AN: Sorry for the late update, but if anyone still reads this: here we go.

Chapter dedicated to yaminoreturne who drew Juvia on her robe from last chapter! Thank you!

(If you read my other HP!AU Magic Love, you might see some similarities with it because, well, it's me, the same author and I thought it would be hilarious to bring it back in more detail haha So, if you feel as if you are having dèja vu, you are LOL)

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I Put A Spell On You

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Summer Vacation

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"We have to get inside at some point." Gray pointed out as they stood outside his foster mother's house – he had apparated them there, since Ur's house wasn't connected through the Floo Network.

"Juvia knows." She agreed, holding a container with cookies she had baked earlier. "The last time she saw us, we were lying on a cot together."

"After fighting for our lives, we were a bit exhausted, she'll live." He rolled his eyes.

"And this morning-"

"Nope, one parental crisis at time." Gray cut her off and put a hand on her lower back and pushed her forward. "Come on."

They took three steps when the front door open and Ur came outside her porch, hands on her hips and an eyebrow raised. "About time. I've been watching the two of you stand in front of my house for five minutes. Come inside, dinner's getting cold."

"Hello to you too, mom." Gray rolled his eyes when they were close enough.

"Hello, kiddo." Ur messed with Gray's hair and kissed his cheek. "And hello to you too." She turned to Juvia.

"Juvia brought some cookies." The blunette said lamely, practically shoving the container into Ur's hands. The older witch raised an eyebrow. "Hello." Juvia whispered.

Ur chuckled while Gray tried to contain a smirk – it was fun to watch Juvia being so nervous: she could be so confident it put some people into shame but at the sight of his foster mother, she turned into a silly girl.

"Like I said, come in, dinner's ready."

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Dinner was pleasant enough after Juvia's awkwardness faded and the three of them had some good conversations about school and their friends, it was all light and breeze. Juvia tried to help with the dishes, but Ur waved her off, using magic to do it and since Juvia was just a few months away from her birthday, she still couldn't perform magic outside Hogwarts.

They went to the living room and sat on the couch to continue their conversation, each holding a glass with juice.

"Juvia didn't know exactly what she wanted to be after school, but she's leaning towards becoming an Auror." The blunette sat down next to her boyfriend. "It was quite thrilling and Juvia got to help, it is a good feeling."

"It is." Ur nodded. "And by your grades, you could make it."

Juvia's head tilted to the side in question but it was Gray who wondered: "How do you know about her grades?"

Ur shrugged nonchalantly. "She was investigated because of the Third Task and we had to go over her files and I volunteered." Gray glared at her. "What? I needed to know if you were dating a good girl. Let's face it, Gray, a Gryffindor and a Slytherin makes little sense and I was worried since you are not exactly a sharer." Well, that hurt, Juvia thought. "I liked how she handled McCormack and didn't take his shit, I just needed more information." Oh, better, then – the blunette thought.

"Mom..."

"Don't worry, kid. Just a look at you two at that cot made me realize it was prejudice from my part. She seems like a good girl." Ur shrugged. "Besides, who am I to judge?" Gray nodded in agreement, taking his glass to drink some juice and Juvia felt better – it appeared Ur approved of her, to the Slytherin's relief. "So, after seeing you two so cozy on that cot, I have to ask: what kind of protection are you two using?" Gray started to cough since he was in the middle of taking a sip of his drink when his mother spoke.

Juvia's eyes widened and seeing Ur's smirk, she was sure the older woman timed it just like that to startle her son.

"What?" Gray all but shrieked.

"Oh, come on, Gray. I'm older than you, but I haven't forgotten how to be a hormonal teenager." Ur rolled her beautiful dark eyes. "You two have been together for what? A year? I'm just asking what precautions you two are taking because I am too young to become a grandmother."

Both young adults were red-faced with her words. Gods, it was so embarrassing, especially since she vividly remembered the night before and what almost happened that morning before Silver's portrait interrupted them.

"Oh boy, your faces are priceless." Ur chuckled. "You can't hide at all the fact you shagged already. What? If I go to your house today I'll find her things in the guest bedroom instead of in the main bedroom where you sleep?"

"I...we... it's..." Gray tried, face all red.

"Yes, yes, very articulated, son." Ur snorted. "Let's see if I can get answers from your better half, then." Her gaze turned to Juvia. "So? Care to answer my very invasive question?"

Juvia cleared her throat and composed herself much quicker than her boyfriend. "Juvia has taken the Lunata Potion."

"Hm." Ur hummed in agreement. "A good one. Guarantees no children for a year."

"Yes, that's why Juvia chose it." She nodded.

"Did you brew it yourself?"

Juvia shook her head. "No. This is too important for Juvia to attempt on her own; she bought it from St. Mungos."

"When did you take it?" Another invasive question Juvia could avoid, but didn't.

"A little after New Years."

"New Year's?" Gray wondered. "We haven't-" He started but stopped when he realized his mother was there.

"Oh, keep going: if you don't ask, I will." The Auror shrugged.

"We hadn't done anything, then." He asked in a whisper Juvia was sure his mother heard, but the older woman just watched the interaction.

