie.
It wasn't a bad thing. I actually somehow liked the feeling. It showed me she was strong and capable of taking very good care of herself. And it gave me some sense of security that she was going to be all right this weekend. It never stopped me from taking care of her though.
She turned towards me to say goodbye.
Good thing it was only for the weekend.
She frowned as she looked at me. I tried to put a happy face but heaven knows what she had found there.
"Calm down" she said for what felt the millionth time. She raised her hand to stroke the length of my cheekbone. I gave her an apologetic smile.
"There are so many reasons for why you shouldn't worry." She murmured.
I heard Frankie leave the room thinking something about giving us some private time.
"And what are those reasons?" I asked softly.
"One I'm not going to die" she said.
She had a point. I was overreacting. But I am not to blame. I had lost too much in the past and I was not willing to take chances now. Alex was in enough danger to make me go paranoid. Whenever I told her how worried I was she would just wave it off saying that I really shouldn't be worried, that it wasn't like she was going to walk in front of voldemort with a sign saying 'I'm here now kill me'.
I tried to see it her way but I couldn't. I really did admire her courage after everything she gone through she is still sane. Better yet she has known so much hate for years yet Alex doesn't know how to hate. She had a very pure soul.
"Second you can bet I'll be coming back." That made my spirits rise even though I was aware she planned to come back Monday morning.
"Third I am as safe as Alexandra melody potter can be" we both frowned right after she said that. If she had still managed to face voldemort within the school grounds then she wasn't as safe as I would like her to be.
"Stop whatever you're thinking about that" she said moving her hands to place them on my temples and add slight pressure to them. I closed my eyes as I savored the feeling of her warm hands on my face.
"Four, you know this is regarding my education which is highly important especially in times like these" I silently nodded.
"Five is do you get my point?" I smiled at that.
"Can you blame me for worrying?" I argued back as I opened my eyes and placed both hands on either side of her face.
"I guess not" she sighed.
"And I see your point but still" I said.
"Please calm down." She gave me a pleading look "I want to come home to find my boyfriend not a paranoid freak?"
"Are you calling me a paranoid freak?" I asked chuckling. She gave me grim grin.
"I'm saying you might become a paranoid freak if you keep worrying too much." She said in a reasonable voice. "Not that it makes a difference, paranoid or not I'll still love you but still…"
I laughed. That's good to know.
"I promise to at least try to not worry" I said kissing her. She closed her eyes and gave a content hum.
"I think I've know you enough to conclude that you will still be very much worried over the weekend" she said wrapping her arms around my neck.
"Weren't you worrying about getting late to school?" I said giving a mischievous grin. Her eyes seemed to be on the verge of popping out as the sentence quickly sank in.
"Damn your right" she tried to reach my lips and I leaned in to kiss her. She gave me an urgent kiss putting her hands on the back of my head and pressing me harder to her, then immediately ended it and called Frankie.
"Bye shrimp" he said walking in and giving her a hug.
"Bye" she said hurriedly, and then she walked into the flames that matched her eyes to perfection, gave us one last smile before shouting.
"Hogwarts!" then she disappeared and the worry seemed to collide with me and posses me.
"Don't worry" Frankie said as if he had read my thoughts. He sat down on a couch and I sat in the one opposite of him.
"It's hard not to" I said sincerely.
"I suppose so" he said.
"Don't you worry?" I asked, though I didn't have to. His thoughts were very calm and sympathetic towards me.
"No I don't, she is under the care of Dumbledore so she is very safe. Granted, she has faced voldemort in the school grounds two times before. But both times Dumbledore had not been present in the school."
"Yet they still managed to lure Alex and her brother and cedric out of the school last year and they almost got killed by voldemort" I said trying to keep my voice even. Just thinking about all this made me further more nervous.
Guess you really are in love if you're worrying so much about her going to school
"She's the best part of my life" I muttered looking at the floor.
Correction. I notice things Edward and I can conclude that she is your life.
I gave a half laugh. "She is my life" I repeated smiling like a fool. I was momentarily overtaken by the joy those words brought to me. "How can you expect me not to worry about my life?" I asked still smiling.
He smiled as well.
"Trust me everyone is watching her and harry. No one ever takes their eyes off of them. Besides right now voldemort doesn't want to make himself know to the public. Not yet, so it is not in his best interest to attempt to penetrate the wall of Hogwarts under the watch of Dumbledore."
