Title: Family bonds

Summary: A small baby appears in the woods of Denali, Alaska. This young emerald eyed boy grows up in the loving embrace of the Cullen family. Voldemort has disappeared and the wizarding world is at a loss of what to do or expect next.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Twilight, they belong to JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer respectively.

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AN: The timeline of the Harry Potter fics indicate that Harry went to Hogwarts in 1991 which means he was born in 1980. I'm going to change this so that it fits into the Twilight timeline better and you will also find that Harry is still quite young when they move to Forks. (Not 17 as in most of the HP/Twilight cross-overs)

Chapter 3

Anthony was jumping up and down in excitement as his family packed their belongings for the move. Since he could remember, Anthony and the rest of the Cullens had lived in Alaska. Knowing what he did now, Anthony could understand why his family chose such an isolated and cold place to live – a city was not the place for vampires after all.

His father had told him the truth about them when Anthony turned ten, well, when they thought he turned ten but no one was 100% certain. Edward had taken a look through his memories when he was still very young and come to the conclusion that his birthday was somewhere in July. Since his very first birthday cake which his birth mother had made did not have a date on it, only a number, Edward had taken a look at the calendar on the wall and found it open on the month of July. Nothing else was visible that would indicate the exact date of his birth so his father had decided on the fifteenth of July.

Finding out that your family were all immortal vampires was quite a shock to the system. Anthony knew that strange things could happen and that there were strange beings out in the world, look at him, he had magic! Vampires though, that had shocked him quite a bit. The fact that Rosalie and Emmett had found him in the forest now made more sense since he already knew how he had ended up there, it had always puzzled him what his brother and sister had been doing there…

Looking at his family, or rather the blurs they had become, Anthony smiled and focused on his magic. It had taken him years to be able to find his magic on instinct but he was getting better at it and after finding the strong pulse within him, Anthony focused on what he wanted. Slow down! He was uncertain whether his family actually slowed down or if his magic just helped him to interpret their actions better but whichever the case, it did not really matter. Finding that he could now actually understand their rushed words, Anthony quickly volunteered his help as he heard that Emmett was looking for his stack of DVD's.

Focusing on what he knew the stack looked like, Anthony brought the elusive DVD's to him and smiled happily as they all rearranged themselves again and fell into place next to him.

If he accidentally forgot to mention to Emmett that he now had what his brother was looking for, who was to know?

Ten minutes later, strong hands lifted him clean off the couch and Anthony squealed as Emmett knuckled his head while reprimanding him for stealing my DVD's!

His mother came to his rescue quickly and with a last sweep of the house, the family of eight made their way to their various cars and set off for the long journey to their new home.

Twelve year old Anthony Cullen closed his eyes as the wind swept through his hair and over his face. His arms were locked firmly around Edward's shoulders and bubbling laughter left him as they raced through the forest. They had been in Forks for a week now and Anthony had been going stir crazy in their very lavish house.

The woods surrounding their property had beckoned him and after much pleading and pouting, his parents had allowed him to go exploring with Edward. The Quileute tribe had been informed about Anthony the day they arrived in Forks and although it had taken a lot of arguments and persuasion, the wolves were satisfied enough for now.

Anthony was very curious about the Quileute tribe but no amount of begging could convince Edward to take him to the border where the vampires were not allowed to cross.

Clinging tightly to his brother, Anthony let his thoughts take him where they would and just enjoyed this time alone with Edward.

He did not know exactly why, but his whole life Anthony had stuck to Edward like glue. If the family went somewhere, Anthony stuck by Edward's side. If Edward wanted to visit Tanya or anyone else from their sister coven, Anthony would beg to go with. There was just something invisible that pulled him towards his brother and Anthony had never been able to put his finger on it.

They arrived at a cliff face and Edward gently dropped him to the ground. Standing there in the peaceful forest with his brother, Anthony could not help but think of how lucky he was to have been found by Rosalie and Emmett that night. Who knew what would have happened to him if those two had not stumbled upon him? Leaning ever so slightly to his left so that he could rest his head on Edward's shoulder, Anthony took in the beauty of the place.

