For those of you in our facebook group - Bubbleybear & Pienuniek's Story Nook - this news will come as no surprise. But I recently lost a very dear friend to cancer who was also an unofficial Pre-Reader for the Under Her Spell Series. Leonie Price, I miss you, so very much but I hope that you are free from pain, wherever you are.

In her honour, I am dedicating this entire book to her. Her enthusiasm helped me continue to write on many days where I felt ... lost. In fact, one of the last emails she sent me was that she wished that these books had been on the big screen; that they were better than the originals. I know it will never happen, but the thought was enough to encourage me. Please keep her in your thoughts as we continue with this story. Cheers.

I'm so glad that I can finally give you the next in the series. Just know I've already read Book Six and have taken my notes. Now ... I can say that I've started to write!

Thanks must go out to my team. My pre-reader Pienuniek and my Beta Alice's White Rabbit. I would be lost without the pair of you, truly.

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Chapter Nineteen – A Giant of a day Pt II

It took me a split second for my thoughts to flick to Bella, and I couldn't help but get angry all over again. Because of whatever Emmett had gotten himself into, I wouldn't be going back to my girl any time soon. I would have to wait that much longer to feel Bella's lips wrapped around me.

When Emmett fidgeted instead of answering, I growled out a warning before speaking. "I asked you a question. What happened to your arm? And why in the hell did you interrupt my time with my mate?"

I'm sorry, Emmett thought before looking down at his right arm held in his left hand. "I really am, Edward. Know I didn't want to interrupt. But my arm is kind of important."

"And it will reattach itself!" I shouted only for it to echo around the foyer. "Why couldn't it wait until later? And what were you doing to lose it?"

"I wouldn't have come if Jasper was still here," he argued back. "But he had a date with Alice and …"

"And couldn't miss time with his mate like I am right now!" I snarled. "Speak. Emmett. And make it fast. Or you can reattach your limb yourself. Or better yet, go home and get Rosalie to do it."

"I can't leave. I need to go back and help Ha …" Emmett stopped himself from saying, but his thoughts finished the word: grid. Emmett sighed. I need to go back and help Hagrid.

"With what?"

His brother. I didn't have to wait to voice my question because Emmett's thoughts opened up like a flower. It seemed that Hagrid's injuries weren't from seeing the giants like Bella and I had thought—well not the giants he spoke to—but from one specific giant.

And he had brought him home.

My night just got a whole lot more complicated. I sighed as I absorbed what Emmett was showing me and ran my hands through my hair. I had just looked up when Saffy flew through the open door.

Athan said you needed me, the little owl thought when she landed on my shoulder. Why?

I rolled my eyes. I'm surprised that Athan didn't come himself. Maybe he didn't want to get out of his nest. Lazy bird. "I need you to take a note to Bella. Can you do that?"

Mama? The little blue owl nodded her head. She did love Bella, almost as much as I did.

"Good girl." I tickled her under the beak before pulling out a scrap of paper from my pocket. I scribbled a quick note telling Bella what was happening and not to wait up for me. That I was extremely sorry for the interruption, and that I would make it up to her later. With a quick "love you", I gave the note to Saffy. "She's in my trunk, Saffy. The lid is open; just fly right in, okay?"

Kay. Saffy grabbed the note in her talons before launching herself from my shoulder.

I looked up at Emmett. "You are going to take me to Hagrid and his brother, and then I'll reattach your arm."

With a nod and a sigh, Emmett turned around and headed out of the castle. I followed behind him as he ran down the hill toward Hagrid's hut.

You better make it up to me, Edward. I heard Bella think from the castle. She was disgruntled, but not at me. And tell Emmett that he will have major paybacks too. Christmas break will be busy for him. I'll warn Rose.

I snorted into a chuckle at some of the ideas Bella had for Emmett. He would learn not to interrupt us ever again. "Bella's not happy with you, Emmett."

Aw shit. "How bad?"

I laughed at a particularly evil plot she had running through her head. "Uh … Christmas is going to suck for you."

Damn. What about you?

"I haven't thought about it … yet. Who knows what kind of punishment I can come up with? But it's not me or Bella, you have to worry about," I said as I came to a stop next to Emmett near the beginning of the Forbidden Forest.

"No?" Emmett asked, looking over at me before he took his first step in.

I smirked and knew it looked evil if the fear that flashed across Emmett's face said anything. "No." I snickered. "Bella's writing to Rose. You'll be in deep shit when you get home."

Emmett stopped dead in his tracks at my words. His chin dropping to his chest as he heaved a big breath. Oh fuck. That's not good. "I am sorry, Edward. Had I had any other option, I would have taken it. If it was a different limb, or even farther down my arm, I would have done it myself."

"Mmhmm." I wasn't sure I believed him. Sometimes—okay, most of the time—Emmett acted without thinking, and running to me when he had a problem had become a habit over the years. Sure, if Jasper were there, he might ask him for help, but more often than not, he came to me. I probably shouldn't be too hard on him since it was just who Emmett was. "How big is Hagrid's brother anyway? And why didn't he mention him to Bella and me the other day?"

Emmett smiled. He knew I couldn't be too upset with him if I was speaking to him. "He has to be at least twice the size of Hagrid. He's only his half-brother on his mother's side. But apparently, the other giants were picking on him for being smaller than they were."

My eyes widened. Hagrid was already huge at eight feet, six inches; if his brother was twice his size, that would make him over twelve feet tall. "How did he get him back here? A twelve-foot man would have been noticeable!"

"I have no idea. It's the one question he won't answer, which makes me wonder how legal it was." Emmett shrugged. "Wait until you see him. I don't think he's there as mentally as Hagrid is. He's slower … both physically and mentally … and just not all with it."

I pulled Emmett to a stop before we reached the destination I could see in his mind. "Let's get this reattached. I have a feeling you're going to need both arms."

"Thank you." Emmett sighed. He didn't want to step back in that clearing with only one working arm. He had already been on the receiving end of one too many attacks by the giant Hagrid claimed as his brother. I watched Emmett's thoughts as I reattached his arm. It seemed that the giant—Grawp—would often lose his control when he was denied things or not given what he wanted when he wanted it. To me, he seemed like an errant toddler who would have a temper tantrum.

"Does Dumbledore know about Grawp?" I asked as Emmett flexed his arm to make sure that all of his fingers and thumb worked.

