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Chapter one:
Come Home
Harry had not felt his scar burn in two years, since the evening that he had defeated Lord Voldemort and the wizarding world was finally set free from all his evil. Harry was finally able to breath; he was able to live the life that he wanted with his family and friends. Ginny and Harry decided that staying at the Burrow with her family until they could a find a place of their own was what was best for everyone. They had only just taken the big step of moving in with each other. They were both finally in a place mentally where they were ready to a couple. Harry never thought that in a million years he would want to settle down, the idea of it scared him senseless. These next few months were going to be big for him, more then he could ever see coming.
In a small café on the outskirts of Diagon Ally sat a young woman, her hair was a beautiful red, it came down her back, she had the brightest green eyes and the most beautiful smile. The young witch sat there in her cloak reading the daily prophet. She smirked at the headline that read 'Harry Potter: Head of Auror Department.' She always knew that Harry would get there, she just never thought that he would do it so young.
As she sat there in her thoughts, someone touched her shoulder from behind. “Minerva.” A small voice asked.
Minerva jumped up and turned around seeing a girl that she had gone to school with at Beauxbatons, she was with a man who had scaring on his face and long shoulder length red hair. She knew him as Bill Weasley, also with them was their small baby daughter, she had not seen in Fleur ages. “Fleur it has been a long time. Look at her, she is beautiful.”
Fleur nodded, and she smiled from ear to ear. "Yes, I 'ave a beautiful family now. I 'ave married Bill and we are very much in love. Zen we 'ave zis beautiful daughter, she is a year old now." Fleur smiled; Bill handed her the small girl.
“Fleur she is a spitting image of yourself." Minerva smiled at Bill. "And it is very nice to meet you as well." She knew that he did not recognize her at all.
Bill smiled back and he shook her hand. "It is nice to meet one of Fleur's friends. I must say though you look oddly like someone I have seen before. Have we met?"
Her eyes widened, and she shook her head, she was surprised that he had a small recollection of her at all. "I am sorry, no I do not think that we have met before.” She lied; she could not let on that anyone knew of her until she had informed Harry about everything.
Bill nodded and agreed with her. "Yes, I guess not. I do that a lot, I have seen a lot of people, their faces all look the same after awhile.” He replied as her headed over to the counter to pay the waitress.
Fleur smiled at Minerva. "Bill iz a very friendly man, also sometimes a vit odd.” She laughed, as she sat down with Minerva.
Nodding. “It is always nice to be friendly.” She stood up; she was in no mood to be in a conversation. “I really need to get going, we should meet up sometime, catch up, have coffee. Gabby can join us as well.”
Fleur nodded. “Yes, zhat vould ve great.”
Minerva nodded and headed out the door, she needed to keep up her act, but she did not know how much longer she could.
As Minerva walked away, Fleur looked at the paper deeply. She gasped because at that moment she had figured out who Minerva looked like; they had the same eyes.
Minerva was walking down the streets of Diagon Ally, she was lost in her own thoughts. There was so much that she needed to tell Harry but was unsure if he would believe her. She knew that he was known to be a bit of a hot head and that the rumour was he was very easily agitated. She walked into a small side ally, she looked around to make sure that no one was around, and in a moment, she was gone.
Minerva appeared at small clearing there were two graves one was that of Edward Tonks, which was Nymphadora’s father. The other was that of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Lupin. They all rested there, walking over to Remus’ she knelt. “Father, what am I to do? How do I tell him? I wish you were here to help me do this. It has been two years and I have been hiding away in Romania too afraid to tell him.” She sighed as she felt someone kneel beside her, touching her hand.
“Sweet Minerva, I knew that I would see you here today.” Andromeda smiled at her.
Minerva reached over hugging her. “I am so sorry that I have not been around more, it is just so hard to face life here without them in it. I lost everyone that night, everyone but you.” Tears filled her eyes as she thought about the night of the war.
Nodding, she held her tight. “It has been hard, but we need you back. He is growing up so fast, and he does not even know who you are. Come home, it is time that you get back to your life here with us.”
“Teddy.” She sighed. “Dad would be furious with me for not helping you with him, he is my little brother, and I am a stranger to him”
“You do not have to be my dear, come home. He is young enough that he will not recall that you were away the first two years of his life.” Andromeda looked at the headstones. “I miss them all so much every day.”
“I am so sorry that you have lost so much as well, and it was all because of the chaos that the Potter children brought into your life.” She stood up.
“No, do not do that. They all knew what the stakes were, and they wanted to fight, they wanted to free our world from the evil that it had become. They all did this because they loved you and Harry, also so that the future of the wizarding world was brighter.” Standing up, she wrapped her arm around Minerva’s waist. They now stood side by side looking down.
“How do I do it? How do I tell Harry? What if he does not want to believe me? What if he wants nothing to do with me?” Minerva asked with fear growing in her voice.
“One step at a time, day by day. First let’s get you back home with Teddy. Then we can plan the rest of it out once you settle in.” Andromeda smiled.
“That sounds like a great plan.” Minerva took her hand and they disapparated home.
The living room of the cottage had not changed at all; it was filled with pictures of the family and her heart sank. She had not looked at photos of them in two years.
“Drandma!” A small voice came from down the hall.
Minerva turned, and she seen him. Teddy was waddling down the hallway. He was a perfect mixture of his parents, and his hair was a bright blue. She could not hold her tears back anymore. “He has gotten so big.” She looked over at Andromeda.
She nodded at her and picked the toddler up. “Teddy, say hi to your big sister. This is Minnie.”
He looked at her and then at all the pictures. “Minnie.”
Minerva nodded. “Yes, Minnie, buddy. I am so sorry that I left you, but that is all over I am home, and I am home to stay.”
Andromeda smiled at her. “You are both where you should be now.”
The rest of the evening she spent with Teddy, playing with him. Andromeda was also filling her in on the stories that she loved sharing about the young boy
It became late Minerva entered her childhood room; everything was the way that she left it over two years ago. It was kept up and cleaned but nothing was touched. “Wow, this is…” She sat on her bed taking a deep breath. “Dad, I wish you were here. I really need you; your advice would be so helpful.” She laid back and soon dozed off into a deep sleep.