I've had this idea for quite a while. It's kind of lame, but why not?

"What do you mean, it's not meant to be permanent?" Remus asked.

"No spell can raise the dead." Hermione said slowly. "Not permanently, anyway."

Harry exhaled. "You said it's not meant to be permanent. Maybe we can find something make it so." He said simply.

"Harry..." Hermione said.

"Let's focus on what's in front of us right now, Hermione." Harry said. "I have a few questions, and then we should go over to Grimmauld."

"Teddy's there, right?" Tonks asked eagerly.

"He is, but I still have to sit and my kids down to discuss the situation. So, he's over at the Burrow until tomorrow with Molly and Arthur. I'll go over tomorrow morning, to explain the situation to them and Teddy, and James. Al is still young enough that he won't even remember anything that I have said about any of you. James might only remember the basics, but he might know enough to be confused. I'll explain it to Arthur and Molly, Hermione can talk to Fred and George and Angelina and their kids. Hopefully Molly and Arthur can get in touch with Charlie, but they'll talk to Bill and Percy at least. And that would cover your family, Ron, and them knowing you're back. Tonks, for your mother- that won't be an easy situation."

"Nothing with my mother is easy, Harry."

"Yeah, I've learned that. I figure, possibly, the best course of action would be to just show her. Have her come over, just show her."

"That might not be too smart, either." Tonks said. "She likes to curse first, ask questions later."

"Good to know where you got that." Remus mumbled, receiving a dirty look from Tonks.

"Right." Harry said. "We'll figure something out, then. Mum, Aunt Petunia's still alive but that's up to you if you want to see her again or not."

Lily looked a little uncomfortable. "I'm not sure." She said. "We didn't exactly get along for a while there."

"Right. Like I said, up to you." Harry said. "Dad, you don't-"

"I figured my folks would be gone." James said. "They were kind of old.''

"Colin, we'll send an owl to find you brother and your parents, they actually moved to America a few years ago." Harry continued. "Remus, you-"

"I didn't have family left. Maybe some cousins, but no one close." Remus responded.

Harry exhaled and nodded. "Sirius, you've got the Malfoys and Andromeda. I can already guess that you don't want to see the Malfoys."

"You're damn right I don't." Sirius responded. "Although, I'm not too sure on seeing Andy again, she can't have gotten sweeter with age."

"So, we're going to have a more thorough conversation with reuniting you with the rest of your families. Obviously, Ron's will be easy." Harry said. "But, I also realise we can't have your families seeing you... looking as you currently do."

"What do you mean?" Lily asked.

"Well... How can I say this nicely?" He asked, looking at Hermione.

"Well..." Hermione started slowly. "You don't look... well. The idea that the dead have returned- that alone will freak people out. You're wearing the clothes you were all buried in- with the exception of Sirius, who wasn't buried at all. And quite frankly, anyone who does know any of you is going to expect someone older, not these versions of you."

"To be fair, I think they'll expect us to be dead." James said, shrugging.

"Right, anyway, Ginny has robes and clothes that will fit Mum and Tonks. For the rest of you, however. My clothes might fit you, Dad. Possibly Remus. They'll be too long for you, Sirius, and Colin for sure. Ron, I might have something for you. We'll go back to Grimmauld, we'll organise things a bit, and go from there. But first, I do have to ask some of you about when you died."

"So," Harry began uncertainly, staring around them. "I need to ask if any of you remembers anything now. Anything new. Anything I wouldn't have known."

"Like what?" Tonks asked. "We don't know what you know."

"Okay, uh, I know how Ron died. I know how Sirius died, and Mum and Dad. I don't know how you, Remus or Colin died." Harry said. "Let's start there. How did it feel? When it happened?"

''I remember pain." Colin said. "Even though it was a Killing Curse, it really hurt- I thought those were painless."

"They are." Harry said. "They should be."

"I felt pain too." Tonks said, looking at Colin. "It lasted for a long time, it wasn't-"

"Instantaneous." Colin finished. "Like it was supposed to be. Kind of like someone was-"

"Tearing your chest apart?" Tonks asked. Colin nodded.

"It only stopped when-"

"-when you woke up." Tonks finished. Colin nodded again.

Harry looked between them. "Right. The rest of you. Do you remember pain?" Harry asked. "Ron? Mum? Dad? Anything?"

"Mate, I was crushed by a wall." Ron said. "I definitely felt it."

James and Lily exchanged looks. "We didn't feel anything. It was instantaneous for us." Lily said. "Remus?"

"I wasn't hit with a Killing Curse." Remus said. "I figured the pain was from that."

"What was it, then?" Harry asked, frowning. They had all said death was painless- but not Remus. Remus had said "And he will want it to be quick. He wants it over."- had Remus suffered?

"Dolohov's creation, the one he tried to use on Hermione." Remus explained. "It felt like my chest was getting ripped open, almost like 6 months of transformations at one moment."

It was silent for a long moment.

"I didn't feel a thing." Sirius said. "Just... nothing."

Harry nodded. "So the only ones that felt anything were those of you that died at the final battle, and two of those were Killing Curses."

"Did anyone else hear the voice?" Ron asked. Everyone turned to look at him. "You know, the voice saying to kill Harry."

Remus, Tonks and Colin were the only ones who nodded.

"You three didn't?" Harry asked his parents and Sirius. They shook their heads. "Maybe there's a reason for that."

"And we came up on the eleventh anniversary of their deaths." Sirius added. "Specifically, their deaths. Why not eleven years to James and Lily's deaths, or eleven to mine? Why May 2nd?"

Harry shook his head. "I don't know. We have to find the person who was controlling you at first. Perhaps whoever it was couldn't do it eleven years from Mum and Dad's deaths. Maybe they didn't plan this until after the war."

"I have a different question." Tonks said. "How did Sirius come back?"

"The same way as the rest of you, I suppose." Harry said, frowning.

"Harry, there was no body." Tonks said. "His body was lost to the veil. We had no body to bury. So how did they bring Sirius back?"

"How did they bring back the rest of you properly? Eleven years buried, and none of you looked it. In Mum and Dad's cases, 28 years buried, and they don't look it. I think, first, we need to just go to Grimmauld. And make our next move from there."

"Harry." Tonks interrupted. "Did anyone else come back? Other than us?"

Harry looked at her, and after a moment spoke again. "Your father didn't come back, Tonks, I'm sorry."

Tonks nodded slowly, looking down at her lap. "Of course, no, I was just hoping."

"We do have to figure out what to do about full moon." Remus said after a moment. "When is it?"

"Uh..." Harry began. He honestly had no clue.

"Five days." Hermione responded.

Remus frowned. "That can't be right."

Hermione tilted her head at him. "It's right, Remus." She said. "Why do you say that?"

"Because I don't feel like I usually do." Remus said quietly. "I don't feel like I usually do."