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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5244652/1/The-Secret-Keeper The Secret Keeper]]'' and its sequels ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5348767/1/The-Wisdom-Seeker The Wisdom Seeker]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7412055/1/The-Justice-Reaper The Justice Reaper]]'' is a ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''/''Franchise/HarryPotter'' trilogy written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1945064/A-E-Giggle A. E. Giggle]]. A key element of this series is Bella becoming an AdaptationalBadass, based on the idea that her social issues in canon are the result of her being a muggle-born witch who spent her teen years at Hogwarts until Voldemort’s rise to power and Dumbledore’s death prompted her to move back to the States for her own safety. The series begins when Bella is summoned back to Hogwarts for the final battle and invites the Cullens to join her, continues with the Cullens being invited to Hogwarts to learn more about the wizarding world, and concludes with a storyline exploring [[spoiler:Bella’s wedding, pregnancy, and transformation into a vampire]].

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5244652/1/The-Secret-Keeper The Secret Keeper]]'' and its sequels ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5348767/1/The-Wisdom-Seeker The Wisdom Seeker]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7412055/1/The-Justice-Reaper The Justice Reaper]]'' is a ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''/''Franchise/HarryPotter'' ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''/''Franchise/HarryPotter'' trilogy written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1945064/A-E-Giggle A. E. Giggle]]. A key element of this series is Bella becoming an AdaptationalBadass, based on the idea that her social issues in canon are the result of her being a muggle-born witch who spent her teen years at Hogwarts until Voldemort’s rise to power and Dumbledore’s death prompted her to move back to the States for her own safety. The series begins when Bella is summoned back to Hogwarts for the final battle and invites the Cullens to join her, continues with the Cullens being invited to Hogwarts to learn more about the wizarding world, and concludes with a storyline exploring [[spoiler:Bella’s wedding, pregnancy, and transformation into a vampire]].
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* NotSoSimilar: After [[spoiler:Jacob sees Bella transform into her lioness form, he briefly considers her similar to the Quilettes, but Rosalie ends that train of thought by listing some of the magical feats Bella can do that he can’t, such as apparition or transfiguration]].

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* NotSoSimilar: After [[spoiler:Jacob sees Bella transform into her lioness form, he briefly considers her similar to the Quilettes, Quileutes, but Rosalie ends that train of thought by listing some of the magical feats Bella can do that he can’t, such as apparition or transfiguration]].



* ObliviousToLove: Embry shows an attraction to Luna when he meets her, but Luna at first shows no sign that she is aware of his feelings, instead hitting him (and then the other Quilettes) over the head with a rolled-up Quibbler to try and drive away the wrackspurts. [[spoiler:She eventually starts dating him after Edward and Bella's wedding]].

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* ObliviousToLove: Embry shows an attraction to Luna when he meets her, but Luna at first shows no sign that she is aware of his feelings, instead hitting him (and then the other Quilettes) Quileutes) over the head with a rolled-up Quibbler to try and drive away the wrackspurts. [[spoiler:She eventually starts dating him after Edward and Bella's wedding]].



* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Explicitly stated when Bella reveals the existence of the Quilettes to Professor [=McGonagall=] while explaining to the Cullens how they differ from wizarding werewolves; [=McGonagall=] even notes that she knows of a tribe in Alaska who can transform into polar bears in a similar manner.

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Explicitly stated when Bella reveals the existence of the Quilettes Quileute werewolves to Professor [=McGonagall=] while explaining to the Cullens how they differ from wizarding werewolves; [=McGonagall=] even notes that she knows of a tribe in Alaska who can transform into polar bears in a similar manner.

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* AintNoRule: Probably the reason Bella isn’t accused of a foul when [[spoiler:she wins her final Quidditch game by punching a bludger with her bare hand, as few people would choose to deliberately break their bones to win a game]].


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* LoopholeAbuse: Probably the reason Bella isn’t accused of a foul when [[spoiler:she wins her final Quidditch game by punching a bludger with her bare hand, as few people would choose to deliberately break their bones to win a game]].
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* AmericansHateTingle: As in canon, Americans aren’t great fans of Quidditch, prompting some disappointment from Emmett that there isn’t an American team for him to support.

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* AmericansHateTingle: As In-universe; as in canon, Americans aren’t great fans of Quidditch, prompting some disappointment from Emmett that there isn’t an American team for him to support.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** While the Cullens are invited to Hogwarts, they are unable to attend Charms or Transfiguration classes as they have no actual magic to cast spells in those subjects, and are also forbidden to take part in Quidditch as their greater strength would make it too dangerous for the other players.
** When a dragon skull is found during an archaeological dig and the photos are uploaded to the Internet, the ''Daily Prophet'' includes reports that this information is far harder to suppress than most past cases of muggles witnessing magic, prompting the wizards to be impressed at how muggles have developed.

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** When a stolen potion [[spoiler:turns Bella and Hermione into two-year-old girls on the first day back at Hogwarts]], [=McGonagall=]'s immediate reaction (as read in her thoughts by Edward) is that at least nobody was turned into a ferret this time, leaving Edward somewhat bemused that [[spoiler:his fiancé becoming a little girl for the rest of the evening/night]] isn't a big deal (although he does concede that it would have been worse if the ferret transformation took place).

