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Chapter 3 The Return to Earth

Over the next twenty-four hours, Lily kept a close eye on the Med Beds and how they were tracking. James had decided it was time to head to the Milky Way and sort the magical world out for what they had done to his son.

After Lily and Holly returned to the apartment, James and Lily sat down to discuss what to do next. James had more to tell Lily as he had sat down with the grands as they called the Ascended who were with them and asked Pythia if it was time for them to return.

Previous Day…

James entered a conference room off of the main Astria Portia room and sat down while Lily remained in the medical bay. He told the Grand's that they needed to talk.

"As of now, both Harry and Sirius are on medical beds. Lilly says they will remain there for a minimum of twenty-four hours and possibly up to forty-eight hours. I am just now getting my rage under control towards that white-whiskered arse-buggering old wanker named Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. The amount of damage done to both Harry and Sirius is astronomical." Looking at Pythia, "I am really wishing that Lily and I had not Listened to you about leaving Harry behind when we left. The experiences he has had should not have happened to any child. Did you see what would eventually happen to him?".

Pythia stared sadly at James. "No, James, I did not know, I didn't see the smaller details; only the bigger picture, at times, but very rarely do I see the smaller ones."

"I can tell you that Harry has suffered at least physical abuse and most likely emotional and mental abuse as well. Unfortunately, we will have to wait to find out what happens when he wakes up."

Pythia already knew what had happened but chose not to talk about it, knowing that she at least deserved the ire they would receive.

"Honestly, James, it won't be good for quite a while yet. Sirius, as well as Harry, are going to be angry. The chances are slim that Harry will stay with you any time soon, and I do not even think he will want to speak with any of us anytime soon. First, I think the best approach would be to let the kids interact with him." James simply looked at his grandmother and sighed.

"I know they'll be angry. Hopefully, Sirius will at least listen to me before cursing all of us for what has happened. If it were me, I would be pissed at how we abandoned him, did not check on him, and resulted in him spending ten years in Azkaban, a place known as the 'hell on Earth'."

Looking at each of the Grands, he decided it was time to head back to Earth. "I believe now is the best time to head back to Earth and help the wizarding world. We have done all we can here. The Wraith are still asleep. I do have a plan for them, but they can wait. We need to sort out the Milky Way first. The intelligence reports coming in from the cloaked satellites are not good. I would like to correct the ancestor's mistakes."

At the last sentence, the five ascended looked down. They knew that they had made mistakes in their human lifetimes, and the rules of non-interference that now governed them did not allow them to correct their errors.

After looking at the others for a few more seconds, James stood and left and headed to the command centre. "Atlantis, engage Cloak and Shields. Prepare for Hyperspace flight."

The Atlantis AI hologram appeared beside James. "Atlantis Shield and Cloak are engaged hyperdrives online and ready."

"Atlantis, take us into hyperspace, plot course for Earth, what is our ETA?".

"Orders have been acknowledged; the expected arrival time is two days and five hours." James smiled and walked over to the window as Atlantis slowly ascended from the waters of Lantea, returning home. He smiled as the sky gave way to the vista of the vastness of space, knowing soon he would be able to set things right, and soon he would have his son with them, alive and well and getting to know them.

In anticipation of Atlantis' departure from Lantea for Earth, James waited for the Hyperspace window to open. The moment Atlantis entered Hyperspace, James smiled and went back into the families' rooms to check on the other children. Holly had already left to help her mother in the medical bay. It was left up to James to check on the younger children and get dinner ready for them.

…. End of Previous Day….

The hyperspace jump to Earth had been underway for over 24 hours. Harry and Sirius were making progress on the Med Beds. In Sirius' case, the Med Beds have cured all of the easily treatable ailments. His malnutrition, heart failure, kidney failure, and sterility were treated entirely and repaired. He was now healthy. The system was currently working on the unknown substances and eliminating them from his body.

Additionally, Harry's malnutrition, lowered immune function, his heart and kidneys were also repaired, so he was in good health, if not a little above good health. It was all because Holly added some treatments to Harry's treatment plan. Harry's body was being cleaned by the bed as it worked through the substances in the body.

While in the family's apartment, Lily tried to explain what had happened to her other children and explain how it would affect them both as individuals, as well as as a family unit. In a sense, Lily was confident Holly, Charlus, Mason, Dorea and Violet would grasp what she was about to explain. It was possible that nine-year-old Edward would understand too.

As Lily sat down in the lounge area, she held baby Pandora in her lap and gathered all the kids around her. Seeing her older children looking at her, she explained what was happening. "Dad and I used to live on Earth in a country called Britain. As you know, we attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This school is for descendants of the Alterans and Lanteans who returned to Earth. They learn how to manipulate Zero Point Energy at the school using their abilities, which they call the ability Magic.

