(Disclaimer. J.K. Rowling owns all that is H.P)
Diosa Alexia – Jess and Remus? Hmm Maybe it's a case of more interaction?.
Cecilia Orechio – I might try and put in a Tonks POV.
Clare – Thanks Happy reading well sort of?.
Keke Potter – Thanks, Sirius should stay alive, that is if Jess or Remus don't kill him?.
JCs DancerGurl – Thanks hope you like this chapt?.
Snow Angel222 – Getting slightly more crazy.
Fra – Remus and Jess tend to be very opened with each other, she finds it easy to relate to him.
Tessa – Thanks.
Anne v 79 – Yay glad you made it , enjoy the rest.
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Chapter. 35. Fights and Flight.
The room took on an uncomfortable silence, as Sirius stepped across to the fireplace resting his arm on the large granite mantelpiece, his jaw clenching tightly as he declined his head dealing with what he viewed as Jessica's deceit.
Harry glanced from Sirius over to Jessica, her head rested on her father's chest, her eyes closed as his hand stroked over her hair in a calming manner.
Clearing his throat Dumbledore broke the tension felt by everyone in the room , "First things first, Nymphadora Tonks needs to be located and brought back here".
"Well, the last we heard she was at Grimmauld Place with Andromeda, but that was a few months ago, she could be back at the Malfoy estate by now" Lily informed him as Sirius vented an irritated grunt.
Dumbledore groaned uneasily at either prospect running his hand down over his beard, "We'll need to get to her as soon as possible" he said his gaze following Remus as he assisted Jessica over to a nearby chair before glancing down at Sirius.
"I'll get onto Abbotts and see what he can find out," James said, walking across to the small desk near the sofa and grabbing a piece of parchment, quickly jotting out a brief note, "Michael run this to Angus" James said tossing the quill behind him back onto the desk.
"Angus?" Harry questioned.
"He's at the front doors" James said handing him the rolled up parchment and slapping him on the back to get him moving.
As Harry made his way out the door Remus pulled a chair up in front of Jessica, a nervousness touched his eyes as he looked over at her, "Jess, were you pregnant before all of this happened, before you touched the Orb?" he asked apprehensively.
Jessica glanced across to Sirius, her emotions again swelling inside her as he looked away, "Yes, four months" she uttered softly looking back at Remus, confirming to him what Harry had told the others.
"Michael said the Black family tapestry showed the baby to be a boy?" Remus's question again drawing Sirius's attention watching as Jessica nodded.
"Alright," Remus said glancing at his watch as he rose to his feet, mumbling nervously under his breath he walked over to door.
"Oh sorry professor" Harry apologized as he bound back into the room colliding with Remus.
"That's alri,.... .What did you call me?" Remus asked looking suddenly bemused .
"Ah, professor," Harry hesitantly answered not sure of anyone's reactions at the moment.
"You were Harry's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in his third year," Jessica said, a little smile gracing her as she watched Remus suddenly smirk proudly.
His smile growing broader as Harry added, "You were the best Dark Arts teacher we ever had".
James stood near Lily having a good laugh at the thought of Remus as a professor at Hogwarts now, "I can just see you Moony cowering to Headmaster Weasley" he teased.
"Impertinent little shit he is," Sirius growled, "Deceived and betrayed his whole family for power".
"Hogwarts is an exclusive school for purebloods," Lily explained to a confused looking Harry and Jessica, "Percy Weasley is just another of Voldemorts puppets, there to do his Masters bidding".
"Percy!" Harry eyes darted to look at Jessica as she pulled herself up from her seat, "What about Ron Weasley?" Harry asked his mother.
"The only one that we've heard survived the attack at their farm was the girl, but she's not been heard of in years" lily said softly.
"Ginny" Harry downheartedly mumbled to himself as Lily's hand reached out to comfort him.
"Never thought I'd see the day when Hogwarts was run by Deatheaters" Dumbledore soulfully uttered, Jessica noticing a glimmer of emotions in the old wizards' eyes.
"Well technically you didn't actually see it happen Albus" James said correcting him.
"James!, sometimes you can be so insensitive!" Lily scolded, as Dumbledore gave an amused chuckle.
"Remus" interrupted Poppy as she poked her head round the opened door, "Flora's down in the infirmary".
"We'll be there in a moment, thank you Poppy" Remus said stepping across to Jessica, "Excuse me Albus, Flora is here to check on the welfare of Jess and the baby".
"Good, good you get that sorted and let us know how it goes, I'm sure Michael here can supply us with any answers we may need" Dumbledore said smiling softly looking from Remus over to Harry.
Sirius lifted his head watching Jessica as Remus held her hand leading her from the room towards the infirmary, "Aren't you going with her?" Lily questioned.
"What about the Orb, do you have any idea as to where it could be?" Sirius asked stepping back to look up at Dumbledore ignoring Lily and turning the conversation away from him.
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The cooler air in the corridor came as a welcome relief to the stifling heat of the meeting room even with Sirius's coolness towards her, "There's nothing wrong is there Remus?" Jessica asked as she glanced back up the corridor to see if Sirius was going to join them.
"No, no . we just want to check that the Orb hasn't had an adverse effect on this pregnancy," Remus said running a comforting hand over her back.
"In what way would it effect it?" She queried.
"Well you were pregnant with a boy and this baby is a girl, so we just want to make sure nothing has changed, and just give you a general check overm," Remus said trying to smile reassuringly as she glimpsed back up the corridor for the last time before they descended several steps and headed for the opened hospital door.
"Try just to give Padfoot a little time, it's been a lot for him to digest too" Remus said stopping her in the doorway his hand coming up to brush against her cheek as his eyes scanned her emotions, "You do understand what's going on here, don't you?".
Jessica frowned not quite understanding which part of this whole surreal situation he was referring to, but before she could respond Poppy called them into the room, over near the end bed stood a short plump Mediwitch, her curly gray hair protruding out from under a black bonnet.
"Come on up you pop Jessica" she cheerfully said patting the bed, her bright red cheeks and sprightly disposition lighting up her drab sooty out fit that covered her from head to toe, "It is alright to call her Jessica isn't it?" she asked looking to Remus as Jessica slipped up onto the bed.
