*Third person's POV*

1991

"Mum, are we never going to come back here?" Harry asked innocently.
"I'm afraid not, honey," Lily replied. "You know you will be attending Hogwarts, right?"
"But... But... What about my friends here? What about Victor? I'm his only friend!" Harry said with pain in his voice. Victor Cooper was Harry's autistic friend. They were best friends.
Lily and James looked at each other.
"Hey, mate!," James kneeled to meet Harry's eye level. "Listen, how about we come and meet him when you're home for holidays?" He asked with a smile.
"That would be awesome," Harry grinned. "I'd be home for Christmas, Easter and summer. I could meet him then," he nodded.
"Cool," James grinned and ruffled Harry's hair. "Now, go pack everything. We'll leave when Padfoot and Moony are back."
Harry ran to his room, grinning from ear to ear.
"Things are going to change," Lily whispered.
"They are," James nodded. "But we're prepared." He pulled her into a hug and gave her a passionate kiss.
"Ewww...get a room," Remus walked in, followed by Sirius.
"You're back," Lily groaned. "Early."
"We're done there," Remus shrugged.
"You aren't packed yet?" Sirius asked.
"Almost done," Lily said waving her wand.
The house was almost empty. Most of their things were packed in sacks charmed with undetectable extension charm. They gave away some furniture and most of the things they don't need, especially Harry's muggle toys, to the Coopers.
"I'll go upstairs and see if there is anything else," Sirius said walking to the stairs.
About after an hour, they were all ready to leave the place. It was dark and it was easy for them to go unnoticed.
"Harry, you are going with me in the side car. Lily you too —"
"In the side car?!"
"No, pup. On the motorcycle," Sirius laughed.
"Okay."
"Monny and I on the broomsticks...right behind you," James said.
"Alright. Let's go," Sirius said flicking the button and his motorcycle roared to life.
Harry, along with a sack got into the side car attached to the motorcycle. Lily hopped on too with another bag.
James and Remus got onto the brooms and slung their own sacks.
"Hold on tight, cub," Remus told Harry and he did.
"Now," James said and they all sored into the night sky.
"You alright there, honey?" Lily asked aloud.
"Yes, mum!" Harry shouted back.
The air was whipping their eyes and faces.

After an hour long journey, they reached the manor.
James, Lily, Sirius and Remus pulled out their wands and murmured something Harry couldn't understand. But he felt something cold and tingling when they reached closer to ground.
"Here we are. Home sweet home," James grinned.
"The Potter's Manor," Harry mumbled looking down at the dark shape of the large manor under the moon light.
As they touched down in the courtyard, all the elders murmured again, raising and sealing protective enchantments. The protective shield over the manor glowed bright blue for a moment and vanished.
With another wave of wand, the Manor was lit up.
They all stood there for a moment and looked at the beauty in front of them.
Home. Billions of memories. They've missed it. And now they're back.
Harry took in everything with his mouth wide open.
"Come on then," James said walking to the large door.
"Alright, everyone just put your hand on the key hole before you enter. That is the key to get in or let anyone in," Sirius said. And they all did.
They entered and walked into the living room, and looked around.
Everything was clean and looked the same when they moved out 9 years ago.
"Wow," Harry said. "It's wonderful!"
"Wait till you see your room," James grinned.
Harry's eyes widened in excitement.
"Upstairs, the left corridor," Remus smiled.
Harry's feet started running before he could say anything.
He ran up the stairs. When he reached the first floor, there were two long corridors. The left one was bigger and spacious than the right one. He could see five doors in the left one and another five on the right. It was a big manor. He made his way to the left one.
He found his name labelled on the second door. His hand touched the cold door knob and turned it. The door creaked opened and he walked in. His jaw dropped to the floor.
It was a large room. Double the size of his room at Kielder. With a big four poster bed, a couch by the large window, a big rack for books and toys, and a large wardrobe.
The walls were decorated with his pictures.
He walked over to the window and looked out. Everything was dark. But could see the grounds and dark trees in a distance.
There was an attached bathroom with a tub.
"Do you like it?" James asked walking in. Sirius, Lily and Remus were smiling too.
Harry grinned. "I love it," he said and hugged them all. "Thank you," he told them.
"Now, you could do whatever you want with your room. Fill it with your toys and books," Sirius ruffled his hair.
"But," Harry frowned.
"What is it, Harry?" Lily kneeled down to his eye level.
"If this is where you grew up, why did we stay in Kielder all these years?" He looked at James and Sirius.
"Well, that's a story for another day. It's already late. You should go to bed," Remus said with a smile.
"We'll talk about it tomorrow," James smiled.
"Okay," Harry nodded. "Goodnight," he hugged them all.
After a quick little bedtime prayer, Lily tucked him in his bed and kissed him goodnight.
"If you need anything, come to us. We live next doors," she chuckled.
Harry nodded.
"And you could take a tour of the manor in the morning," she said.
Harry grinned from ear to ear.

