Lily Potter walked nervously back to the nursery after her doctor's
appointment. How was she supposed to tell James? She was knocked out of
her daze by a shrill cry.
"LILY!" Kathryn Bell, head of Hogwarts Nursery, came running toward her.
"Kathryn! What in Merlin's name are trying to do? Give me a heart attack?
Kathryn quickly apologized and explained the current 'situation'. Before Kathryn had time to finish, the pregnant Potter was hurrying to the Hospital Wing.
Lily's mind was frantic as she reached the door to the Hospital wing. She could hear two men arguing inside. She took a deep breath and then walked inside. Lily looked around at the scene before her. James had his wand out and was furiously arguing with a tall thin man with strawberry-blonde hair. Judging by his top-of-the-line designer clothes, Lily knew this must have been Mr. Lestrange, who also had his wand out. She looked past them and saw Jessica sitting on the floor behind James crying, and a blonde woman sitting on a hospital bed clutching a small boy.
Madame Pomfrey was nowhere to be seen. 'Smart woman', Lily thought.
" Why don't you just go back to the little master and get on your knees and suck it like a good Death Eater!? Or should I say....Head Eater?!" James sneered like the over grown child he was.
"How dare you filthy mud-" Lestrange roared and raised his wand to strike but Lily quickly disarmed both men before he could send his curse. They flew backwards, James knocking over a cart of medicine and Lestrange into the wall. Jessica, realizing her presence, ran into Lily's arms. "Mummy!" she sobbed looking terrified. Lily sat down on the bed holding her daughter now aware that everyone was currently staring at her. She frowned over at James who was rubbing his side. She was about to comment on the men's immature actions when the door opened.
A very disgruntled Draco Malfoy began limping over to his bed muttering something about, 'missing the good part'. A tall blonde girl and dark-haired boy that turned out to be her son soon followed him. Both he and the blonde girl looked quite terrified. Lily's heart started to pound as she looked from her son to Mr. Lestrange. "Harry!" Jessica shouted looking delighted.
Dead silence. Mr. Lestrange straightened up looking at Harry with and odd look in his eyes. Lily gripped the wands tighter in her hands. Harry looked nervously at his father and back to Mr. Lestrange. "Well, well, well, Harry Potter.... at last we meet." He said with a smirk. (had to change wording because he sounds too much like Lucius Malfoy in the 2nd book/movie)
"Daddy?" the blonde girl asked quietly as she stepped in front of Harry, as if protecting him.
"Angel?" He asked taking his gaze off Harry.
"H-h-how's Bradley?" she asked nervously trying to change the subject.
"Why don't you ask little Miss Potter? Who, most unfortunately has acquired her father's reckless temper."
James stood looking furious, "If your snobby little brat hadn't threatened her and insulted my family than we wouldn't be here. I suggest, you teach your son some manners, and learn some yourself for that matter, so he doesn't get himself beat up by any more six year old girls!"
Draco buried his face in his pillow so his uncle would not hear him laughing. Mr. Lestrange, however, was not amused. His face was red with fury. He roughly snatched Bianca's wand from her and swung around to face James. " Stupefy!" he roared which caused James to once again fly backward. Jessica and Bianca screamed, Mrs. Lestrange fainted, Draco stopped laughing, Lily stood with her wands drawn, and Harry tackled him. Lestrange fell over in surprise. "Why you little-" He begun but was irrupted by Harry's fist in his face. 'Nobody messes with my Dad' was all Harry could think about. Lily dropped her wands in shock, Bianca started screaming again, Draco covered his ears telling Bianca to shut the hell up, and Jessica cheered joyfully.
Suddenly the door opened and Professor Dumbledore, Professor Figg, Sarah, and Hermione walked in the room. Both Professors hurried over to pull Harry off of Mr. Lestrange. As soon as they touched him a green glow surrounded Harry and they jumped back as thought they had been burned. Dumbledore quickly pulled out his wand muttered something quietly. Harry was thrown off of Lestrange and landed on the floor panting. Professor Figg went to help Lestrange but he pushed her away. He stood up shakily looking nothing less than terrified.
"Y-y-you!" he shrieked. "You're the Serpentine Child!" he said before all but running out of the room.
