Hi, I'm back at school with big exams this term, so don't be expecting too many updates anyway! But I think that this chapter may keep you going, it has a new character! It's also kind of left of left on a cliffhangers, so sorry for the suspense!

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Chapter 37

Today was Harry's 20th birthday. It had followed a long line of family birthdays including James and Teddy's. Harry hadn't realised it before but his boys were growing up fast. Soon, Teddy would have to be schooled.

Harry and Ginny had decided to home school their children. It was going to be too complicated for them to leave their muggle friends for a wizarding school. Also, Teddy had seen too much magic, he would just tell other children. Victoire and he were going to be taught by Molly together.

He woke up to the blazing sun rays of an July morning. Ginny had been watching him sleep and he jumped to find him: "You look so peaceful when sleeping, like nothing in the world could disturb you." She smiled and leant over to give him a quick kiss: "Happy Birthday Harry."

"Thanks." He replied.

"Come on, I expect James is rattling the bars of his cot. You know, we should get him one of those toddler beds. And Albus has slept all night, which is good for a two month baby I guess." She explained: "Teddy will probably be playing in his bedroom too, which is fine because as long as he doesn't hurt himself..." Harry stopped her midway in sentence and put his finger on her mouth.

"Gin, you're rambling. How long have you been awake?" Harry asked her.

"Since six, oh but it's so boring without work."

"How can it be boring with three young children?" He asked her.

"Yeah, but reading James "Where's the snitch?" six times a day does get boring." Ginny told him.

"He really does like that book." Harry chuckled.

"Yeah, now come on you have presents to open. The family is coming round at two!" Ginny jumped up, realising she was more excited about his birthday than Harry was.

"Family? Aw Gin, you haven't." Harry sighed.

"It's your twentieth Harry, you need to celebrate." Ginny let out a girlish giggle and left the room. Ten minutes later he descended the stairs to the kitchen where Teddy and James greeted him. Ginny had Albus in his sling so she could cook breakfast for them. "Open them Dad!" James jumped onto a chair and passed him a present. Harry chuckled when he saw it was from James. Ginny must have decided to give him presents. Note to self, he thought, get Ginny presents from the children.

James had got him a new broom service kit which was designed especially for firebolts. Albus had got him a "No 1 Dad T-shirt" which was corny but Harry found it cute. Teddy had got him a photo of all three boys just after Albus was born. Ginny had propped Albus up on Teddy's knee and James was laughing beside him. "It's for your work desk Harry." Ginny explained.

"It's perfect." He said. Ginny handed him another parcel. It was a clock just like the Weasley clock and had all the family's faces.

"I knew you always liked the idea." But she was cut off by him kissing her.

"Ew, Mum and Dad are kissing." Teddy said. Harry and Ginny glared at him then laughed.

"Ok, so I've done bacon, French toast and scrambled egg. That ok?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah that's fine." He started to unhook the sling from Ginny and cradled Al. Ginny went back to making the breakfast and Harry say down with his sons.

"Happy Birthday mate!" Ron gave him a hug as he entered the house. Hermione hugged as well and passed him a present. It was a dragon hide organiser.

"I thought it would be useful to write assignments and other stuff in." Hermione smiled.

"It was her idea, but here's a crate of Butterbeers from me." Ron picked up about twenty bottles of Butterbeer from the doorstep and landed them in the hallway.

"Thanks guys!" Harry exclaimed.

"Ah Harry, Happeh Birthday, yeh? Twenty, by gum how time flies. I remember when ye were eleven and I told ye you're a wizard. 'Ere ye go." Hagrid had made him another came, although it had fifty written on it: "I couldn't remember which way the two was written ye see." He explained.

"It's still great," Harry opened the other parcel from him: "Ah, another moleskin pouch, I had lost my other one!"

The party got well underway and Harry was sitting down to have a few Butterbeers with Ron. "Harry, Mum and Dad haven't turned up yet, I'm beginning to get worried." Ginny approached him.

"They had a morning meeting with Kingsley, something urgent apparently." Ron told her.

"Oh, look they've just arrived." Harry stood up to greet them.

"Harry, Happy Birthday!" Arthur pulled him into a hug.

"Here you go, your cake is here." Molly passed him the platter. It was a plain white iced cake with "Happy 20th Harry" and a small image of him in the corner.

"Oh, I'll go and get the present from the car." Arthur left the room: "We drove here you know, in a muggle car! Took us two hours!"

Harry took a few more sips o his Butterbeer before he returned with a small puppy with black shaggy fur on a purple lead. "We were passing the dog shelter and we saw him advertised, just reminded us a bit too much of Sirius so we thought it would be good company for you." Arthur explained. Harry knelt down and picked up the small puppy. "You don't have to keep him, we can have him, but I'm sure the boys would like a pet. I was afraid he would remind you too much of well..."

"He does so much, but that's good I guess. I'll call him Paddy." Harry smiled: "Thanks."

"I'll get Molly to give Ginny the dog food." Arthur turned away. Harry introduced Paddy to Teddy and James and they immediately took him off to play with them

"You knew about this, didn't you?" Harry asked Ginny.

"I saw him when I was picking the boys up, he's been living in Dad's workshop." Ginny said: "It's such a cute idea."

"Yeah, Paddy is a good addition to the family." Harry agreed.

"Harry, can I have a word?" He turned around to Kingsley.

"Yeah, sure do you want to go upstairs?" Harry asked him. Kingsley nodded and followed Harry upstairs. He picked up a peculiar looking trunk from the hallway.

When they entered the office Kingsley sat down in the armchair. "Harry, do you know what this is?"

"No."

"It's a Significance Trunk. They were invented in the first War against Voldemort. You see, people began to prepare if they were attacked and eventually killed by Voldemort. The lawyers were inundated with wills and these objects became popular. A person could simply put objects, leave letters and photographs of some significance in here and it could only be opened by a person who it was intended for, simply by their touch."

"Oh right, so this trunk of significance is for..."

"James and Lily Potter, they knew they were marked for death so they created one in the hope that you would survive. I would have given it to you, but they allowed only a twenty year old Harry to be able to open it." Kingsley sighed.

"So, this is for me?" Harry asked.

"Yes, people paid for theirs to be kept by the ministry. It could never opened by Voldemort when he had control over it because it only opens to you." Kingsley knew Harry was going to ask what happened to it during the war so he had decided to already answer it.

"I don't know what to say." Harry stared down at the trunk.

"I'm not expecting you to say anything. I've kept it safe in my office until today. Don't open it now, wait until you're alone Harry." Kingsley left him in the office alone. Harry hovered his hand over the clasp ready to open it, but then suddenly shot his arm back and returned downstairs.

"What was that about?" Ginny asked him.

"I'll tell you later." Harry muttered.

The party continued till late at night where Harry found most of his sons, nieces and nephews sleeping in one place or another. Kingsley and other friends started to leave in the evening and it just ended up with the Weasley family left reminiscing about their childhoods. Harry found himself with heavy eyelids and was glad when the drunken in laws left for their own homes.

"So, that was an eventful night." Ginny said.

"Gin, can we spend some time together tomorrow morning? Just us alone?"

"Ok, I'll ask Mum if they can come round in the morning. Why?" Ginny asked.

"I need you to help sort my parent's things with me..."

Oh, so there's the cliffhanger! Anyway, I hope to have the next chapter up in the next two weeks. The idea of Paddy suddenly came to me when I was writing this so I thought it would be fun to include! So now Harry has a wife, three children and a dog, which is kind of a standard family. I always thought Lily and James would leave Harry more than just money behind as they knew they were marked for death!

Anyway please review, it makes me so happy and it would get me through exams!
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