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Of Lions And Lambs - Part Three	By : Marblez Category: Harry Potter Crossovers > Slash - Male/Male Views: 5221 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Chapter Fourteen

"Look who's finally decided to turn up!" Emmett crowed loudly as the couple entered the house after stowing Jaspers motorbike safely in the garage with all the other family vehicles, their arms wrapped around each others waists.

"Yeah, sorry we're late," Draco apologised, looking around at the faces of his boyfriend's family. One in particular looked very upset with them – Alice. "Something came up…" he trailed off as her annoyed glare hardened.

"Oh, I know exactly what came up!" the tiny vampire growled at them, standing with her hands on her hips and looking absolutely terrifying.

Draco felt his cheeks warm up as he blushed uncharacteristically. He and Jasper had been running perfectly on time when they had left the Graduation Ceremony. Harry had arrived at the house with Teddy, the little boys things all packed for his 'holiday' and the three of them (Draco, Jasper and a slightly tearful Harry) had waved Lucius, Narcissa and Teddy off on their holiday to England.

"I know it's to keep him safe but I am going to miss him so much…" Harry had mumbled tearfully and Draco had taken the other wizard into his arms, comforting him until Jacob had arrived and whisked him away to cheer him up before the party.

That was when their time keeping had started to go a little…wrong.

Left alone in the house one thing had led to another and instead of getting ready for the graduation party the couple had made love on the rug in front of the roaring fire, taking their time to worship each others bodies to the full as they gave in to their shared passion. It had been truly…wonderful.

And then, after a very long shower together, they had finally gotten ready and set off for the Cullens house on Jasper's motorbike…two and a half hours later than the time Alice had suggested (ordered) them to be there by.

"Did you think I wouldn't know?" Alice asked.

"I'd…forgotten that you…would…" Draco admitted, feeling more embarrassed now than he had ever felt before – Alice had had a vision of them having sex. That was quite a bit…disturbing. "Sorry, Alice…"

"Ok…I guess I forgive you," Alice sighed deeply before giving a cheeky little laugh, "I have to say…it was one of the hottest visions I've ever seen! Normally I try to ignore those types of visions, well unless they include me of course, but this one caught me unawares and then I just…couldn't help myself…"

"Alice! You perve!" Draco laughed, his embarrassment fading slowly as the female vampire giggled wickedly behind her hand. Emmett snorted loudly, muttering something to Jasper as he thumped him on the back. Draco guessed it was probably something crude by the way Jasper growled softly at him. "So…anything I can do to help with the party preparations?"

"Yes. I need your help with the lights," Alice said, grabbing Draco's hand and pulling him up the main stairs of the house and into the living room/dining room which had been completely transformed into a dance floor worthy of one of the top nightclubs. "See I've got all these different hanging lights and the cube lights for people to sit on but…well…I was hoping that you could make the fade in and out to the beat of the music?" she asked him hopefully.

"Er…" Draco mumbled, "I'll try but I don't think there is a specific spell for that. I may have to improvise and there's no guarantee that it'll work."

"S'ok. Just do you best," she said with a confident smile, "I'm sure you'll figure out something. Now I'm off to help Esme arrange the food in the kitchen. She's been cooking like crazy and it looks absolutely delicious."

"I'm sure it is delicious," Draco said, drawing his wand as he started trying to think of a combination of spells that would create the effect the vampire wanted. "How long have I got to get this done?"

"I've asked the DJ to arrive half an hour before the party starts so that gives you about forty-five minutes," Alice answered, "He's a…oh, what's that term you use all the time…oh! He's a muggle."

"Right," Draco nodded in understanding, "I'll get to work then."

Eventually Draco managed to find a combination of spells which soft of created the affect Alice had asked for and five minutes later the muggle DJ arrived to set up. Talk about lucky timing!

"Hey," Draco mumbled in greeting when his boyfriend joined him after completing whatever task Alice had set him. "All ready for the party?"

"Yes sir," Jasper drawled with a happy smile, pulling his boyfriend into his arms and beginning to sway to a piece of imaginary music whilst Alice grilled the poor DJ about what sort of a music selection he had brought, holding in her hands a large stack of CD's – her "suggestions."

They danced together as the DJ checked the volume levels and ran a few songs by Alice and they were still dancing together in the middle of the "dance floor" when the guests started to arrive, each and every one of them reacting with gobs-smacked amazement as they entered the mysterious Cullen house.

"Fancy hitting the buffet table before it's all gone?" Draco suggested as other people joined them on the dance floor, many of them greeting them like the friends they had become since Draco and Bella had pulled the Cullens out of their self-induced solitude.

"I'd love to," Jasper responded, slipping an arm around Draco's waist and leading the blond wizard off of the dance floor and along the hall to the kitchen which was buzzing with activity as people loaded paper plates with food from the mouth-watering buffet and drank from plastic cups filled with the deliciously refreshing fruit punch.

"Draco, my man! You have to try this food!" Eric called out from where he was adding more food to the mountain that already adorned his plate. Mike probably would have said something similar if he hadn't just stuffed a mini-slice of pizza into his mouth. "It's amazing!"

Grinning at his friends Draco accepted the plate his boyfriend handed him and began to help himself to the food that he fancied. He did not, however, take as much as his muggle friends had.

"Hey, you not eating, Jasper?" Mike asked, frowning deeply at the vampire.

"He's been speaking food all day," Draco snorted, helping to cover for his boyfriend who shot him a thankful look, not quite a quick at coming up with cover stories as the wizard was. "What was it you said, you were 'testing the quality'?"

Mike and Eric roared with laughter, congratulating Jasper on his clever tactics before (finally) leaving the kitchen.

"Thank you," Jasper said, pressing a kiss to Draco's lips. "I'll get you a drink," he said softly before moving away from his boyfriend, weaving through the crowd of people raiding the delicious food.

