Petunia burst into tears after Makena and Nicole gently explained about Lily and James's deaths and how it had happened. "Why didn't they move to Windmere right after they found out that they needed to go into hiding?" Petunia wailed. "Then maybe all of this could have been avoided."

"Lily and James wanted to be close to their families," Nicole explained. "The only reason they changed their minds was because Mr. and Mrs. Potter died and Makena promised to protect you and Tau. They had no idea that Dylan was being controlled by Voldemort."

Petunia wiped her eyes and asked, "But is Harry really better off with my family for the time being? Yes, Tau and I are his uncle and aunt, but we're Muggles. How do you expect us to properly protect our nephew, who apparently is now famous in the wizarding world?"

"Marshall is going to set up some wards," Makena replied. "Since Harry survived through his parents' protection, and you and June are the only living relatives that aren't distant cousins, this will provide blood protection that the wards will be keyed to. Besides, your own daughter is a witch, and it will be good for Harry and June to grow up together."

"I suppose," sighed Petunia. "But why can't one of you take in Harry? I'm not saying I don't want him or anything, but your group was very close to Lily and James, like brothers and sisters. And Harry has two sets of godparents, who naturally can be expected to step in as guardians."

Nicole sighed and explained, "Right now, none of us are really in a position to properly take care of Harry. Sirius, Fiona, Severus, and Claire are arranging the funerals, since they were Lily and James's best friends in our group. The rest of us are busy trying to keep Dylan from killing himself. While we all know that it was Voldemort that put him under the Imperius Curse and controlled his actions, and therefore don't blame him, Dylan doesn't think the same. He keeps screaming that it's all his fault that Lily and James are dead. We've had to remove all knives and other sharp objects from his home, along with anything that can be used as a rope, and Yuki's locked away his wand and hers away so he can't use magic to kill himself."

Petunia looked shocked. "Oh dear! Is Dylan going to recover, or is he still going to blame himself and try to commit suicide?"

"I hope it's the first," said Nicole. "I've recently been certified to be a Mind-Healer, in addition to being a regular Healer, so I'm setting up sessions with Dylan to help him through this. Anyway, Petunia, you and Tau need to care for Harry for the time being. After everything that's happened, he needs a stable environment. When he's older, his godparents can help with his upbringing, and the rest of us in the Phoenix Club are also available."

"I'll do it," said Petunia, a determined look coming to her face. "I love my nephew, and I loved my sister. Harry will be cared for as well as my daughter is."

"I'll go to Tau's workplace and notify him what happened so you don't have to do it, Petunia," said Makena. "Oh, and here." She took out a bag that had an Undetectable Extension Charm on it. "We packed up Harry's things. Where would you like us to set it up?"

Petunia led the way to the room that had been set up as nursery. Makena took out Harry's crib from the bag and Unshrunk it. That was followed by a mobile, his toy broomstick, a number of other toys, two bags of nappies, and some picture books. Nicole handed Petunia an envelope, which contained seven hundred pounds. "What's left of the Phoenix Club took up a collection. We understand that you and Tau aren't exactly prepared to take in another person, and wanted to defray some of the initial costs of raising your nephew."

"It's not necessary," Petunia protested. "Tau makes enough money to provide for us, and once June and Harry are old enough to attend primary school, I intend to go back to work, even if it's part time."

"Petunia, this isn't charity, nor are we implying that you and Tau can't provide for Harry," Makena said gently. "This is the only monetary gift that we plan on giving, since Harry's presence in your home is unexpected. In a few months, you'll have adjusted and can take care of Harry's needs without our help."

Petunia hesitated, but in the end reluctantly accepted the money. As Harry had fallen asleep in his carrier, she put him to bed in his crib, and then saw Nicole and Makena out.

A week later were the funerals for Lily and James. By this point, Dylan had stopped blaming himself. In part, this had to do with the fact that he had tried to drown himself in the bathtub. While he had been unconscious, he had found himself in an in-between place. Lily and James had appeared, told him in no uncertain terms that he was being an idiot and they didn't blame him for their deaths, placing it squarely on Voldemort's shoulders. After that, Lily pointed out that the Phoenix Club didn't need to lose another member, and James threatened to make Dylan's time in the afterlife a misery if he actually followed through with dying.

At that point, Dylan finally acknowledged that he was being stupid, and told his friends that for their sake, he was going to return to life and help in the raising of their son. The two bid him good-bye, saying sternly that they didn't want to see him again for at least eighty years, and that was when Dylan woke up to find Yuki and Nicole bent over his body, resuscitating him. He had told them about his vision and assured them that he wasn't going to try to commit suicide again, though Nicole still insisted that he continue with the mind-healing sessions.

The surviving members of the Order, Petunia and Tau, all of the staff from Nightwind School, and various people in the British wizarding world, including Minister of Magic Millicent Bagnold, were present at the funeral. It ended up lasting four hours, since everyone in the Order and the Nightwind School staff got up to speak. When it ended, James and Lily's coffins were placed in their plots at the graveyard in Godric's Hollow, and their gravestone set up.

The rest of the Phoenix Club went through the Potters' belongings and boxed up some of it to be given to Harry when he was older. The house in Godric's Hollow was shut up for the time being, though Harry could open it up and take residence in it once he turned of age. According to the Potters' will, guardianship of their son was given primarily to Petunia, Tau, and his godparents, though the rest of their friends were also allowed input. The house, the Potter estate, and the bulk of the family money and heirlooms were left to Harry, with various mementos and small cash grants left to their friends.

At the end of November, Bellatrix Lestrange, her husband Rudolphus, brother-in-law Rabastan, and Barty Crouch Jr (son of the Head of Magical Law Enforcement) tried to attack Regulus and Katya. Part of it was due to the fact that Stella had been a prophecy child, and part due to the fact that the four Death Eaters thought they might have some knowledge of the whereabouts of Voldemort, as they had been present on the night of his defeat. Also, in Bellatrix's case, she wanted to get revenge on her cousin, who she felt was a disgrace to the Black family name.

However, Katya was not home at the time of the attack, as she had taken Stella to visit her parents. As for Regulus, he had not dropped his guard any, even with Voldemort gone, and the wards on his home activated, Stunning the Death Eaters when they first tried to breach them. He had then contacted the Auror Department, who arrested the four. Barty Crouch Sr. was shocked, then disgusted to discover that his son was among the group. He made his disgust quite clear during the trial held for the group, where they were found guilty, and ignored the pleas from his son to not be sent back to the dementors.

Things settled down in the wizarding world after that. Harry grew up quite happily in the home of his relatives, and his parents' friends visited whenever they could. The ones that came most often were his 'Aunt' Katya and 'Uncle' Sirius and 'Aunt' Fiona, who brought Stella and Arista over for play dates.