H P Boy who Lives 7th year
Chapter 25
Valentines Day Morning
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Harry doesn't have that good of a track record, when it comes to Valentines Day. What do ya say we let all the others join in his Valentines hell?
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Harry awoke at six and prepared breakfast in bed for the two of them. He conjured a vase of ever-blooming roses and set off to surprise his bride. It was time for her to face the day. Unfortunately, she was already up and worshipping the loo.
Harry set the tray down on the nightstand. "Hermione, I know what getting those last twenty questions right on your N.E.W.T'S means to you, but maybe you need to wait, until this trimester of your pregnancy is over, before attending class in person. You wouldn't be missing anything that wasn't just review. First-Grams and Master Chen would more than understand." He went about preparing a cool cloth for her forehead and got her a glass of water.
"I know that, but then it's like a flare announcing to everyone that I'm pregnant." Hermione leaned back in his arms, as he bathed her face with the cool cloth.
"You took your N.E.W.T'S already and scored O's across-the-board. There's nothing more to prove. The way I see it, your seventh year is over." Harry rubbed her back, as she got sick again.
Hermione was miserable and exhausted. "You win, Wolfe. I won't worry or focus on anything except our girls and us of course. If I rest today, then we can go out with Daniel and Emma tonight. He needs a break from studying for his GCSE'S and Emma wants to show us what they won at the BAFTA'S."
"We shall see, my lioness, but that all depends on how you're feeling. So, looks like we're double-dating on our first Valentines Day." Harry kissed her on the forehead. Well, so much for thinking my days of Valentines hell were over.
Hermione burst into tears. "I just thought... (Sniffle)...that you might want to see them... (Sob)...everyday for us is like Valentines Day!" She got sick again.
"Easy, baby, I do want to see them. I'm not mad and yes everyday is like Valentines Day for us." He crooned, as he tried to calm her down.
Hermione curled up against him smelling breakfast on his robe. "You cooked me breakfast in bed and I can't eat it! I ruin everything!" She wailed.
His mother walked into their bathroom suite with a potion for Hermione. She could clearly see that Harry was at his whit's end. "Gene and Severus came up with this potion. It's working on Sirius and James, so it should work on Hermione." Lily now in her eighth month, was full of energy, and in the mood to nurture. "Here baby, take this. It should make you feel better."
Hermione reluctantly took the potion, which tasted like strawberries. In minutes, her nausea had disappeared. "I'm sorry. It's just that I cry at the drop of a hat these days." She sniffled. "I do feel better, Mum. Thanks for the potion."
"Severus sees you as one of his prized students, as well as family, so he's trying to come up with ways of making your next seven months easier on you." Lily smiled. "Now I know how much getting those 20 questions right means to you, but there will be no more attending classes. You are finished with your seventh year."
"I know, Mum...Harry and I talked about it this morning. I agreed to focus on the girls and us. If I wish, I will retake my N.E.W.T'S with the others in June." Hermione yawned sleepily.
"Mum, this is for you, Happy Valentines Day." He handed her a colorfully wrapped box, before scooping up Hermione, and carrying her back to bed.
Lily followed him into the bedroom.
She opened the present. Inside a velvet box was a charm bracelet with a stags head, wolfs head, phoenix, big cat, puppy, kitten, mink, fox, raccoon, and boy and girl birthstone charms representing all of them including Ron, Ginny, Wills, and Henry. "Oh Harry! This is beautiful!" She held it up in front of her, to get a better look, since she was crying happy tears.
Harry walked over and hugged her. "The charms on this bracelet represent all of us, so we're always with you." He placed the bracelet on her wrist. "It's from all of us kids, because we love you so much."
"Oh sweetie, I love all of you more than anything in this universe!" Lily was bawling on his shoulder.
James, having felt her sudden mood change, came up to get her. He had an iridescent rose for Hermione. "I see that Junior gave you your Valentines Day present. I have one for Hermione." He walked over and handed her the rose. "Happy Valentines Day, kitten. Although, it looks like you're staying in bed today." He kissed her gently on the forehead.
"Why thank you, Dad. I love roses. It seems like I'm going to be taking it easy, until I retake my N.E.W.T'S in June." Hermione yawned. "As it is these three only let me stay awake for a few hours at a time, so I'd just be snoozing in class."
"This is your first go at this. Your body isn't as adjusted to it, as Lil's is with the twins. She slept for hours her first time around, at least until her fourth month. After that she had boundless energy and any morning sickness went away. Most of the time, it was always me eating crackers whenever she was expecting." James gave her a pep talk.
"Oh, I got sick... Whenever I became upset or angry about something." Lily smiled. "As long as you're stress free, it doesn't trigger the nausea."
"That and our girls are taking up a good part of her energy and the chemical reactions in her body trigger her nausea and moods." Harry was glad that Hermione was up to eating a little breakfast.
"Very good, Harry," Lily was impressed. "You've been reading up on what's happening during Hermione's first trimester."
"I see it as keeping an eye on my girls." Harry grinned.
