Jasper sat staring at the book in his hand. He had slowly been working his way through several of the books in Emily's collection on magic but today he was struggling to get through a single page. A few days had passed since Emily had brought up the topic of their choice of diet. Though the subject had not been broached since, it was still all Jasper and Edward could really think about.

Edward had decided he was in need of a hunt and had taken off a short while ago leaving Jasper alone in Emily's room with only his own emotions. The more he focused on them the more distracted he became. He was extremely conflicted, could he go back to drinking from humans? Is that what Emily wanted from him? Did she view him as less of a man because he chose to hunt animals? Could he remain Jasper and not give in to the monster he had once been?

The vampire was startled from his thoughts by the sounds of the backdoor closing from below him. Glancing down at the page he had been attempting to read for the past hour Jasper closed the book and listened as Emily made her way upstairs towards him.

The witch had spent most of her time since her Godfather's arrival practicing and dueling the wizard. They had set up an area in the woods as to not be noticed by the muggles, especially Bella who had become increasingly nosey. She had tried and failed to enter Emily's room several times now, this very morning she even attempted to sneak out and follow Emily and Sirius to their training area. She hadn't made it very far before she had been caught by Charlie who intended to watch a little of the duel himself before going to work. After a large argument between the two Bella had quickly taken off in her beat up old truck, likely to visit the reservation.

Jasper felt sorry for the Chief, he could feel the man's worry for his human daughter but also his relief and guilt whenever she would vanish. He couldn't imagine what it must be like to have to lead two separate lives within your own home. While the man likely missed his human daughter over the years Jasper couldn't help but think it was best she had lived with her mother for all of that time, if Charlie had to live as he was now for too long he would have likely gone insane.

"No Edward?" Emily asked shutting the door to her room drawing the vampire's attention. Her emotions were exhausted but amused and Jasper couldn't help but wonder what Sirius had said this time, the man he was learning was hilariously crude, Emmett and him would get along quite well.

"Hunting," Jasper offered as he took in his mate's disheveled and sweaty appearance, he felt himself twitch at the sight. "Good duel?"

"Very," she smiled turning to walk towards the bathroom. Removing her shirt she tossed it into the hamper by the door. "I really need a shower…"

Before she could finish her thought Jasper was across the room pressing the witch up against the door frame. Kissing down her neck he inhaled her intoxicating scent. "Let me help you," he growled feeling Emily's lust spike at his words.

Lifting her up the vampire quickly freed her of her remaining clothes while Emily did the same for him with a wave of her hand. The witch quickly found herself pressed against the shower wall as hot water rained down on the pair. Emily pushed her hips harder against Jasper's and the vampire couldn't contain the low growl in the back of his throat. The two hadn't been alone in days and he was craving her.

It didn't take either of them long to succumb to the pleasures of the other. Gathering himself, Jasper helped Emily actually get cleaned up from her earlier duel before carrying her wrapped in a towel back to her bed.

Nipping at her shoulder as he placed her down Jasper earned a laugh from the witch.

"Was the shower not enough?" Emily pouted.

Leaning over her Jasper smirked, "I'll never get enough…"

Capturing her lips the vampire felt her desire for him increase again. He felt her fingers wrap into his hair and pull him down on top of her before an annoying light filled the room distracting the pair.

Sighing Emily looked over at the notebook that was now glowing on her nightstand.

"Ignore it," Jasper instructed turning her head back to his.

Emily pulled back shaking her head, "What if it's important?"

"I'm sure it can wait."

"It's Dray, something could be wrong. I really should answer it."

Pushing herself to sit up, Emily smiled at her mate's annoyed look and offered him a kiss as she moved to reach for the notebook.

He obviously wasn't satisfied and moved slightly behind her, pulling her body back against his own he restricted her ability to reach for the item and began nibbling his way down her neck. Sighing Emily leaned back into the man, "Jazz please, I need…"

He bit her a little harder and Emily could almost feel her resolve break. Looking back at the vampire she shook her head, "Just a few minutes and then I promise we can continue."

