Hey everyone. This chapter is important. I'm not telling you why but
you'll find out. I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter. It was a little
lame though. I could have done better.
Well anyway. Thank you to all who have reviewed especially those who have stuck by me though the whole story. Thanks also to my beta reader who des such a great job.
Onwards.
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Beep, beep, beep.
"Mmmm." Hermione muttered, turning around to turn off her muggle alarm clock. Her parents had bought her a very cute kitten shaped alarm clock during the summer. Draco murmured next to her holding her a little tighter.
It was Sunday the last day of their school break and ever since they'd started to sleep together Draco hadn't let her leave his bed and he had refused to moved out of hers. She never complained of course. He seemed to enjoy being with her and she was more than pleased.
It was comforting knowing he loved her but she wondered if it was her imagination. She smiled and turned over to hold him. He moved to accommodate her and started playing with her hair.
"I know you're awake." She whispered into his chest.
"Hmm." He said and continued to play with her hair.
"We have to get up." She whispered again playing with his chest.
"Hmm."
"Is that all you're going to say?" She asked lifting her eyes to see his smirk.
"Hmm."
"Bastard." She said playfully and started to get out of bed. He grabbed her and pulled her back making her yelp.
"Where do you think you're going?" He said with fake anger. He traced his hands over her back roughly making her moan.
"Well I was going to go take a bath. Maybe get something to eat. Get started on my assignment"
"Bath sounds good so does eating but no homework till tomorrow at least." Draco said smirking.
"Draco I have to start on my homework. I only got a little more to go." She pleaded but he didn't' let go.
"Hermione you've done most of the terms homework already. You finished the break homework in two days. You've already done the field trip assignment. What else is there?"
"Well to be honest I can't finish my other assignment for muggle studies." She said blushing. Draco looked at her for a second and left the bed.
Hermione started to move out of the bed but Draco stuck his head back in.
"Stay." He ordered and she crawled back into bed. He grinned at her and walked into his room grabbing his sketchbook and whatever else he needed.
He came back into the room to see Hermione under the covers. He grinned again and got back into bed. He pulled the covers off and made Hermione take off her yellowish nightgown.
He pulled her hair out and it cascaded over her breasts that looked swollen. He looked at her flat belly and grabbed his wand.
"Engorgio." He said and watched as Hermione's stomach swelled up.
"DRACO!" She gasped feeling what he'd done. "What the hell are you doing?"
"I'll fix it once I'm done. I figured out how to fix my drawing but I need someone to model."
"Draco I look nine months pregnant." Hermione complained sitting up. 'I feel nine months pregnant. Bloody hell I'll never complain to my mother again."
"Can't be that bad? It's only the swelling. Would be worse if it was the whole deal. Remember when we saw the statues. I remembered that both Greeks and Egyptians believed that pregnant women were sacred." Draco commented making her lay back down.
"Why me?"
"You're beautiful." He said softly and kissed her almost lovely but with an edge of roughness.
He couldn't' hide it from her. He showed his affections and enjoyed the response. She layback looking annoyed still but let him draw her. After he was finished with the last drawing he picked up his wand.
"You know something. I might just leave you that way. Let's see what Potter and Weasley say." He said snickering
"Don't you even think about it?" She growled. He did the reverse spell and she sighed happily. "Oh god that feels so much better."
"So you still fell sick?" He asked her suddenly.
"No. I feel ok now. I just felt really weird all of a sudden. Like I was going to throw up when I ate that food. Maybe it was the dust. I am a little bit allergic."
"Hermione." Draco said looking panicked now. "You don't think."
"NO. It's not possible. I'm on the pill. I can't get pregnant, so don't even think it." She said smiling. He sighed in relief and lay back down. (Nanananana. I told you I'm unpredictable. Never ever look at something and think it's obvious expect the unexpected.)
"What's the pill?" Draco asked curiously
"It's something muggles use not to get pregnant."
Draco looked at her a little embarrassed and nodded his head. He continued his sketches and they lay around on their last day of break. They knew that their affair would soon end. How soon they didn't know.
Draco had a bad feeling inside of him and he reminded himself to keep a close eye on his lover.
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"Right everyone. I hope you enjoyed your vacation. I expect the theory side of your assignments done and handed to me at the front. I also want the field trip work." Medea said to her class. Draco and Hermione handed their things in. Draco had helped Hermione with her sketches and she was very happy with them.
It took a few minutes for the parchments to be handed up and Medea took the time to grab a very large bag from the doorway.
"As you all know your parenting classes start today. They will continue till Christmas break. If I feel like it I will make it till the end of Christmas break. It depends how I feel about this. Now you've all noticed I've placed you in girl boy seating. You are to share the responsibilities between both. You will log anything and I mean anything that occurs. These babies are charmed so they will grow to be at least a year old. How quickly and healthy they grown depends on you.'
The class groaned and looked at their partners.
"You'll each get a number. That will be the number of children you have. Yes there is a multiple choice. One, two, three or four are the choices you have. You don't get to pick though. The 'father' will come up and pick a number. There is only one four in this hat. I don't' think it would be a good idea to have five in one class with too many children."
