I'd like to dedicate this chapter to all who reviewed, Psychotic coconut observer (my 200th reviewer), and Mindy Lou, who was my 201st reviewer and is a great new friend of mine!
To clear up some things:
1) I CHANGED THE PROPHESY ON PURPOSE!! THIS IS A FANFICTION, NOT NONFICTION!
2) It is about to be Lexi's 13th birthday. She is 12, next comes 13!
Ok, now, guys don't tell me what I can and can't do, ok? This is MY story, not yours.
Example: "... or are you actually under the impression that Neville can kill Voldemort!?" That was a review by an anonymous person… Maybe I AM under the impression Neville can kill Voldemort. MUST you contradict my work? CONSTRUCTIVE criticism people! CONSTRUCTIVE!
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P.S. - you might think this chapter has a little less romance and a little more action than you would like, but I wanted a bit of a change considering I haven't written much action before.
P.P.S.-Get ready for a long chapter! Its over 3,500 words!
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Hermione and Harry jumped up and faced Lexi.
"What do you have to tell me?" Lexi repeated. The two adults stammered and stumbled over their words. Lexi eyes the two adults with wonder.
"Well, you see dear…umm"
"Lexi, this is hard…"
"You see…" Lexi rolled her eyes.
"Will you spit it out already!?" She cried. She calmly walked over to the couch and crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow. Harry sighed and looked at Hermione. He silently told her that he'd explain it, and for that Hermione was grateful.
Before Lexi had a change to even say anything else, Harry blurted it out.
"Your mother and I are back together." He said plainly. Lexi's mouth dropped. Realizing she looked like a fish out of water, and closed her mouth. After thinking about it for a moment, she came to a conclusion. Not to mention while she was deciding this Harry and Hermione were ready to pass out themselves waiting for her reaction.
"I can't say I'm not surprised." Lexi said. Hermione's eyes turned the size of golf balls and Harry let out a quick burst of laughter.
"I mean, you guys were all over each other at the pitch. What else am I supposed to expect?" Lexi hopped over the couch back and looked up at her parents.
"What?"
"You mean there's no 'I can't believe you!' or 'How could you lie to me!"?" Hermione wondered.
Lexi confidently shook her head no. "Why would there be?" She asked as she got up from the couch and faced her agape parents. "Now, I'll go to bed and you two just get comfy on the couch." She told her parents as she pushed them by the shoulders down onto the sofa. Hermione and Harry sat flabbergasted at Lexi and both watched her as she walked up the stairs, shut her door, and turned on her radio.
"Well that was surprisingly easy." Harry stated as Hermione giggled.
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Lexi rolled over in bed and groaned. She looked at the clock. Noon. Her eyes fluttered open and she gasped. Practically flying out of bed, she yelled "It's my BIRTHDAY!" seemingly forgetting the night before.
Running out of her room and down the steps, taking about five at a time, she saw Hermione in the kitchen getting breakfast ready. Thumping down on the bottom step, Hermione was startled and turned around in the kitchen doorway to see her daughter in a fit of laughter at the foot of the stairs.
"And, what may I ask is so funny?" Hermione said, slightly smiling at her only daughter remembering the night before, ergo trying not to act awkward. Lexi just continued to laugh but managed to gasp out "I startled you!" Hermione shook her head and went back to making breakfast.
Lexi finally came to her senses and composed herself. She calmly sat down at the kitchen table and dug into her eggs, bacon, and toast. Hermione sat herself down across from Lexi. Lexi had decided the night before to act totally natural with her parents dating again. The full weight of it had not fully hit her yet, but it would soon.
"We'll be meeting Harry at the pitch at noon. You'll get your present there." Lexi's eyes immediately lit up.
"Presents!" Hermione laughed.
"Yes, presents. I think you will really enjoy this one too." Lexi squealed and jumped up from the table. She stood and hurriedly finished her breakfast.
"I'm going to go get ready!" Lexi cried as she rushed up the stairs. Hermione leaned back in her chair and took a deep breath. She smiled at her and Harry's time together after Lexi had gone to bed. Nothing "happened" but it was just very romantic.
::Flashback::
Lexi had been in bed for a half an hour already and Harry and Hermione were cuddled up on the couch. The two lay on the couch "spooning" and said stupid little things to each other.
"You know, this has gone really fast, but I think it has been all for the better." Harry whispered. Hermione sighed and snuggled into Harry. Harry joyously smelled the scent of strawberries on her and she was also taking in his cologne.
"One part of me still wants to hold back. Another part wants to run away because it thinks you'll leave us again. I fight that impulse everyday. I just don't let it show. The last part wants you all for myself." Hermione whispered back.
"Good, because you do have me."
