The baby pool
Disclaimer: I still own nothing.that I am aware of. Summery: more musings and some sibling interaction. Author's note: I know I said this would be a One-shot but then I started thinking of other things to do with this so it has become a several shot deal hope you enjoy oh and R&R.
It couldn't have been far past dawn when my brother's shifting in the bed beside mine woke me from a restless sleep. I allowed a single eye to slowly open and my sight was met by my twin sitting on his bed curled up with a book on his lap looking so much like father for a moment I was confused. Sitting up I rubbed sleep from my eye and watched Aenias, my brother, as he seemed completely absorbed in the book he was reading, so much like mother that I had to chuckle bringing him from his state of semi coma.
Aenias quirked his black eyebrow so much like father that I found myself giggling for no reason except that my tired brain hadn't quite caught up with my wakeful state, as happened on occasion with me. Then he spoke his voice soft and sounding eerily like father that I managed to stifle my giggles.
"Good morning Helene, I am guessing you slept well that would cause you to be in such a good mood." My brother smirked; his black eyes shining in the pale early dawn light.
"Actually Aenias, I slept dreadfully and thanks to your loud bum and your bed coils, I doubt I will get back to sleep so thanks a lot." I frowned trying to pout though my mouth wasn't used to the action.
Aenias smirked wider at my attempt and moved silently from his bed to sit on the edge of mine. He wrapped a long slender arm around my shoulders and gave me a hug. I did not move at first but eventually I returned the embrace resting my head on his shoulder. I am not sure how long we stayed there but Mother came into the room at one point to inform us of breakfast, her belly was larger than before, as was wont to happen when a woman was pregnant. According to Madame Pomfrey, mother and the baby were healthy, though oddly enough Mother did not want to know if the baby was a boy or a girl she said that she wanted to be surprised. I figure it must be a muggle tradition; I'll have to ask Grandmother when I see her this summer.
Aenias smiled at me before going to kiss mother good morning and giving a small rub to her now showing belly, we still had three months to wait and see what the baby will be though I am going with boy. Following my twin out the door I hug my mother and stroke her stomach as well, it had become a habit ever since she had started showing.
The three of us walked to the Great hall together, we passed no students, since it was summer holiday and only the professors were here though many had gone on well deserved vacations there were still a few left at the castle. The headmistress Minerva McGonagall, or Aunt Minerva to me and my brother met us at the door with a smile giving my brother and I a small nod before we all walked into the room together. Instead of the usual house tables or even the long teachers table there was a single round one large enough for everyone who stayed over the holidays.
Father was engrossed in reading the Daily Prophet, but sensing the moment his family entered the room it was forgotten when he stood to greet mother with a chaste kiss to the temple as he helped her to her seat. I watched the few other teachers there who watched the married couple discreetly and I found myself sharing a knowing look with my brother as we sat beside our parents.
Uncle Albus sat on the other side of the table his sparkling eyes gazing serenely at our family; I was 3 years old when he stepped down from the headmastership of Hogwarts. Aunt Minerva sat beside him, as she often did in the years of them being professors together, or so I was informed by mother when I had asked about it, habits die hard it seems.
The other teachers that had stayed were arrayed on either side of Uncle Albus and Aunt Minerva. Remus Lupin gave me a small smile; I had always had a crush on him though I would never admit it. And beside him Hagrid who had always fascinated me with his choice of pets. Beside the half giant was Flitwick, his small stature completely dwarfed by the oversized man which was cause for amusement on most days for me when they sat together. On the other side near Aunt Minerva sat Madame Pomfrey and then Madame Pince. Oddly enough one seat was left open and I idly wondered who that might be but the appearance of breakfast distracted me so much that I did not notice when the final occupant did show up.
You never realize how loud or excited a woman who is Pregnant can get; my musing on the delicious food was interrupted when mother leaped up from her chair shouting someone's name. I looked up to see my mother walking swiftly towards a man I had never seen before whom embraced her like an old friend. I also noticed Father's face became unreadable at seeing the man, obviously he knew him as well though the fact that he wasn't nearly as excited to see him made me worry.
