DISCLAIMER: HP belongs to JKR. The story line and all new characters, new character development, new developments are my intellectual property.
A/n another done. It could be longer, but time is limited. Much love to all.
The End
"A Mr. Monkey insists that he must see Miss Granger."
Hermione and Harry looked at each other a little concerned. Monkey was a demigod, nothing good could come out of meeting with him.
One of the strangers, a somber looking, tall man with very curly hair stood up. Harry looked at him suspiciousl. Aha, that hair was a Hermione's look alike.
"Darling," he addressed Hermione, "I'll come with you two, you cannot see him alone, what business do you have with Monkey? He dislikes humans. I am Terence L'Argent, your, err, hmm, well, father, ehem, one, ehem, of sorts."
This getting stranger by the minute, Harry thought, when Terence stood by Hermione looking at her with loving eyes. A father? Her father was sitting next to Hermione's mother.
They entered the room, where a tall and gangly African man stood. He wore a boxy stripped business suit and a Fedora hat with a colorful plume. He reminded them of a cartoon character, one of the bad guys, he only needed a machine gun to complete his costume.
Harry saw a house spider climbing inside Hermione's pocket.
"Miss Granger," he came to shake their hand. His grin was not friendly, instead a bit sinister.
Terence stood in between the couple and Monkey. Harry noticed that Terence seemed to have grown a foot or two.
"Don't touch her. If you infect her with whatever disease you are carrying," He started glowing, "You will be sent to the Council that you seem to forget. They are still mad at your attempt to erase Spider's progeny, and they have sent you a message thru me, "they are alive and well, and they'll be calling upon you.''"
They saw Terence's face. Although Harry had never seen anything like it, Hermione had. She was remembering, oh, oh. Aha, she bit her lip. All the way back to the year before Hogwarts, some. She made a face, a grimace.
Monkey heeded the warning; he was there a minute and gone the next.
Terence looked normal again. Hermione was feeling drunk, realizing that the old memories she thought fancy fantasies were indeed true.
Her father stood by her, his eyes knowing. Harry would have to be told slowly, but for now, "Daddy," She ran into her father's arms.
He had visited her all the time in the land of dreams. She missed them all. Hadn't seen them but for days during the Holidays disguised as weird relatives.
"I missed you, so much." She rested her head on his chest. She spoke in a language not understood by Harry.
"It was a short while, you are our baby. Your mother and E'lion are too busy solving conflicts. One day will be your job since your older sister is already promised, and let's face it, you are the most suited."
They went back in the room. Hermione leaning into her father. Harry was lost.
They were all taking at the same time, "Yes, it was true...aha, she gave her blood to the spider...Oh dear, she is pregnant...aha, and gave blood while...oh no..."
Hermione rolled her eyes, nothing was secret around this bunch, she was certain. They read thoughts without respecting privacy. She would need to learn to block them.
Terence was unhappy, "Don't ever do that again. You don't know what you did, you made the spiders invincible. A good thing that their intentions are good. Of course, one needs to consider the gains, they will guard you, a veritable army at your disposal. Hmmm, yes, perhaps is a good thing."
A woman put her finger over her lips, and pointed at Hermione's pocket. Bingo, a spider floated up to the door where the butler waited.
He took the spider, placed it on a chair outside the room, "Sir, please wait here, she will come and get you." Harry and Hermione looked at each other and grinned.
A woman, an aunt, stood up, "How can you allow this, first at the academy run by the egomaniac she is in danger constantly, she is unprotected, so she gets tortured. The list goes on, and now she is marrying the irresponsible young one who is behind all the escapades and..."
Terence lifted his hand, "Mother, that is enough. We are here for her wedding."
Harry was more lost than ever, the woman looked like the rest, too young. Who are this bunch?
Hermione asked for him. "Who are you all?" She asked Terence just wanting verification.
"We are your family," he pointed at her parents, "they are your brother and his wife," Hermione nodded, images were becoming more clear.
He pointed at her grandparents. "They are the overseers. Ready to intervene, they now stay all the time after the unfortunate time with the mad witch."