"Yes Flora, she's still Jessica," Remus assured her, "Jess, this is Flora Delrosia she's a Mediwitch and reproductive extractor"
"Reproductive what?" she questioned, as Flora lifted Jessica's dress and covered her lower half of her body with a sheet.
"She impregnates young witches to carry pureblood babies, Voldemorts scheme to regenerate the dwindling pureblood population" Remus explained.
"Yes it's not a very pleasant job, some of the poor little beggars are only fourteen years old when they're brought into us, but I do my best to make them as comfortable as possible while they're with us" Flora said responding to Jessica's look of concern.
"You work for Voldemort?" a sudden nervousness crept into Jessica's tone as she shifted uncomfortably cross the bed away from her.
"Not by my own choice, it's either work for Voldemort or have innocent lives put at risk, at least this way I can make sure the girls are well looked after and are not mistreated or tortured in anyway" Flora said pulling a wand from her decorative attaché case.
"There's nothing to worry about Jess she is on our side" Remus said running his hand across Jessica's frowning brow as she rested her head back into the pillow.
"Now enough about me, Remus I hope you've explained to Jessica just what's going to happen here today" Flora inquired.
"Ah, well, no I thought that would be best coming from you" Remus grinned politely.
"You know for a ferocious werewolf you can really be a coward Remus" Flora chuckled pointing her wand to the palm of her upturned hand, "Gello" she muttered causing a clear goo to ooze from her wand onto her hand.
Jessica looked on apprehensively as Flora rubbed the goo over both hands forming a protective barrier like a pair of latex gloves, " Now, quite an interesting dilemma you've thrown at us, so Poppy informs me" Flora said as her hands pressed firmly into Jessica's well developed stomach, "This is excellent, the uterus is tight and the baby's head is engaged" Flora smiled to Jessica as she continued to prod around feeling the position of the baby.
"Do you think the Orb could have effected the baby?" Jessica asked as Remus took hold of her hand.
"That's what we're here to find out" Flora said reaching back into her bag this time pulling out a silver shafted metal wand, "This here is going to take a sample of the amniotic fluid and it will give us an accurate reading on the baby, now you will feel a slight sting as the wand draws up the fluid", Flora explained as she placed the instrument firmly onto Jessica's belly button.
"Don't watch," Remus whispered turning Jessica's head to face him, his hand softly caressing her cheek as she winced in pain, her grip tightening on his hand as she felt a painful nipping sensation spread across her stomach.
"There all done" Flora said holding up the shafted wand with a single drop of reddish fluid suspended precariously on the end.
Poppy handed Flora a small vile containing a miniscule amount of orange powder, into which Flora place the single drop of retrieved fluid, Remus and Jessica looked on as the vile was swirled around for several seconds before Flora held it up closely examining it .
"There's nothing to worry about Remus, not too long now and you'll be holding your baby girl" Flora smiled across to Remus as Jessica abruptly propped herself up on her elbows and looked from a broadly smiling Remus back to Flora.
"No Remus isn't the father" Jessica smiled uneasily.
"He had better be" chuckled Flora, "I Didn't go through all them months of work for nothing" she said walking over to the basin on the cupboard and washing the gel from her hands.
"Jess I thought, last night when I said, and you answered me, and today, I thought you understood" Remus stuttered uncomfortably as Jessica reefed the sheet from the bed wrapping it around herself, her hand pushing Remus across the room to the farthest corner away from Poppy and Flora.
"This is our baby!!" Jessica exclaimed, as a tidal wave of shock washed over her.
"No , it's Rosemary's and mine, but she'll carry your blood" His words only creating more confusion in her already dazed mind.
"Oh this just keeps getting better and better" Jessica mumbled to herself at the thought of having something that belonged to that woman.
"Look" Remus said resting his hands on Jessica shoulders, "Just let me explain".
"I think you'd better!" Jessica said readjusting the sheet around herself .
Remus sighed solemnly, his hand brushing through his hair pushing it from his face as he looked down at her scanning her eyes to gauge her emotional state of mind, "Try and understand Jess" He pleaded softly, "We have wanted a child of our own for so long but it was virtually impossible, with Rosemary being a squib the likelihood of any child conceived by us would be born with Lycantropy was more than tripled" Remus explained his thumb gently stroking the side of her face as her eyes projected her every thought to him, his in return sending a vague jolt through her.
"It was Poppy that introduced all us to Flora and her conception skills, of course once Flora found out who you were she realized instantly that if we could get you to carry a girl your blood and it's subsequent powers would be passed through to the child and therefore eliminate any risk of me passing on the Lycantropy" he smiled.
"Remus" Flora called, "I still need to do an internal on Jessica" she informed him as she smeared fresh gel over her hands.
"We'll be over in just a moment" Remus said turning back to Jessica.
"So she implanted a fertilized embryo from Rosemary inside me?" Jessica said sounding somewhat more relieved.
"Ah, yeah, sort of, it's called reallotment, and it was tried several times but the embryo didn't withstand the transfer" .
"Sort of, what do you mean sort of? , we didn't?, you and I didn't?" Jessica abruptly shut her mouth, as Remus's face appeared to suddenly flush with colour.
'We did try every other option but none of them work, it seemed that err, my sperm couldn't withstand the heat generated from the wand in the transfers, so Flora realloted Rosemary's eggs and the rest was left to me to handle in a more umm, natural sort of way" Remus said lowering his gaze from Jessica's widening stare, "Don't worry I was just as nervous as you were the first time" He reassured her albeit unsuccessfully.
"The first time!, how many times were there exactly?" Jessica asked closing her eyes not really wanting to hear his answer.
"Ah, well, three to be exact" Remus uttered clearing his suddenly constricting throat.
"And Sirius agreed to all of this?" Jessica squeaked.
"Well no not really at first, but he did eventually understand it was the only way to help us out" he said as he tucked her hair behind her ears.
Jessica's closed her eyes her hand grazing across her face as her mind bogged down with an overload of information, she felt a slight draft as Remus step away from her Flora calling to him again, quickly removing the sheet she tossed it aside before tugging her dress back down and making a hasty withdrawal from the room.
