H P Boy who livesYear 7- Summer
Chapter 27
Twin Trouble
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Well did you like his little miracle? Don't look now but the tweebs are up to something again.
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Harry watched as they set the castle lawn up for the Order of Merlin ceremony. "Where did your brother and sister disappear to? There hasn't been a single incident since they arrived on Saturday."
"The two of them are already grounded, so the last thing they need is any more trouble. Mother and Daddy threatened to enroll them back to Muggle School if they get in trouble again." Hermione snuggled closer in his arms. They were sitting under their beech tree.
"Don't look now, but they're running out of the castle as if a Doxy were after them." Harry watched as Neville and Lavender raced out of the castle. "Neville and Lavender are on the run too, so this can't be anything good."
Hermione opened her eyes to look over at the castle. "Who's the blonde wizard that Uncle James and Uncle Sirius are holding back? He looks furious about something. The tweebs must have done something to him."
Draco raced across the castle lawn until he screeched to a halt in front of the two of them. "The tweebs..." He panted trying to catch his breath. "Neville was showing Gin and I something that his dad had recently shown him..." He took another huge gulp of air.
"Oh Shit!! Now my Dad is wizard dueling that new guy. What exactly happened in the castle?" Harry still couldn't make out who the other wizard was, but his dueling style looked very familiar.
"It was an old Marauder jinx that Uncle James and Uncle Sirius never made a counterspell for. It changes the color of anything like for instance clothes or even hair. Although, it can't do anything like change anyone's skin to different colors. This hex is a brilliant creation though." Draco found himself being slammed against the tree truck by Hermione.
"Who is that wizard dueling with Uncle James!? What does he have to do with the tweebs! Talk to me damn it or I will hurt you!"
"Okay! Okay!" Draco wasn't in any mood to face the wrath of Hermione. "Just don't grab Harry's wand and hex the messenger!"
She let him go.
"There was a little incident and Uncle Severus got his hair changed to blonde."
Harry was laughing so hard that his sides hurt.
"Hey, Harry its not..." Draco chuckled. "Well yeah, I guess it is funny. Anyway, we found a Slytherin banner and were turning it all shades of colors. We were on shades of yellow when the twins, on the run from Uncle Severus, rammed into Neville just as he was about to change the banner a shade of golden yellow. The fully charged wand was sent flying into the air and hit Uncle Severus on the head turning his hair into golden blonde completely perfect hair that makes him look... Well it's having quite the effect on the girls. Ginny sighed dreamily and so did Lavender when they saw him." Draco smirked.
Harry was absolutely rolling with laughter at this point.
"Please tell me that this isn't happening!" Hermione glared over at Harry. "This is a disaster!! Harry James, why are you laughing?!"
Harry caught his breath enough to answer her. "While Draco has been explaining what happened to Professor Snape. My mum has been turning both of them into a variety of creatures. This last one is a donkey. That's why I'm laughing."
"Stop watching them and help me think of what we're going to do about this mess." Hermione grumbled.
"We aren't going to do anything." Harry went from laughing to serious in seconds. "This was clearly an accident."
"Uh, Mate that's not entirely true. Uncle caught them doing something that they shouldn't have and that's why they were on the run from him. Now the other thing, yeah that one was an accident." Draco corrected him.
"So they were up to something and now I'm going to have to deal with the fallout of what they've done!" Hermione got up to her feet and started pacing in front of the tree.
"There you go again blowing things way out of proportion. Let me point out the facts to you. First you are not the twins, second it was an accident, and third and most importantly we were nowhere near the crime scene. There is no way that we will get any fallout from it." Harry looked around for any sign of the tweebs, who had decided that Hagrid's hut was not the place to hide, and chose the forest instead. "Oh Bloody Hell! They went into the forest instead of sticking around Neville and Lavender by the Griffs. The ceremony is gonna have to wait. Hermione you stay here and tell the others." He sprang to his feet and took off towards the forest.
"Hold up Harry! I'll go with you!" Draco took off after him.
Hermione found herself thinking that Harry saw her as a liability to their team now. :I can go too! I am capable of taking care of myself you know!: She snarled at him. Not thinking of what she was wearing or that four inch heels didn't make good hiking shoes.
Sirius was paying close attention to what the boys and Hermione were up to, "Looks like they went after the twins."
Lily, not seeing her boys as grown young men, panicked, and turned James and Severus back into men again. "James the boys went into the forest after the twins! Go get them back before they get hurt!" She turned to Severus. "You might as well go with him as well, since you are the reason that they ran into the forest to begin with! They are eleven you had no right to go chasing them like that!"
