The Twilight Of Dawn
Chapter Two: Settling into the New World of Forks
It was 1:55pm and their flight had landed a little over 2 hours ago. They were now headed to their new home in the back of a taxi, as the cars were hopefully waiting for them at the house. To say things were different from where they'd come from, you wouldn't be wrong. It was beautiful here, no tall business buildings or perfectly sculpted neighbourhoods. Everything was green: the trees, their trunks covered with moss, their branches hanging with a canopy of it, the ground covered with ferns. Even the air filtered down greenly through the leaves. It was perfect.
Harry had always loved nature and now he was surrounded by it. He couldn't wait to get his hands on their garden, he knew he was going to love this place. If only he knew just how much.
It had taken a while, but they had finally been dropped off in front of their new home. It was a two-storey white house with forest green shutters and trimmings, with a veranda that surrounded the entire ground floor, and a balcony coming off from the front bedroom on the top floor.
Remus and Harry's cars were already sitting in the driveway; Remus' was a red Mercedes-Benz CLK-DTM AMG, whilst Harry had convinced Remus to get him a Metallic Black 997 Turbo Porsche. Since Harry had always been conservative with his money, he'd decided to splurge on the car, Remus only agreed because he knew how much Harry loved the fast pace of his broom, and thought this to be an outlet he could have around the muggles. Also for the reason that Harry had never really had anything he wanted in his life, and this was his chance to get what he never had. Remus, himself, had not had much growing up a werewolf, so was really surprised when he found out that there was a vault for him, left by James and Lily, with a total of 2 million galleons in its contents along with numerous books. That was the reason he'd to splurged on his new car.
It didn't take long to have everything in the house and unpacked with the help of some magic. The place was fully furnished and up to date in electronics. Sirius and Remus allowed Harry to have the front room with the balcony, as he would probably put it to better use than either of them.
They knew he was resisting the urge to go out and start on the garden, it was easy to tell.
"Harry, you don't start school for a few more days, why don't you go have a little fun with the garden?" Remus suggested. Harry looked up from the book on Biology he'd been studying to smile at the aging werewolf.
"Okay!" he exclaimed before pretty much bolting out the door to the garden shed out back.
As Harry wasn't going to be starting at the Forks High School till the Wednesday, he spent nearly every waking moment until then in the garden, planting a variety of flowers and shrubs, each varying in colour and species. Some being magical, others being muggle. At times, Remus would join him or would sit and watch whilst reading. Sirius on the other hand didn't help, instead causing some destruction by transforming into Padfoot and running and jumping through the gardens, this in turn causing Harry to chase after him in his own animagus form; a stealthy Cougar, black in colour with Harry's emerald eyes. Most times he was disturbed, Stalker would tackle Padfoot and they'd have a small wrestle while Remus watched on in amusement, happy to see Harry getting better.
However time slipped away fast and Wednesday was upon the 3 wizards. Harry awoke a bit earlier than normal, taking time to get himself ready for his first day in a muggle school since he was 10. He was unsure on what to expect but knew he could cope; he'd dealt with worse things than this before.
So, dressing in his favourite outfit, he descended the stairs to the kitchen where Remus was just finishing cooking breakfast, whilst Sirius sat at the table reading the local paper. Sitting himself at the table, he was greeted with a hair ruffling that accompanied the usual, "Good morning Pup" from Sirius and "Morning Cub" from Remus as he set places of food on the table.
"Are you looking forward to your first day of school?" Remus asked as he sat next to Sirius.
"Kind off. It's definitely going to be different from Hogwarts, but I'm sure I'll manage" said Harry as he ate his breakfast.
"You sure you're ready for this pup? It's okay if you want to wait some more," Sirius offered. Things had been tough on Harry for a while and neither he nor Remus would blame him for needing more time to heal.
"I'm alright, there's really no need to worry about me. I've healed perfectly fine, and there's little chance of anything being noticed by others," Harry persisted. During the war he'd acquired several injuries and only recently had they healed fully with minimal scarring, adding to his collection.
