Disclaimer: Characters created by one, J. K. Rowling.
Copyright: I'll take plot, thanks ;) Sorry if any one else has used, it came from my mind whether someone else thought of it, I can't account for.
Rating: PG-13 - (just in case) I wouldn't let my ten year old go see someone kiss and make-out, would you? If you would, you're sick! Anyway....
Summary: HxHr. This story is post school. Three words and a grey mist were all that were left. Many years later and the mist was still there, in the crevices of her brain. Haunting her, ea. time she stepped inside the walls of the occurance. One more floor, floor one, inside the Earth.
Story Type: Fliclet 2-3 chapters
Title: Translucently Opaque
Chapter Title: Honored to be Yours
Hermione blushed and hid her face in his chest again.After a moment Harry recieved his muffled answer.
"Kiss," she whispered. After a moment of recognition, Harry raised her her head. Hermione stared him in the eye, concentrated on getting her face back to normal. She slid her hands around his neck when he started sliding his down to her waist. Hermione broked the contact and let her eyes roam his face. Once he caught her gaze again he whispered back.
"I'm honored," and with that he caught her lips with his again. The kiss was long and sweet. But soon, Harry felt he needed to end it. Hermione's eyes slowly opened and studied his face. Puzzlement evidident. Her eyes seemed to ask why he had stopped, and her lips, begged to be claimed once more. His lips parted as he searched for a way to say what he wished.
"Hermione..." he started heavily and with uncertainty. She gaved into his eyes as if prodding him to continue.
"Will you come with me... to... where I was?" he asked quietly. Hermione felt her eyes widen slightly, but her head nodded. Before she knew it, she was walking through a silver like door. On the other side there was a green hill. Atop the hill she could see a few small children running happily. Parents nearby, cautiously watching their children, with amusement in their eyes.
"It's wonderful looking Harry," she whispered. He smiled and they began to walk slowly up the hill. Once reaching the top, he sat down to admire the view. Harry slid an arm around her waist and brought he closer.
"Hermion--" he started but ended with an "--oooof". His view was obscured by a lump of dark black hair. He wrapped his arms around the object on top of him and gently put it on the grass. As he sat up he looked back at 'it'.
"Hello papa!" it yelled. He smiled and pulled the small girl into a hug. She sat down in his lap and looked curiously at Hermione, as Hermione looked curiously at the girl.
"Papa?" she asked with some fear and amusement. Harry coughed, hesitant, and looked at each girl in turn.
"This, is Amy, my... child..." he stated hesitantly. Amy pulled on his shirt and whispered into his ear.
"Who's shee?" she inquired. He smiled slightly. After taking a sneaking glance at Hermione, he turned back to her.
"This is Hermione, sweetie... she's someone I care about very much," he stated gently. Hermione smiled and kissed his cheek.
"As much as me?" Amy asked in quiet awe. Harry nodded and tweaked her nose.
"Yep, as much as you," he grinned. The girl seemed to nod her head, simply to herself and then looked at Hermione.
"I'm Amy," she said boldly. Hermione grinned and replied.
"I'm Hermione, it's nice to meet you," she said sweetly. Harry watched the exchange, studying the two girl's faces. His face slowly grew into a serious one and he turned to Amy. Once he caught he attention, he began to speak.
"Sweetie, we're leaving Avinden today. We're going to go move somewhere else," he stated slowly. Amy's face slowly changed into one of puzzlement.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because I want to go live where Hermione is. Can you understand that?" he asked gently. She nodded and stood up.
"So I need to go pack?" she asked slowly. He nodded solemnly and stood. She shrugged her shoulders and began to skip down the hill. His eyes followed after her trail begore turning, and looking down at Hermione. He hesitantly offered his hand. She took it and stood beside him, lacing her fingers with his. They slowly began to follow her train down the hill.
"Whose child is she?" she asked quietly. He shook his head gently.
"I don't know," he said quietly. Her grip on his hand loosened and she paused. An appauled look on her face. Harry shook his head fiercely and tightened his grip on her hand, slightly.
