OK, guys! Sorry that I haven't been updating for a while but I have been so busy. I hope that you are all really ready for some reading!

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KPOV

I looked beside me and there he was. Fred, my reason for living, well, other than Harry. I looked back to last night and it had been interesting. Horace Slughorn. I'd only met him a couple of times but only when I was really young. He really was a collector. Harry would be a crown jewel of his. He had tried to collect me when I was young but he wasn't a teacher then so it had been difficult and with my lack of publicity, he soon gave up but Dumbledore told me that I was sure to be collected this year. He had smiled when he told me, he knew that I couldn't stand to be an 'item'. The only item that I am interested in is Fred and I. We are perfect together. I only fear his reaction when he finds out that Yelo and I have been trying crazily to stop them from entering the Order. I love Fred, but the thought of him actually knowing the secret that I have fought for so long to protect is too much. I couldn't do it, I just couldn't. I gave Fred a small kiss on the check and extracted myself from his arms, slipped on my slippers and dressing gown and tip-toed downstairs to be greeted by Harry.

"Hey." I whispered.

"Hey." He whispered back. "Why are we whispering?" he added with a grin.

"Dunno." I told him, raising my voice to a normal level.

"That Slughorn bloke was a piece of work." He mentioned.

"Yeah, I've met him before. Do you want a hot chocolate?" I asked, using my hands to orchestrate the cups and sugar and cocoa.

"Yes please." He replied enthusiastically, "Is he always like that?"

"Yeah, pretty much. He's a nice bloke but a bit wacky." I laughed.

"He'll be an interesting DADA teacher then." Harry said. I burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" he asked, frowning.

"Oh, good gracious Harry!" I laughed even harder at his face of utter confusion. "Horace Slughorn isn't a DADA teacher! He's a Potions Master!" I managed to get out.

"What?" Harry asked flatly. "But that would have to mean that- "

"Snape will be the new DADA teacher." I finished for him.

"But that's ridiculous!" he spluttered.

"It's best not to question Albus Dumbledore Harry." I reminded.

"Yeah, yeah." He grumbled but then looked even gloomier when he remembered something. "We're getting our OWL's today." He said.

"Good. You'll need something to put you in a good mood." I joked. Harry rolled his eyes at me in return.

"You're up!" Hermione exclaimed. She was wet, obviously insinuating that she had just had a shower and was now wringing out her hair. Ron blundered down afterwards and after seeing Hermione in just her white dressing gown with nothing on underneath (except for the underwear... at least I hope she's wearing that at least any way!) had to run back up after letting out a strangled hello. Hermione blushed furiously and Harry quickly offered her a hot chocolate and looked at me expectantly. I gave him a look that said Next-Time-Do-It-Yourself and then went about making the beverage. It was so good that Harry and I were having this sibling-like banter and were starting to make a similar connection. Perhaps this would make it easier for Harry to accept when he found out the truth about our connection and our blood relation.

Hermione sat down asked for breakfast and I told her that for now, Hot Chocolate was all she was getting. Earning a playful stick out of the tongue from both Harry and Hermione. At that moment Yelo walked down and smiled at us, her form of a greeting.

"Oh, come on! I'm outnumbered here! Three girls and only one boy. Life's unfair." Harry moaned.

"Didn't anyone tell you that life is unfair?" Yelo grinned.

"Ha ha." He retorted dryly.

"Come on girls let's all start to talk about periods or babies or shopping just to piss him off." Yelo said and Hermione went fire hydrant red.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Harry moaned, cradling his head in his hands.

"Oh yes." Yelo said evilly and then started to ask me about my 'cycle' and if I was late. And thank God, for Fred chose now to walk down the stairs with George in tow.

"Do I want to hear this conversation?" Fred asked cautiously.

"No, you don't babe. When do you need to get going to the shop?" I asked while he came and wrapped his arms around me with his head resting on my shoulder.

"George and I can stay for half an hour and during that half an hour we could do with a bite to eat. I rolled my eyes at him and gave him a quick kiss on the mouth.

"I take that as a yes then. Get cooking Katie!" George said excitedly.

"You never ask for my cooking George." Said Yelo sadly. She actually looked a bit hurt. George immediately started to back pedal on this one.

