The Gift From Death

Chapter 4: The Return

3rd, August, Tuesday, 1998...

Barley a minute after Death stopped speaking a door shaped portal opened and a figure floated out followed by seven people.

"Ah, Life, how nice of you to join us." Death said to the figure.

The figure, identified as Life, looked like the opposite of Death. Where Death was black or grey, Life was white or cream coloured, the only similarity was the eye's. Like Death's, Life's eyes were glowing with a soft golden light.

"Yes well you know how Lady Fate gets when it comes to us entering the human world." Life said with a chuckle.

"True," Death replied then turned back to the people seated at the table, "This is my brother Life everybody. Life have you explained to the returnee's what has been done?"

"Of course I have do you really think I wouldn't, brother mine?" Life said looking insulted.

Death just rolled his eye's as Life turned to the people behind him.

"This is where we leave you. Please be more careful with your lives we wont be able to bring you back if you die again." Life said sternly to the returnees who nodded.

Then both Life and Death floated back through the portal and dissapeared.

Everyone just sat or stood in silence staring at the returnees. Fred Weasley looking exactly the same as his twin, but with both ears. Remus and Nymphadora Lupin were looking younger as was Sirius Black as they had been aged back to thier 21 year old bodies, the two Potters not looking any older than they did when they died and Regulus Black looking like a younger version of Sirius at 17 years old.

The silence was broken by George saying, "Fred?" in an unbelieving voice that croaked a little.

Fred grinned and said, "Missed me Georgie?"

All of a sudden George was up and hugging Fred crying with happieness at finaly having his twin back then Molly was hugging them both. That seemed to break the silence and everyone was on their feet and hugging everyone. Andromeda was hugging her daughter and son-in-law with Teddy in her arms. Harry went and hugged his godfather and his parents. Narcissa was hugging Regulus and Minerva just went around and gave everyone a hug and a smile (She even hugged Regulus who looked surprised).

After the greetings and hugs were done Sirius turned to James and said, "I think they missed us Prong's."

James laughed and said, "I think your right Padfoot, what do you think Moony?"

Remus smiled at hearing the familiar banter again after so many years. "Of course they did Prong's." he replied smiling as Teddy, in his grandmothers arms, changed his hair from looking like Harry's to looking like Sirius's then going through the colours of the rainbow finaly settling on turquoise with Remus's style.

Harry then spoke up, "Welcome back all of you, we have missed you all terribly." he said smiling and took Teddy from Andromeda.

"I'll seccond that." Ginny said.

"So how are we going to get caught up?" Lily asked getting nod's from those who retuned, "None of us know anything that happened after our deaths other than that Voldemort is gone for good and that it involved Harry somehow." she said sounding a little confused and a little worried.