I had nothing to say to this. But this weekend was going to be excruciatingly long.
Alex's pov
I was met by professor McGonagall as I came out of the fireplace.
"Good you're just on time" she said as I dusted myself off.
"Yes, good evening professor" I said politely.
"Good evening. Now run along I need to go talk to professor flitwick" I hastily made my way out of her office and went towards the dormitories where I hoped harry was.
I met various people on my way there.
"Neville" I said as he walked by me. He turned around abruptly.
"Alex!" he called enthusiastically. "You look better!" he added, I rolled my eyes but couldn't help but smile.
"Have you seen harry?" I asked.
"He headed to the great hall with Hermione and Ron to eat not long ago" he said. "I was headed there as a matter of fact"
"Great! So you don't mind if I join you?" I asked.
"Not at all" I walked towards him and looped my arm through his and we made our way to the great hall.
As I walked I noticed how much I had truly changed. Not physically but emotionally. Before, as I walked down the corridors of this very school I half expected to see Cedric's ghost around the corner. Even months after he was gone I still expected to see him. Fear and pain always was with me, and at the turn of every corner I only found emptiness nothing more.
The fear was now gone and the pain was very well hidden, it wasn't a threat anymore. As of now I didn't expect him but I expected the emptiness that would no longer hurt me. It was just a mere scar now. And I know that's how Cedric would have wanted it to be.
"It's good to see you in such bright spirits" Neville noted when we were close to the great hall.
"It's good to feel in such bright spirits" I said, breaking out of my thoughts.
I was eager to see harry and tell him about my good fortune. I wanted him to know about Edward. I also missed Edward terribly though it had only been minutes. The past week we had been inseparable. He would stay and watch me practice with Frankie. He would help me study when it didn't require magic. And every night he stayed with me always waiting for me to wake up.
Neville and I entered the great hall and I searched the Gryffindor table for harry Ron and Hermione. Immediately Hermione's bushy hair caught my attention. She sat across from harry and Ron. All three were talking animatedly.
"I'm off mate" I said to Neville then waved goodbye and ran towards my brother.
"I'm starving" I said shoving harry aside to make some room for me.
He turned around perplexed. He took a look at me and his expression went from amazed to ecstatic.
"Alex!" he said and hugged me. I returned the hug.
"There, there, harry, it's no reason to try to suffocate me" I said patting his back.
He let go of me and gave me a long and happy look. Hermione and Ron had the same expressions.
"But seriously I didn't eat anything at forks." I eyed the food hungrily.
"How?" harry asked.
He didn't need to say anything else I knew what he was talking about.
"Sometimes you need a little help to heal" I said giving him a pointed look.
And it was one of those rare times that I was able to hear his thoughts, a gift that was usually only granted to us when we were in danger or scared. It was a bond we had had since we were little.
Who?
I smiled at my brother's quick mind.
Someone really special
He thought about it for a second. Then he enveloped me in another hug.
"I'm in his debt then. He gave me my sister back" he murmured.
Only when he pulled back and brushed away the tears did I realize I was crying.
"I've already paid him with my heart" I whispered. "And it is the best choice I have ever made" I regretted nothing. He gave a delighted smile and kissed my cheek.
I ate rather quickly then we all made our way to the common room.
"So who's the guy?" Hermione asked as we took a seat in the empty common room.
"Edward Cullen" I said "he goes to school with me."
"So he's a muggle?" asked Ron.
I nodded. But my feelings gave me away; my feelings however, weren't something Hermione and Ron could detect. Harry however saw right trough my lie.
What is he?
I'm not supposed to tell anyone else harry. You have to promise me not say it to a single soul harry not even Ron and Hermione. Edward trust's me with this secret.
I promise
Vampire
His eyes snapped to mines. Seeking for the confirmation and I know he found it for he abruptly turned away.
Can we talk later?
He nodded as he looked at the fireplace.
"Since when?" asked Hermione.
"I'd known him for months now. But if you're talking romantically barely last week."
"A muggle?" asked Ron again.
"You have something against muggles boy?" I asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"No I just see it odd." He said indignantly.
"Does he know?" asked Hermione curiously.
Should I tell her? Harry had turned around and all three were looking at me expectantly.
"My silence already gave me away anyway" I muttered before nodding.
Hermione gasped.
"Why? You know he can't know about us melody" she said in that reproaching tone that made me feel like she desperately needed to become a mother.
