A/N – YAY!! CHAPTER 10!! =) and since… well.. Hr's Crush is finished *Sigh* :'( -- lol.. I may have more time to write on this story!! – don't get your hopes up too much though ;) *grins*
Disclaimer – Though I sometimes wish I thought of JKR's idea first.. I didn't… so no.. I don't own HARRY POTTER and everything in this story.. except maybe the strange, unusual plot ;)
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CHAPTER 10!!
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Hermione, Ron, Lavender, Sirius, Emily, Remus, Snape and Harry were all sitting in Dumbledore's office. The Halloween ball was over and they were awaiting Draco and Ginny. Ron was sitting next to Lavender on a large footstool, Emily, Sirius and Remus were together on a couch; Sirius had his arm around Emily and Hermione was sitting in a single chair with Harry on the armrest. Snape was leaning casually against the wall glaring at anyone who dared to even glance at him. Dumbledore had not yet been seen, for he was waiting for Draco and Ginny outside of Hogwarts.
Hermione had her hands gently folded in her lap as she stared up at Harry who looked like he was in deep thought. Noticing someone's gaze upon him, Harry looked down to see Hermione looking up at him. He placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it lightly in reassurance, making her smile weakly at him.
Dumbledore entered the extremely silent room closely followed by Draco and Ginny. Hermione abruptly stood up and hugged each of them.
"Hey you guys"
"Hey Herm!" Ginny exclaimed as she hugged her, "I heard about you two having a baby!"
"Yea," Hermione said grinning, it was nice to have some noise; she had been siting in the quiet for too long.
"Congratulations on that one, but now I have another Potter to deal with." Draco said in a monotone.
"More like two." Harry said standing up to give Ginny a hug.
"Two?" Ginny asked suspiciously.
"Twins!" Hermione said grinning.
"Wow! Really?" Ginny questioned ecstatically.
"Yep" Harry responded happily but suddenly turned serious again, "But if you all would listen, we really need to talk about the reason I came here."
Everyone in the room quieted down immediately and stared without blinking at Harry as he walked into the middle of the room.
"Voldemort is located southwest of Bristol in a town called Exeter. We only have about 20 aurors who are going to surround the place where his head quarters are. Voldemort's powers are multiplying expeditiously and if we don't act soon, it will be much harder to control our fate." Harry spoke in a very clear crisp voice that filled the office.
"I have one question." Lavender stated.
"Okay…"
"How does this affect us?"
"Well, when we surround Voldemort to the best of our abilities, there is a chance that the battle will near Hogwarts and any volunteers to help our pursuit are needed…"
"Harry… the school…" Hermione began.
"Herm... you're right… teachers probably shouldn't go, especially you Dumbledore."
Dumbledore nodded understandingly, it was his job to protect the students.
"Harry that wasn't what I was going to say… I…"
"Hermione, I know exactly what you were going to say, and the answer is no."
"But…"
"No."
"So you can endanger your life, but I can't?"
"Herm…"
"Yea Herm… you wouldn't just be endangering your life… you would be endangering your children as well." Ron spoke up, "That would be three lives, not just one."
"And I don't want them to grow up fatherless when I might be able to help prevent that."
"Hermione… I'm not going to die."
"You don't know that Harry."
"And they need you here, what are they going to do without a transfiguration teacher?"
"They can get by."
"How is that?" Harry asked.
"Lauren. Remus," Hermione said turning towards Lupin, "You told us that Lauren was skilled with transfiguration, didn't you?"
"Uhh... yea… but don't get me involved in this Hermione."
"Too late," she answered simply, "See Harry? Lauren could take my place and Sirius or Remus can take over as head of Gryffindor."
"Hermione, I don't want you to get hurt nor killed, especially for our babies' sakes."
"And I don't want you to die, especially if I can be there to perhaps prevent it."
"Herm…please just stay" Harry groaned.
"Just let me go… I won't attack, I'll just work at the base."
Harry sighed deeply, "Fine."
Hermione stood up and hugged him, "Thank you!"
"Herm, don't make me change my mind." He said firmly.
Hermione rolled her eyes but sat back down.
"Well that is one person who volunteered," Harry said exasperated, "anyone else?"
"Depends…" Ron began.
"On…?"
"Are you going to be on our tails like you were with Hermione?"
"Ron… I really am not in the mood to deal with this."
"Well you know I am in Harry." Ron said clapping him on the back.
Harry grinned, "Glad to hear it."
"If Ron goes, I guess I will…" Lavender said stepping up.
"You sure? It's your choice, not mine…" Ron reminded her while turning to face her.
"Yes I am sure."
"That's three…" Harry said, "Sirius, Remus I guess you two will be staying here?"