"No Hermione... I don't even know who the father is, she's not mine technically," he stated forcefully. Hermione relaxed and began to walk again, tightening her grip on his hand once more. They kept a low silence for a short while.
"How did you get her?" she asked slowly. Her eyes downcast, following the workings of her feet.
"The head of the town, who's explained everything to me when I ended up her gave her to me. Said the parents had been dear friends of his, but he couldn't take care of her. In exchange, he tutored me in the workings and magic of this place. The use wandless magic, you know. He knew that someday I would leave, so he changed her appearance to match my own more. Quite complicated process actually. Though, he never finished, actually..." he ended witha hushed voice. She nodded in understanding and asked him to continue.
"See, he changed some of her DNA strands so that people from our world would think she was my child. That's why she looks a lot like me, the black hair, green eyes. But, he never finished. He said that when I finally left and settled down, he would complete the process. So that the DNA would prove her to be a child of mine, and the one I settled down with," he said quietly. Hermione's hand slid to his waist and gave him a light squeeze.
"It's just that... I can't think of anyone better to settle down with than you," he whispered. They paused the progress of their feet and turned to face each other. Hermione lifted her feet up so she stood on tip toes. After gently kissing his lips she whispered into his ear.
"Is that so bad?" she asked slyly. He gently shook his head and caught her gaze.
"No, it's just that... are you sure? I've just come back... we haven't been together for more than an hour... and--" he rambled. Hermione leaned forward and claimed his lips with hers, quickly shushing him. She made sure the kiss was forceful and full of meaning, before breaking the contact. She grasped his hand again and began walking.
"I think I made that choice when you left that long time ago, back at Hogwarts," she whispered. Harry nodded deftly. Eventually they reached a door and they stopped.
"I think we should ask Amy her opinion too, before... doing anything too suddenly," he murmered. Hermione nodded and watched as his hands worked on the doorknob, slowly turning it. Once inside, they heard a voice from the back of the house.
"I'm almost done, what took you?" it yelled. Harry chuckled and yelled back.
"Just taking our time, give me a minute to pack myself," He walked instictively around a corner and into another room. This, Hermione guessed, was his room. She found his wand sitting on a nearby shelf and picked up. She slowly ran her fingers up to the tip and then put it back down. She turned and watched as he quickly with several waves of his hand forced his belongings into a small suitcase. After a short time, he closed the case and turned around. He smiled at her and they left the room. After stepping into the main room, they found Amy there with suitcase of her own. In her arms was a large stuffed bear. Hermione couldn't help but smile.
Soon, Hermione found herself walking through the same silver door that had taken her to the place. She looked around her and found herself back at Gryffindor Manor. She watched as Amy's eyes followed the long staircase to the very top and nearly dropped her large bear.
"What is this place?" she exclaimed. Hermione watched as Harry grinned at his daughter and responded shortly.
"This, is home," he said with a joyful tone. Hermione laughed and came up behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist, kissing his cheek. A blush crept up on her face however, when she saw how Amy was looking at them. She gave a hesitant laugh and pulled away. But, laced her fingers with his anyway. She looked over at Harry and noticed a thoughtful expression on his face.
"What is it Harry?" she asked quietly with amusement. He faced her and chuckled slightly, shaking his head.
"Oh, nothing. Listen, how about you two go shopping, while I fix up the house a little, I'm not sure I quite like the layout anymore," he stated. Hermione tilted her head to one side and looked at Amy. She smiled and took a step forward, bending down to one knee so she could look her in the eye.
"How about it? Wanna go shopping with little old me?" she asked playfully. Amy smiled, and nodded. Hermione smiled and stood up. Amy grasped her hand in hers and tugged on it, meaning she wanted to go know. She laughed at Harry and waved goodbye. Once out the door, Harry, turned around and began his work.
