Chapter 11: Babies, Proposals and Voldemort.

On a bright, sunny and warm Saturday afternoon, the trio and the twins were sitting out in the stands on the Quidditch field, lounging about on their day off. Lily was in her favorite type of clothes for tanning, spaghetti strap tank top and shorts. With sunglasses on her face, she laid out on a bench, soaking up the sun. Harry and Hermione were sitting on the bench that Lily was lying on, leaning against the bench behind them, putting their feet on the one in front of them. Blake sat on the bench that his parents were leaning on, sitting right behind his sister. One foot was on the bench next to him, causing his knee to be level with his face, and his other foot on the ground. He leaned against his leg, occasionally casting a shadow with his hand over his sister's face, just to irritate her, which was working. Ron was lying on his stomach, reading Harry's copy of Quidditch Through the Ages. They were silent, just listening to the people chattering on the grounds, and letting the wind whip their hair around. The silence was broken for the fourth time, when Blake cast a shadow over his sister again and she said,

"Stop it, Blake." He poked her in the side, her most ticklish spot, causing her to scream, squirm, and almost fall off the bench. Everyone but Lily laughed, and Harry said,

"You're ticklish too, Lily? So is Hermione." He poked Hermione in the side, tickling her, just as his son did to his sister. Hermione squealed, and she smacked him playfully saying,

"Stop that." Harry grinned, and Ron yawned. They were all silent for a while when a thump was heard. Ron had fallen asleep, and the book fell to the ground. The remaining four laughed and Blake said,

"See Lily, I told you reading too many books would kill you." Lily stuck her tongue out at her brother and Hermione laughed and said,

"I highly doubt that if anyone were to die from reading too many books, that Ron would be the first to go." They all laughed, and then were silent again, till Blake said,

"Harry, wasn't there something you wanted to ask Hermione?" Lily said,

"And Hermione, wasn't there something you wanted to tell Harry?" Harry turned to Hermione and said,

"You can go first." Lily said

"No, no, Harry, you go first." Harry shrugged and said,

"Ok, I guess I'll go first."

"Do you want some privacy? Cuz' we can leave," Lily said. Harry shook his head and said,

"No, stay, please." Lily sat up and Blake shook Ron awake. Harry turned to Hermione and said,

"Hermione, I love you."

"I love you too, Harry."

"I've gotten to the point that I hate being without you. I know we're only in our sixth year of school, and I'm not saying I want to do anything for a year or so, but, Hermione, will you marry me?" Hermione's jaw dropped, she said,

"Seriously?"

"Seriously."

"Oh my God." The smile on her face fell, and she said,

"Well, maybe you should hear what I've got to tell you before I answer, you might want to take back that proposal."

"That's impossible." Hermione took a deep breath and said,

"I'm pregnant." The shocked look on their father's face was one that Lily and Blake had never seen before. They all waited for him to say something, all anxious about what would come out of his mouth when he finally spoke. He said,

"You're sure?" Hermione nodded and Harry laughed and gave her a hug and a kiss. He said,

"We're gonna have a baby!" 'Two, actually,' Lily thought to herself. Hermione said doubtfully,

"Do you still want to marry me?"

"Of course I do! Pregnant or not, I still love you, possibly even more, I think."

"Well, then yes, Harry, I will marry you." They kissed again, while their children and best friend grinned from ear to ear. An hour later, everyone had fallen asleep in the sun except for Harry and Hermione. Harry said,

"So, have you thought of names yet?"

"No, I don't even know if it will be a boy or a girl."

"Well, maybe we should think of two possibilities, one for a girl and one for a boy." Lily had woken up, but kept her eyes shut to make it look like she was still sleeping. She heard Hermione say,

"Well, what I think we should do is give him or her the same middle names as us. It's kind of a tradition in my family. Every first-born girl in my family has the middle name Anne. And I think we could start the tradition with us and the first-born boy, if you like." Harry nodded and said,

"Alright, now we need first names." He looked at the twins and said,

"How about we use the names of our matchmakers, since it's because of them that we're together?" Hermione nodded and said,

"So, if it's a girl, we'll name her Lily Anne Potter, and if it's a boy, we'll name him Blake James Potter?"

"You like it?"

"Yeah, I do." Lily tried to contain her smile, and though it was very difficult. She rolled over on her stomach, happy for the work she and her brother had accomplished.

They stayed up in the stands until dusk, after the sunset. After it was completely dark, they headed back to the castle. Halfway back, Lily stopped and said,

"Crap, I forgot my sunglasses." She went back to go get them, they were still there, and upon her return back to the castle, she heard someone whisper, in a haunting whisper,

"Lily." Lily stopped and turned around, looking for the source of the voice. It said again,

"Lily."

"What do you want?" Suddenly, someone came up from behind, and clapped a hand over her mouth, and drug her to the Forbidden Forest. Once deep enough into the forest where there was no source of light, Lily was thrown to the ground. It was so dark that she couldn't see her hand in front of her face, so she got her wand out and muttered,

"Lumos." A blaze of light came from the tip of her wand, and she looked around, trying to find a way out. She froze when she saw a pair of red eyes staring back at her from the shadows. She said,

"Who's there?"

"The one whom everyone fears." Summoning up some courage, Lily said,

"And who would that be?"

"Come on now, Lily, think. I am the most feared wizard of this time." Lily racked her brains, and then finally realized who it was.

"Voldemort."

"Very good, child."

"What do you want with me?"

"You're to be used for bait, Miss Potter."

"For what?"

"Your father."

"What makes you think he'll come for me?"

"You're his daughter."

"But he doesn't know that."

"If I know Harry Potter, he'll risk his life for his friends and those close to him. It's happened before."

"What if he does come for me?"

"I'll kill him. Then I'll kill you and your brother. Then the Potter line will be broken. And after that, I'll take over the wizarding world, killing every last person who stands in my way." Lily boldly said,

"You know, I've heard people compare you to a muggle. Actually, my own father did, when he was telling me a story once. He said you're like Adolf Hitler. He dreamed of ridding the world of people he thought were unfit to breath the same air as him. World War II was fought to keep him from taking over the world, and ridding it of all the Jews. I'll let you in on a little secret. He loses." Anger filled the red eyes and the next thing Lily knew, she was being hit by the Cruciatus Curse, and feeling extreme pain like she had never felt before. After the curse was lifted, Lily gasped,

"How...do you...expect...him...to know...I'm here?" Voldemort said,

"Through his dreams."

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