"Did Lucy give you a book for expectant fathers on Saturday? So, that's what you've had your nose glued to when I'm napping." Hermione dug the book out from under his pillows. "A Wizards Guide to When She's Expecting By Healer Lucille Allysia Marie Bell-Wood. Did you know that she was Oliver Wood's wife?" She arched a brow at him.
Harry blinked at her in surprise. "Uh, no actually I didn't, because I never read the biopage. So, Wood has twin girls. Maybe I'll take it easy on him next time...wait a second Cedric has a partner. I'll bet that it's Oliver. No wonder Draco's broom was ready for yesterday's game. Oliver plays Keeper for Puddlemere United...Oh well; one can't live off Quidditch alone and the brooms are brilliant."
"No wonder! Lucy's been asking me curious questions. You two met her on Saturday. She's a baby specialist at St. Mungo's. James and I met her last December, when I went through a battery of tests to make sure the twins and I were all right." Lily was all smiles about Lucy. "We became fast friends. She's the brightest and youngest Healer in her field."
"That doesn't sound like a half bad idea. I'm two months with the girls, so a thoroughgoing over by Lucy would be a good idea." Hermione was munching on a strawberry.
"I'm going there today, so you can come with James and me while Harry focuses on his first day of teaching classes." Lily thought that it was a wonderful idea.
Harry on the other hand did not. "I promised to be with her through all of this and I can't ditch my first day of teaching DADA."
"Look Junior, it's just a routine check-up right now, but in two months you get to see the girls." James tried to cheer him up.
"Honestly Harry, I'm fine. He's right all you would be doing is sitting in the waiting room. So stay here and teach today." Hermione yawned.
"We'll see you later, good luck on your first day teaching class, sweetie. My appointment is at two. Yours is at three. I thought that you might want to come with us." Lily kissed his cheek then smiled at Hermione.
"Good luck Junior and don't worry I'll watch over our girls." James vanished with Lily in his arms.
"So what's in the box?" Hermione held up a colorfully wrapped gift that was on the tray.
"Well, sweetness, open it and find out." Harry joined her on the bed.
Hermione carefully unwrapped her present and gasped when saw the rainbow sapphire jewelry set, inside the jewelry case. "Harry, these are gorgeous! I love them all!" She threw her arms around him and kissed him. "When's your first-class?" She purred into his ear.
"Logan is teaching until ten. I got up early thinking that you were going to class today."
"Well in that case. Come here I wish to thank you properly for my rainbow." Hermione pulled him down into her arms.
Maybe, just maybe, this might be a good Valentines Day after all! Harry thought.
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Pendragon Wing- Girls floor
Draco waited for Ginny to emerge from her room. He had roses and part one of her Valentines Day present, hidden behind his back.
"Good Morning. Dragon, are you escorting me to breakfast this morning?" Ginny kissed him good morning.
"Yeah, but then I always escort you to breakfast." He smiled down at her. "Happy Valentines Day, my Peaches." He revealed her present and the flowers that he had behind his back.
Ginny eagerly took the present and opened it. "Draco, this is gorgeous!" She held the golden locket in her palm, and then carefully opened it up. "Oh and it plays My Valentine and you put pictures of us in it! I love it and you so much!" She threw her arms around him and kissed him, sending the bouquet of roses flying in all directions.
Draco reined in his Lancelot side, ending the too hot to handle kiss. "Uh, turn it over and read the back of the locket." He growled hoarsely.
"Draco loves Ginny...Oh I love you too!" She tackled him to the hallway floor and really kissed him.
:Whoa there Peaches!: He wasn't ready for her to attack him. :Wander those little hands back to where they belong.: He groaned when she goosed him.
"Draco Sirius Lancelot, what the hell are you doing!?" James had come to make sure that Ginny was awake and was not expecting to see this in the hallway.
"Dad?!" Draco sat up with Ginny in his arms.
"That's right, son. What part of two days in Azkaban did you not understand?!" James growled.
"Uncle James! Dragon is innocent! He gave me my present and I reacted accordingly!" Ginny stood her ground with James.
"Young lady, you are sixteen! Do not make me move you into the dorms, because I will in a heartbeat, if you do not follow the rules!" James glared down at her.
"Luna and Ron are in her room! If you're gonna snarl at least be fair about it!" Ginny pouted.
"Oh, don't worry I'll get to them. Now as for the two of you, Ginny, go eat breakfast in the Great Hall." He pronounced sentence. "Draco, you have time for a cold shower before class, so move it!"
Draco vanished leaving Ginny to sulk up at James. "You're no fun! Dragon would never break his promise!"
"I know that he wouldn't break his promise, but then Draco isn't the Kissing Bandit now is he. Oh yes, young lady, thanks to Dad. I know your entire track record when it comes to the boys. Now move your rear. Oh and for that little outburst prepare to move to the dorms this evening!" James called her bluff.
"FINE I'M GOING!" Ginny stalked down the hallway then down the stairs.