He gave her a puppy dog face and Emily could feel him sending her waves of lust. Grabbing his leg she tried to get a hold of her emotions "You are not playing fair Cowboy…"

Jasper chuckled into her neck and Emily was just about to give in when the light began to glow red. Summoning the book to her she couldn't stop the delightful shiver that ran down her spine at Jasper's growl. Opening the book she resolved to make this quick, she had to agree with Jasper that after the last few days of not being able to be intimate she needed him again. They really were going to have to sort out some alone time more frequently so both vampires and Emily felt like they were getting proper attention.

Em… Hello…

Would you just answer me already…

WOMAN!

Shaking her head she wondered what had her friend so impatient, it really hadn't taken her that long to pick up the notebook.

I'm here! What's going on?

There you are, what took you so long?

I just got out of the shower. Which wasn't a total lie, she was still in her towel.

Uh huh…

What? Would you have me shower with the book on the off chance you contact me?

Not a terrible idea, my time is valuable you know.

I'm sorry oh blonde God of Time forgive me for making you wait a few seconds.

Forgiveness will be granted when I receive an offering of Sugared Butterfly Wings.

Rolling her eyes Emily leaned back into Jasper who was currently trailing his nose up and down her throat. Is something wrong Dray?

No more so than before.

Then why the red light? I'm a touch busy at the moment. Jasper took that moment to suck lightly at the skin just below her ear causing Emily's eyes to briefly shut before gaining her senses and lightly hitting the vampire's head.

I thought you just got out of the shower?

I did.

Uh huh, and who was in that shower with you?

Oh come off it, I have things I need to get done today.

I'm sure you do… tell your vamp he can be patient for a few minutes.

I'm beginning to rethink my patience… Jasper chuckled obviously reading what Emily was writing as he pulled her back more tightly against his chest resting his head against hers. She felt his hand rub along her thigh…

Merlin's beard I don't have much time can you focus… Em?! Hello?

I am! Well kind of, she offered silently in her head. What do you want?

The Dark Lord is getting bolder in his attacks, he has decided to make his move on your birthday. He is far too impatient to wait for me to reestablish a firmer relationship with you through letters before acting.

Well that sobered Emily up. Jasper must have felt her moods shift because his hand moved from her thigh to her hair and she felt waves of comfort come from him. But Sirius just got here a few days ago. That doesn't give us much time to prepare

I know, I'm not sure what happened but he called a meeting of his inner circle and informed us to be prepared to move forward quickly. He told me I am welcome to continue our correspondence but that he is sure you will be with us soon.

Does he know where I am?

I do not see how he could, but…

Draco's handwriting stopped and after a minute Emily glared at the book as she continued to receive no response. Dray?

Rolling her eyes Emily wondered if her best friend was trying to pay her back for her earlier hesitation in answering him.

…

Sorry, I have to run. I'll be in touch soon, hopefully with more information. But I think it's time you start planning your return and quickly.

I'll do my best but Dray be careful, try to find out what's shifted his mood but don't show your hand.

I won't, you worry too much. Now I really have to go he's calling. If I'm not in touch soon Mum will be. Think about where you want to meet up. Focus on training and remind Snuffles not to cause too much chaos.

Will do, be safe Dray.

I try.

Love you.

Of course you do!

With that the writing began to once again fade from view and Emily knew Draco had ended their conversation. Tossing the now empty book back on her nightstand Emily sighed, what could make the Dark Lord so confident that he was willing to shorten his timeline? Emily knew her return to London was coming but she had hoped to put it off until after her birthday.

Jasper continued to run his fingers through Emily's hair, "Darlin' whatever this means we'll do it." Kissing the side of Emily's head he used his hand to lift her face to look up at him. "Edward and I are here to help you, you aren't in this alone. If we need to start planning our departure from Forks then so be it."

"And what about your family?"

"What about yours?" Jasper countered. "They'll still be here when we're all done."

"You have no idea what you are getting into."

"Then perhaps it's time you tell us everything, no more holding back," a new voice added. Emily looked to the door where Edward stood, his shirt had a few drops of blood on it but he was relatively still well put together despite having just hunted.

Looking from Edward back to Jasper who was still holding her tightly against him she nodded her head in agreement, it was time to be completely honest with her mates.