The class laughed and Medea took out a small puppet.
"These are the bases of your child. You'll each make the potion I write onto the board. It's not simple but it's not extremely hard either. Just work together. When you have finished it should come out a very light shade of purple. I want you to add some hair strands into the potion. This will turn it into a very dark orange. Once that's done I want you to pour it over the puppets head and hold your wands to where the heart should be. I mean both of you. Once this is done you don't' have to say anything"
One of the students raised their hands. "Can I get a girl?"
"Whether it's a boy or girl will depend on your gene pool." Medea said getting up. "Also whether you wish to be married, divorced or just living together is up to you. Let's get started."
Draco got up slowly with the other boys and walked over to his cousin who was holding out a hat. Inside were pieces of parchment with numbers on them.
Draco put his hand into the hat and searched around till he found one. He took it out and went back to Hermione. (So you know I actually pulled this out of a hat.)
He sat back down and looked at the paper. He opened it up a little and Hermione leaned closer to him to take a better look.
"Two." Hermione said looking at the front.
"At least we didn't get four." Draco said. "We'd be the Weasley family."
"Hey." She said defensively. "Don't talk about Ron that way."
"Well it's true." He said sincerely. She sighed and started to write down the ingredients. He did the same and they quickly got up to get what they needed.
"How many?" Medea asked pointing to the bag.
"Two." Hermione answered while Draco grabbed the ingredients from the table.
"You have to put at least three strands of living hair into the vial. Nothing that just happens to fall out. I don't' want to have to draw blood."
They went back to their desk and started mixing the ingredients. It started to change colors from pink to blue and then red. It even turned black until it turned they finished. It turned the color they needed and they each looked at each other.
"Well three hairs." Hermione said plucking three of her long strands of hair out. Draco pulled three hairs from his head and they added it to the potion.
It bubbled and swirled until it changed into a very strong orange.
"Well I see Mr. Malfoy and Miss Granger have finished. Nice work. Very good shade of orange."
Draco grabbed the first puppet and placed it on the table. He grabbed the some of the potion and added it to the head of the doll. They watched, as it started soaking up like a sponge. Hermione lifted her wand, as did Draco. Medea watched carefully.
"Very good now place your wands on the place of the heart, good. Concentrate. Don't say anything just concentrate on the 'baby'"
Draco concentrated and for some reason he felt like he needed to think about family honor and some of the things that made him a Malfoy, the things that made him who he was. The same thing was happening to Hermione and suddenly they heard a cry.
Hermione opened her eyes and saw a naked baby. It looked like a real baby. It was a real baby. It was crying and it was cold. She gently put down her wand and picked up her. Wait what was it?
She looked down and smiled. It was a boy. She picked her 'son' up in her arms and cradled him gently. The baby stopped crying and opened his little eyes. His eyes were the color of Draco's eyes and she looked up to see Draco looking at his 'child' in awe.
"Well Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy congratulations. You are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy. Come on everyone keep going. We need to have this done by the end of the lesson. Give him here." Medea said taking the little baby from Hermione. She nodded towards the other puppet and the two students were taken out of their awe struck state.
This time Hermione did the pouring and she watched the potion soak in like before. She placed her wand on the heart and again she could only think of the things that made her who she was. She could only think about her books and her passions. The way she could sing and her hidden talents that only Draco knew.
Draco did the same and they heard another cry. He opened his eyes and grinned. Another baby
"Oh my she's lovely." A girl from the other table said. Draco looked down at his daughter. She had a mop of bleach blond hair and the same eyes as he did. The only thing was she had Hermione's nose and her lips. He wanted to take a better look at his son.
He picked up the crying child and heard other cries around the room. Poor Nevil was stuck with Pansy and they were unfortunate to have the four children.
"Here you go Hermione. You can have him back." Medea said giving back the little boy who looked unhappy to be away from his 'mother.'
Draco took a good look at the boy. He had dirty blond hair and the Malfoy eyes. He had his lips and Hermione's nose. His complexion was half himself and half Hermione. He had the famous Malfoy frown.
"Well we know he's your son." Medea smirked. "Only a Malfoy could do that at such a young age. Nevil please don't' drop it."
Medea ran over to Nevil who had a crying squirming baby in his arms. The child looked a lot like Pansy.
"This is your fault. Why did you have to do this to me? Four of them, I don't think I can handle one." Pansy complained.
Hermione smiled and looked back at the babies. They were sitting with them and she watched her daughter fall asleep in her father's arms.
'He looks so at peace with her. Wait. Hermione get a grip of yourself. This is an assignment. They are not real. He is not the father of your children and never will be.'
"What are we going to name them?" Draco asked bringing her out of her thoughts.
"I really don't now." She said honestly. The little baby started fussing in her arms but she started to hum very softly so only he could hear her and he calmed down.
"Right I see everyone is done. Ohh let me hold one of them Pansy. Right since you all have at least one you will have to get things for them. They can't go around naked and you'll have to feed them and change them. Make sure they're happy and make sure they aren't sick."
Someone raised their hands. "How will we get them clothes and food?"
