Hermione stood moodily in the Common Room. Everyone else was hanging out
having fun. Draco had gotten high...without knowing it. Seems someone in
the Slytherin dorm thought that he was betraying them by going out with
her. Well...one thing led to another and badabam...he was high...and passed
out in his and Hermione's room. They'd moved in together when they'd gotten
engaged, and they were rather happy. Except that he was high.
And the baby was kicking harder than normal...a LOT harder than normal. In fact, every time he kicked, Hermione gasped in pain. Damn pregnancies straight to hell. DAMN THEM!
She walked into the kitchens to get a glass of buttermilk...when she felt something warm down her leg. Had she pissed her pants? Surely not...wait...when one went into labor...one's water broke...
"HOLY FUCK!!!!!" She screamed, heading back through the castle towards the hospital wing. At least she'd been wearing a pair of old pants...when she walked into the Hospital Wing, Madam Pomfrey took one look and hustled her to a bed.
"Gee, Mione...you going to be okay?"
"Harry...I just had a baby...I wasn't hit by a car." Hermione was holding the tiny baby boy in her arms as she talked. The others could tell that she was exhausted...her hair was caked to her forehead and her clothes were caked to her body. She could barely seem to keep her eyes open as she nursed the baby boy.
"So...what are you naming him?" Ginny stroked the child's downy head.
"Well...Draco and I have been talking about it...and we decided that if it was a girl it'd be Madison Grace Malfoy...but since he's obviously a boy...it's Orion Lucius Malfoy." Hermione smiled down at her son, love in her eyes.
"Hello, Little Mr. Malfoy...Soon-to-be Mrs. Malfoy..." Came a wise voice. The teenagers looked up to see Dumbledore in the doorway. "I trust all is well?" Albus' twinkling eyes watched Hermione.
"Yes Professor." She whispered. "May I present...Orion Lucius Malfoy." Shifting, she allowed the Headmaster to gaze fully at the sleeping infant.
"A wonderfully handsome child." Albus smiled. "Now...Before Madam Pomfrey rushes us all out...we shall take our leave." Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender...taking the hint...turned to go.
"We'll bring Draco down first thing in the morning." Ron assured Hermione, who was already nearly asleep.
"Good." Her voice faded as she drifted to sleep, allowing Madam Pomfrey to take Orion and settle him into a bassinet beside his mother's bed.
Orion rested there, wide-awake, for around an hour after the adults were all asleep. His tiny fist curled around a bit of lace in the bassinet and his Chocolate-colored eyes stared out a window in the Hospital Wing...near his bed. The constellation, Orion, winked back at him merrily, promising a wonderful future.
In another part of the sky, however...the constellation of Draco began fading slowly...as one-by-one its stars winked out...and then ignited once more.
And the baby was kicking harder than normal...a LOT harder than normal. In fact, every time he kicked, Hermione gasped in pain. Damn pregnancies straight to hell. DAMN THEM!
She walked into the kitchens to get a glass of buttermilk...when she felt something warm down her leg. Had she pissed her pants? Surely not...wait...when one went into labor...one's water broke...
"HOLY FUCK!!!!!" She screamed, heading back through the castle towards the hospital wing. At least she'd been wearing a pair of old pants...when she walked into the Hospital Wing, Madam Pomfrey took one look and hustled her to a bed.
"Gee, Mione...you going to be okay?"
"Harry...I just had a baby...I wasn't hit by a car." Hermione was holding the tiny baby boy in her arms as she talked. The others could tell that she was exhausted...her hair was caked to her forehead and her clothes were caked to her body. She could barely seem to keep her eyes open as she nursed the baby boy.
"So...what are you naming him?" Ginny stroked the child's downy head.
"Well...Draco and I have been talking about it...and we decided that if it was a girl it'd be Madison Grace Malfoy...but since he's obviously a boy...it's Orion Lucius Malfoy." Hermione smiled down at her son, love in her eyes.
"Hello, Little Mr. Malfoy...Soon-to-be Mrs. Malfoy..." Came a wise voice. The teenagers looked up to see Dumbledore in the doorway. "I trust all is well?" Albus' twinkling eyes watched Hermione.
"Yes Professor." She whispered. "May I present...Orion Lucius Malfoy." Shifting, she allowed the Headmaster to gaze fully at the sleeping infant.
"A wonderfully handsome child." Albus smiled. "Now...Before Madam Pomfrey rushes us all out...we shall take our leave." Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender...taking the hint...turned to go.
"We'll bring Draco down first thing in the morning." Ron assured Hermione, who was already nearly asleep.
"Good." Her voice faded as she drifted to sleep, allowing Madam Pomfrey to take Orion and settle him into a bassinet beside his mother's bed.
Orion rested there, wide-awake, for around an hour after the adults were all asleep. His tiny fist curled around a bit of lace in the bassinet and his Chocolate-colored eyes stared out a window in the Hospital Wing...near his bed. The constellation, Orion, winked back at him merrily, promising a wonderful future.
In another part of the sky, however...the constellation of Draco began fading slowly...as one-by-one its stars winked out...and then ignited once more.
