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Chapter 19

Harry was sitting with Andromeda having some tea after having learned a cloths folding spell thinking about everything that had happened in the two weeks since his first meeting with Sirius.

Sirius had taken Tonks and Andromeda to Godric's Hollow and then came back with Tonks to take Rebecca and Harry. They spent most of the day there after visiting James and Lily's graves, with Sirius telling them what he knew of the area and its history in the wizarding world and with the Potter's.

Upon seeing the memorial Rebecca and Tonks wrapped him in a hug as Andromeda did the same with Sirius.

When they had gotten to the markers Sirius had handled the introductions. Rebecca had stood back a little but he gently reached out and pulled her forward.

"This wonderful lady is Rebecca Monroe, and you'd both love her. She's Harry's new mother and I know you'd give it your blessing if you could see them together. It's because of her and Tonks and a few others that we still have Harry in our lives, and it's because of them that he's happy."

One conversation stuck out in his mind the most from that day. The one when he asked about any other friends that his parents might have had.

"Lily's best friend at Hogwarts was Catherine Weldon." He said with a sad smile. "A few days before you were born she and her brother were attacked and tortured. I was part of the team that showed up and fought the Death Eaters. It was a bunch of low level goons and we ended up killing most of them and arrested three. Cath was in really bad shape and Oran didn't make it. She spent a few weeks in St. Mungo's before her parents took her out of the country. Her mind had slipped some and they wanted to get her away from the war.

"I can't really blame them; they had already lost their only son and almost lost their daughter. I know they went to South America and that Lily wrote to her a lot. Your mother said that her letters just rambled at first but were getting better before…well before Halloween."

When he had looked up there were tears in his eyes "I really have to thank all of you for the way you handled getting rid of that psycho this time, we lost so many good people the last time and I don't know if I could go through all of that again. I would almost wish that I could be one of the first to go so I wouldn't have to bury any more friends."

He took a few breaths "I could try to contact her and see if she's still around if you'd like, with the way Lily described her letters I'm not sure that she even knows you were born."

Harry had nodded and said that he'd like that. He'd like to talk with someone who knew his mother as well as Sirius knew his father.

The next thing that stood out was his birthday. His Mum and Tonks had a party for him that had Sirius, Bill, Fleur, Ginny, Gabrielle, Hermione, Lisa, Amelia, Susan, Hannah Abbot, Andromeda, and Ted at the house having a dinner that Bill had cooked while Harry was forced to stay out of the kitchen. Ginny and Gabrielle had baked the cake and it had turned out to be really good.

He was reminded of one gift every morning. Tonks had gotten him five pairs of pink boxers, five pairs of pink briefs and two pairs of what he called pink dental floss. The next morning he found out that she had taken all of his other underwear so that the only thing he had to wear was his new gift.

When he asked her about it she got an evil grin and said that since he wouldn't model them for her she would make it so she just had to catch him in nothing but his underwear.

Harry was finally able to go get a new wand three days after his birthday when the 'riot' had finally ended. Gringotts had called in all of the loans on the paper because they had missed their payment by that time forcing the Prophet to close and hand over the keys to the goblins. The whole business was up for auction and if the rumors were right it looked like an odd little paper called the Quibbler was the top bidder so far.

The Minister had done a good job of rotating ministry personnel so that the government kept running the whole time. With his promise of a large donation to the Cedric Diggory Friendship Scholarship that Bill and the twins had come up with and the demise of Voldemort his popularity was at an all time high.

Harry loved his new job and had started to help Conner with the lunch crowd which had grown considerably. The people from the clinic had started having their lunch at the café when they all found out that was where the biscuits and tea was coming from. They came for the tea and biscuits and found that Conner served excellent food as a bonus. With word of mouth they were almost always full all day long and it had his boss loving life. Lisa on the other hand was counting down the days until she went back to school and could rest her feet.

They had already hired two new waitresses and were planning on a third one just before Lisa left.