"I know but I couldn't keep it away from him. I love him and I can't keep the biggest part of my life away from him" I said, trying to make her understand that.
"Love is a strong word don't you think?" she said frowning. I gave her a defiant look.
"I do know that Hermione thank you very much" I snapped.
"What about cedric?" she said, then seemed to regret it. Both Ron and harry glared at her.
"I won't forget him and I still love him very much. But I can't stay in the past forever can I? Not unless I have a death wish" I said coldly.
"I'm sorry" she whispered "it wasn't my intention to bring it up. I'm really sorry Alex" she pleaded. I took a deep breath and tried to calm down.
"It's fine Hermione, really, but trust me when I say that I have no doubt that I love him. If you met him Hermione you would understand."
"Then we all hope to meet him soon" said harry. I looked at him and smiled.
"Thank you" I said.
I kept talking to them about Edward.
That same night I walked out of the girls dormitory and was met by harry at the end of the stairs.
We walked together and silently to the empty common room. Everyone was currently sleeping.
Edward sat in a comfortable chair by the fire and I sat on the floor leaning against his legs.
"Now explain this situation" he said calmly.
"Well what can I say we met in school and I found out he was a vampire some time ago. And he found out about me that same day"
"How did it happen?" he asked sensing my uneasiness.
"I was walking through the woods at the wrong time and well I used a shielding spell to protect myself from him. He tried to attack me" I added the last sentence in a barely audible voice.
"Why?" he asked sounding alert.
"He was hunting and I crossed him when he is most dangerous."
"Do you really not care for you life at all midget?" he said irritated.
"Leave me alone. He hunts animals not humans"
"That's interesting" he said
I figured he didn't need to know the part of Edward being specially attracted to my blood.
"Does he know about you?" he asked. I knew what that meant.
"No" I sighed.
"Are you planning on telling him?" he asked as he took my hair in his fingers and gently pulled at it. A gesture he knew I loved, it always relaxed me.
"I don't know. I'm afraid of what he will think" I confessed.
"If he really does love you then he wont care" he said reproaching me for my thoughts.
"I know that but…I don't know…there's just some thing s better left alone" I said sighing.
"I can't say I agree with you decision but I won't bother you with it. But you know he will notice that you don't age eventually."
"I know I'm working on a plan for that" I groaned at the reminder. In truth I hadn't thought about that during the whole week.
"Good then" he said. "So you really like him?" he asked tentatively.
I smiled to myself. "More than that" I said then I reached behind me and found his hand. I thought about the memory of Edward and me at his house.
"You love him" harry said as we pulled out of the memory.
"Love is the correct word mate" I said hugging his leg. He laughed at my childish gestures.
My evaluation was good as always. But those two days had been unbearably slow. Nevertheless I was happy to spend sometime with my brother and my friends I hadn't done that in ages.
Soon it was Sunday and we were in the room of requirement teaching the members of the D.A. how to make a patronus.
Everyone talked to me comfortably again. Before they had been afraid to even give me a look of pity, they couldn't know how I would react; I would scream at them or burst into tears. All of that seemed long forgotten though.
Everyone was practicing excitedly.
"Like this Seamus" I said walking towards him. I demonstrated how to make the patronus.
"Just focus on the happiest memory you have" I told him. I watched as he attempted it again. He had a bit more progress.
"You're getting somewhere just -" I was cut short when I heard the door open and close. We all turned towards it but I didn't see anyone come in. I walked towards harry as I saw many people surrounding him.
I muttered excuse me's as I tried to make my way to harry. When I finally got there I saw a house elf with his eyes filled with terror.
That can't be good.
"Harry potter sir…" dobby squeaked as he trembled. "Harry potter sir…dobby has come to warn you…but the house elves have been warned not to tell…"
He made a go to the wall but I caught him in my arms before he could beats himself up. Harry came towards me and the struggling elf.
"What happened dobby" he said almost fearfully. He took hold of dobby's arms as he tried to hit himself with them.
"Harry potter…she…she…" he tried to hit himself with my arm harry took both of dobby's small hands into one his and held dobby's head up.
"Who is 'she' dobby?" I asked urgently, though I already had some kind of idea of who we were talking about. And surely harry did too.
"Umbridge?" asked harry in horror.
Dobby nodded and I held him tighter as he struggled to beat himself again.
