"The day they have children, we'll know that they are the worst," he said with a grin. "I don't know what you're talking about. I'd never answer back to people."
Harry hated that he had turned out just as bad as Aunt Petunia. He might not have locked them up, but he had ignored his own children. "I can only guess, Jamie, but maybe that was my own way to protect you from me and my life." He walked away, sitting on the counter again. "What was I going to show you? I can fly and I can stop Dark Wizards and it looks like one was taken away from me by being promoted. What was I going to show you? That I don't know how to do anything else? My idea of a great mother is Aunt Petunia giving Dudley everything and turning him into the most obnoxious person possible and Molly who wants to micromanage every moment of her children's lives. I couldn't do either."
He sighed. "And again you're seeing what happened through Ron's take on things. He's always been... normal. No matter what happened, he was the most normal of us and of his brothers. What do you really think you learned that you think I should have shared with my children? I don't know about the other twenty-five years, but I can tell you that I wouldn't want to share much of what happened until now, maybe stories from school, up until fourth year, a few things here and there, but anything would be so sanitized that it wouldn't mean much. But, again, I'm guessing. What I can tell you for certain is that I might have married your mother because it was the right thing, but there was never any question that I wanted you. You're not an obligation. None of you are. If I kept things, myself from you, it's because I was protecting you. I-" He ran a hand over his face. "I'm a thousand times better than I was when I got here. Your mum left me, because I was losing control, even my magic. I almost hurt her with a burst of accidental magic. I was drunk-" He sighed again. "I'd pull away from Ron and Hermione, going under cover, hell I was picking up men while being someone else. I thought they had no idea although considering their reaction, or lack thereof to Draco, maybe they did know. The point that I'm trying to make is that if I hadn't come here and if things had kept getting worse, I don't think I would have wanted you three to know me."
He shrugged. "If we're living an entire lifetime here, we might answer more questions at once." He nodded. "Is that the magical cocoon or whatever the fuck so even gay people could have children? That would have solved most problems anyway right?" Which again meant that there was a lot more going on. "I know we always think of purebloods for dark magic, because they know a lot of old spells, but new spells can be just as dangerous. Think about it, though. It doesn't have to be an either or. Purebloods would want the continuation of our society and knew potent spells. Muggleborns would have knowledge of alternative ways. Put the two together. I mean a bunch of old rich people won't look at things like bloodlines if they feel things aren't going the way they like. What if we knew that something was brewing. Hermione might have taken a public stance while we did something in private. Padma- She might have known as well, easier to work on things if we could give her access to ministry resources without any of the constriction. Something this big? I can't imagine not getting the DA involved." He shook his head. "I don't know. Maybe we weren't doing the experiments at all, but it was a way to hide what we were doing or what someone else was doing. Maybe we weren't ready and we cast the spell hoping for the best. Maybe we were ready, but there's so much magic at Hogwarts that it woke up some other spell. Maybe it was really a curse, but not the one we think. I think Padma needs to look into this, switch Hermione there as well. I know they don't get along, but-" He snorted. "Oh Jamie, this is just another Tuesday. Different year, some bullshit. We'll figure it out; we always do."