But by a far margin the thing that stuck in Harry's mind the most was when he stopped being Harry Potter and the judge named him Harry Monroe.

Harry had already told Sirius what he planned but unlike what he thought would happen Sirius had simply asked him what his reasons were.

"Well, you told me that night we first met that the ones who really love us never leave us." Harry placed his hand on his chest "They're always with us. I finally figured that out, my parents are me and I'm them. As long as I'm alive so are they, within me." he touched Sirius on the chest "They're alive in you too. We don't have to have the name to be a Potter; we just have to live our lives in a way that honors them."

"My Mum was an Evans before she was a Potter and I'm a Potter who will be a Monroe. I really love Rebecca and want to show her how much by taking her name. It's the only thing I can think of that might come close to showing her."

Sirius hugged him "I think I might be able to learn a few things from you Mr. Monroe."

When the judge had asked him whether he wanted to keep the name of Potter or take the name of his new mother he answered without hesitation "I'd like to take the name Monroe if it's all right with Mum."

She had a shocked look on her face as she stared at him standing there looking back with a huge smile. She then looked to Tonks, Andromeda and Sirius who were in the chambers with them and saw that all three of them had the same huge smile that Harry had.

She looked back to him and with tears in her eyes said "Thank you, I'd love that." before he wrapped her in a tight hug.

The judge then looked to Sirius who had been introduced as Harry's Godfather. "Mr. Black, as the only person here who could have a claim against this adoption I'd like to know your feelings about it."

Sirius stood "Sir do you see that smile on their face's?" when the judge nodded he continued "Anything that puts that smile on those face's and keeps it there is the thing I want for them the most. I've spent time with both of them separately and together and can tell you without any doubt that they are Mother and Son." and then sat back down.

The judge smiled "I really like it when things are this simple. This adoption is complete in the eyes of the court right after the two Monroe's sign some documents that we have waiting outside. Let me be the first to offer congratulations to you Miss Monroe and to you also Mr. Harry Monroe."

Twenty minutes later they were headed home to celebrate.

Back in the present Andromeda noticed that Harry had been staring off into the distance for a few minutes.

"Are you ok Harry?"

"Hmm, Oh yeah I'm all right. I was just thinking about everything from the past couple of weeks. It still all seems kind of strange to me."

"How so?"

He smiled "I'm still not used to having a life, let alone one I love."

She smiled "I'm glad you're enjoying it, it's a good sign that things are going in the right direction." She looked at her watch "I should be going; it's almost time for you're tutor to get here."

A knock at the door made them both laugh.

"She's a little early" Harry said as the both made their way to the door. When he opened it he saw Sirius standing there with a huge grin.

"She wrote back and I just got finished with a floo call to her." He was practically jumping up and down.

"Uhm, ok, should I understand what you're talking about?" Harry asked.

That seemed to make Sirius' grin even larger "Finally, I understand a conversation someone else doesn't. Man that feels good, I was afraid that old age was just making the whole thing happen."

Harry looked at Andi who was also grinning. "Let me guess, you understood all of that."

She shrugged "Not the part about someone writing, but that part about understanding was pretty clear for someone who was involved in the first conversation."

"Uhm, all right. How about you just tell me what's happening because I need my brain for Mrs. Wright. She may look like a kindly old lady, but she really knows how to torture someone."

Sirius laughed "Of course she does, it's required learning to become a teacher. I'm talking about Cath, she wrote back and told me to floo call her today. I just got done talking with her and she's going to be coming back to England tomorrow."

Harry was wide eyed "Really? She's really coming back? Did she say why she stayed away so long?"

"Yeah, she's really coming back. She stayed away mostly because of money, it's not cheap to floo that far and even more expensive to portkey."

Harry led the two of them back to the sitting room and they all sat down.

"I have to tell you she's a bit self conscious about her looks. Remember she was tortured by Death Eaters; she has a couple of bad scars on her face and is missing two fingers. The rest of her scars she hides with her clothes but those she can't and she was never any good with glamour charms."