Once loaded up with enough food to keep him happy without being greedy Draco headed out of the kitchen, Jasper falling into step beside him. He was looking for a free seat when he spotted Bella arrive looking shockingly under-dressed. Obviously she'd ignored whatever advice Alice had given her.

"Bella!" and there were Jessica and Angela looking suitably over-dressed in their party frocks. Jasper muttered something under his breath as the girls briefly spoke to their friend before heading back onto the dance floor.

"What was that?" Draco asked.

"Angela's skirt is too short," Jasper muttered. Draco snorted in disbelief…until he realised that his boyfriend was serious. "Ladies shouldn't show that much of themselves in public. It isn't decent."

"Sometimes I forget how old fashioned you are at heart and then you go and say something like that," Draco chuckled, reaching out to stroke Jaspers cheek gently. "Times are different now, Jasper, plus…well, Angela has a fantastic pair of legs and she should be allowed to show them off once in a while…"

"Draco?" Harry's voice interrupted whatever else Draco was going to say on the matter, causing the blond wizard to turn and smile at his friend as he approached, accompanied by his mate and two other members of his pack. "Hey."

"Hey," Draco nodded back at Harry, frowning as he noticed the red puffiness in Harry's eyes. The other teen had been crying not too long ago. "You ok?" Harry nodded, stepping closer to Jacob as his mate slid an arm around his waist. Draco looked eyes with the shape-shifter and for a moment they were locked in a silent conversation, the worried and caring look in Jacob's eyes reassuring Draco that he would take care of Harry.

"Food looks good," Quil, one of the two pack members who had accompanied Harry and Jacob said eagerly, reaching out and snatching a mini-sausage roll from Draco's plate, popping it into his mouth whole.

"Hey! Paws off my food!" Draco snapped, pulling the plate out of his reach.

"Alice?" Bella asked worriedly as she pushed past the group, heading for Alice who stood frozen on the stairs, her eyes glazed with a vision, her expression one of worry. "We're not going to Seattle, are we?" Bella asked slowly as Alice came out of her vision, staring down at Bella with fear filled eyes.

"No," she said, her voice shaking with emotion, "They're coming here."

"That's not good," Draco said, stepping up to Bella's side and placing his free hand on her shoulder. "Alice? What should we do?"

"We need to talk. All of us," Alice said, locking eyes with Bella, then Draco, then Jacob. "I'll get the others and meet you in the den," she concluded, her voice more serious than Draco had ever heard before.

No, he thought to himself, this was definitely not good.

"Alice? Tell us what you saw," Carlisle ordered softly as he, Esme and Edward stepped into the den, their faces etched with worry. Surprisingly Edward didn't go straight to his girlfriends side, choosing instead to lean against the long counter/desk opposite the place where she stood between Harry and Draco. The muggle girl hesitated a few moments before crossing the room to be beside her boyfriend.

Draco frowned, confused, when he caught the satisfied smile that flashed across Edwards face as he slipped his arm around her waist. Why had he wanted her to move across the room? And why hadn't he just asked her to move?

Weird…

"Wait," Alice said instead of answering, staring at the gap left between Draco and Harry with a somewhat hopeful and nervous expression on her face.

"What are we wai-"

Draco's (quite valid) question was answered before he'd even finished asking it when, with a very loud pop and a wild blur of movement, Charlie Weasley appeared between the two wizards.

So that's why Edward wanted her to move, Draco thought as Harry jumped in surprise, actually stumbling against his mate's side. Well really, he or Alice could have at least said something.

"Ali…" Charlie half-mumbled, half slurred as he stumbled forwards, falling to the ground at her feet as she giggled. Reaching up he presented her with what had once been a beautiful bouquet of flowers. "Sorry m'late…"

"What's wrong with him?" Bella asked as Alice accepted the tired looking flowers, cradling them in her arms as a happy smile shone from her face. "Is he…Is he drunk or something?"

"No," Draco said, shaking his head as Charlie groaned as if in pain, pressing his hands against his eyes. "He's suffering the rather nasty side affects that accompany International Apparation. Not many people use it as a form of long distance travel any more; they use Portkeys which were invented years and years ago to replace International Apparation."

"Alice! He's going to be sick!" Edward cried as he heard the wizard's thoughts. Alice quickly lifted him to his feet with one hand (sometimes vampire strength came in really handy) and hurried him towards the door, still cradling her flowers ever so carefully in her other arm.

"We'll be right back," she called out over her shoulder before hurrying the red head out of the room, heading for one of the family bathrooms on the floor above that the party goers didn't know about.

"What exactly are the side affects?" Harry asked Draco, both confused and curious about this unknown form of transport. "And why have I never heard of International Apparation?"

"You learn about it in Seventh Year so don't feel bad about not knowing about it," Draco answered his second question first, combining his simple answer with a shrug. "You were a bit busy saving the world at the time."

"Oh yeah…"

"And the side affects vary, depending on the strength of the users magic and the distance travelled," Draco explained, "But the common side affects are dizziness, light-headedness, extreme nausea, blurred vision, headaches, nosebleeds, aching joints and slurred speech."

"That doesn't sound fun…" Jacob muttered.

"What's the worst side affect anyone has ever suffered?" Carlisle asked, sounding concerned, obviously seeing it from a medical point of view.

"Well…death," Draco answered, albeit hesitantly. "Heart attacks…broken necks…internal bleeding…um…yeah…it's dangerous."

"That does not sound like a safe way to travel…"

"It's not, hence why only desperate people still use it…well, desperate or completely insane," Draco answered with a smirk. Clearly he thought that Charlie Weasley fell into both categories.

"He'll be ok though, right?" Harry asked worriedly.

