She woke up from the smell of food coming through the door. She was still sleepy. Yesterday had been a long day and today didn't promise to be any different. They still had to figure out how to get back home and exactly what happened, but that wasn't what was bothering her, she knew Professor Dumbledore would find a way. What she couldn't shake was the helplessness she felt when she saw Harry's limp body, his pale face, and then, in the middle of the night, when she heard the pain in his scream. She even got up and went to Sirius room, but didn't have the courage to go in when she saw Sirius and Remus comforting Harry. She didn't know were she stood, she wasn't that little girl with a crush on the hero, they had become friends, she had even dated that Michael Corner that she met at the Yulle Ball. No, this was deeper and she wasn't sure what this was. Probably just concern for a friend, that's what she was for him, Ron's baby sister. She gave a resigned sigh and got up. Hermione wasn't in the room, so she just cleaned up and went to the common room. Everyone was there, including Harry. They were seated around a big table that held a small banquet. Harry still looked tired, but was awake, he didn't look like he was hungry and from the way Sirius was surveying him, Ginny thought he was making Harry eat. Remus looked up and said;

"Good morning Ginny, come and join us, we have a lot to discuss."

She sat down near Harry and he smiled at her. That warmed her heart, he was strong and they would help him out. She asked "Discuss?"

"Yes, Professor Dumbledore came by when you were already sleeping" Sirius started tearing his gaze from Harry for the first time that morning and they proceeded to explain everything that they had discussed the previous night. When they finished, there was silence; all the kids were quiet, lost in their thoughts, until Harry said, "So, did you ask my permission Remus?"

Remus stared at him, not understanding but Fred saw the flicker of a smile on Harry's lips and decided to aid him in a very Percy like voice, "He is right, I mean, Professor! You of all people should keep to proper protocol."

"What? Protocol? What?" Remus asked. Sirius picking up on the kids joke and enjoying seeing his so proper friend in such a tight spot added.

"Well, I just think we are going to have to travel in time again so that Remus follows protocol."

"Will you quit with the protocol, and explain." Remus said exasperated.

"Well, Professor." Harry began with a very straight face. "From my understanding, me and my lovely sister here are orphans, and, since I am the man of the family, I just think that would be appropriate for you to ask ME for HER hand, don't you?" And he looked straight at Remus with the most serious face. The rest of the table erupted in laughter as Remus first shocked face turned into outrage and then laughter. He was actually relieved that even being sick, and after everything he'd gone through, Harry could still joke. He knew that the prospect of meeting his parents must be hard on him, but he was going to face this as everything else in his life, straight Foard, and this time he wouldn't be alone.

The joke alleviated the mood, everyone was shocked at first at the prospect of being stuck here forever, but then they calmed down, with an unspoken mutual understanding; Dumbledore would find a way, they had to have faith in their Headmaster and try to do their best.

Meanwhile, Dumbledore had flooed the Weasleys and asked them to come by later to discuss a very important matter, and then he set to the Hospital Wing. He had decided he would get everyone together to explain, would be best if they saw for themselves. When he approached the Hospital Wing he was glad not to be disappointed. He found there, all hudled around one of the beds, gaping over the little newborn, young, Sirius, Remus, Tess, James and Lily. He smiled at the carefree faces and wondered what had happened to those men to make them change so much. The future Remus and Sirius had the eyes of people that had suffered too much. Specially Sirius, he always half expected Remus to look older than his age because of his condition but not Sirius. He didn't have that mischievous look anymore, that look that Dumbledore thought never would leave the boy. He cleared his throat to make himself noticed. Lily greeted him with a smile that illuminated her bright green eyes.

"Have you come to meet little Harry, Professor?"

"Certainly my dear." he spoke approaching the bed were the little baby slept on his mothers arm. "Looks just like his father. But I trust he has your eyes Lily."

"How do you know if he is sleeping?" Tess, Sirius fiancée asked. He looked at her and wondered what happened. He had notice that the older Sirius did not wear a wedding band. He smiled and said "a hunch." Actually he had seen the boy's eyes for a fleeting moment the previous day when he had regained conscious in the Hospital Wing. He had asked Madam Pomfrey to keep him isolated as to not attract unwanted attention because of his similarities to James. He wanted to be sure of who the boy was before that happened, and while they were closing the curtains around his bed the boy opened his eyes for a few moments, but that was enough to see the bright green and the seriousness of them, he wondered how such a young boy could have such serious eyes. Remembering why he was there he started. "I hate to have to ask you this, but I will need to talk to you, James, Lily, Remus and Sirius, later in my office. I know that you must be exhausted Lily but this cannot wait. I'll arrange for means to take you comfortably upstairs."

