Chapter One; Happy Birthday Babies
Harry and Ginny Potter couldn't believe how quickly time flew by for them. They had recently become the parents of a couple of twin daughters that they had named Lilly and Lucy. They may have looked exactly the same on the outside, but as their parents quickly found out, they were nowhere near the same on the inside. Even they were just babies, they had their own personalities. Lilly's favorite color was pink, and Lucy's favorite color was purple.
Lilly was a burping champion and didn't really like to take her naps, while her identical twin sister couldn't burp if her life depended on it (or rather she took a longer time and they were really small and quiet) and she loved to sleep more than anything, except for maybe eating in which they both rather enjoyed. Ginny said that they took after their uncle on that part. There were only a couple of things that were the same about them. They loved music and there was a powerful prophecy about them.
Ever since they were born Harry and Ginny never stopped worrying about them. Of course Harry had normal worries about not wanting to drop them, or changing their diaper, or if they had had enough milk, but he like his wife was also worried about their safety. He really didn't even understand what it meant. If their crying hadn't already kept him awake enough at night, he lost a lot of sleep trying to work it all out. How could Voldemort still be alive if he had killed him when he was seventeen years old?
However on this particular day nothing really worried him much as his twin daughters would be turning a year old in the exact same house that he had when he was a baby. For with the help of his family and friends they had fixed it up and spent the last year of their lives living here. They had also gotten a tiny black kitten that they had named Black Magic, or either Blackie or Magic for nicknames, and a copper colored Australian Shepherd puppy (that was more of a reddish orange) that they had named Ginger.
That day their family and friends had arrived for the twins' birthday party. Ron and Hermione brought Sheela, and Chase over. Harry and Ginny couldn't believe that their niece was four now and their nephew was almost two. Hermione was pregnant yet again with another baby boy which meant that Chase was about to become a big brother and have a little brother all of his own. Amber and Luna also brought over their baby girls.
Amber had had baby Melissa with Aaron and had the same skin and eye color as her mother's, while Luna had had baby Myrtle with Neville. She had inherited her mother's hair and father's eyes, with pure white skin. She was a few months younger than Melissa and she wasn't even crawling yet. The rest of the guests were Rickie, April, Justin and his daughters, Casey, Derek, Hagrid, and the rest of the entire Weasley family.
Amber played with Ginger while Hermione helped Ginny set the table. "So have you decided on what you're going to name him yet?" Ginny asked her as she set a plate down on the table.
"Yeah, were planning on naming him Richie Parker." She answered as she set down another plate next to it. That's when suddenly they heard a baby crying through the monitor.
"Is that mine or yours?" Ginny wondered.
"It's probably one of yours. Ron just went to go get Chase up. He said that he can hardly wait until he's potty trained." Hermione answered.
"Yeah but even when he is you'll still have his baby brother to worry about." Ginny said before she turned around and hurried upstairs just as Ron had brought his son out into the living room to show him off.
"Boy, I can't believe how big he's getting." Casey said with a gasp of astonishment.
"Me neither, and he looks exactly like his father." Hagrid said as he started to wave at him and talk to him in a high pitched voice. That's when Chase turned his head and hid his face inside Ron's chest while opening his mouth wide enough to reveal his top and bottom tooth before he burst into tears.
"Oh come on Tommy, it's just Hagrid, you've seen him countless times before." Ron pointed out while planting a kiss on the top of his head and then setting him down before fixing his shirt and seeing him run over towards the stairs. "Good thing the baby gate's there." He said when suddenly Chase raised his hand and pointed at his aunt as she came back downstairs holding his two cousins by her hip.
"Ba!" he cried before starting to suck on his hand.
"Hi Tommy, do you want to play with your little cousins?" Ginny began as she smiled warmly at him. "They just woke up from their nap so I'm sure they'll be full of energy." She told him. That's when Amber finally finished playing with Ginger and rushed over to the bottom of the stairs and picked Chase up as Ginny swung her legs over the baby gate.
"There's the two little beautiful birthday girls." She said with an excited squeal. "I love those miniature ponytails on the top of their heads." She told her.
"I know, don't they look adorable?" Ginny began before she set them down on the ground. "And as usual Lilly's in the pink dress and Lucy's in the purple one. I'd thought that I'd give them matching scrunchies too." She said as she watched them toddle over to their toy chest. Harry smiled at them and pulled down Lilly's dress before they both sat down and started digging out their toys.
"They really are so cute." April began. "So how do Blackie and Ginger get along with them?" she asked as she sat down next to him on the couch.
"Well I think Blackie's more afraid of them then they are of him, and Ginger loves giving them kisses but I don't think that she understands her own strength most of the time." He answered when suddenly the gigantic puppy came galloping out of the kitchen and through the living room. "Speaking of which, I better let her outside." He said before he stood up and grabbed ahold of her leash that was hanging right by the door.
"So Ron, are you and Hermione ever going to get a dog?" Amber asked him.
"No thank you! I mean I love dogs and everything but we already have a four year old, an eighteen month old, and a baby on the way. I think that's enough." He said when all of a sudden he saw his daughter push her little brother over onto the ground making him start to cry. "Sheela Rose Weasley! You know better than to do that to your brother!" he scolded before he picked her up and sat her down in the corner in which she simply stuck out her tongue and blew spit at him.
"You're already sitting here in timeout, you're just asking for a spanking if you keep up that attitude of yours." He warned before he set the time for four minutes and Ginny rushed over to her nephew's aid and hoisted him up inside her arms.
"Are you alright Tommy?" she questioned him worriedly as she hugged him to her chest.
"Oh he's alright, he's used to it. And thanks to the nappy he's wearing he has plenty of padding. But still, Sheela's got to learn to keep her hands to herself." Ron explained and waited for Sheela to give an apology to Chase after her time was up.
"Sowee Tommy." She said after her lifted her up inside his arms and she turned to face him.
"Good girl," he began as he planted a kiss on her cheek. "now can you give him a kiss?" Sheela took ahold of her baby brother's tiny hand and picked it up before kissing the back of it. Chase sniffed and smiled through his tears when suddenly Hermione called everyone into the kitchen for dinner, after they ate Harry brought out a big chocolate cake with fancy pink roses on the side of it that spelled out "Happy Birthday Lilly and Lucy" in bright purple letters.
He set it down in front of him and withdrew his wand. "Alright, everyone get ready to sing." He began, but before he could light the candles the two girls dug their hands inside of it and began stuffing their faces. "Or not." He said as everyone else around them started to laugh. Ginny couldn't help but giggle herself as she snapped a few pictures of them.