Dark, Light, and In Between

Chapter 8

Remus, Sirius, the twins and Hermione could tell how nervous Harry was as he sat down on the couch in the living room after breakfast. Thankfully Molly, Ron, Ginny and Arthur couldn't see past the calm mask that he had put up. There was no way that Harry was going to let the Ministry know just how nervous he was. He couldn't allow them to see any weakness right now.

"Now Harry," Molly began, "remember to tell them the whole truth. No more lying about Dementors." She reprimanded Harry, who held back a glare.

"I am telling the truth! You should keep your 6'10" out of it!" Harry exploded before storming out of the room. Fred and George rushed out of the room after him, hoping that they could calm him down; especially since he needed to focus on the trial coming up and not their godforsaken nosey mother.

Remus glared at the red headed woman in front of him, not caring in the least that they were on the same side. Even Sirius couldn't hold back anymore. It wasn't right for her to reprimand their godson when she wasn't even related to him.

"Enough Molly! Like Harry said, you are not his mother and most definitely never will be!" Sirius barked out. Arthur shrunk back into the couch, knowing that his wife had crossed the line this time.

"I am more of a mother to him than Lily has ever or will ever be!" Molly screeched right back at Sirius. All of a sudden Harry appeared back into the room, glaring death itself at the woman.

Before anyone could move to stop him, Harry had the woman pinned to the wall across the room, his forearm digging into her throat. Remus had always known that Harry's biggest weakness was how much he cared for Lily. He was a mummy's boy and no one will ever be able to change that.

Arthur stood up and took a step towards them, hoping that he could get them apart. Harry snapped his head around and glared at him, warning him that he would regret it if he got between them. Arthur backed up and took his seat on the couch, putting both of his hands in his lap where they could be seen. Sirius tried to contain a snicker at the scene. Harry turned back to Molly.

"Listen up and listen good, never-and I mean never bad mouth Lily, because the next time you do you will be getting a one way trip to Azkaban for slander." He threatened, the growl in his voice making him sound almost demonic.

Fred and George hurried into the room. Neither of them had been able to stop Harry from apparating back to the living room after hearing what Molly had said about his mother. Not like they could blame him. They both have seen the worst in their mother, ever since Harry had come back into the wizarding world.

George smiled at his mother, who glared at the twins over Harry's shoulder. She had an inclination of the twins sexuality and she found it so sick and wrong. But what she wasn't aware of and couldn't sense, was that the twins were devoted to no one but Harry.

"Harry, we need to get going." Arthur interjected, sighing when Harry let go of his wife and walked away from her.

Hermione hugged him tightly, not really wanting to let him go and have the chance of losing her best friend. They needed each other for support. They told each other their deepest secrets that they didn't tell anyone else.

Remus and Sirius gave Harry a quick hug, wishing him good luck with his trial. Sirius was glad that his godson was getting a trial to prove his innocence, unlike himself where he would probably never even get one. Remus on the other hand was worried about Harry. He had never done anything wrong and the Ministry are out on a witch hunt because of Harry telling them the truth about you-know-who being back.

Harry moved over to the twins and cuddled into them, grateful for their support. Hermione watched them with a knowing look, promising herself that she would talk to her friend about it later. Harry pulled himself out of their arms and followed Arthur out of the room, throwing one last backwards glance at them all.