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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Sixteen: Preparing for Solenne's visit
As the Easter break grew closer, Harry's nerves grew thinner. Harry spent most of his time going between classes, homework, helping with Quidditch, spending time with Remus and Sirius, attempting to enjoy time with his friends, and spending time with Severus. Severus was going about his normal routines like always, teaching, correcting, making potions for Poppy, and trying to help calm Harry's nerves.
Harry was now showing considerably, and most of the Hogwarts students and staff took it upon themselves to make sure he had whatever he wanted. They hadn't heard much from Voldemort, other than Draco mentioning that he seemed overly interested in the birth of Harry and Severus's children and that the Death Eaters had been ordered to ignore them until further notice.
The Ministry finally announced Voldemort's return, and put in a new Minister, Arthur Weasley. Amos Diggory had stopped by to thank Harry personally for finally getting the Ministry to capture and admit the truth about Cedric's death. The Death Eater attacks had almost ceased, but the Ministry raids hadn't, and this time regardless of the names offered there was absolutely no one getting off if he spotted the Dark Mark unless they were a spy for the Ministry or Dumbledore.
The day before Solenne was to arrive was also the last day of classes before the break. Harry woke up that morning snapping at everyone, including Severus and randomly bursting into tears. It wasn't until he was in his afternoon Divinations class, the last class of the day, that he completely snapped. Professor Trelawney didn't seem at all perturbed by Harry's mood and went about as usual.
Half way through the class, Harry was looking in his teacup making out the shadow of what he thought to be either a Dove or a cluster of Stars when the Professor came over to offer her assistance. She beamed down at him and said, "Oh dear, let me have a look will you? Let's see if there's anything in here about those babies that will be here soon!"
With a feeling of dread the entire class watched as Harry handed her the teacup. She swished it around and gasped at what she saw before saying, "Oh dear, oh dear this isn't good."
Harry, now officially bored said, "Let me guess, the Grim?"
She shook her head and said, "My dear it's a different sort of Grim, the kind that points to the loss of both the unborn children you bear and yourself as well. Oh my dear..."
Harry stood up, slammed his hand on the table, gently placing a hand over his stomach and yelled, "THAT'S IT! IF YOU WANT TO MAKE UP CRAP ABOUT SOMEONE DYING THAT'S JUST FINE AND DANDY, BUT MY CHILDREN ARE PERFECTLY HEALTHY AND WILL BE JUST FINE THANK YOU VERY MUCH! EVERY TIME I COME UP HERE YOU PREDICT MY DEATH! WELL GUESS WHAT IDIOT! I'M NOT DEAD! AND THAT GRIM YOU KEEP SEEING IN MY TEA CUPS MAY AS WELL BE LABLED 'HARRY'S GODFATHER' BECAUSE I HAVE YET TO SEE AN ACTUAL GRIM ANYWHERE OTHER THAN IN THE STRANGE LIKENESS OF HIS ANIMAGUS FORM! I'M LEAVING! I'LL TAKE UP MUGGLE STUDIES OR ARITHMANCY BEFORE I COME BACK IN HERE WITH THE LIKES OF YOU!"
By that point in time every single jaw in the room had dropped, Harry rarely yelled at anyone, but the sheer power and force he was displaying during the yelling was scaring the hell out of everyone in the room. Before anyone could say anything, every glass, china or slightly breakable object within the room burst into shreds. Harry grabbed his things, turned and left without looking back.
Harry walked straight to the Dungeons, past Severus's open classroom door, to their rooms, spat out the password, walked into the rooms, threw his things down and dropped in front of the fireplace with his hands on his stomach, gently rubbing at the kicking babies.
Severus blinked when he saw Harry storm by, thinking he had been seeing things and went back to teaching. However, when Ron Weasley went running by a second later dragging Sirius with him he decided to find out what was going on. He told the class calmly, "I'll be right back, continue on with the reading that you're doing. If you finish I want an essay on the reading, one full roll of parchment please."
He rushed out of the room towards his own rooms only to find Sirius and Ron banging on the door while Sirius was yelling into it, "HARRY! OPEN THE DOOR!"
Severus blinked at the scene, cleared his throat and asked, "Why are you pounding on the door to my rooms? And why is my husband not letting you in?"
Ron turned around and said, "He completely lost it in Divinations, I've never seen anything like it Professor. Trelawney swore she saw the Grim in his teacup, but a sorted kind of version of it that predicted the deaths of the babies as well. He shouted at her everything we've both wanted to since we started taking the class and stormed out of the room after leaking his magic out and breaking nearly everything in the room. Not just one tea cup not just one window, EVERY window, EVERY tea cup and saucer, I mean anything that could break, did."
Sirius shook his head, "He won't even open the door to talk to us."
Severus sighed and said the password quickly making his way into the rooms, seeing Harry by the fireplace and relaxing slightly when he saw that he was breathing and seemed alright. Severus mentally asked him, 'Are you alright mon amour?'
Harry sighed and answered mentally, 'I will be Caro, I've just had it with that over grown bat constantly predicting the death of everything she can get her hands on.'
