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WARNING! Ok, please don't kill me after you read this part, it's not all sunshine and daisies.
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Part 19
"Richard, Michael, darlings, Daddy and I have something we need to talk with you about." Minerva said kneeling down in front of the two boys sitting on the floor.
"Okay Mummy." Richard said.
"Alright, about what?" Michael asked.
"Well, boys," Albus started, and then looked over at Minerva, who nodded at him to continue, "Well, Mummy and I have just gotten great news about our family."
"Did we win something?"
"Are we going on a trip somewhere?"
"Are you going to be Minister of Magic?"
"Are we getting a puppy?"
"Or a dragon?"
"Or a…."
"BOYS! Boys, let your father finish." Minerva said gently.
"Why don't you tell them Minerva." Albus whispered to her.
"Fine. No, sweeties, not that kind of
news. You see, in a few months, you two
are going to be big brothers."
"But Mummy," Richard said confused, "I'm already a big brother, Michael's younger than me, remember?"
"And I'm the LITTLE brother, Mummy, how can I be the little brother and the bigger brother?"
"No, no, honeys, what I meant was that you're going to have a little brother or sister soon. Daddy and I are going to have another baby."
"No."
Minerva frowned and looked at Michael, "What?"
"I don't want another brother, or a sister."
"Neither do I. I'm happy with just one, but thanks for asking us if we wanted one." Richard added, and then they both went back to playing.
Both Minerva and Albus were shocked, "Boys," Albus said, "I don't think you understand. The baby is already on it's way, we weren't ASKING you if you wanted another brother or sister, we were TELLING you that you are going to get one in a few months."
"But we don't WANT a brother or sister." Michael said.
"Well you're getting one." Minerva said.
"But Mum!"
"Don't 'but Mum' me! You're getting one and that's final! No go wash up, it's almost time for dinner."
"Daddy." Richard said looking towards his father.
"Go." Albus said, pointing to the wash room. The twins sighed and left.
"Oh, Albus." Minerva cried, falling into his arms.
"Shh, there there, it's alright."
"They HATE the idea, and they'll hate the baby now!"
"No they won't, they'll get used to it in a little while, you'll see."
And after a few months they were more than ok with it, they couldn't wait!
"Is the baby going to be here soon?" Richard asked for the millionth time.
"No, sweetie, the baby won't be here for another few months. But here." She said taking his hand and putting it on her slightly swollen stomach, "Feel that? That's the baby kicking."
"Woah!" He said, his eyes widening, "It's inside of you?!"
"Yes. So were you and Michael, for about 9 months, and then you were born."
"Mummy?"
"Hmm?"
"How did the baby get inside of you?" Richard asked curiously.
"Umm, well, that's something that you have to talk with Daddy about."
"Ok." Richard said, satisfied, and went back to coloring.
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(Spring 1966, about a month before the little baby is due)
"Albus, I'll be fine, Hanna and I are just going to go to Diagon Ally and pick up a few things. She needs to get some more brooms for the school, the old ones are practically falling apart! And I think we need to get another owl, I always end up using one of the school's owls because Ellie is always taking messages for you on 'Hogwarts business'. Just make sure the twins eat a good lunch and I'll be back in a few hours."
Albus frowned and wrapped his arms around her waist, "Are you SURE we can't go with you? Or that I could go instead? You really should be resting, Love. Even Poppy said I wasn't over reacting this time and you do need more rest then you're getting."
Minerva smiled and kissed him gently, "And that's why I'm leaving you to take care of the twins. Poppy also said that I need to exercise more, and not just sit at my desk all day."
"Alright, you win. Just be home before 6, please?"
"What ever you say, Darling." She said before kissing him again and then leaving.
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"Wow! Look at these brooms! These will be so much better then those old Tinderblasts, I mean, those were from the 40's! Can you imagine what the Quidditch games will be like once the children start using these new Cleansweeps?"
"It'll be wonderful, Hanna, but I really need to sit down."
"Oh, of course. How about we grab some ice cream and then come back in a little while?"
"Mmmm, ice cream." Minerva moaned longingly, "That sounds wonderful!"
