After the War by Erin

Disclaimer: - I own nothing except the plot, Amy, Opal, Miss. Harris, Jane, James (Not Harry's father of course - different James) and the Potter Twins (Lily and Ebony) The Lyrics belong to Limp Bizkit (changed slightly), and the magical world of Harry Potter belongs to…. JK Rowling of course!

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
to be the sad man
Behind green eyes
And no one knows What it's like
to be hated
To be faded to
telling only lies

But my dreams they aren't as empty
As my conscious seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
No one knows what its like
To feel these feelings
Like I do, and I blame you!
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain woe Can show through

No one knows what its like
To be mistreated,
to be defeated
Behind green eyes
No one know how to say
That they're sorry
and don't worry I'm not telling lies

No one knows what its like
To be the bad man, to be the sad man
Behind blue eyes.

Limp Bizkit – Behind blue eyes (changed slightly)

Chapter Six: - Panic and Anger

"Get him out of the room!" On of the nurses ordered. "I'm not going anywhere, that's my wife!" He snarled, one nurse tried to push him out but failed, "Harry, your children need you, Ginny's safe with me and you know it!" Hermione snapped trying to sedate Ginny. Harry nodded once and turned and left the room shooting one last glance at Ginny.

"Was that Harry Potter?" He heard on of the nurses ask as he left, walking into the hallway he could see his children in different degree's of distress.

"Calm down, it'll be okay sweethearts you need to trust me, my friend Hermione's in there." Harry reassured them, knowing he was having little effect. Ebony stood there as stubborn as ever, holding her plastered arm standing next to James but what he didn't see coming was Lily, as she threw herself at him.

"Oh Dad, that was mum" She cried, "She didn't even know us, she…" Lily broke down in tears; Harry picked her up and comforted her.

"Come here you two I know you need a hug too." Harry said shooting his other children a look, they didn't budge.

"She….. She's having a nightmare about the day she was tortured isn't she Dad? That day she saved our lives." James asked quietly, Harry nodded.

"How many does she have?" Ebony asked, shaking slightly, "It doesn't matter sweetheart." Harry deflected her question, Lily still clutched him desperately, and Harry watched James rap an arm around Ebony.

"It does to me." Ebony screeched, Harry signalled to James who came over and allowed Harry to offload Lily onto him. Harry walked up to Ebony. "Come here sweetheart." He said quietly, but she still wouldn't move and when Harry went to pick her up himself she shied away.

"Tell me Dad!" She snapped, glaring at him. "Usually in the night when she goes to sleep, the seizures aren't often, maybe once a week at the most." He answered her question.

"Why can't she come home with us?" She demanded her eyes glistering with unshed tears. "Honey, how would you feel if strangers took you home? She doesn't know us, we are strangers to her. She would react in a bad way if she came home with us, possibly even hurting herself." He told his daughter, who had begun to shake even more, a few tears spilling down her face.

"Come here sweetheart I'm sorry you had to see your mother like that, but its best that you know." At last Harry had persuaded her and as he opened his arms up to her she fell into them sobbing.

"I wish that there was something we could do." She sobbed, quietly onto Harry's shoulder.

"So do I." A new voice joined in the discussion, the voice wearily tired and sombre. Harry looked up, Hermione stood near the door to Ginny's room

"We have some talking to do Harry, after you allow me to fix your daughters arm." Ebony buried her head into Harry's chest. "Why didn't you let a healer look at her arm sooner Harry? You know we have better medical resources than muggles." Hermione asked quietly. Harry's face became slightly redder; he battled to keep his anger in control so that it didn't explode.

"Who are you to question me? Where have you been in the last nine years? You told us that you believed us and yet you still turned your back on us, and it was all for Ron wasn't it Hermione?" He spat their names out as though it tainted his mouth to speak their name.

"Yes Harry, I love Ron and I also loved you and Ginny but at that time you had Ginny and Ron had no one, and after Ginny was… hurt it was too late, you wouldn't have accepted me back as a friend, would you?" She asked hurt.