"One down two to go." James knocked on Luna's door. "Luna, sweetheart, get a move on or you'll miss breakfast."
Luna opened the door. "Sorry Daddy, I was, um, looking over Ronny's essay."
James walked into room. "Were you really..." He took in her thoroughly kissed and mussed appearance, then Ron's not so tidy appearance, guilty expression, and he had broken out in a cold sweat. He took a deep calming breath in a try to rein in the urge to kill Ron. "Lunette Serena Diana, go down to breakfast please." His voice was deadly calm. "Ronald Bilius Arthur and I are going to have a chat."
"Um...Daddy we were just kissing...he got me this locket..." She stopped in midsentence when James gave her a look. He was her first real father figure that acted like a parent and had never given her that look before.
"Lunette Serena Diana, move your pretty little fanny now or you might end up more grounded than you already are!" James pointed to the door.
There was a storm brewing outside and it was growing more massive by the second.
"Uncle James, that ain't fair! We were just snoggin nothin happened so chill out!" Ron glared at him finally getting up his courage, as soon as he felt Luna getting upset. "Leave Luna out of this!"
James let loose his fury on Ron. "I DON'T THINK SO, RONALD BILIUS ARTHUR WEASLEY! MY DAUGHTER IS SIXTEEN! THIS IS OUT OF BOUNDS! YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT, BUT YOU FIGURED IT'S VALENTINES DAY LET'S SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GET AWAY WITH THINGS!"
Ron had never had James wrath unleashed on him and it was scary, so he wisely kept him mouth shut.
"IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GOING TO FIND OUT, BECAUSE I HAVE TO WATCH OVER LILY!"
The clouds brewing outside were pitch-black in color.
"WRONG BOYO! I AM THE KING OF THE MARAUDERS! I'VE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE! I KNOW WHAT YOU AND DRACO ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF!"
The room vibrated with energy emanating from James fury.
"YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULDN'T COME CHECK ON THE GIRLS ON VALENTINES DAY MORNING!? THAT WAS YOUR FIRST BLUNDER THAT AND TRYING TO MAKE MOVES ON MY SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER!"
When gale force winds from the storm outside howled in fury, Ron had the urge to run for his life.
"YOU MAY HAVE HAD SEX WHEN YOU WERE IN THE AFTERLIFE! YOU ARE IN REALITY NOW AND IT AIN'T HAPPENING! DO NOT EVEN TRY TO PLAY THE, BUT HARRY AND HERMIONE CARD WITH ME! THOSE TWO WERE NEVER GOING TO BREAK THEIR PROMISE AND ONLY DID BECAUSE OF MORGANA! YOU ARE IN NEED OF A RUDE AWAKENING!" James prowled in front of him and then stopped to pin him with a lethal glare. "TRY A WEEK IN THE DORMS WITHOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE CAMELOT WING! THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR NEW PLACE OF RESIDENCE, AS OF THIS EVENING, THIS WING IS GOING TO BE OFF-LIMITS TO YOU! IF THIS HAPPENS, AGAIN IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHT IN AZKABAN! I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING MAKING YOU SPEND TODAY THERE AS IT IS!"
"Uncle James, it won't happen again I promise." Ron had never seen him this mad at least not directed at him. The storm outside was going to break records in the Muggle World.
"GET OUT OF MY SIGHT OR I MIGHT RETHINK MY DECISION AND THROW YOU IN AZKABAN FOR THE DAY!" James roared at him.
Ron raced from the room.
"JUST BECAUSE I SEEM A LITTLE DISTRACTED LATELY! DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT GIVES YOU BOYS A GREEN LIGHT OR YOU GIRLS FOR THAT MATTER TO SHUCK THE RULES OUT OF THE WINDOW!!" James bellowed in fury before vanishing to check to see if the girls had gone to breakfast.
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Harry sat up and stared at the windows of their rooms. "Someone beyond pissed off Dad, which means that Ron got caught in Luna's room or Draco got pounced on by Ginny, after getting her present." He winced as the glass shook in the window frames, after thunder literally shook the castle.
Hermione curled up against him. "A week in the towers of the Gryffindor boys and girls dorms will set them straight. Either that or Dad may have hauled Ronald off to Azkaban for the day. He knows the rule about no boys in the room without permission. Draco would never break that rule. Ginny must have pounced on him in the hallway." She growled. "I should give him raccoon ears and a tail for being a git and give Ginny and Luna cat ears, whiskers, and a tail as well!" She did just that then focused on Harry. "Now where were we?" She went back to her quality time with Harry."
"Honey, I really should check this out..." Harry was barely able to think.
"Let Dad handle it."
"Or I can let Dad handle it..." Harry gave into her willingly and ignored the storm raging outside.
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The Great Hall
"Hermione must have been in the middle of quality time with Harry and the storm must have distracted Harry from fulfilling her craving." Luna stared wide-eyed at Ginny, who now resembled a human with cat features minus the fur.
