"So that's it. That's what kept them, us alive," Remus said.
"Yes, by your pact on the day of his birth to always protect Harry a special, magical bond was formed. If any of you were in such a way killed protecting him the first time, you would lose yourself but would still be alive with your innate self hidden deep within. A word of caution though, if you are killed a second time then you will remain gone of this world forever."
No one understood this but it was what Albus said.
"So, we just need to wait for them to come back," Ron asked.
"Yes Mr. Weasley, we must wait."
Harry opened his eyes. "Where am I?"
The room was bright and he felt like he was floating. He heard some groaning next to him and saw his father waking as well.
"Dad." James jumped and looked at him, clearly for the first time.
James wrapped his arms around him before looking him in the face. "You do look just like me."
"Where are the others?"
"We're over here," Sirius said from their side.
They made their way to them. They all hugged one another before getting serious.
"So, where are we," Harry asked.
"I don't know, Sirius," James said.
"No clue, Lily."
"I'm not sure."
"But then how do we get back," Harry asked. No one answered him.
"Have you ever heard of anything like this," James asked Lily. "No, not even in books."
They all sighed.
"Fear not," a voice boomed from all around them.
They stood and tried to get a look at what it was.
"Who are you, show yourself," Sirius said.
"Calm down Black and then I shall explain." Suddenly in the far side of the room appeared a young woman. She had dark brown hair, brown eyes and tan skin. She was wearing a long red dress with gold trim. She looked to be about eighteen years old and held a gold staff with a purple stone on top in her right hand. But the most surprising thing about her were glowing white wings on her back. No one said anything for a minute.
"Who are you," Harry asked.
"I am Nicole, the angel of magic and guardian of the Potter family. I am here to help you return." She waved her staff and chairs appeared. "Please have a seat so that I may explain." The Potters all sat but Sirius remained standing. "Please Mr. Black we don't have much time," she said pleadingly.
"But why should we believe you," he asked.
"I hold the answers that you seek and I need to bestow upon you something." She then turned to face the Potter family. "I am the first born Potter from 1300 a.d. I have watched all generations fight and have seen that the final effect is always peace for a short time and then more hate shall grow." Now she turned to face Sirius again. "I have also spoken to your ancestor and he should be here in a second." As she said that she could hear someone coming towards her.
"Hey you didn't start without me did you." A man about the same age as Nicole arrived. He on the other hand had long black hair tied back and gray eyes that were the same as Sirius'. He wore robes of black with silver trim and had glowing white wings on his back as well. His staff was silver with a green gem on top.
"No, you came right in time," she said smiling.
He extended his hand to Sirius. "I'm Augustus Black. I'm the family guardian and I help Nicole here with protecting this place." Sirius shook it and sat down as well.
"Finally, anyway I think we should begin," Nicole said.
"Wait, how come I've never heard of you before," Sirius asked Augustus.
"To be completely honest, though I was in Slytherin I fell in love with a Gryffindor. When they created the Black Family tree they didn't even bother to put me on. My name just got lost in the generations," he said almost bitterly. Nicole put her hand into his and smiled and he seemed to feel better.
"Our story begins in Hogwarts. We were both in the same year. I was obviously in Slytherin and she was in Gryffindor. We always talked with each other but once my family found out about us they turned me away. Anyway, we started courting when we were out of Hogwarts. No one could believe what they were seeing when a wizard from a famously dark family was seen with a girl of the highest side of light."
"So you got married," Lily asked.
"Yes but it didn't last," Nicole said no longer smiling and looked on the verge of tears. Augustus held her in a tight embrace.
"We married just a month after we finished school and had our children a few months later. It was twins which we named Marco and Rose. Then my parents found out and... well we're glad we were able to be there for a little while," Augustus explained.
"I knew most of the family was dark but to kill their own son and his wife," Sirius said disgusted.
"They separated the children. They took Marco and so to say turned him to their side while Rose was found by the Potters and raised as one of their own. We watched them from here as we were assigned the family guardians. You could tell that they didn't know they were even related. Marco tormented Rose throughout school and even after. They both got married and thus began the family lines."
"So that explains why there are those rare times when a kind Black and an evil Potter appeared," James said.
"Yes, it all stems back from us," Nicole said. "Now we have to explain the situation for now with you," Augustus said. "The spell that was used was a slow moving Evanesco. It was supposed to cause you to vanish completely and to... no longer be. We used our special magic however to bring you here and now we need you to return."
"But how will we get back," Harry asked.
"By using our magic we will return you to earth."
"Are we going to remember this," Lily asked.
The two angels shared a significant look. "Yes but only as a dream. We're sorry to do it but you'll just know that somewhere deep inside we're always watching you," Nicole said.
They all stood and hugged before standing further from them. The two of them raised their staffs and the jewels ontop began to glow. They both chanted words in rapid Latin and beams came from the jewels. "Good luck," they both said.
Harry felt a huge headache. He had no idea about where he was or what he was doing. The last thing he remembered was being in that cage and his feet disappearing. Now he was in some snowy/grassy knoll. Then there was that strange dream he'd had.
"You're awake," someone asked. He turned and saw his father, mother and Sirius off to the side waking as well.
"Yeah, what happened?"
"I don't know but I do have a huge headache," James said.
"I should contact Remus and tell him everyone's okay," Sirius said and disappeared around a tree to leave them to their devices.
No one said anything for a moment. "Mum. Dad." The two adults looked at each other before nodding. Harry didn't say anything and went to hug them. "I never thought I would have a moment like this," he said between the tears.
"Us too son," James said.
When they broke away, all of them were smiling. James kissed Lily.
"Do you remember?" She nodded and kissed her harder and longer.
Harry couldn't do anything but smile. This was how he always wanted it. A shadow appeared over Harry's head. He looked up and it was Sirius smiling down at him. "Best give them a moment to themselves," he said and motioned for Harry to follow him.