::End Flashback::
When Hermione was finished reminiscing of the night before, Lexi had finished getting ready and was grabbing her sneakers from the hall closet.
"Mom, are you ready?" Hermione beamed at her daughter and nodded. The two walked over to the fireplace and flooed over to the pitch. (A/N: I'm assuming the quidditch pitch has a few fireplaces in the lower floor somewhere.)
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They walked out of the fireplace room in the back of the stadium and down the hall. They took the side door out to the pitch.
Lexi and Hermione walked out onto the green, grassy pitch and immediately the wind blew lightly through their hair. Lexi beamed with happiness as she looked at the decorations all over the stadium, the tables full of food lining the pitch, lawn chairs, and a stage where they were having a local band called the Rouge Bludgers perform. Hermione also looked up, but not at the decorations. She saw Harry, Ron, Oliver, and the rest of the team in what looked like a scrimmage.
Harry immediately stopped and darted towards Hermione. Lexi had already gone off towards the center of the field by this time. Before Harry's broom had gotten in legs reach of the ground he was about 20 feet from Hermione. He quickly jumped off, ran towards her, and hugged her tightly. He picked her up off the soft green and spun her around.
Harry whispered in her ear "I want the guys to know by surprise." Hermione giggled and hugged him back. He set her back down and looked into her eyes. She smiled at his messy black hair and pools of green for eyes. She kissed him lightly on the lips and smiled again.
By now the whole team and the subs were gathered behind the couple shouting "oooo!", "Go Potter!", and "Get a room!". The last came from Ron. The couple laughed at his comment.
"Potter, you didn't tell me you and Hermione were together." Oliver said as Lexi pushed her way through the crowd and walked up to her mother. The team all turned towards Lexi.
"Hi hon. Did you find Patrick?" Hermione asked Lexi as she came forward.
Harry put his hand on Lexi's shoulder and turned towards the team.
"Everybody, this is Lexi, and my girlfriend Hermione. This is Ron, you know him already. And this is Oliver Wood, Carla Shell, Stephanie Eng, Cameron Baker, Jake Trimmer, Geoff Tolls, and Lauren Sawyer." Lexi smiled at them all and said "hi" but none of them smiled back. They were all in shock.
Lexi stood in front of Harry and Hermione and smiled up at them all, wondering why they weren't smiling back. Cameron spoke up as much as he could.
"Uh, Potter, this is Hermione's daughter, right?" Harry nodded and smiled but his grin stopped short. He had forgotten that the guys didn't know.
"Yes, you're partially right. This is our daughter, Lexi." Everyone's eyes widened in dismay. To break the silence, Ron stepped forward with a forced laugh.
"We better get ready for the guests, shouldn't we? Maybe Lexi should greet everyone at the door. How about that?" Lexi smiled and ran off to the door. Sensing some unease in the group, Hermione offered to go look for Patrick.
When Hermione left, the team began bombarding their captain with questions. Getting fed up with the questions, he ended up telling them the whole story. He told them about their last year at Hogwarts, how he went off to be an auror, and the game a few months before when he saw Hermione for the first time in 12 years.
By the time he was finished, almost all the guests had arrived except Jamie, Padma, and Parvati. Both Lexi and Hermione were worried that they wouldn't show up. Against their own will, Harry and Patrick convinced them to begin the party without the last guests.
Hermione looked at the huge crowd to see Lexi mingling with all of her friends, all of the people Hermione had invited, most of Lexi's friend's parents, and of course the whole Weasley family.
Hermione began to laugh as she saw Erin's mom and Ron flirting by the punch bowl. This was so high school material. Seeing many teenagers flock to Harry also reminded her of high school.
Some of the parents cringed as the band started up. It was extremely loud and not exactly their taste of music, but they dealt with it considering it was Lexi's birthday. You could tell there was a hint of doubt in Lexi's eyes whether Jamie would show up or not.
As everyone got into the party, people began to dance. The band had switched to some slow ballads and a lot of people were on the dance floor. Lexi sat in one of the lawn chairs by herself watching a bunch of couples dance. They wind blew once in a while giving her a chill and putting some of her long black hair into her chocolate brown eyes.
All of her moms friends were dancing with their significant other and all of her friends were dancing with each other because either they were a couple or were just great friends. Lexi didn't want to dance with anyone except Jamie.
She looked up to see her parents dancing arm in arm. She was so happy for them. They really deserved each other. Just as she began to think about Jamie again she heard someone say "May I have this dance?" She was about to decline until she looked up to see her blonde haired boyfriend standing there with a huge smile on his face. Lexi gasped and jumped up into his arms with a grin on her face.
