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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Eighteen: Baby Time!
Harry had never felt anything like it in his entire life. He swore when he woke up someone was standing above him whispering the word 'crucio' over and over to cause this pain. But when he woke up he found that no one was there besides Severus, who was still sleeping. Harry struggled slightly to stand up on his own and gave up. He turned slightly and hit Severus as hard as he could to wake him up.
Severus woke up looked around slightly confused, then looked at Harry and asked sleepily, "What is it Harry? Are you alright?"
Harry shook his head, "I need to get to the Hospital Wing Severus, I think they want to come out now."
Severus blinked, jumped up, grabbed his baby blue bathroom robe, helped Harry into his slippers, put on his own slippers and helped Harry to stand up. They made their way slowly through the castle to the Hospital Wing, running into Peeves along the way, who Severus sent to wake Poppy, Albus, Minerva, Sirius and Remus. Peeves happily obliged, glad that the babies were soon to be joining the castle occupants.
When Severus and Harry managed to get to the Hospital Wing only to find Poppy was just finishing getting ready for them. Poppy helped Severus get Harry into a bed and quickly asked, "Harry, how long have you been having contractions?"
Harry breathed out slowly and said, "I suspect most of the night, I just woke up about twenty minutes ago to the first really bad one."
Poppy nodded, "Well, I'll just start performing a few charms so that we can have you push the little buggers out shall I?"
Harry nodded, "Just hurry, this shit hurts."
Severus just stood next to Harry and held onto him while Poppy performed four charms that would allow Harry to safely deliver the twins the way any woman would deliver her children. She smiled up at Harry and said, "I'm just going to see how far along you are, that's all I'm doing now so don't worry Harry."
Harry nodded, gritting his teeth as another contraction came on. This one however was much more intense than the last ones had been and Harry lost it, started screaming, "GET THEM OUT OF ME!"
Poppy smiled apologetically at Harry and said, "You know, your mum screamed something similar the entire time she was giving birth to you Harry. Did you know she gave birth to you here at Hogwarts? I delivered you myself. Now it'll be a while Harry, you're at seven centimeters though, and you need to be at ten so it shouldn't be all that much longer. I'm surprised you didn't feel anything earlier than you did. Just try to relax and let Severus help you distract yourself from the pain dear. I'm going to get a few things ready for the babies and be right back, yell if you need me."
Harry nodded and Severus thanked her before she disappeared. Two minutes later Minerva and Albus came running in the Infirmary doors and stopped at the end of Harry's bed. Unfortunately they arrived just as Harry had another contraction, and as Harry was holding Severus's hand, he held onto it rather tightly making Severus wince. Harry started to grit his teeth and then ground out, "Merlin...bloody hell...shit this hurts...oh bloody fucking hell...never again Severus, this is it for kids...fuck this hurts...oh fuck...fuck, fuck, fuck..."
Severus yelped as he felt at least three bones in his hand break and said in a strangled voice, "Harry, love, mon amour, L'amore, please, my hand, you're breaking my bones love."
Harry glared at Severus and yelled, "I DON'T GIVE A BLOODY DAMN! POPPY CAN FIX THEM RIGHT UP! SHUT UP AND TAKE IT! BROKEN BONES ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS!"
A slightly sleepy but cheerful voice came from behind Albus and Minerva, "You know Moony, I could have sworn that was something Lily yelled at James when she had Harry..."
Harry, apparently wasn't in the mood, and yelled out, "IF YOU CAN'T SHUT THE HELL UP SIRIUS, YOU CAN GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO BREAK YOUR HAND TOO! OH BLOODY FUCKING HELL!"
Minerva smiled at Harry and said, "Now Harry I've done this three times and I understand your pain, so you just yell and swear all you want to. The rest of these idiots don't have a clue."
Harry found that to be comforting and loosened the grip on Severus's hand slightly. Severus however refused to give Harry the other hand; he simply performed a numbing charm on his hand so he couldn't feel it anymore. Poppy came bustling back in and said, "Alright everyone that's not in labor or Severus can just wait right over there in those chairs. Harry I'm going to see how much more we have to wait alright?"