"Torture, say it, torture, our baby was tortured, the entire sorry lot should be destroyed." More than one interjected, he ignored them.
"I am your father, your mother and E'lin stay behind. We cannot both leave." He spoke in English, this was for Harry, she already remembered.
"Young human," he looked at Harry, "she came to get her education at Hogwarts as it is a family tradition. My mother was here as well, but she forgets that for romantic reasons."
Everyone chuckled. "My mother fell for a visiting student, Grindenwald, who turned her down for Dumbledore; one he didn't even like but used."
Even the grandmother laughed at the silliness. She loved her husband sitting next to her. *How old is she? She knew Dumbledore in Hogwarts? * Dumbledore and Grindenwald? Now Harry was totally lost.
"Yes our sweeting needed to learn this world. To answer your burning question, she is something you never heard of. If you ever need to know, she will tell you, when she puts it all in place." He sighed.
"You will learm more with time. The babies, yes, while they are growing, you will reside here, in this place. By the way, just like she did. This place is half here and half across the portals. Maybe this time one of the twins can be saved."
Harry looked at Hermione. He saw that she already knew and was resigned.
They never said more, that was it. Nothing other than issue more orders. They brought new guards, allowing the spiders to hang around Hermione and Harry, making sure they didn't learn much more. They also brought new additional guards that wore masks.
They got busy at the construction of a moat around the area, because of Monkey and other threats.
"What are you?" Harry asked again.
"Even if you don't believe me, I have no idea. I remember living here and going to play somewhere else until one year before Hogwarts. My mind must be blocked for safety reasons."
The night before the wedding they had a reception. Many strangers were there, all bowing to Hermione. Several of the males kept giving Harry nasty looks, particularly a set of twins . Harry was getting annoyed. He had heard that Hermione had been already promised. He needed to know.
"What are you?" He asked again.
"Dunno, maybe with time I will know. But I think, I am like my father. I also think he is someone of great importance."
"If he is so young what does it mean for me?" Harry could see himself getting old and having to leave her behind.
"I really don't know. Though I am glad you are no longer an auror. We need to live here, here is more than it seems, it is an in-between. We need to do it for the babies."
The party to celebrate the coming wedding was still going on, when Mr. and Mrs. Nancy arrived with several of their children. They all bowed to Hermione, and Mr. Nancy apologized about 100 times and kept looking over his shoulder.
"My Lady we had no idea. If you would be so kind and never tell them the entire story, you would have my eternal gratitude. I thought that the council was gone, but it doesn't seem so. I have a hearing. So, if you and your husband put a word for me, I have a small island in an in-between..."
Mrs. Nancy kissed her on the cheek, "Darling, I did try to remove an old blemish on the baby girl. It is a curse from an old enemy. Do tell your parents."
When they stepped away, Hermione whispered, "The island we just received from Mr. Anasasi?"
"Yes."
"I think whoever my family is, they hate islands, most do, but I don't. After the wedding, " she whispered, "we can go there for a few months, and after the babies grow, we will do the same." Both chuckled.
"Maybe we can have a few years to enjoy our love. Let's do what they expect us to do, and after the wedding we can go for a few months alone." she whispered, and he grinned.
Hermione squeezed Harry's hand, both nearly jumped in the air, even better.
Hermione saw her father, "About the twins, Mrs Nancy said she had fixed whatever attached to one of the babies." Hermione told him.
"If that is the case, it will be considered by the Council when their case goes in front of them."
Everybody was busy, and the overseers had to go to wherever. Hermione fell asleep. A little while later she woke up when she felt someone standing by her bed.
It was Harry, he was naked. "I locked my room, can you help me?"
He knew that he had been an extra jerk that night a couple years before. That was the night he realized how he felt.
She sat and pulled the quilt, "Here cover yourself," and moved closer.
He was grinning, "Yes, I was an idiot, but you know that every idiot should have a chance."
"What do we have here?" She bent and kissed the top of his twitching cock.
He hissed, "First kiss my mouth, I need to kiss you."
