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Okay so this is quite the chapter, and there's some cute moments, some dramatic moments, some wholesome family moments, it's got everything!

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I grew up in a pretty house
And I had space to run
And I had the best days with you

There is a video
I found from back when I was three
You set up a paint set in the kitchen
And you're talking to me

It's the age of princesses and pirate ships
And the seven dwarfs
Daddy's smart
And you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world

~The Best Day, Taylor Swift

Harry woke up the next morning very, very excited. It was already looking like a great day: he had family staying with him (who were actually quite nice, unlike all of the Dursley's relatives), Dany and Sirius had relented and allowed him to take the day off of lessons, they were set to have dinner with the Weasleys tonight and he didn't have lessons. The fact he didn't have lessons was a major high point in all of this. And even though he had been warned that Rae coming home would cause trouble, Harry was just glad to have some family around that actually liked him. Trouble, he thought to himself as he walked to the bathroom to brush his teeth, they could handle. He had been in trouble before, at school and with Dudley. Sirius and Dany were tough, he reasoned, and Rae and Shay certainly seemed to be, too. Besides, Harry thought as he brushed his teeth, that's what family was for; they got in trouble together, according to Mason and Lynn. He walked downstairs to see that Dany and Padfoot were still asleep, but everyone else was awake.

"Good morning, everyone." He said, using manners like Padfoot and Dany had taught him.

"Harry!" both of the kids said simultaneously. Mason and Lynn grinned at him and Rae and Shay smiled at him warmly,

"Good morning to you too, Harry. How'd you sleep?" Shay said kindly. Harry thought that she did everything kindly; she was just very nice, it seemed.

"Good, thanks. Are Dany and Sirius still sleeping?" Everyone nodded and then Mason and Lynn exchanged looks, like they were arguing over who was going to talk. It appeared Lynn lost because she said hesitantly,

"Daddy?" Rhaegar looked up from his newspaper with a raised eyebrow,

"Yes, dear?"

"Is Harry our cousin?" She asked, pushing out the words in one breath, with an unmistakable glimmer in her eye. Harry was surprised by the question, but he had been wondering the same thing. Rae put his paper down altogether and said,

"Well, is he Dany's son?" Both of his children nodded, "And what's a cousin?" Mason answered immediately,

"One of your Aunt or Uncle's kids." His father nodded in confirmation,

"That's right, Mason. Now, do you want Harry to be your cousin?" Both of them nodded and Lynn said,

"Yes! Daddy, can we please be cousins with Harry?" Shay laughed and looked amused by the question. Harry felt quite loved by this whole thing.

"Well, it does appear that he's your cousin doesn't it? You already are cousins." Mason and Lynn looked quite excited by the addition of a cousin to their family.

"Does that mean you and Mom are Harry's Aunt and Uncle?" They both smiled,

"That's up to Harry. Harry can think of us as whatever he pleases." Mason and Lynn both turned their gazes to the other young boy,

"Harry, our mom and dad should be your aunt and uncle, it would be so fun; we'd all be one big family!" Harry smiled, rather shyly,

"I'd love for them to be my aunt and uncle, if they'd like me to be their nephew." They both smiled and Rae said,

"It would be our honor and privilege, Harry."

"Do I call you Aunt and Uncle?" They both laughed,

"Only if you want to. That's up to you; we don't mind either way. Our first names are fine, but please call me Rae, my full name is such a bore." Harry nodded and decided that it might be good to have a nice Aunt and Uncle.

"Okay. Uncle Rae? Aunt Shay?" They both smiled and Mason and Lynn squealed in pure excitement, "Thank you." They both hugged him and Mason and Lynn pulled him over to where they were sitting. Shay handed him a plate full of eggs, bacon, and hash browns along with a glass of pumpkin juice with a smile.

"There you are, Harry. We have no idea when Sirius or Dany are getting up so eat your fill."

"Thank you, Aunt Shay." She smiled and said softly,

"I always wanted to be an aunt." She ruffled his hair and sat down next to her husband, reading the paper over his shoulder. The kids happily talked about how great it was now that they were officially family. After about half an hour, there were signs of life from upstairs, meaning that Dany, Sirius, or both were up and moving around. About five minutes later Dany came downstairs with a severe case of bedhead, still in one of Sirius' shirts and a pair of pajama shorts.

