H P Boy who Lives 7th year
Chapter 28
April 1st
Harry gets his head handed to him by his elders...more babies are born...
Notes:
: : this equals mental thought between characters.
* * or italics Equal silent thought of the characters.
Edible Wizarding Photo's = Once again these photo's move it's a Wizarding photo that is now edible, which is very different from ordinary edible pictures that are used on pastries today.
5am Honeymoon flat
Harry appeared in his Common Room.
The room was quite crowded for that early in the morning. His father, grandfather, Max, and Logan were all there sitting on the two couches and hassock.
Logan looked like he had something on his mind that he needed to talk about.
The others all just looked stoically at him, but he knew that they were all cheesed off about the magic.
It had been 11pm when he left the States. It was going on 5am at the castle. He had food from several Fast-food chains, in the large sacks in his arms.
"Everyone, except for Quinn, needs to clear off. That is unless you wish me to move to the States and fast-food heaven. It's the crack of dawn. Don't all of you have beds to crawl into and wives that are missing you? I know that Dad has newborn twins to coo over and they aren't in this flat." He set the sacks and boxes down on the coffee table and glowered at the three men.
"Kings relayed your rant in the limo to Dad." James was sitting on the hassock by the fire.
Harry narrowed his eyes at his grandfather. He didn't like being spied on. "That was private between William and me. What does it have to do with this 5a.m. huddle in my Common Room?"
"I'll teach DADA from now on, if you're feeling burned-out. I like teaching the class." Logan offered from his spot on the LuvSac by the picture windows.
"Burned-out?" He frowned in confusion at the four of them. "Look, you've got it all wrong. I love teaching and sharing my knowledge and thoughts with my students and friends. I just had a rough day."
He sounded off his reasons.
"Seamus is slacking off, because all he thinks of is Alexandra. Ron's driving Hermione crazy by flying around and buzzing her with his broom. Hermione's annoyed, because she's banned from her broom during her pregnancy. There's also the fact that my special blood type is making her pregnancy special to say the least, since the triplets have their own timetable, and the hell with modern Wizarding medicine. Oh and she blames me for a mutual decision that she instigated herself and you have my day." Harry began to unpack the sacks of fast-food.
"Help yourself, Quinn. Everyone else, sorry get your own. He lives in this flat, you don't."
"You don't have to tell me twice." Logan sat down beside him and took a slice of pizza. "Oh gods! This is sheer taste bud heaven." He closed his eyes in bliss.
"So, you actually did go all the way to the States just to get fast-food." Max took in the table loaded with enough food to feed a small platoon and he was still unloading the other sack.
"That was the plan, but I got sidetracked for a few hours." He opened a bucket of chicken and picked out a heavily breaded thigh to eat.
"That would be you attending the Pendragon Charity Magic Extravaganza and performing parlor trick magic for the Muggles entertainment." Stephen frowned at him, trying to keep focused on his grandson and not on the food ladened table.
"This is so good." Harry closed his eyes in sheer taste bud heaven, as he finished off the piece of chicken.
"Quinn, you have to try this." He handed Logan a piece of chicken then focused on his grandfather. "Yeah, Gramps that was me having actual fun with magic for a change."
"Oh gods, this is better than the pizza." Logan agreed. "I think you just enjoyed showing up the Yanks at their own game."
"Fun! How can you say that? It was against all that you stand for and believe. Parlor Tricks are boring and tedious, never fun." Max growled.
He chose one of the drinks, put a straw in it, and took a sip before answering Max. "Tonight they were fun. You see, lately magic our way has become tedious and boring to me. Quinn's right. It felt good putting those Yanks in their places."
Harry took a slice of meat-lovers pizza from the pizza box then bit into it. "Oh yeah, that hits the spot."
"Son, magic should never make you feel tedious or bored. Maybe, you are getting burned-out." James shot him a worried look.
"Look, so what if I got a rush of sheer energy and joy from the Muggle audience's reaction. No bylaw was broken, because I caused them to react that way just by doing little tweaked up parlor tricks. It felt good having no pressure on my shoulders. No name to live up to, just getting to play a little using magic."
He stuck a straw in a Steak-n-Shake chocolate milk shake and took a long sip of it. "Heaven, I tell you tasting that is sheer heaven. Quinn, try one. They are to die for. I got lots in case the girls woke up for a snack."
He refocused on the conversation. "It was a new experience instead of old routine." Then chose a double cheeseburger and bit into it.
"The thing is that all of them are curious to see what you did at the show. They know that you have a DVD of it and wish to see it." Logan was savoring his own double cheeseburger. "Gods, I hope the girls stay asleep. This is almost too good to share."
"Sure you can see it. Just hang on for a minute; it seems that our angels smelled their treat."
Hermione and Thea were standing in their robes at the foot of the stairs.
"Logan, that wasn't nice. Now share with me." Thea padded over to him and sat in his lap.
"Help yourself, baby. I have to go watch something." He kissed her forehead before getting up to his feet. "I recommend the pizza, chicken, and milk shake."
"Harry, I'm hungry. Did you bring back some food?" Hermione was half-asleep.
"That I did, sweetness." Harry walked over, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her. "It's sitting on the coffee table."
"Oh hello..." Hermione noticed the others and frowned. "What are you doing in our flat at this hour? Logan and Thea live here, so they can share the food. You three however do not."
"They happen to be worried about me. They think that I've burned-out or something along those lines." He chuckled when she went over to sit next to Thea to guard her snack and tried not to panic when he saw the triplets had grown again.
"You have been overdoing it a bit, but you love teaching, so I've just let it go." Hermione happily munched on some curly fries and a roast beef sandwich. "Yummy, this is good."
"Enjoy your food, ladies."
Logan warned the three of them. "Don't even think about it. They have claws and will use them, if you touch that before they're done with it."
"I'll show you the DVD, since I have no classes until the afternoon. After that I'm collecting my wife and we're going to bed." He yawned as he entered the Media Room, loaded the DVD, and hit play.
"The one that looks devilish is Maven; he's big on using his mind in his magic. The other two are Burton and Copperfield both master illusionists, escape artists, and experts at nearly anything magic wise." Harry pointed out the three of them.
"You used your own style to spruce up old worn out parlor tricks and the flowers now that was a brilliant touch." Logan was enjoying the show.
Hermione came in to watch, as did Thea. "You truly were having fun tonight. It looks as if you connected with the audience better than the scheduled performers." She was munching on a cheeseburger now, her eyes glued to the television plasma screen.
"One thing's for sure those three will never try to pull one over on you again. They look shell-shocked." Thea had a piece of chicken.
"I read the info packet that big brother gave us on the event. It was a LIVE media event and it's going to be played here tonight." Hermione frowned at him.
"Really, I didn't know that. No wonder Wills is pissed at me. His Granny is gonna see it. You know what! Who cares! I had a blast! I was interviewed by the Muggle news circus. Daniel, Emma, and I did an interview with Nanda from the Insider and Billy Bush from Access Hollywood. Then Wills, Rory, Dromi, Henry, and Jo joined us and we'll be on E, Entertainment Tonight, Insider, Access Hollywood, Extra, the list is endless." He shrugged his shoulders, as if this were no big deal.
"The event raised 500 million American dollars, so that's all that counts in my mind."
"You'll be the new media darling. Prince Harry James Pendragon, real life Half-Blood Prince will be the headlines, since book six is the talk of this entire planet." Hermione headed back to the food.
"I think he did smashing, so what if the media has a field day with it." Thea yawned. "I'm going upstairs. I feel like a chocolate bubble bath." She left the room.
"The Yanks will be puzzled for months trying to figure out my boy's magic." He was more than impressed with his son's performance at the event. "That in itself is worth him bending the rules."
"American wizards are so flamboyant that it's annoying, but look at that Copperfield's face, he's really gobsmacked by our boy's magic." Stephen chuckled.
"They all believed the reports coming from this side of the Pond were pure hype. Now they know better." Max agreed. "He stuck to our standards of top quality magic and incorporated that into their classic parlor tricks."
