April 2003 – Chapter 21 – The End is a Beginning
Remus looked at Sirius as he turned to leave the room. His nose flared as he caught the scent of blood. He then saw it.
"Sirius?" He asked looking down at Peter bound before him and back at his old friend his wand trained on Peter.
"Khadja she..."
"She what...Where is she?" Remus asked.
"Downstairs. She is safe. We will send for help when Peter is to the Dementors."
"The blood?"
"It is hers." Sirius admitted softly. "She..."
"Come on." Harry hissed
Remus nodded. He trusted his old friend now.
Khadja did not wish to be alone. She awoke and wrapped a blanket about herself and another about her infant son and then headed out oblivious of the danger of a werewolf on the loose and other such things.
She looked up at the full moon and then fell unable to go on.
Khadja awoke to a gentle tapping on her face. She turned her head and saw Professor Snape beside her. "Are you alright? You look pale."
"I..."
A soft gurgle made him look down. She removed the blanket. She was nude, but he did not notice her large milk filled breast. His eyes focused on the child in the crook of her arm.
"Where is Remus? Where is Sirius?"
"Your husband ran off into the woods a full werewolf on the rampage. It is good he ran away from here so he would not have harmed you nor his babe." He said looking at the baby as Khadja looked down.
"And Black?"
"Safe in the tower. The Dementors will complete the kiss shortly."
"WHAT?"
"Are you not pleased? He wished you dead."
"He helped me deliver my son!" She gasped and fought to get up. He forced her to lie back down.
"No. Not yet. I will bring you by stretcher."
"You have the wrong..."
"The blood loss has made you delusional." Severus sniffed. "Come my dear. To the hospital wing with you."
"Peter Pettigrew..."
"Is dead. He had been for years. Will you calm down before you harm yourself?"
She looked at the Professor and let him procure a stretcher and she moved onto it with her baby. He lifted it with his want and watched her as she laid back. She was tired.
When they arrived it was discovered when she did not wake that she was still bleeding. Poppy had quickly found the hemorrhage and stopped it. Now Khadja was sleeping peacefully with the baby in a crib beside her.
She awoke enough to see Poppy and Minerva holding her up to nurse. The baby drank his fill and the settled back to sleep.
Sometime she had awakened and laid her hand on the crib that was level with her body on the hospital bed. She caressed the baby's back as he lay there sleeping. She opened her eyes to look at him.
Remus returned. He came to Dumbledore's office and wondered where his young wife was.
Dumbledore smiled at him and led him to the hospital wing. At first his heart lurched when he saw her lying there on the bed looking very pale and as ill as he did.
Dumbledore nudged him forward. "She had been resting well. I believe she has someone she wants to you meet."
Remus gave him a look and then nodded.
He walked forward. Sunlight streamed in through the windows and he stood before her and closed his eyes. "Oh Kadi..." He then walked to her side and noticed her arm going into a small plastic thing that was open on one side. It was against the bed and full of fluffy blankets that Khadja's hand disappeared into.
He leaned forward and pulled the blanket down from the small head. A head with light brown hair laid there. A tiny head. A baby head. It stirred and moaned softly and Remus realized he was looking at his child.
He looked at his wife's face tears in his eyes. She had given him a baby. A perfect, healthy baby.
Dumbledore smiled and walked out as Remus touched the baby's back and then sat down staring in wonder at his baby.
He was even more in love with this child than he had been with Holly, but though he loved his daughter and had raised her she was not his. This baby was his.
"His name is Sirius James." She whispered.
He looked up startled. He had noticed her waking. She looked so tired, but her eyes were bright.
"It's...a boy?"
She nodded. "Sirius thought he was wonderful." She said.
"How did...?"
"He delivered him Remus. I told you he would never harm me." She smiled. "He wished to protect me and Harry from Peter."
"Yes. I see that now." He said. He looked at her. "I don't suppose I could hold him."
She smiled. "He is your son."
He gently smiled at her and then reached in lifted the baby in his arms with the ease of an experienced father. "He is beautiful Khadja."
"It is a shame Sirius will never see him again."
"Why not?" He asked looking at the baby was the tiny eyes opened and the baby looked at Remus softly and gurgled.
"Your son knows you." She then sighed and sat up softly. "Sirius was to receive the Dementor Kiss the night he was recaptured."
Remus smiled and leaned forward. "He escaped Kadi." He smiled. "Both he and the hippogryth."
She smiled. Suddenly she relaxed and her husband noticed his son starting to cry. He sat behind Khadja and helped her nurse. He watched happy with his family.
Holly came in. "Mommy! Daddy!"
They looked up and smiled.
"Is that my...?"
"Baby brother Sirius James." Khadja said softly.
Remus watched his daughter coo over the new infant and felt all was right in the world.
