Disclaimer:: J.K rowling owns all of the characters, i simply own the plot, and i do not intend to use this for profit. (it'd be nice though)

Chap 1: The gathering of the next generation

Hermione opened her chestnut eyes to hear a faint cry from the next room. Silently, she untangled herself from the sleeping clutches of her husband, and tiptoed to the door, careful not to wake the two people snoring slightly in the room. Down the hall, she sneaks into the pink bedroom filled with toys and kneels down n the edge of the bed in the centre of the room.

"Shush Will" she whispers running her hand through the small child's long jet black hair. The girl opened her startling green eyes, and looks up at er adoring mother, and feels instantly comforted.

Will, whose full name was Willow Lily Potter, was 3 years old, and her parents Hermione and Harry, were a witch and wizard. They were 5 years out of their secondary education, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"Mummy, I had a bad dream. Someone was poking Sirius with a wand, and he had scary eyes." Willow whimpered and cuddled in close to her mother. Hermione knew that Willow had been having these dreams for quite a while, and knew it had to do with the downfall of the darkest wizard of a time Lord Voldemort, as Harry had been searched for by Voldemort for 17 years before his final downfall, and Harry was the one who killed him. Hermione, who was very chilly in her short silk nightgown, hopped under the covers next to Willow and comforted her small daughter to sleep, and for the second time that long cold night, she extracted herself from a loved ones arms.

After checking on 1 year old Sirius James, who was curled up in his cot, she carefully slid back into her bed, snuggling into her husband of 3½ years Harry.

Sirius woke the house, like an alarm, before daybreak. Harry kissed his gorgeous wife good morning, and stretched out of bed in his gold and red check boxers, to extract Sirius from his crib.

"Good Morning little cub" he said softly, love oozing from his words, as he kissed Sirius's cheek and cuddled him close.

Willow burst into the room having heard life from the next room and threw her arms around her tall father, whom she had inherited most of her looks. Sirius on the other hand, had ended up with Harry and his mothers green eyes, and Hermione's muddy brown hair. Sirius heard his older sister's chirpy voice and grinning, he tried to flip himself over to see her, and she remembered that he was in her daddy's arms.

"Hey Sussy!" she says loudly, reaching up to pat his back. Willow couldn't pronounce "Sirius", and instead had taken to calling him "Sussy" since she could talk.

Hermione, back from the bathroom, greeted her young daughter with a bone crushing hug, and lifting Willow up to give Sirius a morning kiss, the family of four made their way downstairs to have breakfast.

The day went uneventfully, until it was time for nap time. This usually produced yells of protest from both children, but both went to bed complacently, as they were eager for what was happening that night to come. Ron, the couple's best friend, and his wife Luna, and their 3 kids, a little 3 year old boy, Remus, and 9 month old twin girls, Geneva and Rhiannon, were coming around for dinner, and to make it seem more like a little "party" Bill and Fleur were coming, with their daughter, Violette who was almost 6. Ginny and Dean were travelling all the way from The Burrow, and Ginny was heavily pregnant with the couple's 1st child. And, to total surprise to Harry, Hermione had arranged Andromeda Tonks, who had taken full custody of Teddy after the death of Remus and Nymphadora, was bringing Teddy along, who was 6, and Harry's godson. Harry and Hermione, however, took advantage of the silent and peaceful house, to lie on the couch together, just staring at nothingness.

Harry kissed Hermione's forehead, and whispered "'Mione?" to the girl lying across him.

"Harry?" she replied, looking up at him adoringly.

"I Love you." Those three words, which even though she heard them at least once a day, still made her heart melt, and as she returned the words, she leant up to brush Harry's soft, tender lips with her own, failed to retract her lips from his. They slowly moved closer to each other, and Hermione could feel Harry's tongue, rubbing at her lips, as if to ask for entrance to her mouth, her mouth parted slowly, and she pushed her tongue gently to meet Harry's. their tongues, happily content in a "Duel" Harry found his hands quickly restless, and he slowly moved his hands towards the hem of her light pink singlet top, and his hands lifted her hem, after fingering it for a few seconds. Hermione, showing no protest to stop his slow advancement up her body, ran her soft hands through his already untidy hair. Harry's hands slowly moved up her stomach, which was surprisingly flat and toned, despite the fact she had had two children. Hermione, who was getting very eager to get Harry's hand just a little bit higher, put her hands down towards her husbands Quidditch toned body, and put her hands up his plain white t-shirt, and fingered his loose jeans. Harry found his hands moving achingly towards Hermione's perky, attention seeking 14C breasts, and over her bra, slowly moved his hands in a circular motion over her chest. Breaking the kiss for a second, Hermione moaned and then re latched her lips to Harry's and she focused herself on the top of Harry's jeans, and she slowly, slowly slid her hands down the front of his jeans and his checked boxers, temporarily stopping him from grinding their pubic areas together.

"Daddy! Mummy!" Willow called from her upstairs bedroom and the intimate couple broke apart, and Harry cursed under his breath, Willow had surely ruined the moment.