"Not that I can tell," Emmett answered as we started back on our way once more. "I believe Hagrid has only let Jasper and me know because he knew we would help him. He didn't want to tell you to give you plausible deniability in case someone from the ministry found out. He knows you've already been in trouble with them. I think he was making sure that they couldn't do anything more to get you thrown out of Hogwarts."

I sighed. I appreciated Hagrid's help, more that I could say, but he was the one who needed the help. He shouldn't have been afraid to ask. I kept those thoughts to myself as we continued our trek through the Forbidden Forest. I wondered how bad Grawp could be or if Emmett was exaggerating. I also wondered whether Bella's siren song would help to tame Grawp if he was going to be out of control.

I heard Hagrid long before I saw him. He was trying to corral and tame Grawp. Only it didn't seem to be going well if the conversation I overheard was anything to go by. My mouth dropped open as we stepped into the clearing. Emmett hadn't been exaggerating about Grawp's size, but I did wonder if he was taller that the twelve feet or so that he'd suggested. To me, he looked nearly two times Hagrid's height, putting him at nearly twenty feet tall. How on earth was the noise this giant was making being kept from the population at Hogwarts?

"Hagrid?" I called, trying to catch his attention. When he didn't answer, I called out louder again. "Hagrid?"

Both Hagrid and Grawp came to a stop and turned in our direction.

"Edward?" Hagrid questioned. "Why are you here?" I indicated Emmett on my right-hand side. Hagrid's shoulders slumped. "Emmett? Why did yeh tell 'im?"

Emmett shrugged unapologetically. "I needed help with my arm. He's the first person I thought of."

I huffed under my breath. I still wasn't happy that Emmett had interrupted Bella and me, and even more so now that I knew that I wasn't going back. Athan finally perched on my shoulder. I knew I had to send another letter to Bella. I wasn't going to get back as quickly as I had hoped.

Bella isn't going to be haaapppy! Athan sang in my head. She's going to want to be here for this.

"Tell me about it," I murmured to Athan. I sighed, pulling parchment from my pocket. I scribbled another note to Bella. "Can you take this to her, please?"

Athan huffed. I can. See you when I return?

"Thanks, Athan." I sighed, looking over to where Hagrid had started wrestling with his brother once more. "Hagrid, take a step back. Give him some breathing room."

It took a few minutes, but slowly, Hagrid pulled back, which gave Grawp the time to calm down. He flopped down onto the ground and glared at Hagrid.

"He doesn't seem very happy. Why did you bring him here? How?"

Hagrid's shoulders slumped even as he looked at me from the corner of his eye. I could tell from the tenor of his thoughts that he was actively trying not to think about what had happened. It seemed that Emmett had been right. Hagrid had used some very underhanded methods to get Grawp back through the European countryside and into England.

I shook my head at some of the more elaborate ways that Hagrid had managed it. A lot of it revolved around distractions, considering Hagrid wasn't supposed to be able to perform magic. But due to his age, as well as the fact that his wand had been broken in half, he was still able to perform some magic. So, yes, during some of his travels, he even shrank his brother to smuggle him through the border patrols.

"He's me brother, Edward, what was I suppose' to do when they were pickin' on him?" Hagrid argued. "It's not like there's a preserve for 'em."

"That's fair," I agreed, nodding. When Grawp had seemed to have settled, I moved closer to stand nearer to Hagrid. The small giant kept an eye on me but made no move to get up from where he had sat down. "You should tell Dumbledore. He should understand that a giant is traipsing around in his forest."

"If 'e becomes a problem." Hagrid sighed. "Until then, I'll keep 'im to meself."

"Then I promise to help as much as I can. And believe me when I say if you don't tell Dumbledore—if Grawp becomes a problem—then I will, okay?"

"Thanks, Edward."

Emmett grinned, jumping on the balls of his feet. "Yeah, thanks, Edward. I'm really sorry that I interrupted."

"You will be. Before we get to seeing if we can get Grawp to cooperate, I have a request from Bella and Hermione for Hagrid."

Hagrid looked back at me. "Oh? What's that?"

I smirked. "Umbridge is on a tear. She's got some power over what happens at the school. Especially since she's been appointed as the High Inquisitor. She's been interrogating each of the teachers, as well as auditing their classes." I looked around at the clearing we were in before looking back at Hagrid. "They want you to be sensible when you're teaching your lessons. Maybe try to keep the dangerous creatures to a minimum."

Emmett snorted into a laugh because Hagrid gave me a look of cheekiness. "I'll see what I can do."

"Then let's see if we can help Grawp to acclimate to his new surroundings. We'll go from there."

~*~UHS~*~

"Do you think Hagrid will take our warning seriously?" Hermione asked, almost skipping along next to Harry as we made our way down the hill toward his hut.

Harry smiled, bemused at Hermione, but reached out to take her hand. "We can only hope. But let's keep our fingers crossed."

"Is it wrong that I kinda hope he doesn't?" Ginny asked, looping her arm through Bella's, who was staying quiet. She had been since Sunday night when I had to cut our fun short. "Kind of like sticking it to Umbridge and the ministry."

Neville chuckled. "That may get him fired and thrown out of Hogwarts though. Not sure that's a good thing. Bella? What do you think?"

"Huh?" Bella looked up. "Sorry." She sighed. "What was the question?"

I looked down at Bella and pulled us to a stop. "Go on ahead," I said when the others stopped with us. "We'll be there in a minute." When they nodded, I turned to look down at Bella, tipping up her chin so I could see her eyes. "What's going on? You've been quiet lately."

Bella sighed and tried to turn away, but I wouldn't let her. "I'm sorry. I was a little disappointed with what happened the other night. With Emmett's interruption. And then I was asleep when you got back so nothing happened. Plus …" Bella let out another sigh before she continued. "Plus, you haven't told me what happened, nor have we had any time to discuss what happened or to continue what we started." Bella waved her hand in dismissal. "I'm not upset with you, just at the situation."

I leaned down and gave Bella a kiss. I kept eye contact as I stood back up. "While I'm glad to know that you aren't upset with me, you're entitled to be upset. I am too. And you're right we haven't spoken about what happened with Emmett. How about we set some time aside tonight to talk. Does that make you feel better?"

"I'd really like that." Bella nodded and tipped up on her toes to kiss me once more. "It'll be like a date night."

I looped Bella's arm through mine and guided her back into motion so we could get to class. "How about I plan that too? We can have a date night as well?"