She jumped in his arms. In a few seconds, they were on her bed, his body covering hers, "I want you so bad, maybe we should wait, but I don't want to." His hand opening her thighs.
"Why wait, I am pregnant, let me..."
"My lady are you all right," it was the butler.
Hermione was giggling.
"I am fine, tired."
"Your grandmother is on her way here, I thought you..."
They heard voices, Harry jumped out the bed and picked up the invisibility cloak as the door opened.
Harry didn't take any chances and was fixing to leave the room.
When he neared the door, the grandmother looked in his direction, "Young human, you should not be here. It is forbidden to bed your bride seven cycles, err, seven days, before the wedding. Ah, your cloak only works on humans."
At the wedding they saw Ron with his girlfriend, she was one of Anansi's grandchildren, they grinned.
Lucius came with all his sons and their families. He was holding the hands of his granddaughters, and for once, he wasn't doing politics, he had fully assumed his role as grandfather. He looked like a wizard who had everything, he did.
Arthur came with Andromeda and Teddy. His sons, now Lucius' sons gravitated to him. Lucius outsmarted them all; he had already asked for concurrent sitting arrangements for the banquet. Nobody had to choose sides, and he was ahead.
Mr. Nancy pulled them to the side. Mrs. Nancy stood by him.
"Remember what we asked you?"
"Of course, I already told my family a modified version, and a how you found the reason why the twins are dying." Hermione assured them.
"We will be forever grateful. Also, please don't mention the death threat. Monkey is jumping for joy, he knows of my hearing. Monkey also has a hearing for trying to poison you."
He stopped to wipe his sweat. "So here is a wedding gift. You see, your friend is marrying my niece. We laughed, Mrs. Weasley is silly, our babies are not spiders, that comes much later. Who would want a baby spider wreaking havoc."
They all laughed. Ron marrying a spider, poetic justice. Just as good, Ginny married to a jealous spider who would stash her away.
Later they found two diamonds of the size of pigeon eggs, the deed to the island with the location of a portal to it, and two small bracelets with a spider engraved. It had a note attached.
To keep the babes from harm and the curse at bay. I know the curse, thus they must wear them until they are past infancy, best to keep them on at all times, four years or so. The bracelets will grow with them.
They had not had a second alone. Harry whispered, "Meet me in your room, this party will never end."
"That is too far, meet me in the W.C. by the library, nobody will look for us."
"Mr. Spider get lost for a few." Hermione warned the hidden spider as she entered the W.C.
Harry was already inside. Both fell in each others arms, their kisses were desperate. Hermione just wished their clothes away, and they were naked.
"How?" Harry started, "never m...gods."
Hermione had somehow climbed on him, he guessed levitation. He caught on quickly. He sat her on the long counter, and...voices outside.
"Where did they go? With so many guests, maybe they were abducted."
"The guards..."
She put a finger to his lips, casted a powerful silencing and concealment charms, and guided his cock into her, both gasped, Harry was about to bite her shoulder. "No my dress is strapless, oh gods."
It was over in seconds, they kissed lazily. "Let's leave, do you have it all ready?"
"Yes, George and Pansy will polyjuice like us while we get away for a few weeks."
The plan went without a hitch, finally alone, away from the spiders, her family and all. They couldn't be happier, free, free at last.
Terence stood by Mr. Nancy.
"Thanks Mr. Nancy for giving us the location. We don't like water, but we have plenty of guards that have no problems with it. We also installed viewing windows everywhere. She might need healers and what not. By the way, we have dropped our complaints."
Mr. Nancy thanked her father and walked away. He felt bad for the betrayal, but frankly the young couple was foolish, they shouldn't be alone while she carried babies.
Besides she still didn't know what she was, and how many would like to get their hands on her. Of course, he had sent several of his sons hidden inside their clothes.
He smiled, her family knew about the one island where they were right now, but had no idea about the other one. He liked the young couple and also wanted to help. They deserved some years alone.
"Mimi, sometimes I feel like we are not alone here." Harry told her while caressing her.
"We aren't alone, Kreacher is here." She answered, but not certain. "My family hates islands." She said without much conviction and kissed him again.
The end.
