In the morning he woke to find himself not in his cot but in his pushchair, in the Burrow. He sat awake, blearily watching Molly shuffle around the kitchen looking much older than when he had seen her in his previous life, apparently in this life his death had hit her hard and made her feel like she had lost two of her children. As she turned to check on him she noticed him just waking up and went to kneel in front of him.

"Hello Harry" she whispered "wake up darling. There we go, Mummy's had to go to Charlie's playgroup with him this morning but she will be back in a couple of hours once he's finished, I bet you're hungry so I made your favourite Weetabix with warm milk and honey" Harry grinned at her Mrs Weasley always knew how to cheer him up. He was fed the mushy Weetabix and then given a bottle to drink, he loved that Mrs Weasley had given him pumpkin juice he felt naughty drinking it because Mummy and Daddy only gave him milk or water. He drank the whole thing and was just finishing the last quarter when he saw an owl approaching, "oook,oook,ook" shouted Harry, Molly smiled at him, she loved hearing him speak it was so rare it was like seeing a majestic sunrise.

"ook" shouted Harry once more and this time Molly turned her head to watch the owl approach through her window.

"O hello Birton" Molly greeted the owl. The owl had a letter from one of Molly's grandchildren and she read it aloud to Harry as she magically cleaned the breakfast things. Once she had finished she turned to Harry and studied him.

"You seem to be feeling better this morning. Shall we go for a trek in the garden?" Harry was feeling happy just to be unstrapped after going from the pushchair for the highchair so far and squealed "eeeees" Molly laughed and then lifted him out of the high chair putting a coat on him then carrying him outside, they spent what seemed like minutes outside with Molly holding his hands while he practised his walking and running until exhausted his legs failed to hold him anymore and kept giving way. At this point Molly swung him into her arms and tickled him mercilessly, she gave a check to her watch as they tried to get their breath back"'O Harry, your Mummy will be back any minute, let's get you changed and ready to go home" she said carrying the tired boy back into the house to get him cleaned up. Once he was cleaned up Molly settled him in her lap on the sofa to show him some more photos of his family including one of all his family together, the picture surprised him and he pointed puzzled to the tiny blue baby being cradled by his Mummy with tubes sticking out of it everywhere that was probably as big as his Daddy's hand.

Seeing Harry's confused look Molly pointed to the photo, "that was you when you were three days old, you were very poorly when you were first born and this was the first time that your Mummy was allowed to hold you", a toddler Charlie was sat on his Daddy's hip who was perched on the arm of his mother's chair smiling happily at Harry while Lily was sat on Toby's lap in the next chair along, the three children smiling at the camera and his parents smiling happily at him. Harry was surprised, at the photo he was tiny, and how had he survived? Molly was just about to turn the page when the floo roared and his Mummy came through.

"Mama" he shouted clapping and then reaching for her, Cassandra was so happy to see her boy looking healthy she almost ran towards him picking him up and hugging him to her tightly.

"Was he any trouble?" Cassie asked Molly "NO!" shouted Harry before Molly could tell Cassie "He was lovely all morning, we had Weetabix for breakfast then we practised our walking outside on the grass and I was showing him some family pictures when you came through, he is still a little tired though but that's to be expected really isn't it? How was playgroup with Charlie?"

"Charlie loved it, they love him, he can have all the attention he wants and can use up all of his excess energy. He has met lots of new friends today and a couple of them we have invited to his party this Saturday, you will be able to make it won't you?" Cassie asked hopefully.

"Yes I'll be there with the youngest Weasleys," Molly and Cassie smiled as a huge yawn threatened to split Harry's face.

"I better get some lunch into this one before his nap" Cassie said before grabbing his pushchair and going home through the floo. There was a sandwich waiting on his high chair when they got back and he started eating as soon as he was strapped in.

"We're back" shouted Cassie, making Harry start and drop one of his small sandwiches. (His teeth had been coming in lots and he could now rip and chew sandwiches.) Minerva came into the kitchen with a giggling Charlie,

"this one has been telling me all about playgroup and his girlfriends," Minerva said with raised her eyebrows in fake disapproval, "how is this young man?" she asked looking at Harry and his new scar closely.

"He's fine, tired after a morning outside with his Aunt Molly but much better today."

Minerva smiled," that's good I was very worried when I got Severus' message yesterday." Harry blinked tiredly watching the women converse before letting himself be lifted up.

"Let's take it into the sitting room" Cassie whispered picking up a bottle of milk and tapping it to warm it up. As Harry was lay across Cassie's lap the two women and little Charlie Snape set about their own drinks, as a bottle was pushed between Harrys lips he yawned. Harry was telling Minerva all about his birthday party while Cassie tried to get Harry to take his bottle, she stroked his cheek a little and he sucked once before his mouth fell open in sleep. Cassie then shook Harry a little to wake him before telling him to "drink his milk" he let his eyes fall closed again but also started sucking the warm milk from the bottle, he managed to finish almost half before falling into a deep sleep. Once Harry was asleep Cassie put him on the couch, covered him in a blanket and joined in the conversation.

