AUTHORS NOTE: Hey guys as your read in this chapter, there is a large time jump, leaving the events of the last chapter in the past. I know that some of you may have wanted a continuous plot with no gaps. The truth is that if I had done all of this back to back, it would have been to much for any normal people to go through. Now some of you may feel that Harry and his friends are far from normal but its not really true. This allows us to pick up the plot for the next part of this story with the kids a little more developed than they would have been. This story has at least one more part of it to go, I have no idea how many chapters this part will have. There maybe two or three more parts to come, they will all come under the same story. I have no plan to break this up into sequels so deal with it guys.

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Chapter 21: A Christmas of change

A year and a half later

The world didn't heal in a day hell it didn't heal in a week, Harry and his friends had been at peace with the world for more than a year and a half. Emmett had gone for a hike into the mountains a month after the death of Rosalie, as yet he had not returned, Alice had assured them that he would come back when the time was right for him. All attempts to send letters and make contact with the big vampire had gone unanswered.

Seth had been the most hard hit by this, he had tried to extend an olive branch of friendship to Emmett. Just before he disappeared Seth had felt that he was getting through to Emmett, the man was on the list to be godfather to their second child before he disappeared. They had planned for two, it had been decided before the battle in that field, Jacob had finally fallen pregnant it February of this year. Sirius and Remus had been over the moon, the news that the three of them were trying to make it as a trio had been a welcome to surprise to every one. Harry was pleased that his godfathers were finally finding happiness in their lives.

While Harry's own children were two nearly three and sixteenth months old, James could usually be witnessed speaking a mile a minute. Shiloh their youngest was walking about and a danger to every one around him and himself. He was faster than any one thought possible for a kid his age, and if he wanted something his magic usually summoned it. So Harry and Seth had both taken hits to the head from bottles to frying pans with bacon in them. All the people who had fled England still lived in and around Forks, none of them however still lived in the Potter house hold. Nicholas and Rose had moved out of the house and out of Forks however, they were working on ways to destabilise the British ministry who were in the process of rounding up any one who was a danger to their society. It was like Germany all over again, except these morons had wands, and no brains of their own to speak of.

"Shiloh Jacob Potter you do not take daddies wand." Harry growled at his son who was holding his wand in his grubby little fingers with a huge grin on his face. Harry bent down and retrieved his wand from the boy. "No more summoning from you mister." Harry said as he lifted his son into his arms and carried him to his play pen. "If your good I'll let you play with your brother, for now why don't you play with your things." Harry said to the boy who pouted as Harry passed him his plushie. Shiloh's thumb shot into his mouth as he pulled the wolf into his body. "Good boy." Harry said.

"Daddy." James yelled as he came running into the room just in front of Seth and Jacob. "Its Jawob." the boy said to him.

"So I see." Harry said to him before hugging Jacob who was grimacing at the mutilation of his first name. "He'll get their eventually, just remember his not three yet and your survive." Harry said to him Jacob smiled at this. "Where is my gorgeous little god daughter?" Harry asked him Jacob grinned at this.

"Where do you think?" Jacob said to him.

"Sirius is hogging her again I see." Harry said to him Jacob laughed.

"Hey she is my daughter." Sirius said to him.

"Yes unfortunately she is." Harry said to him Jacob smiled as Sirius made an indignant smile. "Now why don't you relinquish her to me for some much needed cuddle time with her godfather." Harry said to them.

"Fine but I want her back." Sirius said with a grin.

"No I was thinking that Seth and I would raise her and kill you three." Harry said to him as he gently took his god daughter from her fathers arms, Sirius was surprised how well his godson came to being a parent. Knowing the kind of start to childhood that Harry had had at the hands of the Dursley's, he was always surprised by the gentleness Harry showed.

Harry had gained thirty pounds through working out he was more muscular now than he had ever been, so the baby looked tiny in his arms.

"Hey their Sarah baby girl." Harry said.

