• It was a cloudy afternoon; Eliza Marie Cullen was on her way to Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was staying over to learn from her grandfather, Albus Dumbledore. “I don’t know about this. The idea of her being at Hogwarts is crazy.” Emmett spoke as he drove. “Emmett’s right, Eliza. Why bother staying for a year?” Jasper asked as he turned to her. “Why are you two trying to discourage her?” asked Alice with a face. “Alice’s right. If this makes Eliza happy, why are you stopping her?” Rosalie nodded as she remained silent. “Thank you. Besides, I won’t be far. You can always visit anytime you all want too.” Eliza said as she defended her decision. “Of course, we’ll be visiting. We’re just worried of leaving you alone in a castle full of food.” Edward said as he patted her heard. Eliza giggled, knowing what he meant by what he said. “Don’t worry about me. I’ll behave, especially for Carlisle’s sake.” Emmett parked the black Porsche in front of the entrance. A lot of curious eyes wondered who owned the car. “I can smell them already.” Jasper said, still attempting to change my mind. “I know what you’re trying to do, Jas. It ain’t gonna work.” Eliza said as she opened the car door. “Maybe Jas and I should stay too.” Alice said as she turned to look at me then at Emmett and Edward. “You will?” Eliza asked with a surprised face. “Well, if Alice says we’re staying, then we’re staying. You guys better go home and pack us some clothes.” Jasper said, knowing that Alice had already made up her mind. “Ok, We’ll be back sometime tonight with you’re things.” Bella said she closed the door. Emmett sighed, knowing that nothing he could say now can change my mind. They drove off, leaving the three by the entrance.

    They entered the castle and went looking for Dumbledore’s office. “It’s so good to see the three of you here. Let me guess, Eliza made you stay too, didn’t she?” he said as he closed the door behind them. “Bingo.” Jasper said in a low voice. I shot him a nasty look. ”You’re all in you’re fourth year right?” The three nodded as they sat down. “Uhm... there’s a small favor that we would like to ask.” I spoke up, beating Alice to the punch. “What’s would that favor be, my dear?” “We were hoping that if it were possible, we can all be in one house.” Alice said, beating me to the point. “That’s a bit hard. I can put two in one house but not all three.” Albus said as he scratched his head. “In that case, can you please put Alice and Jasper in one house? I can manage to be separated from them. It’s just a house, right?” I said with confidence. Alice and Jasper, in a snap, turned to Eliza. “Very well then, I can place them both in Ravenclaw. Would you like to choose which house you would want to stay?” Albus asked her with a smile. Eliza stood up and walked closer to a cabinet with four small flags pinned inside. “I’d like to stay at this orange red colored flag house.” Eliza said as she turned to see Albus’ smile got bigger. “That would be the Gryffindor house for you.” He said standing up and walking towards her.

    He turned to look at Jasper, “I sense that you have a favor to ask of me as well, young one.” Jasper smiled, “Yeah, I do too. Can we have a separate table for us three? We aren’t comfortable sitting with strangers.” Albus smiled at him, “Is that all? Very well, it is done. You can take a stroll around the school grounds for the mean time. We still have five hours before the feast.” He ushered them out his office. By the hallway, “Feast? So we’ll be having a ‘feast’ tonight then.” He said, trying to joke around. Alice and Eliza laughed, knowing what he meant. “In that case, we should go hunt.” Both Eliza and Jasper nodded.

    They made their way to the courtyard. “Whoa… are those guys for real?” asked Seamus. “Their so beautiful.” Neville said as he looked at them walking pass the center of the yard. “Too beautiful, Neville. It’s like them aren’t even human. Can anyone be THAT beautiful?” Seamus added as the three beautiful strangers walked out of their sight.

    In a blink of an eye, the three ran into the forest. “I doubt they have grizzly bears or even mountain lions here.” Alice said as they gathered in to center of the forest. Jasper and Eliza nodded. None of them wanted to go back thirsty. They didn’t want to break Carlisle’s only rule. And they didn’t want to disappoint him either. “Stay away from magical creatures, especially unicorns.” Jasper warned the girls. They were able to find a pack of six huge bears. “Not the best time to be picky.” Eliza said as she saw Alice’s face contour into disgust. They feasted and tried to quench their thirst. “Not bad, but it still isn’t the same.” Alice said with a sad face. “I know what you mean.” Jasper said as he too, wasn’t satisfied. “I can’t believe you two. If we hunt farther into the mountain, maybe we’ll see some familiar drink. Even if we run now, we can come back with a lot of time to spare.” Eliza said as she brushed some dirt away from her pants and placed her hands on her hips. “You’re right. Why didn’t I think of that?” She said as she stood up. “Because Eliza thought of it first.” Jasper said with a humor. Eliza snickered at his response. “Very funny, Jas.” Alice said as she brushed dirt away from her butt.