"No, we hadn't but Juvia knew it was just a matter of time." She told him in a matching whisper. "She figured: rather safe than sorry."

"Smart." Ur said and looked at her son. "You didn't even think about any of that, did you?" The shade of red on his face deepened and it was clear he had not. "Thank Merlin you got yourself a smart one." She sighed. "There are spells, but I trust on potions much more. Spells are for the moment and I think you realized magic can be the last thing in your mind when you are-"

"Alright, that's enough of that." Gray cut her. "We get it and you don't have to worry. I'll make sure we get the potion by Christmas this year, okay?"

"Good." Ur chuckled and then stopped, putting a finger over her lips in the universal way of telling someone to be quiet.

The couple watched as Ur got up, wand in hand, and went to the windows and doors whispering a spell and once she was done, she returned to her seat.

"Now we can talk more serious issues."

"Was that an Imperturbable Charm?" Juvia wondered.

"Yes." Ur nodded. "We won't be heard by anyone now."

"Can you teach Juvia?" The blunette wondered.

"Of course." Ur's eyes softened a bit and then returned to being serious. "You-Know-Who has indeed returned and the Ministry's trying to cover up because they are afraid of the public's reaction and I am almost certain the Minister is into dark arts. That's why they are trying to sell what happened in Hogwarts as a prank."

Juvia's whole body tensed and she grabbed Gray's hand. "Juvia saw him."

"I know you did, sweetheart." Ur told her. "And your accounts of what happened made me realize he's just playing for now, testing the waters, but it won't be like that for much longer. Our people inside tells us he wants Natsu."

Both Juvia and Gray, gasped. It wasn't exactly a surprise, but seeing an actual Auror telling them that information, gave them much more certainty.

"We don't know the exactly connection between them, but if I could advise Natsu, I would tell him not to go to Hogwarts this year." Ur said. "I'm almost asking you not to go this year."

"What? Why?"

"Because there will be changes in Hogwarts – they hadn't told us what, but there will be – and I would feel much better if you were not there. Neither of you." She looked at Juvia too. "You are Natsu's friend and loyal to him so I know if something happens, you will be right in the middle of it and it worries me."

"Mom..." Gray sighed.

"I know. You are an adult now, but you are my kid and I am allowed to worry, no matter your age." Ur sighed in resignation. "I know you will go."

"I... I can't just live on a 'maybe'." Gray told her softly. "If you are ever sure there are people coming to get Natsu, send us word and we will leave. But before that..."

"Yes, yes, yes. Stubborn as always." Ur sighed and looked at Juvia. "Don't know how you got to date him."

"Juvia is more stubborn than he is." Juvia shrugged.

"Yeah, that would do it." Ur chuckled. "Are you going to see Natsu soon?"

"We are going to spend two days at Lucy's beach house next week." Gray informed his mother.

"Tell him what I told you. Please, be aware of your surroundings and remember: trust no one."

"Don't worry, mom. We can take care of ourselves."

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As usual, the beach proved to make them relax but after Gray and Juvia told them about the threat on Natsu's life – again and the pink haired boy had no clue why – the boys decided that everyone should start to practice more offensive and defensive spells.

"Again." Natsu panted when he got up from the ground and so did Gray while their girlfriends and friends watched.

"We've been at it for an hour." Gray complained. "Let's rest for a few minutes."

The proof of Natsu's own tiredness was he didn't even hesitate to agree.

"You saw that, right?" Gajeel, who had joined ten minutes before, asked Juvia, who nodded. "Will you tell him?"

"Maybe one of us should demonstrate?" The blunette asked her friend while Gray made his way to sit on her other side and Natsu went to sit down next to his girlfriend, who offered him some water.

"Yeah." Gajeel agreed.

"I don't know what is going to happen this year at school, but I'm betting Natsu's ready for it." Gray told her and her attention went to him. "We've barely stopped for the last hour."

"You were very impressive." Juvia wanted to kiss him but being all sweaty made her hesitate. The Slytherin glanced towards Natsu, Lucy and Cana, who were sitting nearby and raised her voice a little. "There's something, though, Juvia and Gajeel-kun think you two could improve when casting a spell."

Natsu frowned. "Improve? Improve how?"

"Yeah." Gray was as confused as the other girls were. "They had been very effective."

"And they are effective." Juvia got up and so did Gajeel so everyone could see them better. "Remember last year, though, when you and Natsu-kun were mock fighting and Juvia corrected your posture and the spell was more effective?" It took a moment for Gray to remember and nod. "Well, the truth is, most spells are like that."

"What they teach us here at school is the general way of doing a spell but everyone has a different constitution." Gajeel told them, arms crossed over his chest. "Different sizes, weights, everything."

"Which means most of us need to adjust a little for the spell to have the most desirable effect." Juvia completed. "We can demonstrate."

Gray and Natsu looked at each other and both shrugged at the same time.

"Since Juvia's still underage, Gajeel-kun will demonstrate." She huffed in annoyance – she hated not being seventeen yet. Since they were at the beach, Juvia pointed to the trunk of a fallen tree and told Gajeel: "Bombarda, the regular way."

