A New Life
Chapter 20
"Bella!" Lily scolded loudly over Charlie and Hunter's frantic cries of, 'Mum!' Ryan and Ethan had woken at some point and both were wailing shrilly, their little faces bright red.
"What happened here? Bella what did you do?" A high cool voice asked.
Lily looked away from Bella to the stairs and saw Voldemort descending them, his cold red eyes fixed upon Bella. Out of her peripheral vision she saw Bella flinch slightly.
Voldemort reached them and stood slightly behind Bellatrix, he motioned for Lily to take Ryan, and she did so quickly and walked to stand beside a horrified Emily.
"Milord." Bellatrix whirled to face him and fell to her knees, kissing the hem of his robes. "Please forgive me, milord, she provoked me and I lost my temper. It will not happen again." She breathed silently she wondered why Lily didn't simply Stun her and told herself she would have to ask the younger witch about it later.
"No it will not happen again. Especially not in my home, I will discuss this with you in my study." Voldemort looked at Lily and his cold gaze softened somewhat. "You might want Evelyn to look at your friend."
The he turned and swept back up the stairs with Bella following, already knowing she was going to get Crucioed.
Lily turned to her daughter. "I need you to get Evelyn, Emily. Quickly please."
Emily nodded and dashed though a small dark hallway that led to the dungeons, Ethan still being cradled carefully in her arms.
"And don't you dare drop Ethan while you're running!" She shouted a second later.
Lily then got her wand out of her robes and carefully rolled Audrey onto her back. Her hands were clutching her stomach while her face was pale and sweaty. "Lily," She moaned, in obvious pain. "It hurts…my baby…"
"Shhh, we'll try and save it. You just try your best to relax." Lily soothed.
"How's my children?"
"They're shaken but fine." Lily assured her.
"Will you take them to their father until I'm feeling better? I know you'll be really busy with the twins to watch over them plus Emily and the twins." Audrey hated herself at that moment. She felt like she was abandoning them. "Tell him that I'll be coming back for them."
Lily nodded. "I will."
Hurried footsteps alerted Lily of Emily and Evelyn's arrival and Lily carefully stood and walked over to Charlie and Hunter. "We're going to Hogwarts." She told them not saying why just yet. "Don't worry; your Mum will be fine." She said after seeing Charlie's distressed expression.
Lily gently ushered the children (including Emily) to the fireplace and threw some floo powder in the fireplace and casting a bubblehead charm on her infant sons.
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Roslyn walked slowly down the forth floor corridor, surveying the sun drenched grounds of the school. She was slightly surprised that her fellow students weren't outside, enjoying the nice weather. No one had any classes today seeing as it was Sunday afternoon.
Suddenly she hit something solid and fell to the floor with an, 'oof' sound. Roslyn groaned, her eyes closed so she couldn't see who she collided with, and rubbed her tail bone. Her eyes snapped open when she heard a baby's cry.
"Mum?" She asked ignoring her sister and the unknown children for the moment. "What are you doing here? With the twins?" She added a second later taking in the second dark haired baby that was in Emily's arms.
"There was a small incident at home." Lily explained.
Roslyn raised her eyebrows in a very Malfoy-like fashion. "What kind of incident? Did Father curse someone?"
Lily shook her head and glanced at Charlie and Hunter. "No Tom didn't do it. My best friend said something that made Bella angry and she Crucioed her. She wanted me to take her children to their father."
"Their dad's one of the Professors?" Roslyn asked curiously.
"Yes. Roslyn meet Charlie and Hunter Potter."
Roslyn's eyebrows rose and she studied both children intently. Lily was right; the boy was just like a mini James while his sister looked like both her parents. She looked at Lily.
"Our family just keeps on growing, huh?" She said.
Lily nodded. "Yes."
"ROSLYN!" A voice echoed down the corridor making the family whirl around to face a breathless Blaise. The black boy slid to a stop and put his hands on his knees, breathing hard.
"What is it Blaise?" She asked coolly watching her best friend.
"Harry and Draco want to tell you something." Blaise said.
"No."
"They want to apologize."
