Chapter nine

'Harry,' George turned and knelt down in front of him, 'Fred was my twin, so believe me when I say you had nothing to do with his death. He was killed when death eaters blasted the wall he happened to be standing next to. If you would get your memory back, you'd see that because you happened to be right there when it happened.'

'So I never caused his death, you're not just saying that?'

'No, he's not Harry, me and Hermione were with you when we came upon Fred, George and Percy. I'll ever show you the memory if you want. Don't let our aunt make you feel guilty. She's been causing problems for our family for years.' Ron said grabbing Harry's shoulder.

'Their right Harry, do you really think we'd want you here if you caused his death. We might think of you as family, Molly and I have thought of you as a son for years, but we know you aren't, no matter how much we care about you. So listen to George and Ron, they saw what happened and they wouldn't lie to you. Muriel has always said things about our family and she thinks she can get away with it because she's rich and to her, that makes her more important than us.'

'People that care about each other is more important than how much money someone has. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor, you need people around that love and care about you and they will do anything to help their family. It doesn't matter if you're related by blood, family are people that care about each other and are there for each other, like all of us are. You taught me thought Harry,' Neville said as he patted Harry's shoulder.

'Why can't I remember all of you? It sounds like we're all close, but I get nothing,' Harry put his head on Charlie's shoulder as he looked at his friend.

'It's like Minerva said Harry, what you had to do traumatised you so badly that you're mind shut out everything that reminded you of that. All of your friends, even me is a reminder of that. So give yourself some time and relax, try not to stress over it because it might make it go longer,' Kingsley said.

'Thank you, all of you, I hope it doesn't take too long though.'

'Let's start with showing you some memories. Do you want to go get a pensieve tomorrow?' Hermione asked.

'Yeah, I want to get stuck into this memory thing, you're coming with me, aren't you love?

'Of course I am Harry, me, Ron and Hermione will be with you. If you went by yourself, you'd get lost,' Charlie kissed Harry softly.

'Henry and another auror named mark will be here first thing in the morning to escort you. Hopefully the crowds won't be too bad, but I think we all know they will. The moment word gets out you're in Diagon Alley, they will be all over you Harry. I'm getting requests for interviews from every paper and magazine in the country and a few from overseas, they all want to hear from you.'

'Even though I wouldn't be able to answer anyone, I don't want to anyway. But I'll have to get some clothes as well, Hermione did something to my old clothes.'

'I transfigured them Harry, I'll change them back later.'

Arthur could see that Harry was still upset, so he whispered in Charlie's ear, 'Take Harry somewhere you can be alone, until he calms down.'

'Good idea dad, come on babe,' Charlie lifted Harry off his lap, put his arm around him and they walked down towards the old pond, 'Let's just sit together for a while. Please don't let Muriel get to you. She has no idea what happened that night as she wasn't there, we were.'

Harry leaned against Charlie, 'I'm trying love, but I like this, being here, alone with you.'

'You used to say that to me, it's just that you don't remember,' Ginny said angrily.

'Look Ginny, I admit I don't remember, but I can't see myself with anyone but Charlie.'

'You went for a redhead, because you told me you liked my hair, that's why you're with Charlie, he reminds you of me.'

'Ginny, give it a rest will you. Harry is with me, not you. I'm sorry you're hurt over this, I really am but you need to forget about Harry,' Charlie tightened his arms around Harry, feeling very possessive of him.

Ginny scowled at Charlie first then at Harry, turned and walked back towards the house.

'You don't think I want to be with you because you remind me of Ginny, do you?'

'No, I can see and feel how much you want to be with me. Every kiss, every touch you give me shows how you feel. I told you before, I don't know any straight bloke that gets turned on by another bloke unless their gay. Tell me this, can you see yourself having sex with me eventually?'

'Yes, I do and I want to now, but I can feel how weak I still am, so I understand what the healer said about me getting stronger and gaining some weight. I can't see myself having sex with a girl, just you.'

'We both know the truth Harry, you might not remember anything, but your feelings don't lie. Now let's just relax together for a while.'

'Okay and I like being here with your arms around me,' Harry moved so he was comfortable leaning against Charlie.

The following morning Harry and Charlie went downstairs together, then sat down next to each other after greeting Charlie's parents. Hermione and Ron joined them not long after.

'So apart from a pensieve and clothes, is there anything else you want to get while were out?' Hermione asked.

'Not that I know of, unless you know of something I need?'

'No, just those, so we'll eat and wait for Henry,' Ron smiled then started eating.

'Can we come in?' Henry called.

'Of course, you don't need to ask Henry,' Arthur shook his hand.

'Kingsley told me that someone leaked information that you're going to be in Diagon Alley today Harry. There's already a crowd of people and reporters everywhere.'

'Oh great, what am I going to do, put it off for another day?' Harry asked.

'Why don't we have Harry under his cloak and stay between Charlie and me?' Ron suggested.

'You're brilliant Ron,' Hermione kissed Ron's cheek.

'Why would being under a cloak help?' Harry asked looking confused.

'Ron, why don't you get it and show Harry what we mean?' Hermione smiled.