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Hermione leaned back from Harry to show him the scene before them. They saw Lexi jump into Jamie's arms and walk over to the dance floor. The couple jumped as they felt a tap on their shoulders. They looked to see Padma and Parvati with identical grins on their faces. Harry chuckled as Hermione's eyes lit up and she hugged the girls with all her might. As they were having their reunion, Harry looked over to the food table to see Malfoy scowling at all the food.
"Mione, why is Malfoy here?" He said to her. She lightly hit him on the arm.
"He and Parvati are married, silly!" He glowered and let the girls go back to their babbling. He sauntered over to Malfoy and glared at him. Malfoy looked up and raised an eyebrow.
"Is that how you greet people now Potter? With no 'Hello' and a glare? Inventive." He sneered and went back to rolling his eyes at the teenage party.
"No, that's just how I greet good for nothing, murderous, Death- Eaters." Harry glowered. Draco immediately grabbed Harry by his blue collar and lifted him off the ground. Malfoy looked over at the dance floor area to see his wife, Parvati, giving him a look so evil it made his skin crawl. Not a lot of things scared him either.
He carefully set Potter down and walked away. Harry rolled his eyes and made his way over to the dance floor. When he got there, he reached for Hermione's hand. As soon as he made skin contact, the afternoon sunshine immediately turned pitch black, the ground shook, and thunder and lighting clashed loudly. Many of the teenage girls screamed and ran for cover. Harry looked over to see his terrified daughter being practically carried under the bleachers by Jamie.
Harry then looked up to see the dark mark in the sky. A strange prick in his feet made him look down. Before his very eyes, the green grass turned as red as blood. Fear struck his heart as he thought of Hermione. He looked up to see her and all the other adults standing in a strategic triple-pyramid formation with their wands at the ready.
With a gasp he whipped out his wand and stood next to Ginny, Neville, and Hermione. Remembering Malfoy, he looked around. Draco was nowhere to be seen. It was amazing that all the adults knew a special auror formation.
Turning his attention to the sky with everyone else, he couldn't sense fear among the whole crowd. Oliver ran over to Harry, the red blood from the grass getting on his shoes.
"Harry, you need to be the leader. You know how to do things like this." Oliver told him, the two of them still keeping their eyes on the quickly darkening sky.
He looked to see who was at the center of the triple pyramid (A/n: if you don't know what this is, its 3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5 and so on. There were about 40 adults. Figure it out yourself.). It was Mr. Weasley. Harry began to yell at the top of his lungs. To use a sonorous charm would let the enemy know too quickly who the leader was.
"Arthur Weasley! Back Right! Harry Potter flip!" Harry called. He knew Arthur was skilled in dueling also and knew the lingo. Arthur immediately was at Harry's side.
Harry turned to him and said, "Watch Hermione all you can." Arthur nodded and smiled.
Sprinting up to the middle, he began to call out the order of spells. "No Unforgivables till I give the signal!" As soon as he finished his sentence, rain poured out of the sky like sheets of metal. Everyone was immediately drenched to the bone with water. Harry lifted his wand straight up into the air and said the drying shield charm.
A shot of bright white shot out of his wand and covered like a bowl over the formation. Immediately afterward he created a charm shield around the formation. He assured everyone that this would not block any of the spells that they cast.
A red light shot down out of the sky and sparks flew from it immensely. A dark figure appeared in the red light and cackled. The red light zipped back into the black clouds and the figure floated down onto the bloody green. From all directions, a large number of death eaters in black cloaks came out of all the tunnel entrances.
With no fear in his voice, Harry cried, "Ends outward shift! Second end diagonal shift! Center versatile!" Everyone got into their positions with wands at the ready.
The death eaters continued to walk toward the invisible shield, but were stopped with a momentary painful shock. In their dismay, a loud whistle came from the hooded figures. Suddenly an extremely cold chill went down Harry's spine. More hooded figures came onto the pitch, but these were not death eaters. These were dementors. Everyone expected the shield to block them as they came forward, but as they came closer, everyone began to worry.
"Expecto Patronum at the ready! THINK OF OUR HAPPIEST THOUGHT EVER AND KEEP IT IN YOUR HEAD!" Harry cried. He saw everyone nod simultaneously.
As the dementors hit the shield, everyone expected them to back up. But they didn't. They walked right through.
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Lexi shook with fear in Jamie's arms. All the kids were as silent as they could be under the bleachers, but since that was quite hard Caprice had cast a silencing charm and an untraceable charm.
"Jamie, what's happening?" Lexi whispered. Jamie silently nodded no and hugged her tightly. He looked around. There were about 30 or 40 kids huddled up under a large set of bleachers. Many girls were crying and being comforted by the boys.
"I just found my dad, and I don't want to loose him again." Lexi whispered through her tears.
"I know, I know." Jamie cradled her in his arms, trying to calm her.
