After five minutes Harry couldn't take the cold water anymore. He turned off the water, stepped out of the shower, wrapped up in a thick robe and tied it shut. He left the bathroom, walked down the hall to his room, walked in, re-shut the door and locked it.

"So Harry…"Said George.

"How are you?" Asked Fred.

Harry jumped and screamed while clutching his chest.

"What the bloody hell are you two doing in my room?"

"We wanted to have a little chat with you." Said George.

"About what?"

"Our sister." Answered Fred.

"We do approve of you for our sister…"Said George

"We just have some conditions." Said Fred.

"Oh no, no, no. No conditions. If you had conditions you should have voiced them when I told you about going back in time and how I feel about Ginny. You can't add them now."

"But that was before she climbed in bed with you." Said George.

"Yeah, well then go talk to Ginny and not me."

"Harry all we're saying is don't let our sister climb in bed with you."

"We're talking about Ginny. Can anyone stop Ginny from doing what she wants to do?"

"You're the boy." Said Fred.

"She's your sister. I was asleep when she climbed into my bed. Can either one of you stop someone from climbing in bed with you when you are asleep?"

Fred and George looked at each other for a moment.

"Harry, just please try and stop…"

"Look I know you both mean well. I know you're only looking out for Ginny. Just let me ask you this, how can I stop her from climbing in bed with me when I'm a sleep?"

"Enchantments." Said Fred

"Charms." Said George.

"It's not that difficult…" Said Fred

"To keep a girl out of your bed." Said George.

"Okay. But just to be clear, I'll do what I can but I'm not making any promises. I have honorable intentions towards Ginny."

"Okay. Now with that taken care of…" Said Fred

"We hear you were moaning in your sleep." Said George.

"Shut up."

"It wasn't' a bad dream was it?" Asked Fred.

"Shut up."

"So what were you dreaming about?" Asked George.

"Go! Leave my room so I can get dressed."

Fred and George got up off he bed and left. They knew that their questions were not going to be answered. They were pretty sure that they did not want to hear the answers.

Harry sighed with relief once the twins left. He quickly dressed while replaying the conversation he'd just had with the twins. Harry smiled and chuckled as he thought, 'thought I agreed to not let a girl climb in bed with me Ginny wasn't mentioned at the end but I know what they meant. Although, nothing was said about me not climbing in bed with Ginny…no don't think that. Bad Harry. Bad, bad Harry.'

Harry shook his head and walked to his door to leave. Just before he reached out for the doorknob he heard a soft knock. Harry slowly opened the door to see Ginny standing on the other side.

"Ginny." Harry gasped.

"Hi. Can I talk to you?"

"Sure." Harry said as he stepped aside to let Ginny pass. He left the door open.

"So…"

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Ginny, really I am."

"Ron shouldn't have laughed."

"Yeah."

"So, earlier this morning…" Ginny began with a sly smile on her face, "You said 'morning my love', who…"

"No one. It was nothing. My broom." Harry stammered

"So does your broom have bright brown eyes, long red hair and about fourteen or fifteen?"

"Yea…u're crazy."

"Harry I don't mind, really. You can dream about me all you want."

"Ginny…"

"What harm can dreams do?"

"They can drive the dreamer insane with…"

"So you were dreaming of me."

Harry closed his eyes and focused on controlling the rhythm of his breathing. He could not figure out how she could trip him up and get him to nearly tell her exactly what was on his mind.

"Harry, what is it?"

"Nothing."

"Liar."

Harry released the breath he had been holding and opened his eyes.

"I was reliving moments we shared, before accidentally sending myself back in time. Even before Dumbledore died, as well as what was going through my mind then, plans I was making and hoped to put into action. I am not necessarily referring to what your brothers have assumed."

"Harry were you and are you now talking about…forever?"

"Quite a few people won't understand. I'm not even sure that you do but I could be wrong. And I hope I haven't scared you off."

"I'm not scared off and strangely enough I get it. You've told me a lot about what you remember, and I know there are some things that you haven't told me. I'm not upset that you haven't told me everything completely I know that you have your reasons and I respect that. I agree that there will be a lot of people that won't understand, they'll think we are too young…no matter what our age is."

"Well, right now, we are too young. But it doesn't change how I feel about you, how I've felt about you for so long. Not only do I have all the thirteen year old stuff going on in my head, also in my head I have everything that happened before especially us."