The first genuine smile since Sunday night lit up her face. "I'm looking forward to it."

We walked the rest of the way to Hagrid's hut in much better spirits than before. I could see our friends let out a breath of relief when they saw that Bella was okay.

We all faced Hagrid when he walked out of his hut and stood in front of the class. There were groans from some of the girls who had been enjoying the fluffy animals the previous professor had been introducing to them, but to my surprise, there were also some small cheers. It seemed that it wasn't just us who had missed Hagrid's unique style of teaching.

Ginny bounded up to the big man, giving him a hug before he could even speak. She leaned back from the embrace to smile up at him. "Welcome back, Professor Hagrid, we've missed you."

I couldn't help but snicker when Hagrid's face blushed fiercely under his beard. He shot me a glare before turning back to the class as Ginny stepped back.

"It's good to be back," Hagrid began. "I've 'ad a chance to go over everything that Professor Kettleburn 'as been teaching yer. She 'as done an excellent job, but I'm gonna shake things up a bit." He looked over each of the faces watching him, and I did the same. There were some who were excited, others who seemed to be bored (or at least pretending to be), and a few who were terrified of what creatures Hagrid was going to introduce to us next. "If yer want to follow me this way," he said, gesturing to the forest and stepping in that direction, "we'll get right to it."

There were no arguments as every single student took the first few steps to follow after Hagrid. Quiet conversations broke out when it seemed that Hagrid wasn't going to tell us any more about what we could possibly be going to see. I tried to figure out what Hagrid had in store, but unfortunately, this was one of those times that he was able to block me. It was a little frustrating, but I knew he wasn't doing it on purpose. In fact, he didn't even know I could read minds.

I was thankful, however, that he was leading us in a completely different direction from Grawp. It wouldn't stay a secret for long if Hagrid showed him off to the populace of Hogwarts.

Bella stayed quiet as our friends talked around us, but this time was different. She was looking up to the top of the trees and had a small smile on her face. Her thoughts were wide open to me, and she was thinking about how much she enjoyed being outside rather than cooped up in the castle all day. The siren in her loved to get out into nature. To explore to her heart's content and to feel how happy this part of the earth felt. The life that it gives. Here, she was connecting that wild, free part of her with the wilds of nature.

I was going to have to get her out here more often. Food for thought for our date later tonight. I'd have to get with Kreacher to see if he could pull it off.

My eyebrows shot up when we all stepped into a clearing after Hagrid. I could see that in the middle of it, hanging from a tree, was the carcass of half a cow. But that wasn't all that was in the clearing. Hagrid had really outdone himself. Although, I wasn't sure that many of the children would be able to see them. Because there, in the clearing, was a herd of Thestrals.

There were gasps and groans of disgust when the children figured out what was hanging from the tree in the clearing. But I was right. This lesson was going to be theory for most of the students because there were only a limited number of people in the class who could even see them. In fact, from the thought count I was getting, it was only Bella, myself, Harry, Neville, and a Slytherin named Derrick Forrester who were able too.

"What can you see?" Hagrid asked as he stood off to the side of the clearing.

Several of the students looked around the clearing. Unsure what they were supposed to see; there were murmurs of discomfort while trying to work it out. Those of us who could see kept quiet. That was until Bella stepped forward. As usual, her personality won over even the most interesting of creatures. As she made her way into the clearing, what seemed like a mother and foal stepped forward to receive the pat that Bella was wanting to share.

"What is she doing?" one student asked while another followed up with, "What is she touching?"

I couldn't help but smile as my girl made a new friend. I knew that she wouldn't be able to help herself. It was just who she was. I watched Bella for a few moments before I was interrupted by another student yelling, and pointing, toward the carcass. "Look! It's moving!"

I looked over to see what the others were talking about only to notice the slight swing of the carcass. It seemed that one of the Thestrals had gotten a little bit hungry.

Hagrid smiled. "Ah, I see some of yeh are confused. Raise your hand if you can see something other than the carcass in the middle?"

Only the five I had noted earlier raised our hands. Not even Draco had seen a Thestral before.

"I thought as much." Hagrid nodded as he looked over the clearing. "Those who can see them, can you tell me what they 're?"

Derrick Forrester shook his head. He'd seen the animals before, but he wasn't sure what they were. Neville and Harry nodded, as did Bella and I. We had seen them pulling the carriages up from Hogsmeade Station to Hogwarts. In fact, I'm pretty sure it was Luna who told us what they were.

"Bella? Can yeh tell me what they 're?"

"Thestrals. These beauties are Thestrals," Bella crooned as she patted the animals. I couldn't help but snicker because the Thestrals weren't the only ones being mesmerized by my girl; several of the boys were being lulled into a false sense of security.

"Bella, that's enough. I don't need any other boys falling in love with you," I said at vampire pitch.

Sorry, Edward. I didn't even know I was emitting any powers. Bella looked at me sheepishly over her shoulder. But I can't believe how beautiful they are up close.

"What's a Thestral?" It was a question that many asked at the same time. They were all wondering what it was that they couldn't see.

"A Thestral is a breed of winged horse," Hagrid began to explain. "Well, sort of. They look a little like a 'orse but 'ave something reptilian about them."

Some of the students had pulled out parchments or notepads, pens and quills, as well as their textbooks to start taking notes. "How so?" one of the Slytherins asked from the side of our group.

"Ever noticed 'ow reptiles don't really 'ave flesh? They don't 'ave muscles over their bones?" There were several nods toward Hagrid for those questions. "Thestrals look similar to that. Their black coats cling to their skeletons, showing every single bone. Their 'eads are dragon like while they 'ave big white eyes that 'ave no pupils. The best part, though, is the large, leathery wings they 'ave growing from their back. Similar to those that bats 'ave, they aide the Thestrals in flying."

Several shudders ran through the group of students as they listened to Hagrid describe the Thestrals in front of us. I watched as one of the younger ones in the herd wobbled its way over to the carcass and began to eat, pulling at it and making it move. More than half the students watching the carcass let out a gasp as it swung from side to side. Some of them hadn't believed that there was anything in the clearing even when Bella had moved forward to pat "something". But seeing that carcass move, feeling no breeze, all turned them into believers.

"Professor Hagrid?" I asked, raising my hand.

"Yes, Edward?"

"I know there's not one in the text book, but would you like me to draw a picture for everyone to see?"