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"Expecto Patronum! Expecto Patronum! Expecto Patronum!" Harry cried with his eyes screwed shut. As soon as everyone heard this, you heard the spell everywhere simultaneously. A silver animal came out of everyone's wand and pounced on multiple dementors. Some screeching loudly and some still pursuing in pain.
Harry thought of the first happy thing he could think of…Hermione. Her smile, her laugh, her eyes, and her love. He opened his eyes to see a white stag chasing three dementors into the shadows. He looked around to see a sea of silver figures chasing after the hooded figures. Soon no more dementors were left, only death eaters.
Everyone looked up to see a humongous figure coming towards them. Harry quickly looked over to see Neville two rows back left. Next to him was Bill Weasley.
"Bill Weasley Second last row left! Neville Longbottom center left! Flip!" Immediately Neville was at his side and Bill was in his place.
"Harry!" Neville squeaked.
"Neville, listen to me. That is Voldemort." Harry said, pointing at the large figure getting slowly closer. Neville nodded.
"He knows how to lift the shield. As soon as the shield is gone, Avada him with me at the exact same time. Our spells will combine and hopefully it will be powerful enough. If not, ill have the surrounding group cover us." Neville nodded nervously with his eyes as large as golf balls.
Neville twitched nervously as Harry told the group surrounding them to cover them with the Avada Kadavra curse…the killing curse.
"When the shield is lifted, Avada at will! Surrounding outside, get the DE's!" Harry yelled to the surrounding mass.
"Harry Potter." A mysterious voice cracked. "You think you can beat me? Ha!" Immediately the clear bowl covering them disappeared and Harry quickly elbowed Neville.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!!" Harry and Neville yelled. They heard numerous screams and Avadas but none was more overpowering than the electrical sound of Harry and Neville's curses combined. Suddenly a blinding green and yellow light filled the sky and shot straight towards Voldemort. Everyone looked up, including the death eaters, to see Voldemort twist and turn in pain. He screamed a piercing scream and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
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All the teenagers gasped at the green lights. Lexi screamed loudly as Voldemort disappeared.
"It's over." She whispered.
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Harry dropped to the ground in pain as the adults chased after the fleeing death eaters and eventually killing them all.
He held his forehead in complete and utter pain. Crying out, he felt as though his head was being ripped to shreds. After a few moments, the subsided somewhat and he was able to look up. There in front of him was Neville on the ground, and it looked like he was hardly breathing. Ginny rushed over and apparated him to the hospital and to also alert the doctors to come get the hurt.
Harry got up and looked over to see Lexi running out into the field with tears covering her face. He looked to where she was running. There on the ground was Hermione, seemingly hurt. Harry rushed over to her and got down on the ground. Lexi looked up at him and smiled, but her attention was at her mother right now.
"Mom, mom, are you ok? Mom!" Lexi cried. She bent down on her knees and hugged her mom tightly. She and Harry startled as Hermione stirred.
"Mione, baby, wake up. Let me know you're alive and that you'll be ok." Harry cried.
"Harry. Lexi." Hermione mumbled. Her eyes fluttered and opened slightly. She smiled at Harry and at Lexi.
"Lexi, go check on your friends, ok?" Hermione whimpered. Lexi nodded reluctantly and ran off towards the bleachers where kids were slowly crawling out.
"Mione," Harry whispered as he kissed her lower lip. "You'll be ok." Hermione nodded and smiled.
"I have to tell you something." Hermione's voice cracked as she lay on the still blood covered grass.
"Anything"
"You know Lexi's first name is Sarah right?" Hermione asked quietly. As she said this, Harry noticed a small gash in her head that was bleeding. He motioned for the paramedics that were checking wounded to come over. He nodded.
"Well, I sort of name her that in memory of you. As much as I could, of course, without naming her Harriet." Hermione chuckled but stopped abruptly, holding her stomach in pain.
"How so?"
"Your name means prince. Sarah means princess. I loved that name, except after she was born, she looked so much like you it pained me to look at her. That's when I started calling her by her middle name." Harry's smile was practically from ear to ear.
"I Love You." He said to her, and then kissed her on the lips. Her eyes widened and she gasped lightly. He chuckled and looked into her eyes.
"Now would be the time to say something." She smiled, pulled his head down to hears, and kissed him square on the lips.
"I love you too!" She squealed. Harry lay down next to Hermione in the grass and hugged her.
"I will always love you"
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A/N: WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! I FEEL GOOD! I hope you like it! Longest chapter I've written EVER!
But now here comes the upsetting part. I'm not sure whether to end it here…I AM WRITING A SEQUEL! So I don't know whether to keep writing this one or not…It's up to you! But PLEASE don't go "I love this! Stay in this story!" because I don't want this one to drag on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on…get it? So PLEASE help me out here! Just know I am writing a sequel!
--Elijahsbaby1981!