"Lil's those boys are almost fully grown wizards, so the two of them can easily handle rescuing the twins." James got to his feet.
"James is right. Those two can more than handle themselves. Your son sees that Dark Forest as his personal stomping grounds, even though it's out of bounds to the students. He knows that forest better than Draco does." Severus smirked. "This is my nephew's first taste of an actual Harry Potter adventure. I'm more worried about him than I am about Harry."
"I don't give a tinker's damn what either of you think they can handle! I want you to go get all of them or did you like being jackasses!!" Lily snarled.
"Holly hell!! She isn't that crazy is she?" Sirius watched as Hermione took off towards the forest. "Hermione Anne, you get your butt back here now! You can't go after them wearing four-inch heels! Need I add that you don't even have your wand?!"
"I'm a big girl and this isn't my first rescue mission! I can take care of myself!" Hermione shouted back at him before disappearing into the forest.
"Does that remind you of anyone?" Severus arched a brow at James.
"Oh, just button it will you." James decided the best way to go about this was as Prongs and headed towards the forest at full gallop.
"That's an excellent idea Prongs!" Sirius turned into Padfoot and chased after him.
"Must I always do things myself?" Lily also had an Animagus form any avian she wished to be. She turned into a falcon and took off towards the sky.
"Those three are so rusty that they're going to get either themselves or those kids hurt." Severus having just recently perfected his own Animagi form turned into a raven.
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Deep inside the forbidden forest...
"Sebastian! Sabrina! This is no place to hide show yourselves! It really is okay! You aren't in any trouble!" Harry's shouts for the twins echoed around the two of them. "Of all the places to run into the two of them had to choose this area."
"Aragog is still in this forest." Draco hissed at Harry.
"Tell me something I don't know, Draco! Aragog and his kids are in this very area of the forest! The tweebs could have wandered into his lair!" Harry hated this part of the forest not to mention that he and Aragog did not part as friends. He had been determined to feed his kids with his and Ron's hides.
"Then let's go as wolves, so we have a chance of getting their scent or something?" Draco hated spiders the forest was beginning to creep him out, he nevertheless determined to ignore his fear and help Harry rescue the twins. "Is it me or is there a creepy looking raven in the sky above us?" Draco looked up at what he could see of the sky.
"Let's go with your brilliant idea and ignore the raven. That way you can focus on the mission and not on any fear you might be having right now." Harry suggested before turning into Prince.
"Hey, you're right my idea was rather brilliant wasn't it." He turned into Dragon.
Harry caught three scents one was that of Hermione, which he forced himself to ignore for the time being, and the other was of the twins.
The two of them shot off towards the location of the twins. They happened to be in the heart of spider country. When the two of them arrived on the scene Severus was transforming back to his human form to get the twins out of a web.
"We're sorry! Please help us!! The spiders are gonna eat us!!" They whined in terror.
"No one is going to eat you now stand still." Severus cut them out of the webbing.
"Then why did that ginormous daddy spider say that we would make good food for his kids." Bastion pointed to Aragog as soon as he was free of the webbing.
"And she says the same thing." Bree pointed to Mosag, who was heading in their direction.
"Hagrid needs to forgo adopting anymore pets." Severus was stunning spiders with his wand. "Stay behind me."
"Aragog back off! The tweebs are not gonna be your meal and neither is Uncle Severus!" Harry ran into the spiders nest with wand blazing and Draco at his side.
"I thought you said there was only one giant spider!!" Draco took in the sight of both Mosag and Aragog. "I see two!"
"I only got to see the daddy spider and I figure that other one must be the mummy spider!" Harry stunned spider after countless spider all the while keeping a close eye on the two parents.
"YOU DARE RETURN TO HURT MY CHILDREN!" Aragog roared.
"You're trying to hurt my Hermione's, baby brother and sister, so you're damn right that I'm gonna stun your kids!" Harry snarled back. "Hagrid has lost respect for you since I told him that you welshed on your vow to not eat humans, and were going to feed Ron and me to your kids! So any deal or protection that you had from him is finished!"
"We are greater than the five of you puny humans!" Mosag hissed.
"I'm the one that defeated Lord Voldemort with my bare hands. I think that I can handle you and your kids! Besides I always have a back up plan!" Harry shot a signal flare in the shape of a phoenix up into the sky. "I hope that you liked living, because you're about to have one giant of a problem!" Harry grabbed hold of his ankle in pain.
