AN: So I have been having writers block for all of my stories that I have up, it's like, I know what I want to write I just can't write it. It's beyond frustrating. Anyway I hope you like this chapter! It's longer so hopefully you forgive me and hopefully its not terribly awful!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything Harry Potter

Harry's POV:

"Just put this cream on it and it will be gone in a few days dear," Madam Pomphrey told me while handing me the bruise cream.

"Thank you Madam Pomphrey," I replied. She smiled and walked to her office.

I tentatively lifted my hand to touch the bruises Uncle Vernon had left on my neck, then the one on my cheek from where he had slapped me. He had never hit me before, he threatened to, many times in fact, but never actually did. I was startled out of my thoughts when I felt a hand stroking my hair. I flinched before realizing it was my mum, and I leaned into the welcoming touch.

"Are you alright sweetheart?" She asked me. I nodded and she smiled softly.

"Of course he is, he's a Potter after all." Dad said, ignoring Lily and Remus' snorts. I just smiled at him, looking between him and Sirius, who was for some reason staring at a wall.

He must have felt me looking at him, because he turned around and caught my eyes, which I quickly averted. He looked really, really angry.

"Hey," he said softly, somehow right in front of me. "I'm not mad at you, Harry."

"You look mad."

"You're right. But not at you. I'm mad at that filthy muggle for laying his hands on you. But," he whispered, leaning in closer so my mom and dad couldn't here, "you know what this means?" I shook my head. "Payback. Wanna hear what's going to happen?"

"Stop right there Sirius Black! I won't have you corrupting my son and initiating him into your silly little group."

Sirius held a hand over his heart, his face contorted into mock hurt. I laughed and he winked at me before talking to mum. I could see that dad and Remus were also looking hurt, but not real hurt, just pretend like Sirius.

"'Silly little group?' I'm wounded Lilykins, truly wounded."

"The marauders are legends." Dad added.

"A brotherhood." Remus put in.

"An intelligent-"

"-elite-"

"-handsome-"

"-funny-"

"-awesome group that consists of the greatest pranksters Hogwarts has ever known."

"We must continue our legacy, and who better than the son of Prongs?" Sirius finished. Mum rolled her eyes but she was smiling so I knew she was kidding around with them.

"I'm Prongs." Dad stage-whispered in mum's ear.

"I know who Prongs is you goof." Mum smacked his arm playfully with a loving smile on her face. "You're all such children."

"Well then you must know who the son of Prongs is Lilikins?" Sirius' continuation brought me back.

"And how he needs to keep up the legacy of- "

"Yes, yes, legacy of marauders…" Mum said with a smile and a roll of her eyes. She then looked at Sirius. "The Dursley's are in the ministry. So you couldn't do anything anyway." She said with a bit of playful smugness and total seriousness.

Aurors had come to arrest the Dursleys. We had also seen Tonks again which was cool.

FLASHBACK

"I've called for the aurors." Remus said as he and Sirius came over.

"Why?" I asked.

"They are going arrest the Dursleys." Mum explained.

I just nodded.

"He's never hurt me like that before. He always threatened to… but…" I trailed off. Mum hugged me tighter, so did dad.

"And he won't ever be able to again." Dad promised.

Just then there were several loud CRACKs followed by: "Wotcher!"

"Tonks!" Sirius exclaimed as he turned around. There was a young woman with a heart-shaped face and bubblegum pink hair standing there grinning. I blinked as her nose change to a dogs and barked and back again. Sirius just laughed and went up to the girl and hugged her.

"Sirius! So glad to see you! Been meaning to catch up with you but I'm new to the program so they give me the worst jobs and worst hours." She said this with a smile though.

"I can't believe you became and auror! You always said you would, but I always said you would probably be chasing down the bad guy and trip over nothing!"

She shoved him playfully.

"Oi Tonks! If you're gonna chit-chat at least get statements on what happened from them!" A man I remembered as Kingsley ordered.

"On it Kingsley!" She told him before turning to us with a serious expression. "Alright, I know it may be tough but we need to know what happened, who first?"

Time Skip

"Thanks for your statements, they will help a lot. There will be a trial coming up, and Harry, I'm really sorry but you may have to testify. We'll be in touch alright? Need anything just let us know."

"Thank you so much Tonks." Siri said as he watched the Dursley's being taken away before turning his attention on her. "I'll be in touch, we will have to go out and get some drinks while we catch up, I'm in need of a good drink, haven't had one in 10 years."