The first thing he did was enter the room of many doors. He deleted each one in turn after retieving his belongings from the rooms. The room itself, he turned into a storage room. Then, he made his way to the stairs. The banister to the side was made out of a fine wood, and their were several knots in the wood. He ran a finger over over of the smooth knots and then smiled. He muttered a spell, pointing his wand over the bottom stair. His hand ran over the first wood bar of the banister, that had a round ball at the top. On the side of the bar there was a knot, and he grinned. He muttered another spell over the knot and the ball on top of the bar. Harry straightened his back and grasped the ball and took a step on the stair case. Then, he took another step. With this, he began to study the wood paneling that was on the left of the staircase. There was a knot about at the height of his waist. This, he charmed as well. With that, he ran his fingers over the knot, pressing inward. He felt a small pull and then looked around. He was at the second floor of the house at the top of this set of stairs.
To his left was a set of doors, as well, as to his right. He walked to the last door on the right and opened it. There was a four poster bed in the corner and a fine dresser to his right. A tall mirror lay against the wall. Next to the dresser was a desk with several pieces of dusty parchment on top. On the edge, sat a small lamp. He smiled and nodded. He began to speak several spells around the room. The carpet was now a dark blue, and the walls were a bright sky blue with silver moons and stars. The curtains around her bed were a see through material that was white with a blue tint to it. The lamp shade was a light purple, and there was now a fan on the ceiling with light purple blades with silver snitches. The blanket adorning the bed was blue with silver stars, and the pillows were purple with silver moons decorating it. Leaning against the pillows was a great white stuffed bear. Smiling, he left the room. He began to decorate each room on that floor. There were two bath rooms, three more bedrooms, and a play room. The next thing he did, was return to the stairs. He inspected the paneling once more and found a large knot. He muttered another spell and then pressed into the knot. He found himself on the third step of the bottom staircase. Once there, he began searching and studying the wood paneling and the banister once more.
Upon entering Diagon Alley Amy stood in awe. She began pulling Hermione into all sorts of shops. Harry and given her a pouch with about two hundred galleons in it so they could buy anything, and as much as they wanted. And within that pouch, just in case, was the key to his vault. Hermione became very glad that she had brought her wand when she began to notice the added weight of all the items Amy began to buy. Hermione shrunk everything that she bought and put each one in turn in one of the bags the stores had given them.
The first shop they entered was filled with animals. There were cats and owls, frogs, and lizards, and dogs. Amy became overcome with the cuteness of many of them. While she began to choose which ones she would like, she insisted that Hermione get atleast one. Hermione sighed, but began to look around. Crookshanks had died the last year, and she had already bought herself and owl, so she began to look through all the kittens. She continued on looking until Amy pulled her over to look at the animals she had chosen.
"Hermione! Look at this kitten! I now I want it, and there, see that lizard? I know just what to name him! And then, there's this owl over here, I think I'd like that one, it just looks so cute!" she exclaimed quickly. Hermione coughed slightly and wondered if the two hundred galleons would be enough for all it seemed this girl would want. She gently shook her head and began to prod Amy out the shop. Before she could protest, she gave her reasons.
"As you cannot shrink animals into pocket sizes, we need a small trolly to put the cages on, before we buy the animals," she stated firmly, Amy nodded quietly and followed Hermione over the the trolly rentals, after getting one, they moved straight back to the shop of animals. After much mulling about, Hermione decided to get a small Tuxedo cat. It seemed to be the runt of the lot, but it was cute anyway. It was mostly white with a black spot on it's right ear, the tip of it's tail, and it's left back paw.
Upon leaving the shop, they began entering the other shops, where, they bought things such as Honeydukes candy, joke items, many sets of clothes, toys, and some childrens books. A few hair accesories, and hairbrushes, combs, shoes, sandals, and finally... toys, food, cages, and care instruction manuals for the pets that they bought. And during all this, they had only had to visit Gringotts once.
However, as it neared seven, her feet were wearing out and she insisted they go home. Amy nodded with a happy grin decorating her face. Upon entering the house, Hermione called through the house in hopes of trying to find Harry.