"Well, babe, I mean, it's just that last time you cooked you sent off a Tornado in Texas because you couldn't get the egg frying charm right. I am simply trying to protect the muggles." He said quickly. Harry and Hermione were shaking in silent laughter while Fred and I looked at each other and grinned. That memory was a particular favourite of mine. Yelo had in fact set off a tornado in Texas and it took all of us to calm her down before a death toll could begin, well if you count a few cows and chickens and perhaps a horse then it had already started. Yelo did seem content with her answer and George let out a long-held breath. Fred had once told me that he had asked his twin why he went out with Yelo when she was so much work and George had replied that he did it because he loved her and love took a lot of work and in some relationships it was more than others. Fred then told me that he was glad that I was easy and I burst into tears then because he didn't know just how much work I was. I didn't tell him that of course and Fred had then apologised profusely that he was sorry and that he shouldn't have been so stupid to say that I was 'easy'. I shut him up and kissed him which led to a rather... erm, heated night.

Soon everyone was downstairs and Fred and George departed that half hour later. I won't see him for a week and this would be perfect timing. For Snape and I have missions to do. And these missions take place at night.

Six weeks later

HPOV

I was so excited to be back at The Burrow. The last month and a half had been wonderful and now on my sixteenth birthday, the day before school begins all of my friends (who, in actuality, have become my family) are here. They have all been so concerned about Sirius and for that I am thankful. The only thing that niggled me, no, the two things that pulled my mind away from ease was the fact that I had been looking at Ginny as if she were attractive. About a week ago Dean Thomas had visited and Ron and I had walked in on them snogging. Ron, of course had thrown an apoplectic fit but I had been unable to move. My mind was telling me to drag Dean down a dark alleyway and my heart was telling me to snatch Ginny away behind a tree... or a forest which would be further away from Ron. I am now trying to convince myself that I was merely looking out for Ginny and that I had only brotherly feelings towards her. It's a lost cause.

The other thing that is bothering me is the Katie-Snape outings that happen three or four times a fortnight. A couple of times it's been three times in a row. These outings take place during the night and sometimes they don't come home. When we ask Mrs Weasley what they're about she simply says that it's Dumbledore's orders and that it is none of our business. Fred is getting edgy. We all are, even Ginny is. We all see Katie like a sister and is one of our best friends and if it's Dumbledore's orders then it is obviously about Voldemort. I asked Katie if she would care to share and she simply laughed it off but it wasn't a happy laugh, it was a dry, forced laugh.

Speaking of Katie, she had also been sick for a few days. Throwing up in the toilets, so for now, the outings have come to an end and Snape only comes round to see if Katie is OK. Fred is reveling in Katie's company, but not about her getting sick. Mrs Weasley is fluttering around her like a bee does to honey and checking her temperature with simple charms, but nothing was wrong with her. Today she was going to St. Mungo's to check it out to which she had banned Fred of attending.

"Oi! Harry, fancy a game of Quiddich?" Ginny called out to me. I snapped my head up to her and grinned. She's just a friend. She's Ron's sister. She's just a friend. She's Ron's sister. I told myself this as I ran over to greet her whilst summoning my Firebolt.

KPOV

"I'm so sorry Katie." Said, Jennifer, my favourite Healer at St. Mungo's. I couldn't believe it.

"Whose?" I whispered hoarsely, unable to make a louder sound.

"Fred's, thank goodness." She said with a small, sombre smile. I let out a breath. "There are options, you know-" she began before I cut her off.

"I won't hear any of them." I said sharply, before turning down my tone. "I couldn't live with myself if I even considered one of them." I said, a bit more gently.

"Of course." Jenny replied. "Do you want Fred to come down?"

"No! Good gracious no! I need to work up the guts to tell him." I laughed, dryly.
"OK. I'll give you a minute then. You know how to leave." She said, backing out of the doorway, still with that sad smile. I just wanted to rip it off her face. This was not a pleasant sixteenth birthday surprise. I had to go back to Hogwarts tomorrow. Is it possible that I can have just one simple, unsurprising birthday? I answered myself before I could say it aloud. No, I couldn't. I was a bloody Potter and us Potter's are anything but normal. Another thought struck my mind, my mission.

