Cahppy 2:

A/N: one of my very kind reviewers had commented that I should probably put a warning: so here it goes. WARNING: I did not follow the 6th or 7th book. Now, onto the 2nd chapter!

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Then, they heard it. That calm voice coming from the fireplace. "Hello Harry and Hermione."

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Harry and Hermione stared, until they could feel their eyes watering. It was him. Dumbledore.

"Sir! How did you find us? Is this some kind of trick? What are you even doing here? Did you track us? Why did you come here?" Harry asked, when he had snapped out of his trance, and at the same time as his wife was throwing questions out there too.

"Professor! Oh my goodness! How did you get here? Yes, how did you find us? And yes, why are you here? Oh my, have you been following us? Or, or, tracking us?" Hermione was yelling, again almost waking the kids.

Harry and Hermione stopped when they saw his hand rise. "My dear children, though I dare say you aren't children anymore, let's stop there and let's just, calm down," Dumbledore said, with a pleading look in his eye.

Hermione started to get angry. "Calm down?" she started, at a whisper. Then her voice grew. "Calm down? Dumbledore, can't you explain yourself? Why are you here, at," she looked at the grandfather clock in the corner, "11:30 PM, and you are coming to us by floo? Wh-", she started to say more, but then Harry raised his hand to her mouth, and whispered in her ear, "Mya, you're going to wake the kids. Just, please be quiet and let him talk, alright?" When Hermione nodded her head, Harry released her, and turned back to Dumbledore.

"Thank-you Harry. Now, to answer your questions. How did I find you? Well, that's easy. I simply used a locator spell to track you down. In fact, it wasn't too hard. All I had to do was focus on your voices, then I would get all of your information. It is a new spell called voice locatus. No, I haven't been tracking or following you. No, no trick Harry. Now, to the biggest question: WHY am I here? A couple of reasons actually. One, did you ever tell the triplets about you actual identities? Two, WHEN are you going to tell them? Three, I know that you have defeated Voldemort, but lately there has been a new threat to our world. Though we aren't sure how or who or what, all we know, is that you 2 are the only 2 in this world that could defeat this powerful force. Now, granted, this force is nowhere near Voldemort's power, but, it is very close. So far, not much activity has occurred, except 5 muggle deaths, and 9 muggle injuries. So, we need your help. With Hermione's intellect, and Harry's fighting ability, along with the Order, then we, hopefully if you except this challenge, will defeat this threat before it really gets under our feet," Dumbledore concluded, with a huge sigh.

They stared. It's all they could do. Then Harry cleared his throat. "Alright, we'll think about it. Plus, as you mentioned, we need to tell our kids anyway. So, we will get back to you. We probably will apperate to my old flat near King's Cross tomorrow, and when we get back, we'll let you know our answer," Harry said.

Dumbledore nodded. "That should work. Thank-you Harry, Hermione." And with that he was gone. When he was gone, they stood up, hugged, kissed, and turned around, to find 3 sets of eyes staring at them. Then, they made eye contact. . It was like all time had stopped, and before they knew it, Hermione collapsed in Harry's arms.

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A/N: this is happening at the same time as the stuff downstairs. This is all in the POV of the kids.

When James closed his door, the light suddenly went on. "Ugh, Sirius, what's your problem? Turn the light out," he whined to his oldest triplet.

"Uhh, let me think. No. And, FYI, I'm Lily, you know, you ONLY older sister? Well, anyway, you usually get really, really long drinks. This time, though, you came back waaay to quickly. Did you even get to drink anything?" James turned to find his older brother and sister sitting on his bed, looking at him imploringly.

He sighed. "No. But Dad was acting really weird. I mean, he's usually really calm, but not tonight. He sounded like something was really wrong. Anyway, I just wanna go o bed, so please move…."

Just then, Sirius looked over to Lily, who looked over to Sirius, who looked at James. Suddenly, James had a look of understanding.

"Oh no, we can't. If we go downstairs they'll catch us and then we'll get punished and it'll all be you two's fault. I don't want another grounding just because we went sneaking around the house and tried to find information about Mom and Dad. NO," James said sternly, though being the youngest triplet, and the most studious (from his mother no doubt) he knew he was going to loose. Besides, with those puppy dog eyes you got from Sirius and doe eyes you got from Lily, you really can't say no. "Fine."

"YES!" Sirius and Lily said together, quietly punching the air. Slowly, as not to step on the squeaky stair, they went downstairs and quietly went to the family room. Then, they stopped. All 3 of their jaws dropped. Right there, in front of them was their Mother and Father, talking to a HEAD in the FIREPLACE. They just stood there until their parents hugged, kissed and turned around. Then, they made eye contact. It was like all time had stopped, and before they knew it, Hermione collapsed in Harry's arms.