"Papa, who is that man, and how does mother know him?" I watched my father my eyes steady on his before glancing at the man again who was being led to our table by mother.
"That man, my dear girl, is Harry Potter, the old friend from School I told you about. They haven't seen each other since the day I married your mother." His voice was softer than normal and his eyes did not leave Harry and mother who were chatting animatedly.
I felt surprise and looked back at Harry Potter, the destroyer of Voldemort getting a closer look. The man did have the lightning scar on his forehead and I remembered seeing pictures of him, my mother, and a boy named Ron in our albums. He looked my mother's age with shoulder length black hair; much in the style that father had though his was messier looking, Verdant green eyes observed the room. When our eyes met briefly I saw surprise there before it was replaced with a small smile and a nod. I watched as Mother sat beside Father giving him a small pat on the hand as if to reassure him of something before Harry sat beside her, giving a smile to all in the room.
"Hello all, sorry I am late, I would have been here weeks ago but I was delayed in Pakistan." Harry chuckled before turning to look at me again glancing from me to mother and the back again. I felt Aenias tense beside me and I stroked his hand under the table until he relaxed again.
I found it odd to be looked at in such a way, Harry Potter, I knew from my history and the few stories my mother had told, was an Auror, one of the best in fact, and when he looked at me it felt like he was seeking into my soul, safe to say an uncomfortable gaze. Finally Harry blinked and smiled at me though it seemed mysterious and slightly unnerving just like Uncle Albus when he had something planned.
"You must be Hermione's daughter; you are her spitting image, what is your name and how old are you?" Harry's words were soft and gentle though his eyes still watched me as if seeing straight through me.
"My name is Helene Aliah Snape and this is my brother Aenias Marcus Snape. We are both almost 7 years old" I stated proudly resting my arm around my slightly taller twins shoulders my eyes never leaving Harry's.
Harry's eyes flicked to my brother he seemed surprised at not having noticed the spitting image of father sitting beside me he looked thoughtful for a moment before looking at mother with a slightly raised eyebrow. Mother smiled patting Harry's arm gently chuckling explaining that we were twins, apparently that was his concern for his face cleared and he smiled back nodding to me though I noticed that he did not look further at Aenias.
After that the adults spoke softly about things that were of little interest to me or my brother so as soon as we were finished eating we excused ourselves from the table. Walking hand in hand we made our way back to our family's quarters. The first thing I did when arriving was look at the name board, to see if it had changed. One side it said Boy the other said Girl, each side had names under it and to my surprise one name in each was finally circled. Nudging Aenias I showed him, and we both grinned. So the baby finally had a name either way. If it were a boy it would be named Seritas William and if it were a girl it would be named Teresa Isis.
Sitting curled up by the fire Aenias and I argued on which the baby would be, I favored Seritas and Aenias being the contradictory person he is said it would be Teresa. Of course we settled the argument the best way we knew how, we made a bet. We both bet two Galleons a piece, a whole months allowance to you, and shook on it whoever won got the money and bragging rights. It was a week later when Aenias and I were in the library helping Madame Pince with organizing books that our private sibling bet became a more public one.
"As you know Aenias, mother is carrying the baby high so that would obviously mean that she will have a boy and you will be losing two galleons for nothing." I was feeling smug today having just read an entire book on the identification of gender before birth. Putting up several books discussing the different uses of Flobberworms I did not even sense that my brother and I were no longer alone.
"What are you two betting on now, my dear girl?" Remus Lupin's gruff soft voice broke into my musing and I had to grip the book I was holding so as not to drop it and face Madame Pince's wrath it was Aenias who answered smirking at the blush I knew was on my face.