Roslyn narrowed her eyes. "Why didn't they come find me themselves instead of sending you?"
"They know you wouldn't hex me." Blaise explained. "Harry thought you would hex them if they came."
"I wouldn't hex Harry even if he's being a prat."
"And Draco? You wouldn't hex him, would you?" Lily asked curiously.
Roslyn shrugged carelessly. "Maybe I would, maybe I wouldn't."
"Roslyn!" Lily admonished.
"What?" Roslyn saw the look Lily was giving her and grabbed Blaise's arm, dragging him away. "Let's go see what they want."
Lily followed them to the third floor, Emily, Charlie and Hunter on her heels. Lily stopped at James' office and knocked rather loudly.
A few seconds later the door was wretched open and there stood James, looking rather irritated. His irritation morphed into surprise as he saw his ex-wife and two of his children hiding behind her. "Lily," He greeted coolly. "This is a surprise. What can I do for you?"
"There was a small incident and Audrey asked if you could watch Charlie and Hunter for a while." Lily explained silently hoping he wouldn't ask what the incident was.
James raised an eyebrow. "What incident? What happened to her?"
Lily heard the concern in his voice and winced, suddenly feeling guilty for taking away Audrey and the kids. "She made Bella angry and was Crucioed."
James sputtered. "But the baby."
"I don't know what will happen to the baby."
"Why didn't you stop her?" James asked glaring at the red head. "I know that you could have stopped that bitch."
"What would have liked me to have done? Jump in front of her and take the curse myself?" Lily said. "Audrey may be my friend but I refuse to sacrifice myself for her. And how dare you call Bella a bitch."
"You were willing when we were younger." James pointed out.
"I'm not eighteen anymore. I have a family now."
"So does Audrey and you effectively killed one of them. I'll watch these two; tell her she can pick them up herself later." James ushered the two into his office and slammed the door in Lily's face.
"How rude." Emily murmured. "Can we go home now? Ethan's starting to get heavy."
"Sure, Baby." Lily turned around and pulled her youngest daughter to her side as they walked back up the empty hall. "You know, I think we should go and visit your Aunt Petunia."
Emily looked up at her mother in a horror at this random thought. "Why? Aunt Petunia hates us and she hates magic."
Lily waved a dismissive hand. "She doesn't hate us." Which was a complete lie, Petunia Dursley made it painfully clear that she hated them last time the two families met.
"If she doesn't hate us then why did she throw that frying pan at us that one time?"
"How do you remember that? You were three."
Emily shrugged. "I have a good memory."
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Roslyn came to a halt in front of the Slytherin portrait; the painting's inhabitant glared evilly at her, and gave the password. It only swung open when it saw Blaise.
"Why did it open for you?"
"Because I don't like you, girl." An oily voice sneered. "Go back to your own bloody common room."
"No. I'll be around here a lot for the next seven years so shut up and get used to it." Roslyn snapped.
The portrait grumbled something that seemed rather rude in French.
"If you're going to insult me at least at least have the balls to say it in English."
"Here's a newsflash for you, girl, I'm a painting! I have no balls!"
Blaise put his hand in the small of his friends' back and pushed gently before she could reply, causing her to stumble slightly through the entrance. "You can argue some other time. Harry and Draco are waiting for you."
"Blaise!" Roslyn whined.
"About time you got here, mate, what took you so long?" Harry asked stopping in front of his friend and sister. Draco was standing a little behind him; a haughty expression on his young face.
"Roslyn was too busy having a row with Gilroy."
Roslyn looked over Harry's shoulder and saw the majority of the Slytherin House watching the four.
Harry nodded and sighed, turning to the room at large. "Could we be alone for a few minutes?"
They all made themselves scarce and soon the common room was empty. Roslyn raised an eyebrow. "What did you want to tell me?" She asked knowing what it was already.
Draco stepped up next to Harry. "It was stupid of me to get mad at you for not coming to eat with us. It was childish and I'm sorry."
Roslyn smiled at the blond. "We've argued over stupider things and I've forgiven you for those. I'll forgive you this time too. I forgive you as well Harry."
Harry grinned at Roslyn and pulled her into a hug, which she gladly returned.
