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Hermione and Sirius sat outside the hospital waiting room, hands clenched together. Remus was pacing and Hermione's foot had not stopped bouncing up and down since the screams had started.
"James Potter you are never coming near me again!" Lily had been screaming things like this for the past half an hour.
It was July 31st and Hermione couldn't contain her excitement. Her best friend, the boy who had been her first friend, who defended her and helped her, would soon be here.
"Why is this taking so long?" Sirius whined.
"You try pushing a person out of you and see how fast it goes," Hermione joked.
It was then that a long, high pitched cry echoed through the room and hallway. James' laughter could be heard through the door and the group outside immediately jumped up and embraced in a three-way hug.
"My boy is here!" James Potter came bursting through the door with tears running down his face and the biggest smile.
"He's perfect and healthy and has the strongest set of lungs!" Sirius and Remus ran to him and gave him awkward man hugs that consisted of a lot of back hitting, but got the emotions across.
Hermione ran and wrapped him in a hug to rival Molly Weasley, "You're a Dad, Prongs!" she cried.
"I'm a Dad!" he repeated, "I'm a Dad."
He ran back into the room to see Lily and a healer came outside, "Mum and baby are just fine and you can go in to see them very shortly. We're just getting little Harry all cleaned up and making Mrs. Potter more comfortable."
When Hermione finally walked through the door and saw that little mop of black hair in Lily's arms, the tears began to flow down her cheeks, but she managed to get herself under control.
"Everyone, meet Harry James Potter, your godson," Lily smiled up at Remus, Hermione and Sirius as they got closer.
Remus looked at Lily, "Isn't Sirius the Godfather? He and Hermione are the Godparents, Lils. I'm fine with being the Uncle."
"No way Moony," James responded, "We just couldn't decide, so little Harry here is going to have the two best Godfathers in the world and the nerdiest Godmother in the world."
Hermione smacked James as Remus beamed down at the little boy, "Don't worry, Harry. You're auntie Hermione and I will make sure that you're top of your class."
"You will not turn my Godson into a nerd!" Sirius laughed.
"Can I hold him?" Lily handed Harry over to Hermione.
"Hello there little one," she played with his little fingers as they tried to grasp hers, once he opened his eyes and those bright, beautiful green orbs stared back at her, she couldn't contain her tears any longer.
After Harry had been passed around to everyone, Hermione took him back again while Lily was sleeping. James, Sirius and Remus had gone back to the house to pick up a few things and prepare for the arrival of little Harry.
"Oh Harry, I love you so much. You're Auntie Hermione will always be here for you. Your Mom and Dad are going to get to see you off to Hogwarts and they will see you graduate and you're going to have the most loving family ever. Nothing is going to happen to you and soon you'll get to meet your best friend, Ron."
Hermione stayed at the hospital for a few more hours and had taken a few hours to go and visit the Longbottoms. Frank and Alice were the new parents of a beautiful little boy named Neville and the Potters were already planning play dates for the little boys who were sure to be fast friends.
Once visiting hours were over, she finally left with Sirius and Remus and returned to the house to fill it with toys for little Harry.
Harry James Potter was a fussy little boy.
All of the Marauders were excited for the newest edition to their house. Because of the size, it was as if everyone had their own homes, yet they could always eat together or relax together when they wanted.
Every night someone would be woken up to little Harry's cries and Hermione, Sirius and Remus became quite adept at changing nappies and rocking him back to sleep.
Lily and James had protested for the first few weeks, but once they had been properly deprived of sleep, they allowed anyone who wanted the task of changing him at 4 am to go right ahead and do it.
The little family was perfectly happy and plans for the upcoming fight were running very smoothly, until one night when Mr. Rodolphus Lestrange decided to go to the Hogs Head pub.
Since his wife had been locked in Azkaban, Rodolphus had taken to drinking and destroying any muggles that he would come across.
That night he came across Albus Dumbledore, so he hid himself nearby as he listened to the conversation that he was having with an applicant for Divination professor.
As they were talking, the strange woman began to go into a trance and spoke of a prophecy:
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies ..."
Upon hearing that the Dark Lord could be in trouble, Rodolphus ran back to his master to tell him the news and they began to place the pieces together and discover who would be their next target.
Since the Mudblood had vanished from right under his nose, Voldemort had been furious and his followers were more terrified than ever.
When Rodolphus came to him with the memory of a prophecy concerning his downfall, his anger rose and he immediately sent some of his most trusted to met with their contact at St. Mungo's and give him the possible names of the child that he now had to destroy.
He would rid himself of this problem quickly and get back to the Mudblood problem that was plaguing him.
He often found himself thinking that had she not been so filthy, he would have taken her to rule beside him. Her strength and power was admirable, but her unwavering devotion to Dumbledore and her filthy blood tainted her.
She would be connected to this prophecy somehow, he just knew it. When the time came to destroy the family and child that threatened him, he hoped that she would be there and attempt to stop him, so that he could kill her once and for all.
