A Harry Potter Fan fiction

Title: A Cursed Blessing

Author: SpacyRicochet

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: Not really, maybe when needed.

Notes:

This story got removed from FF.net some weeks ago, with their notification email stating that is was 'In the wrong category'. Now, I'm fairly sure that writing in a Harry Potter setting constitutes it as being Harry Potter fanfiction, which justifies it being in the 'Books Harry Potter' category, even though the original main characters only play little roles in this fanfiction. Now, if anyone can rectify this, please let me know, as FF.net is not replying to my email I sent to their support.

My previous rating was G, which I think is the actual reason the story got removed, but FF.net's email was very, very unclear about this. So if I'm breaking any rules, let me know. Now the rating is PG-13 (which the story deserves, just forgot to reset it previously).

Anyway, I already got chapters written, but I won't post them all at once, to see what other people think about the story. So, read this, review if you like. I'll be posting more soon.

All the standard disclaimers apply… don't really know why I'm even typing this line. Everyone types them… at every chapter… such a waste of bandwidth.

A Cursed Blessing

Prologue

The doctors quickly rushed down the stairs and as he came down to the entrance level, the orderlies were already rushing in two patients. The man and woman were drenched in blood, their clothes torn and cuts and bruises covering their bodies.

"What happened?"

"They were in a car accident! We haven't been able to stabilize either of them and it seems the woman is already 8 months pregnant!"

"Damn… get them to the emergency room. We'll have to save what we can."

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Where am I?

The woman looked around herself and found she didn't recognize where this place could be. She was lying amidst a rocky landscape under what seemed to be a blue sun. Surely this wasn't a place on earth. With no strength to stand up or even move, she just lay there with her hands on her swollen stomach, wondering.

Am I dead yet, then? Is this my afterlife?

She looked next to her and saw her husband lying serenely next to her. There was no indication that he was awake or alive.

I'll meet you when I've passed on as well, my love. I'm so sorry that neither of us could've looked into our child's eyes at least once.

She let a tear fall from her eyes, mourning her dead love.

~~ Now this is sad… ~~

A low growling voice startled her from her grieving and she looked to her other side. There she saw two creatures she had never seen before. A black wolf with piercing red eyes was laying lazily some way from her, looking curiously at the couple. Next to the wolf sat a blond fox. His nine tails swished around in what seemed like a graceful dance.

** Indeed… And here we thought that both of us favoring one of them would be a problem. **

This time a rather high-singsong voice resonated in her head. The woman noticed that she was hearing them, even though they weren't even talking.

~~ Yes, but those worries were unfounded. But, even though it's their time to go, it pains me to not see the child she carries be born. ~~

My child… it will die with me…

The woman let more tears leave her eyes, regretting that she would never ever see her unborn child.

** I don't think that it will be much of a problem to simply save the child, though. **

The fox sounded mischievous and the woman even thought that she could see the fox grin.

~~ I suppose we could. I do know there's no stopping you anyway. But you realize that we'll make its life extremely difficult if we go through with this? Not to mention the amount of rule breaking we're about to get ourselves into. ~~

The wolf was obviously trying to talk some sense into the fox, even though it was apparent that the fox wouldn't listen anyway. The woman couldn't believe it… these creatures would be able to save her child. She wanted to shout at them to save it, begging them for it, but she was too weak.

** It seems the woman wants us to save the child as well. **

~~ Yes… then let us do it. Besides, it's my duty as the Rayon's family spirit to ensure their line doesn't die out. ~~

Rayon? My Tristan's family name?

** Actually, it isn't. But I'll just say it's my duty as the Warren's family spirit to keep her line alive as well. Just too bad that little Melinda here didn't keep her name when she married. **

Warren? My family had a spirit? What are they talking about?

Then the two beasts walked over to the girl and both gave a lick over her stomach. The woman could feel a sudden burst of energy going through her entire body, centering over her unborn child. The woman felt a relaxation flow over her, knowing that her child would make it. Now she felt that her child's safety was the only thing holding her back from passing on to the afterlife, to her husband. She let go of her life and her soul drifted away, but not before hearing the wolf's last words to her.

~~ Just thought you'd like to know… it's a boy. Congratulations. ~~

The woman cried tears of happiness as she was enveloped by her husband's arms in the place where they now both belonged.

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The doctors weren't able to save the couple that came in from that accident. But they were able to save the boy that was growing in the woman's belly. They were amazed that he wouldn't need any extra support in staying alive, even though he was forcibly extracted a month before he was supposed to be born and after that huge accident. He was put in a bed in the maternity ward. It was late at night now and they would think about how to deal with the child in the morning.

However, one doctor came back to the ward. He was out of his professional outfit and stood looking over the child in his casual clothes. He produced an ebony wand from his coat and swished once, then flicking it in the direction of the boy, while muttering something that sounded like an incantation. Immediately the boy began to radiate a little bit of light-blue light around his body, that lasted for about five seconds. The doctor looked satisfied and headed out of the hospital, going to get a night's sleep and making sure he handled the matter properly in the morning.