The next morning the Potter twins woke up to the sound of running around the house, and Jim's bedroom door suddenly burst open, revealing a very disheveled looking James Potter.
"Jim! Did you see-" James woke up early that day and decided to check on Harry, he was having a bad feeling on his gut about his youngest. Upon reaching his bedroom, Harry wasn't there and the bed sheets were thrown out, James panicked and thought that a death eater had kidnapped his newest son. He had searched everywhere on the second floor for Harry, and when he went to look for him in the only place he hadn't searched for yet, he was greeted with the sweetest sight he had ever seen since Jim was a baby. Both boys were sleeping on the same bed, with Jim wrapping his arms protectively around Harry and Harry resting his head on Jim's chest. James was definitely going to put this memory on a pensive
"Dad? What's wrong?" Harry asked rubbing his eyes with his fist
"Oh, sorry son. I was looking for you. Why aren't you in your room?" Harry started to fidget at James' question. He didn't want anyone else to know about his nightmares, he was afraid they were going to think of him as a freak
"We just talked the whole night, and Harry decided to sleep here for the night." Jim sensed Harry's discomfort and made up an excuse on the spot "Dad, can you move Harry's things so we share the same room? It will be better that way." Jim thought that if Harry slept in the same room as him, he would at least have fewer nightmares
"Are you okay with that, Harry?" James asked his son, and Harry hesitated to answer, he didn't want to be a burden to other people, but one look at Jim's face and he knew it would be alright for him to say what he wanted
"Yes, please." Harry finally answered
"Alright then, I'll do it after breakfast." James informed his sons
After much nagging from Jim and having to withstand Harry's puppy eyes, James fixed the boys' room and so both of them spent the rest of the morning giving the room its finishing touches as they waited for Ron's arrival.
"He's here!" Jim exclaimed excited when he heard the floo and rushed to the living room
"What?" Harry didn't understand but followed Jim nonetheless
"Ron!" Jim greeted his friend from the top of the staircase
"Harry!" Ron said and rushed to his best friend, but stopped when he saw his best friend following his best friend "Which one are you again?" The Weasleys were one of the first people that were informed of the change in the Potter household, but for Ron to start calling the boy who has been his best friend since before he could even understand what was happening around him was awkward to say the least
"I'm Jim, and he's Harry." Jim introduced Harry and upon coming closer Ron could see the differences between both boys. The other Harry Potter was skinny, he looked to be around ten, and there was something more. Was it the eyes? Even though they looked the same as Jim's, Harry's eyes felt different, they didn't hold the same light Jim's eyes did.
"Hey, I'm Ronald Weasley, but Ron's fine." Since he didn't know if Harry knew him in his world, Ron thought it was better if he introduced himself anyway
"I know." Harry said in a sad tone, and Ron wondered what he was so sad about
"Harry!" The three boys heard a shrill tone coming from the floo, and just then did the twins noticed the other Weasley family members standing in the living room. How they missed such a big croud was beyond them 'They must have come to see the freak show here.', Harry thought
"Hey Molly, this is Harry, I'm Jim now." Jim said pointing to his twin
"Oh, I'm sorry darling. It will take a while to get used to it." She said approaching the boys, and when she approached Harry she kneeled to get a better view on him, even though she didn't need to do such a thing since Molly herself was so short "Hello dear, my name is Molly Weasley, but you already know that, don't you?" she said with a smile
"No, I didn't." Harry said looking down and Molly's face got a sad expression. Even without seeing, Harry knew his mother's face must be sad by now. "In my world I know Ron, Fred, George and Percy, but I don't know your name, or Mr. Wealey's, Ron's little sister, and I didn't even know he had two other brothers." As Harry went on talking, Ron's face got a darker tone to it, he couldn't believe he didn't tell his best friend about his family
"Well, then let me introduce our family properly. I'm Arthur Weasley, this is Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Percy Weasley, Charlie Weasley, and last but not least, Bill Weasley." Arthur went on pointing to each member of his family as he introduced them to Harry, and the boy made sure to keep on his mind the names of each one of Ron's family members
"Boys, why don't you and Ginny go and play a match of quidditch?" James said to them as an excuse to get them out of the house, and fortunately they got the hint and went outside to play, even Bill and Charlie, leaving just the parents on the house
"Dear Merlin, Lily, I'm sorry." Molly could no longer hold back her tears once her children were out of the house "I thought I would protect him once you were no longer there, but I didn't. He didn't even know me." She chocked on the last words
"Molly, look at me. None of this is your fault. You hear me? I don't know the details of anything that happened on his world, and honestly I think it's better if we don't know, but one thing's certain: Voldemort is the one to blame for all of this. Not you." Lily said in a no nonsense tone. She would not allow for Molly to blame herself for something she had no control of
"The only thing we can do now is to make sure Harry has a happy lifestyle." James concluded his wife's thinking.
The four adults heard loud noises coming from outside, and went to check out what was going on. When they got outside, Lily and James saw something that almost made their hearts jump out of their throats: Harry was standing on his broom trying to catch a snitch that was almost at the end of the wards around the property, with Bill and Charlie around him trying to coax him to sit back on his broom.
"Harry, sit down now!" Charlie said with a stern tone
"I'm almost catching it." Harry said without taking his eyes of the snitch
"If you fall you'll break your neck!" Bill tried to reason with the boy, and Harry jumped of his broom and caught the snitch, but his broom flew under him before he hit the floor
"Yes! Take that, Jim!" Harry cheered as he flew down to the floor
"What were you thinking!" Jim scolded his brother
"You were the one who dared me to take the snitch!" Harry shot back
"That wasn't enough reason for you to risk your life like that! What if you fell?!" Jim was angry that Harry would do such a stupid thing for such a stupid reason. He was angry at himself as well for daring him to do it, but he didn't think Harry would react like that
"HARRY JAMES!" James roared from the front door as he rushed to his son, and Harry flinched at his dad's stern tone "What did you do that for?!"
