Sirius was in total shock as he saw the couple in the door. Luckily his auror instincts cut in, and he managed to catch Harry when he fainted. Ignoring the couple and his own shock, he scooped Harry up, and carried him to the couch. He knew some of it was what happened in the graveyard, but he could not blame Harry. He was having trouble himself dealing with the couple being in the room. Part of him wanted to believe he was imagining things and the couple were not real. James and Lily could not have been alive all this time. They would not have abandoned their son. They would not have allowed him to rot in prison for their murder. There had to be something wrong with all of this.

Lily looked at her little boy and her heart was aching for him. She had been so happy when Voldemort was destroyed and his men taken down. She knew it meant she could come home and she could see her son again. She needed to see and hold him, and James was little better.

She moved to go to him. "Harry."

Remus got between them. "No."

James tried. "Moony."

Remus snarled. "Step back."

Sirius focused on Harry. "Cub."

Harry came around. "Siri."

Sirius kissed his head. "Okay cub?"

Harry was pale. "I thought I saw…."

Lily cut in. "Harry, we're here."

James nodded. "Yes Prongslet."

Remus stopped them again. "You are going nowhere near him."

Lily reminded him. "He is our son."

James agreed. "We have been away too long.'

Remus actually snarled. "My words exactly."

Remus knew they were James and Lily, this was no trick. Even if they had used a potion, he could have known their scent, so close to a moon. He was just as shocked as Sirius and Harry were. He was angry, not for himself, but for the two he loved on the couch. He thought about Harry, how he had grown up and all he suffered, because he thought his parents were dead. And Sirius, who had rotted in prison, because of them. It was two days to the full moon, and Moony was coming out. Moony recognized Harry as his cub, and Sirius as his pack, and he was protective.

James knew the tone and he kept his wife back even though they were both shocked and confused. He had no idea why they were reacting like this. He was sure it was a shock, but surely they would be happy that he and Lily were alive and home now.

Harry looked at them. "How?"

Albus motioned to the others. "We should leave them in peace."

Cornelius and the aurors left. "We will return tomorrow."

Harry looked at them. "I thought you were dead."

Lily knelt. "We had to make it look that way."

James agreed. "It was safer."

Sirius snarled. "For who?"

Lily tried. "We were protecting you."

James held her. "We have been spies."

Remus eyed them. "Spies?"

James nodded. "Albus thought it would help the war."

Harry was shaking. "And me?"

Lily tried to touch him. "You were safer without us."

"Safer? Safer? You left me with Petunia."

She knew her sister, she knew her sister hated magic, and that would not be good for Harry. He thought of the dementors, and hearing his mum screaming. He didn't understand how he heard that and he demanded to know. The couple admitted the memories were false, and had been placed by Albus. James had not been home, and Lily had not been killed but simply knocked out with a cruciatus, by Voldemort. Harry had not survived due to her love, but by his family blood, they were Gryffindors. Albus had thought it best the world think the couple dead. James as an auror, and Lily in the department of mysteries, had been turned into spies. It was not safe for their son, so they had left him. It had been the hardest thing they had to do, but they had seen what was needed. They had a job to do, and were sure Harry would understand with time.

Harry looked at the marauders and he wondered if they had known his parents were alive. But he could see from both their shock, and their anger, that they hadn't known any of this either. Harry looked at Sirius, and if not already angry for himself, he was for Sirius.

He looked at Sirius. "He was in prison."

Sirius tried to calm Harry. "Harry…."

James sighed. "It is a shame but…."

Remus snarled. "Shame? He spent over a decade with dementors for killing you."

Lily was pale. "We could not come back."

"You could have revealed it was Peter." Harry demanded.

Sirius looked at Albus. "So much for saying you couldn't help."

Albus sighed. "I had to honor their wishes."

Harry demanded. "How could you? If you didn't want me, why not let me have him?"

Lily was upset. "I have always wanted…."

"You abandoned me for thirteen years. Don't you dare tell me you wanted me."

James stood as Harry had. "We didn't abandon you. You won't talk to your mother….."

Harry spat. "My mother died. The woman who hid from me…."

James tried to grab him. "We are your parents. We love you."

"So much you abandoned me. You left Siri in prison. You let me be…."

All those years with Petunia rung through his head. All the times they had beat him for using magic. He had no control, he didn't know he was a wizard, or how to stop what he had been doing. The woman had hated magic, but she had hated him more, because she blamed him. She had blamed him for the death of her sister. She had blamed him over and over, as they did things to him, and Lily was alive.

Harry was shaking. "They hit me. They….they did….They did things to me. You let them."

Lily ached. "Harry, I never knew it would go that far I swear."

"Did you come back even once to check on me? Even once?"

James admitted. "No. We were away on important work."

Lily tried. "Albus assured us you were safe."

Harry spat. "Not like he ever checked."

James tried to calm him. "You will come home and we will…."

Harry pulled away. "I am going nowhere with you."

Lily reminded him. "We are your parents."

"And have custody of you."

Albus tried to calm it. "I am sure if you give them time, you will be happy."

Harry looked at the marauders. "I am going with them."

Sirius held Harry when he came into his arms. "You are."

James reminded the man. "You have no say."

Lucius shared a look with Severus. Neither man knew really why they cared but they were shocked by all of this. Severus had loved Lily as a sister, and could not believe she had lied to him. He thought she was a born mother and would have thought so much better of her than this. Lucius thought of one thing that could help Harry and keep him from being sent home with them. He just hoped the boy would listen.

He whispered to Harry. "Claim dominus emancipato."

Harry looked at him in confusion. "What?"

Lucius didn't have time to explain. "If you want to go with Sirius, do."

Harry had never heard the term and he had no idea what it meant. He didn't know if or why he should trust Lucius in any of this. He was desperate though for some way to not go with this couple. He had spent most of his life wishing his parents were alive, but not like this. He had thought he was luckier than Neville, Neville's parents alive, but not there. He was starting to feel in the same boat.

Harry took a deep breath and decided to trust Lucius. "I claim dominus emancipato."

AN: So Lily and James are back and not getting the warm welcome they hoped.

What did Lucius just do, and will it help Harry from not going home with them?

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