Harry grinned a little "I think I can sympathize a bit."

Sirius also had a little grin "I told her that if there was ever someone who could look beyond scars it was you."

"So what time is she getting here? Where's she going to be staying? What should I cook for dinner?"

"Slow down Harry. She arrives at about ten at the ministry, I already talked to Amelia and she and I will be there to meet her. I convinced her that I had plenty of room at my new place and she was more than welcome to stay there. As far as dinner goes, I have absolutely no idea what most of the things you cook are called but I haven't had anything yet that I didn't like so just fix whatever and I'm sure she'll love it."

"Was she able to afford the trip?"

Sirius shook his head "I'm using some of the reparations for it, it's not like I need the money."

Harry hugged him "Thank you."

"I'm happy to do it; I really want to see her again too. I need to apologize for a lot of pranks I pulled on her. It was one of the things that kept James and Lily apart for so long I think."

Harry gave him a look and he smiled sadly "Not all of us got wise as quick as you did. I was immature and proud of it until shortly before everything happened."

"It's alright to say it Sirius, before the night that they were murdered. We can't move on until we accept it."

Sirius ruffled his hair "See what I mean, you're still a lot wiser than I am. Now, how about I teach you the proper way to skiv off class?"

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The next day Harry was nervous as he and his Mum sat waiting for them to arrive. They had been expected ten minutes ago and about every other second Harry was looking at the clock.

"Something went wrong, or she changed her mind." Harry said.

"I'm sure it's nothing, Amelia would have let us know if something happened and you know Sirius would still be here by now if she had changed her mind. She's probably just as nervous about this as we are, that's all." She had no sooner said it and there was a pop in the kitchen.

Harry jumped up "Sirius?"

"It's us. We were delayed a bit by some paperwork." He said as he came into the sitting room with a dark haired woman who was a couple of inches shorter than Harry.

A scar ran from her chin to her ear just above her right jaw line and another went from the bridge of her nose up into her hair over her left eye. She was missing the last two fingers on her left hand and had a scar that started between the two missing fingers and disappeared under her shirt sleeve.

Sirius conducted the introductions "Harry, Rebecca this is Catherine Weldon. Cath this is Rebecca and Harry Monroe."

Harry held out his hand "I'm glad to finally meet you."

She stared into his eyes for a moment before shaking a little "Sorry, I'm glad to meet you too Harry." She turned to Rebecca and they greeted each other before she looked at Harry again.

"I can't believe those eyes, they really are her eyes. I'm sorry I just never imagined I'd ever see them again."

Harry smiled "Its fine, I kind of like them too. My dad's hair I could've done without, but I do like Mum's eyes."

She seemed to take a look at all of him "Merlin, you look like a perfect blend of them." She laughed "I have to agree though, you would have been better off with Lily's hair. Please tell me you got her common sense."

Sirius laughed "He did, a bit of his James' daring but definitely Lily's common sense."

Rebecca asked "Which side does the worry gene come from?" smiling at Harry.

"That one is all Harry, neither James nor Lily worried their parents." Sirius said.

Cath smiled wide "I don't know, when they started dating Lily's parents were caused a lot of worry by James."

"Yeah but by that time she had tamed him."

"Hah, that boy was never tamed; he only learned to act like it. I might have only ever caught you after that but I know he had a hand in the planning."

Sirius smiled sadly "He really didn't, he might have helped come up with the ideas after that but he never knew we were going to use them. He even stopped giving us ideas when Lily told him about that one were Ricky ended up stuck to the ceiling. She thought he was in on it too. He really did grow up for her."

Cath looked at him for a moment "You've changed a lot. Your eyes are different." She frowned "What happened Siri? You still had the pranks in your eyes when I left."

Harry stepped in "How about I get us all some tea? Please sit down."

