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The next morning, Jacob realized that they had been spied on by Victoria after he caught her scent all around Draco's house. He was angry at himself for not noticing when her stench was so strong. He wanted to go tell the other's so that they could start guarding Draco's house as well. He did a quick patrol around the surrounding forest to be sure the red head was gone.
"I'll be back as soon as I can." Jacob told the blond who was drinking his morning coffee.
"I'll be fine, Jacob. Remember I'm a wizard and can defend myself."
"I know you're a wizard, but that doesn't assure me that you're safe. The damn leech is very precise and good at dodging our attacks."
"I can protect myself well enough."
Jacob left a few minutes later most unwillingly but he had to inform the others and get the patrol around Draco's house set up.
Once Jacob was gone Draco headed to the kitchen where he sat to drink his coffee. There was a slight tapping on the window and Draco saw a messenger owl with a letter attached to its leg. The blond let the owl in and removed the letter and gave the owl some owl treats. He was surprised to see that Harry Potter had sent the letter. He curiously opened the letter and read.
Dear Draco,
I know you're probably surprised that I'm writing to you, but I needed to talk to you. You can imagine my surprise when I went to the Malfoy Manor to be told that you had moved to America. I can understand why you would leave and it is probably for the best with the current situation here. Bellatrix has shown her face again and it is apparent that she is gathering as many escaped death eaters as she can. I'm most positive she's planning a large scale attack on the ministry of magic, but also, I think she may be after you as well. One of the aurors who had a run in with her said that she mentioned your name and called you a traitor. I'm sure she doesn't know of your location but be on the look-out. I'll keep you informed to any information we can get. Hopefully we can find her before she causes more grief.
I also wanted to talk to you about us. I know we've never really gotten along but things have changed and I would like for us to be friends, if you'd like to. Can we put the past behind us and start over? Ron and Hermione say hi.
Harry Potter
Draco didn't know what to make of the letter. One thing he knew for sure was that Bellatrix would definitely be after his blood. He knew she would do whatever necessary to have her revenge on him for betraying the dark lord. She could care less if he was her nephew. This information made him tremble in fear. The rest of the letter however, about Harry wanting to be friends, he was shocked.
He took out a piece of parchment paper and sat down to write back.
Dear Harry,
First of all, I wanted to thank you and your friends for speaking up for me during my trial. I never got the chance to thank you before I came to America, so thank you. Also, thank you for informing me about Bellatrix. I can confirm your suspicion about her wanting to kill me. Yes, she will be looking for me. I know her and she will not rest or allow herself to get caught or killed before she kills me. I will be on my guard but once she discovers my location, I'll have no choice but to fight her till one of us falls. As for your question about us, I think I would like that.
Draco Malfoy
Draco sealed the letter in an envelope and tied it to the owls' leg and sent it off.
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Jacob had gathered every member of the pack at Sam and Emily's house where he proceeded to inform them of Victoria's presence at Draco's house. They had discussed their new patrol shifts and also what Victoria would be doing at Draco's house.
"She could be following Jacob because he killed her friend or whatever he was to her." Seth said.
"Or, considering Victoria's methods, she might be after Draco." Paul said.
"Why would she want Draco? She's never even met him." Jacob said angry at the thought that Victoria wanted to kill his imprint.
"Think about it. What if the leech you killed was important to her? She may want revenge now. We know she likes to take revenge by killing the one you love the most." Paul said and everyone began to understand his point. "She may have followed you to Draco's house and realized that he's the one you love."
Everyone thought of the possibility of Paul's theory. Jacob then decided to tell them of Draco's secret.
"He's wizard." He blurted.
"What?" They all asked confused.
"Draco, he's a wizard. That's why he was able to tell that I was the wolf. He can do magic."
"Wizard's are fiction. It's not possible." Sam said.
"That's what I said, but it's true. Besides, can you really not believe it? I mean we are shape shifters and vampires are living just a few miles away."
"The council will be surprised when they hear about this." Sam said.
"No, you can't tell them. Draco said something about not being able to tell anyone who aren't magical beings." Jacob said and then someone knocked on the door. Sam answered it and was surprised to see Bella.
"Hello Bella, we haven't seen you here in a while." Sam said.
"Yea, well here I am." She said with a smile. "Hey Jacob." She greeted the shifter who hadn't bounded over to her as soon as she came in, something he usually did at her arrival.
"Hey Bella." He gave her a half smile.
"What's going? You all seem tense." Bella asked.
"Well, we think Victoria is after someone else as well now." Sam answered Bella's question.
"Who?" She was worried.
Sam didn't want to say who because he thought Jacob would want to tell her since it concerned his imprint.
Bella noticed Sam's hesitation and looked at the others who were eyeing Jacob.
