Through The Fire
By: RavenHeart101
Disclaimer: Ah… I do not own Harry Potter, nor do I own Twilight (nor would I want to… -dies at the thought of making up such a Mary Sue plot). I do, however, own this plot.
Summary: The first war has ended and Poppy Pomfrey and young Remus Lupin have taken in young Harry Potter. They needed a way to get out to the Wizarding World before the Ministry and Dumbledore found out about them taking the child. So what do they do? They run. Remus runs straight into the small town of Forks. The same town that young Isabella Swan has just moved into, and, in someway, he manages to create his own little screwed up family. But will this family still stay intact when Remus hears about the vampires in Forks? Oh, poor Remus cannot escape trouble can he?
Warnings: Slash, au (very au), swearing, the timelines are changed so much!
A: N- The Marauders are in present time, not past… because it would be weird to try and write Twilight in the past. And, no, I am not a Twilight fan, nor am I a Bella fan, but I am going to try writing her as good so bear with me. Lily and James had Harry when they were 15 and died when they were 16. Remus has had Harry ever since he was 17 and Harry has a month before he turns two. In this story, Remus is 17.
A: N- Remus is with Emmett, Bella with Edward, 'nuf said. Rosalie's a mystery as who I'll put her with (I don't even know)… I'll probably have a poll up for her soon. Does anyone even read these?
A: N: N- Took me a while to update… and this is crap update. So… yeah… sorry? Forgive me? Please? And thanks everyone who has (and will) review! They majorly help when you're being attacked by writers block and random plots.
On a random note: Who else thinks it's outrageous that Eclipse is coming out at the end of the month? Anyone else think they're rushing to keep in time with the Harry Potter updates? The more they rush the crappier it's going to be… just saying. I'm just going to see it for Jasper. In my opinion, the secondary characters out of Twilight are the only good ones.
The vampire was out the door before Remus could even blink. Harry's big green eyes gazed at him in confusion, the black hair falling across his face. A questioning look shone in Harry's eyes and Remus covered up his shock with a shrug. "I don't know, cub." He said walking past Harry and ruffling his dark hair. He fell back onto the couch, Harry turning back to his movie. Too many thoughts echoed through his emotionally reeling mind. He didn't know what to do… so he shut it out and stared at the half written history paper that blinked at him from the computer screen.
Remus was half asleep when Bella stopped by with his homework in hand. Harry was asleep. The girl took a seat next to Remus on the couch when he sat up, shoving away his trash with a push of his bandaged hand. He ignored how her eyes followed the movement, all the while staying on his wrist. "What've you got for me?" He asked with an easy smile in her direction. Bella smiled back pushing forward a large English book.
"I couldn't get your French work. By the time I showed up at the classroom your teacher was already gone." Was her reply as she turned the pages in her own English notebook for the right page. James would have been amazed if he saw that Remus was copying. Oh well, he thought to himself, it was only notes.
"Figures." Remus muttered opening a new document on his computer and beginning to copy down her notes.
Bella sighed, leaning back in the chair. "What are you watching?" A hint of humor crossed her voice as Remus glanced at her then at the television.
Brightly colored figures danced across the screen and Remus, for the life of him, didn't understand a word they were saying. "I… I have no idea." He blinked slowly as Bella burst into laughter, falling sideways onto the couch, her brown head hitting his arm.
"Of course you don't." Bella said seriously, gazing at his face in thought. "You seriously don't know, do you?"
"No…" Remus said slowly, blinking at Harry's joyful laughter. Bella stared at him for a moment before burying her face in his sleeve, laughter bubbling up her throat and out past her lips. "What's so funny?"
After a short amount of time full of Bella's laughing and Remus' pouting the human girl finally decided to answer. She gazed at him for a few seconds, her brown eyes sparkling with mirth. "You are so sheltered."
Remus looked offended; trying to figure out just what part of him was sheltered. Was it the magic part? The war part? The how to commit a murder part? The werewolf part? Or was it something else entirely like muggle children's television shows? He was pretty sure it was the latter. "I am not sheltered. M-American TV shows just hold no substance to me." She looked as if she was trying to hold back even more laughter, her bottom lip trembling somewhere between laughter and disbelief.
"Seriously…?"
He said it before he thought about it. "I know a lot about him too." His fingers paused in their typing, his eyes flickering over to Bella and then back over to the lit up computer screen.
