Nick thought of the woman, the closest thing to a mum he had ever had. He knew he had Andromeda and even Narcissa now, and his whole family, but he couldn't shut that side off for him. He knew deep down there was a chance she had known about him. He had been told she knew he had been set up for the stone and the chamber, though after the fact. Though it angered him, it didn't erase what she had meant to him. He knew he needed to find out some way if she had known he was a decoy. Even Bill told him he was sure his parents loved Nick, and while they had done things wrong, they didn't mean to hurt him. Bill's problems were simply about the fact that they seemed to follow him so blindly.

Lucius was truly concerned when his brother said that. He could tell Nick was determined, and he honestly understood, but he was worried. He knew there were too many chances they could run into Albus.

Lucius tried to talk some sense into his brother. "Nick, there is too many risks, she is in the hospital."

Nick shook his head. "I am sure there are aurors around. Besides I am no longer a target for anyone."

Adrian reminded him. "Albus."

Lucius tried to reason with his brother. "Nick, perhaps when it is safer, but right now, with her in the ICU there are so many risks."

Nick was not backing down. "You said she might not make it. If she dies, and I don't have a chance to see her…."

None of them wanted to think about it, the woman was not an important member of the order, but she was loved. Even her sons who had broken off from the family, still cared deeply about their mother. She had been the mother bear even for the non-family members of the order. Her death would hit them all hard, especially her family of course.

George had brought something with him, which had been given to him by Hermione. She knew Albus could not get his hands on the bag. They had no idea where Harry had been sent, he had been moved to a new safe house for now. He and Percy had wound up at Grimmauld.

George was worried as he was not sure Lucius would thank him for this revelation but he did. "I have Harry's cloak."

Nick turned towards his voice. "You have my…. Harry's invisibility cloak? How?"

George explained. "He kept all his secret possessions in a bag. He grabbed it, when the wards went off, and left them with Hermione."

Lucius saw the eyes on him. "Moody could cast a spell on the cloak. We will have to be extremely careful. Nick I wish you'd…."

Nick shook his head. "I need to do this, please I need to see her."

Lucius went to contact Moody. "We will have to make sure he can clear a path in for us. We need to get in and out right away."

Nick was grateful his brother would take him. He knew he was taking a risk, but he had to go, even if he had his doubts she may have known. He couldn't risk having her die, without him having a chance to see her. No matter if they had been part of Albus' schemes, even if they knew he was a decoy which there was no reason to believe she did, she was important to him.

George came and sat down with Nick on the couch and held his hand. He knew how Nick felt but he wasn't any more certain than Lucius. He was worried his parents may have been in on the decoy, and it would hit Nick bad if he found out.

Nick seemed to know his mind. "I will find out eventually."

George sighed. "But you are still recovering, and dealing with your eyes, and new family. You don't need anything more to deal with."

Nick shook his head. "I have my own doubts as well. I am prepared to hear anything. I'm not prepared to have her….. without seeing her."

Lucius had reappeared in the door. "I knew mixing of Black blood and Malfoy was a bad idea, both families were stubborn enough as it was."

Nick turned towards his brother's voice. "Last I looked your wife was my cousin or such."

Lucius laughed and reminded his brother that Draco could be plain stubborn when he wanted to be. He loved his wife, but he thought the Black women were even more stubborn than the men in the family. He had spoken to Moody, and though the man was no more thrilled with the idea, he agreed to help make it safe for Nick to come. He knew the Blacks would have his neck if anything happened to him.

Lucius helped his brother up, and had the cloak. "You are to listen, and follow this plan do you hear me? I am not about to lose you again."

Arthur and his sons sat around Molly's bed, all except for Percy and the twins. Fred had been taken to be seen to, and Percy was at Grimmauld, no one had seen George in some time. Molly was on life support at the moment, and the healers were not sure if she would make it. He had spent nearly thirty years married to her, shared seven kids with her, been through two wars with her. Arthur could not even imagine his life without her. He knew she'd not be alone, her little brothers and dad who died in the last war and her mum who died when she was little were there. And so were the two babies they had lost. But she was needed here, they couldn't lose her.

He was surprised when the door opened, by the appearance of Moody but the twins were with him. He went from confused to worried, when Moody started performing security wards and privacy spells on the room. Ron and Ginny had left to get something to eat by then.

Arthur looked at the twins. "What is going on? We were told the aurors had this place secure. Is there an attack?"

Fred shook his head. "No, just someone wanted to see mum, and we needed to make it as safe as possible."

Lucius through back the cloak both he and Nick were under. Charlie stared at them. "What?"

Arthur ignored Lucius and looked at Nick. "Harry? But…..I was told you were in a safe house, and you're smaller and…."

Nick was helped towards the bed but he spoke. "That wasn't me."

Hermione came and went into Nick's arms. "I missed you so much."

Lucius saw the family confusion. "We need an oath from you, you already know too much but we could obliviate you."

Arthur was shaken, but he and Charlie took the oath. As Nick listened to them, he held out hope that they hadn't known the truth. Lucius explained everything they knew, and about Nick being a decoy. Nick could not see it, but the shock and confusion was clear in the two men. There was no doubt that they hadn't known who Nick really was, or that he was not Harry.

Arthur looked down at the bed and thought of the kid in the house. Their house had been attacked because Harry Potter was in it. His wife had known Harry was set up, and both he and Molly had held their tongue, but he had never really approved.

Arthur went to Nick and held him by the arms. "You're our Harry but you're not? I just…."

Nick nodded. "They call me Nick. I have been in France, but I had to come when I found out Molly was like this, I had to."

Charlie was angry when he found out they had been lied to. "And that kid was in our home, is the reason we could have all been killed."

Lucius quietly reminded them. "He is the real Harry, and is needed to win the war. As far as we can tell, he is as much a victim as Nick is."

Arthur kissed Nick on the head. "You have to know Molly and I never knew, we never knew. We made our mistakes about the stone, but…"

Nick cut him off. "I understand Mr. Weasley."

Arthur led Nick to sit down on the bed, and knew how much it would mean to his wife that Nick was there. She had come to care about him like he was a member of the family. He knew the twins and Bill doubted that, but they did. Unfortunately they knew Harry was needed to win the war, and as much as they had wanted to protect him, it wasn't always possible. They knew their sons did not like how they followed Dumbledore blindly, but they knew the man was just as important as Harry right now. They were angry to learn of the deception, and Arthur had many questions, but Albus was still needed. They left out the fact that they thought Albus would have killed Nick if he was not rescued.

Nick could not see the woman but he held her hand. He thought of all the sweaters she had sent him, and the hugs, and time he spent at her home. He was angry about how she lied to him about the stone and the chamber. But she needed to be alive to make it up to him.

Nick felt warmth in his hands when he held her hand. "What is that?"

Lucius had come to his side. "What is wrong Nick?"

Before he could respond Moody threw the cloak back at them "I just received word Albus is on his way up. You two need to go."

Nick with the help of Lucius bent and kissed the woman on the head before slipping under the cloak. "Get better, your family needs you."

They slipped under the cloak and from the room, with just enough time to spare to slip out of the room. Hermione knew Nick still had Harry's cloak and bag, but she noticed as Albus came in, two items in her pocket. One was the journal, and the other a note. She would later find two copies of photos, one of a couple and one of a kid their age, Travis and Harry's relatives in the US. They were taken out of their frames.

A healer came in and looked at the monitors as Albus spoke to them about Percy. "Her vitals seem to have stabilized a little."

an: as someone pointed out, we haven't seen Nick together with the two enough. So decission on pairing between Viktor and Adrian will wait till we see him with both a bit more.