Chapter one

The first couple of weeks after the battle of Hogwarts, Harry, Hermione and Ron along with some of their friends attended all the funerals of everyone that died during the fighting. At every funeral, the magical law enforcement squad were present, one, to keep reporters away from the three hero's, Harry, Hermione and Ron, two there were still death eaters out there who would go after Harry Potter for killing their lord.

Harry never looked around at any of the funerals, but he did go up to every family member to offer his condolences. Remus and Tonks' funerals were done at the same time and Harry stood next to his friends, but also next to Andromeda Tonks during the service.

The moment the service finished, Andromeda turned to face Harry, 'I can see the guilt on your face, but Dora was an auror, that was her job. I may not have liked that she went out fighting dark witches and wizards, but I learned to accept it.'

'Yeah, but she just had a baby, she shouldn't have turned up, Remus shouldn't have either.'

'Just like Dora, Remus was a member of the order or the phoenix, that is what they did. Plus, he was also a friend of your father's. So you really think he would let you face you know who and not be there for you.'

'I know he wanted to help me, he told me. They still should have stayed away, now they've left Teddy with no parents, I know how hard that can be on a kid. One good thing though, he does have you, a loving grandmother.'

'And you Harry, they told me they made you Teddy's godfather, but I need to ask you something about that.'

'Anything Mrs. Tonks,' Harry gazed at the sleeping baby in her arms.

'As godfather, normally you would take custody. So I need to ask you if you would please allow me to keep Teddy, he's all I have left.'

'Of course Mrs. Tonks, I would never take Teddy away from you. He belongs with his family, I just want to get to know him, be there for him as much as possible.'

Andromeda Tonks sighed in relief, 'Thank you Harry and you come visit him whenever you want. He will need a man around as he gets older and I can't think of anyone better.'

'Thank you, but why would you say that. The last time, well only time we met you looked at me like you hated me.'

'I never hated you Harry, but I never knew you either. So I didn't know what to expect when you turned up at my home. I'd read a lot about you over the years and some of those things worried me. Then Dora and Remus told me about you, about the real you.'

'Almost everything written about Harry was lies Mrs. Tonks,' Hermione said stepped beside Harry, 'Hardly anything that was written was ever truthful.'

Andromeda looked at Harry, 'Yes, Dora told me, so what Skeeter wrote about you and Albus Dumbledore?'

Harry sighed, 'Lies, he was teaching me everything I needed so I could face Voldemort,' Harry took a step closer and lowered his voice, 'You would have heard the rumour about a prophecy, well it was true. It was always going to be him and me at the end, so Dumbledore was trying to get me ready to face him. At the time, I wasn't even a fully trained wizard, not even of age, so I needed as much help as I could get. Dumbledore taught me and showed me things that would help. He was like my mentor you could say, but also a friend.'

'I appreciate your honesty Harry, so if Rita lied about that, there's probably more that she lied about.'

'Almost that whole book was a lie, some truth, but twisted around. I can't stand her and I intend to let it be known that she was never a friend of mine, never has been, never will be. There is one thing I wish to tell you though, about your husband. While we were in hiding, we used enchantments to stay safe. One night a group of people sat not far from us, but they never knew we were there. Ted was one of the men, we listened to them that night and thought they were doing the right thing, moving around, keeping out of crowded and wizarding areas. I'm sorry I couldn't do anything to help him, but we were doing what we could to stop Voldemort. I thought if they kept hidden, they would have been safe.'

'Ted told me before he left that he was going to do what he could while he was in hiding, he wanted our grandson safe. You know what you-know-who would have done to Teddy, his father being a werewolf.'

Harry reached up and gently brushed the hair from Teddy's forehead, 'Yeah, I know, but he's safe now and I know you'll keep him that way. When I was talking to my parents, Sirius and Remus that night, I promised I will do everything I could to keep him safe and tell him about his parents,' Harry saw Hermione, Ron and Andromeda looked at him with questioning looks, 'You know, in my head, that's how I talked to them. I've spoken to my parents like that for years.'

'Well, between his grandmother and godfather who happens to be Harry Potter, I think we can keep him safe, don't you Harry?' she gave Harry a real smile for the first time.

'Yeah, I think we can.'

'Here, why don't you have a hold of your godson before I take him home and put him to bed.'

'Um, I've never held a baby before, but I would like too.'

Andromeda gently placed her sleeping grandson into his godfather's arms, but kept a hand close in case Harry needed it.

Harry stared down at the baby in his arms, as Hermione and Ron stood on either side of him.

'He looks likes Tonks,' Hermione said as the gently touched the little boy's hair.

'Yes, he does,' Andromeda stared down at her grandson.