The cooler corridor air again refreshed her flushed cheeks as she hurriedly made her way back up along passed the meeting room, the thought fleetingly crossing her mind to try and talk to Sirius, but as she stopped near the doors Remus called out to her, not ready to face him yet again she made for the stairs and up to the sanctuary of her room.
With her head throbbing and her back aching Jessica sat herself on the window seat looking out at the growing cloud cover in the darkening sky, her mind a mass of confusing thoughts and uncomfortable images, a soft tapping at the door drawing her back to the confines of the bedroom.
"Jess" Remus's voice softly called.
Jessica bit nervously into her thumbnail as she crossed the floor to the door, "Please Remus I just need some time alone" she uttered resting her head against the rough hardwood frame as her stomach knotted up.
"I just wanted to make sure you were alright", his voice filtered through the crack in the doorway.
Jessica found herself smiling at his words, it was always like Remus to show his concerns, never wanting to upset anyone, "I'm alright, I just need a little time that's all", She tried to persuade him, her words greeted with a worried groan.
It took several minutes before she heard him move away from the door, Jessica stood rubbing her tired aching back as she looked around the quiet room eventually making her way over to the inviting bed, resting her head on the pillow was her undoing as her emotions once again slipped from her grasp.
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A chill ran over Jessica's body as she opened her eyes to the darkened room, pelting rain gusted in through the opened windows, removing the throw rug she gingerly made her way to the window on the wet slippery floorboards, the rain splattering in on her as she lifted the latch wrenching the windows shut.
Stopping for a moment to get her bearings and wake properly she grabbed hold of the bedpost, she lifted her wrist attempting to see what the time was, faintly making out three forty- five, the wind whistled through the multitude of crevices in the old castle as Jessica sat on the edge of the bed wrapping the throw rug around her dampened clothes, it came as no surprise to her not to see Sirius lying on the bed, 'What did you expect' she mumbled to herself in the darkness as she felt around the bedside cupboard for her wand, ' you're damn idiot' she cursed realizing Sirius had taken it from her that morning.
Bare footed she padded her way out into the crowded corridor, again filled with snoozing bodies, though not quite as many as the previous night, pulling the rug tight around herself to ward off the cold draft she headed down the stairs.
"You'll catch a your death wandering around like that tonight" Max advised her coming to greet her at the bottom of the stairs.
"Do you know where Sirius might be?" Jessica asked smiling more warmly than she felt.
"Believe he retired for the night hours ago" he said giving her a curious look as he twirled one end of his lengthy moustache between his chubby fingers.
"I might just grab a bite to eat from the kitchen and head back to bed then" Jessica said running her hand over her stomach as it loudly protested over it's lack of food.
"No sorry, no one's permitted into the kitchens after eleven" he said latching onto her arm.
"Sirius doesn't trust me wandering around does he?" Jessica asked noticing Max's hand slip into his robe.
"Ahem, he did mention, just in passing mind you, not to let you wander the place" Max said uncomfortably, Jessica's hand again coursing over her growling tummy. "Wait there a moment," Max's robe billowed behind him as he quickly trotted over to a chair near the front doors, his hand delving into a brown metal lunch pail, "I have a pear you can have or you're welcome to share my cornbeef and pickle sandwich" he said holding a sandwich wrapped in brown paper in one hand and a green pear in the other.
"No really it's fine, thank you Max, I'll just wait till breakfast".
"At least take the pear" Max insisted placing the well-ripened pear into her hand.
Jessica thanked Max again before heading back upstairs, biting into the juicy pear she pushed opened the slightly ajar door to the children's room, her eyes coming to rest on the figure asleep in the large wing-backed chair just inside the doorway.
Sirius held a firm grip on his wand even in his sleep, his head resting awkwardly into the corner of the tattered old chair, gripping the pear in her teeth Jessica wiped her sticky hands on her dress before gently slipping her hand into his robe pockets searching for her wand, Sirius stirring as juice from the pear dripped from her chin onto his hand. Jessica stilled herself, her hand in his pocket down the side of the chair, her face inches from his as she leaned over him, mumbling he turned his head, her hair brushing against his nose, she froze as he suddenly shifted, his hand coming up to rub his tickling nose.
"No Jess," he muttered as his eyes fluttered opened for a second looking at her before wearily closing again.
Her heart reverberated in her ears as she took in a deep breath, the last thing she wanted was Sirius to wake and find her searching his pockets even if it was for her own wand, calming her nerves she dipped her hand deeper finally feeling the hard tip of her wand, moving in closer she wrapped her fingers tightly around it's tip slowly slipping it from under Sirius's weight, his every breath warm against her cheek as it fluttered several loss strands of hair.
With her wand safely back in her possession she pulled the throw rug from her shoulders spreading it over him, her hand gently sweeping back the hair from his face, with great reluctance she backed out of the room not trusting herself to behave around him any longer.
Back in her room she made short work of the remains of the pear, using Remus's tactic's she stashed her wand under the mattress before heading to the bathroom at the end of the corridor to wash away the sticky syrup from the pear, changing into dry clothes she slipped under the quilt, with her stomach temporarily satisfied and knowing Sirius was just in the next room she drifted back into a somewhat uneasy sleep.
Sirius groaned as he moved his stiff aching muscles, peeling his eyes opened he was greeted with the sight of Dominic kneeling between his legs, an elbow resting on each leg, his tiny hands cupping his face, his eyes intently watching him.
"Hey" Sirius managed to grunt out as he ran his hands over his tired face trying to wake all his senses.
Dominic stood up moving around to the side of the chair watching his father yawn, Sirius pulled the rug from his legs an agonizing moan coming from his lips as he stood, "Oh gods" he groaned as he stretched trying to pull the kinks out of his neck and back.
"Don't you like your bed daddy?" Dominic questioned him as he sat back down pulling on his shoes.
Sirius smiled as an exasperated groan came from Gabriel who stood in front of the mirror running a brush over her long golden locks, "Yes I love my bed mate" he said rubbing his son head.