"I don't want to pose a threat for an accidental transformation." Remus said truthfully.
"I have to stay to keep Snape and Remus in line." Sirius said causing Severus to sneer, "and besides, we can't afford to lose anymore teachers."
"You're right."
"That leaves Draco and Ginny, are you guys in?" Ron asked turning towards them.
"Of course!" Ginny said.
"Yea, sure."
"Hmm… that's 5… reckon we should stop by Fred and George Harry?" Ron questioned.
"I completely forgot about them! They are at Hogsmeade aren't they?"
"Yea, running their joke shop." Ginny chipped in.
"But we would have to stop by their house since is sort of late, reckon they'll be up?"
"Most likely, its Fred and George we are talking about." Ginny replied.
"But… Angelina and Alicia…?" Ron inquired.
"True… they may have forced them to bed…"
"Hey, could you guys go and see about them anyway? We need all the help we can get and I need to talk to Hermione."
"Suuure Harry." Ron and Ginny said sarcastically. Harry rolled his eyes.
"And see who else you can gather… just be careful, you don't know who you can trust anymore."
They nodded and dragged Lavender and Draco with them accordingly.
Harry turned to see that Snape, Sirius and Emily had already left, and Dumbledore was now discussing Lauren with Remus. Turning to face Hermione, she looked at him with a strong determined face, but kept silent.
"Come on…" he whispered to her while taking her hand. Helping her out of the chair they walked quietly until they reached the moonlit lake.
"Okay, so are you going to try and convince me not to come?" Hermione asked sitting down on the dim shore of the still lake.
"No."
"Then why did you bring me out here?"
Harry sat down next to Hermione and pulled her into a hug.
"Just wanted to do this." He said and kissed her softly then whispered, "and to say I love you."
Hermione grinned and kissed him back, "I love you too, so you aren't mad at me wanting to go?"
"Of course not… you do try to push me to the limit though."
Hermione's smile grew wider then said with a wink, "I try my best"
Harry laughed and tickled her so that she fell backwards on the grass. He laid down gently on top of her, supporting himself so he wouldn't crush her. She giggled and pulled him down closer to her, rolling to her side so he was brought down on the grass facing her. Then she swiftly rotated them till she was top of him and his back was on the grass.
"What the?" Harry asked grinning.
"I wanted to be on top." She said simply then leaned down and kissed him. Harry rolled his eyes and wrapped his arms around her.
"Fine." He said and planted another kiss on her lips.
Hermione laughed and kissed him back.
"I'm glad you're back." Hermione said climbing off of him and sitting up.
"Same here." Harry said sitting up next to her and placing an arm around her.
Hermione automatically rested her head on his shoulder, and he wrapped his free hand around her as well, which pulled her into a hug.
Suddenly Hermione's body became slightly rigid, and Harry felt his shirt start to get wet. Realizing she was crying he wrapped her in a tighter hug and let her cry on his shoulder; he would ask her about why she was crying later. After a minute, she pulled a little out of Harry's grasp and wiped her eyes.
"I'm sorry…"
"Its okay," he said soothingly stroking her hair.
Hermione smiled at him, "Thanks."
"Of course, so are you going to tell me why you were crying?" Harry asked wiping one last tear off her cheek.
"I guess I'm just a little emotional right now, jeez, I must look a mess!" Hermione said trying to laugh.
"Nah, you never look bad Herm." He said smiling.
Hermione rolled her eyes but grinned.
"And, I am sort of glad you are coming back with us."
"You sure didn't act like it."
"No, I didn't…", Harry agreed, "but I hope you realize why."
"I do." Hermione said with a small smile, the last of her tears finally drying up.
"Good, now lets go back… I wish we could spend more time out here, but we need to see how everything is going, and besides its cold out here, its practically November."
"Yea I guess we do."
Harry brushed himself off after he stood up, then when he turned around to help Hermione up; she was already heading towards the castle. Harry rolled his eyes and ran to catch up with her.
"Herm, wait."
Hermione stopped and turned on her heel to face the oncoming Harry.
"Why'd you run off like that?"
Hermione sighed, "I don't know… I just don't like everyone treating me like I can't do anything, I don't need all that help yet."
"Its just because we care about you."
"I know… I'm sorry, just sometimes I want to prove that I can still do things on my own."
"Yea, but you still didn't need to run off like that."
"I didn't," Hermione said grinning, "I walked the whole way here."
Harry laughed softly, "You walk to fast then, come on, lets get inside, I don't want you catching a cold."
Hermione laughed, "Its not that cold to me."
"That's just because when you are pregnant your sense of heat and cold are messed up."
"Oh, so I am messed up?" Hermione asked him skeptically.
"No… No… you know what I mean Herm." Harry said laughing slightly.