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** When a stolen potion [[spoiler:turns Bella and Hermione into two-year-old girls on the first day back at Hogwarts]], [=McGonagall=]'s immediate reaction (as read in her thoughts by Edward) is that at least nobody was turned into a ferret this time, leaving Edward somewhat bemused that [[spoiler:his fiancé becoming a little girl toddler for the rest of the evening/night]] isn't a big deal (although he does concede that it would have been worse if the ferret transformation took place).would have been worse).



* CuteBruiser: Obviously applies to Alice in particular, but a human example is also seen in Amicus Fortison, a young Gryffindor student who befriends the Cullens prior to the Battle of Hogwarts, as he goes on to become one of the Gryffindor quidditch team’s new Beaters despite his small size creating the impression he’d be better suited for another position.

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* CuteBruiser: Obviously applies to Alice in particular, but a human example is also seen in Amicus Fortison, a young Gryffindor student who befriends the Cullens prior to the Battle of Hogwarts, as he Hogwarts. Amicus goes on to become one of the Gryffindor quidditch team’s new Beaters despite his small size creating the impression he’d be better suited for another position.



* {{Fingore}}: During Herbology, a Gluttony plant bites off Terry Boot's finger.



* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: The Cullens are this, as always, but soon find it a bit bemusing to meet so many people who know what they are and still don’t find them scary.

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* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: The Cullens are this, as always, but soon find it a bit bemusing to meet so many people in the wizarding world who know what they are and still don’t find them scary.


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** Cormac [=MacLaggen=] had a bad encounter with a Gluttony plant during last year's Herbology classes; all Madam Pomfrey will say is that he lost "something more important than a finger".


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* ShoutOut: When Bella sees Jasper drinking blood from a teacup at the Quidditch World Cup, she compares him to Vivian Ward (''Film/PrettyWoman''), prompting incredulity from Jasper at the analogy.

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* RealityEnsues:
** While the Cullens are invited to Hogwarts, they are unable to attend Charms or Transfiguration classes as they have no actual magic to cast spells in those subjects, and are also forbidden to take part in Quidditch as their greater strength would make it too dangerous for the other players.
** When a dragon skull is found during an archaeological dig and the photos are uploaded to the Internet, the ''Daily Prophet'' includes reports that this information is far harder to suppress than most past cases of muggles witnessing magic, prompting the wizards to be impressed at how muggles have developed.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** While the Cullens are invited to Hogwarts, they are unable to attend Charms or Transfiguration classes as they have no actual magic to cast spells in those subjects, and are also forbidden to take part in Quidditch as their greater strength would make it too dangerous for the other players.
** When a dragon skull is found during an archaeological dig and the photos are uploaded to the Internet, the ''Daily Prophet'' includes reports that this information is far harder to suppress than most past cases of muggles witnessing magic, prompting the wizards to be impressed at how muggles have developed.
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Rosalie is initially uncomfortable after her Sorting when she admits that the Hat thought about putting her in Slytherin, but Harry assures her that he was given the same offer, as just because they have traits that would make them a good fit for that house doesn't make them bad people.
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* NotSoDifferent: When Rosalie expresses her concern that the Hat wanted to put her in Slytherin, Harry uses his own experience in that area to assure her that having some traits of that house doesn’t make either of them bad people.

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* {{Atlantis}}: Atlantis was a wizarding city that sunk itself on purpose to escape attention from the muggles after the Trojan War.
* AwesomeUnderwaterWorld: Edward and Bella take part in a tour of Atlantis for their honeymoon.



* DreamingOfThingsToCome: It is confirmed that Bella’s dreams of the future were legitimate predictions, to the extent that she spent some time at Hogwarts dreaming about Edward’s eyes long before she met him, and [[spoiler:later has a dream about Rosalie that includes clocks showing the exact time Rosalie’s heart stopped beating after she was turned when it’s impossible for Bella to know that information on her own]]. Bella's dreams also include [[spoiler:dreaming of Renesmee and a little boy that Edward later speculates will be Emmett and Rosalie's son]].



* FurAgainstFang: During the Battle of Hogwarts, Edward, Jasper and Emmett are particularly eager when they get the chance to fight Voldemort's werewolf followers.



* HiddenDepths: Subverted when Edward listens to the thoughts of Bella’s former Forks classmates after their first term at college, as it’s clear they’re all slacking off; Jessica in particular is talking about her appreciation of Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles while privately musing that she hasn’t even finished the first chapter because she finds it boring.

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* HiddenDepths: Subverted when Edward listens to the thoughts of Bella’s former Forks classmates after their first term at college, as it’s clear they’re all slacking off; Jessica in particular is talking about her appreciation of Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles ''Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles'' while privately musing that she hasn’t even finished the first chapter because she finds it boring.



* ObliviousToLove: Embry shows an attraction to Luna when he meets her, but Luna shows no sign that she is aware of his feelings, instead hitting him (and then the other Quilettes) over the head with a rolled-up Quibbler to try and drive away the wrackspurts.

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* ObliviousToLove: Embry shows an attraction to Luna when he meets her, but Luna at first shows no sign that she is aware of his feelings, instead hitting him (and then the other Quilettes) over the head with a rolled-up Quibbler to try and drive away the wrackspurts.wrackspurts. [[spoiler:She eventually starts dating him after Edward and Bella's wedding]].



* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: It is confirmed that Bella’s dreams of the future were legitimate predictions, to the extent that she spent some time at Hogwarts dreaming about Edward’s eyes long before she met him, and [[spoiler:later has a dream about Rosalie that includes clocks showing the exact time Rosalie’s heart stopped beating after she was turned when it’s impossible for Bella to know that information on her own]].



* RuleOfSymbolism: Features heavily in a recurring prophetic dream Bella has, which includes her needing to swim through a river of blood [[spoiler:to get to her future daughter, Rosalie trapped by chains with clocks on them displaying the very minute Rosalie's heart stopped beating, and a little boy just beyond Bella's daughter that Edward (after seeing the dream) becomes certain will be Emmett and Rosalie's son, further back from Renesmee because he'll be born later]].



* SeriousBusiness: The Cullen children all swiftly become fans of Quidditch, with Emmett becoming the new Hogwarts commentator and Edward observing that Alice is particularly fanatical about the game.

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* SeriousBusiness: The Cullen children all swiftly become fans of Quidditch, with Emmett becoming the new Hogwarts commentator and Edward observing that Alice is particularly fanatical about the game. Oliver Wood, naturally, considers it an insult that Bella didn't make it her priority to tell the Cullens about Quidditch when she only just told them anything about the wizarding world in the last hour and was obviously focused on explaining the current crisis to them first.



* SkewedPriorities: When Bella introduces Edward as her fiancé to some of her old friends, Angelina and Katie in particular are more surprised that Bella's engaged to anyone than that her fiancé is a vampire.



* TokenEvilTeammate: Fitting her position in canon, Rosalie is the only Cullen who is considered for Slytherin (Alice, Edward and Emmett are automatically sorted to Gryffindor and Jasper is considered for Ravenclaw), but Harry assures her that just having those traits doesn’t make her a bad person.

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* TokenEvilTeammate: Fitting her position in canon, Rosalie is the only Cullen who is considered for Slytherin (Alice, Edward and Emmett are automatically sorted to Gryffindor and Jasper is considered for Ravenclaw), but Harry assures her Rosalie that just having those traits doesn’t make her a bad person.

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* BerserkButton: As in canon, Bella takes threats to Edward more personally than threats to herself, to the extent that she makes it clear that [[spoiler:her turning Sam and Leah into pigs is intended as a warning against them trying to attack Edward in future, even though the two wolves tore her throat open in their last encounter]].

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** When Romilda Vane temporarily doses Edward with a love potion, the Cullens are all only restrained from causing serious damage to Romilda because they recognise that she isn't worth it.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Cullens, particularly Bella, accuse Romilda Vane of this when she used a love potion on Edward, pointing out that Edward isn't a cuddly golden-eyed teddy bear but a vampire who could have easily killed Romilda if they went too far and would have caused her great pain when he tried to turn her.



* HeroicSacrifice: In the final confrontation with the remaining Death Eaters, [[spoiler:Brone takes a fatal curse meant for Bella]].



* ManchurianAgent: ''Wisdom Seeker'' reveals that [[spoiler:Arthur Weasley has been Imperiused by the Death Eaters for several months, forcing him to give them key information about the Ministry's tactics against the remaining Death Eaters]].



* MundaneSolution: While working at St Mungo’s, Carlisle [[spoiler:decides to take Neville’s parents to a muggle hospital to get a better idea of what’s wrong with them through scanners rather than spells, which helps him devise a treatment that restores the Longbottoms to some semblance of sanity where they are at least more responsive to others around them]].

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** It is revealed that [[spoiler:the Death Eaters have been using cellphones to communicate with an Imperiused Arthur Weasley as it was the only means of communication the Ministry couldn't intercept]].



* RealityEnsues: While the Cullens are invited to Hogwarts, they are unable to attend Charms or Transfiguration classes as they have no actual magic to cast spells in those subjects, and are also forbidden to take part in Quidditch as their greater strength would make it too dangerous for the other players.

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** When a dragon skull is found during an archaeological dig and the photos are uploaded to the Internet, the ''Daily Prophet'' includes reports that this information is far harder to suppress than most past cases of muggles witnessing magic, prompting the wizards to be impressed at how muggles have developed.


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* UnfulfilledPurposeMisery: Invoked when Brone learns that [[spoiler:Edward already killed the vampire that killed Brone's wife, which leads to Brone sacrificing himself to save Bella as he feels like he has no reason to keep going]].

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* TookALevelInBadass: As though her existing magical skills weren’t enough, Bella [[spoiler:becomes a lion animagus, and visions of her future transformation into a vampire reveal that not only will she then be able to windlessly cast spells that hide her from Edward when she’s right in front of him, but will retain her lion form while being able to break the current land-speed record]].
* VillainousCrush: Slytherin Blaise Zabini is shown to have a crush on Bella that he tries to hide by insulting her, but Bella naturally doesn’t return his interest beyond using it to distract him during a Quidditch game.