    They raced to the seventh mountain were they were able to find several familiar delicacies to their relief. “And I thought we were gonna starve.” Alice said as they ran back to Hogwarts. No one saw them enter Dumbledore’s chamber. He allowed them to use it to rest before the big feast. Evening came and all the students gathered inside the Great Hall. “I sense that something will happen this year.” Hermione said as she sat in front of Ron and Harry. “No need to sense it. With Harry around, events are waiting around the curve to happen.” Ron chuckled as he turned to Harry, who was smiling. “Thanks, Ron. That was really nice to know that I’m a magnet for strange events.” Harry said as he elbowed Ron by the ribs. They laughed and talked, catching up on each other’s summer vacation.

    McGonagall stood up by her seat and silence everyone as Dumbledore made his way to the podium. “Welcome to other year at Hogwarts. I would like to congratulate the first years of every house and welcome you all here. Before we begin the feast, a few reminders. First, the third floor is still out of bounds due to construction. Second, a reminder for the old students and a warning to the new ones, the forest is out of bounds at night to anyone who wishes not to die a painful death.” Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other and smiled.

    Dumbledore cleared his throat to gain everyone’s undivided attention. “Also, I would like to welcome three new students from Washington. They are all in their fourth year. I expect that everyone would not bring same to Hogwarts while they are here.” He finished. Mr. Filtch opened the double doors for the three to enter. They had their hoods up so it was impossible to see there faces. The three walked to the front in silence. Suddenly, Eliza caught a very strange yet very inviting scent. “Crap!! What’s this smell? Almost too irresistible…” Eliza said inside her mind as she clutched her fist tight. “Try to hold it in, Eliza. We’re almost there.” Alice told Eliza inside her mind. They reached the front and faced the curious crowd of students. “Those must be the beautiful people.” Neville whispered to Seamus who sat next to Harry. “Beautiful people? What do you mean Neville?” Hermione asked, hearing what he said to Seamus. “You’ll see.” Seamus said as they turned to Dumbledore, who was about to speak.

    Harry became curious as everyone else in the hall. “Let me first introduce Alice and Jasper Cullen. Both of them will be staying in the House of Ravenclaw.” Everyone held their breath as both were about to take off the hood. Everyone gasped as two of the mystery students stood in front. Alice smiled as she scanned the room full of students. Every guy was staring at her. Jasper smiled also and a few loud gasps were heard from the crown. Jasper was as beautiful as Alice was. The girls couldn’t stop staring at him. “And Last but not the least, Eliza Cullen. She will be staying with the students of Gryffindor House. I do hope everyone will be nice and entertaining.” Eliza slid the hood off her head and faces the crowd. Everyone, even the House of Slytherin was captivated by her. There were no words to describe her beauty above the other two. Harry stared at her, not even blinking. She smiled at them and slowly scanned the room, wondering where the delectable scent came from. She saw Harry looking at her and she confirmed her theory. He was the owner of the scent she smelled.

