A/N: Apologies last chapter I mixed Caius and Marcus up, some helpful reviewers pointed this out Marcus is the one that doesn't give a crap about anything, Caius is the one with a hard on against lycans. Again sorry for the mix up, once again thank Ogremen for being my beta all of the usual improvements are his and as usual I own nothing but the story the characters belong to their owners.
Chapter 8: Revelations, the First Bonfire and New Packs
VPOV
The guard were moving farther ahead of the three brothers; shortly after they had left the clearing they had ordered all of the guard to move ahead except for Dimitri and Jane who had been asked to stay behind. The three brothers stood together in the snowy woods, all slightly in shock; they had just encountered a wizard and not just any wizard…but Harry Potter.
"This is dangerous…I don't like this, we should have killed them all right then and there…they made us look like fools!" Caius hissed, making Aro raise his hand in a calming motion, Dimitri and Jane standing off to the side looking on in confusion.
"Had we done that, we would have provoked the ire of the entire Magical world…if we had survived, Harry was well within his rights technically…the situation has become complicated," Aro replied, whilst Marcus simply looked on in boredom.
"It was odd, he wanted no retaliation," Marcus spoke making Aro and Caius turn towards him, "And he wanted us to leave rather quickly," he further commented, making Aro realise he had seen something.
"What is it brother?" Aro asked quietly causing Marcus to smile at him; Marcus had seen something with his gift.
"The grey wolf," Marcus spoke stepping away from the tree, "She was connected to him like nothing I have ever seen…she would be his downfall," the vampire finished causing Caius to smile menacingly at them both.
"Hmm interesting…Jane, Dimitri come here for a moment," Aro said calling over the two vampires in question.
"You shall be staying here…but only to watch and wait, for the moment we can do nothing," Aro said causing Caius to frown in disagreement.
"Relax brother….be patient, an opportunity will present itself, after all he is only mortal," Aro said placing an arm on his brothers shoulder, grinning at him. His brother grinned back, and Marcus simply sighed at the pair.
"I'm bored, let us return to Italy," He said walking away from his brothers, deeper into the forest. Aro and Caius followed, not before Aro nodded at Jane and Dimitri, who disappeared silently into the forest behind them.
HPOV
As Harry walked back through the forest he sighed once again, jumping over a root and making sure not to snag his robe on the roots. After Harry had spoken to Leah, Gellel had come over to the pair, talking for a moment whilst the Packs and the Cullen's were standing around in shock. After assigning a team to watch the perimeter, and a team to ensure the Volturi were truly gone, Harry walked over to Carlisle and had said briefly that an explanation was needed, but a better location for the discussion was needed for it.
After that the very odd group of Vampires, shape shifters, and wizards, started to make their way back. Harry was walking at the back of the group, he was able to see Leah from where she walked beside the russet coloured wolf who still carried the 'dmaphir', as Harry had started to call her. The Cullen's and the rest of wolfs walked in a lose group, with a team of five Auror's taking up the perimeter in case the Volturi had any ideas to still cause trouble.
"That was entertaining, Harry, I will give you that," Sanguini said with amusement and delight, making Harry jump, not realising the vampire had fallen back so he could talk with Harry. He noticed that the whole party were listening in, even his fellow Auror's walking the perimeter.
"I hate you Sanguini, you know that right," Harry replied to the vampire pinching the bridge of his nose, making the vampire simply laugh at him with amusement.
"Yes, I interrupted your lunch break didn't I?" Sanguini asked "I am sorry about that you know, I just thought given your inherent need to do good you'd want to know what was going on."
"Bullshit!" Harry said, laughing despite himself, the easy friendship from years ago coming back between to the two, "You love making a scene, and you seem to love to drag me into it."
As the house came into view and the different wolfs phased back to their human's forms, a look of pure dread coming over his face. His face caused all of the Cullen's, Jake, Leah and Sam, all of the other wolfs, to freeze and looks of panic started to appear on their faces; his face looked like the Volturi had returned and were marching towards him. The red-headed woman dressed in robes simply took one look at him and started to laugh at him, raising further confusion amongst the group.
"I'm sorry…it's just, he's just realised the amount of paperwork demons and phone calls he's going to have to make…he just mobilised the entire Auror division and deployed them against the Volturi…have fun with that Harry!" she said with a tone of immense amusement and breaking out into laughter at the look of horror on his face, causing Sanguini to erupt into laughter as well.
"I will promote you…I'm not afraid to you know..." Harry growled at her, causing her to shut up and look very fearful. Realising the three had everyone's attention, he sighed, and realising as he caught Leah's hurt eyes that he had some answers to give.
"Come on, I need your help," Harry said, starting to walk towards the Cullen's house meeting Carlisle and Esme at the door, Gelle and Sanguini trailing behind him.
"Thank you…for protecting my family, words can't begin…" Carlisle broke off making Esme reach up and rub his back.
"Thank you…please come in," she said, inviting Harry, Gellel, and Sanguini into the house, the Cullen's, Jake, Sam and Leah, filing in behind them. Harry took a seat on the sofa, not understanding the distance that Leah was displaying, since she had phased back, she barely looked at him, and it made his heart race in worry.
"So…as some of you have guessed Harry is a wizard, and I am a witch, and yes magic is real," Gellel said, a tone of amusement in her voice, to the shocked faces of the room.
"Harry and I are members of the American Ministry of Magic," Gellel said, "We work in the DMLE, sorry the Department of Magical Law Enforcement." She went on to explain to their astonished faces, that vampires and shape shifters weren't alone…there were dragons, unicorns, hippogriffs, schools, hospitals, and whole governments hidden from them. The room was in shock after the brief thirty minute conversation had finished, slowly absorbing the information, whilst this was happening Harry realised that there was something wrong with Leah.