Hanna grinned, "Yeah, I thought it might, come on."
"So, have you and Albus thought up names yet?"
"Well, if it's a boy we've decided to name it Nicolas, and if it's a girl, we've decided to name her Rhea."
"Again with the Mythology!" Hanna laughed, "Well, why don't you sit down, and I'll go and get the ice cream. I know, mint chocolate chip, with extra chips on top as well as hot fudge. And you say Albus has a sweet tooth!"
Minerva smiled and shook her head. She sat down at one of the tables away from the street and in the shadows. It was cooler there, and felt much more comfortable.
"Much better." She said after she put down the packages she
had been carrying and put her feet up on another chair.
"Minerva McGonagall?"
Minerva looked up to see a woman, a little younger than herself that she had never seen before standing in front of her.
"Yes, that's me. Do I know you?"
"No, but I was told to give this to you, it's urgent." She said handing Minerva and envelope.
Minerva took it, ripped it open, and took out the note inside.
Dear Professor McGonagall,
This is an urgent note to inform you that you are in danger. We have reason to believe that a wizard going by the name "Lord Voldemort" is going to attack you today, in Diagon Ally. As we are not sure of this wizards power or mental stability, we ask you to accompany Auror Halls to the Ministry of Magic immediately. Please do not waist time asking questions or stopping anywhere, you must leave now!
Head of Dept. of Law Enforcement
Amelia Bones
"Good Lord!" Minerva looked up in shock. "I have to tell Hanna."
"I was instructed to take you immediately. There's another Auror that should be contacting your friend as we speak and informing her of the situation. Now let's go, please!"
"Alright." Minerva grabbed her bags and quickly followed the woman into a secluded ally way. "This isn't the way to the Ministry, if I'm not mistaken."
"Oh, you're not mistaken." A cold voice said just as Minerva was stuck with a spell, rendering her unconscious. "Good, now take her to the Lord." He instructed the witch, who instantly left, with Minerva in tow.
"Minerva?" Hanna called, looking for her friend. "Now I could have sworn I saw her come over here. What's this?" She put the ice cream down and picked up the note that Minerva had accidentally dropped. "NO!" Hanna disapparated to the Hogs Head, and instantly went to through the floo network to Hogwarts.
"ALBUS! Albus where are you!!!!"
"Hanna? What's wrong? Where's Minerva?!"
"I was getting us ice cream and when I came back I found this." She said panicking and shoving the letter into his hands. He quickly scanned the letter.
"Amelia is on vacation this week, she couldn't have sent this message." Albus said, "Oh, God, he has her!"
Hanna's eyes widened with realization, "No!"
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"What? Where am I?" Minerva slowly opened her eyes, only to see a
dimly lit room, a bedroom.
"You're finally home, my dear. With me." Came a voice from the shadows.
"No. Oh, no, I should have known it was a trap, I should have known!" She cried, backing as far away from him as she could as he moved closer towards her.
"Don't be afraid, my dear. You're safe from that old man now."
"I was never in danger around Albus, I love him." She said, suddenly getting her courage back.
Voldemort frowned, "No, you DON'T love him, you love ME! You only thought you cared for him because of his fame and power, but now I'm more powerful than him, Minerva. You and I can be together, you can truly be married to the most powerful wizard in the world now."
"I AM married to the most powerful wizard in the world, and even if he wasn't I would still love him, because he's wonderful by himself, power has nothing to do with why I married him."
"Of course it did! Why else would you marry that senile old fool? I was younger than he was, better looking, more talented!"
"He has a heart and soul, what do you have? NOTHING! He IS better than you, in everyway. He is handsome, more than you, he's more talented then you, and in his heart he is younger than you!"
"BITCH!" He yelled as he backhanded her across the face, the force making her fall to the floor. "You are mine, and mine alone! He is NOTHING compared to me! And I think you should learn that very quickly my dear."
"And he would never hit me." Minerva said strongly, even from the floor.
Pure anger showed itself in his eyes, "You WILL obey me, and you WILL be mine. I will prove to you that when I kill your beloved 'husband' in front of you." Voldemort sneered, "But first, I think I could start by killing off a smaller part of him. The part that is keeping you tied to him now. CRUCIO!"
