Disclaimer: I do not own either Harry potter and said characters nor do I own the Twilight characters. I make no money on this at all. This is purely for fun.
A/N This story is AU all the way. I've moved the timeline for Twilight back to 1998. The events of twilight has happened and the final battle in Harry Potter has happened just a short two months ago. New Moon may happen or it may not happen in this story. Like I said before you all start screaming this is AU totally.
When will this war be over?
Chapter 1
Harry looked around the fully furnished room at his handy work. Yes everything looked perfect. It had taken him hours to finish the room but he was pleased with his effort. As he finally took a seat on one of the soft blue seats his mind wandered to the events over the past few months. The final battle had been won but in his mind it still raged. His nightmares and his sometimes near panic had effected his life in ways he certainly couldn't understand. Ginny had been his rock through it all and she still was.
In fact she was the force behind Him and George and herself being in Forks. George had taken Fred's death really hard and Harry was haunted by the past so much he couldn't move on. Ginny was doing better than they were so after days of arguing with her parents and sometimes the Minister of Magic but finally they had agreed. George would be the guardian of Ginny and Harry who would attend Forks High School. They would be away from magic and the death. Plus the rogue death eaters couldn't find Harry there. Harry could have a peaceful year for once. They had agreed to register the house as a magical home with the magical government in the states so that the Weasely's and Hermione could come visit easier.
It had taken them two weeks from the Ginny's birthday to get moved into the house that Harry bought in Forks. It was a large farmhouse type structure out in the country away from the non magical folks. Down the road they knew there was another house but they had never seen it. But occasionally when they left their house they would see a Silver Volvo speed past their drive. With the last few boxes cleared away they were done. Tomorrow morning school would start for Harry and Ginny. Harry was so nervous about going to a muggle school. He had been to Hogwarts for so long he thought for sure he would be so far behind that he'd never catch up.
He was lost in his thoughts when Ginny walked in and sat down across from him and reached out to grab his hands in hers. She knew what he was thinking about the same thoughts had plagued her mind that day. George entered soon after and noisily sat down offering them both a Pepsi. He had discovered the drink they day they arrived in forks and had filled the fridge with the stuff. Harry came out of his stupor as the cold bottle touched his arm.
"Oh Thanks George."
"No problem mate. So how long do you think we have until Mum and Dad show up?" George asked trying to smile.
"I'm sure it won't be long. Mum is going to want to talk to us about school tomorrow." Ginny said with a sigh. And as if by schedule the international flu activated and her family stepped out one by one. Molly looked around appraising the place with a smile. She was pleased at the job they had done decorating and creating a home. Arthur was looking at every muggle contraption in the place in awe. Ron and Hermione had ran straight to Harry and Ginny and hugged them both. Percy had greeted George and Bill was leading Fleur to a seat. Charlie was just beaming at everyone for no apparent reason.
"Mum, Dad welcome. Please have a seat." Ginny said happily.
"Oh we won't stay long dear we know you have school in the morning. Have you all ate?" Molly ask kindly.
"Don't worry mum I have dinner on and you all are welcome to stay. I've made extra." Ginny said jumping up to go check on dinner. Molly followed to help her daughter.
They all talked for a while until Ginny came and announced that dinner was ready. They all followed her into the kitchen that was much larger than the burrows. They all sat and talked amongst them for hours. It was half way through the meal that Ginny noticed that Harry had stopped talking. She watched anxiously for him to start to fall apart. Slowly she saw his shoulders start to shake as the panic started to set in. She quickly stood up surprising everyone. She walked over and took Harry by the hand and pulled him out of his chair. Then putting her arm around him she helped him out of the room. Everyone turned to look at George who had a worried look on his face.
"He's having a panic attack. They happen sometimes in a crowd or when something big is about to happen. She somehow manages to calm him down. We are a little worried about tomorrow. They are in two different grades so if he starts to have one no one will be there to help him. But other than that he's doing ok. Nightmares still happen but they are getting a little better. He's not hurting himself any more during them at any rate."
"George how are you though?" Bill asked.