"Analyze it to your hearts content in the Pendragon wing. I'm going to bed." Harry yawned. He was dead on his feet, so he left them to join Hermione.
"I have a bubble bath to enjoy. Now get out of our flat and get your own breakfast." Logan growled before heading to his floor and his wife.
"So what did Dan, Emma, and Jo think of your sudden appearance?" Hermione munched on a slice of pizza.
Harry sat down beside her and helped himself to another slice of pizza. "Wills was the one who nearly had a heart attack. Everyone else was pretty much okay with it."
"Harry, you mean that you just popped into your chair instead of walking the Red carpet?"
He nodded.
"No wonder you nearly startled him out of his skin." Hermione rolled her eyes at him and bit into a slice of Juniors double chocolate fudge cheesecake.
"Who needs all of that flashing going on in their face. I for one sure don't." Hermione fed him a bite of cheesecake. "So do you like my peace offering, my princess?"
Hermione smiled happily at him. "I love your fast-food run and so do our girls. You take such good care of us."
"The four of you are my world. I love taking care of you. I can pop out and get more anytime. Shall we adjourn to our room, have mercy on Dad and the others, and let them feast on the rest down in the Pendragon wing. It is his birthday after all." Harry pulled them both up to their feet.
She kissed him and whispered something into his ear. "All right then...I'll send this down, except for the cheesecakes, to the Pendragon wing. Then we shall get to that craving straight away."
"Take the DVD and please get out of our flat. The food is down in the Pendragon wing so enjoy." Hermione kicked them all out and locked the door with Colloportus.
"Shall we go enjoy that bubble bath now?" She laughed when he scooped her up into his arms and carried her up to their suite.
Later that afternoon- The nursery
Draco stared down at his baby sister. She was in need of a diaper change. "These things should come with a toxic warning label." He gasped as he removed her diaper and disposed of it the magic way.
"You know, Izzy, for someone so adorable you sure do make a stink." He managed to perform the task without incident and Bell happily kicked her tiny feet.
"All better now, aren't you, baby sis?" He kissed her tiny feet, before dressing her back in her sleeper, bundling her up in her blanket, and cradling her in his arms.
"Dragon, you're a natural with her. She adores you." Ginny stood in the doorway of the nursery.
"The feeling's mutual." He sat in a rocker and rocked Bell back to sleep. "Dad's party is all set in the Honeymoon Flat, so I'm bonding with the twins. Aunt Mattie's orders. Although, too tell you the truth, I really am enjoying it. They truly are content newborns."
"I know. They only fuss when they get hungry or need a diaper change. Where's Michael?" Ginny saw that he wasn't sound asleep in his crib.
"Mum's feeding him his lunch. Izzy already had hers, so she's all set to snooze the day away." Draco got up and set Bell down in her crib.
"Excellent, Draco, you're a natural with her. It's a beautiful day and you need not be cooped up inside." Mattie smiled at them from the doorway with MJ in her arms. "Albus has declared this an official day off for everyone, so go out and enjoy it."
"Where's Dad?" Draco knew that his father had been up all night worrying about Harry. "Is he still sleeping?"
"Aye, he's still sawing logs, poor dear. Your brother didn't arrive home, until after five this morning." Mattie expertly changed MJ's diaper. The babe snoozed right through the experience. Then set him down in his crib.
"This one is just like his, big brother. Harry slept through everything, unless he was annoyed by his father hovering over him, or when he was hungry."
"He's a big boy now, Aunt Mattie. Dad just can't realize that yet. His actions last night are splashed across every Muggle newspaper and blaring on all the news channels. They're dubbing him the United Kingdom's own HBP." Draco commented as they left the twins nursery. "Oh, he's just gonna love that."
"I liked his little show. It was very entertaining to watch." Ginny grinned.
"Yeah, I'll say. He really socked it to those Yanks." Draco chuckled.
"Yes, well, don't encourage him to do it again. Now off with the two of ya, enjoy your holiday off." Mattie shooed them out of Lily and James floor and onto the stairway.
Hogwarts Grounds –The Beech tree
"Harry James! We are not making out under the beech tree in broad daylight, even if most everyone is in the castle eating lunch. We'll end up on the front page of The Daily Prophet again!" Hermione giggled when he pulled her down with him onto a blanket.
"Come on, angel. Let's risk it." He pulled her into a nice long kiss. "Let's enjoy our day alone together."
"What about your Dad's surprise party? Shouldn't we be setting up that?" Hermione asked between kisses.
"He abandoned me in my hour of need. Hell, he even joked about my misery. Let him suffer with no party. The Weasley twins are on their honeymoon, so other than his birthday..." Harry suddenly sat up and stared at her rounding middle.
"They moved! I'm not talking just the fluttering that you've been experiencing lately! I felt someone move in there!" He kissed her belly, placed his head on it listening intently to the miracles inside. "This is so cool! They really are active little girls aren't they?"
Hermione combed her fingers through his hair. "They've been doing that since one thirty this morning. That's why I called you on your cell and then you mentioned where you were...I got angry with you and it slipped my mind after that. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you." Tears pooled in her eyes.
"There, there, angel, there's no need for sadness." Harry sat up and rocked her in his arms. "I'm not upset with you, please don't cry."
"It's just that I freaked out last night and because of that you missed out!" She sobbed against his shoulder.
"Now you despise me and the party that you've been planning for months is spoiled!" She hiccupped between sobs.
"Change of plans. Let's go take a nap." He ported them to their bed.
"I don't hate, Dad. Shh, dry those pretty eyes of yours. The party is all set. It's my fault that I missed what I missed, not yours." He kissed the top of her head. "Just close your eyes and sleep while I hold you."
"Now, I've ruined our afternoon..." She sniffled.
"There's nothing that I love better, than holding my family in my arms while they sleep. I'll nap with you." Harry brushed her tears away with the pad of his thumb. "Now close your eyes and rest."
Lady and Rad hopped up on the bed and curled up at their feet.
Pepper and Crooks were snoozing on the LuvSac.
"I rather like this." Merlin appeared on the foam chair. "No wonder you love to nap on it." Crooks and Pepper were purring on his lap.
"Hello, First-Gramps, longtime no see." Harry was not surprised to see him. He'd sensed his return that morning. "Did you enjoy your journey with Master Chen?"
"I just looked in on Michael and Isabella. Are you by any chance avoiding James and so your new siblings and mother as well?" Merlin arched a red gold brow at him.
"Or are you avoiding the backlash of your little magic show? You happen to be the toast of the Muggle World! Should I be proud or furious with you?"
Harry braced himself for the mother of all lectures.
Merlin scowled at him then let him have it. "What in Fin's name were you thinking!?"
"We had a disagreement, so you see he wasn't thinking." Hermione opened one eye to look at him.
"I got spooked, popped home to see Mum, and because he was hungry he went to get fast-food in America. You see, it's all because he rarely gets to keep anything down these days. Now don't you even think of saying it's because of my poisoning him either, because it's not."
"Yeah, it was that and I was drinking champagne. I only had one glass and ate gourmet food, which sucks by the way. I mean, you get nothing to eat..." Merlin glared at him and he got to the point.
"None of the champagne got soaked up and you know how alcohol brings out my James side."
"So, you taught America's greatest wizards a lesson, because you were partially sloshed?" Merlin steepled his fingers, as he thought about his reasons for this blatant act of foolishness.
"Yeah, it was first class champagne, so it didn't take much of it."
Merlin, after hearing that last comment, decided that a change of setting was in order. That way he could roar at Harry all he wanted without disturbing the castle and take care of another potential world disaster in the process. So, he ported them faraway from the safety and warmth of the castle.
Harry found himself sitting on a glacier in extreme arctic cold. He changed into Arctic gear.
Merlin was beyond furious with him.
"What!? I told you why it happened! I was sloshed!" His snarl echoed around them.
"SILENCE!"