"Harry... We're home!" She yelled sweetly. A moment later, Harry came walking to her.
"Well, enjoy yourselves? Definetely took you a while to get back," he stated with a chuckle. She laughed and willingly accepted the embrace he enveloped her in. After a moment she looked up at him, a smile adorning her features. He slowly leaned into her face until their lips met. Hermione sighed into his mouth and slid her arms around his neck.
"Hey Daddy--oh.." came a voice to the side. But it stopped mid sentence. They broke the contact and turned to face Amy. Harry laughed hesitantly and released Hermione from his grasp. Instead, Harry and Hermione's hands found each other.
"Hey kiddo. So what did you guys buy?" he asked quickly. Amy's face lit up and she forgot about the previous moment. Soon, she was rambling on about all the things they had brought, showing them to him in turn, explaining what was so great about them. After they had gone through about half, Harry and Hermione sat down on a couch to listen. Hermione's free hand was busy scratching her new kitten behind the ears. At nine o'clock, Hermione asked Harry what he had done while they were gone. He grinned, and began explaining the workings of the stairs and knots. At nine thirty, everyone was beginning to nod, and yawn. So Harry showed Amy her new room, where all her stuff, not including her new things, were already put away. She grinned and then went to change. After she was done, Harry came in to tuck her in. She climbed into bed and Harry pulled the blanket up to cover her. She smiled sleepily at him and then focused her eyes on him.
"What exactly are you and Hermione?" she asked quietly. Harry smiled softly at her. At that moment, Hermione stepped in and kneeled next to Harry. He grabbed her hand and gave it a light squeeze.
"Well, that's something we wanted to ask you about sweetie," he said gently. "How would you feel about having a mother?" he asked quietly. At that Amy's eyes opened wide for a moment. Her eyes flickered from Harry to Hermione, before focusing on Harry again.
"A mom," she said to herself. Then she looked up and smiled. Amy gave a heavy nod, and at that Harry grinned; Hermione, giving a soft smile. Harry kissed Amy on the forehead and then got up to leave. Hermione sat hesitantly near the bedside.
"May I?" she asked hesitantly. Amy nodded, and with that, Hermione also gave her a short kiss on the forehead. As she began to make move to get up and leave there was a noise from the bed.
"Ummm... Hermione?" came Amy's hesitant voice. Hermione turned to look at her.
"Yes Amy?" she inquired.
"Does that mean I can call you mum?" she asked quietly. Hermione smiled and nodded.
"I'd be honoured," she replied. Amy smiled, gave a short nod, and then turned on her side with the intent to sleep. Hermione stood up and turned, leaving the room. Harry gently closed the door and turned to Hermione. She smiled softly at him and leaned againsted the wall.
"Well, what now?" she asked quietly. Harry downcasted his eyes a moment and shuffled his feet before looking up again.
"Will you stay?" he asked quietly. Hermione smiled and nodded. Harry grinned and began to walk to the stairs. He pressed a knot about at the height of his shoulder and thenwaited a moment. They found themselves at the top floor of the house. Harry turned and opened a door on the left. Upon entering, the first thing she saw was a comfortable looking queen sized fourposter. With a green comforter. Around the room she saw several of Harry's items.
"With you?" she inquired quietly. Harry blushed and turned away. She smiled softly and pecked him on the cheek.
"It's fine. But... I mean... I don't plan on doing... it... until were married, alright?" she negotiated. Harry nodded. After another ten minutes, they both had brushed their teeth, and changed for bed. She was wearing a loose grey t-shirt, and light, loose flanel pants, while Harry, was wearing his green boxers. Hermione blushed at the sight of him, but they both climbed into the bed anyway. On reflex it seemed, Hermione snuggled into him for warmth and Harry draped an arm across her stomach. In the corner of her eye, Hermione could see the new kitten snuggled in her cat bed in the corner of the room. The last thing she saw before slipping into slumber was the green sheets. The last thing she felt, was Harry's breath against her neck. The last thing she thought about, was explaining to everyone how it was exactly that she had a seven year old daughter, with Harry no less.
