Chapter 2: The Unexpected Gift

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Author's Note: The next chapters won't be up as soon, I'm out of school for summer break starting Friday, so hopefully I'll get the first 8 chapters all typed soon, and finish writing more chapters. By the way, sorry if I put too much fluff in my story, fluffy parts are my favorite to write. Also, I'll try not to make so many cliffhangers. And yes, I do know some parts are a bit 'cheesy' and sometimes a bit out of character.

The next morning Harry awoke to Ron shaking him.

"Get up, mate! It's eight and mum says breakfast is ready!"

"Where's Hermione?" Harry asked.

"She's waiting downstairs," Ron replied.

Harry was still a bit tired, but got up realizing how hungry he was. They walked into the kitchen and were greeted by Mrs. Weasley.

"Good morning, boys! Did you sleep well, Harry?"

"Yes, very well, thanks." Harry replied.

Harry walked to the table and noticed the rest of the Order was already sitting down. Hermione had saved Harry the seat beside her, and Harry sat down.

"Good morning, Harry." said Hermione.

"Morning, Hermione. Thanks for saving me this seat." Harry replied. Hermione blushed, but Harry didn't notice.

"Well, you seem to be in a better mood today, Harry," said Lupin.

Harry shrugged, "I guess."

"Well, that's good, " said Hermione, "you seemed really down yesterday."

"Yeah, I was," said Harry, "but Dumbledore and I discussed a few things yesterday and cleared up a few things, so I'm okay now I guess."

Harry looked up and saw Mrs. Weasley putting plates of bacon, eggs and toast on the table with three pitchers of orange juice.

"The food looks wonderful, Mrs. Weasley," said Harry.

"Thank you, Harry. Don't be shy, there is plenty to go around." said Mrs. Weasley smiling.

Tonks grabbed a piece of toast and everyone else started eating. Harry didn't realize how hungry he was until he was on his third plate. He heard Mr. And Mrs. Weasley talking.

"I swear, Arthur. The poor boy is so skinny, I wonder if his terrible aunt and uncle even feed him."

"Well, Molly, they must give him some food or else he'd be dead right now," said Mr. Weasley laughing.

There was a loud 'crack!' and everyone looked up to see Dumbledore standing at the end of the table by the door.

"You scared me half to death, professor! Please try to send an owl or something first next time if you can."

"I'm very sorry, Molly. I'd just like to have a word with Harry in the hallway for a minute."

Great, now what did I do? Harry thought as he got up and followed Dumbledore into the hallway.

"What did I do this time, Professor?" asked Harry with a chuckle.

"I'm glad to see that you are still in a good mood," said Dumbledore cheerfully. "you didn't do anything bad that I know of, I just came to give you your surprise."

"Oh, what is it, Professor?" asked Harry anxiously.

"Hold on, Harry." said Dumbledore. "Molly, I'm taking Harry to see his surprise now."

"Wait-," said Harry happily. "We actually get to leave to see it?"

"Yes, of course." said Dumbledore. "We're taking a portkey. On the count of three, touch this muggle currency. 1... 2... 3!"

Harry was once again spinning around like he had been yesterday until he and Harry landed in a house Harry didn't recognize.

"Err- May I asked where we are, Professor?" Harry asked.

"Just wait, Harry. You'll know soon." replied Dumbledore.

They walked into a room with two people sitting on the couch. There was a girl with bright, emerald green eyes and curly, red hair and a guy with messy, jet black hair and hazel eyes. He looked very similar to Harry except their eye colors were different.

"Harry, I'd like you to meet your parents." Dumbledore said calmly.

"WHAT?" Harry yelled.

"Meet your parents." Dumbledore repeated.

"This is impossible… There is no way… I THOUGHT THEY WERE DEAD!" Harry yelled.

"They were," said Dumbledore calmly. "I guess I will need to explain what happened to you, Harry. Meet me in the hallway."

Harry walked into the hallway very confused.

"What is going on, Professor? I thought you said my parents were dead?" asked Harry.

"That's because they were dead, Harry." said Dumbledore. "but they are alive again."

"But how?" asked Harry. "I mean, there is no way to come back to life after being killed by the curse Voldemort uses."