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* TookALevelInBadass: As though her existing magical skills weren’t enough, Bella [[spoiler:becomes a lion animagus, and visions of her future transformation into a vampire reveal that not only will she then be able to windlessly wordlessly cast spells that hide her from Edward when she’s right in front of him, but will retain her lion form while being able to break the current land-speed record]].
* VillainousCrush: Slytherin Blaise Zabini is shown to have has a crush on Bella that he tries to hide by insulting her, but Bella naturally doesn’t return his interest beyond using it to distract him during a Quidditch game.



* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: It is affirmed that the Quillettes’ shapeshifting abilities and the Cullens’ extra gifts are not the same as wizarding magic, with the result that neither group can use wands.

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* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: It is affirmed that the Quillettes’ Quileutes’ shapeshifting abilities and the Cullens’ extra gifts are not the same as wizarding magic, with the result that neither group can use wands.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Bella and the Cullens are shown actively helping others rather than just acting in self-defence against threats targeting them specifically, and Bella also reveals that her would-be rapists were later taken to the local police station by Edward and Carlisle; one of them has been extradited back to Texas and is now on death row for similar assaults.

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* ArtisticLicenceBiology: Vampires can be affected by potions so long as an appropriate amount of blood is added to the recipe, and drinking the blood of magical creatures such as dragons restores their original eye-colour as opposed to them having red, black or gold eyes. Sufficient amounts of magical blood even allow vampires to get drunk, although they experience a more drawn-out hangover afterwards.

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* ArtisticLicenceBiology: Vampires can be affected by potions so long as an appropriate amount of blood is added to the recipe, and drinking the blood of magical creatures such as dragons restores their original eye-colour as opposed to them having the familiar red, black or gold eyes. Sufficient amounts of magical blood even allow vampires to get drunk, although they experience a more drawn-out hangover afterwards.



** In ''Justice Reaper'', it is revealed that Viola Knight, the new Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, has become the new captain after Harry, Ron, Ginny and Bella graduated.

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** In ''Justice Reaper'', it is revealed that Viola Knight, the new Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, team (brought in alongside Bella and Ginny), has become the new captain after Harry, Ron, Ginny and Bella graduated.



* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When [[spoiler:Seth]] arrives in St Mungo’s, he is basically subject to this when he sees a man with literal cauliflower ears and the man shrugs it off with the explanation that he had a row with his wife.

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: ButForMeItWasTuesday:
** When a stolen potion [[spoiler:turns Bella and Hermione into two-year-old girls on the first day back at Hogwarts]], [=McGonagall=]'s immediate reaction (as read in her thoughts by Edward) is that at least nobody was turned into a ferret this time, leaving Edward somewhat bemused that [[spoiler:his fiancé becoming a little girl for the rest of the evening/night]] isn't a big deal (although he does concede that it would have been worse if the ferret transformation took place).
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When [[spoiler:Seth]] arrives in St Mungo’s, he is basically subject to this when he sees a man with literal cauliflower ears and the man shrugs it off with the explanation that he had a row with his wife.



* TheFashionista: Alice is this as always, to the point that she expresses a willingness to pay thousands of dollars just for a particular dress they find in a wizarding tent.

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* TheFashionista: Alice is this as always, to the point that she expresses a willingness to pay thousands of dollars just for a particular dress they find in a wizarding tent.tent (fortunately, the dress and others came as part of the cost of the tent itself).



* GroinAttack: After Emmett slips Alice a paranoia-inducing sweet as a joke, Edward provokes Alice into attack Emmett in return by claiming that he's planning to destroy her wardrobe, Alice punching Emmett between the legs with such force that he's feeling it for the next couple of days.



* HotTeacher: [=McGonagall=] chooses Esme for the new Muggle Studies position in the hopes that having an attractive teacher will encourage students to take the subject and give Hogwarts a chance to undo the damage the Carrows may have done to the students’ views on muggles without forcing the students to take it (Esme also arranges for Carlisle to assist a few of her lessons so that the female students don’t feel cheated).

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* HotTeacher: [=McGonagall=] chooses Esme for the new Muggle Studies position in the hopes that having an attractive teacher will encourage students to take the subject and give Hogwarts a chance to undo the damage the Carrows may have done to the students’ views on muggles without forcing actually ''forcing'' the students to take it (Esme also arranges for Carlisle to assist a few of her lessons so that the female students don’t feel cheated).
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* SitcomArchnemesis: Invoked when Bella- currently 'high' after being stung by a Billywig- proclaims that the floor she just fell on is her "new arch-nemesis".
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5244652/1/The-Secret-Keeper The Secret Keeper]]'' and its sequels ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5348767/1/The-Wisdom-Seeker The Wisdom Seeker]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7412055/1/The-Justice-Reaper The Justice Reaper]]'' is a ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''/''Franchise/HarryPotter'' trilogy written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1945064/A-E-Giggle A. E. Giggle]]. A key element of this series is Bella becoming an AdaptationalBadass, based on the idea that her social issues in canon are the result of her being a muggle-born witch who spent her teen years at Hogwarts until Voldemort’s rise to power and Dumbledore’s death prompted her to move back to the States for her own safety. The series begins when Bella is summoned back to Hogwarts for the final battle and invites the Cullens to join her, continues with the Cullens being invited to Hogwarts to learn more about the wizarding world, and concludes with a storyline exploring [[spoiler:Bella’s wedding, pregnancy, and transformation into a vampire]].

