A/N: Hello there! All have guessed James, Lily and Sirius. let me tell you, you've not got it completely right. I love some more characters a little more.

Disclaimer: I have never owned harry potter and will never.

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Harry hopped up, dressed and left immediately for the Ministry. If Hermione herself was calling him, then it must be someone important. His heart was beating faster than ever; he hoped that it was his parents and Sirius.

Despite being over 40 and DMLE head, with an loving family, there was a part of Harry that always craved for his first family, his parents and Sirius.

As he walked towards the Minister's office, Harry was greeted by many people. Reaching the office, Harry knocked thrice, a signature knock for the Golden Trio.

"Come in."" Harry pushed open the door. Hermione was scribbling away looked up and said, "Hey Harry, have a seat. I just need to finish this and we will be on our way."

Harry nodded and sat down. A few short minutes later, the two best friends left the office. As they neared the Aurors office, Harry turned to Hermione and asked, "Hermione, by any chance is it my parents?"

"Oh, I am sorry Harry." Hermione said, and Harry nodded. He was used to such disappointments. He looked up to Hermione who was beaming. "But there's always the next best thing."

Leading him to an interrogation room. Harry pushed open the door slowly, scared of what he would find inside, what he saw made his heart skip a beat.

A man with long matted hair, sunken face and grey eyes was sitting on the chair, looking down. Sirius Black looked exactly like Harry remembered him. His grey eyes were still haunted. He looked impatient, moving his fingers very swiftly. But Harry couldn't move. He just couldn't.

A moment after the door opened Sirius looked up and stopped. His eyes widened. He stood up like an inferi and then looked at the man in front of him. As he opened his mouth, Harry was sure he was going to mix him up with his father.

"Harry?" Sirius almost whispered and Harry choked. "Sirius." He whispered and soon the two grown men were engulfed in a hug. Sirius held him as if afraid to lose him and so did Harry. They remained this way for a long time. Crying, both muttering I am sorry over and over again. It was finally a 'hem hem' from Hermione which brought the two men back to the present.

"Hermione." Sirius offered a nod which Hermione gave back. "Can anyone tell me what's going on?"

Hermione and Harry opened their mouth to tell him, but the door flung open and a panting Ron Weasley made his way in the room. "I am sorry, didn't see the time….Bloody Hell!"

Sirius grinned which made him look almost carefree, only his sunken cheekbones showing the truth.

"You're back?" he asked, and Sirius said, "Well, if anybody here can tell me what's going on maybe I would be able to help."

Harry again opened his mouth but Hermione cut him off and said, "We better bring the other two returnees."

Harry made Sirius sit down as he pulled over another chair.

"So, is Voldemort gone for good?"

Harry nodded and Sirius muttered, "Good. So, how have you been Harry?"

"No questions on what just happened, how I am so old?" Sirius chuckled at Harry's expression and said, "I will be waiting. Plus the Auror who was escorting me was pretty excited, kept muttering something about "The Great Harry Potter" and head of DMLE. I thought you wanted to be an Auror."

"I did, in fact I was," said Harry almost jumping as Ron sat beside him, "But then I became the head. How come you never told me you were training to be an Auror?"

"We never got that much time." There was a pin drop silence till the door opened to show two other men coming inside. Harry didn't recognize either of them, but Sirius stood up and said "Regulus?"

The mentioned man looked up, and with a sneer said, "Sirius."

Harry stood up in cue and looked at the man. He looked like Sirius, only healthier and younger. He wasn't as handsome as Sirius had been, but considerably good looking. Clearing his throat, he said, "Mr . Black."

Regulus' attention turned to Harry. "Potter. Is this a kind of practical joke?"

"I assure you it is not. Please take a seat." He motioned him to take a seat beside Sirius. With an annoyed expression, Regulus did so. Finally Harry turned to the last man.

"I am sorry, I know you but…" He trailed off. The man smiled. He had long white beard and looked pretty old. "Ted Tonks, the name's Ted."

"As in Andy's husband?" Sirius jumped and the man nodded. Harry looked at him wide-eyed and said, "You've aged."

