DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER

Harry and Susan had just eaten a couple of sandwiches as they were feeling hungry and were now playing in the playroom while Amelia was making lunch. They had spread the airport play mat and had arranged the train tracks so as to have an airport terminal as a stop for the toy trains.

Sometime later, Harry was moving a train engine and a few train cars towards the airport and Susan was moving a plane around when they suddenly heard a voice calling out from behind, "It's time for lunch and I am so hungry that now, I'm just going to eat you up!"

Harry and Susan turned around to see Aunt Amelia standing behind them and glaring at them playfully. Amelia rushed towards Susan and gathered her in her arms before pretending to eat her. Susan squealed and squirmed as she was being 'eaten'. After a few moments, Amelia put Susan down after a couple of kisses and looked evilly at Harry.

Harry saw Aunt Amelia's expression and screamed. He remembered Uncle Vernon having these kinds of expressions at times when it came to punishing him or something like that. Thinking that Aunt Amelia was going to hurt him or something, he ran away from her, out of the room.

He ran to his bedroom and hid in a closet there, shutting the door.

He heard footsteps approaching the closet and whimpered as they got closer, cramping himself into a far corner and hiding his face. And then, he heard the door open.

Amelia opened the closet door to find a frightened looking Harry curled up in a corner. She knelt down to Harry's level and asked softly, "Harry, are you okay? Did I scare you badly?"

For some reason, this made Harry cry. Amelia beckoned Harry to her saying, "Baby, I wasn't going to hurt you. I won't hurt you baby. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you like that. Come to Aunty."

With that, she moved into the closet and hugged Harry, stroking him and wiping away his tears.

After a few minutes, Harry calmed down. Amelia whispered to Harry, "Harry, I was not going to hurt you or anything. Did Uncle Vernon or Aunt Petunia ever look at you like that?"

Harry whimpered and nodded his head.

Amelia said, "Oh baby, I will never punish you the way they did. All I wanted to do was tease you. In fact, what I was going to do is something that all children deserve. I was doing that to Susan, and it didn't hurt her."

Harry asked, "What is that?"

Amelia said, "It won't hurt at all Harry. I won't hit you. If you feel afraid, just close your eyes."

Harry closed his eyes and relaxed in Amelia's arms as she lifted him out of the closet and carried him over to the bed.

Amelia sat down and held Harry in her lap before whispering, "There is one thing that I will do to you, something that every little child deserves."

And then she declared, "I'm going to eat you!"

Harry found himself being nipped and nuzzled and opened his eyes to find himself being 'eaten' by Aunt Amelia. His shock and fear turned into laughter as he squealed and squirmed. Finally after a few minutes, Amelia stopped and kissed him all over his face.

"That didn't hurt now, did it?" Amelia asked.

Harry shook his head.

Amelia smiled at him and suddenly glared at him before pretending to take a bite out of his cheek. This time, Harry certainly didn't feel afraid of being hurt. He simply wanted to escape from being 'eaten up'.

She then carried him into the playroom and called out, "Susan, time to eat lunch, come wash your hands."

A few minutes later, they were all having their lunch which was steamed vegetables, quinoa, bread and humus, plus some freshly cut cucumber slices.

Amelia wondered what she would do after the kids had had a nap. Finally, she decided that it would be a good idea to take them to the park. Harry had probably not been allowed to play at any park happily before, and it would be nice for him to finally get to play happily as he should have earlier.

After lunch, Amelia sat in the living room on a sofa with Harry and Susan on either side of her. Looking at them, she said, "Isn't it time for your nap now?"

Harry looked at her before slowly putting his head in her lap. Susan did the same saying, "I want to sleep with you."

Amelia replied, "You want to sleep in my lap you two? Just let me get some blankets." With that, she got up and exited the living room, returning with a couple of blankets. She spread them over the kids before sitting in between them and patting her thighs saying, "Sleep in my lap."

Harry and Susan laid their heads in her lap and she kissed both of them before leaning back against the sofa and caressing their foreheads as they fell asleep.

Around an hour later, Harry and Susan woke up in her lap to be greeted by tender kisses and hugs. Soon after that, they went to the playroom to play with their toys.