He was done playing.
"I had a meeting with a potential teacher last night," Albus explained to the Order members, "but as we were talking, she spoke of a prophecy. Since she is the Great-granddaughter of a very, very gifted Seer, we must take this very seriously."
Hermione paled and unconsciously clutched Sirius' hand. She knew exactly what was coming and wondered if anyone had overheard this time since she knew Severus would never tell Voldemort this time around.
"I'm afraid that we were in a public place and it is quite possible for someone to have overheard the prophecy, which directly places some of our own members in danger." At this point he looked over at the two young, happy families in the room.
"I'm afraid that the prophecy was concerning a child born at the end of July to parents who have openly defied Voldemort. This could apply to either young Harry or Neville, so for your safety I wish to place you in safe houses until such time as we can destroy the horcruxes and defeat Tom once and for all."
Lily was clutching Harry tightly to her chest as was Alice with Neville and while both men tried to calm their wives, Hermione spoke up.
"We can do secret keepers, so that no one will be able to come near you. I know everyone here would gladly volunteer to protect you and I would like to say that as Harry's godmother, I will take on that responsibility if you would like." Sirius took her hand in his and simply nodded at his best friends.
Each of the small families looked distraught as Dumbledore told them that one of their children would have the power to defeat Voldemort and that Voldemort would be looking to kill the child and anyone who stood in the way.
"Don't worry, because he is not going to find you before we kill him." Remus placed his hand on James' back and squeezed his shoulder.
"Voldie will be gone long before he discovers the prophecy or..."
At that point Sirius was cut off as a ghostly white goat came through the Burrow, "I'm afraid that there were Death Eaters in the bar last night Albus."
That was the only thing it said before vanishing into the air and Dumbledore explained that he had asked Aberforth to ask around and find out who may have overheard the conversation.
"For the moment we must assume that Voldemort knows of the children and we must take appropriate action."
Hermione and Sirius were sent to gather Lily, James and Harry's things while Marlene and Remus went to gather some of the Longbottom's items.
"I have two safe houses in place for you and Hermione will be the secret keeper for the Potter's while Sirius will take the responsibility for the Longbottoms." Dumbledore told them of the Fidelius Charm and ensured that Hermione and Sirius understood the dangers involved.
Frank grabbed Sirius into a 'manly' hug in thanks as the two secret keepers began the ritual.
With the prophecy scare and heightened security, Hermione and Sirius had a serious discussion about what to do concerning their wedding.
They had decided on August and had almost everything prepared, but now the big ceremony that they had planned would have to be postponed.
"Lily, James, Frank and Alice are all in the wedding party, we can't do anything that would risk their lives or those precious boys," Hermione knew that Sirius would agree with her.
"I just want to marry you already," Sirius laughed, "but it seems as though we'll have to wait until Voldemort is good and gone before I can make you mine."
"Foolish boy, I'm not going anywhere and I thought you would know that by now. I already have a ring that says I'm yours and waiting a little longer for another one will not change my mind." Hermione snuggled closer to Sirius on the couch as they waited for the moon to rise.
The basement of the marauders' house was specially equipped for Remus and now that James and Lily needed to be in their safe house most of the time, Sirius and Hermione would be keeping him company tonight.
Hermione couldn't believe that after everything she had done the prophecy was still overheard and James and Lily were still in danger.
She knew that this time their location would not be compromised and that Voldemort would never find the house, but that did not stop her from worrying for her friends.
Sirius and Remus were constantly with James and Sirius had taken to changing into Padfoot and terrorizing the Potter cat.
The couple was going stir crazy because they were so used to living with their best friends and having Order work to do, but now, for their own safety, they were not involved in missions or anything that had them appearing in public.
The tight knit group would still get together at the Burrow for Molly's wonderful meals because of the heavy protective wards surrounding the home, but even with all of the wards the Potters and Longbottoms would only come occasionally.
Now that Bill had moved on from Hermione, they were entertained by Nymphadora who was convinced that she and Remus were destined to be together.
Smart girl that one. Hermione always thought to herself when little Tonks would try and act so grown up whenever Remus was around.
Hermione's new goal was to have completed her mission by the time Ginny was born. She knew that this gave her approximately a year and with the way that the Order was coming together, this would definitely be possible.
Ever since the announcement of the prophecy, the Order was having regular meetings which included a large amount of progress on finding out the Dark Lord's location.
Since Hermione had been unconscious when she was brought there and since she portkeyed herself out, she had no idea where she was taken, but it did look like a large, Victorian structure and she was reminded of Malfoy Manor where Voldemort was hiding in her time.
They had ruled out Malfoy Manor when they conducted various surprise raids and so far they believed that the Lestranges held the key to Voldemort's location.
Now that Voldemort was on the lookout for the Potters and Longbottoms, everyone was taking this mission much more seriously and were planning to end this as quickly as possible.