Hagrid looked relieved as he gave me a swift nod. I sat down with some pencils and a large piece of parchment as he continued giving his lesson. The information wasn't new to Bella and me as we had done our research on them earlier this year with Opi. He really was a brilliant teacher, and I had no doubt that we would finish school at the end of next year. We were much further ahead than any of the others in our classes.

Just as Hagrid finished answering some questions about Thestrals in general, I finished drawing my picture. I stood and made my way to the front of the group to hold it up for everyone to see. Many were disturbed to see what an actual Thestral looked like, but one brave soul, one of the Gryffindors in fact, held her hand up high. I read her mind and was relieved to see that someone was asking the right question.

"Yes, Ginny?" Hagrid pointed to her.

"Why can't we see them?"

Hagrid smiled, and it was a sad sort of smile. "Thestrals while not exactly pretty can only be seen by someone who has witnessed a death—or in Edward's case, died themselves—and have accepted its reality."

There were several sad "Oohhs" but the one voice I loved to hear more than anything else in the world spoke up from her position in the middle of the clearing where she was now surrounded with all of the Thestrals. "Edward didn't die. He was reborn so that he could live to meet me and be my mate for all eternity."

I couldn't help my reaction any more than the girls could help sighing at Bella's beautiful words. I simply dropped the picture I had drawn and was across the clearing faster than anyone could see. I had Bella wrapped up in my arms and my mouth on hers before her next breath could be taken. I'd never in my entire existence heard a better reason to be turned into a vampire than the one Bella had just given me. She was the best thing to ever happen to me, and I had to let her know—at that very second—what her words meant to me.

The kiss didn't last as long as I would have liked because the second everyone's eyes had managed to locate me and Bella, and figure out what we were doing, they broke out into applause and cat calls. Well, the Gryffindors and most of the Slytherins did, the others were scoffing at our display. I pulled back from my girl, cupping her face as I snickered, and rolled my eyes. She, however, seemed a little dazed and took a few seconds to come out of her kiss fog.

"What was that for?" She breathed, looking only at me and not at the commotion going on around us.

"Thank you." I kissed her again just because I could.

"For what?"

"For just being you, and for making me think about my change in a completely different way. I love you."

Bella beamed up at me. She tipped up on her toes and kissed me softly. "You are so welcome, and I love you, too."

I pulled her into my arms as I buried my head in her neck. We stayed that way as noise raged around us. Eventually, the noise slowed until it stopped. But it wasn't the silence that followed a big announcement, it was the kind of uncomfortable silence.

I caught the thoughts just before the voice spoke out from behind me. "Professor Hagrid," Umbridge asked snidely, "why are those students within eight inches of each other?"

"'Ave you tried to break them apart?" Hagrid asked. "You do know which students they 're, right?"

Bella and I turned to look at Umbridge only for her to glare at the pair of us when she realized who we were. She sniffed haughtily before turning back to Hagrid. "Be that as it may, they need to be eight inches apart, and there is to be no canoodling!"

"Canoodling?" I snorted while Bella giggled. "What year are you in? This is the twenty-first century." Several more students broke out into laughter. "Besides, we weren't 'canoodling', as you put it, we were reaffirming our connection to each other and reveling in our love for one another." I tilted my head at her and eyed her speculatively. "Haven't you ever done that with your loved one?" I asked a little sarcastically.

"No! And I would never in public!" Umbridge argued.

Bella smiled, but it was a mean-looking smile. "No? You've never reaffirmed your love with your loved one because you don't like PDA? Or is it because you don't have a loved one?"

There were a chorus of "Ooohhs" echoed around the clearing as Umbridge's mouth dropped open with shock. Even I was a little shocked that Bella had called her out like that. Umbridge's shock didn't last long. She pointed one of her fat toad-like fingers at my girl and said, "Detention. My office. This afternoon when classes are finished for the day." Then she turned back to Hagrid.

As Umbridge started to talk to him like she thought he was stupid, I looked down at my girl. "Was that wise, Bella?"

"Dunno." Bella shrugged. "She really needs to stop being such a bitch." Instead of looking angry, she smiled up at me. "Now you have some time to plan our date for the night."

"Just hold your tongue tonight and do what she asks. Okay?" I kissed Bella on the top of her head as she nodded.

"Will do."

~*~UHS~*~

As we were let out of our last class, I gave Bella a kiss before sending her on her way to meet Umbridge. I had a feeling it was going to be a battle of wills between Bella and Umbridge this afternoon, and that was something I was going to have to keep an eye on. Even if it was just through the thoughts of my girl.

Instead of following our friends to the library to get some homework done—something Bella and I were ahead on anyway, thanks to Opi—I headed off in the opposite direction. I wanted to talk to Kreacher and Dobby to see if my idea was feasible. To see if they knew of anywhere I could take my girl on our date that wouldn't land us in more shit with Umbridge.

I smirked. That was, of course, if she could ever catch us.

After making my way down through the corridors to the painting of the fruit, I tickled the pear to open up the doorway to the kitchens. I know I could have called for our house elf, but I was also hungry. This was just killing two birds with one stone.

As usual, the elves brought over food the second I stepped through the doorway. I thanked them kindly as I took a few snacks. I hadn't expected them to say much, but one brave little elf stepped in front of me to stop me in my path.

I bobbed down so I was almost at her level, so I could look her in the eye when I was talking to her. "Was there something you needed?"

"You are one of the ones trying to help house elves?" Dispey—I heard her think her name—asked me instead.

"I am."

"Dispey wants to thank you," Dispey said ever so softly. She looked around to see if anyone else was listening.

I tilted my head, listening to her thoughts. I wasn't sure what she was thanking me for as so much was going on in her mind. "For what?"

"My mother was one of the house elves you are trying to help. She had to give Dispey up when Dispey was little because the family she was working for was cruel. She didn't want Dispey to live like that. She told them Dispey died, but she asked Professor Dumbledore if someone else could care for Dispey instead. He took Dispey in, and the elves here helped raise Dispey."

"Was?" I asked. "Your mother is no longer around?"

Dispey shook her head so fast I thought she was going to hurt herself. "My m-m-mother d-d-died having never seen Dispey again. Dispey doesn't want another elf child to go through that pain."

I reached out and squeezed the little elf's shoulder. "Then our group will do our absolute best to make sure that no more elves will be treated like your mother was, like so many are. We will make sure that those who hurt the elves will be punished for their transgressions. We will also make sure that the elves will be removed from situations like your mothers. I promise."