Copyright: I'll take plot, thanks ;) Sorry if any one else has used, it came from my mind whether someone else thought of it, I can't account for.
Rating: PG-13 - (just in case) I wouldn't let my ten year old go see someone kiss and make-out, would you? If you would, you're sick! Anyway....
Summary: HxHr. This story is post school. Three words and a grey mist were all that were left. Many years later and the mist was still there, in the crevices of her brain. Haunting her, ea. time she stepped inside the walls of the occurance. One more floor, floor one, inside the Earth.
Story Type: Fliclet 2-3 chapters
Title: Translucently Opaque
Chapter Title: Honored to be Yours
Hermione blushed and hid her face in his chest again.After a moment Harry recieved his muffled answer.
"Kiss," she whispered. After a moment of recognition, Harry raised her her head. Hermione stared him in the eye, concentrated on getting her face back to normal. She slid her hands around his neck when he started sliding his down to her waist. Hermione broked the contact and let her eyes roam his face. Once he caught her gaze again he whispered back.
"I'm honored," and with that he caught her lips with his again. The kiss was long and sweet. But soon, Harry felt he needed to end it. Hermione's eyes slowly opened and studied his face. Puzzlement evidident. Her eyes seemed to ask why he had stopped, and her lips, begged to be claimed once more. His lips parted as he searched for a way to say what he wished.
"Hermione..." he started heavily and with uncertainty. She gaved into his eyes as if prodding him to continue.
"Will you come with me... to... where I was?" he asked quietly. Hermione felt her eyes widen slightly, but her head nodded. Before she knew it, she was walking through a silver like door. On the other side there was a green hill. Atop the hill she could see a few small children running happily. Parents nearby, cautiously watching their children, with amusement in their eyes.
"It's wonderful looking Harry," she whispered. He smiled and they began to walk slowly up the hill. Once reaching the top, he sat down to admire the view. Harry slid an arm around her waist and brought he closer.
"Hermion--" he started but ended with an "--oooof". His view was obscured by a lump of dark black hair. He wrapped his arms around the object on top of him and gently put it on the grass. As he sat up he looked back at 'it'.
"Hello papa!" it yelled. He smiled and pulled the small girl into a hug. She sat down in his lap and looked curiously at Hermione, as Hermione looked curiously at the girl.
"Papa?" she asked with some fear and amusement. Harry coughed, hesitant, and looked at each girl in turn.
"This, is Amy, my... child..." he stated hesitantly. Amy pulled on his shirt and whispered into his ear.
"Who's shee?" she inquired. He smiled slightly. After taking a sneaking glance at Hermione, he turned back to her.
"This is Hermione, sweetie... she's someone I care about very much," he stated gently. Hermione smiled and kissed his cheek.
"As much as me?" Amy asked in quiet awe. Harry nodded and tweaked her nose.
"Yep, as much as you," he grinned. The girl seemed to nod her head, simply to herself and then looked at Hermione.
"I'm Amy," she said boldly. Hermione grinned and replied.
"I'm Hermione, it's nice to meet you," she said sweetly. Harry watched the exchange, studying the two girl's faces. His face slowly grew into a serious one and he turned to Amy. Once he caught he attention, he began to speak.
"Sweetie, we're leaving Avinden today. We're going to go move somewhere else," he stated slowly. Amy's face slowly changed into one of puzzlement.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because I want to go live where Hermione is. Can you understand that?" he asked gently. She nodded and stood up.
"So I need to go pack?" she asked slowly. He nodded solemnly and stood. She shrugged her shoulders and began to skip down the hill. His eyes followed after her trail begore turning, and looking down at Hermione. He hesitantly offered his hand. She took it and stood beside him, lacing her fingers with his. They slowly began to follow her train down the hill.
"Whose child is she?" she asked quietly. He shook his head gently.
"I don't know," he said quietly. Her grip on his hand loosened and she paused. An appauled look on her face. Harry shook his head fiercely and tightened his grip on her hand, slightly.
