Chapter 1
Hermione Granger was walking along the forks forest, she was visit The Quileute tribe, her maternal uncle was the chief of the tribe Billy Black and his cousin who let go of the spot of leader of the pack of Werewolf (Shaped shifters) letting Sam Uley take his place and lead the pack with strict rules. Her maternal family accepted who she was a Witch since in the family it was said that those who were chosen where to heal the land and protect their people if they might need it. So she never felt rejected here unlike the Wizarding World. After the war things changed progress as Kingsley Shaklebone took charge, everyone moved on with their life's and yet I felt I did belong in that world anymore after fighting for so long I wanted normality, to study , to discover and I find it here.
They told me there was a war not long ago for a human who turned herself into a vampire, but my cousin imprinted on her and the rest was history. I guess it is fascinating how their territories are still divided for so long when they were not like that in the beginning. I have met vampires before, I met sanguine, a human blood drinking vampire, quite interesting he was. I met Bella, Edward and their little Renesmee. Weirdly they all seemed calmed in my presence as if they knew I would never hurt them even if I could.
My magic has matured to the point that I barely use a wand, but still I am fond of my wand. I can't ever part with it. My family told me it was an indication that my time to move from London had come. That my magic would grow even stronger and I will be the protector of this very forest. So I decided to familiarize myself with it.
"How peaceful" whispering a placing in my tent (the same one I use for hunting horcrux). I was unaware of a pair of golden eyes fascinated in watching my every move. Feeling the hairs of my neck Stand. I cast a protection spelled, lifting my hands. "Protego Totelum"," Salvio Hexia", "Fianto Duri", "Repello". After making sure everything was set and starting the fire she decided to take a much needed rest.
It had been three hours since she fell asleep, still the nagging feeling that someone lurking around the area wouldn't go away. Even with the protection charms, the feeling wouldn't go away. Deciding she was not going to get much sleep she got out of bed and went to have a calming shower.
An alert from the wards, she thought. Nobody has gotten in, but they sure are trying to. Finishing her shower, she dried up and got dressed in a nightgown, putting a warm jacket for the cold. It was October and weather was beginning to change, into a more rather chill wind that announced winter was near.
Looking around the tent it seem like no one was there, still she kept walking forward until she reach the location where she cast the protection wards. A sound was heard in the distance and as it got closer she could persive that something or someone was running at an impossible fast pace to hit the barrier.
Of course it was him, still it didn't matter she knew he wont be able to get in, not unless he knew how to deactivate wards.. annoyed she lifted her wand "Lumos maxima". She pointed the wand toward the intruder. Golden eyes were looking up at her and a mischievous grin twisting into a smirk.
She stared at him as In a trance taking his every details His face looked pale, his hair was a dirty dark blond with threads of gold, his lips were red as if he was kissed one too many times, he looked tall, possibly six feet tall. He had this setting allure that all vampires had, but his scent called her as if an "Amortentia" batch was being brewed. The word barely left her lips, while an amusing chuckle woke her out of her trance.
"So you feel it as well?" He wouldn't stop staring at her with a face full of longing.
" Feel what ?" She denied."Who are you?And Why have you been watching me since I came to Forks?."
"I will advice you Ms. Granger to not flare that temper of yours, or you will call upon things you are not ready to explore." His voice was deep, with a raspy country accent, and his words made me shiver as if I knew it was more than just an advice. He knew who she was and that she new him. It made her blush for some reason and her pulse quickened. She saw him breathe and close his eyes to savor the moment.
"I will not have the need to flare my temper if you would have respected my bloody privacy. Why in Merlin's Name are you doing outside your territory? If my family sees you, they will not hesitate to kill you. Especially if you break the treaty."
He seemed in a trance, getting impossible close if not for the barrier their faces would be touching. "Are you trying to threaten me or perhaps bewitch me little witch?" His face became harsh as if ready to pounce on its prey.
She would believe he was flirting with her if his voice didn't gave away the hate I'm his tone.
" Why are you here?"
His face contour in complete loathing as he spoke.
"I only came to warn you, to stay away from the people I care about, I do not want you. I know what your kind is capable of doing stay away from me and mine"
The nerve of the Man to compare me with that Woman !!. (She was referring to Maria the on who in slave Jasper and made him kill people. ) This won't do, this prejudice loathsome cockroach ugh!!. She lifted her finger pointing at him in disdain, a defiance stand mark her form.
"And who are you Sir, to give me orders? Or to compare me to people you met before me? I am not the kind of witch you encountered before, I am more but you will never know that. Let me say it briefly: I fought for the light and I defeated the darkness. I paid my dues, I will not allow anyone to dictate how I live my life any longer." (Who does this vampire think he is to tell me what to do?) "If the Cullens want to seek me take it out with them, as for my families lands never come back if you don't want your life to end."
