Harry Potter and the Pregnancy Potion Chapter 6: The Second Doctor's Appointment

Disclaimer: There once was a girl named Kitai Who wrote a strange fanfic while high HP doesn't belong to The girl so please don't sue Or you'll make poor old Kitai cry.

Hello! I have to go to school in about fifteen minutes, but I thought I'd get started with the next chapter! I have so many plot bunnies I was dreaming about this. I'm having almost as much fun with this as writing Mindless Maniacal Crap, (BIG crossover. Only being posted when it's finished. And I need Authors! If anyone wants to be in a really crazy fic, please mail me at kirstenbernard@yahoo.co.uk (When I signed up on Yahoo, I put English [British] as my home language so they automatically thought I lived in the UK. They didn't have the option of being South African there. *scowls* It's prejudice, I tell ya! Prejudice!)

On with the story!

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Month 5

"Harry. do you HAVE to eat that in front of us?" Hermione asked at the breakfast table sometime in early March.

Harry paused, the food on his spoon halfway to his mouth. "Huh?" He looked at it. "What's wrong with it?"

"Well.people don't normally mix bacon, eggs and fried tomato in with their porridge." She pointed out, looking vaguely nauseous at the sight.

"Alex wants it." Harry said, shovelling the food into his mouth. Hermione turned faintly green.

Ron looked over at him gloomily. "I don't believe you and Draco already have names. I'm still getting over the fact that I'm having twins. Identical twins. Who, with my luck, will probably turn out like Fred and George." He popped chocolate-covered pickle into his mouth. Hermione turned greener.

Hedwig landed in front of Harry and held out her leg for him. Harry untied the message that was attached to her talon with a piece of string.

Mr Potter,

Please note that you have another check-up scheduled for today at 11:30 a.m. Please be prompt.

-Madam Pomfrey

Harry sighed. That meant he'd be missing Care of Magical Creatures. He looked over at Ron who had just read the same message from Pig. He looked gloomier than ever.

"Cheer up, we'll probably learn the sexes of the babies today." Harry told him.

"Yeah. And probable something else too." Ron said. He put on a falsetto voice to sound like Dr Kingsby. "Oh look here, Mr Weasely. You're actually having triplets! How wonderful." He flashed a fake smile and than miserably began chomping on another chocolate covered pickle.

Harry looked at Hermione who shrugged.

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Once again, the pregnant group sat on the eight hospital beds in the strange draughty gowns that didn't seem to ever vary between Muggle clinics and Wizard ones. All of them were feeling very exposed after wearing thick layers of clothes for several months dues to the cold winter and were all thanking the Powers That Be for fireplaces.

"Hello boys," Said a voice and they all looked up to see Dr Kingsby pulling the Expectoscope along with her. "How are you all holding up?"

"All right." "Hah." "Good as can be expected." "Weird cravings." "Need the loo a lot." "Morning sickness is gone." "Thanks to me." "Thanks to Professor Snape."

General replies came from everyone that sounded a lot like normal pregnancy.

"Well, before we begin, are there any questions you'd like answered?" Dr Kingsby asked, looking around at the group.

Neville raised a hand. "Will we know the sexes of the babies today?"

Dr Kingsby smiled. "We should. Of course the foetuses might be in such a position that we can't see and then you'll have to wait for next time. I take it everyone wants to know?"

Everyone nodded.

"How are we gonna. you know. have them?" Seamus asked, blushing a bit.

"You're going to have caesarean sections. Basically, a small incision is made low down on your abdomen and the baby is removed surgically. You'll be under local anaesthetic so you'll be awake but you won't feel a thing below your waist."

"And how are we going to feed them. We can't exactly breast-feed." This was from Draco who spoke without batting an eyelid.

"Well, there are certain pills you can take to actually allow you to breast- feed. For those of you who find this uncomfortable, you will be supplied with milk formula."

None of the boys looked to keen about breast-feeding.

"Is that it? Then let's start. Mr Thomas? You first." Janet moved the Expectoscope over to the boy. Seamus held his hand again. Janet noticed this and smiled. "You two seem quite close."

