Chapter Nine, Fighting Destiny:

As Artemis woke she realized she was lying on the couch. The last thing she remembered was seeking comfort in Jasper's arms and crying. She must have fallen asleep. She heard a squeal of delight, signalling that Teddy must be awake. She sat up and Jasper was there in a second. "Hi how are you feeling babe?" he asked.

"Better, how long have I been asleep?"

"Just about an hour." Artemis nodded her head and looked around. Emmett was on the ground playing with the new toys Jasper had bought Teddy. The little Metamorphmagus was squealing in delight and clapping his hands at the joy the large vampire was bringing him. A large grin spread across Artemis' face as she watched how happy her son was. She then looked to see the others were scattered around the room doing various activities.

"Do you want me to take you home Darlin'?" Jasper asked her leaning in to kiss her forehead.

"No. I think I should finish telling everyone my story. I started and I just want to get it over with." Jasper just nodded and soon she found herself back in Jasper's lap on the chair while the rest of the family sat on the large couch.

"Before you start Artemis could I ask you something?" Carlisle asked, when Artemis nodded he continued. "When you fell asleep I checked you over to make sure you and your baby were alright and I found that your heart beat was beating slower than it should and it has concerned me greatly. What I'm asking is if your family know of this and if you're taking any medication. And how it has become so slow." Carlisle asked concerned.

"Thank you Carlisle for checking us over and my family do know of this Andy was the one who prescribed me the medication as she used to work in St Mungo's the wizard hospital in London. My heart beat is slower than it should be because of what happened to me in the war." Artemis explained and Carlisle nodded in understanding and let Artemis continue. Rosalie joined her husband on the floor to listen and play with Teddy. Artemis took a deep breath and let it out before beginning.

"I think we left off at Hagrid explaining my past?" At the nods of the vampires around her she continued. "Well, Hagrid took me to Diagon Alley which is a Wizarding street that is hidden in London, that next morning. There I visited the bank run by goblins called Gringotts and I purchased all my school supplies. It is also where I received my first birthday gift, my owl Hedwig; she was my first friend and only companion while at the Dursleys. She was a beautiful snowy owl who died protecting me..." Jasper gave her a little squeeze of support and kissed her head as she continued.

"The last month with the Dursleys was anything but fun. They were so angry at me they pretended I didn't even exist. Finally when I got to King's Cross and made it onto the platform I felt like I was at last going somewhere that had to be better than what I was leaving behind. I met Ron on the train ride to Hogwarts and we became fast friends while sharing a ton of candy. I stuck close to him because I was so excited to have a friend. He kept going on and on about how horrible being in Slytherin House was and that his family was all in Gryffindor. You see at Hogwarts there are four Houses Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor and Slytherin. I wanted to be sorted with him so when the sorting hat, which is a charmed hat that places you in a House, wanted to put me in Slytherin I begged to be in Gryffindor and it relented."

"The first few months Ron was my best friend. It wasn't until Halloween that Hermione became a part of our little group after we fought and won against a mountain troll. They can grow to be over twenty feet tall but this one was about twelve. Ron had insulted her and she had been crying all day, I told him off for insulting Hermione; when one of the teachers ran in disrupting the feast informing the school that a troll was in the dungeon. We ran to find Hermione only to end up locking her in the bathroom with the troll. Once we got into the bathroom we found Hermione was frozen in fear so I jumped on the trolls back and Ron knocked it out with its own club. From that moment on most people called us the Golden Trio."

"During the year we found out that Dumbledore was hiding the Philosopher's Stone in the school."

"Wait you mean the Stone that is fabled to turn anything into Gold?" Jasper asked.

"Yes it also produces what is known as the Elixir of Life which makes the drinker immortal. Anyway Dumbledore was protecting the Stone. We had been finding clues all year and then just when we finished our exams we found out the Stone was going to be stolen. Our Head of House Professor McGonagall wouldn't believe us when we told her it was going to be stolen so we did the only thing we thought we could and went after it ourselves. We had to get through various traps and obstacles but when we made it to the chamber before we reached the Stone there was only enough potion for one of us to make it through."