Dispey smiled up at me. "And that is why Dispey is saying thank you."

I smiled back at her. I couldn't help it. "Then, you are very welcome."

Dispey said no more, only nodded and went back to work. I watched her for a few seconds, seeing that she was happy and healthy here at Hogwarts, then stood and continued making my way to where Kreacher and Dobby were patiently waiting.

"Kreacher thinks there will be more house elves coming to tell you thank you for what you are doing," Kreacher said to me before I even had a chance to say hello. "Kreacher hears many stories from the house elves. They know that Kreacher works for you and Miss Bella, and they want you to know they are grateful."

Dobby nodded. "Dobby, too, has noticed that the elves are grateful. They are also spreading the word to their families that someone is going to be standing up for them. Getting them the rights they should have had all along."

"Then I'm glad we could help. Now, I need a favor …"

Dobby and Kreacher listened closely to what I wanted to do for my girl, but I noticed they weren't the only ones. Soon, I had a few of the closer elves wanting to give me ideas or help prepare an elaborate feast for our date. I was glad they were offering because the simple idea I had planned was soon so much more. I loved what they all came up with, and I had no doubt Bella would as well.

I walked out of the kitchen an hour after I had gone in with more food than Bella and I could ever hope to eat in one sitting, as well as a picnic basket filled with plates, cutlery, blanket, dessert, and a thermos full of pumpkin juice. I was going to go meet up with Bella outside of Umbridge's classroom where she was still in detention—not giving Umbridge the satisfaction she so wanted, by the way—while Kreacher and Dobby disappeared to go set up the place I was taking Bella.

As I walked through the corridors to Umbridge's classroom, I listened in on both Umbridge's and Bella's thoughts. Umbridge was trying to torture my girl with lines, using the quills I had made entirely useless. Most students took the route Harry had gone on and flinched when the words appeared on their hands. It was, after all, what Umbridge wanted. The satisfaction of knowing what she was giving them to do was making some sort of impact on them.

Umbridge was fast becoming irate because Bella wasn't giving her that at all. Instead of holding the quill with her own hands, Bella was using her wand to make the quill write on the parchment. And even when the words started appearing on Bella's hand, she didn't flinch like everyone else. She just let it happen, and nothing pissed Umbridge off more than realizing that what she was doing to someone wasn't working.

I rolled my eyes as I leaned against the wall opposite the door leading to the defense classroom. "Bella, must you antagonize her?"

She shouldn't be allowed to do what she's doing. And these torture devices were banned three-hundred plus years ago. Why is she allowed to use them now? Bella thought to me with a huff. Maybe if she thinks she isn't winning, I'll be able to leave earlier.

Bella looked up at Umbridge as she huffed and rolled her eyes. Umbridge wasn't happy that she didn't seem to be getting to Bella. The more Bella seemed to ignore her, the more Umbridge fumed in her seat.

I didn't bother to give Bella a lecture like Mom would have because, as far as I was concerned, Bella was right. She shouldn't be allowed to do what she was doing. I wondered how we could get word to Fudge to show him what his minion was doing. That was her worst fear—Fudge finding out.

As Bella continued to ignore Umbridge, I slipped my backpack off and placed it on the floor. I knew it wouldn't be a good idea for Umbridge to see the things I was carrying. She would put a stop to what I had planned for our date because of her rules and regulations. As I waited, I expanded the inside of the bag—something that was kinda, sorta, illegal—and I placed the picnic basket, the blanket, and everything else into it. I was just standing up and sliding it back on over my shoulder when Umbridge pulled open the door to her classroom.

"What are you doing here?" Umbridge asked rather snidely when she saw me.

I smiled. Kill her with kindness, that was going to be my new motto, as long as she didn't give me a reason not to. "Just waiting for Bella, Professor. I wanted to walk her to dinner."

"Hmph." Umbridge turned to Bella. "Best be keeping your thoughts to yourself, Miss Swan, or we shall be meeting again."

I heard a rather nasty thought flit through Bella's mind before she opened her mouth, but all she said was, "Yes, ma'am." Stupid toad-faced cow. She should be so lucky that I've got control of my magic, or there'd be nothing left of her.

I laced my fingers with Bella, mostly to keep her from drawing her wand, and pulled her along the corridor. I could feel the glare Umbridge kept on us until we turned the corner and walked out of her sight.

I sighed. "She's going to be gunning for you now, Bella. You're really going to need to keep your head down."

"I'm sorry, Edward." Bella pouted. "She's just so horrible. You can tell that she's never had a relationship before, at least not a loving one. Why is she allowed to treat people like that; talk to them like that?"

"Because nobody has sent word to Fudge, and I think even if we did, he wouldn't believe us anyway. We're going to have to let this play out. It really is that simple."

Bella huffed. "I don't like it." She went to say something else but snapped her mouth closed when I turned us toward the front door of the castle instead of to the moving staircase. "Where are we going? Shouldn't we be heading up, not out?"

I smirked. "Didn't you say you wanted a date?" I couldn't help but laugh when Bella squealed excitedly and just followed along with me.

I listened as Bella started chatting more about happier things—like the holiday season starting soon—than about Umbridge. I was content just to listen to her happiness, only making a comment here and there when Bella needed my input. All that stopped, though, when we approached the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Bella looked up at me with a frown before looking back to the forest. "What, Edward? What if Umbridge catches us?"

"Don't worry. I have an early warning system in place." I pointed off to the right where Dobby stepped out of the forest to wave at us. He was standing guard for the first while, and once dinner was out on the plates, Kreacher would come and take over. "Umbridge has had an uncanny ability to sneak up on me when I'm … otherwise occupied … so I wanted to make sure we'd have warning."

"Even if they have to pop in and interrupt." Bella smiled at Dobby before she said, "Thank you."

Dobby nodded with a smile before he melted back into his hiding spot in the trees.

I held my hand out as Bella had let go. "Shall we?"

"We shall!" Bella linked her fingers with mine, and I guided her into the opening of the Forbidden Forest.

As we meandered through the forest, I could feel Bella relax more and more. Being out in nature was one of the best things for her, and I would remember that when we went home for Christmas. I would make it my goal to get her out in the forest surrounding our home at least once on break. We weren't even filling the space with talk. We didn't have to.

