Hey there! So I've been reading tons of Potter-twin fics and I must say I'm intrigued as to where I can take this. I've got the future chapters roughly drawn out and I plan to update possibly every Monday since I posted the first chapter on a Monday.

I know it might sound cliche with the Potter-twin thing but give it a chance, yeah?

Lily Potter couldn't have been happier when she'd finally settled her bum on the doctor's comfortable chair. Granted, she was about to be put through a few tests, one in particular she was sure would leave her face burning as red as her hair, but at least she was finally off of her feet.

Her husband was already late for a quarter of an hour but Lily was too excited to truly care. James had sworn off the action packed Auror cases until their baby was at least half a year old. It was just too much of a risk to keep him on the field while his son or daughter grew day after day and he missed pretty much everything.

The healer smiled at Lily as she squirmed to get higher up on the chair. She mirrored the smile and fondly rubbed at her tummy. "It just isn't that easy to get around anymore."

"I noticed." Healer Paloma fiddled with the chart in her hands, a quick-notes-quill sauntered after her though it did not write anything down. "Is Auror Potter going to be joining us?"

"James promised he'd be here." Lily let out before pushing back a strand of stubborn hair. "I believe he said he'd be late but he'd be here nonetheless."

Healer Paloma glanced at the clock before nodding. "A few more minutes won't hurt."

Lily was thankful she'd chosen that particular healer. She just had that certain pull to her that made you want to feel at ease. Maybe that's why she chose to become a healer. It was people like her that children needed when their parents were in the operating room and they were not unlike to lost soldiers out at sea.

"I'm here! I got here as fast as I could!" The door flew open and James ran in, Auror reflexes had him shutting the door and sliding towards Lily by the chair in a matter of seconds. He flashed Healer Paloma a grin before he placed a hand on his wife's stomach. "Did I miss it? Have you seen whether it's a boy or a girl?"

"We opted to wait for you." Lily answered, running her fingers through James' thick black hair.

"Thank Merlin for that." James then straightened up. "I'll get us out of your hair as soon as possible Healer, I just wanna know if I'm having a boy or a girl."

With a simple flick of her wand, Healer Paloma traced out the information the Potters were so desperate to gain, she concentrated deeply. It wouldn't do to collect the wrong answer and inform the soon-to-be parents only to disappoint them because she'd been wrong.

Once the result came up, Healer Paloma grabbed the piece of parchment the quill had neatly written on and pulled it up to her face. Shaking her head, she swished her wand for a second time, the quill promptly jotting down whatever the result was before she pulled it towards herself.

Lily and James shared a look of surprise when the healer shook her head once more before repeating the test.

"Is something wrong?" Lily grabbed for her husband's hand, their fingers lacing together. She was about ready to die if Healer Paloma dared to keep the answer from her.

When Healer Paloma continued to look confused and unsure, James stepped in and placed a hand on his wife's stomach, giving the healer a stern glance. "I'd appreciate it if you answered my wife Healer."

Snapping out of it, Healer Paloma glanced up at the couple, her fingers tightening their grips on the multitude of parchments she'd had created through the tests. The feeling of guilt settled in her stomach when she realized she'd just probably scared the hearts out of the couple when she wouldn't answer them.

Healer Paloma smiled as steadily as she could before shaking her head. "Nothing's wrong Mister and Misses Potter."

Lily held her breath; she heard a very serious but in that sentence.

"I was just incredibly surprised." The healer took in a deep breath. "Do twins run in your family Misses Potter?"

Twins? Lily shook her head, no.

"Mister Potter?"

"No." James then looked at his wife's stomach before gazing up at the healer once more. "Are you saying that… that Lily is…?"

"Yes." Healer Paloma smiled brightly before neatly compiling the pieces of parchment she'd been holding and handing it over. "I was beginning to wonder just how big a baby Misses Potter was carrying but now it makes sense. She's carrying twins."

"Did I miss it? Merlin, please don't tell me I missed it!" Sirius Black ran into the room, ignoring the very obvious and stern looks the healers sent his way for screaming like a lunatic in a hospital. Didn't matter much to him anyways, St. Mungo's wasn't somewhere he would frequently find himself in.

