Disclaimer: JK Rowling I am not. Therefore if you recognise it, it aint mine.

Harry sat in his seat, a whirl of emotions running through his mind, he had a grandfather, with a few greats added on, but a real living relative who appeared to care about him. His anger and hurt at Dumbledores treatment retreated slightly at this thought, he turned to Lupin "Whats your opinion on all this?"

"Harry, far be it from me to force this decision upon you, but from my own selfish point of view you only have one choice. Allow Albus to acknowledge you, the sooner it happens the stronger your position will be once the Ministry acknowledges both Sirius' innocence and death and the issue of your guardianship is raised. Once Dumbledore legally adopts you I will be able to look after you, and you can then decide what role you will allow your grandfather to play in your life."

"What you are saying makes sense, but it just feels like he is still trying to manipulate me into some role or position that I don't want to be in. I don't know whether I want to hug him for coming forward or hurt him for what he has done in the past."

"This will be a confusing time for you, but think about what he said. What he has done, was with the best of intentions. The expectations we all place on him are extremely high and every now and then they crumble and his mistakes come glaring through all the more because of their rarity. Finally think about his final words, he is a scared lonely old man. For the last 70 years he has allowed no-one to become close to him emotionally for fear that they would become a target. Did you know his wife, son, daughter-in-law and all but one of his grandchildren were murdered by Grindelwalds followers roughly 70 years ago. He placed his grandaughter with another wizarding family to grow up away from his name. Everyone in the wizarding world knows that it happened, what no-body knew was the girls name, or who her descendants were. He has paid for this sacrifice many times over the years, let him make amends now."

"I will need some time to think about it, Dumbl....I mean grandfather suggested I discuss it my parents portait, you mean they will be able to speak to me?"

"Like all wizard paintings Harry they have the personality traits and some of the memories of the people whom they represent. They will have no knowledge of your birth, since the photograph the painting is of was taken before you were born, but they will be able to hold a conversation with you and give you their opinions"

"So I can talk to my mum and dad?"

"The conversation may be a bit two dimensional at times if you pardon my pun, but yes, you will be able to speak with your parents."

Harry raced out to the hallway where the portrait of his parents was hung "Mum, Dad" he yelled.

"Hello there, who are you" James said with a cocky grin on his face.

"He just called us mum and dad you great prat" chimed Lily with a laugh, "I assume he is our son"

"Yes, my name is Harry, Harry Potter" tears of joy were streaming down Harry's cheeks.

"What's with the tears mate, you would think you had never spoken to us before" a concerned furrow appeared on James' brow

"I haven't, you were killed when I was a year old. This is the first time I have ever spoken to you. Did no-one else explain to you what had happened"

"We decided to allow you to be the first to speak to them Harry, the picture only arrived this week, and Dobby only hung it this morning. This is the first time I have seen it as well" grinned Lupin "Hiya Prongs, hiya Lils"

"Moooonnnnyyyy" they cried

"Looking old my son, whats with the grey hair"

"James leave him alone, our son here looks like he is 14 or 15, that means Moony IS old, at least compared to what we remember"

"True Lils, I never thought of that, so what year is it you two?"

"Its 1996" said Harry, "Im 15, 16 in a few weeks, none of us have seen you since 1981"

"Wow, so long time no see" joked James, "No wonder you guys appear older"

"So what has been happening in your life Harry" asked Lily

Harry spent the next hour filling them in on the events of his life with the occasional sob from Lily and swearing from James. He held nothing back. His time at the Dursley's. Discovering he was a wizard. The philosopher's stone in his first year, the basilisk and Riddle in his second year, Sirius' escape from Azkaban in his third year, the tri-wizard tournament, Voldemort's rebirth and finally Sirius' death and Dumbledore's announcement.

"So let me get this straight, Dumbledore is your Great Great Grandfather, my Great Grandfather, and he has never acknowledged any of us before now to protect us. You have to make a decision as quickly as possible, but within a few weeks at the latest about whether or not you let him adopt you, and Moony raise you or let Fudge make you a Ministry ward. It's a no brainer, go with Dumbledore. As Moony said, you can decide later how much personal contact you have with him, but if it keeps you safe from the political games you have to do it."

"I know" sighed Harry, "its just I don't know how to feel about him at the moment. I mean I was angry with him because of last year, about the prophecy and Sirius' death, and now he drops this on me. I want to abuse him, I want to scream at him, I want to be so angry at him, but some of me just wants to go to him and tell him that I want him to be my family."

"Why would you be angry with him about the prophecy" questioned Lupin, " Dumbledore said it was destroyed before anyone heard it."

"He lied" Harry turned and faced away from the others "I don't really want to discuss it now, but both Dumbledore and I know it in full. As far as I know we are the only two."

"Well don't dwell on that for now," said Lily, her calm practicality shining through "for the moment concentrate on the immediate problem and that is your guardianship. I for one agree with both James and Remus that you should allow Albus to publicly acknowledge you, and then let Remus or Albus be your legal guardian. After all, it is only for one more year."

"Did you want to owl Hermione or Ron for their opinion" asked Remus

"I have pretty much made my decision, but I wouldn't mind discussing it with Hermione" Harry turned to his Parents, "She's my best friend, she's also the smartest witch in Hogwarts. She's a muggleborn like you mum"

"I hope we get to meet her soon then" said his mother

"I have an idea lets go to  Diagon Alley and get you some new clothes, because the ones you are wearing will just not do, you look like an after picture from a weightloss clinic. I have some money that Sirius transferred to my vault we can use for that and then after lunch we can take a portkey over to Hermiones house for an hour or two. That will give you a chance to fill her in on what is happening, and I can catch up with Tonks who has been staying with the Grangers as a guard." suggested Moony.

"Sounds like a plan to me" Harry said with a cheeky grin on his face. "Bye mum, bye dad, we'll see you when we get back"

"Bye son" said his father "Be careful Harry" from his mother

"Floo powder" Harry asked as they walked back into the lounge room.

"Yep, I'll go first and you follow after me. DIAGON ALLEY" Lupin stepped into the green flames and with a pop disappeared

"DIAGON ALLEY" Harry stepped into the flames, felt the slight disorientation from the floo travel and a few seconds later fell onto the floor at the Leaky Cauldron.

Dusting himself off he rose, Moony draped his arm over the boys shoulder "Lets go shopping".