"No Hermione... I don't even know who the father is, she's not mine technically," he stated forcefully. Hermione relaxed and began to walk again, tightening her grip on his hand once more. They kept a low silence for a short while.
"How did you get her?" she asked slowly. Her eyes downcast, following the workings of her feet.
"The head of the town, who's explained everything to me when I ended up her gave her to me. Said the parents had been dear friends of his, but he couldn't take care of her. In exchange, he tutored me in the workings and magic of this place. The use wandless magic, you know. He knew that someday I would leave, so he changed her appearance to match my own more. Quite complicated process actually. Though, he never finished, actually..." he ended witha hushed voice. She nodded in understanding and asked him to continue.
"See, he changed some of her DNA strands so that people from our world would think she was my child. That's why she looks a lot like me, the black hair, green eyes. But, he never finished. He said that when I finally left and settled down, he would complete the process. So that the DNA would prove her to be a child of mine, and the one I settled down with," he said quietly. Hermione's hand slid to his waist and gave him a light squeeze.
"It's just that... I can't think of anyone better to settle down with than you," he whispered. They paused the progress of their feet and turned to face each other. Hermione lifted her feet up so she stood on tip toes. After gently kissing his lips she whispered into his ear.
"Is that so bad?" she asked slyly. He gently shook his head and caught her gaze.
"No, it's just that... are you sure? I've just come back... we haven't been together for more than an hour... and--" he rambled. Hermione leaned forward and claimed his lips with hers, quickly shushing him. She made sure the kiss was forceful and full of meaning, before breaking the contact. She grasped his hand again and began walking.
"I think I made that choice when you left that long time ago, back at Hogwarts," she whispered. Harry nodded deftly. Eventually they reached a door and they stopped.
"I think we should ask Amy her opinion too, before... doing anything too suddenly," he murmered. Hermione nodded and watched as his hands worked on the doorknob, slowly turning it. Once inside, they heard a voice from the back of the house.
"I'm almost done, what took you?" it yelled. Harry chuckled and yelled back.
"Just taking our time, give me a minute to pack myself," He walked instictively around a corner and into another room. This, Hermione guessed, was his room. She found his wand sitting on a nearby shelf and picked up. She slowly ran her fingers up to the tip and then put it back down. She turned and watched as he quickly with several waves of his hand forced his belongings into a small suitcase. After a short time, he closed the case and turned around. He smiled at her and they left the room. After stepping into the main room, they found Amy there with suitcase of her own. In her arms was a large stuffed bear. Hermione couldn't help but smile.
Soon, Hermione found herself walking through the same silver door that had taken her to the place. She looked around her and found herself back at Gryffindor Manor. She watched as Amy's eyes followed the long staircase to the very top and nearly dropped her large bear.
"What is this place?" she exclaimed. Hermione watched as Harry grinned at his daughter and responded shortly.
"This, is home," he said with a joyful tone. Hermione laughed and came up behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist, kissing his cheek. A blush crept up on her face however, when she saw how Amy was looking at them. She gave a hesitant laugh and pulled away. But, laced her fingers with his anyway. She looked over at Harry and noticed a thoughtful expression on his face.
"What is it Harry?" she asked quietly with amusement. He faced her and chuckled slightly, shaking his head.
"Oh, nothing. Listen, how about you two go shopping, while I fix up the house a little, I'm not sure I quite like the layout anymore," he stated. Hermione tilted her head to one side and looked at Amy. She smiled and took a step forward, bending down to one knee so she could look her in the eye.
"How about it? Wanna go shopping with little old me?" she asked playfully. Amy smiled, and nodded. Hermione smiled and stood up. Amy grasped her hand in hers and tugged on it, meaning she wanted to go know. She laughed at Harry and waved goodbye. Once out the door, Harry, turned around and began his work.