"To say I was shocked when I stepped into the final chamber was an understatement. I had thought it would be Professor Snape. He had hated me since I stepped into his first potions class and he seemed to me the kind of person to want to go after the Stone. All the evidence we had pointed to the man but instead it was the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Quirrell. Who had led everyone to believe he was a shy scared man when in truth he was a follower of Voldemort."

"I was so stunned I was tied down and forced to watch as he tried to figure out how to get the Stone. Eventually he decided to use me and I approached the Mirror of Erised which is a mirror that shows your greatest desire. At the time mine was to find the Stone but not use it so I was granted the Stone. It was then that I found out it wasn't just Quirrell and I in the chamber. When Quirrell took off the turban he had been wearing all year there was Voldemort on the back of his head. He had been sharing Quirrell's body all year. He offered me a chance to join him if I would give him the Stone. I refused and so he attempted to kill me."

"When he grabbed me I realized that he couldn't touch my skin without causing himself great pain. I knew I was not going to be able to get out of the chamber so I did the only thing I could and I grabbed his face and held on until I no longer could. I woke up three days later in the hospital wing. I found out that Dumbledore had come and rescued me and that Quirrell had not made it out of the chamber alive."

"The next year nothing seemed to be going wrong besides having another idiot for a DADA teacher named Gilderoy Lockhart. On Halloween however I heard a voice and it led me and my friends to a deserted corridor where on the wall was written a message in blood declaring the Chamber of Secrets had been opened. Mrs. Norris the school's caretaker's cat had been petrified and hung close by on a torch. That was the start of a year where many spent in fear that they would be attacked in the halls by an unknown monster. There were more attacks and everyone seemed to point their fingers at me. I was very much alone except for a select few people. Hermione, Ron, Fred and George believed I was innocent."

"By the end of the year Ginny Weasley, Ron's little sister, had been taken into the chamber. Ron and I overheard Lockhart saying he was going to go to the Chamber. We had just found out what the monster was and so we went to tell him but when we arrived the man was packing to leave the school. He
admitted to being a fraud and so we forced him to go with us. We opened the entrance and when we went down the pipe that led to the Chamber of Secrets we ended up getting separated by rocks falling from the ceiling. Lockhart had tried to Obliviate us, which wipes ones memories, and in doing so it backfired and caused the cave in. I was once again when i moved further forward into the chamber."

"I found Ginny on the floor of the chamber barely alive. And then there was this spectral image of a boy named Tom Riddle that seemed to keep getting stronger. I begged him to help me but I didn't realize who he was at the time. It wasn't long before he told me of his true identity. His name was Tom Marvolo Riddle and when the letters were rearranged it spells I am Lord Voldemort. He was becoming stronger and he was coming from a diary Ginny had been using all year that was sucking out her soul to strengthen him."

"He decided to kill me and sent a sixty foot Basilisk after me. I used the sword of Gryffindor and pierced through the roof of its mouth which killed the Basilisk but in doing so my arm was punctured by one of its fangs. I thought I was going to die as the basilisk venom attacks the body immediately, and decided if I was I wasn't going to make it then Riddle wouldn't live either. So I took the fang from my arm and destroyed the diary. Ginny immediately woke. I realized I wasn't dying and noticed Fawkes. He was Dumbledore's phoenix which is a bird that can carry an amazing amount of weight and their tears have healing powers. He cried over my wound and I was healed. I only have a scar now. I grabbed Ginny and the ruined diary and left the chamber thankful to be alive."

"My third year was the year I was reunited with Sirius. I had spent most of the year thinking him a killer and betrayer. Because wizarding Britain thought Sirius a deranged killer out to kill me they placed Dementors around the school. A Dementor is a creature that survives off your happiness and can suck out your soul. You see all living things need a soul to function it is what makes us more than a husk of a body."

"You mean even we have a soul?" Edwards asked just barely loud enough for her to hear.

"Yes, if you didn't you would be a shell sitting in a corner rocking back and forth. You can survive without it but you cannot function without it, our soul is what makes us who we are that's why in the wizarding world you are never sentenced to death but to the Dementor Kiss. To lose your soul is a greater punishment than death." Edward stood abruptly and left the room. They all heard his door shut and Artemis was worried she had said something wrong.