!!''The Secret Keeper'' and its sequels contain examples of:

*AdaptationalBadass: In contrast to her meek canon self, Bella is a skilled witch with a speciality in transfiguration and a ruthless reputation when playing Quidditch; her issues at Forks are attributed to her being socially removed from the other students so that she doesn’t understand what they’re talking about outside of lessons, as well as the educational gap as she hasn’t studied in a muggle school since she was eleven.
* AintNoRule: Probably the reason Bella isn’t accused of a foul when [[spoiler:she wins her final Quidditch game by punching a bludger with her bare hand, as few people would choose to deliberately break their bones to win a game]].
* AllMythsAreTrue: By the time the Cullens see the totems and the abatwa at the Quidditch World Cup, Rosalie in particular has concluded that the only thing that can truly be considered ‘mythic’ any more is the meaning of the word.
* AllYourPowersCombined: The origin of the vampire appears to be an example of this, with the most popular theory of their origin stating that the first vampire was created when a mass of poisonous creatures ingested a love potion by accident and all of them attacked the object of their ‘affection’ at once.
* AlmightyMom: When [[spoiler:Edward learns that the Volturi will attack the Cullens to kill his and Bella’s daughter, he reflects that only such a threat could drive Bella to the power and rage necessary for her to kill the Volturi]].
* AmericansHateTingle: As in canon, Americans aren’t great fans of Quidditch, prompting some disappointment from Emmett that there isn’t an American team for him to support.
* AnnouncerChatter: Emmett demonstrates this when he becomes the Quidditch commentator, the fic demonstrating his efforts for the Gryffindor/Ravenclaw and Gryffindor/Slytherin matches.
* AnArmAndALeg: During the Battle of Hogwarts, at one point Bella cuts off a Death Eater’s hand, thus gaining the allegiance of his wand.
* AnimalMotif: Bella takes it personally when she finds a wasp’s nest hanging outside her tent, as she is a fan of the Appleby Arrows, whose main rivals are the Wimbourne Wasps.
* ArtisticLicenceBiology: Vampires can be affected by potions so long as an appropriate amount of blood is added to the recipe, and drinking the blood of magical creatures such as dragons restores their original eye-colour as opposed to them having red, black or gold eyes. Sufficient amounts of magical blood even allow vampires to get drunk, although they experience a more drawn-out hangover afterwards.
* AscendedExtra:
** Bella briefly takes ‘command’ of the other students at Hogwarts while Harry, Ron and Hermione are off trying to find the horcruxes, and [[spoiler:the sphinx later tells Edward, Jasper and Emmett that Bella is destined to be the next major player in the wizarding world after Harry, as she will take down the Volturi]].
** In ''Justice Reaper'', it is revealed that Viola Knight, the new Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, has become the new captain after Harry, Ron, Ginny and Bella graduated.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: An example of this dealing with blunt instruments; [[spoiler:Bella deflects a bludger with her bare fist to win her final quidditch game despite this breaking her hand in the process, with Emmett proclaiming this bold move ‘the Hand of Swan’]].
* BattleCouple: Applies far more keenly to Bella and Edward this time around, with Bella’s magic allowing her to fight alongside the vampire Edward.
* BerserkButton: As in canon, Bella takes threats to Edward more personally than threats to herself, to the extent that she makes it clear that [[spoiler:her turning Sam and Leah into pigs is intended as a warning against them trying to attack Edward in future, even though the two wolves tore her throat open in their last encounter]].
* BloodKnight:
** Emmett is always eager for a new chance at a fight, to the extent that he has to be warned against trying to challenge a dragon as they’re considered endangered species.
** Edward, Jasper and Emmett all show their enthusiasm for combat when they revel in the opportunity to fight with Voldemort’s allied werewolves.
** Bella surprisingly demonstrates this tendency during quidditch matches, often tricking her opponents into crashing by distracting them at key moments and [[spoiler:breaking her own hand to win her final game by punching a bludger]].
* BoisterousBruiser: Emmett is always up for a good fight, although his actions suggest a slight fear of the acromantulas (albeit in the sense that he’s more desperate to destroy them quickly than being actually afraid to attack them).
* BroughtDownToBadass: Applies in a sense to the Cullens; thanks to various potions, they are able to go to the beach and appear perfectly normal without shining in the sunlight, although they retain their strength.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When [[spoiler:Seth]] arrives in St Mungo’s, he is basically subject to this when he sees a man with literal cauliflower ears and the man shrugs it off with the explanation that he had a row with his wife.
* ChristmasEpisode: One chapter exclusively focuses on the Cullens enjoying Christmas with their new magical resources.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: It would appear that Bella basically took Alicia Spinnet’s place on the Gryffindor Quidditch team in her second year, to the extent that Alicia is never mentioned in the series.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: At least one wizard assumes that references to the ‘World Wide Web’ is actually a reference to a vast network of spiders’ webs as they misunderstand the true nature of the Internet.
*CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Ron is annoyed when Bella and Hermione realise that vampire venom may be able to destroy horcruxes; he explicitly expresses frustration that he and Hermione had to go all the way down to the Chamber of Secrets to get a basilisk fang when they could have just asked one of the Cullens to bite the cup.
