A/N: I know a lot of you have mentioned that Lily is spelt with one Lily and not Lilly, but I have decided to use Lilly for the elder, mother one and Lily for Little Lily. Thanks hope I've cleared that up. Thank you all for all the reviews and I'm very sorry for the long wait.
Dedicated to: Harrison potter for being the first reviewer of the last chapter, and to Dellacouer my wonderful Beta.
Chapter 4: Children
"Speech"
# Telepathic #
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Last time:
Lilly took Little Lily back as James and Remus returned, but before they could even sit down, the hospital door opened…………
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"Hey guys!" called a short woman, she hurried over to them her warm brown hair bouncing as she hurried over. She smiled her brown almond shaped eyes filled with happiness.
Remus walked over and kissed her, "Hello dear, right on time as usual!" he said with a smile.
As they walked out of the hospital to the car, Harry who was in his fathers' arms asked, "Dad?"
"Yes Harry?" James asked looking down at his son.
"Can Snuffles and Mistic come with us? I really don't want to leave them behind," Harry said looking up at his father with his best 'puppy dog' look on his face.
James blinked, he had forgotten about Harry's dog and cat. Looking down at Harry he could see how much they meant to him and found himself unable to say anything but "Of course Harry, I know your siblings have always wanted pets, but we have Padfoot which is basically the same so we never got any." James said and found his heart souring when Harry grinned and hugged him. Sirius shot James a mock glare for the Padfoot joke but James just returned it with a look that clearly stated 'What? It's true' this caused Sirius to pout until Remus elbowed him in the side. By then they had reached the car, Amy held the door open so Lilly and Little Lily could enter while Sirius and Remus went and put the bags in the back of the car. After collecting Mistic and Snuffles James got into the back magically expanded car. While Remus drove them home the other adults filled Amy in on how they had found Harry, they were halfway home before they moved on to other topics.
"So Amy who's at home with the kids? Surly not just Melleny?" Lilly asked
"No Poppy, Minerva, Kinsley, and Tonks are over as well."
"That's good I can only imagine what the kids would do if left with only one adult watching them." Lilly said and the adults all shuddered at the thought.
When Harry was settled in the car, he couldn't help but watch the lady called Amy. Remus seemed to notice the confused wrinkle that had formed on Harry's forehead.
"Harry this is my wife," introduced Remus. Harry nodded thoughtfully and out of habit stuck out his hand, not realizing that it wasn't quite a child's gesture. Amy giggled slightly and shook Harry's small hand.
"Do you have any kids?" Harry questioned in what he hoped was a childish tone.
"Yes we have four children." Remus said with a proud smile as he thought of his children.
"What are their names? How old are they?" Harry asked.
"Well there's William who is ten like your oldest brother Eathen, then there's Nealan who's eight the same as your next brother, Leo, and Sirius and Mellenys eldest Evan." Amy said smiling gently at Harry.
"Pranksters that lot, take after their fathers they do," Sirius said proudly.
"Second generation of Marauders," James agreed only to get hit over the head by Lilly who glared at him and Sirius.
"You shouldn't encourage them!" She cried, "And don't even think of corrupting Harry and Lily.
"Anyway then there's Maria your older sister who is seven as well as Alan the Blacks' second son." James continued quickly.
"Astara Lupin and Almorella Black who are six, then you of course," Sirius added, "Then there's Keladry Black and Rose and Katherine Potter who are three and Kaede who's two,"
"And then Little Lily," Lilly finished.
Harry smiled at them shyly, he was happy as it seemed like he had gone from having no family, the Durslys don't count, to having a large family.
When they arrived and got out of the car, Harry couldn't help but stare at the house; it looked much like a castle, reminding Harry slightly of a smaller Hogwarts though not quite as grand and more… homely I suppose you could say. It was still huge in comparison to the Durslys or even the Burrow. Though from what Harry learnt, it had to be as it most often held the Black and Lupin families as well as the Potters and the house elves and the frequent visitors. It was lucky he was being carried or he would have been left behind.