"No, that's where you're wrong. All I had in the world was you, the Weasley's, Lupin and Dumbledore! You were all my family, and you all turned your back on us except Dumbledore, so your wrong Hermione – Ron had everyone, everyone except Ginny and I, and Ginny and I were left alone once Albus disappeared on his trip to Peru." Harry shouted at her rage getting the better of him.

"You haven't answered my question, and you too are wrong in your assumptions about Albus!" Hermione said timidly, Harry turned on her, his eyes twinkling with unshed anger. He spoke in a low cold tone, making Hermione's hairs on her body stand on end.

"I would have accepted you back as a friend Hermione, because I loved you but you were too afraid to believe that, you were more than my best friend, you were my Sister! Where were you the night Ginny was tortured and I was left alone with three babies, my memories, self pity and hate? You were with the Weasley's, who I had once counted as family. Then when the day after her torture you still didn't come to me, you became just as bad as the rest of them." Harry turned placing Ebony down on the floor, she ran to her brother and sister, all three became afraid of their father and the argument, they had never seen him this angry.

"I tried Harry, really I did, you were my brother too – you forget that…" Hermione trailed off as Harry rounded on her again.

"I would have died for you Hermione! In fact I almost did several times, but you were hardly ever there when I really needed you after our fifth year! It was always you and Ron, and I could accept that because Ginny was always there for me. That night when my wife was taken from me I owled you, you never replied did you? You didn't even bother to open the letter, you just send it back!" He shouted pausing for breath. "Oh I am sorry, I've just remembered – you did bother to write return to sender on the envelope didn't you, how courteous of you!" He sneered.

"Wait, Harry I never got a letter from you." Hermione pleaded, Harry laughed. "Don't deny your actions they only condemn you further!"

"But I didn't!" She insisted, "Why don't you shut your trap!" James snapped, clearly siding with his father.

"James!" Harry chided slightly. "Stay out of this argument, it doesn't concern you." Harry told him patiently.

"But it does, can you see that? It's not just you that was betrayed! Our Grandparents and uncles refuse to acknowledge our existence, and what did we do to deserve that? Nothing, and when that woman turned her back on you, she also turned her back on us!" James argued staring at his father.

Harry smiled slightly, "You win James, your right!" James looked to Hermione, "Will you see my grandparents soon?" He asked, Hermione nodded.

"I'm supposed to go there for Dinner tonight." She answered him, he walked up to her "Then will you give them a message from us?" She nodded again.

"Tell them that they can disown members of their family if they've never met them, and that I hate them for never knowing us, because we did nothing wrong." He told her dejectedly, and she nodded. "I promise to tell them," She told him honestly.

"Harry I know you hate me but we do need to talk about Ginny, will you come to the Leaky Cauldron with me, so we can talk. I don't expect you to forgive me Harry but at least give me the chance to show you that Remus isn't lying to you." She said looking at Harry Sadly.

He glared at her.

~~~~~~END OF CHAPTER SIX~~~~~~

Hoped you liked this chappie, will Harry go or Won't he? You'll have to stay tuned, and how was Harry wrong about Dumbledore's trip to Peru?

Don't you just love those Lyrics from Limp Bitkit? I certainly do!

Review Responses and Thanks: -

Special Thanks to: - headncloud, ahbahh and dreamon2223!

Elizabeth Potter: - I won't make you wait forever for a chapter, I am a mere mortal after all :-)

Wytil: - Is this fast enough? ;-)

Coolone007: - What you need to remember is that the Potter family are very close, and therefore they find it easy to forgive each other.

Destiny-ruler: - What did you think of the confrontation? Hermione only knew about James being born, and she had never met them. Reunion with the Weasley's? If that happens, then I don't think it would be a happy one. Hmmm, what we need to remember about Harry is that when he gets angry he tends to explode, so you never know if he will allow the Weasley's to see his children, but then again who says that the children will want to see them?

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Erin ~+~