At 5 pm, Amelia came into the playroom saying, "Harry, Susan, I'm going to take you to the park today."

Harry suddenly looked at her and asked, slightly scared, "Will Dudley come? He'll hit me."

Amelia held him by his shoulders and said, "He won't be there. And even if he is there, I won't let him hit you, okay?"

"Okay," Harry replied.

Amelia smiled and said, "But first, you need to clear your toys and put them away."

A few minutes later, Amelia in her black robes and Harry and Susan in red and yellow sweaters were standing right outside one of the neighboring houses to pick up Hannah Abbott so that she could come to the park with them. For, Amelia had thought it would be a good idea to introduce Harry to Hannah. Already, his interaction with Ron Weasley had gone well, and if he interacted with more kids like this, it would be easier for him to come out of his shell.

Harry and Susan saw a girl with blonde pigtails coming out of the house and running over to hug Susan.

"Hi Susan," the girl shouted excitedly, even as a couple, a well built man with brown hair, and a thin sweet looking woman with blonde hair emerged from the house.

"Hi Hannah," Susan loudly replied, eyes wide with excitement, "This is my friend Harry. Say hi Harry."

"Hi Harry," Harry simply said.

Hannah said a little loudly, a little annoyed, "My name's not Harry, my name is Hannah!"

"Hi Hannah," Harry spoke. This time, Hannah smiled and hugged him.

The two people, Mrs. Abbott and Mr. Abbott smiled as they watched the scene.

Suddenly, Mr. Abbott looked at Harry a little more closely and his eyes widened as he said, "Blimey, are you Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived?"

Suddenly, he received a smack on his arm and turned to face his wife who was glaring at him and said, "Ow, what was that for?"

"Idiot," Mrs. Abbott hissed, "He's just a child, can't you see that? Maybe you should get your brain checked."

She then smiled at Harry and said, "Don't worry about my husband. He's just a silly man."

Harry couldn't help giggling at the way she said it. As for Mr. Abbott, he put on a sad expression which was so utterly fake and silly that all the kids ended up laughing.

Amelia turned to Harry and said, "Harry, this is Mr. Abbott and Mrs. Abbott. Hannah is also coming with us to the park today."

Harry smiled and hugged Hannah. She hugged him back.

"Aww, so sweet," Mrs. Abbott said, "Enjoy your time in the park with Harry and Susan. Remember to listen to Aunt Amelia, okay?"

"Okay," Hannah replied, moving towards her parents to hug them, "Bye Mummy and Daddy."

"Bye sweet little girl. Enjoy yourself." Mr. and Mrs. Abbott smiled and waved.

Amelia held the children's hands and walked along the sidewalk, after saying goodbye to the parents. After walking down a couple of streets and out of the neighborhood, they found themselves in a park.

As soon as they saw a playground, Amelia said to them, "We're here. What do you want to do?"

Hannah said, "Let's go on the slides."

Amelia replied, "Well then, run along and have fun, but be careful. I'll be watching you. If something happens, call me."

"Okay," Harry replied, before running behind Susan and Hannah.

Harry, Susan and Hannah ran all around, going down the slides and climbing up ladders and stairs.

Just near the playground was a lake. Amelia looked at the ducks swimming in the lake for a few moments before sitting down on a bench nearby to watch the kids.

Harry, Hannah and Susan had just emerged from a slide. Suddenly, Hannah spread her arms and ran towards Susan yelling, "I'm an evil dragon. I'm going to eat you."

Harry and Susan started running away from her. Susan yelled, "Help me Harry!"

Harry went and stepped in front of Hannah with a small stick in his hand and said, "No eating Susan."

Hannah replied, "I'm a dragon and I want to eat. I'll eat you."

Before Harry could react, Hannah pounced upon him yelling, "I'm going to eat you Harry!"

Harry squealed and somehow managed to free himself. He then said, "I'm a knight."

Hannah laughed and launched herself upon Harry, who pretended to fight with a sword using the small stick he had. He didn't actually try to hit her, because Dudley had done that to him with a bigger stick and it had hurt. So Harry didn't want to make anyone feel hurt that way.

