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Now on with the story:

Chapter 5: The beginnings

Harry woke the next morning in a comfortable bed, and with a quick look around the room he realised he didn't recognise it. At once he was on his feet, scanning the room more closely he noticed that the contents of the room to be made in a larger scale, unless it was he that was smaller? As he looked down at himself memories of the previous day rushed back; he remembered crying into his fathers chest as he was overwhelmed with the fact that he finally had a family, he also remembered his father take him away from the group and to somewhere quiet, here he assumed, and gently rock him singing softly until Harry was asleep. Harry smiled, he'd never, at least not that he remembered, had anyone do that for him before. His smile quickly changed however into a frown, why had he reacted like that? Surely he had enough control of his emotions not to be overwhelmed by them? It was then that he realised that he really was five, a five year old with the memories and power of a sixteen year old but still a five year old.

Looking around the room once more Harry noted there were four doors and a large window with a window seat, deciding to take a look outside first so he could maybe figure out in which part of the manor his room was located and be able to use windows as a reference to return. He walked over to the seat and climbed up onto it, keeling on the seat he looked out over the grounds and was almost gob-smacked. The view from the window was amazing, it looked out over the backyard (if you could call it that), there was a beautiful garden located near the house then a lush green lawn that extended quiet some way, on the left of it he could make out a Quidditch pitch, which brought a grin to his face, and to the right a large lake, almost the same size as the one at Hogwarts. In the middle of the lake there was an island and on the edge closest to the house Harry could just make out what looked like a small pier complete with a small boat tied to it. Passed the lawn Harry could just make out the edge of the forest that he knew boarded the Potter property from an overheard conversation last night.

His attention was drawn from the window however, as he heard one of the doors behind him open. Turning around quickly, he faced the smiling face of his father who had just entered the room and was now walking over to him. Harry managed a small shy smile back suddenly felling very small and nervous.

"Hello Harry, did you sleep well?" James asked smiling at his son.

"Yes, thank you," Harry said in a small voice directing his own shy smile at his father, which seemed to make James's grow.

"That's good," James said as he turned Harry's pyjamas back into there original form, and frowned slightly at the sight of the oversized dirty clothes, (much like rags). He turned his frown into a grin however as he looked at Harry, "How about a bath and then breakfast?"

Harry nodded and James lifted him off the window chair and carried him over to another door, inside the door was a beautifully crafted bathroom in a Greek cross Roman style, coloured in blues, sea greens and white marble.

"Wow!" Harry couldn't help but gasp in surprise, sure it wasn't as big as Hogwarts prefect bathroom but it was just as impressive.

"You like?" James asked grinning, as he placed Harry on the bench that was next the bath before he turned the taps on.

Harry merely nodded as he gazed around the room, when the bath was full Harry undressed, at first hesitant with doing that with James there but he got over it as he remembered that this was his father and he was five.

As Harry undressed he missed the shocked look on his fathers face as he noted how skinny Harry really was, the saying of just skin and bones jumped forwards in James's mind, and he couldn't hold back a small gasp as he saw the many scars that littered his sons young body. The scars that stood out the most to James were the ones on Harry's back that could only be whip marks. He managed to pull himself from his shocked state as he watched Harry put a hand in the water to check the temperature,

"Is the water ok?" he asked, his voice only shacking slightly.

"It's a little hot," Harry said softly.

With a wave of his wand James had lowered the temperature of the water, "That better?"

Harry touched the water again and nodded as he climbed carefully in.

"I'm just going to get you some of Leo's old clothes for you to wear until we buy you your own, ok?" James told Harry with a smile.

The clothes James returned with where a simple white t-shirt, red jumper, and black pants also a belt and a pair of white socks. After getting changed Harry noted that though these cloths fitted much better then Dudley's cast-offs they where still lose and James had had to add a new hole to the belt.

"So what about some breakfast? James asked.

