The Next Generation-Dark Marks and Troublemakers
Author's Note: This is a third part to The Next Generation. If you've read the first two, you'll know what's going on in here. But, there are four new kids, and a set of them are twins, one you'll know if you read Trouble Continued, and the third showed up in the last Chapter of Trouble continued. So read on and tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: I don't own HP of its characters, but I do own all the original characters that aren't from the books, but from my imagination. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Chapter 37
The kids all came sneaking down the stairs around five in the morning on Christmas and looked to see the tree and thousands of presents under it. John walked over to the couch and dropped on it tiredly, followed by Josh and Alex, who had been sharing the room with the kids, were woken up with the excited chatter of the young ones. "So, what do we do now?" asked Alex as the kids ran around the tree and pointed at the large packages that had their names on it.
"I suppose we should wait 'til our parents wake up before letting the twerps open any of the gifts." said John with a yawn.
"Hey John! Look at what I got!" called Matt, he and Mike holding a large packet up together.
"Nice guys... Now don't open anything until our parents wake up."
"Well, well, well, what have we got here?" laughed a voice and they all turned to see Sirius coming down stairs and grinning at the kids.
"Hey Sirius! You came to get your gifts open to?" asked Lily.
"Actually, no. I came to tell you kids to get back to bed." The kids all looked at him sadly. "Well your parents are trying to sleep, and they can hear your excited cheers all the way upstairs."
"We'll be quieter, Sirius." said Jennifer quickly.
"Sorry kids, now lets get going, eh."
"Awww...." muttered the kids and began walking upstairs.
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Fred let out a groan and rolled over. He couldn't help but to think someone was staring at him... "Dad..." he opened his eyes and saw Kevin staring at him. Fred let out a groan. He already knew where this was going, seeing that Lily and James had crawled into the bed with Ginny and Harry. It was actually funny since after they had placed the presents under the tree they had all switched around and ended up around their sleeping arrangements and crawled in bed with their spouses. That was in hopes the kids didn't crawl in bed with them.
"Kevin... what are you doing?" he asked tiredly.
"Can I sleep with you and mum?" he asked. Fred let out a groan and opened his eyes again to see his son looking at him with pleading eyes.
"Fine, c'mon." The boy grinned and jumped into bed with them. He nudged Angelina a bit, causing her to roll over and look at him tiredly.
"Hey love, what are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm comin' to sleep with you and dad 'til its time for present opening!" he piped and cuddled up close to her. Angelina sighed and looked at Fred.
"Merry christmas."
"Merry christmas." Fred then grinned a bit. "Reminds me a bit of Christmas at home." Angelina rolled her eyes and leaned over their son, kissing her husband.
"Better get some sleep. We'll be up in about an hour."
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"WAKE UP!" Harry's eyes shot open at the excited screams of children as the young ones came flooding into the room. They tugged on the blankets of their parents beds and bounced up and down, cheering about Christmas presents. Harry sat up, looking at the kids extremely groggily. He knew it had only been a few hours ago Lily and James had came in the room. He looked in the doorway and spotted a very tired Ron being drapped past the door by his two twin boys.
"C'mon Harry! Time for present opening!" called Fred, propping Kevin up on his shoulders as he followed his wife and daughter out the room. Harry saw Ginny had already left and James was standing in front of him, bouning excitedly
"C'mon dad. We're gonna miss all the present opening!" he piped and before Harry could say anything, James pulled him off the bed and down the narrow hall way. When they got downstairs, the kids were all ready pulling their packages so that they were surrounded by their gifts.
"Harry, here's your presents over here!" called Ron, nodding at the packages at his side. Harry grinned and sat next to Ron, who looked extremely tired.
"Didn't get much sleep I see." Ron sighed and ran his fingers trough hs hair.
"Nope. Matt and Mike climbed in bed with me and Hermione at about five in the morning saying they were going to sleep with us so we can wake up at a good time for present opening." Harry laughed and looked over where Bill, Charlie, and Sirius were seated on the floor with the kids, openng presents.
"Bit odd how those three aren't family men, isn't it?" Harry asked. Ron looked up from the package containing a sweater knitted by his mother, and looked over at his two older brother and Sirius.
"It's not too much of a surprise." he answered. "Bill and Charlie both refuse to settle dow. they say it takes the life out of living, having a wife nagging and all."
"Hey!" snapped Ginny, playfully punching her brother's shoulder. "Wives aren't all that bad. We're what hold families together."
"Ha, that's a laugh!" announced George, pullng his sweater over his head. "I remember back when were were younger and mum use to force us to play house with you."
"Yeah, you were hardly one of those wives that hld families together." informed Ron.
"More like the wife that drove them insane, split them apart, and threaten them to get back together before you hex them." Fred informed.
