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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Twelve: Dealing with the unexpected
Severus held Harry until they would just barely make Dinner on time if they got up and got dressed right then and gently kissed Harry's forehead. Severus sighed and said quietly, "Love, time to get up for dinner."
Harry sighed and snuggled closer to Severus, but other wise didn't respond. Severus chuckled and said, "Come on Harry, time to get up."
Harry slowly came around after a few minutes and smiled at Severus before saying, "So did you sleep with me or watch me sleep, Caro?"
Severus smiled, "Watched you of course. Come on now, time to go to dinner. Poppy would kill me if I let you miss dinner and the only way she'll know you ate is if it's in the Great Hall."
Harry nodded and they both got out of bed, Severus of course insisting on helping Harry every inch of the way. Harry just shook his head at Severus and said, "If anyone walked in they would probably die of shock at the sight of you fussing over me like I'm some feeble old man that can't do anything on his own."
Severus didn't even debate his answer just said, "And they'd promptly be told that I'm helping my pregnant husband get ready for dinner and they could go sit on it for all I cared."
Harry just smiled and let Severus help with his robes wondering mildly what exactly the next few months would be like if Severus was already like this. Severus himself just threw on a black robe and pulled his hair back with a small black leather tie. They made their way to dinner hand in hand at a slow pace as Severus wanted to make sure Harry was alright.
Harry just smiled and held Severus's hand as they walked; mentally laughing at the way Severus was acting. They arrived at dinner shortly after everyone else had, Severus shocking the entire hall and Harry himself when he pulled Harry's chair out for him. Harry raised an eyebrow and Severus mentally said, 'I'm helping my husband and my children into their chair thank you very much, now sit I look stupid standing here with you looking at me as though I've grown a second head.'
Harry shook his head and chuckled sitting down next to Remus, leaving the seat next to him for Severus. Harry leaned over and said to Remus, "Severus and I need to speak with you, Sirius, Minerva and Albus after dinner. Are you busy?"
Remus looked as though he was thinking to everyone else, but Harry figured he was asking Sirius if they had anything planned that he couldn't remember off hand. Remus shook his head and said, "No, we can do that. Is everything alright Harry?"
Harry just smiled and said, "Of course it is, everything's great. Can you ask Minerva if that works for her and Albus as well? And then I guess just come down to our rooms for tonight. Madam Pomfrey would have Severus's head if we didn't talk someplace where I could rest a bit while we talk."
Remus nodded, "Of course Harry. You're sure you're alright?"
"Yes Remus, I'm sure."
Remus turned around to talk to Minerva and Harry turned to Severus, "Remus and Sirius will meet us a little after dinner in our rooms. Remus is talking to Minerva and Albus about them coming down as well. Did Madam Pomfrey mention not eating or drinking anything to you? I don't want to get sick when they're all coming down right after dinner."
Severus shook his head, "No she didn't, but I'd just assume you should be careful about what you eat now. If you want we can always go back to our rooms and have Dobby bring up something."
Harry smiled and said, "I'm alright here, just thought I'd make sure."
Remus gently poked Harry's elbow, and Harry turned back to him just as Remus said, "Albus and Minerva will come with us to your rooms. But Harry are you sure everything's alright?"
Harry grinned and said, "Honestly Remus you worry too much, everything is just fine. Severus and I just need to discuss something with the four of you that requires a little privacy."
Remus gave Harry a calculating look before saying, "Alright. Just keep in mind what I told you at the beginning of the year. By the way, that was one hell of a Patronus you conjured earlier. Think you could show everyone else before this little meeting?"
Harry chuckled and said, "I suppose so, no harm in that I don't think."
Harry quickly mentally asked Severus, 'Conjuring a Patronus wouldn't hurt the babies would it, Caro?'
Severus mentally responded, 'Of course not, you're pregnant not terminally ill mon amour.'
Harry turned back to his meal, mentally retorting, 'I was just making sure. Remus wants me to demonstrate it for everyone before we talk in our rooms.'
Severus raised an eyebrow at his husband and said, 'Must have been some Patronus if he wants you to demonstrate for all of us.'
'I think he partly wants Sirius to see it, and I don't believe the rest of you have ever seen it either. But I'm sure Sirius would love to see my Dad in his animagus form once again. The damn thing pranced around the classroom for half an hour before it started to fade.'
Severus choked on his food a bit and Harry automatically gently rubbed his back. Severus took a sip of pumpkin juice before mentally demanding, 'HALF AN HOUR?'