"Good morning Remus, we were just talking about what mother is going to have, its just a small bet nothing special, I say she is having a girl and Helene insists that she is having a boy." My brother looked up at Remus leaning against the bookshelf looking so much like father that it was eerie though a small smile did play on his lips which eased the similarity a bit.
"Hmm its an interesting bet though I agree with Aenias I thought it might be a girl too, would you mind if I got in on this bet, or is this a private matter?" He chuckled and I felt my heart flutter, darn those silly crushes. I tried to speak but found that I couldn't feeling suddenly shy I simply nodded. He smiled gently at me everyone knew of my crush apparently even him. "Alright how much were you two betting? Two galleons correct?" Again I nodded and he winked. "Then I put two galleons towards girl."
Aenias took out a small pad of paper and wrote it down before shaking Remus' hand as if he were a business partner, and perhaps he was, after all if he won he would get more galleons than before. Remus gave us one last smile and then left us to go find Madame Pince, since she had been the reason for him entering the library in the first place.
Shaking off the euphoria of being near Remus I managed to finish re- shelving the books. Soon after Aunt Minerva came up to us inquiring of the bet and put down two galleons for boy before disappearing down the hall again.
Fairly soon every teacher, other than our parents, had made a bet ten people in all were in on the pool, even Harry Potter, who voted boy. We were careful not to mention the pool to mother knowing that she would become very angry if she ever knew about it, she hated gambling and would be very disappointed in her two children if she knew that they had begun the pool, but as Harry said when he bet, what mother did not know would not hurt her.
By the time that Mother had to be put on bed rest, because she had become sicker in her last month of pregnancy, everyone in the castle except for her and father had gotten in on the pool. Boy seemed to be the most prevalent choice which I smugly reminded Aenias of at any opportunity 10 including myself voted for boy and only four voted for girl. Uncle Albus, Remus Lupin, Aenias and Felix Flitwick occasionally got looks of pity from the rest of us for picking such an unlikely choice as Girl.
In the last month of her pregnancy Mother had been practically ordered by Madame Pomfrey to stay in bed due to her vertigo and nausea so Aenias and I helped her out in any way we could, bringing her books and keeping her company we often ended up talking about the baby, carefully skirting the subject of the baby pool. Mother seemed glad to have us near her to talk to, she had never been the type to sit around and do nothing and this being bedridden would have driven her crazy if not for us.
A week before mother was due we had a huge rainstorm the thunder was so loud that it caused the castle to shake with the intensity. I hate rainstorms, always have always will and this one was the worst I can remember, half an hour into the storm I had curled up beside Aenias who did not seem to fear anything. This was the only way that I could sleep during a storm either Aenias or one of our parents had to be sleeping beside me or I would be awake the entire night. I had finally drifted off to sleep again when I the sound of mother screaming woke us both up.
Running to their room I saw mother being picked up by father whom was looking very worried. Father instructed us to go wake Madame Pomfrey we didn't hesitate as we ran out the door and up the stairs to the infirmary. Madame Pomfrey had been awake and seemed to know why we had come she told us to sit and calm down before she disappeared out the door to help bring mother in. I worried my lip but Aenias put his arm around me, as I said he didn't fear anything and I let him comfort me.
Mother was screaming again as she was laid down on the hospital bed. Father stroked her cheek and hair looking worried though he had been through this before he still looked pale with fear. Madame Pomfrey looked mother over before showing our family to the door of the hospital wing saying something about it taking time and to stay out of the way.
I ended up sitting quietly beside Aenias watching our father pace occasionally looking at the closed door to the infirmary. After who knows how long about the time that mother had screamed for the fifth time Uncle Albus and Aunt Minerva had appeared as had the other teachers. Father looked relieved at seeing the headmistress and former headmaster actually embracing them speaking so softly that I couldn't hear their words. Remus Lupin sat on my other side and put an arm around my brother and I, he didn't speak, didn't have to really we just gained comfort from his presence. At one point father was called in and the door was shut again.
