AN: Being home is a bitch, you just don't get to write. Always your mother wants something from you, so sorry I haven't updated in so long. I hope you can forgive me. The chapter has now been more or less beta'ed but there are still commas missing. If someone of you would like to beta me, I'd be grateful since my beta can't anymore due to personal reasons. English is not my mothertongue so I might miss things. Please someone help me. And now, on with the story.

Last time:

"That, Severus, is in my opinion a very good idea. Maybe we also should consult Filius as he is the charms master at this school," Albus said to Severus before turning to Harry. "Don't worry. We will find out what happened and a way to get you to your mate and family."

Now:

Harry nodded and left the office to try and get some sleep, after saying good night to both his mentors, as it had been a physically and emotionally tiring day. However before Severus was able to leave too the headmaster motioned for him to wait.

"So what do you think?" Albus asked after Severus had sat back down.

"About the Cullens?" Severus asked back wanting to make sure.

"That too, but more importantly I want to know what you think about Harry," Albus said.

"I am worried about him. I don't know what it will do to him should he lose his family. He fought this war only to keep those he loved safe. I had thought we lost him after the betrayal of Weasley and the Weaslette. He always had trust issues and that really is no wonder but I think it will kill him should we not be able to somehow get his family back for him. We should keep an eye on him in case he gets depressive again," Severus answered.

"I am sure his friends would do that happily. Most likely Miss Lovegood already told the others to do that. She always seems to know what's going on around her even without someone telling her."

Albus looked at Severus over his fingertips which he had laid together. He waited for the younger to nod and then went on.

"So what are your plans regarding Carlisle and his family. How should we start to help them and Harry?" the headmaster asked.

"I thought it might be the best if I went there without Harry's knowledge and looked into their minds to try and find out what exactly the result of this 'wish' was. There are some things I could imagine have happened and I don't like one of them since the chances for us to overcome them are quite small if the vampires have not yet been able to break through it. Or do you have any indication that this could have happened?"

Albus shook his head.

"They would have written me or Harry if they had remembered. Or, more likely, come here. They wanted to come with Harry. I doubt there would have been something to stop them if he was not there."

"I agree with you, Albus," Severus nodded.

"What is it you think could have happened?" the older asked.

Severus contemplated for a moment whether he should tell the headmaster what he thought or wait until he had confirmed one of his suspicions. Finally he settled on just telling the old man.

"The first two things that come to my mind are the Oblivate and the false memory charm. If he used the Oblivate then our chances of ever getting them remember are slim. I have only heard of two ways to break through that. The first is that something triggers the memories to come back and as I might say, seeing Harry would be one of the strongest triggers I can imagine. The second way is through torture, not a very good way either. Our best chances would be if it was a false memory charm as that can be somehow reversed but I fear that with our luck it is not that and even if it is, has some kind of 'failsafe' so that we won't be able to reverse it easily. Or it is something different all together," Severus explained.

Albus nodded. He had had the same thoughts.

"So how do you think we should proceed from here?" he asked. He waited for Severus to answer but the younger was deep in thought. "Severus? Maybe you should go there now and talk to Carlisle? It is about eleven there. He should be in the hospital. I think it might be a good idea if you talked to him alone first. He might allow you to look into his mind to determine what happened to the memories."

Severus nodded and stood.

"I'll be back as soon as possible." With that he left the headmaster's office and made his way through the castle to the apparating spot.

Harry quickly made his way through the castle to the quarters he and his friends or rather family occupied. They had all grown more than close over the war. That was what had made the betrayal of Ron and Ginny all more hurtful. He had viewed them as brother and sister and they had sold him out to Voldemort.

But the others had stayed true to him and had helped him to get over the betrayal and the following imprisonment in the Dark Lord's lair. His rescue from there had cost Draco's position as spy and had nearly gotten the other teen killed. But he had said that he had done it with great pleasure and would do it again and again without a second thought.

Draco had then been disowned by his father only to be secretly adopted by Severus.

Harry told the portrait, the password, 'Familie', and entered their common room in the same daze in which he had been walking through the school before.

"Hey, Harry, how did it go? You caught someone?" Blaise Zabini asked from his place beside Draco. Harry just nodded but then thought better. They had a right to know.

"Greyback," he said without emotion and the others frowned at his tone and face.

"What happened?" Hermione asked as she came down the stairs from her room. She had heard the portrait open. "You lost someone?"

"Besides my family?" Harry snapped and Hermione recoiled as if she had been slapped in the face. Harry immediately felt sorry. "'m sorry, 'Mione. Just a really shitty day. Can you forgive me?"

The girl just nodded before she went over to her brother and pulled him over to the couches where she laid him down with the head in her lap.

"You don't have to tell us, you know that, Harry, but please don't bottle it up again. We nearly lost you the last time you did that and none of us can lose you." She slowly patted his head.

That undid him as he really understood what he had lost. He started to sob quietly, his face buried in her stomach, his back to the room. The others looked at each other with questioning gazes but no one said a word. For now they would content themselves to watch over their youngest brother.

Soon Harry fell in a deep exhausted sleep. Seven pairs of eyes lingered on him, making sure there were no nightmares haunting his sleep. This night they would all sleep in the same room, all knowing that Harry needed them to just be there.

I hope you liked it. Next chapter will be Severus talking to Carlisle.

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