"The Weasleys have a decent strength of magic in their family and as long as he made his journey as short as possible, no detours or anything he should be fine in a couple of hours," Draco answered reassuringly just as Alice re-entered the room, supporting almost all of her mates weight as she crossed the room and lowered him down into a handy chair.

"Hey, Charlie, you ok?" Harry asked the red head softly as Alice moved to stand behind him, her hands resting on his strong shoulders, rubbing the tense muscles soothingly.

"Yeah, I'll…I'll be fine," Charlie said, his voice stronger than before but still terribly weak compared to normal.

"Why didn't you just come by Portkey or…or by plane?" Harry asked.

"Well, today was Dominique's christening," Charlie explained, "Another little girl for Bill, the spitting image of her mother. They're so happy. Anyway the whole family was there and as I'm the Godfather I definitely couldn't miss it."

Everyone nodded in agreement and understanding.

"I had planned on leaving the party quite early but…that didn't happen," Charlie continued, rolling his eyes at the memory, "Mum would not stop talking and by the time I finally managed to escape I'd missed the Portkey I'd arranged and had no other choice but to use International Apparation."

"How was it?" Draco asked.

"Absolutely horrible," Charlie shuddered, his face turning slightly green once more, "Imagine somersaulting all the way from Egypt to here…"

"Egypt?" Harry asked in surprise.

"Haven't you got Ron's letter yet?" Charlie asked in confusion.

"Er…no," Harry muttered. "Why?"

"He said he'd written to you about what's been going on…" Charlie mumbled.

"The owl he sent the letter with has gotten lost," Alice interrupted quickly, grinning to herself, "It will get here…eventually…"

"Errol? He sent the letter with Errol?" Harry asked with a laugh, remembering the amount of times the Weasley family owl had gotten lost or had an accident or flown into closed windows…"Why didn't he send it with Pig?"

"Pig?" Jacob snorted.

"Pig is another owl," Harry explained, causing everyone to snort with laughter, "I know, an owl called Pig doesn't sound very logical but it's actually short for Pigwidgen…don't ask…" he muttered as Jacob gave an even louder snort.

"He couldn't send the letter with Pig. Ginny was using Pig. Is still using Pig," Charlie explained, suddenly tilting to the side so much he would have fallen if not for Alice's strong grip on his shoulders. "Thanks."

"Why's Pig been busy?" Harry asked.

"I'm not allowed to tell you but you'll find out soon enough," Charlie answered, being remarkably cryptic for a man who couldn't even seem to focus on anything. "Don't worry, it's nothing bad. In fact it's really good…"

"Ok…"

"Sadly I think we need to get back to the matter at hand," his smile was quickly replaced by a worried frown as he asked Alice, "What have you seen?"

"They're coming here," Alice answered seriously.

"I feared they would," Carlisle said softly, looking round at the serious faces of his family and friends. "We cannot let them reach the town…"

"So what can we do?" Bella asked fearfully.

"Fight," Jasper and Draco answered together. "Away from the town," Jasper continued, "Head them off before they reach the humans."

"It'll be a bloody fight, with lives lost," Carlisle predicted sadly, looking around the room at each possible combatant. Bella's eyes widened in the sudden realisation that some of them might not survive the battle. "We have no right to ask for your help," this statement was directed at the three wizards and the shape-shifters. "But I fear we must. They will have the advantage of numbers and strength and without help it is unlikely that we will survive…"

"Carlisle, nothing will stop me fighting alongside the man I love," Draco said, his voice soft but very serious as he took Jasper's hand in his own. Charlie mumbled in agreement, placing his hands on top of Alice's as they still rest on his shoulders,

"Same here…although you are most definitely not a man…"

"How big is this army?" Jacob asked.

"I don't know," Alice answered honestly, "The numbers keep changing…"

"Well then…I guess that means we're in," he said with a grin.

"Yeah, at least we'll get to kill some vampires," Quil muttered, his look combined with his words and his tone of voice making it very obvious he still didn't trust the Cullens and definitely didn't like them.

"No…guys, it's too dangerous for you…" Bella gasped softly.

"Hey, don't sweat it, Bella," Embry said with a broad grin. "We're Werewolves – killing vampires is what we do!"

Harry frowned in disapproval of the shape-shifters cheerful attitude concerning the on-coming battle and loss of life but said nothing, his eyes seeking out the compassionate amber eyes of the Covens leader. After a moment he nodded in silent confirmation – he would fight for the same reason he had always fought.

He would fight because it was the right thing to do.

"We need to plan a meeting," Jasper said, his clear voice cutting through the music coming from the party continuing without them. "The pack will need instruction on how to fight Newborns."

"I'm sure we can figure it out ourselves, vampire," Quill snapped.

"You have no idea what your facing," Jasper said, his voice heavy and serious. "Without the knowledge we can offer you…you will be of no use to us in the battle."

"He's right," Jacob murmured, silencing Quils further protests with a stern look. "So when will this meeting take place? I'm guessing the sooner the better…"

"Today," Jasper answered, "How late is too late for you?"

"What time?" Jacob asked with a roll of his eyes.

"Three o'clock?"

"Where?"

"About ten miles due north of the Hoh Forest ranger station. Come at it from the west and you'll be able to follow our scent in," Jasper issued the other with practised precision and Draco found it oddly arousing to hear the commanding tone mixed with the deep voice and accent…

"We'll be there," Jacob confirmed. "Quil. Embry. Head back to the others and let them know what's been arranged."

"What about you?" Quil asked.

"Harry promised me a dance," Jacob answered with a wicked grin.

"I did not! I told you I couldn't dance!" Harry protested with a laugh.

"And that just challenged me to teach you so come on, the dance floor is beckoning," Jacob said, earning a chuckle from many people in the room and an outright laugh from Draco as Harry turned his pleading eyes on him.