Harry nodded and Minerva, Albus, Sirius and Remus wandered over to the chairs on the other side of the room. Poppy drew the curtains around them and pulled in the two small cribs for the babies to be placed in once they were born. Three hours, several screams and broken hand bones later, the first baby came out screaming just as loudly as Harry was.
Five minutes later, the second baby came out, crying just as loudly as the first baby still was. Ten minutes later, Albus, Minerva, Sirius and Remus were allowed to meet the twins. Harry had been charmed back to his normal self, and was sitting up in bed with Severus sitting next to him, each holding a little bundle wrapped up in green and silver blankets.
Harry grinned as they walked up and said, "I'd like you all to meet Bradley Albus and Brenton Godric."
Sirius grinned right back and said, "Which one are you holding Harry?"
Harry smiled, "Bradley, Severus is holding little Brenton, he's our oldest."
Albus smiled broadly and said, "Well, let me hold one of my great-great- grandsons then."
Severus was grinning from ear to ear when he handed Brenton over to Albus and sat back down wrapping an arm around Harry, who had passed Bradley over to Minerva. Minerva smiled and cooed at the baby, saying out loud, "You know, I thought maybe those Snape genes would get rid of that Potter hair, you poor darling it must be a curse."
Harry cried out, "Hey! They have Severus's eyes at least, and his facial structure."
Sirius blanched, "I hope they have your nose Harry."
Severus glared at Sirius and said, "And just what is wrong with my nose?"
Remus broke in with, "Even if they do let's not forget that we're here celebrating the birth of two wonderful little baby boys. Not getting into fights with one of their Fathers, Sirius."
Sirius sighed and said, "Fine. So have you two picked out a Godfather or a Godmother?"
Harry and Severus exchanged a glance before Harry looked at Sirius and Remus and said, "If you two wouldn't mind, we'd like both of you to be the boys' Godfathers."
Sirius had just been handed Brenton from Albus, took one look at the baby and grinned widely as Remus answered Harry for both of them saying, "Harry, Severus, we'd be honored."
Minerva smiled at Remus and handed him Bradley, who immediately cuddled into his new Godfather's arms yawning slightly. Remus teased him gently saying, "What are you doing yawning buddy? You haven't even done the hard work around here yet!"
Harry yawned too saying, "Speaking of hard work, I think I'll take a little nap if you'll all kindly leave for a bit. Not that I don't appreciate you being here that is."
Albus smiled, "Of course not Harry. Severus will you be able to teach today or would you like..."
Severus interrupted Albus with, "I think I'll just cancel class today and stay here with Harry, Bradley and Brenton. If nothing else I suppose Sirius could take over classes for today as I've scheduled today as an essay writing day in almost all of my classes."
Sirius smiled and said, "I can do that Severus, you stay here with your family for the day."
Brenton started to cry and Sirius blinked down at the baby boy and said, "What? Uncle Padfoot not good enough for you Brenton? I suppose you want one of your Daddies then?"
Sirius went to hand Brenton to Harry and noticed Harry was out cold. Chuckling slightly Sirius handed Brenton over to Severus and watched as Brenton almost immediately stopped crying. Bradley fell asleep in Remus's arms, so Remus placed him in one of the cribs beside Harry.
Poppy brought over a rocking chair for Severus to sit in and rock the boys to sleep. Albus and Minerva said their goodbyes to Severus and left to get ready for the school day, Sirius left to figure out Severus's notes and Remus left to get ready for the day. Poppy smiled at Severus and said, "Just let me know if you need anything Severus, I'm going to go get a bit more sleep before I start getting today's first batch of injuries."
Severus nodded and went back to rocking Brenton, who was looking up into Severus's eyes while Severus smiled down at his son. Brenton was asleep in five minutes; Severus fell asleep just a few short minutes later still holding Brenton, and with one of his fingers clutched in Bradley's hand as Severus had moved Bradley's crib closer to keep an eye on both boys until Harry woke up.
None of the sleeping four noticed every ghost in Hogwarts stop by to see the two little boys. None of the four noticed that most of the ghosts were giggling at the sight of Severus holding a baby and acting more human than any of them had seen him act in years. None of the four even noticed as a few of the other teachers started walking in, muffling giggles at the sight of Severus and the two baby boys.