"Ah, that is where you are wrong, Harry." said Dumbledore. "It is very rare though."

"Well, what happened?" asked Harry impatiently.

"Hold on, Harry. I'm getting there." said Dumbledore.

"As you know, your wand contains a feather from the same phoenix as Tom Riddle's wand. Well, in your fourth year, you dueled Tom and saw the rare effect of your two wands together. As you probably remember, forms of Voldemort's last victims came out of Tom's wand tip, including your mother and father's bodies-"

"But how did they become solid bodies?" asked Harry.

"I'm getting there, Harry. Please be patient while I tell the story." said Dumbledore.

"Sorry, Professor," Harry apologized, "please continue."

"As I was saying," said Dumbledore.

"Your mother and father's bodies came out of the wand tip. I believe that your wand connection helped activate some sort of ancient magic. Now, Voldemort does not understand ancient love magic still as he did not when you were a baby, Harry. What I think happened is the connection made your parents real bodies come out and not just ghostly images like the other bodies.

As you know, your parents sacrificed their lives to save you, which is where the ancient love magic comes in. this type of love magic is extremely rare though. Your parents came out of the wands like Cedric's body and the others, but it was different for them. No one else coming out of the wand had really sacrificed their life for someone else.

Because Voldemort killed your parents while they were trying to protect you, it created a sort of invisible chain. This chain allowed your parents to have bodies and stay out of the wand, because you finished the chain's bond by loving your parents as they loved you. I'm sorry I can't explain this more clearer, Harry. Love magic is a very complex thing, a lot of wizards don't understand it fully."

"Professor- May I ask you a question?" asked Harry.

"Well, you just did, but ask as many as you'd like and I'll try to answer them." said Dumbledore. "I understand you must be very confused at the moment."

"Err- Professor, I was wondering why you didn't tell me my parents were alive in my fourth or fifth year, but you waited until now."

"I thought you would ask that, Harry." said Dumbledore. "You see, your parents were still recovering from the damage from the curse and I wasn't sure if they were gonna make it or not. I didn't want you to have to suffer their loss again if they didn't make it, so I decided to wait until they were healthy before I told you."

"This is very confusing," said Harry.

"That's why I helped you get rid of all your sad and angry emotions last night, Harry. No one would have been able to handle what you are facing right now with all those emotions." said Dumbledore.

"That makes sense," said Harry "I thought it was kinda odd that you were pushing me into talking last night… Shall I go meet my parent now, then?"

"That would be a great idea." said Dumbledore smiling.

They both walked back into the living room and Harry walked cautiously towards the couch.

"Mum? Dad?" Harry asked quietly.

"Yes, honey, it's us!" said Lily, tears going down her and James' cheeks.

"Wait, just so I know it really is you two… Dad, can I see you animagi form?"

"Very well, son. If you really wanna see me become a stag. I'm not sure how you found out about that, but anyway…"

There was a quiet sound and Harry looked down on the floor to see a stag. There was a soft 'boom!' and his dad was back as a human again.

"Wow! That was fantastic! You both passed! I can't believe this, I'm actually meeting my parents!" Harry exclaimed as he jumped onto the couch and started hugging his parents.

"I can't believe this! This is the best day of my life!" Harry screamed with excitement.

"I'm knew you'd be very happy about this, Harry," said Dumbledore. "I'll be back to check on you three later."

"Wait, Professor-" said James.

"Yes, James?" asked Dumbledore.

"My animagi… you aren't gonna report it… you know, as unregistered, are you?" asked James.

"No, I don't plan to, unless you want me to," said Dumbledore. "I would have reported you years ago when I found out if I was going to, Prongs." Dumbledore winked.

"So you know about the Marauders, eh?" said James. "Darn Moony… I bet it was him… Well, that's not important anyway. I really appreciate you keeping this a secret."

"Well, I'll be going now," said Dumbledore as he dissapparated with a loud 'crack!'

Harry, James and Lily sat back on the couch together.

"Oh, Harry! You've grown up so fast! You look just like James!" said Lily.

"Oh, yes. He has my good looks-" started James as Harry and Lily laughed. "-but he has your beautiful green eyes, Lily."