The baby girl had her mothers looks (Jakes, thankfully she had his hair to.), apart from his own children, Harry thought the girl was just about the most gorgeous baby he had ever laid eyes upon. Harry smiled down at her and he knew that the smile he got back was nothing more than gas that the little girl had.

"How's the nappy changing going?" Harry asked them.

"I have barfed twice this week." Jacob said to him.

"It gets better after the first one, Seth is a seasoned pro now." Harry said to him. "He knows that he needs to hold his breath when changing Shi's diaper." Harry said to him. "James was like an atomic bomb when you opened up his diaper for the first year of his life." Harry said to them they laughed.

"We remember." Sirius said to him.

"You missed half the fun Sirius I promise you." Harry said to him.

"Dada out." Shiloh demanded.

"No young man, you will stay in your pen." Harry said to him when the boy look like he was going to ball his eyes out Harry growled as he looked at Seth who looked ready to pick him up. "Baby he needs to understand that he doesn't always get what he wants, this is also so he knows that his fathers wand is off limits." Harry said to Seth who sighed.

"If you didn't let him near it…" Remus started Harry levelled a glare at the man.

"My son summons things to him he wants with magic Remus, go figure." Harry said to him. "Letting him get near it isn't an issue, letting him use his magic to get what he wants is." Harry said to him Remus nodded his understanding. "You guys have all this kind of stuff to come and from what I hear, the girls are worse than boys." Harry said to them they all grimaced at this news. "Well she is going to have to be strong, she's the only girl that the pack has produced as yet." Harry said to them.

In the last year or so two more children besides Sarah and Shiloh had been born, the twins Sam and Emily had had about six months ago were both boys. The twins were identical in every way right down to the button shaped birthmarks on their butt cheeks. Harry and Seth had apparently started a baby boom when Shiloh had been born.

"Coffee Harry?" Seth asked.

"Yes please honey." Harry said to him.

"How do you guys cope in this big old house on your own?" Jacob asked.

Though the three men were rich in their own right, they lived in a modest five bedroom place about three miles away from Harry and Seth. It was more than big enough for them to handle. Harry and Seth shared looks before Harry answered them. "We have lots of parties none of rich you guys are ever invited to." Harry said to them with a grin.

"And you two are way to old for those kind of parties." Seth said.

"Now you just wait a darn…" Sirius started but Harry could not hold it back any more and rolled up laughing as he looked at the three men. "Your joshing with us again aren't you." Sirius said Seth chuckled but gave a nod that Harry seemed incapable of giving right at that very moment in time. "I will get you back for this later, when your not holding my daughter in your arms." Sirius said to him Harry poked his tongue out at the man,.

"So you guys must have heard that Emmett is back in town." Jacob said figuring that they would have been the first to know this besides the Cullen's. Though from the shocked looks on their faces he had been very wrong about this and this caused him to blush.

"No, when did he get back?" Harry asked him.

"About a week ago apparently, the Cullens have kept him at the house until yesterday apparently. He dropped by the house with Jasper and Edward." Jacob said to him.

The talk turned sour at this, Harry who had gone through the whole blaming himself for what had happened to Rosalie. He'd not been able to apologise to Emmett, the few times that he had tried to talk to the man before he had left. Had almost lead to fights, it was only thanks to Edward and Jasper that those fights had been averted. It was obvious that Harry had been racked with guilt over Rosalie's death, that he had wanted to do all that he could to heal the rift between them. The trouble was Emmett was not in the right state of mind for that to happen.

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Harry's drive up to the Cullen house was a fast one, the group had been planning to leave as of recently, the place had held to many bad memories for all of them. They thought that Emmett would find them after they moved anyway, if he came here the pack and Harry's friends would tell him where they had went. Whether those plans would change now that Emmett was back he wasn't entirely sure, he hoped so, who cared if the people in the town grew suspicious seriously what were likely to do about it. Not a hell of a lot in his opinion.