"On the bright side, for lack of something better to say, a hand full of people know about you sending yourself back in time. I know that it will hard to explain how you feel about me and for how long to those that don't know what exactly you've gone through. We just have to take it slow and my brothers need to but out. I want to spend more time with you, without annoying individuals tagging along. I mean…going for walks around the grounds at school and talking. Just time spent together."

"I want that too."

"I also don't want to go behind anyone's back."

"Nor do I. We'll figure something out."

As Harry and Ginny heard someone stomping up the stairs they got up and left room.

"RONALD WEASLEY GET BACK DOWN HERE…NOW!"

Harry and Ginny looked at each other and smiled.

"So, Ginny you only said all that stuff to your mum because Ron laughed."

"Yes. I am so sick of his crap. Eventually, I think, he'll get the picture to not piss me off."

They quickly descended the stairs and walked straight into the kitchen to see only Sirius and the twins sitting at the table.

"Were is everyone?" Harry asked as he and Ginny took their seats at the table.

"Molly and Bill took Ron back to the Burrow. Arthur went to the Ministry of Magic to temporarily disconnect the floo network from the Burrow. I'll be meeting Molly and Arthur at Gringotts shortly. Can I trust the four of you alone here without an adult?"

"Yes."

Sirius wasn't sure if he should leave the four of them alone. The simple fact that all four answered at the same time, did not sit well with him. Sirius was contemplating sending word to Remus but wasn't sure if he would be able to come. Suddenly there was a voice coming from the living room.

"Hello. Is anyone here?"

"Remus?" Sirius said questioningly as he left the kitchen.

"Sirius good friend, it has been too long. I hope you don't mind an uninvited guest for Christmas. I do not feel like spending another one alone."

"I don't mind at all. Remus when are you going to get through your head that you are always invited and welcome here?"

"Thank you Sirius. So, where is our green-eyed monster?"

"Remus you see Harry at Hogwarts, why are you acting like you haven't seen him in years?"

"I am his teacher at Hogwarts and away from school is different."

Just then Harry walked into the living room.

"Pro…hey…Rem…Moony."

"Hello Harry. You don't have to call me Professor as long as we are not at Hogwarts. It is okay to call me Remus, unless you prefer Moony."

"Okay, Moony."

Remus gave Harry a big bear hug.

"You know Moony your timing couldn't have been better. Sirius is supposed to meet Mr. and Mrs. Weasley at Gringotts soon and it's only Ginny, Fred and George Weasley and myself here other than Sirius."

"That reminds me, I need to get going. I will see you later Remus."

Sirius quickly walked to the fireplace, stepped in and tossed some floo powder as he said, "Diagon Alley".

"So Harry, how has your holiday been so far?"

"Pretty good. I found about the Potter fortune and have been to Potter Manor. I haven't claimed anything yet or declared to be the Head of House."

"I can't believe I forgot about the Manor, not that James ever talked about it much. I'm afraid I haven't been to the Manor, with my condition I couldn't exactly go over for extended time periods like Sirius could. It would have been nice thought to have been able to go to a friends house back then."

"What's this about a Manor?" Asked the twins.

Harry flinched and hung his head. He had forgotten about Fred, George and Ginny being there.

"You have a Manor? Why didn't tell us right away?"

"I barely found out about it and it's just starting to sink in. I haven't even claimed it yet. Besides I don't want to brag about it or have someone think that I am bragging about it."

"If Ron can't deal with it then it's his fault and loss." Said Ginny.

"Tell us about it now." Said George.

"I've been in two rooms so far."

"So tell us what you have seen and what you do know." Said Fred.

Harry sighed and motioned for everyone to take a seat. Once everyone sat down Harry explained how the discovery happened but leaving out that he knew what Sirius wanted to discuss with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. He described as best he could up to the front steps where there was enough light to see. Harry described the front of the Manor in detail as he remembered what it looked like. He went on to describe the areas of the inside of the house that he had seen and been in. Harry went as far as to tell everyone that there were several boxes in the study from his dad and mum's side of the family. Before he could stop himself he even told them about the wooden box containing the vials of memories, messages and advice.

"Have you viewed or heard any of the contents of the vials yet?" Asked Fred.

"No. I haven't yet decided it I want someone there with me or not. It's going to be very personal and difficult to…there was a note tucked inside the box, my parents strongly recommended that I not go through the vials alone. I just don't know yet."

"Well, what are we doing here then? Let's go to the Potter Manor." Said George.

"Sirius is supposed to go with me back there sometime today."

"Come on. Let's just go now." Said Fred.

"I don't think that would be a good idea." Said Ginny.