"I have been around for a few days. Wasn't sure if I should have come back or not." Ted said in a normal way, and Harry realized where Tonks had got her attitude.

Ted was asked to sit on the other side of Sirius. Harry cleared his throat and sat down. Hermione nodded and the trio started a very interesting tale of Voldemort's rise and fall

…

The Living room of Grimmauld Place was a very silent place. Remus had book The History of Magic in his hand, Tonks had her head resting on his shoulder, one hand intertwined with his' and other caressing Teddy's head on her lap who seemed to sleep peacefully, a smile on his face. James ll and Albus were engrossed in a game of chess, and Lily ll was looking at them with interest.

Ginny was up in her office, writing another article for the Prophet, and Kreacher was busy cleaning. Suddenly, the floo turned green, causing Teddy to open an eye. Fred and Roxanne stumbled out.

"Hey guys!" they cheered happily, and were greeted by silent waves of hands.

"Hey." Said Teddy, and went back to sleep. Fred ll looked around and asked, "Why is everything so silent?"

"Fred, shhhh!" snapped James furiously. "Game, chess, winning!"

"You are not making any sense, you realize that?" Roxanne asked, and James gave a rude hand gesture. He picked his knight to move when an owl swooped on their chessboard.

"NOOOOO!" James yelled and everybody looked at him. James turned his attention to the owl and shouted, "PIG!"

The old owl merely hooted and extended the letter it was carrying. "Merlin knows in which time of hell did Mum agree to have you."

The owl hooted and flew out, knocking a vase this time. Remus casted a Reparo and the vase was back.

"That was wonderful Mr . Lupin."

"I am aware Mrs . Tonks-Lupin."

Tonks kissed Remus on his cheek and turned her attention to the twins, "What brings you two menaces here?"

"Well," the twins looked at each other mischievously, "Dad, Uncle Fred-"

"-Granpa Fab and Gid-"

"Have all started to prepare-"

"-For the next prank."

Remus nodded in thought and said, "All right come around. Never thought I would say this after seventh year, but I have a perfect prank plan, James."

The twins ran to sit on the seats beside the couch and everyone's attention turned to James. His mouth was hanging open as he stared at the letter in front of him. Lily shook him and said, "James? Why have you dazed out?"

"She said yes." He whispered, and had it not been for Remus and Teddy's sensitive hearing, he would not have been heard at all.

"Who said yes?" asked Teddy, still uninterested.

James looked up, his mouth still hanging open and said, "Allen said yes."

Remus and Tonks did not understand any of that conversation, but all the kids, including Teddy, ran to James to look at the paper. Albus looked at his hand as if he had never seen it before, Lily's eyes were wide, Fred and Roxanne were pinching each other and Teddy tried to read the letter.

"Are you sure it's not a joke from Anne or Orlando?" asked Roxanne, rubbing her hand where Fred ll had pinched. James shook his head and said, "Pig brought it. Only she and a few official people have access to him."

"Um, don't mean to be rude, but who is Allen?" asked Tonks. Teddy turned to grin at her and said, "The only girl James has been chasing since Fourth year and who has not given him any chance."

Ginny took the moment to come in and asked, "What's all this about?"

Tonks said, "Some girl called Allen said yes."

Ginny's eyes turned wide in horror and she asked, "What did you feed the poor girl? Love potion?"

"MUM!" James jumped up, knocking down Albus. "LOOK, IT'S HER HANDWRITING! HER SCENT! SHE SAID YES!" And with this he started dancing around in the room taking his mother into his arms.

The children were laughing as Remus smiled and said, "Well, History does repeat itself."

… ..

As Harry finished the tale, the three men looked back at him in shock. Finally, Sirius asked, "you died?"

"And came back." Harry nodded in confirmation.

"Dora died?" asked Ted, horrified.

"She's back as well, along with Remus."

"Remus and Dora got married?" asked Sirius, this time with a glint in his eye. Harry smiled and nodded.

"He is not yet gone." Said Regulus, almost whispered, and everybody turned to him. "What do you mean?" asked Sirius.