"Truthfully I still hurt but it is helping to be away from the memories. I still have nights I cry myself to sleep but I am starting to feel better. The real test is when I finally come visit you all back home in a couple of months." George said.
"Son you take your time and come home when you are ready." Arthur said as Ginny reentered with out Harry. She wordlessly went past them and started making water for some hot cocoa. As she was doing that she started throwing things into the sink angrily. Molly jumped up and put her hand on her arm and pulled her back to the table. They all watched as she sat down with a few angry tears running down her face.
"Ginny what's wrong?"
"Yeah did that Git hurt you?" Ron asked starting to stand up.
"Oh Ron sit down. No Harry did not hurt me. I'm crying because I'm angry ok? Not with Harry though. I'm angry because after all he has been through what was supposed to be a happy time for all of us has turned into a nightmare. The war may be over out there but it still rages in his mind."
Ron sat down quietly. "Is he getting better?" Hermione asked.
"Slowly yes. Physically faster than mentally. Emotionally he's struggling. I'm worried about school. We can't really tell our story so I don't know how much they will understand about how quiet and withdrawn he is among those he doesn't know."
They continued to talk until they saw Harry come back in the room muttering apologies. They finished dinner and soon enough they all got up and left. Ginny quickly did the dishes and headed on off to bed. Harry had went to bed soon after her family left and George was following his sister. They stopped long enough to check on Harry. He was sleeping peacefully so they both headed off to their own rooms.
Breakfast the next morning was a hurried affair as Ginny and Harry had to leave for school. Harry opened the door for Ginny before going around the car to take his seat in the driving seat. He had been surprised that he passed his driving test the first time he took it especially since it took George two times. The car was a simple blue Dodge neon but it suited their purposes. George had a dodge ram pickup that he liked quite a lot. George had decided to write a memoir of his brother so he would not be working but they thought he should have a vehicle just in case they need it.
Harry pulled out wordlessly and headed off towards town and school. He had been driving for a couple of miles before the silver Volvo passed him going much faster than law allowed. Harry shrugged when Ginny complained about it. All too soon they arrived at the school. Harry sighed as he parked the car in the student lot and was shocked to see the silver car sitting their.
Ginny grabbed her bag and handed Harry his and they walked together to the main office. Harry opened the door and let Ginny go in ahead of him. It was empty with the exception of the receptionist.
"Good Morning How can I help you?"
"Good Morning This is Ginny Weasely and I'm Harry Potter and we are new student s here. I believe you have our records already. We need our schedules."
"Oh yes dear just give me a second. Ah here they are. Ginny this is your schedule and you map so you don't get lost. And these are yours Harry. Please have your teachers sign these and return them at the end of the day to day and then your all set."
"Thank you Ma'am" Harry said leading Ginny out of the office. Harry quickly walked with Ginny to her first class in building two before going to his own class in building four. He got there in plenty of time. He walked towards the teacher not looking at any one as he went. The teacher quickly signed the paper and instructed him to sit at the middle table. Across the aisle from him he saw a pretty brunette sitting next to an absolutely perfect looking pale man. His eyes glanced over the man noticing the color of his eyes and his heart skipped a beat in fear. Slowly he found his seat and sat down trying to calm himself. A Vampire how can he be so close to humans Harry thought to himself.
Bella and Edward were in deep conversation as Harry passed them. Edward looked up as the young man started towards his assigned seat across the aisle from Bella. As the youth looked into his eyes he saw the fear evident in his eyes as the kid looked away quickly. For some reason he could not hear what he was thinking.
"Bella I think he knows."
"Knows what Edward?"
"My family secret." Edward whispered in his still perfect voice.
"I doubt that. It took me how long to figure it out and that was only because I heard some tales. He just arrived how would he find out so fast?"
"Maybe you are correct." Edward said. He was confused. He thought about it for a moment before class started.
Classes moved along slowly until Lunch. Harry quickly got his food and looked around the Cafeteria before spotting Ginny smiling at him. He hurried over ignoring Jessica and Mike who were calling to him to join them. He smiled at Ginny as he sat down across from her then looked towards Jessica and Mike who grinned realizing why he hadn't sat with them. Harry glanced around the rest of the cafeteria before catching sight of Edward and Bella who was sitting with two other people. The two others shared the same beauty that the boy from class had. Harry looked away and back at Ginny.