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Harry woke up as the bright sun light filled the room. He rubbed his eyes and looked around. A smile crept on his lips. He's in love with his room.
He got out of his bed and said a quick prayer, made his bed and ran into his bathroom.
He brushed his teeth, took a quick shower and ran downstairs. He was excited to explore the manor. He followed the smell to the kitchen.
Lily was busy in the kitchen. Well, her wand was doing most of the work. She was sipping tea and reading The Daily Prophet.
"Morning, mum," Harry grinned walking into the large kitchen.
"Morning, darling. You're up!" She smiled.
"You told me I could explore the manor today," he replied.
"Did I?" She chuckled. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yes," he nodded.
She put a plate of a full English breakfast before him. "Eat up."
And Harry dug in. "Where's dad?" He asked.
"Well, the men of this house are in their little farm."
"We have a farm?" Harry's eyes widened.
Lily chuckled. "Well, I think we might have some chickens, ducks, owls, a horse or two, a small orchad, a small lake..."
"Wow!" Harry said.
"Eat, and you could join them," Lily ruffled his hair.
Harry nodded.
Lily smiled looking at her son. She looked around lost in her own thoughts.
'My boys spent months, making this manor the safest place. They cleaned up everything, set up more protective shields. Of course, they had some help from other friends. I know things won't be the same anymore. Harry would be turning 11 in three months. He'd start asking questions in a few minutes or hours. And we have to answer them all. It's time he knew. Not everything. But the important things. He is still a kid. I know, it would be hard on him. We all know. But it's better he knows. He'd be warned. He'd be careful. And, it's high time the burden is lifted off our shoulders for what they did. I'm not sure...no... I'm...we all are afraid that Harry wouldn't forgive us for what we did. We are not ready to tell him the awful thing we did to him when he was a kid. But...we had no choice. We had to protect him. He deserved a normal, happy childhood. And we knew that was the only way. Will he forgive us?'
"Mum!" Harry called snapping her out of her thoughts.
She looked at him.
"Are you alright?" He frowned. "You look...sad."
Lily chuckled. "No, honey. I'm alright."
"Okay. I'm going to see dad and others," he got up from his chair and started running towards the doors.
"Be careful!" Lily called after him.