"Don't worry," Alice told her. "He was sure we didn't have souls. Just give him some time."

Artemis nodded and decided to keep going.

"Anyway the Dementors were stationed around the school and this year Remus, Teddy's biological father, came to Hogwarts to teach DADA. For the first time since entering Hogwarts we had a decent Defence teacher. The biggest problem I had all year were the Dementors, they caused me to fall off my broom from three hundred feet in the air. Every time they are near me my parents death replays in my mind..." Artemis took a deep breath and paused. Jasper kissed her head letting her know he was there.

"At the end of the year Sirius revealed himself to me, Ron and Hermione. Remus came and together they forced Peter Pettigrew who had been living as Ron's rat Scabbers back into his human form. I learned the truth that night. Sirius had never betrayed my parents and he was my godfather. When we were heading back to the castle we realized Remus hadn't taken his potion and he began to transform into a werewolf giving Peter the chance to escape. Sirius fought him off to save us but in turn was weak due to his long stay in Azkaban."

Just as Artemis was about to continue her story she felt a burning sensation on her left thigh. Quickly, leaning to the side she pulled the burning piece of metal out from her pocket and activated the galleon. A few seconds later the hooked nosed Potions Master could be seen on the screen with his arms crossed upon his chest and a scowl upon his face.

"Hello Severus is something wrong?" Artemis asked politely wondering why her ex-professor was contacting her.

"Don't Severus me you foolish child." Severus snapped ignoring the snarl that came from Jasper.

"I activated the galleon and heard you were talking about your years at school and I still can't believe how foolish you were running off after Sirius and Remus and while Remus was in his werewolf form no less and what do you go and do when you notice that Sirius and Remus were fighting you chuck a bloody rock at Remus when he wouldn't of recognized you and you make it hit him on the bloody head so he ignores the mutt and comes after you."

"What! Why did you go after them when Remus hadn't taken the potion?" Jasper says concerned and then turns to Severus and snarled. "Don't talk to my mate like that." He snarled glaring at the man on the screen.
"Jasper stop it's alright. And I went after them because I didn't want to lose the only parent figure I had even if I had just re-met him, I got away as Remus heard another howl and ran into the forest, so I followed Sirius down to the lake where we were surrounded by hundreds of Dementors but I couldn't hold them all off and I collapsed and the Dementor had lowered its hood to give me the Kiss. But I saw someone who made the Dementors go away and I thought it was my dad but I wasn't sure. Sirius was captured and briefly I thought they would suck out his soul and I would never have a chance at a new life. Hermione and I went back in time and we saved Sirius and Hagrid's Hippogriff Buckbeak that was due to be executed and I saved myself and Sirius by casting a Patronus which drove over a hundred Dementors away. But the cost of saving him meant he had to leave and go on the run. After the incident with forgetting his potion Remus quit his teaching position and I was sent back to the Dursleys."

"That summer wasn't so bad, as I told the Dursleys about Sirius and I might have forgotten to tell them he was innocent so they didn't hit me as much. That summer I had been invited by the Weasley's to go to the Quidditch World Cup with them and the Diggory family. It was at the Cup that I was asked out by my first boyfriend Cedric Diggory. He was going into his final year at Hogwarts but we had met several times playing against each other in Quidditch. We were both Seekers for our House teams as Cedric was in HufflePuff." Jasper growled at hearing about another man who had dated his mate. Artemis rubbed circles onto his thigh in an attempt to calm him and kept telling her tale.

"When we got to school we found out they would be hosting the Tri-Wizard Tournament which had been banned due to the amount of deaths in the past. Students of age from the magical schools of Beaubatons and Durmstrang came to Hogwarts to compete. Due to the dangers of the tournament and not wanting to have the death tolls of the past you had to be 17 years of age in order to be able to enter. Of course on Halloween when they announced the competitors Cedric's named was called out from the Goblet as Hogwarts champion but somehow my name came from the cup as well."

