"Oh dear Harry we haven't seen you since you were wearing dippers. Dear boy you look like James. Michael say something will you?"

"It's alright grandmum. Come in, I'll start some tea. Let me show you your room first. This way, please."

"Dear boy you have great manners."

"Thank you, I think it may be lack of sleep though. For I suppose I'm like dad, a rule breaker, a troublemaker. Let me take your bags."

"Even if you are, your mothers' family must have taught you something good."

"Well they taught me to take visitors bags, and how to cook. But it's easier with magic so I've learned. Here we are, if you start the fire, Kreacher will put it out at night he will also close the blinds at night. There's parchment, quills, and ink in the desk. We have two house-hold owls. The nearest loo is down the hall on your left. The clock is on the mantel piece. Make yourselves comfortable, I'll be in the kitchen making tea. Come on down when you're ready."

"Thank you Harry, this looks better then the last time I was in the House of Black. I see Sirius has done good, leaving the house to you."

"Well, um thank you and you are welcome. But now it's properly renamed the House of Potter."

"Clever. We will be down stairs in a moment thank you dear."

At that Harry left his grandmum and granddad alone to get settled in. He made his way to the kitchen to start the tea, which Hermione had already started. "I heard we already have some guests so I started tea. Harry could you please help me make breakfast?"

"Harry cook?" asked Lupin and Sirius at the same time.

"Yes I cook. The one thing I learned other that taking luggage from Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia was how to cook. I'm actually pretty good at it. Hermione what are you making?'

"I don't know, it's a mess. My spell isn't working. Heads up!"

Ducking Harry added, "Maybe that's the problem put the wand down. Let me take over. Can you go wake the others, while I sort out this mess?"

"Yes thank you Harry, you're a life saver! Happy Birthday!"

"No problem Hermione. Thank you." Hermione ran out of the room and into the hall, to wake the others. Harry waved his wand hand, and the mess started to clean itself.

"So who's here Lupin won't tell us?" said Lily

"You will see them, their on their way down as we speak."

"How do you know that Harry?" asked Sirius curiously.

"You think I don't have a map of my own house Sirius?"

"Do you?"

"No of course not, I've learned how to perform Legilimency."

"Wasn't Snape supposed to teach you Occlumency?"

"Yes, and he failed, but I learned it on my own. I guess I've got a hard head." Looking at his dad while saying this, and giving him a grin. "What should I make now that the mess has been taken care of?"

"What can you make?"

"Anything a muggle would eat and some."

"Muggle food? I can't say I've had much of that. Make a breakfast that your aunt and uncle would eat."

"To be safe, I'm not going to comment on that statement. So eggs, waffles, toast, pudding, fruit, am I missing anything mum?"

"You're lucky you didn't say anything about Petunia, Harry. But you're missing a drink."

"We've got plenty of pumpkin juice and butterbeer; I think we even have a fair share of firewhiskey. But I'm only sure that that is for tonight."

"Harry! I'm glad you're okay." Ginny came running into the kitchen and hugged Harry, and then snogged him in front of everyone. Once she pulled back Harry addressed her.

"I'm alright I always am. It's both a blessing and a curse. I can only assume Hermione woke you?"

"She did. Yes you're cooking, I love you're cooking. Don't tell Hermione but you cook better than she does." Lowering her voice to a whisper in case Hermione walked into the kitchen.

"I won't don't worry. Told you Sirius, I can cook."

Hearing someone in the hall Harry continued, "Grandmum, granddad in here!" Harry yelled out so that they could find their way.

"Harry what are you doing in the kitchen, that's no place for a man. Out, I'll cook. OUT!" exclaimed Mary Potter.

"No you're a guest, sit. I'm quite a good cook. Please excuse my manners, Ginny this is my grandmum and granddad Potter. Grandmum, granddad this is my girlfriend Ginny Weasley."

"Nice to meet you dear. For a moment I thought I heard James."

"Hello mum, dad. How are you?"

"Oh dear heavens! James! Now this is not a good joke Harry."

"Hello Mary, how are you?"

"Lily? James? But, but how? What is going on here? Sirius?"

"Hello Mrs. Potter." exclaimed Sirius while bowing toward her.

"Well this really is the whole family then isn't it? Everyone's here. Good to see you all again." Still flustered at what she was seeing.

"Dad, how are you?"

"He hasn't talked much since, You-Know-Who, did You-Know-What."

