Disclaimer: I do not, have not, and most likely will not own Harry Potter. I just enjoy messing with the characters.
Chapter Eighteen
The Surprise
Harry sprinted to the Hospital Wing to find Tabby lying down on the last bed in the ward. As he came up to her bed, having slowed to a walk in the Hospital Wing, Tabby was just coming around. "Hey, Aunt Tabby." Harry spoke softly. "I was told you took a fall during class. Mind telling me why."
"Mr. Potter." Madam Pomfery said coming to check on her patient. "Tabitha, I can't come up with a reason for your fainting but I have one last test to perform. I will need you to step out of the room Mr. Potter." Harry leaned down and placed a kiss on his aunt's forehead before leaving the two ladies alone. "Tabby," Madame Pomfery began, "Have you been sexually active recently?"
Tabby thought back to when her last sexual encounter was. Then she recalled that that encounter lead to her having to freeze her pregnancy that was fathered by one Sirius Black. "Madame, I have not been sexually active since the summer of '94 but I am pregnant. I froze the pregnancy because A the father didn't know who I was and B the father was a wrongly accused man on the run."
"Do you mind if I run the test to see how the babe is, Tabby?" Pomfery asked after getting over her shock that Sirius Black won't get to know his child because he was dead. Pomfery waved her wand over Tabby's abdomen and projected a small image of the babe. "The babe looks fine, Tabby, but how did the freezing last for so long? The longest one I know of last for two years maximum."
Tabby just smiled and shook her head at the nurse. "Poppy you forget who father the child. The Blacks had many old spells known to them only. This one allowed for four stipulations. Each stipulation could be different for each couple. For me and Sirius we decided that the four would be, if I wanted to continue the pregnancy without him, I could remove the spell, if Sirius was freed, two years after his death, or we placed a four year limit." Tabby stopped talking when she heard Poppy gasp. "What? What made you gasp like that, Poppy? What aren't you telling me?"
Poppy exhaled and said, "Maybe it would be best to explain to your nephew why you fainted than we can discuss why I think this should have happened two years ago." Poppy went to get Harry leaving Tabby to think alone.
Maybe Sirius was freed. No, he would have come to yell at me for not staying in contact all of these years. The only other solution would be Poppy thinks- Her inner monologue was interrupted by Harry's reentering the ward. "Harry, first I want you to know why I fainted. You see the summer before your fourth year I ran into your godfather and we had relations without him knowing who I was but because of the relations I became pregnant. We decided to freeze the pregnancy using a Black family spell. I am pregnant Harry." Tabby stopped seeing the tears in her nephew's eyes.
"How did it stay frozen this long?" Harry asked remembering a freezing spell that was popular during the war with Griindelwald. His aunt just smiled at him and told him the stipulations. "Tabby, that's not possible you should have had your kid already."
"Why? Harry please tell me. Poppy wouldn't she just went to get you." Tabby begged
"Sirius Black fell through the Veil in the Department of Mysteries (DOM) in June of 1996. He is dead, Aunt Tabby you should have continued your pregnancy in June of 1998. Meaning you should be about four months." Harry turned to Poppy and asked "How far along is she Poppy?"
"Tabby's scan shows a two month old babe. That should not be possible since Mr. Black is dead." Poppy said her voice grave.
Veil in the DOM. That isn't for death that's- "Harry that isn't a Death sentence. It is a judgment. People who are pushed through by us as a death sentence are usually guilty but there was an Unspeakable who went through and came back out because there were no crimes against them. Granted Sirius should have been back before now. Usually Judgment takes one year and however long it takes to get to you." Tabby said with a laugh in her voice. "But then again the judges are probably having a hard time deciding if he was guilty or not of other things. But the time limit expired since I cast the spell in August of 1994. So when do you think Siri-" She was cut off because of Poppy's floo going off.
"Poppy," The voice of the Minister of Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt yelled, "I need you quick."
I am sorry about the delays. I had a bit of a writer's block spell. It might be awhile before I update again but you may get new stories and/or one shots from me.
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