Up this week, Harry comes to live with the Parkers, as he and Peter begin to get used to each other. Also a few other familiar characters along the way will make their appearances.

Enjoy!

Crookshanksthe1st

The next morning Hedwig hooting excitedly awakened Harry.

"What's wrong girl?" he murmured tiredly as he looked at the time on his alarm clock, which read 10 am.

"Well better get up shouldn't I?" he said as he opened his window and Hedwig flew out of her open cage door and out of the open window.

Harry stretched and tousled his unkempt hair, grabbed his glasses and put on his slippers and made his way downstairs to the kitchen. The house was quiet and as Harry began to make himself some tea and toast for breakfast, his mind began to cast back to Sirius and the letter and items he had found almost two weeks previously.

He had just finished off his breakfast and had just leaned down to put his mug into the dishwasher when he heard a familiar "pop" behind him. He stood up and spun round quickly and pulled his wand from his pocket and aimed it at the intruder. He looked up and was surprised to see Professor Dumbledore standing in the Dursleys' living room.

"Sir?" said Harry lowering his wand.

"Ah Harry! How are you?" he said taking in Harry's form.

"All things considered sir, things are fine, I guess Professor Lupin told you the Dursleys' are on holiday and you came to check up on me yourself?" said Harry with a hint of sarcasm. He felt ashamed from what had transpired two weeks ago in Dumbledore's office.

"Yes I did, however it was also due to the information which you passed onto Remus, I did some investigating" he said as Harry began to walk towards the Professor and offered him a seat which Dumbledore took.

"Really? Can I ask what you found Professor, did you meet my…my Aunt? Did she know what happened to my Mother and Father?" he said all too quickly.

Dumbledore motioned for Harry to sit down. As the Professor explained of all he had found out about Peter's parents and that Harry still had one living relative.

"So, what you are saying is that Peter and his Aunt are willing to take me in for the next year? This would mean that I would leave here!" he said beginning to smile.

Dumbledore nodded. "Peter is very keen to meet you again, he remembers you from when you were a baby."

"He does…where do they live?" said Harry raising his eyebrows in surprise.

"In New York city, however this won't be a problem, they know that you will be there by this afternoon, once we have all your things collected and tonight I will stop by and perform the blood charm."

"I'm going today!" said Harry.

Dumbledore chuckled at the young boy he had grown to admire over the years.

"Yes Harry, Today"

Harry smiled and then took Dumbledore's hand and shook it.

"Thank you Professor, thank you…. You don't know how much this means to me"

Dumbledore stood up as he and Harry began to make his way to his bedroom. Once inside Harry grabbed a few clothes and his trainers from his rickety wardrobe and made his way to the bathroom to get dressed.

"I won't be long Sir, Hedwig should be back shortly and I will come back and get all my things together," he said as he made his way out of the door.

As the Headmaster stared around at the small room, he saw spell books and an ink well lying on the small worn desk in the corner. He walked to the bedside table as he looked down at the small photo frames and picked them up one by one, watching the smiling and moving pictures of Sirius, Remus and the Weasleys then looked at the one that took pride of place in front of them. He picked it up and looked sadly at the enchanted photograph of Lily and James Potter. He watched as James spun Lily round as she laughed when he pulled her to him and smiled into her face lovingly beside the fountain in Hogwarts grounds.

"I only wish that you can both forgive me for sending Harry to live with Petunia, it's hard not to love your son, he is the most loving child I have ever known…" Dumbledore whispered and put the photo frame back down. He then flicked his wand and every possession of Harry's appeared in a huge folding out trunk that became deeper as each item fitted in.

After few minutes Harry emerged from the bathroom drying off his hair with a towel and put his glasses on and looked around at the empty room. Harry laughed, "Professor, I could have helped you know," he said as he put the towel on the bed.

"Nonsense Harry, I am more than happy to help, now do you have your wand?"