"I hate to break this to you, but so do you! It's so not fair! She gets all the perks, while we have to be good girls and settle with kissing and cuddling!" Ginny snarled.
:Hermione is eighteen, married, and done with school! Need I remind either of you that she is also two months pregnant with triplets! Are either of you ready for kids yet!?: James glowered down at the two of them.
The two girls jumped in surprise.
"For that outburst, young lady, try two weeks in the girls dorm with no privileges! I will also be writing to Molly and Arthur about yours and Ronald's behavior, as soon as I escort you both to class! I can play hardball or not the choice is yours!" James upped Ginny's groundation when she glared at him. "Try no Quidditch! No DA! No Draco! No freedom whatsoever! That is if you don't cool it with that attitude! There will absolutely be no Kissing Bandit either!"
Ginny was brooding now.
"If I even hear a rumor that you were around my son, I will up your groundation even more! You will be stuck in the dorms for the rest of the term. Do I make myself clear! The same goes for Luna! She also gets a week in the girl's tower for her bad judgment and no Ron for a week! I'll have you know that Ron nearly spent the day in Azkaban!"
Severus was giving James the thumbs up for his parenting skills. "Now that's something that I never thought I would ever see, James being a mature responsible adult."
"I think the kids tried to, um, how Harry says it get cookies early." Sibyll stared out the windows the storm was just too bad for words.
"Excuse me, darling. Looks like the boys heard that last comment." Severus got up from the table.
"I told you that my prediction about today was on target." Sibyll smirked.
"Yes, well, duty calls. I guess my evenings are going to be filled with detentions after all." Severus sighed.
Draco and Ron had just entered the Great Hall.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU TRY ON MY BABY SISTER?!" Draco slammed Ron against one of the walls.
"ME!? I'LL JUST BET WHAT YOU AND MY BABY SISTER WERE DOING WAS JUST AS SERIOUS!" Ron punched Draco in the gut.
"THE HELL IT WAS! I HAVE NO WISH TO BE IN AZKABAN OR BANNED FROM GINNY FOR THE REST OF TERM! SHE POUNCED ON ME IN THE HALLWAY, WHERE I WAS WAITING FOR HER!" Draco slugged Ron across the jaw. "THAT IS WHERE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE INSTEAD OF LUNA'S BEDROOM!" He threw Ron face first against the wall.
Severus, Sirius, James, and Remus broke the two of them apart.
"Twenty five points each off Gryffindor, for Muggle brawling in the castle!" Minerva stalked over to them as did Max.
"HE PUT THE MOVES ON MY SISTER!" Ron tried to wrench himself away from Remus and Sirius.
"I DID NOT, BUT YOU SURE AS HELL TRIED TO DO THE SAME WITH MY BABY SISTER!" Draco broke away from James and Severus and punched Ron between the eyes.
Ron lost it completely and the two of them traded blows all the while rolling around on the hard floor. "YOU LIAR!"
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"THAT'S ENOUGH!! BREAK IT UP NOW!!" Harry roared from the doorway.
He and Logan stunned the two of them into submission.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THE TWO OF YOU? BRAWLING LIKE THIS AND FOR WHAT!? RON'S ALREADY IN IT UP TO HIS NECK AND YOU WEREN'T EVEN IN DAD'S SIGHTS! HE KNOWS WHAT I WILL DO TO EITHER OF YOU IF YOU BREAK THAT PROMISE! TRUST ME IT WILL MAKE AZKABAN LOOK LIKE A LOVELY DAY IN THE PARK!" Harry roared. "I AM THE NEXT MERLIN JUST IMAGINE WHAT I CAN DO!"
Draco had ferret ears and a tail.
"Ginerva Molly Elizabeth AND Lunette Serena Diana, get your asses over here!" Logan wasn't happy either.
The two reluctantly did as he ordered. "I'm sorry, big brother..." Luna whimpered.
"SAVE IT! BOTH OF YOU! DO YOU BOTH WISH TO BE PARENTS!? THAT'S WHAT COMES WITH MAKING LOVE! ARE YOU BOTH IN THAT BIG OF A HURRY!? I AM NINETEEN AND HERMIONE IS EIGHTEEN, BOTH OF US ARE FULLY TRAINED IN MAGIC AND MORE THAN CAPABLE OF HANDLING BEING A PARENT!" Harry was fueling the storm outside.
"Prince! You need to chill or we'll have a tornado up our ass soon." Logan stared outside the window.
"Sorry...okay I'm calming down..." Harry took a deep breath before continuing. "Consummating your relationship is a responsibility times ten and not just an endorphin rush! It complicates everything, if you're not ready to handle what comes with it! It's not a game like Ginny's Kissing Bandit days!"
All eyes stared at Ginny who was blushing crimson.
"All this has gotten any of you is, time away from each other, no privileges, the dorm for three of you, and you made asses of yourselves in front of the entire student body! All because the four of you..."
Draco glared at him.