Severus didn't care who was in the room, he walked over and sat down next to Harry who almost immediately jumped in his lap and started sobbing on his shoulder. Severus let a hand rest on Harry's stomach and almost immediately felt two tiny left hands brush up against his as if acknowledging that the babies knew he was there.
Severus just held Harry while Harry cried to his hearts content on Severus's shoulder. Sirius and Ron left after seeing that Harry was alright, merely emotional and as neither was good at dealing with Harry when he was emotional, they abandoned Severus to take care of it. Ron went back to Gryffindor tower while Sirius went to check on Severus's class as it was unlikely Severus would be back soon.
It took Harry an hour and a half to calm down, but he finally did and curled up against Severus before saying, "I'm sorry Sev, I didn't mean to lose it like that."
Severus chuckled and said, "I wouldn't worry too badly about it, though you should really finish Divinations this year, switch next year if you like but stick it out you don't have much longer to deal with her this year you know."
Harry nodded and relaxed in his husbands embrace. The rest of the day was uneventful, as Harry fell asleep in Severus's embrace. Severus merely carried Harry to bed before leaving for dinner if, for no other reason only to ensure Sirius, Remus and likely the rest of Hogwarts that Harry was fine. Harry woke up about an hour after dinner to find Severus nowhere in sight, but a short note saying that he would be correcting in his office and back shortly.
Harry quickly did his own homework before flooing his great-grandmother, he needed help finding Severus a birthday gift as he couldn't very well leave the castle. Minerva was quite helpful and kindly suggested, "Now Harry, there is something you could give him that I already have myself here in my office. You would be inheriting it in any event in a few years after Albus and I are gone..."
That conversation had lead to Harry's discovery as to just how much he had inherited from his parents and still stood to inherit upon his great- grandparents death. Harry was amazed, but thrilled that he already had the perfect gift for Severus within the castle walls. After that conversation they started to talk about the incident in Divinations, which lead to bringing the Deputy Headmistress into tears of laughter.
Their conversation was cut short however when her husband arrived in her rooms, she quickly apologized to Harry and left rather quickly. Harry really didn't want to think about what they were doing; after all it didn't concern him now did it? Besides, those were bad mental pictures.
He was asleep in his and Severus's bed when Severus got back from his office that night. Severus merely climbed into bed and wrapped his arms around Harry's stomach, once again feeling two little left hands press into his as if saying hello to their other father. He merely smiled and held Harry close as he fell asleep, Harry seemed to sense his presence as much as the twins did and leaned into his touch, both snuggling into one another while they slept.
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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Sixteen: Preparing for Solenne's visit
As the Easter break grew closer, Harry's nerves grew thinner. Harry spent most of his time going between classes, homework, helping with Quidditch, spending time with Remus and Sirius, attempting to enjoy time with his friends, and spending time with Severus. Severus was going about his normal routines like always, teaching, correcting, making potions for Poppy, and trying to help calm Harry's nerves.
Harry was now showing considerably, and most of the Hogwarts students and staff took it upon themselves to make sure he had whatever he wanted. They hadn't heard much from Voldemort, other than Draco mentioning that he seemed overly interested in the birth of Harry and Severus's children and that the Death Eaters had been ordered to ignore them until further notice.
The Ministry finally announced Voldemort's return, and put in a new Minister, Arthur Weasley. Amos Diggory had stopped by to thank Harry personally for finally getting the Ministry to capture and admit the truth about Cedric's death. The Death Eater attacks had almost ceased, but the Ministry raids hadn't, and this time regardless of the names offered there was absolutely no one getting off if he spotted the Dark Mark unless they were a spy for the Ministry or Dumbledore.
The day before Solenne was to arrive was also the last day of classes before the break. Harry woke up that morning snapping at everyone, including Severus and randomly bursting into tears. It wasn't until he was in his afternoon Divinations class, the last class of the day, that he completely snapped. Professor Trelawney didn't seem at all perturbed by Harry's mood and went about as usual.
Half way through the class, Harry was looking in his teacup making out the shadow of what he thought to be either a Dove or a cluster of Stars when the Professor came over to offer her assistance. She beamed down at him and said, "Oh dear, let me have a look will you? Let's see if there's anything in here about those babies that will be here soon!"
With a feeling of dread the entire class watched as Harry handed her the teacup. She swished it around and gasped at what she saw before saying, "Oh dear, oh dear this isn't good."
Harry, now officially bored said, "Let me guess, the Grim?"
She shook her head and said, "My dear it's a different sort of Grim, the kind that points to the loss of both the unborn children you bear and yourself as well. Oh my dear..."