(10 pages! 3,879 words!)
To clear up some things:
1) I CHANGED THE PROPHESY ON PURPOSE!! THIS IS A FANFICTION, NOT NONFICTION!
2) It is about to be Lexi's 13th birthday. She is 12, next comes 13!
Ok, now, guys don't tell me what I can and can't do, ok? This is MY story, not yours.
Example: "... or are you actually under the impression that Neville can kill Voldemort!?" That was a review by an anonymous person… Maybe I AM under the impression Neville can kill Voldemort. MUST you contradict my work? CONSTRUCTIVE criticism people! CONSTRUCTIVE!
Do you have any questions? Email me, I have time to answer!
That is all, now on with the chapter!
P.S. - you might think this chapter has a little less romance and a little more action than you would like, but I wanted a bit of a change considering I haven't written much action before.
P.P.S.-Get ready for a long chapter! Its over 3,500 words!
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Hermione and Harry jumped up and faced Lexi.
"What do you have to tell me?" Lexi repeated. The two adults stammered and stumbled over their words. Lexi eyes the two adults with wonder.
"Well, you see dear…umm"
"Lexi, this is hard…"
"You see…" Lexi rolled her eyes.
"Will you spit it out already!?" She cried. She calmly walked over to the couch and crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow. Harry sighed and looked at Hermione. He silently told her that he'd explain it, and for that Hermione was grateful.
Before Lexi had a change to even say anything else, Harry blurted it out.
"Your mother and I are back together." He said plainly. Lexi's mouth dropped. Realizing she looked like a fish out of water, and closed her mouth. After thinking about it for a moment, she came to a conclusion. Not to mention while she was deciding this Harry and Hermione were ready to pass out themselves waiting for her reaction.
"I can't say I'm not surprised." Lexi said. Hermione's eyes turned the size of golf balls and Harry let out a quick burst of laughter.
"I mean, you guys were all over each other at the pitch. What else am I supposed to expect?" Lexi hopped over the couch back and looked up at her parents.
"What?"
"You mean there's no 'I can't believe you!' or 'How could you lie to me!"?" Hermione wondered.
Lexi confidently shook her head no. "Why would there be?" She asked as she got up from the couch and faced her agape parents. "Now, I'll go to bed and you two just get comfy on the couch." She told her parents as she pushed them by the shoulders down onto the sofa. Hermione and Harry sat flabbergasted at Lexi and both watched her as she walked up the stairs, shut her door, and turned on her radio.
"Well that was surprisingly easy." Harry stated as Hermione giggled.
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Lexi rolled over in bed and groaned. She looked at the clock. Noon. Her eyes fluttered open and she gasped. Practically flying out of bed, she yelled "It's my BIRTHDAY!" seemingly forgetting the night before.
Running out of her room and down the steps, taking about five at a time, she saw Hermione in the kitchen getting breakfast ready. Thumping down on the bottom step, Hermione was startled and turned around in the kitchen doorway to see her daughter in a fit of laughter at the foot of the stairs.
"And, what may I ask is so funny?" Hermione said, slightly smiling at her only daughter remembering the night before, ergo trying not to act awkward. Lexi just continued to laugh but managed to gasp out "I startled you!" Hermione shook her head and went back to making breakfast.
Lexi finally came to her senses and composed herself. She calmly sat down at the kitchen table and dug into her eggs, bacon, and toast. Hermione sat herself down across from Lexi. Lexi had decided the night before to act totally natural with her parents dating again. The full weight of it had not fully hit her yet, but it would soon.
"We'll be meeting Harry at the pitch at noon. You'll get your present there." Lexi's eyes immediately lit up.
"Presents!" Hermione laughed.
"Yes, presents. I think you will really enjoy this one too." Lexi squealed and jumped up from the table. She stood and hurriedly finished her breakfast.
"I'm going to go get ready!" Lexi cried as she rushed up the stairs. Hermione leaned back in her chair and took a deep breath. She smiled at her and Harry's time together after Lexi had gone to bed. Nothing "happened" but it was just very romantic.
::Flashback::
Lexi had been in bed for a half an hour already and Harry and Hermione were cuddled up on the couch. The two lay on the couch "spooning" and said stupid little things to each other.
"You know, this has gone really fast, but I think it has been all for the better." Harry whispered. Hermione sighed and snuggled into Harry. Harry joyously smelled the scent of strawberries on her and she was also taking in his cologne.
"One part of me still wants to hold back. Another part wants to run away because it thinks you'll leave us again. I fight that impulse everyday. I just don't let it show. The last part wants you all for myself." Hermione whispered back.
"Good, because you do have me."
::End Flashback::
When Hermione was finished reminiscing of the night before, Lexi had finished getting ready and was grabbing her sneakers from the hall closet.