"I guess so."
Harry wrapped his right arm around her, and she smiled up at him.
"Okay, lets go in, I'm tired." Hermione said softly.
"Yea, I guess everyone is probably asleep anyway. We'll find out who all we have tomorrow."
"Yea…" she responded faintly while resting her head on his shoulder and shutting her eyes.
Harry looked down to see her practically asleep and he chuckled to himself. He stopped and picked her up gently and she automatically snuggled closer to him and fell into a deep slumber.
He crept soundlessly through the corridors, holding Hermione tightly.
"Hey Harry," Sirius said coming up to meet them,
"Hey Sirius." Harry responded in a whisper.
"Need a hand?" He asked looking at the motionless Hermione.
"Nah, that's okay."
Padfoot rolled his eyes, "So what's the status on who all is joining you?"
"I'm not sure… as you know Ron and Ginny took Lavender and Draco to see if they could get Fred, George and company to join, other than that I don't know."
"I see, well Lauren was willingly acceptant to becoming a Hogwarts teacher, and I think Remus is going to become the new Head of Gryffindor."
"That's good, why aren't you going to be the new Head?"
"Cause, I am not as desperate to become one… nah… I just get enough of the kids during the day."
Harry laughed out loud.
"Shhh… you might wake her." Sirius said nodding to the conked out Hermione.
"Yea" Harry said biting his lip lightly.
"Though she looks like she is a heavy sleeper…"
"Not usually… she used to wake up if like a pen dropped…"
"Probably because of the pregnancy…"
"Most likely… it's still hard to believe…"
"Yea, soon you are going to be responsible for two new lives, poor kids."
"Hey!" Harry said jokingly.
Sirius chuckled softly, "I remember when Lily was pregnant with you, boy was that a surprise."
Harry cocked an eyebrow at him, "What do you mean?"
"I'll tell you in Hermione's room, your arm's must be getting tired."
"Yea, a little… not that she's heavy… I'm just tired."
"Well her room is just over there." Sirius said pointing down the corridor.
"Yea."
Harry and Sirius silently walked to Hermione's room and Sirius muttered the password and let Harry go in first. After Harry placed Hermione softly into the bed, he kissed her forehead lightly and she stirred a little, but went back to sleep.
"She must be really tired." Sirius said behind him.
"Yea, long day, so tell me about my mom and dad…"
"Lets go to my room, don't want Hermione to wake up… and its not like you are thinking, you weren't the surprise." Sirius added chuckling.
Harry grinned, "okay lets go."
And with one last glance at Hermione, Sirius and Harry walked quietly to his room.
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A/N – Not really a cliffy, but I still wanted SOMETHING ;) LOL – its 1:30am on a school night… I really need to be in bed… but I am NOT tired AT ALL.. *sigh* I have been trying to go to sleep for the past hour and a half… well thanks to ALL who have reviewed.. and sorry that this got out soo late =)
WELL NM ;) LOL – my STUPID computer won't let me on Internet Explorer.. my computer has been having problems lately.. *sigh* -- well y'all wont get this up till later today (April 8th) – SORRY!! =) – don't blame me.. blame my comp! ;) hehe
Okay – its now about 6pm on April 8th – y'all could've had this chapter out… like 17 hrs ago!! LOL.. but NO.. hehe.. stupid computer ;) well THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE REVIEWED!! ;)
Kittyluver87 -- hehe.. I know, I didn't break my promise ;) hehehee.. aren't I a good girl?? ;) hehe.. yea, you need to help me come up with names.. cause I mean.. the babies aren't getting any smaller ;) LOL.. hehehe…. Anyway.. this is an OLD review – you'll never get 22? You got 31 not too long ago ;) LOL.. =)
*Herm* - yay ;) lol.. that's good.. but.. well… Hermione and Harry haven't had their kids yet ;) but we'll see what happens.. lol.. they won't be born until I think of names for them!! LOL… sorry that I didn't update it all that soon :'( =)
Arwen Potter - sorry!!! I wish that I could've updated sooner… but I was pretty much concentrating on Hermione's Crush, I had to finish that by the deadline.. but maybe I'll have more time to write on this now that that is done =) – And I'll think on the names ;) hehe – THANX for the suggestions ;)
Hermioneharry4ever - hehe… I enjoyed writing the part with Hermione watching Dumbledore and then Harry came up =) LOL… I dunno.. twas fun to write ;) hehe – glad you like this story soo much ;)! =)
Anime - Yea, I thought it was sorta sweet.. that's the only thing I can write.. I need to work on writing action though.. can't write that.. LOL… I can do better than what I did with Hermione's Crush (that was bad) but not much better =)