    The three sat by the table that Dumbledore had promised Jasper. Alice had her back on the crown while Jasper could see the crown by his left side. Eliza too could see the crowd by her right side. “What was that about?” Alice asked Eliza in a low voice. The feast had begun but Alice was too pre-occupied with Eliza’s thought. “Didn’t you two catch that stranger scent?” Eliza asked back in total surprise. Jasper’s eyes amplified. “What kind of scent was it?” he asked, in an inquisitive tone. Eliza tried to search for a word to illustrate the scent she caught. “It was very… attractive… appealing… alluring… tempting… pleasing… fascinating… engaging… welcoming… enticing…” Alice couldn’t contain her unspeakable reaction. She slammed her hand on the table which caused the near-by watchers to turn and look at them. She smiled at them and laughed nervously. By their table, Ron saw that Harry kept glancing at Eliza’s table. Ron gave Harry a nudge, “You OK there, Harry?” Harry snapped out of his head and turned to Ron. “Yeah, I’m all good.” He began to eat quickly. “Are you sure you’re alright Harry? You don’t seem to be.” Hermione said with uneasiness. Harry turned to her, “Yeah, Don’t worry about me.” He tried to reassure her. She leaned in closer to Ron and Harry, “I doubt there isn’t a guy in this room that isn’t staring at the Cullen’s table.” Harry and Ron exchanged glances then turned their attention back to Hermione. “Even the both of you kept glancing at them.” She said with a point. “We won’t deny it but you yourself kept glancing at the Cullen guy.” Ron said, defending him and Harry. Hermione’s face redden, she didn’t know that he noticed. “Well, you can’t possibly blame us guys.” George Weasley interrupted the three. “With a girl that inhumanly beautiful, only a gay guy would look at the Cullen guy.” Fred added his twin brother’s sentence. “Inhumanly? Are you saying that they aren’t human?” Hermione said in astonishment. “Well, they could be Greek or Roman gods for all we know.” Neville said. Hermione didn’t bother arguing with them. It didn’t seem important, even if she lost.

    From behind Dumbledore, a black figure whispered something to him and Dumbledore nodded. The mystery guy emerged from the shadows and walked over to the Cullen’s table. All the girls turned to the devilishly good-looking stranger as he grabbed Eliza by the hand and pulled her hand. Alice and Jasper simply nodded and the guy pulled Eliza with him. They were heading towards the door. Harry followed her with his eyes. Eliza saw him stare and threw him an angry stare back before she disappeared behind the doors. Outside, the guy released her hand. “What kind of scent did you sense?” Edward asked with concern. “I… I don’t know, Ed. All I know that he blood was singing a tune that I can’t get out of my mind now!” she said as she dropped on the floor in frustration. Edward gave her a comforting hug and a pat on the head. “Don’t worry. You’re going through what I went through with Bella when she was still human.” He told her with his friendly, comforting voice. “What do I do? I can’t back out now. And I don’t plan to give Emmett the pleasure of humiliating me.” Edward laughed as he recalled Bella defeating Emmett in arm wrestling. “I’m not so sure of what you should do. What I’m sure of is what you shouldn’t do. Don’t try to forget it because the scent becomes more vivid and you might struggle more. Don’t worry. I’ll try to help you as much as I can.” He said and he patted her head again. “Should I be worried?” she asked with agony in her angelic voice. “Hmmm… Depends, if it gets worst and you fall in love with the owner of the scent and go through everything I went through with Bella when she was human… then yes, you should be terrified.” He teased her. Eliza gave him a revolting stare. “Be a little sympathetic for me, Ed. You could be a little bit more benevolent for me.” Eliza said as she dropped her head down. Edward grabbed her arm and helped her get back on her feet. “OK, I was merely trying to make you smile. You know that I love you, right?” he held her face with love and compassion. From the door, Harry heard the words that Edward just said and saw how he held Eliza’s face. He quickly rushed back to his seat. “Oh, that was quick. I thought you went to the restroom?” Hermione asked seeing Harry’s contoured facial expression of shock and disbelief. “Uhm… I didn’t really need to go.” He dropped his head down. She turned to Ron who simply raised his shoulder with uncertainty in his face.

    Outside, “Eliza, just be nice to him. You never know, after a hundred years, his your Bella.” He said and smiled at her. “I’m not looking for my Bella yet, Ed. But if his it, I better not take any chances. Did I mention that I can’t read his mind?” Eliza hugged Edward who simply chuckled. Both went back inside. “You’re not thirsty, are you?” Edward whispered. “Don’t worry. I’m far from that.” She answered him. She made her way to Harry’s table. Ron saw Eliza was heading their way. “Hi, I’m Eliza. Is this seat taken?” she asked Harry with a smile. She meant the seat next between Harry and Neville. Hermione noticed that Harry couldn’t reply, “Not at all. Please have a seat. I’m Hermione Granger.” Hermione extended her hand to Eliza. Eliza took it but didn’t hold on that long. “That’s Harry beside you. And Ron Weasley beside him.” Hermione introduced them. “Hi. Welcome to the Gryffindor House.” Ron said with a big smile. He poked Harry and he snapped back to reality. “Uh… I’m Potter, Harry… I mean Harry Potter.” He was stammering as he held his hand to her. Eliza and the others giggled. She took his hand, “Nice to meet you Mr. Potter.” She said with eloquence and the most angelic voice they all had ever heard. Eliza turned to look at Alice, Jasper and Edward by their table. “Can I ask you something, Uhm…? Eliza?” Hermione was blushing. “Sure, what would that be?” Eliza said and turned to the reddening Hermione. “I was merely wondering who that guy that pulled you out was. It’s OK if you don’t want to answer that.” She laughed nervously. Harry snapped into serious mode and his face was looking at his food but his mind was focus on what Eliza would answer. “Oh, him? His name’s Edward. His one of our older brothers.” She told her with a smile. Harry fell back on his seat. Out of reflex, Eliza caught him by his tie and robe. She pulled him back up. “You ok, Mr. Potter?” she was worried that she might have done something wrong. He laughed nervously and turned to her. “I was thinking of something when I snapped out of it. That’s all.” He told her. She stood up, “Well, it was nice knowing all of you.” She went back to her table and sat next to Edward. Inside his mind, “It was just her brother then…” he laughed a little to himself.