"There was nothing that could be done; the cup formed a magically binding contract with the magic of the person whose name came from the cup. I had no choice and became the fourth champion. Cedric was rather supportive and we both helped each other when we could. Our first task was to retrieve a golden egg from a nesting dragon, the second task was to rescue someone being held captive by the merpeople in the lake and our final task was a large maze filled with things that could cause you to go crazy before you ever reached the trophy in the center."

"In the end Cedric and I made it to the trophy at the same time and neither of us was willing to take it alone and claim a singular victory for ourselves. We decided to go for a complete Hogwarts win and both grabbed onto the trophy. That was a mistake that has been on my conscience ever since. The trophy was a portkey and took us to a graveyard, one that I had seen in my dreams. Before we could even really register what was happening we heard a voice call to 'kill the spare'. I turned in time to watch as Cedric fell to the ground lifeless from the killing curse."

"I was then tied to a gravestone and my blood was taken from me to aid in a dark ritual to give Voldemort a body. It worked. Once he had summoned his remaining Death Eaters he removed my binds and made me duel him. He tortured me twice with the Cruciartus Curse, which causes you unimaginable pain and if under it too long you will go insane. As it feels like all your nerves are on fire and your skin is being pierced with White-hot knives, after the second time it took me a little while to figure out who I was and where I was as I just wanted to die." Esme gasped and covered her mouth with her hand as tears welled in her eyes, Rosalie covered Teddy's ears at that making him look up at them confused but smiled when he saw Artemis was awake and ran over to her and climbed in her lap. Jasper felt like his heart had started beating again only to break as he heard that his mate had wanted to die, he held her closer to his chest and kissed her neck before leaning over Artemis' shoulder to kiss Teddy's head.

"As we continued to duel our wands linked and we could not harm each other with them though he didn't know that at the time. Our wands locked in a battle of will and power. I won and it forced his wand to go through Priori Incantatem. All of the most recent people he killed came floating around us as spectres. Cedric, my parents and two other people Voldemort had killed. My dad said he and the others would distract Voldemort and the Death Eaters in order to give me enough time to escape. I broke the connection and ran for Cedric's body summoning the trophy and was transported back to Hogwarts."

"When I was back it was revealed that the man I thought to be Mad-Eye Moody teaching our DADA class was in fact a Death Eater who was polyjuiced to look like Mad-Eye. I informed Dumbledore that Voldemort was back but the Minister of Magic didn't want to listen to us and as I was sent back to the Dursleys for the summer the wizarding world was smearing my name in the papers proclaiming me an attention seeker and liar."

"During that summer I had been at the local playground to escape my family when I ran into Dudley and his gang, all of a sudden a storm seemed to set in and we started to run back to the house. Before we could make it we were accosted by Dementors and I was forced to break the Underage Wizarding Act to save us. I was quickly moved to stay with my godfather at the Order of the Phoenix headquarters and told I had to face a trial for use of magic."

"But you were just trying to save yourselves; surely they couldn't be mad at you for that?" Carlisle said.

"At the moment they would take any chance they could to discredit me. They didn't want to believe Voldemort was back. I did win my trial though and returned to Hogwarts for my fifth year. It was a year of torture. I had never been so unhappy in the castle I called home."

"Our new DADA professor was Delores Umbridge who had been placed by the Ministry of Magic to watch Dumbledore and me closely. She found meaningless excuses to give me detentions where I spent hours writing 'I must not tell lies' with a Blood Quill. A Blood Quill draws blood from your veins to write instead of using ink. I have the words permanently scarred into the back of my right hand."

"What!" Jasper exclaimed as he gently grabbed Artemis' right hand to see the scar etched permanently into the skin, he growled softly so he didn't upset Teddy and kissed the back of her hand on the scar.

"The students were becoming restless as Umbridge refused to allow the use of magic in her class for fear we were starting an army to take over the Ministry. Hermione convinced me to lead a rogue group called the Dumbledore's Army or the DA for short. I taught everyone who wanted to learn to defend themselves the spells and defences they weren't learning in class."

"Throughout the year I had been having visions of a door in my sleep which I came to learn was the Department of Mysteries. There is a hall of prophecy that holds every prophecy ever made within it. The catch is that only the person about whom the prophecy is made can remove it from its place there. Voldemort not knowing the full prophecy drew me out into a trap making me believe Sirius was in danger."

