When Mum, Dad and Remus strode into the room we were still locked in that position, Sirius seemed to have no desire to release me yet, and I saw Remus' stern gaze flicker.
"Wait." I caught my Godfather mouthing at him, and with an overly dramatic sigh, he flopped onto the bed, my parents following him as though it were instinct.
"It was…my entire fault that…all of you died…" I began.
"No." Sighed Mum in exasperation.
"It wasn't, Harry…" Dad groaned.
"Cub, how can you even think that?" Hissed Remus angrily.
"Hear him out…" My Godfathers voice was weary, but laced with concern, his eyes didn't flicker from me as he spoke.
They subsided into silence that hovered before I began to speak.
"Mum, Dad, he went after you 'cause of that damn prophecy."
"How do you know?" Asked Sirius curiously. "Dumbledore didn't want you to know!"
"Voldemort used his connection against me to try and get the prophecy, he lured me to the Department of Mysteries by showing me a vision of you being tortured. I went, so did Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville and Luna…The order showed up, you were there too and you fell through the veil and…"
"And me?" Murmured Remus, and I could hear the resignation in his tone, knowing he was about to tell me all I'd just said wasn't my fault.
"Went to Hogwarts under Death Eater control…I broke in to search for a Horcrux."
"HORCRUX!" Sirius bellowed.
"Yeah, I destroyed..." I counted them off on my fingers as I said them. "Tom Riddle's Diary. Ron got Slytherins Locket, Hermione had Hufflepuffs Cup, Crabbe accidentally destroyed Ravenclaws Diadem, and Dumbledore destroyed the Gaunts Ring, and Neville killed Nagini…and Voldemort killed me…"
"WHAT?" They roared.
"Well…tried to…he just destroyed the horcrux inside of me. I came back to life, feigned death…we won the battle, anyway, it's my fault we battled…so it's my fault you died in the battle, Remus." I finished simply.
Sirius gave me a sharp tap on the back of the head. "It isn't your fault! We were willing to risk our lives to save yours, and I'm proud that that's how I died."
"Ow!" I complained, rubbing where he'd hit my head.
"It was all Voldemort's fault, Cub." Sighed Remus, looking very tired, before leaning down to ruffle my hair.
"Yep. None of it was your fault, Prongslet…" Smiled Dad sadly.
"Harry…how could you even think that? We love you. We're proud of you! We didn't die because of you, we died for you!"
"Anyway, about this reckless behaviour…" Remus said sternly.
"What happened?" Asked Mum abruptly.
"Your son…Broke into Voldemort controlled Ministry of Magic…"
"And helped questioned Muggle Borns escape, stole Moody's magical eye, took a horcrux, and polyjuice potion, stunned a death eater, and an evil ex professor, and almost got caught." I added brightly.
"Oh my God. Harry!" Sirius groaned.
"And Gringotts."
"Hey! We had a Goblins help, I had to use an Unforgiveable Curse…" I looked at the floor, ashamed. "And we got past a Dragon! Got scarily close to getting caught….and it happened to be the Lestranges Vault…and escaped on a stolen dragon."
"What did you steal?"
"Hufflepuffs Cup."
"Any more… other than Hogwarts…?"
"I went to Godrics Hollow…" I whispered. "We visited your graves, and the house, and met Bathilda Bagshot, she happened to be dead, and hiding Nagini, Voldemort's snake, we only just escaped that time too…and as for Hogwarts, we broke into Death Eater controlled Hogsmeade, had a close shave with some Dementors, got to Hogwarts through an all new passageway, into the room of requirement to find the final horcrux, there was a battle…the final battle…and then we had an hour to collect the dead and for me to give myself up…I saw Fred, and you, Remus, and Tonks, Colin Creevey died too…"
It took a very long time, but I slowly explained everything from the final battle.
"You're so reckless, Kid." Began Dad.
"You were only seventeen!" Mum was screeching repeatedly.
"Oh, I'm going to kill Dumbledore! Raising you like 'a pig for slaughter'!" Remus' tone was scathing.
"Hey! He's no pig! He's only a pup!"
"And a cub!"
"By all means, Dumbledore's downstairs, the doors open, off you go."
Remus, Mum and Dad launched themselves from the room, but Sirius remained.
"Come with me downstairs please, Pup." I nodded, and rose, letting him sling an arm over my shoulder before we made our way downstairs.
Sirius sighed as we opened the door, Remus was bellowing at Dumbledore, his face set with fury, Mum and Dad flanking him, watching furiously.
Giving me a one armed hug, Sirius cleared his throat. Remus' yells quietened, though he seemed no less angrier. Dumbledore glanced at my Godfather in fear.
"Aren't you fuming too, Sirius?" Asked Dumbledore softly.
"I'm seething." Sirius said coldly. "You raised my Pup like he was a pig for slaughter, but Harry doesn't need me to yell at you, he needs me here, so I'm not going to show my anger in front of him…twice."
I noticed my younger self, looking pale in the corner, with Ron and Hermione beside him, James and Teddy were watching the conversation as though it were a tennis rally, and it reminded me of the time my Godfather and Molly had argued in this very kitchen many years okay, and, just like Ginny had, Al was sitting frozen in the corner, eyes wide, mouth open, completely frozen in place.
Ginny was stood, glowering at Dumbledore, rocking Lily gently, Ron and Hermione were frozen in their chairs, Ron looking scarily like Grawp, and Hermione terrified.
I couldn't help myself, I snorted, before breaking into hysterical laughter.
"What's so funny, Cub?" Asked Remus defiantly.
"You…should…see…your…faces! Looks…like when…Molly and…Papa…" Sirius froze at the word. Everyone else looked confused. "Sirius…to you…had the argument…here…before…!"
Ron snickered, "It actually does."
Remus was watching me curiously. "Who am I?"
"Papa, of course." Once again, Sirius froze, and I leaned against him.
"You said you'd be honoured" I reminded him through my laughter.
"Hush you!" He teased, ruffling my hair and chuckling in amusement. He shot my father a questioning look. He simply nodded, a small smile playing on his lips.
