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Chapter 36
Artemis P.O.V
I woke up to the sound of crying. I opened my eyes, and saw Logan and Victor trying to calm the baby that Victor was holding.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I don't know." Victor said. "Tala just started crying. I can't see anything wrong with her."
"I think she's just hungry. Give her here." I said, sitting up. I undid my bra, and then lifted my top up, and one cup of my bra, revealing one of my breasts, and then I accepted Tala off Victor, and held her to my breast. She latched onto my nipple, and started to suck, one of her tiny hands resting on my breast. "There now." I said softly, smiling. "What did I say? She was just hungry. You better get used to it. It's the only way they know how to communicate when they want something. How's Blake doing?"
"Just fine." Logan said. "He'll probably wake up soon. It's a wonder that his sister didn't wake him up."
"Well, he'll want his feed when he does." I said.
"You'd better hurry with Tala then." Victor said.
"I can't. She'll finish in her own time." I said. "If I pull her off too early, then she'll just start crying again."
I watched my baby girl, as I nursed her; she seemed so contented right now. I looked up, when I heard the sound of my baby boy waking up. Blake was stirring.
"Should I head back to the house, and make up some formula or something for him?" Logan asked.
"No, I want to be the first to feed him. And anyway, by the time you got there, and made it, Tala would mostly be finished anyway." I said.
Logan nodded. Tala had just finished her feed, when Blake finished waking up, and began to cry. I handed Tala back to Victor, and took Blake from Logan, altering my top and bra, so that Blake could nurse on my other breast.
The door opened, and Jean walked in with Healer Rode.
"Congratulations on the birth of your children." Healer Rode said. "I'm here to weigh them, and write out their birth certificates." She pulled out a set of weighing scales from her bag and set it up on a table. "I'll wait till you're done feeding."
I nodded, and when Blake finished feeding, I nodded to her.
"Which one was born first?" She asked.
"That would be Blake." I said, shifting him in my arms slightly.
"Then we'll start with him." She said, smiling. She came over, and went to take Blake from me, but a couple of warning growls from both Victor and Logan stopped her.
I sighed, and shook my head. "I'm sorry." I told her.
"Don't worry. I should have expected something like this. How about one of you place the children on the scales to be weighed?" She suggested.
I gave Blake back to Logan, and slid off the bed. My legs were a bit shaky for a moment, but then they steadied. The three of us walked over to the table with the scales on it. Healer Rode pulled out a piece of square parchment and a quill.
"What's his full name?"
"Blake Cedric Howlett-Creed." I answered.
"Time of birth last night?"
"Eleven forty five." Victor answered.
"Place him on the scales please."
Logan did so, after removing the blanket from him, and a number appeared in gold ribbon above him. Six pounds and fourteen ounces.
"You can take him off now." Rode said, moving the one piece of parchment to one side, and then replacing it with another.
"What's your daughter's full name then?"
"Tala Artemis Creed- Howlett." Logan said.
"Time of birth?"
"Eleven fifty six." Logan answered.
"Place her on the scales please."
Victor unwrapped her, and placed her on the scale. Another gold number appeared. It read six pounds and four ounces. Tala was ten pounds lighter than her brother.
"Right, I need you all to sign and print your names on the certificates please, as their parents."
I nodded, and placed my name and signature on each piece of parchment. Logan and Victor both followed after me, placing their manes and signatures on the certificates. When they were finished, Rode nodded. She waved her wand over the certificates, and they glowed gold. She frowned.
"What is it?"
"Copies have been sent to three ministries." She said. "Not two. They've gone to the department of magical births and deaths in America, Britain, and Canada."
"Jimmy and I are Canadians." Victor said.
"That would explain it." Healer Rode said. "Would you like me to check their magical core, and mutations?"
"It won't hurt them, will it?" I asked.
"Not in the least." She assured.
I looked to my mates, who both nodded, but tightened their holds slightly on the babies.
She waved her wand over Blake, and then Tala. She smiled. "They both have a large magical core, and they have the same mutation as both their fathers. No doubt they'll have both types of claws."
I smiled. "Thank you, Healer Rode, for everything."
"It's no problem. If you ever need anyone to perform a check up, just floo call me, or owl me, and I will be there as soon as possible."
I nodded and smiled. She then turned, and left.
"Everyone's waiting for you upstairs." Jean said. "Oh, and Artemis, Professor's Dumbledore, McGonagall and Flitwick arrived last night too."
"Thanks Jean." I said, smiling at her.
She nodded, and left the room.
"Well, we had better move on up there, then." I said. "Pass me one of the babies."
Victor handed Tala over to me.
"Right, you two, behave. No one up there is going to harm either of our babies. If anything, their going to want to pad everything out so they can't be harmed." I said.
"We won't harm anyone darlin." Victor promised.
"Good." I said.
They both stood either side of me. Logan had Blake in one arm, and his free arm was wrapped round my waist. Victor also had an arm wrapped round my waist, and we walked out of the medical bay.
When we got upstairs, we found that Jean had been right. Everyone was indeed waiting for us.
"How are you sweetheart?" mum asked, walking over.
"Still a bit tired." I said.
"That's to be expected, even with your healing factor." She said, hugging me.
"You hungry?" Tonks asked.
"Yeah." I said, nodding.
We sat down in the Rec room, as Tonks and Remus left to go make some food.
"Well, we've already met Tala, but we haven't met Blake yet." dad said. "How is my little grandson doing?"
"Just fine." I said. "They've both had their first feed, so they're fine for now." I said, before I nudged Logan.
Let them hold Blake. I told him.
"You want to hold him?" Logan asked.
"Definitely." Dad said nodding. He stood up, and came over. He took Blake off Logan, and sat back down again. Several began cooing over Blake, while others came over and started cooing over Tala. They soon switched positions. When Tonks and Remus came back in, levitating plates of food, I handed Tala over to Hermione, so that Victor, Logan and I could eat without having to constantly keep moving the baby around. Luna, who was now holding Blake, kept a hold on him. Logan finished first, and took Tala back off Hermione. Victor was done, not long after, and picked up Blake. When I was done, mum pulled out a camera.
"Alright, give the babies to Artemis, and lean in. I want several good photos today." She said.
Victor and Logan did as told, having no problem handing them to me, whereas they had been reluctant to trust the others with them. They both wrapped an arm round me, and mum started taking pictures. Some of them were all of us, others with one of us and the babies, or one of us with one baby.
Blake and Tala blinked owlishly whenever the camera flashed. They looked at it, curiously, and also surprised. They most probably had no clue as to what was going on, bless them.
A while later, the five of us left the mansion, and headed back across the grounds to our house, where we could relax in a bit of piece and quiet. The first thing we did, was put the babies in baby grows, so we didn't have to worry about the blankets unravelling.
"I'm glad Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick saw the babies." I said.
"Maybe they'll teach them one day." Logan said.
"Maybe." I agreed. "It'll be up to these two, whether or not they want to go to Hogwarts, or another school."
"Whichever one they go to, is fine, so long as they're happy." Victor said.
I looked at both babies, who were both being held by their fathers. I watched as, at the same time, both Logan and Victor placed a hand on the chest of the baby they were holding. Tala reached up, and grabbed hold of one of Logan's fingers and Blake did the same with Victor. I smiled, and so did Victor and Logan. I was so happy. I had my family. Little did I know that tomorrow, my worst nightmare was about to begin.
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