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"I know we did everything that always happens when you're leading up to prom, but I wasn't ready," Bella confessed as Alice helped her into the dress she'd chosen for the evening. "I did not realize just how today was going to go when the week began."
See, she didn't really want to go to the dance, but at the same time, Harry wanted to go since his only other dance experience ended up being terrible and he wanted to know what Americans did differently than Magical Britons. As a result, Edward offered to escort both Harry and Bella to prom, which resulted in Bella agreeing to go only a bit reluctantly by then.
Their friends were going, Harry wanting to go had gotten the Cullens interested in going, and Bella decided to just suck it up and go too. Get the full teen experience and stuff like that. It would be her first dance where it hadn't been mandatory for her to attend(meaning: she wouldn't be sitting in a corner the whole time, waiting for the teachers to let her go home).
Now, Alice and Harry had provided many examples of dresses to choose from. Alice was aiming more for designer clothes that Bella might want her to recreate, and Harry had offered a magazine of what was most popular among young witches in Britain. Alice then promised to take all the parts she wanted and make them into a single dress. She'd promised that it would be easy to do.
It turned out that Bella's interests were much simpler than they both had assumed they'd be. The dress was pretty average for a prom dress in her opinion and fit the theme according to Alice.
Alice had made the process out to be about a certain waist type, but then a certain sleeve type, but then also wanting a specific color that was a mix of Edward and Harry's favorite colors. Things that had to go together no matter what. It was a lot of stress in the beginning but by the end Bella realized she didn't have to make it so dramatic.
Or maybe her lack of interest or knowledge in fashion was what made it all simple in the end.
"Are you sure you don't want to try a pair of kitten heels?" Alice asked as she fiddled with the skirt portion of the dress, trying to decide how she wanted the fabric to settle despite the fact that there really wasn't much fabric there to begin with. No pleats or ruffles to worry about. The dress was pretty straightforward.
"I'm really not big on the heels," Bella told her, thinking of all the times she tried to walk in heels and then hurt herself and her ankles. "I'm already sacrificing comfort by doing the ballet flats thing."
Alice sighed. "I suppose. I was going to bring several sets of jewelry but with such a high neckline, necklaces would look tacky. So, I settled for a simple pair of silver fangs to hang from your ears. They aren't too heavy, so you don't have to worry about the weight hurting your ears."
Thank goodness for that.
Bella found herself very excited to see what Harry was going to wear for the dance because Harry, being who he was, seemed to be the kind of person who wanted to explore outside of the normal requisite for any kind of event he attended. She wasn't so sure what Edward, and the rest of the Cullens were going to be doing, but she did have faith that because of Harry's existence, it was going to be interesting.
Charlie also seemed to be very excited in his own way because Bella had never given the impression that she would ever want to go to a school dance or dress up in any way. Perhaps, in his perspective, it looked more like she was settling down in Forks and making her own life there. She was pursuing the normal teenage experience that other teenagers would typically go for, and she was making plans to hang out with friends and get acquainted with the local area.
For a concerned parent, it was probably considered a blessing.
Alice finally stepped away in order to grab the curling iron/hair straightener. Bella didn't actually know what to call it since the damn thing did both jobs, as well as hair crimping, but Alice considered it to be very important. "Do you want a middle part or a side part?" she asked as she plugged the device in.
It had been many years since Bella had seen anybody part their hair off-center.
"Let's just go for a side part. Do whatever you want but don't put any kind of glitter anything in my hair. I do not want it, nor do I want to have to clean up after it for the next month. That stuff gets everywhere."
Her clear rule ended up making Alice slump over in dejection. "Fine!" she groaned. "We'll go with a normal style."
Yeah, Bella had managed to get a good look at the makeup bag that seemed almost bottomless, and there were definitely many items in there that had a lot of glitter in them. Once you open up a thing of glitter, that stuff will be everywhere in places that it should not be in. Bella would be in the shower a month later and still find it somewhere on her body.
Dealing with glitter was like signing your life away. No thanks.
"Do you want any products in your hair?"
"Most of the things you'd put in your hair make you feel hard and crunchy."
"Surely not if you do it right."
"If we planned this out in advance, then we could have tested it out, but since the dance is only a couple hours away, I don't really feel like being a guinea pig now."