Sirius offered to help and followed him into the kitchen.

"She doesn't know about what happened to you?" Harry asked.

"No, when I wrote her and when I talked to her I mostly just told her about you."

"Do you think you can talk about it?"

Sirius stiffened slightly "Could you start it? I still can't even talk to Andi about it that well."

Harry hugged him "Sure, how about we get that tea now."

When they returned and everyone had tea Harry started.

"How much do you know about the night my parents were murdered?"

She hung her head "I don't know anything except that they were killed, I didn't even know about you until Siri wrote to me. I wasn't really sane when I left here; when I found out that they were dead I started slipping back into the madness so I stopped checking into it. I still feel myself slipping once in a while when something reminds me."

Sirius took her hand "It's alright Cath. Trust me, I know about the madness."

She looked up at him "That's what I see there. I see some of the same thing I used to see in the mirror."

He nodded "I see it every morning, but I'm getting better. I haven't been free that long and I'm still adjusting." He looked at Harry "Go ahead."

"My parents were hiding under a Fidelus charm and everyone thought that Sirius was their secret keeper. It was Pettigrew; they made him the keeper because no one would ever think he was." Harry took a breath and felt his Mum's hand rubbing his back.

"That Halloween night he gave the secret to Voldemort. Voldemort came to the house and Dad started yelling for Mum to take me and leave. I remember his shouts and the sound of the door being blasted off. Mum came into the nursery to get me but it was too late, she pleaded with him to spare me but he just laughed and told her to step aside and she could live. She didn't and he hit her with the killing curse then hit me with it." his hand automatically went to his hair and lifted it to show the scar.

"Something she did that night caused the curse to rebound and hit him. He lost his body that night but he was still alive." His tear filled eyes turned to Sirius who was also crying. "That's what I remember from that night."

His Mum wrapped him into a tight hug crying with him.

"How…how old were you?" Cath asked

"Fifteen months." Sirius answered "I'm sorry Harry, the only reason the dementors were there was because of me."

Harry shook his head "It's the only memory I have of them, I won't be sorry about having it and I definitely won't ever be sorry you got out."

He turned to Cath "I remember all of that because it's what dementors make me remember and I had a lot of face to face time with them during my third year.

"Sirius came by that night after having checked on Pettigrew and found him missing. When Hagrid took me to Dumbledore Sirius went after the rat who faked his own death in front of a bunch of Aurors making it look like Sirius had killed him.

"He was put into Azkaban for twelve years without a trial and escaped just before my third year started. He's been on the run and hiding out until just a couple of weeks ago.

"Pettigrew was captured when there was an assault against Voldemort and was put under veritaserum which allowed Sirius to finally be free."

Cath went pale "He's back? When…how did he come back?"

Harry saw the fear in her eyes "It's all right he's dead this time, really dead and can't come back again. I swear he can't hurt anyone anymore and most of his Death Eaters who weren't already in Azkaban were either killed or captured. The trials ended two weeks ago and most of them were given the kiss for helping him come back."

"You're s s sure he's really gone?"

Sirius wrapped an arm around her "He's really dead this time. A lot of people came to Harry's aid and they all made that bastard pay for what he did."

"How? I need to know."

Rebecca spoke. "We found out that Harry had a mental connection to him because of the rebound curse. A piece of his soul was inside Harry's scar and a friend of ours was able to use that to find out that there were more pieces out there. Bill and the goblins found them all and coordinated things with Amelia so that she could attack him at the same time that all of the soul pieces were destroyed." It was Harry's turn to hug her as she started crying again.

He continued for her. "The attack happened early; I could see everything through Voldemort's eyes and hear him. I fought him to keep him from killing Madam Bones. When Bill and the goblins destroyed the last soul piece she had over a hundred Aurors kill him. He's really dead this time."

Rebecca sniffed then gave Harry a light tap on the back of the head "What did Tonks tell you about telling stories? You have to tell all of it." She looked at Cath and Sirius with tears still falling from her eyes but with definite pride.

