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The Best Gift I Brought Upon Myself

Chapter Two: Reacquainting

"Tell me why we're doing this again," said Sirius in an irritated voice.

"We are doing this because I don't fancy explaining what the veil does more than once," Hermione explained slowly, as if she were speaking to a small child, rather than a full grown man.

"Fine. I just don't like crowds. They might..." He trailed off, visions of Azkaban flooding his mind.

"Don't worry. About a month after you 'died' Pettigrew thought he could do anything, the idiot," she scowled. "They caught him having a butterbeer at the Hog's Head. Dung and Hagrid got him."

"So, I'm free?" Sirius looked like Christmas had come early.

"Exacty. Now, today, you get to meet Ron, Luna, Ginny, Draco, and their little terrors." As if on que, said "terrors" fell out of the fireplace, followed by their annoyed, yet loving parents.

"Oi, 'Mione. Where's this surprise?"

"Ronald Weasley! How many times do I have to tell you: Say 'Hi' first. Do not ask for food, drinks, presents, etcetera, until saying 'hi'." Ginny scolded her older brother. Then, as if to make an example, she turned to Hermione and said:"Happy Birthday!" engulfing her in a hug.

"Thanks for the presents," Hermione said. "Everyone, sit down there's someone here to meet you." She led Sirius into the room. His feet were immediately attacked by four children between the ages one and three.

"They are terrors," he growled while attempting to walk.

"Blimey!" Ron again. "Sirius never told me he had a son!"

"That's because I don't," he turned to Hermione. "I thought, with you being so smart and all, that you would have intelligent company."

"Well if that's true, why would you be my friend?" Hermione retorted.

"Hermione, Ron, and Sirius, could you please stop bickering and tell me why we have a dead, but alive person, who appears much younger than he should, in the room with us?" Ginny snapped

"You know I'm an Unspeakable, like Luna, but unlike her, I have been working on the Mystery of Time, and not the Science of Experimental Spells. Well I had a breakthrough in my research and this is what happened..."

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Can someone please tell me how the italic, underline, bold, etc. tags go because I had problems with them last chapter. Thanks for the reveiws. I didn't expect that many.

-Larissa