Draco turned to look at him and got sliced in the arm by one of Mosag's legs. "Shit did that hurt! Back off you bitch I'm not your next meal!" He sent a spell at her sending the huge spider tumbling backwards into Aragog. "What happened are you hurt!?" He shouted at Harry.
"No! I'm fine! Just keep firing until Grawp gets here!" Harry lied he knew that something had happened to Hermione. The problem was that he couldn't leave until they had this under control.
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Elsewhere in the forest not even five hundred yards away from the raging battle. Hermione had stepped into a hole and seriously injured her ankle. She had no choice but to sit down on a log and rest for a while. She was scraped, bruised, and now it appeared to be broken. "HARRY JAMES!! I NEED YOU!!" She used both her link to him and her actual voice to contact him. Her cry echoed throughout the forest.
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Harry heard and felt her cry for help. "Goddamn it like we needed that complication right now!" He ignored the pain shooting up his ankle, one of Aragog's legs to scrape the back of his pants leg. "That's all that I needed today!" He shot a steaming hot Aqueductus spell right between his eyes.
"Hermione followed the two of you into the forest and from the sounds of it injured herself!" Severus was keeping the smaller spiders away from the twins.
"Harry! You be here Harry!" Grawp's shouts boomed around them. "I brought friend Priss to help!" He appeared in the clearing with a dragon hovering beside him.
"Get the spiders Grawp! We need to get them away from Uncle Severus and Hermi's little brother and sister!" Harry shouted up at him. "Empress get ready to flame the two big ones when I tell you!"
"I protect Hermi's family!" Grawp started smashing spiders to get to Severus and the twins. "Move so I can smash!" He ordered the three of them and they scattered out of harms way.
When Severus and the twins were out of the line of fire Harry gave the order to Empress. "Flame on girl! Toast all the webbing and the nest! They have proven that they are too dangerous to be allowed to live in the forest!"
"NO!!"Aragog and Mosag roared, as their home was torched.
"Game over for you both because you refused to play by the rules!" Harry snarled.
"Harry what the hell is wrong with your leg?" Draco watched as Harry grabbed at his ankle again. "Are you hurt? Did they get you with venom or something?"
"Hermione is really hurt..." Harry gritted his teeth in pain.
"Don't just stand there boy!" Severus shouted at him. "We have this under control go see about Miss Granger!"
Harry didn't need told twice, so he turned into Prince, and took off into the forest.
"Gods I hate spiders!" Draco continued to take out the stragglers and escapees.
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A falcon landed next to Hermione and looked at her with concerned green eyes.
"Aunt Lily is that you?" Hermione whimpered.
The falcon turned back into Lily Potter. "I need you to sit still while I see about your ankle." Lily knelt down in front of her goddaughter and checked to see how much damage she had done to her ankle. "Sweetie, one thing that I've learned the hard way is that heels never make good hiking shoes, and usually cause you to end up in Hospital wing."
"I wanted to show him that I'm not a liability to him anymore and I almost did until I hurt my ankle." Hermione winced in pain.
"I know how it feels when the boys go off to be heroes and leave you behind. No matter if you might be able to help or not." Lily could tell by the swelling that she had broken her ankle and leg in several places.
"Hello Uncle James, Uncle Sirius you aren't mad at me are you?" Hermione eyed the two men with wary pain filled eyes.
"I believe you learned your lesson, so anger really isn't needed is it?" James knelt down beside Lily. "So how bad did she hurt herself? Oh and just so you ladies know. We boys don't allow our girls to chase after us in dense dark dangerous forests, especially when they're wearing four inch heels."
"I have to protect my brother and sister! They are my responsibility!" Hermione defended her actions.
"Well, you can't do them any good now can you? I mean blimey this is Aragog and Mosag territory!" Sirius had his wand out ready to take out any spiders that might try to creep up at them.
"Aragog! Harry and Ron had to fend him off during second year? Ouch that hurts!" Hermione cried out in pain.
"I'm going to have to splint it so we can get you out of here." Lily turned to look behind her and spotted her son's animagus form. "Harry James that is rude right yourself this instant and come hold her hand."
Harry was beside Hermione in an instant. "What the hell do you think you're doing? I had to leave Draco, Uncle Severus, Grawp, the tweebs, and Empress to fight Aragog and Mosag! When I left Priss was torching the nest and Grawp was smashing the shit out of both Aragog and Mosag. Did you guys know that Uncle Severus is an animagus?"