"Leah, you haven't said one thing to me….it's starting to worry me a bit here, I just told you I'm a wizard and you're not even looking at me," Harry said, the overwhelming urge of worry breaking through. Suddenly the atmosphere in the room changed distinctly, and Harry noticed that Jake and Leah were having a glaring match, whilst most of the room were looking at Jake with disapproving eyes.
"She can't…Jake ordered her not to," spoke the other American Indian male, Sam and he too, and were shooting Jake disapproving looks. As Harry heard this his head shot around to Leah, and he realised the pain in her eyes was from not being able to speak to him.
"Release her…now!" came the same deadly tone out of Harry's mouth that he had used with the Volturi. Gellel looked concerned at Harry for a moment, whilst Sanguini had a look absolute glee on his face; the show wasn't over yet it seemed.
"I will…when you explain why the Volturi are so afraid of you…in fact, they looked at you as if you could kill them all, so why didn't you?" Jake said finally snapping and standing up from the couch, causing Leah to watch on helplessly whilst the two argued.
"I'm not here to do the bidding of an idiotic child pretending to wear the big boy pants!" Harry hissed at him, getting right into his face.
"Now…release Leah from your order…or we're going to have a very big issue..." he finished with a threatening tone, almost growling at him, his eyes flashing gold for a moment making Jake hesitate before he gathered his courage.
"Why don't you make me?" Jake growled back to him, vibrating in anger, Harry, realising the young shape shifter had truly lost his temper and was essentially challenging him, grabbed him and apparated the both of them outside. With a crack the pair appeared, Harry jumping away from Jake as he shifted. He looked up as Jake bared his teeth, bringing his eyes level with Harry's emerald green. Before he could attack a grey blur flew by and crashed into Jake sending him flying into the trees.
Leah's wolf form stood in front of Harry, defending him from Jake's attack. 'Stay away from my imprint!' came a wild thought out of nowhere knocking him off balance. 'Did that come from Leah?' Harry thought, and as he did this, the grey wolf in front of him froze.
'Harry?' Came the hesitant thought after a few moments, by now the occupants of the house were out in front of the house, Sam had shifted and tackled Jake, sending the pair crashing into the forest. None of this was noticed by Harry, who was watching Leah turn around and face him, her warm brown eyes coming into view.
'How…is this possible, and why can't I sense Jake anymore…wait I'm breaking his order….how-this isn't possible?' Came Leah's shocked thoughts. Harry sighed, thinking it might have something to do with the tether that had been formed between their souls. Leah's shocked face reminded him that apparently, she could still hear his thoughts.
Looking around he caught sight of his deputy in the crowd of people, he walked up to her pulling her aside as Leah walked back into the forest, returning a short time later in her human form.
"Look…I'm sorry to do this…but Leah and I need to talk…cover for me here, and I'll meet you back at the office in a couple of hours?" Harry asked "Please…I need to talk to her," Harry finished in a slightly desperate tone. Leah came to a stop less than half a metre from the pair, looking at him in desperation.
"Get out of here lover boy," Gellel said with amusement, Harry instantly running to Leah pulling her into his arms, and crashing his lips to hers briefly. The same feeling of peace came over him, the same he had whenever Leah touched him and as she snuggled into his neck, breathing his scent in, she caught his eye.
"Let's go home…you have some explaining left to do mister!" Leah said, causing a slight look of fear to appear on his face and before they disappeared, there his yelp could be heard as Leah pinched his arm showing just how free of Jake's order and Pack she was. As they disappeared Sanguini started to laugh uproariously, causing everyone in the yard to look at the slightly psychotic vampire.
"Oh this has been the most fun I've had in centuries! Oh I really must hang out around Harry more often!" he said before he finally broke down in laughter again, causing everyone to look at each other in agreement; he was insane.
GPOV
She sighed once again as she took a seat once again in the Cullen's lounge room, once again getting ready to answer their questions. The Alpha, Sam, had come walking out of the forest alone informing them that Jake wouldn't be returning until he was able to calm down. And so with Harry disappearing with the shape shifter Leah, and from what she heard he had more than a little bit of explaining to do, Gellel had stayed behind to answer any questions they had.
"Do the Volturi fear all wizards like they did Harry?" Edward asked from where he sat next to Bella, an arm around her shoulder, with Nessie looking up at her from her mother's lap. Gellel sighed and sat back a bit, noticing everyone in the room wanted to hear the answer.
"No, they don't…Harry is rather unique even for a wizard," Gellel said slightly uncomfortably, not wishing to discuss her boss with complete strangers. Sanguini started to laugh from where he stood in the corner, causing everyone to look at him.
"That's a nice way of putting it," Sanguini said, shaking his head and walking over.
"Harry is not only an extremely powerful wizard, he a very apt combat mage, a veteran of the Second Magical War in Britain, and he has more titles than most kings, he is even immune to a vampire's bite…I mean there's a lot more, but those are the big cliff notes," he said causing Gellel to sigh as everyone took this information.
"Look I can't tell you everything I know about him…he's an intensely private man so don't expect him to tell you his life story, but I'll tell what everyone else in our world knows about him," Gellel said before she launched into the legend that was Harry Potter, and the life he had led before he came to Forks.
LPOV
After the sensation of being squeezed through a tube passed, and she felt her feet hit solid ground, she slightly wobbled and if it hadn't been for Harry, she would have fallen over. The contents of her stomach almost came back up, and she leaned her head on Harry's shoulder until the waves of nausea passed.
"What the hell was that?" Leah moaned into Harry's shoulder, making him chuckle into her hair.
"Should have given you a head's up, that was apparration, a magical method of transportation, it takes a bit getting used to," Harry said into her air making Goosebumps appear on Leah's neck. She stepped out of his embrace finally taking in her surroundings, realising they were now standing outside the front of Harry's house.