* CuteBruiser: Obviously applies to Alice in particular, but a human example is also seen in Amicus Fortison, a young Gryffindor student who befriends the Cullens prior to the Battle of Hogwarts, as he goes on to become one of the Gryffindor quidditch team’s new Beaters despite his small size creating the impression he’d be better suited for another position.
* DamselInDistress: Basically subverted once Bella reveals her magic to the Cullens; the only reason Victoria’s campaign against her still takes place is that Bella was dealing with the emotional trauma of the Battle of Hogwarts and didn’t want to risk revealing her magic to a vampire as dangerous as Victoria if the Cullens couldn’t guarantee killing her.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Bron, a wizard who has hunted vampires since a vampire killed his wife on their wedding night, eventually allows Edward to read his mind to learn about his past, which reveals (among other things) that the vampire that killed Bron’s wife was James.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Rosalie in particular gets this, as various potions allow her to appear more human, while her time at Hogwarts, with everyone aware of her true nature and accepting her regardless, lets her experience the closest thing to a ‘normal’ life she’s had since she became a vampire.
*DramaPreservingHandicap:
**Victoria’s campaign against Bella still takes place without her learning about magic because Bella was both trying to keep her abilities secret and the emotional trauma of the Battle of Hogwarts left Bella’s magic in an unpredictable state until she could process everything on her own.
**[[spoiler:The sphinx]] reveals that there is a cure for vampirism, but it would require the specific antidote for every single venom that was mixed together to create the original vampire, and many of those antidotes no longer exist as the species that made them have gone extinct.
* EroticDream: Edward has several of these about Bella after the Cullens are given a potion that lets them sleep.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Despite Bella’s traditional discomfort at receiving gifts, she shows no hesitation at expressing her joy when Edward gives her a Firebolt; his siblings observe that Edward’s prior problem was that he wasn’t looking for the right mode of transportation to impress her.
** When [[spoiler:a group of the remaining Death Eaters break into Hogwarts, one of their goals was to kill Draco Malfoy for his parents’ roles in Voldemort’s defeat, but they fail to convince any of Draco’s housemates to torture him to ‘avenge’ the losses of their own parents as the other students all accept that Draco isn’t responsible for that]].
* FantasticRacism: When Emmett asks why Voldemort never tried to become a vampire as a means of pursuing immortality, Bella muses that at least part of it was Voldemort’s own belief in his own superiority over non-humans, as well as him not wanting to do something so many other people had done.
* FantasticSlurs: When the Cullens first learn the meaning of ‘mudblood’ as a slur, Edward later makes it clear to some of the Slytherins that if they persist in insulting Bella with such a term, given his own appreciation of her blood, he will have little hesitation in sampling what they consider ‘superior cuisine’.
* TheFashionista: Alice is this as always, to the point that she expresses a willingness to pay thousands of dollars just for a particular dress they find in a wizarding tent.
* FatalFlaw: While studying to become an animagus, Bella is troubled at her lack of self-awareness, prompting her to talk with Carlisle about that issue and explore his perception of her.
* ForTheEvulz: It is revealed that James killed the muggle wife of a wizard on the couple’s wedding night just because the wizard taunted him.
* ForegoneConclusion: In-narrative example; Bella had resolved to herself that she would go back to Hogwarts if she learned of any potential revolution, with the result that, the moment she gets a message that Harry has returned to Hogwarts, Alice sees that Bella will take part in the battle before Bella’s even read the message to inform her subsequent decision.
* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: The Cullens are this, as always, but soon find it a bit bemusing to meet so many people who know what they are and still don’t find them scary.
* GameOfChicken: The Gryffindor and Slytherin Quidditch teams get caught up in one of these, but it backfires on the Slytherins as they instigated the attack but are forced to back off when the Gryffindors don’t.
*GondorCallsForAid: The Cullens join Bella in responding to the call for help from Hogwarts before the final battle with the Death Eaters.
* HeistEpisode: [[spoiler:Bella and Alice use Harry’s cloak to infiltrate Slytherin and steal back an invisibility potion Pansy Parkinson had stolen earlier]].
* HiddenDepths: Subverted when Edward listens to the thoughts of Bella’s former Forks classmates after their first term at college, as it’s clear they’re all slacking off; Jessica in particular is talking about her appreciation of Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles while privately musing that she hasn’t even finished the first chapter because she finds it boring.
* HopeBringer: After learning about the existence of magic, Bella comes to be this for Rosalie, who sees magic as the only way she might be able to become a mother.
* HotTeacher: [=McGonagall=] chooses Esme for the new Muggle Studies position in the hopes that having an attractive teacher will encourage students to take the subject and give Hogwarts a chance to undo the damage the Carrows may have done to the students’ views on muggles without forcing the students to take it (Esme also arranges for Carlisle to assist a few of her lessons so that the female students don’t feel cheated).
* IAmGreatSong: Alice sings a few of these during Quidditch matches affirming her new loyalty to Gryffindor.
* IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: Invoked when the Cullen children are given a potion to let them sleep; when they all wake up, they affirm that they were enjoying the opportunity to dream for the first time in decades (although Edward is frustrated as he kept subconsciously tapping into Jasper and Emmett’s dreams rather than just dreaming his own).
