"Outnumbered"
Day 1
Friday- afternoon
Harry was just beginning to think the day was getting better. With the little accident involving Corliss, he didn't think that things could get much worse.
"Dad! Something's burning!" Shouted Sonia from the parlor. Harry knew that. He standing in the middle of the kitchen covered in a thick cloud of black smoke.
"Girls *cough* Can you *cough* help me?"
Sonia came into the kitchen and her eyes widened.
"ASENATH! NARESHA! CORLISS! CANDACE! HELP!" She shouted up the stairs. Sonia quickly whipped out her wand and began to cast a clearing spell. The smoke began to fade and Harry could finally see the small flames that were coming from the pot on the stove.
The five girls came running in just to see their father extinguish what looked like a flaming chicken dinner.
Harry looked at the pathetic looking black bird and silently swore to it.
"How about junk food... I mean, pizzas?" He asked as he turned to them.
Corliss grinned, Naresha shrugged her shoulders and walked off, Asenath, Sonia and Candace frowned. At least Corliss was excited.
Harry went to the fireplace and threw in some floo powder. "Merlin's Magic Meals" He said into the fire.
A teenage wizard's head popped into the fire and smiled at Harry.
"Hello again, Mr. Potter. What can I get for you tonight?" he asked.
"I'll have two large pizzas, cheese and pepperoni."
"Thank you, that will be twenty three knuts and two sickles."
Harry handed him the coins and the young wizard handed him the pizzas.
All the girls gathered around the table as Harry set the pizzas down. Instantly, as usually, there was a large mess of hands, arms, and multi colored nails flying about, grabbing pizza slices.
After the initial feeding, they once again went their separate ways. Mabel sat at the table, looking at her father while he stared back at her. She began to giggle as she looked at Harry who was smiling back at her.
"Common then, Mabel, time for your bath." He said as he lifted her up off the seat and onto his shoulders. She giggled some more as she held on to his head, pulling his black messy hair.
"Ow, Mabel, love, you're pulling Daddy's hair." He winced as she pulled another handful.
~*~*~*~
Harry set up the bath for her and helped her put off of her toys in the tub. He sat in the room next door, listening for when she wanted to get out.
"Mabel Potter! Get your bum back here this instant!" Harry hollered down the hall as his little girl ran around the house completely naked. Harry ran after her with her pink fuzzy towel. He could hear her laughing around the corner of the house.
'I'm too old for this.' He continued to repeat in his mind.
"Look who I found." Laughed Asenath with a giggling little girl wrapped in a yellow towel in her arms.
"Thank you, dear. Can you be so kind as to help her put on her nightdress?" Harry said, folding the pink towel back up. Asenath smiled at her father and took Mabel to her room. Harry walked in after her.
"Mabel, you are going to make Daddy grow gray hair." He said as he sat on her pink and flowery bed. She only giggled.
"Come off it, Dad. You're not that old." Asenath laughed as she slipped the purple gown over her sister's head.
"Look who is talking, Asenath. You are going to be twenty four in a couple weeks. I think I'm not the only one getting old."
Asenath looked at her father and smiled. She had long brown hair past her shoulders, her mother's warm brown eyes, and glasses. Harry always thought that Asenath was special. His first born child, almost twenty-four years ago.
Later that night, when Mabel was in bed, Harry and Asenath went back to the parlor for some coffee.
"Dad, you know how you told me I should talk with you before I go and get myself into any real relationships." She said calmly, holding her mug in her hand.
No, he didn't remember, Hermione had said that.
"Well, I met someone at work, and I think that we are really hitting it off. I would like him to come over and meet you and Mum sometime."
"I think that would be nice. Err... What's this boy's name?"
"Jean-Claude Arrete. He's from the French ministry and we have been working together lately."
Harry thought about this for a while. So a French boy was after his little girl.
"Dad? Is it alright then?"
"Sure, love, bring him over. Your mother would be happy to meet him just as much as I am."
She smiled and kissed him on the forehead and ran off to bed.
~*~*~*~
Slowly, Harry climbed into his warm soft bed. How did Hermione do it? He had no idea. He was slowly drifting off to sleep with the vision of his Hermione in his head when something pulled on his arm.
"Daddy... Daddy, wake up."
*grunt*
"Daddy! Common! There is a boggart under my bed again!" Her pulling was more frantic and she began to hit her father lightly.
"Shhh... Mab, don't worry, there aren't any boggarts under your bed, dear. Here, let me show you."
Harry fumbled for his glasses on the bedside table and put them on. He yawned as Mabel took his hand and led him to her room.
Harry looked under the bed for her and tucked her back into bed.
"Go to sleep, Mab, tomorrow we can do something fun. How about that?"
"The zoo?"
"Errr... Only if you don't want to see the reptile house."
She giggled and stretched out her arms to her father. She pulled him in for a big hug and kissed his cheek.
"Good night, Daddy." She whispered in his ear.
"Good night, Princess." He whispered back.
