Chapter 2
~Black Manor~
'Harry, where are you?' Ginny asked.
'Up here Gin!' he called from the attic.
'What are you doing up here?' Ginny asked.
'Looking through some things that Sirius never got rid of when we were cleaning the manor for the Order.' He said.
'What kind of stuff?'
'Just some pictures and letters. I'm going to bring them down.'
'Okay.' She said.
A few moments later Harry sat surrounded by boxes covered with dust.
'There's still a trunk upstairs but I'll get it down later.' He told Ginny.
'Okay.' She nodded.
'Look Harry, it's Sirius and Simone? Who's Simone?'
'His wife.' Harry said.
'He was married?'
'Yes they got married the same day as my parents. They were each others best man.' He said.
'He never told us about it.'
'Yeah well he never told anyone about it. She was murdered the same night as my parents.'
'Oh Harry.' She hugged him.
'Now they're together.'
'How did you find about it.'
'He gave me a diary a long time ago and well there was already an entry. It told me al sorts of things. But I don't want to talk about hi.'
'Okay sweetie.' She said.
'GINNY! Your daughters crying!' a voice came from the front hall.
'Coming Grandma Black.' She yelled back.
'Bring her here.' Harry said.
'Okay.' She kissed his head and went to get her daughter.
'Harry, here take her. I'm going to make some dinner.' Ginny said as she put her daughter down a few minutes later.
'Okay.' He smiled.
'Hello Brandy! What were you crying about?' he said.
His daughter smiled at him and pulled a picture out of a box.
She giggled in a baby way and was about to put the picture in her mouth when she heard the doorbell.
She began to scream.
'Well we know you listened to you grandma B.
'I'll get it!' Harry yelled. He picked up Brandy and walked towards the door. He opened it and found an old face staring at him.
'Ahh Mr. Potter. How are you today?' Dumbledore asked.
'Fine thank you Professor would like to stay for dinner?' Harry asked.
'That would be delightful.' He said.
'Come into the living room. Excuse the mess I found some old pictures in the attic.'
'Ah yes the attic, Sirius' secret place. He always kept everything in there. He was the only one who could get into it. Very interesting that you seem to be able to get into Harry.'
'Who is it Harry?' Ginny yelled from the kitchen.
'It's Professor Dumbledore.' He yelled back.
'Hello Brandy.' Albus whispered to Harry's daughter.
'Gurgle.' She said.
'How sweet. She's trying to talk. Would you like to hold her Albus?' Harry asked.
'Yes I would indeed.' The old man said. HE took Brandy form Harry. She curled into his arms and fell asleep.
'Wow.' Harry said.
'Dinner's ready!' Ginny said as she came into the living room.
'Hello Albus.' She said.
'Hello Ginny, what have you made for dinner?'
'Hamburgers and corn, I know it's very muggle but it does fine for just the 2 of us.' She smiled.
'Very well, it sounds delicious.' He said.
~AFTER DINNER~
'Now Harry, you know I didn't come here for dinner. I must talk to you.' The elderly man said.
'Yes of course. Ginny take Brandy to Grandma B and come back here please. GO ahead Albus.'
'The Minister has asked me to ask you if you would like a placement at the Ministry. He is very busy at the moment and well you see he is in France at the moment.'
'He wants me to work at the ministry?' Harry asked.
'Yes.' Albus stated.
'Ginny, your father wants me to work at the ministry. What exactly does he want me to do?'
'He told me he needs a captain of the guards of a sort. He needs some one to teach the guards for the Hall of Justice. Basically it will be Defence against the Dark Arts.' Albus explained.
'Well if Mr. Weasley thinks I would be the best one I should take the job.' Harry said rationally.
'Well yes and you did get the top of class in DADA.' Albus said.
'I did didn't I. Well when do I start?'
'I would write to Arthur in the morning and he'll tell you. It seems he's in the progress of organising your brother's wedding.' He added to Ginny.
'Which Brother?' Ginny asked.
'Ron's.' Albus said.
'Oh.' She said.
At that moment Brandy started crying.
Chapter 3;
~4 years later~
'Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday to you.' The group said.
Ginny came out with a cake, with 4 little candles on it.
'Okay kids blow out the candles.' It was Brandy's 4th birthday party. Adrianna and Nick were also celebrating their birthdays. It had been a ritual that they would celebrate their birthdays together. Harry had just gotten the news that Albus Dumbledore would be needing a DADA teacher I the fall. He had accepted the position. It would be another 2 months before he would need to be in the school. Hermione had also been offered a job teaching Charms. She would be moving to the school at the beginning of August.