"He is not gone. Must be hiding. He is immortal."

"Please," sneered Sirius, "The only way to do that is to either use philosopher's stone, which has been destroyed or…." Sirius stopped abruptly. He turned to Regulus and said, "He didn't."

"He didn't what?" asked Hermione, really interested. But Sirius paid no attention to her. He looked at Regulus and asked, "What is it?"

"What 'are' they." Corrected Regulus, still looking at his hand.

"He made more than one?"Asked Sirius, horrified. Regulus nodded. He finally looked up at Harry and said, "He is not yet back, but he will soon. He is too strong, this peace, this perfect world…"

"What are you talking about?" asked Ron, now irritated. Regulus at once started to itch his Dark Mark. Sirius took a deep breath and said, "There is a ritual, a Dark ritual. I am not proud of knowing it, but being a Black means you know such things. This Dark ritual includes splitting your soul…"

"Are you talking about hocruxes?" asked Hermione, and Sirius and Regulus both looked at her horrified. Composing himself, Regulus asked, "How do you know about that?"

"Because you helped us." Stated Harry. Regulus looked at him, confused. "We destroyed the locket." He piped in, and Regulus' features softened.

"We also destroyed the other five." Said Ron, and Sirius turned his attention to him, "That's what we were doing in our seventh year. He is not coming back, not at all."

There was complete silence, then Regulus asked, "He is really gone?" there was fear in his voice, and realizing how vulnerable Regulus must have been, Harry nodded.

"Your name, Mr . Black, is present in every history book as the first Death eater ever to turn against Voldemort."

Sirius smiled at his brother, who nodded. Ted nodded and said, "Well, I did not understand what just happened, and I prefer to keep it that way. Everything that you already told me was enough."

Harry smiled and said, "All right. Why don't you all go and change? We should go home now."

….

Harry led the three men to 12, Grimmauld Place. Sirius scowled and said, "Really Harry?"

Harry smiled and said, "you have not seen the inside Sirius. Don't jump on conclusions."

The four men crossed the street and Harry muttered something, opening the door. He led the three men inside. Sirius looked around and said, "You got the place renovated."

Harry nodded. "Yes, and your mother is now in the attic." Sirius beamed at this, but Regulus looked horrified. "Sorry Regulus, but we had kids here. You can always go to meet her."

The four men walked towards the living room, from where they could hear a very croaking voice singing. Sirius smiled sadly and said, "If I didn't know better, I would have said, that somebody has given firewhisky to James and Lily just said yes to go on a date with him, again."

Harry peeped in and said, "You are so right Sirius."

"What?" asked Sirius, taken aback.

"It's James, all right. My son. Seems like they did take out the firewhisky."

Before Sirius could ask any more questions, he pushed the men aside and opened the door. Everybody looked at him. James ran to Harry and hugged him. Harry was taken aback now.

"She said yes dad, she said yes! Allen said yes!" James began to sing once more. Albus said, "Well, you should stop calling her Allen now. Mary would be pretty appropriate now that you are going out with her."

Usually, James would have joked, but he just swooped up Albus and said, "Oh, how right you are brother dear!'

Ginny rolled her eyes and went to Harry, kissing him. "So, who're the returnees?" She asked.

Harry smiled and moved to side to reveal three men. Ginny gasped. All the occupants of Living room were dead silent.

"Hey Moony, you got old. And got my cousin, huh?"

That was enough for Remus. He ran to his old friend and hugged him ferociously. Sirius returned the hug and soon everybody was smiling. Regulus felt out of place, but he smiled at his brother's reunion.

However, Andromeda Tonks was just looking at the third returnee. Ted had changed, he was older. He was wearing shabby clothes, much shabbier than Remus. Ted and Andromeda's eyes met, and Ted smiled.

"Hey Andy."

There was another silence. Andromeda silently stood up and said, " 'Hey Andy'? That's what you have to say?"

Tonks tried to hide behind Remus and Teddy, knowing well enough what was about to follow. The two men meanwhile just looked horrified.

"Well," Ted offered a weak chuckle, "I don't exactly know what to say."