"Another time then." And considering how Alice seemed to behave, she was completely earnest in her declaration.
It took less time to do her hair than she expected it to, but that just meant Alice had more time to work on her makeup. So much more time.
"Liquid eyeliner?"
"Sure." Bella knew next to nothing about what was so different between the types of eyeliner.
"Mascara?"
"I guess." She'd once seen someone wearing bright green mascara. She hadn't even known it could come in other colors.
"Eye shadow?"
"No." It would already be hard enough to wash the stuff off later on and she didn't want more work.
"Lipstick or lip gloss?"
"I don't like how they feel." Years ago, Renee had liked painting Bella's face as practice for when she had randomly decided she wanted to be a beautician. Bella knew early on that she hated anything meant to go on the lips.
Also, Renee gave up on beauty school when she realized there was a lot more to it than she'd assumed. Beauticians were put through more training that was much stricter than what the standard law enforcement officer was required to go through to be allowed to wear an ugly uniform and hold a firearm.
Obviously, Renee had balked at the idea of so much extra schooling and training.
Alice was still focused on 'maximizing Bella's face' or whatever she'd said the other day. "This means that we won't have to do a lot of work and I might be able to paint your nails before we leave!" Alice squealed. "I have the perfect color, just trust me!"
Good Lord, the process was long.
Edward arrived properly at six in the evening. Since Alice said she was going to help Bella prepare for the prom, Harry and Edward weren't allowed to interfere. Both he and Edward had already talked and decided to wear just black and white so that no matter what happened, Bella wouldn't clash with either of them. Of course, Alice had a bit of a hand in that as well, picking out a cravat in an interesting shade of green/blue for Edward to wear. Harry then had to make sure the inner lining of his coat matched.
The assumption was that Bella was wearing a dress or jewelry that matched.
To better prepare him for the night ahead, Harry gave Edward an entire box of Blood Pops for him to work through for the night. That way he could handle his dietary urges and keep himself calm at the same time. This time they were made with selkie blood. Another opportunity for Harry to get information for Luna in the process.
"Alice isn't going to take much longer. In fact, they will be going downstairs in a few seconds," Edward stated just as Harry was getting bored of mobile phone games about matching fruit.
Both stood and adjusted their suits. It was time to impress Chief Swan.
He was practically waiting at the door for them. There was an unfamiliar stiffness to the set of his moustache, and Harry wondered how long he'd been stressing over whatever he had in mind.
"I just wanted to get this out of the way now since it'll just keep bugging me otherwise. Are you both dating my daughter?" the man asked as they stood in the middle of the kitchen.
"Yes," Harry nodded. "We're a single item despite there being three of us."
"I believe the term the internet is using these days is polycule," Edward supplied helpfully.
"That just sounds painful," Harry grunted. "Too scientific for my liking." Science and Harry did not get on well.
"It's actually a portmanteau of the words Polyamory and Molecule," Edward explained with a smile. "A molecule is a group of bonded atoms, and a polycule is a group of romantically bonded people."
That was nice and all, but it was still too much science.
Chief Swan slowly wiped a hand down his face, chest slumping with a heavy sigh. "Right. Realistically, I know I can't do much against the determination of teenagers. Objectively, I am also aware that neither of you have been disrespectful to Bella. Subjectively, my paternal instincts are screaming at me…" He sighed once again. "Just promise me you're being safe?"
Harry snorted instantly as Edward ducked his head in embarrassment, no doubt hearing the full details from Charlie's mind. "Don't worry, Chief Swan. I'm the only one with any experience in relationships. Edward is a scared virgin and will need to be hand-held through everything. In fact," Harry murmured, casting a queer look at Edward, "he's the youngest so he needs to be patient anyway since Bella and I are technically adults already."
"It's only a few months difference," Edward protested, looking offended at the implication that he was too young to be engaging in sexual matters.
"That doesn't mean anything, you're still a minor!" Harry snorted, finding it to be hilarious. "Bella and I would be cancelled if people online knew we were dating you."
"Nah, they'd probably cancel him since he looks the oldest out of us," Bella said, finally walking into the kitchen with Alice not far behind. "They'd say stuff about his height making the power imbalance too much or whatever. Us being really short will have them infantilizing us as a result and we'd be treated like children who are incapable of thinking for themselves."