It was two and half hours until Harry woke up to find everyone gone, he crawled off the couch and used his new found walking skills to walk a couple of steps before crawling into the kitchen where he could hear Mummy and Charlie. They were covered in flour and Harry was keen to see what was going on.

"mama2 "arlie" Harry called when he got to the kitchen, the pair turned to him and Mummy lifted him up to help stir the cake mix, Harry giggled when the flour slopped everywhere. Soon he was just watching as Mummy and Charlie finished the cake off and he was put on the floor beside Charlie to lick the bowl. They were doing well until Charlie decided Harry had had enough and snatched the bowl away, Harry sat there hurt.

"Charlie Snape" shouted Mummy "corner now" she demanded and Charlie went to stand in the corner until Harry was cleaned up. Harry was then picked up and brought to where Charlie was stood.

"Charlie Snape" Mummy started as she held his chin in one hand and Harry in the other arm "what do you have to say for yourself?"

"sorry" mumbled Charlie looking at his mother remorsefully.

"I should think so too, Harry is a lot smaller than you and you are his big brother that is the most important job in the world you need to look out for Harry, you saw what happened at playgroup. Now what do you have to say to Harry." Charlie looked at Harry with tears in his eyes remembering when Harry was born and how proud he was to finally be a big brother like Toby was.

Charlie cried "sorry" reaching forward to give his little brother and his brother a big hug. Harry petted his head and put his head on top of his brothers. Charlie made a promise to himself that he would try to be a better big brother from now on.

That evening when Daddy came home they had pasta Bolognese for dinner. Harry struggled using his spoon so instead dug in with his hands. Lily and Charlie started laughing at him,

"Harry" warned his Daddy "eat like a big boy," Harry thought it was silly what he was doing and not very civilized but the little boy in him was winning though and the laughing from his siblings seemed to egg him on as he lunged head first into his bowl of spaghetti making even Charlie laugh. Toby meanwhile had summoned his camera and was busy taking photos. Severus and Cassie tried to get him to calm down and eat properly but having finally got some attention off his brothers and sisters he went back to smearing sauce in his hair and on his face making monster noises. Severus finally had enough and removed his bowl from his tray to stop him causing any more damage. Harry was disgruntled at this he hadn't finished eating and it was yummy. He reached forward with both hands willing his dinner to come to him.

"If you can't be trusted to eat properly Harry Mummy will have to feed you" chided Cassie picking up the bowl spoon-feeding him the rest of his dinner before giving him a bottle of water. Harry burped before leaning back in his chair exhausted, he was so exhausted he missed the conversation which ensued, it turned out seeing as they were all so messy and it was getting late they would all have to bath together. He was horrified and when Cassie picked him up to move him to the bathroom and everyone else followed he starting crying and kicking.

Cassie knew that it was late for Harry to still be up so was unsurprised when he started to pitch a fit but there was no choice he had to have a bath before bed, Severus enlarged the tub magically and stripped off, he then undressed Charlie and picking up the boy they went in the tub together with Severus playing boats with the boy. Harry was definitely NOT going in there though he wanted no part in this. Lily was undressed with the help of her mother while Harry continued to kick and scream from his place on the floor, his cries were not as intense as before, he was starting to get really tired and that was making him want to cry as well. Mummy finally came over to him and started by taking his top off, then his socks and jeans. Finally she undid his nappy, rolling it up and putting it in the bin before wiping his bottom clean and placing him in his Daddy's awaiting arms in the bath. Despite everyone being completely naked it was quite relaxing being bobbed up and down as Daddy washed his face and hair, he whined a little when his cut was cleaned but soon it was over and he played splashing with Charlie before yawning and simply leaning back into his Daddy's arms.

After the bath Harry was dried and dressed ready for bed by his Mummy who was in a dressing gown after their bath, as he was laid down in his cot though he felt lonely and started to cry. He couldn't really explain what he was feeling it was just sadness that they were going to leave him here on his own, Mummy sighed and walked into the corridor and down into the kitchen, it was ok at the moment because Mummy was holding him, she picked up a bottle of milk and warmed it, returning to Harry's room she sat in the rocking chair and cradled him in her arms rocking slowly and letting him drink his milk all the while his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. Once Harry became a dead weight she put him in his cot, placed a warm blanket over him, spent a few minutes looking at her son's damaged forehead and returned to her room where Severus was waiting for her. Surely that cut couldn't be the shape she thought it was, it almost looked like lightening.

"Took you long enough" Severus joked,

"Yes Harry wasn't settling well tonight, fussed when I tried putting him down, used the warm milk and honey trick with the rocking chair," Severus smiled softly at her "yes I remember when he was only a couple of months and that was the only way to get him back to sleep." Cassie kissed him softly on the lips,

"ever fancy another one?" she asked.

Severus coughed "we already have four and one of them is still in nappies, let's wait for a while, you remember what it was like when Harry was a new-born, do you really want to go through that again?"

Cassie sighed "I don't think I could go through that again, but sometimes when I look at Harry I just feel so broody again."

Severus kissed her again "you are a wonderful mother Cassandra but I think we may have our hands full at the moment." Cassandra nodded as she dimmed the lights.