"I rushed to London after fleeing from Umbridge with Hermione, Ron, Luna and Neville. When we got there it became quite clear we had been fooled. We fought the adult Death Eaters the best we could. We all ended up in what is known as the Veil Room. We were battling when members of the Order of the Phoenix began to appear and help us. Bellatrix shot a cutting curse at Sirius and when he was hit he almost fell through the veil. I was able to hit him with a banishing charm pushing him in the opposite direction saving his life. Bellatrix Lestrange is a mad woman who I truly believe was driven mad from her years of service to Voldemort and time in Azkaban. She took off when she noticed they were losing and she thought she had succeeded in killing Sirius with her curse."

"I gave chase through the Ministry as I much like her thought Sirius would die of his injuries, I was so angry at her I hit her with a Cruciartus but I was unable to inflict much pain upon her. That was when Voldemort showed up. Dumbledore quickly followed and then they duelled. Voldemort thinking he could trick Dumbledore into killing me possessed my body. He told Dumbledore if he wanted him dead he could kill us both. Dumbledore couldn't do it and I just had to keep grasping onto the hope that I would see the people I loved again. Unable to stand the feelings of love he was forced to leave my body and was spotted by the Minister and many Aurors who were finally arriving to see what the disturbance was."

"That night I found out Sirius had survived his injuries but just barely and I had never felt such relief. But mere second later I was told the full prophecy and the weight of the world suddenly felt like it was on my shoulders. In a fit of anger I destroyed most of Dumbledore's office. The good news was that Sirius' name was cleared and he blood adopted me taking me away from the Dursleys to live with him."

"That summer was one of the better summers I have ever had. I got to enjoy time with Sirius and my friends were able to visit us regularly. Most of my sixth year at Hogwarts believe it or not was rather tame. I knew what was coming with Voldemort very much now in the open but as far as my actual classes went for once we had capable teachers in every subject."

"I spent the year studying Voldemort's past with Dumbledore in private sessions. I learned about how he grew up in an orphanage and things he achieved in school. Background information on the man I was now knew I was destined to fight."

Jasper nodded his head, "It is always good to understand your enemy."

"Yes it is. Anyway during these sessions was when I found out Voldemort had split his soul into separate pieces and placed them into different objects hiding them away so as to secure his immortality. As long as one of his Horcruxes was intact he could always return to a body and not be killed."

"I learned that Dumbledore in trying to destroy a Horcrux had been cursed and it had turned his hand black. At the time I was told Severus had saved his life by stopping the curse for the time being. He promised me that he would take me when he found the next Horcrux as he felt it was my duty to hunt them all down and destroy them before I could kill Voldemort."

"The night we went to find the Horcrux we ended up in a cave where we think he tortured his first victims as a child. We made it to this little island surrounded by water in the cave in the water were Inferie which are basically corpses that have been enchanted by Dark Magic to attack people and Dumbledore drank the potion so we could retrieve the Horcrux, as I went to get water from the lake as you couldn't conjure water in that cave I was attacked by Inferi and they dragged me under the water but Dumbledore conjured fire to save me as fire is the only way to destroy them. He was extremely weakened and when we made it back to the school we noticed the Dark Mark was in the sky."

"We rushed back to the astronomy tower and Dumbledore instructed me to get Severus but before I could we heard someone coming. I was forced to hide under my invisibility cloak and Dumbledore jinxed me so I couldn't move and give away my location. Draco came up the stairs and disarmed Dumbledore. He didn't want to kill him so he stood there frightened unsure of what to do. Other Death Eaters arrived and tried to convince Draco to do it. Severus came and quickly ended it 'killing' Dumbledore before forcing the others to follow him out and they began to flee the school."

"I was angry and gave chase running through all the fighting that was going on as the Death Eaters fled the school. I was angry and began throwing hexes and anything I could think of after them. Severus made the others leave and he pushed me back with a spell. He got close to me and told me to get back to the school immediately. I was so confused why he didn't just try to hurt me but instead turned and caught up with the others fleeing the school."