Amelia watched as they chased each other around. Just then, she saw Harry using a small stick. She got up and started to move towards them to make sure they didn't hurt each other but suddenly, bumped into someone.

She turned around to see who it was and to her surprise, saw a young man with light brown hair, who immediately began apologizing. He was saying, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't see you. Are you alright? I'm so sorry."

Amelia looked at him for a few moments at this young man. He looked as if he had seen better days and was now in a sorry state.

But more than that, he looked familiar.

She slowly asked, "Remus, is it you?"

The man looked at her closely and said, "Amelia, it's you! Yes, it's me, Remus Lupin."

Amelia went and hugged him saying, "Oh Remus, I'm so happy to see you. I was just thinking about you this morning. It's been such a long time since I last saw you. How have you been? You look like you've been through some hard times. Are you okay?"

Remus Lupin replied, "I'm so happy to see you too Amelia. It's been hard for me since that horrible night when James and Lily died. I wanted to find a quiet place just now and I just randomly decided to come here. I didn't expect to see you. Do you live nearby?"

Amelia replied, "I do. My house is in Park Lane."

Suddenly, she heard a voice calling out, "Aunty, please come push us." She turned around to see Susan who had called out and Harry and Hannah, sitting on the swings now.

Remus and Amelia walked towards the children and began to push them, Remus alternating between Harry and Susan and Amelia pushing Hannah. After a while, Amelia started alternating between Harry and Susan while Remus pushed Hannah.

A few minutes later, the kids got off the swings, grinning in joy. Remus asked, "Did you enjoy your time little ones?"

Suddenly, he noticed Harry staring at him. A minute later, Harry suddenly said, "Uncle Remus, you came. Hello Uncle Remus."

Remus stared at him in surprise even as he recognized Harry. The last time he had seen him was when he was one year old, before that night. With his messy jet black hair, green eyes and his scar, there was no doubt that this was Harry Potter.

Remus hugged Harry and exclaimed, "You remember me! I last saw you when you were just a year old! You've grown! How did you remember me?"

Harry replied, "I saw a picture of you with Uncle Sirius and me. Aunt Ami said you were sad."

Amelia smiled at hearing Harry call her 'Aunt Ami', her heart warming up.

Remus asked, "When was I sad Harry?"

Harry replied, "After Voldemort made my Mummy and Daddy go away."

Remus held him and said, "Well yes, I became really sad. Your Mummy and Daddy were my friends. I used to hold you often when you were very small. Have you been happy with your Aunt Amelia?"

Harry responded happily, "Aunty said that she'll never give me back to Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. I love my Aunty."

Remus smiled and said, "That's nice Harry that you love your Aunt Amelia. Now why don't you run along?"

Harry hugged him and ran off to play with Susan and Hannah who were back to the slides.

Remus frowned and turned to Amelia saying, "I hope you don't mind me asking, but wasn't Harry supposed to stay with his Muggle relatives?"

Amelia frowned and said, "That's exactly what I want to talk to you about, because I trust you'll see Harry as he is. His own relatives, Vernon and Petunia Dursley abused him. They hate him, and they're selfish and cruel!"

With this, she went on to tell Remus about how she had spied on the Dursleys for a day, their treatment of Harry and how she had finally taken him away and brought him to her house. By the time she had finished, Remus was shaking with grief and anger.

"THOSE VILE DURSLEYS, HOW DARE THEY HARM MY CUB LIKE THAT! WHAT KIND OF GUARDIANS ARE THEY? I'LL GET THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID, TO MY CUB!" Remus yelled, balling his fists.

Amelia said, "They'll pay! I'm planning to take them to court soon, after Sirius' trial."

Remus cried out, tears in his eyes, "If it wasn't for those laws against werewolves, I would've been more than willing to take Harry in myself at the start!"

Amelia suddenly asked, "Wait, are you a werewolf?"

Remus stiffened upon hearing that and said, "I shouldn't have said that. Yes I am."

Amelia quickly responded, "Remus, you're a good man. Don't be afraid to tell me.

I won't judge you if are one. I generally happen to be a bit wary of werewolves, but you're different. I've never known you to be like Fenrir Greyback. You're not like him! You're a good man Remus and I know it."

