Back in time
Chapter 14-Epilogue
"She's cute," Severus whispered, looking at his daughter.
"Yes," Ginny agreed. She was tired. And so was Faith who was now a day old.
"I come back tomorrow," the girl's husband said.
"Good bye," the female Weasley said, yawning.
"How are the twins?" Ginny asked once her husband had gone.
"George and Sev are fine," Hermione responded, yawning. Her sons had been born three days ago. Fred visited her daily, not able to leave his sons alone. George came too. He spoiled them already now with toys, so Hermione wondered how bad it would become once the twins would start Hogwarts.
"I'm glad I'm with Severus again." Ginny knew she had said this thousand of times in the last few months, but she was still not able to believe what had happened to her. First she had been sent to 1347, then she had married Sev, had have sex with him, died in a battle, woke up in her right time line, found out that she was pregnant, saw her husband imprisoned, had an affair with another boy, nearly made her husband divorce her, helped her friends run away from school, was reunited with her husband and finally gave birth to her daughter, Faith. She had black hair fluffs, green eyes like Ginny's and was as pale as her father. Both Severus and Ginny were glad to have such a beautiful daughter.
11 years later...
"Come on, mummy!" George yelled. "We'll miss the train!"
"I want to go too," Claire, George's younger sister whined. "Daddy, why can't I go too?"
"Because...because you're too young," Fred answered. And now stop whining. If you do, then I'll buy you some ice-cream."
"Chocolate?" Claire asked, stopping to whine.
"Chocolate," her father agreed.
"You shouldn't spoil her," Hermione said, shaking her head.
"What? At least she stopped whining."
"Severus!" Faith exclaimed, hugging her friend. "I missed you!"
"We only saw each other last weekend," the brown-haired boy said, hugging the girl back.
"And? To me it's like...gazillion of years."
"Yes, but only because you're so impatient." Severus Weasley stared into Faith's green eyes. He himself had brown eyes, just like his mother. "Anyway," he continued, "I'm sure we'll be in the same house."
"Mm. Yes. Gryffindor or Slytherin."
"Or Ravenclaw," Sev added.
"Well, I wish Joshua could come too," Faith said. Joshua was her three-year old younger brother and was such a cute, little boy.
"Hi, Hermione," Ginny said.
"Hi Ginny. Hi, Josh," the other young woman said, shaking Joshua's little hand. "How are you today?" In reply the infant smiled broadly.
"How am I?" Severus asked, referring to Hermione and Fred's son Severus.
"Oh, you're fine," Fred said, smiling. "Apart that you're glued to your daughter."
Both Ginny and Severus looked around, spotting their daughter and Severus standing together, hugging each other.
"I'm not late, am I?" Ronald asked as he appeared next to his sister.
"No," Luna said, shaking her head. In her arm was their son Bertram"You're not."
"Patrick!" Faith exclaimed as she saw the boy with dirty-blond hair and silver-blue eyes.
"How are you?" he asked.
"We're fine," Severus answered. "And you? Are you feeling better?"
"A bit." Patrick sighed.
"Oh, hello Harry," Ronald said as he saw his friend. "How's Patrick coping?"
"He's getting better," Harry answered. Patrick had been adopted by Draco Malfoy, but he had been part of an accident and died. Since that happened, four months ago, Patrick had lived with Harry. "Hopefully it will help that he's going off to Hogwarts this year."
"I'm sure of it," Severus said. "He's got Faith and me with him."
"And George," Hermione added, stroking her son's hair. Instead of storming off like Severus George had stayed with his parents.
"And how are my little nephews and nieces today?" George asked, joining the group. "Here, I've got a bag of sweets for you for the journey."
"George!" Hermione yelled. "I tell you not to spoil them!"
"Oh come on! I won't be seeing them until Christmas!"
"Yes, especially as you're starting as Quidditch teacher this year," Severus sneered. "You won't see them everyday. Of course not."
The clock stroke five to eleven.
"Better the kiddos go on the train," Ginny said. "Faith! Patrick! Severus! Come!"
The three kids walked towards the adults. "Good bye, mum," Faith said.
"Good bye," the young woman said, kissing her daughter on the forehead.
"I'll see you this evening," her father said.
The four eleven year olds boarded the train. The clock stroke eleven and the Hogwarts Express began to move.
Ginny and Severus stood on the platform, waving their daughter goodbye.
"She'll be alright," the man said, putting his arm around his wife's shoulder.
"I hope you're right," the young woman said, sighing. "I already miss her. I wish I had token the place as Charms teacher this year and not told Professor McGonnagal that I want to wait a year more."
"You'll see her in three and a half months again," Severus reminded her.
"I know, but it seems so long."
"It always does to a caring mother like you."
"Good bye," Ginny said, exchanging a kiss with Severus before he had to apparate to Hogwarts. "And I hope that you get good students this year."
"I think they'll be dunderheads like you had been," the Potions Professor said, laughing dryly. "Anyway, see ya on Saturday!"
"Yes. Joshua will be waiting for you!"
Severus parted from his wife, knowing from tomorrow onwards he would teach his own daughter for the next seven years, something he would never have dared to dream about twelve years ago before he went back in time...