Dean blushed. "We've been going out since fifth year."

"Oh. Congratulations." She positioned the stethoscope part over Dean's lump. "And there we go."

The image of the baby was much more human this time and it looked less like a chicken embryo than the last time.

"It looks like.you are having a baby girl."

Dean's face broke into a smile and his eyes grew teary. He felt Seamus hand squeeze his. "How big is she?" He asked in awe.

"About four inches. She could fit in the palm of your hand." Dr Kingsby said, smiling as well. She loved her job.

"Me next," Seamus said, hoisting up his gown with a good deal less embarrassment than the last time.

It took a few moments to move the Expectoscope over to him and set it up but pretty soon he found out that his baby was a boy.

Severus was ecstatic over having a son and Sirius almost jumped off the table to hug him when he saw his daughter.

Harry and Draco clutched hands tightly when Dr Kingsby moved over to them. Harry looked anxiously at the screen for the image to appear.

"And there's your son, Mr Potter."

Harry let out the breath he was holding and grinned. Hello Alex. He thought.

'You were right. Wonder what Trelawney would say about that." Draco whispered. Harry pulled his hand out of the blonde's for a second and flicked his arm before grabbing hold again as Dr Kingsby moved over to Draco.

"And you're also having a girl, Mr Malfoy."

Draco grinned happily. Samantha.

Neville's baby was also a girl. The seventeen-year-old's face broke out into a joyful smile and it once again took on a more adult look.

Ron was last. He unwillingly looked up at the screen when the image of his babies appeared.

"Girls."

"I. girls?" Ron's face had tears streaming down it. "They. they're beautiful." By the time Dr Kingsby turned off the Expectoscope and told them all to get dressed, everyone was in tears.

Ron hurried out of the hospital wing as soon as he could.

"Hey!" Harry called "Where are you going?"

"To send Pig to Mum! She'll be thrilled!"

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It was one of the rare evenings when the pregnant group got together to talk about things. Tonight they were meeting in the library around a table in a little private nook where people went if they wanted to be alone and read in silence.

"So.has anyone thought of any names besides us?" Draco asked, looking around at the other six pregnant males.

"Amy." Neville said smiling. He had changed from that frightened little boy he'd always been, and had even stood up to Peeves the other day when the Poltergeist had been terrorising a couple of first years.

Ron scratched his head. "I like the name Isobel. But I can't decide. And I need two names." This last part was finished in a groan during which Ron tried to plunk his head on the table but failed to the size of his stomach, which was a good deal larger than the other's.

Seamus smiled sadly. "Me uncle died last year. His name was Ian."

"I didn't know that." Harry put in. "How did die, if you don't mind me asking."

Seamus met his gaze steadily, and there was no need to say more: Voldemort had been involved.

Everyone looked rather uncomfortable, understanding the look.

Sirius made a desperate attempt to change the subject. "Harry. would you mind if I. if I called my daughter Lily?"

Harry looked at him wide-eyed. "Mind? I'd be honoured."

Sirius smiled and the tense air seemed to have broken, but it still lurked in the undergrowth.

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That one took longer than I expected. I started this chapter three days ago. History went OK, by the way. And my teacher, Miss Akhurst, says I did quite well. It's good to have a last name near the beginning of the alphabet. Biology was yesterday. I died a painful death. Actually, this is my ghost writing this, my body is still in the school hall. English was today. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! Never written an easier exam. (Apart, of course, from the Geography June exam. "Give one use for sheep other than wool." Lame, ne?)

I'll be able to post these chapters tomorrow. You'd better give me good reviews!. *glares evilly at readers before cackling maniacally* Ah, never could keep a straight face.

And I found out today what our grade 12 English project is. We have to read five books and watch one movie on a particular theme of our choice and do speeches on them. How easy is that? Well for me anyway. I read Goblet of Fire in 11 hours. Some people take two years to get through those "This is Jack. This is Jack's dog, Spot. See Spot run" books. I'm doing fantasy. It's a given. And Harry Potter will definitely be in it. *grins*

Bye now!

-Kitai