"Oh Merlin. Fred?" Harry said as he rolled the groaning red head onto his back, the red head slowly sat up,
"What the bloody hell happened? He asked in a voice that was unmistakably Fred's,
"But –but how? What?" Harry stuttered.
"Come Harry, let us take him inside. It's cold out here and I don't want you to get ill." Tom whispered into Harry's ear. They helped Fred up and walked inside, taking him into the living room where a fire was burning. They got a house elf to get the others, they all came in looking confused at the red head that wasn't showing his face. The boy slowly lifted his head up,
"Fred?" George said so quietly but everyone heard it, Bill and Charlie were looking at him as tears fell down their faces. George leaped up and threw himself at his twin, Charlie and Bill shortly following George's actions. Once the family stopped sobbing their eyes out and moved out of the hug –still touching, George sat next to Fred holding his hand, Bill and Charlie sat on the floor leaning against his legs, they were afraid that if they weren't touching him, he would disappear.
"Last thing I remember is the Battle of Hogwarts, talking with Percy –well more like joking- and getting hit by a wall, then everything was black. I woke up in the In-between, I had the choice to go to Heaven or continue as a ghost. I was there for a long time, thinking about my choice –people who had chosen to go to Heaven came and visited me, then before I know it a bright light surrounds me and well I wake up outside near harry and this Tom person. Considering that I died like 8 months ago, time goes much quicker when your dead." Fred added the last bit randomly.
"I guess we need to fill you in on well everything else." Harry said thoughtfully and a bit worried
"Harrikins, honestly you need to stop worrying about everything" Fred said tutting at the boy.
"Right so, Harry used the disarming spell as Voldy cast the killing curse –spell rebounded on Voldy, Voldy dead." George started, he was planning on explaining it in the most vague and amusing of ways, everyone chuckled. Catching on to what George was doing, Charlie took over.
"Harry –being the most noble and selfless of people- decided to bury said Dark Lord in the forbidden forest. He being the purest of pures' said some words about second chances and Mother of Magic heard him."
"Later he went to the funerals of our fallen hero Remus, Tonks… you and Snape." George said pausing a moment "He then went to the Malfoy's trials and defended them, because he's a nice chap. They got freed –as you can see, Ronald got angry, Harry invited them to stay at Grimmauld."
"Ronald Weasley and several others who were angry about our freedom lit the place on fire, in an attempt to harm or kill us." Lucius said
"Harry then went to the Burrow after finding out who it was and well I'll have to show you the memory because he punched ickle Ronnikins –it was rather amusing!" George continued
"He then came here as we had invited him and-" Narcissa began
"I was here and when Harry came in he saw me and fainted." Tom cut in
"Why did he faint? Who exactly are you?" Fred asked confused, he picked up on the hesitation and flickering eyes.
"Well… you see… umm…" Harry stuttered before Tom took over
"I am Tom Marvolo Riddle," He paused before adding "Previously known as Voldemort" a moment of silence passed through the room, Fred's eyes met Harry's and Harry flinched slightly.
"Oh Harrikins, you never get a break! Do you?" Fred said with a grin "Mate don't look so worried! I will forever be on your side!" Harry smiled and the conversation continued.
"Ok so have I got everything right; Harry buried Tom, funerals happened, Harry defended Malfoy's, they got free, Ron got angry, Ron and some others burnt Grimmauld down –Harry punched Ron, Tom got brought back to life, Magic is dying and she gave both Harry and Tom the task of saving it –man you never get a break, then Ginny declared her love for you and then told you her plans for you, next you and Tom snogged this caused Luna to kiss Neville and finally George to snog Draco, then Christmas and I came back. Is that everything."
"Yep –by the way Luna?"
"Yes George"
"Is this-" He said pointing to Fred "what you meant when you gave me the second bracelet?"
Luna just smiled at George not giving him an answer. George gave Fred the bracelet before smiling at his older brother and giving him a hug.
"Shall we go surprise mother Forge?" Fred said
"I think we shall Gred." Answered George
"Would any of you like to come?" Bill asked
"If I can." Harry said "I would like to apologise for how I acted with Ron because I haven't seen her since."
Everyone else declined and said they would stay at the Manor –Charlie obviously came with the others.
"Mum, we have a surprise for all of you." Charlie called into the Burrow from outside. A few minutes later everyone –Arthur, Molly, Percy, Ron, Ginny and Hermione who had come over for the evening- had come outside. George had gone and hidden behind the rest of his family and watched them approach Charlie, Bill, Fred and Harry.
"What's the surprise dear?" Molly said, she looked at Fred –thinking it was George,
"Me!" Is all Fred said, only Percy and Hermione picked up the difference in the twins' voice. Their eyes widened, noticing the second ear only helped prove their realisation, tears streamed down their faces unnoticed by them.
"Whatever do you mean dear?" Molly asked confused,
"Molly look at his ear."
"Oh dear! How did you get a new ear?" Molly said happily
"It's the same one I was born with mother." Fred said when suddenly someone with big, bushy hair ran to Fred, knocking him to the ground and snogging him.
"You owe me 10 Galleons George!" Came Harry's voice
"Damn it Fred! Why couldn't you be dating Angelina? I would've been 10 Galleons richer!" George said as he walked past his parents and younger siblings and towards Harry before pulling out a small sack.
"Pleasure doing business with you good sir." Harry said
"What? Fred?" The others except Percy shouted, all of them fell into a dead faint except Percy who walked over and wrapped his younger brother into a big hug as he cried. Harry awkwardly stood their watching the family reunite, he couldn't bare to listen to the sobs and the pleads that came from them, the pleads Harry heard made him feel even more awkward.
"Please, please don't be a hallucination. Freddie, my boy, my sweet boy. It's really you isn't it? Don't go, please, please, please stay" he heard from Molly who had her arms wrapped around her son. Harry quickly portkeyed back to Malfoy Manor with the ring that Mr Malfoy had given him [AN chapter 4].
Upon arriving back at the manor, Harry immediately sought out Tom. He found the man in his bed reading a book… almost naked. Harry blushed bright red in embarrassment.
"Ah Harry, I wondered when you would return. Everything alright?" Tom asked as he walked towards Harry.
"Everything's fine Tom, I just felt a bit awkward and that I was intruding. I'm really happy though, I mean Fred is back and he… he's like a brother to me –along with George and now Draco. Plus I won a bet against/with George!"
"Oh did you now?" Tom said looking at his lover with fondness in his dark eyes
"Yep! We made a bet in my fifth year about who he was dating. I said Hermione but George said Angelina and I was right." At the end, Harry gave a little happy dance.
Tom wrapped a hand around Harry's waist and picked him up before dropping him on the bed, with Harry on his back Tom hovered over him on all fours before he began to unbutton Harry's shirt and when his tanned torso was in sight he began to kiss it. Looking up at Harry, who had an expression full of lust and love, and passionately kissing him. The two eventually fell asleep, Tom had his arm wrapped around Harry, keeping the young man close to him.
Authors Notes:
So last chapter I got one review from a guest that upset and annoyed me a tad -but everyone else reviews were so nice! Thank you so much! Anyway the review basically said that Harry and Tom was boring and common, I don't exactly understand what they meant but if it was about me not writing much of their relationship it is simply because other things have been happening since they first kissed and they hadn't really had time to idont know do relationship things, but as you can see from the last chapter I gave you all a -hopefully good- bit of their relationship and them expressing their love -in a way- to one another. Sorry if you didn't like it.
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