"I was catching the snitch. I'm a seeker, that's my job." Harry defended himself, but with a resolution not as strong as he did with Jim
"You're a trouble seeker, that's what you are." James shot back and Ron snorted a laughter
"Ronald!" Molly scolded Ron
"But… he said… trouble seeker!" Ron could barely speak without laughing and even Jim laughed at that
"That was a horrible pun, dad." Jim said laughing and holding his abdomen. James flushed at the thought, because really, it was a terrible pun
"S-Shut up Jim!" James barked, his face red from embarrassment "And you!" He said to Harry, who was giggling as well, but immediately stopped when James turned to him "The next time I see you standing up on a broom I'll lock it on the broom closet and throw the key away, do you understand me?"
"Yes, sir." Harry said looking to the ground not from embarrassment, but because he felt if he looked in his father's face he would start laughing again
The Weasleys went home after lunch, as their reason to come was to see the new Harry Potter, but Ron stayed for the night. The three boys did all they could do in one afternoon, and even so they still had enough energy to ride their brooms across the world.
"Boys!" James called from the staircase. The three of them went to Harry and Jim's room after dinner, and haven't shown their faces since
"Yeah?" Jim said as he, Harry and Ron went down the stairs
"We have an Order meeting now, so you'll be by yourselves, ok?" James said tying his scarf around his neck
"Can we go too?" Jim asked excited. Both James and Lily thought it would be a good idea to tell Jim about the Order when he was younger, they even took him with them to a few meetings when they couldn't find someone to babysit him, but it backfired on them. Whenever they had to go to an Order meeting, Jim would beg nonstop for them to take him as well.
"Jim, we've talked about this far too many times already. You're not joining the order before you're seventeen years old. We'll be back in the early hours, so don't wait up. I want the three of you in bed before midnight, I've also asked Percy to come here in the middle of the night to check on you boys, so for the sake of the two of you, I better not hear any bad news, alright?" He said the last part sending a fierce glare to both Jim and Harry
"I have no idea what you could possibly be talking about." Jim said with an angel face that was so fake even Harry had nothing to say about it
"I'm serious, Jim."
"I know, I know. We won't do anything stupid." Jim said waving his hand in the air
"I trust you. Bye boys." He said ruffling the three boys' heads and rushing to the floo, Lily long gone
"We're going there, aren't we?" Ron said with a scared face
"Damn right we are. An opportunity like this won't present itself to us like that again." Jim said with that mischievous face that warned Ron nothing good will come out of their adventure
"What's the 'Order' you and dad were talking about?" Harry asked
"You don't know what the Order is?" both Jim and Ron asked incredulously
"No. Should I?"
"Well, yeah! The Order of the Phoenix is the only organization that can go up against Voldemort-" Jim started
"Don't say it!" Ron interrupted, looking around as if Voldemort would apparate in the middle of the room just by saying his name
"Anyway," Jim continued rolling his eyes "basically everyone we know is part of the Order. Mom, Dad, Uncle Sirius, Uncle Remus, Molly, Arthur, Charlie, Bill... like I said, basically everyone. It was created by Professor Dumbledore to battle against Vol- ahem, You-Know-Who" Jim corrected himself before Ron interrupted him again "and his death eaters. I think the Order's even stronger than the Ministry of Magic."
"Wow." Harry could only say that. To think that all this time there was such an incredible group of people "And you're going to infiltrate the Order?"
"No, not the Order. It's too dangerous. Ron and I will go to the Black manor." Jim said and Ron paled at the thought of going there again. The last time they got caught, Ron thought his mom would definitely kill him by the look on her eyes. It took him forever to get out of his grounding. If they get caught again, he was sure he would never see the light of day again
"Just the two of you? What about me?" Harry asked
"You would just get in the way if you went, so you'll keep guard here. When Percy comes, you'll pop your head by the railing in the second floor and tell him we're sleeping. We'll be back before mom and dad come back."
"No."
"No? You think the plan's not going to work?" Jim thought he had it all planned. They would go to the Black manor, explore it, and come back before James and Lily come back. With Harry watching out for Percy, there was no way they would get caught
"I won't guard the fort while the two of you go and have an adventure without me. I either come with you, or you won't go at all." Harry would not stand for it. If their parents found out he let Jim and Ron go to the Black manor, he would be in trouble as well. If he was risking himself, he would make it be worth it
"What, are you going to tattle us to mom and dad?"
"Yeah, that's what I'm going to do" Harry answered with a determined look on his face that Jim knew nothing would change his mind. Just like that time with the unicorns, Harry went in full stubborn mode
"Fine! Do whatever you want. But I'm warning you, if you drag us down I'm leaving you behind." Jim decided letting Harry come with them would be better than arguing with him. Another chance like this would not present itself again, and arguing with Harry would just be a waste of their time
"What about Percy?" Ron knew his brother. Perfect Percy would tattle them in a heartbeat
"Once he comes here and not see any of us, he'll probably warn our parents and we'll be in the biggest trouble ever. Are you okay with that?" Jim said the last part to Harry
"Yes." Harry's heart was beating fast with the prospect of an adventure after so long
"Let's go then." Jim said heading to the fireplace. He took a pinch of the powder, said 'Black Manor' and vanished in the green flames, Ron and Harry following right after him
A/N: I didn't know that the Black manor and the 12 Grimmauld Place were the same place until a friend of mine properly explained it to me a while ago, and I had already started the story, so for the sake of the it let's just say they're not the same place, okay?