"Don't you like mummy no more?" Dominic asked after a lengthy think about the situation.
"Yes of course he does silly" Gabriel scolded as she stepped over to them, her hands firmly placed on her little hips, "He just gets fus-stated and cranky when mummy has a headache".
"Pardon me!, who told you that?" Sirius asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Mummy, she told me that heaps! Of times" Gabriel informed him.
Sirius slouched back into the chair chuckling as he surveyed his two children standing before him, to Dominic every thing was black or white, you either liked something or you didn't, Gabriel on the other hand was a totally different kettle of fish, she was a five year old going on twenty five, up to date and in the know.
"Alright you pair go and wash up for breakfast" Sirius ordered.
"You too daddy, you've got icky pear on your hand" Gabriel told him touching the sticky residue on the back of his hand.
While Gabriel and Dominic headed to the bathroom Sirius headed back to his room laying the throw rug on the end of the bed, his eyes resting on Jessica momentarily before looking over to the pear core sitting on the bedside cupboard.
Sirius was brooding over his second cup of coffee by the time Remus and James sat down, Lily soon joining them after settling Alexandra at the children's table.
"Jess still asleep?" Remus asked as Harry pulled a chair out sitting down next to his father.
Sirius gave a grunt putting his coffee to his lips as he looked over to the doorway.
Jessica stopped for a second calming herself and straightening out her white cotton dress, "Okay it's a new day with no mistakes, yet", she mumbled to herself as she tried to confidently cross the room to where they sat.
"Morning" she nervously greeted everyone as she sat down next to Sirius.
Harry raised a concerned eyebrow glancing to Sirius as the other said their good-mornings to her, "Bit damp out this morning" Lily commented looking out at the rain teeming down in the court yard.
"Yeah, I had to get up and close the windows during the night" Jessica said pouring herself a goblet of juice.
"Was that before or after you stole the pear from the kitchen?" Sirius sarcastically asked.
"I, I didn't steal it, Max gave it to me" she informed him softly as she held a tight grip on her emotions.
"And did Max give you your wand too?" Sirius snarled.
"Padfoot!" Remus's said sending a warning glare across the table.
"No I took it from your robe" Jessica openly admitted.
"You stole it" he snapped.
"I took back what belongs to me" her voice started to waver.
"Nothing here belongs to you, you went through my pockets and stole it" Sirius yelled shoving his chair back towering above her.
"If it's that important you can have the damn thing back" Jessica yelled standing to meet his glare.
The whole dinning hall fell silent watching the argument erupt, "Both of you's just calm down" James said as he moved around the table trying to quell the tensions.
"Mummy" Dominic called as he ran over to her with his arms out a look of fright in his eyes at seeing his parents argue.
"No, she's not your mother" Sirius said scooping the child up into his arms before he reached Jessica.
Remus slammed his cup on the table as Jessica dashed from the room bumping head- on into Rosemary who stood watching the event unfold.
"You're a heartless bastard" Remus snapped grabbing everyone's attention, no one ever seeing him quite so angry before.
"She deceived to us, trying to make me believe she's someone that she not" Sirius snapped as Madame Capps took Dominic from his arms removing the children from the room.
"She is Jess!, not some damn stranger" Remus shouted his hand running roughly through his hair, "The reason she is in this mess is because of you, not wanting to be without you!, for someone of your intelligence you can really be an idiot sometimes".
Lily made her way over to the door as James and Harry both tried to extinguish the pressure building between Remus and Sirius.
Upstairs Jessica tugged at the sheets slipping her hand under the mattress retrieving her wand.
"Well, well, well, how the mighty have fallen" Rosemary gloated.
"Please not now" Jessica begged unable to take much more as she turned to face Rosemary's smug grin her long frame leaning against the opened door.
"What is it all getting a bit too much for you" Rosemary snarled slamming the door behind her.
"I'm not going to stand here and argue with you about some stupid notion you have about Remus and me" Jessica snapped as she reached for the door handle.
"I didn't come here to argue about Remus, I just thought you'd be interested in the little meeting they had last night" she hissed leaning across preventing Jessica from opening the door.
Jessica skeptically glared up at the redhead, Rosemary's hand coming up shoving her back from the door, "Aren't you curious as to why they don't want you having your wand? or why they aren't up here fussing all over you like you normally have them doing" she snarled .
Without giving Jessica a chance to draw a breath Rosemary pushed on, "Once our baby's born and Remus binds her powers they're going to ship you out".
"Remus would never bind the baby's powers" Jessica snapped.
"Didn't Remus tell you that yesterday, he told me he explained everything to you, Oh but then again he did say you ran out before he could finish" She said smiling as she casually checked her refection in the mirror.
"Remus would never do that" Jessica restated somewhat unsure.
"Rem understands how difficult it would be for me to try and control a child with more powers than myself" she gloated watching Jessica's reaction to her words, "Not that you'll have to worry about that, you'll be up in Tain with the other poor blighters that have lost their simple little minds".
"Tain's," Jessica's now worried tone delighting Rosemary.
"Seems Sirius and James don't trust you, well not like you are at the moment that is, you know all your talk about Deatheaters and what not, understandably they do have the order to protect, but I wouldn't worry too much it's only temporary, just till the real Jess takes back control of your mind", Rosemary said looking on as Jessica's mind weighed up what she was saying.
"My father would never."
"Your father" Rosemary cut in laughing, "By the time he gets back from York you'll be long gone".
Elation seemed to swell inside Rosemary, as Jessica looked nervously at her wand, her mind now running into a nonsensical panic.
"Rosemary" Lily's voice harshly snapped as the door flew opened.
Jessica's heart raced as she escaped the room her mind lost in the thought that Remus would bind a little witches powers, reaching the foot of the stairs she moved to the unguarded doors, Lily's voice calling to her as she headed out into the drizzling rain.
(A.N,. Normally Jess wouldn't have Listened to Rosemary But with Sirius Angry and not trusting her and his reaction over her wand it sort of all worked on her mind and her out of wack hormones, just the way Rosemary had hoped. Hope you liked this Chapter, thanks to Buttercup. Please feel free to R&R..........Luv NIK)
Diosa Alexia – Jess and Remus? Hmm Maybe it's a case of more interaction?.