"It's about me you learned how to dance," was all he said in response to the silent begging, earning another chuckle from the group in the room. The look Harry sent him promised revenge in some way or another and then he was gone, being dragged behind his eager boyfriend on the way to the dance floor.

"So…now what?" Bella asked softly as Quil and Embry left the room.

"Is there or is there not a party going on?" Draco asked. Alice laughed happily, clapping her hands happily. Bella looked both shocked and confused. "We're not doing anything until the early hours of this morning and I don't know about anyone else but I'd rather spend the time between now and then enjoying myself than stressing over what's to come."

"Well said, Draco," Carlisle said with a smile of his own. "Everyone should enjoy themselves tonight – we will have plenty to worry about in the near future. So please, go and have fun and we shall all see each other in the clearing at the appointed time tomorrow morning."

"And I thought Lavender Brown was bad…" Harry sighed as the last of the party quests left at one in the morning. He was, of course, referring to Jessica Stanley. "Does she ever stop talking?"

"No," Draco laughed, "But she isn't quite as nuts as Brown is."

"Draco, you shouldn't call someone nuts," Esme chided him softly, standing with her hand on her hips as she surveyed the mess left over from the party, paper plates filled with scraps of food and plastic cups had been left on any flat surface. Even with vampire speed it was going to take her a while to tidy up the mess.

"Um, Mrs Cullen?" Harry asked softly, smiling apologetically at the kind hearted vampire when she met his gaze. "Lavender…was kind of nuts. She dated my friend Ron and got all obsessive, possessive about him," he chuckled softly, "I mean, she called him Won-Won."

Everyone sniggered softly at that.

"Didn't he dump her in the end?" Draco asked, drawing his wand and casting a quick clean-up spell. Esme jumped in surprise as the black bin liner she had been holding leapt out of her hands, opening up in mid air so that all the plates and cups could fly into it all by themselves.

"Well…that's a bit complicated," Harry mumbled softly, rubbing the back of his neck. Draco frowned at him in confusion. "Um…it was when he got poisoned…"

"Oh…" Draco gasped, his smile vanishing instantly, "You mean when I…"

"Um…it was when he was recovering the hospital wing…" Harry continued, neither confirming nor denying the fact that it had been Draco who had poisoned Ron. "Simply put it wasn't Lavender he asked for when he was unconscious."

"Granger," Draco guessed, a small smile returning.

"Yup. But of course he didn't remember a thing so it still took them another year to get together," Harry finished the story with a grin. Chuckles were heard from everyone in the room, everyone but Carlisle, Esme and Jacob remembering the couple from the party in England.

"I really must apologise to Weasley for poisoning him," Draco sighed.

"It's in the past, Draco," Harry said softly, reaching out and patting the blonds shoulder reassuringly. "You aren't that person any more."

"You poisoned someone?" Jacob asked. Draco sighed sadly, his eyes dropping to the ground as the shame of his past returned. He really didn't want to tell his story again…he couldn't tell his story again…

"It's a long story," Harry answered for him, moving back to his mate and taking his hands in his own. Jasper pulled Draco into his arms, using his gift to ease his mate's guilt with his own feeling of love. "I'll tell you when we've got more time."

"Ok, everyone, we've got a couple of hours until the meeting so if you three want to you can go home and change into something a little more suitable for the training session," Carlisle suggested, smiling at the three mortals left in the room.

Charlie had disappeared about an hour after his arrival and hadn't been seen since but they weren't worried – Alice had told everyone that he was sleeping off a nasty case of "jet lag" in her room. She'd spent the rest of the night balancing the jobs of perfect hostess and loving girlfriend.

"I think that's a good idea," Draco agreed, smoothing down the green silk shirt of his designer outfit, his gaze dropping to his favourite black dress shoes. "There is no way I am ruining these shoes – they're designer."

"Could you have sounded any more gay right then?" Jacob snorted, earning himself a deadly glare from the blond wizard. Harry hid a smile behind his hand before tugging on Jacob's arm, pulling him towards the front door of the house – he wasn't going to say it but he had been thinking pretty much the same thing as Draco.

"Do you even own scruffy clothes, Draco?" Bella asked with complete seriousness. She'd never seen him looking less than perfect in all the time she'd known him and she had also come to suspect that pretty much every item of clothing he owned was designer, be it muggle or magical.

"I have some old clothes that I can wear," Draco answered, thinking of the 'old clothes' he was referring to – clothes he hadn't worn since the war that he wouldn't care if they got ruined beyond repair. "What about you? Are you going to change before the practise session?"

"She won't be fighting," Edward interrupted quickly before spiriting his girlfriend up to his room before she could begin to protest that she wanted to help.

"Obviously not," Draco muttered, "But she still might want to change…"

"She'll be fine," Alice announced in her all knowing way. "Don't worry about her. Now, Charlie's about to wake up so I'll see you later," she announced happily, waving goodbye to all of them before disappearing up the stairs.

"So…fancy going for a moonlit ride on the bike?" Jasper asked softly, pressing his lips close to Draco's ear as he stood behind him, his arms snaking around the wizard's slim waist. "We could find somewhere remote…off the beacon path and…find some way to pass the time…"

"Hmmm…" Draco hummed thoughtfully, "That sounds like a good idea…"

"We'll just leave you two to it, then," Carlisle muttered, sharing a fond smile with his wife as the two lovers, completely oblivious of the other people in the room, hurried towards the garage and the silver motorbike that was calling out to them…

"Jasper?" Draco asked from his position on the vampires back, holding onto his boyfriends shoulders as Jasper held onto his legs, keeping the wizard in place as he sped through the forest. "Why didn't you choose somewhere that I knew? Then I could have Apparate us there…"

"Emmett and I have sparred here before," Jasper answered, slowing down as they approached the clearing that was hidden amidst all the trees. "Plus it's relatively close to the border so the pack shouldn't feel as uncomfortable or as vulnerable as they would have if I'd chosen somewhere closer to out home."