"Morning, all." Shay looked up and smiled at her,

"Morning, Dan. Still no Sirius?" Harry's Godmother laughed,

"Please, we probably won't see him for," she checked the time, "Another two hours. Shay, sweetheart, you made breakfast, you don't have to get me a plate. You are, however, officially my third favorite person in this house. I have to put you behind the husband and kid, sorry." Shay sat back down and laughed,

"I understand, and I must say I'm honored."

"Hey! Where am I on that list?" Rae exclaimed. His sister sat down at the table and said with a smile,

"Well, Sirius and Harry are tied for first, then Shay, and then Mason and Lynn are tied for fourth…so that makes you last." Rae feigned hurt and Harry saw Dany shoot a quick wink in his direction, "Oh, suck it up you big baby. You've overcome worse." Harry laughed along with Mason and Lynn at this. Shay looked amused and quietly ate her eggs with a smile on her face.

"True. Oh, by the way, my kids have a very interesting announcement that you should probably hear. Kids?" Mason and Lynn both immediately perked up and Lynn said,

"Aunt Dany! Daddy told us today that Harry is our cousin! Isn't that exciting? And we asked him if that made him and Mommy Harry's aunt and uncle and they said yes! Isn't that exciting?" Dany smiled at Harry who felt very loved and proud of this announcement. He had never had so much family before.

"That's very exciting, you two. Harry I promise, they're going to become a thousand times more annoying now that they know you're family. It's like a free pass to be as annoying as humanly possible." Harry laughed at his Godmother's words and wondered if she was right. He had no way of knowing; he had never had cousins before that weren't Dudley. Silence settled over the table as everyone ate and read the paper. Harry broke the silence,

"Uncle Rae?" Rhaegar looked up from the paper that he was apparently never going to finish. Harry didn't miss the smile on Dany's face at this, even though she didn't look up from her breakfast.

"Yes, Harry?"

"Do you and Sirius hate each other?" Dany's smile vanished quickly and she looked up from her food with a worried look. Shay put her fork down and the other two kids looked down at their eggs, which suddenly had become infinitely more fascinating.

"No, we don't hate each other. Does it seem like we hate each other?" Harry hesitated. Dany and Sirius had argued for over a week before Uncle Rae had arrived over him staying with them (no matter how much they had tried to hide it), but last night his Godfather and uncle had seemed to get along well enough. It was all very confusing, especially when he knew he didn't know everything that was happening.

"I guess not…I was just wondering is all."

"Harry, the war that your parents died in left a very negative mark on everyone and no one ever wants to go back to those times. Your Godfather is just worried that me being here will disrupt the peace."

"Why would he think about that?" Harry asked curiously.

"Because—"

"Rhaegar." Dany said warningly, "Enough." Harry had never heard that voice before, and it was a voice that he never particularly wanted to hear again; it was not a friendly tone of voice. This was a kind of Dany that seemed almost mean. Her brother was apparently familiar with that tone and chose to ignore it,

"Danilynn, he has to at least know what's going on in his own house! I'm not going to scar him for life, Jesus!"

"Is it because he thinks you're going to become Minister?" The bickering siblings looked at him as their arguing came to a screeching halt. Dany slowly asked,

"Harry…How did you know that?" Harry shrugged. The answer just popped into his head. And he realized why: Mrs. Weasley's history lessons had actually taught him something.

"Because your dad was Minister. Mrs. Weasley said that your family has held the position of Minister since the first one. Until now, that is. I just assumed that's what Sirius was afraid of because I don't think the current Minister is planning on retiring soon. This is the first time anyone has heard of his family and he's afraid that the people will want to reinstate the Masters line. Sirius thinks it will start a war." Everyone at the table looked shocked. Harry was confused. It's not like it was that hard to figure out. Dany nodded at him,

"Yes, that's what he's worried about. He thinks that once people know that Rae is alive, they will split into factions and start fighting and somehow we will all be caught in the middle. He's just worried about us, Harry. Don't be so hard on him, all he wants is to keep us safe." Harry nodded and understood where Sirius was coming from but also wanted Rae and the rest of them to stay. They were family.