Harry nodded and James lifted him into his arms noting how thin Harry was, something he hadn't really notice the day before. As they made their way to the kitchen Harry tried to memorise the route even as he took in the surroundings. Entering the kitchen Harry saw that Remus, Amy, Keladry, Rose, Katherine, Kaede, his mum and Little Lily where already at the table eating breakfast.

"Good morning James, good morning Harry," Amy greeted them as they entered.

"Good morning," Harry said shyly, he's head half hidden in James's shoulder.

James sat down leaving one chair in-between his own and Lilly's, which Lilly raised so Harry could sit on it normally and still be able to see/reach the table.

"What would you like for breakfast?" Lilly asked after Harry was seated comfortably, "We have, pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, sausages, toast, cereal…" Lilly listed as she gave Harry an encouraging smile.

Harry bit his lip not really sure, glancing at what everyone else was eating he decided to follow Rose and Katherine's choice, "Ah…pancakes," he offered in an unsure voice as he glanced at his mothers face to make sure that was alright.

Lilly smiled, "Pancakes it is," she said as she served him, "Would you like anything on it? We have, maple syrup, and golden syrup?" she offered.

"Maple, please," Harry replied softly, he was almost shocked at how meek he had been sounding but knew that going from no loved ones to having a lot was a large shock and defiantly something he was hesitant to muck up.

As Harry began to eat he took the time to study the rooms occupants starting with his twin sisters. Rose and Katherine while being twins were not identical like Fred and George, instead where Rose had their mother's fiery-red hair Katherine had their fathers black; though thankfully neither received the 'untameable hair gene'. They both had their father's eyes though neither needed glasses and now that he looked closer the hair colour was probably the only difference between the two.

Before Harry could turn his attention to others James startled him out of his observations.

"Aren't you going to eat anymore? You haven't had much," James commented, concern clearly shown in his eyes.

Harry looked at his plate, it was true, he hadn't really eaten much but he couldn't eat. He hadn't really been eating much before he had come to this world either. Every time he went to eat, images of the countless battlefields would rise in his head, the faces of the dead staring up at him, the blood that flowed like rivers around his feet, the bodies of his loved ones lying motionless before him…

"Please Harry, you don't have to eat this but you need to eat something," James almost begged softly, as he remembered the sight of Harry's skinny body.

Harry looked up at his father's concerned eyes, then back down at his plate and sighed. Picking up his fork he went to eat but his mind seemed to have other ideas. Instead of pancakes and syrup, his mind showed the syrup as blood and the pancakes as flesh from one of the many bodies Harry had seen. Harry quickly dropped the fork and pushed the plate away from him, glancing up his eyes met his fathers. For a moment wide emerald-green eyes filled with tears and hidden horrors locked onto concerned hazel, before Harry pulled his eyes away and slipped under the table and into the waiting fur of Snuffles.

James exchanged worried looks with the other adults before pushing his chair back so he could see Harry under the table. He noticed at once how Harry's whole body was shacking.

"Harry? Are you okay?" James asked; he was startled by Harry's reaction to food and very worried about his health. He decided that he would take Harry to the hospital straight after their Ministry visit this afternoon; the Ministry appointment hopefully wouldn't take too long after all they were just going in to prove Harry was who they thought he was and was in fact alive.

Harry, feeling his father's concerned eyes on him let go of Snuffles and crawled out from underneath the table to stand next to his father's chair. James lifted Harry into his lap at once and held him comfortingly as he felt Harry's whole body shaking. Before anything could be said the kitchen door opened and Eathen and William entered the kitchen.

Eathen and William were the eldest of the children at the age of ten. Eathen, Harry observed, glad for something to take his mind of his past, had their mothers red hair and their fathers hazel eyes. William, Harry remembered, was the eldest son of Remus and Amy and had light dusty-brown hair and his fathers amber coloured eyes and was slightly shorter then Eathen though Harry admitted Eathen was slightly tall for his age, making William about average hight.

"Morning," both boys greeted everyone as they took their seats at the table.