"Oh," Draco answered softly, dropping down from his boyfriends back once they came to a halt, "Ok, I guess that does make sense."

"Hey, magic boy!" Emmett called loudly in greeting. "Finally gonna show us some of you moves are you?"

"Well, someone's got to show you how it's done, Emmett," Draco responded with a laugh. "And do you know what? I think I'm going to enjoy kicking your arse."

"Oh, it is on!" Emmett roared with laughter, clapping his hands together and creating a sound as loud as thunder. Beside him Rosalie rolled her eyes, her expression as cold as ever.

"Edward and Bella are on their way," Alice announced from where she stood beside her mate. Draco fought back a grin as he noticed how much smaller she looked when she was with her mate – compared to the dragon keeper she was absolutely tiny! "And as I've just lost everything I'm going to assume that the wolves are on their way as well."

"Hey, Edward," Emmett called out to his brother, the first to notice them as the couple stepped into the clearing. "Hey, Bella. Is he going to let you practice too?"

"Please, Emmett, I've already been through this with her once already. Don't give her any more ideas," Edward muttered, earning a glare from his girlfriend.

"When will our guests arrive?" Carlisle asked.

"A minute and a half," Edward answered, "But I'm going to have to translate. They don't trust us enough to use their human forms."

"This is hard for them," Carlisle murmured in understanding, his voice deep and serious, "I'm grateful they're coming at all."

"They're coming as wolves?" Bella asked in surprise. Edward nodded and Draco was surprised to see a flash of fear in his muggle friend's eyes. She was frightened of the pack? Since when?

"Prepare yourselves – they've been holding out on us," Edward said suddenly, turning his eyes towards the boundary line between the two groups.

"What do you mean?" Alice practically demanded.

He shushed her, looking out into the darkness.

"Damn…" Emmett muttered. "Did you ever see anything like it?"

"What?" Draco asked, squinting as he tried to see what all the vampires were now reacting to. All he could see was darkness. Bella echoed his questions, her voice filled with confusion just as his had been.

"The pack has grown," Edward announced softly.

A moment later and Draco understood what he meant. The last he had heard there had been five or six wolves…but ten of them stepped into the clearing, illuminated by the moon shining down upon them.

Ten giant wolves.

"Whoa," he muttered.

"Hey!" Harry called out as he stepped into the clearing in the centre of the pack of wolves, his hand reaching out to stroke the fur of the wolf closest to him. When he tried to step away from the wolves the russet coloured wolf pressed its head against his stomach, effectively stopping him. "Jacob…"

"He wants you close for now," Edward explained softly.

"Over-protective idiot…" Harry muttered, scratching the wolfs neck fondly.

"You look every bit the Gryffindor," Draco chuckled deeply, nodding to the dark haired wizard's clothes. Harry chuckled, nodding in understanding. Unlike the Cullens who were all wearing dark t-shirts and jeans (plus Charlie who seemed to have borrowed some clothes from Emmett) and Draco who was wearing some of his old Death Eater clothes (all black), Harry had come dressed in a bright red jumper of the hand-knitted variety, a golden lion roaring upon his chest and light blue jeans. Everything he wore looked worn and well used whereas everything the Cullens and Draco wore was pristine.

"Hey, isn't that…?" Charlie spoke up, sounding both confused and amused.

"Yeah. I've kept all of them, despite the fact that most of them don't fit me any more," Harry explained with a cheerful smile. For the benefit of everyone who wasn't a Weasley he explained further, "Charlie's mum knits jumpers for everyone at Christmas. They've always been special to me because…because the first one I received when I was eleven was the first present I'd ever received."

Jacob the wolf growled angrily.

"Hey, don't get upset," Harry told him, scratching his neck once more, "It's all in the past and...Hakuna Matata. Plus…I love getting these jumpers."

"Welcome," Carlisle said to the wolves, stepping forwards and drawing their attention back to the matter at hand. Slowly he pulled the scarf he always seemed to wear from about his neck, revealing his neck to the people present. For the first time Draco saw the ragged scar on the kind mans neck.

"Thank you," Edward responded on behalf of the wolves, his voice rather flat and emotionless. It was obvious he was not enjoying his role of translator. "We will watch and listen, but no more. This is the most we can ask of our self-control."

"That is more than enough," Carlisle answered. "My son Jasper has experience in this area. He will teach us how they fight, how they are to be defeated. I'm sure you can apply this to your own hunting style."

"They are different from you?" Edward asked for the pack.

"They are all very new – only months old to this life," Carlisle explained seriously, "Children, in a way. They will have no skill or strategy, only brute strength. Tonight their numbers stand at twenty. Ten for us, ten for you – it shouldn't be difficult. The numbers may go down. The new ones fight amongst themselves."

"We are willing to take more than our share, if necessary."

"We'll see how this plays out," Carlisle said with a sad smile.

"Do you know when and how they'll arrive?"

"They'll come across the mountains in four days, in the late morning," Carlisle explained, sharing a look with Alice who confirmed all he was saying with a nod. That was the latest vision she had seen about the newborns arrival. "As they approach, Alice will help us intercept their path."

"Thank you for the information. We will watch."

Draco watched, slightly amused as the ten wolves settled down onto the grown, resting their heads on their paws, their eyes locked on the group in the middle of the clearing. Only Harry was left standing in their group, leaning back against Jacob's body with the back of his legs, his hand petting the soft fur between his ears almost subconsciously.