Hermione gasped as he looked up. Instead of his normal gorgeous eyes his pupils had reduced to a vertical slit. Like a snake's eye.
* * * * *
Harry sat still shaking in Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore had asked him to wait in there with his parents, his sisters, and surprisingly Hermione. Sarah was rubbing his back soothingly although Harry knew she was really frightened. She kept avoiding looking into his eyes. His mother sat next to him with Jessica in her lap. His father was leaning against the bookcase massaging his muscles. (he is still recovering form being stunned) And Hermione stood nervously behind Sarah. She really wanted to be the one rubbing Harry's back but she didn't dare.
Just before Professor Figg came to find Sarah, Sarah had yelled at her for what she did to Harry that morning. She said that Harry was never with Bianca and she was being stupid for assuming those things. Sarah told her that she had a feeling Bianca has a crush on Harry but they were just joking around when Hermione overheard them after the Quidditch match. She also assured Hermione that the only girl he has ever talked about is HER! The mere thought made Hermione blush. 'Harry likes me and not that snobby blonde!' was all she could think about. Hermione repeatedly scolded herself for being so immature.
Hermione looked over at Harry who had stopped shaking. Well at least he DID like her she thought. 'After what I did to him, he probably hates me.' She felt a chill go down her spine as she remembered those snake eyes. They had gone away but...
Hermione kept thinking of what Lestrange said, "You're the Serpentine Child!" What was he talking about? What is a Serpentine Child? The name sounded familiar but Hermione could not place it. She was knocked out of her thoughts as Dumbledore walked in the room and sat at his desk. He took a moment to survey them all with his twinkling eyes. He looked back over at Lily and James. "I believe Mr. Lestrange has just told us why Voldermort was looking for Harry. He is the Serpentine Child. The legend of the Serpentine Child goes back to the time of the ancient Egyptians. The legend is that some sort of powerful serpent spends its entire life searching for its Child. Just hours after the 'chosen' child is conceived the serpent will bite into the birth mother and inserts its venom into her. The baby's DNA is infused with the venom to create a Serpentine Child. The serpent dies shortly after releasing its venom. No one knows entirely how these serpents came to be. The only people
ever to see the serpent are the mothers of the Serpentine Children. However, most of them where to horrified at the time to actually look at the serpent. The last known Serpentine Child was Salazar Slytherin."
Silence. "J-James?" Lily asked her voice shaking.
"Yes?"
"Do you remember after Sirius's Halloween Party he had after we got married?"
"..yes?"
"Do you remember how we had a lot of drinks that night?
"....yes?...."
Sarah covered her ears. "I AM NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO THIS!"
"Do you remember that night I woke up and started screaming?"
"........"
"I said I was being attacked by a snake?"
"........"
"James? James do you remember?"
"Lily, I was pissed (drunk) as hell..."
"So you don't remember?!"
"No, obviously not."
"Because two months later I found out I was pregnant."
".....well shit....."
"JAMES!!!!!!!!!"
"Oh! Excuse my French, Albus, Jessie, Hermione, Harry, and Sarah."
"Don't say 'excuse my French' to me! I wasn't listening! Remember Dad?! Oh-WAIT- I can't expect you to remember because your probably still 'pissed as hell' , right?!" Sarah exploded in a volatile manner.
"Now that is no way to speak to your Father, young lady!"
"Oh, well, excuse my French, Father!"
"SARAH JOANNE POTTER! YOU ARE SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE FOR YOUR SISTER!"
"....WELL SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Dumbledore began banging his head on his desk.
"SARAH! CONTAIN YOURSELF!"
"Oh! That's fair! You yell at me for repeating what you just said and then you go ahead and let Harry beat up a stranger!!"
With that, Harry walked out of the room and Hermione followed him.
"Way to go, you git!" Jessica cried.
"Where did you learn that word?" Lily demanded.
"Dad." She shrugged.
* * * * *
"HARRY!" Hermione called running after him.
"What?" He stops and turned around.
Hermione felt her heart break for him. "You know she didn't mean that." She said softly.
Harry rolled his eyes. "Merlin! She is so stupid sometimes! She is so inconsiderate! She just completely forgets you're there until after she insults you!"
