AN: Long Time No See! My muse is back - well a little of it anyway - but I am really sorry for keeping you guys all waiting - you see in the last 2 years I have been suckered into an entirely different fandom which has taken all my time and every last drop of energy - nevertheless, although it quelled my love for harry potter a little, it has slowly decided to come back.. and so here we are… a little late but better than never. Enjoy!


"Okay guys, are you all ready?"

"Padfoot, I've been waiting my whole life for this!"

"Don't you mean we have been waiting our whole lives for this James!"

"Err, right you are my dearest wife…"

"Yeah yeah! Whatever Lily! I can't believe it, we're gonna see Harry!"

"Calm down Sirius", James said grinning largely, "Oh who am I kidding! We're gonna see Harry Paddy!"

"I seem to be getting left out of this visit to Harry" Lily said sternly.

"Of course not Lily," scoffed Sirius, "After all, we would never had dreamed of leaving you behind."

"Oh, I hope not" said Albus Dumbledore strolling in through the large doors, "After all, hell hath no fury than a women scorned but I best think the quote should be hell hath no fury than keeping a mother from her child, don't you agree?" he gazed sternly to James and Sirius who were grinning sheepishly,

"Err Right…" James said

"Absolutely" agreed Sirius.

"I believe we are all ready but I must ask again, are you fully prepared seeing and visiting your son now on the mortal realm knowing that this is your only chance. You will not be permitted to even catch a glimpse of him after. This is the only chance you will get and the only time you will see him is the unfortunate event of his death. Are you prepared for that?"

"I think we've waited long enough by now Albus" said James

"Yes, I definitely agree, for all we know the little pup is probably married and having kids with red haired children, what-"Sirius said at the look on James's face,

"You do realize he's only 21 right?"

"And!" said Lily albeit angrily, "We got married straight after school James!"

"Yeah, sorry Lils but- Its just - I kinda wanna see him living the life out there, pulling pranks on the minister himself, flying his broomstick illegally over the border of France-"

"-Do you want him to be in prison for the rest of his life James?"

James quickly backtracked " – Noo! just wanna see him have fun Lily! Is that so bad!"

Lilly scoffed at James before turning to Sirius, "What do you mean by red haired children, I know harry doesn't have red hair, unless he magically dyed it?"

"Nah, nothing like that, I saw Girl Weasely making love eyes at him during that summer"

"Girl Weasley…. Ooohhh…" James said

"Yeah…love was in the air, or in the kitchen…" Sirius trailered off.

Albus shot them an amused look and made a gesture for them to huddle around him. Once they did he pulled out an hourglass and placed it on his hand,

"And now" Albus grandly stated "we wait."

"That's it?" James raised and unimpressed eyebrow,

"We are not the only ones walking around the mortal realm James, this is how they keep track of people that should not be there. Oh and do make sure you touch it, wouldn't want you left behind now would we" Albus joyfully added,

"Oh," Sirius said, placing his hand on the hourglass "So it's like a portkey"

"Not in the slightest" was Albus's last words before the four of them was whisked away and placed horridly onto earth's ground,

"What the hell!" James shouted once he got his bearings,

"That was exactly like a portkey" grumbled Sirius as he picked himself from the ground.

"Oh hush!", admonished Lily, "We're here aren't we." Suddenly she grabbed hold of James arm.. "James look! James look, look! We're here! We're on earth!"

"Yeah Lily, I kinda know that…" He grumbled, not at all ready for his arm to be pulled from his socket.

"Well", said Albus who decided to speak up, "We only have a day to locate you're son and if I am not mistaken, the last place that he was in was northeast from here…"

And with that, Dumbledore walked briskly ahead of the three stunned people and it was when he was a good five metres ahead did Lily, James and Sirius hurriedly followed Dumbledore.


They could not believe what they were seeing. Both Lily and James were stunned motionless and all they could do was stare. Both their cheeks turning a very dark shade of red and despite the fact that it was common curtsy to look away when one engages in these sports of activities, they couldn't. Because they themselves could not believe that their precious baby boy is doing something as adultish as sexual intercourse. The complete opposite could be said about Sirius black as he watched the proceedings with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes and laughed at the goldfish impressions on his friends faces. However, Albus Dumbledore seemed to be shocked emotionless and not just because had walked in on his favourite student in a vulnerable position, but he had recognized his partner immediately. Granted his black hair could be mistaken for anyone, but the face, the face that Dumbledore knew extremely well but haven't seen since the 1950's.

"Erm, Albus" Lilly said, his voice shaky by the revelation that Harry was not a baby, "Can we, you know, come back in a bit"

"I suppose that would be the best choice Lily given the circumstance" Albus said, making his way to the garden gate with shaky legs, he wasn't sure he was up to seeing any more interactions between the enthusiastic couple inside.

"So…erm.. anyone have a clue as to who the hell was touching MY SON!"

"Our son James!" Lily added, her chest tightening at the thought and her eyebrows furrowed.