He had never seen his First-Grandfather this cheesed off and never wanted to. It looked like lightning was blazing in his eyes.
"YOU ARE LYING TO ME! NOT STEPHEN OR YOUR FATHER! ME! I OBSERVED EVERYTHING AND YOU WERE NOT SLOSHED DURING THE INCIDENT IN QUESTION! YOU WERE BORED OUT OF YOUR MIND BY THEIR TEDIOUS MUNDANE CLICHÉ LAYMAN'S MAGIC, YES, BUT NOT OUT OF CONTROL OF YOUR PERSON!"
Lightning split the sky and the earth rocked violently underneath them for nearly ten full minutes, before it was quiet again.
"Okay! I get it, First-Grandpa! I broke the cardinal rule by letting my ego take over my good judgment! You're furious with me! That was no excuse to torment the Muggles again with another earthquake and more waves to boot!" He was appalled at him for causing another earthquake and wasn't afraid to call him on it. He was also tried of being roared at for the following night's harmless fun.
"They were smug wiseass yanks! Who wished to make a fool of the Prince of the Wizarding World! Knowing damn well that I would have to sit on my hands and let them, as protocol demands." Harry fisted his hands in an effort to control his rising temper and the power that it could unleash on the surroundings.
"The Yanks broke the rules long before I did! Maven, Burton, and Copperfield all tried to...No! They did invade my mind! That at least in my book, broke any obligation for me to follow protocol. I put them on their asses in front of LIVE media and had fun doing it! Which, Goddamn it, is something that I have been seriously lacking as of late!" Harry thought the hell with control and was now going toe-to-toe with Merlin.
Power sparked off in arcs between them, slicing at the very ice that they were standing on.
"HERE YOU STAND ALL GODLIKE LORDING OVER ME! WHEN YOU ON PURPOSELY PLACED THE SWORD IN THE STONE IN FRONT OF THE PENDRAGON PALACE, ON THE ISLE OF AVALON! THAT VERY ACT IS SENDING HISTORIANS INTO CORONARIES AND IT QUESTIONS WHO BELONGS ON THE THRONE!"
"Oh that..." Merlin grinned sheepishly. "Wills challenged me at your wedding and I..."
Harry narrowed his eyes at him.
"Very well, young one, I see your point. We have both been rather rash in our actions. Now as for the quake, that in itself is simple enough to answer. I needed to set the planet right again."
Harry was gawking at him in disbelief.
"The last big quake knocked the planet off its axis, so it needed correcting. We wouldn't want another Ice Age now would we?" In a blink Merlin had them both back to the Honeymoon flat's Media Room. "Now show me your idea of useless fun."
Harry played the DVD. "I revamped the parlor tricks...gave them some mystery... It was all harmless fun." He focused on Hermione brooding in bed and made it rain roses and rose petals, in their room to defuse her mood.
"Oh Harry! I love roses! This is delightful!" Hermione's cry of delight filtered downstairs.
"Now that one's original, I may try that one on your grandmother. She thinks it's my bad influence that made you act rashly last night." Merlin, his temper now spent flashed him a smile.
"I shall take my leave of you, for now. Be a good son and go visit your mother, father, and the babies." Merlin was gone.
Hermione found him checking earthquakes out on the net. There was a 10.9 in California, half the state was split off the continent. "By the gods, a quake that makes the one that rocked Asia look like nothing." She gasped.
"Merlin set the planet right again, but at what cost." Harry felt sick that sacrifices of this magnitude had to be made to set the planet right again.
"Where did you go?" Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck, as she took in the news report on the computer.
"Somewhere on a glacier in North America, Alaska I think. I felt the shake. It seemed like it went on forever, before it stopped. This tragedy is going to prevent another Ice Age; evidently the Earth was off its axis." Harry checked their e-mail.
"Daniel and Emma emailed us. So did Clay and Josh. They had a recording session today in New York City. It was for a single, sung by the stars, to raise money for the earthquake/tsunami relief fund, and even Daniel and Emma are on it." He sighed in relief that no one was in California.
"I know it seems selfish, but I'm happy that they're all okay. I need to go hold one of the twins." Hermione whimpered. "We both do."
Henry, Rory, Wills, and Dromi were all downstairs in the Common Room, of the Pendragon Wing, cooing at the newborn twins.
James was holding Lily on the LuvSac by the fireplace.
Mattie and Anna were knitting cute baby clothes.
Lucy was reading a Healer's' journal.
Everyone else was off playing Quidditch.
"Where are baby brother and Hermione?" Rory cuddled Bell in her arms.
"After last night, he's probably in hiding." Wills finger was being held by Bell.
"That's right, Izzy. Your big brother messed up big. I have a stack of papers and DVD's to prove it." He cooed down at her.
"I think he handled himself brilliantly." Di was cooing over MJ
"Oh come off it, Wills. Baby brother has gotten nothing but rave reviews. He's the United Kingdom's HBP and the media are eating it all up." Henry was cooing down at MJ, snoozing in Dromi's arms. "He's so cute."
"Hello, Michael James, I'm your sister Dromi." She smiled down at Michael, now awake and staring intently up at her with eyes the same shade as her own.
Harry and Hermione appeared behind them with despair on their faces.
"You can cancel that trip to Los Angeles this month." Harry didn't even look at them.
"Oh really? Why would you say something like that? Is it because of the constant earthquake warnings and big quakes rocking the area for the past month?" Wills arched a brow at him.
"Because, it no longer exists, as of ten minutes ago, a 10.9 magnitude quake rocked California. There is no California, as you know it. The entire West Coast is going off. I just checked our e-mail and saw the news article on the screen."
"The scientists believe the world righted itself back to its normal axis again. The needs of the many, out weight the lives of the few. It's going to prevent super storms that could cause ice age results or so the article stated." Harry was numb, because this time he knew the cause and why.
"They managed to evacuate a great deal of the West Coast, so it might not be as bad as it seems. I read an article on it. Most got out after the fourth 7-point earthquake in less than two months. Hollywood even relocated elsewhere." Hermione bit down on her lip and placed a hand on her middle.
"Nature can do terrible things to correct itself, so this latest event doesn't shock me in the least." Lily patted the place next to her.
"Come here, baby, tell Mummy why you're all dressed for subzero weather when it's sixty outside?"
"Merlin snatched him for a few minutes. He was on a glacier." Hermione explained.
"I told him that I was sloshed last night, you could say that he took it rather badly." Harry, now in jeans and a t-shirt, sat next to his parents.
"Of course, he didn't go for that codswallop of a story. You were sober the whole time, a little tiddley perhaps, but nowhere near sloshed." Wills shook his head at him. "They yanked your cord and you called them on it."
"It isn't as bad as him placing 'The Sword in the Stone' on the Isle, in front of the palace of all places." Harry countered. "Next time think first before egging the old man on. He loves to rise to the challenge."
"I never thought he would actually do it." Wills shrugged his shoulders.
"Enough! What's done cannot be undone!" Mattie growled, daring the two of them to continue by shooting them a dark look. "Now, let Hermione hold MJ for awhile."
"Yes, Aunt Mattie." Wills and Harry grumbled.
"Angel, come over here and sit with Mum and Dad for awhile. I've got to see how forty candles are gonna fit on Dad's cake." Harry winked at his Mum, ignoring his Dad's growl. "Or is it twenty-three? I can never get that straight."
"Ha ha, ha, very funny, Junior. I am twenty-three years young, regardless of my Muggle age." James corrected.
"Right then, forty candles it is, thanks for clearing that up." Harry kissed Hermione and vanished.
"Cheeky little smart...sorry, honey... Brat." James grumbled.
"Yes, but he loves you." Lily kissed his cheek.
"Sirius! If you don't stop hovering, I'm gonna jinx the fur off you! I'm not in labor! My back hurts and our daughter was very active awhile ago." Jenna was in no mood to be hovered over.
