Chapter 30

When she saw her bother re appear for the first time in an hour or so Ellouise rushed from the stands with her mother and her father not so far ahead of her to his side. All three of them had been so scared for their precious boy. By his side Ellouise saw Cedric Diggory, he was dead.

Just for a second she had a terrible vision of Harry, laying there also cold and unmoving... She had almost let out a heartbroken sob when she heard for the first time Harry speak.

"He wanted me to bring his body back," he muttered to his father who was now sitting by him holding on to the boy fiercely with tears burning in his eyes at the sight of his exhausted and clearly hurt son.

"Ok son, its ok, you have" James tried to soothe him.

"He wanted me to bring him back to his parents," he tried to explain.

James nodded. What had gone on with his lad? Who had hurt him so damn much? What had gone on and why hadn't he been able to stop it for him

Harry's head was pounding; his leg was no longer able to keep him up right. He wanted to go home.

"he'll have to go to the hospital wing," he heard a voice say and with out a moments gap a pair of strong arms picked him up and dropped a kiss on to hid forehead.

"It's going to be ok son, dads got you son, I'm here," said James and he made his way to the hospital wing. Lily and Elle were on his tail as were the other three members of there family.

"What's happened son," asked James as he laid him on a bed. Dumbledore had arrived and they had to hear it more than any one. James as his father and Dumbledore for obvious reasons.

"Cup was a port key…took me and Cedric to graveyard….and Voldemort was there….Lord Voldemort," as Ellouise heard this name her heart froze and her m other clung to her tighter than she ever had before. Lily was beginning her son wasn't saying what she thought he was. He couldn't be back. Not when she had just got to be so happy with her life.

"Killed Cedric….they killed Cedric."

"Who did son?" asked James

"The death eaters…made a potion…got his body back…we dueled."

Lily and Elle gasped in shock. What had he been through? Poor old Harry…

"Got away….my wand….did something funny," he said and he went on in this fashion for a while as the family listened to him horror struck by what he was telling them and broken hearted for him. No one dissevered to suffer what he had. By the end, all they understood was Voldemort was back.

As she sat by the side of here son tears fell down her face, h e had gone to sleep long ago and Ellouise was sleeping in Moony's lap, she wouldn't wake. Mel had come not so much later but had to go again to take Dudley home and to pick the twins up for lily. She couldn't leave Harry at the moment after all.

James came up beside her. "Honey," he whispered as he kissed her.

"do you believe this James, I can't," she choked out as she turned inn to him an d he held on to his wife tightly comforting both himself and her with the heat that came from there bodies on to on e another.

"I love you, its going tot be ok this time," he said to her.

"You can't promise that," she said to him doubting him but he nodded.

"Your right I can't but I can promise I am going to be here for the five of you," he said to her. "We are going to get to the other side of this war." He said to her., he wasn't going to lose out this time. He had too much to give up.

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Then ext morning came and Harry woke to his sister. She had been with him all night but half way through the adults had had to go to a meeting with Dumbledore.

"Elle," he choked out. His throat was hurting.

"Hey," she said to him softly and moved to the side of his bed and sat down. "How you feeling?" she asked.

"Just great" he teased.

"Sorry bad question," she said.

"It's alright," he said as he took her hand. She had been afraid she had lost him.

"I am ok baby, I promise," he said to her.

"But you nearly weren't," she said as they sat in the infirmary.

That morning was so hard on Harry. He had to go to Dumbledore and tell him what had gone on. Recall every tiny detail. Dumbledore had wanted it all last night but James had said no. his baby boy had needed rest.

So today he had to go through it all and James went with him to give his son support. He had been horrified by what had gone on to him. He had never wanted something like this to go on to his son. Than again what father did?

Harry he thought did it very well as he went through all the details. James had been disgusted tot here what part his dear old friend peter had played in this.

The barsted

It was revealed that moody hadn't been moody at all. He had been a death eater. All this time and no one had known.

Later that day Harry had a hard meeting with Cedric's parents. He was feeling guilty. He had been the one to say that they win it for Hogwarts together. How wrong had he got it? Though it was said he had won, he didn't feel like a champion.

They next day Harry left Hogwarts early for summer as his parents had offered him to go a month early and Dumbledore had agreed. Exams were over. He had nothing he had to stay for. Ellouise was given the option to go but she had chosen to stay on.