"We don't know." Remus Lupin let out a sigh as he leaned against the white wall. He gestured towards the doors right in front of him. "They've been locked in there for quite some time though I'm pretty sure Lily was just cursing James' existence."

"As was I." Severus Snape walked out of the fireplace in that floor, conveniently settled just to the left of the Potter's room, his cloak billowing.

Sirius rolled his eyes at that comment but for the sake of the occasion had let it go. Remus smiled proudly at his friend, recognizing it as a very mature move for the man but Severus's eyes lighting up like a child on Christmas day ruined it for all of them.

"What's this Black, no taunting remarks?" Severus placed himself in a chair before flicking out his wand and unshrinking a small box that jiggled slightly when he'd passed it to Remus. "This should last for the rest of the year."

"Thank you." Remus pocketed the small box just as the door opened and a swarm of healers walked out. The mass of white was followed by a very disheveled but happy James Potter, who had a bundle in his arms.

"Someone's come to say hello." James held the small bundle with an awed expression on his face, his eyes riveted on the tiny person in his arms. He held it out a bit towards the group of men surrounding him. "Remus, this is your godson Nathan Charles Potter."

To any of the single men watching the squirming pink thing in their only married friend's arms, they couldn't figure out what they were looking at. Yes, of course, it was a newborn baby, but it was the first time for any of them to see one straight from the womb.

Slowly, James steered himself back into the room, the other three following him.

Sirius lowered his voice but was not capable of stopping himself. "Is the head supposed to be pointy?"

"I think it's because he had to be pushed out of Lily." Remus then caught a mental image of a random moment and he shuddered inwardly because personally he did not fancy anything of that kind related to a person he considered his sister.

Severus found it even stranger and so he approached the obviously tired red head on the bed with caution, catching his breath when he saw the happy smile on his Lily's face. It had been long before James and Lily got married that Severus accepted that he and Lily would never have anything more than what they had now, and he was happy for his best friend.

"Would you like to hold him Severus?" Lily gingerly offered the white bundled baby to him and stiffly, he took the newborn into his arms, raising an eyebrow when it started to squirm. A very tiny hand reached out from under the edges of the cloth he'd been covered in and with a great deal of waiting, a very dark pair of brown eyes stared up at him.

Severus raised his head. "He did not get your eyes."

Lily seemed surprised but was not displeased, her smile not failing. "James has beautiful eyes too. And Harry has already taken a liking to you."

"Harry?" Severus echoed.

"Harry James Potter." Lily then kept her gaze fixed on her best friend. "Your godson."

Severus felt a crushing weight on his chest, but it was a good kind. He sent the smirking red head a glance before letting his eyes settle on the small baby in his arms.

"I like the sound of that." Severus then cast the baby's father a look. "Does he approve or did you have to force him to agree to this."

"None of that." Lily chided. "He was quite happy with the idea of making you Harry's godfather. Nathan has Remus and both boys will have Sirius. They both need a firm voice in their lives. Merlin knows how much free reign they'll have with us raising them."

"I'm sure you'll do a good job Lily." Severus assured her.

"I hope so Severus." The red head laughed lightly as she took her son back in her arms. James settled back on the bed beside her and tears flooded her eyes as she took in the sight of her two boys. "Welcome to the world Nathan and Harry Potter. We are very happy to have you here."

James walked through the door, his heart beating loudly at the sound of laughter that reached his ears. Not a day went by that he didn't wish he could stay at home all day and watch after his sons. It sort of made him feel better that the boys had Lily and they would always be taken after but there would always be a part of him that wanted to just quit his job.

How he would feed his family after that happened was a question he didn't have an answer to and so would explain why he was still employed as an Auror and was beginning to have less and less time to spend with his children and wife.

"Look who's home!" Lily cheered from where she lay on the floor. One of the boys had a building block in his hand, happily banging away at a carefully constructed house only to be demolished at said banging.

James caught the gummy smile on that baby and the thick patch of red hair on his head. The moment he'd walked into the room, this baby threw the block away and reached out for him. That was Nathan. Eyes moving around, James saw Harry, who also had a block in his hand and a handful of Lily's red hair in the other. He was happily gumming at a pacifier he'd never grown tired off. Green eyes moved upwards to meet him and he was completely enthralled to see so much of Lily in both Nathan and Harry.