Remus hugged Amelia and said, "I was afraid you'd reject me if you found out. Every time I get a job, I end up losing it quickly. Every job that I got turned out to be a low paying one, and my employers were quick to figure out that I'm a werewolf and fire me. Dumbledore, James, Lily, Sirius and Peter were the only ones who didn't reject me."

Amelia looked at him compassionately and said, "I'm sorry for all you've been through Remus. If I can convince someone in the DMLE or a suitable department in the ministry, I'll let you know."

"Thank You Amelia," Remus replied, "If only Sirius hadn't betrayed us, none of this would have ever happened!"

Amelia said, "Actually, there's more to it. You see, Sirius isn't the traitor. He wasn't even the Potters' secret keeper, but we don't have proof, and we won't have any until his trial, but I'm sure he's innocent."

Remus frowned and said, "Amelia, he also killed Peter plus 12 Muggles, and when he was arrested, he was laughing like a maniac. Apparently, he was saying something like 'I killed them, I killed them'. What kind of a decent man does that? And Peter was blasted to bits. All that was found of him was one finger. And by the way, you mentioned something about Sirius getting a trial."

Amelia replied, "He was sent to Azkaban without a trial or even interrogation under Veritaserum. What's to say he wasn't framed? And, when I went to inform Sirius about his upcoming trial, do you know what his state was? It was horrible. And about saying that he killed the Potters, he said that he 'as good as' betrayed them. He suggested making Peter Pettigrew their secret keeper. He feels responsible for their deaths and thinks he deserves to be in Azkaban."

Remus looked like he had been slapped in the face. He slowly spoke, "Are you saying that it was Peter? How? Maybe he's trying to trick his way out."

Amelia replied, "He's not. In fact, just as I was about to leave his cell, he begged me to check up on Harry and make sure he's alright. If it hadn't been for that, Harry wouldn't have been with me, but would have had to endure so much abuse at the Dursleys for a longer time."

Remus stared at Amelia in shock for a few minutes.

Finally, he spoke in a pained voice, "I don't know what to believe anymore. Either, Sirius is really guilty and now he's repentant, or he wasn't the secret keeper but he killed Peter and those Muggles, or he really is innocent and has been framed."

Taking a deep breath, he continued, "But I do agree that he needs a trial. If he's guilty, we'll know why he betrayed us. But if it turns out that you're right and he's innocent, woe befall Peter when he is found!"

Amelia responded, "I understand how you feel about this. I'm glad you agree with me on Sirius needing a trial."

Just then, she looked a little further and saw an ice cream van a little distance away.

Harry was being chased by Susan and Hannah who were pretending to be dragons when suddenly he and the girls heard Aunt Amelia calling out, "Come over here you little ones."

They bounded over to her and she said, "Now, how about some ice cream?"

"Ice cream, ice cream," Hannah chanted excitedly.

A few minutes later, the children and the adults were sitting on a park bench near the lake, licking their ice creams in cones. Harry was sitting next to Remus and Hannah was sitting on his left side.

On Hannah's left side sat Susan and on her left side sat Amelia.

Harry and Remus had gotten chocolate ice creams, Susan had gotten strawberry, Hannah had gotten mango, and Amelia had settled for chocolate just like Harry.

As Harry licked his ice cream, Remus commented, "You seem to have inherited James' sense of taste Cub. He loved chocolate, especially dark chocolate."

Harry smiled at that even as Amelia spoke up, "Lily didn't like dark chocolate very much. She always preferred milk or white."

Remus replied, "Yeah, I remember James once got it from Lily because he tried to give Harry a huge piece of chocolate after desert. Even then, he did keep an eye open. He always did make sure he ate healthy stuff, although Lily was actually in charge of it."

Amelia smiled and said, "That's why, when there's a baby, matriarchy becomes necessary."

"Indeed," Remus replied.

After they had finished their ice creams, Amelia said that it was time to go home. Before they set out for home, she turned to Remus and said, "We'd love for you to join us tonight for dinner. Besides, there's more that I need to talk to you about."

Remus smiled and thanked her before taking Harry's hand as everyone started walking.

They dropped Hannah off at her parents' and said their goodbyes to her before eventually arriving at Bones Residence.