"You keep wincing every twenty minutes, Jenna. If I can time your pains then you're in prelabor." Sirius scooped her up and carried her over to the couch. "Ready or not, Jenna, our Julie is on her way.
"Remus, there's no reason to panic. Babies are born everyday." Gene waddled into the Common room. "Besides, my water hasn't broken yet, so take deep breaths and relax."
"He's two weeks early, it's too soon." Remus was worried beyond words.
"He's fine. Now calm down and conjure me a towel, my water just broke." Gene's caftan was soaked from her water.
Jenna was also soaked form her water breaking. "Both of us? You three always have to stick together don't you!" She gasped in pain, reaching up to take two fistfuls of his mane of black hair. "Sirius Lancelot Phineas Nigellus, you are never and I stress NEVER touching me again!"
"Technically, Julie is the result of something that happened 17 years ago, Jen, so you can't blame this on him." Anna chided her daughter. "You knew about it for two weeks and still didn't have the nerve to tell him, so this is a mutual situation. Besides, you told me that you were pining for a baby like Harry."
"Mummy! You're supposed to be on my side about this!"
"Guinevere Jenna Marie, calm yourself. It will make your labor worse if you're upset." Anna put away her knitting and got to her feet.
"Bring her along, Sirius. She'll be more comfortable in your quarters." Lucy got to her feet as well.
Celestra appeared with Mab.
"This will be a joyous day. We'll have even more little ones to add to our family tree." Mab was all smiles.
"Hermione, perhaps it would be wise if you helped with the twins, while Lucy and Anna lend support to Jenna and Gene." Celestra suggested, not wanting a repeat of her fear from last night.
"I'll help if you need me to. I really am satisfactory about everything, now that the girls are moving around. You see, it all became clear when I felt them this morning. Pain or no pain, I am all for bringing my girls into this world, many months from now when it's time." Hermione was calm and serene.
"Jenna needs support more than Gene, so you may help with the delivery. You are a Healer and this will be a good learning experience for you." Lucy smiled at her. "If I'm right Julie has been hiding a surprise."
"Genevieve, you'll be more comfortable in a dry gown, in bed with Remus holding you." After Mab stated the suggestion the two in question vanished. "Now as for you, James Harry, forty is nothing in our world, so quit sulking. You don't look a day over twenty-one!"
"Sorry, nana. I'll behave." James felt like he was two again.
"Andromeda, I want you and Ginny with Gene, Mattie, and Celestra. Lucy, Aurora, Hermione, Anna, and I will be tending to Jenna." Mab gave out orders.
"Ginny is out at the pitch. Shall I fetch her for you?" Wills offered.
"That's noble of you to offer, William, but Ginny is already with Gene, so are Celestra and Dromi." Mab was fond of the prince, who will be king.
"Ferria will signal you with any news." James was holding Bell and Lily now held MJ. Rory, Hermione, Mab, and Lucy were gone.
"April first will never be the same again, but then this is pretty amazing too." Henry smiled.
"Hogwarts will celebrate big tonight that's for sure." Wills agreed.
Honeymoon flat Common Room
Harry circled around the ginormous birthday cake that he, Winky, and Dobby had created.
The cake itself was double fudge marble cake with thick white butter cream frosting layered on top of it and each section of cake had a different filling.
He'd painstakingly developed the Edible Wizarding Photo's that told a story on the cake. It had taken him two months of trial and error, but he'd invented Edible Wizarding Snaps all by his lonesome.
On the cake was a timeline of photos from when his Dad was born to since his return. The cake fit the length of the table that it was displayed on. Forty Wizarding candles framed the cake. 'Happy Birthday to the World's Greatest Dad' was written in Script across the center of it.
"That looks about as good as it's gonna get. Thanks, for the help, Dobby." He surveyed the Common Room. Kreacher and Winky were seeing to the decorations and buffets. "And you too Winky and Kreacher."
"No thanks needed, Master Harry. You's family." Dobby smiled. "And you's did most all the work."
"Master Harry is brilliant cook." Winky beamed at him.
"Master Harry has heart of gold." Kreacher finished with the banner that hung across the ceiling. The same wording that was on the cake shimmered with brilliant colors on it, and ginormous balloons, depicting the head of a Stag, flanked either side of it.
"You guys were kind enough to let me invade your kitchen, for that I am eternally grateful." The three elves hugged his legs.
Draco, Ron, Logan, Thea, and Luna walked into the room and gasped at how much the décor, all of them had put up for the party, had changed.
"What happened to a small party for Dad?" Draco eyed the cake in disbelief.
"Yeah, Harry, this is off the scales." Ron agreed.
"Harry never sticks to a plan in its entirety." Logan eyed the cake then Harry. "This is amazing, eating all of those weird tasting snaps for two months paid off in the end."
"Wow, Harry, this is gonna make Uncle James ecstatic." Thea smiled.
"Edible snaps! That's wicked, Harry. Fred and George will be green with envy over this one. That's if they ever get back from their honeymoons." Ron grinned wickedly.
"We're gonna be seeing more babies tonight." Luna munched on a fry from the buffet.
"Aunt Jen and Aunt Gene are having the babies now?" Harry had not predicted that at all.
"Looks like and Uncle James sent us to see if you were still around. Since it's seven and he last saw you at three." Logan loved watching Oh-Great-One squirm.
"I completely lost track of time! Hermione must be furious with me." He reached out to his wife using their link, surprised to discover that she had Jenna's second child, a boy, in her arms. Well, Well, Well, the world did play an April Fools joke after all.
"Nope, scratch that she's being a Healer at the moment. It looks as if I owe Logan a thousand galleons. Uncle Sirius and Aunt Jenna have one of each."
"Unreal! Another set of twins! No wonder she was so huge!" Luna elbowed Ron in the ribs. "Well, she was!"
"Hermione is catching...I mean, delivering babies?" Draco was eating a cheeseburger. "She sure changed her tune, earlier this morning she was a startled doe."
"Master Harry made his own Muggle food." Dobby proudly proclaimed to all of them, as if this were a wondrous achievement.
"We go prepare something for the new mothers." The three vanished.
"You did all of this by yourself? My Gods, man, next time ask us for help." Logan loved Harry's version of fast-food. "Oh and I told ya so about the twins."
"He's a jack of all trades our Harry." Ron was in fast-food heaven.
"Junior...you'll never guess what..." James appeared in the room about to announce the arrival of the second set of twins, but forgot what he was going to say. He took in Harry's surprise and was dumb-struck by emotion.
"Damn it, James Harry! It was supposed to be a surprise!" Lily appeared behind him.
"Oh, don't worry, love. I'm beyond surprised. This is...you've been planning this for months...in my honor." He was crying happy tears.
"Well, all of us have. I just enhanced the original idea a bit." Harry grinned sheepishly when Draco choked on a fry. "Okay, a lot."
James hugged him, until he could barely breathe.
"The twins are fussing. I think they might be hungry. We changed them, but they won't settle down..." Wills and Henry each held a whimpering babe in their arms.
"Oh awesome! So this is where you've been hiding." Henry stared in awe at the party decor.
Lily conjured a baby sling and settled Bell in it. "She just wants to cry and fuss. They know when we're away from them. Just like when Harry was a babe. He fussed if James or I left beyond his ability to sense us." Bell settled down to sleep.
MJ was howling in Wills arms.
James, let go of his oldest son to tend to his youngest. He also conjured a baby sling and set him inside it. "He's just peeved. He'll calm down in a moment."
MJ howled even louder.
Harry walked over to look down at him. "So, you get to share your birthday with three other babies, howling isn't gonna help matters, now calm yourself."
MJ glared up at him, as if to say it's still not fair, but calmed down to a whimper.
"Try one of these, baby brother." He conjured a pacifier, stuck it in his mouth, chuckling when MJ angrily sucked on it. He conjured one for Bell, as well who happily sucked on hers. "He sure likes attention, but then everything is new to him, and he doesn't wish to miss a moment."