"Carlisle's right," Jasper said, stepping forwards and taking the head of the covens place in the middle of the two groups. He looked tense, his eyes alert and moving from wolf to wolf in the moonlight. Draco wished he didn't have to do this. Teaching them how to defeat newborns would be another painful reminder of his past and he knew how his boyfriend must be feeling, he'd had enough painful reminders himself to know. He longed to go to his vampire, to offer him comfort and support but he knew he couldn't…not yet anyway.

"They'll fight like children," Jasper continued, his voice taking on a commanding tone as he settled into his old habits of teaching others. He wasn't Jasper Hale any more, he was Major Jasper Whitlock and he was preparing them for war. "The two most important things you'll need to remember are, first, don't let them get their arms around you – they'll crush you in a second."

As he spoke he paced ever so slightly, his shoulders pulled back, his hands clasped behind his back. It a very military posture and Draco could see him slipping further and further into his old habits as he went on…he only hoped he could return to the boyfriend he loved after all of this was over. Commanding Jasper might be sexy as hell but he'd prefer his kind and caring Jasper any day.

"And second, never go for the obvious kill. That's all they'll be prepared for and you-will-loose," he said, his voice deadly serious before turning away from the wolves, facing his family. "Emmett!" he barked out, making his brother laugh in anticipation, hurrying forwards to take up a position opposite Jasper. "Don't hold back," Jasper said with a wicked grin.

"Not in my nature," Emmett responded.

And then he was running at Jasper, faster than a man of his size and bulk should be able to and Jasper…Jasper was little more than a blur as he twisted out of the way, sliding under the bigger vampires attack whilst as the same time reaching up to continue his own attack.

Draco let out a startled cry when Emmett managed to grab hold of his boyfriend and launch him into the air, sending him tumbling across the clearing. Jasper hit the ground hard but was on his feet in an instant, charging at Emmett and within moments he had him pinned to the ground in a position that he could have easily killed him from.

"Never loose focus," he drawled down at his brother, giving the bigger vampire a smirk that brought out a flush on Draco's cheek. Smirking Jasper was hot!

"Again!" Emmett growled angrily.

"It's my turn," Edward protested, stepping forwards.

"But…"

"Emmett, let your brother have his turn," Carlisle ordered, confirming that like all families it sometimes came down to the father figure to keep order and balance. "Now, Jasper, if you don't mind…"

"Of course not, Carlisle," Jasper conceded, stepping out of the way so that Carlisle could take his place, facing off against Edward. "I'd like to watch everyone fight. I may be able to offer some pointers."

"He's good at this," Harry commented softly as Edward and Carlisle began to spar with each other. Draco hummed in agreement, his eyes locked on Jaspers face as he watched him assess the fighting skills being demonstrated before him. This was tough for him, Draco could see the weariness in Jaspers eyes.

He didn't want to fight any more…

"And another thing…" Jasper spoke up at the end of the fight which Edward had won by pinning his father to the ground. The younger vampire turned away, heading back to his girlfriend with a smile on his face…until Carlisle reached up and pulled him down to the ground, pinning him to the ground by his throat. "Never turn your back on your enemy!"

That sexy smirk was back…

Rosalie was up next and Jasper fought her with the same speed and ability he had used against her husband, twisting out of her reach every time it looked like she was going to get the better of him. Her fighting style was both vicious and graceful – somehow when Jasper had thrown her away she had managed to land on her feet, ready to continue their fight.

Jasper won in the end but in no way did Rosalie make it easy for him.

She was definitely a woman to watch out for…

"Alice," Jasper called out, beckoning her to step forwards. Charlie tightened his grip on her shoulders (not that that would have stopped her if she really wanted to move) and Alice smiled up at him reassuringly,

"I'll be fine."

"But she's so small…" Bella mumbled in disbelief as the two vampires faced each other in the centre of the clearing, Alice smiling confidently at her opponent. The smile on her face told everyone she already knew how the fight was going to end. "How can she…"

And then Alice moved, doing of all things a cartwheel to evade Jaspers attack. After that it was like watching a deadly dance, Alice managing to evade Jasper with twists, turns and fancy footwork. And then just when Jasper seemed to get the upper hand on her she disappeared completely.

"Where'd she…" Bella began to ask just as Alice dropped out of the tree above Jasper, knocking him down and pinning him to the ground by his throat.

"You should have known better Jasper," she giggled down at him, "Never underestimate your opponent." Leaning down she pressed a kiss to his forehead before skipping back to her mate, hugging him around the waist and laughing as his gob-smacked expression. Obviously he had not been expecting that.

"The newborns wont act as logically as we do," Jasper announced as he gracefully climbed back to his feet. "They will allow their instincts to rule them but do not fall under the illusion that this will make them easier to kill – their instincts are to kill and they will be very good at it."

"Jasper?" Esme asked softly, stepping forwards. "May I have my turn?"

"Of course," Jasper nodded, "Who do you want to face?"

"Carlisle."

"No fair, he gets to go twice," Emmett grumbled in an amusingly childlike voice. Carlisle actually smirked in his direction before charging at his wife.

Their fight didn't take long and surprisingly it was Esme that came out on top…literally, pinning her husband to the ground with a fierce growl. Who knew Esme could be so frightening, Draco thought to himself, I mean, come on…it's Esme!

"You'll have to work harder than that to best me," she smiled teasingly down at him as she straddled his shoulders, her strong hands pressing his arms into the ground above his head. Slowly she leaned down a pressed a kiss to his lips and Draco suddenly realised that this was the first time he'd ever seen the couple kiss.

"Ew. Could you…not?" Edward begged his parents who chuckled guiltily, shooting their telepathic son smiles of apology before moving back to their place in the line the family had subconsciously created.