Cecilia Orechio – I might try and put in a Tonks POV.
Clare – Thanks Happy reading well sort of?.
Keke Potter – Thanks, Sirius should stay alive, that is if Jess or Remus don't kill him?.
JCs DancerGurl – Thanks hope you like this chapt?.
Snow Angel222 – Getting slightly more crazy.
Fra – Remus and Jess tend to be very opened with each other, she finds it easy to relate to him.
Tessa – Thanks.
Anne v 79 – Yay glad you made it , enjoy the rest.
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Chapter. 35. Fights and Flight.
The room took on an uncomfortable silence, as Sirius stepped across to the fireplace resting his arm on the large granite mantelpiece, his jaw clenching tightly as he declined his head dealing with what he viewed as Jessica's deceit.
Harry glanced from Sirius over to Jessica, her head rested on her father's chest, her eyes closed as his hand stroked over her hair in a calming manner.
Clearing his throat Dumbledore broke the tension felt by everyone in the room , "First things first, Nymphadora Tonks needs to be located and brought back here".
"Well, the last we heard she was at Grimmauld Place with Andromeda, but that was a few months ago, she could be back at the Malfoy estate by now" Lily informed him as Sirius vented an irritated grunt.
Dumbledore groaned uneasily at either prospect running his hand down over his beard, "We'll need to get to her as soon as possible" he said his gaze following Remus as he assisted Jessica over to a nearby chair before glancing down at Sirius.
"I'll get onto Abbotts and see what he can find out," James said, walking across to the small desk near the sofa and grabbing a piece of parchment, quickly jotting out a brief note, "Michael run this to Angus" James said tossing the quill behind him back onto the desk.
"Angus?" Harry questioned.
"He's at the front doors" James said handing him the rolled up parchment and slapping him on the back to get him moving.
As Harry made his way out the door Remus pulled a chair up in front of Jessica, a nervousness touched his eyes as he looked over at her, "Jess, were you pregnant before all of this happened, before you touched the Orb?" he asked apprehensively.
Jessica glanced across to Sirius, her emotions again swelling inside her as he looked away, "Yes, four months" she uttered softly looking back at Remus, confirming to him what Harry had told the others.
"Michael said the Black family tapestry showed the baby to be a boy?" Remus's question again drawing Sirius's attention watching as Jessica nodded.
"Alright," Remus said glancing at his watch as he rose to his feet, mumbling nervously under his breath he walked over to door.
"Oh sorry professor" Harry apologized as he bound back into the room colliding with Remus.
"That's alri,.... .What did you call me?" Remus asked looking suddenly bemused .
"Ah, professor," Harry hesitantly answered not sure of anyone's reactions at the moment.
"You were Harry's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in his third year," Jessica said, a little smile gracing her as she watched Remus suddenly smirk proudly.
His smile growing broader as Harry added, "You were the best Dark Arts teacher we ever had".
James stood near Lily having a good laugh at the thought of Remus as a professor at Hogwarts now, "I can just see you Moony cowering to Headmaster Weasley" he teased.
"Impertinent little shit he is," Sirius growled, "Deceived and betrayed his whole family for power".
"Hogwarts is an exclusive school for purebloods," Lily explained to a confused looking Harry and Jessica, "Percy Weasley is just another of Voldemorts puppets, there to do his Masters bidding".
"Percy!" Harry eyes darted to look at Jessica as she pulled herself up from her seat, "What about Ron Weasley?" Harry asked his mother.
"The only one that we've heard survived the attack at their farm was the girl, but she's not been heard of in years" lily said softly.
"Ginny" Harry downheartedly mumbled to himself as Lily's hand reached out to comfort him.
"Never thought I'd see the day when Hogwarts was run by Deatheaters" Dumbledore soulfully uttered, Jessica noticing a glimmer of emotions in the old wizards' eyes.
"Well technically you didn't actually see it happen Albus" James said correcting him.
"James!, sometimes you can be so insensitive!" Lily scolded, as Dumbledore gave an amused chuckle.
"Remus" interrupted Poppy as she poked her head round the opened door, "Flora's down in the infirmary".
"We'll be there in a moment, thank you Poppy" Remus said stepping across to Jessica, "Excuse me Albus, Flora is here to check on the welfare of Jess and the baby".
"Good, good you get that sorted and let us know how it goes, I'm sure Michael here can supply us with any answers we may need" Dumbledore said smiling softly looking from Remus over to Harry.
Sirius lifted his head watching Jessica as Remus held her hand leading her from the room towards the infirmary, "Aren't you going with her?" Lily questioned.
"What about the Orb, do you have any idea as to where it could be?" Sirius asked stepping back to look up at Dumbledore ignoring Lily and turning the conversation away from him.
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The cooler air in the corridor came as a welcome relief to the stifling heat of the meeting room even with Sirius's coolness towards her, "There's nothing wrong is there Remus?" Jessica asked as she glanced back up the corridor to see if Sirius was going to join them.
"No, no . we just want to check that the Orb hasn't had an adverse effect on this pregnancy," Remus said running a comforting hand over her back.
"In what way would it effect it?" She queried.
"Well you were pregnant with a boy and this baby is a girl, so we just want to make sure nothing has changed, and just give you a general check overm," Remus said trying to smile reassuringly as she glimpsed back up the corridor for the last time before they descended several steps and headed for the opened hospital door.
"Try just to give Padfoot a little time, it's been a lot for him to digest too" Remus said stopping her in the doorway his hand coming up to brush against her cheek as his eyes scanned her emotions, "You do understand what's going on here, don't you?".
Jessica frowned not quite understanding which part of this whole surreal situation he was referring to, but before she could respond Poppy called them into the room, over near the end bed stood a short plump Mediwitch, her curly gray hair protruding out from under a black bonnet.
"Come on up you pop Jessica" she cheerfully said patting the bed, her bright red cheeks and sprightly disposition lighting up her drab sooty out fit that covered her from head to toe, "It is alright to call her Jessica isn't it?" she asked looking to Remus as Jessica slipped up onto the bed.
