"James...James! Wake up!" She said in a whisper hiss. His face was pressed into the pillow and he waved his hand away. She rolled her eyes and took her wand out. "Lumos!" She called out, lighting the bedroom. His eyes shot open and looked at her.
"What?" He asked her, sounding annoyed that he was awake. She rolled her eyes again, and pointed to the water on the bed, and her stomach.
"I think my water broke." She said with a glare. His eyes widened and he summoned the bag they had packed, and helped her out of the bed. Marni gripped his hand tightly, and he escorted her to St. Mungo's.
Family was called, and Ginny was woken out of a blissful sleep, with Harry kissing her on her cheek, telling her that her first grandchildren were about to be born.
"After all, Ginny, we're about to be old..." He said with a grin, she threw a pillow at him and apparated to the hospital.
"James!" She said, finding her oldest son wheeling his wife into the maternity ward. "How are you doing dear?" She asked her daughter-in-law. Marni gave a small smile.
"I'll be fine...not used to being in labor...but it shouldn't hurt as bad as everyone says, right?" She asked her mother-in-law. Ginny started laughing.
"Since you're having not one but two of James's children...it's going to hurt like hell." She snorted, Marni's face paled, and James turned red."But, it'll be worth it. I promise." She said seriously. Harry pulled his son aside and looked at him seriously.
"Oh, son, if she says anything like, 'I want a divorce', or 'you'll be sleeping on the couch for the next 18 years', or my personal favorite, 'you're never touching me again', that's just the contractions talking." He said, giving him a piece of advice. "Your mother...eh...best not to go back there." James nodded.
"Thanks dad." He said going in with Marni, after they had taken his wand from him, to avoid another disaster like the one a few months ago. Harry and Ginny sat next to each other in the waiting room.
"I can't believe I'm about to be a grandfather..." Harry mumbled to himself, but Ginny overheard this and put her hand lovingly on his knee. There was no tension, no fear that someone was going to die tonight. It was a new experience for the two of them, and they welcomed it.
"Are my great grandchildren here yet?" Molly asked her daughter as she and her husband apparated to the waiting room.
"No mum, you'll be the- well, James will probably be the first to know, so you'll be the second to know." Ginny said with a smirk. Molly rolled her eyes as she sat next to her daughter.
"You'll get used to it, you know." She said softly to her daughter. Ginny was confused, but then something clicked inside of her head.
"It's just...odd."
"Being a grandmother is nothing bad. It doesn't make you old, it just tells you that your children couldn't keep it in their pants." Molly joked. Ginny snorted in laughter and looked at her mother. "It means your children are ready for children of their own."
"But mum..."
"But nothing, Ginny, I was nervous when I found out Bill and Fleur were having a baby. I was nervous when I found out Percy, Charlie, George, Ron, and you were having babies. But, if anything I was so excited. It gives you the opportunity for payback. Corruption is key." Molly said with a smile. Ginny looked at her mother.
"This is why you and dad got Al that potions kit." She said grinning at her mom, Molly nodded.
"I did...and this is also why I got Lily that chocolate frog box ." Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Mum! She was three years old! She was bouncing off of the walls...Harry had to slip a sleeping drought into her chocolate milk." Ginny recalled, laughing. She looked towards the door, and sighed.
"And we can't forget the broom we got for James..."
"I don't want to revisit that one..." She said, sighing. The healer walked out of the room, once again covered in blood and smiled at everyone.
"Well, then, we have one baby out, we're working on the next one, but this one is a little more mischievous than his sister...Mrs. Potter, she asked if you would go in and help her, just hold her hand." He said, Ginny's eyes water but she rubbed them and walked in with the healer.
Marni looked pale, but she also looked determined, James was holding one hand, and was telling her all of these encouraging words, and Ginny smiled slightly. She went and held her daughter-in-law's hand.
"Sweetie, you need to push..." The female healer instructed. "He's just a little tricky."
"This is truly your son James..." Ginny said, giving her son a smile. James shot his mother a grin and kept helping his wife.
"One more big push dearie..." The healer said politely. Marni felt nothing, and then a baby's cry was heard in the room.
