Severus had been worried when the new term started. He and Harry's Uncles included. They had a feeling the man in question was Fletcher. He had been released from prison a year early. And they had no doubt who had managed that. The man had proven he was willing to stoop to any level for Albus. They had believed they would never see the man on campus again. The headmaster would not be stupid enough to risk it. But then again he had not been seen or would not have been seen. The only reason they knew he had been around was because Harry had been out in his cloak. They knew they could not accuse the headmaster of anything. Harry and Fred had been out of bed and breaking a number of school rules. Severus had over looked it for his son had been so shaken. Besides during the holidays he did not find such rules needed to be as strict. He was seriously considering taking his son to Beauxbautons or perhaps further to the States. Harry would not want to leave his friends but things just seemed to get worse with time and Severus had sworn he would do anything to protect his son. Remus and Sirius would have come with them.

As March rolled around and Harry and his team had their second quidditch game and win of the year things seemed to have calmed a bit. Severus was looking for the mirror for something about it bothered him. The mirror being moved around lately seemed out of place. The headmaster had told him with time what it showed and he could not comprehend what was so special about it. And if there was some reason to need to hide it, why there was no better security around it. He did not want to worry his son any more then he had been. Harry seemed on guard at times but he had not been thinking about the mirror as far as he knew and he wanted to keep it that way. Hi son deserved as normal of as childhood as he possibly could have.

In the second week of March his son had gone from starting to relax to excited for it had come time for his Uncle's first ultrasound. He had been so excited about the prospect of his new cousin. And honoured when they had said they hoped he would be more like a brother then a cousin to the baby. He considered Remus a second dad and that seemed the natural thing for him. He was even more touched when they asked him to come for the ultrasound. They had postponed it a week so that it was not quidditch weekend and so with his dad he could come with them to London for the hospital spells were more accurate.

Sirius smiled when he was lying on the table and the healer started up the test. "You know I would love a cub like you Harry but I could see some pink as well."

Remus kissed his husband. "I just want this little one to be healthy and strong either way. No matter if it is a boy or girl."

Laughing Severus thought that the image of the two marauders playing with dolls with their daughter would be the most hilarious image. But deep down he knew they would be wonderful dads. He knew there was risk with werewolves even if the sire was the wolf and not the carrier. Not that he could pass on the curse for it only passed on if both the mother and father were werewolves. But not only was it hard to conceive but often pregnancies could be difficult as well. Sirius had not had any complications and really any symptoms other then some mild morning sickness earlier on.

The healer brought up the image of the baby on the screen and looked at the crying dads. "You have a very strong and healthy little baby, developing nicely."

Remus saw his husband was lost looking at the picture and listening to the heat beat. "Is it a boy or a girl?"

The healer smiled. "It seems the two of you will have to be learning how to play with dolls. You are expecting a little girl."

Though everyone had been just happy for the news the baby was well there were many happy faces when they learned the baby was a little girl. Harry had been hoping a little for a brother but he reminded himself girls could play quidditch as well ad he could teach her to fly and pull pranks and such when she was older. He looked at his father and thought maybe if he finally started seriously dating he could get a proper little brother there. Or Sirius and Remus might try again. Well any ways he would learn to play dolls and he would dote on his little sister. No one in the room had thought other wise.

Sirius and Remus had a number of copies made and when Sirius was dressed they headed to Diagon Alley where they hit a baby shop and celebrated. Harry bought his Uncles a pink unicorn and a little set of sleepers for his new little sister to celebrate.

Remus looked at the others. "You know Sirius' cousins are having dinner and I am sure even the Malfoys are going. We should crash and give them the news."

Sirius looked at Severus. "You never know you might run into her there and you can work towards making your son a big brother for real."

Severus smirked. "I danced with her a few times at your wedding. I really do not see marriage down the road. My son will have to settle for his new little sister."

Laughing they laid off the talk or at least to him. Harry and Sirius as well as Draco t the wedding thought they made such a cute couple. He thought it would have been hilarious if they got together but Harry wanted his father to be happy more then anything else in the world. He had never been with anyone since Harry was conceived and he thought if anyone deserved to find love and have a new wife and more kids it was his dad. And he tended to think she would make a cool stepmother. They always reminded him that Lily would have wanted him to move on after all of these years but he seemed so reluctant. Though part could be from Narcissa and everyone trying to shove dating down his throat like it was a potion which was going to save his life or something.

Though Severus did not like the intention of them trying to set him up they did head for the Tonks' house where sure enough a dinner of the family and some order members was going on. Harry hid a laugh when he saw his father looking around to see if she had come. His father definitely was not as secretive about it as he might have imagined for he knew he was not the only one who had noticed. There were some chuckles from the others and looks from Narcissa.