"Yes Flora, she's still Jessica," Remus assured her, "Jess, this is Flora Delrosia she's a Mediwitch and reproductive extractor"
"Reproductive what?" she questioned, as Flora lifted Jessica's dress and covered her lower half of her body with a sheet.
"She impregnates young witches to carry pureblood babies, Voldemorts scheme to regenerate the dwindling pureblood population" Remus explained.
"Yes it's not a very pleasant job, some of the poor little beggars are only fourteen years old when they're brought into us, but I do my best to make them as comfortable as possible while they're with us" Flora said responding to Jessica's look of concern.
"You work for Voldemort?" a sudden nervousness crept into Jessica's tone as she shifted uncomfortably cross the bed away from her.
"Not by my own choice, it's either work for Voldemort or have innocent lives put at risk, at least this way I can make sure the girls are well looked after and are not mistreated or tortured in anyway" Flora said pulling a wand from her decorative attaché case.
"There's nothing to worry about Jess she is on our side" Remus said running his hand across Jessica's frowning brow as she rested her head back into the pillow.
"Now enough about me, Remus I hope you've explained to Jessica just what's going to happen here today" Flora inquired.
"Ah, well, no I thought that would be best coming from you" Remus grinned politely.
"You know for a ferocious werewolf you can really be a coward Remus" Flora chuckled pointing her wand to the palm of her upturned hand, "Gello" she muttered causing a clear goo to ooze from her wand onto her hand.
Jessica looked on apprehensively as Flora rubbed the goo over both hands forming a protective barrier like a pair of latex gloves, " Now, quite an interesting dilemma you've thrown at us, so Poppy informs me" Flora said as her hands pressed firmly into Jessica's well developed stomach, "This is excellent, the uterus is tight and the baby's head is engaged" Flora smiled to Jessica as she continued to prod around feeling the position of the baby.
"Do you think the Orb could have effected the baby?" Jessica asked as Remus took hold of her hand.
"That's what we're here to find out" Flora said reaching back into her bag this time pulling out a silver shafted metal wand, "This here is going to take a sample of the amniotic fluid and it will give us an accurate reading on the baby, now you will feel a slight sting as the wand draws up the fluid", Flora explained as she placed the instrument firmly onto Jessica's belly button.
"Don't watch," Remus whispered turning Jessica's head to face him, his hand softly caressing her cheek as she winced in pain, her grip tightening on his hand as she felt a painful nipping sensation spread across her stomach.
"There all done" Flora said holding up the shafted wand with a single drop of reddish fluid suspended precariously on the end.
Poppy handed Flora a small vile containing a miniscule amount of orange powder, into which Flora place the single drop of retrieved fluid, Remus and Jessica looked on as the vile was swirled around for several seconds before Flora held it up closely examining it .
"There's nothing to worry about Remus, not too long now and you'll be holding your baby girl" Flora smiled across to Remus as Jessica abruptly propped herself up on her elbows and looked from a broadly smiling Remus back to Flora.
"No Remus isn't the father" Jessica smiled uneasily.
"He had better be" chuckled Flora, "I Didn't go through all them months of work for nothing" she said walking over to the basin on the cupboard and washing the gel from her hands.
"Jess I thought, last night when I said, and you answered me, and today, I thought you understood" Remus stuttered uncomfortably as Jessica reefed the sheet from the bed wrapping it around herself, her hand pushing Remus across the room to the farthest corner away from Poppy and Flora.
"This is our baby!!" Jessica exclaimed, as a tidal wave of shock washed over her.
"No , it's Rosemary's and mine, but she'll carry your blood" His words only creating more confusion in her already dazed mind.
"Oh this just keeps getting better and better" Jessica mumbled to herself at the thought of having something that belonged to that woman.
"Look" Remus said resting his hands on Jessica shoulders, "Just let me explain".
"I think you'd better!" Jessica said readjusting the sheet around herself .
Remus sighed solemnly, his hand brushing through his hair pushing it from his face as he looked down at her scanning her eyes to gauge her emotional state of mind, "Try and understand Jess" He pleaded softly, "We have wanted a child of our own for so long but it was virtually impossible, with Rosemary being a squib the likelihood of any child conceived by us would be born with Lycantropy was more than tripled" Remus explained his thumb gently stroking the side of her face as her eyes projected her every thought to him, his in return sending a vague jolt through her.
"It was Poppy that introduced all us to Flora and her conception skills, of course once Flora found out who you were she realized instantly that if we could get you to carry a girl your blood and it's subsequent powers would be passed through to the child and therefore eliminate any risk of me passing on the Lycantropy" he smiled.
"Remus" Flora called, "I still need to do an internal on Jessica" she informed him as she smeared fresh gel over her hands.
"We'll be over in just a moment" Remus said turning back to Jessica.
"So she implanted a fertilized embryo from Rosemary inside me?" Jessica said sounding somewhat more relieved.
"Ah, yeah, sort of, it's called reallotment, and it was tried several times but the embryo didn't withstand the transfer" .
"Sort of, what do you mean sort of? , we didn't?, you and I didn't?" Jessica abruptly shut her mouth, as Remus's face appeared to suddenly flush with colour.
'We did try every other option but none of them work, it seemed that err, my sperm couldn't withstand the heat generated from the wand in the transfers, so Flora realloted Rosemary's eggs and the rest was left to me to handle in a more umm, natural sort of way" Remus said lowering his gaze from Jessica's widening stare, "Don't worry I was just as nervous as you were the first time" He reassured her albeit unsuccessfully.
"The first time!, how many times were there exactly?" Jessica asked closing her eyes not really wanting to hear his answer.
"Ah, well, three to be exact" Remus uttered clearing his suddenly constricting throat.
"And Sirius agreed to all of this?" Jessica squeaked.
"Well no not really at first, but he did eventually understand it was the only way to help us out" he said as he tucked her hair behind her ears.
Jessica's closed her eyes her hand grazing across her face as her mind bogged down with an overload of information, she felt a slight draft as Remus step away from her Flora calling to him again, quickly removing the sheet she tossed it aside before tugging her dress back down and making a hasty withdrawal from the room.