    “You and Bella accuse me of dazzling people while you yourselves dazzle others.” He told Eliza. Alice and Jasper laughed as Eliza took up her fork to pretend that she was enjoying the meal. “Did you bring us something from home?” Jasper asked Edward who noticed that both girls were looking at Edward too, hoping someone would ask the question already. Edward smiled his uneven smile. Suddenly, Edward grabbed Eliza and hid her behind him. Jasper did the same thing to Alice. The hall doors suddenly exploded and three dark figures were walking through the smoke. Both Edward and Jasper took a step back not knowing who it was but had an intense feeling of trouble. “Sorry we’re late, Headmaster Albus.” Said a voice that was rather familiar to Eliza. She leaned away from Edward and walked towards the smoke. She disappeared into it and everyone heard a strong slap sound from within the mist. Albus calmly stood up and waved the smoke away. Eliza was standing in front of…

    “Seth Clearwater?!” Jasper said in a loud and very shocked tone. Behind Seth were Quil and Embry. Edward quickly grabbed Eliza away from them. “I see that you Cullen’s have met Seth and his company.” Albus said in an amused voice. The door gathered itself and became whole again. Moments later, both groups were sitting across each other. Seth and his group were in another table. “Headmaster, I didn’t know Hogwarts was accepting leeches too.” Seth said in a joking way. This immediately irritated Eliza. She quickly sprang up from her seat and was about to jump on Seth to rip his head off when both Jasper and Edward caught her by her waist. “Eliza! Don’t!” Alice warned her. Everyone inside the hall was feeling both fear and excitement just looking at them. “Pick your next words carefully, mongrel. They just might be your last.” Eliza’s voice was frightening. Everyone shuddered in fear and felt really cold. All, except one, Harry Potter. He was rather concerned than afraid. Albus stood up and got in between the two groups. “May I know what both of you are arguing about?” he asked patiently. “Ask them, Professor. They started it.” Said Eliza, still angry. Edward and Jasper were already having a hard time restraining her.

    Suddenly, the doors opened and three people came in. a woman, a man, and a little girl. The woman and child looked like the Cullens while the man looked like the other group, big and a bit hairy. “Bella? Nessie? What are you both doing here?” Edward asked, letting go of Eliza. The child ran to Eliza and touched her hand, “[telepathy] ‘liza, please don’t get mad anymore.” Eliza looked down at Nessie and smiled. Eliza bent down and carried the child like a mother carries a child. Bella between Edward and Alice. “And what are you doing here, Jacob Black?” asked Edward as he turned from Bella to Jacob. “Hold that thought, Cullen.” Jacob walked towards Seth and pulled him away from the crowd towards the back. “What are you trying to do? Reveal us and them? Seth, I know you. Tell me what’s all this about.” Jacob said in a calm voice. Seth looked back at Eliza holding Renesmee. “I don’t know, Jacob. Every time when we were still at Forks, when I ‘m even a few meters away from her [Eliza], I just can’t help myself. It’s like; I gravitate towards her without knowing it. I hate it!” Seth said as he looked down, away from Jacob’s eyes. “Do you feel all funny when she’s near?” Jacob asked, in a very inquiring tone. Seth quickly nodded his head.