'He's beautiful,' Harry said feeling the tears come to his eyes, 'You'll never be without anything Teddy, and I'll be there for you whenever you need me,' Harry leaned down and placed a soft kiss to Teddy's forehead, before he handed the baby back to his grandmother, 'I'll let you take him home, but if it's alright, I'd like to come over occasionally, get to know him.'

'Of course you can Harry, you know where we live, so I'll see you when you come visit,' Andromeda gave Harry a small smile then apparated away.

'Let's go home,' Ron said grabbing Harry's shoulder.

'Yeah, but give me a minute first,' Harry knelt down next to the headstone, 'I will be there for him Remus, I promise. You won't regret making me his godfather. But the few times we spent together, I never got a chance to ask you things about my parents, now there's no one left to ask. I used to wonder why you never told me anything, Sirius was the same. You mainly said dad was a bit of a jokester, mum was the serious one. But I know nothing about them, apart from that and they were married, that's it. Why didn't you ever tell me anything, why didn't Sirius? I plan on telling your son everything I know about you and Tonks, but you never did with me.' Harry sighed then slowly stood up, 'I won't make that mistake of keeping quiet.'

Hermione and Ron watched as Harry spoke to Remus, but Ron noticed Hermione looked a little uncomfortable, so when he raised his eyebrows at her, she just shook her head.

'Ready to head home now Harry?'

Harry turned to face his friends, 'Yeah, but tomorrow I'm going to Godric's Hollow. I want to visit my parents graves and go into the church, see if they have anything on my parents. Now Voldemorts gone, I want to find out about them.'

'We can help if you want mate, but let's go for now. This was the last funeral, so we've got time.'

'Yeah, okay,' Harry nodded and the three of them apparated to the Burrow, 'I'll be up soon,' Harry walked down towards the orchard where the tent was pitched.

Hermione and Ron watched as Harry walked away, 'He spends more time alone down in that tent than in the house. When he first said he needed some time alone, I did understand, but now, he spends almost all his time alone. What do you think he does in there?'

'I don't know Ron, but we can try to be supportive. Having learned what was inside him, then he thought he was going to die, that's got to be hard on him.'

'Yeah, it would be, but now,' Ron turned to face Hermione, 'what was that look for before and don't say nothing.'

'Well, when we were away, not all the books I had were about spells and horcruxes, some were just for reading. You know I like to read and it sometimes clears my head when I need to concentrate.'

'Okay, so you read something, what about Harry's parents?'

Hermione bit her bottom lips before answering, 'Yes, just a small part about how they were both getting settled into their careers, which they hoped to do for a long time.'

'Well I think most people their age would do that, what's the problem with that Hermione?'

'Ron, Lily Potter had a career and planned to stay at it for a long time. Don't you get it, she never planned to get pregnant with Harry, it must have been an accident.'

'Oh shit,' Ron turned and faced the orchard, 'you never told Harry that did you?'

'No, how would he feel if he found out he was an accident, then he's birth caused the death of his parents. No and I'm not going to tell him, so please Ron, don't say anything.'

'I won't because I get why you haven't. He already blames himself for enough deaths, this would really make that worse. Let's go in though, I want to get out of these robes.'

Hermione and Ron took one last look at the orchard, where they could just make out the top of the tent, before turning and walked back to the house.

Harry was lying down on his bed inside the tent, thinking about little Teddy. He knew he wanted to be there for the boy, he just wasn't sure how. He knew nothing about kids, having never had anything to do with any before.

As Harry was lying down, staring at the roof of the tent, he suddenly felt slightly dizzy then all he saw where Remus and Tonks fighting at Hogwarts, battling six death eaters between them before Remus was struck down, then Tonks kept fighting alone against the six death eaters before she was hit with the flash of green light from the killing curse. Everything went black, then Harry saw Remus and Tonks talking at a house Harry didn't recognise, when a face appeared in the fireplace.

"Remus, Harry's at Hogwarts and he told Minerva you-know-who is on his way, I think this is it."

"I'll meet you there Arthur."

"I'm coming with you, mum will watch Teddy. If a fights on, then every auror will be needed."

"Tonks, you should stay home with Teddy, if you're needed, I'll let you know. Please sweetheart, wait until we know for sure."

"Alright Remus, please be careful," Tonks kissed her husband, then watched as he walked outside and apparated away.'

Everything went black again and Harry was staring up at the tent again, 'Why does this keep happening?' Harry asked as he stood up, 'Am I really seeing what was, or are they just dreams?' Harry shook his head as he stepped down and into the living area and sat down on the couch and started thinking. Are they visions of what really happened, or what Harry thought happened? He only had visions of Voldemort and that was because of having that inside him, so why is this happening? First his parents, now Remus and Tonks, do they mean anything, are they real or just his imagination.