"She was upset. She didn't mean it I know it. I know how much she cares about you." She said rubbing his arm lightly. They both suddenly realized they were in the middle of a hallway and Hermione lead Harry over to an empty classroom and shut the door.
"You should have seen her when she heard about this morning! I thought she was going to strangle me!" Hermione laughed nervously. She sighed at the look on his face. At that moment she really hated herself.
"Sarah set me straight Harry. She told me I was wrong. I'm so sorry, really." She pleaded.
Harry looked up (down really) to meet her eyes with a look of hope in his own.
"It's just-Merlin this is embarrassing- I was jealous I guess, of you always being with Bianca." She trailed off blushing crimson.
"Why would you be jealous?" Harry asked.
"Because, Harry! She is always flirting- with you and ugh! I don't like it because-" Hermione stopped horrified.
"Because what?" Harry asked with that sexy crooked smile.
"Because I-I-I LIKE YOU ALRIGHT!" She said turning away. She could feel herself glowing.
"You do?" Harry asked amazed.
"Yes, don't act to surprised." She said looking at him quizzically.
"Hey! I'm still new at this, remember!" he said sheepishly. "So you weren't just playing around with me like that Viktor Krum guy last year?" He asked hopefully.
"Viktor? What? Who? Oh! I see! Bianca." she smiled. "Harry, last year when Viktor Krum asked me to the dance I said no because I can't dance! I told you that before! I didn't want to embarrass the both of us in front of the entire school! Playing around? I never played around with Viktor. We were just friends! He was too shy to ask anyone else because he thought that people only liked him because he could play Quidditch. Harry, I would never play you." And with that she reached around his neck, pulled his head down, and kissed him softly on the lips.
A/N: I LOVE MY REVIEWERS!!!!!!!! ALL OF YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you forgive me for the wait....hehe? Anyway, YES! HARRY AND HERMIONE AT LAST! How will Herms react when she finds out she isn't Harry's first kiss? How will Bianca and Draco handle the H/H? Next chapter I'm planning on Harry going back to Dumbledore to ask some questions about being a 'Serpentine Child'. I didn't get to that like I wanted to in this chapter and I'm sick of writing so oh well. Did I mention I REALLY LOVE MY REVIEWERS!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now do us all a favor, finish what you started and ...... REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"LILY!" Kathryn Bell, head of Hogwarts Nursery, came running toward her.
"Kathryn! What in Merlin's name are trying to do? Give me a heart attack?
Kathryn quickly apologized and explained the current 'situation'. Before Kathryn had time to finish, the pregnant Potter was hurrying to the Hospital Wing.
Lily's mind was frantic as she reached the door to the Hospital wing. She could hear two men arguing inside. She took a deep breath and then walked inside. Lily looked around at the scene before her. James had his wand out and was furiously arguing with a tall thin man with strawberry-blonde hair. Judging by his top-of-the-line designer clothes, Lily knew this must have been Mr. Lestrange, who also had his wand out. She looked past them and saw Jessica sitting on the floor behind James crying, and a blonde woman sitting on a hospital bed clutching a small boy.
Madame Pomfrey was nowhere to be seen. 'Smart woman', Lily thought.
" Why don't you just go back to the little master and get on your knees and suck it like a good Death Eater!? Or should I say....Head Eater?!" James sneered like the over grown child he was.
"How dare you filthy mud-" Lestrange roared and raised his wand to strike but Lily quickly disarmed both men before he could send his curse. They flew backwards, James knocking over a cart of medicine and Lestrange into the wall. Jessica, realizing her presence, ran into Lily's arms. "Mummy!" she sobbed looking terrified. Lily sat down on the bed holding her daughter now aware that everyone was currently staring at her. She frowned over at James who was rubbing his side. She was about to comment on the men's immature actions when the door opened.
A very disgruntled Draco Malfoy began limping over to his bed muttering something about, 'missing the good part'. A tall blonde girl and dark-haired boy that turned out to be her son soon followed him. Both he and the blonde girl looked quite terrified. Lily's heart started to pound as she looked from her son to Mr. Lestrange. "Harry!" Jessica shouted looking delighted.