"I understand, but I don't think it's fair. They're family and family means we don't abandon them. You didn't abandon Sirius or me, so why should we abandon them?" Harry exclaimed, as Dany looked up from her Godson, her eyes widened noticeably. Harry turned around to see Sirius standing in the doorway, looking interested at what was being said.

"Harry, who on Earth told you all of that?" Harry felt his eyes widened and he realized it sounded like they had told him everything he had just said,

"No one did; I guessed. You really don't need to know much to guess, I know you, Dany, and a little about a few of the families' histories. But Padfoot, it's not Uncle Rae's fault that he was born into the family that he was! They're our family. Just how you, Dany, and me are family. We can't leave them to do this alone! My mom and dad didn't abandon me, and you never gave them up; that's family, Padfoot." Harry pleaded with his Godfather. Sirius looked at him at the last part and leaned down to Harry's height,

"Harry, you might be the most perceptive nine-year-old ever. You're right though, they're family, and I've forgotten what that means. I've become all too selfish in Azkaban," He stood up and turned to look at his brother-in-law, "Masters, I married your sister, for better or worse, and I have nothing against you. And honestly, we all know the Ministry could use some, erm, redesigning. If that's what you want, I'm with you, we all are. Family?" Rae smiled and Shay and Dany looked like they were about ready to cry they were so happy. The women were clutching each other's hands hopefully and the kids were watching keenly. Neither of these things went unnoticed by either man.

"Family." The two shook hands and Dany actually looked like she might collapse from joy. "Now, how about we get on with our day? You two have any ideas about what to do with our hyper kids?" Sirius and Dany exchanged a look,

"Well…we could always just sit outside and let them loose." Harry's aunt and uncle laughed,

"I think that sounds like a splendid idea…Dan you know of anywhere that they'd love to go?" Dany thought for a minute and her eyes lit up,

"There's a park not far from here. It's mainly Muggle, so you don't have to really worry about the swarming masses. We could pack lunch and have a picnic and there's a playground for the kids. Besides, we have some Muggle toys of Harry's and I'm sure Lynn and Mason have some too. What do you all think?" Lynn, Mason, and Harry all looked at each other eagerly. That sounded like an awesome idea. Aunt Shay and Uncle Rae nodded in agreement,

"That sounds wonderful. I'd love to see more of the area, it's just beautiful country, honestly." Shay said earnestly. Rae smiled and nodded,

"It really is…Dan you did a wonderful job rebuilding this place after the fire, just by the way. What do you think, Sirius?" Harry looked at his Godfather hopefully and Padfoot smiled,

"I'm up for it, as long as the kids are. What do you three think?" The three kids all nodded and jumped up from where they had been eating breakfast, "Alright, go get ready. And try to find something to do while we're there, if you don't mind." Harry and his cousins ran off, up the stairs. Once they reached the second floor Mason said,

"Race you!" All three kids took off down the hallway, to the end, where their rooms were. Harry got there first, mainly because of his long legs and generally lanky frame. Mason slowed down and purposely allowed his sister to overtake him at the very last minute. Harry started to say something but the other boy put a finger to his lips and smiled quickly before Lynn could turn around at catch him. The three all separated into their respective rooms and started to get changed out of their pajamas. Harry found a pair of pants and his favorite shirt. Ironically, it was the shrunken Quidditch shirt that Sirius had put him in the very first night that he had stayed with his Godparents. He shoved his feet into a pair of sneakers that were good for running and playing tag and started to look for Muggle toys that they could play with at the park. There wasn't really much that wasn't magic in some capacity, except for some bubbles (that didn't change color) and three squirt guns. He didn't know how Dany would like him potentially blasting strangers with water (he was positive Padfoot would think it was hilarious), but it was worth a shot.