'Uh yeah. That a bad thing?'
'Considering that most people can't even get their Patronus to actually take form you demonstrated quite a bit of power when you did that, mon amour. It's not a bad thing, it just shows that you aren't exactly a Wizard that should be messed around with when you have a wand.'
'Great, yet another thing to add to the stupidly long list of things I'm famous for.'
'I couldn't agree more, mon amour.'
'I'm just glad you see beyond all that nonsense, Caro.'
'Je t'aime, mon amour.'
'Je t'aime aussi, Caro.'
Within twenty minutes they were back in their rooms, waiting for the others to arrive. Severus called for Dobby and had him bring up some tea, with a bit of honey in Harry's along with some treats for everyone. Harry told Dobby about the babies and asked him not to tell a soul, but to bring something up to help calm his stomach for him to eat.
Dobby returned with the tea and treats, along with a special Wizarding kind of tea for Harry to soothe his stomach and raging hormones. Severus raised an eyebrow but said nothing as Dobby told Harry he would personally cook Harry's meals from now on to make sure he ate enough of the right things. Just as Dobby left, Albus, Minerva, Remus and Sirius came through the portrait hole.
Remus took one sniff of the air and knew one of them was pregnant. He hadn't smelt that tea since Lily was pregnant with Harry. Albus and Minerva sat down across from Harry, who was half sitting in Severus's embrace on the couch in front of the fire. Remus sat down on the other side of Harry, Sirius next to him. Harry smiled, "Remus wanted me to show you all my Patronus, I'll start with that."
Harry pictured the same happy memory as before and raised his wand shouting, "EXPECTO PATRONUM!"
This time the Stag emerged almost immediately, looked around for a Dementor to chase away and then turned towards the crowd, smiling at them all in the way a Stag could. Sirius breathlessly whispered, "Prongs, sweet Merlin! That's Prongs!"
Minerva blinked a few times and said, "And why is your Patronus in the form of a Stag, Harry?"
Harry smiled, "Ah, yes that would be my Dad's animagus form."
Remus grinned and said, "And it's a perfect replication of what he looked like in it from what I can tell."
Sirius nodded his agreement and Minerva huffed, "I still can't believe you boys did that. Illegal animaguses, without any regard for your own personal safety!"
Harry chuckled and said, "No, they did the Gryffindor thing, rushed into it full force to help a friend in need of a little support. Although I have admit I wish that little rat hadn't been able to succeed with Sirius and Dad in that. Anyways, you can look at it all you want, it'll be there a while."
Severus's grip on Harry tightened slightly in a protective manner and mentally asked, 'Should I tell them or do you want to tell them?'
'You can, Caro.'
Albus smiled and said, "So, what did you two need to talk to all of us about?"
Harry smiled and said, "Help yourselves to tea, and a bit of something to eat if you'd like."
Severus chuckled, "A young Albus Dumbledore in the making. Let's not avoid the subject now Harry."
Harry pouted and said, "But I was doing so well."
Sirius interrupted what could have become a very amusing site of Severus and Harry flirting shamelessly in front of the group and said, "What's going on? Is this about earlier when Poppy pulled Severus in before the rest of us to talk to him privately?"
Harry grinned and Severus answered, "Yes, actually it is. Harry's pregnant."
A feather could have been heard dropping in the room it was so quiet. Harry added on, "With twins, they're due sometime late in May, early June."
Albus and Minerva smiled at them and Albus said, "Congratulations then."
Minerva said, "I assumed you had used a Contraceptive Potion though."
Severus frowned, "We did. The strongest one I could find, neither of us should have been able to have children in any form, and yet here we are."
Remus frowned and asked, "But if you did that how in the world did Harry get pregnant?"
Harry shrugged and said, "Magic I guess."
Half an hour later Albus, Minerva, Remus and Sirius all left for their own rooms. Harry wrote individual owls inviting Ron, Hermione, Seamus, Dean, Neville, Ginny, Fred, George, Alicia, Angelina, and Aubrey down to Harry and Severus's rooms after Dinner. Severus called Dobby to have him take each letter to an owl to be delivered in the morning at breakfast. Harry had temporarily changed the password to their rooms to 'Long live Gryffindor'. Much to Severus's disgust that is.
Soon after that both Harry and Severus were in bed, both content to hold one another for just a short while. Not even ten minutes into cuddling Harry pulled Severus in for a kiss. Two hours later they both muttered cleaning spells before Severus pulled Harry back into his arms to cuddle for the rest of the night.