The first thing he did was enter the room of many doors. He deleted each one in turn after retieving his belongings from the rooms. The room itself, he turned into a storage room. Then, he made his way to the stairs. The banister to the side was made out of a fine wood, and their were several knots in the wood. He ran a finger over over of the smooth knots and then smiled. He muttered a spell, pointing his wand over the bottom stair. His hand ran over the first wood bar of the banister, that had a round ball at the top. On the side of the bar there was a knot, and he grinned. He muttered another spell over the knot and the ball on top of the bar. Harry straightened his back and grasped the ball and took a step on the stair case. Then, he took another step. With this, he began to study the wood paneling that was on the left of the staircase. There was a knot about at the height of his waist. This, he charmed as well. With that, he ran his fingers over the knot, pressing inward. He felt a small pull and then looked around. He was at the second floor of the house at the top of this set of stairs.
To his left was a set of doors, as well, as to his right. He walked to the last door on the right and opened it. There was a four poster bed in the corner and a fine dresser to his right. A tall mirror lay against the wall. Next to the dresser was a desk with several pieces of dusty parchment on top. On the edge, sat a small lamp. He smiled and nodded. He began to speak several spells around the room. The carpet was now a dark blue, and the walls were a bright sky blue with silver moons and stars. The curtains around her bed were a see through material that was white with a blue tint to it. The lamp shade was a light purple, and there was now a fan on the ceiling with light purple blades with silver snitches. The blanket adorning the bed was blue with silver stars, and the pillows were purple with silver moons decorating it. Leaning against the pillows was a great white stuffed bear. Smiling, he left the room. He began to decorate each room on that floor. There were two bath rooms, three more bedrooms, and a play room. The next thing he did, was return to the stairs. He inspected the paneling once more and found a large knot. He muttered another spell and then pressed into the knot. He found himself on the third step of the bottom staircase. Once there, he began searching and studying the wood paneling and the banister once more.
Upon entering Diagon Alley Amy stood in awe. She began pulling Hermione into all sorts of shops. Harry and given her a pouch with about two hundred galleons in it so they could buy anything, and as much as they wanted. And within that pouch, just in case, was the key to his vault. Hermione became very glad that she had brought her wand when she began to notice the added weight of all the items Amy began to buy. Hermione shrunk everything that she bought and put each one in turn in one of the bags the stores had given them.
The first shop they entered was filled with animals. There were cats and owls, frogs, and lizards, and dogs. Amy became overcome with the cuteness of many of them. While she began to choose which ones she would like, she insisted that Hermione get atleast one. Hermione sighed, but began to look around. Crookshanks had died the last year, and she had already bought herself and owl, so she began to look through all the kittens. She continued on looking until Amy pulled her over to look at the animals she had chosen.
"Hermione! Look at this kitten! I now I want it, and there, see that lizard? I know just what to name him! And then, there's this owl over here, I think I'd like that one, it just looks so cute!" she exclaimed quickly. Hermione coughed slightly and wondered if the two hundred galleons would be enough for all it seemed this girl would want. She gently shook her head and began to prod Amy out the shop. Before she could protest, she gave her reasons.
"As you cannot shrink animals into pocket sizes, we need a small trolly to put the cages on, before we buy the animals," she stated firmly, Amy nodded quietly and followed Hermione over the the trolly rentals, after getting one, they moved straight back to the shop of animals. After much mulling about, Hermione decided to get a small Tuxedo cat. It seemed to be the runt of the lot, but it was cute anyway. It was mostly white with a black spot on it's right ear, the tip of it's tail, and it's left back paw.
Upon leaving the shop, they began entering the other shops, where, they bought things such as Honeydukes candy, joke items, many sets of clothes, toys, and some childrens books. A few hair accesories, and hairbrushes, combs, shoes, sandals, and finally... toys, food, cages, and care instruction manuals for the pets that they bought. And during all this, they had only had to visit Gringotts once.
However, as it neared seven, her feet were wearing out and she insisted they go home. Amy nodded with a happy grin decorating her face. Upon entering the house, Hermione called through the house in hopes of trying to find Harry.
"Harry... We're home!" She yelled sweetly. A moment later, Harry came walking to her.