(Pausing she took a breath and brought her jacket closer trying to prevent the cold from getting to her. His eyes seem to be quite interested in her appearance since his eyes never strayed from her as she moved. She felt embarrassment creep over her as she belittled herself for losing her temper so easily. )
She might well just go she said her piece and it seem to make him speechless.
" Look Major Withlock It has not been a pleasure in the least to make you acquaintance. Let's not repeat this shall we?"
(Turning away from him she began to walk until she heard him speak)
His eyes widened as to how in the world did she know his name.
"How did you know my name?"
"People talk,your reputation precedes you, Now leave Mr. Hale before I hex you out of my land."
He smiled, such an irritating smile. " Tell me your name?, Nobody wants to tell me, even if ask nicely"
" It is not of your concern and you better leave, If I come back.."
"Yes, you'll hex me. I get it, I'll leave. Have a nice night M'am" in an amuse tone and eyes never leaving her form, burning her back with such intense gaze.
Stopping in her tracks Hermione turned around and called him..
"Oh and Mr Hale, I am no Ma'am am not married. Also, I am not interested or will ever be interested in the likes of an arrogant man as yourself.
( Remembering the first words he told her in regards of her person)
I do not want you either!!! " Turning her back on him, Hermione walked to her tent and as soon as she got inside, threw herself on her bed with a Thud covering herself from head to toe as she tried to get some sleep.
Jasper was amuse a smirk forming on his lips. "What a delightful, Little Witch"
Arriving at his home after making sure" The Witch" got in her tent, he took his clothes off, feeling his body burn with a longing he had never experienced before, not even when he was alive. He Lay down on his bed as he looks at the moon light coming through the open window. With a sight he began recalling the day Alice ended their relationship. When he asked her why?, she told me I was not her true mate, that I was not her soulmate and she was not mine. She felt it with someone else and it was like nothing she had ever felt before, not even with him. I asked her then why she saw me in her vision?. Alice explained that when I arrived at Forks, her vision was only telling her to help me overcome my newborn stage,but it never indicated they were meant to be. Weirdly enough he didn't feel all too sad; she still was his friend and family that would never change.
After sometime, from his break up with Alice the rumors started coming, "Billy Black Niece"was here and she came from London. At first he didn't give it any thought, people always seem to gossip about the new people in town. Especially in a small town like Forks." it will go down" he thought, it will not last.
That is until his brother Edward and his family told him about her. They didn't share her name, it seems he scared them with the way he reacted. Afraid he would ask for her, and afraid he might hurt her in his anger.
"Flash Back"
And who is this pretty lady going to visit today ? Asking in his deep southern accent.
"I have a visit with my new friend. She is a witch and she made me a necklace. "Jasper's eyes grew wide and scared.
"Bella, Edward!! You let Renesmee consort with a Witch, you know they can't be trusted!! Don't you remember what they did to me?"
"Jasper calms down, She is not like the other Witches you have encountered before. She is different and I am sure if you give her a chance you would unders.."
Cutting her off, his voice grew louder and angry"I do not need to calm down Bella."pointing at his brother in disappointment. " You know better than this Edward!!."
Shaking his head he looked at his brother "Bella is right , Jasper she is not like the ones you met before. Renesmee could sense it and she saw her memories. I could read her mind; she is a witch after all, but Alice saw her coming. She has suffered so much and yet she is so strong, I think you are blind by your prejudice and your past."
"Prejudice?. My Past? !!"
The little girl got closer and touched his hand "Uncle Jasper, don't be mad. I promise she won't hurt you"
Bending his knees so he could get close to his little niece, he ruffled her hair and gave her a kiss on the top of her head. "Sweet heart, I am not worried about me, I am worried about you".
"I promise, she is good" she touched his face with her palm and showed him how much she had suffered and yet she was kind. Her fire and the way she carried herself like a soldier and woman who has seen things beyond her year. And as Renesmee show him bits of this woman, this witch he couldn't help but whispered "Beautiful"
Still Bella and Edward looked at me with concern in there eyes.
"End of flashback"
And now that I saw her and felt her magic. Closing my eyes I still could see her. I had to see her, it became a desperate tough in my immortal mind. Everything that Renesmee's told me with her ability was true. She was a warrior and a survivor like him. He could feel the pain underneath the curiosity and the wonder. He could feel the way she breathed in and out, the way she carried herself as someone who had suffered greatly and yet she had such kind eyes. "Breathtaking" he couldn't help but whisper as the image of her golden brown curls that went to the middle of her back and moved in time with her walk. The slope of her neck, the pink of her lips and the way her cheeks flushed looking at him so innocently. The night gown she was wearing left Little to the imagination
I feel like have succumb to this connection and even if I said that I didn't want her. He had to admit that when he saw her he did. He wanted "more" to know more, to get her to look at him with her hazel eyes. Get her to talk to him with pouty pink lips, and brush mine down the slope of neck while mighty fangs grace her skin. He felt his frozen heart awaken at the thought of her, felt out of breath as he pictured her. As he longed for her.
