Chapter 2: House warming guests

They'd been home for maybe a half hour when the doorbell rang that evening, they had spent the day buying things for the house. Such things as toiletries and food were high on the list, Harry had also purchased from a dealership on the internet in a local café. When he took the rental back to Seattle next week he would go and pay for said purchase while Matthew was at school. Harry growled he had finally managed to get Matthew down for a nap before dinner as the boy was absolutely exhausted, he had been lying to Harry about the port key lag he had been feeling. Now his son was crashed out on the sofa in the lounge.

Harry padded across the hallway and opened the door, several women and men were standing in the door way pale faces and bodies, why his next door neighbours did or what ever the hell they were have to be Vampires. Why couldn't he move into a normal town with normal people for once in his life?

"Can I help you?" Harry asked.

"Albus asked me to check in on you." the blond man said to him. "I am Carlisle Cullen and this is my family." Carlisle introduced them.

"Albus Dumbledore sent Vampires to greet me." Harry said to him Carlisle nodded. "I'm sure that man is as demented about magical races, as Hagrid is about magical creatures." Harry said to Carlisle who laughed.

"He said you might say something along those lines." Carlisle admitted.

"I'll kill him later or send him a howler." Harry said to them they laughed. "Come on in; be quiet as you pass the living room. Matthew just dropped of." Harry said to them.

"Matthew?" Jasper asked.

"My son." Harry said to him the man nodded. "Wake him and I will burn you alive." Harry said to the big guy.

"Protective much." Emmett said to him Harry smiled as they headed into the kitchen.

"You try getting back to sleep, when you fail come and tell me how sorry you are." Harry said to him as he sat at the island. "So what can I do for you?" Harry asked them politely.

"I like to cook, so we brought some stuff over that I cooked earlier today." Esme said to him. "I didn't know whether you would have had the time to go and shop yet." Esme admitted.

"We went today, but thank you for the food. This saves me having to cook for another couple of days yet." Harry said to her she smiled. "I am sure your food will be good." Harry said to her she smiled at this.

"I like to cook, though I don't get much chance to cook for people." Esme told him.

"I guess not, I imagine that people are usually on your menu." Harry said to her.

"We do not actually drink Human blood." Carlisle said to him. "We are animal feeders." Carlisle told him.

"Ah thus why he sent you here." Harry said to them.

"Yes that is why he asked us to check in on you." Carlisle said to him. "Some friendly faces." Carlisle added.

"Maybe I'll just send him a thank you note." Harry said to them they laughed.

"You're younger than I thought you would be." Esme said to him.

"I think I am among the older looking, here at least." Harry said to her causing Esme to laugh. "Maybe not in actual age however." Harry said to them.

"On that last count, you would be correct." Carlisle said to him. "Emmett is the youngest among us, he was born in 1939. Just after the outset of world war two." Carlisle explained to Harry.

"That would explain the greying hair… his positively ancient." Harry said Emmett glowered at him when he said this. "Nearly seventy years old, you don't look a day over fifty." Harry said to him with a smile.

"Thank you I think." Emmett said to him.

"Daddy I am thirsty." he heard from the door way Harry sighed. "Who are you?" Matthew asked Emmett.

"I'm Emmett and this is my family, we live a couple of houses down from you." Emmett said to him Matthew glowered at him as Harry opened the fridge, he soon had a glass of milk in his hand which he passed to his son.

"Back in the living or up to your bedroom buddy." Harry said to him. "I'll come and check up on you in a little while." Harry said to him Matthew nodded before leaving the room. "He gets ratty when he is tired, port key lag is a killer don't you know." Harry said to them.

"Actually we don't, we were muggles when we were alive." Alice said to him.

"Well you're not missing much." Harry said to her. "Port key is a horrible way to travel." Harry said to them they laughed.

"Why did you not take a plane?" Carlisle asked him.

"To easily traced." Harry told them. "I wanted to make sure, that no one could track us. The only way to do that was an unregistered port key. Something that is highly illegal but under the circumstances, it was the best option for us." Harry informed them.

"Well we should leave you to it." Carlisle said to him.

"Drop by any time." Harry said to them.

"Count on it." Emmett said to him.

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Harry had finally sat down for the evening, the fire place was alight a fire burning in it. It wasn't particularly cold in Washington not at this time of year anyway, so the heat was contained. It was just enough to keep the room warm. Generating heat that went through out the house, he didn't really feel the need for a central heating bill. Not when he could heat the place up the way he was doing.

Harry's attention was caught by a sudden noise from outside the living room window, getting up to look out side he was a little surprised to find three people, one of whom he recognised from the diner standing on his front doorstep. They rang the doorbell before he left the living room; he folded the page in his book before closing it. Opening the front door he smiled at them, "I'm sorry but I don't think I ordered take out, from the diner you work in Seth." Harry said to the boy who laughed showing two rows of white teeth.