"It was a horrible moment for me and many others. Dumbledore the paragon of light or so we all thought was dead and we all knew the worst of the war was about to start. It was a scary time and it was during that time I knew I would not be returning to finish my final year at Hogwarts."

"The summer was a boring time. I was never left alone for long. Remus married Tonks that summer and Bill, Ron's older brother married Fleur. It was during Bill's wedding that Hermione, Ron and I took off and went on the run. During the reception we were sent a message letting us know the Ministry had fallen and the Death Eaters were coming for us. We spent the next several months moving around and hunting Horcruxes."

"We broke into the Ministry of Magic and survived on little food. We had to be resourceful as we were currently being hunted and even the Muggle world wasn't safe for us. Eventually the conditions wore on Ron and after a rather big fight he left. It was hard but Hermione and I kept going until one day Ron saved me from drowning and we welcomed him back. I didn't know it at the time but when he came back that was when he started feeding me potions."

"The rest of the hunt became more dangerous we were captured at one point and taken to Malfoy Manor. Hermione was briefly tortured but I was what they really wanted. Bellatrix in her insanity decided to 'play' with me. I'm not sure how long I was tortured but I had never been so glad to see my friends as I was when they burst into the room with Dobby who was a house elf and saved me."

"We spent the next few weeks recuperating at Bill's home as it was already being used as a safe house by the Order of the Phoenix. From there we broke into Gringotts bank to retrieve a Horcrux and had to flee on the back of a dragon. When we made it to safety I had a vision of Voldemort as we were connected at the time through my scar. I knew we had to go to Hogwarts and with hours we were preparing for the final battle."

"It was a long fight and we lost a lot of people we all loved. Hermione early on in the battle took a killing curse to save my life. It was only my friend Seamus pulling me away and reminding me that I had to keep fighting that made me continue. Voldemort tried to kill Severus thinking him to be the master of the Elder wand but in truth he wasn't. I was able to heal Severus but again was forced to leave his side to keep fighting. He gave me his memories to watch in Dumbledore's old office and I saw some memories of my mother and when she was younger as her and Sev were best friends since they were children which I have been forever grateful for and found out that Sev was a spy as he loved my mother and was helping us throughout the year Hermione, Ron and I while we were on the run, and that I was just Dumbledore's pawn in the war as I had a piece of Voldemort's soul attached to my scar and that I had to let Voldemort kill me."

"WHAT!" Jasper snarled.

"Jazz its fine. I'm still here. It was to get rid of the Horcrux that was in me. So I went into the forest and found the Resurrection Stone in the Snitch Dumbledore left me in his 'Will'. I turned it and saw my mum, dad and Remus but it didn't really bring them back they were like ghosts and I thought I would be joining them so they were just coming to get me. They said that they were so proud of me and that they had never left me and my dad said they would stay with me until the end." Artemis paused to wipe away her tears before continuing.

"They came with me into the heart of the forest as I reached where Voldemort was, I dropped the Stone and saw that they had Hagrid tied to a large tree, he started shouting, telling me to leave before one Death Eater silenced Hagrid. At this point there was still one Horcrux apart from myself, it was Voldemort's snake Nagini who was the last Horcrux but I couldn't kill her as there were still over thirty Death Eaters in that clearing as well as Voldemort and two giants that had joined Voldemort. When Voldemort shot the Killing Curse at my chest I died for a few moments so the part of Voldemort's soul could leave my scar and I also invoked the same Ancient Magik that my mother used so everyone at the Castle was protected. That Curse, added to the torture I was subjected to by Bellatrix is the reason why my heart is slow."

"After Voldemort shot the Curse at me he went unconscious as well as he felt another Horcrux being killed, this time by his own hand. When I came to I was still on the Forest floor and I could hear Hagrid crying and sending a Death Eater to check that I was dead."

"But they would of found out you weren't dead." Rosalie interrupted sounding panicked. Artemis smiled reassuringly at her before continuing.

