Harry looked up. His first impression of forks was GREEN. And apart from that there was nothing much else to see; just a complete forestry and much less bright than he had expected for a place name after a shiny implement. Maybe he should have checked what the weather was? Or the annual rainfall?
His house had to be around here somewhere. Stretching out with his mind and magic he found the nearest man-made building and headed towards it. It wasn't far and within minutes he saw a picturesque structure come into view. It wasn't very big but it contained everything Harry needed, a training room, which he could ward himself, two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, a sitting room and a few extra rooms for him to do what he liked with.
Harry retrieved the door key from under a very conspicuous flower pot on the front porch; it was exactly where the estate agent had told him it would be. He spent a few minutes looking around the house, it had been furnished to his requirements, and his suitcase was lying on the floor in his chosen bedroom, he waved his hand at it and the clothes started to unpack themselves.
"Very Disney" Harry muttered to himself smiling.
Wandering around his new home Harry realized there was no food in the kitchen, he sighed, that meant shopping. Harry hated shopping. But nevertheless he had long ago decided that he couldn't just summon food in Forks if he wanted to appear muggle, what type of person never has to go to the supermarket?
Now was as good a time as any so Harry made a mental list, he just needed the basics for the moment; milk, bread, etc. Harry was heading through the hall towards the door when something moved in peripheral vision, turning instantly to face whatever it was he was greeted by his own reflection. He relaxed his posture slowly and frowned at himself, he looked like Harry Potter. Could he stay like that? He wasn't going to run into anyone he knew, so as long as a glamour covered his scar he'd be fine. Harry's frown deepened as he thought of just how jumpy he was, it seemed that war instincts hadn't disappeared after a year, on the one hand he was grateful to them, they had saved his life more than once, but then again if someone crept up on him in school he didn't want to AK them by accident.
Harry sighed, he couldn't help it now; the green eyed child would just have to be careful. He stepped out of his front door into the crisp air of Sunday morning and decided to walk to the shop, he had a map and he felt like enjoying the air.
About half an hour into his walk he spotted something up ahead, it appeared to be someone heading towards him. The figure came towards him faster than Harry expected and he quickly spotted that the person was on a bike and that the bike was police issue. It slowed to a stop a few metres in front of him and Harry walked towards it to greet the man who was removing his helmet.
"Charlie Swan, I'm head of the police around here, you must be Harold Orion" he said with a smile as he offered his hand, Harry took it as he replied
"Just Harry if you don't mind, and it's nice to meet you sir"
"Are you planning on staying long?" Charlie questioned, studying the young man in front of him
"Well I would like to complete my A-levels and then we'll see"
"Ah so you have enrolled at Fork's school then?" Charlie asked, after receiving a nod he continued, "Well I'm sure you'll have no trouble making new friends here"
He missed the darkness in Harry's eyes at the word friend and continued on telling him about the town and surrounding area while Harry nodded and asked mundane questions, discovering that Charlie had a daughter who lived in phoenix with his ex-wife and there was an area nearby called La Push that had a beach and that it rained nearly all the time in Forks. Harry also decided he quite liked Charlie. The man had obviously had more than his fair share of bad breaks and yet he stil had a happy outlook. Eventually the policeman spotted the time and decided he should be heading back to the station. He turned the bike around and leaned into Harry asking him one last question;
"Where are your parents? I'd like to meet them; I have a few things I should tell them and plus I make a point to know everyone in this town" Charlie said proudly.
Harry hesitated, before deciding to answer with as much truth as possible
"I'm here on my own, I'm old enough to not need a guardian now" Harry said, his eyes dark with memories of the people who he would once have called family. Charlie seemed to get the message and didn't pry any further.
"Well then you be careful young man, it's not safe to run around these woods at the moment, there seems to be some kind of wild animal that's taken a liking to people, so just be careful ok?" harry nodded again.
"Harry, you're welcome round to dinner at any time as well, I hope you take up the offer, I could do with the company" Charlie said laughing lightly.