Gajeel nodded and pointed his wand at the trunk and said: "Bombarda!" The trunk, as predicted, exploded in many pieces. Everyone waited while he said: "Reparo." and the trunk return to its original state.

"Now that you saw the regular way we do the spell, notice how it will change once we change Gajeel-kun's posture." Juvia told them. "Since he's tall, his hand needs to get lower for this particular spell to line up with his heart and his feet must be a little apart." They were all watching Gajeel's stance change slightly to what Juvia was describing. "Again, Gajeel-kun."

"Bombarda!" It was the exact same spell but the explosion was much bigger than had been before and the others gasped with the difference.

"That was incredible." Lucy praised.

"You never told me that, Gajeel!" Levy pouted and he just grinned at her – he really liked to piss off his girlfriend.

Natsu seemed very interested. "And you can teach us that?"

"Sure." Gajeel nodded.

"We could teach you the most basic offensive spells at the moment." Juvia told him. "It's all about finding the magic center inside of you and after that, you'll do it without realizing."

"Where did you learn that?" Gray wondered, interested.

"Dueling Club." Juvia shrugged.

"I think this is Auror-level of training." Gray raised an eyebrow.

"We were very into it." Juvia chuckled. "Want Juvia to help you find your magic center?"

"By all means." Gray shrugged and got up. "I can't wait to power up and fight stupid Natsu."

"Juvia is not doing this so you two can get even worse at your mock fights. This is for survival."

"Of course." He said in a serious tone that didn't fool her for a second.

The blunette sighed. "Once she helps you, she's going to help Lucy-san and Cana-san, since Juvia bets Gajeel-kun will try to help Levy-san by himself." She chuckled.

Gray snorted. "Yeah."

"Don't worry, Juvia is sure we will be alright." She finally kissed his cheek and proceeded to correct his posture when he casted a spell.

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The station was as full as every other September 1st and Juvia had her hands twined with Gray so they couldn't get separated. They found Natsu and Lucy not too long after arriving – Natsu's hair was a dead giveaway – and they were about to get inside the train when a small brown owl landed on Juvia's shoulders.

The four young adults stepped away from the train's entrance and looked at the animal in question. Juvia took the small parchment on it's leg and it flew off immediately.

Juvia opened the letter – it was addressed to her, for some reason – and started to read it.

"It's not a 'maybe' anymore. Run. – Ur"

Juvia's eyes widened and she gave the parchment to Gray while she looked around and in a few seconds, she spotted three men she was sure were Death Eaters, since she remembered one of them from The Battle of The Third Task.

"Oh, no." She whispered to herself, heart beating inside her chest like crazy – Ur was right, if they wanted Natsu, there was no way none of them would step aside and let it happen, especially her Gray-sama.

"Why did she send this to you and not me?" Gray frowned.

"If she did, they'd know. To them, I'm just some random person." Juvia told him. "There are three men coming our way."

"Bloody hell." Lucy whispered.

"Let them come." Natsu's hands turned into fists.

"No." Juvia shook her head. "You three need to leave, right now."

"What?" Gray frowned.

"No way!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Juvia!"

"If they went through all trouble to not wait for you to arrive at Hogwarts, something is up." She told them, going through her expanded purse until she took a piece of paper. "You need to run, as your mother told you to."

"You are coming too, right?" Gray asked and Juvia shook her head, looking over her shoulder, seeing the men getting closer. "Too much people will complicate things." Her eyes locked with Lucy, who understood her; it was their only choice at the moment. The blonde started to whisper at her boyfriend.

"But-" Gray tried, but Juvia pulled him for a kiss and pushed the purse into his hands. "Take it. There's a little bit of money and some of the paper we use to communicate at school. Only write at night."

"Juvia..." He tried again.

"Juvia will be fine and so will you. Never tell me where you are, just tell me if you are okay." She kissed him again. "I will be alright, Juvia's tough." He kissed again, trying to prolong the impending good-bye. "Go. Go now."

"Be safe." Gray was the one kissing her that time and she nodded – she wouldn't dare to disobey him. The next second, he told their friends to hold on and they were gone, apparated somewhere.

Juvia breathed in relief when the men saw she was alone and cussed. She had no idea where they went and they couldn't take that information from her so she stared at them with defiance.

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After explaining their friends why Natsu, Lucy and Gray were missing, the train ride to Hogwarts was quiet – they knew their year wouldn't be easy.

Once they arrived at the castle and were at their designated tables, Professor Makarov started his speech about how much of a trial that year could be and then he said the words that would change Juvia's life forever.

"And I would like to introduce you to the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, appointed by the Ministry: Invel Yura."

Juvia clapped as everyone else as the man in question rose from his seat with the other teacher. Invel had average height and most of his long, white hair is bunched into a ponytail by a golden brace. The ponytail hangs past his right shoulder, reaching up to his chest. The rest of his hair was quite messy, with uneven bangs falling down the sides of his face and between his eyes.

And for a moment, just for a brief moment, his eyes met hers and her whole body froze with it.

That man  was dangerous and her gut was rarely wrong.

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AN: I hope this wasn't too quick (even though I felt it was) but now we are entering in a phase I'm really looking forward to, I've been planning it for a long time.