The storm moved on and as if on cue in the first moment of quiet the sound of a baby crying had brought everyone to attention. Uncle Albus and Aunt Minerva met Madame Pomfrey at the door speaking quietly to her before they nodded and turned to the rest of us who waited on baited breath. Uncle Albus smiled benignly and looked everyone in the eye before speaking.
"I believe Minerva that you owe two galleons as do the others who bet on boy." He grinned as Remus Aenias and Felix Flitwick stood looking smug at the rest of us for a moment.
I knew my jaw had dropped, I had a Sister? I didn't even feel the disappointment of losing the bet as I hugged my brother and anyone who happened to be nearby. I am positive that my face was beaming just as much as Aenias'.
"Can we see her? How big is she? Is mama alright?" Aenias looked at Uncle Albus his arm still firmly around my shoulder's the biggest smile I had ever seen on his face.
"Yes you may go and see her in a moment let your mother and father have a moment first before you two go charging in there. Your mother is fine, but she is tired and I do not want you two to strain her any this was hard for her." Aunt Minerva spoke eyeing us to make sure that we understood. Nodding eagerly we waited until Madame Pomfrey came to tell us that we could see our parents now.
I paused at the door to take in the tableau of my parents curled up together on the infirmary bed looking at a moving bundle swathed in pink blankets. Mother looked tired but she was smiling and Father was simply awed at the little bundle in his arms. They waited until we had approached before turning the bundle towards us. Teresa Isis Snape was fast asleep a tuft of black hair sitting on her pale little head. She was the tiniest thing I had ever seen in my life and I loved her immediately. Looking up I saw my father's smile there were actually faint tears in his eyes and I knew at that moment that our family was completely.
Author's note: longer than the last one, I hope. I would like to take this time to thank my reviewers, PinkChubbyMonkey, Snape's_witch, Shiv5468, frogfoot24, and KnightsBallad, your attention and taking the time to read makes me feel good hope you enjoy this part and the next one I have planned to come.
Disclaimer: I still own nothing.that I am aware of. Summery: more musings and some sibling interaction. Author's note: I know I said this would be a One-shot but then I started thinking of other things to do with this so it has become a several shot deal hope you enjoy oh and R&R.
It couldn't have been far past dawn when my brother's shifting in the bed beside mine woke me from a restless sleep. I allowed a single eye to slowly open and my sight was met by my twin sitting on his bed curled up with a book on his lap looking so much like father for a moment I was confused. Sitting up I rubbed sleep from my eye and watched Aenias, my brother, as he seemed completely absorbed in the book he was reading, so much like mother that I had to chuckle bringing him from his state of semi coma.
Aenias quirked his black eyebrow so much like father that I found myself giggling for no reason except that my tired brain hadn't quite caught up with my wakeful state, as happened on occasion with me. Then he spoke his voice soft and sounding eerily like father that I managed to stifle my giggles.
"Good morning Helene, I am guessing you slept well that would cause you to be in such a good mood." My brother smirked; his black eyes shining in the pale early dawn light.
"Actually Aenias, I slept dreadfully and thanks to your loud bum and your bed coils, I doubt I will get back to sleep so thanks a lot." I frowned trying to pout though my mouth wasn't used to the action.
Aenias smirked wider at my attempt and moved silently from his bed to sit on the edge of mine. He wrapped a long slender arm around my shoulders and gave me a hug. I did not move at first but eventually I returned the embrace resting my head on his shoulder. I am not sure how long we stayed there but Mother came into the room at one point to inform us of breakfast, her belly was larger than before, as was wont to happen when a woman was pregnant. According to Madame Pomfrey, mother and the baby were healthy, though oddly enough Mother did not want to know if the baby was a boy or a girl she said that she wanted to be surprised. I figure it must be a muggle tradition; I'll have to ask Grandmother when I see her this summer.
