So this is chapter 9, hope you guys like
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I winced slightly at the shrill tone of voice and so did Carlisle and Esme, Charlie on the other hand looked at the matron with a sheepish smile.
"What did you do with the bloody Dragons this time? I told you it was dangerous working with those creatures." Madam Pomfrey ranted, going back into her office and coming back out with healing potions and brandishing her wand.
I watched from the corner of my eye as Carlisle and Esme took a cautious step back, I refocused my attention on the school nurse and listened with half an ear as Charlie told her what happened, she then spun to face me eyes wide and concerned, before I could utter a word the blonde haired woman was lifting my limbs, tilting my head in different directions and using her wand to check for internal injuries.
I rolled my eyes at Charlie's evil laugh, and pulled back, "Some boyfriend you are băiatul meu." I said over her shoulder, a smirk pulling at the corner of my lips.
"Boyfriend?" Madam Pomfrey grinned looking between us. She looked back at me and then finally saw the Cullen parentage behind me, her eyes widened and she pushed me behind her, her voice shaking when she said, "Why in the name of Merlin are there Vampires in my Hospital Wing?"
Esme eyes widened as well and her eyes darted to look at Carlisle before looking fearfully at Madam Pomfrey's wand which was being pointed at them. Carlisle seemingly sensing his mate's distress, gently pushed her behind him and asked softly, "How do you know we are Vampires? How does that man upstairs know?"
"Witches and Wizards have closely studied Magical Creatures for years and seeing as you're not technically a muggle nor are you of wizarding blood, you are counted as a Magical or Mythological Creature. Whichever you want to call it." I told them.
"You mean everyone here, anyone who is the same as you and Miss McGonagall-" there was a combined snort from Me, Poppy and Charlie at this, "will know what we are." He finished.
"It's okay Madam Pomfrey they only chomp on animals." Charlie spoke up. I nodded and though they looked rather offended the Vampires nodded as well. She lowered her wand and stepped to the side. "Any ways, to answer your question Dr Cullen, yes any Witch or Wizard will know what you are." Charlie winked.
Esme looked slightly taken aback as did Carlisle, but it appeared to be that Esme got her head around it first; she nodded and offered a small placating smile to Madam Pomfrey. Poppy just nodded curtly, Esme's smile slipped slightly.
Me and Charlie shared a 'that went well' look before I got an idea, I quickly turned to Madam Pomfrey and said softly, "Carlisle has Medical training. Muggle training yes but still training. He's a Doctor."
"Well, there are no students here so he will be of no use to me Miss Fenwick!" she exhaled carrying on with healing Charlie.
I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose. I walked over to Charlie and pressed a chaste kiss to his forehead, "I'll be back to see you later." I murmured. "Promise me you'll be nice to her."
"Okay." I sent a half smile to a Madam Pomfrey who was too busy to notice and then gestured a put out Carlisle and Esme to follow. Striding through the many hallways I headed to the dungeons where I knew Professor Snape would be. I needed a headache potion and some good old dry humour. The Vampires behind me had to use a slight percentage of their Vampiric speed to catch up.
I knocked quietly on the door in front of me. "Enter."
I opened the door to the lab and stepped inside, my headache had reached new levels and I just rubbed my temples. "Hey Severus." I muttered.
Snape who hadn't looked up when I entered snapped his head to me so fast he should have gotten whiplash. "Nice to see you again Isabelle." He responded.
"Three things, one call me Bella. B-E-L-L-A. Two, give me headache potion before I throttle you and three, no dry humour until I have had said Headache potion." I reprimanded darkly.
The Potions Master raised an eyebrow and said, "You want a Headache Potion, get it yourself. You know where it is."
"But why can't you get it?" I whined.
"Because if I don't finish brewing this for the Dark Lord I will be killed." He said bluntly. I gasped, so it was true, he was really back.
"Where is the Headache potion?" Esme asked softly. Snape's eyes flickered up and ran calculatingly over the Vampires before returning to the work at hand.
"It's in the cupboard over there." Muttered Severus, pointing Esme in the correct direction, knowing her next question he said, "The purple one."
Esme handed it to me silently then crinkled her brows and commented, "Shouldn't you have water with that?" I shook my head before downing it one without flinching, Headache potions were the only ones that tasted okay; they were kind of flavourless.
I jumped up onto the work bench beside the ingredients the Potions Master was putting in the cauldron, "What you making?" I murmured.
Severus exhaled loudly through his nose, and looked up at me, "Its liquid Cruciatus Curse." He answered.
Before I could reply Carlisle interrupted, "What's the Cruciatus Curse?"
"Cruciatus is one of the three unforgivable curses. The other two are the Imperius Curse and the Killing Curse. Avada Kedavra is the incantation for the Killing Curse, doing exactly as the name suggests. Imperio being incantation for the Imperius Curse; it causes the victim to be unwillingly made to things for the one who cast it, whether the request is spoken or not."
"So what's the Cruciatus Curse?" Carlisle stumbled slightly over the pronunciation.
"The-"
"The Cruciatus Curse causes immeasurable pain. Agony, making any other pain you have experienced before seem like a small pinch." The dark haired man whispered, voice gaining power as he continued without looking up. "Like white-hot knives have pierced your skin, been drove so deep that they cannot be removed, scolding your insides. Like a million burns cover your body and are being rubbed raw, like every bone is breaking and then realigning in the most painful way before breaking again." Snape looked up angrily at Carlisle and Esme before continuing in a hiss, "Every pain to have ever been invented and then some, times a hundred, an unmistakable agony that cannot be imagined unless you yourself have experienced it."