"How ever did you survive?" Tonks said over-dramatically.

END OF FLASH BACK

"Harry!" I jumped and turned to the sound of my name being called. I saw Fred and George running into the hospital wing.

"We heard about what happened mate." Fred said.

"And wanted to make sure your okay!" George finished. I paled a bit at that.

"Oh Merlin it's already being talked about!? How? It only happened a couple of hours ago! Wait, we are talking about the same thing right?"

"Well Harry- "

"We heard you were in the hospital wing-"

"So of course we had to find out why."

"So when we went through our contacts- "

"We found out that your uncle was arrested."

"And why." I groaned and buried my face in my hands.

"Don't worry though- "

"No one else knows." I looked up hopefully.

"But what about when they put it in the paper, or the trial?"

"They won't mention anything that could be drawn back to you, or use your name sweet heart, you're a minor and they can't without our consent. And it will be a closed case trial Harry. Don't worry." I relaxed as my mum explained everything to me.

"A-and you won't tell Ron or Hermione or anyone right?"

"Your secret is safe with us little brother."

"It's up to you if you want to tell them."

"Though I don't think they even know you're back yet." I looked down.

"I don't want to tell them, but I do... sort of…"

"You don't have to decide right now Harry." Dad assured me.

~oOo~

Fred's POV:

George and I watched the conflicting thoughts and emotions pass through Harry's face. We had decided to make sure that he knew he had a couple of friends that knew completely what he was going through that he could come to if he needed to talk. Ron can be kind of a selfish prat sometimes and Hermione would probably just try to reason out whatever he was saying or venting. We had heard from the portraits by the Room of Requirement that the Potter's were back and Harry was in the hospital wing hurt. We could see the nasty bruises that were left on Harry from his so-called uncle and it made my blood boil.

The portraits we were by love to gossip, so we inquired if they knew what happened, and the one from the hospital wing spilled the beans as the muggles would say.

George and I always kept an eye on Harry, even though he didn't know it, we noticed how skinny he was, and shy as well.

"Har-Bear-" George started with the nickname we use on our little brother.

"You don't need to decide now."

"You'll know when the time is right."

"In the mean time, we had been hoping-"

"That you-"

"Being our dear little brother-"

"In all but blood-"

"Would allow us-"

"To accompany you-"

"To where you are staying-"

"And perhaps engage you in a few rounds-"

"Of exploding snap." We finished together.

Harry looked at his family hopefully. I don't think anyone could ever say no to him when he gave them those eyes. I also don't think he realizes just how many people he has wrapped around his little fingers; he doesn't even realize that he is doing his big puppy dog eyes, or that he has them!

His parents smiled and agreed. Mrs. Potter told Madam Pomphrey we were leaving and when she came back the adults led Harry, George and I to their rooms.

~oOo~

Lily's POV:

The twins were delightful. I had known Molly before… Well, before that night. We often got together and Harry got on so well with all her kids. It was nice to see he had been able to make friends in the Weasley's.

Fred and George had kept Harry's mind off the earlier events of the day by playing games and joking around with him. Telling him stories of some of the pranks they played the past couple of years, though that caused not only Sirius and James to join the conversation, but Remus as well.

We had summoned hot chocolate and biscuits and all had a pleasant evening. The twins leaving just before curfew.

I knew they would be good for Harry, not just as friends but fierce protectors as well.

~oOo~

Sirius' POV:

Cold. Dark. Memories flooding in like a hurricane…

"You poor excuse of a son! I'm going to set you right! I will NOT have a blood-traitor for a son! Crucio!"

"How could you betray them Sirius!? Lily and James!?" He cut off his finger just as the street blew up…

Screaming… Muggles were screaming… aurors arriving… It was Peter… I was laughing… Peter, the wimpy little boy he always had been, set us up… fooled us all, betrayed them, all of us…. I couldn't stop laughing at the irony that it was PETER!

Being hauled away, thrown in Azkaban without a trial…

The coldness.

The darkness.

Surrounding me, clouding my mind.

Horrible memories playing again and again. Dementors flying all around, mouths open, lowering down getting ready to kiss me…

Closer.

Closer..

Closer…

"AHHHHH!" I screamed and jolted awake right before the dementor's mouth touched my own in the nightmare.