"Mom, are you ready?" Hermione beamed at her daughter and nodded. The two walked over to the fireplace and flooed over to the pitch. (A/N: I'm assuming the quidditch pitch has a few fireplaces in the lower floor somewhere.)
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They walked out of the fireplace room in the back of the stadium and down the hall. They took the side door out to the pitch.
Lexi and Hermione walked out onto the green, grassy pitch and immediately the wind blew lightly through their hair. Lexi beamed with happiness as she looked at the decorations all over the stadium, the tables full of food lining the pitch, lawn chairs, and a stage where they were having a local band called the Rouge Bludgers perform. Hermione also looked up, but not at the decorations. She saw Harry, Ron, Oliver, and the rest of the team in what looked like a scrimmage.
Harry immediately stopped and darted towards Hermione. Lexi had already gone off towards the center of the field by this time. Before Harry's broom had gotten in legs reach of the ground he was about 20 feet from Hermione. He quickly jumped off, ran towards her, and hugged her tightly. He picked her up off the soft green and spun her around.
Harry whispered in her ear "I want the guys to know by surprise." Hermione giggled and hugged him back. He set her back down and looked into her eyes. She smiled at his messy black hair and pools of green for eyes. She kissed him lightly on the lips and smiled again.
By now the whole team and the subs were gathered behind the couple shouting "oooo!", "Go Potter!", and "Get a room!". The last came from Ron. The couple laughed at his comment.
"Potter, you didn't tell me you and Hermione were together." Oliver said as Lexi pushed her way through the crowd and walked up to her mother. The team all turned towards Lexi.
"Hi hon. Did you find Patrick?" Hermione asked Lexi as she came forward.
Harry put his hand on Lexi's shoulder and turned towards the team.
"Everybody, this is Lexi, and my girlfriend Hermione. This is Ron, you know him already. And this is Oliver Wood, Carla Shell, Stephanie Eng, Cameron Baker, Jake Trimmer, Geoff Tolls, and Lauren Sawyer." Lexi smiled at them all and said "hi" but none of them smiled back. They were all in shock.
Lexi stood in front of Harry and Hermione and smiled up at them all, wondering why they weren't smiling back. Cameron spoke up as much as he could.
"Uh, Potter, this is Hermione's daughter, right?" Harry nodded and smiled but his grin stopped short. He had forgotten that the guys didn't know.
"Yes, you're partially right. This is our daughter, Lexi." Everyone's eyes widened in dismay. To break the silence, Ron stepped forward with a forced laugh.
"We better get ready for the guests, shouldn't we? Maybe Lexi should greet everyone at the door. How about that?" Lexi smiled and ran off to the door. Sensing some unease in the group, Hermione offered to go look for Patrick.
When Hermione left, the team began bombarding their captain with questions. Getting fed up with the questions, he ended up telling them the whole story. He told them about their last year at Hogwarts, how he went off to be an auror, and the game a few months before when he saw Hermione for the first time in 12 years.
By the time he was finished, almost all the guests had arrived except Jamie, Padma, and Parvati. Both Lexi and Hermione were worried that they wouldn't show up. Against their own will, Harry and Patrick convinced them to begin the party without the last guests.
Hermione looked at the huge crowd to see Lexi mingling with all of her friends, all of the people Hermione had invited, most of Lexi's friend's parents, and of course the whole Weasley family.
Hermione began to laugh as she saw Erin's mom and Ron flirting by the punch bowl. This was so high school material. Seeing many teenagers flock to Harry also reminded her of high school.
Some of the parents cringed as the band started up. It was extremely loud and not exactly their taste of music, but they dealt with it considering it was Lexi's birthday. You could tell there was a hint of doubt in Lexi's eyes whether Jamie would show up or not.
As everyone got into the party, people began to dance. The band had switched to some slow ballads and a lot of people were on the dance floor. Lexi sat in one of the lawn chairs by herself watching a bunch of couples dance. They wind blew once in a while giving her a chill and putting some of her long black hair into her chocolate brown eyes.
All of her moms friends were dancing with their significant other and all of her friends were dancing with each other because either they were a couple or were just great friends. Lexi didn't want to dance with anyone except Jamie.
She looked up to see her parents dancing arm in arm. She was so happy for them. They really deserved each other. Just as she began to think about Jamie again she heard someone say "May I have this dance?" She was about to decline until she looked up to see her blonde haired boyfriend standing there with a huge smile on his face. Lexi gasped and jumped up into his arms with a grin on her face.
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Hermione leaned back from Harry to show him the scene before them. They saw Lexi jump into Jamie's arms and walk over to the dance floor. The couple jumped as they felt a tap on their shoulders. They looked to see Padma and Parvati with identical grins on their faces. Harry chuckled as Hermione's eyes lit up and she hugged the girls with all her might. As they were having their reunion, Harry looked over to the food table to see Malfoy scowling at all the food.