Harry stood up, slammed his hand on the table, gently placing a hand over his stomach and yelled, "THAT'S IT! IF YOU WANT TO MAKE UP CRAP ABOUT SOMEONE DYING THAT'S JUST FINE AND DANDY, BUT MY CHILDREN ARE PERFECTLY HEALTHY AND WILL BE JUST FINE THANK YOU VERY MUCH! EVERY TIME I COME UP HERE YOU PREDICT MY DEATH! WELL GUESS WHAT IDIOT! I'M NOT DEAD! AND THAT GRIM YOU KEEP SEEING IN MY TEA CUPS MAY AS WELL BE LABLED 'HARRY'S GODFATHER' BECAUSE I HAVE YET TO SEE AN ACTUAL GRIM ANYWHERE OTHER THAN IN THE STRANGE LIKENESS OF HIS ANIMAGUS FORM! I'M LEAVING! I'LL TAKE UP MUGGLE STUDIES OR ARITHMANCY BEFORE I COME BACK IN HERE WITH THE LIKES OF YOU!"
By that point in time every single jaw in the room had dropped, Harry rarely yelled at anyone, but the sheer power and force he was displaying during the yelling was scaring the hell out of everyone in the room. Before anyone could say anything, every glass, china or slightly breakable object within the room burst into shreds. Harry grabbed his things, turned and left without looking back.
Harry walked straight to the Dungeons, past Severus's open classroom door, to their rooms, spat out the password, walked into the rooms, threw his things down and dropped in front of the fireplace with his hands on his stomach, gently rubbing at the kicking babies.
Severus blinked when he saw Harry storm by, thinking he had been seeing things and went back to teaching. However, when Ron Weasley went running by a second later dragging Sirius with him he decided to find out what was going on. He told the class calmly, "I'll be right back, continue on with the reading that you're doing. If you finish I want an essay on the reading, one full roll of parchment please."
He rushed out of the room towards his own rooms only to find Sirius and Ron banging on the door while Sirius was yelling into it, "HARRY! OPEN THE DOOR!"
Severus blinked at the scene, cleared his throat and asked, "Why are you pounding on the door to my rooms? And why is my husband not letting you in?"
Ron turned around and said, "He completely lost it in Divinations, I've never seen anything like it Professor. Trelawney swore she saw the Grim in his teacup, but a sorted kind of version of it that predicted the deaths of the babies as well. He shouted at her everything we've both wanted to since we started taking the class and stormed out of the room after leaking his magic out and breaking nearly everything in the room. Not just one tea cup not just one window, EVERY window, EVERY tea cup and saucer, I mean anything that could break, did."
Sirius shook his head, "He won't even open the door to talk to us."
Severus sighed and said the password quickly making his way into the rooms, seeing Harry by the fireplace and relaxing slightly when he saw that he was breathing and seemed alright. Severus mentally asked him, 'Are you alright mon amour?'
Harry sighed and answered mentally, 'I will be Caro, I've just had it with that over grown bat constantly predicting the death of everything she can get her hands on.'
Severus didn't care who was in the room, he walked over and sat down next to Harry who almost immediately jumped in his lap and started sobbing on his shoulder. Severus let a hand rest on Harry's stomach and almost immediately felt two tiny left hands brush up against his as if acknowledging that the babies knew he was there.
Severus just held Harry while Harry cried to his hearts content on Severus's shoulder. Sirius and Ron left after seeing that Harry was alright, merely emotional and as neither was good at dealing with Harry when he was emotional, they abandoned Severus to take care of it. Ron went back to Gryffindor tower while Sirius went to check on Severus's class as it was unlikely Severus would be back soon.
It took Harry an hour and a half to calm down, but he finally did and curled up against Severus before saying, "I'm sorry Sev, I didn't mean to lose it like that."
Severus chuckled and said, "I wouldn't worry too badly about it, though you should really finish Divinations this year, switch next year if you like but stick it out you don't have much longer to deal with her this year you know."
Harry nodded and relaxed in his husbands embrace. The rest of the day was uneventful, as Harry fell asleep in Severus's embrace. Severus merely carried Harry to bed before leaving for dinner if, for no other reason only to ensure Sirius, Remus and likely the rest of Hogwarts that Harry was fine. Harry woke up about an hour after dinner to find Severus nowhere in sight, but a short note saying that he would be correcting in his office and back shortly.
Harry quickly did his own homework before flooing his great-grandmother, he needed help finding Severus a birthday gift as he couldn't very well leave the castle. Minerva was quite helpful and kindly suggested, "Now Harry, there is something you could give him that I already have myself here in my office. You would be inheriting it in any event in a few years after Albus and I are gone..."
That conversation had lead to Harry's discovery as to just how much he had inherited from his parents and still stood to inherit upon his great- grandparents death. Harry was amazed, but thrilled that he already had the perfect gift for Severus within the castle walls. After that conversation they started to talk about the incident in Divinations, which lead to bringing the Deputy Headmistress into tears of laughter.
Their conversation was cut short however when her husband arrived in her rooms, she quickly apologized to Harry and left rather quickly. Harry really didn't want to think about what they were doing; after all it didn't concern him now did it? Besides, those were bad mental pictures.
He was asleep in his and Severus's bed when Severus got back from his office that night. Severus merely climbed into bed and wrapped his arms around Harry's stomach, once again feeling two little left hands press into his as if saying hello to their other father. He merely smiled and held Harry close as he fell asleep, Harry seemed to sense his presence as much as the twins did and leaned into his touch, both snuggling into one another while they slept.
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