Dead silence. Mr. Lestrange straightened up looking at Harry with and odd look in his eyes. Lily gripped the wands tighter in her hands. Harry looked nervously at his father and back to Mr. Lestrange. "Well, well, well, Harry Potter.... at last we meet." He said with a smirk. (had to change wording because he sounds too much like Lucius Malfoy in the 2nd book/movie)
"Daddy?" the blonde girl asked quietly as she stepped in front of Harry, as if protecting him.
"Angel?" He asked taking his gaze off Harry.
"H-h-how's Bradley?" she asked nervously trying to change the subject.
"Why don't you ask little Miss Potter? Who, most unfortunately has acquired her father's reckless temper."
James stood looking furious, "If your snobby little brat hadn't threatened her and insulted my family than we wouldn't be here. I suggest, you teach your son some manners, and learn some yourself for that matter, so he doesn't get himself beat up by any more six year old girls!"
Draco buried his face in his pillow so his uncle would not hear him laughing. Mr. Lestrange, however, was not amused. His face was red with fury. He roughly snatched Bianca's wand from her and swung around to face James. " Stupefy!" he roared which caused James to once again fly backward. Jessica and Bianca screamed, Mrs. Lestrange fainted, Draco stopped laughing, Lily stood with her wands drawn, and Harry tackled him. Lestrange fell over in surprise. "Why you little-" He begun but was irrupted by Harry's fist in his face. 'Nobody messes with my Dad' was all Harry could think about. Lily dropped her wands in shock, Bianca started screaming again, Draco covered his ears telling Bianca to shut the hell up, and Jessica cheered joyfully.
Suddenly the door opened and Professor Dumbledore, Professor Figg, Sarah, and Hermione walked in the room. Both Professors hurried over to pull Harry off of Mr. Lestrange. As soon as they touched him a green glow surrounded Harry and they jumped back as thought they had been burned. Dumbledore quickly pulled out his wand muttered something quietly. Harry was thrown off of Lestrange and landed on the floor panting. Professor Figg went to help Lestrange but he pushed her away. He stood up shakily looking nothing less than terrified.
"Y-y-you!" he shrieked. "You're the Serpentine Child!" he said before all but running out of the room.
Hermione gasped as he looked up. Instead of his normal gorgeous eyes his pupils had reduced to a vertical slit. Like a snake's eye.
* * * * *
Harry sat still shaking in Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore had asked him to wait in there with his parents, his sisters, and surprisingly Hermione. Sarah was rubbing his back soothingly although Harry knew she was really frightened. She kept avoiding looking into his eyes. His mother sat next to him with Jessica in her lap. His father was leaning against the bookcase massaging his muscles. (he is still recovering form being stunned) And Hermione stood nervously behind Sarah. She really wanted to be the one rubbing Harry's back but she didn't dare.
Just before Professor Figg came to find Sarah, Sarah had yelled at her for what she did to Harry that morning. She said that Harry was never with Bianca and she was being stupid for assuming those things. Sarah told her that she had a feeling Bianca has a crush on Harry but they were just joking around when Hermione overheard them after the Quidditch match. She also assured Hermione that the only girl he has ever talked about is HER! The mere thought made Hermione blush. 'Harry likes me and not that snobby blonde!' was all she could think about. Hermione repeatedly scolded herself for being so immature.
Hermione looked over at Harry who had stopped shaking. Well at least he DID like her she thought. 'After what I did to him, he probably hates me.' She felt a chill go down her spine as she remembered those snake eyes. They had gone away but...
Hermione kept thinking of what Lestrange said, "You're the Serpentine Child!" What was he talking about? What is a Serpentine Child? The name sounded familiar but Hermione could not place it. She was knocked out of her thoughts as Dumbledore walked in the room and sat at his desk. He took a moment to survey them all with his twinkling eyes. He looked back over at Lily and James. "I believe Mr. Lestrange has just told us why Voldermort was looking for Harry. He is the Serpentine Child. The legend of the Serpentine Child goes back to the time of the ancient Egyptians. The legend is that some sort of powerful serpent spends its entire life searching for its Child. Just hours after the 'chosen' child is conceived the serpent will bite into the birth mother and inserts its venom into her. The baby's DNA is infused with the venom to create a Serpentine Child. The serpent dies shortly after releasing its venom. No one knows entirely how these serpents came to be. The only people
ever to see the serpent are the mothers of the Serpentine Children. However, most of them where to horrified at the time to actually look at the serpent. The last known Serpentine Child was Salazar Slytherin."