"Well you will be allowed to use your wands but there is a catch. You can't just make anything appear. You'll have to make sure you don't' spoil them too much and over do the magic. I'm not limiting you but just telling you all. Don't get them everything you think is cute."
"Be creative with names. I expect them all named by the end of tomorrow. If one isn't' named they will disappear. That includes the last names. If you choose to have them under the father's name that is fine. If you've decided to live apart you'll have to decide their last name."
"So are we a couple living together, married or separated?" Hermione asked Draco.
"Malfoy's don't have children out of marriage." He said a little more arrogantly than he'd expected.
"Ok then at least they have a last name. Malfoy." She said smiling. 'I'm married to Draco Malfoy. Oh grow up.'
"I guess we can choose a name before the end of tomorrow. What do you have next?" Draco asked.
"Potions." Hermione said.
"Well you can hold her and I'll take him. We're in the same class. Don't let Potter or Weasley touch em. They'll get their germs on them." Draco said seriously. Hermione looked puzzled.
"Alright." He lifted his wand and summoned two blankets. One was a light green while the other was a darker.
"What makes you think I'll let my children wear Slytherin colors?" Hermione demanded taking her daughter from him.
"What makes you think I'll let you put red on them?" He countered wrapping his son in the dark blanket. The babies cooed happy to be warm.
"I guess we have to dress them after." Hermione muttered knowing she would not win this one.
"Yep. We'll discuss that after. Come on class is over. Have to get our books." He said getting up. He managed to carry his books and his son to his dorm.
Hermione was close behind grabbing her potions books and started waling towards the dungeons with her daughter.
"Come on sunshine. We're going to meet the mean old teacher." She said smiling. Her daughter just looked at her with those icy blue eyes and she couldn't help but think it was Draco.
She entered the room to see Pansy and Nevil with their four children, All looking very fussy. Pansy was handing two of the children to Nevil and went to sit in her normal spot. She looked back at Nevil venomously and said. "If you drop them. I'll kill you."
Nevil looked frightened.
"Hermione what's that?" Ron asked looking at he bundle in her arms.
"This is my daughter." She said calmly. Ron looked at Harry who had just entered the room and Harry looked at Ron.
"DAUGHTER?" They cried out. She started crying and Hermione looked at them angrily.
"Look what you did." She exclaimed cooing and hushing the little baby.
"Where did you get a daughter?" Harry asked angrily.
"The same place I got my sons and daughters you idiot." Pansy said from the other side of the room. "Muggle class."
"Oh. Who's the father?" Ron asked understanding. He started at the little girl and made a face. She looked up at him curiously but took no more notice.
"Mine." A voice said from behind the two. They turned around and saw Draco standing at the door with a dark green bundle in his arms. "Hermione swap with me. He seems to want his mummy."
He went to Hermione ignoring the looks Ron and Harry gave him and took his daughter from her. The boy instantly stopped fussing but looked up at his father longingly. He wanted both of them.
A Ravenclaw student came up to them and looked at the kids. "You know she looks a lot like you Malfoy. So does the boy only they've both got her nose and little faces."
Draco rolled his eyes and started to move away but his son started crying just as Snape came in.
"Take that child out of here." He said looking at Draco but then noticed many other students held babies in their arms. "What's going on here?"
"Muggle studies." They announced.
'Professor we have to stay with them they're basically real children." Hermione said holding onto her son.
"Well Draco don't just stand there, sit down. I have a lesson to teach." Snape said after the shock left him.
Draco tried to move away but it was no use. His son would cry. So in the end Hermione had to swap with one of the Slytherin's and sit with Draco. This seemed to please the little boy.
"He's a Malfoy alright." Hermione muttered as she sat down.
"Is he now? How can you tell?" Draco asked knowing fully well why.
"He always seems to get his way." She said smirking.
"We always do." He whispered and the lesson started.
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It was dinnertime and all of the seventh years had a bundle. Only four pairs of students were burdened with four children while everyone else got three, two or one.
Medea was very pleased with the way the students took to the children. She looked at her son and smiled. He cooed and floated his bottle like he always did.
"They're so life-like." Professor McGonagoll commented.
"Ministry of magic created the spell. Some research they were doing. I asked for permission they accepted."
"I've never been in a room with so many babies." Deo said looking around the room. "No I take that back. Maternity ward in the muggle world."
"Yes. This will also calm some house rivalry." Dumbledore said looking at the 'parents'
"I agree." Medea said.
At the Griffendor table Harry was holding his daughter. He'd been lucky and only gotten one. A girl in Huffelpuff was his partner and she'd given him the child before dinner.
"So have you chosen a name yet?" Ron asked looking at his three sons. "I haven't even started thinking"
"No I haven't I wanted to speak to Malfoy first." Hermione said looking over at the Slytherine table. Draco had both children insisting that Hermione needed a break. He looked quite happy to take them.
"You shouldn't leave them with him too long. He'll hurt them." Ron said acidly. "Can you imagine that git taking care of anything?"
"He's not that bad Ron." Ginny said looking at her brother. "Look at the way he's acting with them."
"Yeah probably for show though" Harry sneered. He'd wanted Hermione to be his partner. "Hermione what are you doing tonight?"