"Ginny do you see those four sitting over there? Do you realize what three of them are?"
Ginny looked over and let out a deep breath. "Vampires" She whispered so quietly Harry had to lean in to hear her. "Oh Harry you know not all Vamps are like the ones you came up against."
"I know and I want to give them a chance. I don't want to judge them like people did Remus." Harry said his voice cracked at the end. Ginny watched as his shoulders started to shake slightly. She stood up and hurried over to his side. She knelt by his side and talked softly to him. The small group across the room from them looked up at the quiet whispers they heard. They had heard them discussing Vampires and the fact that they were and was shocked to hear the boy say something about not judging them.
Bella looked questionably at Edward and he nodded slightly. Bella got up and walked towards the two teens. She noticed the tears on the boys face.
"Excuse me. My name is Bella Swan my friends and I would like to know would you like to join us." Bella said kindly.
"Sure" Harry said in a shaky voice. Ginny and Harry gathered their things and followed Bella.
"Hi I'm Harry Potter and this is Ginny Weasely."
"I'm Edward Cullen and this is my sister Alice and my brother Jasper."
"Oh it's nice to meet you." Ginny said calmly.
"Look we need to talk but we can't here. Is there a place we could talk after school?" Edward said cutting to the chase.
"Yeah why don't you follow us home tonight. We can talk there. The only one there is my brother George but he won't bother us." Ginny suggested.
"Fine we shall do that." Edward said with a grimace on his face. He wasn't sure if he was comfortable with this.
Lunch was soon over and Harry gave Ginny a quick hug and hurried off towards his next class. Bella was heading off with Edward when they realized that Ginny was going that direction as well. Bella called out to her as they went.
"Oh hey. I didn't realize you had a class this direction."
"Yeah do you mind if we walk with you?" Bella asked shooting a glare towards an amused Edward.
"sure why not? Look you'll have to excuse Harry, he's been through a lot the last few years. Just give him some time to adjust. You'll find him a very likable guy but of course I'm slightly biased." Ginny said honestly. Bella and Edward chuckled at the remark but said nothing. "Well this is my building see you later." Ginny said with a smile and a wave.
"Well Edward what do you think?"
"I am not sure what to think. Part of me wants to trust them and part of me wants to run away as fast as I can." Edward said honestly.
"They seem nice though. Maybe you should wait until you've talked with them to decide what to do. And if I'm not mistaken I think they have a few secrets of their own."
"Bella I would say absolutely they have some secrets." Edward said pulling her close and breathing her scent in again.
The rest of the day went by quickly and soon they all met up in the parking lot. Harry noticed the car and apologized saying that he doesn't drive as fast as Edward did. Edward grumbled as he got in the car. He hated having to drive slow. But this was important so he slowed it down. He watched Harry drive uncertainly down the road. He laughed lightly at how awkward the boy seemed behind the wheel. Slowly they made their way out of town. Edward was shocked to find them going down his road. And even more shocked to turn into the drive of the closest house. He pulled up along the blue neon and parked the car. He quickly opened the door for Bella and watched Harry do the same for Ginny. He watched the pair as they held each others hands obviously for support. Harry seemed so quiet and withdrawn from the world that it was obvious that what ever he had been through still affected him.
Harry called out to George as they all entered. He quickly introduced everyone and pulled George to the side and explained with out a word they reentered the living room.
"Harry would it be ok if they called their parents to come over as well?"
"Of course it is. Edward you didn't have to ask for permission. Your welcome to use our phone if you need to." Harry said.