Remus though drew their attention. "Well we wanted to tell the order and the Black family the gender of the newest member. We're having a little girl."

Narcissa beamed and came over and hugged her cousin and Remus. "You two must be so thrilled. Though I am not sure you will get off too easy with a girl either."

Jokes passed among everyone about the marauders and how two breeding together could never be a good sign but it was all good natured. The news of the baby was definitely welcome news among those at the dinner. Thanks for the last war this generation of the Black family was thinned drastically out and it had been since Tonks there was a female born into the family, well and Ginny as she was a distant cousin through her parents.

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Harry and Fred had been keeping an eye on Ron as best as they could with some help from George and Draco but they had not told the other two what had happened. Fred still had not figured out why the man looked as familiar as he did. Unfortunately for both Harry and Fred they had both been so young when the man had been free. Fred had seen him only once and unlike Charlie who had been a bit older, a seven year old Fred had taken little notice of him. Harry only had run into him in the hall with Charlie for the man who attacked him had looked like his Uncle. He had never associated the two together. But he had a feeling it had to do with the incident for it kept bringing back flashes for him. He had not told his father since that first night he came to his room, about the nightmares that he had been suffering from. He had not wanted to worry his dad and a part of him was worried his dad would want him to move back in with him. Harry did not want to leave the dorms.

Harry and Fred were following Ron one evening. They had been on his tail for weeks now and had not seen anything. But they were happy that night when they saw the headmaster heading Ron's way. They were still trying to figure out what all of this talk about a mirror was about. The headmaster led Ron towards a wall that they swore they had never seen a door in before but one had appeared. Harry's dad had told him of the room of requirements but he had never seen it before. He and Fred managed to slip inside before the door closed. The room was empty except for some strange mirror.

Albus spoke. "This is the room of requirements which appears and take the form of what you need it to be. And this is the mirror of Erised."

Ron looked at the strange mirror. "I don't see what is so cool about this thing. I thought you promised it would be worth the time I spent spying."

The headmaster positioned Ron in front of the mirror and showed him how it worked. Harry and Fred were a bit confused why it was so special. Albus explained that it showed the heart's desire. Harry did not think it was anything more then some basic charm placed upon the mirror. From what they heard it had been moved. Ron was stupid enough to be impressed that the thing showed him as the quidditch captain and head boy, out shinning all of his brothers. It did not seem like anything which could have been used as a bribe. Harry had seen so many more interesting things in the school and even in the headmaster's office before now.

The headmaster smiled. "It will be here for a few more days but I remind you not to spend too much time looking. You might get lost in what could be."

Ron reluctantly allowed himself to be led away from the mirror. "Thank you for showing me this sir and the rest. I will keep watching him for you. I promise."

Albus smiled and put an arm around him. "I appreciate that Ronald. Your parents have always been so helpful. I knew that their son would be as well."

It seemed so easy and Harry could see why to lead Ron on like this. He was not smart, not a quidditch star or a prankster like the twins. And he was not the only girl or baby of the family like his sister. He was always looking to be praised for something and the headmaster obviously had seen that. Fred's parents did the best by all their children but being the parents of seven children they often were not able to give them all the attention the kids might have waned from their parents. They had all found ways of getting the attention or in Ginny's case being born into it. But Ron seemed only to get negative attention, when he was in trouble for something.

The headmaster led the boy from the room and since Harry and Fred knew that they would be able to leave the room on their own. They could have followed the other two but they wanted to see if there was something more about this mirror. They were not sure they could trust the headmaster to keep it there a few days. If there was actually a hidden reason behind the mirror then surely he would not be stupid enough to leave it here when Ron knew where it was.

Harry slid out of the cloak and stood in front of the mirror. "I don't get what is so special about this. All I see if me with my family including my mom with me."

Fred took his turn in front of the mirror as well. "And I see me and George standing in front of our own joke store which had always been our dream come true."

Harry knew there had to be more. He knew what the headmaster had meant about people getting lost looking at it. He loved seeing his mother by his side. He would be thrilled if and when his father moved on but that did not mean he would never stop loving his mum or wishing she had not died. He knew it was the reason he was alive but he wished she had not needed to sacrifice her life to protect him. He wished that he had been old enough to have any memories of her. He loved his dad and Uncles and the Malfoys. But there would always be this natural longing in him for the mother that he had never known. He watched Draco with his mom and Fred and George with their mom and he wanted it. He knew he was luckier then many for Neville had basically lost both. And many kids had two dads instead of a dad and mom, and Remus had always been one for him. His little sister would not miss having a mom because she had two dads but she was never meant to have one. Harry had this part of him that sometimes felt missing and was only slightly filled by the stories that his dad and Uncles had told him about his mother.

