Chapter 29
"What's comin' will come, an' we'll meet it when it does!"
Rachel and Harry were still living with Sirius, Anne and the children. It was Wednesday the 21st of March, when Rachel's yelling could be heard in the house.
"Mum! Dad! Harry! Come quick! I think I'm going to… aaah!"
"You're going to what?" asked Anne shocked.
"I'm going to give birth to my baby!" yelled Rachel.
"Oh... shall we Apparate you to St Mungo's or do you want to have it here?" asked Harry.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK!!!" yelled Rachel.
"St Mungo's... can you Apparate by yourself?" asked Sirius.
"I think so..."
"I'll go now, to warn them you're coming, alright?" asked Anne. Rachel nodded and Anne Apparated right in front of a nurse in St Mungo's.
"Good to see you, nurse. My daughter is coming in a few minutes, she's about to give birth to her baby. Can you help?" asked Anne.
"I can," answered the nurse. "With how many is she coming?"
"I don't know... I'm sure she'll bring her boyfriend, and if my husband's coming also, he'll take the other children with him. Let's say they're coming with the four of them."
"I see... then this chamber will be big enough," said the nurse, pointing at a door. "You can wait here in the entrance hall, the doctor will be here soon."
"Alright," said Anne, and sat down in the hall, when the nurse walked away to fetch the doctor.
Suddenly a few people popped up in the entrance hall.
"Rachel, Harry, you can go inside that room," said Anne, pointing at the door the nurse had been pointing at a few minutes before her. Rachel and Harry walked to the door. "The doctor will be here soon," added Anne. Then she turned to Sirius, who had also Apparated in the entrance hall. "Where are the children?"
"Linda is with them, Remus is still at home," replied Sirius. Then an ear-splitting yell filled their ears, followed by a short silence, in which Sirius opened the door of the room where Rachel and Harry were.
"I'm sorry mum and dad, t the baby didn't want to wait until you and the doctor were present," said Rachel. Harry was holding the baby, which was still attached to Rachel with the umbilical cord. The door opened again and the doctor came in. he walked to Harry and took the child to examine it.
"Come here.... ow, you're a very impatient baby... well Mr and Mrs...?"
"Mr Potter and Ms Black."
"Mr potter and Ms Black, congratulations with the birth of your healthy son!" said the doctor, after he cut the umbilical cord. He took a towel and wrapped the baby in it, before handing it to Rachel.
"And now I want to check if you're alright, Ms Black," the doctor said to Rachel.
"Do you already know a name for him?" asked Anne.
"Yes, his name'll be William Alan Potter, and we call him Liam," said Harry proudly. Then the doctor turned to Sirius and Anne.
"You're relatives?" he asked.
"Yes, we're Rachel Black's parents," answered Sirius.
"So you're now grandparents, congratulations," said the doctor.
"Thank you doctor," said Anne. She didn't know whether she should be happy or not to have a grandson...
A few weeks later Rachel and Harry had found themselves a small home in Hogsmeade. Sirius and Remus helped Harry to move everything to the house, while Anne helped Rachel with buying new stuff for the house. Linda had offered to baby-sit on Liam. The little bout seemed to like everything people did with him...
It was a Monday morning when an owl brought the newspaper to the Blacks. Sirius caught it and began reading it. After seeing the headline of the front-page, Anne looked at him worriedly.
"Sirius, what's the matter? You look so pale suddenly," said Anne.
"Well... it's just... nothing... never mind," he said, ad resumed reading.
"No, it's not, I can see it in your eyes," said Anne. "do tell me what's wrong."
"Alright, sooner or later you will find out," said Sirius.
"Find out what, Sirius?" asked Anne. Then Sirius pushed the newspaper toward Anne, who picked it op and read the headline:
"THE DARK LORD APPEARS TO BE ALIVE"
"No, that's impossible!" said Anne.
"At least his most faithful supporters are locked up in Azkaban," replied Sirius.
"Yeah, luckily they are..."
"What else are they saying?" asked Sirius.
"Let me see.... 'He Who Must Not Be Named has been locked up in a small room. It was believed that he drowned himself, but he appeared to have succeeded to become immortal. Mr Percy Weasley, a Ministry-member, accidentally opened the room, and together with a sea of dirty, smelly water, came He Who Must Not Be Named out of the room. Young Mr Percy Weasley must have been surprised by the sight of He Who Must Not Be Named, who managed to take his wand and kill him. There are rumours going on about He Who Must Not Be Named kidnapping Dumbledore, and he appeared to be after Harry Potter again, but this time he's also after Harry Potter's two-months-old son, Liam. According to the Ministry that's all nonsense' Voldemort's trying to kidnap Dumbledore?"
"Apparently..."
"Does Harry know Voldemort's after his son also?"
"Does he read the Daily Prophet?" asked Sirius.
"Yes."
"Then he knows..."