Draco snorted. Carlisle and Esme had been having naughty thoughts. He wasn't the only one chuckling at this, Emmett was barely holding back his laughter. Even Jasper allowed himself to smile in amusement for a second before his serious look returned and he spoke to everyone gathered around him,

"We'll need to co-ordinate out attack to keep Bella and the others safe…"

"Hang on a minute!" Draco interrupted, stepping out of the line to face his boyfriend. "Who said we would need protecting? If I remember correctly I told you I would fight alongside you. I'm not going to cower at the sidelines whilst you risk you lives to keep us safe. We can help. I've told you we can help. We want to help," he said firmly, locking eyes with his boyfriend, "We're going to help."

"Have you shown them what you can do?" Edward asked, his tone of voice telling everyone that the question had come from one of the wolves. Edward frowned in confusion, "What does he mean?"

"Fancy another duel, Harry?" Draco asked, their two previous duels flashing before his eyes – their duel in second year had ended with the creation of a snake but he'd definitely been loosing up until then and the one a few months ago to demonstrate their powers to the wolves…well he'd lost that one too.

Maybe he'd win this time.

"Go on then," Harry agreed with a grin. The pair of them moved to opposite sides of the clearing between the two groups, drawing their wands as they walked. "Charlie? Feel up to acting as the referee?"

Charlie nodded, kissing the top of Alice's head before moving away from her, taking up a position in between the other two wizards, his own wand held at his side.

"You might want to back up a bit," he warned the Cullens as Draco and Harry saluted each other with their wands. "Right, gentlemen, let's have a fair fight. No Unforgivables. No Dark Magic. And no snakes," Charlie visibly shuddered, ruining his serious announcement of the rules. "I really hate snakes…"

"Ok, Charlie," Harry nodded.

"Got it," Draco agreed.

"Wands at the ready," Charlie ordered and both of them moved into well practised duelling stances, arms spread wide for balance, feet firmly planted and wants pointed towards their opponents. "Well…go for it."

"Expelliarmus!"

The Cullens jumped when Draco deflected the Harry's predictable opening spell with a flick of his wrist, sending it crashing into a tree and causing splinters to rain down on the wolves. Moving quickly he shot his own spell at Harry who dodged, causing the leg-locking spell to strike the tree harmlessly.

"Oh My Gosh…" Esme gasped, covering her mouth in shock.

"You think that's good?" Charlie asked over his shoulder, chuckling, "That's just the simple stuff. Just you wait and see what these two can do…"

Spells flew back and forth between them and then just like during their first duel back when they were twelve Harry got the better of him with that same spell ("Rictusempra!") that sent him tumbling through the air, sending him crashing into a tree and completely winding him. Dimly he heard Charlie ordering someone not to interfere with the duel as he climbed slowly back to his feet, shaking his head in a feeble attempt to stop the ringing in his ears.

"You ok, Draco?" Harry asked from his position, wand still raised ready to attack once more or to defend himself.

"It'll take more than that to beat me, Harry," he replied with a wicked grin, keeping his cool much better than he had when this had happened that first time…or not…"Reducto!"

Harry only just managed to dive out of the way of the blue spell which instead of hitting him hit one of the tall trees behind him. Everyone but the two duelling wizards whose eyes were locked on each other watched in shock as the huge tree just…disintegrated into a pile of sawdust before their eyes.

"Draco," Charlie said loudly, his voice firm. "That was dangerous spell and as such was against the rules I set out earlier…"

"He dodged it," Draco pointed out with a shrug, not denying the fact that he had just broken the rules. "I knew he would otherwise I wouldn't have used it."

"That's beside the point, Draco, stick to rules or forfeit to Harry," Charlie ordered looking back and forth between them. "Restrict your selves to spells that won't result in the death of your opponent."

"What, you mean like Stupefy?" Draco asked, shooting the basic level stunning spell at his unsuspecting opponent. Harry had no time to react before the red flash of light knocked him down to the ground where he lay in a dazed and confused heap. "You ok, Harry?" he mimicked the other teens earlier question, spinning his wand between his fingers as Harry tried (and failed) to get up…there had been A LOT of power behind that stunning spell.

"Harry?" Charlie asked, "Do you yield?"

Harry tried once more to stand only for his legs to give way again.

"I yield," he sighed in defeat, flopping onto his back and staring up at the stars barely visible through the ridiculously tall trees. Draco let out a whoop of triumph, practically bouncing with excitement as he laughed down at Harry,

"I finally beat Harry Potter at a duel! And it's only taken me, what…six years?"

"You know, you've got a bloody powerful stunning spell," Harry groaned as Draco went over to him and offered him his hand. "Er, I think I'll stay down here for a bit longer…at least until I get the feeling back in my legs."

"Ha! Yeah, ok," Draco chuckled, nodding in understanding whilst retracting his offered hand, using it instead to rub at the back of his throbbing head. "I tell you what, those trees are hard!"

"That was…" Carlisle's stunned voice trailed off, his statement picked up immediately by Emmett as the three wizards turned to face Bella and the Cullens,

"…fucking awesome!"

"So…any more objections to us joining in the fight?" Draco asked, looking round at each of the Cullens faces. Most of them looked completely gob-smacked…in fact only Emmett and Alice wore different expressions; excitement in Emmett's case and amusement in Alice's. Draco suspected she had known something like this had been going to happen and had been waiting to see what they could do…"No? No more reasons or excuses? Excellent."

"That was unbelievable," Carlisle managed to finish his earlier statement.

"How…how did you…?" Esme mumbled from behind her hand.

"We learned how about spells and how to duel at school," Harry explained from his position on the floor. "And we perfected our techniques in the war."

"Most of that was actually pretty basic stuff," Charlie explained as he returned to Alice's side, pulling her into his arms as if they'd been together for years – they just seemed to fit together like two pieces of a puzzle. It was nice to see Alice with her mate, knowing how long she'd had to wait for him. "Except of course for that one I told Draco off for. That was not a basic spell."

