Chapter Two: In the Morning

Harry slept for eight hours until he heard a baby's cry. He fell off his bed before he realized who belonged to the babies cries. Harry went to the couch and looked at the two toddlers; he looked at the girl first and noticed she had a light green to her eyes. They looked so beautiful on her, with her red curly hair.

"Do you get up this early?" he asked them. The boy and girl smiled at him and gurgled. But they were older than that, they were three. So he knew they could talk at least more than that. "Your Mom couldn't name you then?" they shook their heads. "Can you talk?" he asked them and the boy nodded. He raised an eyebrow at the both of them.

Harry walked away from them towards his kitchen; he didn't know that the two of them walked with him. Holding hands they stood in back of him. When Harry turned he jumped as he saw them two.

"Do you hang in back of people all the time?" They both nodded mischievously, "So nice to know." Harry turned back around and made the two of them sandwiches and made them apple juice while he just got some coffee for himself. When he turned back around he saw the two on the counter and a single chair was propped onto the corner of it to climb on.

After a few minutes of eating in silence Harry was growing impatient. He stood up from his seat and took the plates from the children and put them in the dishwasher and started it. He then looked back at the twins and frowned.

"What should I do with you?" he asks them. They don't respond but just stare at him with their big eyes. "Well...I'm supposed to go see the Order...I guess you could come,"

Finally the boy answers, "Me want to go!" he shouts. Harry was taken aback but recovered.

"Well then, I guess you can." Harry said and let them both down from the counter shortest to tallest. When he put the girl down she gave him a kiss on the cheek, he was surprised but couldn't help but smile at her,

"Since you'll be with me a long time I guess I have to call you something..." he remembered the letter and smiled. As he looked at the girl he said, "Lily?" he asked her. Her head immediately went up to look at him. "Do you like that name?" she nodded happily. "Want me to call you that?" she nodded again. He smiled at her and took her to his bed and ruffled her curly short hair. He turned around to get the boy but when he turned the boy wasn't on the counter.

Harry frantically looked around and looked under his bed and then the couch. Then a small voice interrupted him.

"Harry, see me!" the boy said. Harry looked up to see the boy holding his wand.

"Don't—"he was going to call him something but nothing came out. "What name would you like?"

"Bubba," he said.

"No, too strange," Harry laughed and took his wand from the boy. "Hmm," Harry thought aloud. "How about Korbin?" he asked him. The little boy, now named as Korbin was finally smiling and was enjoying his new wand-free hand.

Harry had given the kids their names and was now looking around his apartment for anything that might fit them as it was chilly outside. They only had their only pair of clothes and no sweater. They were three-years-old so they had to have a light jacket to keep the cold away from them. Harry grabbed two of his old sweaters from his second year at Hogwarts and shrunk them.

"Korbin," he called out. He heard a running of feet and them a stumble and when Harry looked back he saw Korbin on the floor looking quite silly. "Come here you dope," he said and took the kid in his arms and pulled on the red sweater. He let Korbin off him and put him on the ground. "Lily," he then called and hardly heard anything until he turned around to see the smiling face of Lily Anne Potter. Harry put the green sweater on her and kissed her forehead.

Harry then rummaged around for his keys to his Toyota 4Runner which he bought from his well-paid money from his father and mother in their own vault—Specifically for his own car. He found them lying on the counter in the bathroom and remembered him not usually needing to brush his hair, the two young ones had hair that wasn't like his.

"Lily, Korbin, come here please!" he shouted at them in the bathroom as he got the soft brush from his box of still closed up items. Lily came first in. He brushed her hair nice and neat and she giggled many times as he let the brush touch her neck. The boy was next and he always squirmed and muttered small words from his mouth like "No" and "Owie".

"Now we can go see Sirius," Harry said and led them out of the house and into the halls. He had to hold onto Lily's and Korbin's hand so they didn't walk away, even if they were too scared to run about in a strange place. They finally got to the elevator and the first person he saw in there was the young woman he knew lived down seven doors from him.

"Hello Harry, who are they?" Sharon asked as she walked out of the elevator and Harry got in.

"My, will be, adopted kids," he said and the elevator door closed. When the door closed Harry leaned on the wall letting go of the children's hands. He opened his pockets and found the letter their mother gave him. He read through it once again so he could remember everything about him. Finally he read the bottom this time and his face showed intense disbelief.

Harry looked at Lily and she was sitting on the floor looking alone. Korbin was giggling as he watched the elevator go down from the window. He looked at the letter again: Lily was born mute. Be careful with her, she is very sneaky and is always thinking she is alone. Don't let her feel left out. Harry looked at Lily and crouched beside her.

"Hey Lily," he said and put a hand on her head. "Since you can't talk," Korbin sat with them, "how about I teach you a few tricks?" Lily nodded and ran into his arms. This was the first time Harry felt he was right where he belonged. The door of the elevator door opened and he saw a sweet couple at the age of maybe 23, six years older than him. They smiled at him but the girl frowned a bit.

"Are those your children?" She asked him with a concerned look in her eyes. She looked to Harry's noticeable forehead and jumped back. "Harry Potter?" she asked.

"Yes, my name Is Harry Potter Miss" Harry stood up and Korbin and Lily held onto his trousers. "There not my children," he started and her aura slowed down, "But they will be soon," he said.

"What are their names?" The man asked him as Harry, Korbin and Lily stepped out. The door still was open.

"The girl is Lily Anne Potter, after my mother," The man nodded and the young woman had tears in her eyes, "And the scoundrel of a boy beside me is Korbin Sirius Potter," he said and Korbin grunted and pulled on Harry's trousers again. "What Korbin?" he asked as he looked down at him. He was pointing to the doors where Sirius, Mad-Eye, Tonks and Remus Lupin were.

"Wotcher Harry," said Tonks as she got closer to them. The woman and man went off into the elevator and went up.

"What are you guys doing here?" Harry asked when Tonks and the rest stopped when they saw Harry pick up the small boy. "Oh, these kids are Lily and Korbin. They...well, here," Harry handed Tonks and the rest duplicates of the letter. Tonks, Remus and Moody took the letters and read them after and after before they got the picture. Remus was the first one to talk to him.

"You're taking them in aren't you?" He asked him. Harry nodded and then heard Tonks sigh and go over to Harry but knealed down in front of Lily.

"She looks like Lily," Tonks said and held out a hand. Lily smiled and giggled when Tonks played with her sweet red curls. "Want up?" Lily looked up to Harry and he nodded. She then ran into Tonks' arms and hugged her while Tonks picked her up. "She is so cute Harry,"

"Yes, I know." Harry replied and looked over at Moody. "You haven't answered my question yet Professor Moody," Moody grunted but went on.

"We were told to bring you to Headquarters. We heard that something was fishy about this particular apartment yesterday. And by the letter I would say that Dumbledore was right about it."