Chapter 1: Harry

"Thanks mom, I got my letter yesterday. Sirius is really excited. Harry was hugging his mother, he'd been excited for this weekly visit. It was his birthday, he'd gotten his Hogwarts letter, and the healer's at St. Mungos said that James and Lily Potter were showing progress. They could now speak real words, though they were still unable to connect them into sentences.

"Harry." James Potter stared in delight at his son. "Harry… visit… good"

"Hi, Dad. How are you?" Harry smiled, though it always killed him inside when his parents couldn't communicate right. They had the speech skills of a three year old.

"Good." James replied, happily.

"How… you?" Lily asked.

"Great mom, really. Sirius is going to take me to Diagon Alley after I leave here! I'm going to get a wand. And he promised me a broomstick, I'll be a seeker just like you, Dad."

James seemed to think about this for a second, making a connection to Harry's words. "Snitch." He said excitedly.

"Yah!" Harry was equally excited that his father had understood. "Quidditch." Then Sirius walked, holding a muffin for Harry in one hand and a butterbeer in the other.

"Hey, Prongs." Sirius smiled and handed the muffin to Harry.

"Pad…Foot." James grinned ear to ear. He obviously knew that he was on a role. Sirius looked surprised and eager to help his best friend remember.

"Who else?" Sirius asked him.

James looked at his feet for a minute, then sprang up. "Moody, Worm…." He could not find the end of the last name in mind.

"Tail. It's Wormtail. But that's really good James." Sirius was leaning against the wall. "Peter didn't deserve a name anyway!"

"Wormtail." James repeated. "Peter."

"Severus." Lily said, out of the blue. James remembering his past, had Lily recalling her own. "Sev." She whined.

"Has a man named Severus Snape visited her?" Sirius whispered to the healer, who was bringing James's and Lily's lunch. "Greasy hair, big noise, bat like bloke." The healer shook his head.

"I'll tell him to come, or better yet, Harry can when he's in potions class." Sirius told Lily.

"Of course I will, mum." Though Harry was confused and had no idea who Severus was, he was happy to make his mom happy. And he could always ask Sirius later.

The healer than turned to Harry, "Visiting time is up, Mr. Potter. Will you be coming back soon?"

"Yah." He said to his mom and dad. I'll be back before I go to school. Bye Mom, bye dad." He kissed his parents on the cheek. "Love you."

"Love." Lily sighed thinking of her next words. "You… Too." She smiled warmly. While James seemed to think as well.

"Bye." James said to his son, as two of the most important people in his life vanished into the hallway.

Harry, happy as he was at seeing his parents, was practically bouncing off the wall at the prospect of a wand. His own wand! The time it took for Harry and his godfather to get to Ollivander's Wand Shop was almost unbearable for him.

"You would think they were giving away free cases of chocolate frogs, how excited you are." Sirius laughed.

Harry tugged his godfather's sleeve. "And you would think that someone who is half dog could walk faster." He retorted. Sirius roared louder. Then suddenly, Harry saw a commotion in front of him. "What's happening up there?" Sirius shrugged his shoulders.

"I dunno, Harry." Sirius stranded his neck, since while he was tall, Sirius was no match for the height of some of the other witches and wizards. "Lets go see." Sirius pulled Harry through the crowd, pushing others out of the way.

"Excuse me, sorry, ouch, excuse us." Harry muttered his apologies to the people he passed as Sirius dragged him along. Then the cause of the commotion was in sight. "It's Neville Longbottom. Look at his scar!" Harry was excited, because throughout London and the entire wizarding world Neville Longbottom was a celebrity. "You know, I'll be going to school with him!" Harry bragged to no one in particular.