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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Eighteen: Baby Time!
Harry had never felt anything like it in his entire life. He swore when he woke up someone was standing above him whispering the word 'crucio' over and over to cause this pain. But when he woke up he found that no one was there besides Severus, who was still sleeping. Harry struggled slightly to stand up on his own and gave up. He turned slightly and hit Severus as hard as he could to wake him up.
Severus woke up looked around slightly confused, then looked at Harry and asked sleepily, "What is it Harry? Are you alright?"
Harry shook his head, "I need to get to the Hospital Wing Severus, I think they want to come out now."
Severus blinked, jumped up, grabbed his baby blue bathroom robe, helped Harry into his slippers, put on his own slippers and helped Harry to stand up. They made their way slowly through the castle to the Hospital Wing, running into Peeves along the way, who Severus sent to wake Poppy, Albus, Minerva, Sirius and Remus. Peeves happily obliged, glad that the babies were soon to be joining the castle occupants.
When Severus and Harry managed to get to the Hospital Wing only to find Poppy was just finishing getting ready for them. Poppy helped Severus get Harry into a bed and quickly asked, "Harry, how long have you been having contractions?"
Harry breathed out slowly and said, "I suspect most of the night, I just woke up about twenty minutes ago to the first really bad one."
Poppy nodded, "Well, I'll just start performing a few charms so that we can have you push the little buggers out shall I?"
Harry nodded, "Just hurry, this shit hurts."
Severus just stood next to Harry and held onto him while Poppy performed four charms that would allow Harry to safely deliver the twins the way any woman would deliver her children. She smiled up at Harry and said, "I'm just going to see how far along you are, that's all I'm doing now so don't worry Harry."
Harry nodded, gritting his teeth as another contraction came on. This one however was much more intense than the last ones had been and Harry lost it, started screaming, "GET THEM OUT OF ME!"
Poppy smiled apologetically at Harry and said, "You know, your mum screamed something similar the entire time she was giving birth to you Harry. Did you know she gave birth to you here at Hogwarts? I delivered you myself. Now it'll be a while Harry, you're at seven centimeters though, and you need to be at ten so it shouldn't be all that much longer. I'm surprised you didn't feel anything earlier than you did. Just try to relax and let Severus help you distract yourself from the pain dear. I'm going to get a few things ready for the babies and be right back, yell if you need me."
Harry nodded and Severus thanked her before she disappeared. Two minutes later Minerva and Albus came running in the Infirmary doors and stopped at the end of Harry's bed. Unfortunately they arrived just as Harry had another contraction, and as Harry was holding Severus's hand, he held onto it rather tightly making Severus wince. Harry started to grit his teeth and then ground out, "Merlin...bloody hell...shit this hurts...oh bloody fucking hell...never again Severus, this is it for kids...fuck this hurts...oh fuck...fuck, fuck, fuck..."
Severus yelped as he felt at least three bones in his hand break and said in a strangled voice, "Harry, love, mon amour, L'amore, please, my hand, you're breaking my bones love."
Harry glared at Severus and yelled, "I DON'T GIVE A BLOODY DAMN! POPPY CAN FIX THEM RIGHT UP! SHUT UP AND TAKE IT! BROKEN BONES ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS!"
A slightly sleepy but cheerful voice came from behind Albus and Minerva, "You know Moony, I could have sworn that was something Lily yelled at James when she had Harry..."
Harry, apparently wasn't in the mood, and yelled out, "IF YOU CAN'T SHUT THE HELL UP SIRIUS, YOU CAN GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO BREAK YOUR HAND TOO! OH BLOODY FUCKING HELL!"
Minerva smiled at Harry and said, "Now Harry I've done this three times and I understand your pain, so you just yell and swear all you want to. The rest of these idiots don't have a clue."
Harry found that to be comforting and loosened the grip on Severus's hand slightly. Severus however refused to give Harry the other hand; he simply performed a numbing charm on his hand so he couldn't feel it anymore. Poppy came bustling back in and said, "Alright everyone that's not in labor or Severus can just wait right over there in those chairs. Harry I'm going to see how much more we have to wait alright?"