Day 1
Friday- afternoon
Harry was just beginning to think the day was getting better. With the little accident involving Corliss, he didn't think that things could get much worse.
"Dad! Something's burning!" Shouted Sonia from the parlor. Harry knew that. He standing in the middle of the kitchen covered in a thick cloud of black smoke.
"Girls *cough* Can you *cough* help me?"
Sonia came into the kitchen and her eyes widened.
"ASENATH! NARESHA! CORLISS! CANDACE! HELP!" She shouted up the stairs. Sonia quickly whipped out her wand and began to cast a clearing spell. The smoke began to fade and Harry could finally see the small flames that were coming from the pot on the stove.
The five girls came running in just to see their father extinguish what looked like a flaming chicken dinner.
Harry looked at the pathetic looking black bird and silently swore to it.
"How about junk food... I mean, pizzas?" He asked as he turned to them.
Corliss grinned, Naresha shrugged her shoulders and walked off, Asenath, Sonia and Candace frowned. At least Corliss was excited.
Harry went to the fireplace and threw in some floo powder. "Merlin's Magic Meals" He said into the fire.
A teenage wizard's head popped into the fire and smiled at Harry.
"Hello again, Mr. Potter. What can I get for you tonight?" he asked.
"I'll have two large pizzas, cheese and pepperoni."
"Thank you, that will be twenty three knuts and two sickles."
Harry handed him the coins and the young wizard handed him the pizzas.
All the girls gathered around the table as Harry set the pizzas down. Instantly, as usually, there was a large mess of hands, arms, and multi colored nails flying about, grabbing pizza slices.
After the initial feeding, they once again went their separate ways. Mabel sat at the table, looking at her father while he stared back at her. She began to giggle as she looked at Harry who was smiling back at her.
"Common then, Mabel, time for your bath." He said as he lifted her up off the seat and onto his shoulders. She giggled some more as she held on to his head, pulling his black messy hair.
"Ow, Mabel, love, you're pulling Daddy's hair." He winced as she pulled another handful.
~*~*~*~
Harry set up the bath for her and helped her put off of her toys in the tub. He sat in the room next door, listening for when she wanted to get out.
"Mabel Potter! Get your bum back here this instant!" Harry hollered down the hall as his little girl ran around the house completely naked. Harry ran after her with her pink fuzzy towel. He could hear her laughing around the corner of the house.
'I'm too old for this.' He continued to repeat in his mind.
"Look who I found." Laughed Asenath with a giggling little girl wrapped in a yellow towel in her arms.
"Thank you, dear. Can you be so kind as to help her put on her nightdress?" Harry said, folding the pink towel back up. Asenath smiled at her father and took Mabel to her room. Harry walked in after her.
"Mabel, you are going to make Daddy grow gray hair." He said as he sat on her pink and flowery bed. She only giggled.
"Come off it, Dad. You're not that old." Asenath laughed as she slipped the purple gown over her sister's head.
"Look who is talking, Asenath. You are going to be twenty four in a couple weeks. I think I'm not the only one getting old."
Asenath looked at her father and smiled. She had long brown hair past her shoulders, her mother's warm brown eyes, and glasses. Harry always thought that Asenath was special. His first born child, almost twenty-four years ago.
Later that night, when Mabel was in bed, Harry and Asenath went back to the parlor for some coffee.
"Dad, you know how you told me I should talk with you before I go and get myself into any real relationships." She said calmly, holding her mug in her hand.
No, he didn't remember, Hermione had said that.
"Well, I met someone at work, and I think that we are really hitting it off. I would like him to come over and meet you and Mum sometime."
"I think that would be nice. Err... What's this boy's name?"
"Jean-Claude Arrete. He's from the French ministry and we have been working together lately."
Harry thought about this for a while. So a French boy was after his little girl.
"Dad? Is it alright then?"
"Sure, love, bring him over. Your mother would be happy to meet him just as much as I am."
She smiled and kissed him on the forehead and ran off to bed.
~*~*~*~
Slowly, Harry climbed into his warm soft bed. How did Hermione do it? He had no idea. He was slowly drifting off to sleep with the vision of his Hermione in his head when something pulled on his arm.
"Daddy... Daddy, wake up."
*grunt*
"Daddy! Common! There is a boggart under my bed again!" Her pulling was more frantic and she began to hit her father lightly.
"Shhh... Mab, don't worry, there aren't any boggarts under your bed, dear. Here, let me show you."
Harry fumbled for his glasses on the bedside table and put them on. He yawned as Mabel took his hand and led him to her room.
Harry looked under the bed for her and tucked her back into bed.
"Go to sleep, Mab, tomorrow we can do something fun. How about that?"
"The zoo?"
"Errr... Only if you don't want to see the reptile house."
She giggled and stretched out her arms to her father. She pulled him in for a big hug and kissed his cheek.
"Good night, Daddy." She whispered in his ear.
"Good night, Princess." He whispered back.