"Uh well I'm." Hermione stuttered. She looked at Ginny for help. She'd already talked to her and confined her changing feelings. Ginny had screamed in joy for hours.
"She's coming with me to help me with my potions work." Ginny said confidently.
"Oh."
"Why Harry?" Hermione said sweetly.
"Oh no reason. You haven't been to the common room in a while that's all."
"Oh well you know how busy head girl stuff is. It's hard to keep everything in order."
"Yeah I suppose." Harry said. His daughter started crying and he looked at her. "I think she's hungry."
"Yeah. Hey 'mione. The slimy git is coming this way." Ron said looking up. Hermione looked and sure enough Draco was coming up to her.
"Need to talk to you." He said giving his son to her. She graciously accepted the child and got up excusing herself from her friends.
They reached the doors of the great hall and Draco opened one of the doors. Hermione walked out and he guided her towards their dorm rooms.
"What's wrong Draco?" She asked keeping up with him.
"Their hungry." He said. She stared at him for a moment curiously.
"Couldn't you just summon a bottle for them?"
"No child of mine is drinking out of a bottle." He said then realized what he'd said. "Assignment or not."
"Then how do you intend we feed them?" Hermione said annoyed now. The only other way a child could feed at such a young age was. "Oh no. There is no way."
"Come on I asked Medea. She said it was fine. She said we could go into her room and get the spell."
"No. I am not breast feeding them." Hermione squeaked outraged. Some students passed by and looked at them strangely.
"Why not?" Draco challenged.
"Because I couldn't. How am I going to breast feed if I don't have milk?" She demanded.
"That's what the spell does. Come on."
"No my mother said for the first few weeks I wouldn't take any of her milk. She said a woman at the hospital had to give me some of hers. What if that happens? I'll be swollen for days."
"That won't happen." Draco said. "No Malfoy can ever resist the chance to feed from his mother. Besides everyone on my mother's side breast-fed. Steven breast feeds too."
"No."
"It'll be good practice."
"No."
"We get extra points if you do."
Hermione stayed quiet for a moment and then started for Medea's room.
"I'll take that as a yes." Draco said triumphantly.
"Only because we get extra points."
"Whatever you say darling." He leered.
Hermione looked back at him with fake anger.
"Never call me darling." Inside her heart had skipped a beat.
"Ok. Sweetheart." He said laughing. Inside he'd meant it but everyone just rolled their eyes at their argument.
"Hermione, Draco. The people who come to me more than anyone in the school." Deo teased as he saw them come close.
"Not funny. We need to get to Medea's room." Draco said speaking to his cousin
"Hmm why?" He asked teasingly. "Oh by the way beautiful children."
"Stop it Deo.' Draco warned. "We need to see her now."
"Breast feeding spell?" Deo asked knowingly.
"How did you know?" Hermione asked.
"Call it a family thing." He said. "I meant it cute kids. You named them yet?"
"No. We haven't even got decent clothes on them yet."
"Well look through a book. Clothes wise shouldn't be much of a problem. Look through a baby magazine."
"A what?" Draco asked.
"A baby magazine. Muggle thing. Don't worry its' Hermione's job." Deo said as they reached his sister's room. "Right. Red dragon."
The portrait opened and he left them to do their thing.
"How'd he know her password?" Hermione asked.
"Like most brothers know things about their sisters." A voice said from behind them. They saw a smirking Medea with little Steven looking quite full.
"Medea sorry we just came for the spell."
"I know." She said walking into her room. She looked around her desk and showed them a parchment. "Here we go."
Draco was looking at some photos. Some of his mother's side, some of her ex husband and herself and some of her old Hogwarts days with her friends. He noticed one girl in particular.
"Hey Medea who's she?" He said pointing to the girl with short brown hair.
"That's Clover. She was in my house. She was in third year when I got to Hogwarts. See the guy in the back. That's Jimmy. He was in Ravenclaw. They got married."
"A Slytherin and a Ravenclaw." Hermione commented looking at them.
"Yeah. Shouldn't surprise you too much. Too bad what happened to her though."
"What happened?"
"Well in her fourth year she, well, got pregnant. Her family was very supportive so was Hogwarts."
"So what happened?"
"She was in the muggle world that summer with Jimmy and well she had an accident. They rushed her to a hospital. When they got there they did an emergency c-section, I was told they didn't make it in time."
"Ohh that's so sad." Hermione said.
"Yeah. She loved that baby too. She had everything set out for her and she was born and she died. No one could ever understand why."
"It almost drove her crazy. She came back into the wizarding world a wreck. She has a son now. She's pretty happy but I know she misses her daughter. Well you too, off you go. Here's the spell."
"Thanks." Draco said and walked out with Hermione. Medea walked over to the picture.
"Poor Clover. I know how much you loved her. I remember how you swore you saw her and heard her crying. I wish it was true." She looked over a Steven and smiled.
"Wish there was a way to know for sure."
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Nanananana. Never expect the obvious with me. I told you I'm evil. I'm evil. I'm evil. Haha. Well anyway here is the chapter. I hope you enjoy. Thank you everyone who gave me great reviews. To those who criticized I'll send my dragon after you if it happens again. I love you all anyway.
