Chapter 3

Harry walked back into the living room with four cups of steaming hot chocolate. He gave his parents and godfather their cups, picked up his sons from their grandparents' laps and took them upstairs to their room. He placed them in the charmed play area (it was charmed to keep the boys from getting injured while their parents weren't in the room). "Be good boys, and play nicely," Harry said as he walked back downstairs. 'The veritaserum has had time to get in to their systems by now.' Harry thought to himself. He wanted to make sure that these people were really who they said they were.

Once he arrived in the living room the other occupants looked up at him. "So," Harry began, "What are your names?"

"Lily Evans Potter."

"James Charles Potter."

"Sirius Orion Black."

"How did you return from the dead?"

"I do not know," Lily replied.

"Well, the Veil just kind of spit me out…" Sirius clarified.

"I haven't got a clue."James answered truthfully.

"Why did you contact Remus instead of me?" Harry demanded.

"I didn't know where you lived." Sirius answered.

"We didn't know how to contact you or even if you were still alive." James answered for himself and Lily.

And so the questioning continued with Harry growing angrier and angrier. How could they just show up one day and expect to become a part of his normal life as if nothing had ever happened? Why did they choose now to come back? 'Of course,' Harry thought bitterly, 'every time my life starts going well, something has to happen to make it even more abnormal than it already is.' Suddenly he quit asking questions and listened hard. He could've sworn that he had heard the fireplace. Sure enough when he turned around there stood Ginny. As he looked back at his parents and godfather he realized that the truth serum had finally worn off, and they were looking rather angry. Deciding his life would be in danger when Ginny realized what had happened Harry fled to his sons' play room. Picking up one in each arm just in case.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER!" a woman's voice rang out from downstairs. Harry knew it wasn't Ginny's voice, so he assumed that it was his mother's.

"Daddy is in trouble." The twins began to chant in a sing-song voice. The boys looked at each other and grinned. They planned on getting their father in even more trouble. They began to squirm telling their dad to put them down, as soon as their feet touched the floor the boys flew out of the room and down the steps. "Mommy, Mommy! Save us, daddy's trying to get us!" they squealed as they came dashing into the living room.

Ginny bent down and picked up her two trouble causing children and turned to face her husband who had followed them into the room with a disapproving frown on her face. "Harry James Potter!" she began. "How could you just drug your parents like that?!" Ginny asked.

"I wanted to make sure for myself that their story checked out." Harry mumbled, unable to look his wife or the other occupants in the room in the eye.

"So you didn't trust Remus' judgment that they were trustworthy? Don't you trust Remus?" Ginny asked.

"I trust Remus, but before I could just accept them back into my life, I had to know!" Harry exclaimed frustrated. "I never knew my parents, they left me when I was a baby, and Sirius was in Azkaban until I turned thirteen, and died when I was fifteen. I'm not used to having anyone save your parents, and Remus who are older than I am, and actually have the right to boss me around." Harry explained like a petulant child.

Suddenly the twin boys began to giggle and laugh. "Mommy yelled at Daddy!" They began to chant. Harry sprung forward and tried to grab the two of them from their mother, but Ginny pulled back just in time to save her sons. "I don't think so Harry. You are not getting out of this so easily. You owe your parents an apology, and I will let them pick an appropriate punishment for you while I take the boys to get ready for bed. I will also prepare the guest rooms for your parents and Sirius (Sr.)." Ginny huffed and settling her sons in her arms took them upstairs.

Harry turned nervously towards his parents and gulps at the glint in their eyes. "So, um, I'm sorry for giving you Veritaserum, especially since I didn't ask you or tell you ahead of time, and I will accept any punishment that you deem necessary…" Harry trailed off nervously.

"We accept your apology and we need to consult in order to choose your punishment." Sirius said, turning to James (Sr.) and Lily. They mumbled for several minutes together before turning back to Harry.

"Harry James Potter, your punishment is that you have to submit to veritaserum yourself for two days and answer all of our questions about you." James said, in a manner that suggested no refusal.

Harry nodded reluctantly. "Can we start in the morning? I'm only having one question session, and if we start now, you'll be too tired to continue in the morning. Plus I have all day tomorrow and the next day off."

"Alright Harry." Sirius (Sr.) sighed. "We can wait until tomorrow to start your punishment."

"Also, no embarrassing questions." Harry added.

"No can do. You will not have any choice but to answer any question we ask you." James replied.

"Fine!" Harry exclaimed, storming up the stairs to his and Ginny's bedroom to find Ginny waiting on him.

"So, what did they name as your punishment?" Ginny asked.

"Two full days of me under the influence of Veritaserum answering any questions that they have," Harry mumbled desolately.

"Really? I think I'll sit in. I'll take the boys to the Burrow for the next two days and bring Ron and Hermione back with me. We all have questions we've been dying to ask and have been asking for years that you either lied about or refused to answer. Tomorrow and the next are gonna help us get to know the rest of your story!" Ginny exclaimed excitedly, instantly forgiving her husband for drugging his parents and godfather.

"Great! Just Great!" Harry murmured to himself, dreading the next two days.