This all began in 1981 when there was a war going on. There was a man named Voldemort who wanted to rule the magicals as they call themselves and even the muggles. British wizards and witches refer to people who cannot manipulate Zero-Point energy as muggles. As well as the Government, there was a secret order fighting back against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. It was clear that the Government was losing the war, and it was likely that they would fall within a few weeks. That was until, in the spring of 1980, a prophecy was made foretelling the birth of a child who would defeat Voldemort. This was just before your brother Harry was born. The entire prophecy is known to your Father and me, and it states.

'The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies.'

During the time when this prophecy was made, James and I had fought Voldemort three times, and each time we had won. But we weren't the only ones. At the time of the prophecy being made, we were one of two couples from the Order expecting a child around the end of July.

As soon as your Father and I realised Voldemort would be after our soon to be born child, we went into hiding. A small town called Godric's Hollow is where we went into hiding. Your Dad's family owned a small cottage there; it was a place where any younger siblings of the heir to the family could live until they could buy or build a house of their own. We then went under what is known as Fidelius Charm. A complicated, multifaceted and potent charm that could conceal a secret inside an individual's soul; the witch or wizard who housed the secret was known as the Secret Keeper. Initially, this charm was meant to keep us hidden and safe. Unfortunately, we picked the wrong person to serve as our secret Keeper.

We were going to use your Father's best friend and cousin, Sirius Black, but Dumbledore suggested this would be an obvious choice, so why not make it a prank? We should ask Sirius in a public place to be our Secret Keeper but actually chose one of the other members of our group to be our Secret Keeper. Dumbledore was the leader of the secret Order fighting Voldemort.

This is precisely what we did; while we were shopping one day, your Dad asked Sirius if he would be our Secret Keeper, and of course, Sirius agreed. Several days later, Dumbledore cast the charm on our cottage, making Peter, another one of your Dad's friends, the secret Keeper. Our friend Sirius, as your Dad's best friend, would stop by twice a week, bringing us food and telling us what new things were happening in the Wizarding world while we were under the protection of the Fidelius. Also, he would check on Peter every two days to make sure he was okay and get him any food or whatever else he might need.

Everything was going well, and your Dad, Harry, and I enjoyed spending time together learning to be a family. Sirius informed us that they believed there was a spy among Dumbledore's group but did not know for sure who it was. At the start of October 1981, five people showed up in our lounge, which they shouldn't have been able to do because of the Fidelius. Obviously, these people were the grandparents. As you all know, Pythia is an incredibly powerful Seer and has seen all this from many thousands of years ago.

Hence, they were able to explain everything to us. In the lead up to the 31st Of October 1981, they took a DNA sample from both your Father and me. Using the sample, they created a clone of each of us with our memories until we switched out.

Your Father and I were on a ship in orbit watching Voldemort attack our cottage. I wanted to clone your brother as well, but it was explained that it wasn't possible. After Voldemort was destroyed, my first desire was to get your brother and take him away.

If we did that, Grandmother Pythia explained, the wizarding world and the ordinary world would be conquered by Voldemort within five years. He was not dead; he was just disembodied. If Harry left with us, Voldemort's followers would believe Harry dead, and then nothing would be able to stop them.

In the end, they would find a way to resurrect Voldemort, and he would sweep to power very quickly and assume leadership. Still, if we left Harry behind until he and Sirius found their way here, then it would take Voldemort years to be resurrected. Harry would eventually defeat him, and we would finally be able to achieve the peace we had been fighting for.

What we did not know was how events would unfold for Sirius or your brother. Neither of us expected Dumbledore to send Sirius to prison nor to place your brother with your Aunt Petunia. The abuse Harry sustained from Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley was mental, emotional, and physical." Lily looked at the five older children in front of her. The tears in Holly's eyes were uncontained, while Mason and Charlus looked sad but were not weeping. Violet and Dorea were hugging one another and whimpering softly as little Edward continued to consider what he had just been told.

"Why, then, did you not stay and take care of Harry? Why did you come here?"

"Charlus, your Grandmother Pythia told us that if we stayed in that place. The wizards would have used their magic to discover that we were still alive, which would mean that Harry would not be safe. If we left right now and started working on our long-term plans, by the time Harry and Sirius arrived, we would be ready to go back and set things rights."

As Lily finished talking with the children, she got a notification on her PAD that the Med Beds were finished healing Sirius and Harry, and they were ready to wake up.

A/N Sorry this took so long to get out. No betta note this time. I have not started chapter 4 as yet