CHAPTER TWENTY: Ruckus in the Classroom
Christmas Vacation passed quickly. Ginny and Harry got closer, as did Hermione and Ron. Draco stayed over the holidays, and spent as much time with the group as he could. Sirius and Remus were everywhere, the teens figured out quickly that the two were not going to leave them alone anytime soon and it took some getting used to but the teens finally did, understanding, this was the only way the two adults felt like they were helping, by being there where they could fight if something was to happen. They could protect, and keep alive Harry, his children, and his friends, as they had failed many years ago. Not having their nannies was hard at first, but the teens quickly settled into their familiar pattern as they did in the summer. Before anyone knew it, classes were starting once again. The five teens (Including Draco and Ginny) looked at their schedules and groaned at the first class of the day, Potions.
"Why, oh why did they have to change our schedule for this term? I was perfectly happy with last terms schedule!" Ron complained whilst pushing the stroller with John in it, who was playing with a new toy he had gotten over Christmas.
"Ron, you know perfectly well the schedule was going to change for the new term. It's been that way for...well forever." Hermione stated. As she remembered reading about it in her favourite book of all time...Hogwart's: A History. The group charmed the strollers to float down the long passage of stairs into the cold, dark dungeons, which Snapes' Potions class resides. When they walked in they found their seats, in the front of the classroom much to their dismay, next to an open spot, big enough for a large playpen. Ginny and Draco quickly set the playpen up as the parents got the kids unbuckled and out of their stroller. After the children were placed in the pen, Harry gave them all their sipping cups that were spill proof, and would fill back up whenever they got low. Hermione placed their toys in, which the kids attacked immediately. Ron placed a spell, over the crib, so that only the parents would hear if the kids made noise. Once this was accomplished, the trio sat at their desks, and started to get the cauldrons ready for the day's potions lessons.
Snape was unusually calm, they had expected him to be incredibly angry that he would have five toddlers disrupting his class, yet although he did take off a lot of points from Gryffindor, he did not take any off of the three teens in the front. Having to concentrate on their potions and watch their babies was found to be incredibly hard. The teens took turns watching the kids, while the others got what they needed done, before taking their turn to watch. Snape observed them closely, Harry was about to pour a very important ingredient to his potion, one if not poured exactly right would cause the potion to explode, severely burning everything it touched. Harry had the vile tilted sideways, the potion about to start dripping in when a wild scream from Daniel made him jerk. Quickly moving the vile away from the potion, and making sure none of the stuff in the vile made it in; he sighed, and put his head down on the table moaning. Snape stood up quickly and took the vile out of Harry's trembling hands and handed it to Hermione, whose eyes were wide as she stared at Harry and what almost happened. Harry shook his head, and went over to the still screaming Daniel. Though the students could barley hear the child do to the spell, it was evident what had startled Harry. Harry picked Daniel up, and took him outside, and put him on the ground in the hall. Harry sat down on a step with his head against the cold stonewall as he waited for Daniel to calm down. Finally after ten minutes, Daniel walked over to Harry and pulled on his robe.
"All done daddy," Harry nodded, picked him up, and quietly took him back to the play pin, where he went on playing like nothing happened. Harry watched him for a minute, then walked back to his seat, and took the vile from Hermione's hands.
Taking a deep breath, he blocked out everything and concentrated completely on pouring the contents in the vile into his potion exactly right. When he had finally finished, five minutes later, he sighed and brought himself back to reality, where he heard all five kids screaming and crying. Harry looked like he was going to faint. Had he been paying attention to his surroundings, the babies' screams would have startled him, and his potion would have no doubt exploded. The entire class had watched Harry pour the vile contents into the potion, holding their breath. When the cries broke out, they all backed away knowing there was no hope, even they had been startled by the babies screams. Harry didn't even flinch, much to the class's relief. As the last drop, dripped into the potion, everyone exhaled and shook their heads, nothing like a suspenseful potions lesson. Harry stirred his potion counter-clock wise three times, before declaring it done. Hoping he did it right, he got up with Hermione, and Ron and they walked over to the kids, who stopped crying at the sight of them.
'That's strange.' Harry thought, looking around the room for what would make the babies all cry at the same time. The only thing near them, other then their parent was a student who went by the name Ally Johnsmith. She was in the desk behind the pen. As the teens started to walk back to their desks, all the babies started to cry again.
"Professor Snape, we have each completed our potions, and for some reason, our kids won't let us go back to our desk, what should we do?" Hermione asked. Snape swooped over to the pen and looked around also, then walked over to their desk and looked at each potion carefully.
