1"Percy!" Bill stared at his younger brother with a stunned look on his face. Along with Charlie, he cautiously approached the haggard looking man. Percy was still standing in the doorway. His wand was held limply at his side and he was glaring at the dead body of Lucius Malfoy. His face was covered with stubble. It appeared that he was in shock.

Percy came out of his shock when Bill and Charlie reached him. He grasped both of his brothers and began to weep.

"I'm so sorry," he repeatedly stated through his tears. "I was wrong. I'm sorry. Please, forgive me," he begged his older brothers.

The two oldest Weasley brothers calmed him down enough to lead him out the door. Harry assumed they were heading back down to the beach to take him back to the hospital with them.

Harry noticed that Jason was shaking slightly next to him. He wrapped an arm around his son's shoulders and led him to where Tonks was tending to a still unconscious Remus.

"How is he?" Harry questioned as he solemnly looked down at the unmoving body.

"I don't know," she honestly replied. "It's only days before a full moon and he took several strong stunners to the chest."

Harry conjured up a stretcher for Lupin. Together with Tonks, he placed Remus on it. Tonks levitated the stretcher in front of her and followed the path the Weasleys had just taken.

He and Jason started to follow her when he noticed Julius staring at the spot where his brother's body had been. Walking to him and placing an arm on the older man's shoulder he quietly spoke, "Julius, are you alright?"

"Yeah," he murmured in reply. "I was just thinking about when Lucius and I were kids and would come here. We were actually friends until we both started at Hogwarts. I don't understand how he became what he did." He rubbed a hand over his eyes and then looked down at Jason, "How are you, kid?"

"O-Okay," he stammered.

Julius smiled slightly at his grandson and put his hand on the boy's back. He silently led Jason and Harry to the door. At the doorway, he gave the room a final look and proceeded to the front door.

When they arrived back at the hospital, the first sight Harry saw was Arthur embracing his newly returned son. Tears were running unchecked down the overjoyed man's face. Harry laughed when he walked past Ron and heard him mumble to no one in particular, "Is anyone really dead? First Harry shows up, and then Lucius and now Percy." Ron scratched his head as he thought about this and watched his father and brother.

Harry found Katie and had her take a look at Jason. She told a relieved Harry that Jason was just exhausted and scared. She gave Jason a sleeping draught and he was soon sleeping peacefully in the double room he was sharing with Lupin. Harry pulled the curtain around the boy's bed and checked on Remus.

Remus had still not awakened but some color had returned to his face. Tonks was curled up in the chair next to his bed and Michael had fallen asleep pressed against his father. She glanced up and smiled slightly at Harry when he stopped by the bed. The Healer in charge of his care stopped in to check on him. She assured Tonks and Harry that Remus was going to be fine. Harry peeked in on Jason a final time before heading to check on everyone else.

His first stop was Ginny's room. He found her sleeping with Jamie curled up next to her. For several minutes he stood and watched the two of them rest. After convincing himself that they were fine, he stopped in to check on Hermione.

She was the first person he checked on who was awake. When he knocked quietly on her door, she called out softly, "Come in."

He grinned to see her looking as good as new, "Hey, sweetie," he walked over and kissed the top of her head. "How are you feeling?" he stared at her with concern in his eyes.

"I'm okay. How's everyone else?"

He told her about those he had checked on. He hesitated before asking his next question, "How is, I mean, Ron told me about," he stumbled over his words.

Hermione reached over and placed a hand on Harry's arm, "The baby is going to be fine. I just have to be careful not to have any undue stress."

"Oh, great," he beamed at his friend. "Promise me, you'll listen to the advice about no extra stress." He looked at her with a very stern look.

"Yes, father," she teasingly answered. She gave a huge yawn. Harry stood up and after giving her another brotherly kiss on the forehead he left to check on Molly.

He found all of the Weasley boys and Arthur gathered around Molly's bed. Quietly, he made to slip away unnoticed. He did not want to intrude on the family.

However, Arthur saw him and called out, "Harry, please stay. We've thought of you as a son for a long time and you belong here with us."

Harry came further into the room and stood between Ron and Fred with his hands shoved in his pockets. He watched with the rest of those gathered as Percy sat by his mother's side and stroked her hand. Harry felt a pang in his chest as he listened to Percy beg his mother to wake up and forgive him. When he could not emotionally handle watching the mother and son any longer, Harry glanced at the others. Ron and George were both blinking quickly to prevent their tears from slipping out. Fred's jaw muscles were clenched tight. From the other side of the bed, Charlie was sniffling and Bill kept wiping his hands over his eyes. Arthur simply sat and held Molly's other hand. They all repeatedly glanced towards Percy. Harry knew there were a lot of questions to be asked of Percy.