"Perhaps it would be best if Jacob explained." Sam said looking at Jacob.
"Jacob?" Bella asked Jacob who stood up.
"Come on Bella, let's take a walk." Jacob said and headed out with Bella following close behind.
"What's going on?" She asked as they walked along the beach.
"I imprinted." Jacob said it to get it over with.
"What?" Bella stopped walking. "Jacob how could you? Is that why everyone was acting strange? Because you imprinted on me? You know I only love Edward!"
What? She's so full of herself!
"Bella, I didn't imprint on you!" He yelled in anger.
"…Oh…I just thought…sorry." She apologized. She felt a bit hurt. The way Jacob said he didn't imprint on her, sounded like he didn't even like the possibility of it.
She was also a bit jealous because he would no longer be doting on her. She had grown used to his conquest to get her to love him.
"So who's the lucky girl?" She said with half a smile.
"His name is Draco." Jacob said unashamed. He was happy to have Draco as his imprint so he had no reason to be ashamed of him.
"Oh." Bella was shocked. "How is that possible?" She was actually a bit angry that she lost him to a guy.
"No one knows. It just happened. The problem now is that we think Victoria wants to kill him to get revenge on me."
"Why would she want revenge on you?"
"I killed a vampire yesterday, the same one that got in your house. Paul thinks he was something more to Victoria then just an asset and now she wants revenge."
"Does that mean you'll protect him now? Your just gonna leave me to my luck?"
"Bella, you have an entire coven of leeches protecting you as well as my pack. Stop being so selfish." Jacob said in anger.
"Selfish?" Bella said offended, "I am not selfish. It's just crappy to know that my friend would leave me to protect someone else!"
"He's not just someone else. He's my imprint Bella, and I love him. I'm not just gonna leave him there unprotected!" Jacob couldn't believe how unreasonable Bella was being.
"Well the others can protect him as well. It doesn't have to be just you."
"Why are you being this way?" Jacob was shaking from the anger.
"OK maybe I am being selfish, but I want you with me too."
"Oh now you want me?" Jacob started walking away and Bella followed close behind.
"Not like that Jacob. I love Edward. I just want you there as my friend."
"I am your friend Bella and if you were a good friend you'd understand that Draco also needs all the protection he can get since he doesn't have anyone's protection like you do."
"I'm sorry Jacob; I guess I was just a bit jealous of him."
"A bit?" Jacob said still angry at Bella's selfishness.
They stayed in silence for a few seconds.
"Listen. Victoria was at Draco's house last night so I don't want to leave him there alone for too long. I'm gonna get going."
"OK." Bella said with a sour face.
Jacob turned and ran back towards Sam's house to pick up his truck.
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Draco was applying his cream to his side in his bedroom when he heard a window break downstairs.
"Winky?" He called.
There was a small delay before he appeared with a 'pop'.
"Master Malfoy, a woman just broke through the living room window. I don't think she's human." Winky said a bit frightened.
"Leave the house Winky."
"But master…?" She began to protest.
"Go Winky. I don't want you getting hurt." Draco whispered now.
Winky looked broken between wanting to protect her master and obeying his orders. She thought of her master's tall unusual friend and disappeared with a 'pop' to go and look for him.
Draco pulled on his white long sleeve shirt without bothering to button it up. He grabbed his wand and stood ready for an attack.
"Are you afraid?" Draco heard a woman ask from just outside his bedroom.
"Who are you?" Draco had a feeling that this woman was Victoria; the vampire Jacob had said was spying on them.
"My name is Victoria." She said and appeared at the doorway. Draco didn't attack yet. He wanted to know what she was after.
"What do you want?" He asked the red head.
"Revenge." She whispered.
"I've never met you to have done anything to you."
"Not you. That dirty mutt dog killed Riley yesterday and I will avenge him." She took a step closer and Draco raised his wand a bit higher.
"What does that have to do with me?"
"I will make the dog suffer by taking away what he loves most dearly…" She crouched, "…you!" she leapt so fast Draco barely had enough time to throw a spell at her and he barely got her on the arm before she crashed into him and knocked him into the wall.
Victoria felt her arm crack in pain and she crashed into the blond. She didn't understand what the small light that left the stick the boy was holding was. It just hit her in the arm causing it to crack.
Draco felt his ribs burn in pain but he ignored it as he cast another spell at the vampire.
"Reducto!" Draco threw the spell at Victoria but she managed to dodge it and it hit the window causing it to explode into small pieces.
Victoria wasn't expecting the boy's power. She was going to have to re-plan, but for now she fled.
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Jacob had returned to Sam and Emily's house to pick up his truck so he could get back to Draco's. He was saying bye to the others when there was a small 'pop' and Winky stood before him with wide fearful eyes.