Remus looked at Sirius as he turned to leave the room. His nose flared as he caught the scent of blood. He then saw it.
"Sirius?" He asked looking down at Peter bound before him and back at his old friend his wand trained on Peter.
"Khadja she..."
"She what...Where is she?" Remus asked.
"Downstairs. She is safe. We will send for help when Peter is to the Dementors."
"The blood?"
"It is hers." Sirius admitted softly. "She..."
"Come on." Harry hissed
Remus nodded. He trusted his old friend now.
Khadja did not wish to be alone. She awoke and wrapped a blanket about herself and another about her infant son and then headed out oblivious of the danger of a werewolf on the loose and other such things.
She looked up at the full moon and then fell unable to go on.
Khadja awoke to a gentle tapping on her face. She turned her head and saw Professor Snape beside her. "Are you alright? You look pale."
"I..."
A soft gurgle made him look down. She removed the blanket. She was nude, but he did not notice her large milk filled breast. His eyes focused on the child in the crook of her arm.
"Where is Remus? Where is Sirius?"
"Your husband ran off into the woods a full werewolf on the rampage. It is good he ran away from here so he would not have harmed you nor his babe." He said looking at the baby as Khadja looked down.
"And Black?"
"Safe in the tower. The Dementors will complete the kiss shortly."
"WHAT?"
"Are you not pleased? He wished you dead."
"He helped me deliver my son!" She gasped and fought to get up. He forced her to lie back down.
"No. Not yet. I will bring you by stretcher."
"You have the wrong..."
"The blood loss has made you delusional." Severus sniffed. "Come my dear. To the hospital wing with you."
"Peter Pettigrew..."
"Is dead. He had been for years. Will you calm down before you harm yourself?"
She looked at the Professor and let him procure a stretcher and she moved onto it with her baby. He lifted it with his want and watched her as she laid back. She was tired.
When they arrived it was discovered when she did not wake that she was still bleeding. Poppy had quickly found the hemorrhage and stopped it. Now Khadja was sleeping peacefully with the baby in a crib beside her.
She awoke enough to see Poppy and Minerva holding her up to nurse. The baby drank his fill and the settled back to sleep.
Sometime she had awakened and laid her hand on the crib that was level with her body on the hospital bed. She caressed the baby's back as he lay there sleeping. She opened her eyes to look at him.
Remus returned. He came to Dumbledore's office and wondered where his young wife was.
Dumbledore smiled at him and led him to the hospital wing. At first his heart lurched when he saw her lying there on the bed looking very pale and as ill as he did.
Dumbledore nudged him forward. "She had been resting well. I believe she has someone she wants to you meet."
Remus gave him a look and then nodded.
He walked forward. Sunlight streamed in through the windows and he stood before her and closed his eyes. "Oh Kadi..." He then walked to her side and noticed her arm going into a small plastic thing that was open on one side. It was against the bed and full of fluffy blankets that Khadja's hand disappeared into.
He leaned forward and pulled the blanket down from the small head. A head with light brown hair laid there. A tiny head. A baby head. It stirred and moaned softly and Remus realized he was looking at his child.
He looked at his wife's face tears in his eyes. She had given him a baby. A perfect, healthy baby.
Dumbledore smiled and walked out as Remus touched the baby's back and then sat down staring in wonder at his baby.
He was even more in love with this child than he had been with Holly, but though he loved his daughter and had raised her she was not his. This baby was his.
"His name is Sirius James." She whispered.
He looked up startled. He had noticed her waking. She looked so tired, but her eyes were bright.
"It's...a boy?"
She nodded. "Sirius thought he was wonderful." She said.
"How did...?"
"He delivered him Remus. I told you he would never harm me." She smiled. "He wished to protect me and Harry from Peter."
"Yes. I see that now." He said. He looked at her. "I don't suppose I could hold him."
She smiled. "He is your son."
He gently smiled at her and then reached in lifted the baby in his arms with the ease of an experienced father. "He is beautiful Khadja."
"It is a shame Sirius will never see him again."
"Why not?" He asked looking at the baby was the tiny eyes opened and the baby looked at Remus softly and gurgled.
"Your son knows you." She then sighed and sat up softly. "Sirius was to receive the Dementor Kiss the night he was recaptured."
Remus smiled and leaned forward. "He escaped Kadi." He smiled. "Both he and the hippogryth."
She smiled. Suddenly she relaxed and her husband noticed his son starting to cry. He sat behind Khadja and helped her nurse. He watched happy with his family.
Holly came in. "Mommy! Daddy!"
They looked up and smiled.
"Is that my...?"
"Baby brother Sirius James." Khadja said softly.
Remus watched his daughter coo over the new infant and felt all was right in the world.