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Chapter 10

Hermione's eyes flickered open. The sun's first rays had just started to seep though the gap in the emerald curtains. She smiled and turned to the father of her children. Severus, who had also bonded strongly to the 'twins', was still sound asleep – his glossy hair half hiding what appeared to be a peaceful expression.

The 'twins', who had been named Willow and Casper, looked almost exactly alike. For those who didn't know, it would almost be impossible to tell that Casper wasn't blood related to the couple. He was a happy, mischievous child who insisted on taking handfuls of hair. Willow, however, was much more peaceful. She was a quiet, smiling baby whose pale yellow eyes glittered with enjoyment of everything.

"Why are you awake already?" questioned Severus sleepily.

"Couldn't sleep any longer," Hermione replied, listening to the gentle breathing of her sleeping children, "still can't believe I'm a mum..."

"You're a very good one," he commented, abandoning sleep and sitting up beside his mate, "are you still going to meet your friends today?"

Hermione nodded, "yes I am, it'll be good to introduce the children to them."

"Just be careful they don't bite," Severus warned, "they're starting to teeth."

She laughed, "they grow up so quickly. I'll make sure they're fed before we leave, don't worry love."

"Hermione!" greeted Ginny, running out of the Kitchen and into the hallway of Grimmuld place, "how are you?"

"Well thank you," she replied, "I would like you to meet Casper and Willow."

Ginny's smile widened as her eyes focused of the young vampires on her friend's hip. Both children smiled at her and Casper – being the braver of the two – reached out to Ginny. The younger girl looked to Hermione, who nodded, before taking the child and placing him on her hip.

"I can't believe he's only a month old!" she exclaimed, shocked by the hugely accelerated rate of growth.

Hermione smiled at Casper, who was already reaching out for a handful of Ginny's fiery hair, "One of the benefits of having vampire genes, they grow a lot quicker than human babies. Though it is a shame they won't be children for long. Though I'm going to be exhausted when they start walking; vampire toddlers are much more hard work than human ones. "

"If you need any help at all just ask me," offered Ginny, attempting to rescue her hair as the two turned to head into the kitchen.

"Hermione!" greeted Harry, Ron and Remus in unison – all three were in the middle of a game of cards.

"Hello boys," she replied, "These two are Casper and Willow. The twins."

Remus was the first to rise from his seat. "Hermione, how are you? It's a pleasure to see you again."

For the last month, Hermione's time had been exclusively divided between the clan, Severus and the children. With them growing up so quickly, she had been determined to experience every moment of them growing up. Now they had more control of their appetite it was safer to have them near mortals – not so much biting.

"I am very well Remus. How are you? I've not had any news of your meeting from Severus."

"I am also well, still a bit weak from the full moon the other day," he commented, "but I am sure that I will survive. The meetings are something you'll have to ask his Lordship about. He wanted you to be kept out of everything while you were focused on the children."

Hermione nodded, she could see the point in that. She had to focus on bringing up the twins. Any mistakes would not make a proper ruler for the clan. Her job was very important.

"Casper stop pulling Ginny hair," she admonished, "it hurts her."

"Sow-rye" said the small child, pulling a sad face and moving his hand to the new ladies jumper. Turning to his sister he saw that she had her face buried in their mother's green furry cloak. She was boring! He wanted to explore and so started squirming slightly.

Hermione noticed her son was getting restless and flicked her wrist to produce a fluffy red blanket at the side of the room. Adding a few toys for him to explore, she gestured for Ginny to place him on the mat. Keeping Willow on her lap, she sat herself at the table and Harry placed a bottle of butterbeer before her.

"Thanks Harry," she commented, smiling at her friend, "been busy with the Order?"

The man across from her nodded, "We've had Voldermort's forces in direct combat on the streets of muggle London. It's slightly worrying that they're fighting so openly. However, we have managed to destroy at least three of their strongholds that were near Hogwarts. Having some problems with Voldemort though, we can't seem to get him out in the open."

"That is a bit of a problem," commented Hermione, "have we got any inner circle spies within his ranks?"

"Two, Lucious Malfoy and his son joined our ranks once they realised which side Snape was on. The fact we had vampires on our side helped also," explained Harry

Meanwhile, Severus was speaking to the latter mentioned spies.

"My Lord," greeted Lucious as he and his son moved into Severus' private study, "you wished for us to report?"

"Yes my friend," replied the head of the vampires, nodding in greeting to the man and his son, "sit down and tell me what you know of Voldermort's new plans."

"Unfortunately," began Lucious once he and his son was settled, "I know just a few scraps of information. Firstly, his immediate plans are hunting for the nightwalker clans. With the threat of giants to force them to cooperate."

"How dare he," Severus growled, his eyes glowing dangerously, "how dare he threaten my ancient race!"

"My Lord," question Lucious nervously, "shall I continue?"

"Yes, my apologies," Replied Severus, "please do."

"He also plans on staying out of direct battle. However, his fledging plan is to capture the ministry - which he is desperate to control. I believe that this is where he will make an appearance to initiate his take over," explained the tired spy, "this, I believe is the only time you will be able to take him out."

Back in London, Hermione was dealing with Ron's immaturity.

"I still can't believe you had sex with him!" he exclaimed, watching Casper on his mat – the youngster was attempting to crawl.

"Ron, why can't you cope that I had sex with my mate!" exclaimed Hermione angrily, "I've had two beautiful children. Please grow up – the rest of us have!"

A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Getting into the main plot so the story is getting slightly more complicated as I add more plot lines into it. So please bare with me if the chapters take a bit longer to update!! Please review!