"I wouldn't be able to find the narrow lane that leads up to the Manor. I've already been there so I can just apparate there but none of you have ever been there so we would have to approach the front gates from the lane. We can't take the floo network, as it is not connected at the moment. Any way, Sirius would kill me if I just took off. As it is he's thinking of a punishment for yesterday when I took off to the Manor."

"I'm sure that the Manor isn't going anywhere. There is plenty of time."

Before the twins could say another word Sirius stepped out of the fireplace pissed.

"Sirius…" Harry began but stopped when Sirius put his hand up to silence him.

Harry watched Sirius walk through the living room and Remus following. The kids could hear what sounded like curtains being roughly opened.

"You…what do you want?"

"You selfish bitch! You always were. Elledora left it to Cedrella to do with as she pleased. You had no right to interfere!"

"Black family property will not be defiled by filth. I had to do something about it. There is nothing you can do about it. I should say, nothing you will do about it. I know you won't do what would be required of you to do to disgrace the Black family further than you already have."

"Nearly the whole family, especially you are the disgrace to the wizarding community! Oh and by the way mother, Regulus did not destroy any of the documents you wanted to hide."

"YOU LIE!"

"How would I even know about the documents and what you did if the records had been destroyed? Regulus realized that Voldemort was a psychopath and wanted out of the madness."

The portrait of Walburga tried unsuccessfully to reply to Sirius. She remained relatively frozen with shock clearly present on her face.

Sirius roughly closed the curtains so he didn't have to see his mother's face and went down to the basement.

"Harry what is going on?'

"Sirius was trying to the right thing and fix a wrong. Evidently only the Head of the House of Black can fix it. You know that he hates this house. He'll be all right; we just need to give him some time. More than likely Sirius has submerged in files and documents down in the basement."

"You know what Sirius wanted to discuss with my parents?" Asked George

"And you didn't tell us." Said Fred.

"Yes I know. I didn't say anything because I honestly thought that it would have been as simple as them going to Gringotts to claim and that you parents would have been able to tell all of you about it by Christmas."

"Harry, please tell us what Sirius wanted to discuss with my parents." Ginny requested in a soft, calm voice.

"First of all, did anyone of you three recognize the names Sirius mentioned?"

"No." All three replied.

"Cedrella Black married Septimus Weasley."

"We're listening Harry, go on please." Ginny said sweetly with curiosity on her face.

"Before I say anything more the three of you have to promise me that you will not repeat anything I tell you to anyone. And when you are told you have to convincingly act surprised. One last thing, you have to realize and understand the position Sirius is in. He hates this house. So with how Sirius is at the moment I can conclude that in order for Sirius to make it so that your parents get what they are entitled to and to help Draco and his mother, Sirius will have to declare himself the Head of the House of Black. It's not going to be something easy for him to do."

"I promise I won't say anything to anyone of what you are about to tell me and to do my best to realize and understand Sirius's position." All three promised.

"Well, long story short…Elledora Black gave your Grandmother Cedrella a house and a large sum of gold. Cedrella set it up so that her eldest son would take possession of it upon her death, well he died as well as her next son, so everything was left to your father. Before you dad could have found out about it Walburga, Sirius's mother, discovered what was going on and some how stopped the house and gold from passing on to you father."

Fred and George were stunned into silence. Ginny was still letting everything Harry had said sink in.

"Well, surely Sirius will…"

"Shut it Fred, and you too George! Sirius hates this place, in order to make what dad's mum wanted actually happen Sirius will have to declare himself the Head of House. Would either one of you be able to do it? Okay so yeah it would be nice to have a grand house and some gold but we have done just fine without it! I am sure that Sirius just needs some time…and he will get it. Don't forget what we promised Harry. If you even mutter a word or try to ask mum and dad anything about this I am sure that Harry could easily enough find a way to make you forget that you heard anything about what Sirius wanted to discuss with mum and dad as well as make you forget that there is a Potter Manor." Ginny chided her brothers.

"How would he be able to do that?" Asked the twins

"Easy, a memory charm. For example the 'obliviate' memory charm, it's not difficult to perform. Although I've never worked that one before, it could go so wrong."

"Yeah, that's what I thought boys." Ginny said with a smirk on her face.

"You know, I think I'll go check on Sirius. The last time he was this pissed he ended up stuck as Padfoot for a whole day, Professor McGonagall sorted it all out obviously."

"Hold on." Said George.

"Did you say 'Padfoot' and 'Moony'?" Asked Fred.

