I have had a lot of reviews that are asking about me bringing back the Potters and Joyce Summers, so I thought I would explain myself. I thought for a while about bringing them back, wanting to because it's the greatest thing that could happen for Harry and Sirius, but I did question whether it would be too predictable, and not work with the story. But then I decided to anyway, since its my story, what I want goes, and also, my favourite part in the whole 766 pages of OotP was 'Snape's Worst Memory' where we saw James and Lily.
Yes, they are real and thanks to everyone who reviewed.
Oh and obviously it wasn't the last chapter, since here we are. The name complete referred to the feeling Harry felt when he was with his parents.
Chapter 16 - Reunited
Harry and his father ran forward to Sirius who had fallen hard onto the stone floor. To Harry's relief he was still breathing, he had just fainted. Harry heard more people coming into the dungeon, and stopping in the doorway. He didn't know who it was, he was only vaguely aware of Dawn running to her mother, he was focusing on the fact that he was supporting Sirius with his father. His father.
Together they dragged him to the side of he dungeon where there was a wooden bench, and laid him on it. Gradually he came around, and for a moment Harry thought he would faint again at the sight of James. At first he didn't focus but then he did and he sat up quickly, hitting his head on a shelf of stone above him. He ignored it and just stared openly at James.
"What the-" he began but broke off. "Prongs? No way, there's no way. I can't believe it."
"Believe it," James said quietly, smiling at his best friend.
"And Lily?" Sirius said turning to her. "You're both here? But how, why?"
"Voldemort brought them back," Harry said, "He wanted me and Buffy to join him, and offered us this, to tempt us. He was going to kill us, before you got here."
Sirius stood up and hugged James, then just stood back and exulted in looking at him. He was crying, and so was James.
"Sixteen years," Sirius said, his eye shining. "It's been a while."
"A long time," James agreed. Behind him, Harry saw Dumbledore enter the room, followed by Willow, Giles, Oz, Faith and Xander.
For the first time Harry saw Dumbledore speechless, completely flabbergasted by the scene in front of him.
"I think it best we return to Hogwarts," he said, after regaining his composure. "Ministry Aurors have arrived to take care of the death eaters." On the floor lay a wooden stick, and Dumbledore picked it up, and muttering 'portus' turned it into a portkey. All at once, they took hold of the stick and left Malfoy Manor.
They all landed, and were knocked off of their feet in the Scooby Staffroom. Cordelia sat waiting impatiently for them, a worried frown on her face.
"You're back! And all alive!" she exclaimed, coming to help Xander up. "Mrs Summers?!" Joyce smiled weakly at her, as she got up with the help of Buffy and Dawn.
"What happened Harry?" Dumbledore asked, his eyes piercing Harry. Harry swallowed.
"We were taken at the Ball, but I don't remember much after that, until I woke up in a room, and Buffy was there too, and then they took us to the dining room, and we sat at the dining table." Harry said, "And we didn't have any powers, they'd taken them away, and we were chained. All the death eaters were there, and Voldemort. And he said he wanted us to join him, to give him the use of our powers. And we refused but he said he had something that would convince us. And then he brought out our parents." Harry stopped, not wanting to continue. He didn't want to have to say that he hadn't chosen his parents.
And then what happened?" Dumbledore asked, stilling looking harry in a searching way. Harry sighed.
"They took them away, to the dungeon, and he gave us the choice again," Harry stammered. "He offered us our parents if we joined him, or death. And so we chose." Dumbledore looked at him swiftly.
"We chose," Harry said slowly, not looking at anyone, "And then Sirius and the others came."
"It's okay," James said to his son. "I know what your decision was and I'm proud of you." Harry looked at him gratefully.
"So Voldemort attempted to recruit you." Dumbledore said thoughtfully. "We should have expected it. Never mind, things turned out for the best. Lily and James, it's good to see you again. And Mrs Summers it's nice to meet you. I'm afraid I will have to deal with Fudge. I'll be back as soon as I can." With that he swept out of the room.
"So where do we start?" James said laughing, to his son. "You've got sixteen years to catch us up on."
Harry grinned, and he, Sirius and his parents sat on one of the sofas.
"When Voldemort tried to kill me the curse rebounded on me, just leaving me with this scar, but nearly killing him. I went to live with the Dursleys after you were killed," he said, and was pleased to see his parents looks of distaste. "They weren't too thrilled about it either, but they kept me. They were hoping to stop me from being a wizard, to 'stamp out all that nonsense' Uncle Vernon said, so I didn't even know about all of this until I was eleven, when Hagrid came and told me I was a wizard. And then I came to Hogwarts. I met Voldemort in my first year, in his weakened form, he tried to steal the Philosophers Stone to get his strength back, but we stopped him. My second year the Chamber of Secrets was opened, but we killed the basilisk and stopped the past memory of Voldemort from killing the muggle borns." He looked at Sirius and grinned.
"And then my third year, I heard this convicted killer had got out of Azkaban and was after me," he said still grinning. "It was Sirius, and then I heard that it was him who had betrayed you to Voldemort."
"What?" James exclaimed. "You went to Azkaban?" Sirius nodded slightly.
"Fourteen years," he said. "They thought I'd been the secret keeper, and when I tracked down Wormtail, he killed a street full of muggles and put the blame on me. I got carted off to Azkaban, but I got out." James shook his head in amazement, then looked expectantly at Harry.
