Chapter 4: The Doe, The Deer and the Fawn
The three apparated to the familiar town of Godric's Hallow. After a few years of living in Grimauld Place, Harry and Ginny had moved to a small house across the street from the one Harry had lived in as a baby. As their family grew larger, they added to it. Now it resembled a three story muggle house. Harry thought about asking Ginny to join them. But, he was worried about how his parents would react to the whole situation. He didn't want Ginny to get hurt. Also, Sirius was at his house. If they were to go get Ginny, then they'd have to tell Sirius. It would be too time consuming to deal with all of that.
Harry took the familiar path to the graveyard. He had come here once a month since the war had ended. He felt like he had years to make up for not visiting his parents. He found the path he usually took to his parents graves, it was the same one he and Hermione had used when they came here for the first time. There was one last corner and he would see his living parents for the first time in his memory. He took a deep breath and strode forward. He barely paid sttention to the fact that Ron and Hermione were behind him one step. He turned the corner and gasped. Sure, he believed when Ron had told him they were there. But, his eyes and mind didn't want to get his hopes up. It just didn't make sense. He figured after all the people had come back, there would be many hours of research ahead. Here were the people who had died for him. The two people he had both heard and seen killed. Yet, they were sleeping peacefully. He could see there chests rising and falling in a natural rhythm.
He turned to his friends with a smile on his face. Before going forward, he squeezed his friends' hands with another smile. He let go and turned towards the sleeping figured. He held his wand out and walked up to them.
He was standing at their feet in seconds. He wondered how he was going to wake them. For a few seconds he contemplated trying Eneverate. But, Hermione had already told him she had tried that and it had not worked. While he was pondering this, the Potter's were slowly becoming conscious. James was beginning to remember attempting to fight Voldemort without his wand. He then began to worry about Lily and Harry. With a huge gasp, he abruptly sat up, his hand scrambling across the ground for a wand, even though he knew it was not here. He then proceeded to look around.
It was then that he noticed three things, pretty much simultaneously. First, he had no wand. He had realized this subconsciously earlier. But, now it was a bigger worry. Second, Lily was laying besides him. For a split second of utter panic, he thought she was dead. But with a glance, he saw her familiar breathing. He took a deep breath and looked up. The third thing he noticed was a man standing at his feet. The man's wand was pointed at Lily. Panicking, James quickly stood and stepped in front of Lily. Pushing the man back a bit. The two were in extremely close proximity to each other. He balled his hands into fists, he knew it wouldn't do much, but he had to protect Lily. "Who are you? What do you want?" He had yet to realize the man looked exactly like himself, and that there were two other people standing behind the unknown man.
Harry quickly put his wand in his pocket and raised his arms above his ahead. Showing his palms. He was trying to show he was unarmed and didn't plan on hurting anybody. He cleared his throat, it had been rather clogged. He was so nervous about what was to come. "I'm Harry. James. Potter." He said each word carefully and slowly. He was trying to make it sound as if it was true, even though he knew that it sounded false. He continued with the planned words. "The dead are coming back to life. We…" He gestured to Ron and Hermione behind him. "Have been tasked with bringing you and Lily to the Ministry."
James, hadn't really heard the rest of the small speech. All he had heard was the man's name. His brain was stuck on that fact. It wasn't possible. "You can't be. My son is only a year old." He would have continued, but Lily had woken and been listening to the conversation. She sat up quickly and stood next to her husband. She was more rational, and hoped this really was her son. If not, that meant Voldemort had succeeded in killing him. "If you really are my son, prove it!" Harry thought for a few seconds. He tried to think of something that only the three of them shared. Something he had told no one, not even Ron and Hermione. He glanced at the memorial to his family and closed his eyes. Something he had seen thanks to the dementors and Voldemort popped into his head. He opened his eyes again and looked his parents directly in the eye. "On the last night you saw me, as a baby, Dad was using his wand to blow bubbles for me. I was fascinated by them."
There was a moment of silence and Harry worried that he had been shown a false memory again. But, his mother's face turned to a smile. One that he had seen many times on the face of Mrs. Weasley. She quickly closed the gap between them and hugged him tightly. Harry welcomed the embrace. He remembered all the times he had wished the person hugging him was not Mrs. Weasley, but Lily Potter. "Oh Harry! I though Voldemort had succeeded. That, you and J…James were gone." She had trouble getting the last few words out. As, it was a reoccurring nightmare. Then she let go and remembered all of the questions that had formed while she had been awakening. "Wait, how are you two alive? How am I alive? I know Voldemort was at our house. I heard him kill James. I watched him curse me. I don't remember anything else. This is impossible." She was a bit smarter then James, she turned to take in their surroundings. She finally noticed the graves and gulped. Harry watched without uttering a word and smiled softly at his parents. "We're not sure how, but everyone who died in the wars is coming back. The other other aurors are out gathering those who we know are back. " He wasn't sure if he should continue. He thought about mentioning Sirius. But, they didn't know he had been in Askaban, escaped, and died. He paused and thought about what to say instead. He looked at his parents again. They seemed more relaxed and to be accepting who he was and his reaction. They had just nodded at his answer, but he knew they wanted more information. "To make all of this easy as possible, the ministry, specifically the auror department, is taking all of the returnees to the ministry. You'll be free to go after that. Do you mind coming with us?"
Harry was a bit worried about how this would end. He knew they believed him, but he wasn't sure how the ministry had been during the first war. Some people wouldn't trust people who were suggesting they go there. But, the Potter's nodded without a question or worry. Harry took a deep breath. He looked at his mother as she opened her mouth to ask a question. "Not at all. But, whoa re those two." Harry glanced at his two best friends. During the Happy reunion, he had almost forgotten they were there. "Oh. Sorry. They're aurors too. But, they're also my best friends from first year. We've been through thick and thin together." Harry smiled at the two and remembered in flashed everything they had been through together. He shifted his eyes to them and said "Ron, Hermione. Meet Lily and James Potter." He paused for a second, before continuing in a very bright voice. "MY parents." He was happy to be able to say that.
Hermione and Ron walked forwards and shook their hands. Hermione began "It's nice to meet you. I'm Hermione Weasley nee Granger." Then she steep back and Ron stepped forwards. "Hello. I'm Ronal Weasley. I'm sure everyone will be glad to see you." He too stepped back. Lily and James had shaken their hands with a large smile. But, she they couldn't help but notice how scarred and mature they three were. Lily and James wondered what had happened while they were gone. Then Harry stepped forward again.
"As neither of you have your wands, you'll have to side-along with us. Hermione can take you Mum, and I can take Dad." Then he turned to Ron and said " Do you mind telling Ginny I'll probably be quite late getting home and that'll we're going to have a few more people staying with us. Oh, and of course that the mission was a success!" Ron nodded and clapped Harry on the shoulder. "I'll see you back at the office." With those words, Ron followed the familiar path back to the street that Harry and Ginny lived on. When he was out of sight, Harry checked to make sure there was no one around. He knew it was an all wizarding town, but sometimes a muggle or two found their way in. Plus, he didn't want this plastered all over the front page of the prophet it. "Right! Then, we'll be getting on with it now." Harry and Hermione each held out their arms and they were quickly taken hold of by Lily or James. Harry and Hermione turned and with the familiar crack, they were gone.
AN: Another chapter done! Sorry it took so long. I've had this written for ages. I keep forgetting to type it. Hopefully the next update won't take three weeks. As always, don't forget to review. And, it would be awesome to have twenty reviews by the time I submit the next chapter. Not a requirement! But, I love reading reviews. Thanks for reading!