"Obviously," Rosalie said shortly, frowning at the remains of the tree.

"What spells would you use against a vampire?" Jasper asked softly, locking eyes with his boyfriend. His expression told Draco two things – he understood that Draco could defend himself in need be but he was still worried about how he would fare against a vampire.

"There's a couple that I've found work really well against vampires," Draco explained, clearing his throat awkwardly. This felt wrong. He was going to have to demonstrate how he could destroy them if he wanted to. Turning away from them he aim his wand at the lowest branch of another tree. "Sectumsempra Maxima!"

The tree branch was sliced clean through by what seemed to be nothing more than a gust of air, sending it crashing down to the ground with an echoing thud. His eyes watered slightly s he remembered the day Severus, his Godfather, had taught him that extension of his original spell – the day after the Dark Lord had first used vampires against his opponents. Severus had never trusted them not to turn on their allies in the heat of battle when the smell of blood overwhelmed them.

He'd been right and that spell had saved Draco's life.

"And yes, before you ask, that spell will easily take off a vampires head," Draco explained as calmly as he could manage, trying not to picture any of the Cullens suffering from this spell. "The other spell which is just as effective and slightly more traditional is Inflamaro!"

And with that the branch burst into flames, magical blue flames that consumed the branch from the inside out leaving nothing but a pile of smoking ash without even damaging the surrounding area. The Cullens shifted together, each of them gasping in shock at what they had just witness.

"Vampire to ash in under a minute."

"Ugh…" Harry groaned suddenly, turning positively green, "I think…I think I'm going to be sick…" He only just managed to roll onto his side before he began retching loudly, bringing up the food he'd eaten earlier in painful sounding heaves. Jacob was at his side immediately, whimpering and nudging him with his nose. Carlisle was the next to reach him, the doctor in him taking over as he rushed over to check him over for internal injuries.

"Is he ok?" Draco asked, grabbing Jasper's hand as they all crowded around the retching wizard, careful not to get too close to make him feel trapped. "A stunning spell shouldn't do anything internally…"

"There's no broken ribs," Carlisle announced as he ran his hands up and down Harry's trembling sides. "Harry? Harry, you need to tell me what's wrong?"

"Nothing…just haven't…been feeling 100% lately," Harry admitted, breaking off to throw up once more. "Think I must…have a bug or…something. Sorry…"

"It's not your fault," Carlisle told him reassuringly. "Would you like me to give you a check-over back at the house?"

"No. I'll be fine…I think I should just…go home…and sleep it off…" Harry mumbled, wiping the back of his hand across his mouth. "Ugh…gross. Sorry for ruining the meeting like this."

"Hey. None of that, Harry. Like Carlisle said, it's not your fault," Draco told him simply, "There isn't much more we can do tonight anyway so you get home and worry about getting over that bug."

"Jake…" Harry mumbled pleadingly, holding his stomach weakly. Jacob nodded and disappeared into the darkness surrounding the clearing, returning in a few moments completely human and clad in a pair of drawstring trousers. Leaning down he easily scooped Harry into his arms, cradling him to his chest as he straightened back up. "Sorry…"

"Get well soon, Harry," Draco told him, reaching across and squeezing the other wizards hand, feeling guilty because it was probably their duel that had caused whatever bug he was suffering from to react so badly.

"I guess we might as well call the meeting to an end now," Carlisle said softly as Jacob nodded farewell to everyone before striding swiftly out of the clearing, his attention focused on his mate. "Thank you all for coming."

"Thank you for being honest with us," Edward replied on behalf of the wolves before they turned and headed into the darkness surrounding the clearing. He and Carlisle stepped aside, talking softly together. Jasper moved up behind Draco, sliding his arms around his stomach and pulling him back against him.

"I'm still gonna worry about you," he murmured in his ear.

"And I'm still gonna worry about you," Draco replied, turning his head to press a kiss to Jasper's smooth cheek, "It's what you do when you love someone."

"I love you," Jasper murmured, pressing a kiss to Draco's lips.

"I love you too," Draco echoed, stealing his own kiss before pulling back with a wicked, "Did you know you're really sexy when you give orders like you were earlier? Especially when you smirk…"

"You like me giving orders?" Jasper asked softly.

"Maybe…"

Bella yawned and a moment later, despite his attempt to stop it Draco yawned as well, cursing the fact that yawns were contagious. There went their train of thought, replaced almost instantly by sleepiness and yawning. Oh well, they'd have to continue with that conversation another time…

"Bed time for the humans," Emmett announced with a grin as he caught them both yawning again. Edward was at once at Bella's side, scooping her up into his arms despite her protests.

"Do you want me to carry you?" Jasper offered softly.

"No need," Draco answered, closing his eyes as he leaned into his boyfriends embrace. "Night everyone," he called out to everyone else before Apparating the pair of them directly to his bedroom.

"Handy…" Jasper murmured.

"Mmm…" Draco hummed, suddenly overcome by sleepiness. He'd been completely awake until Bella yawned but now he was about a minute away from unconsciousness. Jasper seemed to sense this, moving him to the bed and stripping him quickly down to his boxers. After doing the same he joined him in the bed, spooning up behind Draco. "Love you…"

He was asleep even before Jasper could respond.

"Love you too…"

A/N Sorry this took so long but life has been so busy and more than a little but rubbish. Just competed in a competition with the matching band I'm in and we lost ON A TECHNICALITY! We would have completely thrashed the other band if not for this one little thing. GRRRR! So annoying! But it was still a fun day I got a silver medal. Yay! Wow…rambling…sorry. Hope you enjoyed the chapter and I will hopefully get the next chapter done a bit sooner…although I'm going camping this weekend…ugh…I hate camping…Never mind. Suggestions welcome!
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