Harry nodded and Minerva, Albus, Sirius and Remus wandered over to the chairs on the other side of the room. Poppy drew the curtains around them and pulled in the two small cribs for the babies to be placed in once they were born. Three hours, several screams and broken hand bones later, the first baby came out screaming just as loudly as Harry was.
Five minutes later, the second baby came out, crying just as loudly as the first baby still was. Ten minutes later, Albus, Minerva, Sirius and Remus were allowed to meet the twins. Harry had been charmed back to his normal self, and was sitting up in bed with Severus sitting next to him, each holding a little bundle wrapped up in green and silver blankets.
Harry grinned as they walked up and said, "I'd like you all to meet Bradley Albus and Brenton Godric."
Sirius grinned right back and said, "Which one are you holding Harry?"
Harry smiled, "Bradley, Severus is holding little Brenton, he's our oldest."
Albus smiled broadly and said, "Well, let me hold one of my great-great- grandsons then."
Severus was grinning from ear to ear when he handed Brenton over to Albus and sat back down wrapping an arm around Harry, who had passed Bradley over to Minerva. Minerva smiled and cooed at the baby, saying out loud, "You know, I thought maybe those Snape genes would get rid of that Potter hair, you poor darling it must be a curse."
Harry cried out, "Hey! They have Severus's eyes at least, and his facial structure."
Sirius blanched, "I hope they have your nose Harry."
Severus glared at Sirius and said, "And just what is wrong with my nose?"
Remus broke in with, "Even if they do let's not forget that we're here celebrating the birth of two wonderful little baby boys. Not getting into fights with one of their Fathers, Sirius."
Sirius sighed and said, "Fine. So have you two picked out a Godfather or a Godmother?"
Harry and Severus exchanged a glance before Harry looked at Sirius and Remus and said, "If you two wouldn't mind, we'd like both of you to be the boys' Godfathers."
Sirius had just been handed Brenton from Albus, took one look at the baby and grinned widely as Remus answered Harry for both of them saying, "Harry, Severus, we'd be honored."
Minerva smiled at Remus and handed him Bradley, who immediately cuddled into his new Godfather's arms yawning slightly. Remus teased him gently saying, "What are you doing yawning buddy? You haven't even done the hard work around here yet!"
Harry yawned too saying, "Speaking of hard work, I think I'll take a little nap if you'll all kindly leave for a bit. Not that I don't appreciate you being here that is."
Albus smiled, "Of course not Harry. Severus will you be able to teach today or would you like..."
Severus interrupted Albus with, "I think I'll just cancel class today and stay here with Harry, Bradley and Brenton. If nothing else I suppose Sirius could take over classes for today as I've scheduled today as an essay writing day in almost all of my classes."
Sirius smiled and said, "I can do that Severus, you stay here with your family for the day."
Brenton started to cry and Sirius blinked down at the baby boy and said, "What? Uncle Padfoot not good enough for you Brenton? I suppose you want one of your Daddies then?"
Sirius went to hand Brenton to Harry and noticed Harry was out cold. Chuckling slightly Sirius handed Brenton over to Severus and watched as Brenton almost immediately stopped crying. Bradley fell asleep in Remus's arms, so Remus placed him in one of the cribs beside Harry.
Poppy brought over a rocking chair for Severus to sit in and rock the boys to sleep. Albus and Minerva said their goodbyes to Severus and left to get ready for the school day, Sirius left to figure out Severus's notes and Remus left to get ready for the day. Poppy smiled at Severus and said, "Just let me know if you need anything Severus, I'm going to go get a bit more sleep before I start getting today's first batch of injuries."
Severus nodded and went back to rocking Brenton, who was looking up into Severus's eyes while Severus smiled down at his son. Brenton was asleep in five minutes; Severus fell asleep just a few short minutes later still holding Brenton, and with one of his fingers clutched in Bradley's hand as Severus had moved Bradley's crib closer to keep an eye on both boys until Harry woke up.
None of the sleeping four noticed every ghost in Hogwarts stop by to see the two little boys. None of the four noticed that most of the ghosts were giggling at the sight of Severus holding a baby and acting more human than any of them had seen him act in years. None of the four even noticed as a few of the other teachers started walking in, muffling giggles at the sight of Severus and the two baby boys.
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