"Here, son, you take him for awhile; maybe he just wants to bond with his big brother. He's seen everyone today, but you." James fitted the sling around his neck and MJ settled down to sleep.
"Go ahead, Dad, take a look at your cake, since most of the guest list are tending to three more newborns." Harry liked having MJ in his arms and chuckled when he saw his plush bear in the sling.
He wasn't even a day old and already showing off, as was Bell, who also was cuddling her bear.
"They like the bears that you had made for them." Lily smiled.
"They aren't normal plush bears." Logan was smiling down at MJ.
"The family who makes them are of our world and specialize in making toys. When we were at their shop, Mrs. Straus had already begun making the bears. She insisted there be five of them, even when Harry explained that he only needed four. So, Harry bought all five bears and now we know why." Thea smiled.
"Yep, Prince owes me 1000 galleons." Logan smirked.
"The Straus's are renowned toy makers. Those are indeed very special bears. Harry had one, as did Hermione when they were babies." Lily walked over to where James was silently staring down at his cake.
"Oh James, this is amazing, and you thought he was put out with you." She kissed his wet cheek.
"This was his secret project, creating edible snaps for my cake. He went through endless hours of trail and error just to give me this cake for my birthday." James was blown away by his surprise.
"He's right, you know." Lily laid her head on his shoulder. "You are the world's greatest Dad and husband."
Harry had gone upstairs to get the other bear. "Easy, guys, this is a baby. He's too little to play." He sidestepped the pups that were curious about what he had in the sling. "This isn't yours either, so don't even think of lunging for it, Rad."
The pup was eyeing the bear.
"Rad! Lady! Walkies!" Wills and Henry called them and the pups raced off for their evening stroll.
MJ, awakened by the ruckus that was the pups, was staring intently up at him.
"That was Rad and Lady, whom you will adore when you're a few months older." Harry explained to him what had awakened him and he promptly fell back to sleep.
"Harry, we might have to put the party on hold for tonight." Hermione appeared in the Common Room.
"Oh, my stars! This is wonderful, Harry, but weren't you going to plan a simple party?" She glanced up at him on the stairs.
"Since when does Harry do anything halfway?" Ron was on his fourth cheeseburger and enjoying his third milk shake.
"You should see the cake. It's a masterpiece." Luna was happily munching on fries and one cheeseburger.
"So, this is what's been occupying your time, not teacher duties, but inventing the Edible Wizarding Photo. I saw the formula for it the other day, after you had left the computer screen on. This is so much better than a silly racing broom." Hermione walked up to the cake, tears instantly pooling in her eyes. This had taken hours of planning and had been a labor of love.
"Hide it from Fred and George. They'll kill for that formula." Draco was content to feast on the food.
"The uses for this type of formula would be endless in their line of work, but then again they are family and my business partners." Harry mused. "So, angel, what was it like delivering your first baby?"
Hermione whirled around to stare at him in surprise. "I thought you were linked with me when I was catching Liam and to answer your question it was like nothing I have ever felt. Holding that tiny bundle of life in my arms was beyond even words. I sensed when I linked with her that she was carrying two, but wasn't sure."
Logan pointed to the bear in Harry's arms, the name on it was Liam. "Uh-huh, you owe me 1000 galleons, my friend."
Sirius was one proud papa. "Twins." He cuddled his son in his arms. "Liam Galen Harry James and Juliet Lucille Hermione Anne aren't they the most perfect little babies that you've ever seen."
"Uh, yeah, Uncle Sirius, they sure are beautiful babies. I'm honored that you thought of Hermione and I when you named them." Harry had never seen him this happy ever.
"I've got something for Liam." He held up the plush bear.
"How did you know about our surprise?" Jenna stared wide-eyed at the bear.
"Greta Straus made all of the bears. She insisted that there be five of them, so I bought all five. Logan kept telling me that she was a seer. I was just too tired to pay attention." Harry grinned.
"That explains it, so these are Straus originals. The perfect first toy for a Wizarding babe." Sirius took the bear and settled it beside Liam, who instantly seemed to bond with it.
"Yeah, well, I have another stop to make, before I decide what to do about Dad's cake." His Dad wanted to immortalize it instead of eat it.
"So you succeeded with your idea of edible photos and now Prongs refuses to touch it?" Sirius shot him a knowing grin.
"You created Edible Wizarding Photos just for Jamie's Birthday cake?" Jenna was impressed with her nephew.
"Yeah, I wanted to do something different that Dad would never suspect. Now, since the party is a wash for tonight, I have to figure out if the cake can be either immortalized as Dad wants, or eaten by the bottomless pits that are Ron, Draco, and Logan." Harry was at a quandary as to what to do.
"Incase it in crystal. I want to see it, as will Gene. The boys can devour the other food." Jenna was siding with James.
"Incase it in crystal? Thanks, Aunt Jen, I'll let you get to feeding Julie and Liam...night." Harry vanished.
Remus was holding Gene, who was smiling down at their son of three hours, Nathaniel Remus Harry James. "I hope Harry didn't go too over-the-top with James's party, because it would have been for naught. But Nathan, Julie, and Liam are all worth having to postpone the party for a few days."
"Oh, he was planning a big surprise for James. But, he won't mind throwing it again in a day or so." Remus arched a brow at Harry, standing in the doorway of their bedroom. "Isn't that right, Harry?"
"Yeah, it would've been a bust anyway. You see, Dad refuses to eat his cake." Harry walked in to see his third baby cousin of the night. "Congrats, on baby Nate."
"Why thank you, Harry. His full name is Nathaniel Remus Harry James. Now could you explain why James wouldn't want to eat his own cake?" Gene frowned at him.
"I finally invented the Edible Wizarding Photo, after two months of trial and error, just for Dad's cake. I made a timeline of photos on the cake from when Dad was born to since his return and now he wants to immortalize it. Every section has a different filling ... I spent hours planning and making it, but it's his cake." He explained in a soft tone so he wouldn't wake Nate.
"Incase it in crystal. I wish to see it, when I'm up and around again." Gene yawned.
"Crystal it is then. Night, Uncle Remus, Aunt Gene, and baby Nate." Harry was floored that both his Uncles and Aunts had incorporated his name in naming their sons.
"I'm honored, that all of you think so highly of me, and touched that you thought of me when naming your son." He vanished from the room, before either could say a word.
"He's one amazing young man." Gene sighed.
"That he is, my love that he is." Remus smiled.
Some time in May
"I can't concentrate with all of these distractions." Draco was trying to study for the N.E.W.T'S and the babies weren't cooperating.
"Mum and Dad are off on a date, so that means we're watching the twins. I don't see why my feeding MJ his bottle is a distraction for you." Harry was lounging on the LuvSac, while Ron, Ginny, Luna, Seamus, Alex, and Draco were all studying.
"I have no problem taking this little guy and our sister upstairs with me. After all, I took them and passed 100% across-the-board. I don't have to sit here and give you the heads up about what may or may not be on them. You're lucky the girls are making Hermione nap or I wouldn't be down here. She doesn't believe in giving you an edge over the others."
Luna was feeding Bell her bottle and more interested in her sister than studying for tests that were only weeks away. "They're not a distraction. What they are is adorable." She cooed down at Bell.
"So, let me get this straight. The written tests are 150 questions on everything that we've ever learned in seven years?" Ron paled at the thought of his impending doom.
"The practical is even worse, especially for Luna, Ginny, and Draco. They're taking the Potions practical, that one was the greatest challenge for me." Harry nodded.
"Although, that was the one that Hermione got 100% on so who knows. She aced her practicals. It was the writtens where she missed questions. She wishes to retake her Charms, Arithmancy, Potions, and Runes. She missed five on each of her written tests, but then you didn't hear that from me."
"Only five on four tests that's amazing." Alex was impressed.
"That's our Hermione." Seamus was trying to concentrate on Charms and not on Lexi's perfume.
"Lexi, you need to lay off the dessert stuff for awhile. It's seriously, uh, distracting." He growled against her ear.