"Actually we came to talk to you about the leeches that you had visit you earlier." one of the others said to him. "I am Sam Ulley, the alpha of La Push reservations shape shifter pack." Sam said to him with a smile extending his hand Harry took it shaking the hand lightly.

"Please come in." Harry said to them.

"I don't think it wise for you to have them around the little boy you have living with you." Sam said to him.

"I don't think that is any of your business." Harry said to him. "From what I know of Vampires and yes I know what they are, vegetarians such as them hold only medium risk to Humans. Even then usually only when they are provoked or they haven't feed in weeks." Harry said to him.

"How do you know this?" Seth asked.

"I am not just a pretty face." Harry said to him. "I would really think twice about raising your voice in my home Sam, unlike you I have no issue with cursing you up one side and down the other. If you should wake my son, you will be wishing for death when I am done with you." Harry said to them they all nodded.

"That little boy with you was your son?" Seth asked.

"That surprising is it, that I the great Harry Potter has a son?" Harry asked him Seth simply nodded.

"Seth doesn't read the papers." the other one said. "I'm Jacob." Jacob explained.

"Nice to meet you all." Harry said to them. "You don't need to worry about me with the Vampires, they were asked to keep an eye on me. We have a mutual friend apparently, they were just checking to see whether or not we needed anything. They also brought us some food, not knowing whether or not I had had time to go out and buy provisions." Harry said to them.

"They cook?" Jacob asked incredulously.

"Esme does yes." Harry said to him.

"Which one would that be the pixie?" Sam asked.

"You mean Alice." Harry said to him. "No Esme is Carlisle's wife, the mother in the coven I guess you could say." Harry said to them.

"That family is weird." Seth said.

"That is because they are not a family Seth, they are a coven pretending to be a family." Harry said to him. "But I guess you could see the relationships they have with each other, as being that of a family. They do seem to be very close to each other." Harry said to them.

"They are, according to Bella anyway." Jacob said to him.

"Bella?" Harry asked.

"A muggle who is besotted with Edward." Sam said to him.

"That always ends well, you do know there are laws against that right." Harry said to him.

"Yes but we are trying to prevent that from happening." Jacob said to him.

"Good luck with that." Harry said to them.

"You don't think we can succeed?" Sam asked.

"I think that if she wants to be a Vampire, your going to have a hard time stopping it." Harry said to him.

"There is a treaty preventing it." Jacob said to him.

"A world wide treaty or just one covering the town?" Harry asked Jacob's mouth formed an o as he understood what that meant. "A town wide treaty, that means they can do it in Seattle and their would be nothing that you could do to stop it." Harry said to him. "If you did you would break your own treaty." Harry told him.

"We won't allow it." Sam snapped.

"Dude you won't have any choice but to accept it." Harry said to him Sam growled at this. "You may not like the truth, but there you are anyway." Harry said to them they nodded.

"You're okay with that happening then?" Seth asked.

"Of course I am not okay with that happening, I don't know of any one who would be okay with that happening." Harry said to them. "It just is not something you are going to be able to prevent, if that is what she wants to happen that is." Harry said to them.

"I hate it when people make sense, especially when its for the bad guys." Sam said Harry chuckled and slapped him on the shoulder.

"Get used to it Sam." Harry said to him the others laughed. "I am rarely wrong about these things honest." Harry said to him sweetly the others looked dubiously at him. "Okay well maybe not never, but mostly always right." Harry said to them they still didn't believe him. "Okay so I had a sidekick who knew what she was doing." Harry said to them they all laughed.

"That sounds more plausible." Sam said to him.

"Well was that all you guys came over for?" Harry asked them.

"Kind of." Seth said quietly blushing.

"Seth you should just tell him." Sam said to him exasperatedly.

"Tell me what exactly." Harry demanded.

"Um well you see." Seth said to him Harry crossed his arms eyes focusing on the boy entirely. "Ikindofimprintedonyourson." Seth said quickly Harry blinked not understanding a word of what the boy had just said to him.

"You want to talk a bit slower, so I can understand what you just said." Harry asked.

"You could go easy on him." Jacob said to him.

"I could but I won't." Harry said to him with a smile Jacob snickered. "I hear son at the end there." Harry said to him.

"I imprinted on your son." Seth said calmly though he was shaking.

"Okay then, well come back in thirteen years and we can talk." Harry said to him the others laughed.

"Hey." Seth grumbled. "I can be his friend, we can hang out." Seth said to him.

"And what would you know about hanging out with a five year old child?" Harry asked.

"They like ice cream." Seth said to him.

"Well that's one thing you know he will like." Harry said to him.

"It is a start isn't it." Seth said quietly.

