A/N: I know we know the title and release date of the 7th book now but please keep reading... Sorry for spelling and punctuation errors, I own nothing of the HP universe... And here's chapter 6, enjoy...

Chapter Six: Brief Explanations.

It was dark when they decided to leave but not late, they Apparated back to the Burrow dirty and hungry. To Harry's surprise Lupin and Tonks were sitting at the kitchen table chatting to Mr and Mrs Weasley while having a cup of tea.

"Remus, just the man I wanted to see." Harry stated as he walked in and saw his ex-Defence against the Dark Arts teacher from Hogwarts; he had been great friends with his parents "we went to Godric's Hollow today and…"

"And I daresay you probably found some things that you want to ask me about." Lupin cut him off. "That's why I'm here, please sit down and show me," He added.

Harry extracted the treasures from his backpack and sat on the opposite side of the table. Ron, Mr and Mrs Weasley, Tonks and the girls turned to leave.

"Stay you guys. I don't mind you hearing." Harry said before they reached the door.

They sat down around the table. Harry carefully laid out on the table the ruby ring, the locket, the diamond ring, the bracelet, the picture, the sign and the silver goblets then finally the wand and the blanket.

He picked up the diamond ring first "this was your mother's engagement ring Harry" he said nothing more about this particular treasure but he spoke clearly and precisely, he then picked up the ruby ring "this ring was your mother's, mother's ring. Lily inherited it, she loved this ring. They need a clean, scougerfy" he pointed his wand at the rings and they were at once as bright and shiny as though they were new.

He moved on to the locket "your father gave this to your mother on the day of your first birthday, she liked it so much that she hardly ever wore it for fear that it would get lost" he cleaned this to and picked up the ID bracelet "your mother gave this to James on their first anniversary but I don't think he wore it very much" he cleaned it and pointed at the goblets.

"Lily hated those" he said with a chuckle "they received them as a wedding present from a distant relative who died about a week later, James wouldn't let her get rid of them though because he liked them a lot. I don't know why though." He added shrugging.

Remus picked up the picture now and gazed at it for a few moments before speaking "your grandparents were wonderful people Harry, all four of them, keep this photo safe" he repaired the glass and shined the frame then picked up the sign with a smile "I actually gave this to your parents after they got married as more of a joke than anything but they liked it and hung it outside, they added your name the day that you were born, but took it down when they went in to hiding," he said.

He now picked up Harry's baby blanket with a sigh "when your mother found out she was going to have you she made this, she was sure you were a boy, you loved it too, it was with you whenever your parents took you out. If you didn't have it you'd cry until you did." Harry went slightly red at this but didn't say anything. He placed the blanket back on to the table and moved on to the wand, everyone waited with baited breath.

"Harry, treasure this for ever. Your father's wand was like an extension of himself, he took very good care of it, polished it almost every day, and he was a very talented wizard," Lupin said.

Everyone had been silent throughout the entire explanation but Harry spoke up now "Remus" he said "Today when we went to Godric's Hollow we visited mum and dad's graves, compared to the rest of the other graves, they were very well kept. Have you been…?"

"Yes Harry I visit them often and make sure they're taken care of," Lupin interrupted him before he could finish his sentence.

"Thank you Remus," Harry replied.

"Quite all right Harry," Lupin replied warmly.

"I think I'll go and take a shower. Mrs Weasley would you mind washing that for me?" Harry said indicating the blanket.

"Of course not dear," She replied.

"Thank you," He said getting up to collect his things.

Harry got some clean clothes and had a very long hot shower. As he was picking up his dirty clothes the letter fell to the floor. Harry had almost forgotten about it, curiosity flared up inside him, after having dinner Harry went up to the mercifully quiet and strangely empty attic (the ghoul had gone). He sat down on an old sofa and opened the letter.

To our dear son Harry,

If you're reading this letter it means that we could not avoid Voldemort any longer. We are very sorry that we did not get to see you grow up in to the wonderful man that you undoubtedly have turned out to be. We want you to know son that we love you more than anything else in the whole world and that we are proud of you. We're watching over you all the time and protecting you. We hope that you have been looked after in our absence and we want you to remember that we will be reunited one day. What ever you decide to do with your life we wish you nothing but the best of luck.

We knew that you would return one day, that Dumbledore would protect you. Various items will now be visible to you; they were not until this letter was in your hands. They're not in a safe but you will find them, the connection lies within you. We trust you to take care of these items, they are all we could save of our personal belongings, treasure them always…

We'll always love you Harry

All our love
Mum and Dad
xoxo.

Tears sprang in to his eyes for the second time that day; he was happy he had read the letter and that he had some more of his parents' things to treasure.

"Harry" he hadn't noticed Ginny come in to the room. He jumped, wiped his eyes and folded up the letter hastily "sorry I'll come back later" Ginny said turning to go.

"No come here," Harry said spreading his arms out for her to sit with him. Once they were comfortable Harry kissed her head "thank you for coming today, I needed you there. I love you so much," he said.

"I love you to," Ginny replied.

Harry hugged her tightly, they sat there for ten minuets before Harry spoke again "Gin, how did you know I'd be up here?" he asked.

"Well you weren't in the living room, Ron and Hermione are the only ones in Ron's room and since the ghoul went away I sometimes come up here when I want to be on my own so I thought I'd check," Ginny replied.

"I'm glad you did," He said squeezing her again he kissed her.

After another twenty minuets they decided to prise Ron and Hermione off each other. They talked for three quarters of an hour before Mrs Weasley came in and sent them all to bed.

About two weeks later Mr and Mrs Weasley went away over night and left the house to Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny. Harry and Ginny wanted to spend some time on their own so for their dinner they packed up a picnic and decided to explore the Weasley's orchard more thoroughly. After a while they sat down at the foot of one of the trees and talked for hours eating ripe fruit and their picnic.

Ron and Hermione decided that they were going to have dinner together in the house and when Harry and Ginny returned at half past ten their friends looked very happy with each other. Ron confided in Harry later that he had told Hermione that he loved her for the first time and she'd said it back.