A/N: Um, not many chapters left…yeah

A/N: Um, not many chapters left…yeah. This chapter is dedicated to Future-Little-Mrs.-Teddy-Lupin

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Griffith's POV

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"Griffith!" Draco yelled from the bottom of the staircase. "Hurry up, we have to get going!" I sighed and set Oriana down on my bed. "Are you coming?"

"Hold your horses Draco, I'll be right down!" I shouted out my open bedroom door and down the stairs.

There was a slight pause before Draco responded. "What are you talking about? I don't have any horses to hold onto!"

I laughed and grabbed my wand off of my bedside table. When I got downstairs Draco stared at me confusedly and I just laughed some more as we left the manor. "I can't wait to see Mad-Eye's face when he sees that Sev is still alive."

"You're not going to see anything if you two don't get a move on." My father laughed from a few feet ahead.

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The nine of us showed up at Number 12 Grimmauld Place. Inside we could hear the Order bustling about preparing for the battle. Hermione and I easily removed the wards and sent Severus in first. As soon as he was at the door Hermione and I followed cloaked with strong Invisibility Charms.

"-supposed to be dead!" Mrs. Weasley was yelling when we entered the door. "I watched Mad-Eye kill you."

"And you were at the battle." Snape said calmly. "From what I hear is that everyone there died, even your brat of a son."

Both Mrs. and Mr. Weasley burst into tears. "We didn't know he was there. We wouldn't have left without him if we had known he and Ginny had snuck out."

I had to hold back a laugh as I snuck by all the adults and to the stairs. This wasn't so much a battle as a rescue mission. Everyone else was just here to make sure that we didn't get hurt, because, Merlin forbid, I get hit with a curse.

A few days after the battle on the lawn of the manor Fred and George had written me another letter and asked if we could bring them to the manor. Only they worded much more dramatically but what more could I expect from the twins.

Up to the third floor Hermione and I travelled silently until we got to the twins' room. As we entered we prepared to take off our Invisibility Charm until we noticed that there was a third red head in the room.

"It's okay Harry, he's with us." One of the twins said and I looked at them in shock.

"The name's Griffith." I ground out. "And how did you know I was here?"

The other twin laughed. "We put a revealing powder on the door handle that activates once you're in the room. It's one of our most recent inventions."

I was in awe that the two of them could make something that could cancel out even my White magic. It faded and I noticed the other redhead standing against a wall watching me closely. "Charlie," I acknowledged, "it's nice to see you again."

The man nodded and took a step closer his arm outstretched. I grasped his hand in a firm greeting and smiled. "So you're willing to go against your family and fight with me?"

"You know it!" The twins chorused and Charlie laughed but nodded his agreement. "So how are you getting us out of this dump?"

Hermione and I looked at each other. "Well, we were just gonna Apparate out of here, but if you guys are looking for something creative then I guess we can leave you here for a few more weeks while we come up with a plan."

The look on the twins' faces was priceless as Charlie burst out laughing in the background. "No!" They shouted, each of them pulling on one of my arms. "We're fine with Apparating!"

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"So this is where you've been living?" The twins asked in awe when I showed them around the manor.

"Yeah, it's pretty nice but it gets boring sometimes." I glanced at them. "I have a feeling, though, that with you two here there won't be a dull moment."

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"You two won't mind sharing a room will you?" I asked the twins as we ventured up to the second story.

"We wouldn't have it any other way!" They cheered and high fived.

"Just no experiments in there." I said sternly, fighting to keep a straight face. I heard a groan of disappointment behind me. "There are potions labs in the basement for that."

Stunned silence came from behind me and suddenly I was being attacked by the pranksters. "Fred, George, let him breath!" Charlie laughed from behind us.

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"This is your room." I told Charlie, holding my ripped shirt in one hand. Fred had accidentally ripped it off as he was pulling me down to the basement so I could show them where their new lab would be. I purposely sent them to the one furthest away from Severus's because who knew what the man would do with explosions going on next to him all day.

"Thanks a lot." The man said quietly, setting the few things he had brought with him down on the bed and looking around. There was a shimmer of sadness in his eyes as he finally came full circle.

"Are you okay?" I asked, leaning against the doorframe.

"Yeah, I guess it was just harder to leave my parents than I thought it was." He smiled but I could tell that he was trying to hold back tears. With a shake of his head he continued, "But it's fine. I chose to do this and I still want to. I just wish that my parents could see the point that you are trying to make."

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"Griffith!" Came the whiny tone of the twins calling from their lab. "We need you!"

I groaned and stood from my armchair in the library. Draco looked up at me. "Do you have to go?"

"If I don't they'll keep yelling." Draco gave me a blank look and I sighed. "Your godfather is down there and he's still a bit crabby from the whole death experience."

"Then I'm coming with you. I barely see you anymore." I blushed with guilt. It was true, he was either with his father training and I was free or I was holed up with my dad making plans while he wandered around bored.

"I'll be right back." I said. "They probably just want to test out one of their new products on me. Unless you want to help…" I trailed off and looked at him expectantly.

"On second thought," the blond said, sitting back down, "I'll just stay here until you come back."

I chuckled as I left the library and headed down to the lowest level of the manor. As I reached the door my magic reached out and opened it just as the twins yelled at me to stay out. The last thing I remembered before blacking out was smelling something too strong and the twins rushing me out of the room.

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"What happened?" I croaked when I came to. I cracked my eyes open and saw everyone standing over me.

"Are you okay?" One of the twins asked.

"Yeah, I think so." I sat up and rested against the headboard. "But what happened?"

"One of our experiments went a little haywire-"

"And we wanted to know if you'd be able to clean it up from outside of the door so you wouldn't be affected too." I studied the twins closely but couldn't see anything wrong with them.

"What did it do?"

Everyone looked at each other nervously before a mirror was shoved in front of my face. As soon as I saw my reflection I gasped and dropped the mirror into my lap. "Can you reverse it?" I asked worriedly; hope building up inside of me knowing that the twins had obviously reversed it on themselves.

"That's the thing." Charlie said. "The twins have done everything they could to fix it but nothing worked.

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A/n: OMG what do you guyses think happened?!