Aenias smiled at me before going to kiss mother good morning and giving a small rub to her now showing belly, we still had three months to wait and see what the baby will be though I am going with boy. Following my twin out the door I hug my mother and stroke her stomach as well, it had become a habit ever since she had started showing.
The three of us walked to the Great hall together, we passed no students, since it was summer holiday and only the professors were here though many had gone on well deserved vacations there were still a few left at the castle. The headmistress Minerva McGonagall, or Aunt Minerva to me and my brother met us at the door with a smile giving my brother and I a small nod before we all walked into the room together. Instead of the usual house tables or even the long teachers table there was a single round one large enough for everyone who stayed over the holidays.
Father was engrossed in reading the Daily Prophet, but sensing the moment his family entered the room it was forgotten when he stood to greet mother with a chaste kiss to the temple as he helped her to her seat. I watched the few other teachers there who watched the married couple discreetly and I found myself sharing a knowing look with my brother as we sat beside our parents.
Uncle Albus sat on the other side of the table his sparkling eyes gazing serenely at our family; I was 3 years old when he stepped down from the headmastership of Hogwarts. Aunt Minerva sat beside him, as she often did in the years of them being professors together, or so I was informed by mother when I had asked about it, habits die hard it seems.
The other teachers that had stayed were arrayed on either side of Uncle Albus and Aunt Minerva. Remus Lupin gave me a small smile; I had always had a crush on him though I would never admit it. And beside him Hagrid who had always fascinated me with his choice of pets. Beside the half giant was Flitwick, his small stature completely dwarfed by the oversized man which was cause for amusement on most days for me when they sat together. On the other side near Aunt Minerva sat Madame Pomfrey and then Madame Pince. Oddly enough one seat was left open and I idly wondered who that might be but the appearance of breakfast distracted me so much that I did not notice when the final occupant did show up.
You never realize how loud or excited a woman who is Pregnant can get; my musing on the delicious food was interrupted when mother leaped up from her chair shouting someone's name. I looked up to see my mother walking swiftly towards a man I had never seen before whom embraced her like an old friend. I also noticed Father's face became unreadable at seeing the man, obviously he knew him as well though the fact that he wasn't nearly as excited to see him made me worry.
"Papa, who is that man, and how does mother know him?" I watched my father my eyes steady on his before glancing at the man again who was being led to our table by mother.
"That man, my dear girl, is Harry Potter, the old friend from School I told you about. They haven't seen each other since the day I married your mother." His voice was softer than normal and his eyes did not leave Harry and mother who were chatting animatedly.
I felt surprise and looked back at Harry Potter, the destroyer of Voldemort getting a closer look. The man did have the lightning scar on his forehead and I remembered seeing pictures of him, my mother, and a boy named Ron in our albums. He looked my mother's age with shoulder length black hair; much in the style that father had though his was messier looking, Verdant green eyes observed the room. When our eyes met briefly I saw surprise there before it was replaced with a small smile and a nod. I watched as Mother sat beside Father giving him a small pat on the hand as if to reassure him of something before Harry sat beside her, giving a smile to all in the room.
"Hello all, sorry I am late, I would have been here weeks ago but I was delayed in Pakistan." Harry chuckled before turning to look at me again glancing from me to mother and the back again. I felt Aenias tense beside me and I stroked his hand under the table until he relaxed again.
I found it odd to be looked at in such a way, Harry Potter, I knew from my history and the few stories my mother had told, was an Auror, one of the best in fact, and when he looked at me it felt like he was seeking into my soul, safe to say an uncomfortable gaze. Finally Harry blinked and smiled at me though it seemed mysterious and slightly unnerving just like Uncle Albus when he had something planned.
"You must be Hermione's daughter; you are her spitting image, what is your name and how old are you?" Harry's words were soft and gentle though his eyes still watched me as if seeing straight through me.
"My name is Helene Aliah Snape and this is my brother Aenias Marcus Snape. We are both almost 7 years old" I stated proudly resting my arm around my slightly taller twins shoulders my eyes never leaving Harry's.
