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Chapter 1: Annnnnnd, life moves on.(2014)

Manic laughter, a familiar, but not, shrill voice cheering for death of her cousin, followed by agonizing screams and whimpers as she was tortured by an unforgivable. A brown haired witch screaming in agony as a word was carved into her arm. Green light and a scream and a painful cold. The pounding of a heart when walking to his death, the green light followed by a fall and-!

It was with ragged breaths that Harry James Potter woke from a nightmarish sleep filled with memories of the past. A faint prickle in his scar betrayed the lingering effect of being a human horcrux, and the price he had paid for dying.

Looking at the clock on his bedside table with tired eyes, Harry sighed as he saw 5 o'clock, a full two hours before anyone else would be up, and knowing he would not be able to sleep again the aged man stood moved to his bathroom.

He had been living in Grimmauld Place for nearly sixteen years now, at first on his own, soon followed by Ginny and Teddy, his children, and quickly abandoned again by Ginny.

The house was back in it's prime, completely refurbished and wards created and powered by Harry himself, a flick of his hand started the shower and he eagerly soaked himself in the water, shuddering as his muscles relaxed instinctively, bracing an arm against the shower fall he closed his eyes and allowed his magic to envelope him, glowing blue runes formed on the walls and spread out, slowly Harry retracted his hand and the runes disappeared, he opened his eyes, revealing a faint glow to the already luminescent eyes.

After a night of reliving memories he would always strengthen the wards, to reassure him of his children's safety, he felt more than heard Kreacher's arrival. "Does master require food or beverage." In response to his elf's concern he merely inclined his head and conveyed his wish to be alone.

Two hours later

Teddy Remus Lupin awoke at seven sharp as dictated by his alarm, stretching his arms above his head as he yawned, pink and blue hair loose and messy as it fell down his shoulders and pooled into his lap. As he left his room to find breakfast he noticed that food was already prepared and decked the table, it was unusually extravagant so he could only guess that Harry had woken up early from memories or nightmares again, as only he would cook such extravagant meals for breakfast, Kreacher usually kept the morning meals simpler.

His hand clenched as he knew there was nothing he could do to help his Godfather, as he had tried all his life but never fully succeeded, however knowing raising a fuss would not help Harry he simply sat down and talked with his Godfather while waiting for the others to arrive.

James Sirius Potter woke up by falling out of bed after trying to turn of his alarm, as he did everyday. Currently he was ten years old would be receiving his Hogwarts Letter this summer. As he groggily stood his nose picked up the scent of a delicious breakfast, and while he was over the moon from the good food, he knew as well as his other siblings that it meant his father had had a bad night, not willing to let this bring his mood down he quickly found his glasses and bounded downstairs.

Albus Severus Potter rubbed his eye as he hazily woke up, the aroma of a large meal reaching his nose and making his heart clench in sadness, his dad had woken up from nightmares again, he bit back a tear from the memory when he had seen his dad after a particularly bad nightmare and the overwhelming helplessness that it left him with.

He knew there wasn't much he could do, being only eight, however, he knew that being upset wouldn't help his dad so he decided to do his best to cheer him up, with this in mind he slipped out of bed and moved headed downstairs, laughing when James ran past him, cheering for breakfast.

Lily Luna Potter awoke easily, as she did each morning, and stretched happily, combing her hair slightly before she decided to go downstairs.
She knew it was one of those days, when daddy remembered and couldn't sleep. Despite being the youngest at six, Lily was quite smart and understood things those her age should not, but this was merely a side effect of having such a powerful parent and a magic rich environment, or so she had read, but she knew there was more to it.

Smiling into her mirror, the picture of her namesake on the bedside table smiled at her, and Lily could only be thankful that she had inherited her paternal grandmother's hair, not the garish orange of a Weasley or the dreaded Potter hair curse.

She happily set out for breakfast, squeaking when James rushed passed her, nearly sending them both flying, luckily Albus was there to catch her fall and the three siblings climbed down the stairs to greet their father and older brother in all but blood and name, Teddy Lupin.

Harry's mood brightened significantly when his children all enter the dinning room and they began to eat, happily conversing about random everyday things, James and Teddy being excited for the next Hogwarts year, only two left for Teddy, Lily pouting slightly about the fact the eldest sibling wouldn't be in school when she entered, Albus being amused by Teddy changing his appearance to match his own.

A small his was heard and Harry smiled at the family pet, a large Red-bellied black snake that was usually native to Australia, all his Children had inherited his parseltongue and Teddy being born with a werewolf father had no problems with the snake and he could recognize basic words in parseltongue from being raised around it.

He had found Seychelles after she had been smuggled to England from Australia and had instantly taken her in, as he didn't wish for her to be placed into a cage at a zoo or killed for being too dangerous.

This was a simple morning for the Potter clan.

Ginevra Weasley, formerly Potter, grimaced as she stumbled back to her room in the burrow, hungover, having just had a long night out in the town, and after waking up in a strangers bed she returned home.

This was nearly ritual for her now, since she had a freedom she did not before, not having to be a good little house wife for her former husband, honestly, if he had just followed the expectations placed on him none of this would have happened, she would be Lady Potter-Black, one of the richest women in the country, and be allowed to do whatever she wanted, always in the eye of the media as a star, but that didn't happen, instead she was labelled as the woman who cheated on the saviour; honestly the man was just a muggle, surely that didn't count?

Either way she was a spiteful woman who blamed all her troubles on her ex husband and his children, as the wretched brats had never liked her, not that she cared, they all spoke parseltongue, Slytherin's the lot of them. She had tried to convince Teddy that he should leave, as he was a respectable Hufflepuff, nearly a Gryffindor, and shouldn't hang around such people. She was surprised when she was hexed and sent home without a single word, all the Potter/Black properties warded against her.

In retaliation she had set her mother, Ron and his wife against Harry, however this didn't affect the man as much as she had wanted it to.
Unsurprisingly, Ginny stumbling in at any hour was not an unusual ritual and mostly ignored by the inhabitants of the house, as she was still considered grieving over her divorce, despite it having been five years already.