Special Delivery!
It made Harry very happy to see the Dursleys experiencing the same kind of treatment that had been forced to have every year since he was discovered on their doorstep. Tonks had taken one look at Dudley and had him running the Auror running track every day until his trial and at first Dudley refused to do it and had tried to get a feel of Tonks's bottom. He got his hand on her bottom, but was stunned by around thirty stunners – the Aurors and the nearby Ministry officials owed lots to Harry and it was part of repaying an unrepayable debt. The trials had been set for the nearest weekend on account of the number of people who had to be dealt with. Apart from the Dursleys, Umbridge and Draco Malfoy also had to be dealt with, as well as some of the captured Death Eaters. Although he could give evidence on each of these trials, Harry had elected to serve on the jury on account of the fact he wanted to serve the punishments himself, and he took great pride in that.
Harry and the others where enjoying a quiet Friday afternoon after an early end to their Potions lesson. Harry's fell of its stand and spilt the contents into his lap, causing great pain in the middle of his body. After getting treated at the Hospital Wing, Harry had returned to his tower, and had been listening to some music on the WWN. The sun shone into the windows and Harry performed a simple charm that transfigured the glass into the stained type so a very colourful rainbow danced around the room. Hannah was looking out of the window, when there was a loud gushing sound that made everyone sit up and look around.
"Water" Hannah said.
"Water?" asked Harry confused.
"Yes stupid. My waters have broken!" Hannah said, and Harry quickly ran up and after her. The other three ran ahead and cleared the corridors of students by pushing them out of the way, as Harry towed the levitated Hannah towards the Hospital Wing. The doors actually survived Harry's wandless shove and Pomfrey came scurrying out of her office.
"What is going on?" she asked.
"My waters have broken" Hannah said, as Harry put her gently onto the nearest bed.
"Oh my" Pomfrey said. "It's been a long time since I helped bring a life into the world, it makes a change from having to watch them leave" and she pulled the curtains around the bed, cutting Harry's view out.
"How is Hannah?" asked Luna when the others arrived.
"Don't know" Harry said. "Pomfrey just closed the curtains and put up a silencing charm" and he hoped everything was alright.
He looked at the doorway and saw that Professors McGonagall, Lupin, Sharpe, Flitwick, Hagrid, Sprout, Dobby, Ernie McMillan, Justin Finch Fletchly and several other students who had followed the teachers. The moment the Professors, Dobby and the two Hufflepuffs passed through the doors, Neville shut them tightly. There followed several long hours of waiting interspersed with periods of pacing up and down the rows of beds. The silencing wards had long since been broken by Hannah's screaming, and it left Harry wondering what the heck was going on and if all was well. The twins came in at four hours into the labour with a large bag that sounded as if it had a lot of money inside, leading them to suspect they had started a betting pool on when the baby would be born.
"Care to place your bets?" Fred asked as he looked at the assembled people. Everybody put on a bet, including Dobby and Harry, and the only ones who had not put on a bet was McGonagall.
"I'm not a betting woman" she protested.
"Ah but you once bet that Harry wouldn't survive another encounter with Voldemort, but he survived" George countered. McGonagall looked at the others and decided that surrender would be the best option.
"Oh very well" she said, "Put me down for 8.15pm today" and handed over two Galleons.
"Thank you" the twins chorused, and George took the money while Fred noted down the time. Everybody waited for something to happen, and Harry resumed his pacing, but this time didn't stop and only went around people who got in his way. As the sun set golden rays shone over the grounds and everything it touched turned to gold.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" came the biggest scream, and Harry turned from where he had stopped in his pacing (Pomfrey's office), and ran towards the bed containing Hannah, blasting the curtains away and sending them flying away. Hannah was propped up in bed, was drinking from a very large bottle of Pepper-Up Potion, while Pomfrey was fussing over a small blanket. She turned to Harry and presented him with a very fit, very loud baby boy.
"Congratulations….. Harry" she said, and Pomfrey handed over the baby and Harry took a careful hold of his first born child. The others craned their necks to see the baby, but those who couldn't, could certainly hear the noise it was making. Harry looked into the screwed up arms of his son, and decided that nothing could go wrong at all tonight. Take on 10,000 death eaters armed with only a cheese sandwich?, not a problem! Challenge Voldemort to an arm wrestling contest and win? EASY! He was so proud of Hannah for giving him the gift of a child, and he glanced down to look at Hannah and asked her the question everyone wanted to know.
"What shall we call him?" he asked. Hannah thought of the answer for a very long time, so long that Harry thought she might have gone to sleep. "He has to have a name" Harry said gently, and Hannah made up her mind.
"I have it" she replied at last. "Say hello to James Sirius Potter" and Harry's eyes went a little damp round the edges as he thought of the two names.
"Hello James" Harry said, as he made shushing noises and gently rocked the baby, "I'm your daddy, and I'm going to pass you to your mummy now" and Harry bent down slowly, and passed James to Hannah.
"I expect he's hungry" she said, and Harry turned towards the others.
"Everybody out!" he said, and he and Pomfrey cleared the Hospital Wing of all who was not related to the family – Susan staying inside of course. As he closed the doors, Harry heard two very funny exchanges. The first was between the twins and McGonagall.
"You win" George muttered handing over the bag of coins.
"I've won?" she exclaimed in surprise.
"Right" said Fred. "Thirty Five Galleons, two Sickles and one Knut"
"I believe the muggle term" McGonagall said as she pocketed the coins, "is 'Come to Momma'" and she left behind a group of laughing people.
The other was something Luna said to Neville.
"Neville Longbottom" she said, grabbing his arm and dragging him along the corridor, "My! Room! Now!" and Luna dragged Neville away.
A/N:
Well what can I say?
After all that has taken place, Harry deserves some good in his life, and look what he got!
You know what?................. Just enjoy the bloody chapter, and send your reviews……………. Quite frankly after working on this, ch 53 and ch54 for a total of thirteen long hours with only four breaks……….. I can not be bothered with people who send me bad reviews.
Although if our old buddy Dragon Symphony comes back… I might just give him war.
Regards;
Pixel