"How about," Andromeda crossed her arms in a very Black manner, " 'I am extremely sorry for my stupidity'? Huh?"

"Andy, you know it was not possible…"

"NOT POSSIBLE?!" Andromeda screamed, and everybody took a step behind. Sirius bumped into Regulus, who pushed him even further towards her.

"TED, I TOLD YOU I COULD PROTECT YOU! YOU NEVER LISTENED TO ME!"

"Andy, he was getting stronger and madder! I didn't want to endanger you and Dora…"

"Ted, you endangered us by leaving! Your wife and pregnant daughter!"

"Remus was there!"

"AS IF HE could do anything!"

"Excuse me," Remus started, but Lily ll held his hand and said, "Never interrupt a married couple in their fight, especially if one of them happens to be Granny Andy."

Remus nodded and shut his mouth.

"Um, Dromeda…" started Sirius.

"Don't you 'Dromeda' me Sirius!" she turned her attention towards her cousin. "You were no less. Leaving your godson alone! And don't give me the crap of 'only went to save my godson'! We all know you valued your freedom more!"

Teddy smiled and said, "Gran used a bad word. This is going down in history."

"Oh, it's not." Said Tonks, still hiding. "She might have not used it in front of you, but I have heard her say far worse things than this."

Andromeda turned to a smiling Ted and said, "What were you thinking? I told you I could protect you! I may not be proud of it, but I was still a Black!"

"You hated that kind of magic…"

"I would do anything to protect you Ted. I have lived alone for past 24 years, raising my grandchild alone, when I should have been living with you and having him over only for weekends when Remus ad Dora decided they needed a break!"

She broke down and fell to her knees. Teddy immediately rushed forward and so did Ted, both holding her from each side. Tonks knelt down beside her, her arms wrapped over her shoulder. In a barely audible whisper, Ted said, "I swear Andy, I am not leaving you ever again. I know neither is Dora or your grandson. We are going to be there, and both of us are going to live till at least 200 years. I will spend every single moment trying to make up for what I did."

The Potter's were smiling, Lily ll resting her head on Albus' shoulder and James holding them from behind, all madness gone. Harry and Ginny's fingers were entwined. Many things were left unsaid but both understood them.

Fred and Roxanne felt quite out of place, but James nodded at them, assuring everything was fine. They nodded back,

Remus watched the family smiling. As he noticed Tonks breaking down he too went and knelt beside her. Sirius and Regulus were watching their cousin, their headstrong, and no nonsense sister, who was ready to be blasted off from the family tree as she cried.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, she stopped and quietly stood up. Nobody made any movement except the Tonks and Tonks-Lupins. Through her teary eyes, Andromeda reached forward to Sirius and engulfed him into a hug. Sirius returned it.

"I always believed you were innocent." Had it been someone else, Sirius would have made a joke, but this was his Andy and he was not doing anything of that sort. As they broke apart, Andromeda looked at Regulus.

"Ah, here's the baby of the house."

Regulus smiled. "I am old now, you know. You've not seen me for six years."

"It has definitely been more than that." She turned to Teddy and said, "Inform Cissy, would you?"

Teddy nodded and went towards the fireplace.

"Cissy?" asked Sirius, horrified. "When did this happen?"

"After the war." Supplied Harry. "You lot have a lot to know even now, especially you Regulus. But I would suggest rest first. Regulus, your room has remained untouched. Though if you find something misplaced just ask Kreacher."

Harry turned to Sirius and said, "You room, however, has been ambushed by my eldest here." James ll smiled sheepishly. "You can take any other room on the third floor."

The Living room began to empty. The Weasley twins bid goodbye, promising to come in the evening and spreading the news in the family. Sirius went to Harry and said, "I promise you Harry, I will make up for every single moment I lost."

Harry smiled and said, "Don't worry Sirius. If everything goes according to the plan, we will have all the time in the world."

Sirius pulled Harry into a hug. As they broke apart, they made way to their rooms, excited for what was going to follow.

*phew*! This has got to be the longest chapter ever. Would love to hear from you guys. Review!