"Oh, wow," Bella breathed as we started to get closer to the place Kreacher and Dobby had told me about. The surrounding forest was stunning, but it was what was up ahead that had caught Bella's attention.

Somehow Kreacher and Dobby had lit up a path with what looked like fairy lights, leading to a small clearing with a creek. It took me a few seconds, but when I looked closer, I realized that they were fairy lights. Just not your average muggle fairy lights. These were actual fairies, lighting up the night sky. They were hovering above the ground in different patterns, making all sorts of different shapes and lights on the ground.

But it wasn't just the path that was lit up, it was also the stunningly beautiful clearing up ahead that had been decorated. Kreacher and Dobby had done a wonderful job. It seemed they had asked for help because the place was covered in flowers made into daisy chains, several large, beautiful bouquets, and more fairies providing a soft, romantic glow.

"Edward, how?"

"I had some help from some wonderful elves. I went to them and asked for a little help. Even they surpassed my expectations."

I followed Bella into the clearing, hearing the stream not far from us, and made my way to the center. The whole clearing was covered in overgrown grass, except for a small, perfectly round section that had been cleared away for the small fire that had been built. Even though Bella and I didn't feel the weather like most of our human friends did, it was still nice to have the ambiance and warmth of a fire.

While my beautiful girl inspected the clearing and enjoyed how being out in nature made her feel, I opened the backpack I was carrying and pulled out the picnic basket and blankets and laid them down next to the fire. I watched Bella as I sat on the blanket, to see that her magic was connecting with the plants around us, giving them a bit more life, and creating a sea of colorful wild flowers for us to enjoy. The aroma was heady but not overbearing as she made her way to me.

I sat at attention as I caught the subtle sway to her hips, the dark look in her eyes, and the sinful smirk on her lips as she watched me, watching her.

"Tell me, Edward, is there a particular reason we're out here where no one can interrupt us?" Bella asked me. Her voice was deeper, huskier than normal. I only ever heard it like this when she was trying to seduce me.

I snorted internally. She didn't have to try very hard these days. One look, like the one she was giving me, and my brain wasn't the only thing paying attention. "Uh …" It seemed that Bella had made me lose my words. It wasn't until she sat down in front of me, her back to my front, that I remembered the question she'd asked. "Besides the fact that I wanted you all to myself?"

Bella giggled. "Yes, besides that."

"Geez, Bella. You shouldn't do that to me. You scramble my brains." I shook my head, trying to get my bearings. "I noticed your thoughts and how you felt when we were in the forest with Hagrid today. I wanted to give you a chance to connect and recharge. This year is going to be hard enough without you feeling drained."

"Thank you, Edward." Bella turned her head and kissed my jaw. "What have we got to eat?"

We both leaned forward and pulled out utensils, plates, and cups. As well as several different food items. Things that were usually made for dinner in the castle. We had chicken, bangers and mash, vegetables, and Kreacher—or Dobby—had made sure that we also had dessert, which consisted of bread pudding.

We dished up onto our plates before relaxing back to eat. While we ate, we chatted about anything and everything that came to mind. As long as it didn't have to do with school. We talked about our future, well … what we could decide about considering the looming war hanging over us. Bella and I knew that we'd—most likely—make it through unscathed, but that didn't mean all those we loved would. We talked about what kind of jobs we wanted in the future. Both of us deciding that we wouldn't mind being aurors first and foremost. There was no doubt in my mind that there were going to be dark wizards to catch even after the war was over.

Once we'd finished eating, Bella moved from in front of me to having her front to my back. As we continued to talk, I placed random kisses on Bella's neck and head. I showered her with affection. Eventually, we fell quiet, just soaking in the sounds of the forest around us.

"What happened the other night, Edward?" Bella asked quietly.

I knew that topic would come up, but I was glad we were sitting quietly, relaxed. "Emmett interrupted us because he said there was no one else to help him."

"With what?"

"He'd lost his arm." I snorted.

Bella's head snapped in my direction. "Lost his arm? How?"

"It seems that Hagrid didn't come back from the land of the giants alone. He brought someone with him, someone who wasn't Madam Maxime."

"How does that relate to Emmett's arm?"

I couldn't help but snicker because, as bad as his timing had been, I could now see the humor in it. "Because Hagrid's stepbrother pulled it off when Emmett was trying to keep him contained."

I laughed harder when Bella's mouth dropped open in shock. "Brother?" I nodded to her question. "Wow." Bella frowned as thoughts flitted through her head. "Where the hell is he keeping a giant? And how did he even get a giant here?"

"Suffice it to say Hagrid did some rather illegal spell casting to bring his brother here, and as for where he's keeping him …" I pointed around the forest, indicating the where.

Uh … huh … how? Bella shook her head. "How is he even keeping him in the forest?"

This was the part that Bella wasn't going to like. Considering her affinity for all different creatures. "For now, he's got him tied to a tree."

"No!" Bella gasped. "He can't do that!"

"What else is he supposed to do, Bella?"

Bella's mouth opened, then snapped closed. I could see the struggle within her. She wanted all creatures to be free to make their own decisions. But she knew that a giant stomping around in the forest this close to Hogwarts was a problem.

Bella sighed. You're right. "But … maybe I could help?"

"Hmmm." I breathed through a kiss to Bella's neck. "I thought the same thing." I kissed her neck again, breathing her in. "But now isn't the right time."

"No?"

"No, baby. Now is time to get back to the castle. We have plans."

"Plans?"

"Mmhmm," I said softly, right under her ear. "Let's go, Bella. I'm going to make you feel so good."

"Why not here?" she murmured as she turned and straddled my waist. "Why not where no one can find us?"

I pulled her lips up to mine with the tips of my fingers. I kissed her once, twice, three times. "Because I want you somewhere soft. Somewhere I can spread you out, comfortably, and enjoy everything you have to offer."

Bella moaned at my words. "Then I guess you better get me there." I stood with her in my arms, her legs wrapped around my waist. I knew Kreacher was in the forest. I just hoped he would clean up what we were leaving in the clearing. It was as I started to run through the forest that Bella spoke. "I'll be having my own taste tonight too."

"Jesus." I groaned when I stumbled, causing Bella to give out a sultry giggle. "Pretty girl, let me get there in one piece, then you'll have your taste."

I could feel the heat coming from Bella where she was pressed up against me, and I knew she could feel me. I raced through the forest and up to the castle as fast as I could, but as I hit the moving staircases, I could feel the shift in Bella. Something had changed, something had made the beautiful girl in my arms less fluid, less excited.