"Well no need to worry granddad I killed Lord Voldemort." Harry called out from the kitchen.

Mrs. and Mr. Potter shuttered, "How dare you say his name boy!" yelled Michael Potter

"I've always said his name. I've said it since I've known the truth. If I don't call him Lord Voldemort I call him Tom Marvolo Riddle. Always have, Albus Dumbledore did, and so do I."

"And you believe everything Albus told you?"

"I trust in him, and if it weren't for him, I don't think anyone would be here, because I wouldn't be alive. There wouldn't be a 'Happy Birthday Harry' banner outside. So yes I believed in Albus, and I still do."

"You're alive because you have a very old magic in you Harry. Albus Dumbledore had nothing to do with it."

"Sorry granddad, but he had a great deal to the fact that we're having this conversation right now. You don't know what happened while I was at Hogwarts, or half of what I've seen. He taught me quite a great deal, he was a good man. His name will not be used in vein in my house." Saying this in a very sharp tone of voice.

"Blimy why are there so many people in here?" shouted Ron breaking the awkward silence.

"Ron, meet my granddad and my grandmum."

"Hello Mrs. and Mr. Potter's"

"Hello Ron dear."

"Hel-lo." Yawning as he made his way over to the table, repeating what he had already said. "Wait Sirius? I'm losing it, I think I should go back to sleep."

"Hello Ron, you are not going mad, it really is me, and this is Lily and James, Harry's parents." Ron merely nodded, and sat down at the table. Apparently he was used to strange things happening around Harry.

Harry at this time had breakfast done, and on the table. As he looked over the table they were missing someone. "Where's Severus?"

"I couldn't get him up. And his door won't open. I hope he's alright." said Hermione.

"Everyone, eat, I'll be back. I know why it won't open."

"Harry I've tried every spell I know, it won't open."

"Because he didn't want it to. He set it where it'll only open to Parseltounge, you can't speak Parseltounge. I'm the only one here that can open it. I shall be back. Please eat."

"Harry you speak Parseltounge?"

"But of course I do mum. When Voldemort attempted to kill be the first time, he gave me some of his powers, the ability to speak to snakes one of them. And right before my eleventh birthday, I sent a snake loose from the zoo. It started chasing Dudley. That was funny."

"Harry that's not funny."

"I didn't know how to stop it, it wasn't until later that holiday, I found out I was a wizard. And Hagrid took me to Diagon Alley."

"You mean Petunia never told you?" now Lily was razing her voice.

"Never, Uncle Vernon said they were hoping I would be normal. Me normal, I think they learned I wasn't normal when glasses would break if they said something about you or dad. And then my third year I blew up Marge. And I left the house and went to the Leakey Cauldron."

"You blew up Marge!"

"She was still alive. She was getting on my nerves. Please may I go get Severus now? He'll like to see you."

"He knows I'm here?"

"If I know him, yes he knows. I'll be back, please start without me." Noticing that no one had started eating yet. Harry walked out of the kitchen which was now full of people talking and filling each other in on what has happened. He had made his way to Snape's room and stood in front of the door.

"Open." said Harry in parseltounge, rasps of hissing extruding from him mouth. The door in which lead to Severus's room opened. "Severus breakfast is on the table, please come out and eat. There's someone here who wishes to see you."

"Who would wish to see me Potter?" snarled Snape grimly.

"I won't ruin the surprise, please come out. She says she's an old friend. And I've already figured how to get in here, very smart by the way. So are you coming out?"

"If you wish me to, it's your house. I'm up, I'm coming."

"Good. Shall we go them?"

"Ah but of course, after you Potter."

So Harry, fallowed by Snape, made their way to the kitchen were there now sat all the Weasley's. "So Potter who wishes to see me?"

"Why not see for yourself? Mum, he's here."

"Do you think I'm mad Potter? Lily is dead. You're much like your arrogant dad before you."

"Please Severus don't say that about my dad, the last person who said ill of my parents ended up looking like a giant balloon. And again if you wish to say that, tell him yourself."

"Potter you are one arrogant, fool. And you will not talk to me like that, understood?"

"No, not so much Severus. This is after all my house, and you are a guest, do you understand me?"

"Arrogant, just like James." Snorting loudly as if Harry was dirt on his nose.

"Severus, how dare you?"

"Mum, I can take care of this. Severus I believe you've met my mum. And if you call me arrogant again, I will personally pack your bags, and you can see your way out. I trust you know where the door is?"

