A/N :: I posted this story for the first time on a site where I could make my own chapter images. On FF, as you have noticed, I cannot. For the new characters in this chap I PhotoShop'd famous actors, singers, ect. For the most part they look the same. Differences are noted. Enjoy! Five more chapters left.
Fifty Five || Snape's Surprise.
Hermione's POV ::
"Welcome, students! Everybody settle down, take a seat." Lockhart directed the class from the front of the room. The seventh years looked up, surprised— they were making hardly any noise.
"As you all may have noticed, we have a special guest today!" McGonagall announced with enthusiasm, gesturing to the man on her right.
Snape gave the class a slight, prim nod.
"Do both of them seem a little weird to you?" Draco whispered in my ear.
"You also may have noticed our behavior is a little off today." Lockhart held his forefinger and thumb a hair's breadth away from each other. "Professor McGonagall, Potions Master Extraordinaire, and I have not slept in the last twenty four hours! Now, I trust that five groups have their materials?"
I looked around the room to see the other groups nod. At Luna's feet was a bag with colorful fabric inside.
"Let us get ready for a moment, and then we'll begin!" McGonagall told us, soon turning to talk quietly with Snape and Lockhart.
"What do you have with you, Luna?" I asked the fair haired girl.
"The groups besides you and Draco all received a post last night," she informed me. "We were to bring an old item of clothing the same gender as our child."
I thanked her and spoke to Draco. "Did you hear that?"
"Yea, why the helll do they need to?" He said, knitting his eyebrows in thought.
Suddenly Pomfrey entered the room with six of her apprentices. Each girl went to her assigned group, taking the clothing from the parents. At the front of the room, Snape took out a black case and unfolded the top, looking inside it.
"I need a volunteer." Snape's monotone filled the room and caught our attention. "Mr. Finnegan, Miss Patil?"
Seamus and Parvati nodded, handing their babies to the blonde Slytherin who took the twins and the bag out of the room. Before she left, Snape reached into his case and handed her two baby bottles.
"Abbott, Longbottom." Snape said dryly, reading from the next bottle. The assistant took the bottle, the baby, and the bag, and left the room.
"Lovegood, Zabini." Snape looked at the couple in surprise. His suspicions of the odd pairing were confirmed when he saw them seated together, their baby taken away by a brunette apprentice.
"Greengrass, Weasley." With Raegan and her baby bottle from Snape, and the bag from Astoria, Pomfrey's fourth trainee left.
"Parkinson, Potter." The last name was called, and a tall apprentice took James with the mysterious supplies from the room.
"It should be done in a few minutes, but I'll tell them to come in on your command." Snape said to Lockhart and McGonagall, folding up his case and left briskly.
Overcome with curiosity, I shot my hand up in the air.
"Miss Granger, there was no question asked. Do you have an answer that isn't called for because you can't help being such an insufferable know-it-all?" Snape spoke loudly as he left the room.
Evelyn whipped her head around to face me faster than lightning after the insult was thrown. I rolled my eyes to her, showing Ev that Snape's comments don't get to me. Well, not much anymore.
Draco's POV ::
"Professor McGonagall, Professor Lockhart, might I ask what is happening to the children out side of the room?" Hermione questioned the professors.
"I also want to know!" Parvati shouted.
"You'll find out in just a second!" McGonagall answered in a high pitched voice a parent would use to calm a distress child. In this case, she was calming a distressed mother worried for her child. Parvati's eyebrows rose.
Lockhart ran to the back of the room, opening the wide, large double doors to the classroom. Voices I couldn't put a face to were coming from the corridor outside. "Pomfrey's ladies," he called the trainees. "Do return to class. Now, are you ready McGonagall?"
"Ready, Lockhart! Class, the reason why your professors have lost sleep is related to what just happened outside that door." The witch pointed to where Lockhart was standing. "Send them in."
Lockhart nodded, glancing briefly at the corridor. "Children, your children have consumed a potion Snape concocted with the help of McGonagall and me. The brew is a temporary aging potion. Your children are now older, about seventeen."
Silence filled the classroom. I could see Evelyn smile.
"Anil and Aileen Patil-Finnegan!" The wizard professor shouted.
{Dev Patel & Amrita Rao} Two teens appeared in the doorway. The boy was very tall, almost at Lockhart's height. His skin was a tan, light brown, with dark hair. His green eyes stood out from across the room. I realized it was Anil— he had ears like Seamus. The girl was beautiful, her hair tied back in two braids. She too had her father's green eyes. Aileen saw her parents and ran to them, pulling Anil by the hand.
Parvati jumped from her seat, joining her twins. She folded them in a hug, holding the two tightly. Seamus stood by proudly, a wide grin on his face. Anil and Aileen separated from their mother's grasp, rushing to their father.
"Next!" Lockhart bellowed. "Kenneth Abbott-Longbottom!"
{Lucas Till} A boy with light brown hair stood at the door. He looked around the room sheepishly, his brown eyes searching the large classroom. His face was like his mother's, and his tentative gaze reminded me of Hannah. Kenneth smiled and walked over to his parents. Neville wrapped his son in a hug and Hannah clasped his face.
"Celeste Lovegood-Zabini!"
{Freida Pinto} A seventeen year old girl poked her head in the room. She calmly entered the room, her brown hair swishing around her shoulders. Her skin had darkened slightly, nearing Blaise's tone. The multi colored dress she wore matched Luna's personality, and Celeste's blue eyes did too. Luna and Blaise embraced their beautiful daughter.
"She's pretty," Hermione whispered to me. I nodded back with a smile.
"Raegan Greengrass-Weasley!"
{Taylor Swift} A confident girl strode in. Rae's hair lightened to a strawberry blonde, creating a fiery contrast against her green eyes. She flashed a smile uniquely Astoria's; one that captured the room in an instant. Her trendy leaf-print dress wrinkled as her mother squealed and hugged Raegan, and her father gave her a happy hug.
"James Parkinson-Potter!"
{Logan Lerman} A young man wearing one of Potter's old suits entered the room. A dark, messy mop of hair covered his forehead, stopping before James's hazel eyes. He was also a tall kid, reaching a whole head above Pansy when he hugged her. Harry grinned and squeezed his son. I saw tears in Pansy's eyes when James sat between her and Harry, holding Pansy's hand.