The cooler corridor air again refreshed her flushed cheeks as she hurriedly made her way back up along passed the meeting room, the thought fleetingly crossing her mind to try and talk to Sirius, but as she stopped near the doors Remus called out to her, not ready to face him yet again she made for the stairs and up to the sanctuary of her room.
With her head throbbing and her back aching Jessica sat herself on the window seat looking out at the growing cloud cover in the darkening sky, her mind a mass of confusing thoughts and uncomfortable images, a soft tapping at the door drawing her back to the confines of the bedroom.
"Jess" Remus's voice softly called.
Jessica bit nervously into her thumbnail as she crossed the floor to the door, "Please Remus I just need some time alone" she uttered resting her head against the rough hardwood frame as her stomach knotted up.
"I just wanted to make sure you were alright", his voice filtered through the crack in the doorway.
Jessica found herself smiling at his words, it was always like Remus to show his concerns, never wanting to upset anyone, "I'm alright, I just need a little time that's all", She tried to persuade him, her words greeted with a worried groan.
It took several minutes before she heard him move away from the door, Jessica stood rubbing her tired aching back as she looked around the quiet room eventually making her way over to the inviting bed, resting her head on the pillow was her undoing as her emotions once again slipped from her grasp.
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A chill ran over Jessica's body as she opened her eyes to the darkened room, pelting rain gusted in through the opened windows, removing the throw rug she gingerly made her way to the window on the wet slippery floorboards, the rain splattering in on her as she lifted the latch wrenching the windows shut.
Stopping for a moment to get her bearings and wake properly she grabbed hold of the bedpost, she lifted her wrist attempting to see what the time was, faintly making out three forty- five, the wind whistled through the multitude of crevices in the old castle as Jessica sat on the edge of the bed wrapping the throw rug around her dampened clothes, it came as no surprise to her not to see Sirius lying on the bed, 'What did you expect' she mumbled to herself in the darkness as she felt around the bedside cupboard for her wand, ' you're damn idiot' she cursed realizing Sirius had taken it from her that morning.
Bare footed she padded her way out into the crowded corridor, again filled with snoozing bodies, though not quite as many as the previous night, pulling the rug tight around herself to ward off the cold draft she headed down the stairs.
"You'll catch a your death wandering around like that tonight" Max advised her coming to greet her at the bottom of the stairs.
"Do you know where Sirius might be?" Jessica asked smiling more warmly than she felt.
"Believe he retired for the night hours ago" he said giving her a curious look as he twirled one end of his lengthy moustache between his chubby fingers.
"I might just grab a bite to eat from the kitchen and head back to bed then" Jessica said running her hand over her stomach as it loudly protested over it's lack of food.
"No sorry, no one's permitted into the kitchens after eleven" he said latching onto her arm.
"Sirius doesn't trust me wandering around does he?" Jessica asked noticing Max's hand slip into his robe.
"Ahem, he did mention, just in passing mind you, not to let you wander the place" Max said uncomfortably, Jessica's hand again coursing over her growling tummy. "Wait there a moment," Max's robe billowed behind him as he quickly trotted over to a chair near the front doors, his hand delving into a brown metal lunch pail, "I have a pear you can have or you're welcome to share my cornbeef and pickle sandwich" he said holding a sandwich wrapped in brown paper in one hand and a green pear in the other.
"No really it's fine, thank you Max, I'll just wait till breakfast".
"At least take the pear" Max insisted placing the well-ripened pear into her hand.
Jessica thanked Max again before heading back upstairs, biting into the juicy pear she pushed opened the slightly ajar door to the children's room, her eyes coming to rest on the figure asleep in the large wing-backed chair just inside the doorway.
Sirius held a firm grip on his wand even in his sleep, his head resting awkwardly into the corner of the tattered old chair, gripping the pear in her teeth Jessica wiped her sticky hands on her dress before gently slipping her hand into his robe pockets searching for her wand, Sirius stirring as juice from the pear dripped from her chin onto his hand. Jessica stilled herself, her hand in his pocket down the side of the chair, her face inches from his as she leaned over him, mumbling he turned his head, her hair brushing against his nose, she froze as he suddenly shifted, his hand coming up to rub his tickling nose.
"No Jess," he muttered as his eyes fluttered opened for a second looking at her before wearily closing again.
Her heart reverberated in her ears as she took in a deep breath, the last thing she wanted was Sirius to wake and find her searching his pockets even if it was for her own wand, calming her nerves she dipped her hand deeper finally feeling the hard tip of her wand, moving in closer she wrapped her fingers tightly around it's tip slowly slipping it from under Sirius's weight, his every breath warm against her cheek as it fluttered several loss strands of hair.
With her wand safely back in her possession she pulled the throw rug from her shoulders spreading it over him, her hand gently sweeping back the hair from his face, with great reluctance she backed out of the room not trusting herself to behave around him any longer.
Back in her room she made short work of the remains of the pear, using Remus's tactic's she stashed her wand under the mattress before heading to the bathroom at the end of the corridor to wash away the sticky syrup from the pear, changing into dry clothes she slipped under the quilt, with her stomach temporarily satisfied and knowing Sirius was just in the next room she drifted back into a somewhat uneasy sleep.
Sirius groaned as he moved his stiff aching muscles, peeling his eyes opened he was greeted with the sight of Dominic kneeling between his legs, an elbow resting on each leg, his tiny hands cupping his face, his eyes intently watching him.
"Hey" Sirius managed to grunt out as he ran his hands over his tired face trying to wake all his senses.
Dominic stood up moving around to the side of the chair watching his father yawn, Sirius pulled the rug from his legs an agonizing moan coming from his lips as he stood, "Oh gods" he groaned as he stretched trying to pull the kinks out of his neck and back.
"Don't you like your bed daddy?" Dominic questioned him as he sat back down pulling on his shoes.
Sirius smiled as an exasperated groan came from Gabriel who stood in front of the mirror running a brush over her long golden locks, "Yes I love my bed mate" he said rubbing his son head.