"Harry was the last soul piece. It was moving in him trying to get away from the ritual and he was fighting it at the same time he was fighting Voldemort. He was cursing and taunting him and when he was the last one he said "I'm your last hope, how's it feel to have no hope.'" She sniffed again "When the soul piece was killed Harry's scar burst open and he almost bleed to death. He came to enough to impress the goblins by walking out of Gringotts."

"Shite" Cath said. "You really fought him?"

Harry just nodded and received another tap to the back of the head.

Sirius was pale "Harry has fought Voldemort four times now. After hearing that one I don't think I've heard the whole story for any of them."

"We'll have to wait for Tonks, she and Amelia are the ones who saw all of his memories. She can tell you about it better than I can and much better than Harry will."

"How can you not have some of the madness? How?" her voice was almost desperate.

"I have a lot of it; I'm just good at hiding it sometimes. Earlier this year Tonks came into my life and brought Mum and Amelia with her, they saved my life when I had given up. They've driven some of it away. Almost every night it comes back but Mum and Tonks have really helped me. Mum's lost a lot of sleep sitting with me talking when I wake up screaming."

"I know what it's like to wake up like that and I'm glad I'm one of the ones who can be there for you."

He gave her a kiss on the cheek then looked at Cath "Madness and loss is pretty well known here, if you need some people who understand what you've gone through everyone in this room does and is willing to listen."

Rebecca turned to Sirius "That goes for you too. Both of us understand nightmares and Harry certainly understands living them."

Cath looked at Sirius "You left a lot out of your letter Siri."

"Well I couldn't put his whole life into one letter, there's too much to tell."

"Can I ask about that name? I've never heard anyone call him Siri before." Harry asked.

Cath smiled "I call him that for the same reason he calls me Cath, we hated those names as kids and used them to get on each others nerves and now we can't seem to call each other anything else."

Sirius laughed "I kind of like that name now. I'd forgotten all about it until Harry asked about Lily and James' friends, it's really good to hear it again."

"How many others have you met?" She asked him.

"Counting the two of you and not Wormtail, three."

"Really? I know Lily had a lot of friends during and after school, why haven't you met any of them?"

He looked at Sirius who answered "That's a question that's been asked before. None of us know why no one ever came to see Harry. The only one we know who has a good reason so far is you."

Harry took over "You and Sirius are the only friends they had that I really want to know right now."

"Why? Some of them were really good people."

It was Rebecca who answered "Harry's life hasn't been good. Aside from having Voldemort continuously trying to kill him and Dumbledore doing his best to help, Harry's life is still one that no one should have to live."

"Dumbledore what?"

Harry sighed "This will take a while, why don't I fix us some lunch before we start."

They all went to the kitchen and while Rebecca and Harry made some sandwiches Cath asked Sirius what he was doing now that he was free.

He hung his head and coughed a little making the two cooks laugh.

"It's respectable Sirius and you know you'll be good at it." Rebecca said.

"Siri with a respectable job? He became an Auror because he thought it would get him women, what're you doing now?"

Sirius mumbled something and Harry threatened him with no dinner.

"I'm going to be a shopkeeper."

The look on Catherine's face made Rebecca and Harry laugh again.

"There's a little more to it than that." Rebecca explained "He's one of the partners in a new joke shop that's going to be opening a branch in Hogsmeade the last week of November and another one in Diagon Alley next summer."

"I'm still not sure how that happened. I just went in to look over their plans and next thing I know I'm being told that for a thousand galleons I can join Harry by owning a quarter of it."

"I'm what?" Harry asked wide eyed.

Sirius looked at Rebecca who said "Oops."

"What do you mean oops?"

Sirius cleared his throat. "The twins knew you wouldn't take a percentage for that money you gave them and really wanted you to have it. Since you're a minor I had Rebecca sign the papers for you. I swear we weren't trying to trick you; we just wanted you to have a percentage and were going to surprise you with it. If it makes you feel any better about it the twins insist that twenty percent of the profits go straight into the scholarship before anything else happens."

