Shattered Souls • Hedric

Chapter Eleven

Severus and Carlisle sat staring at each other from over the desk, neither knowing how to handle the situation.

Severus leaned forward and placed his elbows on the table, then put his head in his hands. How the hell did Cedric end up so far back in time, and with no memory.

Five minutes went by before either talked, both lost in their own thoughts. " Tell me, how did you find Cedric, or Edward?" asked a quiet Severus.

" It was 1918 and I was a doctor in Chicago during the Spanish influenza. Edward and his mother were both patients of mine, his father had already succumbed to the disease. As Edward's mother was dying she begged me to save her son by any means. Somehow she knew what I was. I was tired of being alone, so I turned him. Edward has been with me ever since, except for a short time when he rebelled and went off to drink human blood, that was when Esme and I moved to England." said Carlisle, leaning back in his chair.

Carlisle was thoughtful for a moment. " How can Edward be a vampire? You said if a wizard was bitten then the magic would fight the venom." asked Carlisle confused.

" Hell if I know, none of this makes sense. First, we need to make sure that Edward is Cedric." sighed Severus.

" Both Harry and the baby smell like Edward. Edward's scent is what drew me to Harry yesterday in the hospital, I thought Edward was there, needing me. " Carlisle shook his head. " Last night, at the same time that Harry was having his fit, Edward was having one at Bella's house. Edward said that he heard a boy crying out for Cedric."

Severus' eyebrows shot up to his forehead. " Well, that does sound pretty convincing." Severus ran his hands over his eyes. " I would still like to meet him. I can subtly scan him to check his paternity. We do not know what spell the Dark Lord used as it was spoken in snake language, but he had delved deeper in the dark arts then anyone." Severus couldn't believe everything that was going on. It would kill Harry to find Cedric, only lose him again because Cedric didn't remember him.

" Does he remember his life before his turning? You said that he had parents, do you know if he was adopted? Any magical abilities?" Severus got up and started looking through his massive collection of books for something that could possibly help. The only person that might possibly be able to help was Dumbledore, and he didn't trust the old man. They just got away from the wizarding world and all the horrible memories it held for Harry. He couldn't bring those that betrayed and hurt Harry back into his life.

" Edward doesn't remember much before I bit him, but he does remember a loving mother and a hard working father, that was distant. He never said if he was adopted, but I assumed he wasn't. If he is Cedric, he has absolutely no memory of his life as him. Edward has never shown signs of having magical abilities, but he is telepathic."

" Really! That is very interesting. How do you shield your thoughts from him?" Severus was curious, he didn't know vampires possessed any special abilities.

Carlisle laughed " It is very difficult. We have found that if we concentrate on other stuff, like reciting the alphabet or singing a song in our head, then we can successfully block him. He has no control over it, his isn't reading your thoughts on purpose. He has been able to read everyone he has ever met, except for his mate Bella." Carlisle wondered now if Bella was truly Edwards mate. If Harry and Cedric were soul mates then how could Edward and Bella be soul mates. He felt bad for Harry, the boy was suffering greatly over the loss of his husband, and here he was possibly alive, getting ready to marry another.

Severus cringed when Carlisle mentioned that Edward had a mate in a muggle girl. How the hell was he going to explain this to Harry? Honestly, this was worse then if Cedric was really dead. Harry was only just barely surviving, the only thing keeping him going was Leora. He had no doubt that if Cedric never regained his memory and married the muggle girl, that Harry would give up and die, possibly even take his own life. They still weren't even positive that Harry could survive much longer without his soul mate. Then there was the bond with Leora. If Harry died then he was pretty positive that she would die too. Even now when Harry had his two fits they effected her."