"Don't you like mummy no more?" Dominic asked after a lengthy think about the situation.
"Yes of course he does silly" Gabriel scolded as she stepped over to them, her hands firmly placed on her little hips, "He just gets fus-stated and cranky when mummy has a headache".
"Pardon me!, who told you that?" Sirius asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Mummy, she told me that heaps! Of times" Gabriel informed him.
Sirius slouched back into the chair chuckling as he surveyed his two children standing before him, to Dominic every thing was black or white, you either liked something or you didn't, Gabriel on the other hand was a totally different kettle of fish, she was a five year old going on twenty five, up to date and in the know.
"Alright you pair go and wash up for breakfast" Sirius ordered.
"You too daddy, you've got icky pear on your hand" Gabriel told him touching the sticky residue on the back of his hand.
While Gabriel and Dominic headed to the bathroom Sirius headed back to his room laying the throw rug on the end of the bed, his eyes resting on Jessica momentarily before looking over to the pear core sitting on the bedside cupboard.
Sirius was brooding over his second cup of coffee by the time Remus and James sat down, Lily soon joining them after settling Alexandra at the children's table.
"Jess still asleep?" Remus asked as Harry pulled a chair out sitting down next to his father.
Sirius gave a grunt putting his coffee to his lips as he looked over to the doorway.
Jessica stopped for a second calming herself and straightening out her white cotton dress, "Okay it's a new day with no mistakes, yet", she mumbled to herself as she tried to confidently cross the room to where they sat.
"Morning" she nervously greeted everyone as she sat down next to Sirius.
Harry raised a concerned eyebrow glancing to Sirius as the other said their good-mornings to her, "Bit damp out this morning" Lily commented looking out at the rain teeming down in the court yard.
"Yeah, I had to get up and close the windows during the night" Jessica said pouring herself a goblet of juice.
"Was that before or after you stole the pear from the kitchen?" Sirius sarcastically asked.
"I, I didn't steal it, Max gave it to me" she informed him softly as she held a tight grip on her emotions.
"And did Max give you your wand too?" Sirius snarled.
"Padfoot!" Remus's said sending a warning glare across the table.
"No I took it from your robe" Jessica openly admitted.
"You stole it" he snapped.
"I took back what belongs to me" her voice started to waver.
"Nothing here belongs to you, you went through my pockets and stole it" Sirius yelled shoving his chair back towering above her.
"If it's that important you can have the damn thing back" Jessica yelled standing to meet his glare.
The whole dinning hall fell silent watching the argument erupt, "Both of you's just calm down" James said as he moved around the table trying to quell the tensions.
"Mummy" Dominic called as he ran over to her with his arms out a look of fright in his eyes at seeing his parents argue.
"No, she's not your mother" Sirius said scooping the child up into his arms before he reached Jessica.
Remus slammed his cup on the table as Jessica dashed from the room bumping head- on into Rosemary who stood watching the event unfold.
"You're a heartless bastard" Remus snapped grabbing everyone's attention, no one ever seeing him quite so angry before.
"She deceived to us, trying to make me believe she's someone that she not" Sirius snapped as Madame Capps took Dominic from his arms removing the children from the room.
"She is Jess!, not some damn stranger" Remus shouted his hand running roughly through his hair, "The reason she is in this mess is because of you, not wanting to be without you!, for someone of your intelligence you can really be an idiot sometimes".
Lily made her way over to the door as James and Harry both tried to extinguish the pressure building between Remus and Sirius.
Upstairs Jessica tugged at the sheets slipping her hand under the mattress retrieving her wand.
"Well, well, well, how the mighty have fallen" Rosemary gloated.
"Please not now" Jessica begged unable to take much more as she turned to face Rosemary's smug grin her long frame leaning against the opened door.
"What is it all getting a bit too much for you" Rosemary snarled slamming the door behind her.
"I'm not going to stand here and argue with you about some stupid notion you have about Remus and me" Jessica snapped as she reached for the door handle.
"I didn't come here to argue about Remus, I just thought you'd be interested in the little meeting they had last night" she hissed leaning across preventing Jessica from opening the door.
Jessica skeptically glared up at the redhead, Rosemary's hand coming up shoving her back from the door, "Aren't you curious as to why they don't want you having your wand? or why they aren't up here fussing all over you like you normally have them doing" she snarled .
Without giving Jessica a chance to draw a breath Rosemary pushed on, "Once our baby's born and Remus binds her powers they're going to ship you out".
"Remus would never bind the baby's powers" Jessica snapped.
"Didn't Remus tell you that yesterday, he told me he explained everything to you, Oh but then again he did say you ran out before he could finish" She said smiling as she casually checked her refection in the mirror.
"Remus would never do that" Jessica restated somewhat unsure.
"Rem understands how difficult it would be for me to try and control a child with more powers than myself" she gloated watching Jessica's reaction to her words, "Not that you'll have to worry about that, you'll be up in Tain with the other poor blighters that have lost their simple little minds".
"Tain's," Jessica's now worried tone delighting Rosemary.
"Seems Sirius and James don't trust you, well not like you are at the moment that is, you know all your talk about Deatheaters and what not, understandably they do have the order to protect, but I wouldn't worry too much it's only temporary, just till the real Jess takes back control of your mind", Rosemary said looking on as Jessica's mind weighed up what she was saying.
"My father would never."
"Your father" Rosemary cut in laughing, "By the time he gets back from York you'll be long gone".
Elation seemed to swell inside Rosemary, as Jessica looked nervously at her wand, her mind now running into a nonsensical panic.
"Rosemary" Lily's voice harshly snapped as the door flew opened.
Jessica's heart raced as she escaped the room her mind lost in the thought that Remus would bind a little witches powers, reaching the foot of the stairs she moved to the unguarded doors, Lily's voice calling to her as she headed out into the drizzling rain.
(A.N,. Normally Jess wouldn't have Listened to Rosemary But with Sirius Angry and not trusting her and his reaction over her wand it sort of all worked on her mind and her out of wack hormones, just the way Rosemary had hoped. Hope you liked this Chapter, thanks to Buttercup. Please feel free to R&R..........Luv NIK)