Harry's eyes flicked to my brother he seemed surprised at not having noticed the spitting image of father sitting beside me he looked thoughtful for a moment before looking at mother with a slightly raised eyebrow. Mother smiled patting Harry's arm gently chuckling explaining that we were twins, apparently that was his concern for his face cleared and he smiled back nodding to me though I noticed that he did not look further at Aenias.
After that the adults spoke softly about things that were of little interest to me or my brother so as soon as we were finished eating we excused ourselves from the table. Walking hand in hand we made our way back to our family's quarters. The first thing I did when arriving was look at the name board, to see if it had changed. One side it said Boy the other said Girl, each side had names under it and to my surprise one name in each was finally circled. Nudging Aenias I showed him, and we both grinned. So the baby finally had a name either way. If it were a boy it would be named Seritas William and if it were a girl it would be named Teresa Isis.
Sitting curled up by the fire Aenias and I argued on which the baby would be, I favored Seritas and Aenias being the contradictory person he is said it would be Teresa. Of course we settled the argument the best way we knew how, we made a bet. We both bet two Galleons a piece, a whole months allowance to you, and shook on it whoever won got the money and bragging rights. It was a week later when Aenias and I were in the library helping Madame Pince with organizing books that our private sibling bet became a more public one.
"As you know Aenias, mother is carrying the baby high so that would obviously mean that she will have a boy and you will be losing two galleons for nothing." I was feeling smug today having just read an entire book on the identification of gender before birth. Putting up several books discussing the different uses of Flobberworms I did not even sense that my brother and I were no longer alone.
"What are you two betting on now, my dear girl?" Remus Lupin's gruff soft voice broke into my musing and I had to grip the book I was holding so as not to drop it and face Madame Pince's wrath it was Aenias who answered smirking at the blush I knew was on my face.
"Good morning Remus, we were just talking about what mother is going to have, its just a small bet nothing special, I say she is having a girl and Helene insists that she is having a boy." My brother looked up at Remus leaning against the bookshelf looking so much like father that it was eerie though a small smile did play on his lips which eased the similarity a bit.
"Hmm its an interesting bet though I agree with Aenias I thought it might be a girl too, would you mind if I got in on this bet, or is this a private matter?" He chuckled and I felt my heart flutter, darn those silly crushes. I tried to speak but found that I couldn't feeling suddenly shy I simply nodded. He smiled gently at me everyone knew of my crush apparently even him. "Alright how much were you two betting? Two galleons correct?" Again I nodded and he winked. "Then I put two galleons towards girl."
Aenias took out a small pad of paper and wrote it down before shaking Remus' hand as if he were a business partner, and perhaps he was, after all if he won he would get more galleons than before. Remus gave us one last smile and then left us to go find Madame Pince, since she had been the reason for him entering the library in the first place.
Shaking off the euphoria of being near Remus I managed to finish re- shelving the books. Soon after Aunt Minerva came up to us inquiring of the bet and put down two galleons for boy before disappearing down the hall again.
Fairly soon every teacher, other than our parents, had made a bet ten people in all were in on the pool, even Harry Potter, who voted boy. We were careful not to mention the pool to mother knowing that she would become very angry if she ever knew about it, she hated gambling and would be very disappointed in her two children if she knew that they had begun the pool, but as Harry said when he bet, what mother did not know would not hurt her.
By the time that Mother had to be put on bed rest, because she had become sicker in her last month of pregnancy, everyone in the castle except for her and father had gotten in on the pool. Boy seemed to be the most prevalent choice which I smugly reminded Aenias of at any opportunity 10 including myself voted for boy and only four voted for girl. Uncle Albus, Remus Lupin, Aenias and Felix Flitwick occasionally got looks of pity from the rest of us for picking such an unlikely choice as Girl.