"No sorry about that, Draco. Three of you! Are nowhere near ready for a serious death till we part relationship! Luna and Ginny are sixteen and because you don't have a clue as to what comes after that. Oh Draco, does and he knows that Ginny isn't even close to being ready for that yet. Ron and Luna got a taste of it, when they were in the afterlife. I have a newsflash for the two of them. It's the real world again! Neither of you wishes to have him spend a week in Azkaban or worse. I will stick him in a remote location with loads of spiders, where he will have to fend for himself with only the bare minimum of supplies! That goes for Draco as well, but then he knows that! Are we clear about this?" Harry was very much the adult, a teacher, all business, and no mister nice mate.
"Yeah, it's more than crystal clear, big brother." Draco helped Ron to his feet. "Sorry Ron...sorry everyone," His eye was swollen shut, his nose broken and bleeding, and his lip was split.
"Yeah, I more than have it etched in my brain. Sorry Draco...sorry everyone..." His face mirrored Draco's injuries.
"We're sorry, big brother." Luna whimpered. "We were brats. It won't happen again. Sorry Daddy!" She burst into tears.
"Kissing can lead to the wrong reactions." James hugged her to him and kissed the top of her head. "Especially, when they are happy kisses because of being given a special present on a special day."
"I'm sorry everyone." Ginny sniffled. "I'll try to control my wild side. I promise." Harry hugged her.
"I know that it's hard, believe me I know, but it's for your own well-being. Now off to class with you both, minus the ears, whiskers, and tails." He sorted the four of them back to normal.
"Shows over, all of you get to class, as for you two off to the Hospital Wing with you." Severus cleared the Hall.
Harry waited for everyone to leave, before talking to his Dad. "Dad, if they cool it for the rest of the day, maybe two days in the dorm will be enough."
"Sorry Junior. They need to know that when they break the rules there are consequences. The punishment stands. Nice try though." James headed out the doors.
"Always the champion, aren't we Harry." Albus put his hand on his shoulder. "It is a commendable trait, but in this case they need to learn their lesson."
"Yeah, I know." Harry sighed in defeat. "It's just hard lording over the four of them."
"I can see why you feel that way, Harry, but then that's what parents do. Now lets the two of us play a game of Knights?" Albus smiled.
"You are so on Uncle Albus." Harry and Albus vanished.
(Knights: is when two wizards use two miniature suits of armor to duel using mental power only. There are no vocal commands it is mind controlling the metal soldier.)
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"It's Valentines Day! Kids do rash things! Nothing happened! So cut them some slack!" Lily glared at James, who refused to talk deals about the kids.
"They tried to do the crime and will end up doing the time. Draco was the only innocent one of the three and he blew it by brawling with Ron." James was not about to ease up on them.
"You're acting like your father did when you were their age and we got caught in The Room of Requirements seriously snogging! He went mental! He forbade you from all privileges, because he had no clue that we were dating. We'd been dating for nearly a year, but you wouldn't tell him anything!" Lily followed him when he stalked out of their bedroom.
"That was a cheap shot comparing me to Dad! This is nothing like that situation! I'm not clueless, about what the kids are up to! I give a damn about what happens to them! My father only cared about how the situation would be spun by everyone. Not that I had asked you to marry me! Not that you had said yes and were wearing Grams engagement ring! Nothing except how it would look to everyone else!" James went about putting together the nursery the hard way with no magic. He needed to vent on something.
"You were just as wild and spontaneous, as they are now." Lily tried to persuade him another way. "Were the four of them dressed when you found them or shall I say caught them?"
"Yes thank Godric! They were dressed!" James narrowed his eyes at her.
Lily matched his look with one of her own
"Oh I get it! Now you're gonna say that I overreacted to the situation!" James raked his fingers through his hair in frustration.
Lily said nothing just continued to glower at him.
"Lily Rosalyn! When I caught them, Draco was on the floor fending off Ginny! Whose nimble little hands were wandering where they didn't belong! Now as for the other two! I let Ginny and Draco have it before checking on them! When I did knock on our youngest child's door, she looked thoroughly kissed, and mussed in appearance. Ron looked like he was busted as well! He was even sweating bullets! Then goes and tells me off, because Luna was upset! I will not chill out! When I find him in an out of bounds area! That is not going to happen!" James fumed.
"It's Valentines Day! Not only that, but it's their first one together as couples. Harry told me all about the lockets the boys were giving the girls. They're similar to what Harry had made for Hermione sixth year. The girls just reacted in kind to their presents. James, it's the first time that they've overstepped the rules. Ease up on their punishments. Are you peeved because Harry stepped in and put the fear of god in Ron and Draco? He didn't step on your toes, if that's what you're brooding about." Lily rubbed her middle; the twins were active and restless.
James felt her discomfort and walked over to her. "Like mother like son." He placed his hands on her middle and concentrated on the twins within. "Junior really is like you in more ways than you know."
"He's been on the receiving end of his father's fury and doesn't wish it on anyone else. They won't risk anything like this again. Please, it's Valentines Day. Just chalk it up to teenage hormones on overdrive." Lily pleaded going as far as shedding tears.
