Chapter twenty six

Everyone looked up expecting to see those six people fade or just disappear, but nothing, they were still standing there, looking around. No one knew what to do, no one knew what to say. When the time reached ten past twelve, Harry raced back to his parent's, Tonks went back to her son and George raced back to his twin.

'What is going on?' Arthur said as he stood beside his twin sons.

'We're not sure Arthur, we knew we were supposed to return at midnight,' James said.

'Are you sensing or feeling anything now like before you arrived here?' Minerva asked.

'No, nothing, we don't feel like we did before,' James said.

'It couldn't be permanent, could it?' Sirius asked staring around.

'We have no idea what is going on, but we didn't when you arrived,' Kingsley said.

'Do you think someone should check the death registry to see if they are still classed as deceased?' Hermione asked.

'I might go do that now, if they…well, disappear let me know,' Kingsley looked once more at the six formally dead people who were surrounded in their family and friends.

'You're still here, does that mean you get to stay?' Harry asked hopefully as he stared at his parent's and godfather.

'We don't know Harry, so let's just take this time now we have it. But it's your wedding night, I'm sure you and Charlie want to be alone.'

'No Mrs. Potter, you can stay with us from tonight. If this isn't permanent then you lot and Harry should stay together.'

'Are you sure Charlie?'

'I am babe, we don't know how long they will be here, so let's just take your family home. I'll come here early tomorrow to see Fred.'

'We should go see our guests then, they're in as much shock as we are,' Harry smiled at his parent's then at Remus and Tonks who were again with their son, 'Hey Sirius, if you are here for good then you can get to know Jessie, but she's a good auror don't go corrupting her.'

'Yes…Head Auror Potter,' Sirius saluted making everyone laugh before he hurried away from his family to the good looking girl he wouldn't mind getting to know, if he stayed, which he hoped he did.

Harry pulled his aurors aside, 'Since we're not sure what is going on, Ron will want to some time with Fred. Seamus, you are in charge for the next few days. But as I've already said, if anything dangerous comes up, floo me and Ron.'

'You put Michael in charge last time boss.'

'True, but all of you are good at your job, so I figured I would keep who was in charge random when I'm not able to. I already talked it over with Ron and he was actually pleased that he wouldn't always be in charge. It's good practice as well, you know as well as I do how easily any of us could end up hurt so this way all of you will know what it's like to be in charge.'

'We get it boss, it is a good idea. But I have to ask, do you know why it was your parent's and the others and not people like Dumbledore or Colin?' Ernie asked.

'No idea, we thought the same, why Fred and not Ginny, why not the ones that died the night at Hogwarts, why not the Prewett twins, we just don't know, neither do they. Anyway, I'm heading home with my family and husband.'

Harry hugged all his aurors but this time he hugged them because they were his friends. He went to his other friends like Neville, Hannah, Susan and Luna, then to the staff at Hogwarts who were all wondering how this miracle happened. Harry wondered the same thing but right now he wasn't going to question it, he just wanted to spend time with his family.

After saying goodbye to Fred and his family, Charlie joined Harry and his family then raised his eyebrows at Harry who had created a port key.

'It would be easier than the five of us apparating, it's set for the unwarded part of the garden.'

'We also thought it might be risky to apparate when we have no idea how much of our magic is still available to us. We transfigured our clothes using Arthur and Molly's wands but that is a simple spell compared to what power you need to work apparition,' James said.

'I never thought of that, well, you lot can test your magic tomorrow, let's go home, it's been a long day.'

'But a great day,' Harry grinned, then held out the port key, once they all took hold he activated it. They felt the pull behind their navel as they were whisked away from the Burrow.

Harry smiled as he spelled his mother, father and Sirius into his home, 'Let's have a hot chocolate before we head to bed.'

'Sounds good, but you take them into the kitchen while I fix up the spare rooms, none of those beds have linen,' Charlie kissed Harry then hurried into the house.

Harry, James, Lily and Sirius walked inside, 'You have some of our furniture,' Lily smiled as she looked around.

'Yeah, Dumbledore sealed the house after he got you out of there. When the war was over I decided to see if I could get some pictures. I want things that would tell me more about you so I basically decided since it was just sitting there and in good condition, I would use it.'

'We're glad you did sweetheart. All that stuff was only a few months old since we only just moved into the cottage.'

'So it wasn't your home?' Harry asked as he put the water on the boil.

'No, we lived in Potter manor, on the outskirts of Godric's Hollow. We thought there was no way Voldemort would believe we'd remain in the same town and he probably would never have known if it wasn't for Peter.'

'I've never heard of Potter manor, another thing Dumbledore didn't tell me,' Harry got some mugs ready then turned to face his parent's and godfather, 'Did you really hex him when he…arrived?'

'We did, every day, he knew you were not to go near Petunia. I had explained how she was, how she hated our kind and was jealous of me. If you were lucky to survive and we weren't I knew she would take it out on you,' Lily said.

'Sirius was named first, even though Alice Longbottom is your godmother she was already cursed at the time so we named a few others. Amelia Bones as she is my fourth cousin twice removed or something like that, I could never understand all that. Next was Andromeda Tonks as we knew she was against any dark, she also knew her family didn't like her since she married a muggle. Finally we wrote that if they were all unavailable then you were to be raised by a magical family who were loyal to the light, to the fight against Voldemort and any dark witch or wizard.'

'Did he tell you why he went against your wishes?'

'No, we have no idea, but we did find out he never planned to get cursed, he thought he would live a lot longer, to help you fulfil your destiny,' Sirius said.

Harry nodded then fixed the cups of hot chocolate just as Charlie stepped into the kitchen so the five of them sat down at the table. One thing that James and Lily knew, if they were here for good then they would stay with Harry for a while, probably a week or two then they would return to Potter manor, they would just visit, a lot. Sirius would also stay with Harry for a while before he worked on his own place, he would need to talk finances over with his godson since he had left Harry everything. Sirius, James and Lily knew that Remus and Tonks would remain with Andromeda, they were not sure if it would be permanent or not, but Andromeda was alone now Ted had died, so that family would stay together.

Charlie was thinking about Fred and how having the twins together again would help his parent's get over what Ginny had done. Fred died in a fight to save the world, Ginny died for spite and her hope of keeping Charlie and Harry apart. He sort of understood why Fred was given this chance and not Ginny, and he hated to admit it, he was glad his sister was not sent back. She did not deserve a life of any kind, she deserved what she got. He did wonder if she had been where Fred was, he never once spoke about her, neither had the others who had return. Which made Charlie curious, did the good go to a different place then the people who did wrong. The muggles believed in heaven and hell, did the magical world have similar places, for the good and for the bad. Maybe with the resurrected people the magical world might get some answers.

At the ministry Kingsley Shacklebolt was staring, he thought the shocks was over for the night, but now he was gazing at the hundreds of people standing in the department of magical births and deaths. He knew they had all been killed by Voldemort and his death eaters from the first war, right up the last war. Now they had all been returned and going on the files, their deaths had been erased as if it never happened. It seemed that Harry Potter not only saved the world, with the help of his friends and people who wanted to do what was right for their world, but it seems the end of the war has reunited hundreds of family who had been torn apart by the war with Voldemort. Kingsley thought life for all magicals could not get better than it was right now.

The end.

Just a note, I have no plans for a sequel to this story, but that doesn't mean those plans won't change sometime in the future. I hope you all enjoyed this latest story, more will follow soon.