Harry looked at his Mum who shrugged looking sheepish "I just wanted you to have some security for the future and their business plan looked good."

"It should, Bill's had the goblins helping with it. That along with how brilliant those two are at inventing things make that place a really good investment." Sirius said.

"Are you mad?" she asked Harry.

He looked between them for a moment then hugged his Mum "No, it's nice to have someone who does something good for my future." He gave Sirius a hug "Thank you both. Tell those two that I'm really mad though and that I'm going to come looking for them. That should keep them on their toes for a couple of weeks."

"Now tell them how mean you were to the twins Sirius."

He got an evil grin "Bill overheard them talking about quitting school because you did and asked for some help." He shrugged "I made them swear to not only stay in school but to also outstanding as many NEWTs as they could and anything less than three outstandings was grounds for both of us pulling out. They agreed to it."

Cath started laughing as Harry cringed causing Sirius to look between them wondering who he wanted to ask first. He settled on Harry because Cath was laughing to hard to talk."

"Why did you cringe? It's not that bad, they really need to finish school before starting this thing full time."

Harry shook his head "I think it's a brilliant, but if Mrs. Weasley ever finds out you did that you know your going to get a hug."

Sirius went wide eyed with a look of pure horror.

"What's wrong with a hug?" Rebecca asked.

Harry hugged her "Nothing's wrong with a hug, I really like them, but Mrs. Weasley's hugs break ribs and spines."

Sirius was just pointing at Harry and nodding because nothing would come out of his mouth, causing Cath to laugh even harder.

Sirius looked hard at her "What are you laughing at?"

She took a few moments to get herself under control before she said "You" and started laughing again. They all waited until she could breathe again and only had an occasional giggle come out before asking her to explain.

"Siri, why did you stay in school after you ran away from home?"

He hung his head "Mother and Father Potter told me they'd kick me out if I didn't."

"That's right, and the thought of you blackmailing two kids into staying is almost as hilarious as you meeting your demise by your own line. 'It was only a hug.'" She started laughing again as he got a grin.

"I'd forgotten all about that, it got me slapped more than any other line I used."

Cath shook her head "I think it was your placement of those hands during the hug that got you slapped."

His grin got bigger "No, it definitely had to be the line. They were all upset that I pretended to not notice where my hands were and slapped me because they really wanted my hands to be there. After all no woman can resist the touch of Sirius Black and…

"They'll line up just in hopes that I'll reach out and touch them, making all their dreams come true." The two finished together.

"Merlin I hated that arrogance when I was a kid." Cath said.

"I was a real arse wasn't I?" Sirius said.

Cath took his hand "I wasn't much better with my whole 'I'm above everything' attitude."

Sirius looked at her "How the hell did we never end up killing each other?"

They stared at each other again before getting grins.

"Lily and James" said Cath at the same time that Sirius said

"James and Lily"

She shook her head "It's brains before beauty and since she was the only one with either she definitely comes first."

Sirius thought for a moment "Ok, I can't think of any fault with that logic. She beat him in both with out any trouble."

Her jaw dropped "Siri's using logic, now I know the end is near."

"I have several people who are working very hard on making me a thinking person and only one who's bound and determined to undo all their work."

"Who?" Cath asked.

"Rebecca, Harry, Andi and Amelia are trying their best to train me to use my brain and Tonks is trying to turn it to mush."

"Who is this Tonks I keep hearing about?"

Sirius answered her "You remember Andi's daughter Nymphadora?"

"Yeah."

"She hates the name Nymphadora and wants to be called Tonks."

"She'd be what, twenty now?"

Sirius shook his head "Her birthday is in three days when she turns twenty two." He looked at Harry "What are you getting her?"