"So…wizard huh?" Leah asked after a moment, looking back at Harry and seeing a nervous expression appear on his face, "And your nephew's a werewolf? She continued raising an eyebrow.
"Ummm yeah…speaking of that, there's something else I need to tell you before we go inside..." Harry said, releasing a nervous chuckle
"And what would that be?" Leah asked, arching an eyebrow in curiosity.
"Bree well…she's not exactly...'normal', either..." Harry spoke, Leah catching Bree looking on from the front window.
"She's a witch too, I take it…look Harry on the list of secrets, being a wizard is a pretty big one…but it's not a bad one," Leah murmured to Harry causing him to start laughing again.
"Well...no, Bree isn't a witch," Harry said placing his hands up "Now remember, Bree is just an innocent girl…kind of, she didn't ask to become what she is," As Harry spoke Bree opened the door with a nervous look on her face, when suddenly she disappeared from sight and appeared suddenly beside him. Harry sighed as this happened, taking out his wand he waved it once over Bree when suddenly her eye's changed from brown to blood red and her smell went from the sweet scent of lilacs, to the overpowering stench of a vampire.
"Leah stop, ok calm down, she hasn't done anything to me, she's been living with me for almost a week and not once has she tried anything," Harry murmured, taking a struggling Leah back into his arms, trying to calm her with his touch.
"It doesn't matter, she will one day, she can't stay here," Leah said continuing to struggle, though it was becoming less powerful, the longer she was in Harry's arms.
"She didn't ask for this ok…and remember when we went shopping she's not an evil blood sucking vampire, she's an innocent girl who was given a messed up situation and did the best she could," Harry murmured to her, rubbing his hands in a soothing motion up and down her back.
"She's a good kid…ok she didn't have much of a choice, please just give her a chance…for me?" Harry said leaning back so he could look into Leah's eye, a pleading look coming into them as he stared into her brown ones. Leah sighed, already knowing she was going to give in; but she wasn't going to do it happily.
"Fine, but if she so much as looks at you funny I'll…" Leah trailed off, the threat of bodily harm very obvious from her tone.
"Hey, until I lifted the charms, you didn't even know she was one ok…she's a good kid, trust me ok," Harry said placing his arm around her shoulders and leading her up the porch and up to the front door. As they walked into the hallway, loud music could be heard from upstairs causing Harry to sigh and turn to her.
"Look, I have to talk to her and place the glamour's back on her, make yourself comfortable," Harry said to her gesturing to her before making his way up the stairs. As she walked into the lounge room and took a seat on the sofa the stench coming from Bree upstairs stopped and she heard her door open and Harry start to make his way back down the stairs, appearing in the lounge a short time later.
"Alright the first thing we should probably talk about, is what happened back at the Cullens place…you know the whole 'hearing each other thoughts' thing," Harry said an anxious tone to his voice, making Leah jolt and remember what happened before they'd left the Cullen's.
"You know how I'm a werewolf," she said to him causing him to shake his head in a definitive 'No,' at her.
"You're not werewolf, you're a shape shifter, werewolf's only phase on the full moon," Harry said to her, causing her to realise that he had known what she was and he hadn't said anything.
"How long have you known I was a shape shifter?" Leah asked looking at him, Harry was looking at anywhere but her. He mumbled something and though she heard it she wanted to make him say it to her.
"Since when Harry?" she asked him again, this time in a serious tone, causing him to sigh and look at her.
"Since the first time you came over for dinner..." Harry murmured to her causing Leah to sigh in frustration at him.
"So what…you were allowed to know about me, but I'm not allowed to know about you…is that how this is going to work, lying to each other?" Leah said, her anger finally boiling over, she couldn't believe how much he'd been hiding from her.
"Look I just…needed to understand why my magic had started to form a bond with you…what was I supposed to say 'Hi I'm Harry, I'm a wizard, and my soul has just formed a bond with yours, want out to go for dinner?'" Harry replied angrily, shocking Leah into silence.
"What do you mean, a bond with my soul?" she asked him after a few moments of silence. Harry sighed and got up to look out the lounge room window for a few moments before he answered her.
"The first time we touched…my magic, it reacted to something that was happening…I don't understand it, but, well, from what I understand a, well...I guess you could call it a 'tether', formed between our souls," Harry murmured turning around to look at Leah. His magic actually reacted to her imprinting on him, an actual tangible connection existed between them, almost causing Leah to cry in relief.
"Well I can tell you what happened on my side," Leah said taking a deep breath.
"I imprinted on you," she finished, feeling extremely nervous.
"Imprinting…what exactly is that?" Harry asked taking a seat next to Leah, calming her nerves a bit.
"From our legends, its...well, the closest we know of, it is like finding your soul mate…our imprints are our other half's, when we meet them…the whole world just fades away and all that matters is you," Leah said looking down at her hands, afraid of Harry's reaction. She felt him moving closer and putting his hand over hers.
"I…since I've met you, I thought I was fine the way I was, that all I needed was Teddy…but you showed me what I was missing…the few days I've spent with you…have been the happiest I've had in years," Harry said looking away from her, overwhelmed by what he was trying to say. Leah reached up to his cheek and turned his face so she could look at his face.
"Harry, there's nothing to be ashamed of…I feel the same way," Leah murmured to him, making a smile appear on his face. Not being able to resist the opportunity, she leaned in and swiftly joined their lips. It still felt the same as the first time they kissed, the world just drifted away, and all there was, was Harry and her-no tribe, no Cullens, just them. Harry's phone broke them out their kiss, and Harry took one look at the caller ID and sighed before picking it up. Leah leaned over to him, wrapping her hands around his neck and buried her head in his neck, slightly nipping his skin there.