This bond is demanding to be fulfilled, and I find myself not minding wanting her this much. Even though I don't know her all that much, I feel I do, like my death soul calls to her.
Bring a hand to his face, he sighted voicing his concern, at the though "She is dangerous." Trying to calm down his breath. He needed to regain his composure before he did something he will surely regret. Like following her every day until she let me touch her lips, her face.. letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding, he got up off bed and headed to take a much needed very cold shower.
Turning on the water and letting it flow down his body, he tried to stray away from the thoughts of that forbidden woman who has hunted his nights and days since she arrived. This bond, this sould bond that they unintentionally activated needed to stop. I ha be to do everything I can to prevent being alone with her. He had to avoid her it was the only logical explanation. I mean "How hard can it be, to avoid one woman?"
(Meanwhile)
Hermione awoke with quite the headache, since she arrived in Forks she'd been having visions. Yes, visions of things past and things to come. She had never been an avid believer of divination, she quite abhorred it to be honest. Still it makes her smile, to imagine what Professor Trelanwey would say. After all she didn't believe I possessed the sight of divination. Well, she didn't really possess the sight herself, how could she know?.
My family told me that combined with the ability to do wandless magic and have visions. I would have a soulmate, I could reject if I wanted to, nevertheless it will be quite difficult to sever such a bond. Especially as their very souls called to one another. If there was the smallest hint of an interest from any of the two individuals connected by the soul bond. Then she would have to bathe in the full moon and ask for the soulmate's first bond to be severed.
The full moon will be in Five days and it has been six months since she arrived to stay with her family, she hasn't had any encounter with her soulmate other than yesterday. She needed to prepare before the bond got stronger, she had to be ready for the ritual to take place. She will shed her clothes and dance in the Moonlight as she slowly walks towards the water streams in the middle of the forest of Fork Washington , surrounded by flowing candles and beg the moonlight to break the bond. If it was conceded the light would shimmer in a silver light and if it was denied the golden light would cover her in indication that her destiny was unavoidable.
Letting her hair down and dressing in an autumn dress, a jacket and winter boots, since the weather was turning cold. She moves along the forest land of her family, enjoying the gentle breeze of the forest and the background noise of animals preparing for winter.
She was going to pay her family a visit in the afternoon, once she had breakfast and visited the library for more information about severing bonds( She thanked Merlin that a small wizarding shop resided in this small town).
Walking along the shops she felt that same tingle around her skin, the feeling of your skin crawling a chill that announced someone was watching your every move. Trying her best to ignore it, even if it kept persisting, she entered the little shop "Mortem". Which was the only Wizarding shop Magical people like her and Magical creatures of course could find.
"Morning, How can I help you Ms.?"
"Morning, Can I get a cup of English tea and some warm oats?"
"Coming right up, I will make them extra creamy for the lady. It will take thirty minutes, feel free to look around. Will call you when it is ready. "
"Thank you and will do. "
Walking around the shelves and artifacts section. In the far corner she spotted the book selection she was looking for "Legends and Tells Of Old". She caressed the spine of the books, looking for one particular book title. "Severing bonds, Curses and Wards by Adeline Bestine". She left out a breath, she was about to grab the book when the hairs on the back of her neck stood in attention. Feeling frozen and rooted to the spot she felt him getting close to her right ear, trying to breath slowly and closing her eyes. She looked for her composure as he prepared to speak.
"Such devotion for literature Miss." His voice seemed to caress her skin as he spoke of things he didn't even understand.
"Why are you following me?" She spoke still looking at the book she was itching to reach. Mustering her Gryffindor courage she turned around and faced him. Looking straight at his golden eyes who seem to twinkle with amusement. He smirks as she moves away from him, the bond they shared was making her feel weak in the knees. The sinking feeling that if she stood in front of him for too long she would succumb to the bond and kiss his stupid smirking face.
He was impossibly attractive of course, vampires always were. They were known to make their prey succumb to their blood lust willingly and if the way he was looking at her was any indication she was pretty much his prey and he the hunter. He's eyes got even more golden if that were even possible, a peek of his fangs could be seen as he smiled getting even closer to her, she felt her composure began to slipped. Her skin prickles and her very been calls to him like a siren song. She had to flee before things got dangerous.Trying not to cause a scene, she grabbed the book and circled around him, making an effort to get out of the dead end she seemed to have trapped herself in.