"Your potions look fine. Ten points to Gryffindor for the three of you getting trough this lesson amazingly unscathed. You three are dismissed." All of Gryffindor just sat there with their mouths hanging open. Had they heard right, had Professor Snape...THE Professor Snape given them points! Well wonders never cease. The trio, not wanting to look a gifts horse in the mouth, scooped up their kids and their belongings and left quickly. They made there way slowly down the empty hall, where they ran in to Dumbledore.
"Something wrong?" Dumbledore asked.
"No, Snape let us out of potions early, because we had miraculously finished our potions, and the kids would not stop crying." Ron stated.
"Yeah, it was weird, every time we left their sides, they would start screaming. Now I can understand not wanting to be away from us for too long, we read about that in our parenting books, but we were only a few feet away." Hermione added.
"Yeah, it was like something was scaring them. I kept looking around, and I think Snape sensed it too, because he looked around also, before dismissing us." Harry frowned. Dumbledore folded his arms, and stood thinking.
"I will talk to Professor Snape, you three are to go to your nursery, change the password on your door, and stay there until I come and get you. I will have the elves send food to you."
"Can Ginny come in?" Harry asked.
"Yes, but only her." Dumbledore stated after thinking about it for a minute or two.
"Okay, we're on our way now then. Do you think you could have the elves bring in snacks also?" Ron asked.
"Oh, and will you ask Ginny to bring our class work when she comes?" Hermione asked.
"I will talk to the elves, however I am sending Ginny up there right away, she could be a target also, and is to stay with you from now on. I will have McGonagall bring your school work to you." With that Dumbledore walked off towards the dungeons. The trio looked fearfully at each other before heading for the Gryffindor Nursery.
They had only been there for a minute or two when Ginny rushed into the room, looking frightened. Harry walked over to the portrait.
"Portrait, password change...Hockey players. Harry stated.
"Password changed." The portrait replied. Harry smiled and let the kids loose in the room.
"What's Hockey?" Ron asked, Harry.
"It's a muggle sport, looks kind of fun actually." Harry explained.
"It's totally barbaric I say! They spend more time beating the crap out of each other then playing the game." Hermione sat down beside the other teens, as they watched the kids played happily. No one noticed the eyes watching from the shadows.
Christmas Vacation passed quickly. Ginny and Harry got closer, as did Hermione and Ron. Draco stayed over the holidays, and spent as much time with the group as he could. Sirius and Remus were everywhere, the teens figured out quickly that the two were not going to leave them alone anytime soon and it took some getting used to but the teens finally did, understanding, this was the only way the two adults felt like they were helping, by being there where they could fight if something was to happen. They could protect, and keep alive Harry, his children, and his friends, as they had failed many years ago. Not having their nannies was hard at first, but the teens quickly settled into their familiar pattern as they did in the summer. Before anyone knew it, classes were starting once again. The five teens (Including Draco and Ginny) looked at their schedules and groaned at the first class of the day, Potions.
"Why, oh why did they have to change our schedule for this term? I was perfectly happy with last terms schedule!" Ron complained whilst pushing the stroller with John in it, who was playing with a new toy he had gotten over Christmas.
"Ron, you know perfectly well the schedule was going to change for the new term. It's been that way for...well forever." Hermione stated. As she remembered reading about it in her favourite book of all time...Hogwart's: A History. The group charmed the strollers to float down the long passage of stairs into the cold, dark dungeons, which Snapes' Potions class resides. When they walked in they found their seats, in the front of the classroom much to their dismay, next to an open spot, big enough for a large playpen. Ginny and Draco quickly set the playpen up as the parents got the kids unbuckled and out of their stroller. After the children were placed in the pen, Harry gave them all their sipping cups that were spill proof, and would fill back up whenever they got low. Hermione placed their toys in, which the kids attacked immediately. Ron placed a spell, over the crib, so that only the parents would hear if the kids made noise. Once this was accomplished, the trio sat at their desks, and started to get the cauldrons ready for the day's potions lessons.