Harry pulled his car to a stop in front of the glass front door to the house climbing out of it he walked to the house, the door was open before he could get to it however, Emmett stood in the door way so he was a little shocked and flailing as he fell on his as from Harry's punch. The magically hardened fist had the desired effect Harry had wanted, the Vampires in the house watched as Harry stepped over the threshold of the house in shock.

"If you ever do this to Seth again. I.e. leave without saying a word to him or me, I.e. wait two whole days after coming back to make contact with him I will kick the living daylights out of you. Don't even think that these people you call family will help you with dealing with me either." Harry snarled as Emmett tried to get back to his feet again Harry knocked him back down. "Do you understand?" he snarled a little more.

"Yes." Emmett groaned out as he sat up again Harry offered him his hand which was accepted. As soon as the man was on his feet Harry drew him into a hug, it had been like missing a member of his own family. Emmett stiffened for a moment before returning the hug in full.

"Its good to have you back." Harry said to him.

"You called your son Shiloh?" Emmett demanded.

"Its better than calling him Emmett." Harry said to him with a smile. "Besides technically Shi's name was chosen by Seth not me." Harry said to him. "Anyway it works for him." Harry said to him.

"I'll be the judge of that." Emmett said to him.

"Take a walk with me." Harry said to him Emmett smiled.

They both figured that this was a conversation that they should have in private, rather than in the entire family. Walking out the back of the house and in to the large expansive back garden, they were soon in an area of privacy that was away from prying ears.

"Where exactly did you run off to?" Harry asked the teen vampire.

"I went all over the place, I spent some time in England working with the underground resistance." Emmett said to him. "You wouldn't believe how well organised they are over there right now." Emmett said to him.

"Oh I would, they can organise quite well when they want to." Harry said to him.

"What did I miss?" Emmett asked.

"Well you missed the birth of my second child and his christening at Easter." Harry said to him. "So you missed out on being his godfather, which is something that both Seth and I wanted to have you there for." Harry said to him. "Its been quiet here, no reparations from the Vulturi yet, I think they are licking the wounds that I have inflicted on them. They will think twice before coming here again." Harry added.

"But your sure that they will come back?" he asked.

"Oh yes they will come back, they will want to get even with us for what I did to three of their own." Harry said to him. "They won't be able to let that slide it is like a personal insult to them." Harry said Emmett nodded. "But we are ready, the people involved in the last battle are spread out among the town, we have early warning systems in place, if they show up here we will know about it before they know we know that we know they are here. If that makes sense." Harry said to him.

"Your parents moved out of their home?" he asked.

"I believe that they want to go back to Miami." Harry said to him. "They know that I don't need them to make decisions for me any more, but they still want to see the grandchildren as often as their schedules allow." Harry said to him. "I've slow been taking over the running of the US branch of the business anyway, within the next year I will be in full control of that." Harry said to him.

"Do you know anything about financial backing the resistance has been getting from over seas. The English are spitting furballs that they can't track down and arrest the leaders." Emmett asked him with a knowing smile.

"They wouldn't be able to track down their base of operations it keeps moving." Harry said to him.

"I know but how the hell do you know that?" Emmett asked him.

"Because I am helping them, I have been supplying them with muggle weapons. Pure bloods never expect them, and they'll never use them. None of their magical shields can protect them from projectiles that are to fast to see with the naked eye at close range. I here that the auror's are having particular problems with snipers?" Harry said to him.

"How much did you spend on the resistance last year?" Emmett asked him.

"About ten million dollars, not a lot, they have purebloods in the resistance who are helping with the funding." Harry said to him. "My proximity to them could get them a lot of them killed. So I have a few people who can get the money to them, without fear of getting killed." Harry informed him. "As a side effect they all have emergency port keys the English can't trace." he added.

"Damn do the American ministry of magic know?" Emmett asked.

"About thirty percent of the rest of their funding is coming from this government, the minister and I both agree that we need to get Lucius Malfoy out of power before he becomes as big a problem as Hitler did in the forties. We don't need interment camps, and there is the threat that he may start targeting muggles. That is when we have a real big ball game, we can't protect wizarding England if that happens." Harry said to him.

