AN: SORRY, sorry, I am really sorry for the long delay. I have a good excuse I busted my knee on Friday and had to clean the house and watch a Labrador the whole weekend. Then I had exams and tests and I had to buy presents. I am sorry and I will try to always update every seven days, but I can't promise. Well let's get on with it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. J.K Rowling does.

Hope placed right or wrong?

Harry could not recall ever having felt this happy before. He was living with his family in a place where he could fly every day, he got to eat, have his own room, and he barely even had any chores. He only needed to help, actually help with dinner if Padfoot was cooking and to keep his room clean, it felt like he was on an everlasting vacation and it was nice. True enough there was times he doubted and thought that if he did something wrong they would send him away, but it was like they read his mind and even before he could develop the thought they reassured him. It was so nice to be loved.

Harry looked down on the property, it was quite big and had a huge quidditch pitch, a forest and all together quite a lot of ground, and still Sirius had apologized for it being so small. He let out a cute little giggle, his dofather was weird sometimes. He turned the broom and headed back to the cottage. His uncle Siri and Moony had told him that they managed to get the twins to come and later Hermione would arrive also, he couldn't wait to see his twins again and his big sister of sorts, but at the same time he could not shake the feeling of dread in his stomach, he landed quietly and heard someone rushing to the door. He smiled when his Siri opened the door and tried again to shake the feeling, but even as he was crushed into his dogfather's embrace he knew that something was going to go wrong.

"Harry, you are just in time, the twins are going to arrive in ten minutes, Moony have gone bonkers in the kitchen he threw me out puppy, and he claims he need silence to create his sweets." Sirius wrinkled his nose and Harry giggled again, of course if asked he would deny it. Sirius gasped at the cute sound it almost sounded like bells. He smiled and ruffled Harry's hair. Harry gave him a cute little glare and a pout. "Come on puppy, you need to change and freshen up before the trouble makers come."

If it had been anyone else, that comment would have sounded like he disapproved of the twins, but Harry knew differently. He smiled at him gave him an extra hug before he ran up the stairs, he was still uneasy when it came to other people, but he knew his Paddy and uncle Moony wouldn't hurt him.

- Sirius pov-

It felt like an eternity, he even wondered if Harry was calmer than him, not that he would know as he was upstairs changing. He starred at the fireplace again, what he would do if they hurt him, maybe Harry wasn't ready yet, if they hurt his puppy he doubted Harry would be able to cope.

He returned from his ranting mind when he heard the fire roar and feet tumbling out. When he looked up he saw something he did not count on. Not only did he see the two redheaded twins he was waiting on, but he also saw the bushy hair of Hermione Granger. He let his breath out, what was he supposed to do now; Harry had told them he wanted to see the twins first and no one else. He looked over at Remus with pleading eyes, if anyone knew what to do it had to be him.

-Normal pov-

Remus noticed Sirius's pleading eyes and nodded at him in understanding, and then he got up. "Why don't you come with me Hermione?" He guided her to the kitchen door, "I am making dinner and could need some help."

The twins and Sirius followed them with their eyes and Sirius hoped it would be ok for Harry that Remus wasn't there when he met the twins. When they could no longer see her, Sirius turned to the twins. "Harry is upstairs getting dressed, he will be down shortly"

The twins smiled, they had missed their little brother so much. Then they turned serious. "We heard what those monsters did to him, is he better now?"

Sirius heaved a sigh, "better, in a way I guess you could say he is better. Physically there is nothing wrong with him, but mentally, he is so scared and insecure. He still need to heal, and he need to be loved, that is one of the reasons we asked you two to come here alone." He looked at them, hoping with all his heart that they had made the right choice.

They looked at him and nodded, "of course we will help him; we will do all we can for him not to be hurt again. It doesn't matter who we need to protect him from, be it the public or them." They nodded to the door Hermione had just walked through.

Harry was very unsure of what to do. He had been heading downstairs when he had heard Hermione. Normally this would not have mattered, but it was not the plan. What if she hated him, and what if the twins agreed with her, what if she blamed him and what if she wouldn't be his friend anymore? What would he do then? It was too soon. He did not know how to face her yet. He felt his heartbeat accelerate, and knew he was going into a full panic attack. He tried to calm his breathing and focused on that and only that.

In, out. In and out, in, and out.

After a while he felt himself calm down and he knew it was time to go down or Sirius would think something was wrong and come look for him. He took a deep breath and descended the stairs.

When he got in too the living room he found his Paddy and twins sitting around the table with a bit of parchment between them. They had that strange glow in their eyes, the glow they always had before they planned something. They must have heard him because the moment he entered they looked up at him and to his surprise big grins stretched across the twins' faces. And they rushed across the room and crushed him between them in a giant hug. "Little brother" they crooned. "How are you?" he had always thought it to be fun when they did this, but how they managed to talk in complete synchronization always baffled him. Then he realized what was happening and he felt his face heat up.

Fred looked down on him "aww, how cute." He cooed and nuzzled him. Georg laughed at them and hugged Harry closer. "Yes we missed our little Harry."