He left his room and went back downstairs. He was apparently the first once back because there were only adults in the Kitchen. Dany and Aunt Shay were making sandwiches and all kinds of food while Sirius and Uncle Rae were trying to get most of the dust off what Harry assumed was a picnic basket; he wasn't quite sure though, as he had never had a picnic. Finally Sirius tossed his hands up and pulled out his wand with an exclamation of,

"I'm just going to set the bloody thing on fire, at this rate!" Rae laughed and said slyly,

"You could just clean it instead. We don't need to burn the house down a second time." Sirius realized that he could in fact just clean it off magically and did so. Harry laughed, which made all of the adults look up at him. Dany put down the knife she had been using and said,

"Harry James, why on Earth do you have squirt guns?" Sirius laughed, and so did Uncle Rae, "We don't need you squirting people we don't know with water. I don't think they'd be very happy. The bubbles are a fantastic idea, but those stay here." Harry resigned himself to his suspicions that she wouldn't let him bring them, although he was more than welcome to use them at home, when the Weasleys were over. She went back to whatever she had been doing when Sirius and Uncle Rae winked at him and gestured for him to hand them over. Harry grinned and quickly passed them to his Godfather and uncle. They both took one and stowed them away on their persons. They both grinned and Harry knew that he wasn't supposed to say anything to Dany or Aunt Shay.

Just then, Mason and Lynn came bounding down with a kite and four squirt guns. Dany threw her hands up,

"What is it with those things? You're more than welcome to use them at home, but people don't like it when you hit them in the face with water." Shay smiled and said to her son and daughter,

"Kids, give them to me." They reluctantly handed them over, "Now, can you two and Harry help Sirius and your father put all of this in the basket?" She pointed to the food on the counter. They all nodded, eager to help with the assigned job, "Rae, make sure the sandwiches go one top, they'll be flat as pancakes if they're not." Her husband nodded and they all set to work putting everything in the basket while Dany and Shay went up to go change clothes. They finished putting everything in the basket pretty quickly and Padfoot took the bubbles and kite off their hands, putting it in a bag along with a blanket. The two women returned a few minutes after they had finished putting everything away. They were dressed casually, much like their husbands, in shorts and t-shirts. Dany smiled at her husband and brother,

"You all ready?" The kids nodded and both men checked to make sure they had their wands.

"Yup. Are we driving?" Rae asked. Dany nodded at her brother.

"Yeah, we can't exactly apparate into a place full of Muggles. We have a car with an undetectable extension charm so it's no big deal." All seven of them walked out of the house and piled into the car. Dany drove, claiming yet again "Sirius Black I've told you a hundred times that I did not survive the greatest civil war that our world has ever seen just to die because of your rotten depth perception and poor understanding of the rules of operating a Muggle car". They reached the park in almost no time, not even giving Dany long enough to whack Sirius over the head for complaining about his "domineering" wife.

They all got out of the car and saw that Dany had been right; the park was quite pretty, and although there were some people, they were all definitely Muggle, and no one seemed interested in the least in the family with the silver-blonde hair, Harry Potter, or Sirius Black. They unloaded all of their stuff and picked a spot to set up camp. It was still relatively early, so the adults set the kids loose, allowing them to play as long as they didn't get hurt or wander out of eyesight. Harry, Mason, and Lynn walked off towards the playground almost immediately.

"Aunt Dany has the best ideas ever!" Mason was nearly bouncing with excitement. Harry nodded as they climbed up one of the ladders to sit on the top of one of the towers, their feet dangling over the edge.

"Yeah, her and Padfoot are really the best. Your mom and dad are pretty cool too though." Harry said to his bubbly cousins. Lynn tilted her head to the side slightly,

"Why do you call Uncle Sirius 'Padfoot'?" Harry grinned at her as she bumped her shoulder into his,

"It was what my dad called him when they were at Hogwarts, that's the school here for witches and wizards, by the way. My friend Ron has three brothers that go there already and it sounds awesome. We get to go when we're eleven…you guys are magic, right?" Harry questioned, for the first time wondering if either of them weren't magic. Both of them grinned,

"Yup! We both started accidental at about 6, almost 7." Mason said cheerily. Lynn pouted, something finally dawning on her,

"Aw man, I have to wait a whole extra year before I can go to Hogwarts!" She pouted and Harry tried to think of a way to make her feel better because she seemed genuinely upset by this. Tears started to well and Mason looked alarmed, scrambling for a way to keep his little sister from crying.