"You win, Lily, because it's Valentines Day, you're getting stressed because of it, and I overreacted with their punishments. Humiliating them in front of their peers is punishment enough. It's eleven you nap for an hour, while I finish this the easy way."
She rewarded him with a nice long kiss.
"Or not because my wife is rewarding me with a boon." He chuckled when she goosed him and pulled him with her back to their room.
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Lunch- Great Hall
Draco, Ron, Luna, and Ginny stared longingly at one another, from opposite ends of the table in the Great Hall.
Ferria appeared in front of the boys with a summons to the Pendragon Wing, from James and Lily.
"This is from Mum and Dad. We're toast. I'll bet your parents are there as well." Draco sighed in defeat.
Ron read the summons and gulped. "You are so right. We're toast."
Ferria then delivered the same message to the girls and vanished.
"All of us?! We're beyond dead!" The boys dreaded their impending doom.
"Looks like the girls feel the same way." Ron sighed.
"Let's get it over with, it says NOW in bold capital letters." Draco got his stuff and got up, "So much for eating lunch."
"Yeah, well, who's hungry when facing a hit squad?" Ron did the same.
"All of us?" Ginny frowned at Luna.
"Looks like, because here come our guys." Luna bit down on a fingernail. "We're in for it. They must have contacted your Mum and Dad."
"Mum is gonna flay Ron and I alive. I just know it." Ginny got up, as did Luna.
"Let's go face the parents." Ron and Draco collected the girls and they left the Hall together.
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"James Harry, you are so mean." Lily giggled as she finished arranging lunch on the family table in the Common Room.
"I do have my moments. Don't I." James chuckled.
"I'll say. Sending Ferria with a summons is going to scare the life out of them. They will think that Aunt Molly is here." Hermione giggled.
"Especially, since the word now was in bold and capital letters." Harry chuckled. "So what made you change your mind? You were dead set on everything this morning."
"Your mother called me on it, accused me of being like Dad. Reminded me for hours that it was Valentines Day and eventually wore me down." James had given her a necklace with a lily medallion on it, each jeweled petal of the flower represented the birth month of each of their children.
"You wished to see us?" The four arrived to find that a special lunch had been set up for all of them.
"That I do, have a seat at the table." James answered.
"There are place cards on the plates. Please sit in your assigned chair." Lily instructed.
The four puzzled teens did as they were told.
James, Lily, Harry, and Hermione all sat down as well.
"I have come to the decision...Lily and I both have that it's Valentines Day, which can cause teenage couples in love to forget themselves. So, as this is your first offense, the punishment is that of a warning. Now, I can't take away Ron or Draco's week of detention for brawling, but I can ease everything else. But, if it happens again, all of you know the impending doom that awaits your slip of judgment." He and Lily were hugged by four very relieved and happy teens.
"Now let's eat. James, Hermione, and I have to be in London soon." Lily smiled at them.
"You are good, Uncle James. I thought Mum was here." Ron grinned.
"Yes so did I." Ginny nodded.
"Yes, well, I am the master." James winked at them.
"That you are, Dad. Those four looked like they were gonna be shot." Harry smirked.
"Let me tell you, Mate, getting a summons like that felt like it." Ron frowned.
"It sure as bloody well did and everyone around thought the same thing only worse." Draco nodded.
"I could have used Fawkes, but then you would have bolted for the hills." James chuckled.
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Wills, Henry, Rory, and Dromi all emerged from the boys rooms.
"It is safe to come out yet? We knew that Daddy was in a temper about something." Rory eyed the four guilty teens. "You didn't slip up that much did you?"
"No comment." Ron, Luna, and Ginny answered.
"We had our first strike in Dad's eyes and leave it at that." Draco focused on his lunch. "Rory… Master Chen missed you at training this morning, but you were guarding over Wills, so it was an acceptable absence. Gramps understood as well, not that you need it. You're a natural at this Auror training and as fully trained as Harry."
Wills started swearing in several different languages. He was beyond furious with Rory. :YOU LIED TO ME! YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING FOR BEING A HEALER NOT AN AUROR!:
Rory wisely did not comment.
"I told you that Rory was only humoring you, about that ultimatum of yours on Christmas Eve. She'd be bored out of her mind as a Healer. You can't expect the girls to fall in line when we're going into the armed forces for four years." Henry rolled his eyes at his brother.
"Did I say something wrong?" Draco frowned in confusion.
"Rory is a natural born Auror like Harry, her father, and Dad. So it didn't surprise James or me, when she focused on training with Chen or her grandfather. She's also focusing on Healer training, as well, so it's not all a lie." Lily saw the fury in Wills eyes and the temper in Rory's.
"Think of it this way. You'll never have to worry about Rory's safety or your own for that matter. It was naive of you to think that she would just fall in line with your wishes." James got up to give Rory her Valentines Day gift. "You earned this, baby." He produced her Auror badge and a velvet box. "The other is for Valentines Day.