'I wish I had someone to talk to about this,' Harry sighed in frustration before stepping outside the tent and looked around. Harry's thoughts kept going over what he'd seen or dreamed before slowly walking up to the house. He knew he could go find a flat or something to live in, since he spent so much time alone, but just being close to the Burrow, made him feel like he was home. So Harry thought he might just stay a bit longer and had an idea about someone to talk to, but he couldn't decide whether he should or not. He shook his head and stepped into the large crooked house and sat at the large, very worn table next to Ron.

'We we're hoping you'd come up soon.'

'You know I do sooner or later Ron. Is your dad around?'

'Somewhere, probably down in his shed. You know dad, always tinkering with that muggle stuff of his,' Ron rolled his eyes.

Harry laughed softly, 'Yeah, I know, but if it helps, that's what he needs. It's like your mum, she loves to cook, it helps her if she keeps busy.'

'Yeah and I've never eaten so much or so well before. It's all to do with Fred at the moment, she misses him.'

'We know Ron, that will never change, she will just handle it better,' Hermione put her hand on Ron's arm.

'It does get easier Ron, but it's going to take your parents a long time before that happens. Remember what I was like after Sirius, took me weeks to even smile. He was like my father, but your parents lost a son, you lost a brother. Don't try and push anything, take your time, talk about him.'

'You never wanted to talk about Sirius Harry, so why are you telling Ron to talk about Fred.'

Harry sighed, 'At first I didn't want to talk, but I was in the Forbidden Forest looking at the thestrals when Luna walked up to me. She started talking to me about Sirius, then I just started talking to her about him, then her mother. I realised she knew how I was feeling, so I thought I could talk to her and she would understand,' Harry glanced at his friends, 'I'm sorry for not talking to both of you, but can you understand that?'

'At the time, no I wouldn't have, now, yeah I do. We couldn't know how you were feeling, Luna could. So you think I should talk about Fred?'

'Yeah, I do Ron and it does help. You don't have to care what you say, bad or good, it's just feels better to remember him and talk about him. It will still hurt for a long time, but that does ease, and the more you talk about him the more you'll realise how better you do feel.'

'Thanks Harry.'

'Anytime,' Harry patted his shoulder then stood up and stared out the door, 'Now the funerals are over, are you going to see about your parents Hermione?'

'Yes, I spoke with Kingsley, he said normally I could have gotten into a lot of trouble for doing that, but he's going to make sure I don't. So he's got someone in the muggle relations office to do some checking on muggles that left to go to Australia. He said they will contact me if they find out anything.'

'I should talk to Kingsley myself, I used an unforgivable, normally that gets you a life sentence in Azkaban,' Harry sighed heavily.

'You never told us about that Harry.'

Harry turned and looked at his friends, 'When I went up to Ravenclaw tower with Luna, Aleco Carrow had his wand on me and touched her dark mark, Luna stunned her. She never knew Luna was under the cloak. Then Amycus had McGonagall let him in, I was back under the cloak at that time. He was going to blame the kids for summoning Voldemort, McGonagall had a go at him about, saying she wasn't going to let them do that, he spat at her and I just lost it. I realised what Bellatrix meant about meaning to cause pain, because he felt it alright. Then McGonagall bound the pair of them after she got her voice back. She was so shocked when I pulled the cloak off, then Luna appeared out of nowhere.'

'It takes a lot of power to make that curse work like it's supposed to Harry, you really must have been angry.'

Harry shrugged, 'Angry, frustrated, then disgusted that he did that to McGonagall. She said I was gallant, nobody uses those types of words anymore, but McGonagall does.'

'Yeah, she does,' Ron gave Harry a smile, 'But how did it feel, using that curse?'

Harry thought for a minute, 'At first, because I was angry, I just put everything I had into it and felt good when it worked. After I realised how much hatred you needed and how you really wanted to cause that type of pain in someone, it's not a nice feeling and I don't want to feel that again,' Harry turned and stared out the door again before he felt dizzy, then he saw Fred, George and Percy fighting three death eaters. Harry could see himself, Ron and Hermione running up to them, stunning death eaters as they ran, then the wall exploded and Fred was lying dead on the ground before everything went black, then Harry saw Fred and George talking in some neat garden.

"You know what could happen George, this is going to be painful and bloody."

"I know Fred, but if one of us die, it will be worth it if he can finally be finished," Fred and George stared at each other, before putting their hands on their brother's shoulder, "Let's hope we don't and Harry really is the chosen one. So, you ready brother."

"I'm ready brother, let's go get ourselves some death eaters," George and Fred hugged, then everything went black as Harry blinked and saw he was still standing at the door of the Burrow.

'Harry, did you hear me?' Hermione asked as she stepped beside him.

'Yeah, sorry Hermione, I sort of got lost in my thoughts for a minute,' Harry gave her a smile and hoped she didn't keep with the questions, because right now, Harry had no idea what was going on and until he did, he didn't want to mention anything about this to anyone.