"If you want to be in my sons life then yes it is." Harry said to him Harry closed the gap between them so he could place his hands on the younger mans shoulders. "But that boy has been through a hell of a lot, so if that boy gets hurt through your actions or your temper. Not even your pack is going to be able to safe you from what I will do to you." Harry said to him Seth nodded numbly. "We have an understanding yes?" Harry said to him.

"Yes we do." Seth said to him.

"Good." Harry said to him stepping back from the man. "Any one else here want to drop another humdinger." Harry asked them.

"No." the other two said to him.

"Good, tomorrow night I am having a house warming party. You will have to co mingle with the Cullen's so if your not able to control yourselves don't come." Harry said to them. "That said you and your pack are more than welcome." Harry said to them.

"What kind of dress code?" Seth asked.

"Casual Seth, in other words where something on your back please. The whole eight pack thing is very distracting." Harry said to them they laughed. "Now guys I am tired and I wish to sleep, before the terror wakes up at six in the morning. At which time he will wake me up." Harry said to them. "I don't have a house number yet, the people are coming on Wednesday to sort that out so just drop by." Harry said to them. "I'll show you guys out on my way upstairs." Harry said to them.

"Thank you for being understanding with Seth." Sam said quietly as the other boys left the room.

"What else was I meant to do or say?" Harry asked him Sam nodded his head. "Fight it and hurt them both or go with it, and kill Seth if he hurts my baby." Harry said to him Sam smiled at this.

"He can't, I mean if he loses control he could… but the happiness of your son is all that matters to him." Sam said to him. "Our imprints change our entire world and our perspective of it." Sam said to him.

"But you can hurt them if you lose control." Harry said Sam looked pained at this and nodded his head. "It happened to you." Harry said Sam nodded.

"I lost control for just a moment, Emily my imprint was standing to close to me at the time." Sam said to him. "She will carry the scars on her face for the rest of her life." Sam said.

"Your living with that punishment even now." Harry said Sam nodded. "It gets better." Harry said to him. "It doesn't feel that way right now, but it will." Harry said to him.

"How can you be sure?" Sam asked.

"That my dear man is a story for another night." Harry said to him Sam smiled.

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Harry spent most of the next day getting the house ready for the party, he had food cooking in the magically enlarged cooker. Matthew was helping currently by licking out the chocolate mix in the bowl. Harry was putting together the last touches to the huge cake he had been baking all day. It was a four layer cake. It wasn't four high. It was one whole cake with four differently layers on the inside. One chocolate, one orange, on vanilla and one strawberry. All held together by honey, this was be a taste of heaven that would go straight to your hips which was the plan.

"How's that cleaning the bowl going?" Harry asked as he leaned over Matthew running his finger around the bowl before placing it in his mouth. "Um not doing a very good job baby, you want some help?" Harry asked.

"No way this is mine." Matthew growled Harry laughed.

"Right you are Matt." Harry said to him. "Some of the boys from the café are coming over tonight." Harry said to him.

"The dark ones?" Matthew asked.

"That's the ones." Harry said to him. "They are what we call Native American's, they are the original inhabitants of this country, before the Europeans came here." Harry said to him Matthew smiled. "They are part of the Quillette tribe." Harry said to him. "Your going to like Seth, Sam and Jacob." Harry said to him.

"Okay." Matthew said to him.

Harry had decided to let Seth work out what he was going to tell Matthew, he didn't think he could really explain everything amply to his son. He would sit down with Matthew afterwards and they would talk. At the moment all Harry knew was that his baby was going to have a best friend for the next ten years of his life at the very least.

He could live with that, Seth seemed to be a nice enough kid, maybe a little wet behind the ears. What did he really expect, he had looked up shape shifters in the hope of finding out that he was mistaken about imprints. It wasn't something that he liked, he didn't like the idea of his son being irrevocably linked to someone at five years of age. He knew that Seth would turn out to be a nice guy, someone who would love Matthew without question. It just made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Are the pale ones coming to?" Matthew asked.

"Yes the Cullen's are coming." Harry said. "Your going to have to remember their names you know, pale ones and dark ones is all well and good." Harry said to him Matthew giggled.

"Okay." Matthew said to him.

"Right when your done with that bowl, I want you to go shower." Harry said to him.

"Ah dad." Matthew groaned.

"Shower and I may let you use my aftershave." Harry said to him.

"Okay." Matthew said putting the bowl on the island and jumping of his step. Harry didn't think he had seen him running that fast with a smile on his face in a while.

Harry hadn't been getting any questions from his son, as to why Ron or Hermione hadn't been around recently. They usually saw them daily, though they had only been in Forks a couple of days. He had thought that his son would miss them almost immediately. Smiling as he put the cake aside to rest. He had just enough time to shower and get ready himself.