*IfIWantedYouDead: Invoked when Ron briefly worries that Bella has been Imperiused to protect the Horcruxes; Hermione points out that if Bella was Imperiused, she would have gone to get the horcrux as soon as the Room was emptied of students rather than coming back after Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Despite being decades old at least, the Cullens had no idea that magic was real until Bella told them about the wizarding world.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the Cullens’ presence, Fred, Lupin and Tonks still die in the Battle of Hogwarts.
* InformedAbility: Bella expresses concern that the Elder Wand would be able to hurt the Cullens despite vampires’ general immunity to magic, but this is never shown directly.
* KryptoniteFactor: While vampires are immune to most spells, Fiendfyre can apparently kill them if cast properly, and they are also vulnerable to certain potions so long as a suitable amount of blood is added to the recipe; [[spoiler:George is able to devise a set of joke sweets with blood as part of the recipe that drive Alice into a paranoid panic, render Jasper completely incapable of walking for a time, and force Edward to sing everything he says for the next few hours, and Edward later falls victim to a love potion]].
*LastStand: The final battle at Hogwarts is this.
*LoveRevelationEpiphany: Not in the narrative itself, but while proving his mind-reading abilities to Ron, Edward mentions that Ron’s been wanting to kiss Hermione since she punched Draco Malfoy in third year.
* MagicAIsMagicA:
** Alice’s abilities are clearly established as being unable to perceive anything non-human or non-vampire, with the result that just sitting beside Hagrid blocks her abilities when she’s attending a quidditch match, [[spoiler:and Death Eaters are able to bypass her by forcing a house-elf to accompany them on raids]].
** While vampires’ special abilities are distinctly separate from wizarding magic, there are enough similarities that Edward can be blocked with occlumency, and Jasper’s abilities are similar to the effect created by a potion known as Empatheia.
* MamaBear:
** Esme shows that she’s not just the beloved mother figure when she acts to protect Bella and other students during the Battle of Hogwarts from the Death Eaters, to the extent that she tears an Acromantula in half down the middle after taking its head off with her bare hands.
** In ''Justice Reaper'', [[spoiler:Edward muses that only the fate of her child would inspire Bella to unleash the power and rage necessary for her to kill the Volturi]].
* TheMedic: As part of the Cullens’ integration into the wizarding world, Professor [=McGonagall=] is able to arrange a position for Carlisle at St Mungo’s to gain more experience of magical illnesses or injuries.
* MundaneMadeAwesome:
** A good description of Esme’s Muggle Studies classes, as some of her early lessons for the younger students explore such superficially simple things as trampolines or television, with at least one student musing that he’d take her class just because having a vampire professor sounds cool.
** In ''Justice Reaper'', a newspaper article discusses the challenges faced by wizards to try and conceal evidence of magic after a dragon skull is dug up as part of an episode of Series/TimeTeam and the photographs are posted on the Internet, which Kingsley Shacklebolt confirms cannot be shut down without causing serious economic problems for the muggles, prompting at least one wizard to express surprise that muggles have developed more advanced communication methods than the wizards.
* MundaneSolution: While working at St Mungo’s, Carlisle [[spoiler:decides to take Neville’s parents to a muggle hospital to get a better idea of what’s wrong with them through scanners rather than spells, which helps him devise a treatment that restores the Longbottoms to some semblance of sanity where they are at least more responsive to others around them]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Arguably applies, albeit to a minor degree; after Voldemort’s death, his remaining loyal followers commit various assaults to try and re-establish the Death Eaters, as they were so certain of Voldemort’s victory that they made their allegiance to him too public for any of them to claim that they were Imperiused like before, particularly in the face of Kingsley Shacklebolt’s planned reforms. However, while dangerous, the Death Eaters lack a clear leader after Voldemort’s death, and so their attacks are limited compared to what they did under Voldemort’s leadership.
* NightmareFuel: A literal in-universe example; [[spoiler:Rosalie experiences flashbacks to her rape and near-murder when she is thrown out of her dormitory window while asleep during a Death Eater raid]].
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: After Edward witnesses Harry’s use of the Resurrection Stone, [[spoiler:he later destroys the Stone for good after using it to have a final conversation with his mother so that the dead will not be disturbed again]].
* NoodleIncident:
** The exact details of Bella’s six years at Hogwarts aren’t provided, but various minor details are given, ranging from her cursing Cormac [=McLaggen=] at the Yule Ball when he was an inconsiderate date, giving Lee Jordan a love potion that sent him chasing Filch around the school for hours, assisting Fred, George and Lee in enchanting the school’s armours to chant a song about wanting Umbridge to leave Hogwarts, and joining Harry in the Battle at the Department of Mysteries.
** It is revealed that only one other wizard has ever been turned into a vampire, [[spoiler:but he was relatively weak and was swiftly killed by Aro, although the sphinx’s words state that Bella will avoid that fate because she will be far more powerful than that wizard was]].
* NotAMorningPerson: When the Cullens are given a potion that lets them sleep, Alice surprisingly reveals that this applies to her, as she initially tries to go back to sleep.
* NotSoDifferent: When Rosalie expresses her concern that the Hat wanted to put her in Slytherin, Harry uses his own experience in that area to assure her that having some traits of that house doesn’t make either of them bad people.