Ja ne . Kang. Aka Sanura
Well anyway. Thank you to all who have reviewed especially those who have stuck by me though the whole story. Thanks also to my beta reader who des such a great job.
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Beep, beep, beep.
"Mmmm." Hermione muttered, turning around to turn off her muggle alarm clock. Her parents had bought her a very cute kitten shaped alarm clock during the summer. Draco murmured next to her holding her a little tighter.
It was Sunday the last day of their school break and ever since they'd started to sleep together Draco hadn't let her leave his bed and he had refused to moved out of hers. She never complained of course. He seemed to enjoy being with her and she was more than pleased.
It was comforting knowing he loved her but she wondered if it was her imagination. She smiled and turned over to hold him. He moved to accommodate her and started playing with her hair.
"I know you're awake." She whispered into his chest.
"Hmm." He said and continued to play with her hair.
"We have to get up." She whispered again playing with his chest.
"Hmm."
"Is that all you're going to say?" She asked lifting her eyes to see his smirk.
"Hmm."
"Bastard." She said playfully and started to get out of bed. He grabbed her and pulled her back making her yelp.
"Where do you think you're going?" He said with fake anger. He traced his hands over her back roughly making her moan.
"Well I was going to go take a bath. Maybe get something to eat. Get started on my assignment"
"Bath sounds good so does eating but no homework till tomorrow at least." Draco said smirking.
"Draco I have to start on my homework. I only got a little more to go." She pleaded but he didn't' let go.
"Hermione you've done most of the terms homework already. You finished the break homework in two days. You've already done the field trip assignment. What else is there?"
"Well to be honest I can't finish my other assignment for muggle studies." She said blushing. Draco looked at her for a second and left the bed.
Hermione started to move out of the bed but Draco stuck his head back in.
"Stay." He ordered and she crawled back into bed. He grinned at her and walked into his room grabbing his sketchbook and whatever else he needed.
He came back into the room to see Hermione under the covers. He grinned again and got back into bed. He pulled the covers off and made Hermione take off her yellowish nightgown.
He pulled her hair out and it cascaded over her breasts that looked swollen. He looked at her flat belly and grabbed his wand.
"Engorgio." He said and watched as Hermione's stomach swelled up.
"DRACO!" She gasped feeling what he'd done. "What the hell are you doing?"
"I'll fix it once I'm done. I figured out how to fix my drawing but I need someone to model."
"Draco I look nine months pregnant." Hermione complained sitting up. 'I feel nine months pregnant. Bloody hell I'll never complain to my mother again."
"Can't be that bad? It's only the swelling. Would be worse if it was the whole deal. Remember when we saw the statues. I remembered that both Greeks and Egyptians believed that pregnant women were sacred." Draco commented making her lay back down.
"Why me?"
"You're beautiful." He said softly and kissed her almost lovely but with an edge of roughness.
He couldn't' hide it from her. He showed his affections and enjoyed the response. She layback looking annoyed still but let him draw her. After he was finished with the last drawing he picked up his wand.
"You know something. I might just leave you that way. Let's see what Potter and Weasley say." He said snickering
"Don't you even think about it?" She growled. He did the reverse spell and she sighed happily. "Oh god that feels so much better."
"So you still fell sick?" He asked her suddenly.
"No. I feel ok now. I just felt really weird all of a sudden. Like I was going to throw up when I ate that food. Maybe it was the dust. I am a little bit allergic."
"Hermione." Draco said looking panicked now. "You don't think."
"NO. It's not possible. I'm on the pill. I can't get pregnant, so don't even think it." She said smiling. He sighed in relief and lay back down. (Nanananana. I told you I'm unpredictable. Never ever look at something and think it's obvious expect the unexpected.)
"What's the pill?" Draco asked curiously
"It's something muggles use not to get pregnant."
Draco looked at her a little embarrassed and nodded his head. He continued his sketches and they lay around on their last day of break. They knew that their affair would soon end. How soon they didn't know.
Draco had a bad feeling inside of him and he reminded himself to keep a close eye on his lover.
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"Right everyone. I hope you enjoyed your vacation. I expect the theory side of your assignments done and handed to me at the front. I also want the field trip work." Medea said to her class. Draco and Hermione handed their things in. Draco had helped Hermione with her sketches and she was very happy with them.
It took a few minutes for the parchments to be handed up and Medea took the time to grab a very large bag from the doorway.
"As you all know your parenting classes start today. They will continue till Christmas break. If I feel like it I will make it till the end of Christmas break. It depends how I feel about this. Now you've all noticed I've placed you in girl boy seating. You are to share the responsibilities between both. You will log anything and I mean anything that occurs. These babies are charmed so they will grow to be at least a year old. How quickly and healthy they grown depends on you.'
The class groaned and looked at their partners.
"You'll each get a number. That will be the number of children you have. Yes there is a multiple choice. One, two, three or four are the choices you have. You don't get to pick though. The 'father' will come up and pick a number. There is only one four in this hat. I don't' think it would be a good idea to have five in one class with too many children."
The class laughed and Medea took out a small puppet.