"Seamus, focus on Charms and not on kissing me." She hissed.
"Impossible, me darlin, now that I've kissed you." His comment had her blushing.
"Focus on studying now and I'll reward you later." She purred into his ear.
His eyes lit up and he went back to studying for his Charms N.E.W.T. "Oh yeah. Studying does have its perks." He grinned.
"FIVE? On each written and she's still gonna take them over?" Ginny gaped at Harry, ignoring the two over on the LuvSac by the picture window.
"O's and yet she's still not bloody satisfied. Lucy's future apprentice and still she wishes to take them over. Then again this is our Hermione that we're talking about." Draco was studying for his Potions N.E.W.T.
"The distraction is that Ginny is pining for a baby and we're not married nor near ready for that yet."
Ginny flushed crimson. "You're beyond paranoid! Just because I adore the babies does not mean that I'm pining for one yet." She growled.
"Yeah, is that so? Then why do you keep looking at me when you hold them and then use our link to relay that you want one?" He growled back.
"You too? Luna does the same with me. I know the babies are wonderful and everything, but let's graduate first and get married, okay?" Ron looked over at Luna.
"Yes, please, do or you'll face the wrath of the family if you don't." Harry gave them fair warning, as he burped MJ on his shoulder. "Not to mention what I'll do to the two of you and I promise you it won't be pretty."
"What won't be pretty?" Hermione joined them in the Pendragon Common Room. "I'll take Bell. You need to study." She carefully took Bell out of Luna's arms.
Luna pouted at Hermione. "I like holding her."
"Oh, you two, want..." Hermione conjured a baby sling, so she could keep feeding her the bottle, and pay attention to Luna and Ginny as well. "You're not ready." She walked over to snuggle in next to Harry.
"Uh-huh, and like you are?" Ginny snorted rolling her eyes.
"I have faced life-and-death situations six years running. My IQ is off the charts by Muggle or Wizarding standards. I took my Muggle GCSE's at the age of, hmmm, six. My A levels at seven, and was completing university degrees at ten. I have never been a child, so yes I am ready to be a mum." Hermione growled.
"Being a genius does not make you a mother. Just smart." Ginny growled. "Mummy says you just are or you're not, it's as simple as that."
"I think that intelligence does come into play somewhere along those lines, because you have to be able to keep one step ahead of your kids." Harry countered.
"Mum isn't stupid, Ginny. She was a Prefect and top of her class. She chose to be a mother and not join the ministry like Dad." Ron could not believe that Ginny had said that.
"Ginevra, just wants a baby. It's as simple as that, but it takes two, and I won't play. I value my neck where it is, thank you." Draco went back to reading the study guide that Harry and Hermione had made for them. "That trip to Azkaban, Dad took us on last weekend, opened my eyes."
"Oh yeah, that...yeah, I got the message loud and clear." Ron grimaced. "That's better than any cold shower."
Harry's eyebrows rose in surprise. "So, that's where you were when we were off taking a weekend at Sanctuary. Dad must have seen the way the girls are pining over the babies."
"Logan and Thea chose the loveliest home that weekend and it was a nice relaxing getaway." Hermione, a pro at babies, was burping Bell on her shoulder.
Thea and Logan walked in with Liam and Julie in their arms.
Charlie and Tonks had baby Nate.
"These two are the best babies." Thea was really starting to show in her pregnancy, as was Tonks.
"How's the studying coming along?" Logan zeroed in on his baby sister and Seamus cuddled in the corner and frowned. "Lexi, I know that you've been granting him boons for getting O's on his class work, but this is study time not cuddle time."
"You're so paranoid, big brother." Lexi rolled her eyes at him.
"No, I'm a male and I know how his mind works."
"He and I kiss and cuddle that's it, so stop brooding." Lexi growled and then said something really not so nice in French.
"Oh, that one was low, but then you are being paranoid." Harry whistled under his breath. "Seamus is under the same rules and restrictions that Ron and Draco are, so relax."
"Aye, I didn't like the prison anymore than they did." Seamus nodded.
"What brought that up? Are baby sis and Luna still pinning about babies." Charlie narrowed his eyes at his sister.
"I can't help it if I want one!"
"Tough, because I don't right now," Draco flushed crimson. "Not that the two of us...because we haven't..." He added hastily, as Charlie had drawn his wand.
"Good! You get to live to see another day." Charlie put away his wand.
"I love babies, but school first, then marriage, choosing a career, and then kids." Lexi spoke up.
Seamus stared at her in shock. "I thought that it was career first and then settle down."
"Yes, well, things change." She smiled at him.
"Okay, what's going on over there and why is the word marriage even mentioned?" Logan was not pleased.
"J' amoureux de Seamus. He is à l'avenir ma jeune marié and he amoureux de moi, so of course, I mentioned the word marriage." She saw that Ron was lost and translated. "Ronald forgive me, I will speak in English. I am in love with Seamus. He is my future bridegroom and he is in love with me."
Logan set Liam in Charlie's arms and stalked over to Seamus. "Is that so, then show me the ring, or it's just talk and we go outside for a bit." He was on slow boil.
"She's right. I do love her and she does love me. It was me Grams ring. She gave it to me to give it to the lass that I planned to marry." He stood up to face Logan nearly eye to eye.
"I gave it to her last night, when we were checking on Pendragon. She put it on her right hand ring finger, until she decided for sure. It's a Claddagh with moonstones and emeralds that has been passed down for generations."
Alex got up to stand between the two of them. "Back off, big brother." She growled.
"It's on my left hand, where it will stay...Oh dear... Hi Daddy." She hadn't noticed that Max and the others had just arrived home.
Max was swearing in several different languages.
Harley was smiling mischievously. "She showed it to me last night."
"So, that was what the cat-that-at-the-cream look was about last night and all day today while we were looking at homes. You were holding out on me about our daughter and here I thought you wanted another little one." Max glowered at his wife.
"Of course, I want another little one, but I knew what your reaction would be to Lexi's news." She pouted up at him.
"We will discuss the first thing in private later, as to the other if Alexandra is happy then so am I." Max walked over to hug his daughter.
"Seamus and Dean, wish to join Cedric in his broom making venture. I'm happy, Daddy, but I have not detoured from any of my goals, school is first." She hugged him.
"Now as for another sibling, Binky needs someone to watch over." She whispered in his ear.
"Thanks, for your input. I will take it under consideration." He kissed her forehead. "Just focus on what you wish to do, before thinking along those lines yourself."
"Well, with Lexi's grades, she can go for anything she wants to." Harry grinned. "Okay Dad, you can have MJ back don't pout."
James was staring down at his sons.
"Did they fuss?" Lily fitted the baby sling around her and cooed down at Bell.
"Nope they were complete angels the whole time." Harry grinned.
"You howled for hours when we went off and left you with Dad, Mum, or Aunt Mattie." James cradled MJ in his arms.
"That's because he knew that you were gonna muck up his life, Prongs." Sirius was holding Liam.
"Or he knew that he only had, so much time with the two of you." Jenna glared at Sirius. "How's Mummy's, little Jewel." She cooed down at Julie.
"Well, you left him with me when Peter was hanging around and Harry wouldn't stop howling for anything." Remus remembered that day. "He knew that Peter was bad even at three months."
"No comment. Let's go, angel, it's time for your nap." Harry gathered Hermione close. "Seamus, Lexi. Congrats, on your engagement," He vanished.
"Look over on that wall and then think that he doesn't love you." Lily pointed to the immortalized cake hanging on the wall.
"That took him hours of creating and planning. There are more pictures of you with him, as a baby than there are of you in any other time."
"Yeah, I know. It's just that these two have bonded, and that makes me think that he's gonna start thinking of what he missed when the twins are older." James sighed.
"He'll be fine and occupied with the girls." Lily reassured him.
"Somehow, I don't think so, Lil's, but then I could be wrong." He looked over at the kids.
"Study while you can. Your N.E.W.T'S will be here before you know it and then there is no turning back. Your futures will be set in stone."