"You guys are prats." Ginny muttered under her breath.
"come, come now. Its the holidays!" piped Mr. Weasley. "Let's try to stay on the positive side-" He was then interupted by Kevin who was holding up a large chocolate frog that seemed to be half his size.
"Wicked!" He cheered. The other kids began searching for large packages that may have a chocolate frog that size in. Harry saw Angelina turn to Fred.
"Aren't those the frogs you said you were going to sell in your shop for easter?" she asked. Fred grinned widely.
"Yeah, but I couldn't wait." he answered as the other kids found theirs. "Its not like the frogs are rare. Nothing a little enlarging charm can't fix." Angelina rolled her eyes and Harry laughed. Fred and George always seemed to find a way to brighten up the holidays.
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"Snow wars at the Burrow. What could be better?" John asked brightly as he conjured up snow forts for his siblings and cousins. The kids were all busy working on their snowballs while Alex and Remus watched. All the others were busy with their own activities, and Sirius was sitting in a corner of the room, staring blankly at a picture of him and what was Cassie Weasley, that Harry had gotten him for Chirstmas. It was enlarged and cleaned with the help of Ron, and Sirius was obviously very happy they managed to do so much. The picture still moved, which had obviously pleased him even more.
"John, make our fort wider please!" called James from where he, Lily, and Josh were.
"Heck no! Josh, it won't be fair if you help them out." John informed. Josh stood up and scowled.
"Why not? They can't do it on their own." he informed. John rolled his eyes.
"Everyone is partnered up. James and Lily, Mike and Matt, Jennifer and Dennis, Jordan and Jake, and Jackie and Kevin. It won't be fair if you help them."
"Fine." muttered Josh and muttered something under his breath. Remus noticed the boy packeted his wand, which must have meant he conjured up so quick snow balls for his younger siblings. He came and stood next to Alex, forcing his hands into his pockets and watching as snowballs went flying.
"I remember when I use to do snowball fights." sad Alex. "It was never fair cuz I was the only girl and they'd gang up on me." muttered the red haired girl. Remus and Josh looked at her curriously.
"You mean John, Jordan and the twin?" Remus asked.
"No, I mean Patrick and TJ. Those two prats." Josh snorted and shook his head. He looked up at the sky and frowned a bit. Alex and Remus looked up as well.
"Who could that be from? We're all here." muttered Josh and looked at the house. He turned to say something about it to John, but he noticed the red head was looking in the same direction.
"Maybe its a letter from Chris or Jessica..." he informed and looked at them.
"Yeah... nothing to worry about." Josh muttered, though he was still staring at the house, as if waiting for their dad's to come running out with an announcement.
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When they came back in, the kids were soaked and shivering and Mrs. Weasley had already made the hot chocolate for them. She smiled brightly, wrapping them tightly in quilts after they had changed into dry clothes. Hermione was sitting in a sqaushy arm chair reading a magazine while Angelina sat doing her nails, Alicia read and magazine, and Penelope worked on a letter to her parents. Ginny was sitting silently reading a magazine. None of the men seemed to be around. "Uh, gran... where's everyone at?" asked Josh curiously. Mrs. Weasley looked at him and a frown crossed her face.
"The were called to duty... or more so Ron and Harry were. Sirius wanted to come along to help and so did Fred, George, Bill and Charlie. They decided to just drag Percy along."
"Wait a minute... Where are they all going?" John asked.
"Harry and Ron are going to Privet Drive, Bill and Charlie are going to Diagon Alley with Percy, and the twins and Sirius are going to Hogsmeade."
"What for? Its Christmas after all."
"Well according to this letter, all the aurors are being called to duty because some ... Dementors are out." Angelina suddenly made a noise of annoyance, causing everyone to look at her.
"Angelina, are you alright?" asked Remus, a concerned look on his face.
"Oh I'm just fine!" she answered, jumping from her seat. "It's Christmas and my husband is off playing hero with his brothers. What could be better!" she announced sarcastically and stormed up the stairs. When they heard a door slam, Ginny sighed and shook her head.
"I think I need some tea." she muttered. Hermione, Alicia, and Penelope followed. Mrs. Weasley sighed and shook her head before turning to Josh, Alex, and John.
"Now you three listen to me. I know that you're probably wondering why you weren't called along on duty either, but there's a good reason and I don't want you running out there to play hero, understand."
"But gran..." she gave them a final look and they agreed. Mrs. Weasley nodded and started walking off.
"First Sara leaves to spend the rest of her Christmas with Daniel and now this. What is this family coming too?" When she entered the kitchen, Josh turned to his cousins.
"So, what are we gonna do?" he whispered so that the younger ones couldn't hear him.
"We go." answered John and a smirk crossed his face. "After all, we're aurors too."
