A blood curdling scream of agony ripped through Potter Manor, making Fabian, Gideon, Sirius, and Remus to drop what they were doing and run to Laura's room in time to hear her cry,

"No! No! Please! It won't happen again Mr. Jones! Please! Don't!"

The Sirius, Gideon, and Remus exchanged a look while Fabian hurried to his daughter's side, taking the thrashing girl in his arms and running his fingers through her hair, murmuring softly,

"Shh. Shhh, luv. No one's going to hurt you anymore. I won't let them. Shhh, baby girl. Daddy's got you."

Laura eventually stopped thrashing and calmed down, her eyes fluttering open.

"Daddy?" she whimpered. Fabian pulled her onto his lap, holding her tightly,

"You're alright now, Bambi."

The teen buried her face in her father's shoulder and sobbed, saying,

"I didn't mean to! Why did he hurt me? I didn't mean to use magic! I tried to stop! It never worked! So I just ran away. He would have killed me if I hadn't!"

The four men exchanged horrified looks, Fabian tightened his arms around his daughter.

"Who, luv?"

"The man I was sent to live with when Da and Aunt Lily were killed. Every time I had a burst of accidental magic, he would bet me. He was a very religious muggle and he new what I was. He was determined to 'beat the Devil out of me'." she answered softly. Fabian sighed and kissed her head,

"I'm sorry, princess. I shouldn't have let Dumbledore take you from me."

She shook her head.

"No, Daddy. Not your fault. You didn't know."

Fabian smiled sadly at his little girl and brushed a lock of hair from her face.

"It shouldn't have happened in the first place, luv."

Laura yawned and burrowed deeper into the man's embrace.

"Stay with me?" she asked in a small voice. Fabian kissed her head again.

"Always."

The others left as Laura fell back to sleep, none of them noticing the little dark haired boy sneak into his sister's room and wrap himself around her.

Laura woke the next morning feeling two pairs of arms encompassing her. She began to panic until the night before came flooding back and she realized that at least two of those arms belonged to her father. She opened her eyes to see who the other two belonged to and was surprised to find Harry wrapped around her. She smiled fondly and carded her hand through his messy hair, fighting back a happy squeal when he snuggled closer to her. She nearly jumped out of her skin when a deep, rumbling chuckle sounded under her ear. She turned her head and glared at her father, poking him in the chest,

"Shhh! You'll wake him!" she whispered. Fabian chuckled again.

"Luv, you're mothering your brother."

She pouted at him, drawing her brother closer while denying that she was mothering anyone. Fabian just smirked and poked his son awake,

"C'mon, Prongslet, time for breakfast." he told him cheerfully. Harry grumbled and snuggled closer to Laura.

"Don't wanna get up." he pouted. Fabian laughed when his daughter cooed and told him to go back to sleep.

"Sorry, but it's time to wake up, Champ. We need to eat and you and your sister need to get ready for guests."

Both of his children's heads shot up at that,

"Who?" they demanded at the same time. He grinned at them,

"I've invited my sister and her family over so that you could meet your cousins and I could explain part of what happened to me and Gideon. I can't tell her that Dumbledore wanted us dead - she wouldn't believe it. So I'll just tell her that we received news that we were going to be attacked and faked our own deaths to get away."

Both nodded, seeing the sense in this - though Harry was only understood the 'pretending to be dead' part. Fabian shoved his children off the bed, telling them to get ready to eat.

Fabian paced nervously in front of the fireplace of Prewett Manor, waiting for his sister and her family to arrive. His brother stood, fidgeting nervously next to him. Laura had Harry in a corner, playing quietly until they arrived. Suddenly, the fireplace flared emerald green and several people stumbled out. Laura helped Harry to his feet and took his hand, leading her little brother over to meet their family. Fabian and Gideon stood behind them, their hands on their shoulders as they all four met the furious gaze of Molly Weasley.