"We'd love to hear about your last fifteen years, Harry." said Lily.

"…The stories are really long." complained Harry.

"Well, I'm listening." said both James and Lily.

"Well, okay then…" started Harry. "It started with-"

Harry told them all about how he had survived Voldemort as a baby, living with the Dursleys, and how badly they treated him. Then, Harry told them about how he first found out he was a wizard with Hagrid, his first trip to Diagon Alley, getting onto the platform for the first time, meeting Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his two best friends, the sorting hat's tough decision when he arrived at Hogwarts, getting on the Gryffindor quittich team, fighting the mountain troll, getting passed the three headed dog, and saving the Sorcerer's Stone. Then, Harry continues with his second year when he found out he could speak parseltongue, being accused of being the heir of Slytherin, making the illegal Polyjuice Potion, finding Tom Riddle's diary, defeating the basilisk and pulling the sword of Godric Gryffindor out of the sorting hat during the fight. He then proceeded to tell them about his third year when he blew up his aunt Marge, rode the Knight Bus, his Diviniation lessons, passing out from the dementors, Professor Lupin teaching him the patronus, sneaking into Hogsmede, winning the Quittich House

Cup, meeting Sirius for the first time, trying to kill Sirius, letting Peter Pettigrew, the traitor get away by accident, and saving Sirius from the Dementor Kiss. He then told hid parent all going to see the quittich world cup, being in the Triwizard Tournament, dueling Voldemort and almost being killed by an imposter of Moody. After that, Harry began to explain his fifth year. He told them about when he fought the dementors, first learned about the Order, almost got expelled and had to go to a Ministry hearing, having dreams of black doors in corridors, saving Arthur Weasley, taking Occulemeny lessons, taking his O.W.L.S, going to the Department of Mysteries, finding the prophecy, being attacked by Death Eaters, being possessed by Voldemort, Sirius falling through the Veil, (Harry cried when he told them.), and actually hearing the prophecy.

"-And today I met my parents finally." Harry ended.

"You've got a lot to handle, son. You need to take a break sometime." said Lily. "and you remind me so much of James… Quittich, breaking rules, disliking Snape, and sneaking into Hogsmede with that stupid map thing…"

"I made that stupid map, Lily." said James.

Lily blushed, "I meant awesome map…"

"I'm so proud of you son, you take after me so well." said James and Harry smiled.

"James!" Lily snapped. "Do you want our son hexing people and spending half the school year in detention? 'Cause you are not setting a very good example for him!"

"Relax, Lily." said a calm voice from the back of the room. "Harry does not hex people in the hallways yet and he doesn't get nearly as many detentions as James did."

Harry, James and Lily looked up at the other side of the room and saw Professor Dumbledore.

"How long have you been here, Professor?" Lily asked.

"Long enough," replied Dumbledore. "I just came to check up on you three and pick up Harry."

"You could have interrupter me, Professor." said Harry.

"Yes, I suppose I could have," said Dumbledore. "but I enjoyed hearing all the rules you broke over the last three years. It was a bit enlightening." Dumbledore laughed.

Harry's face turned red of embarrassment, "You were hear that long?! I'm not gonna get in trouble for any of that stuff, am I?" asked Harry worriedly.

"Of course not!" said Dumbledore. "I'm not gonna punish you for things I never caught you doing. That would be really unfair, especially to punish you during summer break. But I'd like to point out that you are a lot like a mini version of James."

Dumbledore, Harry and James laughed.

"I don't want my son to grow up acting like James did!" Lily whined.

"I heard that." said James.

"Once again, relax Lily, Harry and James have a lot of differences too," said Dumbledore. "Anyway, Harry, we need to get going. The Order may be getting worried."

"Can't I just stay here?" Harry begged. "I've barely had a chance to talk to my parents."

"I should have known you would want to stay here," Dumbledore sighed. "I'll go speak with the rest of the Order.

There was a 'crack!' and Dumbledore dissapparated.

Please review! And if anyone knows how to make bold and itallics, please let me know. Thanks!

Hmm... I think the explainaton for how Lily and James came back is a little lame, but I couldn't think of anything to explain it.