I couldn't stop the tremors, I was shaking terribly, from coldness or fear I didn't know what.

"No. No. No." I whispered over and over again.

"Sirius?" I jumped and looked up. James. He was dead.

"No. No. No. You're dead. Go away." I pushed him away as he came closer, this had to be a new trick of the dementors.

"Sirius, I'm alive come on. It's me."

"Dead. Dead. James. Lily. All my fault. No. No."

"Come on Padfoot. Listen to me." I heard James say…. The dementors were cruel having him use my nickname.

"I'm sorry James. I'm sorry. All my fault."

"NO!" He yelled and I jumped and fell off the bed, feeling pain. Wait… pain… it wasn't a dream… or an illusion.

It all came rushing back to me and I found myself back in reality, not the cold, small, dark cell.

"James…" Was all I got out before I was drenched in warm water. I spluttered. "What was THAT for!?" I asked him.

"You weren't snapping out of it, I figured cold water would make it worse and remind you of… well, you know." He explained. "You really were scaring me Siri."

He dried me off and we both sat on my bed. I looked at the clock, a little past midnight. I cradled my head in my hands.

"I'm sorry about that…"

"Don't be Padfoot. You were locked up for ten years there. How often do you have these nigh-"

"Pretty much every night." I cut him off not wanting to hear him say nightmares. Those were for little kids.

"Siri, you went through something very traumatic, it's not uncommon to have nightmares. It's not only for kids. You don't think Lily and I don't get nightmares? We DIED Sirius." I flinched. "And it wasn't your fault, it was Peter's, so don't you dare beat yourself up about it."

"But I-"

"No Sirius. No. You did not betray us, you did not kill us, none of it was your fault. Don't you dare argue."

"James I-"

"What did I just say?" He asked exasperatedly.

"But-"

"NO. Not your fault. You're my brother Sirius." He nudged my shoulder with his. "I would always trust you with not only my life, but Harry and Lily's too."

I decided not to argue. You could never win with James.

"I know you still don't believe me. But you will. I'll keep telling and showing you until I get it through that thick skull of yours too." I smiled a bit at him and he returned it full-force before his face got serious again. "Padfoot, Lily and I… We are taking Harry to see a mind healer, and we've decided to see one as well. And we both think it would benefit you a lot."

"A mind healer? None of you guys are crazy though! I'm not either!"

"Seeing a mind healer doesn't make you crazy Sirius!" James told me. "Remus has been seeing one ever since that night ten years ago, I want Harry to see one because of all the abuse he has ha to go through. Lily and I are trying to be strong but we died and as if that wasn't enough, when we came back to life we find out you went to prison-without a trial I might add- and our son, our little baby boy, was neglected and unloved while we were dead. We are all seriously messed up but we are NOT crazy and neither are you." He told me fiercely. "You are strong. You survived Azkaban-" I flinched. "Sorry. You survived that place for ten years with your brain. That is not an easy feet. You are strong Sirius. Seeing a mind healer will help you recover from your time there. Please Padfoot. For me."

I just looked at him. I couldn't see some one. I couldn't talk about… that place… I shuttered.

"And you know, it might be easier to get Harry to agree without a fuss if he finds out his favorite godfather is going as well. Come on, don't you want to be a good role model for Harry?" That was a low blow.

"I'm not supposed to be the role model! I'm supposed to be the one to teach him pranks and have fun with him." I said, desperate to get out of this. But I was caving. And James knew it.

"And also help guide him Sirius, I know you will be that person to Harry, but I also know that you will help him with anything he needs. That's one of the many reasons we picked you to be his godfather."

"I know." I sighed. "If it helps Harry, I- I'll do it."

James patted my back before another spray of warm water drenched me.

"OI!" I looked up at him, he was smirking.

"That's for blaming yourself."

"I'll get you back!" I told him as he walked towards the door.

"Good luck with that mate. Here." He summoned a dreamless sleep. "Goodnight Padfoot."

"Night Prongs, thanks." He left the room and I dried myself off and gulped down the dreamless sleep, plotting ways to get back at James for the water. It felt good to be back with my brother.

AN: Nice little James and Sirius brother-bonding moment. I know I didn't go into great detail about Fred and George, I just wanted to introduce them and how I will be seeing them for this story line. I love Fred and George and I see them as fiercely protective of Harry. I hope it's good and you enjoyed it! PLEASE REVIEW! (Kind ones please)