As they entered the house Harry watched as everybody came over to see Little Lily 'This is my family' he thought suddenly feeling completely overwhelmed, he buried his head into his father's chest 'I finally have a family.'
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As Harry buried his head into his chest James looked down at the small boy in his arms and noticed the boy was trembling all over.
"Harry?" James asked softly, but he got no response, "Harry you okay?" he asked again gently trying to shift the boy so he could see his face but Harry just buried his head in further as he clung to James.
Suddenly James felt Harry's shoulders begin to shake and he 1realized Harry was crying. He slipped from the room while everyone still had their attention on Little Lily, and went to a spare bedroom that was near Lilly and his own; this room would now be Harry's. James sat down carefully on the bed leaning against the headboard before shifting Harry slightly and rocking him back and forth while singing softly to him. It wasn't long before Harry, after such a long and overwhelming day, fell into a peaceful sleep, safe in his fathers loving embrace.
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James smiled to himself as he felt Harry's breath even out as he fell asleep. Still, James continued to sing softly as he watched his son sleep, thanking every god and every entity for giving him this second chance with his son. James stayed there just enjoying being with his son once more until he heard Sirius calling his name. Sighing James rose and carefully laid Harry back on the bed. He than removed Harry's shoes and socks before transfiguring Harry's clothes into pyjamas and pulling the blanket over his sleeping son. Kissing the boy's head he walked over to the door and casting two spells, the first was to dim the light (he didn't know if Harry was scared of the dark) and the other was to let him know when Harry woke. Closing the door James then went in search of the others.
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"Ah James there you are! Where were you?" Melleny asked when James entered the room.
He sent Lilly a questioning look as if asking wether or not she had told everyone about Harry; she shook her head slightly before sending her own question, 'Where's Harry?' Walking over to Lilly, he gently lifted Maria who was sitting on her, and sat down setting Maria on his lap. He told her that Harry was sleeping and where. James turned his attention to everyone else, and told them the general gist of what had happened. Both he and Lily told their children about having a new brother as well as a new sister. Only this brother was a bit older then Little Lily, and how they should all be nice to him because he was really shy, that his name was Harry and about Snuffles and Mistic.
Snuffles and Mistic, after making sure that their Master was okay, had settled down by the fire making sure to stay out of the way of the other humans. At James's mention of them however, they where quickly noticed and swamped by children. Sirius was worried at first for the children's safety, he had seen that dogs teeth after all, but after a couple of tugs on the fur and tail be the kids and no snarl or growl from either animal, he calmed slightly as did the other adults.
After a little while the adults sent the kids to bed telling them to be quiet so as not to wake Harry. Once they had gone, James, Sirius and Remus proceeded to tell the rest of how they had found Harry and then James told them about what had happened when they had gotten home. He and Lilly also took the chance to ask Minerva and Kingsley to be Little Lily's godparents, both agreed quickly loving the idea. Soon after Minerva, Tonks, Kingsley, and Poppy took their leave and flooded back to their respective homes and Amy, Remus, Melleny, Sirius, Lilly, James and Little Lily all went to bed.
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Eathen sat listening to his father telling them about his 'new' brother, he knew that that wasn't quiet true. He remembered that when he was five his mum had another baby, a boy named Harry. He remembered going to see him and his mum in the hospital with his father, Harry had the same eyes as his mum and dark hair like his dad and Leo; he was so small. That was the only time he had seen him because the 'bad men' came and stole him so after. But what Eathen remembered most was how sad his mum and dad had been, how his mum had cried all the time, how his dad was always away looking for Harry. But Harry was back now, they had found him and Eathen would make sure the 'bad men' never took him away again!
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A/N:
Remus and Amy's children:
William – 10
Nealan – 8
Astara -6
Kaede - 2
Sirius and Melleny's children:
Evan - 8
Alan - 7
Almorella - 6
Keladry - 3
James and Lilly's children:
Eathen - 10
Leo - 8
Maria - 7
Harry - 5Rose - 3
Katherine - 3
Little Lily – Just born