First Day
A/N: Happy holidays to everyone! Sorry this is a little late. I own only Jessie, Lucas, and Gnok.
Harry, Hermione, Luna, and Neville followed the Deputy Headmistress up the staircases in silence. They didn't know where her loyalty was or if the portraits surrounding them would report any conversation to the scheming headmaster. The group soon came upon a portrait of a raven sitting on a lion's shoulder. One could just barely make out the badger and snake in the background. The grey-haired matron turned to them and smiled slightly. They really had grown up over the summer.
"This is the entrance to your combined quarters. This is approximately half way between the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor dormitories in respect of friendships you have within your own houses. As this is the married couple's quarters, you must set a password to let others enter if they need to. However, in order to enter yourselves, you need only to touch a finger to the chest of the lion in the painting," McGonagall explained to the teens. All four nodded in acceptance and looked to Hermione for a password to use. She was the most brilliant witch of their age, after all.
"The password for others to enter is Leómhan broc nathair iolar," the curly-haired female responded after a moment's thought. Luna smiled serenely and Harry and Neville shot them both confused looks as McGonagall nodded and made note of it on a piece of parchment she pulled from a pocket inside her robes. The head of the lions turned to the group once more and nodded.
"I shall leave you to do as you wish. In response to your…rather unique situation regarding Lucas and Jessica, I have arranged for you to share as many classes as possible. Also, Professors Snape and Moody would like me to remind you that the children will not be allowed in their classes. Please have appropriate care in place before you leave for classes in the morning," the grey haired woman reminded as she exited the room.
The four teens exchanged looks. Hermione pulled out her cherry wand and began to ward the rooms. Harry pulled out his walnut and began to decorate. The walls became a dark blue with black carpet and a mix out dark green, blue, red, and black furniture and accents. A large bassinet was placed next to the couch and the two carriers were stored beside it with their little owners being held by Luna and Neville. After finishing the last ward, Hermione turned to her friends and smiled.
"This weekend, you two need to make a trip to visit our wand maker. You'll need custom wands for our advanced training," she mused, walking over to Luna and taking her son.
"Neville, would you care to help me bathe the children while your wife and my husband tend to our rooms?" she asked, nodding over to where the two were discussing how to decorate the nursery and washroom.
"Sure Mione. Let's leave the two old maids to their bickering," the lighter haired male snickered as they entered the aforementioned washroom. The babies were soon stripped and being washed in the tub placed in the center of the room. The two washed them in companionable silence, listening to Harry argue against painting everything bright yellow.
The next morning, Harry woke up at exactly 4:30 in the morning to the cries of his son and daughter. The young man got up and stretched before walking into the nursery. Two bottles of formula appeared in midair and Harry grabbed them, silently thanking Winky. He scooped the twins out of their cribs and walked back to his room. By this time, Hermione was awake and she readily accepted her daughter from the black haired teen. Taking a bottle in one hand, both parents began feeding their children.
Half an hour later, they were safely in the hands of Dobby and Winky while Neville, Hermione, Luna, and Harry were on their way out to the Quidditch pitch to do their morning workout. Reaching the large, dark arena, the group turned to Hermione and waited for instructions. All wore sporting shorts and tank tops with trainers, in differing colors of course.
"Since one lap in here is equal to half a mile, let's run 15 laps. I know that's only 7 and a half miles but we have others things we need to do today. After, do ten sets of ten push-ups and sit-ups. After, we need to work on our martial arts skills. Luna will lead us in that," the brunette female instructed before starting their pre-run stretches. The group then took off in a steady run and finished their laps 45 minutes later. They finished their other exercises before Luna started instructing them in a mixture of karate, Tae Kwon Do, and Jiu-jitsu. Her mother had been teaching her from the age of three up until her death when Luna has ten. Her father had found her a teacher from there to instruct her. That was why she was always calm and why she didn't strike out at her abusers. Martial arts had taught her discipline and focus and the death of her mother had showed her that nothing could hurt her as much as that loss.
An hour later, a group of four sweaty and slightly bruised teens ran into the building, up the stairs and into their rooms to shower and change before breakfast. They never noticed the angry blue eyes watching them.
Entering the Great Hall brought a small smile to the faces of Neville, Luna, Harry, and Hermione. They had fond memories in this room before their lives got overly complicated. They split away from Luna and sat at their tables and began to eat, Winky's voice ringing in their eyes about eating healthy. Each placed a large scoop of eggs on the plate along with sausage, bread, and fruit; orange juice and water were the drinks of choice after their long morning workout and thoughts of the day ahead. Ron and Ginny entered and sat near them once again and Neville caught their glares towards Luke and Jessie and his instincts sprang to life as he glared at the redheaded duo before taking his goddaughter from her father. Ron saw this and glared in what he thought was a subtle manner but was really glaringly obvious.
McGonagall soon came walking down the aisle and handing out timetables. She smiled slightly at the three students in front of her. Their schedules were nearly identical in terms of Potions, DADA, Charms, and Transfiguration. Hermione had added Arithmancy and Runes while Neville had Herbology and Harry was taking an optional healing class. It looked like Winky would keep the twins Tuesday and Thursday for two hours after lunch for Potions and Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for an hour after breakfast for DADA. The group looked at each other and nodded before standing up and leaving the Great Hall. They met up with Luna who showed them that she had DADA, Herbology, Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, and Runes.
Agreeing to meet at the end of the day, Harry and Hermione dropped the twins off with Winky before joining Neville in Potions while Luna ran off to Charms. Looking around the lab, she noticed that the class consisted of six Slytherin students with four Ravenclaws, a Hufflepuff, and the three Gryffindors. They managed to grab a three person table towards the back and pulled out their books. Several moments later, the door flew open and Professor Snape entered, his robes billowing behind him. He sneered at Harry and his friends for a moment before waving his wand at the board. Hermione flipped to the appropriate page in the book, a complex healing potion and sent Neville and Harry to gather ingredients.
They could feel the potion master's glare at their back while they worked. However, neither Harry nor Neville felt intimidated or nervous by the man as they knew he would not be able to hurt them and that if he did, they would be able to defend themselves. Forty minutes later, the trio finished and sat quietly at their desks, re-reading the next chapters of their book for Charms, their next class. They had to know their stuff because the twins would be with them. Snape stormed up to their table and opened his mouth to make a comment about the potion before seeing that it was a perfect bright green potion. He sneered at them, insulted Harry's heritage, and told Hermione to put the potion in a phial and put it on his desk for grading.
After leaving the Potions room, they met with Winky in a corridor near the Charms room and took the children. Instead of carrying them in their seats, they were in a carrier strapped to their parents' chest. They entered the room and after a quick confirmation with Professor Flitwick, they took a desk in the back to the far right, closest to the door. On the off chance that they needed to feed or change the babies, they had an easy way to leave. This class was much more even in terms of students with 5 or 6 of each house, unfortunately including Ron.
Classes continued in this manner for the rest of the day. As each class began, the four teens began to realize that they were well ahead of their classmates in their understanding of the material. They couldn't help but wonder if it had to do the unbinding they had undergone in the middle of summer. In any case, they were able to complete their homework in a timely manner that night before Neville called for their attention.
"Now that the first day is done and over with and all homework has been completed, we need to make a plan for the rest of the year."
A/N: Sorry this is so short but things have been crazy. I'm going to make my own timetables tomorrow for the characters so I can keep up. Anyone with suggestions is welcome to make it and if there's something you want to see, let me know and I will try and make it happen. Happy holidays!