"What's wrong, Bella?" I asked softly as I laid her out on the bed in my trunk. "Where did you disappear to?"

"Nowhere. I'm still here," she replied softly.

"My sexy siren has run away though." I smirked to show that I was teasing just a little. Bella shuddered as I kissed behind her ear and started down her neck.

"I'm nervous. And I don't want to use my siren powers." That last part was said so firmly that I pulled back to look at her.

"I didn't mean it like that, Bella." I stopped trying to bring her back into the mood because this was something she seemed to want to talk about. "I just mean that you were seducing me in the best way possible. Like a siren of old."

Bella pointed at me. "Exactly. Some of my siren powers made me brave, leaked into my bravado, and made me say those things. I don't want to use my powers on you."

I pulled Bella to me and kissed her lightly on the mouth. "Being seductive doesn't mean using your siren powers. It means that you know what turns me on. You know what makes me want you. All that makes you a siren … my siren. Do you see the difference?" Bella nodded but didn't say anything. My dick was still pressed up against her hip, and I could tell it was making her nervous. "And this"—I pressed it a little firmer up against her—"this just means that what you're saying, what you're doing is working for me. And Bella," I said, waiting until she looked up from my chest where her hands were. "It doesn't mean that you have to do anything. We're both still learning, Bella; there's absolutely no hurry."

"Really?" she asked softly, looking up at me.

I nodded and leaned down to kiss her. "Really, Bella. You're still young. And as much as you want to get to experience it all now, there's something for going slow. For learning what each other is gonna like, enjoy, find pleasure in. We've been exploring, and we can continue to do so." I paused and gave her a smile, something that I'm sure looked as seductive as it felt. "Besides, I have no doubt that sometime soon, really soon, there isn't going to be a day that I won't be like this around you." I pressed up against her hip once more. Bella's smile could have lit up the night sky. "I'm really enjoying getting to know you. Are you enjoying getting to know me?"

"Oh, yeah," Bella whispered, dragging out the word. "Now, Edward?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up and kiss me."

Instead of answering, I did just as my girl told me to do. I leaned forward and pressed my lips to hers. Softly at first, just lips touching, top then bottom. After a few minutes of these, Bella's tongue slipped out and licked my lip. I couldn't help the groan I let loose when she did so. But what was even more exciting was the moan that she gave in reply when I kissed her back with as much passion.

For the next several moments, all we did was kiss. Lips, necks, cheeks, and my favorite spot—under Bella's ear. It seemed to be an erogenous zone for Bella, which made it somewhere I had a hard time staying away from. The more I kissed and paid attention to that spot, the more Bella relaxed under me. Slowly, ever so slowly, hands began to explore—hers and mine.

We explored shoulders and arms, hands and fingers. My arms wound around Bella, my hands exploring her back before they slid up under her shirt. I wanted to feel as much of her skin as I could, and I wasn't the only one. Bella's hands started on my shoulders before she skimmed them down my back as she wrapped her arms around my middle. Her hands skimmed down my back until she gripped my cheeks.

"Someone seems to like my ass."

"It's a very nice ass." Bella giggled.

"Mmm, glad you think so." My hands skimmed from under her shirt, down her legs, and then back up under her skirt, grabbing onto her ass. "I'm not the only one with a nice ass."

Bella moaned when I squeezed her cheeks. "Glad you think so," she repeated with a smile. Her hands moved to the front of my shirt and started undoing buttons.

I leaned in and kissed her once more. As I did so, my hands moved up to her shirt buttons too. We continued kissing while we undressed each other, right down to our underwear.

As we relaxed into each other, I rolled Bella onto her back. My hands continued to roam her body as I kissed down her neck toward her breasts. She let out the loudest moan yet when I sucked a nipple into my mouth, reaching up to pinch and roll the other with my hands.

"Okay, baby girl?"

"Oh, yeah," Bella breathed out. "Oh god," she moaned as I switched breasts.

"God's not here, Bella, just me. And I want you to scream my name when you come."

Bella's head shot up as I trailed my nose and lips down her stomach, only to stop and circle my tongue around her bellybutton. "Mmm, you taste so good right here." I hummed as I dipped my tongue in. "Wonder where else you taste good."

"You know …" Bella erupted into giggles when I licked her bellybutton again. "Where else you think I taste good."

I nodded. "Yeah … everywhere."

My hands skimmed down her sides as I breathed in deep, running my nose along her belly. Bella looked down, catching my eye, as I looked up at her.

"Okay, Bella?"

"Yes." She moaned, her head dropping back as her hands fisted the sheets and my hair. I smirked when I tugged a little at her undies, causing her to lift her hips straight away.

I ran my nose back and forth across the top of Bella's mound when I pulled her underwear down her legs. "Oh, baby girl." I groaned. "You smell so good."

I continued to revel in her smell as I continued to breathe her in from her left hip crease to the other. Once I could no longer stand it, I carefully pushed her legs apart and licked from one entrance to the other. I couldn't help the growl that I let loose. If her smell was good, she tasted … "Divine, Bella." I growled. "Your taste." I growled again. My eyes drifted up Bella's stunningly naked body as she looked down and caught my stare. "Be ready, my girl; I'm gonna eat you alive!"

I didn't wait to hear the moan I knew Bella was going to release, I just dove right back in. The moan Bella let loose would rival any that I had heard from her before. Bella and I had been exploring since her scent changed around her birthday, and this was something I loved to do for her. I loved to be able to give her pleasure beyond her wildest dreams.

It didn't take me long to bring her to the edge. Instead of keeping her there, I growled low enough to give her a hard, long, and beautiful orgasm. And she was just stunning when she came. Being with her like this was heaven. Tasting her. Giving her this, just being with her, worth every minute I had lived without her.

"God, Edward," Bella panted out, relaxing back onto the bed. Her toes uncurled; her arm flopped over her eyes. "What did I do to deserve that?"

I rubbed her stomach, trying, unsuccessfully, to help her get her breathing under control. "Nothing … everything." I was tripping over my words because my erection was bordering on painful. It happened every single time we were together like this. "Just … I love you."

"Oh, baby, come here." Bella rolled onto her side and opened her arms to me. I didn't hesitate and rolled on my side, resting my face in the curve of her neck and shoulder. "I love you, too, Edward."