Wills stared at the badge in disbelief. :When did you take your N.E.W.T'S or the Auror trials?:
:Um with Harry and Hermione in November. You were off with Henry on official royal business with your Dad and Grams. Dromi and I both did. Only she fancies healing more. We didn't wish for the two of them to take them alone.: Rory opened the box. Inside was a golden chain with a bejeweled pendant of a mink sitting of a strip of gold spelling out her name in fancy writing. "Daddy, this is gorgeous." She hugged him.
"They thought it an odd request at the jewelers, but they all came out beautifully for all my girls." He hugged her back. He gave Dromi, who was standing between Wills and Rory, hers. "Happy Valentines Day, Baby."
Dromi opened her gift that was similar to Rory's only her animal was a fox. "Daddy, I love it!" She hugged him.
"Well, girls open your gifts." James turned to Ginny, Luna, and Hermione. They also had pendants with their animagus forms on them.
They raced over and hugged him.
Wills pulled Rory into his arms, which was quite a feat as he was on crutches. :I'm sorry that I've been so preoccupied, with all the turmoil in my life, to have missed so much of your own. You were well on your way to becoming an Auror when you tested the waters with me about it. I don't blame you for changing your mind about telling me. I just picture you in a dangerous situation and it scars the life out of me.: He kissed her on the forehead. "So why a mink pendant are we animagus now?" He kissed her nose.
"Yes, but I only use it when I don't want to wake you up or if the need calls." Rory snuggled against him. :I'm sorry that I lied to you, but...:
:I gave you no choice, kitten. So in a way we both graduate from our universities this year. Do you like your Claddagh?: He brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it.
:I love my ring. It matches my engagement ring. Yours is an Alexandrite Claddagh and the medallion reminded me of my very own prince who will be King.: Rory happily beamed up at him.
"Your other present is at Highgrove in the stables. Majesty is the Russian Arabian mare that I purchased for you to ride. She's in foal now, so it's good that we have magical family connections. Logan and Draco got her safely to her new home in seconds." Wills hugged her close to him.
"So, that's where the two of you disappeared to last week." Ginny kissed Draco.
"Logan handled Majesty, but her mate Magic was my headache to deal with." Draco grinned. "While the other mare Wind Dancer was an absolute dream to be around. She's white as snow with gray speckles. Her mate, a black as night stallion, Tornado, is hell on wheels. Henry, you and Wills have a death wish getting on either of them. Thank Merlin I know about horses or I would have had permanent hoof prints on my chest." Draco arched a brow at Harry. "I had to go instead of Harry, because..."
Harry shot him a don't-even-think-of-saying-it look.
"He was busy helping First-Gramps with something." He wasn't about to say that Harry was terrified of horses, that in itself would get him seriously jinxed by his older brother.
"Yeah, it sounded like loads of fun, so sorry that I missed it." Harry's voice had a hint of sarcasm in it.
"Its okay Wolfe, no one thinks the lesser of you about it." Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"Don't sweat it, baby brother. We'll get you up on a horse this spring." Henry grinned. "Happy Valentines Day, angel of my heart."
"You got me a horse as well!" Dromi kissed Henry mindless a new step for her in their relationship.
"Let's go Lily, before I hurt the boys." James grumbled darkly. "Say good-bye, Annie. Your Jamie has a class to teach." He waited for Harry to come to his senses and let go of Hermione.
"Blessed be, Wolfe. We'll see you in a while." Hermione, James, Lily vanished from the room.
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Dark Forest
Harry decided to take his former classmates to see Empress and her colony. "The Dragon is considered a class five level dark creature. Still, as long as you have permission to be among them, they are a sight to behold. I need you to stay on the outskirts of the clearing and just watch. Draco, Ron, and Logan are free to follow me." Harry walked into the dragon colony and instantly sensed the new arrival. The golden egg had hatched. Empress was tending to her baby a black as midnight baby dragon with striking sea green eyes.
Ron, Draco, and Logan were all grinning.
"She's a Mum again." Ron smiled.
"That she is, baby brother. Pendragon, hatched eight hours ago and Empress is beside herself with pride." Charlie was sitting on Brimstone, the mate of Empress, whom Harry had brought back with him last December.
:My son is healthy. My mate and I are blessed.: Empress proudly showed off her son.
:Prince, my son is healthy. My mate is once more content, and for that I am forever in your debt.: Brim was one proud papa.
"I was happy to reunite you with your family and it's a blessing for us all that Pendragon is a healthy baby boy." Harry patted Brims large snout. :You saved my life last December. We are in each others debts.:
Pendragon was teething on his boot. "He's adorable."
:The protector of our kind must be kept safe. It is our duty to do so. I am honored to have you as part of our clan.: Brim puffed hot air at him and the Harry's former classmates jumped in fright.
:The honor is mine, my friend. I have three of my own to look forward to in late summer. My mate is with child as well.: He broke the news to Empress and Brimstone.
The dragons began to roar with joyous celebration. She and Brim shot flames up into the sky.
