Life is a Surprise

Prologue

Six years had passed since the day Harry and Ginny had gotten married and their lives had changed considerably. They now had three children living with them none of them blood related but they were a family.

Their eldest was a boy named Gavin. He was ten years old and had lived with them for five years. His parents had been killed by Death Eaters not long before Harry had defeated Voldemort.

Gavin was a well mannered quiet boy with bright blonde hair that was styled in small spikes his eyes were a bright blue that sparkled when he was happy. Ginny and Harry loved him so much and sometimes they'd even forget that he was adopted.

Their next child was Holly a seven year old that they had adopted when she was three. She too was a blonde but she had soft green eyes very unlike those that belonged to Gavin. She though was very loud and always happy when she was running around up to something.

Then there was Charlotte who had now reached the age of six, her dark hair always sat in soft curls and her brown eyes were always sparkling. Unlike the other two she had never known any other family and she only knew Harry and Ginny as her parents.

As for Harry and Ginny they were the same as ever, Harry was still busy running around as an Auror while Ginny's choice of job was still a secret to most since she could not really tell anyone what she did.

Then there were their friends. Bill and Chloe had moved to America where Chloe had taken over as the liaison after the death of Christopher Martin. As for Charlie he had moved Paula to Romania where he had once again taken up his job with the dragons that he had been missing for so many years.

Percy and Penelope were still happily married with three children. Robin was now eleven and heading off to her first year at Hogwarts, making everyone feel very old for the first time. Gavin was taking this much harder than most of the others because Robin was his best friend since they were so close in age.

River was seven and full of life, he loved running around and was usually found with Holly playing hide and seek or climbing up trees. The pair were hardly ever seen apart and were always laughing about something.

The youngest of their children was three year old Crystal she had her fathers red hair and blue eyes and seemed to be following in his footsteps with her love for following the rules many times she had gotten River and Holly in trouble for going out of bounds.

As for Remus and Tonks things were changing for them as well. Sirius was now eight years old and very sure of himself both spent many hours trying to convince him to calm down and behave. Both were still working as Aurors though.

Then there are Neville and April. They were still happily married but without any children not that it caused any problems for them. Their careers had changed as well over the years. April was now the healer in Hogwarts and Neville had taken over as the Herbology professor. However that didn't mean he had given up on earlier work and was still researching the use of uncommon plants.

Hermione's life too had changed not only was she a mother but she had left her job in St. Mungos and had taken over as the Charms Professor when Flitwick had retired four years before. Ron however was still happily working as an Auror with Harry.

They had only one child six year old Matt who enjoyed spending time at his Aunty Ginny's house as it meant that he got to play with Charlotte who had been his best friend for as long as he could remember.

Although this group of people were happy with the way their lives were going none of them realised how much life was about to change.

Okay so here's the truth about this story. This series that I've written is not my favourite. It has been so long since I wrote the first two and even read them that for the most part I can't even remember what has happened.

Someone asked me about this story a couple of weeks ago (and I'm so sorry I can't remember who it was) in response I told this person that this story wouldn't be posted until next year due to the fact that I've not written anything for it. However I then started to feel slightly guilty because well its been over a year I believe since I promised this story and so I started to write some chapters.

Before we go any further I still haven't read back through the first two but I know that they are out of cannon because this was written before HBP. So I'm carrying on with things as set up in the first two. This is going to be a relatively short story (when compared to INY and FFMN) only 15 chapters long. It is going to focus mainly on Ginny although Neville, Harry, Hermione and Ron will make tiny appearances. To try and make up for the over all length of the story and the time frame I will try to give you long chapters (although chapter 2 will be very short, but you'll understand when we get to that)

As for the chapters. So far I have 2 chapters written. I know thats hardly nothing and I'm still working on my dissertation (due 2nd May - only have conclusion left to write) I also have to write a 1500 word essay on how Roman reacted to celtic religion (due 9th May - nothing written for this yet) and I have an exam on Magic and the Supernatural that I need to revise for (23rd May). So until then there is going to be unregular posting. As I'm going to be writing this around all that. I hope you'll all understand.

Kris xx