"I vowed to track down Sirius and kill him, and one night this big black dog grabbed Ron and took him into the Shrieking Shack, and we followed and it was Sirius. And I was going to kill him, but Lupin showed up, and we found out the truth. But Pettigrew got away, and Sirius had to go on the run."
"Where is Lupin?" James asked jovially. Sirius looked at him, no longer smiling.
"He's dead," he said softly. "Last year, he died in the battle." James bowed his head.
"Not Remus?" Lily said sadly. "Oh God." A minute passed in silence as they remembered their old friend.
"He was the best one of all of us." James said quietly. "Please continue Harry." So Harry did haltingly.
"In my fourth year we had the Tri Wizard at Hogwarts, and Voldemort had me entered. I did the first two tasks, then the last came and it was a maze, and I reached the cup at the same time as Cedric Diggory, the Hogwarts candidate. And we took the cup, but it was a Portkey, and we were taken to Voldemort, and he killed Cedric, and returned his past powers using my blood and his father bone and Wormtail's hand. Then we duelled and I saw you." Harry remembered that time as if were yesterday.
"I mean I saw the echoes of you , and you told me to run, and I did, and I got away," he said frowning. "But Voldemort was returned to power. The my fifth year began and I was having all these dreams where I saw what Voldemort saw, we were linked by the curse. And everyone said that I was a liar, Fudge wouldn't believe that Voldemort had returned. Then I had a vision of Sirius being tortured at the Ministry, and so we went but it wasn't real and we fought the death eaters, because they wanted the Prophecy. And then Sirius, and Lupin, Tonks, Moody and Kingsley came to save us, but Sirius was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange . And the Dumbledore came-"
"Wait a minute," Lily interjected. "Did you say Sirius was killed?"
"Just wait," Sirius said, "All will be explained." He and Harry laughed.
"Dumbledore came and I chased Lestrange to kill her, and Voldemort came to the Ministry, but Dumbledore protected me, and Fudge saw Voldemort. Then I was told about the Prophecy." Harry explained. "And that was really hard. But then, in the summer, Buffy showed up at my house with Giles and we found out she was the slayer and then the Scoobies came to Hogwarts and they joined our side. And Willow, she's a Wicca, brought Sirius back, and he was pardoned and came to teach at Hogwarts."
"Padfoot, a teacher?" James said incredulously. Sirius laughed.
"Hey I was a good teacher," he said defensively, "Still am in fact."
"And then there was the Battle, and we lost Lupin. But my new powers came, and Voldemort fled from Hogwarts. Then in the next summer Sirius got married and then me and Buffy were kidnapped and brought to you, and that's it."
Lily and James were silent.
"I couldn't be any prouder of you," Lily said, and James nodded. Harry grinned, nearly bursting with pride.
"But a few questions," James said, "First of all, who is we? You said 'we stopped Voldemort.'" Harry beckoned to Ron and Hermione who had been standing awkwardly, not having a particular group to join with.
"These are my best friends, Ron and Hermione." Harry introduced them. "They were with me whenever I was in trouble."
"It's nice to meet you," Lily said shaking their hands. Then she looked at Ron. "Are you a Weasley?"
Ron chuckled.
"I am," he said. Lily smiled.
"I knew your mother and father," she said, "Molly and Arthur, lovely people." Ron smiled proudly.
James also shook hands with them.
"And did you say Sirius got married?" he asked.
"I did," Sirius confirmed.
"You, who could never find someone who could tie you down," James said disbelievingly.
"Well it had to be someone special," Sirius said, "I couldn't marry just anyone. So I married a Slayer."
"You married the Slayer?" Lily said. "Buffy?"
"How do you know about Buffy?" Sirius said frowning.
"We were locked up for a week with Joyce," Lily explained. "We got through it by telling each other about our families." Sirius looked worried.
"What exactly did you tell her about me?" he said nervously. "that's my mother in law." James laughed.
"You know the usual, about the times we used to curse Snape and that time you snuck up to the Girl's dormitories," he said innocently, winking at Harry. Sirius looked mortified. At that moment, Buffy came over, followed by her mother and Dawn. She took Sirius' hand.
"Mom, I'd like you to meet my husband, Sirius" she said and Sirius shook Joyce's hand nervously.
"It's nice to meet you," she said kindly. "It's nice to see my daughter finally found someone who wasn't a vampire to settle down with."
"Mom!" Buffy admonished.
"I've heard so much about you from James and Lily," she continued.
"Really?" said Sirius, shooting a look at James. "What did they tell you then?"
"Oh nothing but the best," Joyce replied, "How you were their best friend and you were godfather to Harry." Sirius visibly relaxed.
"I guess it's my turn to do introductions," he said, "James, Lily this is Buffy, my wife. Buffy, my best friends in the whole world." Buffy leant and hugged them both, to their surprise and delight.
"You must come and stay with us," she said warmly. "I can't wait to get home, two nights in that manor was way too much."
"We'd best go now then," Sirius said. James and Lily looked awkwardly at him, glancing at their son.
"Of course Harry is coming," Sirius said. "Grimmauld Place is his home anyway, and Dawn too."
"You're living there?" James asked bemusedly. "I thought you hated it?"
"Well I did," Sirius said, "But my old mum had no one to leave it to but me. You should see the place." He took the Floo powder from the top of the staff room fireplace and offered it around. One by one, James, Lily, Joyce, Dawn, Buffy, Harry and Sirius left Hogwarts for Grimmauld Place.