"It's okay, Lynn. My friend Ginny is your age, she's Ron's sister, so you'll go to Hogwarts together. You'll meet them tonight at dinner." Harry's words seemed to perk her up, knowing that she wouldn't be completely alone in the gap year between her brother's departure and her start at school. Mason looked at him gratefully as his sister's tears dried up. The older brother tried to change the subject,

"Hey, I bet I can go down that slide the fastest!" Lynn immediately responded to her brother's baiting, completely falling for the distraction,

"Nuh-uh! I bet I can! Harry, can you judge?" Harry laughed and agreed,

"I'll judge. Just let me go stand at the bottom." They played like this for hours while the adults sat on the grass and talked. The bubbles were quite the hit, but there was no wind so the kite remained unloved in the bottom of the bag that had been brought. Eventually Shay yelled for them to come over for lunch, and they came running. Dany was leaned up against Padfoot and Shay was pulling food out of the basket for everyone. Uncle Rae laughed and said,

"Wow there, you three need to take those shoes off before you come thundering over and get dirt in the food." All three of them yanked their shoes off, "And hold out your hands, they're filthy and the last thing we need is a bunch of snotty kids for the next week." They did so and Rae cast a look around to make sure no one was looking. He quickly pulled his wand out and tapped their hands, cleaning them. No one even looked up; Harry was pretty sure that not even Sirius, Dany, or Shay noticed it was so fast. All three kids sat down and were handed heaping plates of potato salad, a sandwich, some fruit, and a cookie. Dany tossed each one bottled pumpkin juice and they all thanked her. Everyone contentedly ate for a while but towards the end of the meal Dany said casually,

"So, Sirius…what did you do with those squirt guns that I know Harry gave you?" Harry looked at his Godfather. They were so busted. Sirius shifted slightly,

"Um, Dan…I have no idea what you're talking about." Shay tried to suppress a smile but failed. Before any of the kids knew what was happening all four of the adults had pulled out the squirt guns and three more had been tossed down on the ground. The kids all grabbed them quickly and before anyone had time to say anything else, a full on water war ensued, the food long forgotten. Dany was chasing her husband around, blasting him with water, while Harry and Mason were remorselessly spraying Lynn who was laughing so hard she claimed she could no longer breathe. Rae and Shay were laughing and shouting things along the lines of "I will be victorious" at each other. Soon, the kids were out of water, and so were Dany, Shay, and Sirius, so the situation quickly devolved from a water war. Eventually Sirius was carrying his wife around over his shoulder while she laughed, demanding to be put down, and Uncle Rae was chasing Shay around trying to squirt her butt with water, as he was the only one with water still left in his gun. Eventually Rae ran out of water and they all flopped down on the grass, completely drenched. Harry noticed that the sky was starting to darken slightly and apparently so did Sirius,

"It's getting late…we're supposed to have the Weasleys over and its nearly five." Dany put a hand over her face,

"I forgot…we should probably go. Heaven knows we all need showers now. And dinner has to be made." The kids all made sounds of disappointment, "I know, but we'll come back, promise. Come on, Harry, you love the Weasleys, and I know Mason and Lynn will too." The adults all sat up and they had grass sticking to them, which the kids found quite funny. They pulled their children up and together all seven of them packed their things away and trooped back to the car.

Thirty minutes later, they were back home and Harry, Mason, and Lynn were waiting for their turn to shower. Dany, Rae, Shay, and Sirius had gotten first pick of the showers because they would need more time to cook dinner. Harry wasn't quite sure how all four were showering in a house with only three bathrooms, but he supposed he didn't really quite want to know. Dany, Sirius, Uncle Rae, and Aunt Shay came down stairs all at the same time and Rae looked closely at his sister and brother-in-law and wrinkled his nose in distaste,

"Aw, Dan, gross. There are kids in the house." She shrugged and said,

"Silencing charms are a thing, Rae. Learn to love it, big bro." Sirius, for his part, looked rather uncomfortable at the conversation that went right over the kids' heads, thankfully, "Alright, you three, go get showers." The three kids went up the stairs and eagerly got in the shower, glad to get the grass stuck to them off their skin.