After she said bye to her brother she went back to the common room where she found f red alone "I thought you might need a friend," he said to her and held her tight as she returned the embrace.

"He's back Fred," she said "I don't want to lose them."

"I know," he said softly to her.

She exclaimed to him what had gone on even including the dark lord being back and he looked grim but this just made him hold her tighter. She smiled ass they lay on the couch together. When she needed him he was always there.

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That night as Harry woke from a dream he found his mum and dad were there for him and held him tight soothing there baby first born back to his dreams though they were not sweet.

James and lily were both on a side each and were watching there son like a hawk, neither wanted him to be alone when he woke.

Smiling at he husband from across there sons double bed lily felt a pride in her for what James was doing. A month again he could not of handled this and yet just look at her man. A good father and it seemed a master in his house. He looked almost liked a noble lord of old for a moment when she had glanced at him.

He sat by his son holding his hand and watching him sleep peacefully.

"James," he heard voice.

"Yes lily," he asked.

"I love you so much it hurts."

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The last month at school was hard for Ellouise with out Harry but some how she got through it.

The leaving feast night come and it was an emotional ceremony as she with the rest of the school listened to Dumbledore speech and raised her glass to Cedric. H e had never wanted this, no one did. He could have had a life. A good love filled one had he been allowed. Yet so cruelly that chance had been taken from him.

Looking across the hall Elle saw his girlfriend the girl she had gone down in the lake with crying and she felt so sorry for her.

Just then she felt as Neville took her hand protectively and held her. Across the table she saw Fred and felt guilty for being with Neville in front of him.

What seemed no time at all she was on their way home. That night went quickly. She sat with Emily and Beth along with Ginny, Neville Ron and Hermione. They had all squeezed in.

Hermione revealed to them on the way back to the train station that she had capture d an illegal animagi by the name of Rita Skeeter.

They had a good laugh at her expense and then they got off and went too met there respective guardians. Ellouise was thrilled to see her godfather there on the platform waiting for her even of no one else had come for her.

"Remus," she said tot him and run in to this open arms before they held each other tight for a while.

"God I missed you girl," he said kissing her forehead.

"Hey you!" the voice of Mel said to her alas she was reunited with her daughter.

"hey mum," said Beth and gave her a heart felt open armed hug.

"Are you two coming back with us?" asked Elle.

"No," said Mel, "we have to go and see my parents but we'll be home soon, so you just keep that uncle Sirius of yours in order," she said.

"Will do," grinned Ellouise and her uncle took her to the car.

"Ready to go home," he asked.

"With out a doubt," she said and off they went to the Den again.

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Weather worn and tired the women sat in the headmasters office. She had a part to play in the order and she had return to fill it when she had heard they were reforming.

"Do you think there'll want me at the den again," she asked.

Dumbledore dint know.

"You've been away a long time my dear ruby." he said to the girl he had seen grow.

She had been a beautiful child. She had such life in her soul.

"How could you let my Remus I dead!" She asked and he thought for minute.

"I thought you were," he said honestly

"I want to go back, I want to see him, and my goddaughter," she said. "Please Albus," she asked him.

"Not yet we must first speak of the order and the part you will play in it this time, and your research," he said to her.

"I guess so," she nodded.

But she didn't want to; she was so close to home. She just wanted to be there.

She had been so busy with her work when she had been abroad, she had had sufficient work to keep the man she should have been there and the girl she should have taken in from her mind, but now all she saw was the beautiful baby and hero she had left. She had never thought she'd come back from her work. The danger, the pain, she had forced her self to forget what she had loved theme sot. And yet today she was talking about returning to the den. The home where she had been happy for once. Where she had a family who dare she say it 'loved' her? And now going home. She was going home.

"Ruby?"

"Yes sir, let's get on with it."

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"There she is, my little girl," said James and he run to greet Ellouise.

Taking her in his arms he kissed her "you ok?" he asked.

"Fine dad," she said as he held her.

From the window Lily watched her with her son. James was so good at being a dad now and she had the comfort her faith had been worth it. He had it in him to be a father.

a/n: edging near the end now!

Abby: oh, I hate rita too and I think we all needed to see James pull his finger out. He might do lol, thanks as always.

randypotter1222: oh yes I had to work it in (the port key) I hope I did ok. My friends think that too, lol, thanks randy!

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