Her eyes clouded over in confusion. "What?"
"Nothing." He answered almost too quickly, earning a suspicious look. Luckily, Bella was a good friend and didn't ask him to elaborate on it.
Bella stared at him for a while, her eyes changing from confusion to cheerfulness. "So you coming back soon?"
"Depends." Remus muttered.
She looked at him, confused. "What do you mean, depends?"
He shook his tawny hair out of his eyes, running his hand through the locks messing them up almost beyond recognition. Remus could bet that he probably looked like James at the moment. "How many people know?"
Bella shook her head, wincing at him. "I'm guessing most of the school." Her brown eyes held a large amount of sympathy. "I tried to detour the rumors but you know… It's a small town."
"Well… this sucks." He said simply.
Bella just looked even more sympathetic, leaning back in her seat with a rather loud wince.
The day had come. Remus could be found staring at himself in the bathroom, his reflection gazing right on back as he nervously tugged on the long sleeves that fell down past his knuckles. The bandages were ugly, and, hopefully, going to disappear soon. Remus hadn't gone all out for the returning to school, he'd prefer to stay as well hidden as he could. "Come on, Remus! You don't want to be late!" Poppy's voice called from downstairs. He took one more nervous look at himself, ran his hand over his hair, effectively flattening a portion of it, and left the bathroom, flicking off the light in the process.
Poppy was reading the paper when he came down, seemingly completely engrossed in whatever it was she was reading. Harry, on the other hand, smiled at him, banging his hand on the highchair table before picking up a piece of banana and shoving it into his mouth hungrily. "Morning, Harry." He ruffled the boy's hair, the mess that was once James' becoming possibly even more messy than before. "Morning, Poppy." He tried lightly, placing his cup of hot chocolate in the microwave and turning around the face her.
The ex-medi witch raised her blonde head at him, frowning ever so slightly. "You look nice in that color." She was referring to the magenta shirt he was wearing. "But isn't it going to be slightly suspicious?" Her eyebrow rose at him, this time referring to the golden rings painted around the wrists and the golden Gryffindor written in fancy lettering on the back. Remus shrugged, tugging at his sleeves. A small smile curved over her lips. "The more you do that, the more people are going to be drawn to look."
Remus looked up at her from honey bangs. "It's a nervous tick."
"You're a nervous tick." She seemed surprised at herself, just as surprised as Remus if not more. "Oh my that was supposed to stay in my head."
They stared at each other for a long time, Harry growing silent after a while, his bright green eyes contemplating them. And then they burst out laughing. It was painful and joyful at the same time. Remus didn't think he had laughed so hard since the Marauders died. Poppy didn't think she had laughed so hard since the war ended. Yet here they were, tears prickling at their eyes and joy leaking out from their mouths. Harry went back to his banana, shoving yet another piece into his mouth.
For now, all conflicts were resolved.
When Remus arrived at school it was as horrible as he had expected. Everyone seemed to have a staring problem, even the teachers. Bella was by his side for as long as she could be and when she wasn't Angela took up the post as guard. She wasn't all that bad, Remus discovered. Her humor reminded him of Alice and Peter's shy jokes. Angela was talkative once you got her started and he found that they both liked the same kinds of books. After Chemistry Angela walked him to his locker so he could grab what he needed before they headed off to lunch. "I am so happy that Bella has this lunch." He threw the Chemistry book into the small space provided, wincing when it hit the metal. "No offense." He tossed in quickly, his autumn eyes glancing at her in what he hoped was a reassuring way. Angela smiled back at him.
"None taken." Her voice was smooth and a humorous edge was gained to it. And then her eyes darkened in something a kin to annoyance. "Though I doubt she'll sit with us." Her voice was harder than he had ever heard it before and it almost scared him. Almost.
"Why?" Bella hadn't mentioned anything to him, just said that she would see him at lunch, where he hoped to see her.
"The Cullens." His heart dropped almost far enough to hit the ground. Not good. Upon catching sight of his confused look Angela clarified. "It's not as though I hate them. I don't. I haven't even met them."
Remus could practically feel the 'but' that was floating in the air around them. "But…?"