Harry opened his mouth to argue, but before he could say a word he felt himself being lift up and carried before he was put down of the laps of the twins. He looked up at them. "I can sit on my own you know" he almost whispered. Then he stiffened a little, he did not know why, but he felt just as safe with them as he did with Padfoot and moony.

When the twins felt him freeze up, they shared a look before they smiled and pulled him closer. He was in there somewhere; they just had to get him over his insecurity and all that. They shifted him so that he was sitting between them and petted his head. "We know, we know, our little Harry is all grown up."

Sirius smiled at them. He had moved to one of the bigger chairs when he had seen them carrying his puppy, in just a few minutes his puppy had gone from total insecurity to happiness. He was still insecure, but now at least he was a little bit happier.

He laughed and got up. "Play nice now boys." He ruffled Harry's hair and laughed at the cute pout he received. "I'm going to get us something to drink and to see how moony is doing." He mock glared at the twins "no corrupting my cute innocent puppy while I am gone. He better be just as innocently cute when I get back." The twins just smirked at him, but Harry glared at him "hey, I'm not that innocent, and I am absolutely not cute." The twins nodded and petted his hair. "Of course, of course, you're not innocent at all."

Harry, who had momentarily forgotten his insecurity, tried to push their hands away and mumbled. "What is this, the bully Harry day." Sirius gave a barking laugh, "oh puppy, everyday is bully harry day. Your reactions are just too good." He smiled again, mock saluted the twins and left for the kitchen.

When he got there he found Remus by the oven and Hermione sitting by the table, tears running down her face. He looked at moony. "I told her the truth about Harry" he responded and Sirius understood. He sat down across her "why did that make you cry" he asked. He knew Remus probably only told her the parts about his intelligence.

"He thinks I would abandon him because he is smart, I would never…" Sirius decides to interrupt.

"Harry is very insecure right now" he went quiet for a while, choosing his words carefully. "While you have never abandoned him before, he is afraid because he knows you want to be the brightest. "He looked at her and she was slowly shaking her head.

"He is right I like being the brightest, but that does not mean I would abandon him because he is smart, it only means I would try harder to get to his level. I would like a smart harry, I don't care, and he is my little brother." Sirius smiled and gave her a short hug. Remus stood smiling by the oven.

"Then tell him that" Hermione turned to Remus. "Tell him that, and when he beats you, congratulate him. Show him that you still love him. It might take some time, but Harry will be Ok again."

She nodded and dried her tears; Sirius got up and grabbed a few butterbeers before he made his way to the door. "I will ask him if he is ready to see you, but don't be shocked when you see him, he has gotten quite thin. "She nodded again and he left the room.

Sirius got quite a shock when he entered the room. Harry was lying on the floor, there was tears running down his face. Usually this would have Sirius killing or seriously maiming the person responsible, but it became quite clear that the reason why he was crying was a good one. The twins were standing over him wands out and feathers where dancing over him. Tickling him. The twins was also different they had green and silver hair and it did not take a genius to figure out what had happened.

The moment Harry noticed him he began to beg. "Haha Siri help…hahaha." Sirius laughed and shook his head "and why would I do that hm. If I am not mistaken you where the one that made their heads the way they are now."

Harry giggled. "They started it, hhahaha. Please Paddy." He turned his cute puppy eyes filled with tears toward him and somehow managed to pout and giggle at the same time. Sirius really tried to resist it, but he soon started to waver under the look

Sirius heaved a sigh and looked at the twins- they shook their heads at him. "Siri, Siri, Siri, you have a long way to go my friend. To fall for something like that." Sirius glared at them, they knew as well as him that harry did not do that on purpose.

"Hey, I doubt you would be able to resist that look" Sirius made a sign to harry and when the twins looked over they were unable to look away. Sirius smirked and harry was quite confused, he was only looking at them. The twins soon caved in and let the spell go.

When they all had settled again, Sirius asked if harry was ready to face Hermione. Harry bit his lip and sipped his butterbeer. Was he ready? He looked at the twins, they had accepted him at once, they had teased him, but that was just what they did. Would Hermione also be so accepting? He knew he would have to face her eventually. He nodded hesitatingly at Sirius and received a hug back. "It will be fine Harry, she understands."

The moment Hermione saw Harry she almost gasped in shock. Sirius had not been exaggerating; she had never seen Harry so skinny. She could almost see every bone in his body. She ran over and grabbed him in a firm hug. She noticed how protective the twins seemed and she could not blame them, harry was so small, and he drew people in, it was almost impossible not to fall for him and want to protect him from everything.

"Oh, Harry, I missed you so much, are you happy now? Do you eat right?" she looked him over before she gave him a stern look. "I would never abandon you silly, you are my little brother harry. "

Harry felt his eyes fill with tears, he couldn't believe it. She accepted him, yes, she might abandon him if he beat her, but she accepted him now. He smiled before he threw himself at her and sobbed into her shoulder. Hermione pulled him closer and smiled sadly over his head. "Oh Harry, everything will be alright now sweetie. Just forget everything those beasts told you.

They all had to smile, at least Harry was healing now, and it would be a long time before he was alright but he was healing.

Before anyone could say anything else, they heard a loud noise from the kitchen…

AN: I am thinking about making harry an animagus, please vote in my poll.