While passing the living room, Harry noticed a large family portrait. He reminded himself to look at it clearly, when he returns.
When he opened the large doors, he was met with a beautiful courtyard. He slowly walked out taking in everything around him. The beautiful courtyard, garden, trees... He heard a dog barking and ducks quacking. He followed the sound.
What he saw made him fall on the ground and laugh.
He saw the chickens chasing a stag, and a dog chasing the ducks, and a harassed Remus trying to stop them all, while two beautiful horses lazily grazed. They were the most beautiful horses he's ever seen. One was as white as snow and the other one was as black as the darkness, both with thick and long shining manes.
After about twenty minutes of hard struggle, Remus succeeded.
The young men finally had control over the birds.
"This is cool," Harry laughed.
"See, I told you, Moony!" James laughed along with his son as Remus sighed and shook his head.
"Wow, this place is so big," Harry said looking around. He could see the vast, green grounds, trees everywhere.
"Oh, this is nothing," Sirius said dismissively. "Come on, let's explore," he said running towards the horses.
"Wait, are we riding them?" Harry looked bewildered.
"Don't worry. You'll love it," James grinned.
James and Sirius put saddles on the horses.
James helped Harry up the white horse and Sirius got on the black one.
"Come on, Moony," he called Remus.
"No way. We're not going on that one," Remus shook his head.
"Aw, you don't want to ride together?" Sirius pouted.
"You're horrible," Remus scoffed.
"Oh, come on, Moony, you could hold on to me... tight," Sirius batted his eyelashes.
"Alright, I'm done. I'm going in," Remus took a step back.
"Don't be an arse, Moony. Come on!" James groaned.
"Yes, Moony. Come on," Harry repeated chuckling.
Remus shook his head, "Dear God! Look at you both. Father and son...with glasses and those bird's nests on your heads," he tutted as he joined Sirius on the horse.
And they rode, into the orchards.

It took them an hour to show Harry the whole estate, with beautiful orchards, a small lake, and the boundaries where the woods start.
They returned in time for lunch.

"Wow, this is brilliant!" Harry grinned looking at his father and uncles.
He looked happy and that's what they all wanted.
"Ah, you're all back at last. Right in time for lunch," Lily said putting her book away.
Harry slumped down on the couch beside her.
"I had fun," he told her.
"I know," she smiled.
"Hey, dad!" Harry called looking at the large family picture. He walked over to it, craning his neck to exame it. He pulled out a stool and stood on it so he could see it clearly. Four people were sitting on a fancy couch and four we're standing behind them.
The elders shared quick glances.
"That's Gramma and Grampa," Harry said with a smile, pointing his finger at the two elders sitting on the couch. "Mum, dad," who were sitting on either side of the elder Potters. "Padfoot, Moony and Wormy," who were standing behind them. "You all look young. But who is this?" He asked pointing at one certain dark brown skinned woman who had her both hands around Remus and Sirius. And Remus' and Sirius' hands were around her waist. Her smile was so bright, it reached her eyes. "I think there's a picture of her in my room too. And why are you five dressed...funny?"
Sirius laughed, "I said the same thing."
Fleamont and James were in ivory suits and red and gold cloaks with the Potter's coat of arms on them. And Euphemia, Lily and the other woman, were wearing red dresses with golden cloaks. Harry thought it would've been hilarious if they all had their hoods on. He was curious why they did not dress normal like Padfoot, Moony and Wormy, who were in black suits and black cloaks.
"Ummm... about that," James spoke at last.
"Why don't we talk about this after lunch?" Lily interrupted.
"I'm famished," Remus added.
"Yeah, we have a long day anyway, to talk about everything," Sirius added walking into the dining room.
"Yeah, right. Lunch first," James said following Sirius.
Harry frowned. But nodded and followed the others.
During lunch Harry told everything he saw to Lily and how he loved the place. Lunch was easy.
After that, they were all sat in the living room.
"Okay, Harry. Let's talk," Lily spoke first.
"That woman in the picture," James continued. "She was my sister. Your aunt."
"Your... Your sister?" Harry asked bewildered. "But...but you don't look..." He trailed off looking at James and the picture.
They all laughed.
"She was... adopted," James said clearing Harry's confusion.
"Oh," Harry said. "What happened to her? Where is she now? What's her name?"
"Woah woah... One question at a time, pup," Sirius chuckled.
"Okay. What's her name?" Harry asked.
"Katherine Pry... Katherine Potter," Sirius replied.