Harry nodded as he took it out of his pocket and then put it back in.

"Now, Harry are you ready to go?" said Dumbledore as he watched Harry look around the room one last time. He watched as a smile grew upon the young boy's face and he knew the answer.

Just at that moment as Harry was about to close the window, he remembered Hedwig was still out hunting, he called out to her and within a few seconds the snowy owl heard her master's call and flew through the forest back to his room. She landed on his arm when she flew through the window; he fed her an owl treat and then placed her back in her cage and locked the door.

Dumbledore then looked around the room and Harry knew he was looking for a portkey. Harry put his hand into his pocket and then handed over the Dursleys' house key to Dumbledore. "You can use that Sir, it's not as if I'll be needing it anymore." He said as Dumbledore then put a letter addressed to the Dursley's on Harry's bedside table.

Dumbledore muttered an incantation and Harry's trunk and Hedwig disappeared into thin air. Harry then touched the key that the Headmaster had charmed and as he looked around at the home he had lived in for the past fifteen years of life as he felt the familiar pull around his navel and a burst of colours appear before his eyes and the nauseating feeling in his stomach. Five minutes later Harry opened his eyes and found himself standing on a driveway, he looked around him it was early evening, the sun had just started to go down. As he looked next to him, he saw a letter attached to Hedwig's cage addressed Harry.

He opened it and read:

Harry,

I have had an urgent call back to England from the Order, your Aunt and cousin know that you will be arriving today, I will be along tonight to place the blood charm on the house so that you and your family will be safe.

A.Dumbledore

Harry looked up the small driveway to the small house and grabbed Hedwig's cage and trunk and took a deep breath and walked towards the front door. For a moment he just stood there looking at the doorbell and knew that his life would change as soon as he placed his finger on it, he looked at Dumbledore's letter again and looked at the words "your family" and suddenly his fears and nervousness began to slowly ebb away. This was his family and no one, not even Voldemort would take that away from him now.

With a look of utter determination on his face he pressed the doorbell and waited anxiously for it to open.

Inside the house, May Parker stopped her knitting and looked up at the clock and realised that it would be Harry and the Professor. She walked to the door and opened it startling Harry who had turned around in surprise while he was trying to look in the window. Hedwig hooted, as May turned to look at the young boy on her doorstep.

"Hello, Harry" she said smiling at him warmly.

Harry immediately felt at ease as he smiled back at her "Hello, Mrs Parker"

They both looked at each other as if seeming of what to make of each other until May motioned for him to come inside. "Come in dear, we can't have you standing out here all night now can we? Let's get you're things inside and get you something to eat" she said moving forward and picking up Hedwig's cage and looking at the snowy owl as she backed up into the hallway as Harry pulled his trunk inside. "My! What a beautiful owl what is it's name?"

"Oh, her name is Hedwig, she was a birthday present from the Grounds keeper Hagrid at my school for my eleventh birthday, I hope you don't mind me having her here, if you do…I can send her back to England…. to the school or one of my friends can take her" he said forgetting about Hedwig.

"Nonsense Harry, she is your pet and has been with you for many years from the looks of it, this is her home as much as it is yours now" as they placed the cage in the living room.

Harry looked around at the small but quaint living room. May gestured him towards the kitchen for dinner where she had made a selection of dishes. Harry sat down and smiled. "Can I help you Mrs Parker?"

"Harry, you sit yourself down and let me tend to you, I am fine honestly" she said chuckling as she put the kettle on for tea for her and Harry.

As the hours passed Harry went on to tell May about his life at Hogwarts, she listened with rapt interest at the trials this young boy had been through in his short life. She had just taken the roast out of the oven and Harry was helping to prepare the potatoes when they heard the door open.

"Hey Aunt May we'll need to move that stuff out the back bedroom before Harry arrives!" he shouted from the hallway carrying two boxes.