Picking Nathan up in one arm and Harry in the other, James hugged them to his chest, taking in the soft scent that was purely his kids. The boys were roughly the same size, neither was growing faster than the other and both were healthy six month old babies.

Lily smiled at him from where she stayed on the floor, the fire in the hearth reflecting off her hair and eyes. James couldn't help but send thanks to whoever it was watching over him and his family. He never felt so blessed and lucky to have them.

"Do it Nathan."

"I don't want to."

"It's good for you."

"I don't care if it's good for me. I don't want to do it and you can't make me." Nathan Potter stuck his tongue at his twin before resolutely stomping up the stairs. It would be the end of the world the day his brother managed to get him to touch that thing.

Harry Potter on the other hand was exasperated beyond belief. Cheeks puffing up, he stomped all the way to the kitchen where his five year old instincts told him his mother would be before promptly telling her that Nathan refused to answer the answer sheets they'd been given by their Dad before he left for work that morning.

"He downright refused did he?" Lily made a noise of disapproval and for a second Harry felt guilty for telling on Nathan but he'd firmed on his decision and nodded his head. "Thank you for telling me Harry. You go and play now while I get Nathan to answer these questions. You've done your own set yes?"

"Yes." Harry promised, because he had done it. He'd been given a cookie for his efforts before he set off towards the yard where he was sure he would be able to escape his twin's cries of disbelief at being told on.

Half an hour later when Harry was preoccupied on the swing set, trouble came in the form of his brother running towards him as fast as his little legs could carry him. "You told Mum?!"

When James got home that evening, it was to see one of his boys in a cast and the other with a long scar on his cheek that could probably be healed with magic but was left to heal on its own.

"Do I even want to know?" He asked tiredly as his boys trudged up to their rooms. The two had been fighting more and more often now and he was starting to get really worried. Sirius had said it would only be a phase, something he and Regulus had gone through. Severus had pointed out that that ended in them being separated from one another, not acknowledging the other as brothers. He also made it obvious that Lily and Petunia had gone through the same thing only Petunia had truly hated her sister.

Trudging up the stairs, James kissed his wife before moving to check on Nathan only to find the small cot empty and void of any sign of a small person.

Heart in his mouth, James rushed out of Nathan's room into Harry's only to have his heart settle back down into his chest. Harry was sound asleep in his bed but he wasn't alone. Nathan had a palm pressed to his cheek, the long gash there had been his fault but the cast on his brother's arm was ever the more his fault too.

"I'm sorry Harry…"

James smiled at his children, his heart breaking at the guilty look on Nathan's face and the tears in his eldest's eyes when Nathan noticed him by the door. A whimper tore from Nathan's throat and he shook his head, wanting to explain. "I d-didn't… I didn't mean to h-hurt H-Harry…"

"I know you didn't." James settled himself on the bed and pressed a long kiss to Nathan's forehead, not liking the way his son gasped for breath as he cried, the tears falling down his cheeks. Despite being under sleep's spell, Harry felt his brother's distress and stirred.

"Hush now." James soothed, easing Nathan under the covers with Harry. There he settled and the tears stopped.

James couldn't figure out what was so bad about having siblings since he had been an only child himself. But he did know as to what he'd missed out on without the help of having a brother or sister around. He had been raised a pureblood and it wouldn't have hurt to have someone to lean on when his parents thought he hadn't been good enough.

"Nathan..."

"Yeah?"

"I forgive you."

"They're here!" Harry whooped in joy before dragging himself away from the breakfast table to where his brother had intercepted the incoming owls. The feathered friends were holding in their beaks a very important letter and the twins had been waiting to receive it since they'd turned eleven.

Nathan had a neatly folded piece of parchment in his hand, the envelope already long forgotten. He grinned excitedly at Harry who took of the envelope of his own letter with ease. They glanced to their left were Lily and James smiled quite excited themselves.

"Do you know what this means then?" Lily asked.

Nathan echoed Harry's whoop of joy and the youngest Potter nodded his head eagerly. "To Diagon Alley!"

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Chief Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)

Dear Mister Potter,

We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of necessary books and equipment. Term begins on the first of September. We await your owl by no more than the thirty first of July.

Yours sincerely, Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

And so it begins...

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