"But… she's ditched us. In a way. For them. All of a sudden her and Edward Cullen are all buddy-buddy." Angela shrugged, her brown eyes holding anger, annoyance and fear. "I'm worried about it." Remus' breath hitched when his mind shot to the kiss Emmett had bestowed upon him the week before, and then to Bella's weird reference to the Cullens at the hospital.
"Yeah, Angela, me too." He shut his locker gentler than before, sending a small perk of his lips her way and throwing his bag over his shoulder.
When they pushed open the lunch doors nothing all that dramatic happened. The room didn't go completely silent to stare at them and no hushed whispers followed their every step. It relieved Remus more than he could have expected, used to the way Hogwarts used to deal with anything juicy. Unconsciously, the werewolf's eyes sought out the pack of vampires. They were the only ones staring at him. They were the only ones who seemed to have noticed his presence. His eyes connected to Emmett's his breath rushing out of him faster than he could have anticipated.
His eyes weren't a topaz like those of Edward, or a dark brown like Jaspers. His eyes were a dark golden brown. His hair didn't resemble Sirius' now that Remus thought about it. The vampire's hair was a dark brown, a dark wavy brown where Sirius' was a dark curly black that would have been a mess had he not worked so hard at keeping it sane every day. Then there was his build. It was bigger than Sirius', the vampire was the same height, but he was bulkier… stronger. And then there were his lips. Light pink and so, so soft- Bella appeared next to Remus, a skip in her step. Angela looked at her in barely hidden surprise, as if she couldn't believe that she was even associating herself with them. "Hey Remus! Hi Angela!" Bella was happy. The werewolf forced himself to swallow, tearing his eyes away from the table full of vampires.
"Hey Bella." He said with an easy smile on his face. Her happiness was obviously quite contagious.
Angela still stared at her as though she had grown a second head. "Why don't you come sit with us?" And Remus was so shocked by her next move that he couldn't even say no. The girl grabbed his hand and pulled him toward where he didn't want to be. She dragged him right up to the Cullen's table and left poor Angela standing in even more shock. The five vampires looked just as shocked as he felt, Emmett almost looking as though he wanted to strangle her himself. "Okay… I'm sure you know who they are but you haven't actually met them. So… This is Alice, the guy next to her, her boyfriend, is Jasper, the blonde girl to his left is Rosalie, this is Edward and, well, you've already met Emmett. They-"
"Bella!" His accent made itself known more than he would have liked. Her brown eyes were wide as she gazed at him. She was looking for acceptance, approval. He shook his head at her. "Darling I may love you. But you were just as rude as hell."
Her face fell in disappointment. "I know, I'm sorry-"
"I think you need to apologize to Angela. Who I'm going to eat lunch with." He turned towards the family of vampires. "Sorry. Maybe another time." And then his eyes connected with Emmett's and a little smile danced across his lips that surprised both the vampire and werewolf. He turned away from the group walking back over to the table Angela sat at, Jess, Mike and Eric all looking at him with some kind of new found appreciation. "Can I sit here?" He said politely to the group, gesturing toward the empty seat beside Jess.
"You are so messed up man." Mike said, his blonde head nodding.
"I like it." Eric's voice was milked up on humor.
The human boys laughed at their own joke as Remus seated himself next to the blonde girl he wasn't particularly fond with. "Hey Angela."
The dark haired girl smiled at him, her smile making his heart swell. "Thanks." She whispered, a secret smile being shared between the two of them. "So," She started chewing on her salad. "When's Harry's birthday?" Jess turned her attention on them, almost reveling in the opportunity for new gossip.
"Two days actually." A smile spread across his face at the thought of the soon to be two year old. "We're not having anything huge. Just a few of Harry's friends from the daycare at the hospital, Amelia and the Swan's." He regarded her for a few seconds. "You could come too. If you'd like."
The smile didn't disappear from her face. "I'd like that." He wasn't flirting with her, Remus was sure of it. He didn't like her like that. He didn't like girls like that. He was merely attempting to make friends. He wasn't so sure if she knew that though.
"May I sit here?" The voice startled him, just as it seemed to do to everyone else at the table. Emmett Cullen stood behind Angela in all his glory. His eyes were looking at them nervously, and the thought that a vampire was nervous about sitting down at a lunch table in a high school was enough to make Remus choke on the water he had just attempted to swallow.
