Very Strange Twists of Fate
Chapter 8: Harry's Decision and A Needed Miracle!!
^&*Recap*&^
That is one weird child Sirius thought, as he too paid for his stuff and left.
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"Alrighty then! Everything's settled!" Harry said, smiling at his family. "I'll Floo back here before supper time every evening, and Floo back into my office at 6:30!" He said, beaming at the fact that he'd gotten everything accomplished.
"Yay!" Cheered Betty, Sarah and Sky, whilst Katy just smiled at Harry.
"What's a matter Kitten?" Ginny asked, looking at Katy with concern.
"Nuthin' Just feeling a little ti-tired" Katy said, being interrupted by a large yawn.
"Then I think you should go take a nap!" Ginny said, frowning with concern while she looked at her oldest daughter who was now 7 months pregnant.
"Alri-ight" Katy responded, yawning again.
And everything was good, until a week later.
"M-mom? I-I th-think my w-wat-water just broke!" Katy cried, starting to panic.
"Oh my god! Oh my god! Kids, I have to take your sister to the hospital, stay here, and try calling Aunt Hermione, tell her I need her to sit you guys." Ginny said, grabbing her purse and ushering Katy into the fireplace.
"St. Mungo's!" Ginny cried, the two women disappearing in a swirl of green fire.
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A few hours later saw Ginny and Harry nervously pacing the waiting room in the emergency part of the hospital.
When they had arrived at St. Mungo's, Katy had fallen unconscious and Ginny had fallen to the ground trying to hold her up. After screaming for help, a doctor had come and after listening to what happened, had whisked Katy off.
Ginny had immediately Flooed Harry, who was at his office coming up with lesson plans. After Ginny's explanation, he had hurried to Mungo's.
"Mr. and Mrs. Potter?" The doctor asked, coming from the closed off hallway.
"That's us!" Ginny cried, racing over to the doctor, anxious for news of her daughter.
"I'm afraid I have bad news. Your daughter had her children early. Although it shouldn't be that bad, it appears, that Katlyn has been poisoned, and it has affected both her and the babies. At the moment, they are both in critical condition." The doctor said, sorrow in her eyes.
"N-No! T-This c-can't b-be happening! I c-can't lose her!" Ginny cried, causing heads to turn.
"Hush. Shhh. Katy'll make it. She's a fighter." Harry soothed, trying to calm them both down.
" W-wait, W-What do you mean babies?" Harry asked, looking shocked.
"Your daughter had twin girls. The sonograms never showed it, because one always covered the other." She said.
"C-Can we see her?" Ginny asked, tears streaming down her face.
"Yes, but it will have to be quick." The doctor said, leading them to the ICU.
"M-Mom? D-Dad?" Katy's voice was weak, and very hoarse.
"Yea Baby, we're here." Ginny said, rushing to her daughter's side.
"M-My babies…are they a-alright?" Katy asked, gazing up at her mom.
"N-No, y-you were p-poisoned, and it a-affected both you and your girls." Ginny said, telling the truth, knowing she couldn't lie.
"M-Mom? T-Tell th-the doctor th-their n-names a-are Harmony Virginia and Valerie Molly Potter" And with that, Katy fell into unconsciousness.
"Is she…" Harry trailed off, not wanting to finish his own question.
"N-No, sh-she's still breathing." Ginny sobbed, clutching at Katy's hand like it was a life line.
"Thank Merlin." Harry said, clutching Katy's other hand.
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And that's how things continued for the next week, Harry and Ginny dividing their time between Harmony and Valerie and Katy.
The hardest part of it all, was explaining to the younger kids what was going on. It was hard on Scott, Elizabeth and Sarah, who understood it best, but it was harder on Christina, who'd come to depend on Katy.
"Mrs. Potter?" A nurse asked.
"Yes?" Ginny replied, looking up from her two "granddaughters".
"Your daughter's woken up!" The nurse said, beaming at Ginny.
"Oh! Thank Merlin!" Ginny cried, turning from her granddaughters and running to her daughter's room.
"Mom?" Katy asked, when Ginny came racing into the room.
"Oh god Kitten! You scared me so bad!" Ginny sobbed, hugging her little girl to her chest.
"Mom, it's alright! I'm fine!" Katy soothed, hugging her mother tightly.
"Kitty!" Cried numerous voices from the doorway.
"Munchkinz!" She cried, spreading her arms in an invitation for a hug.
