Okay, so originally I had this planned as a one shot, but then I had other ideas that I thought I could add on, so this here is Chapter Two I suppose you could call it, there will only be three chapters so the last one is coming up. Once again I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters they do however belong to one J.K Rowling. :) So enjoy and please if you like the story review, its your reviews that tell me what you liked or didn't like that help make the story. Or if you have any other ideas on Harry Potter stories you want to see let me know I'm always up for your suggestions. So remember to leave comments and feedback :) Thanks!
A MEETING TO REMEMBER
Summary: Harry and Hermione's trip to Godric's Hollow changes course as a trip to the graveyard takes the two back to a chance for a meeting they'll never forget.
One Month After The Battle
It had been one month since the battle had ended and Voldemort had finally been defeated, it had been two weeks since the funerals of those lost in the battle. Though it had been a tough month and the weeks ahead wouldn't be as easy as they were before this all happened everyone was making progress and moving on trying to get things back to normal. It was moving closer and closer towards the summer and everyone was making plans on what they would be doing once the summer came to a close.
"Harry dear, you're going to be staying here aren't you?" Mrs. Weasley asked from her spot where she was making lunch for the whole family. Harry was sat at the table with Ginny who was trying, unsuccessfully, to make his hair sit flat for a change.
"I'm not quite sure yet Mrs. Weasley, you see I was thinking about going out and finding my own little house or something before I go job hunting." Harry replied taking out the pocket watch he had in his jeans and running his finger over the gold.
"But you will stay for the summer wont you?"
"Harry's moving out?" Ron asked as he walked into the kitchen with everyone else following behind.
"I was thinking of finding my own place is all, it's not completely decided yet." Harry explained as his best friend sat down to his right.
"Where are you going to go mate? I'd like to know so I can come visit you know."
"I was thinking of going to Godric's Hollow." Harry said with a smile, Hermione saw his face and had to smile herself.
"That reminds me, I never did ask if you went to Godric's Hollow." Ron commented from his seat, everyone knew about how Ron went on his own for a few weeks and they had gotten over the anger towards that fairly quickly once he explained how he went back.
"We went, we were there Christmas Eve and we spent Christmas Day there too. It was quite the little visit I must say." Hermione replied receiving a little laugh from Harry.
"What happened there? I mean every time Godric's Hollow comes up in a conversation Potter here gets this weird look on his face, you know where the corners of his mouth turn up? As if he's smiling?" George laughed as Harry told him to bugger off and that he smiled more than just when Godric's Hollow came up.
"We met some people, some really nice people." Hermione replied receiving some confused looks from everyone but Harry.
"Who did you meet?" Ron asked turning to look at Hermione in a confused fashion.
"We met my Mum and Dad." Harry said with a grin as he thought back to that short time with his parents.
"You met your parents? As in you found their… you know grave?" Ron asked whipping back around to face Harry his expression even more confused now.
"No as in we met them, we stayed the night at their house."
"Okay, explain to us all how that happened." George said, everyone else nodding in agreement all of them looking at Harry waiting for the story on this little adventure.
"Well we found their grave and I put my hand against it, and it was if we were travelling by portkey you know the whole tugging in your stomach feeling but it was sharper as if there were more little hooks pulling at you. Once the tugging stopped we landed on the main road of the town, we'd seen it only an hour before, it was snowy and empty, but there was Hermione and I, and a couple walking towards us." Harry started thinking back to the night, knowing every detail because it was in his heart for good now. "I had my wand out you know, just in case, but when they stepped into the light there was no denying it. The couple was my Mum and Dad, I'd know them from a mile away. Anyways they introduced themselves and it didn't take them long to recognise me, they wanted to know more about how we got there and who were so we went with them to the house."
"Sirius was there, he was babysitting, Harry was five months old there. We told them about what date we came from, and they got to know us a little bit better." Hermione added helping Harry tell the story. "It's honestly easy to tell who Harry's parents are, it's actually quite scary the qualities they share. But we stayed the night there after listening to James break a couple of plates and pans, and after listening to Lily tell him to clean it all up, it was… easy to just feel at home there."
"I told them all about the Triwizard Tournament, and about the whole Quidditch thing in first year. We talked about what we wanted to do, you know once we finished school, we told them we were still in school, we couldn't exactly say to them that Voldemort was after me and that they weren't around anymore. It was hard obviously but we spent Christmas with them." Harry continued pulling out the pocket watch and placing it on the table. "Dad told me that he and Mum had gotten this for me just after I was born and that is was for the day I left Hogwarts, they gave it to me for Christmas though instead, said that now was a good a time as ever. Obviously it was as good a time as ever because otherwise I would never have gotten it. Hermione and I knew it wasn't good to stay longer than what we had and so on Christmas night we told them we had to leave, get back to our time. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do, say goodbye knowing that I wouldn't see them again, but I did and then Mum pulled me aside, she told me the Order had a bad feeling that something was going to happen and that I should know, no matter what happened to them that I should know they're proud of me and they love me."