"What about her? Dobby- she hasn't found out about this- about us-about the D.A.?"
Dobby's expression confirmed it. What are we still doing here then!
Harry heard that thought.
"Is she coming?" I whispered already knowing the answer.
"Yes Alex potter yes!" shrieked the elf.
They need to go harry! I thought wildly.
Harry looked up at everyone who was immobilized.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? RUN!" he screamed and that broke their trance. They all made a go for the exit.
Harry yanked dobby away from me and took my hand and pulled me out of the room of requirement. I ran as well thinking of running to the owlery. It wasn't that far away…
"Dobby-this is an order" harry said speaking to dobby. "get back down to the kitchen with the other elves, and if she asks you if you warned us, lie and say no!" harry said as we sprinted along the corridors.
"And I forbid you to hurt yourself!" I added.
"Thank you" dobby squeaked as harry let go of him and he ran off.
We split up so that it wouldn't be so suspicious but as soon as we began to head in opposite direction he fell and I followed.
Just what I need!
"Trip jinx potter!" I heard Malfoy's disgusting voice say gleefully then he called her.
She came breathless but smiling evilly.
Then Umbridge dragged both harry and I to Dumbledore's office.
I guess this is the bad feeling Edward had been referring to.
We walked into the headmaster's office and we saw that it was full. Fudge -The minister-, and Kingsley and another auror were there along with Percy Weasley, professor McGonagall and Dumbledore who sat behind his desk seeming perfectly calm. As if this was a mere business meeting. The portraits of the head masters and mistresses were wide awake today. Some began to whisper when we came in. Harry and I pulled ourselves free of the toads grasp.
"Well, well, well" said fudge, my head snapped to his direction. He had a nasty grin on his face.
"They were heading back to the Gryffindor tower" Umbridge said.
Correction I was going to the owlery and Harry was going who knows where.
Could her voice get any nastier?
"The Malfoy boy cornered them"
"Did he, did he?" fudge said approvingly. "I must remember to tell Lucius."
I looked at Dumbledore, but he didn't look back. What is he trying to show with this serene mask?
"I expect you both know why you are here?" I heard fudge ask.
I cut harry off before he could fully answer. Never taking my eyes off Dumbledore, I saw him focus on something past were harry was and I could have sworn he shook his head just a fraction of an inch to each side.
"No" I answered. Everyone looked at me.
"I beg you pardon?" fudge said, giving me an incredulous look.
"No" I repeated.
"You don't know why you are here?" he asked.
Harry seemed to have catched up.
"No we don't" he said firmly.
I looked around the room, trying to make it seem like I really didn't know why I was still here.
"So you have no idea" fudge said sarcastically. I looked at him again, with a perfectly normal innocent look. "Why professor Umbridge has brought both of you to this office? You are not aware that you have broken school rules?"
"School rules?" I scoffed "no"
"Or ministry decrees?"
"Not that I'm aware. How many new one have you made since I last came anyways?" I said mockingly.
Harry nudged me.
SHUT UP!
I huffed and looked away.
How are we going to get out of this one anyway?
"So it's news to you, is it? That an illegal student organization has been discovered within this school?"
Their better informed than I thought? Ah damn I'm definitely getting expelled now. This is not what I wanted.
"Yes it is" said harry seeming just a bit too innocent.
"I think minister" said Umbridge in that voice that gave me Goosebumps-not in a good way- she sounded utterly delighted. "We might make better progress if I fetch our informant."
Oh yes I want to see this traitor for myself.
"Yes, yes, do" said fudge, giving Dumbledore a malicious look. "There's nothing like a good witness is there, Dumbledore?"
"Nothing at all, Cornelius" Dumbledore said gravely.
We waited in silence for a few minutes and then Umbridge came back with none other than cho's friend Marietta.
I didn't think she could go so low. She hid her face with her hands but I knew it wasn't from shame.
"Don't be scared, dear, don't be frightened," Umbridge said softly. Well I don't know what was wrong with her but she should be frightened. "It's quite alright, now. You have done the right thing. The minister is very pleased with you. He'll be telling your mother what a good girl you've been. Marietta's mother minister is madam Edgecombe from the department of magical transportation Floo network office- she's been helping us police the Hogwarts fires, you know?"
"Jolly good, jolly good!" fudge said delightedly. "Like mother like daughter eh? Well, come on, now, dear, look up, don't be shy, let's hear what you've got to- galloping gargoyles!"