"Calm down son. She knows that she made a mistake. Do the others need any help?" James got to his feet.
"Nah, all that was left to do was clean up. Aragog was on fire, so was Mosag, and Grawp was almost done smashing the rest of their clan. Not to mention that Priss was flaming everything. The tweebs were scared, but Uncle Severus got to them in time to get them out of the webbing. He was keeping them at bay when Draco and I got there. His raven Animagi fits his character to a T." Harry was trying to keep himself focused on anything, but the pain that he was taking away from Hermione. It was something that he had yet to attempt and no easy feat.
"I have her ankle splinted, but we're going to need a way out of the forest that doesn't include jarring her ankle in any way." Lily told them.
Harry sent another phoenix flare up into the sky. "If he's done with the spiders Grawp can give us a ride out of here." He was starting to break out in a cold sweat from the effort that it was taking to keep Hermione from feeling all the pain that her broken bones were causing her.
"Son, if you're doing what I think you're doing it isn't a good idea." James frowned at his son.
"I'm fine dad. Don't worry about me." Harry lied. "Dad, I have a suggestion. I saw that you and Uncle Severus were dueling on the lawn. This is a second chance for all of you, so maybe you and he can bury the hatchet like Draco and I did."
"I'm not part of the new marauders anymore." Hermione whimpered against his shoulder.
Harry looked down at her in confusion. "Why would you say something like that? You're the brains of the new marauders and always have been. Just because your last adventures led to you getting hurt or captured doesn't mean that you aren't a part of things anymore."
"You took off and told me to stay put like I wasn't any help anymore." She sniffled miserably.
Harry took a deep calming breath. "I knew that you were all dressed up and that usually means that you aren't wearing sensible shoes. I knew what going hiking in heels could do to you and just wanted you to stay where you were less likely to end up broken again."
Hermione reached up and felt his forehead, he was rather warm. "You're getting awfully warm. Did you get hurt by the spiders?"
Lily looked up at her son. "Harry, you're going to regret what you're doing. The link is an asset and at times a liability."
"Look mum, I have no idea what you or dad is talking about. I happen to be fine."
The ground beneath them began to quake, signaling that Grawp was on his way towards them. They could hear trees snapping and falling in the forest.
"He's making a trail for his charges to follow." Harry explained.
"Hagrid's baby brother is really quite the gentleman now." Hermione thought that maybe the three of them needed reassuring.
"The centaurs are teaching him manners and to speak the language, so he can even communicate with us now." Harry added on that little fact.
"So he's what twenty-five or thirty feet?" Sirius arched a brow at them when trees could be seen crashing behind them.
"Fifth year he was sixteen feet and now I would say that he's like twenty feet now." Hermione frowned. "It's strange. Shouldn't I be in extreme pain like I was a while ago or when my arm was broken?"
"Yeah, it is strange isn't it Junior?" James gave him a look.
Grawp had finished his trail and was standing behind Hermione's log. "Hermi got hurt!" He frowned down at them.
"Easy there big guy, no one hurt her. Hermi hurt herself." Draco patted his leg.
"Draco right? Hermi hurt self?" Grawp asked.
"It's ok Grawp. I got my foot caught in a root and hurt myself." Hermione managed a weak smile.
"Hey there big guy, I forgot to tell you the good news! I got my family back!" Harry grinned up at him. "That's my father James, the beautiful red head is my mum Lily, and that's my Uncle Sirius."
"Harry be happy now. You no go away." Grawp happily clapped his bolder sized hands.
"We aren't going anywhere we promise!" James grinned.
"Draco? Is Severus with you?" Lily looked around for any sign of him or the twins.
"He's a ways behind us. He didn't want the tweebs getting hit by trees or something like that." Draco shrugged. "Not that he was going to let that happen. Grawp is really good at making trails."
"Nevertheless, I was not going to risk the lives of two first years on his ability to make a safe trail." Severus walked around the giant with the twins in tow.
"Sebastian, Sabrina are the two of you all right?!" Hermione had never been so happy to see the twins in her life.
"We didn't get hurt and they rescued us." Bree nodded.
"Professor Snape rescued us then Draco and Harry arrived!!" Bastion looked a little worse for wear. "There were two wicked looking spiders that talked!!"
"Then they had all of these smaller spiders and Harry sent this cool signal up in the air to get him! He brought this really wicked lookin dragon!" Bree didn't seem fazed at all by her ordeal. "Then more dragons came to get rid of the icky spiders."