"Oh, Harry! I saw Mum." Roslyn exclaimed pulling away. "She had the twins with her."
"Why was Lily here?" Draco asked.
"Emily was with her too." Blaise added. "With two other children, who looked a little younger than us."
"Mum told me that they were called Charlie and Hunter Potter."
Harry's eyebrows went up. "Potter? They're related to us?"
Roslyn nodded. "They looked a lot like our birth father."
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James Potter leaned against his door, staring at his youngest children. Charlotte was staring back defiantly, her hand placed comfortingly on Hunter's small shoulder.
"What happened to your mum Charlotte?"
The small girl bristled slightly. "My name is Charlie, dad, and a dark lady hurt mummy."
"Your real name is Charlotte. Charlie is just a nickname." James pointed out.
Charlotte stamped her foot. "Everyone calls me Charlie! Except you! You didn't even want us!" She cried out tears of frustration filling her eyes.
James paled. "Where did you hear that?" He asked.
"I heard you and Mum fighting one time. You told her we weren't supposed to be born."
Hunter sniffled and looked at his father with huge watery hazel eyes. "You don't love us?" He asked sounding heartbroken. "You don't love mummy?"
James knelt down to his son's level and wrapped him in a hug. Hunter almost instantly hugged back, sobbing loudly. "I love you and Charlie very much, Hunter, and your mummy as well." James assured him. "I'm sorry for not being there you two. Will you let me try again?"
James looked at Charlotte when he said this. She nodded reluctantly when Hunter turned hopeful eyes to her.
James was ecstatic. "Perfect. Now we should go down to the village to get you clothes and things since you're staying here for a while."
He didn't really know what he would do with them while he was teaching his classes but he could always blackmail Sirius or Remus into taking them sometime while he was teaching. Although Remus still wasn't really speaking to him for getting Audrey pregnant seven years earlier and then marring her, the werewolf had a bit of a crush on her during their Hogwarts years.
James jumped slightly when he felt an impatient tug on his arm.
"Let's go!" Hunter whined tugging his shirt sleeve again.
James led the two to his fireplace and the three flooed over to the Three Broomsticks.
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Several hours later James collapsed into a chair in the Three Broomsticks, ordering three butterbeers from Madam Rosmerta. Charlotte and Hunter were sitting across from him, both chattering energetically about the things they had gotten.
He had spent over a thousand galleons on clothes, toys and various other things. Hunter and Charlotte had guilt tripped him into buying them two new state of the art brooms, both costing two hundred galleons each. He was sure Audrey would skin him alive if she ever found out.
Both brooms and the rest of the items James had bought them were sent up to his rooms in the castle. But despite the things he was doing for them, Charlotte remained distant with him, only talking to her brother or if James asked her a question. Hunter was weary and shy, hiding his face in Charlotte's shirt constantly.
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Lily groaned softly when she heard wailing coming from the crib from beside the bed. The boys had been crying since she and Emily had come home, she only got them quiet twenty minutes ago. Suddenly the crying stopped and soft, soothing whispers replaced it.
Lily walked out of the bathroom and stopped at the threshold taking in the scene in front of her. Voldemort was standing in front of the crib, with Ryan in his arms, whispering nonsense things to the infant. And the baby seemed to be listening; his bright green eyes were fixed on his father, staring at him in wonder.
Lily smiled at the sight before her. She never really got used to him looking at someone with such tenderness, her and their children included.
"I take it Bella went home?" Lily asked letting the pale man know she was there.
"Yes but I have a feeling she'll be back tomorrow to see the twins." Voldemort drawled lifting his red eyes to look at her.
"I wouldn't doubt that." Lily drawled back easily. She really had to stop hanging around the Malfoy's. "How's the boy's doing anyway?"
"Ethan's still sleeping and Ryan's falling asleep." Voldemort informed her.
"Oh good. I was afraid that Ryan would wake Ethan with his crying."
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A/N: I think that I did a pretty good job on this chapter even though it took me like four months to write it. The end of the chapter sucked though; hope you all enjoy it though. Be on the lookout for chapter 21.