"Whoa!" I said backing away. Oh yeah she should definitely be frightened.
When she raised her head I saw her face was disfigured with angry close-set purple pustules that ran across her nose and cheeks and formed the words SNEAK.
Bless Hermione.
Marietta wailed when she heard our reactions and wailed then covered her face again.
Oh bless Hermione again.
"Never mind the spots now dear" Umbridge said impatiently. "Just take your robes away from your mouth and tell the minister-"
Marietta gave a muffled wail and shook her head frantically.
"Oh very well, you silly girl, I'll tell him"
I sighed and zoned out. This was giving me a headache.
I can't deny that a small part of me was scared. Getting expelled was the last thing I needed and I couldn't see how harry and I would get out of this one. What was Dumbledore planning on doing? Or had he already lost his mind?
"I think you will find you're wrong there Dolores" I looked at Dumbledore.
What did I miss?
"Oho!" exclaimed fudge, making me jump. I looked at him with wide eyes. "Yes, do let's hear the latest cock-and-bull story designed to pull them out of trouble! Go on, then, Dumbledore, go on-willy widdershins was lying, was he? Or was it the potters other identical twins in the hog's head that day? Or is there the usual simple explanation involving a reversal of time, a dead man coming back to life, and a couple of invisible dementors?"
What repressed feelings can do to a person right?
I heard Percy laugh.
"Oh very good, minister, very good!"
Kiss up.
"Cornelius" spoke Dumbledore, turned my sight to him. Surprisingly he had a gentle smile on his face. "I do not deny-nor, I am sure, doe neither harry or Alex- that they were in the hogs head that day nor that they were trying to recruit students to a defense against the dark arts group. I am merely pointing out that Dolores is quite wrong to suggest that such a group was, at the time, illegal. If you remember, the ministry decree banning all student societies was not put into effect until two day's after harry and Alex's hogsmeade meeting, so they were not breaking any rules in the hog's head at all."
Oh I would have never thought about that. But how did this help?
I wasn't the only one speechless. But Umbridge was the first to break the silence.
"That's all very fine, headmaster" she said with a sweet smile. "But we are now nearly six months on from the introduction of educational decree number twenty-four. If the first meeting was not illegal, all those that have happened since most certainly are"
"Well," responded Dumbledore. What is he getting at? He stared interestedly at his interlocked fingers. "They certainly would be, of they had continued after the decree came into effect. Do you have any evidence that these meetings continued?
Does he not see Marietta! That sneak is live proof of what we have been doing!
"Evidence?" Umbridge repeated. "Have you not been listening, Dumbledore? Why do you think Miss Edgecombe is here?"
My point exactly!
"Oh, can she tell us about six months' worth of meetings?" Dumbledore said raising his eyebrows. "I was under the impression that she was merely reporting a meeting tonight"
"Miss Edgecombe" Umbridge said turning to her. "Tell us how long these meetings have been going on, dear. You can simply nod or shake your head; I'm sire that won't make the spots worse. Have been happening regularly over the last six months?"
Dead end. I could feel Harry's uneasiness and it was affecting me as well.
"Just nod or shake you head" said Umbridge "come on, that won't activate the jinx further…."
Still she would not talk. He r eyes looked oddly blank, and then she shook her head, taking me by surprise. I don't think I was the only one with this reaction.
"I don't think you understood the question, did you, dear? I'm asking whether you've been going to these meetings for the past six months. You have, haven't you?"
She shook her head again.
"What do you mean by shaking your head dear?" Umbridge said sowing hints of impatience.
"I would have thought the meaning was quite clear" professor McGonagall said harshly. "There have been no secret meetings for the past six months. Is that correct Miss Edgecombe?"
Marietta nodded.
At least she is playing along now.
"But there was a meeting tonight!" Umbridge said furiously. A bit more and she could probably go into hysterics.
"There was a meeting, Miss Edgecombe, you told me about it, in the room of requirement! And potter was the leader, was he not, both of the potters organized it, the potters- why are shaking your head, girl?"
"Well usually when a person shakes their head" McGonagall said coldly. "They mean 'no'. so unless miss Edgecombe is using a form of sign language as yet unknown to human-"
She really did hate Umbridge.
Umbridge seemed o have lost all civilized sense. She pulled Marietta to face her and began shaking her hard. I made to move towards her but in that very second Harry took my arm to stop me and Dumbledore was up with his wand raised. Boy did he look angry. I did an awkward cringe when I saw his expression.