Ron nodded, then ran up the stairs, but was back a few seconds later, 'Watch this Harry,' Ron threw the cloak over himself.

'Cool, you're invisible, so this is a magical thing?'

'Yes,' Ron said right at Harry's ear making him jump, which made everyone laugh, then Ron pulled the cloak off, 'You're father left this for you, invisibility cloaks are pretty rare.' Ron put the cloak on the table.

'So this was my father's, do you know if I own anything else of theirs?'

'Just a couple of photo's, but you do have a vault they left you, there might be things in there. You never got a chance to go into before, just once a few years ago. You've never been into Sirius's vault either. You're parent's house is still there, it's a bit damaged though.'

'You said it happened when I was one, why wasn't it fixed or pulled down?'

'The ministry left it standing for the people Harry. That house became a symbol of hope to everyone. You survived the killing curse, so when people visit the house it makes them think anything is possible. You and I went there for the first time Christmas day, saw the house, the statue and you're parents graves. You never had a chance to go before because of Voldemort. It was too dangerous and when we did go, you got attacked by Voldemorts snake. He left it there knowing you would probably turn up because you were finally of age,' Hermione squeezed Harry's hand.

Harry turned to the aurors, 'Do you think we could go there?'

'If you want to Harry, the minister told us to escort you anywhere you want to go. Oh this is Mark by the way, another auror,' Mark nodded to everyone, but mainly gazed at Harry.

'I would like to, it might make me remember.'

'I found this in your bag, thought you might like to see it,' Ron handed Harry his photo album.

Harry turned the page, 'So these are my parents, I look like my father, he even wears glasses.'

'Anyone that knew him told you how much you looked like you're father, but had your mothers green eyes,' Arthur said.

Harry shook his head, 'I remember, he told my mother to move, but she wouldn't. He called her a silly girl, and that she didn't need to die. My mother was defiant, refused to move from in front of me. I remember seeing a flash of green light, my mother screamed. He stared at me, grabbed my head, pointed his wand at it,' Harry put his hand to his scar, 'Then there was pain, a white hot burning pain, he went to this sort of smoke as the roof started falling. I was calling for mum, screaming because I wanted her to wake up. I remember I kept crying, then I lay down but kept staring down at my mother on the floor. She was covered with bits of the roof, then this big bloke with lots of hair, he picked me up and took me on a flying motorbike. I don't remember anything after that.'

'You were a year old Harry, how do you remember that?' Charlie asked but everyone heard how hoarse his voice was.

Harry looked up and saw Hermione and Mrs. Weasley with tears falling down their faces, Ron had tears in his eyes, Mr. Weasley was looking stunned, along with the two aurors.

'I don't know, I just saw it, but Voldemort didn't look like what I remember.'

'When he disappeared, it took him years to get a partial human type body back. Then in our fourth year, he used this old dark magic, a potion, using your blood to remake his body,' Hermione gently pulled up Harry's sleeve, 'You told us a death eater that was there got bone dust from Voldemorts father's grave, then he cut his own hand off, before he sliced you're arm. He put those three ingredients into a cauldron with Voldemort. He came out looking like what you remember, snake like and no nose.'

Harry shook his head again, 'I was tied to a large tombstone, something was in my mouth. I saw him come out of the cauldron. Then he touched my scar, I felt the white hot pain again before he made us duel. I saw my parents that night, they came out of his wand. They helped me, gave me the time to escape.'

'You never told us you saw you're parents, did you're wand connect with his Harry?' Hermione asked.

Harry nodded, 'Yeah, well something happened, like they connected.'

'The reverse spell affect, because you're wand and Voldemorts wand share cores, they never worked properly, only with you and him, not against anyone else. Both wands thought of you and him as the owner.' Henry explained.

'Is that why I have two other wands, to use against him?'

'It's a long story Harry, but one you got when you duelled Malfoy and caught it. That other wand used to belong to Dumbledore. But you did win it from someone that disarmed Dumbledore on the night he died. Voldemort found out about that wand and broke open his tomb, took it because he thought it would be powerful enough to kill you. But he never realised you had to win that wand and he never knew you did. So when you said the disarming charm and he said the killing curse, the wands connected again, but it refused to kill you, so his spell backfired onto him, killing him, not you,' Hermione explained.

'So in a way, he killed himself, I never killed him.'

'Yes, but with anyone else, he would have killed them. It was just you, he could never kill you, no matter what he did or how many times he tried. But the prophecy Harry, one of you had to die at the hand of the other and that's what happened.'

'Look at it this way Harry, because you owned the wand he was using, you were able to make his curse hit him, not you. So you did actually kill him, but you never used any curses to do it. You're not the type to use those sorts of curses, no matter what was happening. You told me and Hermione once, that no matter what, you would never use the same curse that killed your parents or godfather. You'd die before you would use that,' Ron said grabbing Harry's shoulder.

Harry nodded, but sat there staring down at his parents. Everyone else in the kitchen watched Harry, feeling worried about him. They also felt sorry for him and even though he doesn't remember, he is starting to and they knew he will eventually and wondered how he would handle remember everything he went through.