While everyone was eating breakfast in the kitchen, an owl flew through the window with a late edition of the daily prophet.

"Check this out. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns. Minister Cornelius Fudge submitted a statement this morning saying that new evidence has come to light showing that You-Know-Who is indeed alive and among us once again, as Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter have been saying for months. For full article, see page 12." Hermione said, reading the prophet aloud.

"I think things are finally going our way. I wish I could be there to see the look on Malfoy's face when his father is hauled off to Azkaban." Harry said with a grin.

"You and me both Harry." Arthur said with a grin.

"Anything else?" Lily asked.

"Yes, there are 2 more headlines. James and Lily Potter Returned! Sirius Black Innocent. Just like He-who-must-not-be-named, Harry Potter's parents James and Lily Potter have returned to life. This miracle has also yielded new information regarding the case of Sirius Black. It appears that Black is not the monster we all believed, for instead, he was an innocent man framed for crimes by the true culprit, Peter Pettigrew, of whom Black was wrongly convicted of killing 14 years ago. See page 17 for more information." Hermione said.

"Well, now that we've sorted that out, James, we need to find a place to live." Lily said.

"What about my parents' house. Since they've both passed away, it's mine now and technically it is our family's ancestral home. It's got just as many protective charms on it as this place, not to mention it's larger and most likely been much more well taken care of this place." James said.

Lily nodded and said "Why don't you go up there after breakfast and see what sort of shape it's in and see if it's ideal for human inhabitation."

James nodded as he returned to eating.

After breakfast, James returned to his childhood home on the other side of London. The Potter Estate was a small bit of land located on the outskirts of London, away from the muggles, though still within a decent distance of them, just like the Burrow. The estate itself was made up of a huge house that made both 4 Privet Drive and 12 Grimmauld Place look like tool sheds, along with a small bit of land that contained a small wood that James had used to practice quidditch when he was a child.

As James walked up to the house, he couldn't help but notice how well taken care of it looked. Someone had obviously been keeping it running all these years. At first, James couldn't figure out who it could've been before he remembered that there was 4th occupant of the house when he was growing up besides himself and his parents.

"Nigel." James called out and suddenly a house elf appeared.

"Master James. You is returned. Nigel is so happy to see you sir. But where is Mistress Lily and young Master Harry?" Nigel asked.

"With Sirius. Nigel, you seem to have taken good care of this place since everyone's been gone. I assume it's fit human inhabitation?" James asked.

"Yes sir. Even after all his masters had left him, Nigel has kept this estate well taken care of in hopes that they would return and you is." Nigel said.

"That's right, my family is going to be moving into the house today, I just came by now to make sure the house was suitable for living today." James said.

"Nigel will prepare for his master's return at once." Nigel said, bowing to James before disapparating with a crack.

"Well?" Lily asked when James returned.

"The house is in perfect condition. Apparently Nigel has been keeping the place in shape in the hopes that his masters would return." James said.

"Who's Nigel?" Harry asked.

"Our house elf." James said.

"Why did you have to say that in front of Hermione?" Ron groaned, looking at Hermione, who was about to go into another tirade about house elf rights, only for James to put his hand up to silence her.

"Hermione, I know you may think you're doing good, but have you actually spoken to a house elf? There's a reason they mostly like working for their masters for free, and it's not because they've been brainwashed." James said, causing Hermione's mouth to shut immediately.

"We should've gotten that on video. Someone telling Hermione she's wrong." Ron whispered to Harry, who sniggered.

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked.

"A relationship between a house elf and their master has benefits for both sides of it. The elf serves their master in anyway required of them, such as performing household chores like cooking and cleaning and in return, the master's magic keeps the elf alive and healthy, protecting it from things like diseases. After a house elf is freed they can only survive for maybe 3 years tops before succumbing to illness, since they don't have an immune system built up, unless they find a new master. The only times a house elf would actually want to be freed is if they've been treated cruelly and dead is preferable." James said.

Hermione looked embarrassed, since she was used to being the one giving lecture, not being lectured herself.

"I feel foolish now." Hermione said.

Lily placed her hand on Hermione's shoulder and said "Our world and the muggle are 2 different things. Before you try to change something in our world based on the beliefs you saw in the muggle world, you need to make sure you fully understand the difference."

Hermione nodded in understanding.