If looks could kill, Umbridge would have already fallen flat on the ground.
Umbridge immediately leapt back from Marietta waving her hands in the air as of she had been burned.
"I cannot allow you to manhandle my students, Dolores" Dumbledore said.
"You want to calm yourself madam Umbridge," said Kingsley I that deep slow voice of his. "You don't want to get yourself in trouble now"
"No" she said in a breathless voice. "I mean, yes- you're right shacklebolt-I-I forgot myself"
Marietta didn't seemed disturbed by this at all she was still too busy covering the ugly pustules.
"Dolores" fudge said trying to settle this whole situation once and for all. "This meeting tonight- the one we know definitely happened-"
"Yes" she said. "Yes… well, Miss Edgecombe tipped me off and I proceeded at once to the seventh floor, accompanied by certain trustworthy students, so as to catch those in the meeting red-handed. It appears that they were forewarned of my arrival, however, because when we reached the seventh floor they were running in every direction. It does not matter, however. I have al their names here, Miss Parkinson ran into the room of requirement for me to see if they had left anything behind…we needed evidence and the room provided…"
Shit.
It was the paper that everyone of the clubs member had signed. Every single name was in there.
"The moment I saw the potters name on the list, I knew what we were dealing with"
Oh how nice.
"Excellent" fudge said smiling as he read the names on the list. "Excellent Dolores. And…by thunder…"
He looked up at Dumbledore who was still standing with his wan held loosely in his hand.
"See what they've named themselves?" fudge said quietly. "Dumbledore's army."
My insides went cold.
Dumbledore took the paper and examined it. He looked up smiling.
Why is he smiling!? This isn't something to smile about!
"Well, the game is up" he said. What game? There is no game! "Would you like a confession from me, Cornelius- or will a statement before these witnesses suffice?"
I know I'm not the only one confused here.
"Statement?" fudge said sounding as confused as I felt. "What- I don't-?"
"Dumbledore's army, Cornelius" Dumbledore said still smiling happily. "Not potter's army. Dumbledore's army"
"but- but-"
But is correct minister.
Then he seemed to understand.
"You" he whispered.
"That's right" Dumbledore said, sounding much too pleasant.
"You organized this?"
"I did" Dumbledore said.
"You recruited these students for your- for your army?"
"Tonight was supposed to be the first meeting merely to see whether they would be interested in joining me. I see now it was a mistake to invite Miss Edgecombe, of course."
Marietta nodded.
"Then you have been plotting against me!" he yelled.
"That's right," Dumbledore said cheerfully.
"NO!" both Harry and I shouted. Both McGonagall and Kingsley shot us warning and threatening looks.
"no- professor Dumbledore!" Harry said.
"Be quiet, Harry, or I'm afraid you will have to leave my office." Dumbledore said quietly.
"Yes shut up potter" barked fudge. My eyes narrowed and a growl built inside of me. Harry put a reassuring hand on my arm. "Well, well, well- I came here tonight expecting to expel the potter and instead-"
"Instead you get to arrest me" Dumbledore finished for him. "It's like loosing a nut and finding a galleon, isn't it?"
"Weasley!" cried fudge happily, he had lost it, I'm sure. "Weasley, have you written it all down, everything he's said, his confession, have you got it?"
"Yes, sir, I think so, sir!" Percy said scribbling wildly in his notepad.
"The bit about how he's been trying to build up an army against the ministry, how he's been working to destabilize me?"
"Yes, sir, I've got it, yes" Percy said triumphantly.
"Very well then, duplicate your notes, weasley, and send a copy th the daily prophet at once. If we send a fast owl we should make te morning edition!" Percy ran out of the room like a kid running towards his presents on Christmas. I have never seen him this happy.
Fudge turned back to Dumbledore. "You will now be escorted back to the ministry, where you will be formally charged and then sent to Azkaban to await trial!"
"Ah," Dumbledore said gently. "Yes. Yes, I thought we might hit that little snag"
What?
"What snag? I see no snag, Dumbledore!"
"Well, I'm afraid I do" said Dumbledore apologetically.
"Oh really?"
"Well- it's just that you seem to be laboring under the delusion that I am going to- what is the phrase? 'Come quietly.' I am afraid I am not going to come quietly at all, Cornelius. I have absolutely no intention of being sent to Azkaban. I could break out of course- but what a waste of time, and frankly, I can think of a whole host of things I would rather be doing.