"What is that?" The others asked in shock of the small creature.
Jacob ignored their question.
"Winky why are you here?" Jacob asked the house elf.
"Please, master Malfoy is in danger. A woman who isn't human broke into the house. Please help him." The elf pleaded.
"It's Victoria!" Sam yelled.
Jacob was already running out the door and phased. He could sense the others following behind.
I shouldn't have left him! I'm so stupid! She was just waiting for me to leave him alone to attack. Please be ok!
Jacob saw Draco's house as he came closer and he saw the large living room window was broken.
'Jacob you look for Draco, I smell Victoria's scent heading in another direction. She may have left already. I'll follow it. Paul, Jared, Embry follow me. The rest guard the house.' Sam ordered and hurried off in pursuit of her scent.
Jacob's heart froze. If Victoria had gone already….did she kill him?
Jacob jumped through the window and was horrified when he could smell blood, Draco's blood, coming from upstairs. He phased back to be able to climb the narrow stairs. He leapt up the stairs in 3 jumps and turned to Draco's bedroom. He saw Draco sitting on the floor, back resting against the wall. His left hand was turned up, resting on his thigh and there was blood flowing from a deep cut on the wrist. He had his eyes close, but he was breathing.
"Draco!" Jacob yelled in worry and went and knelt by his side.
The blond opened his eyes. He looked at Jacob and gave him a small smile.
"See, I told you I could protect myself." The blond said and winced as pain shot through his side.
"Yea, and look how beat up you are." Jacob said and sighed in relief that Draco would be ok.
Draco then realized that the Quileute was naked.
"Jacob, why are you naked?" He asked alarmed and felt his blood rush to his cheeks.
"Oh crap, I'm sorry." He said and grabbed a blanket and covered his lower half. "When I phased, my clothes ripped to shreds."
The blonds' cheeks were burning bright red. He wasn't prepared to see a very naked Jacob.
"Grab one of my plants from the closet and bring it here." Draco instructed and Jacob complied.
"OK, but your clothes don't fit me. They're too small."
"Engorgio." Jacob waved his wand at the pants and they grew bigger.
"Oh wow, well that fixes the problem. Thanks." Jacob quickly pulled on the pants as Draco looked away embarrassed. Jacob then went to help Draco up. "Can you stand?"
"Yea, my side is just a little sore."
The Quileute helped Draco over to the bed and then went and got a small towel and placed it over the deep gash on the blonds arm.
"You're gonna need stitches." Jacob said and added a bit of pressure on the wound. "Here hold the towel." Jacob let Draco grab the towel and began buttoning up the blonds' shirt. "Why don't you have your bandages on?"
"I was applying the cream when Victoria came."
Jacob was so angry. When I catch you, you damn leech, I'm gonna tear you to shreds!
"Come on, I'm taking you to the hospital to get that stitched up."
"Wait." Draco said and grabbed one of his many black t-shirts. "Engorgio." He charmed he shirt and gave it to Jacob.
"Thanks." Jacob put on the shirt and helped the blond down the stairs all the while holding the towel to Draco's wrist.
Winky stood at the bottom of the staircase with wide eyes.
"Winky is so sorry she did not reach the young sir Jacob in time. Winky is ashamed she couldn't protect master Malfoy." She lowered her head in shame.
"It's ok Winky, you did your best." Draco said and noticed a young boy wearing only a pair of short standing by the broken window.
"Seth," Jacob called, "This is Draco, Draco this is Seth, the youngest of us all."
"Hello" Draco greeted shyly.
"It's great to finally meet you. Jacob talks about you all the time." Seth said innocently and Jacob blushed.
"Really?" Draco asked.
"Seth what's going on, did Sam and the others find Victoria?" Jacob interjected quickly to change the subject.
"They were able to catch up to her but she escaped again. They're on their way back."
Jacob pulled Draco along out the front door and Seth followed. Leah and Quil were still in wolf form.
"Draco this is Leah and Quil, guys this I Draco." Jacob introduced but it didn't really matter since all Draco greeted were two giant wolves.
"Tell Sam I took Draco to the hospital. He needs stitches. I'll be back here at Draco if he needs me."
"Are you taking him to Carlisle?" Seth asked.
"Yea, I'd rather not but he is the best and I have to inform him of what's happened."
Jacob then got Draco into his black BMW and drove the blond to the emergency room at the hospital. He asked for Carlisle specifically and they were placed in a small medical room.
"Who is Carlisle?" Draco asked as they waited.
"He's the best doctor around…and he's a vampire."
"What? Jacob, I'm bleeding, do you really think this is a good idea?"