Downstairs, Dany was making dinner, assisted by Shay. Their husbands had been delegated the duty of setting the table because "neither of you can actually cook. We are not subjecting guests to your horrendous culinary skills". Dany smiled at her sister-in-law as they silently worked to make dinner; it was a comfortable silence, and both women cherished it. It wasn't very often silence fell in a house with one young child in it, let alone three of them.

"Dany?" Shay said quietly. Dany didn't look up from where she was chopping onions, lest she accidentally cut a finger off,

"Yeah?"

"When people find out about Rae…how bad will it be? He's been trying to downplay it, but after I saw how worried Sirius was, I can't help but wondering." Dany put her knife down and charmed it to do the work for her, so she could answer her sister with out mutilating herself in the process.

"It…well it's not going to be easy. I know you and your kids are used to a certain degree of…anonymity but you have to understand that mine and Rae's father left some very big shoes to fill and my brother is eager to do so and I don't blame him for it, but our family is one of the oldest and one of the most publicized in all of England. The return of the eldest son of the ex-Minister from the dead will be hot news for a while, which is something you and your kids should prepare yourselves for. There will be headlines about your personal lives, you will be in gossip columns, and there will be reporters following you when you're in public," Shay nodded and Dany felt quite sorry for her. At least she, Rae, and Sirius had grown up with publicity. Sirius may not have been a Masters, but he was a Black and they enjoyed their fair share of headlines, "Not everything they say will be nice, but the best advice I can give you is give them nothing to crucify you for." Shay placed dinner in the oven and sat down at the table, next to Dany,

"I suppose that's about what I expected. I just don't know how the kids will handle it. How did you and Rae handle it when you were kids?" She said. Dany shrugged,

"I don't know, I mean there was a birth announcement on the front page of the Prophet the morning after I was born. I just grew up with it and didn't think twice. When I got older though, and I started dating Sirius, things got bad and gossip columns got mean. It really cut me up, but my parents always said that the people who matter don't care what the papers say and the people who care what they say don't matter. I always keep that in mind when my face ends up somewhere in the paper solely for existing." Dany said softly. It was a real bitch to deal with sometimes but it keeps her family relevant and it also kept Fudge on his toes. The fact that the remnants of the Masters Dynasty were still front-page news further fueled his fear of a revolt. Shay sighed,

"I suppose I knew what I signed on for when I married him and had his silver haired kids…I just wish they didn't have to know how cruel people can be so young." Dany put a hand on her shoulder and said kindly,

"They might surprise you yet. You know, the women in my family typically do a lot of charity work in their free time and it's something I've been meaning to get back into, would that be something that you'd like to start?" Shay smiled at her widely,

"That sounds wonderful, I just don't know what I'm going to do about the kids lessons. We had a tutor back in the States and honestly I'm dismal at teaching." Dany laughed and strongly suspected that Molly Weasley would be more than happy to take in two more, but did not volunteer her services without asking her, "But what kind of community service are you talking about?" Dany shrugged and smiled a little. She had always loved serving the needy and the poor,

"I don't know it really depends on the person…my mom's pet project was helping victims of sexual abuse. Personally, I always wanted to do work in orphanages to help under-privileged children, but it really depends on what your passion is. I really think working on something together would be a great way to get to know each other better. We are family, after all." Dany said with a smile and Shay laughed a bit too,

"We are indeed. I can't believe I married into this hot mess sometimes." Dany chuckled and said,

"You and Sirius certainly seem to have lost your minds." Just as Shay was going to respond, someone knocked on the door, "That's them…I'll be right back." Dany walked to the door and opened it to see Molly and Arthur will Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny all trailing behind them. Molly smiled,

"Hello, Dany dear. I'm sorry we're late, the twins decided that now was a great time to set the garden gnomes on each other." Dany laughed and said,