"These are the bases of your child. You'll each make the potion I write onto the board. It's not simple but it's not extremely hard either. Just work together. When you have finished it should come out a very light shade of purple. I want you to add some hair strands into the potion. This will turn it into a very dark orange. Once that's done I want you to pour it over the puppets head and hold your wands to where the heart should be. I mean both of you. Once this is done you don't' have to say anything"
One of the students raised their hands. "Can I get a girl?"
"Whether it's a boy or girl will depend on your gene pool." Medea said getting up. "Also whether you wish to be married, divorced or just living together is up to you. Let's get started."
Draco got up slowly with the other boys and walked over to his cousin who was holding out a hat. Inside were pieces of parchment with numbers on them.
Draco put his hand into the hat and searched around till he found one. He took it out and went back to Hermione. (So you know I actually pulled this out of a hat.)
He sat back down and looked at the paper. He opened it up a little and Hermione leaned closer to him to take a better look.
"Two." Hermione said looking at the front.
"At least we didn't get four." Draco said. "We'd be the Weasley family."
"Hey." She said defensively. "Don't talk about Ron that way."
"Well it's true." He said sincerely. She sighed and started to write down the ingredients. He did the same and they quickly got up to get what they needed.
"How many?" Medea asked pointing to the bag.
"Two." Hermione answered while Draco grabbed the ingredients from the table.
"You have to put at least three strands of living hair into the vial. Nothing that just happens to fall out. I don't' want to have to draw blood."
They went back to their desk and started mixing the ingredients. It started to change colors from pink to blue and then red. It even turned black until it turned they finished. It turned the color they needed and they each looked at each other.
"Well three hairs." Hermione said plucking three of her long strands of hair out. Draco pulled three hairs from his head and they added it to the potion.
It bubbled and swirled until it changed into a very strong orange.
"Well I see Mr. Malfoy and Miss Granger have finished. Nice work. Very good shade of orange."
Draco grabbed the first puppet and placed it on the table. He grabbed the some of the potion and added it to the head of the doll. They watched, as it started soaking up like a sponge. Hermione lifted her wand, as did Draco. Medea watched carefully.
"Very good now place your wands on the place of the heart, good. Concentrate. Don't say anything just concentrate on the 'baby'"
Draco concentrated and for some reason he felt like he needed to think about family honor and some of the things that made him a Malfoy, the things that made him who he was. The same thing was happening to Hermione and suddenly they heard a cry.
Hermione opened her eyes and saw a naked baby. It looked like a real baby. It was a real baby. It was crying and it was cold. She gently put down her wand and picked up her. Wait what was it?
She looked down and smiled. It was a boy. She picked her 'son' up in her arms and cradled him gently. The baby stopped crying and opened his little eyes. His eyes were the color of Draco's eyes and she looked up to see Draco looking at his 'child' in awe.
"Well Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy congratulations. You are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy. Come on everyone keep going. We need to have this done by the end of the lesson. Give him here." Medea said taking the little baby from Hermione. She nodded towards the other puppet and the two students were taken out of their awe struck state.
This time Hermione did the pouring and she watched the potion soak in like before. She placed her wand on the heart and again she could only think of the things that made her who she was. She could only think about her books and her passions. The way she could sing and her hidden talents that only Draco knew.
Draco did the same and they heard another cry. He opened his eyes and grinned. Another baby
"Oh my she's lovely." A girl from the other table said. Draco looked down at his daughter. She had a mop of bleach blond hair and the same eyes as he did. The only thing was she had Hermione's nose and her lips. He wanted to take a better look at his son.
He picked up the crying child and heard other cries around the room. Poor Nevil was stuck with Pansy and they were unfortunate to have the four children.
"Here you go Hermione. You can have him back." Medea said giving back the little boy who looked unhappy to be away from his 'mother.'
Draco took a good look at the boy. He had dirty blond hair and the Malfoy eyes. He had his lips and Hermione's nose. His complexion was half himself and half Hermione. He had the famous Malfoy frown.
"Well we know he's your son." Medea smirked. "Only a Malfoy could do that at such a young age. Nevil please don't' drop it."
Medea ran over to Nevil who had a crying squirming baby in his arms. The child looked a lot like Pansy.
"This is your fault. Why did you have to do this to me? Four of them, I don't think I can handle one." Pansy complained.
Hermione smiled and looked back at the babies. They were sitting with them and she watched her daughter fall asleep in her father's arms.
'He looks so at peace with her. Wait. Hermione get a grip of yourself. This is an assignment. They are not real. He is not the father of your children and never will be.'
"What are we going to name them?" Draco asked bringing her out of her thoughts.
"I really don't now." She said honestly. The little baby started fussing in her arms but she started to hum very softly so only he could hear her and he calmed down.
"Right I see everyone is done. Ohh let me hold one of them Pansy. Right since you all have at least one you will have to get things for them. They can't go around naked and you'll have to feed them and change them. Make sure they're happy and make sure they aren't sick."
Someone raised their hands. "How will we get them clothes and food?"
"Well you will be allowed to use your wands but there is a catch. You can't just make anything appear. You'll have to make sure you don't' spoil them too much and over do the magic. I'm not limiting you but just telling you all. Don't get them everything you think is cute."
