Chapter Nine: Names, Genetics and Brothers
Ginny flopped down on Storms bed in a fit of giggles, "Ralph?" she laughed, "Here Ralph here boy."
Storm laughed as well, "It's just an idea."
Ginny turned on her stomach and looked at Storm, who was sitting at the small writing desk by the window, "Scratch it. Get a dog if you want that name. I feel for anyone named that."
Storm laughed, "I'll remember that. Virginia Weasley dislikes the name Ralph for anything child it belongs only to the lowliest of dogs." She said in a mock serious voice.
Ginny giggled, "Dislike is an understatement."
Storm laughed, "Alright we wont use Ralph. How about…Harry?"
Ginny wrinkled her nose, " We don't need TWO of those around here."
Storm laughed, "And here I thought you had a crush on Harry."
Ginny rolled on her back and looked at the ceiling through the canopy, "Oh please. It was a silly school girl crush. He saved my life, what do you think an eleven year old girl would do."
Storm shrugged, "Okay not Harry."
Ginny grinned, "How about Severus?"
It was Storms turn to wrinkle her nose, " No, definitely not."
"And what is wrong with Severus?" a voice interrupted, "I happen to like that name."
Both girls turned to look at the voice.
Storms cheeks flushed angrily, "Honestly Snape, don't you know how to knock?"
"Of course I do. And I did, but Miss Weasly was laughing to loud at the time, if you call that noise laughing." He said nastily.
Ginny's face turned red and she bit her lip in order to not retort.
" What do you want?" she said with an angry sigh.
Severus smirked, "Nothing, I thought I heard students in here and decided to check it out."
Storm growled and stood up, "You're just being down right annoying. Get out!"
"My my sudden mood swings, should we be expecting this for the next several months?" he taunted.
"Severus Ralph Snape,(a/n: you might not get the joke, kind of a family thing) if you do not get out of this room in 5 seconds I am going to hex you from here to Mars."
Ginny burst into a fit of giggles once Severus left, "Ralph?"
Storm shrugged, "A high point of being who I am. Dirt on all the old Death Eaters."
Ginny stopped laughing, " Did you tell the Ministry about the…you know...who they are and stuff?"
Storm nodded, " The Ministry can't arrest any of them without proof. It's my word against many others. Though the ministry knows who I am, they don't fully trust my alliance, another reason they sent me to Hogwarts. But they keep an eye on all of those I named non-the less. "
Ginny smiled, " You know you're really cool for an adult. That sounds stupid I know but take McGonagall she wouldn't know fun if it pinched her nose."
Storm laughed, "Oh that's not true. But McGonagall wouldn't be to happy with me if I explained that."
Ginny laughed.
Storm glanced at the clock on the wall, "Oh dear. It's past curfew. I'll walk you to the Gryffindor common rooms. Somehow I don't think Snape would except a note if he found you."
Ginny nodded disappointed.
"We haven't decided on a name yet and I don't have a husband to help, so I hope my friend will come back Friday to help?" she hinted as they headed for the door.
Ginny grinned, "Yeah, I'll bring my book of names."
"Great. We'll make a slumber party of it!" Storm said cheerfully.
Ginny waited by the door while storm slipped on her shoes. She frowned remembering a question she had wanted to ask earlier.
"Professor?"
"Hmm?" Storm said turning to look at her frowning companion.
"You're five months along, right?"
Storm nodded, "Yes."
"Shouldn't you be showing even just a little?"
"I am, actually, just a little. " She said.
Ginny looked at her confused, "You don't look it."
"It's an illusion. I had a friend give me something to make me look normal through out my pregnancy."
"Why?" Ginny asked.