"Its not trouble, honestly. The kids are just getting out of the shower anyways. Why don't you all come in?" All six of the Weasleys entered the house and Dany herded them towards the living room, where everyone could comfortably fit. Shay appeared a moment later and smiled at them all. Dany gestured to her and said, "This is Shay, my sister-in-law. Shay this is Molly, Arthur, George, Ron, Ginny, and Fred Weasley." Shay moved forward and shook Molly and Arthur's hands,

"It's lovely to meet you all. Dan said you have three more boys?" Arthur nodded,

"Bill, Charlie, and Percy." Shay shook her head faintly,

"I only have two and I can barely handle it. Rae tries to help me when he can, but for some reason they always go shouting for Mommy. And honestly his cooking is just horrid." Dany laughed,

"Sirius is abysmal too, if that makes you feel better." Molly raised an eyebrow at the mention of Dany's brother but said nothing.

"Oi! I resent that comment about my cooking, they might all think it's wonderful!" Said a voice from the hallway. Moments later Sirius and Rae walked in, both looking scandalized that their culinary prowess had been insulted. Molly and Arthur both stood up,

"Rhaegar Masters…my God, we've waited a long time for a real leader to return. You've been sorely missed." Arthur said quietly. Molly put a hand over her heart,

"I never thought I'd live to see another Masters at the head of the Ministry. But know that if you plan to return and remove Fudge from office, you have our support and we're not alone in that." Just then, as if the Weasleys weren't shocked enough, Dany thought wryly, Harry, Mason, and Lynn came into the room.

"Molly, Arthur, kids, meet Mason and Danilynn Masters. They're Rae's kids." Lynn brightly said,

"Aunt Dany, you know I go by Lynn!" Dany laughed,

"I know but they should at least know what your full name is, don't you think?" Lynn nodded slowly, "Kids, this is Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and their kids Ginny, Ron, Fred, and George." Mason and Lynn both smiled at the other kids and Harry dragged Mason over to Ron, Fred, and George, who started throwing questions at him quickly, "Ginny, Lynn is the same age as you so you'll be in the same year at Hogwarts." Ginny and Lynn both perked up and smiled at each other shyly and started to talk. The adults sat down on the chairs while the kids all talked off to the side, on the floor. Arthur looked at them worriedly,

"You should all know, you presence hasn't gone by unnoticed. A friend of mine at the Ministry got a glimpse of the Prophet's headlines for tomorrow morning. I brought it with me." He pulled it out of his robes and handed it to Rhaegar who unrolled it to reveal the front page. The headline read RHAEGAR MASTERS LIVES. Below the headline was a picture that had been taken today of all seven of them eating lunch at the park. The silver-blonde hair of Dany, Rae, Mason, and Lynn was unmistakable. Sirius and Harry were also visible, something that Dany wasn't particularly thrilled about. Shay was partially obscured by her husband's shadow, but no one would know who she was anyways. Somehow, the Prophet had known they were there. The article read something along the lines of…

Twelve years ago, Daniel and Rhea Masters were killed in their home during a raid to assassinate the Minister of Magic. Until today, it was believed that only their daughter, Danilynn (wife of Sirius Black, both of whom are Aurors), survived the attack. However, evidence has appeared, which can be seen above, that her older brother Rhaegar survived as well, only to vanish into thin air. He was seen yesterday in Northern Scotland with his sister, Sirius Black, Harry Potter, presumably his two children, and an unnamed woman, presumably his wife. Neither Sirius Black nor Danilynn could be found for comment. Minister Fudge, however, released a statement exclusively to the Prophet, stating, "I'm very glad to see that one of the greatest dynasties that the Wizarding World has ever seen is survived by more than only one member. We welcome back Rhaegar, his children, and his wife to England." When asked whether or not he felt threatened by the return of a man many considered to be the heir to the title of Minister, he refused to comment. Check back with the Daily Prophet to see this breaking news unfold from the Wizarding World's most reliable source.

Sirius whistled.

"Damn, you all really know how to make a statement. Welcome back, Masters." Shay groaned,

"This is just the beginning, isn't it?" Dany just laughed and patted her on the back, an unspoken, "You have no idea".