Very Strange Twists of Fate

Chapter 12: Finally a Family…Or Not!

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After their reunion, a woman and man taller than the rest stepped up to Harry, Ginny, Sirius and Ivy.

"Thank you so much for rescuing-" Started the woman, but was interrupted.

"Lily!?" Ivy cried, at the exact same time as Sirius cried "James!?"

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"I-Ivy? S-Siri?" Whispered the woman, staring at them in disbelief.

"It is you!" Cried Ivy, tears forming in her eyes.

"J-James? L-Lily? Really?" Sirius stuttered,  seemingly incapable of rational thought.

"Wait just a minute!" Harry exclaimed, looking back and forth between the other four adults. "Are you saying these people are Lily and James Potter? As in my parents?" He demanded.

"Oh my gosh! J-James! He's alive!" Cried the woman.

"Of course I'm alive! I have been for the last 26 years!" Harry spat back bitterly. After all, if these people were  his parents, why hadn't they been there when he was little? Why did he have to live with the Dursleys, when they were alive? And why did he and Tiffany have to be separated? And if these people weren't his parents, then what was this? Some kind of sick joke? Well, it wasn't funny.

"Harry! What's wrong? Our link flared and you seemed incredibly upset!" Exclaimed Tiffany,  as soon as she was finished Apparating in.

"Tiffany lived too!" Came the woman's, Lily's, whispered voice from behind them.

"How do you know my name?" Tiffany demanded, whirling around and taking a step back from the two people. 

"Tiff, meet Lily and James Potter. Our parents." Harry said from behind her, his voice hard as steel.

"B-B-But our parents are dead" Tiffany said, glancing pleadingly at Harry, as if he could make everything right.

"N-No. We always thought you were dead." Whispered James.

"What?" Harry demanded sharply, his emerald green eyes flashing dangerously.

"That night James and I had put protection spells on both of you and ourselves. When he came, I activated Tiffany's portkey, and I hid her in the closet when I heard him coming up the stairs. I had started to activate Harry's when he came in." Lily answered.

"We never knew whether the spells would work or not, so we'd made you both port keys." Continued James.

"When we came to, the current Minister of Magic, Fredrick Syria, told us that you'd both been killed, and that Voldemort was still after us. Minister Syria put us into a protection program, and we've lived as Annette and Craig Weston ever since." Finished Lily, tears forming in her eyes.

"I'm sorry. I really and truly am. Syria made us believe that you were dead. W-We never would have left if we'd known you were alive." James apologized.

"It's ok" Tiffany said, tears falling down her cheeks as she started forward to hug her parents.

"Tiffany! NO!" Harry yelled, yanking his sister back to his side, where he hugged her fiercely. "What if there lying Tiff? We already know the Death Eaters are still after us. This could all just be some lie to get us? I'm sorry if I scared you, but I can't let anything happen to you." Harry whispered to his sister, hugging her tightly to his side.

"Harry! This is ridiculous! No one else knew about Ivy! They're obviously your parents! Watch I'll prove it!" Ginny exclaimed, and moved towards Lily and James.

"Ginny!" Harry cried, desperately trying to grab her back.

"No Harry! Your being ridiculous!" She exclaimed, swiftly dodging his attempts to catch her, and moving towards her in-laws.

"Damn it Ginny!" Harry cried, growing extremely frantic. "Accio Ginny!" He finally called.

"Harry!" Ginny yelled in frustration, as she was pulled to Harry.

"Ginny! I'm being serious! We were attacked by Death Eaters this morning! You can't just go blindly ahead and expect to come out unscathed!! I've already lost you once. I don't want to lose you again." Harry said, gazing pleadingly at his wife.

"Are you accusing my parents of being Death Eaters?" Demanded a new voice.  The young man who'd entered the conversation, had red hair with black streaks, and light blue eyes which were glittering with anger at Harry's accusation. The man looked no more than 19, 20 at most.

"No. I'm being cautious. I have a family to look after, and I won't take any chances." Harry shot back, his emerald green eyes hard as steel.

"Harry! Please be reasonable! We are Lily and James Potter!" Cried Lily, gazing at her son with the same green eyes he had.

"Harry. Maybe-Maybe we can ask them questions no one else would know." Ivy said softly, looking straight at her nephew.

"Alright. You and Sirius have to ask the questions." Harry replied, giving in to his aunt.

"Thanks." Ivy said with a soft smile, before turning back to the problem at hand. "Alright…What is my full name?"

"Ivory Samantha Evans." Lily replied promptly.

"What's my full name?" Asked Sirius.

"Full? Sirius Orion Evans-Black" Replied James.

"What's Lily's full name?" Ivy asked.

"Lilia Kaleb Evans-Potter" She replied.

"What's James full name?" Demanded Sirius.