I had a mission to do, a mission on Dumbledore's orders and here I was in a St. Mungo's Hospital room. I had already missed on two of the occasions in which Severus and I were to appear and I am sure that Voldemort will make me pay for it when he gets his hands on me next. Pregnant, I was going to have a baby. All I could think was thank God that it was Fred's and not... well let's not even contemplate that idea. The contraceptive charm that Fred placed each time must have broken or worn off. A horrible memory struck me all of a sudden. Each time before Fred and I had made love I had actually seen him place the charm. One time about five weeks ago (which would make perfect sense given that I was roughly five weeks pregnant) the night that Fred had returned from his one week stay away from The Burrow (which had been really passionate!) I hadn't seen him place the charm. I had put my complete trust in him. I slammed my clenched fist onto the bed that I was sitting on. Furious tears were streaming down my face. How could I have been so stupid??? I should have realised. Alarm bells should have gone off in my head. But now, they hadn't. And now I was stuck here. Pregnant, an upcoming mother. Me! I could barely take care of myself and Fred let alone a baby as well! What gender is it? Should I give it a name or something? It should be a boy, knowing Fred.

Boy names. Good, strong and macho. It won't be something wimpy like Sonny or Peterson or something weird and preppy like that! Whoa! Wait a minute here, I am not ready for a baby here, I thought to myself. I looked down at my stomach and placed my hand over my stomach, still flat. A wave of maternal affection washed over me. My mum was only nineteen when she discovered that she was knocked up with me and Harry, I'm only three years younger and I am already a fully qualified witch and Fred is to. We'll protect this baby. I already love it. But it will probably be a boy. I should probably think of some names that Fred and I will both like.

They should be strong, good and macho names, as I said before. David, Daniel, Liam... something along those lines. Maybe James after my father or Arthur after Fred's. And if it happens to be a girl, then I would like to name it Molly. Mrs Weasley has been so good to me over the past couple of years. When Percy left it really brought us closer together, I think. Fred would like a little Molly. Yes, he would like it very much.

"Jennifer?" I called out, she must have been waiting outside the door in case I called for she was through the door before I had even finished calling her name.

"Yes?" she asked, giggling slightly at my quirked eyebrow.

"Do you know what gender it is?" I asked. "Or is it too early?"

"Oh, nothings to early with magic Katie!" she bustled. "Now, I am going to perform a simple charm aimed at your stomach, perfectly safe!" she added once seeing my horrified expression. "A puff of blue smoke will erupt from my wand and into the air if it's a boy and a puff of pink smoke if it's a girl." She finished explaining. I nodded my consent.

"Okay then!" she smiled "I always love doing these! Genderus Findos!" she said brusquely. A puff of smoke emerged and I smiled.

"A little Molly it will be then." I smiled while caressing my stomach.

ADPOV

"You sure that she hasn't returned from that hospital?" Snape asked me again.

"Yes Severus. I am sure." I said softly, holding up my hand. As I finished the door to my office opened the oak doors smacking against the walls before returning to their closed position. Katie emerged through them. She looked happy but troubled and concerned.

"Katie? We were starting to get worried about you!" Severus stood, smiling slightly at the sight of her. She smiled back, but her eyes were still troubled.

"Well, yes. I am back but I have some news that I am unsure of what your reactions will be and I would like Poppy and Minnie to be here as well." She said.

"Of course." I said before sending Fawkes to go off in search of the two women in my teaching staff. Within five minutes they too were in my office.

"What is this news?" Poppy inquired after we all had some tea and biscuits. I took a vanilla flavoured one, I am quite partial to those.

"Well, you see. I'm...I'm...I'm...well..." she stuttered, her eyes fluttering around all of us. She really was worried about this news she had for us.

"Oh come on Katie! Spit it out!" Minerva said sharply before looking apologetic to her. She only got like this when we were worried.

"FredandIaregoingtohaveababyandit'sgoingtobealittlegirlandIwanttocallherMollyafterMrsWeasley!" she said in one go. None of us caught on.

"Sorry?" Severus inquired after a couple of minutes of Katie gauging our confused faces. Katie sighed before saying it again, only slower.

"I said. Fred and I are going to have a baby and it's going to be a little girl and I want to call her Molly after Mrs Weasley." She said, punctuating each word tensely.

"What?" Poppy asked.

"Please don't make me say it again." She begged. Her eyes resting on me. I knew, deep down that it was my opinion that mattered the most to her. The other three, especially Severus were all very important to her but she couldn't bare the idea of me getting angry. I searched myself quickly and found that I was only hoping that I would live to see the little girl's birth. I looked down at my blackened hand loathingly. Katie took this incorrectly and burst into tears.