I pulled her tighter against me, trapping my cock between us. I couldn't help the moan that came out with the contact because that pressure, that glorious skin-on-skin contact, felt bloody fantastic.

Up until recently, all of our intimate interactions have ended with Bella helping me masturbate. From what she had said earlier, it sounded like she had wanted to taste me, but I could tell from her body that she was starting to freak out about it.

"You don't have to, Bella," I whispered as I begun kissing her neck. I was hoping it would help her relax.

She moaned, which sounded half-exasperated, and half-turned on. "I wanted to, but now I don't know," she whined.

I pulled back and kissed her left eye, then her right before her nose. "It's okay. You really don't have to. We could just do what we have before."

Bella stayed quiet, even though her thoughts were wide open. She was becoming more turned on as I kissed her, but her frustration with her insecurities about being young and sexually naïve was holding it in check.

"Hey," I snapped quietly before tapping on her forehead. "There's no need for that. You're perfect just as you are. I'm just as inexperienced as you are, remember?"

"It doesn't feel like it though," Bella said as she fidgeted with the small amount of hair on my chest. "You make me feel so good, and it feels like you've had experience."

I kissed her forehead, breathing in deep. "It may feel that way to you, Bella, but you have to remember something."

"What?"

"I'm over a hundred years old, and I have the ability to read minds. You can't understand the scope of what I've seen over the years. I may be inexperienced in all the ways of loving you, physically, but I've had a long time to learn. To plan. And to imagine the many, many different things I wanted to experience with my mate." I paused, tipping her face up to me so I could look her straight in the eyes. "To experience with just you." I kissed her softly. I wanted to reassure her that there had been nobody before her even though she knew. "I waited over a hundred years for you, Miss Swan, and I would have waited a thousand more just to be with you, to love you, just as you are."

"Oh, Edward." Bella breathed out as she leaned in to kiss me with all the passion her little body held. "Wow," she whispered as she pulled back. "Thank you. I didn't know I needed to hear that."

"Anytime, my girl."

Bella smiled then, and it was sultry and all things sexy. "I may not be ready for …" Her voice trailed off as her thoughts took over. She imagined herself down on her knees with me standing in front of her. I had my hands all tangled in her hair as my head was thrown back in what looked like pleasure. The image had me growling into her neck at the sheer want I felt from it, causing Bella to giggle softly. "But I want to please you."

"You always do. Do you want me to help again?"

"Thank you, but no," she said as her hand slipped from my shoulders, down my side, but hesitated on my hip. "I want to be able to do this myself. I want to know that I can please you as you do me."

I couldn't help but kiss her at that self-conscious statement. "You do please me, Bella. Even if I'm helping you, you're still pleasing me. Don't ever think you don't. I love you, and you love me … and that's all I need to know for you to please me. Everything else is just icing on the cake."

Instead of answering me, Bella leaned forward and kissed me once more. I thought it would take some time for Bella to relax and feel comfortable with herself for her to be ready to reciprocate, but I was wrong. I hadn't felt the little minx move her hand because I was so lost in the kiss she was giving me that I jumped slightly when her hand wrapped around my cock, letting out a rather embarrassing groan.

She began moving her hand much as we had practiced when we were working together, squeezing it around my shaft before running her hand over the head and collecting the pre-cum for lubrication.

"How's that?" Bella asked when she pulled back from the kiss. The small proud-filled smile she let loose when she looked down at her hand was almost more satisfying than the hand-job she was giving me.

"Feels fantastic." I moaned, my own hands going out of my control. My left one wrapped underneath her to tangle in her hair while my right one slid over her side and cupped her ass.

"I'm doing this right?"

"Bella." I grunted, pulling her closer, making it almost impossible for her to continue jacking me off. "You couldn't do this wrong. Oh god …" I groaned. "Not … gonna … last …"

God's not here, Bella thought cheekily as she kissed my neck before biting down on my ear.

I was gonna reply but the short sting of pain from her teeth surprised me, so much so that I yelped out in surprise. I glared down at Bella as she smirked up at me. The confidence boost that small action gave her was huge.

Gonna come for me, Edward?

"No." I growled. "Feels too good."

Isn't that the point? How about now?

I was about to tell her that, no, I wasn't going to come, that I was going to last for a long time yet, but she smirked at me again as she twisted her hand, cupped my balls, putting pressure on the small spot behind them, and ran her thumb over my head all at the same time. It felt so good that I came with a roar, coating us both with my release.

I flopped onto my back, panting for breath that I didn't need, my head lolling to the side to stare at her in surprise.

"What?" she asked oh-so-innocently as she rolled to lie on her stomach. Her feet were up in the air while her head rested in her hands. The smile on her face was nowhere near innocent. In fact, she looked like the cat that ate the canary.

"Wh … how … where did you learn that?" I sputtered. She had never done that before.

"Girls talk, Edward." Bella looked at me as if to say "duh".

"Our sisters would never!"

Bella giggled. "They so would. But I wasn't talking about them. You don't listen in on our girls' nights with the older girls. They talk. Especially when given small prompts. Don't tell me boys don't talk. I know they do."

I snorted. "Boys exaggerate. And they lie." I frowned at Bella. "Girls really talk about that stuff?"

"You've never heard them?" Bella asked with a raised eyebrow.

I shook my head. "I tried to block it out. I mean … I get that they would; I just didn't think it was so graphic."

"Not graphic. More like." Bella paused for a moment to think. "Girls like to give advice. Share things that work well and try to give the newer ones to the world of lust, things to avoid." The smile she gave me then was seductive to say the least. "But boys aren't the only ones to compare. Maybe, now, I'll have something to share."

My mouth dropped open in shock. I couldn't believe that my Bella would share something like that. Bella laughed, hard, at the look on my face. She cuddled up into me, wrapping her arms around my back.

"I would never, Edward. What we do is special to me. Nobody needs to know all the details. Just like I know you would never share with others either."

I leaned down to kiss the top of Bella's head as she started to get comfy for sleep. "No, my girl, never. I'm the only one who gets to know you like that. I promise."

She fell asleep fast, but as she did, that small cat that ate the canary smile appeared once more. My sexy hellcat was going to keep the surprises coming. And to be honest, I couldn't wait.

~*~UHS~*~

I think Bella surprised Edward in this chapter. She's getting bolder ... wonder what that will mean for our favourite vampire?

See you in a fortnight.