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"Minerva?! NO!" Albus ran down the darkened passageway to where he could hear the cries of agony.
After two hours Albus and Hanna, as well as several other friends of Albus' found one of Voldemort's 'lackeys'. It turned out to be the same woman who had originally taken her, as Hanna remembered seeing her in the Quidditch supply shop and right before she left Minerva to get ice cream. Within another hour she had told them where she had taken Minerva, The Black Forrest.
Albus burst into the room, wand ready, and was immediately hit by a powerful curse.
"I knew you would come." Voldemort said, coming out of the shadows and standing behind Minerva's still body on the floor. "She's alive, I think I'll wake her up, so she can see for herself that I am better than you."
"What have you done to her?!" Albus screamed, fury boiling his blood like never before.
"I taught her a lesson, showed her some of my power. And now I think it's time she saw all of my power. Ennervate!" Minerva woke up to Voldemort pulling her to her feet in front of him, shielding him from Albus. "Now you can watch your 'husband' die." He whispered into her ear.
"Albus…" She whispered softly, barely able to stay conscious, "I love you."
Albus didn't know what to do, he couldn't attack, he might hit Minerva. He had to be on the defense and then catch him off guard.
"STUPEFY!" Voldemort yelled.
"Defendo consopio!" Albus yelled a moment later, successfully protecting himself, and for a moment surprised Voldemort.
"Adsulto!" Voldemort cried again, but once again Albus blocked it with "Munimentum!"
But Albus didn't wait for Voldemort to attack again, "Accio Minerva! Petrificus Totalus! Lacunar Obruo!" He yelled the last one, causing the ceiling to collapse onto Voldemort.
"Minerva?" Albus looked down at his wife, but she only hung limply in his arms. In a second he was running back towards the entrance with Minerva in his arms, back to where he could safely apparate both Minerva and himself to St. Mungo's, where Poppy would already be waiting for them. Then he could send the ministry officials back to where he left Voldemort.
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"Albus?" Albus jumped up from the chair he had been impatiently sitting in since they had taken Minerva into the private emergency room.
"Poppy! How is she, how's the baby, what did he do to her?!?!"
"Albus. Oh, Albus." Poppy looked like she was about to cry, "Minerva will be alright, eventually, but….oh, Albus she lost the baby. She must have lost it before you even got there because it wasn't even in her anymore. In fact…it looked like it was almost forced out of her."
Albus just stood there, he was happy that she was going to be ok, but they had lost the baby. Voldemort had KILLED THEIR child! Minerva was going to be devastated, and how where they going to explain it to the twins?
"Albus, oh Albus, I'm so sorry!" Poppy said. "Minerva won't wake up for at least another few hours, but you can go in and be with her. Don't worry about the twins, Hanna and I will go and tell Minerva's parents what's happened, and then we'll explain to the kids. You need to rest too, Albus." She said gently as she put a comforting hand on his, "Be with her now, she'll need you when she wakes up. You can grieve together."
Albus nodded silently and walked into the room where his wife lay. She had bruising on her face, but she was still the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. "How am I going to tell her?" He wondered out loud.
He slowly walked to the chair beside the bed and sat down, gently taking on of her hands into his. "I'm sorry I failed you, Love. I'm so sorry." He said quietly and then let his tears take over.
End of Part 19
Ok, I know, Sad ending of this part. I'M SORRY!!!!!!! But it had to be done. And notice that this part is up faster than most of the other parts were, and it's a bit longer, too, I think.
I'm going to have a problem writing this next week or two, my laptop is being sent back to Dell so they can fix something, I'll try and type on my families desktop, but since I'm not the only one who uses that one, it's going to take longer, even if I know what I want to write.
And thank you all for your reviews.
The next part will be about what happens after Minerva wakes up, and how the kids take the news as well.
As for the spells that were cast, you know Stupefy, Defendo consopio basically means defending unconsciousness, Adsulto is attack, Munimentum is Protection, Lacunar Obruo is ceiling collapse.
I think those are right, if not, well, that's what they're supposed to mean.