As the kids all jumped onto the bed, covering Katy in hugs and kisses, Ginny got off the bed and went to stand by her husband in the doorway.
"How'd you know?" Ginny whispered, sliding her arm around Harry's chest and putting her head on his shoulder.
"Father's intuition?" Harry shrugged, putting his arm around her shoulders.
"Yea right" Ginny giggled "One of the nurses probably told you!" She laughed.
"Can't get nothing past you!" Harry chuckled, looking sheepish.
"Right you are, dear, right you are!" Ginny replied, smiling up at her husband.
"Hey mom?" Katy called, looking up from her sisters and brothers to her parents.
"Yah Kitten?" She asked.
"W-Where are m-my d-d-daughters?" She asked hesitantly, afraid of their possibilities.
"They're in ICU hun. Both Molly and Virginia were affected by the poison, and since their immune systems were so weak, they couldn't fight it very well. Th-They're not su-supposed to l-last an-another w-week." Ginny said, starting to sob. She'd helped take care of the baby girls for the past week, and she'd come to love them like she would had they been her biological grandchildren.
"C-Can I s-see them?" Katy asked, fear in her eyes.
"Yes, but you have to stay in a wheelchair. Doctor's orders." Harry said, having talked to the doctor before he came in.
"Ok, please, can I go now?" She asked.
"Alright hold on." And then Harry went off to find Katy a wheelchair.
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Fifteen minutes later, all the Potter's were on their way to visit Harmony and Valerie Potter.
"My babies…" Katy whispered, tears welling in her eyes at the sight of her daughters.. They were in incubators(A/N you know those things they put really premature preemie's in? Those!), and were hooked to a few different machines. One was to help them breath, another to help their immune systems, and the last to help extract the poison.
But it wasn't the machines that made her cry, it was their appearances. They were both extremely small, their tiny bodies a rosy pink colour. They both had small tufts of brown hair, a shade lighter than Katy's was.
At that moment, the twin girls eyes fluttered open, their long eyelashes fluttering. When their eyelids lifted, they revealed eyes that were a mixture of gold, light green and hazel. There was a ring of gold, and then a slightly bigger ring of green and then a smaller ring of hazel, surrounding the pupil, exactly like Katy's.
"These are r-real-ly m-my daughters?" Katy asked, tears falling unchecked down her cheeks.
"Yes. That's Harmony on the right and that ones Valerie." Ginny said, kneeling next to her daughter, pointing to each of her granddaughters.
"Th-They're s-so beau-beautiful!" Katy cried, pride in her eyes as she looked at her daughters.
"Ms. Potter? I need you to come back to your room. The doctor wants to check you over." A nurse(her name tag Amy) said.
"A-Alright." Katy said. "Just give me a minute." She finished, turning to say goodbye to her daughters.
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"Alright Ms. Potter, it seems that you only have a minimal amount of poison left in your body, so we're going to keep you for another night, but you may leave tomorrow." The doctor said after her check-up 15 minutes later.
"Thank you doctor" She said, turning to her family.
"Ok hun, we have to go, but we'll see you tomorrow" Ginny said, kissing her forehead.
After everybody gave their kisses and/or hugs, The Potter family, minus three, left for home.
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Just as Ginny was about to go to sleep, she got a Floo call from the doctor. Thinking it might be about Katy, Ginny panicked, and practically fell out of bed.
"Y-Yes doctor?" Ginny asked once she'd reached the fireplace.
"Mrs. Potter" The doctor heaved a sighed "I'm afraid that your granddaughter's have become worse." He said.
The doctor went into more detail, but Ginny couldn't concentrate. She felt like her heart was breaking, and she realized that she was about to faint. We need a Miracle was the last thought that went through her head, before everything went black.
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A/N Hey! Alright, I'm sorry I had to take the break and all, but I really NEED it! It's not off yet, but by the end of this month it probably will, but I can't promise anything over the summer, 'cause my family is VERY outdoorsy! Anyway, I know this chapters sort of short, but that was just the right spot to stop at! The next chapter will be up as soon as I get it finished, and when I have the time!
I really want to thank all my reviewers and readers. Even if you don't review, I still luv yah! Anyway I have to go, or, in the words of my friend Chris: I'm gonna bounce! Lolz well I'll talk to ya'll later!
Lots 'o' Luv,
Muah-Baby-Muah A.K.A Jenny Jean
