Chapter 13: A Marauder Reunion
"Harry, breakfast is on. Do you want to eat now or sleep?" said Lily gently shaking her son to wake him up.
"I guess I'll eat," yawned Harry. They walked to the kitchen where Mary was setting the table.
"How are you feeling this morning?" Mary asked.
"Great," said Harry taking a seat between Sirius and his father, "This is the best thing to ever happen."
Everyone smiled at Harry. Then Katelyn said, "I agree. I never thought that I would have a father." She had been helping her mother and now sat down on the other side of Sirius.
Just then the doorbell rang. "I'll get it," said Katelyn. She got up and ran to the front door. They heard her open the door.
"Hi," said a man, "I was told I could find Harry here."
"Sure," said Katelyn, "Harry, it's for you."
Harry walked to the front door and saw Lupin standing there. "Happy Christmas, Harry. Dumbledore sent me here to talk to you. He said that something extraordinary happened last night and you should be the one to tell me."
Harry smiled. "Extraordinary is putting it mildly," he said, "Why don't you come into the kitchen."
"I'm sure we have plenty of breakfast for one more," said Katelyn. She led them back to the kitchen.
When they got to the kitchen Harry stopped and looked at Lupin and then opened the door, still watching him. Lupin froze. His eyes grew wide. "H-h-how?" he stuttered.
"Hi, Mooney, Happy Christmas," said James, "nice to see you again."
"I thought that you're all dead," he said.
"Oh, by the way," said Harry, "This is only part of what happened last night. Voldemort is dead."
"What?" Lupin said, "Will somebody please explain what is going on. I thought all four of you were dead and now you are here."
"Well," said Mary, "Those three were dead. However, Katelyn and I were in hiding from Sirius."
Lupin turned to Katelyn. "You're Katelyn," he said, "I haven't seen you since you were one."
Mary continued, "You see, Peter told us that Sirius had betrayed James and Voldemort had killed all of his family, including Harry. I never heard that Harry survived. I went into hiding right away."
"Ok, that explains you," said Lupin, "but what about the rest."
"I gave Harry a gift of Erised," said Mary, "unfortunately, I didn't realize it was him."
"This is the gift?" asked Lupin.
"Yes," said Harry, "it was the best Christmas present ever."
"Peter begged me to quit my job," said Mary, "but I told him that I had a responsibility. I was the only one with the power to do it. I can't believe that I was dumb enough to believe him."
"It's ok," said Sirius, "It's not your fault."
Lupin still looked shocked but he sat down next to Lily. "Harry, you said that Voldemort is dead. What happened?" he asked.
"Well," said Harry, "the Dursley's kicked me out of the house last night, so I wouldn't bother their party."
"Those idiots," Sirius mumbled.
"Anyway," continued Harry, "I came and talked to Katelyn about Sirius."
"That's when I found out he was innocent," added Katelyn, "Harry saw a picture I had and figured it out. I was afraid that he would tell everyone, so I was avoiding him since last summer."
Harry continued his story. "When I left, Peter stopped me. Then, a bunch of Death Eaters surrounded me. Voldemort appeared. We did the Priori Incantatem thing once again. While we were doing it, I guess, Mom, Dad, and Sirius appeared and scared away the rest of the Death Eaters. I managed to the Priori Incantatem all the way back to the beginning of Voldemort's wand. His spell was pushed back to him and he died."
Lupin stared at Harry with wide eyes. "So, it's all over?" he asked.
"Not quite," said Lily, "there are still Death Eaters and Sirius is still on the run. Dumbledore wants us to go to Hogwarts today so he can talk to us about it." Then she turned to Harry and Katelyn, "you are suppose to come to. Harry can show you around the school. Dumbledore will give you a test to see which year you are up to. Then he will sort you into your house."
Katelyn smiled, "That should be fun. I can't believe that I will actually be attending Hogwarts."
"We will be going this afternoon. You two can do whatever you want until then," said Mary, "Katelyn, you watch Harry."
"I don't need to be watched," said Harry.
"Don't think of me as a babysitter, Harry," said Katelyn, "I'm just your own personal nurse."
"Ok," said Harry, "but I still do not need to be watched."
"We'll go out for a walk after then," said Katelyn finishing her breakfast, "I have something I need to do. Are you coming?"
"Sure," said Harry. They both got up to leave.
"Padfoot, don't our kids make such a cute couple," said James.
"Oh, yes," said Sirius, "They most certainly do, Prongs."
The grownups laughed, while Katelyn and Harry stuck their tongues out at them.

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