"I ought to….."

"You ought to what Severus? Remember I brought you back, trusting you put your Death Eater days behind you, I can always reverse my generosity."

"How dare you speak of that?"

"Just as well as you dare to call both myself and my dad arrogant. You can either sit down and eat, or leave, make your choice. Whatever happened in the past can stay there, understood?" With everyone staring at them, quite as can be Snape just stared at Harry. While they were arguing, Ron was hoping that Snape would leave; his fingers crossed.

Snape sat himself down at the table next to Mr. Weasley and began to eat. "Severus, where are your manners? You didn't say hello to me mum or me dad." Harry was merely enjoying taunting Snape. The stone cold look of Snape's face, showed how much he despised Harry. But he changed it to a gentle smile. "Hello Lily, James, how are you?" nodding courtly at them both shovelling food into his mouth.

"I'm fine Severus. I do wish that you don't talk to Harry like that again. And I thank you for giving him the key."

"But of course Lily, I'm sorry for the way I acted. And sorry James, I have no right to say that about you."

"Severus, back at Hogwarts I was quite full of myself. But after that I really wasn't, and you knew that. We worked together."

"You two worked together?' asked Harry, while choking on butterbeer.

"Oh yes. For only a year or so, but we did."

Soon all conversation had died down, more people were arriving. "Ginny how many people did you invite?"

"Only all your friends from Hogwarts, teachers, and family."

"You didn't invite the Dursley's did you?"

"Of course I did, and they said they'd come."

Just after say this more people arrived. "Hello Oliver, Katie, Lee, Angelina, Neville, Luna, Dean, Seamus, oh and Alicia. Thank you all for coming. Please set any gifts in the kitchen, everyone else is in the back yard."

"Thank you for inviting us. Where's Harry?" asked Oliver.

"He's in the backyard. You are all very welcome."

As everyone made their way into the house, and dropping off the gifts, a car arrived. It was black, and fairly large. Immediately Ginny knew this was the Dursley's, for they didn't see a house. "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, hello I'm Ginny Weasley, Harry's girlfriend. I'm so glad you could make it. If you'd please fallow me, I need to take the charm off the house first. Hold on one second please." And with a flick of her wrist the Dursley's could see the house. "Okay now that that's done, please fallow me. You're the last of the guests so I no longer have to wait outside."

"Where's Harry? You said your name was Ginny, right?" asked Dudley.

"He's in the backyard with everyone else. And yes, it's Ginny. You must be Dudley. Nice to meet you." Holding out her hand, Dudley shook it and smiled.

"I'm sorry did you say your Harry's girlfriend?" asked Aunt Petunia with a quivering look in her eyes, she didn't like the idea of being in a house of wizards.

"Oh yes, I did. Why, is there something wrong?"

"No, no not at all I just never thought Harry would ever find a girlfriend. Thank you for inviting us, Ms. Weasley."

"You're welcome Mrs. Dursley. Here we are. You can set your gift over there with the rest, and I'll take you out back."

"Excuse me, Ginny where is the loo?" asked Lee.

"Once out of the kitchen turn right, it'll be the third door on your left."

"Thanks, so much." And Lee disappeared out of the room.

"Petunia!"

"Who called my name?"

"Me, your sister, Lily. How are you? Ah you must be Dudley, I'm your Aunt Lily. Nice to meet you, hello Vernon."

"This, this is why I never liked magic! Hello Lily, I'm quite fine thank you. I can only assume James is here also?"

"But of course he is Petunia. Ginny, I'll lead them outside, Harry's looking for you."

"Thank you Mrs. Potter."

"You are very welcome dear."

As Ginny left she could no longer hear what they were talking about in the kitchen. She stepped out into the yard to see dozens of people talking to each other. She couldn't help but notice that most of them had red hair. At that thought her face turned red. Once Harry had spotted her he ran over and grabbed her around her waist. He picked her up and spun her around. Everyone staring at them now, but Harry didn't seem to care. "Ginny there's something I have to tell you and I don't care who hears me." He progressively grew louder. "Ginny Weasley I've wanted to tell you this for some time now, and I think having everyone I've ever known here, it's the best time to say this." Pausing for effect. "Ginny, I love you!" Ginny gradually got redder as everyone stared and clapped. The cheering only got worse as Harry snogged Ginny right then and there.