"Yeah Gellel, yeah, aww shit," Harry said slightly losing his train of thought, the feel of Leah's lips on his neck was doing a very good job of distracting him from his phone call. Harry leaned back, placing his hand up over her lips, giving her be quiet look noise.
"Yeah sorry, go on, ok, damn it, what were you able to tell the Cullens…ok shit, well I'm going to have to give them an explanation too, ok I'll be there in ten," Harry said hanging up his phone and laying back into the couch, placing a cushion over his face and screaming into it. Leah, slightly worried, laid down practically on top of Harry, there wasn't a lot of room on the couch for two people.
"Work?" Leah asked, her voice slightly muffled by Harry's shoulder where she was laying her head. Harry sighed and wrapped his arms around her, starting to run his hands through her hair, making Leah let out a moan of pleasure at the feel of his hands on her scalp.
"Yeah, D.C is wondering where I am, and demanding I call them immediately…mobilising the entire Seattle Auror branch, and then confronting the Volturi without consulting them…their going to be pissed..." Harry sighed, the feel of Leah slowly ebbing out his anxieties.
"We still have to talk Harry," Leah said folding her arms over his chest and placing her chin there. He sighed and rubbed her arm.
"I know, and I owe the Cullens an explanation too, looks like Gellel was only able to tell them a little of my history, and your tribe as well…I wasn't lying, the only way I could protect you all was to bring you into the Magical world…plus, it might be a good idea to talk to your elders…I'm curious about shapes shifters and the innate magic that the American Indian tribes have," Harry said growing, more excited as he spoke, causing Leah to laugh at him.
"You're a nerd aren't you?" Leah asked, a cheeky smile on her face, making a pout appear on his face in response to her question.
"Its ok, I still like you," Leah murmured, leaning down to kiss his pouty lips making him smile into the kiss. He broke it after a few moments, realising if he didn't leave now, he wouldn't be leaving at all, and regardless of how tempting that idea was, he had to get to work and report to his superiors. He got up and started to get off the couch.
"Look, I'm sorry to bail on you…I know we still need to figure out how you 'broke' away Jake's pack and essentially joined mine," Harry said, a slight quiver of anger came into his voice when he mentioned Jake's name, making her remember what had happened before they had arrived.
"Oh god have you been listening to my thoughts this whole time" Leah exclaimed causing Harry to laugh at her
"And what do you mean your pack?" she asked after a moment of confusion. Harry simply smiled at her.
"No it only looks like that happens when you're in your wolf form," Harry said to her, causing her to nod her head, that's the way it worked in the Quillete packs.
"And my pack...well that's a surprise..." he said after a moment.
"Ok, I'm sorry to do this to you, but do you reckon you could get your tribe, both packs included, and the Cullens, to organise a get together, its time I tell you all who I am...I just hope you won't think any less of me," Harry said, again averting her gaze. Leah got up and walked around to him, taking him into her arms.
"Nothing you can do will change the way I feel about you, ok?" Leah said to him, looking him in the eye, needing him to understand what he meant to her.
"And well, I was going to invite to the bonfire…I was going to tell you what I was then, I can talk to Billy and see if it's ok for the Cullens to come," Leah said to him, causing him to nod.
"Teddy and Bree are going to be there as well," Harry said to her, almost causing her to protest before he gave her a look.
"They're my family, Leah…Bree too, just remember the girl you spent Tuesday with, she's a good kid," Harry said to her, causing her to sigh and nod her head. He was right, the entire time she spent with the teenager, she had no idea what she was, and if Harry hadn't told her she would never have found out either; if she could give the Cullens a chance, she could give Bree one too.
"Look, I've got to go, call me and let me know about the time for the bonfire, ok?" Harry asked before starting for the door, causing Leah to get up and follow him out, excited to see a bit of magic. As he opened the door and walked out onto the porch he started for the tree line with Leah following close behind, before stopping and turning to her.
"Catch ya later," he said with a wink, before he spun on the spot and disappeared, causing Leah to gasp in shock.
"That's going to take some getting used to..." she murmured to herself, before turning and making her way back into the forest, she had a bonfire to organise, and not a lot of time to do it.
HPOV
After Harry had arrived back at the Seattle HQ, he wasn't wrong when he thought that D.C would be pissed. After chewing him out for half an hour for not following proper protocol when dealing with the Volturi, including mobilising the Seattle branch, and exposing their world to a large number of supernatural creatures, who until recently had no idea of their existence. Harry's temper had gotten the better of him, and he'd asked if he had broken any laws, and not just protocols. His superiors hadn't responded straight away, until he'd asked the question again, and finally they had admitted that no actual laws had been broke, only the protocols put in place.
After that, Harry had apologised, realising his superiors also had a point, he had reacted with emotions running high, and if the Volturi hadn't left and pushed the point…he'd might have been responsible for the deaths of his men, who would have died in the battle, sure wizards held the advantage with magic, particularly Fiendfyre, but using only fifteen mages to go up against the Volturi, was not one of his brightest ideas, even if the packs and the Cullens had helped there would have been losses. After that, Harry promised to always follow the proper protocols and that he wouldn't allow his emotions to cloud his better judgement.
After Harry had finished up the meeting, he looked at the time and after realising how late it was, Teddy's school would be getting out in twenty minutes, he'd rung Bree, intent on asking her to pick Teddy, up but his worries had been in vein. Bree was already at the school, talking with the Auror Harry had assigned to protect her and Teddy, she promised that she would get Teddy home safe, and to just get home as quick as he could.
He noticed the slight note of sadness in her voice, when he asked if everything was alright, she'd admitted to being hurt by what Leah had said. After Harry had assured her that Leah would come around and that her response had been in the heat of the moment, Bree had sounded a little bit more chipper then when the conversation had started. After he'd hung up with Bree, he'd rung Leah to find out if the bonfire was being organised.