Harry's former classmates were awe struck by the sight and could see that dragons really were very intelligent creatures.
:This is indeed a day of celebration. Master Charlie has a young one coming as does young Dumbledore.: Empress was pleased.
:There is a storm brewing. We must take our son into our lair for shelter.: Brim sniffed the air. :Blessed be Prince.: Brim growled.
Pendragon liked shoes or teething on them anyway, chased Ron and Draco around the clearing.
"Thanks for calling him. My boot was starting to melt." Draco sighed in relief.
"I think he's teething or something." Ron frowned.
"Blessed be, Brim, Empress, Pendragon and to all your clan." Harry turned back to the class.
Harry's former classmates once again focused on him. "Dragons like to have their space, only those who can communicate with them, using telepathy/Legilimens or wordless speak, will ever be able to interact safely with these majestic creatures of the sky."
Logan added to the lecture. "These dragons have evolved beyond the need to feast on humans. They can thrive as either carnivores or herbivores. Now there are others of the darker variety, the true class fives that even I wouldn't mess with. Although, Prince, I mean Harry can and did so on our first mission last December. They respect power and those who are intelligent enough to control it without turning to the dark ways. Now are there any questions?"
"Is that the same dragon from the first task?" Anthony watched as the Dragons headed into their lairs.
Draco and Ron nodded.
"She hates Harry's guts or did for taking his egg." Dean nodded.
"I can answer this one...Harry gave her back the egg, ever since then he's been part of her clan, and beloved by all dragons." Charlie stared up at the sky a storm was coming. "It looks like there's a storm brewing, time to head back to the castle."
"Since its Valentines Day, I'm going to let you go early. Enjoy the rest of the afternoon." Harry laughed when his old classmates and friends cheered.
"Yeah, some of us have plans of our own with our wives." Logan and Charlie grinned at each other.
"Hermione and I are going out with Daniel and Emma. Now where she won't tell me, but I hope it will be a pleasant night. As last time Dementors were afoot." Harry sighed.
Alexandra snuck past them and went to look into the caves. "Did they carve them out themselves?"
Harry and Logan hadn't noticed that she had snuck past them and went over to her. "Lexi, curiosity got the girl fried."
"She talked to Harry. I heard him and the two dragons chatting." Alex frowned at them.
"You did! Well, bully for you, baby sis. Now let sleeping dragons lie." Logan picked her up.
"Put me down, big brother! I wish to sit here for awhile!" Alex snarled at him.
Empress stuck her head out of her lair, as did Brim.
"Put her down, Logan. They think that you're hurting her." Harry got between them and the lair entrance. :Easy, there you two. He's just being a good big brother.:
:The girl may stay. No harm will befall her.: Brim growled and went back into the lair.
:She can hear us. Therefore, she is worthy of our clan.: Empress agreed.
Logan decided that proper communication with them was in order, so that's what he did. :My sister wishes to observe and nothing more. It is kind of you to allow her to do so.:
:Young Dumbledore finally speaks. My mate and I thought you a mute.: Empress raised a brow at him.
:No, just not as strong in that area as my cousin.: Logan chuckled.
:My name is Alexandra Amelia Minerva Minuette Quinn-Dumbledore and you have a beautiful colony and family: Alex introduced herself.
:Ah! Another Young Dumbledore, no wonder you can hear us speak. You are welcome to stay, unless you have a love on this mortals day of the hearts.: Empress allowed her entry into the lair.
:No. This school is new to me. Everyone is all paired away with each other, but I'm content to watch and sketch you and your family: Alex stepped into the lair.
"Uh, Harry, can you get her to allow me to stay with Alexandra? I'll make sure that she gets back safe and sound to the castle." Seamus bravely walked all the way to the lair entrance, where Harry and the others were standing.
Brim stuck his head out to eye the newcomer. :So, this mortal male seeks Alexandra as a potential mate, enough to stave off his own fear? Let him stay he is welcome.:
"Go on in Seamus, you can stay with Lexi. Brimstone is impressed by your courage." Harry knew that Seamus was smitten with Logan's sister and had been since January.
"Hey Finnigan, do me a favor watch over Lexi for us. But, you need to be back to the castle by dinner or Dad will be pissed." Logan was fairly impressed by him.
"Uh, yeah, sure Professor Quinn I'll keep her safe." Seamus entered the lair.
"That boy really has it bad for your sister." Charlie grinned.
"Now if only Lexi would see it. She's more a scholar than a girl, who has the beauty and body of a goddess, and could date any guy in her class." Logan shrugged his shoulders.
"Hermione and I managed to get together, and so will they." Harry followed them on the trail.
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Chapter 26
Valentines Day Night
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I do not claim any of JKR's characters only that I love being able to create my own kind of mischief with her beloved characters. I do not claim any other things that are owned by other companies that I may mention once and a while in the stories...Although the original characters and ideas are mine and I loved creating them. So please review if you wish but try not to flame me too badly.
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Cindra 2004-2008