As if 162 cm wasn't a perfectly average height!
Harry gave a reluctant nod though, since she was right about how people would react. "Okay, so not every part of the internet is great."
"We've gotten away from the point," Chief Swan said, drawing them all back to what he originally intended to do with this conversation. "The point is, if you absolutely have to do what teenagers do, please take all precautions before doing it. And don't share any details with me."
Alice patted his arm, beaming and no doubt attempting to lessen his anxiety. "Don't worry, Charlie." Charlie? They were on a first name basis already? "Our father is a doctor and he's made certain we've had all the technical information for ages. You won't have to worry about pregnancy scares from anyone in our family."
Both Harry and Bella broke into low snickers as Edward looked out the kitchen window in an attempt to avoid his own embarrassment and no doubt Charlie's, plus Alice's amusement. All of that piled on top of each other had to be doing him some real trauma.
"Great," Charlie decided. "I'm going to watch some football. Be home by midnight."
The whole encounter ended up being a lot less painful than Harry had expected it would be.
Also… with the chance to finally take it all in, he could say wholeheartedly that Bella looked amazing. "Despite the flats, your legs would deceive anyone into thinking you're very tall." He enjoyed Bella's legs very much.
Edward elbowed him a bit in the side and presented Bella with the corsage he bought. "You look lovely." It was a simple, white rose in a miniature bouquet of baby's breath. On Harry's end, he'd chosen a simple set of white Ever Roses which would never wither so long as there was a source of magic nearby. One corsage for each wrist to represent each date.
"You're both ridiculous," Bella murmured as they affixed their gifts to her thin wrists. "Thank you."
Alice clapped. "I can't wait to get to the dance! Oh! Jazz is outside! See you guys there!"
And then she was gone, leaving the three remaining teens to their own business with Chief Swan watching… American football reruns or something like that. He had that ESPN channel and definitely loved it since it was all he watched whenever Harry visited.
"Are you both ready to go?" Bella asked them as she fiddled with the trim of her teal dress.
Harry looked to Edward since he was the designated driver for the night.
"We're ready," the vampire decided. "Who is sitting where?"
"I'm in the back," both Harry and Bella said at once…
"...So you're both in the back?"
"Yeah." Make it fair or something.
It was obvious just by design that this was an event that was meant for teenagers.
The amount of internet references alone was astonishing.
Bella took in the decorations outside the school as she turned in a slow circle. "I am so glad that we convinced Jessica and Lauren to not go with the Monte Carlo theme. This is much more interesting if a bit tacky."
"From what you showed me, it looked rather boring before," Harry agreed. "This is definitely better, though I'm sure people decided to be uninteresting about it."
"Especially since what they had suggested did not actually have anything to do with the theme of Monte Carlo," Edward added because he could. "At least not the one I'm familiar with."
As they took in the decor, it was very clear that none of them had any idea what the actual theme had become. There was an assortment of reds, blacks, and whites and even then, no particular theme idea seemed to stand out. Not a masquerade though, that was obvious.
As they headed for the doors of the gymnasium, Edward found himself under fire from a rapid mental assault by Alice of all people.
I cannot wait for you to see what the prom theme became. I've been holding this in for the past three weeks!
Edward managed to see the banner at the same time the words floated across his mind.
Things That Go Bite in the Night
They all stared up at the banner in various mixtures of shock, and perhaps a little bit of awe. Whoever had decided on the font of the banner had certainly done their best to make it as Gothic and spooky as possible. Including fake blood stains and everything.
"The blood spatters really give it that kind of oomph," Bella said, reaching up to touch the earrings Alice had her wear. Fangs. Ridiculous.
"I can just tell that everybody's going to be a vampire at this thing," Harry murmured, looking around at all the people dressed in dramatic clothes. "Not an ounce of effort among any of them." And then he waved his hand over himself, making his hair lengthen a little more and tie itself loosely.
On Edward's end, he could finally understand why Alice had forced him to choose between what he was currently wearing and what the other choice had been. The teal-colored cravat had been a very specific kind of choice, but it made sense now. Harry's choice in coat tails managed to absolutely fit the new theme of the prom. Also, his use of magic to make the lining of his suit match the color of Bella's dress made them look more cohesive.