Sadly for her, Jasper Hale had a different idea in mind. Grabbing her neck with a force she didn't expect, he slammed her to the bookshelf in the back corner. Books started falling around her as he gently squeezed her neck. (Still it will leave a mark for he is physically stronger than her). Getting impossibly close. Their noses were brushing and her limbs felt weak. She let out a breath.He wetted his lips and brushed his nose around her neck smelling her scent, (citrus, magic, ink and lily flowers. Delicate yet enticing so enticing) his mouth seemed to water and his fangs seemed to sharpen. His eyes looked clouded as in a haze of lust.
"Tell me your name" brushing his lips around her neck, she felt his fangs teased her skin. She tried to suppress the shiver that seemed to pass down her spine. While he suppressed a groan and broke one of the shelves next to her face with brute force, making even more books fall. " What have you done to me Witch, you seem to ensnare me with just your very presence, it ain't no spell nor love potion I have felt them before. "
(Hermione looked at him, with sad eyes thinking to herself, Maria the witch that gave him a love potion and imperios his mind to do her bidding.)
" This is different, all consuming, and desperate. This needs to have you, mark your skin. I feel you in my very being day and night since the day you arrived. At first I didn't get it, why am I feeling this for someone I never met." She felt her heart quicken the way he seemed to be tormented by this bond, this link they made without intending to. She felt her resolve to severe the bond strengthen at the sight of his tormented face. Her mind was getting foggy it did not help that he was barely a breath away from her lips, when he started talking again. "I do know you, or rather my soul knows you. I saw the memories you shared with Renesmee, the child,the woman, the warrior and the witch you are. All of it is.. " forcing herself to stay lucid, She cut him off guard an lifted her hand as she pressed her palms firmly in the center of his chest. "Depulso" without having any time to think Jasper flew over a stack of books. She got up on the floor, fixed the books and what Jasper had broken ,with a wave of her hand everything was good as new. Holding on to her neck she walked close to him, before he could move she got her wand out and whispered "Petrificus Totalus" without being able to move she bent down and fixed his hair. " I am truly sorry that my arrival here activated the bond, I didn't know this would happen. Merlin knows I don't like making people do things they do not want. Unless it is necessary. ( Recalling the "for the greater good " frase Dumbledore was so fond of)"I am going to sever this bond and you won't have to feel compelled to follow me around, which by Merlin's beard I beg of you stop doing, it's called stalking for a reason. And do not fool yourself thinking that you know anything at all about me or my past. After this, let's not see each other again and if by the odd chance we do I expect you not to touch me without my permission, nor put your lips or fangs on my person. Breathing loudly and blushing she stood up as the clerk from the book cafe called her for her breakfast. " The spell will wear off in thirty minutes, enough time for me to pay for my book and eat my breakfast. Well, that been said, let's not do this again, shall we "
Walking towards the clerk, she tried to regain her barring as the all so kind clerk gave her his food.
"Here you go Miss, your oats and English tea freshly brewed." Looking at her he noticed a mark on her neck, one that was not there before.
"Are you okay Miss?" Pointing at her neck.
"Oh that, I had a disagreement"
"That was quite the disagreement if you ask me" saying with a wink
Putting her hand on her neck she healed the marks Jasper Hale had left on her neck. "I will like to pay for this book as well"
" sure it will forty american dollars"
"Of course, here you go"
"Thank You!!"
After eating her breakfast she left the store and "Aparated" to her Uncle's house. Arriving she noticed everyone was preparing for a meeting , a fireplace ready all except the fire, tents being rearranged, food area and a seating place next to where the fire will be.
"Hermione" called her Uncle Billy
"Uncle how have you been? It's been three months since I last saw you. How's Jacob? How's everyone?"
" We are fine, don't worry your pretty little head about it. As for Jacob he went to visit Renesmee. He'll come back before night falls. Everyone wants to have a meeting, it seems there was an intruder in our lands and tensions have been high since our last dispute with the Cullen's. We need to keep everyone in good spirits, As we prepare for our annual feast. The campfire is ready, one is nightfall, we can share the stories of our ancestors, it will be good if you stay today. Will you join us?"
"I will, but I have to leave before ten, I am researching you see.."
"Oh yes! The breaking of the bonds, quite a tricky thing that is. Did you discovered who is your soulmate already"
" Yes, I have. He agrees with me in not wanting this bond."
"Is he one of us? Or a no-maj"
"Worst"
His face turned sour and understood her disappointment and disagreement. "It is one of them?"
(a gave him a nod, acknowledging he was right).
"Sadly we do not get to choose sometimes, but you can deny the bond, just stay strong and follow the instructions of the book you got. It will help greatly. Take heart and trust the ancestors to guide you"
"I will do"
" Now let's get out of here and join the tribe. They are expecting you after all."
Walking alongside her uncle and with a sigh of relief she walked towards the tribe and the pack of shape shifters.