"So" fudge sneered "you intend to take on dawlish, shacklebolt, Dolores, and I single-handed, do you, Dumbledore?"
"Merlin's beard no!" Dumbledore said still smiling. "Not unless you are foolish enough to force me to"
"He will not be single-handed" McGonagall said plunging her hand in her robes.
"Oh yes he will Minerva" Dumbledore said sharply. "Hogwarts needs you!"
All Harry and I could do was stare helplessly.
"Enough of this rubbish" fudge said pulling out his wand.
"Dawlish, shaklebolt! Take him!"
There was a streak of silver light in the room and then a sound of something like a gunshot which made even the floor tremble. I felt a hand force both Harry and I to the floor and there was a second flash of silver light. I wasn't able to really process much of it in my mind. I began to cough in the dust.
A figure fell to the floor in front of me then a shriek and a thud, then someone cried " no!" the sound of breaking glass, frantic scuffling footsteps a groan and then it all went quiet.
McGonagall had forced us to the ground where she herself was crouching.
My heart was thudding in my chest. I saw a tall figure walking toward us.
"Are you all right?" Dumbledore said to us.
"Yes!" McGonagall responded. We all got up.
The whole office was wrecked. And fudge, Umbridge, dawlish, and shaklebolt were all on the ground unconscious.
Fawkes- the phoenix- was flying above them in circles, softly singing.
"Unfortunately, I had to hex Kingsley too or it would have looked very suspicious." Dumbledore said. "He was remarkably quick on the uptake, modifying Miss Edgecombe's memory like that while every one was looking the other way- thank him for me, wont you, Minerva?
"now they will all awake very soon and it will be best if they don't know that we had time to communicate- you must act as though no time has passed, as though they were merely knocked to the ground, they will not remember-"
"Where will you go Dumbledore?" McGonagall whispered. "Grimmauld place?"
"Oh no" Dumbledore said, a grim smile taking place in his thin face. "I am not leaving to go into hiding. Fudge will soon wish he'd never dislodged me from Hogwarts. I promise you…"
"Professor Dumbledore" I began.
What the hell was I supposed to say? That I'm sorry? No that wouldn't do. Words could never express how horrible I felt. He had just been kicked out to save Harry and I from expulsion! What was I supposed to say to that?! I'm sorry? That hardly seemed like the correct word.
But Dumbledore cut me off before I could say anything else.
"Listen to me Alex, Harry," he said urgently. "You must study occlumency as hard as you can, do you understand me? Do everything professor snape tell you and practice it particularly every night before sleeping so that you can close your mind to the bad dreams- you will understand why soon enough, but you must promise me-"
Dawlish began to stir. I turned to look at him, but Dumbledore grabbed my wrist to make me look at him.
"Remember-" he said to both Harry and I "close your mind-"
As his fingers closed around my wrist pain shot through my scar and I know it was the same for Harry, we felt the exact same. We both felt that horrible urge to strike Dumbledore. The way a snake would strike at his prey. We both wanted to bite him, to hurt him…
"- you will understand" he whispered.
Fawkes swooped low over us and Dumbledore let go of me and grasped Fawkes long golden tail. A flash of fire and then both the phoenix and Dumbledore where gone.
"Where is he?" fudge said getting up to his feet. "Where is he?"
"I don't know!" Kingsley shouted getting to his feet as well.
"Well he can't have disapparated!" Umbridge said. "You can't inside the school-"
"The stairs!" dawlish cried and then ran out the office followed by Kingsley and Umbridge.
"Well Minerva" fudge said dusting himself. "I'm afraid this is the end of your friend Dumbledore."
"You think so don't you?" responded McGonagall.
"You'd better get those three off to bed" he said nodding towards Harry Marietta and I.
As McGonagall led us out I heard one of the portraits talk to fudge.
"You know minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many accounts…but you cannot deny he's got style…"
I couldn't help but smile as I heard this.
Edwards's pov
"Calm down Edward she'll be here tomorrow" esme said as she came up to me from behind and began to rub my shoulders.
I sighed. It had been a long Saturday I went hunting but got done fairly quickly, much to my dismay. And I really don't know what I had done the rest of the time. I missed having her in my embrace, and I missed that scent of hers that made my mind go numb.