With Bella between them, arms linked on either side, they entered the gym in style, coming face to face with the rest of the Cullen family who were twirling out on the dancefloor. Alice had gone the extra mile to make sure that everyone fit the new theme as easily as possible. Jasper was even wearing a cape to be more on theme with a Dracula kind of vampire.
"Have you ever tried a three-person Waltz?" Harry asked suddenly, a grin on his face. "It's very fun."
Bella twitched. "I'm not- I don't really do the dancing thing. We've never even practiced before!"
"We won't let you fall," Edward promised. "I've never done such a thing either but I'm certain my reflexes and Harry's previous skill and experience can save you."
She looked between them, worrying her lip for a moment. "Fine," she decided. "Just don't let me fall."
"Never," they promised.
Alice, being the person she was, had managed to successfully get the dancefloor significantly emptied at the right moment, leaving her and Jasper on one end, and Rosalie and Emmett on the other end, so that Edward and Harry could have enough space with Bella between them.
"Do you know the basic timing of the Waltz?" Edward asked as they took their positions, Bella still in the middle.
"Yeah. Don't mind me as I just stare at our feet though."
Through use of his own talent, and then Alice's by proxy, Edward could easily tell how the dance would go, and allowed Harry to start it off, following along as he pulled Bella in a simple step by step circle around the dancefloor. It was a simple sequence to get her used to the pacing: one, two, three… one, two, three… one, two, three…
After a few rounds, Harry added in a simple side-to-side movement, left and then right while maintaining the circular pattern. Bella and Edward followed with ease.
The more complicated footwork came next, left crossing over right and vice versa. Bella had taken to resting her weight on the balls of her feet so that she could pivot better as they made minor turns back and forth.
And then Harry threw in the first twirl, raising Bella's hand and spinning her which in turn, had Edward twirling to maintain their momentum but also to not break the chain by putting Bella's other arm in an awkward position. They repeated this over and over, maintaining the same circular pattern they'd started with.
They had the attention of the entire room, but Bella seemed to be completely unaware, focusing more on her feet and less on the environment.
Finally, as the Vision Alice had shown, Harry turned suddenly, taking Bella's other hand the moment Edward released it, spinning her into a simple step sequence and then twirling her back into Edward's arms as he spun around them. This continued back and forth, them trading Bella between them over and over, allowing her to get comfortable with the spinning and the positions of their arms and hands.
Eventually, she stopped staring at her feet, and began making tentative eye contact, a small smile on her face.
Edward was distantly aware of several people recording with their cellphones, but he wasn't going to reveal that bit of information. She'd clam up instantly if he did that and might even hurt herself somehow.
"You're both ridiculous," Bella finally said with an eye roll. "This is so conspicuous."
"What's life without a little camp?" Harry asked with a flirtatious smirk. "Let's be daring while we still can."
"You can be daring together; I'm getting a little tired."
And then Edward took a chance, sweeping Bella into his grasp so she could sit comfortably on his left forearm while he continued the step sequence with Harry, whose own arm came up to help brace their girlfriend. Bella rested between then, an arm around each of their necks to keep her balance and looking like she'd just suffered through the most embarrassing moment of her life.
"This wasn't what I had in mind," she grumbled, though her flush gave her away. "Though it's not so bad I suppose, even if there is no subtlety at all."
"We're here to have a good time," Harry replied. "So long as we aren't hurting anyone, then it shouldn't matter what we choose to do."
And to think… Edward hadn't been to a dance in over a century. And he never would have gone to another if he hadn't met Harry and Bella.
"When this song ends, can we go mingle a bit?" Bella asked. "I want some of the punch and the shrimp."
"I suppose you've suffered enough," Harry relented.
"We can dance without an audience later if you really want to," she offered, "but I'd like to get the full experience of this since I'm already here. Get some pictures and hang out with our friends. The usual teen stuff I like to avoid."
"Good point. Edward, are you going to pretend to eat or make up some excuse?"
"I ate before picking you both up," Edward grinned. "I couldn't possibly eat anything else."
Four mountain lions to be exact. He'd wanted to be prepared just in case.