"Be creative with names. I expect them all named by the end of tomorrow. If one isn't' named they will disappear. That includes the last names. If you choose to have them under the father's name that is fine. If you've decided to live apart you'll have to decide their last name."
"So are we a couple living together, married or separated?" Hermione asked Draco.
"Malfoy's don't have children out of marriage." He said a little more arrogantly than he'd expected.
"Ok then at least they have a last name. Malfoy." She said smiling. 'I'm married to Draco Malfoy. Oh grow up.'
"I guess we can choose a name before the end of tomorrow. What do you have next?" Draco asked.
"Potions." Hermione said.
"Well you can hold her and I'll take him. We're in the same class. Don't let Potter or Weasley touch em. They'll get their germs on them." Draco said seriously. Hermione looked puzzled.
"Alright." He lifted his wand and summoned two blankets. One was a light green while the other was a darker.
"What makes you think I'll let my children wear Slytherin colors?" Hermione demanded taking her daughter from him.
"What makes you think I'll let you put red on them?" He countered wrapping his son in the dark blanket. The babies cooed happy to be warm.
"I guess we have to dress them after." Hermione muttered knowing she would not win this one.
"Yep. We'll discuss that after. Come on class is over. Have to get our books." He said getting up. He managed to carry his books and his son to his dorm.
Hermione was close behind grabbing her potions books and started waling towards the dungeons with her daughter.
"Come on sunshine. We're going to meet the mean old teacher." She said smiling. Her daughter just looked at her with those icy blue eyes and she couldn't help but think it was Draco.
She entered the room to see Pansy and Nevil with their four children, All looking very fussy. Pansy was handing two of the children to Nevil and went to sit in her normal spot. She looked back at Nevil venomously and said. "If you drop them. I'll kill you."
Nevil looked frightened.
"Hermione what's that?" Ron asked looking at he bundle in her arms.
"This is my daughter." She said calmly. Ron looked at Harry who had just entered the room and Harry looked at Ron.
"DAUGHTER?" They cried out. She started crying and Hermione looked at them angrily.
"Look what you did." She exclaimed cooing and hushing the little baby.
"Where did you get a daughter?" Harry asked angrily.
"The same place I got my sons and daughters you idiot." Pansy said from the other side of the room. "Muggle class."
"Oh. Who's the father?" Ron asked understanding. He started at the little girl and made a face. She looked up at him curiously but took no more notice.
"Mine." A voice said from behind the two. They turned around and saw Draco standing at the door with a dark green bundle in his arms. "Hermione swap with me. He seems to want his mummy."
He went to Hermione ignoring the looks Ron and Harry gave him and took his daughter from her. The boy instantly stopped fussing but looked up at his father longingly. He wanted both of them.
A Ravenclaw student came up to them and looked at the kids. "You know she looks a lot like you Malfoy. So does the boy only they've both got her nose and little faces."
Draco rolled his eyes and started to move away but his son started crying just as Snape came in.
"Take that child out of here." He said looking at Draco but then noticed many other students held babies in their arms. "What's going on here?"
"Muggle studies." They announced.
'Professor we have to stay with them they're basically real children." Hermione said holding onto her son.
"Well Draco don't just stand there, sit down. I have a lesson to teach." Snape said after the shock left him.
Draco tried to move away but it was no use. His son would cry. So in the end Hermione had to swap with one of the Slytherin's and sit with Draco. This seemed to please the little boy.
"He's a Malfoy alright." Hermione muttered as she sat down.
"Is he now? How can you tell?" Draco asked knowing fully well why.
"He always seems to get his way." She said smirking.
"We always do." He whispered and the lesson started.
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It was dinnertime and all of the seventh years had a bundle. Only four pairs of students were burdened with four children while everyone else got three, two or one.
Medea was very pleased with the way the students took to the children. She looked at her son and smiled. He cooed and floated his bottle like he always did.
"They're so life-like." Professor McGonagoll commented.
"Ministry of magic created the spell. Some research they were doing. I asked for permission they accepted."
"I've never been in a room with so many babies." Deo said looking around the room. "No I take that back. Maternity ward in the muggle world."
"Yes. This will also calm some house rivalry." Dumbledore said looking at the 'parents'
"I agree." Medea said.
At the Griffendor table Harry was holding his daughter. He'd been lucky and only gotten one. A girl in Huffelpuff was his partner and she'd given him the child before dinner.
"So have you chosen a name yet?" Ron asked looking at his three sons. "I haven't even started thinking"
"No I haven't I wanted to speak to Malfoy first." Hermione said looking over at the Slytherine table. Draco had both children insisting that Hermione needed a break. He looked quite happy to take them.
"You shouldn't leave them with him too long. He'll hurt them." Ron said acidly. "Can you imagine that git taking care of anything?"
"He's not that bad Ron." Ginny said looking at her brother. "Look at the way he's acting with them."
"Yeah probably for show though" Harry sneered. He'd wanted Hermione to be his partner. "Hermione what are you doing tonight?"