James looked like he was going to argue but Lily cut him "We'll be there Professor." Then she looked tentatively at him and asked "Professor, how's the boy?"

"What boy?" Dumbledore asked knowing perfectly well whom she was talking about.

"The one you brought yesterday. I didn't see his face, or state, but Madam Pomfrey looked worried, and was hurrying up and down with potions, and that was with me over here in labor, almost ready to give birth. I think she only stopped fussing over him when James called here that he thought Harry was coming, and he was right."

"He is the boy that was with that group that showed up at the Burrow, isn't he?" James asked, clear concern in his voice. Could he possibly in some level know?

"He is doing better. He was magically drained. He kept a wandless shield to protect his friends from an attack for a long while before they showed up where you found them. That is why they attacked Peter. They had just escaped one attack and reacted when they saw you. As a matter of fact, they will be explaining everything later."

"They will?" Sirius asked

"A wandless shield! A boy? But few adult wizards can do that, a boy?" Remus stated.

"Ah, but you will note later when you meet him that he is no ordinary boy." Dumbledore said looking fondly at baby Harry.

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They were discussing name possibilities for everyone. They decided that the only ones that could keep their names where Ginny because at this time she hadn't been born yet, and Hermione since she was muggleborn. The others just thought that would be too much of a coincidence that there were two sets of Weasley twins named Fred and George with a younger brother named Ron. Harry had slept for most of the morning and was just catching up, he had stated that they were very lacking in imagination if the whole morning had passed and they still hadn't come up with names but he quickly shut up when Ginny said "And what will be your name genius?"

At the end, they had decided on the names with barely time to spare before the meeting with Dumbledore. They set off to Dumbledore's office, Sirius carrying Harry, that at first protested at the embarrassment of the situation and saying that he would walk by his own, but before they had reached the stairs he was out of breath and had no choice. Before they opened the door, Sirius set him down and walked by his side, worried with his reaction when he saw his parents. He didn't know himself how he'd react. Seeing James yesterday had been painful, but at that moment he was convincing himself that that wasn't James but some Death Eater disguised. Now he knew he would be seeing his best friend that he had missed so much, and he knew Remus must be feeling the same.

Ginny was looking at the three of them from the corners of her eyes, knowing what must be going on in their minds. It was incredible what war could do. Little over a month ago, Sirius was an escaped convict that they didn't know. Professor Lupin was a teacher they liked, but just that, a teacher. A month of setting headquarters together, of worrying about Harry, had changed all that, and now they were family.

They entered the room and found people already there. James and Lily were seated near Dumbledore's desk. The man himself was not there yet, and baby Harry was left at the care of Madam Pomfrey. Arthur and Molly were also seated by the desk, talking to the other couple. Sirius and Remus were leaning against a table just behind them, they turned around to watch the newcomers and Molly and Lily gasped and put her hands to their mouths at the same time at the site of Harry and the Weasley kids. That couldn't be right, but a mother always knows, and those were their boys, and there was a girl, Molly didn't know how but she knew that she was hers. James and Arthur were also mesmerized, especially James, that boy looked just like him, except his eyes, he had Lily's eyes, but they were sad. That couldn't be right, how could a teenager have Lily's eyes, his son was a baby, and yet he felt a pull to go to the boy, to take away the sadness of his eyes. Remus and Sirius were looking at the adult men of the group, that couldn't be right, they looked like they had taken a polijuice gone wrong, they looked like them, but older.

Sirius had a hand on Harry's shoulder but he knew the boy wasn't paying attention, he had his gaze locked in his parents. They were there, they weren't a memory, or ghosts or an image in a mirror, they were there and he wanted to run to them, to hold them and never let go, but he knew he couldn't. A voice from behind them brought him back.

"I trust you're felling better young Harry?" Dumbledore said, in that voice that could calm you and let you know everything would be right, he smiled and answered.

"Much better sir. Just embarrassed over my overprotective godfather." Sirius rolled his eyes at this statement and said, "Well, you were falling off your feet, what was I supposed to do? Honestly, you're worse than your father," and Remus chuckled at the memories of how James hated being sick.

Dumbledore glad for the tension breaker Harry had provided, conjured more chairs in a circle spreading from the already seated people and motioned them to sit down. They obliged while he closed the door and seated himself in this very strange situation. At one side of the circle were seated Molly, Arthur, James, Lily, Sirius, Remus and himself, at the other bigger side were the time travelers with Harry at the middle of them, and future Remus and Sirius at each of his side as if protecting him from something. Dumbledore noticed that while most of the time travelers were looking at all the people of the past in turns, Harry, Remus and Sirius seemed unable to tear their gaze from the Potters.