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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Twelve: Dealing with the unexpected
Severus held Harry until they would just barely make Dinner on time if they got up and got dressed right then and gently kissed Harry's forehead. Severus sighed and said quietly, "Love, time to get up for dinner."
Harry sighed and snuggled closer to Severus, but other wise didn't respond. Severus chuckled and said, "Come on Harry, time to get up."
Harry slowly came around after a few minutes and smiled at Severus before saying, "So did you sleep with me or watch me sleep, Caro?"
Severus smiled, "Watched you of course. Come on now, time to go to dinner. Poppy would kill me if I let you miss dinner and the only way she'll know you ate is if it's in the Great Hall."
Harry nodded and they both got out of bed, Severus of course insisting on helping Harry every inch of the way. Harry just shook his head at Severus and said, "If anyone walked in they would probably die of shock at the sight of you fussing over me like I'm some feeble old man that can't do anything on his own."
Severus didn't even debate his answer just said, "And they'd promptly be told that I'm helping my pregnant husband get ready for dinner and they could go sit on it for all I cared."
Harry just smiled and let Severus help with his robes wondering mildly what exactly the next few months would be like if Severus was already like this. Severus himself just threw on a black robe and pulled his hair back with a small black leather tie. They made their way to dinner hand in hand at a slow pace as Severus wanted to make sure Harry was alright.
Harry just smiled and held Severus's hand as they walked; mentally laughing at the way Severus was acting. They arrived at dinner shortly after everyone else had, Severus shocking the entire hall and Harry himself when he pulled Harry's chair out for him. Harry raised an eyebrow and Severus mentally said, 'I'm helping my husband and my children into their chair thank you very much, now sit I look stupid standing here with you looking at me as though I've grown a second head.'
Harry shook his head and chuckled sitting down next to Remus, leaving the seat next to him for Severus. Harry leaned over and said to Remus, "Severus and I need to speak with you, Sirius, Minerva and Albus after dinner. Are you busy?"
Remus looked as though he was thinking to everyone else, but Harry figured he was asking Sirius if they had anything planned that he couldn't remember off hand. Remus shook his head and said, "No, we can do that. Is everything alright Harry?"
Harry just smiled and said, "Of course it is, everything's great. Can you ask Minerva if that works for her and Albus as well? And then I guess just come down to our rooms for tonight. Madam Pomfrey would have Severus's head if we didn't talk someplace where I could rest a bit while we talk."
Remus nodded, "Of course Harry. You're sure you're alright?"
"Yes Remus, I'm sure."
Remus turned around to talk to Minerva and Harry turned to Severus, "Remus and Sirius will meet us a little after dinner in our rooms. Remus is talking to Minerva and Albus about them coming down as well. Did Madam Pomfrey mention not eating or drinking anything to you? I don't want to get sick when they're all coming down right after dinner."
Severus shook his head, "No she didn't, but I'd just assume you should be careful about what you eat now. If you want we can always go back to our rooms and have Dobby bring up something."
Harry smiled and said, "I'm alright here, just thought I'd make sure."
Remus gently poked Harry's elbow, and Harry turned back to him just as Remus said, "Albus and Minerva will come with us to your rooms. But Harry are you sure everything's alright?"
Harry grinned and said, "Honestly Remus you worry too much, everything is just fine. Severus and I just need to discuss something with the four of you that requires a little privacy."
Remus gave Harry a calculating look before saying, "Alright. Just keep in mind what I told you at the beginning of the year. By the way, that was one hell of a Patronus you conjured earlier. Think you could show everyone else before this little meeting?"
Harry chuckled and said, "I suppose so, no harm in that I don't think."
Harry quickly mentally asked Severus, 'Conjuring a Patronus wouldn't hurt the babies would it, Caro?'
Severus mentally responded, 'Of course not, you're pregnant not terminally ill mon amour.'
Harry turned back to his meal, mentally retorting, 'I was just making sure. Remus wants me to demonstrate it for everyone before we talk in our rooms.'
Severus raised an eyebrow at his husband and said, 'Must have been some Patronus if he wants you to demonstrate for all of us.'
'I think he partly wants Sirius to see it, and I don't believe the rest of you have ever seen it either. But I'm sure Sirius would love to see my Dad in his animagus form once again. The damn thing pranced around the classroom for half an hour before it started to fade.'
Severus choked on his food a bit and Harry automatically gently rubbed his back. Severus took a sip of pumpkin juice before mentally demanding, 'HALF AN HOUR?'