"Alright, if you're sure"
"I am, now I'd better go, don't want to be late." Standing from his seat, Harry placed his dishes in the sink before going back to the table to grab his bag and get hugs from both canines. "I'll be home by 4 okay?"
"Okay. Go knock 'em dead. And in those clothes, I'm sure you will!" Sirius laughed as he took in his godsons' choice of clothing.
Tailored black trousers, silk button up silver shirt that showed off his toned torso, Hungarian Horntail hide boots and jacket, black sunglasses with his below-shoulder length hair loose.
Harry laughed and waved as he walked to the front door, collecting his keys and wallet as he went. Jumping into his new car, Harry quickly started the engine before backing out of the drive and racing off down the forest-lined street. It wasn't long before he was passing through the quiet town of Forks. As he passed the townspeople, many stopped to watch as he drove by, it seemed they hadn't seen such an expensive car in their small town before, if the cars he saw were anything to go by. 'Oh well, they're muggles, don't mind if I stand out from them a small bit,' Harry thought as he came across the Forks High School. It didn't look much like any school he'd seen, but then again he'd been schooled in a castle for the past 6 years so he couldn't really talk. The buildings looked more like a collection of matching houses, built with maroon-coloured bricks.
Finding the building marked Front Office, Harry parked in the empty lot before grabbing his bag and entering the brightly lit office area. Seeing only one woman within its confines, he walked to stand before her. When he saw her wearing simply jeans and t-shirt, Harry felt a little overdressed.
"Can I help you?" the woman asked as she looked up.
"I'm Harry Potter," Harry introduced and saw awareness light her eyes. He guessed it was expected, a topic of gossip no doubt. 17 year old moves to a small town from London with his guardians, all male, living on the outskirts of town and apparently rich.
"Of course," she said before digging through a precariously stacked pile of documents on her desk till she found the ones he needed. "I have your schedule right here, and a map of the school."
She went through his classes with him, highlighting the best route to each on the map, and gave him a slip to have each teacher sign, which he was to bring back at the end of the day. She smiled and hoped that he would like it here in Forks. Harry smiled back as convincingly as he could before heading back out to his car.
I know I know… I can't just stop there, but I must. I've got a headache and I've been screaming at my sisters the entire time I was typing this.. I need anger management I think.. Lol.
Umm.. in this story Remus corrected Harry's sight in his 5th year.
I also reedited the first chapter due to some spelling errors pointed out by The Plot Bunny Whisperer, thank you ever so much. I am most appreciative.
Now I'd like to thank all my reviewers and readers, it's nice to know people do appreciate my stories and I'm not just writing for the hell of it. I'm writing this for all my readers and will continue to do so.
I'd like to reply to some now:
MoonZheng: Yes I know it is slightly cliché, but I'm kind off a cliché person unfortunately. Yes, I didn't want Harry alone.. Makes me feel bad for him.
KawaiiKupcake: Thank you :D I never like it when an author puts too much into the history, so I wanted to keep it as short as I possibly could. Yes, he needs some loving.
Lotterd: There are several I'm reading at the moment.
Emerald Twilight by Bittersweet Alias
The Midnight Hour by Branwen777
Live Free by She Who Must Be Insane
Aseptic Vitality by Unwritten.25
A New Chance At Life by BladeMaxwell-GoddessofDeathHope you enjoy!
Wistful-Dreamer: Lol, I'm hooked too! I can't read anything else! It's driving me nuts, but I still love the stories.
Bittersweet Alias: Thank you! You've helped me create my own story. I'm totally in love with yours and I can't wait for the rest!
Tory Carmichael: I appreciate that you took time to comment me, but please, don't bother next time, I only accept constructive criticism, not destructive. If you don't like this, don't read it. You've been warned.
Now, I'm off to get ready for my uncles birthday. Pitani bwino,
The Love Dragon.