"As you may have noticed, our guests hear are not exactly from around here, and more than a question of from where they are, is a question from when they are." Dumbledore started getting everyone's attention.

"You're trying to say they are from the future! That is ridiculous!" Sirius said with a snort.

"Then how come you came to that conclusion so fast Sirius?" Dumbledore asked.

"That's obviously polijuice gone wrong, right James?" Sirius asked but got no answer, James couldn't stop staring at the smaller of the boys? How could that be his son? And yet he knew deep down he was, and he was staring straight at him.

"Look!" Sirius continued "They attacked the Burrow. He" he pointed at his future self, "punched Peter, what proves he's not m., I wouldn't punch Peter, but I do have half my mind to punch him."

"Oh, calm down Sirius. We know that dogs that bark don't bite, deep down you're a loveable puppy." And Sirius just stared at the bushy brown haired girl that had just spoken. How could she know? No she didn't, that was just an expression, and he said "What?"

Taking Hermione's cue, future Sirius stood up suddenly, smirked at everyone and transformed. Very matter of factly Hermione stated "Last time I checked, Animagus forms can't be reproduced, not even by polijuice." And Ginny added, "And as for polijuice gone wrong, I happen to think, you, like the wines, got better with time."

There was a soft pop when Sirius returned to his human form and sitting said "Why, thank you, Ms. Weasley, I'll remember that comment when I grade your essays." And he went back to glare at his past self that was still opening and closing his mouth like a fish, with nothing to say.

"I did not know you're an Animagus Sirius. When did that happen?" Dumbledore asked, all the future people looked at Remus. "They did that to keep me company at school during the full moon." He answered "Peter and James too."

Dumbledore looked at James who had the dignity of looking ashamed and said "Really."

"Yes, my dad is a stag," Harry said with so much clear pride in his voice, that James couldn't help the happiness that filled him. Yes, somehow that was his son, and he was proud of his father, so he asked "How?"

"Well, I don't know, I mean, you're the one who did the transformation," Harry said confused but Lily explained to her son "How are you here? Did you come to warn us? Dumbledore told us of an attack."

"Oh, yes!" and this time was Tonks that came to the rescue, "There was an attack at the Burrow, we were getting ready to take the kids to safety, when Voldemort and his Death Eaters attacked."

"You Know Who is still there, how far in the future do you come from." Arthur asked.

"Fifteen years" Fred answered "Exactly. It was Harry's even had a surprise party planed out, that went well." He finished bitter but Harry felt an upsurge of affection towards his friends. Even with everything, they had planed a party, he never had one, and they cared enough to celebrate his birthday.

"But he wasn't around all that time, Voldemort, I mean." Remus continued "He just regained his body with the aide of a faithful servant" and he couldn't keep the hate from the last word. Dumbledore wondered who that servant was. "He spent fourteen years without a body, and most of his power, a wreck, because of a failed curse." And he didn't elaborate more so to not let Harry's role known.

"But, now he is back, and the Order has been reformed, and while we were emptying the Burrow to move you all in to Headquarters they attacked. The three of us were outside with the kids and their stuff when they showed up." So they proceeded to explain the attack leaving out the fact that Voldemort was after Harry, and the others assumed that he was after the Order members. But they couldn't leave out the fact that Harry had raised a wandless shield and James couldn't help but notice the pride in Remus and Sirius face at this. He felt proud of his son himself, after all he was just a boy, but more than that he felt happy, for seeing the obvious affection of his friends towards his son. Dumbledore then proceeded to explain how the Proferru Tempus spell worked and what they needed from the past people. When he finished Molly was the first one up and in tears she said "Of course! I'll do anything for my children" and she proceeded to hugging them endlessly "and I can't believe I'm having a girl, I always wanted that."

"Mum, people are looking!" Fred said, Remus, Sirius, Harry and Tonks smiled and Tonks said, "Some things just don't change."

Harry looked at his parents not knowing what to do. He never had parents affection, except, sometimes from Mrs. Weasley. But his father solved that problem for him. He stood up and did what he wanted to do since he set eyes on that boy. He walked to him, grabbed his arms and pulled him on a tight hug and said "Everything is going to be fine." Lily joined the hug and the others just watched. Hermione just burst out crying and saying "That's so right," and ran from the room. Everyone looked shocked and Sirius said "She must miss her parents." But he knew that wasn't what Hermione meant, and she was right; that was right. The Potters were together and Harry had yet to let go of his parents' embrace, where for the first time in a long time, he felt like nothing bad could happen to him.