His coughing fit seemed to knock everyone out of whatever reverie they were in. "Uh… yeah. Sure." Jess spoke a little too chipper. He smiled at them all before pulling up a chair (where the hell had he gotten that?) and sitting down beside the werewolf in the space they had all made when the answer was said.
"Thank you." He looked grateful. He looked hopeful. And, honestly, it was all a little too creepy.
"What are you doing?" Remus asked under his breath once everyone recovered from their essential dead lock of silence. Angela chatted to Jess about the school newspaper, Eric and Mike arguing about sports statistics.
"If you want me to leave I will." He sounded awkward, more nervous than Remus would have ever remembered if he hadn't heard it in the vampire's voice himself.
His autumn eyes gazed into the vampire's dark golden brown ones. "No…" He said slowly picking up his cheap school fork. "You can stay." A blinding smile flashed across Emmett's face, coaxing one out of his own face.
They were silent for a while, both listening to the conversations of the others at the table. "Look, Remus… I'm sorry." Emmett said tightly, his body squirming just a tiny bit.
The werewolf tensed. "About what?" He very well knew what; he just hoped the vampire would forget about it.
"A week ago." Emmett muttered, and Remus was sure, if the vampire could, he would be blushing.
"Oh…" He whispered as an answer, his own face lighting up. "Well um… it's… it's fine." Emmett nodded quickly, jumping to his feet when the bell rang.
"You're-you're not… angry are you?" Nervousness dripped out of his voice.
Yes. Yes he sure as hell was. "No, not really." The vampire looked more surprised than the werewolf could have possibly felt at the moment.
Emmett couldn't help but smile. "Well, all right." He nodded. "I'll- I guess I will see you later then, Remus."
"Yeah." A smile tugged at his lips and he forced himself to keep it down. Then… on a whim. "Hey, Emmett!" The vampire turned back to look at him, a smile covering his own features. "You… uh… Harry's birthday party is in a few days. You can… you can come if you want." Then he shrugged and walked to his other class, a light blush spilling over his cheeks.
"Poppy it looks fine." Remus sighed as the witch adjusted yet another decoration that hung from the ceiling. He shifted Harry over to his other hip, allowing the child to play with his necklace.
Poppy sighed, stepping down the ladder and back onto the floor. "I know, I know." She stood in front of him; petting down the eager two year old's hair. "It's just it's his first birthday without Ja-them. I want it to be special."
"What am I going to tell him?" Remus asked her quietly, hugging Harry closer as the child squirmed in his arms.
Poppy didn't have time to answer before the doorbell rang. Her eyes turned nervous, her hand flying to her curly hair as she rushed to smooth it down. "How-how does it look?"
A smile quirked at Remus' lips. "Fine. Why are you so worried? It's only Bella and Chief Swan." A dawning comprehension passed the werewolf's face. "I get it."
"Don't say anything!" She scowled at him as she made her way to the door, a pleasant smile forming across her face. She pulled open the door, revealing Bella and her father, both covered in rain, their jackets sticking to their skin. "Hello Bella. Charlie." She smiled at the officer and his daughter as they crossed the threshold. She took their jackets with an over exaggerated smile. Honestly, Remus thought she was just making her crush more and more obvious with all the smiling she was doing.
"Hi Bella." Remus greeted the girl, leaning over to give her a one armed hug, Harry instantly reaching out towards her.
"Hey." She said softly before taking Harry into her own arms. "Happy birthday, Harry!" The little boy giggled, hugging her tightly before squirming to be let down. Bella did so, allowing him to run off to her father. "Charlie's obsessed with your mom."
"Aunt." Remus corrected automatically. He and Bella had engaged in this conversation around ten times a week, somehow, Bella seemed more and more forgetful as the days went by. Remus had a feeling she was doing it on purpose now.
"Where do we put presents?" Bella questioned as the doorbell rang once again. Remus glanced over a Poppy.
"Can you get that Remus?" Poppy asked from the kitchen. Remus rolled his eyes at the three in the kitchen as he passed them, waving lightly at Harry, happy that the child was happy.
His heart jumped into his throat when he caught sight of the car that sat in his driveway, swallowing hard. His hand pushed open the door, a smile coming to halt on his face. "Hey."
"Hello."
Oh my... I wonder who's at the door! If it isn't obvious... Reviiiiiiieeeeeeeew!