"Mione, why is Malfoy here?" He said to her. She lightly hit him on the arm.
"He and Parvati are married, silly!" He glowered and let the girls go back to their babbling. He sauntered over to Malfoy and glared at him. Malfoy looked up and raised an eyebrow.
"Is that how you greet people now Potter? With no 'Hello' and a glare? Inventive." He sneered and went back to rolling his eyes at the teenage party.
"No, that's just how I greet good for nothing, murderous, Death- Eaters." Harry glowered. Draco immediately grabbed Harry by his blue collar and lifted him off the ground. Malfoy looked over at the dance floor area to see his wife, Parvati, giving him a look so evil it made his skin crawl. Not a lot of things scared him either.
He carefully set Potter down and walked away. Harry rolled his eyes and made his way over to the dance floor. When he got there, he reached for Hermione's hand. As soon as he made skin contact, the afternoon sunshine immediately turned pitch black, the ground shook, and thunder and lighting clashed loudly. Many of the teenage girls screamed and ran for cover. Harry looked over to see his terrified daughter being practically carried under the bleachers by Jamie.
Harry then looked up to see the dark mark in the sky. A strange prick in his feet made him look down. Before his very eyes, the green grass turned as red as blood. Fear struck his heart as he thought of Hermione. He looked up to see her and all the other adults standing in a strategic triple-pyramid formation with their wands at the ready.
With a gasp he whipped out his wand and stood next to Ginny, Neville, and Hermione. Remembering Malfoy, he looked around. Draco was nowhere to be seen. It was amazing that all the adults knew a special auror formation.
Turning his attention to the sky with everyone else, he couldn't sense fear among the whole crowd. Oliver ran over to Harry, the red blood from the grass getting on his shoes.
"Harry, you need to be the leader. You know how to do things like this." Oliver told him, the two of them still keeping their eyes on the quickly darkening sky.
He looked to see who was at the center of the triple pyramid (A/n: if you don't know what this is, its 3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5 and so on. There were about 40 adults. Figure it out yourself.). It was Mr. Weasley. Harry began to yell at the top of his lungs. To use a sonorous charm would let the enemy know too quickly who the leader was.
"Arthur Weasley! Back Right! Harry Potter flip!" Harry called. He knew Arthur was skilled in dueling also and knew the lingo. Arthur immediately was at Harry's side.
Harry turned to him and said, "Watch Hermione all you can." Arthur nodded and smiled.
Sprinting up to the middle, he began to call out the order of spells. "No Unforgivables till I give the signal!" As soon as he finished his sentence, rain poured out of the sky like sheets of metal. Everyone was immediately drenched to the bone with water. Harry lifted his wand straight up into the air and said the drying shield charm.
A shot of bright white shot out of his wand and covered like a bowl over the formation. Immediately afterward he created a charm shield around the formation. He assured everyone that this would not block any of the spells that they cast.
A red light shot down out of the sky and sparks flew from it immensely. A dark figure appeared in the red light and cackled. The red light zipped back into the black clouds and the figure floated down onto the bloody green. From all directions, a large number of death eaters in black cloaks came out of all the tunnel entrances.
With no fear in his voice, Harry cried, "Ends outward shift! Second end diagonal shift! Center versatile!" Everyone got into their positions with wands at the ready.
The death eaters continued to walk toward the invisible shield, but were stopped with a momentary painful shock. In their dismay, a loud whistle came from the hooded figures. Suddenly an extremely cold chill went down Harry's spine. More hooded figures came onto the pitch, but these were not death eaters. These were dementors. Everyone expected the shield to block them as they came forward, but as they came closer, everyone began to worry.
"Expecto Patronum at the ready! THINK OF OUR HAPPIEST THOUGHT EVER AND KEEP IT IN YOUR HEAD!" Harry cried. He saw everyone nod simultaneously.
As the dementors hit the shield, everyone expected them to back up. But they didn't. They walked right through.
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Lexi shook with fear in Jamie's arms. All the kids were as silent as they could be under the bleachers, but since that was quite hard Caprice had cast a silencing charm and an untraceable charm.
"Jamie, what's happening?" Lexi whispered. Jamie silently nodded no and hugged her tightly. He looked around. There were about 30 or 40 kids huddled up under a large set of bleachers. Many girls were crying and being comforted by the boys.
"I just found my dad, and I don't want to loose him again." Lexi whispered through her tears.
"I know, I know." Jamie cradled her in his arms, trying to calm her.
