A Diamond Heart - 2. Chapter 2

After we had gone to Gringotts we went to St Mungo's to be checked for spells and potions because I would not put it past the old man to try that route of controlling me. Thankfully we all got a clean bill of health. Well, I was ordered to take nutrition potions and to find a healer when we got to where we were going, all because of my life with the Dursleys. I even got my eyes fixed; that would hopefully help confuse people. Now that the evil bastard was gone and the Horcrux that had been in my scar was gone my scar was lighter and harder to see.

It seemed like forever before we were completely packed and ready to go. We had decided to travel the muggle way in order to make it harder to track us. The flight seemed to take forever, and it was kind of funny to see Neville and Draco trying to fit in as we traveled. Luna seemed to get the hang of it and simply sat quietly and watched as everything happened around her.

“Harry, how much longer until we get there?” Draco asked.

“We should be landing in about an hour, then we have an hour drive to get to Forks. “

“I just want to get away from all these people. I can feel my magic under my skin and I just want to use it, but I can’t around all these muggles.”

“I can understand that because I feel the same way. Unfortunately Draco, we need to keep a low profile so that Dumbledick and his followers can’t find us. You would think killing old Snakeface they would be happy, but apparently not.”

“Harry, you did become the Master of Death when you disarmed Dumbledick when he tried to curse you,” stated Neville.

“I would rather break the damn wand. I just want to be normal. Is that too much to ask?”

“Harry, you don’t do normal,” smirked Luna.

I shook my head because I knew with Luna there was just no response to that statement.

***

Alice was smirking and that never meant anything good. She saw something but was humming in her head, so I couldn’t see what she saw. Her and Jasper’s split had shocked us all because we thought they were true mates. They had been together since 1948, but she said she had always known and had told Jasper, but they had decided to stay together for the companionship over the years.

I finally gave up on trying to see what she had seen. Alice and Rosalie had started to try to find someone for me because neither of them liked Bella. There was nothing worse then matchmaking sisters. I had to admit that the novelty of not being able to hear her thoughts had worn off and I was tired of repressing my urges because of her blood singing to me. It’s disconcerting not being able to hear her thoughts. Don’t get me wrong it was great for awhile, but I had started to become worried about some of her actions. I don’t know why but I felt like there was something she was trying to hide from me. I was sure Alice would tell me if she saw something about Bella that would be a concern.

“Edward, you need to relax. I haven’t seen anything with Bella, but I have had a lot of blank spots when it concerns her. It’s as if she is hanging out at La Push almost all the time.”

“Thanks, Alice. I know you’ll tell me if there’s anything I need to be concerned about.”

“Absolutely Edward.” Alice sort of floated away humming as I tried to look in her mind again. I groaned in frustration and she simply laughed her light little twitter.

“Eddie, you should know she won’t tell you anything if it’s a decision you have to make on your own without any influence from her visions,” said Rosalie as she grasped my shoulder on her way out of the room.

I decided to play some music. I always found peace and was able to center myself when I played; it was something I could put my soul into.

I lost myself in my music until Jasper tapped my shoulder and reminded me that it was time to head to school. I hated that whenever we moved we had to start high school all over again basically. As I grabbed my bag it was as if Alice floated down the stairs and was still humming. That told me that whatever she saw would probably happen today at school.

We pulled into the school parking lot and I noticed a new car but didn’t think much of it. We all piled out of our cars and I noticed a scent of cinnamon in the air that had my mouth salivating. I looked at Alice and saw her smile. Then and there I knew that my true mate was here, I just had to find them in a school full of hormonal teenagers. This made it imperative that I end things with Bella, things hadn’t been the same since we came back from Florida before the school year started a couple of months ago.

***

“Harrison, are you sure this is a good idea?” Draco asked me.

“Drake, we need a high school diploma if we want to get into a college and get a degree to be able to get a good job.”

“Draco, you need to be here. Something special will happen, but if you don’t let it happen you will regret it for the rest of your life.” I had never heard Luna speak so clearly. We were all used to her speaking of creatures we couldn’t see.

“Thanks, Luna-girl. Where would I be without you to keep my head on straight?” Draco asked with a laugh.

“She does that for all of us. She is our voice of reason. Now let’s get to the office and get our schedules,” I said as we started to walk to the school.

I heard the purring of an engine pull into the parking lot but kept walking. I glanced over my shoulder in time to see five of the most beautiful people climb out of a couple different vehicles. I noticed they all had the same amber almost gold colored eyes, but that was the only similarity amongst them. I kept my occlumency shields up but looked at my brothers and sister. “We have vampires here.”

“Harrison, don’t worry. They are vegetarian vampires. Notice the color of their eyes; they feed on animals, not humans,” spoke Luna in a soft voice.

“I trust you Luna-girl, but I’m going to keep my eye on them just the same.”

“Wouldn’t expect any less from you.” She smiled and wrapped her arm around Neville’s arm as we walked into the office.

“May I help you?” asked the woman behind the desk.

“Yes, we’re here to get our schedules. This is our first day,” Neville stated.

“Names please?” she asked.

“Harry Black, Drake Black, Neville Black, and Luna Long.”

“Ah, yes here we go.” She pulled several sheets of paper out and handed a set to each of us. “Here is a map of the campus and your schedules. Be sure to have your teachers sign them and bring them back at the end of the day.”

“Sure thing ma’am,” Neville said as he directed us back out of the office.

“Do we all have the same classes?” Draco asked.

We all compared and saw that we had at least one other in each class. I was glad we had been able to pass Luna as the same age as us because with us being in a new area I didn’t want any of us to be alone, especially her. Although I actually pity anyone who would try to take her on.