"Well, enjoy yourselves? Definetely took you a while to get back," he stated with a chuckle. She laughed and willingly accepted the embrace he enveloped her in. After a moment she looked up at him, a smile adorning her features. He slowly leaned into her face until their lips met. Hermione sighed into his mouth and slid her arms around his neck.
"Hey Daddy--oh.." came a voice to the side. But it stopped mid sentence. They broke the contact and turned to face Amy. Harry laughed hesitantly and released Hermione from his grasp. Instead, Harry and Hermione's hands found each other.
"Hey kiddo. So what did you guys buy?" he asked quickly. Amy's face lit up and she forgot about the previous moment. Soon, she was rambling on about all the things they had brought, showing them to him in turn, explaining what was so great about them. After they had gone through about half, Harry and Hermione sat down on a couch to listen. Hermione's free hand was busy scratching her new kitten behind the ears. At nine o'clock, Hermione asked Harry what he had done while they were gone. He grinned, and began explaining the workings of the stairs and knots. At nine thirty, everyone was beginning to nod, and yawn. So Harry showed Amy her new room, where all her stuff, not including her new things, were already put away. She grinned and then went to change. After she was done, Harry came in to tuck her in. She climbed into bed and Harry pulled the blanket up to cover her. She smiled sleepily at him and then focused her eyes on him.
"What exactly are you and Hermione?" she asked quietly. Harry smiled softly at her. At that moment, Hermione stepped in and kneeled next to Harry. He grabbed her hand and gave it a light squeeze.
"Well, that's something we wanted to ask you about sweetie," he said gently. "How would you feel about having a mother?" he asked quietly. At that Amy's eyes opened wide for a moment. Her eyes flickered from Harry to Hermione, before focusing on Harry again.
"A mom," she said to herself. Then she looked up and smiled. Amy gave a heavy nod, and at that Harry grinned; Hermione, giving a soft smile. Harry kissed Amy on the forehead and then got up to leave. Hermione sat hesitantly near the bedside.
"May I?" she asked hesitantly. Amy nodded, and with that, Hermione also gave her a short kiss on the forehead. As she began to make move to get up and leave there was a noise from the bed.
"Ummm... Hermione?" came Amy's hesitant voice. Hermione turned to look at her.
"Yes Amy?" she inquired.
"Does that mean I can call you mum?" she asked quietly. Hermione smiled and nodded.
"I'd be honoured," she replied. Amy smiled, gave a short nod, and then turned on her side with the intent to sleep. Hermione stood up and turned, leaving the room. Harry gently closed the door and turned to Hermione. She smiled softly at him and leaned againsted the wall.
"Well, what now?" she asked quietly. Harry downcasted his eyes a moment and shuffled his feet before looking up again.
"Will you stay?" he asked quietly. Hermione smiled and nodded. Harry grinned and began to walk to the stairs. He pressed a knot about at the height of his shoulder and thenwaited a moment. They found themselves at the top floor of the house. Harry turned and opened a door on the left. Upon entering, the first thing she saw was a comfortable looking queen sized fourposter. With a green comforter. Around the room she saw several of Harry's items.
"With you?" she inquired quietly. Harry blushed and turned away. She smiled softly and pecked him on the cheek.
"It's fine. But... I mean... I don't plan on doing... it... until were married, alright?" she negotiated. Harry nodded. After another ten minutes, they both had brushed their teeth, and changed for bed. She was wearing a loose grey t-shirt, and light, loose flanel pants, while Harry, was wearing his green boxers. Hermione blushed at the sight of him, but they both climbed into the bed anyway. On reflex it seemed, Hermione snuggled into him for warmth and Harry draped an arm across her stomach. In the corner of her eye, Hermione could see the new kitten snuggled in her cat bed in the corner of the room. The last thing she saw before slipping into slumber was the green sheets. The last thing she felt, was Harry's breath against her neck. The last thing she thought about, was explaining to everyone how it was exactly that she had a seven year old daughter, with Harry no less.