"Thanks, Dad, like we needed that pep talk!" Draco grumbled.
"So did you find any houses in Godric's Hollow?" Ginny changed the subject.
"Sirius found one on the lake near Dragon Manor that we had to buy. It was love at first sight for me." Jenna smiled.
"Lil's and I have a house. It's attached to Sanctuary. We're more than happy with it." James grinned.
"We found a house on the lake that we loved." Gene smiled.
"It's perfect during the summers when I'm not teaching DADA at the castle." Remus smiled.
"The twins were there checking out their future homes, that Marcus is building for them. Ron, Ginny, your parents were looking as well." Lily smiled.
"Um, well, Marcus is fixing us up a place at Godric's Hollow for when we get married of course." Ron added hastily.
"We agree Godric's Hollow is a nice place to set down roots." Tonks and Charlie grinned.
"We like it, so it's going to be where the Wizarding Royal family resides." Max grinned.
"Dad, Harry thinks that you and Mum went house shopping." Luna gave them a look.
"We did look with everyone, but nothing holds a candle to his Sanctuary. We wish to be with our son. It's as simple as that." James frowned.
"So, that's why he left like he did, not because he didn't wish to comment on his actions as a baby, but because he thinks we found a place."
"Yeah, that's about it." Draco was trying to concentrate on studying. "I'm going to study in Avalon..." He gathered up all his books and things and vanished.
"Girls, if you don't get E's or O's on your N.E.W.T'S this year, you will be coming back here in the fall." Remus reminded them. "No A's or lower on any of them or you come back."
"In that case, I'll go join, Dragon." She also gathered her things and vanished Merlin/Mab style.
"Since when?" Ron and Luna gaped at where she had just been.
"She is Mab's student, it comes with the lessons. I can do it too." Alex grinned and she and Seamus vanished.
"Show off!" Ron grumbled.
"You brood, Ronnie. I am going to study." Luna gathered her things and left the Common Room.
"Wait for me, Luna!" Ron threw all of his stuff into his pack and ran after her.
"Thanks, Remus, now they'll focus on school and less on babies." Lily smiled.
"Well, odds are the two of them aren't at that level yet, but we shall see." Remus smiled.
Days later in Lucy's office...
"I thought that our world didn't embrace Muggle medical techniques." Harry stared at the 4-D (dimensional) image on the screen of one of his three girls. "She's sucking her thumb."
"I think that this is brilliant." Hermione stared at the screen.
"I happen to love this particular piece of Muggle medical technology." Lucy smiled.
"She's coming along nicely. Now, let's see if we can check on baby number two." She moved the device to another part of Hermione's belly. "Ah-ha, there you are."
"Awe, she was sleeping and you woke her up." Harry and Hermione sighed.
"It seems that way doesn't it and look at that she's blinking at you." Lucy smiled.
"Okay, let's check on number three. That is if these two aren't hiding her...there she is waving."
"Well, would ya look at that, she's trying to get the Snitch?" Harry chuckled.
"I told you that one of them liked to play Quidditch." Hermione pointed at the screen. "She's going to be a handful." Harry arched a brow at her in response to that comment and Hermione echoed her opinion. "I mean it! Just look at how alert she is."
"That's because their little ears can hear you. They are very much aware of things now...You can talk to them, sing to them, even play music for them, and they will hear it." Lucy explained as she focused on what was happening on the screen.
"They look like they're going to take their time now, so it still could be September or late August."
"See, honey, they aren't going to share your birthday after all." Hermione smirked at him.
"No, more like our first Wizarding wedding anniversary." Harry was in awe with what he was seeing on the screen. "First-Gramps did say a year to that day, if we didn't keep our promise."
"I want a copy of this. The family is going to flip when they see it." Hermione smiled at Lucy.
"James and Lily got to see the twins, but not as clearly as the two of you are seeing the girls. I just got this back from the Department of Mysteries, after they adapted it to our world's technology. It shows more than the Muggles see. I can tell the weight, how big they are, and if they're healthy or not. The three of them are 20cm each, weigh in at one pound apiece, and everything is coming along smashingly." She wiped away the goo on Hermione's belly.
"I know that she's gonna kill me for asking this, but is her craving me a bad thing for the babies?" He ignored her glare.
"Harry James! You promised not to bring up that subject today!" Hermione blushed crimson
"He's just worried about you and the girls." Lucy tried to keep a straight face.
"It's fine and no you aren't hurting the babies. You're lucky, Harry, when it comes to cravings like that, some Daddy's-to-be are taboo to the expectant mother, and live in the guestroom during the pregnancy." She grinned when Harry blushed.
"Now, Hermione, you're going to be experiencing something that feels like a contraction now and then, but that's just getting you ready for the birth of the girls. Don't let it panic you, it's perfectly normal. They only last for fifteen seconds to a minute, so don't let them worry you. That is unless you have more than four in an hour or you're in pain. Then send Ferria. I don't foresee that happening."
Hermione got up to get dressed.
"You're doing everything right and Harry worships you to distraction, so it's fine. Oh, we do know something interesting though. It seems that you now have more Fay blood coursing through your veins, than you do mortal, and that's a good thing. You see, this way your body is able to adjust to the girls easier." Lucy handed him the DVD of the girls while Hermione got dressed. "Now, I want to see you in two weeks."
"Grandfather, since we aren't getting married in July and the public is asking questions, wishes us to announce the two of us are expecting a little one. I think that it's too much stress on Hermione and I don't feel like sharing this miracle of ours with the whole bloomin world." Harry frowned.
"They know. Trust me, they know." Lucy was writing on Hermione's chart. "Let Fred and George be the ones to announce it and only say one little one. That way when the time comes everyone will get a lovely surprise, wish to party, and feast again till Allhallows eve."
"Now as for the Muggle press, as far as I'm concerned they can rot in Hades. I agree that it would be too much stress on Hermione. Just have any family Muggle events at Highgrove, it's a fortress."
"It sure is now. Wills and Henry are very protective of me at the moment." Hermione sighed, "I, nevertheless, can more than take care of me and what's mine." She emerged from behind the dressing blind with blonde-hair and blue eyes. She had cast a glamour and altered her features.
"I know that, angel, but indulge us, okay." Harry kissed the top of her head. "Sweetness, uh, what's with the disguise?"
"Someone wishes to go shopping." Lucy grinned.
"Well, in that case, two can play at that game." He now had red-gold hair and golden eyes. "We'll see you in two weeks."
"Have fun, kids." Lucy smiled.
"We will." Harry and Hermione vanished.
Hours later
Harry and Hermione's suite
"That was wonderful! Actually being able to walk right by the press and no one was any the wiser that it was us." Hermione had enjoyed her day.
"Mum and Dad are beside themselves with happiness, now that they got to see the girls. I got them so much stuff and it's all in their nursery at home."
"Franc sees each of them as different individuals, there's more to him than meets the eye. He might not be magically inclined, but psychically he's very strong, as the Muggles would say. He loves spoiling you and them rotten." Harry changed the two of them back to normal.
"Wolfe. I want cheesecake, roast beef sandwiches, curly fries, and a milk shake." Hermione was drinking her eighth glass of water of the day. "Goddess! I drink so much water that I should float away, not to mention a gallon of milk." She wrinkled her nose.
"Be right back." Harry reverted to his disguise and then vanished.
"He loves us so much." She went to take a bath, as she chatted with her girls. "How about I play you some Mozart, Bach, or Beethoven and then we will move on to Josh and Clay."
"Baby sis, are you back yet? How did your appointment go?" Rory and Dromi were eager to hear about her appointment with Lucy.
"Someone is into classical music." Dromi heard Beethoven coming from the bathroom.
"It's good for the babies, it promotes intelligence." Rory knocked on the bathroom door. "Hermione, are you alone?"
"Come on in, ladies, and I will tell you about the girls." Hermione called from the bathroom.
