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"well done Hermione. Now the cat is amongst the pigeons!" Sirius moaned.

Lily shot him a look that could kill! Her lip curled.

"Well, what have you got to say for your self? Some Godfather! Why didn't you say anything?" Lily spat.

"Now calm down Lils. Sirius isn't a bad Godfather! Even if he had wanted to tell you, we only found out like half an hour ago!" Remus pleaded in an attempt to calm down the tension in the room.

"Harry, son, start from the beginning. Tell us about what those sons of a banshee did." James Potter said.

"Er, Sirius, can portraits see pensieve memories?" Harry asked desperately.

"I dunno Harry. Can you James?" Sirius muttered pushing the ball back out of his court. After Lily's hurtful words he had just wanted to hide in the background so that no emotions would show.

James just shrugged. "Worth a try I guess."

Remus held the pensieve right up to the portrait. Lily and James held hands and then leaned forwards and were sucked into Harry's memories.

When they emerged James was scarily angry and Lily collapsed onto the floor in fits of tears. Harry stood there awkwardly watching his parents reaction to his abusive growing up.

"Don't cry mum, it isn't so bad. They don't beat me so much now coz they're scared that Sirius will come and get them." Harry uttered. He much regretted it though when this only increased his mum's sobs.

Hermione and Harry just looked at each other then awkwardly slipped from the room. Within seconds, Sirius too had legged it from the awkward situation that was Harry's parents room.

Remus desperately managed to escape also but his bid for freedom took a great deal longer.

"Oops, I'm afraid that was all my fault Harry, I'm sorry. I thought it was best; but now I've caused a break down!" Hermione whispered shamefully.

"It's ok Mione, though, I don't think that I had better go down there again. At least not for a while." Harry muttered.

"No Harry. You must go down sooner rather than later. It'll hurt their feelings if they think that you're avoiding them." Remus advised wisely.

"I agree Harry. You shouldn't avoid your parents. Believe me, I've tried it and it never works out very well!" Tonks said backing up Remus one hundred percent.

The only person who wasn't taking part in the conversation was Sirius, who had sneaked off somewhere while Remus was speaking.

Harry excused himself from the conversation and went in look of his godfather.

He found him in his room, which looked as if it hadn't been tidied since his school days.

His bed was pressed up againt the far wall. A wardrobe was to its left. A desk, piled high with books, parchment and ink, and various other objects which Harry daren't touch. The walls were absolutely plastered with Gryfindor posters, flags and scarfs. The whole room screamed individuality from the rest of the house.

Underneath the bed a tail was just about visible to Harry. He crouched down and pulled out the dog who the tail belonged to. When He placed him on the bed, the dog transformed back into Sirius.

"Harry, do you think I'm a bad Godfather? I mean, I would have done anything to have been there for you growing up, but, I was in Azkaban. Does that make me a bad Godfather? I suppose it does really, you were supposed to be my responsibility but instead you were taken away to those bloody muggles and abused like hell! I am sorry Harry. I suppose you wont want o see me any more. I know Lily will never trust me again. As for James, he'll never want to see me again." Sirius groaned sadly. He let out a small howl and hung his head.

Harry's jaw dropped. He felt terrible. He put his arm around his beloved Godfather and said in the most reassuring way possible, "Sirius, of course I don't hate you and do want to see you! You're he one who only just found out about all of this, not me. I don't blame you for my… erm… patchy childhood. So don't blame yourself. You know what my mum's like… she is just, well, horrified. But not at you, at the Dursley's! She is just trying to find a peson to blame and you fitted the profile. She'll get over it. And as for dad, even if he wanted to, I don't think he could ever hate you! Come back down. We could get a packed lunch ready and all go out for a picnic? It would be nice for you to get out of here and have a bit of fun. Though you'd have to be a dog the whole time."

Sirius looked Harry square in the eye and the two hugged.

"Come on then Little Prongs, les go make some sandwiches," Sirius laughed warmly.

Harry, Padfoot, Remus, Tonks and Hermione spent a wonderful afternoon in Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park. Harry, Hermione and Tonks went on all the rides while Remus and Padfoot stayed grounded so they could get hot dogs all round.

Then they went ice-skating. Padfoot on ice had got to be the funniest thing that Harry had ever seen. He had insisted on joining the others on the ice but had decided against the skating boots as he felt that his paws would give him a great advantage. He slipped and slided all over the place and even Hermione and Remus were completely cracking up laughing.

After grabbing some hot chocolate Tonks insisted on dragging the others over to meet Santa! After waiting inline for half an hour Tonks realised that all she wanted for Christmas was….(Harry, Sirius and Hermione were not aloud to hear what she said but when she did she went very red and Remus looked away awkwardly). Hermione asked for new books and some fancy perfume that she had been bought by her parents last year. Harry asked for some new clothes as wearing Dudley's old ones was beginning to drive him crazy. Remus asked for world peace but had to settle for some new books. Sirius barked crazily as if trying to ask for something too but Santa just patted his head and waved goodbye to the group.

That night Harry had a terrible nightmare about Malfoy, snakes and Snape. He decided to go along with Remus' instructions about seeing his parents sooner rather than later.

He spent a long time chatting with them and Lily begged over and over for forgiveness for her performance earlier. James asked Harry if Sirius was alright and asked him to pass on an apology from him. Harry decided that he would feel safer if he slept down there for the rest of the night. Lily and James were more than happy with this arrangement.

In the morning Harry crept out leaving his parents to sleep. He was absolutely parched and so made his way towards the dining room/kitchen. As he opened the door he was more than shocked at what he saw inside.

Remus and Tonks were pressed up against the wall of the dining room snogging intimately. Harry was standing awkwardly, just hidden, behind the door. He could not believe that his second cousin and his ex professor were completely into each other. This was so creepy! And definitely not the way he had planned to wake up this morning!...