But most of all I missed her.
"I know mom…but I just got her last week and she has to leave for the weekend. It doesn't seem fair" I said.
"I'm sure she misses you just as much" she said chuckling.
Does she?
Alex's pov
I hugged Harry goodbye the next day early in the morning.
"We screwed up big time" I muttered as he hugged me.
"I know" Harry said miserably. "He'll be back though" he said confidently.
I nodded
"Alex?" he said.
"Yes?"
"I love you sis"
"I love you too, see you"
I walked into the fire and turned to look at him.
"You'll meet him soon enough" I said. "Forks!"
Edward's pov
I paced around Frankie's living room as we both waited for Alex.
"I am pretty sure she is going to come back in one piece Edward. Unless…well Alex never does normal things now that I think about it"
Before I could respond the fire burst into emerald flames and second later I recognized Alex's red head.
I ran to her and pulled her out into an embrace. She let out a gasp of surprise then wrapped her arms around my waist.
She was unharmed. And a small part of my mind scolded me for thinking that something bad would even happen to her.
But happiness was the dominant emotion. I inhaled her scent; there was no doubt about my self control today.
I put my finger under her chin and made her look up. Her green eyes were bright with happiness. I leaned down and kissed her. Savoring the feeling of her, she seemed to warm my cold and dead body.
Alex's pov
He kissed me with such urgency tat it seemed like it had been a year since I had seen him rather than a weekend.
I kissed him back just as eagerly, realizing how much I had truly missed him. As soon as I began to kiss him back I knew I was home.
"I hate to break this up but you didn't say hi Alex" Frankie said.
Edward smiled against my lips.
I pulled back to look at Frankie.
"Do you not see I'm busy?" I said annoyed. Frankie smiled and walked towards me to give me a hug. It was an awkward hug seeing as how Edward still hadn't let go of my waist.
"Eddie I'm not going to steal her" Frankie said.
Edward grimaced at the nickname. "Sorry but I can't take any chances" he said shaking his head.
"Uhm Frankie have you heard?" I said quietly. Both Edward and Frankie turned to look at me.
"Heard what melody?" he said sitting down. Edward did the same and sat me on his lap before I could move to sit beside him.
"Dumbledore had to leave Hogwarts yesterday"
Everything was quiet for a moment.
"Explain?" Frankie said, all humor gone, only to be replaced by seriousness.
I got myself comfortable; I wrapped my arms around Edward's neck and kissed his cheek quickly. Then I went in to tell last nights events.
30 minutes later
Frankie left to talk with Sirius about this. We didn't know if the order had already been informed.
"Are you mad at me?" I murmured hiding my face in his neck.
"And why would I ever be mad at you? This wasn't your fault" Edward said gently and he placed a kiss on my shoulder.
"Every time Harry and I try to help we ruin it. Why can't we do anything right!"
"This isn't any of your fault" he said firmly. "How were you to know that, that girl wasn't to be trusted?"
"I know but still"
"Why are you so intent on making yourself miserable for things you didn't do?" he sighed frustrated.
"It's in my nature" I murmured kissing his neck. "I missed you a lot" I added.
"I missed you too, like you can't imagine. I don't think Emmett will ever want to hunt with me again. He said I was a nervous wreck and no fun to hunt with anymore the trip lasted only three hours"
"You shouldn't have done that" I said reproachfully. "But we can't do anything about it now." I shrugged. I could feel his smile.
"You know what we can do?" he said, the tone in his voice gave me Goosebumps.
"Continue what we started in the living room?" I asked sounding hopeful.
He chuckled" yes, before we were so rudely interrupted"
"If that's what you want" I said and without a second thought I crushed my lips to his. He responded just as eagerly, but careful, always careful.
And then I knew how I would hide what I really was from him…
It wouldn't be easy but I would do anything to keep this from him, something told me that it was better this way.
okay there it is
it wasnt one of my best chapters but i felt likeit was important i think i might skip a couple ofmonths forthis story now to get to the goodparts.
but i wonnt be getting inntertnet for about two weeks so i probably wonnte updating anytime soon unless bellaandedward4ever is willing to help me
:)
oh and thanks a million to you tori for nomminatinng my story to the sparkle awards
i hope i actually get votes
lol
once again thanks for all the reviews i love you people
-airali
p.s: for those that asked there will be a twist in this story and edward will find about alex's vampire side
just be patient please!