"So where's baby brat?" Rory asked
"He's getting dinner for us. The girls can hear everything that you say, so please refrain from calling their Daddy a baby brat. He does have a name." Hermione had gone from having music play from the stereo, to using her CD player. She had headphones on her belly and the triplets were listening to classical music.
"The three of them are doing smashingly well, by the way. They are 20cm long and 1 pound a piece and have fingernails, eyebrows, eyelids..." She was dying to brag about her little miracles, but didn't wish to spoil the surprise.
"You'll see when Harry gets back."
"Why? Did she give you snaps of the girls, like she did with Mum and Dad?" Dromi smiled.
"Not exactly, but you'll see with the others. We have a DVD of the girls." Hermione smiled.
"She has one of those new 4-D sonogram machines? I looked sonogram up on Google and saw what they can do. I bet Harry is beside himself with pride." Rory grinned.
"I'm back!" Harry noticed the open bathroom door. "Want company?"
"Actually, she has company at the moment." Rory called back.
"Don't you have a premiere to go to with Wills and Henry tonight?" Harry walked into the bathroom with the fast-food bag.
"Who are you and what did you do to our brother?" Dromi arched a brow at Harry.
"Wow! The question about what MJ is gonna look like at nineteen has just been answered." Rory fanned her face. "You look smokin HOT, baby brother."
Harry blushed. "Yeah... Well... this is my disguise. I know that it's appealing, because I was goosed a few times waiting in line at Juniors, and at the fast-food restaurant the girls were staring at me. Shall I give Dad a coronary and keep it like this for awhile? Beau and Franc liked it as well, but I had golden amber eyes."
"Yes, please keep it that way for awhile, I want to see everyone's reactions." Dromi and Hermione nodded.
"When you put it like that, sure I'll keep my appearance like this for now." Harry grinned.
"Is it possible for us to see the DVD of the girls, before we have to get ready?" Rory pouted.
"Go ahead, Harry. I'm enjoying my bath." Hermione closed her eyes and relaxed. "You wish to strut and that would annoy me, so go show off the girls."
Harry walked over and took the headphones off her belly. "That had better be music." He took a listen to the classical music. "Good, they don't need Lord of the Rings or My Nightmare."
He kissed her on the forehead and set the bag down next to the tub. "Let's go, ladies, before I change my mind. Enjoy your dinner, sweetness. Please have mercy and save some for me."
"Yummy food," Hermione was starving.
The three of them vanished.
Everyone was having dinner down in the Pendragon Common room, so he didn't need to round anyone up.
Harry, Dromi, and Rory appeared by the table.
"I have something that I wish to share with all of you, but Ginny and Luna need to stay here and finish their dinner. It's really not for them to see."
"Okay, that tears it!" James lost it when he took in his new look. "You and I need to talk about what's bothering you, because having Beau dye your hair was below the belt!"
Luna, Ginny, and Alex stared at him. "Now that's what I call hot with a capital HOT."
"GIRLS!" Draco, Ron, and Seamus glared at them.
"We can't help it! We're female and that's appealing to the eye!" Ginny was practically drooling.
"So, that's what Mikey is gonna look like in nineteen years." Jenna stared at Harry.
"James. It's Harry's hair. If he wants it red-gold that's up to him." Lily smiled serenely.
"Prongs, you really are in the pound. I had no idea how toasted he was at you, but this is a statement." Sirius frowned.
"For the love of magic, Prince, you hate it when I have the accent! Well, I hate it when you do that!" Logan glared at him. "That's not permanent that's his disguise! He wore that for most of the mission! It draws the ladies like bees to honey. "
"Yeah, he sure did." Thea sighed.
"Damn, busted..." Harry pouted. "Hermione likes this look on me."
"I want my son back now! Hermione can have veela boy later!" James snarled. "I am not going anywhere! We did not buy a house! We have one with you and Hermione! Now revert back before I kick your tail!"
Harry stared at his father in confusion then looked over at his mother.
"Humor him." Lily sighed.
He changed back to normal. "Dad, please come with me." Then headed for the media room. "You can see them first."
"See who?" James followed him.
"Oh, you'll see." He loaded up the DVD on the player and hit play. "Grandpa, meet the girls." The video of the triplets played on the huge screen.
"Babies! Those are yours and Hermione's little ones!" Di appeared in the room.
He walked up to the plasma screen and stared at the video of baby number one sucking her thumb and blinking at them. "That's mind-blowing! She's in 4-D! Lily, you have to see this!"
"See what? Oh, my stars, that's one of the girls!" Lily stared at the screen.
Baby number two was next, half awake, yawning, and blinking at them. "Oh, you woke her up." Lily chuckled. "I know that look. Oh Harry, this is amazing."
"Anyone out there that is nineteen and older can see this." James called into the other room. "As for the rest of you, sorry not happening."
Baby number three was now on the screen waving at them. "That's my girl. See, she's training to be a Seeker already." Harry was one proud papa.
"You can see their personalities already." Lily watched it replay. "It tells you how big they are and how much they weight."
"Whoa! Holy Quidditch!" Sirius, Max, and Remus gaped at the screen.
"Gramps fainted when we showed him this afternoon. Uncle Albus pointed out who was who, and Grams cried happy tears." He chuckled.
"They had council meetings all day, so that was definitely a welcome sight for them." Lily smiled.
Wills pointed to the second baby, "That second one, she's so like Hermione and Harry when they're grouchy."
"That one is who Uncle Albus called Allysia." Harry was preening like a peacock.
"Oh and the one waving, she's so like Harry." Dromi pointed to the third image.
"That's Danielle and the one sucking on her thumb is Amelia. The thing is I never told Uncle Albus the names of the girls, but then he knows all." Harry loved looking at the video.
"You owe me a thousand galleons, Logan. They're all girls." Henry grinned.
"Oh Maxwell, my darling..." Harley stood on her toes and whispered something French in his ear.
"Maybe, I'll think about it."
Harley goosed him.
Draco walked into the room. "What is so bad about us...?" He stared goggle-eyed at the screen. "Those are the babies." His eyes were huge.
"Yeah, those are the girls." Harry chuckled.
"We want to see!" Ginny, Luna, and Alex pushed passed Draco.
"Yeah, what's the big deal?!" Seamus and Ron growled.
"The babies!" The girls squealed. "They're on the screen!"
"Huh? What are you talkin...?" Ron and Seamus stared with their mouths hanging open. "I, uh, won't buzz Hermione anymore..."
"Wow, Harry! They really are girls." Seamus finally managed to speak.
"Good! Cuz, I'll beat your ass if you do." Harry growled. "Yeah Seamus, those are my girls."
"Oh boy, it's kicking in." James arched a brow at his son.
"I want one of those of our baby." Thea pouted.
"Wait until next month, then you'll get to see your baby." Harry reassured her.
"So we're shooting for the end of August now are we?" Wills frowned. "We might be late, but we'll cut it short with one phone call."
"Oh, you'll be late regardless. The date doesn't matter, the situation remains the same." Harry smirked.
"Bets anyone?" Logan grinned.
"Honestly, Logan! Can't you forgo wagering on anything?" Hermione stood in the doorway. "Put me down for August 28th." She grinned.
"Merlin did mention a year to the day, if you did break the promise." James and Lily grinned.
"I did say something like that didn't I?" Merlin stood behind Harry. "By Fin that is astounding! No wonder you're broadcasting so loudly. You're seeing your unborn daughters."
"Mortals are good for some things, this is beyond astounding." Mab was impressed. "The ten of you are not ready, so get those thoughts out of your heads." She gave certain young ones the look.
"We have a premiere to attend." Wills and Henry took a hint. "Let's go, girls."
"Have fun, girls." James and Lily grinned.
"Well... It will get our minds off seeing that." Rory and Dromi reluctantly left.
"That's an idea watch a movie. Hermione and I are calling it a night." Harry took the DVD placed it back in its case, loaded Episode three on the DVD player, pulled Hermione into his arms, and vanished.
Chapter 29
Lost now found
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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