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The betrayal.

Harry was shaken awake by his godfather a while later. The short rest had done him good and he now felt refreshed. He smiled up to his godfather who still had a concerned look on his face.

"Are you sure you don't want to stay and sleep some more? You still look awfully tired." Harry shook his head and sat up on his bed. From a corner of his eye he saw Madam Pomfrey come in, still a slightly dazed look on her face. "Harry?" The boy turned his attention back to the man.

"Sorry, what did you say?" Sirius sighed.

"Just that breakfast starts in ten minutes, we should be going." Harry nodded and sprang out of bed. He passed a hand through his clothes, straightening them out and then nodded to Sirius, letting him know he was ready to go.

They were nearing the great hall when Harry heard footsteps approaching them from one of the halls. He looked and saw Hermione, Ron and his parents walking towards them. The three teenagers tensed slightly but it was to late to rectify, the adults had already seen each other. Harry felt Sirius start to tremble next to him and take a step back. James and Lily were looking a little surprised at the reaction of the man, there was something familiar in him. James titled his head to a side and then a look of recognition crossed his face. In a soft breath he said one word.

"Padfoot." Sirius took another step back shaking his head but a soft hand on his arm stopped him. He turned his head to Harry who was smiling slightly at him.

"It's ok, Sirius. It's really them." Sirius looked back at James and suddenly his eyes filled with tears.

"Prongs, Lily,..." In a few steps James was in front of him and they melted in a brotherly hug, Sirius burrying his head in his best friends shoulder. Lily then approached the two men and she slid her arms around Sirius's waist. Sirius passed an arm around her shoulder, including her in the hug. Harry moved to were Ron and Hermione were standing, soft smiles on their faces, giving the three adults some quiet time together.

"Hey guys, I'm going to get Remus, I think he has a right to be here now, with them. Wait till I come back, ok?" Ron and Hermione nodded and Harry walked towards the great hall.

When he went in he saw nearly everyone was there already, he smiled slightly at the Weasley family.

"Merry Christmas everyone." Most people answered him the same way and smiled at him. The headmaster then spoke.

"Where are Ron, Hermione and Sirius?"

"They will be here shortly, but if you don't mind, I would like for Remus to come with me for a moment." The werewolf looked surprised but stood up.

"Is there something wrong?" Harry's smile widened but he shook his head.

"Nothings wrong, I have a ... we could call it a Christmas present, for you." Harry looked slightly at Madam Pomfrey who was smiling, and then took Remus's arm. "Come on." The two left the room, leaving the people there slightly surprised.

Harry didn't remove his hand from Remus's arm and lead him to were he had left his friends. When he arrived he saw Sirius was now holding his mother in a death grip and his father was standing a little apart smiling at them. James turned when he heard footsteps approaching and his eyes widened in recognition when he saw the man walking next to his son. Remus had paled immediately but he didn't have much time to consider what he was seeing. With a cry of Moony James put his arms around his stunned friend and help him close. Once that had happened Remus's reticence in believing what he was seeing disappeared and he returned the hug full force. Sirius and Lily had parted and were now looking at the other two men. James stepped aside after a while and let his wife embrace Remus. The children were patiently waiting for the hugs to finish, calmly giving the adults time to compose themselves. Finally Lily and Remus parted and Sirius broke the silence.

"I don't understand, it's impossible, how can you be alive?" James shrugged his shoulder and looked at his son who was looking at them with a slight smile on his lips.

"I have not the faintest idea Padfoot. The last things I know are Voldemort attacking us, a rush of green light and then waking up here at Hogwarts. Although I know for a fact that my son and his friends had something to do with it."

"James, dear, I think that something to do with it is an understatement. I'm sure they have all to do with it." Remus and Sirius turned to the teenagers who were still smiling amused. Remus rose an eyebrow and politely asked.

"Care to tell?" Ron laughed and shook his head.

"Not now, we are not about to explain things more than once and since we know for a fact that Dumbledore will want to hear it all in detail we will leave it till then."

"Besides, if we start now we will not be having breakfast any time soon and Griffin's family was looking really anxious." Harry then turned and began to walk to the great hall again, flanked by his best friends, leaving it to the adults to follow them.

James looked at his friends and smiled, live was definitely looking up. He sensed there was much to tell. He was very surprised at his son's behaviour, he was very different than he had imagined he would be and he couldn't help wonder what exactly had happened through all those years. Shaking these thoughts out of his head he put an arm around his wife and nudged Sirius, who was standing next to him.

"Lets go, I want to see Dumbledore's reaction. He doesn't know yet, does he?" Remus smiled happily from Sirius's side and said:

"No, he doesn't." The three remaining marauder plus Lily started to walk towards the hall, following Harry and his friends.

To be continued...

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