"Yes I did. Fred, George, Remus here is Moony. Sirius is Padfoot, my dad was Prongs and a traitorous, bastard Peter Pettigrew is Wormtail also known as Scabbers."

"Wait…Scabbers…Peter Pettigrew…Wormtail…how...?" Ginny questioned.

"Peter Pettigrew was Secret Keeper for my parents. He told Voldemort where to find us. The traitor transformed into his animagus form, which is a rat and happens to be Scabbers, to avoid detection after faking his death."

"But…"

"Fred, George when we get back to school and somehow have Scabbers caged go get the Marauders Map. With Scabbers in his cage in the same area as we are look at the map and you see a dot with a label reading, Peter Pettigrew."

"Wait a second, you know about the map? How? Where did you find it? What are you saying about Peter?"

"Yes Moony we know about the map. Fred and George nicked it out of Filtch's office their first year. Pettigrew is Scabbers; Scabbers belonged to Percy and now belongs to Ron. Yes Pettigrew has been living in his animagus form all this time with the Weasley's." Harry explained quickly before he ran out of the room and to the door that leads to the basement.

Harry cautiously walked down the stairs to the basement.

"Sirius? Padfoot?"

"It's okay Harry."

"KREACHER!"

'crack'

"Yes Master Harry."

"Bring Sirius a Long Island iced tea. If you can't bring that then a really strong drink, stronger than fire whiskey. Please."

"Very well."

'crack'

"Harry…"

"Sirius you need to calm down and relax. The drink will help with that, four or more of them too if necessary. You have been through a lot in the last twenty-four hours. Moony is here so there is nothing to worry about."

'crack'

"Here is your drink Master Sirius."

'crack'

Sirius accepted the goblet and quickly drank down the 'tea'. Within minutes he was a little calmer and signs of starting to relax were present.

"Will you be all right down here?"

"I'll be fine. I promise."

"Um…Sirius. Would it be okay if I went to the Manor? Fred, George and Ginny found out when I told Moony."

"How will you get them there?"

"I don't see why I wouldn't be able to apparate everyone safely to the front gates."

"I don't know Harry. So much could go wrong."

"Would you rather wait until it's darker and help me get everyone to the front gates?"

"We'll see Harry. I know I said we would go back…"

"Don't worry, I understand."

"Okay, if I feel up to it later when it's not quite so bright out we will go."

Harry couldn't help it he started jumping up and down.

Sirius smiled and chuckled at Harry.

"Oh…Sirius…Mr. and Mrs. Weasley…"

"They went home after reconnecting the Burrow to the floo network. They asked if Fred, George and Ginny could stay. Obviously I said that they could."

Harry ran back up to the living room.

"When it gets darker and if Sirius feels up to it he will help me get all of you to the Manor."

No one seemed to notice that Harry had returned to the living room or said anything. Ginny was smiling and shaking her head. Remus was doing his best not to laugh while Fred and George were staring at him as though he was a GOD.

Harry tried not to laugh as he cleared his throat.

"Harry, you're back." Ginny said when she noticed he was there.

"What did I miss?"

"Fred and George started bowing at Re…Moony. They were going on and on about how Moony is a genius along with the other's for making the Marauders Map. Honestly I could care less about some stupid map. It was funny to watch but I can't shake what you said about Scabbers."

"It's a bit unnerving to find out that the backstabbing jackass…"

"It's not really that…it's just...well…whenever Percy and Ron couldn't find Scabbers… I'd find him in my room."

Fred and George stopped staring at Remus and looked over at Ginny and Harry.

"WHAT?" Asked the twins

Ginny looked over at her brothers without saying a word. She really didn't want to tell them about Scabbers and thought that they were too mesmerized to hear what she had said to Harry.

"Ginny what were you saying…" Fred started

"About Scabbers?" George finished.

Ginny sighed and took a deep breath before saying, "When Percy and Ron couldn't find Scabbers at home, I'd find him in my room. A few times I would wake up in the middle of the night hearing mum complaining about the boys not making sure that Scabbers was securely locked in his cage. We always found Scabbers in a corner in a nest of sorts. It was always the same corner where my dresser and desk but up to each other. The open space in between the two."

"Remus you don't think…" Fred began

"That Pettigrew was…" George started

"No. I don't think he was…" Remus trailed off with his answer; he couldn't say the rest, as it was to disturbing to think of that possibility.

"Ginny what was Scabbers making the nest out of?" Asked Harry.

"My sweater from last Christmas."

Each one was hoping that Peter would be caught soon and carted off to Azkaban. Though the twins were convincing themselves that it was a coincidence that Scabbers was found repeatedly in Ginny's room, they really wanted to take care of Scabbers in their own way.