"We left after saying one last goodbye to them and we went back to the graveyard, back to the spot their grave would be one day, Harry simply put his hand against the ground and we got dropped back to where we started. In front of the grave. We went down the street then, past a statue of the Potter's and to their house, or at least where their house had been, it was in ruins, shocking to us and all considering we had seen it only a little while before that you know? But there was a sign, it simply stated that the house couldn't be seen by Muggles and that it had been left in ruins as a monument to James and Lily, and to Harry."
"Wow… so you actually met them?" George asked, he seemed to be the only one not quite shocked to silence at what Harry and Hermione had told them.
"Yeah we did, it was brilliant." Harry smiled, reliving the whole ordeal in his mind.
"What were they like?"
"Who do you want to start with because honestly there's a lot to say about each of them." Hermione laughed.
"Well, lets start with Lily first, we all know about her eyes and all so let's hear a bit more."
"Mum's quiet, I didn't get on her bad side but I have the feeling I wouldn't have wanted to, Dad on the other hand couldn't seem to help getting shouted at every other hour or so. She's smart, really smart, I suppose I didn't quite get my mother's skills in academics and such." Harry laughed, he knew who's qualities he got concerning school, it was definitely not Lily's.
"And what about your dad?" Ginny asked curious now she had gained back the ability to talk.
"James Potter is somewhat like George here, only a lot worse. He had all of these stories about sneaking around and putting fireworks in the drains and in suits of armour, he even told us about how they made the Marauders Map."
"Wait, Harry your dad was a Marauder?" George asked, Harry was shocked George didn't already know this.
"You didn't know? But yeah he was a Marauder, Prongs to be exact."
"Merlin's beard. Your Dad is like a God to me."
"Anyways, go on Hermione ignore George." Ginny urged Hermione to finish, it was obvious they were all curious.
"He was the best Chaser the Gryffindor house team had for decades. Surprisingly he made Head Boy in his final year despite all his trouble causing. Harry how did he say it?"
"'I thought Dumbledore had come off his rocker when I got that letter, I mean come on, me? Head Boy? That's like putting Peeves as the Headmaster.' I think that's what it was." Harry answered with a laugh.
"Anyways it was definitely obvious that Harry's approach to school came from his Dad." Hermione finished, she had loved spending time with Lily and James, she could tell that Harry would have had the best life possible had they been alive still, they were good people caught up in something that wrecked their family.
"Wow, you know, Harry, I wish I'd have met them too, they sound great, not to mention your dad sounds like a riot." George commented leaning his chair back on two legs. "I mean, wow… what else did he say about his pranking days?"
"What was you Mum like in school?"
The questions were shot at them from every direction and by the time supper came around they were finally finished with the answers. It was refreshing having someone to tell this all to, let alone the whole Weasley family. Harry had this memory and it was one he knew would stick with him for good, he just wished that he could have done it with Ron, Hermione and Ginny, his parents had met Hermione and loved her it's just that he wanted them to know Ron and Ginny, his best friend and the girl his mother wanted him to marry or he'd get what's coming.
The excitement of the nearing summer caught everyone in this mood where everything was getting better and spending the nights with friends and family was patching everything up. It was at the end of summer where everyone was putting plans into action; Harry had found a small house in Godric's Hollow a few houses down from his parents house had stood, Ron and Hermione were there more often than not while the three of them searched for jobs. Ginny finished her last year at Hogwarts before Harry asked her to marry him a year later. The rest of the Weasley's all found there place as everything settled down. Harry spent all of his free time with either Ginny, Ron and Hermione or Teddy Lupin, his young godson.
It was when he was twenty four and Ginny was pregnant with their first child that Harry thought of something that he wanted to try. Of course it would have to wait until around Christmas Eve that year as it was the time it had worked for him and Hermione. He hadn't told Ginny yet but he was planning on it when he knew she wasn't in a bad mood or one that would just make him the target of things he'd prefer not to be. Harry was going to try and take Ginny back to around the time of 24 December 1980, to meet his parents, he didn't know if it would work but it was worth a try, he'd realized over the past few years that everything was worth a try if you wanted it bad enough…