"Aw...here's your baby boy." Healer Michelson cooed they cleaned up the babies and handed one to James, and one to Marni. Ginny looked at her son, his face lit up when his baby boy was placed in his arms. He kissed his wife on her forehead, and rocked the baby carefully.
"You've made me so happy." He said to Marni, Ginny heard this and left the room, letting the new family be alone.
"Well?" Her husband asked her as she walked back to her family. She gave a teary smile and looked at her parents, and her husband.
"We have two new grandchildren..." She choked out. Soon, they all went in, and looked at the babies. Both children had black hair, the baby girl had James's brown eyes, and the boy had Marni's blue eyes.
"What are their names?" Arthur asked his grandson.
"Our baby boy's name is Daniel Arthur Potter," He said, and Arthur's face lit up. Marni looked at Ginny and smiled. "And our baby girl's name is Elizabeth Ginerva Potter." She said softly. Ginny blushed and kissed her son on the cheek, and kissed her daughter-in-law's cheek.
A dark shadow crossed the doorway. It was Draco Malfoy and a member of the Wizengamot. Harry handed back his grandson to his son, and glared at them straight in the face.
"We are here to discuss the arranged marriage of Ms Marni Diggory to Scorpius Malfoy." The old man, Sabine, croaked. James stood up, and his grandmother took the baby from his arms.
"Marni is already married to someone." He growled. Draco's son, Scorpius walked around.
"Yes, I can see that...and a new mother no less. I shouldn't even be grateful enough to take her back father, I should let her and her husband rot in Azkaban, for criminal injustice. She's spoiled goods." He sneered. Draco held up a hand.
"No less, there was a deal held, that the youngest daughter of the House of Diggory, should marry the youngest son from the House of Malfoy. An agreement made many years ago." He said, Harry pulled his wand out.
"Malfoy, you're a right foul git. You're not going to ruin my son's marriage." Draco pulled out his wand and pointed it at him.
"You think I want my son to be married to someone who's already been spoiled by a Potter, but Scorpius has always had a soft spot for Marni." He said with a sneer. Sabine held up his hands.
"You do not understand Mr. Potter. Your son is in direct violation of the arranged marriage act of Genevieve. Your son can bow out gracefully by signing this form, the children will be bastardized, and we can go on with the marriage of Scorpius and Marni." This caused an angry gasp from Marni, who handed Ginny her other baby and weakly stood up out of the bed.
"How dare you! You want my husband to lie on a piece of paper, saying that these two children were made from anything but love? He will not! He's my legal husband, and It will stay that way." She said in Scorpius's face.
"It is either this, or your husband will be locked away in Azkaban to be tortured and then executed, and the children will either be killed, or sent to another family. You, this will show infidelity and you will be tortured until death in the most horrendous ways." Marni's gasp mixed with a sob and she collapsed onto the floor. James went around to his wife and helped her up.
"Sign the damn paper James." She sobbed. Ginny's fury kicked into overdrive as she punched Draco in the face. Harry pulled his wife away from the man and looked at Sabine.
"Is there anyway that the marriage between Scorpius and Marni can be null and void?"
"Scorpius must release Marni from the marriage, or he must prove to either be an abusive husband, or an unfaithful husband. But even if Scorpius releases her, it will take several weeks of marriage before it can be ended." The old man nodded. "Your son would still have to sign the paper, unless you can find proof of a noble arrangement for the House of Potter to the House of Diggory."
"Harry, that's right! Often there would be more than one arrangement for each child. I saw a document in your house about the oldest son, to the oldest daughter!" Hermione piped up.
"Can you get it? And quick?" He asked his best girl friend. She nodded, disapparated and there was silence in the room.
Marni cradled her baby in her arm, holding it for protection, and James squeezed her shoulder. A pop told Harry that Hermione had returned with the paper. She handed it to Sabine, who looked at it intensely.
"Mr Malfoy, your claim to Mrs. Potter, is now null and void I should think. I apologize." He said to the group and left the room. Scorpius's look was one of pure hatred that he shot James, and he escorted his bleeding father out.
The room became less tense. Baby Daniel cooed in his mother's arms and pulled her hair. Marni kissed her baby on the head lightly. Baby Elizabeth reached for her father's nose, and missed, her mouth puckering into a little rosebud. Ginny sighed, maybe there could be innocence in the world after all.