"Good morning boys," the others greeted them, though Harry noticed how the adults eyes seemed to continually flicker over to him, as they all resumed their normal breakfast activities; or at least Harry assumed they where their normal activities.

Breakfast had continued all right, though Harry refused to eat anything else, in fact he tried not to even look at the food on the table, and Harry noticed that Sirius, Leo, Evan, and Nealan, never made it down for breakfast.

After breakfast they all went to a fairly large, yet comfortable room, at one end of it was a bunch of comfortable and well-used sofas and chairs, this is where the adults stayed. At the other end of the room was what Harry assumed was the kids play area as it was filled with toys and other children's things, this is where the children headed and, to Harry's mild discomfort, he was led by his eldest brother. Harry was unsure what to do at first; I mean the first time he was five he had never gotten to play with toys let alone other children. His problem however was soon fixed as Rose, Katherine, Keladry and even little Kaede, quickly pulled him over to play dolls with them. Now most little boys wouldn't ever want to be caught playing dolls with their little sisters, Harry who had never had any younger siblings quickly found himself adoring his new little siblings, and thus found himself half wrapped around their little fingers.

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Lilly sadly watched Harry stand awkwardly amongst the other children, clearly unsure as to what to do. No child, Lilly thought to her self, especially one of her own, should be so fearful and unsure that they couldn't even interact properly with their own siblings, nor should they so clearly be so unsure as to what to do with toys. She glanced at the others and noticed that they to seemed to share her thoughts, before looking back, just in time to see the girls quickly pulling Harry over to play with them.

She smiled slightly as Harry settled in-between his twin sisters, feeling a small weight lift of her chest. Only once she was sure Harry was all right did she allow herself to relax and turn to the conversation the others had just started.

A/N: Oh my! I'm so, so, so, sorry for the huge delay in an update, but well… alright I have a lot of excuses but none of them are really going to be good enough are they? Right then onto plan B drops to her knees Pleeeease forgive me! Pleeeease! gives everyone a pathetic look

Alright now that the begging is out of the way I send everyone who reviewed a cookie AND their very own cute and cuddly little Harry! Thank you all for your reviews! Without them I may have just abandoned this story, but don't worry I won't! I sware and I will hopefully get another chapter up sooner then it took me to do this one as my muse for this story has suddenly returned to me! (About bloody time too!)

Anyway I hope you all enjoy! And don't forget to review! (God I love reviews! grins dreamily to herself)

For those who don't remember the ages and names of all those children:

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 - 5

Rose - 3

Katherine - 3

Little Lily – Just born

Oh I suppose I should answer a few questions:

1. Is Harry wearing glasses?

You know I didn't really think about this at first so thank you for bringing it up! And the answer is no, I'll probably mention it later in Harry's musings or something but in case I don't I'll give you one reason. Selaga said Harry would get gifts when he crossed worlds, well his improved eyesight will be a good side affect of one of these.

2. Is there going to be flashbacks about the war and such?

Yep, well most likely, cause I often find that the easiest way to explain things, plus Harry's past will play a roll in his future!

3. Isn't Remus a werewolf? How could he have children?

I don't really see how being a werewolf means he can't have children, except that the law may not allow it. But in this story the anti magical creature move isn't as big! Well not yet at least… And if you are wondering no, Remus doesn't pass his wolf side to his children.

Oh this isn't an Q&A but still things I think I should mention

I've had a lot of comments about the Potters having a lot of children, and yes they do have a big family (which I personally think Harry deserves), but it isn't that big! I know of a family that has NINE children! But I agree I probably did go a little overboard, with that and making Harry like a SuperHarry, but I started it a long time ago and you know how you are when you're young… actually I'm probably still like that! And in case you're worried, no Harry is not going to be some invincible demi god that can do everything and is never beaten! Where is the fun in that? I need some Harry angst!

I got a nice review from Jen about story ideas and Jen asked me to email her but the review was anonyms so I don't have your email. If you still want to talk ideas send me your email and I'd be happy too!

Well that's enough of that! Until next time!