In the last month of her pregnancy Mother had been practically ordered by Madame Pomfrey to stay in bed due to her vertigo and nausea so Aenias and I helped her out in any way we could, bringing her books and keeping her company we often ended up talking about the baby, carefully skirting the subject of the baby pool. Mother seemed glad to have us near her to talk to, she had never been the type to sit around and do nothing and this being bedridden would have driven her crazy if not for us.
A week before mother was due we had a huge rainstorm the thunder was so loud that it caused the castle to shake with the intensity. I hate rainstorms, always have always will and this one was the worst I can remember, half an hour into the storm I had curled up beside Aenias who did not seem to fear anything. This was the only way that I could sleep during a storm either Aenias or one of our parents had to be sleeping beside me or I would be awake the entire night. I had finally drifted off to sleep again when I the sound of mother screaming woke us both up.
Running to their room I saw mother being picked up by father whom was looking very worried. Father instructed us to go wake Madame Pomfrey we didn't hesitate as we ran out the door and up the stairs to the infirmary. Madame Pomfrey had been awake and seemed to know why we had come she told us to sit and calm down before she disappeared out the door to help bring mother in. I worried my lip but Aenias put his arm around me, as I said he didn't fear anything and I let him comfort me.
Mother was screaming again as she was laid down on the hospital bed. Father stroked her cheek and hair looking worried though he had been through this before he still looked pale with fear. Madame Pomfrey looked mother over before showing our family to the door of the hospital wing saying something about it taking time and to stay out of the way.
I ended up sitting quietly beside Aenias watching our father pace occasionally looking at the closed door to the infirmary. After who knows how long about the time that mother had screamed for the fifth time Uncle Albus and Aunt Minerva had appeared as had the other teachers. Father looked relieved at seeing the headmistress and former headmaster actually embracing them speaking so softly that I couldn't hear their words. Remus Lupin sat on my other side and put an arm around my brother and I, he didn't speak, didn't have to really we just gained comfort from his presence. At one point father was called in and the door was shut again.
The storm moved on and as if on cue in the first moment of quiet the sound of a baby crying had brought everyone to attention. Uncle Albus and Aunt Minerva met Madame Pomfrey at the door speaking quietly to her before they nodded and turned to the rest of us who waited on baited breath. Uncle Albus smiled benignly and looked everyone in the eye before speaking.
"I believe Minerva that you owe two galleons as do the others who bet on boy." He grinned as Remus Aenias and Felix Flitwick stood looking smug at the rest of us for a moment.
I knew my jaw had dropped, I had a Sister? I didn't even feel the disappointment of losing the bet as I hugged my brother and anyone who happened to be nearby. I am positive that my face was beaming just as much as Aenias'.
"Can we see her? How big is she? Is mama alright?" Aenias looked at Uncle Albus his arm still firmly around my shoulder's the biggest smile I had ever seen on his face.
"Yes you may go and see her in a moment let your mother and father have a moment first before you two go charging in there. Your mother is fine, but she is tired and I do not want you two to strain her any this was hard for her." Aunt Minerva spoke eyeing us to make sure that we understood. Nodding eagerly we waited until Madame Pomfrey came to tell us that we could see our parents now.
I paused at the door to take in the tableau of my parents curled up together on the infirmary bed looking at a moving bundle swathed in pink blankets. Mother looked tired but she was smiling and Father was simply awed at the little bundle in his arms. They waited until we had approached before turning the bundle towards us. Teresa Isis Snape was fast asleep a tuft of black hair sitting on her pale little head. She was the tiniest thing I had ever seen in my life and I loved her immediately. Looking up I saw my father's smile there were actually faint tears in his eyes and I knew at that moment that our family was completely.
Author's note: longer than the last one, I hope. I would like to take this time to thank my reviewers, PinkChubbyMonkey, Snape's_witch, Shiv5468, frogfoot24, and KnightsBallad, your attention and taking the time to read makes me feel good hope you enjoy this part and the next one I have planned to come.