"I knew that you would all hate me! I knew it! You're going to throw me out and never want to see me again! Well let me tell you something! I don't know how I am going to tell Fred. I don't think I am going to tell him for a few months, not until the joke shop is setting full steam ahead, OK? And Fred and I are going to be the most loving and caring parents in the world and we are going to nurture little Molly and she is going to turn into a fine young woman and there is nothing that you can do about it because this baby girl is going to be born!" by the time she had finished her little spiel she was shouting and spluttering and we all had to strain our ears in order to hear through it all. Even I was struck dumb about this but I did want to see this baby before Severus did his... duty that he had promised me. Minerva was the first one to react and before Katie could storm out of the office like she used to when she was younger Minerva grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a hug.

"I am not angry at you. Of course, I would like you to call your daughter Minerva..." she trailed of lightly. Katie laughed through her sniffles. She looked at me and I gave what she had called a 'twinkling smile' since she was two years old (of course back then it was a "twinkin smiwie") and she looked happier and Poppy did the same and when she looked at Severus, she froze.

"Weren't you safe?" he asked tersely, his fingers pinching the bridge of his nose.

"O-o-o-of c-c-c-ourse w-w-wee w-were." She stuttered. I didn't blame her, Severus could be quite intimidating, especially when you found out what he was capable of.

"Then how did this happen Katie Jane?" he said a bit more tersely.

"W-w-well you see, it was just this one time y-y-ou see so it was j-just an a-accident."

"I'll kill him." He said coldly. I decided to step in here going by Katie's horrified face but Poppy beat me to it.

"You will do no such thing Severus! Katie and Fred are together and I know that they will do this but Katie will probably kill you even so much as touch Fred! So shut up and sit down and be a kind and supporting adult in this situation!" We all had our jaws dropping at Poppy's sentiment.

"I second that." Minerva said brusquely. "Now I have a number of textbooks to approve for the second years." And with that Minerva and Poppy left my office, leaving just Severus, Katie and I.

"So, you're OK..." Katie trailed off.

"I care about you to much to let you go because of a baby. I am just thanking god that you're not pregnant with twins. Your family has exceptionally bad luck with them." Severus said slowly.

"Good." She nodded and quickly hugged him.

"Have you taken the vow?" I asked softly and Katie froze. She had found out only a few days ago that I had asked Severus to kill me instead of letting me die painfully and after a great amount of tears and shouting she had finally seen that this was the right thing to do and she to said that she would try to help Draco without taking the Unbreakable vow. She still felt indebted to him for the service he had paid her at the end of fourth year which without, Harry could have died as well, but we shall never know. Severus replied with a curt nod and then left the room. He still felt uncomfortable about this.

"He's taking this horribly you know." Katie murmured so softly, that I nearly couldn't hear her.

"It is the only way. I now just want to postpone it until after the child is born," I gestured to her still flat stomach before continuing. "Have you told young Fred Weasley yet?"

"No, I don't think that I will for a while." She said, starting to squirm in her chair. I looked at her sharply before saying,

"Why not?"

"Because the shop isn't set up properly yet and all I want is for Fred to just worry about that and then I will tell him. Probably about the three month mark." She said hurriedly, but I could still hear her with perfect clarity.

"Hmmm... I can see you thought and while it can be seen as logical, it can also be seen as a little bit foolish." I peered over my glasses at her, she had once told me that it could be both refreshing and intimidating. I was hoping for the latter.

"Well. I would prefer you to see it as logical." She said indignantly, pointing her nose in the air. "And I will simply have to remain inside the castle, like Harry this year so that Voldemort can't touch me." She amended, I shuddered at the thought as to what could happen to her if she did go near London. Hogsmeade would be the only place other than Hogwarts where she would be safe. The same protection charms have been placed there as well as at Hogwarts.

"Yes, I suppose so." I told her and with a sigh I opened the doors for her to leave "I expect that you will want to celebrate your birthday with Harry. I will be there shortly."

She nodded before exiting my office where I was once all alone with Fawkes and all I could think was, Thank goodness for that. When I was alone in my office I was in my 'tranquil time'. All by myself with no one but myself to talk to. But today, I could tell my inner demons would threaten to come out and haunt me again. So, I believe that I will go and see my brother Aberforth.

HPOV

"YES!" Yelled Ginny, punching the air above her head as I caught the charmed ball that was acting as the snitch. Ginny, Ron and I had flogged Bill, Fred and George. Charlie was acting as the umpire along with Hermione.

"Katie!" George yelled out. Her head snapped around and when she saw Ginny she grinned. She always vouched for Fred's opposing team.

"Did Harry flog you?" she yelled out.

"Yes." Fred said sulkily whilst swooping down and catching Katie around her waist.

"Good." She nodded. "Now where is your mother?"

"Why do you ask that?" Ginny asked coldly. She still hated Katie.