"Then it's time to mingle."
The moment they left the dancefloor, the rest of the students flooded it, leaving the food and beverages free to peruse.
Jessica Stanley was beaming as they approached. "So, are you all together-together now? Like, officially?"
Bella flushed prettily and nodded. "Yeah. They're charming, what can I say?"
Damn, Jessica thought. What I wouldn't give to have hot guys who are actually good, following me around. "At least everything worked out in the end."
Angela and Lauren were dancing with their dates, and Jessica was waiting for Mike to come back with refreshments. Eric was the DJ and he had basically chosen a Hallowe'en themed playlist.
Bella did exactly as she said she would.
She filled up on shrimp.
"I'm surprised admission was only five dollars," she commented, holding up a shrimp. "You'd think it would be more if they're serving stuff like this."
"Perhaps they're spoiling us," Harry suggested. "The grades from that hard week of tests ended up pretty good, right?"
Edward nodded. "Perhaps they received a notice about more state funding and are using this event to celebrate." He wouldn't put it past the district.
Harry managed to coax Bella into dancing a again, and then Edward separately so she could have a break. Edward never thought he'd dance something ballroom to a song called Spooky Scary Skeletons, but there he was.
It was certainly an experience for the ages... and Alice got many pictures she planned to use as blackmail material later on.
Fortunately, the carefree time of school ended up eventually coming to an end as the school year concluded on the last day of May. Nothing else of interest had actually happened since the whole fallout with a foreign coven of vampires coming in to try and ruin the local wildlife. If wildlife was a synonym for humans of course.
There had been no news of any kind about Laurent and Victoria. The last thing Harry knew was Laurent deciding to go up north to meet the other vegan vampires that considered themselves distant cousins to Carlisle Cullen's coven. They were all much older than even Carlisle was, but they also seemed to be newer to his way of life, having decided that they wanted to try something less violent compared to their pasts.
It was an interesting concept. Carlisle seemed to have a talent for converting people to his philosophies. Even those much older than himself.
Since Harry had no doubt at all in mind that Victoria was going to return at some point to try and seek vengeance for what had happened to James; he decided that it would be a very lovely idea if perhaps Bella was not in Washington for a while. What better way to get somebody out of a dangerous - or potentially dangerous at least - situation than to take them across the pond?
Bella had a passport and Edward had a passport, and it was entirely possible for all three of them to travel internationally because they were all of age finally - Edward's fake birthday on his fake birth certificate being in May and therefore making him an 'adult' now - and it was literally nobody's damn business.
When he'd initially proposed the idea of going on a trip to Britain, Bella had exactly been interested since she'd wanted to get a job for the summer so she could have some extra money to spend, but then he mentioned taking her to see Diagon Alley, and she caved. They sat down and had a long conversation about all the things she wanted to see personally and learn about, and once they had decided what they wanted to do and where they wanted to go, they then informed Edward about it.
Of course, it had never occurred to Edward that going on a summer holiday in the middle of summer was actually a thing that he could do. All this time spent reliving human school over and over and over again and he had never actually gone on holiday himself. And according to Alice, the rest of them had totally done it before but for some reason he just decided that he wanted to be lame and be alone since he had no partner before now.
"You don't always need a companion to go and do things," Harry had told him. "Sometimes you can just go out by yourself and it doesn't have to be treated like some kind of loss."
Harry had learned that the hard way years ago. Sometimes it was just better to be alone, because it didn't always mean you were lonely.
The next thing they had to worry about was convincing Chief swan that it was totally okay for Bella to not only leave the state of Washington, but also the Continental US. It had been a very long conversation between him and Harry about Harry's townhouse in London. And it ended up being brought up that Harry also had houses in Wales and Scotland and Russia and France. The Black family had a lot of property and Harry had inherited all of it as the new Head of House and had since then taken to having all of it fixed up and purged of anything that could be harmful to living beings.
He gave the house in Scotland to Andromeda Black because he didn't really have a use for it and figured that it would be better for her while she was dealing with the loss of her husband. Remus and Tonks had decided to move in to help her and raise Teddy there. Last time he'd heard, she'd been a lot livelier as of late, interacting with her grandson and trying to teach him how to sing.
