Chapter 4

Bpov

"Lupin, it's great to see you." Lily- Mum smiled warmly to the pair stood in the doorway. If I hadn't know who the two men were I swear I wouldn't have been able to recognise them off first glance, they looked so... different.

Lupin looked like the same man I had seen all those months ago except this time it was a happier circumstance. The last time I had seen him he was amongst those dead students and teachers in the school hall, hundreds of injured wizards around him, Tonks lying by his side...

Now he was bright eyed and healthy looking, like the weight of the world hadn't yet landed on his shoulders. Like the death and disappearance of all his friends hadn't yet happened.

Then Sirius came in.

My breath hitched as I saw him, Edward pulled me tighter against him as he noticed my distress. Seeing Lupin, even my parents, was one thing but the last time I had seen Sirius alive, was the moment before he died. When he called Harry James then got hit by the killing curse, then disappeared behind the arch.

When we had first met two years previous to that event when he had just escaped Azkaban and we were certain that he was out to kill us he looked like an animal. His eyes lacked any life, he was bony and dirty; looking back I don't think most of that was from Azkaban itself but from the pain and distress of losing my parents, his best friends. It seemed that all that had happened that night had had an ever longing effect on the both of them.

Walking through the door now he had a spring to his step, his wide grin and bright eyes shone on his face, his hair was cut and clean and his face for one was almost hairless. He looked so young, they both did.

"James!" He laughed throwing his arms around my Father, "Good to see buddy."

He moved over to my Mother, "Lilly you look great." He complimented.

"Thank you." Her warm smile was genuine, "How are you? Sirius"

"Great! Thanks for asking. Now where are they?" He asked eagerly stepping fully into the hallway.

Lilly chuckled as he ran into the living room where the two of us were sat patiently in our cot.

"No Wormtail?" James asked Lupin as he shut the door behind them,

"Nope. He said something about him being busy and to send his apologies." He shrugged.

The mention of Wormtail's name made me freeze in my place and I saw Harry stiffen up beside me. Honestly, I had forgotten that he was a friend of my Fathers after everything that had happened; after all he had been the one to get them killed. They may have been dead to me and both Sirius and Lupin in the future but in this current timeline they were friends and at some point, sooner or later, I was likely going to have to see him.

"Well hello you." Sirius greeted the two of us who looked up at him with wide eyes, "You look better than you did the last time I saw you; then you were all wrinkly and crying but now you look kind of cute." He smiled pulling something from behind his back and dropping it into the wooden confinement along with us. It was dog,

"Mooney refused to get you a wolf but I just couldn't resist getting you this." He smirked up at James who smiled back, "Something to remind you of me."

Looking back down at the two younger versions of ourselves, small me grabbed a hold of the stuffed teddy inspecting it carefully then shaking it up and down like a milk bottle.

"Can I hold one of them?" Sirius asked.

"Sure you can." Mum moved over to the cot and picked Harry up seeing that I was so engrossed with the stuffed dog in my arms. Passing him over to Sirius and showing him how to hold him.

"Just put your hand under his head- there you go."

Sirius looked down at the baby as Harry just stared back, eyes fluttering open and close and his mouth parted open.

Harry, the real Harry, walked towards me,

"Let's just admit, I'm clearly everybody's favourite."

"Pfftt, can you try to be serious for a moment." I laughed at his idea, "The only reason why you were picked up first is because I'm clearly engrossed with the dog." I pointed to where I was playing.

"Suuuree." He eyed me, suppressing the urge to laugh.

"Lupin, do you want to hold Bella?"

"Me?" Lupin spluttered, taken back for a moment, "Are you-"

"Remus." My Mother stated, moving to stand in front of him with a stern yet friendly expression, "You are not dangerous. I trust you and James trusts you it's about time you start trusting yourself."

He nodded to himself, "Sure."

Our mother grinned proudly whilst making her way back to where I sat in the cot. She picked me up by the armpits and cradled me in her arms before passing me over to Lupin's awaiting arms. I reluctantly let go of the fluffy dog, moving my curled up fist to my mouth.

"Bella, I know I already told you this but holy cow you are SO adorable as a baby." Alice cooed excitedly.

"Am- am I doing this right?" Lupin questioned as he struggled to manoeuver his hands to go behind my head.

"You're doing perfect." Lilly kissed me on the forehead, "You should have seen James the first time he held Bella. I have never seen that man look so scared in his life." She laughed at the memory.

"Can't blame a man for being cautious." James piped up.

"Alfredo?" I called out turning to the back of the room where the vampire stood away from the rest of us, "How much of this are we going to see? Our childhood that is?" I couldn't bear the thought of having to watch my parents die again. I had spent countless nights awake dreaming the moment over and over again. I couldn't do it once more.

"Well, your parents were alive for 15 months once you were born am I correct?" He waited for us to nod, "Well then you have 15 months of variety of moments to watch. You can leave at any time but for the moment I wouldn't worry. Just thrive in what you missed growing up."

Enjoy the moments I hoped would have continued if this catastrophe had never occurred.

Hey, I feel like it's been forever. Sorry about that; I've been busy with school and Christmas and just kind of lost some motivation but I'm here now. Happy 2017! I hope you all had a great holiday.

I meant to post this a few days ago but never got round to it.

Anyhow, I hope you liked and if there's any kind of scene you want me to write leave a review and I;ll try to do just that. Thanks :)