I placed a hand on his arm; Severus looked at me but said nothing, instead turned back to his work, mask of stone back in place but seething silently. "The Cruciatus Curse…" I hesitated, only then removing my hand from his arm; "It is a stronger, more vicious version of Jane's power. It is, as Severus said, an unmistakable agony, that neither of you know."
"You've experienced it?" Esme gasped.
"Yes." I nodded, "Not as many times as Severus though."
"Bella if you and your Vampires are quite done. Tell Charlie that he was stupid to creep on a Vampires lady."
I gaped at Snape before asking him to confirm what I already knew, "You used occlumency on them didn't you?"
"Well done Isabelle. Once again tell Charlie not to creep on Vampires women." That earned the dark haired man a resounding slap across the face.
I stormed out of the Potions room, Carlisle and Esme following behind me. A letter materialised in front of me as I marched towards the kitchen, Esme allowed a small shriek to slip as I grabbed the letter and carried on walking reading as I read the graceful handwriting.
Bella,
Edward, Alice, Tanya, Kate and Irina are being banned from the castle and Dumbledore wishes Dr & Mrs Cullen there too decide if the rest of the family should like to leave with them or stay at Hogwarts for the time being.
Minerva
I spun round and marched back the way we came, "Dumbledore has banned Edward, Alice, Tanya, Kate and Irina from the castle. They will be leaving shortly. Dumbledore wants you to decide if you and the rest of your family shall like to stay with us for the time being or if you should like to leave also."
"Why have they been banned from here?" Carlisle inquired.
I stopped walking in astonishment. Without turning to look at either of them I answered, "Edward cheated on me repeatedly with Alice, Tanya, Kate and Irina. He then proceeded to harm Charlie, severely enough that he was landed in hospital. For the safety and emotional safety of everyone in the castle it'd be best they left and not allowed to return."
I continued to walk much more slowly this time allowing Carlisle and Esme to think about what they wanted to do.
"B-Bella?"
"Hmm?"
"Did that painting just move?" I turned to look at the picture of The American Chief Warlock Henry Theodore Whitlock.
"Yes it did. How are you doing Sir Whitlock?" I addressed the painting.
"I am doing exceedingly well I should say Miss Fenwick. How about yourself?"
"Doing just fine sir. Thomas is telling anyone who will listen about his engagement and little William is growing fast."
"Ah yes, well do tell Thomas I give him my greatest blessing and that I should like to meet the Madam he intends to wed. I say William shall grow up to be strapping lad indeed."
"Well nobody has yet proved you wrong Sir Whitlock. Unfortunate as it is I have to take my leave now."
"Until next time Miss Fenwick." The Painting bowed.
"To answer your question Esme, the painting did move and yes I did just have a conversation with the bloke." I intoned.
"I'm sorry Bella but did you call him Sir Whitlock?"
"Yes Carlisle. That was Sir Henry Theodore Whitlock, the first American Chief Warlock and Jasper's great-great-great-grandfather. "
"And who were Thomas and William?"
"Thomas is Jasper's great-something nephew, he is going to marry his fiancée Eloise Sprout, one of the Professor's nieces, next year during winter. William is the son of James, Thomas' twin brother; James married Lynette Diggory last summer. Lynette is Cedric's older sister; come to think of it Cedric looks…" I faltered as I thought of the boy's death, "Looked a lot like Edward." I hoped they hadn't noticed but they were Vampires of course they had.
"Looked?"
"Cedric was murdered in cold blood during the Tri-Wizard Tournament a few weeks back."
"How old was he?" Esme gulped.
"Cedric was 17, in his last year of school." I shook my head and carried on walking effectively ending the conversation.
When we finally arrived at Dumbledore's it was nearly an hour late. "So I am guessing Miss Fenwick filled you in?" the headmaster asked.
"Yes she did. And we've decided that we are going to leave with our family."
"A wise choice." Dumbledore said pensively, looking at them over the tops of his half-moon spectacles. "You may take your leave now," Dumbledore then turned to McGonagall, "My dear if you should be as kind as to give them a portkey to outside of the Leaky Cauldron?"
"That's in London." I assured. As they went to turn away I watched as Jasper hung back.
"Wait," he called softly.
"Yes Mr Cullen?" Dumbledore smiled a hint of amusement dancing in his blue eyes.
"What if I wished to stay?" He queried.
"Then I would look upon you with compassion, after all it is but your choice. You did nothing wrong."
Jasper cast an apologetic look at his family before he declared, "I am staying here."
"But Jasper!" Alice exclaimed, "You have to come home with us, with me."
"Why should I want to leave a place where I am accepted for what I am to go back to where I have to hide and allow you to try and make me something I am not?"
"When have I ever tried to make you anything but you?" she demanded.
"Every day Alice, every day. You chose what I wear; you won't let me read the books that I want too only those that you like, everything I do is carefully manipulated by you to the way that you want it. Truth be told Alice, I don't even know who I am anymore." Jasper's eyes shone with fury.
"What do you mean you don't know who you are? You are Jasper Whitlock Hale Cullen. Don't you want to come home with me?"
"No." he said it so clearly that everyone could hear the rage in his voice.
"I love you." Alice's eyes glimmered with hope.
"Well I don't love you and it has taken me being thrust into an entirely alien world for me to realise it."
"You don't love me?"
"No Alice. I don't. And I am staying here, at Hogwarts and you are going back too America, where you belong." He snapped.
"Why don't you love me?" Alice whispered.
"Because," he spat, "You are nothing but a whore. I should never have loved you."
'băiatul meu' means 'My Boy'
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