But something even more important captured the occupants of the rooms' attention. Percy had laid his head down next to his mother's hand. Slowly she opened her eyes and began to stroke his hair.

He raised his head and looked at his mother as she spoke to him, "Of course I forgive you. You are my son and I love you."

She softly assured him that she loved him repeatedly. After a few moments, he sat back and let the rest of the family speak to Molly.

They all told Molly they loved her. Her sons and Harry left the room so she could rest. Arthur settled into the chair next to her bed. Harry followed Ron out the door and headed to the waiting room to settle in for the night. He noticed Percy was trudging slowly down the hall in front of them. He started to speak to him but Ron was quicker.

"Perce," Ron caught up with his brother.

Percy turned to Ron and looked at him apprehensively. Ron and Percy had never had a great relationship and Percy looked as though he was afraid his younger brother would lash out at him. But to Percy's surprise, Ron simply reached out his hand to shake Percy's. They shook hands and looked at each other solemnly. Finally, Ron pulled him into a hug. Harry quietly moved past them and joined the others in the waiting room.

Harry took a seat across from the twins and leaned his head on the back of the chair. A few minutes later, Ron entered and sat next to Harry.

"Where's Percy?" Charlie asked.

"He went to take a shower and get cleaned up a bit. He said he'll join us when he is done."

"Good," Fred said. "I didn't want to say anything but he stunk."

They all laughed at Fred's comment. For a while they all sat silently, each man lost in his own thoughts. Percy hesitantly came in the room a few minutes later looking more like the old Percy. He quietly took a seat slightly apart from where the rest of the family was gathered.

Bill was the one to voice the questions that everyone wanted to ask, "Percy," the weary man looked up at his eldest brother when he heard his name. "Where have you been? What happened?"

1It appeared that Percy was not going to answer the questions as he stared out the window opposite him for several moments. Finally, he began to speak in a quiet voice. The others had to lean forward and strain to hear him.

Still not looking at anyone, he began to tell his tale, "I suppose you could say it all started with me and my stupid pride. I just could not admit I was wrong and all of you were right. When the time came when it was impossible for me to keep up the act I knew I had to make a choice, come crawling back to you or leave. Despite what any of you may of thought, I would never join the Dark side willingly. Obviously, I chose to leave. I'm sure you remember the chaos after the battle in Diagon Alley, I thought it was the perfect cover for my disappearance. I made sure you," he looked at Fred, "saw me during the fighting and then I slipped away. I knew there would be a lot of casualties and I would be presumed dead."

"Where did you go?" George softly asked when Percy paused.

"I looked up the only other person I could think of who would understand being 'The Other Weasley'," he held his hand up to stop Charlie who was starting to tell Percy he was not 'The Other Weasley.' "We all know I was never as brave or strong as the rest of you and never quite fit in. I went to dad's second cousin, Andrew."

"The squib?" Ron asked at the same time that Bill asked, "The accountant?"

"Yeah, he was a little bitter about the way the family had treated him so he helped me set up a life as a Muggle. I stayed with him until he died then I moved around a lot for several years. I kept up with the news of the magical world so I heard about Harry's victory and 'death'. You can imagine my shock when I saw him about a year ago. As luck would have it, I had moved in down the street from him and his son. After doing a little investigating I figured out what had happened. Around the same time I was snooping around Harry's life someone else was as well."

He stopped and took a deep breath, "I was spotted by several Death Eaters who were looking for Harry. They took me by surprise and knocked me out. I woke up in the house where you found me tonight. Lucius Malfoy was there and he had this crazy plan to become the next Dark Lord. He made me do some horrible things that I'll never forgive myself for or be able to forget. He threatened to kill my family if I did not obey. I knew he was crazy enough to follow through on his threats." He started to shake slightly. Fred and George stood up as one and sat on either side of him to show their support as he finished his story. "I fought back when they started making plans to kill Harry and take his son. Lucius kept saying that the boy belonged with his true family. When I started to refuse to do his dirty work, he imprisoned me in the cellar of the house. I think he only kept me alive in hopes of using me to lure my family to him. I was shocked to discover that there was already a prisoner being held. I joined Draco Malfoy. He was in bad shape. His father would torture him and rant about how Draco was a disgrace to their family name and he was ashamed to call him son."

"What was Draco doing there?"