After Emily and Jasper were dressed the three settled down on the bed as the witch finally began to tell the boys about her life back in England since the Dark Lord's rebirth. She found it more difficult than she expected recalling everything that had happened in just two short years. She explained how she had been forced into battling at the ministry of magic to prevent Tom from getting the prophecy, how she had at the last minute saved Sirius from falling through the Veil when he was dodging a curse sent by his own cousin and how she had watched Lucius be arrested, not allowed to speak up and save him so that he could maintain his cover as a spy.

She recalled the night when they decided Draco would take his father's place as a Death Eater, the pain it had caused them both and how they had aided each other in their goals quietly while the whole of the wizarding world thought they had fallen out. Her only reprieve had been William in a place where she was already feared by the school and outcast by her own House for standing against the Dark Lord.

She spoke of her meetings with Dumbledore, of the man's mistakes and the planning of his own death. The countless nights spent preparing with Bill by the fire, of their plans to return to Forks before finally setting off on their true goal, to hunt down the remaining horcruxes and end the Dark Lord for good.

She remembered the night her and Dumbledore had ventured to the cave. She had no choice but to force the mysterious liquid down the old professor's throat, nearing him to insanity as he called out for people she never knew with each drink all for a fake locket.

She told them in more detail about the battle they had faced that evening upon returning to the school. Of course it hadn't been the ambush the Death Eaters suspected but it had been devastating to her none the less. Everything had gone perfectly Draco and Severus played their parts brilliantly and Dumbledore had finally been put out of his suffering due to his folly over a horcrux earlier that year. She had been forced to wait to join in the battle that night as to not draw too much suspicion on her earlier location. As she had joined it seemed that the Death Eaters were fighting simply to escape not kill until Greyback attacked William. He had smirked at her as he took off but she had chased him down, the werewolf would never be able to hurt anyone again.

Dumbledore's funeral had been held quickly and the man was buried on the grounds of Hogwarts, the place he had loved most, all of his life. William had been buried the next day at Emily's family plot. It had taken quite the argument but with Charlie and the twins on her side it was agreed the man would be buried with the honors of a Lord of the Ancient House of Potter.

"So these horcruxes are pieces of his soul?" Edward looked disgusted and Emily bet if he could have the vampire most likely would be in the bathroom throwing up his recent meal.

"I know, it was hard for me to comprehend at first too," Emily said shivering as she remembered all the research her and William had done on the dark piece of magic, it wasn't often she was revolted by what magic could accomplish but this was just too high of a price to ask. To mess with one's soul… no that was magic she would never willing choose to use.

"So we need to hunt down the rest of these soul fragments?" Jasper asked looking at the witch. Emily knew part of him, even if he wasn't ready to acknowledge it yet, was itching for a fight. "Where do we start?"

"To start I need to find Sirius and talk to him before Dad or Bella get back." Jumping off the bed Emily moved to the door and ran down the stairs to find her dogfather with a bowl of chips, snacking at the kitchen table. She was quickly followed by the two vampires who for all their enhanced sense were still trying to process everything thing they had been told.

"Hey Pup, what are you three up to?"

Sitting down Emily reached across the table and helped herself to Sirius' chips. "Not too much…" Emily answered as she popped a chip in her mouth.

"Is he okay?" Sirius asked pointing to Edward as he seated himself next to Emily. Looking at the vampire Emily would say the man almost looked paler than usual and still appeared as if he was about to be sick. She knew Edward struggled with his own thoughts on the soul and she expected with all this new information he wasn't likely to be okay for a while. She would need to find a moment to really speak with him about it more soon.

Jasper on the other hand looked stoic as he leaned against the counter that gave him a vantage point of all the doors and windows. Emily smirked at the old soldier's behavior, it wasn't like the Dark Lord was about to appear in the backyard. The witch was rather confident her location was still very much a secret or at least she hoped so.

Looking back to her godfather Emily patted Edward's leg and smiled, "He'll be fine but I wanted to talk to you before Dad got home."

Raising an eyebrow the older animagus leaned forward, "Oh, are we planning on pranking your old man? Because you know I have been thinking about it myself and I think if we work together we may just be able to pull something off. He's become terribly vigilant in his old age, not like when we were young… oh the pranks Prongs and I were able to pull on him and Moony!"