Author's Note: This is a third part to The Next Generation. If you've read the first two, you'll know what's going on in here. But, there are four new kids, and a set of them are twins, one you'll know if you read Trouble Continued, and the third showed up in the last Chapter of Trouble continued. So read on and tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: I don't own HP of its characters, but I do own all the original characters that aren't from the books, but from my imagination. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Chapter 37
The kids all came sneaking down the stairs around five in the morning on Christmas and looked to see the tree and thousands of presents under it. John walked over to the couch and dropped on it tiredly, followed by Josh and Alex, who had been sharing the room with the kids, were woken up with the excited chatter of the young ones. "So, what do we do now?" asked Alex as the kids ran around the tree and pointed at the large packages that had their names on it.
"I suppose we should wait 'til our parents wake up before letting the twerps open any of the gifts." said John with a yawn.
"Hey John! Look at what I got!" called Matt, he and Mike holding a large packet up together.
"Nice guys... Now don't open anything until our parents wake up."
"Well, well, well, what have we got here?" laughed a voice and they all turned to see Sirius coming down stairs and grinning at the kids.
"Hey Sirius! You came to get your gifts open to?" asked Lily.
"Actually, no. I came to tell you kids to get back to bed." The kids all looked at him sadly. "Well your parents are trying to sleep, and they can hear your excited cheers all the way upstairs."
"We'll be quieter, Sirius." said Jennifer quickly.
"Sorry kids, now lets get going, eh."
"Awww...." muttered the kids and began walking upstairs.
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Fred let out a groan and rolled over. He couldn't help but to think someone was staring at him... "Dad..." he opened his eyes and saw Kevin staring at him. Fred let out a groan. He already knew where this was going, seeing that Lily and James had crawled into the bed with Ginny and Harry. It was actually funny since after they had placed the presents under the tree they had all switched around and ended up around their sleeping arrangements and crawled in bed with their spouses. That was in hopes the kids didn't crawl in bed with them.
"Kevin... what are you doing?" he asked tiredly.
"Can I sleep with you and mum?" he asked. Fred let out a groan and opened his eyes again to see his son looking at him with pleading eyes.
"Fine, c'mon." The boy grinned and jumped into bed with them. He nudged Angelina a bit, causing her to roll over and look at him tiredly.
"Hey love, what are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm comin' to sleep with you and dad 'til its time for present opening!" he piped and cuddled up close to her. Angelina sighed and looked at Fred.
"Merry christmas."
"Merry christmas." Fred then grinned a bit. "Reminds me a bit of Christmas at home." Angelina rolled her eyes and leaned over their son, kissing her husband.
"Better get some sleep. We'll be up in about an hour."
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"WAKE UP!" Harry's eyes shot open at the excited screams of children as the young ones came flooding into the room. They tugged on the blankets of their parents beds and bounced up and down, cheering about Christmas presents. Harry sat up, looking at the kids extremely groggily. He knew it had only been a few hours ago Lily and James had came in the room. He looked in the doorway and spotted a very tired Ron being drapped past the door by his two twin boys.
"C'mon Harry! Time for present opening!" called Fred, propping Kevin up on his shoulders as he followed his wife and daughter out the room. Harry saw Ginny had already left and James was standing in front of him, bouning excitedly
"C'mon dad. We're gonna miss all the present opening!" he piped and before Harry could say anything, James pulled him off the bed and down the narrow hall way. When they got downstairs, the kids were all ready pulling their packages so that they were surrounded by their gifts.
"Harry, here's your presents over here!" called Ron, nodding at the packages at his side. Harry grinned and sat next to Ron, who looked extremely tired.
"Didn't get much sleep I see." Ron sighed and ran his fingers trough hs hair.
"Nope. Matt and Mike climbed in bed with me and Hermione at about five in the morning saying they were going to sleep with us so we can wake up at a good time for present opening." Harry laughed and looked over where Bill, Charlie, and Sirius were seated on the floor with the kids, openng presents.
"Bit odd how those three aren't family men, isn't it?" Harry asked. Ron looked up from the package containing a sweater knitted by his mother, and looked over at his two older brother and Sirius.
"It's not too much of a surprise." he answered. "Bill and Charlie both refuse to settle dow. they say it takes the life out of living, having a wife nagging and all."
"Hey!" snapped Ginny, playfully punching her brother's shoulder. "Wives aren't all that bad. We're what hold families together."
"Ha, that's a laugh!" announced George, pullng his sweater over his head. "I remember back when were were younger and mum use to force us to play house with you."
"Yeah, you were hardly one of those wives that hld families together." informed Ron.
"More like the wife that drove them insane, split them apart, and threaten them to get back together before you hex them." Fred informed.