Kreacher shuffled into the living room.

"If any of you are hungry lunch is ready. Kreacher apologize for lunch being late."

"It's fine Kreacher. Thank you." Harry said kindly

All five followed Kreacher into the kitchen. They all ate absent-mindedly while deep in their own thoughts.

"Kreacher, have you taken anything down to Sirius?'

"Yes Master Harry."

"Did he eat the food you brought to him?"

"Some of it."

After lunch they all went back into the living room. The twins were their typical selves, occasionally giving Remus praise for his part in making the Marauders Map.

"Harry, I was wondering what you and Sirius did while you waited for Professor McGonagall to arrive?"

"I gave him a flea bath." Harry said laughing.

"You what?" Asked Remus with a chuckle.

"I gave Padfoot a flea bath."

They all burst out laughing but abruptly stopped. They could hear the slamming of a door and Sirius stomping around. Fred, George and Ginny froze in their seats. Harry and Remus exchanged a look before they got up to check on Sirius.

"Don't you even start you old hag! I've got enough on my mind to…I don't need your crap too."

"You are weak! And it is entirely your fault what happened to Regulus. He was on his way to making a name for himself. You being his big brother, you turned him against how things should have been. Regulus looked up to you and admired you, why I don't know. Regulus would have had the balls to declare himself the Head of the House of Black. Between you hating this place and lacking the ba…"

Remus stopped walking and stared at Sirius as Harry slipped into a room off the hall.

"I, the last male Black, Sirius Black declare my self to be the Head of the House of Black!"

"NOOOO!" Screamed the portrait of Walburga as the curtains closed.

Harry looked around the room and realized that it was the room with the Black family tree tapestry. He could hear the words exchanged between Sirius and the portrait of his mother. As Harry heard Sirius declare himself Head of House, something strange happened before Harry's eyes.

Harry blinked several times and looked back at the tapestry to see that seven scorched areas had indeed mended and showed:

Isla Black who married Bill Hitchens.

Phineas a Great Uncle of Sirius's

Marius a supposed squib cousin

Alphard an Uncle of Sirius's who gave him gold when he ran away

Andromeda who married Ted Tonks and their daughter Nymphadora appeared for the first time

Sirius reappeared as well

Harry knew just about everything about each of the people that had been blasted off the tapestry and now back on it. What puzzled him was next to Sirius a witch by the name of Ruby McKinnon and below them the name Violet McKinnon-Black.

"No, I couldn't be." Harry whispered as he recalled hearing the name at the beginning of the school year.

Harry turned to leave when something caught his eye. He walked back up to the tapestry where it showed the Malfoy family. Below Lucius and Narcissa's names and next to Draco's was the name Mercedes Johnson with the words 'adopted out' in small writing below Mercedes' name.

"Harry, there you are." Said Ginny relieved to have found him.

Harry jumped and spun around to see Ginny holding a sobbing Kreacher.

"I'm sorry Harry. I didn't mean to scare you."

"I'm okay. Um…Ginny what's wrong with Kreacher?"

"I don't know. He has been sobbing for a while. It doesn't seem that he can say anything clear enough to understand him."

"Kreacher, what's wrong?" Harry asked in a soft, concerned voice.

"N-nothing. K-kreacher is h-happy. I h-have a t-true Master t-to serve."

"True Master?"

"H-head of H-house. An h-honor to b-be able to serve H-head of H-house again."

Harry smiled once he comprehended that Kreacher was happy.

"What is this room?" Asked Ginny.

"The Black Family Tree. The tapestry covers every wall. You've got to see this." Harry said as he pointed out Mercedes and Violet's names.

"You don't think that they could be the Violet in Gryffindor House and Mercedes in Ravenclaw House, do you?"

"Actually I do. Ginny I've noticed that most of the names have a knot connecting them, am I right in concluding that it means those two are married?"

"Yes. So this link here between Sirius and Ruby would indicate…"

"Obviously that they never married."

"They could have been about to be."

"Ginny…"

"Harry the year of Violet's birth is not long after your par…Godfather being thrown into Azkaban."

Harry started to say something but stopped as Ginny's words sunk in. Harry walked out of the room and into the living room.

"Sirius, I was wondering who Ruby McKinnon is and what did or does she mean to you?"

Remus fell out of his chair laughing.

Sirius paled and turned beet red.

"How do y…you know…that…name? W-why…do you w-want to know?" Stammered Sirius.