She'd spoke with one of the Elders of the tribe, a Billy Black, Harry had nearly choked on his own spit when he'd heard the name, and he had swiftly organised both the shape shifter packs and their imprints, the Cullens, and the Elders of the Quillete, to meet tonight at the usual spot where they'd held such meetings before, on a cliff overlooking La Push beach. After he'd been told this, he reminded Leah that both Teddy and Bree would be coming too, she assured him that it would fine, and that if the Cullens were coming onto their land for a night, they could handle one more blood drinker.
After he'd hung up, he'd gotten straight into his paperwork, intent on finishing it as quickly as possible; he was actually looking forward to the bonfire tonight, he'd never been to one of them before, and he was intrigued by what he was going to find out. By six-thirty, he'd gotten most of his paperwork done, and putting the rest aside for tomorrow, he started to pack up to return home. After he left his office, saying a good night to the on-call team and apologizing for interrupting their sleep, he made his way to the elevator, hitting the floor for the parking garage.
When he reached it he was confused for a moment, not seeing his car parked in his normal spot until he realised it was still parked at the café, he'd been having lunch at so much earlier. Turning on the spot and arriving at same alleyway he'd apparated from earlier that day, he hopped into his car, and pulled out onto the road, only the thought of Leah, Teddy, Bree and home on his mind. Those thoughts shocked him so much he nearly ran a stop light. As he waited for the light to turn green, he started to think about the dramatic twist his life had made since he had moved to Forks just over a week ago.
In that time, he'd moved to a new country, started a desk job for the first time in his life, and while he missed the field work, he enjoyed being home more often, he'd also adopted a vampire into his little pack, and he was pretty sure he was, had, fallen in-love with Leah, the tether between their souls was just hastening what would have been there naturally. As red light became green he gunned his engine, breaking several road rules in his haste to get home.
Before he knew it Harry was pulling onto the dirty road that would lead him to his house, feeling slightly nervous about the coming bonfire. As he pulled up to the garage and killed the engine, he'd noticed that there was a slight snow-fall from the clouds that covered the moon, getting out of the car he ran up to the porch intending on getting out of the cold. As he walked in he noticed Bree and Teddy turning on the spot, Teddy jumped off the couch in excitement, running around and wrapping his arms around Harry's legs.
"Is it true, does Leah know you're a wizards and that I'm a werewolf?" Teddy asked bouncing in excitement. Harry bend down and picked him up tickling him for a moment making the young boy erupt in giggles, before he placed him back on the ground and ruffling his hair.
"Yeah she is, Teddy her…family, wants to meet us, all three of us, and they've invited us to a bonfire tonight, do you want to go?" Harry asked, kneeling down in front his godson. Teddy jumped in excitement, wrapping his arms around Harry's neck.
"I will take that as a yes, so, go get dressed, in warm clothes ok, it's going to be a cold night," Harry said pushing Teddy towards the stairs, the small child went to get dressed, though Harry would probably have to help him, he took a moment to take a seat next to Bree, who was still sitting in the couch watching TV.
"She'll come around ok, trust me kid," Harry said to her, wrapping his arm around her, Bree leaned her head onto his shoulder taking a deep breathe.
"Uncle Harry, I need your help," came Teddy's voice from upstairs, making Harry and Bree laugh.
"You're coming too, so go get dressed, we're leaving in half an hour," Harry said to her, getting up and going to help his younger ward get dressed. Forty-five minutes later an excited werewolf, was leading a nervous Bree and Harry, who was on the phone to Leah apologizing for being late. Teddy was so excited he could show off his powers that he had taken twenty minutes trying to decide on the coolest hair colour. After cycling through the rainbow he decided with electric blue hair, making Bree giggle and Harry laugh.
"I'll see you soon, ok?" Harry said as he locked up the house, Teddy already running ahead to the car. Harry hung up his phone and made his way over to the car with Bree following close behind. The family piled into the car, it was silent in the car as Harry reversed and started to make his way down the road. As he pulled back out onto the pavement and started to navigate towards the La Push reservation, Teddy started to speak excitedly from his booster seat in the back.
"Are you going to show them your wolf form?" Teddy asked, wanting to know if his Uncle was going to be showing off. Harry chuckled as they made their past the sign, welcoming them to La Push, turning onto the road that would lead them to the beach.
"Yeah I am Teddy," causing Bree to clap her hands in excitement at seeing him transform, and Teddy, if possible, got even more excited. As the beach came into view, Harry made his way to the parking area, noticing there were a few cars in the lot already. He noticed a flash silver Volvo, and he was pretty sure there was a yellow Porsche as well. Harry noticed a fire up on the cliffs, and there were a fair amount of people sitting and standing around it. As Harry, Bree, and Teddy got out of the car, Leah came out of the forest that was close by, walking up and hugging him, causing him to chuckle.
"Missed you too Leah," Harry said to her, causing her to smile into his shoulder. A pulling on her pants legs made her break away from his shoulder and look down for the source, finding Teddy there smiling up at her.
"Leah, I'm a wizard too, look what I can do!" Teddy said to her before scrunching his face up and making his hair start to cycle through different colours, causing a shocked look to appear on Leah's face and a giggle to erupt from Bree.
"Yeah, that what my reaction too to the little show off," Bree said for the first time, grabbing Teddy by his shoulders and making him smile up at her. Leah looked at Bree for a moment before she sighed and wrapped an arm around her shoulder
"I'm sorry about calling you a blood-sucker, that's not all you are and I was just stressed, I'm sorry," Leah said to her, causing a smile to appear on both Harry and Bree's faces, before Leah reached for Bree to pull her into an emotional hug, which she hesitantly returned. Teddy, not understanding what had happened between them, looked up at his godfather who just mouthed to him, 'don't ask', causing Teddy to nod his head.