Snape was unusually calm, they had expected him to be incredibly angry that he would have five toddlers disrupting his class, yet although he did take off a lot of points from Gryffindor, he did not take any off of the three teens in the front. Having to concentrate on their potions and watch their babies was found to be incredibly hard. The teens took turns watching the kids, while the others got what they needed done, before taking their turn to watch. Snape observed them closely, Harry was about to pour a very important ingredient to his potion, one if not poured exactly right would cause the potion to explode, severely burning everything it touched. Harry had the vile tilted sideways, the potion about to start dripping in when a wild scream from Daniel made him jerk. Quickly moving the vile away from the potion, and making sure none of the stuff in the vile made it in; he sighed, and put his head down on the table moaning. Snape stood up quickly and took the vile out of Harry's trembling hands and handed it to Hermione, whose eyes were wide as she stared at Harry and what almost happened. Harry shook his head, and went over to the still screaming Daniel. Though the students could barley hear the child do to the spell, it was evident what had startled Harry. Harry picked Daniel up, and took him outside, and put him on the ground in the hall. Harry sat down on a step with his head against the cold stonewall as he waited for Daniel to calm down. Finally after ten minutes, Daniel walked over to Harry and pulled on his robe.
"All done daddy," Harry nodded, picked him up, and quietly took him back to the play pin, where he went on playing like nothing happened. Harry watched him for a minute, then walked back to his seat, and took the vile from Hermione's hands.
Taking a deep breath, he blocked out everything and concentrated completely on pouring the contents in the vile into his potion exactly right. When he had finally finished, five minutes later, he sighed and brought himself back to reality, where he heard all five kids screaming and crying. Harry looked like he was going to faint. Had he been paying attention to his surroundings, the babies' screams would have startled him, and his potion would have no doubt exploded. The entire class had watched Harry pour the vile contents into the potion, holding their breath. When the cries broke out, they all backed away knowing there was no hope, even they had been startled by the babies screams. Harry didn't even flinch, much to the class's relief. As the last drop, dripped into the potion, everyone exhaled and shook their heads, nothing like a suspenseful potions lesson. Harry stirred his potion counter-clock wise three times, before declaring it done. Hoping he did it right, he got up with Hermione, and Ron and they walked over to the kids, who stopped crying at the sight of them.
'That's strange.' Harry thought, looking around the room for what would make the babies all cry at the same time. The only thing near them, other then their parent was a student who went by the name Ally Johnsmith. She was in the desk behind the pen. As the teens started to walk back to their desks, all the babies started to cry again.
"Professor Snape, we have each completed our potions, and for some reason, our kids won't let us go back to our desk, what should we do?" Hermione asked. Snape swooped over to the pen and looked around also, then walked over to their desk and looked at each potion carefully.
"Your potions look fine. Ten points to Gryffindor for the three of you getting trough this lesson amazingly unscathed. You three are dismissed." All of Gryffindor just sat there with their mouths hanging open. Had they heard right, had Professor Snape...THE Professor Snape given them points! Well wonders never cease. The trio, not wanting to look a gifts horse in the mouth, scooped up their kids and their belongings and left quickly. They made there way slowly down the empty hall, where they ran in to Dumbledore.
"Something wrong?" Dumbledore asked.
"No, Snape let us out of potions early, because we had miraculously finished our potions, and the kids would not stop crying." Ron stated.
"Yeah, it was weird, every time we left their sides, they would start screaming. Now I can understand not wanting to be away from us for too long, we read about that in our parenting books, but we were only a few feet away." Hermione added.
"Yeah, it was like something was scaring them. I kept looking around, and I think Snape sensed it too, because he looked around also, before dismissing us." Harry frowned. Dumbledore folded his arms, and stood thinking.
"I will talk to Professor Snape, you three are to go to your nursery, change the password on your door, and stay there until I come and get you. I will have the elves send food to you."
"Can Ginny come in?" Harry asked.
"Yes, but only her." Dumbledore stated after thinking about it for a minute or two.
"Okay, we're on our way now then. Do you think you could have the elves bring in snacks also?" Ron asked.
"Oh, and will you ask Ginny to bring our class work when she comes?" Hermione asked.
"I will talk to the elves, however I am sending Ginny up there right away, she could be a target also, and is to stay with you from now on. I will have McGonagall bring your school work to you." With that Dumbledore walked off towards the dungeons. The trio looked fearfully at each other before heading for the Gryffindor Nursery.
They had only been there for a minute or two when Ginny rushed into the room, looking frightened. Harry walked over to the portrait.
"Portrait, password change...Hockey players. Harry stated.
"Password changed." The portrait replied. Harry smiled and let the kids loose in the room.
"What's Hockey?" Ron asked, Harry.
"It's a muggle sport, looks kind of fun actually." Harry explained.
"It's totally barbaric I say! They spend more time beating the crap out of each other then playing the game." Hermione sat down beside the other teens, as they watched the kids played happily. No one noticed the eyes watching from the shadows.