The Homicidal Vampire

All right; He found out. But he found out himself. I didn't tell him. There were no laws defied. It was better in some ways. There was no need for secrets now.

"Could you read her thought?" I asked.

His eyes widened. "What else do you know?"

"Everything." I dismissed his question. "This is important, Edward. Who is she visiting?"

He hesitated for a moment. "A vampire named James. I believe he is the one responsible for these attacks."

Oh no! An evil vampire recruited as a Death Eater. That is the worst possible thing ever.

"We have to stop them." We had to. There wasn't a choice.

"We'll have to find them first." Edward said. He was still hesitant. Of course, he was. He had just found out that I was a witch and I knew about him being a vampire. It might need some getting used to.

"Apparato revelid." The spell was used to find the location of a recent apparition. Rarely useful in normal settings, but because off the sparse magical population in Forks, it was useful in revealing Bellatrix's location.

"Found them." Now I was just showing off. "You'll drive?"

He obliged. We could apparate but I didn't know if it was possible for vampires to apparate. I had summoned my wand with the help of the Accio charm.

"My family would also be here soon." Edward told me. He had been texting.

"Did you tell them about me?"

He shook his head. "I didn't exactly know what to tell."

"Does it bother you?" I asked.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking this question?"

"No. I think I've already made it clear that it doesn't bother me."

"Maybe then you don't know everything."

"I know enough." I argued. "We are here."

I said that even though we were not quite there. But when there are vampires involved, it's better to take precautions.

Edward was listening intently. "Stay in the car." He said.

I got out, following him. He rolled his eyes. Then his expressions changed to something that could only mean 'They know we are here'.

Soon enough, I heard the apparition 'crack' to my left and turned to see Bellatrix standing there. I wasn't scared this time. This time I was prepared.

Surprisingly, she didn't attack. "It looks like I won't get to kill you after all." She disapparated, giving me a smirk. I was confused, until I felt my wand burning in my hand. I dropped it as it turned to ashes.

That blubber.

I turned towards Edward and all I could see was blurred motion. It was too fast for me to observe anything except that two figures were violently colliding with each other. James, I thought.

I was still trying to make out what was happening when I heard a painful groan. It was Edward's. It could only mean that James had the upper hand. I had to do something. But what could I do without my wand?

Impulsively my hand raised itself towards them and something shot out of it. It was definitely some sort of energy, but I hadn't said any spell. The beam hit both of them and I saw James hurling back and hitting a tree. He was covered in flames and soon was nothing but ashes.

I remembered the beam hitting Edward and looked at him to see that his skin had turned red. I rushed to him. "Edward!" I called out. He didn't respond. He looked like he was unconscious. Can vampires become unconscious? I had no way of knowing if he was all right. He had no pulse, no respiration....

"Revivum rejuvitane. Revivum rejuvitane." I began chanting, placing my hand on his burning chest. There was no response. Tears started rolling down my cheek. "No. No, please don't." I sobbed. "You can't..."

Suddenly, he opened his eyes. His skin had gone back to normal. "Flora...." He began.

I didn't let him finish. I threw my arms around him and hugged him, sobbing violently.

"It's all right. It's all right." He crooned, rubbing his hand on my back. "We are fine."

I calmed down after a few minutes and looked up to find that we weren't alone. The Cullen family was there, looking at us with mixed expressions.

"I should go." I whispered, and disapparated back to home.

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After a sleepless night, I went to the garage the next day only to realize that I had left my car at school yesterday. I was speculating what to do, when I heard a horn from the driveway. A familiar silver Volvo was parked there.

"You look in good spirits today." I observed as I entered the car.

"Believe it or not, I actually am." Edward replied. "I also have about a million questions for you."

"Oh! I have them too." I exclaimed, remembering those things I couldn't figure out.

He raised his eyebrow. "I thought you said you knew 'everything'."

"Metaphorically." I countered.

He chuckled. "Anyway, you can't ask your questions today. It's my turn."

I pouted, wondering if I'd be able to answer his questions without breaking any wizarding law. I hoped he'd understand if I couldn't.

Everyone at the school grounds stared at us as we got out of the car.

"Where is your family today?" They didn't have any reason to skip school. James was dead.

"They'll be coming in Alice's car."

"Are they okay with me being a.... you know...?"

"Why wouldn't they be?" He tried to act casual, but I could sense a bit of tension in his voice.

"Even Jasper?" I asked.

"Are you spying on us?" he accused, jokingly.

"No." I defended myself. "It was an informed guess. Ami right?"

"He'll come around. He has had some bad experiences with witches back in the 18th century." He answered, grimly.

I swallowed. 18th century? I had completely forgotten about the fact that vampires don't age. For all I knew, they could be millennials old.

"How old are you, Edward?"

"I was born in 1902." He looked at me, as if expecting me to scream and run away.

"I'll see you at lunch." I said, as we approached my class.

He was surprised at my lack of reaction to his age. So was I.

Well, he was born in the same century as me. That was something. I can do with that, I though as I entered the classroom.