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'Daddy?'

Harry Potter was shaken from his reverie by his daughters' voice. 'Yes, sweetheart?'

The little red-headed girl came and climbed onto his lap, cuddly white owl firmly in her grasp. 'I had a bad dream.' She whispered as she cuddled into his chest.

Harry wrapped his arms around her in a comforting embrace. It was times like this he found himself surprised by little things, such as how small she was, being only six, and how small she sounded, despite her usual boisterous demeanour which reminded him so much of her mother.

'About?' He asked softly, placing a kiss on top of her head.

'A giant spider was trying to get in through my window and I tried to get out of bed but the floor was covered in baby spiders.' She whispered, looking up at him with big, tear filled eyes.

Harry smiled. 'There are no spiders in your bedroom, darling, and no giant ones outside either, dreams are only dreams, they can't hurt you.' He smiled ruefully as he remembered the dreams he had been plagued with in his youth. Abandoning the warmth of the living room with its open fireplace, he hoisted his daughter onto his hip and began carrying her back to her room. 'I'll check anyway just to be sure, and I'll even put up some protective charms around your room so nothing bad can get in, ok?'

She smiled and nodded, letting her head rest on his shoulder, her little hand grasping the collar of his shirt. He gave her a squeeze to reassure her.

Inside the room he placed her on her bed where she squirmed under the covers as he pretended to check every possible spider-hideout in the room, he then went over to the window, made a show of looking out with a serious expression on his face, then placed a basic shield charm over the window. He returned to her bedside with a smile and tucked his wand back into his pocket.

'There you go, Love. No spiders in here, no spiders out there, and no way for anything to get in now.' He kissed her cheek as she snuggled into her pillow with a smile.

'Thanks, Daddy.'

He was about to rise when her little hand took hold of his sleeve. 'Daddy, is it true you and Uncle Ron fought giant spiders at Hogwarts?'

Ah. He thought. He had been asked to recount this tale again by her brothers just the other day and obviously they couldn't help telling her, no doubt with much exaggeration and frightening descriptions.

'Yes, Lily but that was a long time ago and Hogwarts is very far away from here, besides, I'm pretty sure there are no giant spiders left now.' It wasn't really a lie, he told himself. The spiders hadn't been seen for years and besides, her look of mingled relief and wonder was worth a little white lie.

'Night, Darling.'

'Night, Daddy.'

With one last kiss to her forehead Harry stood, pulling the door too until it let in only a little light, and returned to the living room.

When he entered his wife was waiting for him, brushing ash off of her robes as the flames in the fireplace turned from green back to orange.

'Ginny, how's it all going at the Burrow?' He asked smiling, giving her a lingering kiss.

'Mums been waffling on about everything and nothing all this time, I told her I would be leaving at ten thirty! Half past eleven it is now! Honestly, she's so excited about having a big old family reunion now that Charlie is back in the country.'

Harry laughed, letting her excited words wash over him as they sat together, arms around each other, watching the crackling firewood.

After conversation had died down a bit Ginny suggested they go to bed, Harry agreed, standing, then turned to his wife.

'Oh could you remind me to give James and Albus some particularly boring chores tomorrow?' He smiled to himself as they headed to their bedroom, Ginny looking puzzled behind him.