"Padfoot, I really hate you." Replied James, but he answered anyway. "James Martin Ryan Carter Potter"

"Who are Streak, Half-Moon, Thief and Bandit?" Ivy asked.

"Arabella, Kayleigh, me and you" Responded Lily, her eyes never leaving her sister.

"Who are Moony, Padfoot and Prongs?" Sirius shot out.

"Remus, you and me" Replied James levelly.

"And finally" Ivy said, taking a deep breath. "Who is Brody?"

"Brody is the child you and Pettigrew had when you were fifteen" Replied Lily in a whisper.

"Oh Lily!" Exclaimed Ivy, hugging her twin tightly. "I missed you so much!"

"Me too Ree, me too!" Lily whispered, hugging her sister back, tears falling unchecked down her cheeks.

"Prongs man" Sirius muttered, pulling his best friend into a hug.

"Paddy" Replied James, hugging him fiercely.

"James, Lily. This is Tiffany Malfoy, and Harry and Ginny Potter." Ivy introduced, when she was done with the hugs.

"Oh my. They've grown so much" Lily sobbed, tears streaming from her cheeks.

"Oh! Um…Don't worry it's alright. Um Harry! Help me!" Ginny said, trying to sooth Lily and stop her tears.

"Oh…um Mum, it's ok. Don't cry!" Tiffany said, hugging her mother while Harry just stood there dumbly. He felt numb. Like he had no control over his body.

"I-I have t-to……I have to go" Harry stuttered, turning and running away. That was the only thought that was going through his head. Run! You don't need them! They'll only complicate things.

No Harry! Come back! Please! Begged Tiffany, hearing his troubled thoughts. But Harry couldn't hear her. He felt so overwhelmed. All those people were his family. He could have had them as a family instead of the Dursleys. Sirius wouldn't have had to feel all that guilt.

"Harry?" Ginny asked, her voice soothing, as she found him slumped against a wall.

"I-I ju-just don't know what to do Ginny." Harry whispered, feeling helpless and alone.

"Oh baby! It's ok. These people are your family. Whether you want them or not. I know your feeling overwhelmed. But at least give them a chance." Ginny whispered, rubbing soothing circles along Harry's back and shoulders.

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"I'm sorry about that. I just felt so overwhelmed." Harry apologized when he and Ginny entered the waiting room once again.

"It's alright" Lily said, stepping forward hesitantly.

Harry gave her a grin, and hugged his mother for the first time.

"Oh Harry! You don't know how much your father and I missed you both!" Lily sobbed, clutching Harry.

"I think I can guess" Murmured Harry.

"Harry!" Ginny shrieked in alarm, causing Harry to let go of his mother to turn and face her.

"What? Gin, what's the matter?" Harry asked, concern etched in his features.

"THE KIDS!" She shrieked. "I don't know where they are!" She cried frantically.

"Oh my God!" Harry muttered. "Don't worry Gin, I'll find them. They probably just went to see Mony and Val. Sirius, please try and calm her down." Harry said, before turning and disappearing through a door.

"Oh my god. Oh my god! My kids!" Ginny cried hysterically.

"Gin-Gin! Relax hun. It's ok. Harry will find them! They probably went to see Kitty Nash and Kent" Sirius soothed, hugging Ginny.

"Mom!" Screamed several voices, accompanied by her children racing out the door being chased by their father.

"Oh my God!" Cried Ginny, gathering her children into a hug. "Don't you ever do that again!"

"Sorry mama" Lily said, hugging her mother tightly around the neck.

"It's alright Lily-Flower." Murmured Ginny.

"Mom! Help! He's gonna like eat me or something!" Yelled Scott, running away from his father.

"Harry! Stop it!" Ginny reprimanded through her giggles.

"Stop what Ginny dear? I'm doing nothing!" He exclaimed, with his most innocent expression.

"M-Mom! H-He-Help!" Scott cried again, as his father caught him up in his arms and started tickling him.

"Ha, ha Scotty!" Elizabeth teased, laughing at her father's antics.

"Excuse me young lady! Just for teasing your brother you get the same punishment!" Sirius said, tickling his grand-goddaughter.

 "Mum, who is that?" Christina demanded, taking a step back, her wide, fearful, eyes staring directly at James, Lily and co.

"Hello dear. We're your grandparents." Lily said with a small smile.

"No your not." Scott replied, eyeing them warily.

"Ya. Your not Grandma or Grandpa Weasley." Continued Elizabeth, doing as her twin had and eyeing her grandparents warily.

"And Grandma and Grandpa Potter died when Harry and Aunt Tiffany were babies." Finished Sarah, taking a step backwards.

"Munchkinz...Well, this is hard to explain but…" Ginny said, telling the story Lily and James had told her and Harry.

"But mom, how come they never owled Uncle Sirius, Uncle Remus, Aunt Bella, Aunt Kayleigh or Uncle Albus?" Elizabeth, always the rational one, asked.