Harry and Hermione, his arm around her shoulder and her arm around his waist headed upstairs. They went to get Willow, and then the three of them checked on a fast asleep Sirius.

"Mummy, what's for tea?" Willow asks, as soon as the three of them head down stairs.

"I'm doing garlic breads, onion rings, a fruit platter and stuffed olives for entrées and then a roast chicken, with a selection of roast vegetables for the main course, and I was thinking that a certain big girl would like to help me make a chocolate gateau and chocolate mousse for pudding." Hermione recited to the little girl on her hip, and then lowering her voice "would you like to be my special helper?" she whispered in Willow's ear. Just before the 2 girls that Harry loved most headed into the kitchen, he kissed each of them, Willow a soft kiss on the lips, that she returned enthusiastically, and a soft, tender, loving kiss for Hermione, that resulted in a hit on the head for Harry from Willow, who screeched "don't EAT her!" and the couple laughed, and Harry, ruffling his beloved daughter's hair, headed into the study, to write a short letter to the headmistress of his old school, Professor McGonagall:

Dear Minerva,

How are things going at Hogwarts? I am writing just to ask how you are, as I saw in the Daily Prophet that recently you have been of ill health. If you ever need a hand with anything, whether it is for the order, (which I doubt) or for the school, don't hesitate to call by owl, on me, Hermione, Ron, Luna or Ginny.

By the way, I hope you don't mind leaving Hogwarts for Christmas, as Hermione insists that you come to our Christmas party, you have to see Willow and Sirius, because they are adorable. And, as well as them, Geneva, Rhiannon, Remus, Teddy and all the other 'next generation' will be there, and they've changed a lot since the last time you have seen most of them.

With love,

Harry Potter.

Harry sealed the parchment, and went up to the loft, to see give his letter to his new snowy owl, Albus.

On the way back down the stairs, to the second landing, he could hear soft sobbing coming from his bedroom, and took that as a hint that Sirius had awoken from his nap. And he went to retrieve his treasured son.

By 6 o'clock, the guests were about to arrive. Willow was in her new dress robes of the light pink, and her black hair was tied back in a loose ponytail, and she had glittery lip gloss on her lips. Sirius was in his neatest blue bedclothes, as he was not far out of bed (about and hour and a half).

Hermione, always one to stun Harry, decided to wear her favour pink muggle dress, with a low cut front, that showed off her chest and the tight material showed off her incredible figure. She was wearing high pink heels, and with lots of straightening potion on her hair, had twisted it back into an elegant bun, and she was wearing a gold necklace around her oddly revealed neck. Harry was in bottle green dress robes, a colour he had preferred since Hogwarts. Ginny and Dean were the first to turn up, having apparated close to the house. Ron, Luna, Geneva, Rhiannon and Remus were the next to turn up, having flooed straight from their house to Harry and Hermione's. Andromeda and Teddy turned up by Portkey, and Bill and Fleur along with Violette, had walked from their new nearby house.

The party was in full swing. The males, drinking firewhisky and talking about the boys, Sirius, Remus and Teddy, (Remus and Teddy were play wrestling, and Violette was fawning over Sirius) and the females were discussing the meal, and stood next to the girls, Willow was showing Geneva and Rhiannon how to play with Barbie dolls. The meal, Geneva, Rhiannon, and Sirius were sitting in highchairs, next to one of their parents, and the older kids, were sitting at a child sized table that Hermione had set for the kids enjoyment. Conversation flowed freely between the friends, and they soon found themselves eating their way through the desserts, complimenting Hermione on the good cooking, on which Willow piped up "I did most of it!" and all the adults laughed, and which started a competition between Teddy and Violette on who helps their parents the most.

"I help my mummy do her make-up" Violette starts

"I help Andromeda make Potions" and Teddy bites back

"I use mummy's wand"

"I can floo by myself"

"I kissed a cute muggle boy"

And that ended the competition, as Fleur gasped, and scolded her miniature self, and Andromeda told Teddy to stop.

Hermione, accompanied by Violette, Willow, Teddy and Remus took Sirius u to bed straight after dinner. He got passed around from person to person, as each person kissed him, gave him a hug and said "night, night" to the tired toddler. All the kids tiptoed up the steps behind Hermione, and were especially quiet and each whispered "night" to little Sirius.

With all the children very tired, the party began to wind down. Willow and Remus had fallen asleep on the floor, and Violette was slowly running her fingers through her blonde hair, sitting on Bill's knee and leaning into him. Hermione was in Harry's lap, and he had her arms around his waist, and she had her head on his broad shoulder.

As Harry and Hermione bade goodbye to everyone, and then together they took Willow up the stairs, to her bedroom, and managing to change the sleeping beauty into her nightgown, they lay her down to sleep. Harry and Hermione shared a long bubble bath, and then they both, heavily exhausted fell into bed, and almost instantly, they fell into a deep sleep.