"Well. To tell you the truth because I don't want my father finding out. He would blow the roof knowing I had a muggle man's offspring growing in me. I think he would try to get rid of it. If you think about it, if I have a son, he'll have more power in his fist then Harry."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, when I was younger my father store some of his magic in me, kind of a just in case. All of the magic he gave me, combined with what I have flows through my baby. Not even Eric's muggle blood will dampen it. Muggles have a magic of there own, even though it's not quite like ours, and all of it is combined into a small bundle, easily controlled if in the right hands, but father has no way of getting to the child, and he knows that."
"You said if you had a son. What if it's a girl?"
" Well, then it will be the power of my mom and me. Not quite as strong, but still a formidable foe. Not quiet as strong as Harry but strong enough to pose a threat if the two are combined."
"Is that how magic strength is determined? The sex of the child and its parent history." Ginny asked opening the door and they began to make their way to the Gryffindor tower.
"Mostly. Magic itself is a mutated dominant gene, hereditary in most cases, and sometimes, in muggle born cases it just appears, or was recessive from an earlier generation. Magic is usually passed from the mother to the baby, seeing as the baby shares her blood, but like all babies they have half of their fathers in them, which is how you get a wizard kid if the mother was muggle. Magic sometimes has a mind of it's own and it hates being made dormant, but in some cases it just isn't strong enough to fight the other genes, which is why we have squibs."
By now they were half way to the Gryffindor tower and Ginny still wasn't sure if she understood (a/n: did I confuse anyone else other then myself? I forgot the point I was trying to make. He he -_-')
She continued, "When a parent gives birth in most cases they give a little, or a lot, of their magical powers. But magic doesn't diminish, it more like duplicates itself inside the smaller form. But what I ment by the difference in sex is that the female tends to take more of what was her mothers and grandmothers, while the son would acquire more of his father and his grandfathers."
Ginny thought about it, "You know, I almost understand that."
Storm laughed, "Sorry, I guess I didn't do a good job of explaining it."
Ginny shook her head, "Science isn't my strong point."
Storm laughed, "It isn't any witch or wizards strong point, it's more of a muggle idea then anything else. But it's genetics, and I did a little or studying up on it while I was traveling."
"Well at least it makes you sound smart." Ginny said with a hint of insult.
Storm's eyes widened and she laughed, "Gee thanks Gin."
Ginny smiled and stopped at the portrait of the fat lady, "Ever so welcome Professor." She said in a too sweet voice.
Storm shook her head, "See you in class. Wait until I'm gone before saying the password, "She said indicating the stern look she was getting from the portrait, "After all I'm a Slytherin." She winked at Ginny.
Ginny laughed, "You should have been in Gryffindor, you're too nice to have been a Slytherin."
Storm shrugged, "It's amazing how a person can turn out when on their own without influence. Trust me I was Slytherin material. Bye Gin. Get your homework done."
Ginny smiled, "Bye."
Storm turned and left.
When storm turned the corner Ginny was about to turn the portrait when hands grabbed her and pulled in her.
She let out a surprised scream as she tumbled back.
"Where have you been!?" the angry voice of her brother said turning her around to face him.
Harry and Hermione stood behind him.
"Ron!" She cried angrily, "What do you think you are doing? You almost gave me a heart attack!"
"Where have you been?" he demanded again.
She stared at him, "What's it to you, you aren't my baby-sitter."
Ron's face turned red, "Why were you with her?!"
Ginny's mouth fell open and then she began to laugh. Ron looked suddenly confused and glanced at Harry and Hermione for help. They shrugged their shoulders and shook their heads.
"Ron." She said finally calming down, "Do me a favor. Grow up."
Ron's mouth fell open as she turned and headed up to her dorm.
"What has she done to Ginny?" he said.
Hermione laughed, "Oh Ron that's not her doing. That's you sister. You really shouldn't ignore her as much as you do." With that Hermione left too.
Both Ron and Harry looked after the girls completely confused.
A/n: So? Whatcha think? Two chapters in a week pretty good eh? Did I confuse anyone? I kind of mixed Genetics and Magic for some reason, don't you hate it when the story writes itself? Please Please Please Review!!!! I live on review!
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