Smiling Emily shook her head at Sirius, oh she had heard of the many prank wars her father and his friends had participated in over the summers when they were together but for the moment pranking was not what she needed to focus on. "I'm well aware of your epic pranks Siri, I'm pretty sure Dad is still mad about you ruining his chances with that French model but I actually needed to talk to you about something else."

"Oh I don't know why he still holds on to that one, he never had a chance with her anyway! Plus I wasn't the one who slipped the mouse potion into his drink, that time it was actually Moony!"

"Mouse potion?" Edward asked looking slightly less sick as he watched the two magicals converse.

"It's a potion that makes the drinker squeak every time they speak for about an hour," Sirius explained leaning back in his chair. "Don't think I've ever seen a girl quite so confused before, Charlie kept trying to ask her out and all that came out of his mouth were these high pitched squeaks. Best part was Remus spiked the drink after Charlie had already been talking to the bird for a few minutes!"

"And she finally took offense when he refused to even attempt opening his mouth again and stormed off," Emily finished reaching out to grab a few more chips.

"I tell you, Moony is the real one to watch out for!" Sirius joked before sitting up and pulling the chip bowl closer to himself. "Now what did you want to talk about?"

"I just heard from Draco."

"Is that so?" Sirius asked as he tossed a chip up in the air and caught it in his mouth. "How's old Moldy shorts doing?"

"He's moving up his timeline."

Emily's words got her godfather's attention who quickly sat up straight at the news. "Does Draco know why?"

Shaking her head Emily summoned a Diet Coke from the fridge, "No, but he said the Dark Lord was confident that I would be with them soon. He plans to make his move on my birthday."

"The day you reach your majority," Sirius nodded as he took in the new information. "We need to start planning your return, you need to be in London before the Ministry falls. Do you think he knows where you are?"

"I doubt it, I came here by plane and the only people who know I'm here I can count on one hand. Even the twins don't know where I am."

"Draco and Cissy are certain their minds haven't been compromised?"

"I think they would tell me if they suspected they had given something away." Emily knew it was dangerous that half of the people who knew where she was currently 'hiding' were in the service of the Dark Lord for the moment, but it couldn't be helped.

"And Severus?"

"I haven't heard much about him, but he was very clear on not knowing where exactly I spent my summers even when I was younger. He avoided learning too many details just in case. The Dark Lord often called on him to review memories of his time with Albus and there are only so many subtle ways he can alter a memory without being caught by someone as skilled as Tom."

Nodding Sirius crossed his arm and leaned back in his chair. He looked out the window into the forest behind the house seemingly deep in thought before looking back at the witch. "What about the Tribe?"

Emily gave her godfather a curious look, "What about them?"

"Your Dad told me that you seemed concerned by their knowledge of you."

"They know far more than I expected, they somehow learned about Greyback."

"Hmm…" Sirius looked back out the window before putting his hands on the table and standing up. "I'll think on it a bit. No matter the cause for Moldy's impatience we need to find a way to get you back to London safely."

As the man started to walk towards the front room Emily called out to him, "Hey Siri! Do you know why Kreature has kept Regulus' room locked up?"

Sirius gave his goddaughter a quizzical look as he answered her, "I think he likes to hide things from the Order there. Molly went on a bit of a cleaning spree when we started using the house as headquarters and he was angry at her for trying to throw away some of our family trinkets."

Emily shrugged she wasn't the Weasley matriarch's biggest fan, the woman had done everything she could to split her and William up since learning of their relationship. She remembered her going as far as to try and push Fleur into his path several times. She couldn't really blame Kreature for wanting to hide things from the crazy witch.

"Anything else I can help with?" Sirius asked raising an eyebrow at Emily.

Shaking her head Emily leaned back in her chair and took a sip of her soda, "Nope, I was just curious."

"Mmhmm… well that has to be your old man," Sirius said tilting his head to the side. Being a dog animagus some of the better traits, like improved hearing, carried over to when the man was still in his human form.

"I guess that is my cue to start dinner," Emily announced standing from her spot at the table. "Any requests?"

"Lasagna sounds good to me!"

Laughing Emily began to summon the ingredients but quietly went over the information she had gotten from her godfather, she finally thought she knew where the next horcrux was hidden.