"Sis are you hurt?" Sebastian noticed that Hermione wasn't even trying to get up to yell or hug them.
"Yeah, Sissy. You usually either snarl at us till our ears are ringing or hug us to death." Bree frowned.
"Your sister has suffered a broken ankle and leg to get to the two of you." Harry narrowed his eyes at the twins. "You had no business running into this forest in the first place!"
"We're sorry!" They whined in unison.
"If she's suffering from that kind of injury why is she not screaming at the top of her lungs in pain?" Severus arched a brow at Harry, as he took a vial out of one of his dress robe pockets. "This should take down the swelling and ease the pain that is if he's letting her have any."
"Harry what on earth are they talking about?" Hermione gave him a look before downing the potion.
"It's simple, Kitten. My son and you are linked. The link allows him to be able to take away pain. In this case he's blocking out the brunt of yours." James answered her question.
"You're what?! Isn't that a bit drastic?" Draco gaped at him.
"This is nothing like what Voldemort put me through, it got so bad that I begged Uncle Albus to kill me that night during fifth year. Trust me I can handle this!" Harry wasn't in the mood to discuss anything; his angel needed Hospital wing. His mother seemed more like a Healer than an Auror and he wasn't sure how long he could keep the pain away from her, because he might have suffered a spider bite or two.
"Draco did you get nailed by one of those spiders?" Sirius noticed the gash down Draco's arm.
"Which spider cut your arm?" Lily got up to go check his arm.
"Draco did Mosag cut you in the arm with her leg?" Harry's attention was now focused on his friend.
"Yeah, but it was just a leg not a fang or anything." Draco shrugged.
"You never did pay attention to Care of Magical Creatures class did you?" Hermione rolled her eyes. "Honestly, I thought that at least you were the one that read something."
"If you really want the truth the class was always like a joke to me. I liked potions it's my best class." Draco tried to remain calm cool and not panic. "Why? Are the legs of those things poisonous?"
"Something like that. They're legs are the first thing they use to subdue their prey. It takes about, oh, I would say since it had to go through your robes thirty minutes or so to really affect you." Hermione gave him the skinny on spiders.
"Are you sure that you want to be an Auror and not a Healer. You're brilliant and it would be a waste of your time to chase after Dark Wizards." Lily was really impressed by her goddaughter. "I would think that you would be bored with it not even a quarter of the way through the training."
"Mum that would mean breaking up the team and we make a great team." Harry pouted.
"This is her life, not yours and you can't plan it out for her just because you can't stand being away from her for two minutes." Lily looked over at James, who wasn't saying a word.
"Hey, poisoned hero over here!" Draco tried to get them to focus on his problem. "I think my arm is going numb."
"I'm not planning anything. If she wants to be a Healer then I'm going to support her in that." Harry carefully picked Hermione up in his arms. "Why do I get the feeling that you're talking about you and Dad and not us."
"I really think I need a potion or something!" Draco thought that he was now burning up.
"Nephew you took anti-venom ten minutes ago, so relax, you are not dying." Severus walked over and shook him none too gently. "Harry is the only one who might need the potion eventually, since he got the brunt of the spider attacks."
"Did you get bit?!" Hermione glared at him. "You idiot! Do you have any idea what blocking my pain and having that venom running through your veins is doing to you? Do really like Hospital Wing or St Mungo's that much!"
"I'm fine...Hey Grawp! Put your hand down so we can get out of here!" He called up to the giant.
"Ok but Harry look sick." Grawp did as he was told.
"Honey, you really should let James hold her. You look feverish." Lily focused on him as soon as they settled on Grawp's hand.
"Yeah, kid you look like Draco says he feels." Sirius was also concerned.
"Wonder Boy never admits that he's hurt until he ends up waking up in Hospital wing." Draco smirked. "Then it's like what happened or what week is this?"
"Don't help okay just don't help!" Harry bared his teeth at Draco in frustration.
"He's right. You are always this way. After the final battle you stood there like nothing was wrong, and then nearly a month later you woke up in St Mungo's." Severus agreed with his godson on this point.
"That does it! Give her to me, and let your mother look at you now!" James took Hermione from Harry.
"Thanks a lot! Now you have my father hitting the panic button!" Harry was not in the mood to be messed with not even by his mother. "I'm taking her pain away I admit that..." His mother was checking his robes for any tears, where he could have been scratched, or bitten. "Oh yeah, I did get...Mum there are two of you..." Harry suddenly didn't feel so hot. "I don't think there are suppose to be two of you."