"I'm not telling that would spoil the whole thing. I do need someone to break into her place and take a few things though, you willing?"

"Sure, what do I need to take?"

Harry grinned "Every set of underwear she owns."

Sirius sputtered for a second as Rebecca laughed and said "What sort are you getting her?"

Harry leaned over and whispered into her ear and Cath and Sirius watched as her eyes slowly widened.

"Oh, that's brilliant. She'll never expect that one." She turned to Sirius "I'll help with the break in."

"What's this all about?" Cath asked.

"Tonks got me a set of pink boxers a few weeks ago and has pestered me about modeling them for her. On my birthday she gave me a bunch more pink underwear and a couple of pink strings that she calls underwear and then stole all of my other underwear so I had no choice except to wear the pink ones." Harry explained.

"So what are you getting her?" Sirius asked.

Harry just shook his head "You'll like the look on her face when she gets it even more if you don't know."

They served lunch and Rebecca and Harry listened as Cath and Sirius went back and forth about their years at Hogwarts until she asked.

"What ever happened to Severus? I could never understand Lily being friends with him and was happy when she finally told him to get lost."

Harry cleared his throat "He was killed a couple of weeks ago."

Cath stared at him "There seems to be a lot that happened a couple of weeks ago can anyone fill me in?"

Rebecca and Harry shared a look before Harry explained his summer with his Mum filling in the blanks he left.

When they were done Cath was pale and asked "Dumbledore was really trying to kill you?"

Both Mother and Son looked at Sirius who answered "I was there with a whole bunch of other people when he admitted it. Several of them had to hold me down until he finally left and then they tied me to my bed so that I wouldn't go after him. Turned out to be a good thing too because Amelia had about twenty Aurors waiting for him."

"But Dumbledore was always fighting against Him, why was he doing it?"

Harry answered "None of us know and now have no way to find out. I personally think that he lost his mind somewhere along the way while sucking one of those lemon drops. He certainly acted like his brains went to the next life ahead of him."

Sirius shook his head "I think it was when you lived after James and Lily's murder. Remember after Bill hit him and you broke his wand and hand he kept saying that it was your destiny and that only Voldemort could kill you? I think that even with the soul piece he thought that it was necessary to restore some twisted balance or something. He thought you had to die because you lived. The old Dumbledore would have stopped at nothing to save a single life, he would have found out about the goblins ritual to help you."

There was a pop in the corner causing Sirius and Cath to jump. Harry and his Mum both said "Hi Tonks" without looking up.

"Wotcher everyone." She said as she came over to the table and took her seat while grabbing a sandwich.

Sirius again did the introductions and Cath had a huge smile as she shook Tonks hand.

"You've really grown up Dora. The last time I saw you, you were still playing with dolls and thought getting a pony would be the best present in the world."

Tonks grinned and nudged Harry "It still would be the best present." She nudged him again "Hint, Hint."

He just smiled back "Sorry, you should have said something sooner because I already have your present."

"Really, what is it?"

"I can tell you part of it. You and I are going to spend the day wandering around again. I'm taking you to lunch and a movie and the rest of the day is up to you as long as we get back in time for me to make dinner."

Tonks frowned "I have to work that day though."

Harry said "Yep, Madam Bones thinks that for the day I might need my bodyguard again so she's putting you back on my protection detail."

She squealed as she grabbed Harry in a hug.

"You have to thank her because part of that is your reward for helping Mr. Weasley catch someone; she mentioned something about regurgitating toilets so I don't think I want the details." Harry said.

Tonks shuddered "You don't, some people are just disgusting. So how's the reunion going?"

Rebecca answered "We've been filling Cath in on what's happened in Harry's life. We need you to tell it because you saw all of it."

Tonks' grin became evil looking as she looked at Harry "Still telling stories your way huh? Well where do we start?"

Sirius sat up straighter. "The beginning because I think I've missed some of the details."

Tonks laughed "If Harry told you about it then you did." And she started telling them the story.