Harry opened his eyes and sat up straight away in fright. He looked around; this wasn't where he was used to waking up. Was it all a dream? He reached a hand into his robe and touched his stomach, feeling a movement, he smiled.

It's not a dream

He stood up confused and looked round before looking in the mirror. His hair was no longer down past his shoulders but had been cut back to it's previous short length. He looked round his old room in shock.

"Dinner's ready." He heard someone say and spun around to see Lily standing in the doorway. "Don't look at me like that, come on." She said and he followed reluctantly. As they entered the kitchen, Harry saw James was already sitting at the table waiting for them. He looked up and smiled.

"Ah, you finally woke up." He said as Harry nervously sat down.

"How long have I have been asleep?" He asked and James looked at his watch.

"About eight hours." He replied simply. The meal was silent as Lily dished out the food then sat down at her own seat. Eventually James stood up, reached into one of the cupboards and pulled out a bottle and three glasses. He put one on his own place, gave one to Lily and one to Harry. "Cheers." James held up his glass and clinked it against Lily's before they drank, Lily taking a tiny sip, James downing his glass in one shot.

"What is it?" Harry asked sniffing it.

"Why do you need to know? Just drink it." James said and Harry shook his head.

"Not till I know what it is. I did learn something from Moody." He said and Jamesshot him anannoyed look.

"We're not going to poison you, though after the stunt you pulled, we should.It's just fire whiskey." Harry, who had been surveying the glass, put it down almost straight away.

"No thanks." He said not wanting to harm his children. They both looked at him like he had grown another head. "My last experience with it wasn't too, pleasant." He added quickly. Well, it wasn't technically a lie. It had definitely been a pleasant night. Very pleasant. But it was the reason he had two lives growing inside him at the present moment and when it came to such things as morning sickness and fatigue, said night didn't seem worth it.

"It's ok, we already know why you went and where." James said and instead of the reaction he expected, Harry rolled his eyes.

"Really? I don't think so. If you did you wouldn't just be sitting here doing nothing." He said and stood up. "Now if you don't mind, I shall be going home." He said and before he knew it James was up out of his seat, pointing his wand at him, his features morphed intoa determined expression.

"You are home and you're not going anywhere." He said and Harry eyed the wand suspiciously. "Don't make me hex you, Harry." He said and Harry gave him a loathing look and sat backdown.


Lily lay down next to James that night, snuggling close to his naked body after a heated lovemaking session. She was just falling asleep when a thought crossed her mind.

"James, what if he tries to leave now?" She asked and he smiled.

"Don't fret Lil, I've got it all taken care of." He said tiredly and both drifted off to sleep.

They were awoken later in the night by a loud crash and a bang. They quickly jumped out of bed, Lily pulling on a dressing gown, James putting on hisboxers and grabbing his wand. There were a few more crashes and a scream as they got outside the room and rushed to Harry's room, where they were coming from. James flung the door open and Lily realized why James had told her not to worry.

Four house elves were holding what looked like stupefy curses onHarry while another five sat on top of him. "What did I tell you Lily." James said in her ear but Lily didn't pay attention to him. Instead, she looked at her son, who was screaming in pain.

"Get off, go, now. If I see you in here again it shall be clothes for all of you." She snappedat the house elves and they all one by one disappeared. She hurried over to Harry, making James frown, and helped him up onto the bed again. "Go back to bed James, I'll be there in a few minutes."She said to her husband, who nodded and left, shooting one more catious glance at Harry.He lay down whimpering and wrapped his arms around himself. Lily touched his hand and he screamed again.She winced and helped him up again, getting an idea as he took his other hand and led him to the bathroom.

Harry followed her to the bathroom dazed, only waking up when she started undoing his robes. He quickly pulled the top back shut. No matter how much pain it was, he couldn't let them know now, after all that had happened.

"Relax Harry, It's just a bath to wash off some of the magic that the spells might have left behind. It's probably what's hurting you." She said calmly and he shook his head.

"I'll be fine." He replied in an offish and nervous voice and she frowned. Why wouldn't he even try it? Instead of asking, she respected his wishes and wished him good night before turned around and going back to bed.


Sirius hurried down the street towards the house. It was already late evening and the sun had gone down. He didn't need to even check the time to know that he was really late, thanks to some knobhead who had messed up his paperwork. He entered the house and found the lights out. He flicked them on and closed the door behind him.

Strangely, everything was exactly as he had last seen it this morning and he didn't hear Harry moving around upstairs or Crosby laughing. He searched the entire house and found no trace of either of them. He sat down at the kitchen table worriedly and scrambled up as the doorbell rang.

He wrenched it open and looked out, expecting Harry. Imagine his disappointment when he only saw little Toni Tout looking up at him, one of her dolls in her arms. "Hello Sirius." She smiled and handed him the doll. He frowned then opened the blanket and saw it was actually Crosby fast asleep. He gave a small mumble, his eyes opening, seeing his father, and closing again.

"Thank you, how did you get hold of him?" He asked curiously, holding Crosby against his shoulder, slowly turning from side to side to lull him back to sleep.

"Harry didn't fetch him." She said. "I asked around, no one's seen him all day." She added.

"Strange." He muttered more to himself than to Toni. "Very strange."

"Well, tell him I said hi!" She said and ran off in the direction of her house. Sirius laughed quietlyand shook his head. She was only nine yet she already did exactly what she wanted when she wanted it. Instead of going to her house, she had ran straight past it and, clad in nightgown and slippers to the park playground down the street.

"I saw him." Sirius heard someone say and looked to the pavement. A young woman about twenty five, dressed in a black and blue striped uniform was walking down the street. He remembered Harry introducing him to her at the wedding as Crystal. "He was in Grounders this morning."

"What did he say? Did he say where he was going?" He asked and if he wasn't holding Crosby would have thrown his arms up. She shook her head.

"He didn't have a chance. This man came up to us, grabbed his arm and apperated away before I could stop him." She said sadly. Sirius stopped.

"Crystal, what did this man look like?" Sirius asked her, his voice shaking.

"He looked like Harry. A lot like him, 'cept he was taller." She stated, thinking hard. "Sorry I can't tell you more. Didn't see him very well"

"It's ok. Thanks. Goodnight." He said and she carried on walking. He closed the door, went upstairs and put Crosby down in his crib numbly. He didn't need anymore information. James had found him. And knowing James, he was probably interrogating him at the present moment.

They would most likely get the truth out of him. What could he do? The game was up. They were caught. All he had to do now was wait for James and Lily to come break the front door down…


Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter! I was astounded at the amount of them, but have realized sooner updates mean more reviews, so after this I'll probably update every three or four days, a week at the mostif I've got a lot to do.

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And just for the fun of it, I dedicate this chapter to Sliver of Melody, whose review (HEY! THAT'S HARRYNAPPING! O I'm telling Siri!) made me roar with laughter, and inspired the chapter title. hits Sliver of melody over headwith stick of mpregness