"Come on, I'm sure your hungry Teddy, and you too Harry, how was work by the way?" Leah asked releasing Bree and walking over to Harry, wrapping an arm around his waist and starting to lead him towards the bonfire.
"Well, after getting my ass handed to me by my boss for not following the proper protocols in place, I spent the afternoon doing the mountain of paperwork demons I made for myself," Harry said, wrapping an arm around her shoulder as they made their way up to group gathered on the cliff, with Bree and Teddy following quickly behind them.
"I'm sorry, it was kind of my fault," she said to him, causing him to shake his head at her.
"If it's anyone's fault, its Sanguini…speaking of, has anyone seen that old bag of bones?" Harry asked her as the bonfire came into view, along with everyone around it for the first time.
"Did someone say my name?" a voice asked from behind them, making them jump in surprise, behind them stood the vampire in question.
"Merlin's bearded balls, what the hell did I say about doing that!" Harry said, causing Sanguini to laugh at his old friend.
"It's one of my few pleasures…being able to surprise the great Harry Potter," he said in false excitement, like it was the most exciting thing he'd done in centuries. Leah looked confused between the odd pair for a few moments before she spoke.
"Why did you call him the 'great Harry Potter'?" Leah asked, looking at Harry for the answer. Harry sighed and led her to the side of the bonfire, realising everyone standing around it was looking at him in slight surprise.
"I'll explain shortly, maybe perhaps I should meet everyone first?" Harry said, indicating the rather large group consisting of vampires, shape shifters, and humans standing around the fire. Leah sighed and led him over to the group, reaching out to hold his hand.
"Everyone, this is Harry Potter, for those of who didn't meet him in the forest," she said to the group. The Cullens were the first ones to make their way over, led by Carlisle and Esme.
"I'm Carlisle and this is Esme, that's Alice and Jasper, over there is Emmett and Rosalie, that's Bella and Edward, and you know Nessie and…Jake," Carlisle said, pointing to each member of his family as he introduced them. When Harry realised Jake was standing a few metres away he lost control of his temper, and before anyone could stop him he had walked up to Jake, and swiftly decked him in the face, the very audible 'CRUNCH!' of bone breaking, could be heard as Jake fell to the ground, unconscious, blood starting to rush out of his, now clearly, broken nose.
"Ow, ow, ow! Merlin's beard, that kid's got a strong head!" Harry said, shaking his hand several times, not noticing the shocked looks everyone was giving him.
"Sorry but, well he told Leah not to contact me…and well, no-one tells her what to do anymore..." Harry said to the group after a moment, when he noticed their shocked looks. The Alpha of the other pack, Sam, Harry thought his name was, made his way over. Looking down at Jake, he shook his head in disgust, as Jake started to come round, looking rather dazed.
"I'm sorry about Jake, I'm Sam Uley," he said to Harry, holding out his hand for the mage, who took it after a moment.
"This is my pack, Jared, he's my beta, that's Paul, over there is Collin, that's Bradley, we have a few others but we thought it would cause a bit of a crowd," Sam spoke, pointing out the members of his pack, Harry giving them a wave as he did so. A few moments later an old man came over in a wheel chair and held his hand out.
"I'm Billy Black…I'm sorry about my son Jake…he's young and a bit of a hot-head, not to mention a lunk head, who thinks with his muscles, instead of his brain," Billy said to Harry, holding out his hand.
"I was too, at that age I guess, the hot-head part I mean," Harry admitted, holding out his hand for the man to shake. Billy smiled at him in response to his statement.
"Weren't we all," Billy replied to Harry, causing him to chuckle before he indicated an elderly Native American woman.
"That's Sue Clearwater, she's just been elected to the council, and given the fact she's Leah mother, we thought it best for her to come," Billy said to the young man, causing Harry to appear rather nervous as she came up to him and looked him over; he had the distinct impression she was weighing him.
"Hi ma'am, I'm Harry Potter…your daughters imprint…I mean boyfriend…I mean...Leah, some please help?" he said, looking over at Leah, causing Sue to smile and laugh at him.
"I like him," she said giving him a calm smile, making Harry's nerves evaporate quickly. By this point, Jake was standing up, and was a having a brief argument with Billy, who was pointing at him and yelling at him in harsh whispers. After a few moments, a very nervous looking Jake was making his way over, followed closely by Billy.
"I'm sorry…I was out of line…I shouldn't of done what I did," Jake said to Harry after a moment of silence. Harry looked at him with a hard-look, before he saw Nessie watching the pair, obviously worried about Jake. He sighed realising that Jake had been facing the death of his imprint, and that if Leah could give Bree a chance, he could give Jake one too, though with some insulting, of course.
"You ever hurt her again, and I'll throw you off this cliff..." Harry threatened, causing the young shape shifter to gulp and turn, only for Leah to walk up to him from where she stood beside her mother. The young shape shifter nodded before holding his hand out in hesitation, which Harry took after he realised that he was indeed sorry.
"I really am sorry Leah…I shouldn't of done what I did," he said to the girl in question. Leah sighed at him and shook her head.
"It's ok Jake…that punch Harry gave to you was pretty good pay back…but if you ever try anything like that again, you'd better hope Harry gets his hands on you before I do..." making Jake gulp once again in fear.
"I promise," he said to them in obvious fear, before a young teen crashed into him.
"That was so cool man, bam, you knocked Jake out with one punch, that was awesome!" said the young Native American boy, causing Jake to shove him off.
"This is Seth, he's a part of my pack, and you know Leah, who is-was, a part of my pack, that's Embry, and that's Quill over there," Jake said, pointing to the remaining people who were sitting around the bonfire. Teddy chose this moment to run up to him, pulling Bree along with him, becoming slightly shy as everyone looked at him.
"This is Teddy and Bree, some of you may have met before," Harry said, looking at the Cullens as they recognised the young teen vampire.
