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Chapter Six - Finding Harry

The Order of the Phoenix was now assembled in the room of requirement. "Now, Moony and I need to find Harry, you need to prepare the castle and the students to defend themselves and prepare an offense." Minerva walked in. "Minnie! Lovely to see you." Sirius said as she came up to him and embraced him, he kissed both her cheeks. "I believe in you." She whispered into his ear. This filled him with confidence, Minerva had always been like a mother to him, his biological mother had always seen him as 'a disappointment' Minerva made him feel safe, protected and loved, as though by a mother. "We won't rest until we find Harry James Potter." Sirius continued. "We will defeat Voldemort once and for all. The end is near. Who will stand and fight with me. For James and Lily Potter, for Alice and Frank Longbottom, for Albus Dumbledore." He received a round of applause from the room. Remus took over. "It is imperative that Voldemort doesn't take control of this castle! If he does we have no hope. Padfoot and I will start looking for Harry." He was cut off by Sirius. "Minerva is in charge. Listen to and obey her as you would me." None of them knew that Draco Malthoy was listening through the door. None of them knew that Draco Malthoy was Harry Potter's boyfriend. He had decided to help. He knew exactly where Harry was, it would give them an advantage and prove his loyalty to this side. He opened the door and walked in. "Quite the predicament we seem to be in. If only somebody knew the exact whereabouts of Harry. Oh, his boyfriend does. Who's his boyfriend? Well, me." He saw Lupin slip 5 galleons to McGonagall. "You know where he is?" Sirius demanded. "Yes, he's in a muggle forest that Hermione used to visit with her parents. Forest of Dean, I believe they call it." Remus gasped. "I know where that is!" He grabbed Sirius and Draco and they ran from the grounds. 

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He apparated them to a forest covered in snow. They saw a tent. "Harry?" Draco said. He saw the raven haired boy emerge from the tent. "Draco." He whispered before hurling into his arms. He kissd him hastily. "Baby, how did you find me?" "Well, I overheard talking in the Great Hall, people saying that they needed to find you. You told me the name of this place, which I told them, and Remus knew it so apparated us here." Harry smiled at his boyfriend. He turned to Remus and Sirius, who were holding hands. He hugged them close. Both of the men saw their friend. Both of them saw James, in the boy, the night he told them that he, Lily and Harry had to go into hiding. 

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"Pads, Moony. He's after us. We don't know why, but we think it has something to do with Harry." Sirius stared at his feet trying not to cry. "We want you to come with us." Remus was shocked. "Prongs, a werewolf and a baby. I'd end up killing him!" James sighed. "Moony we need you, he needs you." "Prongs, I'm coming, not even Merlin himself could stop me." James breathed a slight sigh of relief."Thank you, Pads. Moony?" Remus sighed. "Fine!" The three men looked at each other. Remus and Sirius could see their friend's greatest fear, letting down his family, them being hurt. They both knew that James would break if something happened to his wife or son and he came out fine. They all knew, deep down, that James would die saving his family. They secretly knew that Voldemort would kill him, but they clung to the hope that something would intervene. 

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"Harry, your parents loved you very much. They still love you. They didn't deserve to die the way and the time that they did." Remus began, Sirius then continued, "But that's what happened, it's time to avenge them and finish what you started that night in Godric's Hollow." Harry sighed. "Do you know what happened to them after they died?" "They were buried in the Godric's Hollow graveyard." Sirius replied. "I want to see them. Before it happens." Harry said, defiantly. "OK, we can go." Remus assured him. "What about Ron?" Hermione piped up. "Hey." They heard from the trees. Hermione ran towards him. "Ron, you came back." She whispered. "Of course I did, I couldn't leave you Mione." She grabbed him into a kiss. "We're going to Godric's Hollow." She said quietly, as she pulled away, but stayed in his embrace. Ron took her hand and walked over to the rest of the group. "You gonna be OK with that mate?" He addressed Harry. "Yeah, it was my idea. I need to talk to them." "Come on then. We can go before it gets dark." Remus said. Everyone grabbed onto him and they apparated to a street that the older men remembered. 

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They walked down, until they stopped at a house, it wasn't like the others, it reeked of death. It hadn't been touched since the young couple died. Tears welled in Sirius's eyes, Remus grabbed his hand and stroked it with his thumb. They turned around to face the graveyard. They all walked in and followed Remus and Sirius, they stopped infront of a headstone that was about three feet tall and two feet long. "Can I have a minute?" Harry asked, everyone nodded silently and went off, staying close. "Hi, you guys have probably been watching over me my whole life. So you probably know that I'm stuck, we've found some of the horcruxes but have no idea how to destroy them. Everyone expects me to know what to do, to have a plan. I don't, I never have. I don't want to start a war, I just want him to come and fight me alone. I don't want people to die like you did. I know I haven't ever talked to you before but, I think I'm gonna start, I know you'll be listening." "I'm scared." He said, tears starting to fall. "I didn't want any of this to happen, nobody deserved any of this, not you, not Hogwarts, not my friends. I'm just a kid, I can't defeat a powerful wizard. I love you, mum, dad. Thank you." He didn't realise that he had sat down, so he got up and walked over to Draco, who hugged him silently. Remus and Sirius went over to the headstone. "Hey Prongs, Harry looks just like you, except his eyes, they're yours Red. I'm sorry, that night. We went to get food and when we got back, you were both dead and Harry was crying in his cot. We both failed, I was shipped off to Askaban for your  murder, and Moony went into hiding." Tears fell down his face silently. "I'm sorry, I couldn't care for a baby on my own, when I turned during the full moon,  I would kill him." "You'd be so proud. He's done splendidly, given the circumstances. He's so full of hope and courage. Has a really good sense of what's right and wrong, probably got it from you Red." Sirius clung to Remus, his breathing becoming irregular due to his silent sobbing. Remus continued from Sirius. "We'll be his family now, when all this is over, we'll be a proper family. We love you Prongs, Lily. We won't forget all that you did for us." Remus held out his wand and a wreath of Lilies appeared in the centre of the headstone. They walked back over to the group, hands intertwined. "We should go back to Hogwarts. Are you OK Harry?" Sirius asked his godson, drying his eyes. "Yeah, I feel better now, more ready." They all grabbed on to Remus, who apparated them back to the castle. The castle that had been home to all of them, at least once in their lives.