Silence. "J-James?" Lily asked her voice shaking.
"Yes?"
"Do you remember after Sirius's Halloween Party he had after we got married?"
"..yes?"
"Do you remember how we had a lot of drinks that night?
"....yes?...."
Sarah covered her ears. "I AM NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO THIS!"
"Do you remember that night I woke up and started screaming?"
"........"
"I said I was being attacked by a snake?"
"........"
"James? James do you remember?"
"Lily, I was pissed (drunk) as hell..."
"So you don't remember?!"
"No, obviously not."
"Because two months later I found out I was pregnant."
".....well shit....."
"JAMES!!!!!!!!!"
"Oh! Excuse my French, Albus, Jessie, Hermione, Harry, and Sarah."
"Don't say 'excuse my French' to me! I wasn't listening! Remember Dad?! Oh-WAIT- I can't expect you to remember because your probably still 'pissed as hell' , right?!" Sarah exploded in a volatile manner.
"Now that is no way to speak to your Father, young lady!"
"Oh, well, excuse my French, Father!"
"SARAH JOANNE POTTER! YOU ARE SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE FOR YOUR SISTER!"
"....WELL SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Dumbledore began banging his head on his desk.
"SARAH! CONTAIN YOURSELF!"
"Oh! That's fair! You yell at me for repeating what you just said and then you go ahead and let Harry beat up a stranger!!"
With that, Harry walked out of the room and Hermione followed him.
"Way to go, you git!" Jessica cried.
"Where did you learn that word?" Lily demanded.
"Dad." She shrugged.
* * * * *
"HARRY!" Hermione called running after him.
"What?" He stops and turned around.
Hermione felt her heart break for him. "You know she didn't mean that." She said softly.
Harry rolled his eyes. "Merlin! She is so stupid sometimes! She is so inconsiderate! She just completely forgets you're there until after she insults you!"
"She was upset. She didn't mean it I know it. I know how much she cares about you." She said rubbing his arm lightly. They both suddenly realized they were in the middle of a hallway and Hermione lead Harry over to an empty classroom and shut the door.
"You should have seen her when she heard about this morning! I thought she was going to strangle me!" Hermione laughed nervously. She sighed at the look on his face. At that moment she really hated herself.
"Sarah set me straight Harry. She told me I was wrong. I'm so sorry, really." She pleaded.
Harry looked up (down really) to meet her eyes with a look of hope in his own.
"It's just-Merlin this is embarrassing- I was jealous I guess, of you always being with Bianca." She trailed off blushing crimson.
"Why would you be jealous?" Harry asked.
"Because, Harry! She is always flirting- with you and ugh! I don't like it because-" Hermione stopped horrified.
"Because what?" Harry asked with that sexy crooked smile.
"Because I-I-I LIKE YOU ALRIGHT!" She said turning away. She could feel herself glowing.
"You do?" Harry asked amazed.
"Yes, don't act to surprised." She said looking at him quizzically.
"Hey! I'm still new at this, remember!" he said sheepishly. "So you weren't just playing around with me like that Viktor Krum guy last year?" He asked hopefully.
"Viktor? What? Who? Oh! I see! Bianca." she smiled. "Harry, last year when Viktor Krum asked me to the dance I said no because I can't dance! I told you that before! I didn't want to embarrass the both of us in front of the entire school! Playing around? I never played around with Viktor. We were just friends! He was too shy to ask anyone else because he thought that people only liked him because he could play Quidditch. Harry, I would never play you." And with that she reached around his neck, pulled his head down, and kissed him softly on the lips.
A/N: I LOVE MY REVIEWERS!!!!!!!! ALL OF YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you forgive me for the wait....hehe? Anyway, YES! HARRY AND HERMIONE AT LAST! How will Herms react when she finds out she isn't Harry's first kiss? How will Bianca and Draco handle the H/H? Next chapter I'm planning on Harry going back to Dumbledore to ask some questions about being a 'Serpentine Child'. I didn't get to that like I wanted to in this chapter and I'm sick of writing so oh well. Did I mention I REALLY LOVE MY REVIEWERS!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now do us all a favor, finish what you started and ...... REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!