"You'll have to ask them yourself." Replied Ginny, curious herself.

Without hesitation, Elizabeth turned to her grandparents and repeated her question.

"We didn't have an owl, and we actually tried to owl the first years, but the owls always returned with unopened letters" James replied, giving his granddaughter a soft smile.

"Oh." Elizabeth replied.

"Uhm,  sorry to sound impolite, but who are all those people behind Grandma and Grandpa?" Scott asked, turning his curious gaze to his father.

"I can't tell you." Harry replied, swinging an arm around his son's shoulders. "Mum, dad. Who are all these people?"

"These Harry dear, are your brothers and sisters." Replied Lily, a smile lighting up her face.

"Your kidding me." Harry said, his jaw dropping.

"Nope." James grinned.

"Well…Aren't you gonna introduce us?" Asked Mariah innocently.

"Alright." Lily laughed.

"Ok these are the twins Genevieve and Francesca." James said, as two girls about 22 stepped forward. The first one(Genevieve) had shoulder-length black hair and dark blue eyes. Her twin(Francesca) had mid-back length hair and sea green eyes.

"Please call me Gen" Genevieve said, with a roll of her eyes in her father's direction.

"And I'm Chessy or  Chesca." Francesca said with a smile.

"This is Seth." Lily cut in before the twins could say anymore. The young man from before stepped up, his expression no longer hostile, but friendly.

"Hello. Sorry about earlier." Seth said with a slight smile.

"No biggie." Harry replied, returning the smile with a grin.

"This is Isabella." James continued, as a young girl no older than 18 stepped forward. Isabella had but length red hair and  sapphire blue eyes, much like Tiffany.

"It's Izzy Daddy" She replied with a roll of her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah whatever." James muttered.

"And, these are the quadruplets! Christopher, Brittney, Richard and Patricia." Lily cut in again.

Four 15 year olds stepped forward, each with a smile lighting up their faces.

Christopher had short red hair with a few natural black streaks, and  emerald eyes.

Brittney also had red hair with black streaks, but hers was hip length. She also had sapphire eyes instead of emerald.

Richard had short untamable red hair with black streaks, and eyes that changed with his mood(i.e. dark green when angry, light blue when happy).

Patricia had hip length red hair with black streaks and emerald green eyes. But, there was also a thin ring of sapphire before her pupils.

"Yes well, it's Chris-" Chris started.

"Britt" Britt continued, "Or Nee" She added as an after thought.

"Rich or Char" Went on Rich.

"And Patty or Trish." Trish said.

"Or just the Quad's!" They all said together, smiles lighting up their faces.

"They're almost better than Gred and Forge!" Harry whispered to Ginny, causing her to giggle.

"And this is Abigail, who you already know!" Finished James, as Abby took an exaggerated bow.

"Abby!" Lily tried to reprimand, but her giggles gave her away.

"Yes mummy?" Abby asked innocently, turning her emerald orbs to her mum.

"Why I out to!" Threatened Lily, shaking her fist.

After this display from their grandmother(of all people!) Harry and Ginny's kids broke in to uncontrollable giggles, and were soon joined by everyone else.

"Ok! I want to know which grandchild is which!" Lily exclaimed after all the giggling was over.

"Ok. This is Elizabeth, that's Scott. This here's Sarah. That's Mariah and there's Christina. These are our twins Holly and Mark. And this is Lily." Harry said, making it clear who was who.

"Dad! You forgot about Kitty!" Scoot exclaimed, glaring at his father.

"Woops! And we have a thirteen year old daughter named Katlyn, but we call her Katy or Kitty." Harry amended.

"Where is she?" Izzy asked, her head cocked comically.

"Visiting her brothers Nash and Kent." Harry replied.

"Wait! I'm confused!" Lily said. "I thought you had all your kids here?" Lily asked curiously.

"Well," Harry started, settling in to tell the whole story. "You see-"

"Dad! They've got Mony and Val!" Katy shrieked, running into the room.

"Who's got Mony and Val?" Harry demanded, fearing the answer.

"Death Eaters."

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A/N I am soooooooo sorry! I was almost done the chapter on Friday, but I had to leave cause my friend was having a party. And you all had better love me, because I only got like 4 hours of sleep and it's 12 am! So you have to be nice! I will try and get a chapter up next week, but there's no promises! Oh, and I'm going camping August 18th till the 23rd, so I won't be updating that week. Well, Thank you EVERYONE for reviewing! I can't believe I have over 150! I might get more reviews for the sequel than I did for the prequel! I hop anyways! :D Anyway, I really have to sleep cause I have to go to a family picnic  tomorrow (Yeah! Go Baverstocks!(That's my Papa's name)).

Lot's 'o' Luv and Muahz,

                                   Jenny Jean a.k.a Muah-Baby-Muah