Edward noticed that while George was obviously older Harry ran the household. Harry had a strange presence. He carried himself like a leader. Where Harry would go so would the others. So if they could just gain Harry's trust the others would follow. Minutes later a knock on the door Ginny rushed out to answer while Harry slipped out to the kitchen. He called for kreacher with the instructions to go out into the woods and get enough blood to fill seven cups for the vampires. He instructed to make sure it was animal blood and for heaven sakes make sure the blood was from the same animal for each cup. He gave the elf seven large dark covered cups for his mission. Harry waited for a few minutes for the elf to return. While waiting he made tea for George, Ginny and himself. With a pop the old house elf returned with the cups filled as requested. He asked what type of animal it was and was informed it was an elk. Absent mindedly he put seven straws into each cup and put them on the tray with the tea. He slowly made his way to the living room where he could hear the quiet voices. Ginny was making small talk about nothing in particular.
"Sorry it took to long but as you can see I come baring gifts." Harry said laying his burden down. "I've taken the liberty of getting you some fresh elk blood here." He handed each of the Vampires a cup. "Sorry about the straw and lid but one of us here is a little squeamish around the stuff. I thought it would be rude to have tea ourselves and not offer our guests anything to eat or drink which ever you prefer."
Edward and Carlisle looked at each other as they accepted the cups. Emmett and Rosalie stared open mouthed at Harry. Alice just smiled serenely taking a sip.
"Ok now that we know for sure that you know. We have one question. How?" Edward asked.
"We are educated especially to recognize this type of thing. After six years of school you kind of pick it all up." Harry said knowing that that didn't answer the question. Edward looked at him oddly and Harry sighed. He looked at Ginny and she nodded. He tried to speak but couldn't force the words out right away.
"Harry it's ok to tell them. We know their secret it's only fair that they know at least part of ours." Ginny said with George nodding glumly beside her.
"Your right of course love. Ginny, George and myself are witch and wizards respectively. So we have learned about Vampires and werewolves and such." Harry said looking down into his hands. Ginny could see another attack happening. It happened when ever he or anyone mentioned anything that reminded him of Remus. She moved closer and put her arm around him as he started to shake. He looked into her brown eyes pleading for her to get him out of there where he could break down in private. She stood up and helped Harry to his feet putting her arm around him to help support his weight. The Cullen's all looked at each other not knowing what to think or do. George watched worriedly as they left the room.
"I hope you all don't believe that he is upset because of you. He's well actually we have all been having a rough go of it for a while now. He really is usually much stronger than that normally. So could you explain how it is you lot are able to live among living humans?" George said.
"of course we are not offended by Harry. We understand tough times. To answer your question our family does not drink Human blood. We feed off of animals." Carlisle answered proudly.
Harry and Ginny returned and sat back down. The color was out of Harry's face but he was trying to smile. He didn't want to tell them everything just then. George filled them in on the Cullen's answers and Harry sighed a breath of relief. All of a sudden they heard a noise behind them Harry jumped up with amazing speed and putting himself in front of Ginny raised his wand. As he watched a silver Weasel scampered to him. In the voice of Arthur Weasely it said. "Harry Andromeda Tonks' home attacked. Five death eaters. Two was caught. Andromeda taken to St. Mungos but will be fine. Teddy will arrive shortly with Molly. You are to keep him with you until it is safe."
The room got quiet as the potronus disappeared. Harry quickly called his out and sent one back saying they were awaiting the babies arrival. He looked around at the bewildered guests and sat down abruptly. Ginny flew to him hugging him tightly. George sensing the danger led their guests out of the room. Once they were gone. Harry whispered to Ginny to go as well. He could feel the build up of emotion and magic ready to burst at the seams. Ginny cast a quick charm to shield all the breakables in the room so Harry wouldn't get hurt when it exploded. She entered the kitchen where everyone was sitting casting worried glances behind her.
"How is he? George asked ignoring the confused looks on the Cullen's faces.
"Not good. He's about to have a burst of magic any minute. I tried to put up a shield so everything breakable would be safe and Harry wouldn't be cut on anything. I don't mean to imply that any of you would hurt him more if that happened. It's just that I really don't want to have to heal him back up again." Ginny said.
"I understand dear." Esme said with a kind smile. As they continued to talk the international flu flared and Molly holding a baby and all the accessories walked thru. She looked at the vampires in horror until her daughter explained about their special diet. Molly looked still a bit concerned but breathed a sigh of relief non the less. If Harry trusted them than she did too.