"I already did it dear, and as for Harry, he's already here," she said smiling from the kitchen as Peter made his way into the living room and put the two boxes down on the floor. Harry walked out from the kitchen as Peter hugged his Aunt "Sorry I wasn't here sooner" he replied sheepishly and then looked up to see Harry standing nervously at the kitchen doorway.

"You must be Harry," said Peter moving towards Harry and holding out his hand. Harry took his hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you" he said smiling. At that moment May began to usher the two boys into the kitchen to sit down at the table for dinner.

"So…Harry how is school?" said Peter as he poured them all a glass of water. "Um…things are okay I guess, I'm still waiting on my exam scores coming through from last month"

"I'm sure you will do very well Harry, it seems you and Peter are from a very gifted family" said May as she put the roast and potatoes on the table. Peter got up and began to carve the meat and put onto each of their plates.

"Harry wait until you taste, Aunt May's cream corn, its amazing!" said Peter as May laughed and blushed slightly.

"Aww…Come on Aunt May, it is true," he said teasing her as she reached over and touched his cheek." You my boy…. are too sweet for your own good."

Harry grinned at her remark as he watched the exchange between Aunt and Nephew and he wondered if May would soon look at him in that way that he had always wished for when he was younger with his Aunt Petunia.

"I never eat like this back in England, except when I stay with the Weasleys'" he said as he sipped his water.

"Are they friends of yours?" said Peter as he swallowed

"Yeah, my best friend Ron's family, my friend Hermione and I have kind of been welcomed into the fold" he said smiling.

As the three of them ate and talked and had cleared up everything. May asked Peter to show Harry to his new room. Harry went to lift his trunk but Peter grabbed it with ease and made his way up the stairs. Harry grabbed Hedwig's cage and followed Peter down the hallway towards his new room.

Peter opened the door and stared around at the room. "It's probably not as big as what you were used to back home…." He said depositing Harry's trunk carefully at the foot of his bed but Harry cut him off.

"No, it's great….I've never had a room like this it's double the size of my old rooms" he said as he looked around and then towards the window. He put down Hedwig's cage and opened the window and then went back to the cage and reached his arm in as Hedwig hopped onto it and hooted. Harry lifted up his arm as Hedwig opened her wings and flew out of the window into the night.

"I usually let her out to hunt at night," he said as Peter had watched the owl fly freely out of the window.

"Anyway, Harry you're probably really tired, if you're looking for the bathroom it's just down the hall and if you need anything my room is next to the closet and Aunt May's is next to the bathroom." He said walking towards the doorway and putting his hands in his pockets and looking around the room again. "Goodnight Harry" he said as Harry turned and said goodnight too. Harry reached inside his new trunk and pulled out his Hogwarts trunk and then began unpacking all of his things mostly his photographs and displaying them on his bedside table and lay down on his new bed. He looked to the picture of James and Lily and then Sirius. "Goodnight…. and thank you" he whispered into the night as he felt exhaustion overtake him and fall into a deep undisturbed slumber.

An hour later May had just finished washing up and was on her way to her bedroom as she walked past Peter's room she watched him sleep his hand gripping onto a physics book she sighed and remembered he looked exactly like the little scared four year old boy sleeping in the hospital bed all those years ago. She closed the door over and then made her way to check on Harry. She watched as he lay on his side, a peaceful look upon his face as he slept, his glasses still on and shoes. May walked in quietly and lightly brushed his hair away from his eyes, showing his scar, she looked at it for a second then reached for his blanket and draped it over him.

She then removed his glasses and laid them on his bedside table as he hand brushed his photo frames she looked at the smiling, waving figures in the pictures as she stared at the picture of James and Lily and whispered. "I will look after him….you have my word" she said into the night as she watched a snowy owl swooped into the nearby trees and made her way down the hall to her bedroom.

Somehow May Elizabeth Parker knew, life with her two nephews would someday change and she hoped that their small family would be able to cope with that change.