Grimmauld Place remained his main home, one could say. He was considering selling off all the other houses though, since he had no real use for them. Though, perhaps Luna might like the home in Wales since she was off exploring in that area? He would have to see.
Anyway, Chief Swan needed to be further convinced with some normal photos of Grimmauld Place. Thankfully, Harry had long since convinced Kreacher to move the heads of the old House Elves elsewhere so all the photos he had on hand(which he only had because he popped on over the night prior to the conversation and took the photos with his mobile) made it look like a Victorian Era home that was too fancy for a teenager to own.
He showed Charlie the foyer, the staircase, the kitchen, the first drawing room, and the first library. And then a photo of Harry's room. Kreacher had done a splendid job of cleaning the place up, so it no longer looked so filthy and gloomy. The paint and wallpaper were repaired some time last year. The rotted wood was replaced and re-stained to match the old wood left over. It looked like a habitable home.
After that, Charlie seemed a lot less worried than he was before. Also, Harry had promised that he was going to introduce Bella to his British friends and how they'd probably sleep over the Weasley's house a few times, in which case they would have Molly as a constant older adult presence to make sure they took care of themselves.
He even showed the man a photo of Mrs. Weasley. She hadn't known he'd taken the photo as she was too busy cooking, but it was a nice photo that showed the warmth of her massive kitchen and the effort she put in to keep her house running. Everything she wore was something she'd made by hand in her free time. A dress of mismatched patterns and knitted loops here and there. Rings of colours that did not match but somehow still came together nicely in the end. Her apron was bright blue though and was trimmed with numerous white ruffles.
"And she is okay with you all visiting out of the blue?" Charlie asked. "You aren't going to be giving her trouble, yeah?"
Harry beamed. "Mrs. Weasley loves having company and has been asking for a visit for a while. Also, so long as everyone helps out in some way, everyone is always welcome at The Burrow."
He then showed Charlie some photos of the Weasley's farm and their orchard so he'd understand what kind of family his daughter would be introduced to.
Charlie had stared for a while, before softly saying, "I'm glad you have some good people in your life, kid. You deserve it."
And then he patted Harry's back, and Harry was not ashamed to say that he teared up a little, because Chief Swan had been very kind to him ever since he'd moved to Forks. Enough to be worried that the reason Harry didn't have that many friends yet was because he was bisexual and that the other teens might be prejudiced because of it.
Bella was very lucky to have a father like Charlie Swan, and Harry was happy she understood that.
So, after convincing the chief and acquiring the tickets for an aeroplane - as they had to do things by the books this way since Charlie was in law enforcement and unaware of magic - they packed their bags and headed on over.
The flight was long but worth it, and the landing was a bit troublesome, but eventually they managed to make it to Grimmauld Place after getting through customs.
The customs agent who spoke to them instantly noticed that he was from Surrey the moment he spoke and was very flirtatious until she found out that he was with his girlfriend and boyfriend and was planning to introduce them to his family. She'd tapped the little Pride pin that she had clipped to her tie and gave a small wink.
Edward had been especially amused as they walked away, leaning down to whisper, "Her brother recently came out and she bought a bunch of rainbow stuff to show that she supports him."
Adorable.
Across the street from Grimmauld Place, Harry got to witness Bella and Edward taking in the scene in person, smirking as their eyes widened upon seeing the front of the house literally force its way into existence between houses #11 and #13 on the street.
"None of the humans are even aware of the fact that their homes were just shoved apart to make room for it," Edward said in awe. "Magic is fascinating. How many things have I witnessed that were the cause of magic and how many magical things have happened that I wasn't even aware of?"
Knowing there was a whole subsection of the human population out there who could potentially shield their minds from him and therefore keep him in the dark about things happening in the world, had to really be a shock.
The moment they stepped foot inside Grimmauld Place, Bella let out a loud whistle. "This is a lot more traditional than I had expected it to be considering how it looked on the outside."
"I have it on good authority that there was a hell of a lot of complaining about having to change the exterior to match the muggle neighbourhood when the changes were implemented so long ago."
"Considering how it looks outside, I don't exactly blame them for not liking it."