All of a sudden they heard a scream and a blast that shook the house. They could only just make out that loud "Damn it" coming from the living room. Ginny ran through the kitchen and into the living room. She found Harry sitting on the couch surrounded by debris. Most of the breakables were still intact but it was a mess. Papers were strewn around the room where the sheer power of the spells had shredded them. A couple of the chairs were charred from the heat but other than the mess everything was fine. He was staring at his shaking hands.
"It's supposed to end. I killed him. It was supposed to be over." Harry said sobbing.
"Love I know it's going to be ok. Andromeda is going to be fine. Teddy is just fine. He's in the kitchen with Mum right now. He's safe." Ginny said quietly.
"What if they go after your family?"
"Then we will move them here if we have too or to somewhere else. We will cross that bridge if it comes to that." Ginny just held him as he continued to cry. At some point George entered the room and quietly cleaned the mess and repaired the damage. He then silently left the room.
Molly looked up at her son walking towards the table. The Cullen's were sitting their in silence unsure of what to say.
"They will be in shortly. Harry just needs to regain his composure. He's upset about Andromeda."
"That is understandable. We are all worried. That poor boy."
"So you all are obviously from England?" Carlisle said trying to start a conversation.
"Oh yes we are. George and Ginny along with Harry moved here to get away for a while. Arthur my husband and my self support them completely."
"And you all are witches and wizards then?"
Molly looked surprised that they knew but nodded anyway. "Yes we are. Oh what you must think of us. Honestly we don't usually have so much drama. It's just been a bad few years."
"I'm sure your not. You all seem like very kind people." Esme said.
Ginny slowly led Harry into the kitchen. Harry looked up to see Molly sitting there still holding his godson. He rushed over to and carefully took Teddy into his arms hugging him close. George grabbed the baby's gear and took it upstairs to an extra bedroom and set it up.
Molly took the time to quickly set up the portable cot for the baby in the kitchen and helped Harry put the baby down.
"Well if you don't mind we can continue our conversation in here." Harry said kindly.
"Of course we don't mind at all. I hope you feel you can trust us with your secret. I know that this is something that the regular public can not know." Carlisle said calmly.
"We thank you for that. We will keep your secret as well. We would like to get to know you better and we would like for you to get to know us as well." Harry said in a quiet voice.
"We would like to do so as well. I was wandering I overheard you telling Ginny that you didn't want to judge us. What was that all about?" Edward asked causing the others to look at Harry strangely.
Harry took a deep breath. He would get through this. "In our world. Magical world that is there are some magical folk who believe that they are better than other magical creatures. They believe that Vampires and Werewolves and the like are only monsters. They will not allow a Vampire or a Werewolf to have a job or hold public office because of their stereotypical view of them. They have yet to realize that Vampires are not all the same. There are good Vamps and there are evil Vamps. Just as there are good Werewolves and evil Werewolves. I don't want to allow what I've learned cloud my judgment about you. I want to judge the worth of our friendship by who you really are." Harry said slightly emotional by the end. He turned away slightly as a tear fell from his eyes.
"I understand now what you meant. Harry we don't know much about your world but we would like to learn more." Carlisle said kindly not mentioning the tear.
As the night progressed Molly said goodnight and gave Harry some last minute instructions on caring for Teddy and the Cullen's left for home. Ginny sat drinking her tea not really hungry. Harry stared out the window. George had went upstairs to decorate what would now be a nursery.
"Harry do you trust them?" Ginny asked over her tea cup.
"I don't know why but Yes I do. I just hope the topic of the Volturi doesn't come up in conversation." Harry said.
"Harry that is good cause I trust them too. I think that they could be good friends to us." Soon they both went upstairs Harry carrying Teddy. As they opened the door George was just finishing the final touches. It was sky blue with clouds moving around the room. The white crib was against the wall. Harry quickly walked over and placed the baby in the crib. He watched him sleep for a few minutes before taking Ginny's hands and leading her out of the room. He escorted her to her room and kissed her gently goodnight and then went to his own room. He changed for bed and fell asleep almost immediately.