"You, we let you go, how did you come to live with Harry?" Carlisle asked, as the group realised who she was.
"I found her up in the mountains, and I took her in," Harry said, coming to stand beside Bree and wrapping an arm around her shoulder.
"She looks and smell human, how's that possible?" Jake asked after a few moments, causing Harry to chuckle at him.
"Magic…which is what brings us to the point of this little gathering…but before I start to explain about my world…I'd like to understand about your tribe and your family, I've never met a vegetarian vampire, and shape shifters are absolutely fascinating," Harry said again, getting caught up in his excitement, causing slightly shocked looks to appear on their faces before Leah dragged him down on a log beside the fire.
"I guess its story time…Billy why don't you start with the Quillete legends, and then the Cullens can tell you a bit about themselves…then it's your turn," she said, finalising the point that he would be telling at least her everything, the time for secrets was long gone. Billy started to speak of the Legends that had been passed down through the generations, of how the first wolf shifter was born out of the rage that was felt when a vampire had attacked the tribe, creating the first werewolf's to be born to avenge their fallen mother.
He said that over the centuries, men of their tribe had phased whenever a vampire came close to their lands and stayed. He indicated that Carlisle, a 'cold one', as he called vampires, was the first of their kind to extend a hand of peace, and they accepted it with conditions. Here he indicated that it was Carlisle's turn to take over, and slowly the blond vampire started to divulge how he and his family had come to be.
He had been turned over four hundred years ago, he had, over the many centuries, perfected his ability to resist human blood and instead had found an alternative, to feed off of animals and not people. He went on to explain how he had decided to become a doctor and this is how he had the met many members of his family. Almost all had been dying except for two, Alice and Jasper, who had found them many years later.
Here Alice took over from Carlisle, and started to explain about the gifts she, Jasper, and Edward had. Jasper interrupted saying none of their gifts could be used on him, Alice only ever had the one vision of him and since then she had not been able to see him in any others, causing him to chuckle. Jasper was an empath, but he was unable to feel his emotions, and Edward jumped in saying he couldn't hear his thoughts either, showing how frustrated he was by his...'deficiency'.
After the Cullens had finished their piece of the story, the area fell quiet for a few moments, patiently waiting for Harry to start. He was sitting next to Leah, who had her head on his shoulder, Teddy was snoozing between his legs, the food and fire slowly lulling him to sleep, and Bree sat a short distance away on the log next to him.
"First off, and this is the most important about wizards…not all of us are good," Harry said to his captive audience, Sanguini let out a slight laugh at his comment.
"Bit of an understatement there Harry, they go absolutely feral when consumed by the 'dark arts'," the vampire said to the shocked group.
"He's right…when a wizard goes bad, they start to use what's called the 'dark arts', or dark magic as its more commonly referred to," Harry said explaining a key aspect.
"Using one or two spells doesn't make a person turn evil…however, the longer somebody uses the dark arts, the more addicted to their power they become…it turns into an addiction, and like all addicts, their lives become all about getting the next fix," Harry said, trying not to wake Teddy yet, not wanting him to hear this, he noticed Nessie had also fallen asleep on Jake's lap.
"My story, I guess begins Halloween twenty-two years ago. My mother was a muggleborn, which means she came from a non-magical family, Lily Evans was her name, and my father was a pureblood wizard, which means he came from a completely magical family," Harry said struggling with the next part.
"Around the time I was born, a wizard had gone bad, worse even, his name was Voldemort. He started to gather followers, these were dark times in our world, people going missing, creatures out of our nightmares attacking, and he himself was particularly…vindictive...he enjoyed torturing his victims mentally and physically, he became so feared that wizards and witches started to call him He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Name or You-Know-Who," Harry spoke in anger.
"He came to my house on Halloween, he murdered my father, and then my mother…however when he tried to use the killing curse on me, it rebounded on him and destroyed his body…what history now calls, the First Magical War of Britain, came to end that night, and I was sent to live with my only living relatives due to some complicated blood magic my mother had performed before she was murdered, they never told me what my parents were, I didn't find out I was a wizard until I was eleven when I was invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," Harry said, Leah moving closer to him as he spoke. understanding how hard this was.
He went on to explain that when he entered the world of magic, he was a treated as a hero for what had happened that night ten years earlier. Hagrid, the half giant, which had shocked everyone, had taken him to Diagon Alley where he received his wand and bought his supplies for school. He went on to explain his first year at Hogwarts, his first and best friends Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, the many and varied staff at Hogwarts including Albus Dumbledore, and some of the students he had met while he was there.
He then shocked everyone by saying that not only was the philosopher's stone was real, but it had also been hidden at Hogwarts. They were further shocked when he explained the confrontation he'd had with Quirell and Voldemort at the end of the year. Leah had tried to get as close as possible to him, realising that she had almost lost her imprint long before they'd ever met.
He went on to explain his second year, the diary of Voldemort, the Chamber of Secrets, and killing a basilisk, "That sounds awesome!" came Seth's awed reply, then he went onto his third year, the 'supposedly convicted' mass-murder Sirius Black, the revelations that he was his godfather, and the revelation that he hadn't betrayed his parents, someone else had. He went on to say unfortunately that Peter Pettigrew, the man who betrayed his parents, had escaped and Sirius had to escape for his life.
His fourth year, the tri-wizard tournament, facing dragons and merepeople, and then finally the third task, the death of Cedric Diggory, and the rebirth of Voldemort. When he did, he thought Leah was going to break his arm with how tight she was squeezing it. Then his fifth year, Dolores Umbridge, the trial at the ministry, being ostracised by the wizarding world for telling the truth, and then the battle of the ministry and the death of his godfather.