~August 12th~
'Harry are you ready yet? We have to go. Brandy? Come on say goodbye to Grandma.'
'Bye bye Grama.'
'Goodbye darling, see you soon.'
Ginny lifted her daughter to the portrait and saw her daughter give her 'Grama' a big kiss.
'Good bye Grandma B, We'll see you soon.' Harry said as he led his wife and daughter out of the house. He turned back and locked the door with an unbreakable curse. He was the only one who knew the counter curse. They entered a Ministry car and drove away from the house they had lived in for a short 4 years.
They arrived at Hogwarts early that afternoon. Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape were waiting for them.
'I'll show you to your chambers.' Albus smiled.
'Thank you Albus.' Harry said.
They entered a door only a few minutes away from the library.
'Here they are. There are two bedroom but you know that you can expand.' Albus said.
'Thank you.' Harry said.
'I will see you at dinner.' Albus said.
'Yes. Until then.'
'Until then.' Albus closed the door behind him.
'We need a password. How about Grama?' he asked Ginny.
'Sure.' She said.
'I'm gonna go exploring. I haven't been here in 3 years. I'll see you at dinner.'
'Okay.' He said.
She left. He picked up Brandy and went to the door. He opened it and talked to the portrait that hung outside the door.
'We have chosen a password. It's Grama.' He said.
'Yes Mr. Potter.' The portrait nodded.
'GRAMA!' Brandy yelled.
The portrait opened and they entered.
'Well honey I think we'll pout away your stuff.' He picked up a suitcase that held his daughter's stuff.
He entered a room and saw a crib sitting in the corner.
'Well we don't need that do we?'
'NO!' she yelled.
'That's right!' he laughed.
He put her down and took out his wand. He switched and the crib transfigured into a bed.
'What colour blanket sweetie?'
'PINK!' she yelled.
'Okay pink.' The blanket turned pink. He picked up Brandy and placed her into her bed.
'Okay honey, Teddy Bears where do you want those?'
'Teddy bears in the corner.' She said.
'Okay. Teddy's in the corner.'
An hour later her room was fully decorated.
'Okay sweetie daddy's going to his room. He's going to have a nap. Climb into bed and you have a nap too.'
'Okay daddy.' She curled up in her bed blanket tucked around her.
Harry smiled and went next door. He fell onto his bed and soon was snoring.
Brandy woke up about an hour later. She looked around and didn't see Harry of Ginny. She walked into her father's bedroom. He was sleeping. She creped up to him playing the game she had often played.
'One, two, three!' she said and jumped/
'DADDY!'
'What the he--, Oh Brandy sweetie don't do that to daddy.'
'Wake up daddy! Hungry!'
'You're hungry. Okay let's go down to dinner.'
'YAY!'
And they went to dinner.
Chapter 4,
A/N: Nicolas' thoughts are between ^^ ^^. And Hermione's are between * *. Ginny's are between # #. And finally Harry's are between & &.
~3 years later~
'Mum, can Brandy and I go play hind and seek with Nicolas?' Adrianna asked.
'Sure honey, but remember you can't go outside.' Hermione smiled.
'Thanks mum, see you soon.' She said and she ran off to find her brother.
'Nicky?' she yelled.
'What do you want Adrianna?' he yelled from his room.
'Do you want to play hind and go seek?' she asked.
'Sure.' He said.
'What did mum say?'
'Same as always then she went back to marking.' Adrianna said.
Nick smiled.
'Let's go.' She said.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
'Brandy, get the door.' Ginny yelled.
'Okay mum.' Brandy opened the door.
'Oh hey Adrianna, Nick, what's up?' she smiled.
'Well we're going to play hind go seek. Want to come?' Nick said.
'Yeah, I'll ask mum.'
'MUM? Can I go play hind go seek with Adrianna and Nick?' she screamed.
'Yes but…'
'Don't go outside. I know.' She finished.
'Okay, have fun.'
~In the dungeons~
'Okay Nick, you're it. Close your eyes.' Adrianna said.
'Fine.' He closed his eyes and the girls giggled as they ran away.
'Look Adrianna, the dungeon closet, in there, it's perfect.' Brandy whispered.
'Okay.' Adrianna said as they climbed into the closet.
~A few minutes later~
'Brandy? Adrianna? Where are you?' Nick's voice drifted through the walls.
Adrianna restrained a giggle.