    “Oh CRAP!! As much I want to tell you what this is all about, I better let you find it out for yourself.” Jacob smiled at him. Harry was looking at Eliza with a shocked expression. He was asking questions like “Is that her daughter?”… “Is she married to that guy?” His thoughts were full of questions in which made Edward, Bella, and Alice laugh. Eliza couldn’t read Harry’s mind because she was holding Renesmee. Suddenly, Harry’s face flashed through Eliza’s mind and Renesmee saw it. “You like him?” Renesmee asked Eliza using her gift. Immediately, Renesmee jumped down from Eliza’s arms and ran towards the Gryffindor table. As if by radar, Nessie found Harry. Harry looked surprisingly at the child standing by his knees. “Nessie, don’t. Please baby, don’t” Eliza called out. But before anyone could do anything, Harry had pulled the child into his arms. “Hi, my name is Harry. You have a very pretty name.” he said as he bounced the child softly. “Thank you. You have a nice name too. You like my Aunt Eliza, don’t you. I saw you watching her every move.” Renesmee whispered to Harry’s ear.

    Harry laughed at the child’s words. “You’re a very keen observer, aren’t you? But, let’s keep that between us, OK?” he winked at her. Jacob quickly went over and took the child away from Harry. He suddenly felt that Harry was taking Nessie away from him. Quil and Embry snickered discreetly. He gave Nessie back to Bella, “Keep her away from him, will you.” Jacob said with a hint of jealousy in his voice. “Jealous aren’t we.” Eliza said in a low voice. Jacob turned to her a growled a little. “This is getting way out of hand. We better leave now and let them settle this mess on their own.” Bella spoke with a bell like sound that echoed through out the hall. “Headmaster, we will now take our leave and expect them to deal with this matter by themselves.” Edward bowed down towards Dumbledore. So did Bella, Jacob and Renesmee. Then, in a blink of an eye, they ran out of the hall. All that saw the scene was stunned. Everyone left the Great Hall without sound. Not knowing what to say about what just happened.

    At the Gryffindor’ boy’s room, “I take it back, Harry. Maybe this year, you wouldn’t be the one to trigger events.” Ron said as he went into bed. “I don’t think so Weasley. You saw how Eliza was around Harry.” Seamus said as he pulled his cover up to his waist. “Yeah, it was like she was looking at you like some type of food.” Neville said. Harry didn’t say anything. They slept while the wolves and the vampires were seven mountains away from Hogwarts. “What are you doing here, mongrel?” Eliza yelled at Seth’s face. It was clear that she was really frustrated and furious. Quil, Embry, Alice, and Jasper sat a good distance away from the two. “Yeah, what are you guys doing here?” asked Alice as she turned to Quil. “Well, Leah got a letter from Dumbledore that Seth was needed here for something. What about you guys?” Quil said and asked back. “Carlisle set Eliza here because Dumbledore wanted her to be here too. Alice and I stayed to accompany Eliza.” Jasper said.

    The four went back to watching the two yell at each other. “You better watch yourself, Clearwater. If it weren’t for Dumbledore, I would have ripped your head off. I don’t care if Jacob would kill me afterwards.” Eliza screamed. Seth stood there, watching her breaking a tree in half. “Cool it, Cullen. I’m sorry about earlier. I didn’t mean to be mean. It’s all reflex. You understand.” Eliza couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Seth Clearwater was apologizing. She gave a long sigh and turned to him. “Just stay out of my way, dog.” Eliza walked towards her company. Alice and Jacob stood up. They talked for a few seconds then left. “You better get your thoughts together, Seth. She may be an ally but she’s still a vampire.” Embry reminded Seth. Then they went back to Hogwarts.

    The next day, Eliza went to the forest and created an irreversible cloud/rainy weather spell, making Hogwarts like Forks. She attended every class on her slip. And all her classes were Harry’s classes as well. She was place next to him, much to her inconvenience. Harry and everyone else couldn’t remember Eliza being friendly to them, thanks to Bella. During potions class, Eliza was having a hard time fighting all plots of how to get Harry alone and kill him.” I don’t want to fail at this. And I don’t want to develop any interest in his hidden thoughts simply because they were hidden from me. No doubt, when I will decipher his thoughts – and I would find a way to do so – they would be just as petty and trivial as any human’s thoughts. Not worth the effort.” Eliza thought to herself. The moment the class dismissed, she immediately left in a flash. Eliza was trying to get as far away from Harry as she could. She met up with Alice and Jasper by the forest. “Damn this Potter boy!” Eliza yelled as she fell on her back. She gave a long and deep sigh.......

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