A.N.: This chapter, I'm dedicating to Wistful-Dreamer, for she gave me the idea of what the necklace was actually for lol because, truthfully, I was going to chalk it up to Luna being Luna. On with the story!
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Walking into Calculus, Edward noticed the new student ('Harry, dammit,') was reading the same book as yesterday. He sat down next to him and braced himself for the scent that seemed to be bent on torturing him, only find that he didn't have one. He stared at the teen, rather confused as to why he didn't have one, because yesterday he was pretty sure that he did. It must have shown on his face because when Harry finally noticed him, after putting his book away, stared at him for a minute before turning away and staring at the front of the room.
He was about to set about ignoring the green eyed teen when he caught his thoughts. What was a Veela? And why would he think he was one? Did he know that he wasn't human? He growled then, to low for a human to hear. Comparing him to a wolf? And how did he know werewolves were real? Then, just before the bell rang, one word rang through both of their thoughts, coming from Harry's mind and into Edwards. 'Vampire?'. That one word caused Edward to freeze in his seat, forgetting to act human at the moment. He snapped out it fairly quickly and went to his next class, making a note to talk to Alice about who the hell the two new students really were.
By the time lunch rolled around, Edward was almost to the breaking point with curiosity. Harry's mind didn't revert to the thoughts he had going around in his mind. They were mostly about somebody named 'Teddy' and him being anxious about getting home to him. Some other things were songs he heard on the radio that got stuck in his head. One thing that really stood out was something about someone named Ginny and how she needed to die a slow and painful death, though it didn't seem like he really wanted her dead, but mostly out of his life.
"Ok, what's the matter? Your emotions are completely out of whack," quired Jasper after sending a wave of calm at him.
"I think the new kid knows who we are," he sent a look at Alice who just looked around innocently. "Alice. What do you know?"
"Well... a lot. But I'm not going to tell you. It's for them to tell and you to find out on your own."
She nodded in conviction and went back to pretending to eat. "Ok, answer me this. How can he block his scent?"
The other four looked at him in shock, "Block his scent?" asked Rosalie.
He nodded, "His scent.. reminded me of hers, but it had an undertone of something else, something that offset the burn and made it easier to be around. At least, it didn't make me want to run rampant and destroy everyone in my path."
"Well, as long as he's better than she is, it's fine with me," answered Emmett with a grin on his face.
The person they were discussing walked into the room then, looking a little absentminded. Edward scanned his surface thoughts and found that he had just spoken with that Luna girl and they had been talking about something called Wrackspurts. She wanted to know if the necklace she made him worked. It was then that he noticed the piece of twine around his neck that was decorated with beads and some other little odds and ends. He sat a table in the far corner, close to the doors and away from everyone else. He had pulled his book back out, along with a sandwich went at it.
Edward spent a majority of the period watching the green eyed teen. Was truly fascinating to watch. And listen to. His thoughts weren't as intrusive as others were. They were actually rather calming. He would have listened more, but he didn't want to intrude any more than usual. The bell rang and Harry left the room, making Edward a little depressed, though he didn't know why.
The day passed to fast to take notice and as the five went to the car, they noticed someone that caused their anger to bubble over. Bella Swan was heading over towards them, an unreadable look on her face. The five of them snarled silently at her, the looks on their faces was enough to send the bravest man running, but it didn't deter her. When she was a few feet away, she said, "I need to speak with Edward."
"And if he doesn't want to speak with you?" growled Jasper.
"There is nothing you can say that you haven't already tried. So leave, human." snarled Rosalie.
But Bella stood her ground, "I need to talk to you, now."
Edward just stared at her for a moment before he turned away. "I have no need to talk to you. Go away."
The look of disbelief on her face was enough to make Alice giggle, the chime like sound attracting the attention of those around them. "You have no right to be around us anyway. Edward broke up with you, remember, and it was entirely your fault."
Bella scowled at them. "Fine. Whatever."
She turned and stalked away, muttering under her breath, though the others caught it. Emmett shook his head and got in the car. The other followed suit, though Edward stopped and looked over when he caught sight of the two new students. The girl ('Luna. Their names are Harry and Luna. Stop calling them 'the new students', stupid.') was chattering on about something or another, something about Nargles, what ever those were. Harry was just nodding along, adding something in every now and then, before they got in the car and drove off. He got in the car and noticed that Alice had a saucy grin on her face. "What's with that look?"
"You like him."
"I don't know him. I'm not going to base my attraction of someone based on their scent. I learned my lesson last time. At least this time I can read their thoughts."
"True. Did you say that he didn't have a scent today?"
Edward nodded, barely paying attention to the road. Not like he needed to anyway. "I think it might be that necklace of his. That Luna girl said something about it protecting him from something."
"How do you think she managed that?" asked Emmett, "They don't look like much."
"True," responded Edward as he pulled up the driveway, "but, then again, we've been wrong before."
They piled out of the car and went into the house to be greeted by Esme, "How was everything at school today? Anything go wrong?"
"No, not really. Though that stupid girl tried to talk to Edward," complained Rosalie as she took a seat on the couch.
Esme frowned, "Oh. Anything else happen?"
"Well, the new boy, Harry, seems to be on to us."
"How so?" asked Esme rather worriedly.
"I can read his mind. In first period he was thinking that we didn't seem human, so he started to work through it. By the end of the period, he almost had it. He didn't think about it the rest of school though."
They sat in silence for a while before Alice started to grin, "Well, we won't have to worry about it if he does figure it out. He and the people he lives with seem to have different views on the world."
"How different?" asked Jasper.
But Alice just grinned, eerily like the Cheshire Cat, "You'll find out."
A.N.: Hokay, first off.... Thank you so much for all the alerts and reviews!! You have no clue how happy that make me! T.T (cries tears of joy)
Second, I do agree with you Jules. It does kinda cheapen it, doesn't it? So, thank you Wistful for the idea of the power of the necklace ^^ I'm going to make them fall in love without the scent. X3
So, here's my explanation on the necklace. It blocks the scent of Harry's magic, since that's with Edward smells. I'm making up my own ideas on wizards and witches. Their magic, depending on how strong it is, takes up a percentage of their scent. Since Harry is magically strong, his magic takes up about 90 percent of his scent. The necklace, having been put on that morning, hadn't adjusted yet, so it blocked everything. When if finally adjusts to his magic, it will unblock his natural scent, which is pretty normal. Also, the scent of his blood isn't anything unnatural, so it's not going to cause an almost rampage. I hope that clears some stuff up about that. If you do have any questions about it, just ask ^^
Next chapter I'm skipping a few weeks ^^