Jacob Black was a very fun person to be around, Anthony decided. His new friend entertained him with stories of his childhood and of the adventures he and the other kids on the reservation had experienced. Although younger than Jacob, Anthony could see that they could become great friends one day.

School would be starting the following Wednesday and Anthony was crushed to realise that Jacob went to school on the reservation. None of his siblings were going to Middle school so Anthony would be all on his own for two whole years.

His depressing thoughts were interrupted as his new friend dragged him up from the ground and challenged him to a race on the beach. Laughing and playing, Anthony soon forgot all about his morose thoughts regarding school.

Two boys by the names of Quill and Embry joined in and the race soon turned into a game of tag. As the sun set over the horizon, Anthony said goodbye to his three friends and rushed to get home, knowing that a scolding awaited him.

Sure enough, the moment he rematerialized in their living room, his whole family was upon him demanding answers….

Edward and Alice paced up and down the room as they thought about where Anthony could have gone. They had been in Forks for two months now and never before had Anthony just disappeared without telling anyone where he was going or how long he would be. The fact that Alice couldn't see him distressed them both and they soon had the whole family home and on a frantic search.

They went over every small detail of every conversation any of them had with Anthony over the last two days in the hope of finding an answer as to where he had gone.

Nothing stood out. Nothing made sense! Anthony was happy, he was settling in alright and nothing out of the ordinary had happened.

It was a long four hours later that their elusive brother materialized in front of them and they all started bombarding him with questions.

Carlisle could see that his youngest was both determined and ashamed. He quickly calmed his family down and pulled Anthony over to a sofa where he sat down next to him.

"Anthony, we have all been worried sick. Where have you been?" Carlisle did his best to keep his tone even and concerned, making sure that no anger leaked through.

Anthony looked up at him with tears forming in his eyes and Carlisle once again had a hard time calming the rest of his family in order to get an answer from his youngest son.

"I just wanted to meet new friends, dad. I asked Eddy that day in the woods if we could say hello to the wolves but he said no and since then mom and Rosalie has been hovering over me and Jasper wouldn't let me leave the house even and I just couldn't, I didn't… I just wanted…"

Carlisle wrapped his arms around Anthony and cursed himself for not realising what was happening. The fact that Anthony had called Edward Eddy, showed just how distressed his youngest son really was. His youngest was still a growing human boy and even though Carlisle saw his five other children as his, they were not in fact children.

Anthony was a growing boy and was reaching his teenage years, years which Carlisle knew were some of the most difficult a human ever went through. That his family's protectiveness was suffocating him was really no surprise. Carlisle knew that Anthony was a bit more spoiled than most human kids but they really couldn't help it. He also knew that even with his mischievous streak, Anthony had a very good heart and would never deliberately hurt anyone, no matter how spoiled he was. That he had done so with his actions today must bother him immensely and Carlisle vowed to do better from now on.

"Alright Anthony. I understand what you are saying and we can sort this all out now. What you did, the fact that you left home without telling anyone was wrong and you will be grounded for it. That said, I know that we have all been stifling you with our hovering and doting and I promise we will give you your space. The Quileute tribe has a treaty with us, as I explained when we got here and although we are not allowed to go over the border, you as a human are not limited as we are."

Protests rose up from most of his family but Carlisle firmly put a stop to it.

"School starts next week and I encourage you to find friends here Anthony. If however you feel you want to visit your new friends on the reservation, come to me and I will arrange with Billy Black that you can visit there. All I ask is that you never disappear again like you did today. We were all very worried about you and I will never forgive myself if something happened to you."

Carlisle hugged Anthony back as the boy threw his arms around his neck and he gave his son a quick peck on his forehead before Esme dragged him off to do the same.

Smiling at his little family, Carlisle closed his eyes and prayed to whoever would listen to give him strength to get through the next few years with his non-existent heart still beating. Anthony would be the death of him.

End Chapter 3

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