Draco's princess - LOL.. sorry that it took sooooo long for this chapter =( just had to work on Hr's Crush… *sigh* yep – lots of surprises in the last chapter ;) hehehe
AznGolDragonGod - LOL… I know.. since I made a lot of people hate Lavender, I was trying to make them like one of the people they hated... I dunno... lol... yea.. she was.…. I dunno =) lol
Gudamhardcore - Yea, the other one WAS sorta weird wasn't it?? Well.. Hr's crush was my first fanfic, for HP and for anyother story, and the first story that I actually continued writing.. so cut that story some slack ;) ehhehe and weird can be good ;) *grins*
Dana Dancer - Yes… I DO love HP/HG romance ;) hehehe.. you SHOULD write one.. there ya go.. problem solved ;) hehehe… lol you liked Rita/Emily?!? =) one of the few ;) lol… glad you liked it ;) hehe
KlesKz -- hehe.. glad you like it! =) hehehe.. yea… everyone said that making Hermione would be a good twist… so I sorta agreed and made it happen ;) LOL I love controlling their lives ;) LOL
Madeline Weasley - hehehe.. yea.. I wanted them to have Twins ;) course.. I don't know what they are going to be named.. or what they look like ;) lol…Yea… poor girl that Snape is dating.. she'll be revealed in later chapters ;) if I remember :-D
Potions Master Snape Potter - Nope, I have NO clue on what to name the twins.. some people gave me ideas.. but I am not sure.. lol… you got any ideas? ;) ALL ideas and suggestions are welcome ;) hehe – and We'll see action whenever I think of how to write it and what will happen ;)
Lady Wolfsband (AKA Wolf Cry) -- lol – I will try to use some of your names.. but there are only two kids ;) hehe.. what about if it is like a middle name or something?? :-D lol… if you have any other suggestions I want to hear them! =) thanx!!! =)
Tiffany-Michelle - hehe.. thanks for the name suggestions ;) – I need help thinking of names… and like what they look like, who's eyes/ears/nose/hair/etc they have ;) LOL
E.C.R Potter -- sorta forgot the point… hmm.. maybe I need to read my response to the last review… hang on – OH.. the plot twist disagreements ;) hehehe – yea.. I see.. I see =) – yea… LOL.. I like that – a law to not have H/Hr apart for more than a week ;) hehehehehe =) *grins*
Flamegaruru - lol… OH MY =) a LITTLE bored when you wrote that review?? ;) hehehe… thanks for the… erm… INTERESTING names.. I'll have.. to umm… keep Furnuculus and Gisabella in mind.. thank you… ;) hehe
Egon-Starcollector - hehehhee… yea…. Lavender should cool off… I am trying to make her more of a good girl… LOL… if that makes sense.. but in my last story and earlier chapters of this story.. well… its hard to make her nice anymore ;)
Katie janeway - hehe.. I think I gotsta new writer's block.. sorta curious sense I haven't written anything… hmm… ;) hehe… glad you like the chapter ;) – I know.. it seems like I used to have all this time, now I have none..*sigh*
Tellmemore - hehehe.. yea… it was sorta happy and romantic… this is suppose to change.. but I don't really want it to.. ya know?? =) hehehehe
RangerPrincess - hehehe… you need to review more.. sheesh ;) jk! =) – you used to give me longer reviews ;) heheheh.. jk!! Any review is fine with me =) – got any ideas for names for the twins? =)
RACHEL - cool =) – you birthday was awhile ago ;) lol like a month and 4 days ;) – that's like Girl's day in Japan =) hehe… LOL you want the girl to be named after you? ;) hehehhee
Spazzy - LOL -- glad you liked the chapters.. I am not sure though.. hehe ;) sorta weird =) jk – who was acting too young??? Emily?? =) lol… not really sure… hehe… =)
Danny - lol.. yay!! 42 pages? ;) more than I thought.. hehe.. jk – =)… well… you are really kind to be copying my stories ;) – sorta is special ya know?? – as long as you don't like use them for your benefit and like PUBLISH them or something ;) – nah.. I got nothing to worry about ;) they would never publish – even if you used like different names… and made it different.. LOL… that would be weird… anyway
Krissy - hehehe =) – glad you like my ff =) hehe.. is it REALLY one of the best??? *grins* I love when people say that.. though I know its not and they are just being nice… but still ;) hehe
Clara - its okay that it took you long to r/r not like I've been progressing with this story much ;) hopefully that will change ;) is Hr's Crush THAT long? ;-D *grins* no.. I hope Lav doesn't cheat on Ron…. *bits lip*
Serena Gemini - hehe glad you loved it ;) – I almost had this story out too!! Hey… it's the 8th????? Weird.. I am like way off time ;) hehe lol.. anyway ;) hehehe now I need to get this chapter up! =)