"That's his story to tell. But be kind to him, he's been through too much already. He's different now." He paused to gather himself together to complete the tale, "We learned that Lucius was planning an attack on Fred's wedding. He wanted to get Jason and to kill everyone else. We could not let that happen. No one else knew that Draco was an animagi. When they left, we were unguarded and Draco slipped out in his animal form. He found our wands and after giving me mine, he rushed to stop his father. I was preparing to join him when Lucius and some of his goons returned with Ginny, Jason, and Jamie. I managed to hide and followed them. Lucius took Jason with him and the others took Ginny and Jamie down to the cellar. I could hear them attacking Ginny and I had to save her. I caused a distraction and the two men left her. I quickly hid Jamie and returned to help Gin but Fred and another man had arrived while I was gone. I knew Fred would take care of her so I went in search of Lucius and Jason. I found them just after Harry did, I could not let Lucius continue to terrorize or to gain any more followers so I did the only thing I could. I killed him. And I'm not sorry about that, he deserved to die and the world is better without him in it." By the time he finished, his hands were balled into fists and he was breathing heavy.

They sat speechless for a while. George was the one to break the silence, "So, Percy, you say Draco's an animagi. Is he by any chance a ferret?"

Percy looked at him for a second before he began to laugh heartily. He was finally able to gasp out a yes. After the day's turn of events they all needed a release for their emotions and everyone in the room joined in the laughter. Ron laughed so hard he snorted which caused George to fall out of his chair. Soon, they were all holding their sides and gasping for air. They sat in a pleasant silence until Charlie yawned loudly and they all realized how tired they were. They each conjured up bedding for themselves and settled in for the night.

Harry woke up a few hours later and noticed that it was only the almost full moon that lit the room. He stared at the silvery orb and wondered what would happen if Remus did not wake up before the full moon or was still in a weakened state at that time. His thoughts caused him to decide to check on Lupin's condition. He would also be able to see how Jason was and stop to peek in on Ginny and Jamie.

Quietly he stepped out to the hallway. He was startled when two men came running very excitedly down the hall and nearly knocked him over. Quickly he stepped out of the way.

"Excuse us, Harry," one of them hollered over his shoulder and gave him a huge smile.

"No problem," Harry laughed. He wondered why his old friend Neville Longbottom was in such a hurry and what was he in such a good mood about. He followed behind them at a much slower pace.

Harry was surprised to see Neville and the other person, a short balding man, run into Remus' and Jason's room. When he passed through the doorway he stopped at Jason's bed. The boy was sitting up in his bed and rubbing his eyes. Harry handed his son his glasses. Jason was like his dad in that he could not see much without the aid of his glasses.

Jason gratefully slipped them on, "Thanks, dad. What're they doing?" He watched with curiosity as Neville and the other man joined several Healers gathered around Lupin's bed. Harry sat down on Jason's bed and joined him in observing what was going on.

Neville was so excited he was bouncing slightly on the balls of his feet. His companion was beaming. Both Tonks and Michael sat up and rubbed sleep from their bleary eyes. After several attempts, the Healers were able to awaken Remus. The tired and sore man groaned slightly as he raised himself to a sitting position. "What's going on?" he asked in a weak voice.

"Oh, we have the best news for you," Neville answered very excitedly. "We found a cure!"

"A cure for what?"

"For you!"

"What do I need cured of?" Remus asked confused. Suddenly, he looked intently at his former student. "No? Really? Oh, Merlin," he raked his fingers through is hair.

Harry grinned as he listened to the conversation and figured out what they were referring to.

The other man with Neville spoke up in a squeaky voice, "I have been working on finding a cure for lycanthropy for years and was very close but seemed to missing an ingredient or two. I had been researching several plants to find if any of them were the missing ingredient. At Lori's wedding reception, I was seated next to Neville and we began talking about my work. He suggested several plants for me to try and we left to go back to my lab. That is why we were gone when the attack happened," he shook his head sadly as he thought about what had happened after they had left.

"And we found what we needed!" Neville thrust a vial of blue liquid at Remus. "Drink this once a month at the full moon and no more transforming!"

Remus took the vial with a shaking hand, "Are you sure?"

"About 99, since we haven't had a full moon yet we can't be 100 sure but I don't see any reason why it won't work. I'm going to test it this week during the full moon. You are welcome to try it with me," the short man replied.

"You're a werewolf too?" Remus questioned.

He nodded and smiled at Remus, "Since I was just a kid. So are you going to join me?"
Remus looked at the Healers, "Is it safe?"

"As far as we can tell, there should be no side effects other than not transforming."

Remus grinned bigger than Harry had ever seen him, "Of course I'm joining you. This is what I have been searching for for years. Thank you!" He enthusiastically shook hands with the other werewolf and Neville. His family smothered him in a group hug. When they released him, he looked toward the other bed and hollered, "Harry, did you hear? I'm going to be cured!"

Harry laughed, "Congratulations, I am so happy for you."