The Next Generation- Chapter 3

Author's Note: Ron and Harry never thought that they'd end up with family lives until now, but now life is really about change. Especially since now they had kids on their way to Hogwarts and the Death Eaters were becoming more and more.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or it's characters, just the made up ones that will show up in this story. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*

Just like Ron, Harry Potter sleeps like a rock. Ever since the downfall of the most powerful wizard, Voldemort, he has been able to sleep like everyone else, with out the gruesome nightmares and screaming in his sleep. Then, just like Ron, he had two kids that had the morning ritual of jumping on the bed to wake him up. Sara and Joshua Potter are Ginny and Harry's kids and the definition of sibling rivalry. If any one was to think that Ron and the twins argued a lot their years in Hogwarts, they had to meet Harry and Ginny's kids. Sara was on her way to her second year at Hogwarts and Josh would be when John starts his second year. Sara was like Ginny, but she had jet-black hair and bright green eyes like her dad. Josh had read hair, but it wasn't as bright as his mother's, it was sandy like red and messy like his dad's, and like his sister, he had bright green eyes. Josh was Harry through and through. He had a great sense of adventure and bravery all through him. It was most certain he would be a Gryffindor, just like his sister, who use to claim that she wouldn't go looking for trouble, it just seemed to crash into her in the process of being innocent. Harry was sleep with the blankets tangled around him and pillow over his face. The room door opened slightly and two heads poked in silently.

"Dad." Whispered Sara, as they entered quietly. They went up to the bed and shook Harry, who continued to sleep. The shook him and he just groaned and continued to sleep.

"DAD!" yelled Josh, jumping on the bed with full force, forcing Harry to sit up quickly. He reached over and put on his glasses, glaring tiredly at his kids, who were looking at him with all the innocence of the world.

"What time is it?" he asked tiredly.

"9:30. Today is the first remember." Said Sara, pointing at the clock. Harry groaned and lay back down. He didn't even have to go to school any more, and yet he still has to wake up early on the first. "You promised to take me. and not bring Josh."

"What! Dad that's not fair! Alex is going when John gets dropped off at King's Cross!" announced Josh.

"Even if we wanted to leave you, we couldn't." said Harry, reaching over the side of the bed for a shirt. He didn't see Josh stick his tongue out at his sister, of see her slap him in the back of the head.

"Harry, what are you doing?" asked Ginny, entering the room with a smirk as Harry looked under the bed for his favorite T-shirt. Ron had actually managed to get Harry addicted to the Chudley Cannons and he was now in the process of looking for his favorite shirt.

"Ginny, I can't find my Chudley Cannons shirt!" he announced as the kids left the room to get breakfast. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"You're just as bad as Ron. I washed it." She said. "And it won't shrink. I promise." She said, noticing the look on his face. "Now wash up. We're going to meet everyone at King's Cross" she said, and left the room, not hearing Harry mutter that he wanted his shirt. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"When they got to King's Cross, there was an entire group of red heads, which was obviously the Weasley family. Harry had to admit being part of their family was great. Mrs. Weasley had always treated him like a son, and Mr. Weasley always came to him to ask about muggle things if Hermione wasn't available. Then, having Hermione and Ron as his family made life great. His best friends were in love and now handled things in a more mature way tan they use to. Plus, their kids were hard to hate.

"Hi Uncle Harry!" cheered Alex, running over and hugging him around the waist. He grinned and picked her up, hugging her back as they approached the group.

"'Bout time you got here. Couldn't find any muggle clothes?" asked Ron with a grin. He was wearing baggy jeans, a navy blue shirt, and a plad shirt over it.

"I couldn't find that Chudley Cannons shirt you gave me for my birthday." Harry answered, and Ginny shoved him playfully.

"Well, shall we get a move on? We'll go through in threes." Said Mr. Weasley, checking his watch. They had a good ten minutes left. Mrs. Weasley went ahead with Fred and George, followed by Hermione, Ron and John. Harry had just realized he was still holding Alex when he heard her gasp at the sudden disappearance of her older brother and parents.

"Don't worry. They're ok." He said as Mr. Weasley went ahead with Ginny and Percy. The Josh had challenged Sara to a racer, the both of them rushing through before any one could see them or before their dad could yell at them. Harry sighed and leaned casually against the barrier, going through where all the students were running around happily.

"Brings back memories." Said Ron cheerfully. Harry nodded. Way too many memories. Here was where Ron had laughed at a very embarrassed Seamus for attempting to Kiss Lavender Brown at the end of 5th year, but had Fred and George push him and Hermione into each other causing them to kiss. This was even the place Ginny and Harry had their own first kiss.

"Hey, CHRIS!" called John, running over to the boy Harry remembered seeing once before. Seamus was walking up behind him.

"Hey guys!" he said cheerfully as the two boys talked. "This is my son, Chris."

"We didn't know you had a son John's age." Said Ron, looking over at the boy. "But it isn't really hard to miss. He looks a lot like you."

"Where's Lavender?" asked Harry.

"Oh, she's late. Had to go into work early." Said Seamus with a shrug.

"This is my little sister Alex." Said John happily to Chris as his little sister hid shyly behind him. Chris grinned and waved at her. "She's normally not this shy."

"You had better get n the train, kids." Said Percy, checking his watch.

"John! Chris." Called a voice and they turned to see Jessica running up to them with Dean walking up with a cheerful smile. "I was looking all over for you two. Ready for our first adventure together?" she asked, holding her hand out with a wide grin.

"YEAH!" cheered the boys, placing their hands on hers. Soon, they were all gathering on the train and hanging out the window, waving goodbye to their parents. Harry had Josh up on one of his shoulder as they waved good bye to the students on the moving train. He noticed as they waved good bye that Alex was crying extremely hard in Ron's shirt.

"Is she going to be ok?" asked Harry as they went back through the barrier.

"Yeah. It's just that this will be the first time they've ever apart." Answered Hermione as Fred tried to cheer the little girl up by force feeding George a piece of candy that made steam come out his nose, mouth and ears. "She'll be fine."