"Don't worry, he and his family only feed off animals and he has a lot of control." Jacob said and explained how Bella was dating one of Carlisle's 'foster' kids. Carlisle walked in then.
"Jacob," Carlisle greeted with a smile, "Hello Draco, I'm Dr. Cullen. I see you have a deep cut. What happened?" He asked as he pulled on some gloves.
"It was Victoria." Jacob answered for the blond.
Carlisle looked at Jacob wondering if the blond knew of their kind.
"Draco knows everything. Victoria attacked him in his house not too long ago." Jacob said still holding the towel to Draco's wrist.
"This isn't good. Do you know why she attacked?" the doctor asked Jacob and then turned to Draco, "You're new in town right? Why would she attack you?"
"Yesterday I killed that vampire that got into Bella's house and I think now she wants revenge." Jacob said and Carlisle removed the towel and began to clean the wound.
"But why Draco?" the doctor asked.
"Do you know what an imprint is?" Jacob asked the doctor and the pale man looked up in surprise. Jacob pointed at Draco using his eyes and that let the doctor know that Jacob had yet to tell the boy.
"I see." The doctor said. He then prepared to stitch up the wound and Draco wanted it to be over with.
After the cut was stitched up, Carlisle wrapped it in bandages.
Great, more bandages.
"Can you also check his shoulder? He was thrown against the wall, and if you could take a look at his ribs, he had broken ribs from a previous wound." Jacob asked wanting to be sure Draco was OK.
"Certainly." Carlisle asked for Draco to remove his shirt and then the doctor as well as Jacob saw the growing bruise on the blonds' right shoulder. It was already purple and green. "What I don't understand is, from what you've told me, how were you able to fight off a vampire by yourself and come out with only a bruise and a scratch?" The doctor asked as he examined the boy.
"I'll tell you because you as well as Jacob are a magical being. But you cannot let any muggle, a non-magic being, know of this." Draco said and Carlisle nodded in curiosity.
"I'm a wizard."
"A wizard? They really exist?" The doctor seemed intrigued by the possibility.
"Yea they do. See these clothes are actually his, but he used magic make them larger to fit me."
"This is incredible. I never thought of the possibility…" The doctor was in awe.
After Jacob and Draco thanked the doctor the former drove the blond home. When they arrived, they found that Winky had cleaned up and fixed the window in the living room and the one in the bedroom. She had also cleaned up and fixed the broken nightstand. What surprised them was that they found Seth eating barbeque ribs in the kitchen while trying to engage Winky in conversation.
"Why are you still here?" Jacob asked as he and Draco sat down to eat some ribs as well.
"I asked Winky and she said any of us wolves were welcome since we're here to protect Draco. " He said with a smile.
"Forgive Winky master Malfoy, but Winky thought it would be OK." She said.
"It's OK. They're all welcome at any time."
"Cool!" Seth yelled in excitement.
"Seth, don't think you'll be hanging around all the time." Jacob said angry that Seth was budding in.
"Awe come on, you know I don't have a lot of friends. Why can't I hang with you guys?" He whined
"You know why." Jacob said trying to be discreet.
"But Jake…
"Seth, your being annoying!"
The two continued to mock argue and they didn't notice when a messenger owl knocked at the window.
Draco let the owl in as he laughed at the two boys. He took the letter from the owl's leg and gave it some owl treats. Only when the bird screeched did the two shape shifters notice.
"Oh wow!" Seth said and came over to take a closer look.
"We use owls to deliver our mail." Draco informed them before they asked. He saw that the letter was from Harry Potter.
He opened the letter and read.
Dear Draco,
I know I sent you a letter just this morning, but something happened that you should know about right away. It's Bellatrix. One of her followers broke into your home here in London and they found information about where you're living. They took all your recent records and your new address was in those documents. I don't know what she plans on doing. I can't be sure whether she'll attack the ministry first or if she'll go after you now that she knows where you are. I am in the process of getting a formal hearing with the ministry to get you the protection you need. Oh and don't worry about your mother Narcissa, she was not home when they broke in. I'll keep you updated as soon as I know what the ministry of magic decides to do.
PS, please be very careful.
Harry Potter
The letter fell from Draco's hands as soon as he finished reading it. Bellatrix found him.
"Draco what's wrong?" Jacob asked in worry. He picked up the letter and read it.
"Draco, who is Bellatrix? Why is she after you?" Jacob asked worried that someone other than the leech was trying to hurt his imprint. Seth watched and waited for Draco's answer but the blond was lost in his own thoughts.
What do I do? She'll kill me for sure this time. Oh Merlin, what do I do?
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AN: Did you like it? please review. The next chapter will take a few days to be up but i'll get it up as fast as i can!