"Uh well I'm." Hermione stuttered. She looked at Ginny for help. She'd already talked to her and confined her changing feelings. Ginny had screamed in joy for hours.
"She's coming with me to help me with my potions work." Ginny said confidently.
"Oh."
"Why Harry?" Hermione said sweetly.
"Oh no reason. You haven't been to the common room in a while that's all."
"Oh well you know how busy head girl stuff is. It's hard to keep everything in order."
"Yeah I suppose." Harry said. His daughter started crying and he looked at her. "I think she's hungry."
"Yeah. Hey 'mione. The slimy git is coming this way." Ron said looking up. Hermione looked and sure enough Draco was coming up to her.
"Need to talk to you." He said giving his son to her. She graciously accepted the child and got up excusing herself from her friends.
They reached the doors of the great hall and Draco opened one of the doors. Hermione walked out and he guided her towards their dorm rooms.
"What's wrong Draco?" She asked keeping up with him.
"Their hungry." He said. She stared at him for a moment curiously.
"Couldn't you just summon a bottle for them?"
"No child of mine is drinking out of a bottle." He said then realized what he'd said. "Assignment or not."
"Then how do you intend we feed them?" Hermione said annoyed now. The only other way a child could feed at such a young age was. "Oh no. There is no way."
"Come on I asked Medea. She said it was fine. She said we could go into her room and get the spell."
"No. I am not breast feeding them." Hermione squeaked outraged. Some students passed by and looked at them strangely.
"Why not?" Draco challenged.
"Because I couldn't. How am I going to breast feed if I don't have milk?" She demanded.
"That's what the spell does. Come on."
"No my mother said for the first few weeks I wouldn't take any of her milk. She said a woman at the hospital had to give me some of hers. What if that happens? I'll be swollen for days."
"That won't happen." Draco said. "No Malfoy can ever resist the chance to feed from his mother. Besides everyone on my mother's side breast-fed. Steven breast feeds too."
"No."
"It'll be good practice."
"No."
"We get extra points if you do."
Hermione stayed quiet for a moment and then started for Medea's room.
"I'll take that as a yes." Draco said triumphantly.
"Only because we get extra points."
"Whatever you say darling." He leered.
Hermione looked back at him with fake anger.
"Never call me darling." Inside her heart had skipped a beat.
"Ok. Sweetheart." He said laughing. Inside he'd meant it but everyone just rolled their eyes at their argument.
"Hermione, Draco. The people who come to me more than anyone in the school." Deo teased as he saw them come close.
"Not funny. We need to get to Medea's room." Draco said speaking to his cousin
"Hmm why?" He asked teasingly. "Oh by the way beautiful children."
"Stop it Deo.' Draco warned. "We need to see her now."
"Breast feeding spell?" Deo asked knowingly.
"How did you know?" Hermione asked.
"Call it a family thing." He said. "I meant it cute kids. You named them yet?"
"No. We haven't even got decent clothes on them yet."
"Well look through a book. Clothes wise shouldn't be much of a problem. Look through a baby magazine."
"A what?" Draco asked.
"A baby magazine. Muggle thing. Don't worry its' Hermione's job." Deo said as they reached his sister's room. "Right. Red dragon."
The portrait opened and he left them to do their thing.
"How'd he know her password?" Hermione asked.
"Like most brothers know things about their sisters." A voice said from behind them. They saw a smirking Medea with little Steven looking quite full.
"Medea sorry we just came for the spell."
"I know." She said walking into her room. She looked around her desk and showed them a parchment. "Here we go."
Draco was looking at some photos. Some of his mother's side, some of her ex husband and herself and some of her old Hogwarts days with her friends. He noticed one girl in particular.
"Hey Medea who's she?" He said pointing to the girl with short brown hair.
"That's Clover. She was in my house. She was in third year when I got to Hogwarts. See the guy in the back. That's Jimmy. He was in Ravenclaw. They got married."
"A Slytherin and a Ravenclaw." Hermione commented looking at them.
"Yeah. Shouldn't surprise you too much. Too bad what happened to her though."
"What happened?"
"Well in her fourth year she, well, got pregnant. Her family was very supportive so was Hogwarts."
"So what happened?"
"She was in the muggle world that summer with Jimmy and well she had an accident. They rushed her to a hospital. When they got there they did an emergency c-section, I was told they didn't make it in time."
"Ohh that's so sad." Hermione said.
"Yeah. She loved that baby too. She had everything set out for her and she was born and she died. No one could ever understand why."
"It almost drove her crazy. She came back into the wizarding world a wreck. She has a son now. She's pretty happy but I know she misses her daughter. Well you too, off you go. Here's the spell."
"Thanks." Draco said and walked out with Hermione. Medea walked over to the picture.
"Poor Clover. I know how much you loved her. I remember how you swore you saw her and heard her crying. I wish it was true." She looked over a Steven and smiled.
"Wish there was a way to know for sure."
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Nanananana. Never expect the obvious with me. I told you I'm evil. I'm evil. I'm evil. Haha. Well anyway here is the chapter. I hope you enjoy. Thank you everyone who gave me great reviews. To those who criticized I'll send my dragon after you if it happens again. I love you all anyway.
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