CHAPTER 11: Where are those boys?

He had been up all night in the forest searching for his sons endlessly. His eyes were begging for him to close, his hair stood up in all directions worse than it usually was, his shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows. His collar button was open and he hardly cared.

Harry had been very shocked to find Bellatrix Lestrange lying on the ground of the forest stunned, he had been pretty sure his sons had been the cause of it and was curious why the rest of the death-eaters hadn't found her yet.

But his heart had definitely stopped beating when he thought about other death eaters going after his sons.

He silently prayed that his sons were safe and continued searching with fear-driven enthusiasm.

Harry and Ginny had always protected their children from their past, they had never allowed any of the problems from the past to loom over their happy future, but the thought of their future and their past mixing was disconcerting and scary, for Harry never wanted his children to face what he had and Harry also loved all three of his children to bits.

When the morning had arrived Harry was exhausted but he knew he would find his children and only then would he sleep peacefully.

But he had to find them first, he tried to think about where the would go but when he tried to combine Albus's smart, cunning, clever and systematic personality with James's impulsive, mischievous, sneaky and bull-headed one he ended up more confused than he was before.

His sons were so different from each other that when you put them together in a team and told them to work together they were virtually unstoppable.

Harry ploughed through the forest until he reached a clearing and saw a path, if his hunch was right Al and James would have gone through this path.

He put his faith in his luck and trudged along the path.

The sunlight glared above him, and his stomach grumbled like it was unhappy with the treatment it was getting.

Harry patted his stomach and said "Soon buddy"

He walked and walked and walked until he heard voices "I'm going to miss her Al"

"Me too James, she was something"

Harry wondered whether his ears were deceiving him.

He couldn't believe what he had heard, he was very sure that he was hallucinating but he ran up ahead with renewed energy.

He stopped when he saw two tall teenage boys walking towards him, both had messy black-hair, strong builds and startling eyes.

Al looked up and saw Harry first, he first looked confused, then his eyebrows rose up to his hairline and then he asked not daring to believe it "Dad?"

Harry smiled "Boys"

James looked up when he heard his brother and saw his father, he said "Merlin's beard!"

Harry grinned.

Both boys ran up to him.

Harry said "Finally"

Al said "Thank god"

James said "Thought we'd be stuck here forever"

Harry said "You both are in big trouble"

Al's face fell, James looked guilty he said "Al didn't do anything it was my fault, all of it"

Al said "It's alright James"

James still looked guilty, Harry said "We'll talk about it later, let's first get back"

Al asked "But it's a long way back"

Harry smiled "We'll side-along apparate"

James groaned "Yuck"

Al said "I've never tried it before"

James said "Well I guess I deserve it"

Harry smiled he grabbed both their hands and spun on the spot.

Now they were on their way to The burrow where they would face Ginny Potter's wrath, nothing short of a death warrant.

AN: Okay! I know this is a short chapter, also know that I updated reeeally late so I'm sorry. But in my defense I have had tests and a number of things to deal with along with an injured back so please forgive me. I owe you a long chapter and don't worry I'll be back with one. So until then keep reviewing. By the way I'm really grateful for the support so far, please keep reading! Thankful and indebted to all of you, SPHP20896 :)