With that, he wished Harry farewell as he sped off into town. Harry continued down the road his thoughts focused on his past. He hated to say it but he missed them, he missed everyone in his old life, hell he even missed Snape but there were two people he missed more than any other. Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were the closest things to parents he had known, but still they hadn't wanted anything to do with him when he became a monster and people around him started to die. Everyone had left at that point, to be seen with Harry Potter was to sign your own death warrant.
Neville and Luna hadn't heeded the warning Voldemort had given and they had paid the price. Harry would never forgive himself for not protecting them or their unborn baby enough. Any who had stuck by him as he had turned into a soldier left then, even Sirius and Remus had decided to leave after that. One day they had gone into Dumbledore's office and they had not come out. Harry hadn't seen them since ; they were probably living happily somewhere, now that he wasn't there to bother them.
Harry shook his head, it did him no good to think of the life he had once led, he wasn't going back to it and for once Harry knew he should follow Dumbledore's advice
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live"
So Harry focused on something else Charlie had mentioned, about it not being safe to wander through the forest alone. Harry snorted, he could hold his own against basically anything, but he should put wards up around his house just in case, no need to tempt fate. Harry wondered what type of animal was turning on humans and pondered until he reached the shop.
About an hour later he returned home and prepared for the next day, he hadn't run into anyone else on his way through the supermarket, except for the nice checkout girl who complimented him on his eyes.
He erected some wards to tell him what was entering him property and collapsed onto his bed, it was hard to put wards up on your own and even for Harry it was very draining, at least that meant he'd be less likely to lash out with magic tomorrow. He had a feeling Monday was going to be stressful.
Edward was sitting playing the piano when he heard the slight distress in his sister's mind and wandered down the hall to his her room; entering with preternatural grace. Jasper was with her and a slight frown was marring his face.
"What is it?" he asked quickly, directing his question at both.
"I don't know, she seems to be deep into a vision or something, mixed feelings keep coming from her but mostly she's worried and frustrated" Jasper replied not taking his eyes of Alice's petite form.
"I'm not in a trance" the smallest snapped at them, "I'm just trying to see something" she was sitting with he head in her heads leaning forward and clutching tightly at her hair.
"Let me" Edward muttering, asking permission to see inside her head as moved forward slightly to kneel in front of her seat. Alice opened her mind almost instantly and stopped actively thinking about all the ingredients in different alcoholic drinks.
Her thoughts were jumbled but seemed to be focused on what was going to happen tomorrow, he didn't see anything off until ...Edward gasped.
"You can't see" he stated, Jasper looked at him sharply, the first time his eyes had left his mate since Edward had entered the room
"Exactly and it's not like the wolves, with them it's just blank, but this, this is something else. I don't understand" Alice pouted, she was not used to not knowing. Edward smiled at her,
"I'm sure it's nothing to worry about" he soothed. Alice huffed
"I don't care if it's dangerous or not, I want to know!"
Both Jasper and Edward burst out laughing, all of the frustration and worry and all she was cared about was that she didn't know first.
Edward shook his head and got up from the floor still smiling as he walked out of the room. When he had travelled far enough away from the room that he was be sure Jasper wouldn't feel him, he thought about what had been going on in Alice's head. Edwards smile immediately turned into a frown, if she couldn't see it meant there was something different and new coming, parts of him were excited, after all it had been a long time since something truly new had been introduced to him, but on the other hand, he was deeply disturbed, whatever it was that was blocking Alice had taken away the Cullen's most precious advantage. But there was nothing any of them could do but wait and see. So Edward lay on the grass and gazed up at the stars, just watching time go by as he waited for the dawn, and the unknowns it would bring.
A/n. Thank you so much for the responses! It's meant I have done this much faster than normal! This is set midway though book one if you didn't catch the clues, and Bella isn't in it. School starts for Harry in the next chapter. Please let me know what you think!