-1CHAPTER 2: A Reunion, of Sorts

"Moony! I haven't seen you in ages!" an excited man yelled. The tall, muscular, dark haired man ran towards his friend. A beautiful red-headed lady joined her husband.

"James? Lily? Is that you? But, I thought you were dead? And aren't I dead? All I remember is battling Bellatrix, trying to get revenge on Sirius' death and Dora… DORA! Where is she? I can't believe I lost her and Teddy!"

"Remus, calm down. You aren't dead. We aren't either. And you'll be able to see Tonks and Teddy again, I promise. Who are they by the way?" Lily Potter asked.

"Dora is my wife and Teddy is my son. Harry is Teddy's godfather. Harry saved me… Harry let me help Tonks, even though I was terribly frightened. Harry's a good kid."

"Congrats Moony! Who would've thought that you would marry and have a kid, ever? You were always to afraid because of your furry little problem. She must be great for you." James taunted Remus.

"Shut up, Prongs. But where are we? And if you're not dead, does that mean that others aren't dead too?"

"We aren't the only ones who were saved. Did you see a bright white light just before the killing curse hit you?" At this, Remus nodded. "That was a protection spell, it was sent to the people who's lives would be cut short or who were loved dearly, or both. The love spirit sent it. However, anyone killed before we were weren't lucky enough to have the protection.. The love spirit had to fight with the rest of the spirits to use the love protection spell, but the other spirits only agreed as long as the 'dead' remained hidden until the war was over and the Wizarding World was beginning to be rebuilt. We were very disappointed when we heard that, but it's better than being dead, right?"

"Yeah, I guess," Remus replied. "But I really miss Dora and Teddy. And Harry. He needs help more than ever right now… The final battle is going on. I just hope that people will help him."

Just then, in the sad silence, there was a 'pop', and a woman with bubblegum pink hair appeared. She looked around, clueless as to what was going on.

"DORA!" Remus yelled with delight. The couple ran to each other, but on the way, Tonks tripped, and fell flat on her face. Remus helped her up, and the two embraced in a hug. James and Lily laughed at the scene in front of them.

"Not my most graceful moment, unfortunately," Tonks said. Then, she noticed Lily and James. "And not a very great first impression, either."

"Lily, James, this is my beautiful wife, Nymphadora Tonks Lupin, Dora, this is Lily and James Potter."

"Nice to meet you," Lily greeted Tonks.

"Back at you," Tonks replied. "Please call me anything besides 'Nymphadora', Tonks is ok with me, same with Dora."

"I bet you two will want to know who else is here, right?" James asked. Remus and Tonks replied with a wholehearted "Yes".

"Well, first off, there's Cedric Diggory, the second Hogwarts champion. He's told us a lot about Harry. Then there's also Sirius-"

"SIRIUS! I haven't seen my cousin in so long!" Tonks exploded. "Where is he?"

"In that house right there, the room on the second floor, directly to the left of the staircase." Lily replied. Tonks dragged Remus behind her and the two went into the house, to find Sirius.

"They make a really great couple, don't they James?" Lily noted as she leaned into James' strong arms.

"They do. I'm glad Moony found a great girl for him, like I did."

"Let's go visit Sirius, and see his reaction. I'm not sure if he will be happy or upset because they woke him up."

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"SIRIUS! Wakey-wakey! The sun's up, and why aren't you?" Tonks yelled with delight. Sirius just rolled over and grunted in his sleep.

"Dora, I wouldn't do anything else. He might hurt you…" Remus said with caution in his voice.

"I won't do anything stupid, Remmy! I promise!" Tonks then climbed onto the bed and started jumping on it. "WAKE UP YOU LAZY BUTT! WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!"

Remus looked away as he said, "I can't watch this…"

Sirius started waking up. He blinked blearily, and then looked flabbergast. "Nymphie? Is that you? You can't be here, you didn't almost die!"

"SIRI! I haven't seen you in years! Right Remmy?"

"Moony! What are you doing here with my favorite cousin, and why does she have a pet name for you?"

"Hi Padfoot! We were helping in the final battle and almost died or whatever. And Dora and I have been married for almost a year now."

Just then, Lily and James rushed into the room, checking to make sure that Sirius wasn't about to kill the happy couple.

"Prongs, did you hear that? My little Nymphie got married to Moony here! I never would've thought that either of them would finally have had the courage to ask the other out, let alone get married!"

"We hear Paddy. I think that we should continue filling Remus here in on what this place is and starts telling Dora. Lily, do want to share or do Padfoot and I have that honor?"

"I think I will share, you two won't get the point across for a few hours. Where should I start? Remus knows a little, but Dora knows nothing…"

"I'll figure it out Lily, and if I don't, Remus can explain it to me later." Tonks said wholeheartedly.

"Ok. The love spirit, we just call her Amora, has a few rules. First of all, because of the limited space, each house needs to have at least four people living in it now. Amora could only find a small area of land suitable for life that wasn't yet populated. James, Sirius, Gregory, and I live in this house."

"Who's Gregory?" Remus questioned.

"Gregory is our second of six kids," James replied.

"But, why aren't you living with the rest of them?" Tonks asked.

"I was just getting to that," Lily replied. "Another rule there is because of the tight space is that each couple can only keep one child with them. Harry was out of the question because he was not 'killed'. Jeffrey was born about two years after Harry. Three years after Gregory was born, Sebastian, Christopher, and Andrew were born. Because of the second rule, they were adopted into the muggle world. Then, seven years after that, we had another child. Her name is Madison, our only girl. And giving away our four youngest children was the hardest thing we've ever had to do. I… I wonder what it would be like if we could see them one more time… I wish that I had fought more to keep my babies, but I was to grateful for my life that I didn't want to ask Amora for anything more…" With that, Lily broke down into heavy sobs. James went over to Lily and held her close in his arms. He mouthed to Sirius 'Take them to the next room. You finish.' Sirius nodded, and led Remus and Tonks out of the room, and down the stairs into a cozy room with large couches and overstuffed chairs.

"Sorry about that. Lily's all shaken up over that. She could only keep one of her six children, and she feels horrible that she couldn't raise them and love them as she deemed fit. But back to the rules, there are a few more. None as horrible as the last, I promise. The third rule is that we cannot contact anyone besides those in this community. We can't let them know we are alive because that could alert Voldemort and that would defeat the entire point of us being here, and our lives being saved. And finally, we all have to have some job in the community if we are over 18 years old and not pregnant. Any questions?" Sirius explained.

"When did you become so… well, serious, Siri? You've never been like this before," Tonks asked.

"It's been happening Nymphie, the first war, Azkaban, Harry, near death. A lot has happened to me." The group sat in silence for a few moments and disregarded a single 'pop'. That is, they disregarded it until they heard a second 'pop' and a voice screaming, "Get OFF of me Colin! I'm not Harry!"