"Dumbledore took me into his office then…and told me the reason that Voldemort had come that Halloween night. A seer had given a prophecy that the one who would destroy Voldemort would be born soon, apparently it was me…I was the 'chosen one'," Harry said, getting more angry as he spoke.
"After I found out, I asked to be trained how to fight…Dumbledore was reluctant at first, but with the help of a couple of friends, my magical education truly began in earnest, and so did the Second Magical War…the whole world knew he was back, and he quickly reminded them why he was so feared..." Harry spoke with difficulty, this time in his life was hard to talk about.
He went on to explain juggling his sixth year with training, and trying to figure out a way to defeat Voldemort, mentioning briefly that Voldemort had nearly made himself immortal, but not going into great detail about the how. The death of Albus Dumbledore, and the fall of the ministry were difficult to explain, the pain even after all these years, still on his face. The guerrilla war he'd help lead to stop him, and climatic final battle that cumulated in his defeat of Voldemort. Harry was vague on how he spent the years of his life before Teddy came into his care, explaining Remus and Tonks had made him his godfather, of Remus curse, Tonks special abilities, and how Teddy had inherited both.
"After Teddy came into my life, I started to work for the Ministry of Magic's Department of Magical Law Enforcement as an Auror-a dark wizard catcher," he said to the group's confused faces.
"I moved here because in Magical Britain werewolves…aren't very favoured, so I took a job in Seattle and well…the rest you all know," Harry spoke, finally finishing his long tale, glancing over what had happened to him in Britain…he would tell Leah the full story, but only her and no one else.
"My first question is, do you know how Leah was able to break away from Jake's pack?" Billy asked leaning forward. Here Harry smiled slightly at everyone, the first one to break out since he started speaking of his fourth year.
"That, has to do with the bond that Teddy and I share…lycans, like shape shifters, often live in packs or develop a pack mentality much similar to a shape shifter, able to share thoughts, feelings and memories, and given my Animagus form, we developed a pack," Harry said to the group getting confused looks from everyone.
"You didn't Harry, I don't remember you being on the register..." Sanguini said, shocking Harry.
"How-how the hell do you have access to the Animagus Registry?" Harry spluttered out, it was held in the ministry of magic itself, it was impossible for anyone but a witch or wizard to access it.
"Ah, ah, now that would be telling, you naughty boy, I knew you were a trouble maker, but this takes the cake, tell me, what is it?" Sanguini asked a tone of curiosity entering his voice.
"Excuse me, but what's an Animagus?" Carlisle asked the pair, causing Harry to smile. Gently he shook Teddy awake, after all this was the part that he had been looking forward to.
"Hey Teddy, its time," Harry said to the young boy, causing him to wake up fully looking around.
"Go Harry, come on!" he said, hopping up and pulling Harry with him. Harry chuckled at him, working out the muscles as Teddy dragged him out into the clearing. Harry stood for a moment shooing Teddy back, Bree coming to restrain him, wanting to see Harry transform for herself. For a few moments, nothing happened, until there was a slight movement, and all of a sudden, Harry jumped and transformed, not exploding like the packs did, but an extremely fast shifting of limbs, into a massive black wolf. He landed deftly on his paws, turning to see the shocked faces of everyone. Harry let out a bark, before running over to Teddy and Bree making some of the group jump back in fear, before he tackled them gently and started to lick their faces making them erupt into laughter.
"That's gross Uncle Harry!" Teddy squealed, making Harry laugh, he was about to continue when he heard Leah's voice once again.
'Oh my god he's a wolf too!' came her shocked thoughts, and after focusing slightly, Harry projected his thoughts to her.
'Can you hear me?' Harry asked her, causing her to nod with tears in her eyes. She stood up and started to approach him. Hesitantly she laid her hand on him and start to run her hands through his fur.
"That's amazing," Billy Black breathed, causing Harry and Leah to snap out of their moment and look at him. Harry quickly transformed back, taking a seat beside Leah by the fire, and catching Teddy when he jumped on him.
"My Animagus form, as you can see, is a wolf, and as you all know, Leah Imprinted on me, couple that with her desire to disobey Jake yesterday, it strengthened the bond we share. Basically, she's a part of my pack now," Harry said, wrapping his arm around her shoulder and causing her to let out a huge smile at his words.
"Yeah, Leah's the pack mother!" Teddy exclaimed to the shocked people, and a tearful Leah, who pulled the young boy into a hug. As Harry watched the pair, he felt a peace and happiness he had never felt before.
?POV
Across the ocean, somewhere in Eastern Europe, a man was sitting in his room, slowly playing a piano. The room was large, a bed, a fireplace, and several couches laid out in the room with the piano where the figure sat slowly playing. He had a dark robe on, and when the right angle hit it there was a glint of gold coming off the mask that covered the upper half of is face. There was a knock at his door, breaking up his playing making him sigh and get up. As he went by the bed, he slowly ran his hand along the body the young woman who was lying unnaturally still.
"Yes?" the figure asked after he opened the door. Bellatrix Lestrange's face appeared, looking, if possible even more crazed then she was known for; the fall of Voldemort had completely fractured her already disjointed psyche. If it hadn't been for her master's last orders, she would have went chasing after Harry Potter for the murder of her master.
"Milord, we have news…Harry Potter has moved to Seattle, Washington, America," she said, bowing her head to her new master. The figure slowly digested this before opening the door and letting the former death eater in. She saw the other figure on the bed and took a seat next to her, lightly tapping her as she did, getting no response.
"I think I broke her," the figure once again said, sitting down at the piano disregarding the corpse of the young woman on the bed.
"Bellatrix, I think it's time we took a little trip…I hear Seattle is a good vacation spot this time of year..." the figure said, causing Bellatrix to smile and let loose a truly evil laugh. Her old master might be gone, but she had a new one now, and he would make sure Harry Potter paid for what he did to Voldemort.
A/N: What do you think let me know with a review