"You make a good point." Emmett said to him.

"I had planned on going over there myself and helping, but if I am honest I have two small children and a husband to cope with. I have the Vulturi hanging over my head like a bad sickness, when I know that they are no longer a threat then I'll go help them if I have to." Harry said to him.

"The English have been quiet for a while now, maybe it will settle down on that front." Emmett said to him.

"You don't believe that any more than I do." Harry said to him Emmett nodded. "So how are you holding up?" Harry asked him.

"It was a little ruff for a while there." Emmett said to him. "I said something's to you that I am not to proud of." Emmett said to him Harry slapped him on the shoulder.

"Don't worry about it, at the time I was mad as hell about it. You were grieving for your soul mate and I know that is no easy thing to do. I would be lost with out Seth and my kids. Losing Rosalie was hard on all of us, some more than others." Harry said to him with a smile. "But we were here for you Emmett and I can't say that all of us weren't hurt when you upped and left while this was going on." Harry said to him. "I would be a little worried about what Seth is going to do to you when you come down for dinner tonight." Harry said to him.

"Why the invite then?" he asked.

"Because Seth will come up here personally and rip you a new one if your not there tonight." Harry said to him. "Tell your family that it's a big get together and they are all invited." Harry said to him Emmett nodded.

"Jacob had a kid to right?" Emmett asked.

"Sarah she's about a month old now." Harry said to him. "And she gorgeous." Harry admitted. "She has three doting dads to go with it to." Harry said to him.

"Poor little girl." Emmett said to him Harry laughed.

"That has been said more than once." Harry said to him with a smile on his face.

"No other children to talk about yet though right?" Emmett asked.

"Hermione is up the duff with her and Ron's first child." Harry said to him. "That's a woman I really feel sorry for, she is going to be surrounded by red heads for the rest of her life. Arthur Weasley and Sue Clearwater married this summer." Harry said to him with a smile on his face. "So I have a Weasley for a father in law now anyway." Harry said to him. "The twins are dating a couple of girls they met when they were in Seattle." Harry informed him. "Sam and Emily have twin boys as well, you can play spot the difference." Harry said to him.

"Now that sounds like fun." Emmett said to him.

"Seth isn't pregnant again is he?" Emmett asked.

"No he is on a potion to stop that from happening right now, we felt that until the Vulturi were out of the way it would be safer to have all the hands we could." Harry said to him.

"That sounds like a good idea." Emmett said to him.

"It is." Harry said to him. "We should be getting back, I don't think I will have a house left if I leave it to much longer." Harry said to him Emmett laughed his ass of at that mind.

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That night Harry was in the kitchen putting the finishing touches to the dinner that he had been cooking for this evening. The Vampires had some blood for them, their favourite kind of blood sorted by the person at that. It would be disguised to look like wine instead of what it actually was, this would allow for the rest of the guests to be able to eat their meals without losing their meals.

"Harry you think you have done enough food?" Emily said to him as she came into the kitchen.

"Sure hope so, this family hasn't gotten any smaller since the last time we all had dinner here." Harry said to her. "Two more of the boys from the pack have imprinted on them." Harry said to him with a smile on his face. "Their partners are coming over tonight." Harry said to her. "Then we have the five babies who need milk and two of them are on solids as well so they need their own portions." Harry said to her she laughed. "I think I have everything covered." Harry said to her.

"What is on the menu?" she asked.

"I put a couple of turkeys in the oven, large turkeys at that." Harry said to her. "They should be more than enough to feed every body and still be left overs for sandwiches tomorrow." Harry said to her she laughed. "I have my final day of classes in Seattle tomorrow before the holidays." Harry said to her she nodded.

He and Jacob had been attending magical university in Seattle. Seth was doing part time schooling as well, but he wanted to be at home with the boys. So when they were both out of the house, Sirius and Remus or Sue and Arthur looked after the boys.