'Ready or not here I come.' He yelled. He smiled as he went towards their normal hiding spot. He knocked the third brick form the top on the hollow staircase. He opened the door slowly getting ready to run when he found his sister and cousin. As the door drifted fully open the girls weren't there. He crept in farther and quickly looked around to see if they were hiding in the corners.
'Damn.' He said.
^^ Where in Merlin's Robes could they be^^
He stopped and listened for a minute. AS he peered around the dungeons in silence he saw a movement in the corners.
'I've got you.' He whispered.
He raced towards the movement but instead of finding his sister and cousin ended up falling in a hole. He looked around groggily and saw something hiding in the corner.
AS he crawled towards the 'something' he cringed when he put pressure on his ankle. He squinted as he neared the object.
'AHHHHHHHH!' he yelled.
A skeleton sat in front of his clinging to a shovel.
The girls heard a thump and a few mere seconds later a scream.
'Nick?' Adrianna whispered.
'Adrianna, he faking it, he's trying to get to come out.' Brandy said.
'No Brandy he's hurt.' She said.
'Fine let's go check.' Brandy said as she spotted Adriana's tears.
They opened the closet and ran to the door. They pushed the big door but it didn't move.
'Maybe we're supposed to pull it.'
'Okay, 1-2-3- PULL!' Brandy yelled.
Again the door didn't move.
' Adrianna, it think it's locked.' Brandy said.
'Me too.'
'NICK? ARE YOU OKAY?' she yelled.
'NICK?' Brandy yelled.
~At the same time~
'Harry have you seen the kids?'
'Nope. I just got back from a detention someone was serving.'
'Oh. Okay.' She said.
'What were they doing?' he asked.
'Playing hind and seek. I think they went down to the dungeons.' She said.
'Okay I'll go look for them.' He said and exited the room.
~In the dungeons~
'Mr. Potter what are you doing down here?' Snape asked.
'Getting the kids.' Harry said.
'Interesting. And why would they be down in MY dungeons?'
'They were playing.' Harry stated.
'Oh.' Snape said.
'Would you mind looking for them too? AS it is you that know these dungeons like the back of your hand.' Harry asked.
'Of course Mr. Potter.' Snape said.
'Thank you.' He said.
'NICK?? ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? NICK?' a small voice was yelling.
'Adrianna? Brandy? Nick? Are you down here?'' Severus yelled.
'Uncle Severus, we're in here!' Brandy yelled.
'What are you doing in there?' he asked.
'We got locked in.' Adrianna said.
Severus pulled out a ring of keys and unlocked the door.
'Now where is your brother?'
~Harry~
'Nick? Are you guys down here?'
'Mr. Potter. I seem to have found your child and niece and nephew.'
'Where were they?' he asked.
'Well the girls were locked in Slyerine's private dungeon and Nicolas was in a hole that seems to be holding one of Slyerines captives.' Snape said.
'Are they all right?' Harry asked frantically.
'Well the girls are fine but it seems that Nick has broken an ankle.' Severus said.
'Thank you Severus. Come along girls. Up stairs.' He levitated Nick's stretcher and they went along to the hospital Wing.
'Adrianna go see your mother. Brandy you go see mum.' He said sternly.
'Yes dad.' The dark haired girl said.
~Hermione's room~
'Where have you been?' Hermione said as she saw her daughter enter the room.
'Playing. It's before dinner.' Adrianna said.
'Where's your brother?' she asked.
'Right here.' Harry said as he too entered the room.
'Where you two?' she asked again.
'They were in the dungeons.'
'Yeah mum it was really cool. I saw this skeleton and it was holding a shovel.' Nick said.
'I don't want to know. What in the world were you thinking?' she asked.
'We just wanted to play.' Adrianna said.
*My god! They were born in this castle and I'm sure as hell not letting them die here. No matter how hard they try*
~Ginny's room~
'Brandy Sky Potter you could have killed yourself!' Ginny said severely.
'I'm sorry mummy.' The girl said.
'Where's your father?' she asked her daughter.
'In the hospital wig with Nick.'
'Nick's in the hospital wing?' she screeched.
'Yes.'
'He will be all right. He only broke his ankle. Poppy's fixed it.' Harry said.
'My god Harry.' Ginny said. Then she turned towards her daughter.
'YOU will NEVER play down there again! Is that understood?' she said.
''Yes.' The girl whispered.
# My god she will kill herself one day#
'Now go to your room.' She said.
&God she sounds like her mother&
Ginny went next door to see Hermione and Brandy stomped off to her room. Harry was left alone in the living room. He walked over to his mini bar located behind a wall and opened it. He took out rum and a bottle of coke and poured himself a drink.