Harry returned to the front and he put his hands to the glass where his mother's image was and he was amazed when the glass seemed to turn almost to water and the image seemed to move like when you dropped a rock in a pond and it rippled out. For a moment in the center of the ripples he could see a bright red some and he felt like he could have almost reached out and touched it. But the moment he called Fred over to come and see it, the image had disappeared.

Harry looked around and he felt like something was off. "We should be going. I promised my dad I would stay down there tonight and we need to get you back."

Fred was not sure he believed that but when they were back in the hall he shook his head. "It is not curfew yet. I will head up alone. Head down to your dad."

It was a Friday in the start of April, nearly Easter holiday. Harry usually spent the Friday nights working on potions with his dad unless he had too much homework or quidditch practice had been moved. He knew that Harry often spent the night down there but he also knew it was too late for Harry to be going for potions but he held his tongue and headed for the tower. Harry hated lying to his friend but he had sworn long ago that he would not tell anyone then who already knew, about this. Even Charlie did not know about his powers, only Bill. And some how he had a feeling that what ever he had done with the mirror had to do with it in a way. He was surprised but forgot about why he came for a moment when he saw his dad had company but she soon took off, swearing she had been on her way out already.

Severus motioned for his son to sit and swore she had been telling the truth. Harry only took a little bit of convincing to tell his father what he had seen and how the mirror had shifted. He could tell his dad had known about the mirror but he too looked shocked and perhaps even concerned. He asked harry to describe the stone. Harry was a bit confused but he told his father what he remembered and his father seemed to have gone paler then he was.

Severus looked at him. "You and I are going to get your Uncle and tomorrow we are going to the mirror. We need to try and access the stone in it."

Harry was confused and wanted to ask his dad what the stone was and why it was so special but he could see his dad was not going to explain. "Okay dad."

Severus motioned for his son to have some tea and Harry went to sleep that night in his father's extra bedroom. He was barely able to sleep and woke up from a nightmare to his father's arms around him and for the second time that year he found himself sleeping in the same bed with his dad, shaken and not able to calm.

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Severus and Harry were not only accompanied by Remus but Lucius the next day when they headed for the mirror of Erised. Severus had contacted his old friend the night before after he had sent his son off to bed. He had known that it was the philosopher's stone. There had been rumours that Albus and his old partner had been able to create the stone and that it was out there some where. But they had never thought that it would be in school. The stone had the power to make the elixir of life and in the wrong hands could be used by someone to bring Voldemort back. Though they didn't think Albus was that bad, they knew the man was sometimes foolish when it came to wanting power and his interest in things. They could not let the stone remain and risk it being used by the wrong people.

Harry was worried that the mirror would not be there any more but it was. They were not the only ones in the room though and Harry was shocked to see the same man who had been there during Christmas. Harry realized suddenly he was the man he and Charlie ran into after the scary man had tried to touch him.

Severus pointed his wand at the man. "What are you doing here Fletcher? I would not have thought you stupid enough to come back after last time."

Fletcher sneered at him. "I lost years because of your brat and tons of money. I know what is in this mirror and when I get if I have a big paying buyer for it."

Though Harry sill had no idea what was going on or what the stone was he could sense the other adults in the room were all on edge. He had no idea what was going on here but he knew that what ever the stone was that it needed to be destroyed. His dad stunned the man as he lunged at them with his wand drawn and he crumbled down to the ground. Severus looked at his son and harry knew without being told what they wanted him to do. He went to the mirror and as the time before he focussed on the mirror as best as he could and he brought forth the image of the stone. This time he reached through the mirror and actually felt his hands on the stone and encircled it and withdrew the stone. Before he could do anything though his father took it and used a spell cracked it till it crumbled to pieces. He did not want Harry's magical traces on the stone or the headmaster to know.

Harry looked at his dad and Uncles for an explanation but they promised him one later. Lucius had already left and sent word to the ministry and Albus arrived just as Moody was arresting Fletcher for being at the school again. They could all see Albus knew what had happened, that his stone had been destroyed though he had no idea by whom or how it was taken out. Butt he knew better especially in front of aurors to speak about it.

When Moody was gone though he turned to look at them. "I would like to know who got the stone out. That was a valuable piece."

Severus sneered. "A stone that could have brought back Voldemort and you had it in the school. I thankfully knew how to get the stone our and destroy it."

And before Albus could argue Lucius added. "Surely you are happy old man. I mean none of us would have wanted that stone to be sold off by Fletcher would we?"

Of course the headmaster said no and thanked them but they knew that he was boiling over with anger for the stone having been destroyed. Harry learned when they were alone downstairs what the purpose of the stone actually was. They had no idea who the buyer for the stone would have been but they definitely had a bad feeling about it. Lucius and Severus had both heard through their contacts suspicions that Voldemort was rising again thou no one knew where or how.