The uniform of muggle neighbourhoods was pretty annoying. Harry grew up on Privet Drive and all the houses looking exactly the same had always made him uncomfortable while growing up. Too uniform. No deviations save for the occasional greenhouse in someone's backyard. The normalcy of the grey bricks was just lame, which would explain why Vernon and Petunia had been so obsessed with it.
Can't be anything bright or cheerful or potentially related to magic in any way. Merlin, no!
"Master Harry is bringing strangers into House Black?"
Bella jumped as Kreacher popped into existence in front of them, looking a lot healthier than the last time Harry had seen him. His ears even dropped a lot less than before.
"Kreacher, this is Edward Cullen, he is a vampire, and this is Bella Swan, she is a muggle. They are my partners. Bella, Edward, this is Kreacher, the Head House Elf to the Black family."
The elf looked between the three of them, his bulbous eyes full of concern and maybe a bit of doubt.
"Edward does not drink human blood, Kreacher, we'll be safe. I have many packets of Blood Pops on hand just for him, and we can always buy more if you're truly so worried."
It made complete sense that he was on edge at the thought of having a vampire in the house because vampires, even the weakest version of them, were still incredibly dangerous and Kreacher would not have the natural speed necessary to properly combat such a foe. House Elves were incredibly powerful in their own specific ways, but Edward would be able to move faster than Kreacher. If Edward or his family were inclined toward a darker side of their nature, they would be very dangerous to be around.
Edward smiled down at the elf in what he obviously thought was a kind and innocent manner. "I apologise for intruding. I'll make sure to help out to make up for it though, don't worry."
Instead of reassuring him though, the words just managed to put Kreacher on edge even more because despite how things had improved and how he had definitely gotten better, ever since being under the care of the Black family, Kreacher was still a House Elf and he was still brought up in that specific environment. His kind really did not like it when humans or human-looking individuals did their jobs for them. It was treated like an insult to their honour or something.
"No! Kreacher will handle the estate, Master's partners simply must behave! Kreacher will go buy food for the kitchen!"
He was gone before Harry could say anything about it. Eventually, he just decided to escort both Edward and Bella up to their designated rooms and then go from there.
"There are a lot of things that we have to get through before September, and I am very excited to introduce you to my friends!" Harry said once they were settled in. He'd brought them back down to the kitchen so he could begin cooking dinner with whatever Kreacher had acquired. He also left a packet of Blood Pops on the table for Edward to make use of. These ones had hippogriff blood in them.
"So, the big question would you like to explore regular London or magical London? If the answer is regular London, which places do we visit first? If the answer is magical London, which places do we visit first?"
Bella looked like she was about to explode with excitement. This was probably the most excited he'd seen her get so far. "I just really want to see Diagon Alley. I want to see the joke shop your friends started, and I want to see the place selling all the Quidditch stuff, and the bookstore sounded really awesome."
And that reminded him! He could possibly get both Bella and Edward into collecting Wizards cards! Seeing them react to the moving characters would be hilarious! He wondered just how many times they'd end up with Uric the Oddball. Harry had lost count of how many of those ones he'd been forced to unwrap over the years.
Edward stared down at the maps Harry had provided, both of regular London and Diagon Alley. "I've been to London before, so I'd also like to see Diagon Alley first. I'm curious about the kinds of stores they have and what you can purchase in a single trip."
Since both of them wanted to go see Diagon Alley first, Harry was going to take them through the Leaky Cauldron to make it more dramatic. He had a feeling that Bella would be tickled by the brick wall opening up to reveal one of the most magical places Harry had ever been to.
Such a venture would probably take a few days so they could explore everything that was offered. And then he would take them to The Burrow and introduce them to everybody. By now, Kreacher had probably popped around to inform everybody of his return and his visitors.
Luna would not doubt appear, hoping to speak at length with Edward. Hermione would put everything on hold to make certain she was around to meet the new people in Harry's life. Ron and the twins would take time off of work. Remus and Tonks would probably bring Andromeda with Teddy. The rest of the Weasley clan would come home for the holiday since it was summer. Fleur would be among the group.
He was very excited for Bella to see Molly's self-cleaning kitchen! And it would be hilarious if Arthur cornered Edward and began asking him about American muggle appliances to see if there were any differences in those across the pond!
Yes, he was very excited indeed.
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