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Harry's feet hit the ground and he found himself in the living room of what appeared to be a small cottage. There was a fireplace over on one wall, with a window on the wall opposite. To the left Harry saw a door that lead into a kitchen, and to the right was another door that he assumed led to the rest of the house. A comfy looking couch sat facing the fireplace, with two chairs on either side of it. There were four people sitting on the couch and chairs, all of whom Harry recognized immediately.
The two wizards sitting on the chairs were none other then Sirius, and Remus himself, albeit looking a lot younger then he did now. Sirius looked very young and handsome, and Harry saw the smile that he had only ever seen before in a picture from his parents' wedding.
Sitting on the couch were Harry's parents, Lily and James Potter. Lily was holding a small bundle in her hands, and both her and James looked very happy. Harry sat himself down on the rug in front of the fire, facing his parents.
James was waving what looked like a baby rattle in front of the bundle, and Harry realized immediately that the bundle his mother was holding must have been him. As Harry watched, a minute hand shot itself free of the blackest that surrounded it, and grabbed the rattle. James laughed. "You know what?" he said. "I don't think he's cut out to be a chaser. I reckon he'll be a seeker."
"James", said Lily, also laughing, "He's only two days old, how can you know if he'll even play quidditch?"
"Cos he's like a miniature version of me. How could he not play quidditch?" The little
Harry in the bundle began to make cute little gurgling noises, and immediately Remus and Sirius got up to make little baby noises at him. Sitting on the rug, Harry laughed out loud. He had never imagined what Sirius and Remus would be like around babies.
"Can I hold him, Lil?" asked Sirius. "I promise to behave and not try to teach him bad habits." Harry laughed again. Sirius looked like a little child begging for sweets.
"Of course you can, Padfoot", said James, as Lily handed over Harry. "You are his godfather, afterall."
Sirius held Harry and sat down, smiling as baby Harry gripped his finger with his miniature hand. On the other chair, Remus laughed. "Padfoot, you hold that kid like a professional father, why don't you go have your own kids, instead of hijacking Harry?"
Sirius grinned. "Well, first I'd have to find a girl that would put up with me."
Remus laughed again. "I don't think she exists, mate. Now hand Harry over before he tries to take after you. Much better if he tries to take after me, the sensible one."
"How bout if he tries to take after me 'n Lil", said James as Sirius handed Harry to Remus. "You know, his parents."
Remus sat down, looking into Harry's green eyes. "I think Harry here is going to do great things", he said softly.
"He'd better", said James, taking Harry out of Remus' hands with a smile. "He has to make heaps of money so he can pay to look after me 'n Lil when we retire!"
Through all this, Harry sat on the rug and watched, unmoved. Since he had seen Snape's worst memory he had been wondering whether Lily really loved James. Now though, there was now doubt in his mind. It was clear that his parents loved each other, and they loved him.
Sirius and Remus stood up. "We better get going guys", said Sirius. "Lots of work to do."
Harry noticed that at the mention of work, all the faces in the room looked saddened.
"Don't worry, guys", said Remus. "You'll be fine. The Order wont let Voldemort get to you."
Lily smiled sadly. "I just worry that if something happens to us, what'll happen to Harry?" James put a comforting arm around his wife's shoulder.
"We'll look after him, don't worry Lil", said Remus. "It's not like we could let him starve. If he's anything like he's father, he'd hex us to oblivion!"
Laughing, Sirius opened the door. "We'll see you guys later."
Harry knew this was where the memory ended, and without so much as a thought as to how he would get out of the pensive, Harry once again found himself in the now empty kitchen of Grimmauld place.
Harry sat back and stared at the pensive, deep in thought. This was the first time he had seen a memory of his parents when they weren't arguing. He smiled; his parents loved him, and they loved each other. He wondered if he could ever love someone as much as his dad obviously loved his mum.
"Harry?" someone called softly, and Harry turned his head to see Ginny poking her head through the doorway. He smiled at her.
"Remus sent me to check that you were okay", she said, returning his smile and sitting down next to him.
Harry sighed. "Ha gave me a memory of my parents", he said, still looking at the pensive. "It's the first time I've seen a memory of them when they were married. It was just after I was born." Harry surprised himself by how much he told Ginny. He usually kept his feeling bottled up as much as he could, but being around Ginny had a strange effect on him.
"Are you okay then?" Ginny asked, in a tone that made Harry look into her eyes. It was the first time he had noticed what e pretty colour they were.
"It's just...", he started, but stopped, thinking. "I just wish I could speak to them, just once. I don't even remember what they were like. All these people keep telling me what they were like, and how wonderful they were, and I'll never be able to find out for myself." A silence followed, in which Harry stared at his hands. It was the first time he had mentioned to anyone how much he missed his parents.
Ginny took one of Harry's hands in her own. "I'll never be able to understand completely, Harry", she said, her eyes bright with held back tears. "But I want you to know that I will always be here to listen. You need to talk to people, Harry. You carry the weight of the world o your shoulders, and if you don't talk, your emotions will overpower you."
"...Thanks Gin", he whispered, giving her a tight hug, as much to her surprise as to his own. He saw a blush spread over her cheeks, and realized that he must be blushing too.
"Come on", said Ginny. "We're having breakfast in the dining room, seeing as there are so many of us", and with that she lead Harry out of the kitchen.
On the way there, they ran into Remus, who was looking worried. "I just wanted to check that you weren't upset", he said, looking into Harry's eyes.
"I'm not upset", said Harry with a grin. "In fact, Moony, that was the best present anyone has ever given me."
Remus beamed.
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