"Because I need to talk to her. Order business." She added the end part as soon as she saw Fred's mouth open to ask why.

"Speaking of the order, I wonder why we haven't gotten our invitations yet." George yelled.

"Because you haven't been invited you knob." Yelo piped up. "Didn't see you there." She added, nodding to Katie before asking a confusing question. "Yes, or no."

"Yes." Katie said brightly but there was a touch of melancholy in her eyes. Yelo's jaw dropped.

"No way." Yelo uttered in disbelief. "Are you sure." She asked, obviously wanting to make sure she hadn't misheard Katie. Katie nodded in the affirmative.

"Is this the order business?" Ginny asked impatiently. Bill and Charlie ran over to see why the breeze was brewing towards the east.

"What did George do Yelo?" Bill asked tiredly.
"Nothing. Katie got a thumbs up from Jennifer." Yelo moaned.

"Are you joking?" Charlie asked nervously, obviously hoping that they were. What the hell was going on.
"If this is about the order then I think that we have the right to know." Ginny said angrily.

"And those rights are based upon what?" Yelo asked icily.

"The fact that we were at the Department of Mysteries last year." My heard gave a painful throb at the memory.

"So were we and this has nothing to do with you." Bill said sharply to his little sister who glared at him.

"Well, Fred and I are of age..." Yelo cut George off quickly.

"But you are not part of the order." Yelo said firmly.

"This is so unfair!" Ginny growled at Katie and Yelo. "You are the same age of us..."

"And perform magic that you can only dream of!" Katie snapped. We all looked at her.

"Sorry. Feeling a bit moody." She said grimly and looked at Ginny apologetically who simply turned her head away from her.

"I need to talk to Molly in the kitchen. Is Arthur home?" Katie asked Bill.

"Yeah got back about half an hour ago. Everyone is here. You told Dumbledore?"

"Yes. I have. He said that we can move around it." Katie said. Hermione, who had remained silent until now spoke.

"Before you reveal anything, you might want to go inside." She spoke kindly to Katie. Ginny turned on her while Katie nodded her thanks and turned to go inside The Burrow with Yelo, Bill and George and leaving a very confused Fred behind.

"Why did you stick up for them?" Ginny shrieked. She still looked rather pretty.

"Because I think that I know what's wrong." Hermione whispered.

"What is it?" Ron asked eagerly. Hermione snapped out of her dazed look and turned to Ron.

"It's not my news and it would serve all of us well not to go near it." She said quickly. "Lets go play some more Quiddich." She wasn't heard at the end because we heard Mr Weasley thunder "WHAT!"

"It must be bad. Dad never gets that angry. Ever." George said gravely.

"And it involves Katie." Fred groaned.

"Yep, whatever it is, Katie is right in the middle of it." Ginny said enviously. Did she actually envy Katie? No, I must be heard it wrong. But it did get my mind thinking. But I wasn't able to think all that much because I saw one person that I never expected to see at The Burrow in my life. Draco and Lucius Malfoy.

KPOV

I looked out of the window while all of the adults (including Yelo) talked about Fred, me and baby Molly.

"What are we going to do..."

"How will this work...."

"Would she...."

"No! She would never...."

"It's a baby Charlie! We can't kill it!"

"It eez such a trageedy..."

I dropped the mug of hot chocolate when I saw the two Malfoy men making their way to our home.

"Shit." I gasped.

"What? What is it?"

"Is it the baby?" Rang out a series of voices which stopped abruptly when they saw what I was seeing.

"Wands out." Arthur said gravely.

"Fred and Harry. They'll flip if they seem them here." I whispered. My stomach filled with dread and I clutched my belly.

"George too." Yelo said fearfully.

"Come on." Bill said quickly and Fleur followed him quickly out of the door. I ran out before them, unsure of what was about to happen.

HPOV

"What are they doing here." George growled, whipping out his wand.

"Katie's meeting them." Fred gasped and I saw Katie running out of the door and then stopping with her wand pointing at them.

"Lets go." I heard myself say.

"Harry no! Are you mad? They'll capture you." Hermione shrieked.

"Are you suggesting that we just wait here Hermione?" Ron asked sarcastically.

"No... I'm..." Hermione didn't know what to say.

"Then come on then!" Ron shouted and we all ran (including Hermione) towards the two Malfoys.

Well, that's it for now. I hope that you appreciate the new chapter and it's length! It took me forever to write it with everything else going on. Who knew holidays could get so busy?

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