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"Expecto Patronum! Expecto Patronum! Expecto Patronum!" Harry cried with his eyes screwed shut. As soon as everyone heard this, you heard the spell everywhere simultaneously. A silver animal came out of everyone's wand and pounced on multiple dementors. Some screeching loudly and some still pursuing in pain.
Harry thought of the first happy thing he could think of…Hermione. Her smile, her laugh, her eyes, and her love. He opened his eyes to see a white stag chasing three dementors into the shadows. He looked around to see a sea of silver figures chasing after the hooded figures. Soon no more dementors were left, only death eaters.
Everyone looked up to see a humongous figure coming towards them. Harry quickly looked over to see Neville two rows back left. Next to him was Bill Weasley.
"Bill Weasley Second last row left! Neville Longbottom center left! Flip!" Immediately Neville was at his side and Bill was in his place.
"Harry!" Neville squeaked.
"Neville, listen to me. That is Voldemort." Harry said, pointing at the large figure getting slowly closer. Neville nodded.
"He knows how to lift the shield. As soon as the shield is gone, Avada him with me at the exact same time. Our spells will combine and hopefully it will be powerful enough. If not, ill have the surrounding group cover us." Neville nodded nervously with his eyes as large as golf balls.
Neville twitched nervously as Harry told the group surrounding them to cover them with the Avada Kadavra curse…the killing curse.
"When the shield is lifted, Avada at will! Surrounding outside, get the DE's!" Harry yelled to the surrounding mass.
"Harry Potter." A mysterious voice cracked. "You think you can beat me? Ha!" Immediately the clear bowl covering them disappeared and Harry quickly elbowed Neville.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!!" Harry and Neville yelled. They heard numerous screams and Avadas but none was more overpowering than the electrical sound of Harry and Neville's curses combined. Suddenly a blinding green and yellow light filled the sky and shot straight towards Voldemort. Everyone looked up, including the death eaters, to see Voldemort twist and turn in pain. He screamed a piercing scream and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
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All the teenagers gasped at the green lights. Lexi screamed loudly as Voldemort disappeared.
"It's over." She whispered.
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Harry dropped to the ground in pain as the adults chased after the fleeing death eaters and eventually killing them all.
He held his forehead in complete and utter pain. Crying out, he felt as though his head was being ripped to shreds. After a few moments, the subsided somewhat and he was able to look up. There in front of him was Neville on the ground, and it looked like he was hardly breathing. Ginny rushed over and apparated him to the hospital and to also alert the doctors to come get the hurt.
Harry got up and looked over to see Lexi running out into the field with tears covering her face. He looked to where she was running. There on the ground was Hermione, seemingly hurt. Harry rushed over to her and got down on the ground. Lexi looked up at him and smiled, but her attention was at her mother right now.
"Mom, mom, are you ok? Mom!" Lexi cried. She bent down on her knees and hugged her mom tightly. She and Harry startled as Hermione stirred.
"Mione, baby, wake up. Let me know you're alive and that you'll be ok." Harry cried.
"Harry. Lexi." Hermione mumbled. Her eyes fluttered and opened slightly. She smiled at Harry and at Lexi.
"Lexi, go check on your friends, ok?" Hermione whimpered. Lexi nodded reluctantly and ran off towards the bleachers where kids were slowly crawling out.
"Mione," Harry whispered as he kissed her lower lip. "You'll be ok." Hermione nodded and smiled.
"I have to tell you something." Hermione's voice cracked as she lay on the still blood covered grass.
"Anything"
"You know Lexi's first name is Sarah right?" Hermione asked quietly. As she said this, Harry noticed a small gash in her head that was bleeding. He motioned for the paramedics that were checking wounded to come over. He nodded.
"Well, I sort of name her that in memory of you. As much as I could, of course, without naming her Harriet." Hermione chuckled but stopped abruptly, holding her stomach in pain.
"How so?"
"Your name means prince. Sarah means princess. I loved that name, except after she was born, she looked so much like you it pained me to look at her. That's when I started calling her by her middle name." Harry's smile was practically from ear to ear.
"I Love You." He said to her, and then kissed her on the lips. Her eyes widened and she gasped lightly. He chuckled and looked into her eyes.
"Now would be the time to say something." She smiled, pulled his head down to hears, and kissed him square on the lips.
"I love you too!" She squealed. Harry lay down next to Hermione in the grass and hugged her.
"I will always love you"
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A/N: WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! I FEEL GOOD! I hope you like it! Longest chapter I've written EVER!
But now here comes the upsetting part. I'm not sure whether to end it here…I AM WRITING A SEQUEL! So I don't know whether to keep writing this one or not…It's up to you! But PLEASE don't go "I love this! Stay in this story!" because I don't want this one to drag on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on…get it? So PLEASE help me out here! Just know I am writing a sequel!
--Elijahsbaby1981!
(10 pages! 3,879 words!)