"You guys are prats." Ginny muttered under her breath.
"come, come now. Its the holidays!" piped Mr. Weasley. "Let's try to stay on the positive side-" He was then interupted by Kevin who was holding up a large chocolate frog that seemed to be half his size.
"Wicked!" He cheered. The other kids began searching for large packages that may have a chocolate frog that size in. Harry saw Angelina turn to Fred.
"Aren't those the frogs you said you were going to sell in your shop for easter?" she asked. Fred grinned widely.
"Yeah, but I couldn't wait." he answered as the other kids found theirs. "Its not like the frogs are rare. Nothing a little enlarging charm can't fix." Angelina rolled her eyes and Harry laughed. Fred and George always seemed to find a way to brighten up the holidays.
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"Snow wars at the Burrow. What could be better?" John asked brightly as he conjured up snow forts for his siblings and cousins. The kids were all busy working on their snowballs while Alex and Remus watched. All the others were busy with their own activities, and Sirius was sitting in a corner of the room, staring blankly at a picture of him and what was Cassie Weasley, that Harry had gotten him for Chirstmas. It was enlarged and cleaned with the help of Ron, and Sirius was obviously very happy they managed to do so much. The picture still moved, which had obviously pleased him even more.
"John, make our fort wider please!" called James from where he, Lily, and Josh were.
"Heck no! Josh, it won't be fair if you help them out." John informed. Josh stood up and scowled.
"Why not? They can't do it on their own." he informed. John rolled his eyes.
"Everyone is partnered up. James and Lily, Mike and Matt, Jennifer and Dennis, Jordan and Jake, and Jackie and Kevin. It won't be fair if you help them."
"Fine." muttered Josh and muttered something under his breath. Remus noticed the boy packeted his wand, which must have meant he conjured up so quick snow balls for his younger siblings. He came and stood next to Alex, forcing his hands into his pockets and watching as snowballs went flying.
"I remember when I use to do snowball fights." sad Alex. "It was never fair cuz I was the only girl and they'd gang up on me." muttered the red haired girl. Remus and Josh looked at her curriously.
"You mean John, Jordan and the twin?" Remus asked.
"No, I mean Patrick and TJ. Those two prats." Josh snorted and shook his head. He looked up at the sky and frowned a bit. Alex and Remus looked up as well.
"Who could that be from? We're all here." muttered Josh and looked at the house. He turned to say something about it to John, but he noticed the red head was looking in the same direction.
"Maybe its a letter from Chris or Jessica..." he informed and looked at them.
"Yeah... nothing to worry about." Josh muttered, though he was still staring at the house, as if waiting for their dad's to come running out with an announcement.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
When they came back in, the kids were soaked and shivering and Mrs. Weasley had already made the hot chocolate for them. She smiled brightly, wrapping them tightly in quilts after they had changed into dry clothes. Hermione was sitting in a sqaushy arm chair reading a magazine while Angelina sat doing her nails, Alicia read and magazine, and Penelope worked on a letter to her parents. Ginny was sitting silently reading a magazine. None of the men seemed to be around. "Uh, gran... where's everyone at?" asked Josh curiously. Mrs. Weasley looked at him and a frown crossed her face.
"The were called to duty... or more so Ron and Harry were. Sirius wanted to come along to help and so did Fred, George, Bill and Charlie. They decided to just drag Percy along."
"Wait a minute... Where are they all going?" John asked.
"Harry and Ron are going to Privet Drive, Bill and Charlie are going to Diagon Alley with Percy, and the twins and Sirius are going to Hogsmeade."
"What for? Its Christmas after all."
"Well according to this letter, all the aurors are being called to duty because some ... Dementors are out." Angelina suddenly made a noise of annoyance, causing everyone to look at her.
"Angelina, are you alright?" asked Remus, a concerned look on his face.
"Oh I'm just fine!" she answered, jumping from her seat. "It's Christmas and my husband is off playing hero with his brothers. What could be better!" she announced sarcastically and stormed up the stairs. When they heard a door slam, Ginny sighed and shook her head.
"I think I need some tea." she muttered. Hermione, Alicia, and Penelope followed. Mrs. Weasley sighed and shook her head before turning to Josh, Alex, and John.
"Now you three listen to me. I know that you're probably wondering why you weren't called along on duty either, but there's a good reason and I don't want you running out there to play hero, understand."
"But gran..." she gave them a final look and they agreed. Mrs. Weasley nodded and started walking off.
"First Sara leaves to spend the rest of her Christmas with Daniel and now this. What is this family coming too?" When she entered the kitchen, Josh turned to his cousins.
"So, what are we gonna do?" he whispered so that the younger ones couldn't hear him.
"We go." answered John and a smirk crossed his face. "After all, we're aurors too."