"They would of yes, but Voldemort made the mistake of sending Narcissa, Draco's mother to check on me and when she felt my pulse she whispered to me asking if Draco was alive and when I told her he was, she turned around and told Voldemort I was dead. Voldemort decided to play with my body and hit me with the Cruciartus twice before forcing Hagrid to carry me to the castle. The hardest thing was laying in Hagrid's arms as he cried and while everyone else cried and shouted at Voldemort and the Death Eaters, the worse was Sirius and McGonagall she let out this heart wrenching scream while Sirius screamed and went to charge at the Death Eaters as they were laughing.

"Voldemort tried to convince everyone that he could no longer be stopped as he had finally bested me. Neville finally stepped forward and in his anger gained confidence killing Nagini the last Horcrux. As soon as I knew the snake was dead I jumped out of Hagrid's arms and engaged Voldemort in battle. We circled each other as some of the Death Eaters began to flee terrified I couldn't be killed. Finally Voldemort and I had enough and sent our final curses at one another. His curse rebounded and hit him killing him instantly now that the Horcruxes had all been destroyed. It was finally over, I was alive, I won."

There was a shocked silence while everyone absorbed what they had been told and Edward finally came back into the room looking at her in shock before sitting next to Alice and wrapping his arms around her. The silence carried on with only the noise of Teddy happily playing with his Moony and Jasper's deep breathing as he tried to calm himself, finally Esme broke the silence.

"You poor dear I can't believe you had to go through all of that when you're just a child yourself and we don't even know what happened from then until now. Would you like a drink for you and Teddy?" Esme fretted with tears in her eyes.

"Yes please Esme, could we have some juice please if you have any?" Artemis answered handing Esme Teddy's sippy-cup that she had Accio'd out of the changing bag. As Esme left the room to fetch the drinks Artemis turned to Jasper and rubbed his arms to calm him. "Jazz I'm fine now. I have a few battle scars but I'm fine." Artemis said. Jasper kissed Artemis softly on the lips and held her and Teddy tightly but not enough to hurt them.

"I know but I don't like how much you've been through and there's still Ron and Dumbledore and those Death Eaters that escaped, but they won't be able to get anywhere near you or Teddy if I have anything to say about it. If they try anything I'll kill them. I promise I'll always be here for you Artemis as well as Teddy and this baby. I love you." Jasper said sincerely as he kissed her.

"I know and I love you too." Artemis said kissing Jasper back, they were interrupted by Emmett wolf whistling at them and with a wide grin on his face which was wiped off when Rosalie slapped his shoulder.

"Shut up Emmett." Artemis said blushing. She accepted her and Teddy's drinks off of Esme with a smile and thank you as she placed hers on the table and helped Teddy with his drink.

After they had finished their drinks and Artemis had changed Teddy she let him go and play with his cars again. "What happened after the war finished?" Emmett asked as he pushed the car back for Teddy before letting it go and making Teddy squeal with laughter and clap his hands.

"After the war Sirius and Arthur would hardly let me leave their side they became even more overprotective and it has just gotten worse, especially when they got me checked over after the war and found out about my heart. The summer was spent rebuilding Hogwarts so it could be reopened in the fall. Many people in my year decided to go back to finish off their seventh year and receive their NEWTs. I was one of them. I spent most of my summer with Ron as the potions he had been feeding me were beginning to take effect. Our relationship progressed and because of the potions I thought he was my mate."

"It took me awhile but finally something felt off. The way Ron was acting I wondered if I wasn't just an object for him to own. He basked in the limelight that my fame brought him. He started getting arrogant and forgetting to dose my drinks and my clarity came back. When I realized what had happened I went to my Aunt Andy right away and found out I was indeed being drugged with love potions. At the same time she decided it would be best to give me a physical to see if the drugs had affected my heart which thankfully they hadn't but, we found out I was pregnant. I went to Ron and didn't let on that I knew about the potions I only told him I was pregnant and he ran."

"I started getting threats from the Death Eaters who had escaped and being pregnant I can defend myself just not as well as I usually can. Sirius was livid and that was when he fully decided we had to move. I had adopted Teddy and I was pregnant, there were crazed Death Eaters after me, England was no longer safe for me. So we moved here and I met all of you," Artemis said smiling at those in the room.