I open one eye slowly looking around.

How did I end up in my room at Grimauld? I try and sit up but hiss in pain as my ribs ache.

"I wouldn't move if I were you" I turn my head to the door and see sev standing in the door way.

"Wha..."

"I heard your call you've been here about three days already, your ribs have been the slowest to heal as you were too beaten up to take skellygrow so we had to use less taxing potions and spells to heal them" he pauses "are you hungry?"

I nod and he disappears.

Five minuets later he's back with a bowl of soup.

"You scared me you know" he says as he helps me eat "you never told me it was this bad, I would've gotten you out I'd have fought albus harder" he sighs.

"He only normally back handed me and they called me names and starved me mainly sev the rest of the time it was worth the blood wards sev."

He slams his fist on the dresser "nothing is worth you going through that child nothing at all."

The ache in the blonde veelas chest weakened but his worry remained strong he hoped he didn't have to wait much longer to go find his mate but more than anything he hoped that she would stay safe and be ok till he could come and protect her.

After a few days my ribs were back to normal but Siri and Sev were watching me like I'd break which was getting annoying. I finally snapped and screamed at them saying I wasn't china and I could handle walking around.

As it got closer to my birthday I could see more whispering. They were planning something.

I walked into the lounge and suddenly conversation stopped.

"I can go if you guys still need to plan"

"Don't be silly Harrie we aren't planning anything now come give ol' paddy a hug"

I smile and climb onto the sofa cuddling into his side.

"Harrie I was wondering um next year you won't have to go to the dursleys so I was wondering if uh..."

"Yes Siri?"

"Would you wanna live here?"

"Like this being home?" Ive never really had a home before I've always wanted one with people that love me. But what about sev.. I looked up at the man who had been there for me more than other talking Remus at the other end of the room. They're in a fairly new relationship though, I doubt they'd want a teenager under their feet all the time and this way I get a home a real one...

"Yeah I mean I know I've missed allot and you like Remy and Snivellus allot tho I'll never understand why you or sev like the grumpy dungeon bat or why I'm not allowed to acknowledge that I front of your best friends. But I am your godfather Prongs and Lilly wanted me to be the one to take care of you, your nearly seventeen so I thought I'd let you choose." He flopped back after his rant.

"Um could we have Remus and Sev stay over occasionally?" The marauder froze.

"Are you saying yes?" He asked instead of answering.

"I want to say yes but i consider all three of you like parents to me I'd be weird to only live with you and not see them..." Suddenly I'm having the life squeezed out of me.

"I'll put up with him if it means my pup staying with me, though your the one that's going to ask."

I can't help but giggle slightly of course Siri wouldn't disregard his old school rivalry completely even if both Remus and I vouched for the man but at least he's trying.

"We can decorate your room properly and get you all new clothes and I'm sure you'd look better with new glasses or without them entirely. Ooo I'm going to spoil you rotten." He grinned at me happily before bounding over like an excitable puppy to tell Remus the news. Sev's face got a stony look at the news and left the room.

I bet Siri left out the part of them being here too. I sigh and go follow him.

I find him in the library reading some ancient potions text which I snatch out of his hand placing it on the table beside him and curl up in his lap.

"Surely you have your mutt to cuddle now Harrie" he says coldly. His defence systems are up and fully operational i see.

"That may be but no one gives cuddles like Sevvy" he grumbles but puts his arms around me.

"I figured you and Remus wouldn't want to go from new relationship to having a sixteen year old so I asked Siri as one of the conditions of living here to be you and Remus staying here as often as you want that way I can have my family under one roof... I'm betting he didn't tell you that. Plus I've always wanted a home with people who love me and mum and dad thought Siri could give me that other wise they wouldn't have picked him as my godfather. I'm not saying I don't love or need you Sev please don't shut me out.."

"You use too many words when the last sentence would have sufficed." He pauses to kiss my hair. "And for your information both the mutt and I are your godparents, I've been trying to get you under my care for years but no one knows where your parents wills are and memories of them asking it of us apparently isn't enough" I look up at him shocked.

"Yes Harrie you have two godparents anyway Remus and I had been wanting to ask you about living with us once we got a stable house as I've had move out of spinners end so I suppose if the mutt agrees we could all live here for awhile"

All of them here... everyday... That sounds...wonderful

I can't help but squeal and hug him tighter. "I'll make sure you have a room for potions and Siri was talking about redecorating my room but I'm sure he'd let us do yours too and you need some new clothes so we can get you some when Siri is spoiling me."

"Calm down little hurricane we've got the rest of the summer to do things you don't need to plan it all out now."

I grin sheepishly before getting up and pulling him back down to the kitchen hugging the three men that want to take care of me.

In the week running up to my birthday allot of things changed in Grimauld place.

We stripped and decorated most of the main rooms mine now having a dark purple and silver theme, Remus and Sev's being brown and blue, the lounge in all natural wood tones with cream walls, the library got the carpet taken up and about a hundred more books (luckily it expands) from the new residents, the halls an apple green that Siri adamantly stated that it looked nowhere near a slytherin colour and he chose it cause he likes Granny Smith apples and the old wine cellar became Sev's laboratory done out in plum and black as he said it was less distracting.

That took up to Wednesday and we decided to go shopping on Saturday.

"You excited for tomorrow pup?"I nod happily setting down my book about a fantasy world

"Yeah it'll be my first proper birthday so I'm looking forward to spending it with your guys. Ron and Mione don't know I live here do they?"

"No I thought you'd want to tell them when they get here tomorrow why?"

"It's just um can we keep it a secret? And say you got special permission to have me over for my birthday?"

"Why Harrie don't you want your friends to know your happy?"

"Coz Mrs Weasley will say your not responsible enough to look after a child and Ron will want to know why I want to live with sev here and they will want me to come and stay at the burrow and much though they are all lovely it's so hectic over there and Mrs Weasley mothers me like I'm supposed to do what she expects. I just want the last month of my vacation to be calm and happy with you guys."

He hugs me tight "ok pup I'll tell moony and Snivellus to go with that anyway off to bed now it's gone 11:30 we wouldn't want Molly to be right now would we"

I kiss his cheek "night snuffles"

Go off in search of my other godfathers finding them both in the kitchen I kiss both of their cheeks bidding them goodnight and then go up and get ready for bed.

By the time I'm in bed with the lights off its 11:56 so I count down to midnight.

57

58

59

I never got to midnight before a scream ripped from my throat and the world went black...