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(Back to normal PoV)
Still In The Attic…
Harry just looked at them in shock.
"Mum…Dad? Is it really you?" He took a step forward.
James gave him a lopsided grin that looked just like Harry's. "Yes, Harry. It's really us." James had tears in his eyes, as did Lily. People were right, he really did have her eyes. They glistened emerald green with her tears.
"Oh, Harry. You don't know how long we've been waiting for this moment." Harry walked slowly towards them, then ran into their open arms and the three of them hugged each other fiercely, as though this was the last time they would ever see each other again when it was the first time in 16 years. Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Hermione were all watching on and crying silently, as not to disturb the extremely overdue family reunion. Ron and Leo were looking on, smiling. The family embrace continued for a few minutes, until they let go.
"So…are you only here for a while? Or are you staying?" Harry asked his parents.
Lily and James looked at each other. This was the question that they were dreading. They looked to Leo, as if to say 'help explain'.
Piper seemed to be thinking and suddenly said to James, "How did you guys orb in? I thought only Whitelighters and Elders can orb and ghosts appear in white lights?"
Lily and James had been caught out. "Leo, can you explain for us. Please?" Lily asked.
Leo nodded. "Well, when Lily and James died, I was the Whitelighter to greet them. The only time Whitelighters greet the newly dead are when they are Whitelighters themselves. Let me explain first, Piper." Piper closed her mouth from the question she was about to ask. "The Elders told me that they were special Whitelighters and had to appear at a certain time in their charges life before they came back down. Until that day, they would age normally. They only have a couple of charges throughout being a Whitelighter. Lily, James I think you should say who your charges are." They nodded.
James started. "Well, I'm Sirius and Remus' Whitelighter." He looked to Lily.
"And I'm your Whitelighter Harry. And you too, Hermione, Ron." Now it was Hermione, Ron, Piper, Phoebe and Paige's turn to looked the most shocked, along with Harry again.
Lily and James looked to Leo. "Maybe we should discuss this downstairs?" Leo agreed so the three Charmed Ones, three Hogwarts students and three Whitelighters made their way downstairs.
An Hour Or Two Later…
After much talking, all was discovered. The sacrifices Lily and James made to protect Harry earned them the respect to become Whitelighters, and because of Voldemort, it was decided not to bring them back until Harry was of the right age. ("Betcha the old Potter curiosity got the better of him." James grinned.) Lily and James would help Harry, Hermione, Ron, Sirius and Remus train to defeat Voldemort.
"One thing I still don't know is can we still use magic? I mean can we use our wands?" James asked. "And where are our wands anyway?"
"Yes you can. Normally a Whitelighter would only have Whitelighter abilities, but in this case the Elders have allowed you the use of your old magic as well as your Whitelighter abilities." Leo orbed away and returned 2 seconds later with two worn and used wands.
"Our wands!" Lily ran over to Leo to grab her wand. "I always wondered what happened to them. The Elders wouldn't tell us anything about them."
"The Elders sent a Whitelighter to rescue them from Godric's Hollow just after you died." Leo explained. He didn't mention that he was the one to get them and the one to point Sirius and Hagrid in the direction of Harry.
Finally, when everything was understood, Lily and James suggested they should get back to Grimmauld Place, so they could tell Sirius and Remus. ("I can't wait to see their faces, they are gonna freak!" Lily said.) So everyone said their goodbyes. "Don't forget to look us up if you need anything." Phoebe said.
"Ditto." Lily said. Harry, Hermione and Ron all grabbed onto Lily and James and watched as Halliwell Manor disappeared in a flurry of blue and white orbs.
Meanwhile, at Grimmauld Place…
"Sirius, Molly calm down, they have to be somewhere." Remus said to a frantic Molly Weasley and a pacing Sirius Black. They had realised the teens were gone when Molly came to talk to Ron about Pig, who was flapping around like crazy and annoying everyone at the Burrow. When Sirius told her that he thought they were with her, they alerted Remus immediately.
"Well sorry if I'm upset with the disappearance of my godson and his two best friends." Sirius growled.
"Sirius, pacing up and down making a ditch in the floor isn't going to help."
"Well, Remus, please tell us something that is, I want to know where my son and his friends are." Molly shrieked.
While this was going on in the kitchen, Lily and James had just orbed Harry, Hermione and Ron into the living room. As they regained their balance (and tried not to empty their stomachs), they listened to a few lines of the conversation being held in
"Oops, looks like Mum and Sirius found out we weren't where we were supposed to be." Ron said. "How do you think Mum's gonna kill us?"
Harry was about to say for everyone to go in there, when he had a great idea. He told the other four who all agreed.
"But we need the invisibility cloak for you guys." Harry said.
James shook his head. "Just a good old Whitelighter trick." He orbed in and out instantly but when he came back, he was invisible. Lily did the same.
"Wicked." Ron told them. "Right ready to get yelled at big time?" When Harry and Hermione nodded, they made their way into the kitchen. Harry's plan would be in action in a matter of minutes, hopefully before Molly killed them but after she had left.
Harry, being the bravest, opened the door into the kitchen. All three adults looked around.
"Ronald! Harry! Hermione! You're all ok!" Molly ran to them all and squeezed them.
"Mum, we need to breathe." Ron said. Molly let go.
"Where on Earth have you three been? You told Molly that you were coming here, and you told me you were going to the Burrow. Why?" Sirius asked them.
"Well, you see, we decided to go down to Diagon Alley but we didn't think that you would let us." Hermione said. The three of them had agreed in their first year if they ever got into some sort of trouble, which was most of the time, Hermione would speak because she seemed the most trustworthy to adults, and she could come up with the most convincing lies off the top of her head.
"What do you mean, we wouldn't let you, you're 17, and you can make decisions for yourselves." Molly said. Sirius and Remus nodded in agreement. "Well, if your ok, then I'll go home and leave you three here. Is that ok, Sirius?"
"Of course Molly, we'll have them back to you before 10."
"Thank you." She said goodbye to everyone and left through the Floo.
At the Burrow…
Molly fell out of the fireplace with some grace. She looked up to see Arthur looking worried. "It's alright, they went to Diagon Alley and didn't think we'd let them. Silly thing to worry about but they're safe. Ron and Hermione are staying at Grimmauld Place for a while." She told her husband.
"Good, well I need to get back to work now. I will see you later dear." Arthur kissed her and apparated back to the Ministry. The twins, who were listening with extendable ears high fived silently and grinned. It had looked like they were caught, but they had come up with a good enough excuse to save themselves.
Ahh, some fluffiness in there. Wonder what's going to happen now Molly has left, ooh, you had better review to find out!