Together we howl (Complete)

Part 20

I wasn't sure how to feel as I led everyone into the family room, the Cullens looked around with curiosity and smiles whilst the pack kicked off their shoes and got comfortable on the L-shaped couch. I was nervous, more like terrified to be quite honest, wolves and vampires have always been natural enemies and I'm worried about how they'll react to having two people, who are both.

"Take a seat, you're going to want to get comfortable... It's a long and complicated story" I sighed tiredly. A hand was placed on my shoulder and as I looked up, Remus stood beside me with a reassuring smile, showing that he would be here to help as much as I need. The Cullens took a seat, somewhat stiffly as they had to sit close to the pack.

"What we are going to tell you will come as a shock. We will completely understand if you feel and think differently of us afterwards but all we ask is that you keep our secret, as we will keep yours"

"Of course, your secrets will be safe with us" Esme smiled reassuringly as Carlisle wrapped his arm around her, nodding in agreement along with his family. My shoulders relaxed instantly, letting out a relieved breath.

"It all started when I was eleven..." We spent the next hour and a half explaining what our lives were like as witches and wizards. Their attention never wavered and they took in every detail, gasped in all the right places and laughed at every amusing story.

"You went through so much" Rosalie whispered, her eyes saddened and full of tears that she's unable to shed.

"There are two things that haven't been mentioned, these are things that we were most anxious to explain," Ginny said as she played with the rings on her fingers.

"It's okay pups, take your time," Sirius said softly, already knowing the story and he too was dreading to hear it once again. I nodded and took a deep breath, taking Ginny's hand in mine.

"There is something called an animagus. It's a long process, most people don't bother because of how complicated it is. I had always been intrigued by the different type of magic that was offered to us, but more so by the ones that were not. Becoming an animagus is not taught in our school, mostly because something could go wrong and you have to go through the process of registering"

"What is it exactly?" Edward asked with a confused frown.

"It's where you're able to transform into a specific animal. We mentioned what a Patronus is, and people who have animagus' forms are usually identical to their Patronus'. However, on rare occasions, do they not match. My Patronus is an otter and yet, I'm able to transform into a wolf"

"That doesn't explain why you were able to run as fast as us" Edward commented, making the wolves look at us with a confused frown. I glanced at Ginny, who was chewing on her bottom lip with her head lowered, I let out a sigh and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, she immediately leaned into my touch.

"As Voldemort took over, myself, Harry and Ronald went on the run to search for the Horcruxes. During that time, Ginny remained at Hogwarts along with a handful of our other friends. One afternoon, I was scoping out the area and came across some snatchers, who were like bounty hunters and were capturing runaways. Unfortunately, due to my lack of sleep and malnourished, I wasn't in my best form to escape them-"

"Where were you?" Sam asked Harry with narrowed eyes. Harry's head was lowered in shame, the guilt had always remained, no matter how many times I told him it wasn't his fault.

"Harry had spent the evening before and that morning on watch, it was his time to rest. Anyway, I had been captured by the three men, though they seemed different from the other snatchers we had come across. They were pale, sickly so and had glowing red eyes, I was knocked out before I could understand what was happening. I woke up a few hours later, in a dimly lit room which resembled our hospital wing, back at Hogwarts. At first, I felt hopeful that maybe I was found by a professor or someone who managed to save me from the snatchers and brought me to the school to get me treated. My vision was somewhat blurry from the impact I received on the back of my head but I managed to focus on my surroundings after a while. I noticed that there were rows of beds, all occupied by figures who were asleep or comatose, except one. It was hard to see the girl properly at that point, but she was curled into a ball and was crying. I reached out to her and tried my hardest to gain some answers, that's when I realised that the girl was Ginny-"