'Uh yeah. That a bad thing?'
'Considering that most people can't even get their Patronus to actually take form you demonstrated quite a bit of power when you did that, mon amour. It's not a bad thing, it just shows that you aren't exactly a Wizard that should be messed around with when you have a wand.'
'Great, yet another thing to add to the stupidly long list of things I'm famous for.'
'I couldn't agree more, mon amour.'
'I'm just glad you see beyond all that nonsense, Caro.'
'Je t'aime, mon amour.'
'Je t'aime aussi, Caro.'
Within twenty minutes they were back in their rooms, waiting for the others to arrive. Severus called for Dobby and had him bring up some tea, with a bit of honey in Harry's along with some treats for everyone. Harry told Dobby about the babies and asked him not to tell a soul, but to bring something up to help calm his stomach for him to eat.
Dobby returned with the tea and treats, along with a special Wizarding kind of tea for Harry to soothe his stomach and raging hormones. Severus raised an eyebrow but said nothing as Dobby told Harry he would personally cook Harry's meals from now on to make sure he ate enough of the right things. Just as Dobby left, Albus, Minerva, Remus and Sirius came through the portrait hole.
Remus took one sniff of the air and knew one of them was pregnant. He hadn't smelt that tea since Lily was pregnant with Harry. Albus and Minerva sat down across from Harry, who was half sitting in Severus's embrace on the couch in front of the fire. Remus sat down on the other side of Harry, Sirius next to him. Harry smiled, "Remus wanted me to show you all my Patronus, I'll start with that."
Harry pictured the same happy memory as before and raised his wand shouting, "EXPECTO PATRONUM!"
This time the Stag emerged almost immediately, looked around for a Dementor to chase away and then turned towards the crowd, smiling at them all in the way a Stag could. Sirius breathlessly whispered, "Prongs, sweet Merlin! That's Prongs!"
Minerva blinked a few times and said, "And why is your Patronus in the form of a Stag, Harry?"
Harry smiled, "Ah, yes that would be my Dad's animagus form."
Remus grinned and said, "And it's a perfect replication of what he looked like in it from what I can tell."
Sirius nodded his agreement and Minerva huffed, "I still can't believe you boys did that. Illegal animaguses, without any regard for your own personal safety!"
Harry chuckled and said, "No, they did the Gryffindor thing, rushed into it full force to help a friend in need of a little support. Although I have admit I wish that little rat hadn't been able to succeed with Sirius and Dad in that. Anyways, you can look at it all you want, it'll be there a while."
Severus's grip on Harry tightened slightly in a protective manner and mentally asked, 'Should I tell them or do you want to tell them?'
'You can, Caro.'
Albus smiled and said, "So, what did you two need to talk to all of us about?"
Harry smiled and said, "Help yourselves to tea, and a bit of something to eat if you'd like."
Severus chuckled, "A young Albus Dumbledore in the making. Let's not avoid the subject now Harry."
Harry pouted and said, "But I was doing so well."
Sirius interrupted what could have become a very amusing site of Severus and Harry flirting shamelessly in front of the group and said, "What's going on? Is this about earlier when Poppy pulled Severus in before the rest of us to talk to him privately?"
Harry grinned and Severus answered, "Yes, actually it is. Harry's pregnant."
A feather could have been heard dropping in the room it was so quiet. Harry added on, "With twins, they're due sometime late in May, early June."
Albus and Minerva smiled at them and Albus said, "Congratulations then."
Minerva said, "I assumed you had used a Contraceptive Potion though."
Severus frowned, "We did. The strongest one I could find, neither of us should have been able to have children in any form, and yet here we are."
Remus frowned and asked, "But if you did that how in the world did Harry get pregnant?"
Harry shrugged and said, "Magic I guess."
Half an hour later Albus, Minerva, Remus and Sirius all left for their own rooms. Harry wrote individual owls inviting Ron, Hermione, Seamus, Dean, Neville, Ginny, Fred, George, Alicia, Angelina, and Aubrey down to Harry and Severus's rooms after Dinner. Severus called Dobby to have him take each letter to an owl to be delivered in the morning at breakfast. Harry had temporarily changed the password to their rooms to 'Long live Gryffindor'. Much to Severus's disgust that is.
Soon after that both Harry and Severus were in bed, both content to hold one another for just a short while. Not even ten minutes into cuddling Harry pulled Severus in for a kiss. Two hours later they both muttered cleaning spells before Severus pulled Harry back into his arms to cuddle for the rest of the night.
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