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Everybody had arrived, the Cullen's were helping themselves to blood pops which Harry had purchased for them. They couldn't eat the other food, that said the looks on their faces said it all. The pops were doing the trick. Harry entered the living room with a glass of red wine in his hand, to find Seth and Matthew on the sofa playing some board game.

"Is that wise?" Carlisle asked looking at what Harry was watching Harry chuckled.

"Carlisle he could no more deliberately hurt Matthew in that form, as he could in his other form." Harry said to him Carlisle's eye widened. "Yes he imprinted on Matt, they do seem to be getting on don't they." Harry said to him Carlisle chuckled.

"Yes they do." Carlisle said to him. "I didn't think that we could get on with them for an evening… it is quite surprising." Carlisle said to him.

"I may have cast a calming ward on the house, to keep tempers from flaring to badly." Harry said to him. "Nothing to actually manipulate the emotions of the people in the house, just something to keep people from blowing up… help keep the atmosphere light." Harry explained.

"I think it was a good idea." Carlisle said to him. "Someone has been watching you for a while now." Carlisle said to him.

"I had noticed." Harry said to him. "He is quite cute." Harry said to him Carlisle snorted.

"Harry what are these things?" Sam asked holding a blood pop up.

"You didn't try to eat one of those did you?" Harry asked him.

"Yes they are disgusting." Sam said to him as Harry and Carlisle burst out laughing.

Harry grabbed at his sides as he bent over laughing hard, people were now watching him curiously. Finally having control over his laughter he straightened up to look at the confused dark haired man, Harry wore a smirk on his face when he finally found himself able to speak.

"Sam I brought them for the Vampires in the room." Harry said to him. "They are called blood pops." Harry said to him Sam's face darkened as some of the others laughed.

"JACOB YOU ARE DEAD." Sam roared Harry giggled at the ep coming from said boy.

"Oh dear that charm may not hold." Carlisle said to Harry.

"If you two are going to fight take it outside." Harry said to them. "I like my house in one piece." Harry said.

A little while later Harry was sat with Emmett and Edward as they played monopoly with Matthew, the others were all floating about the house. Music playing loudly, Paul had decided to join them, Harry was playing the banker in this case. He was really enjoying himself, while he watched Seth and Matthew carefully.

"So Harry what do you plan to do while you're here?" Edward asked.

"I thought that I would go to college, get some formal muggle qualification." Harry said to him. "My magical qualifications would be more than enough to get me into a muggle university." Harry said to him. "Otherwise it would be some job at a café or something." Harry admitted.

"Well if you need help with that you only need to ask." Carlisle said to him.

"I work in a café." Seth said to him.

"Yes but you are also still in school, I am not nor have I been for some time." Harry said to him the others laughed.

"Matthew put that back in Seth's pile of money." Harry said to his son. "If your going to cheat, you should try harder not to get noticed when your doing it." Harry said to him Matthew giggled. "He may be a kid Seth, but he has marauders for grandparents… you should be careful round him." Harry said Matthew continued to giggle.

"Hey no cheating, that's not fair." Seth said to Matthew who smiled sweetly at him Harry turned to Edward.

"He is owned." Harry whispered in Edward's ear, knowing all to well that Seth would be able to hear what he had said Paul chuckled. Seth glared at him playfully but Harry could tell that the boy was absolutely besotted by his son, he would walk right into hell for Matthew and that truly scared him. That kind of devotion terrified him and thrilled him all in one swift moment.

"Maybe." Seth said with a smile.

"Just remember his five." Harry said to him. "So what do you do Paul?" Harry asked him.

"I work for Jake's dad, I run his garage for him." Paul explained.

"You like it?" Harry asked.

"Its okay, I like cars more than I like the job." Paul admitted Harry laughed.

"Yes I guess cars are the best form of entertainment when you're a mechanic." Harry said to him. "I actually have to go to Seattle next week to pick up a car of my own, the rental won't do forever." Harry said to them. "The rental is basically a bucket of rust any way, so I don't see why I should keep it for very much longer." Harry added.

"It did look pretty bad." Seth said to him.

"It drives as bad as it looks." Harry said to him Seth laughed. "Seth you really do have to watch him." Harry said to Seth who looked down to find a couple of his cards were now sat next to Matthews. "I keep telling you he does like to cheat, he is very good at it by the way." Harry said to him Matthew was laughing as he handed them back.

"He is going to take advantage of Seth's soft side." Paul said.

"Yes owned." Harry said to them.

AUTHORTS NOTE: Hey guys, I hope you like chapter 2 of this story, I am working on chapter 24 of life is a roller coaster and I expect it to be up no later than Saturday. I decided to give it a little break while I got the first couple of chapters of this up, hope you all don't mind. Anyway review this please, and leave the flames at home.