* NotSoSimilar: After [[spoiler:Jacob sees Bella transform into her lioness form, he briefly considers her similar to the Quilettes, but Rosalie ends that train of thought by listing some of the magical feats Bella can do that he can’t, such as apparition or transfiguration]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Emmett declines to tell Rosalie something, she knows that it must be important that he keep it secret rather than indulge her curiosity.
* ObliviousToLove: Embry shows an attraction to Luna when he meets her, but Luna shows no sign that she is aware of his feelings, instead hitting him (and then the other Quilettes) over the head with a rolled-up Quibbler to try and drive away the wrackspurts.
* OurSoulsAreDifferent: Basically applies; when Edward uses his venom to destroy a horcrux, he initially interprets this as ‘proof’ of his belief that venom destroys souls, but this is proven false when Bella witnesses his soul when he’s nearly drained by dementors. In a talk with Dumbledore’s portrait, Dumbledore affirms that the venom destroyed the horcrux and only destroyed the soul because it was bound to the object in question, expressing faith that the Cullens’ souls are safe from the consequences of murder due to them only killing humans for food out of necessity and their ability to mourn those they kill helping to repair their damaged souls.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Explicitly stated when Bella reveals the existence of the Quilettes to Professor [=McGonagall=] while explaining to the Cullens how they differ from wizarding werewolves; [=McGonagall=] even notes that she knows of a tribe in Alaska who can transform into polar bears in a similar manner.
* PlatonicLifePartners: ‘Life partners’ might be an exaggeration, but at one point [[spoiler:Edward ends up offering Hermione and Ginny comfort when Bella, Harry and Ron are all in St Mungo’s over Christmas, with Edward’s telepathy affirming that the two girls have no interest in him as anything more than a friend and are fully committed to their own boyfriends]].
* PosthumousCharacter: Dumbledore’s portrait converses with the Cullens, and [[spoiler:Edward uses the Resurrection Stone to talk briefly with his mother]].
* ThePowerOfBlood: When the Cullens drink dragon’s blood, it not only completely removes their usual thirst to such a degree that Edward doesn’t even feel slightly tempted by Bella’s blood, but the blood also restores their original eye colour from when they were human for at least the next few hours.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: It is confirmed that Bella’s dreams of the future were legitimate predictions, to the extent that she spent some time at Hogwarts dreaming about Edward’s eyes long before she met him, and [[spoiler:later has a dream about Rosalie that includes clocks showing the exact time Rosalie’s heart stopped beating after she was turned when it’s impossible for Bella to know that information on her own]].
* RapidHairGrowth: A temporary example; by gathering together all of the sixth- and seventh-year female Gryffindor students to help her, Bella is able to cast a spell that makes Alice’s usual short hair grow all the way down her back, but Alice sees that her body will only hold the magic for a few days before her natural style returns.
* RealityEnsues: While the Cullens are invited to Hogwarts, they are unable to attend Charms or Transfiguration classes as they have no actual magic to cast spells in those subjects, and are also forbidden to take part in Quidditch as their greater strength would make it too dangerous for the other players.
*RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Bella briefly goes on one after [[spoiler:Fred’s death]], leading to a particularly brutal fight between her and a Death Eater that leads to her setting her opponent’s robes on fire and cutting his hand off.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: The Cullens essentially passed one for the entire wizarding world after the Battle of Hogwarts, with wizards observing that the Cullens’ ability to resist drinking human blood without magical assistance clearly shows their strength of moral character.
* SeriousBusiness: The Cullen children all swiftly become fans of Quidditch, with Emmett becoming the new Hogwarts commentator and Edward observing that Alice is particularly fanatical about the game.
* SupportingProtagonist: ''Secret Keeper'' basically looks at the events of the Battle of Hogwarts through Bella and Edward’s perspectives.
* SwappedRoles:
** A minor but (for their relationship) significant example; prior to the Christmas ball, Bella actually ends up helping Alice with a fashion situation.
** On a larger scale, [[spoiler:a sphinx states that Bella will be the subject of the next major prophecy of her generation just as Harry was the subject of the last one]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: Fitting her position in canon, Rosalie is the only Cullen who is considered for Slytherin (Alice, Edward and Emmett are automatically sorted to Gryffindor and Jasper is considered for Ravenclaw), but Harry assures her that just having those traits doesn’t make her a bad person.
* TookALevelInBadass: As though her existing magical skills weren’t enough, Bella [[spoiler:becomes a lion animagus, and visions of her future transformation into a vampire reveal that not only will she then be able to windlessly cast spells that hide her from Edward when she’s right in front of him, but will retain her lion form while being able to break the current land-speed record]].
* VillainousCrush: Slytherin Blaise Zabini is shown to have a crush on Bella that he tries to hide by insulting her, but Bella naturally doesn’t return his interest beyond using it to distract him during a Quidditch game.
* TheWorfEffect: Emmett in particular is unnerved when he witnesses a group of Dementors render Edward essentially unconscious, as he has grown used to thinking of vampires as top of the food chain.
* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: It is affirmed that the Quillettes’ shapeshifting abilities and the Cullens’ extra gifts are not the same as wizarding magic, with the result that neither group can use wands.

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