They both turned to look at Sirius who became alarmed at the possessive glint he saw shining in his best friends eyes.

"Don't look at me!" he said hastily, holding his hands up, "I don't have a fucking clue!"

"Maybe he met him after Hogwarts...?"

"He looks a little older…"

"At least we know Harry is very happy" - Sirius wiggled his eyebrows

"SHUT UP SIRIUS!"


"Tom?"

Red eyes snapped open before narrowing in annoyance,

"What!"

An impish grin grew on Harry's face before he gave his dreaded answer,

"Nothing"

Sometimes The dark lord wondered why on earth he decided on having this menace as his partner before he curbed his desire to roll his eyes and just sighed heavily, lolling his head back to the side in an effort to sleep again.

"Tom?"

"What!"

"What do you think of voyeurism?"

"And why," Voldemort began dangerously, his voice all but hissing, "-Do you want to know?"

"Because i'm sure that someone was watching us whilst you were fucking me like the horny bastard you are."

"Impossible"

"You calling me a liar?"

He received a baleful look at that,

"Go to sleep brat"

"I'd rather not,"

"Id rather you do."

"Somebody was watching us Tom!"

And then the dark lord heard it, despite the petulant tone , there was uncertainty underneath it. And he had to admit to himself, the thought of someone watching him in the throes of passion was not a pleasant thought at all.

"This manor is-"

"-Protected with all sorts of wards" Harry finished off impatiently, " I know, but I saw people at the window Tom!"

They stared at each other, one frightened eyed trying to seek comfort from the disgruntled red eyed man.

"Talk to the elves brat," Voldemort finally sighed out, his hands rubbing his temples in a desperate need of sleep. A hand gently pushed him back onto the bed, replacing his hand with soft circles and a chaste kiss on the corner of his lips.

"Go to sleep Tom, I'll sort it out"

And Tom was out before he could even complain about being treated like a child.


It was freezing outside the manor. Harry could see his little puffs of breath rise in front of him as he wrapped his cloak tighter around his body. His feet leaving imprints in the snow as he neared the grounds underneath their bedroom window.

There was nothing there.

But Harry expected it. What he didn't expect was the growing sense of unease, the hairs on the back of his neck standing up as he felt the all too familiar sense of being watched.

"Dobby" Harry whispered, his eyes darting between the trees standing across the grounds as he felt the elf apparate next to him,

"Master Harry Potter sir, what can Dobby do for you sirs?"

"Is there anyone out here?"

Dobby's shook his head fervently, "No-one but you sirs? Dobby cannot feel no one"

Harry sighed out, "Alright Dobby, go back inside okay."

He smiled at the elf to show he was okay, it wouldn't do for Dobby to become overly emotional at the slightest hint that he himself was a little scared.

He watched as the elf disapparated away with a crack an the crease between his eyebrows grew, his hands shook a little and his breaths came out quicker and louder. He could feel someone right in front of him.

But he couldn't see it.

And yet it felt so wrong – almost as if… it shouldn't be here?

Harry took a small step back,keeping his eyes tracked on the air in front of him as he took a few more steps back before sighing at his paranoia and walking back into the manor.


"He's grown"

They all had tears in their eyes. James smiled sadly at his son as he began his trek back into the manor, his arms fully wrapped around Lily as her eyes watered as she watched their son go.

Sirius was also unusually sombre, his arms slung around James's neck as his mind supplied him of the distraught face his godson wore as he fell into the veil.

"Well, we saw him…" Lily sighed out,

"And then we saw him" Sirius managed to quip out resulting in two large slaps on his arms and a big grin to form on his face.

"Sometimes Sirius, I always wonder why I said you could be the godfather."

"I think it has something to do with me being a.. dogfather" Sirius smirked out, revelling in his atrocious puns.

James held back his laugh at the sight of Lily narrowing his eyes at his best friend before he stepped between the two before a struggle ensured. He didn't need that here on earth.


"I've always wondered abut you Tom."

Dumbledore was as careful as ever when he entered the bedroom, his eyes taking in the two clashes of person's belongings, the colours, the possessions. The books, the snake and of course, Voldemort himself. Even he knew that although they were mere spirits of electrified air, their presence would be noted by the astute dark lord who was already tense as he feigned sleep.

"Could you perhaps, love?"

He sat down on the bed,

"Could you be human?"

His hand ghosted out towards the man beneath the covers,

"Was I wrong?"

His hand ghosted over Tom's head and patted down

"I fear I was." Dumbledore smiled down at the child he saw within Tom, the man he became and whispered quietly to himself before disappearing from the bedroom,

"My, what a monumental error of judgement I bestowed upon you Tom Marvolo Riddle"

And although Dumbledore was all but a mere spirit, Tom riddle could have swore he heard something very close to his ear as he felt something leave the room.

Two words he never thought he would hear from a man who had never gave him a chance.

"I'm Sorry."