"What about Jake?" Emily asked.

"I think that he has one more day of classes besides tomorrow." Harry said to her with a smile on his face.

"Okay." Emily said to him. "What can I do to help?" she asked.

"You can take the cheese cakes out of the fridge." Harry said to him with a smile on his face. "The home made lemon sorbet is in the freezer, but that can stay in there until we are ready for it." Harry said to her with a smile on his face.

"Anything else?" she asked.

"Just cutting up the vegetables." Harry said to her as James came tearing into the room quickly followed by Shiloh. "Emily you forgot to shut the child guard behind you." Harry said to her she groaned and looked furious about it. "Don't worry about it, if it had been Seth he might have really freaked out on your ass." Harry said to her.

"I'll remember that." Emily said to him.

"As for you two out of the kitchen, go bug uncle Emmett for a piggy back ride." Harry said to them.

As he took the both of them in his arms and carried them out of the kitchen, shutting the safety gate on his return. The toddlers stood staring into the kitchen at them for a few minutes before running in the direction at the living room.

"How is he doing?" Emily asked.

"Good all things considered." Harry said to him. "I think he is trying to make up for lost time with them both. When you think about it the last time he saw James he was four months old and couldn't even crawl yet. Now his three next year, Shiloh is one and a bit he missed out on a lot of time with them both." Harry said to her. "It feels good to have him back I know that much. I don't think I have ever seen Seth smile so brightly in the last year and a half." Harry said to him with a smile on his face.

"He does seem to be very happy about something." Emily said to him as Hermione waddled in, she was heavily pregnant but not quite ready to drop the bun in her oven.

"Just so you know if your waters break in my house, your getting the cleaning bill." Harry said to her as he crossed the room kissing her cheek. "Let me guess your hungry and you want some strawberries and honey to eat now." Harry said to his friend.

"Like you wouldn't believe." Hermione said to him.

"Your find everything in the fridge help yourself." Harry said to her. "How are you feeling?" he asked.

"Like a killer whale." Hermione said to him Emily chuckled.

"Try carrying twins." Emily said to her she winced. "Those kids sure knew how to kick." she added. "Nathan liked to sit on my bladder while Chris liked to kick my ribs." she informed them.

"Seth was always complaining about Shiloh sitting on his bladder or kicking it, I cannot tell you how many times he had to rush to the bathroom because of Shiloh." Harry said to her. "You guys never really got a sense of the fun we had, during the latter stages of his pregnancy. It isn't until you have to live with it for nine months that you realise the fun we all have during them as expectant parents." Harry said to them.

"Well Shi was born through a c section right?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah their were some complications during labour, he was in trouble so they decided to get him out as quickly as possible. It isn't something you should worry about Hermione, believe it or not what happened with Shi is a pretty rare event. A guy being pregnant is a lot more complicated and painful I might add than a female." Harry said to them both women looked sceptical at this. "You guys figure out where he had to push James out of, then tell me you prefer where your kids are coming out of." Harry said to them they both winced.

"I see your point." Hermione said to him.

Sirius and Jacob came into the room with Seth just behind them, "We were wondering where you had all disappeared to." Seth said as Harry pulled his husband into his arms and kissed him lightly.

"I am cooking, Emily and Hermione are keeping me company." Harry said to them.

"Let the elves take that over." Seth said to him. "Your presence is being missed upstairs." Seth added.

"I could use a break from all of this anyway." Harry said to them. He called Dobby to him with a smile on his face and asked the Elf to take over the cooking. Grabbing a couple of bottles of wine from the cooler he headed for the door to the kitchen. "I could use some more cuddle time with Sarah anyway, if I can get Remus to let me have her that is." Harry added.

"Good luck with that." Hermione said to him with a smile on her face.

"You know what Hermione in a fight between me and Remus, for the first time in a while I feel like I could take him." Harry said to her the group dissolved into laughter.