Severus produced another vial of anti-venom and handed it to Lily. "Albus told me that I was going to need this today and now I know why."
"Uncle Albus knows and sees all..." Harry was slowly losing the battle of staying awake.
"Oh, no you don't, drink this before you pass out." Lily opened his mouth and poured it down his throat.
"Not funny mum..." Harry went limp in her arms and hit his head against the giants, hard as rock, callused hand.
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"I get you to safety." Grawp emerged from the forest onto the castle lawn.
"Padfoot! Prongs! What trouble did they get into this time?" Remus called up to them.
"Oh, you know the usual, broken leg, spider venom, and I think as of a minute ago one concussion." Sirius called down at him.
"Harry must be the one with the concussion. He never admits to anyone when he's hurt until he passes out from the injury." Remus shook his head.
"He will do anything to get out of going to this ceremony!" Stephen even though concerned for the kids was a little ticked the plans were going to be changed again.
"Focus on the kids and not on protocol!" Anna hit him upside his head.
"Hey, I'm worried about the kids, but the whole council is standing over there, and never mind..." He sighed in defeat. "I suppose this proves to them why they should get their medals."
"Are Hermione and the twins okay?" Katherine and Alex were worried about their brood.
"The twins are fine, not even a scratch, thanks to Severus. Now Hermione, well, she's the broken leg that I was referring about." Sirius gave them the good and bad news.
"What!?" Katherine clung to Alex's arm. "Did the twins have anything to do with that?"
Grawp gently set down his hand in front of them. "Safe and sound I go check on Priss." He waited until all of them were off his hand to speak.
"Thanks big guy you did very well." Draco patted his leg.
"I like help. I good giant. I no trouble." He kept looking over at the council who were staring wide-eyed at him.
"You are a very good giant and I thank you for helping my kids." Lily blew him a kiss.
Grawp blushed. "Harry and Hermi are family."
"You are part of Hogwarts family Grawp and I thank you for taking care of the kids. It is unfortunate that the spiders chose the wrong path and had to meet that particular fate, but this proves to the council the dragons in the forest are protectors and not a threat to anyone." Albus smiled up at him. "I believe that you deserve a special honor just for all that you have done this past year. You are the official guardian of the Dark forest."
"I portant like Hagar?" Grawp grinned.
"That you are my big friend that you are." Albus smiled.
"I go help Priss now. You take care of Harry, Hermi, and Draco." He managed to say a sentence. "I get better at talkin. Come tell if they ok."
"I promise that I will send word to you." Albus watched as the giant returned to his home. "It is good to have the three of you back with us." He took in the sight of Sirius holding Hermione, James holding Harry, and Lily checking over Draco and Severus.
"Hey, there uncle it's nice to be back." James grinned. "Are they always this much trouble?"
"Oh, much worse this is nothing." Minerva smirked.
"Welcome to my world." Remus grinned.
"And to think he promised to stay out of Hospital wing this year." Albus chuckled.
"Technically this year hasn't started school wise, but I see your point." Remus chuckled.
"My dragon got his first official wound from a heroic rescue mission." Ginny raced over to check on her man. "I'm so proud of him for not fleeing in terror."
"She's right." Draco took that opportunity to sit down on the grass, so she could hold him. "This is an honest to goodness war wound and I didn't run away from all of those giant spiders."
"My you were quite the hero weren't you?" Ginny let him lay his head in her lap.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Severus rolled his eyes. "It was a group effort and that water spell saved all of our collective asses. What was that spell anyway Aqueductus?"
"Harry's first original spell, it involves water, and he can make it do anything even boil and hit the target." Ginny explained.
"You should see what he did to Krum." Draco chuckled. "Try that spell mixed in with Glacius and you get frozen Popsicle Krum."
"This proves that you aren't the same." Ginny touched the wound on his arm. "The old Draco would have been holding his arm, swearing that he was dying, and basically milking it for everything that it was worth."
"It's amazing what being around the girl you love can do to a guy." He was about to continue when a spider crawled out of his robe and proceeded to bite him right on the gash. "Son of a bitch was that thing lethal! Am I gonna die!?" He grabbed his arm in pain.
"I give up!" Throwing his hands up in the air in frustration Severus stalked towards the castle.
"Relax hero, you aren't going to die." Lily picked up the spider to get a look at it. "That's not a lethal spider at least not to humans. It can cause you to spike a fever, make you feel basically awful, but you aren't going to die."
Draco got up to his feet and shook out his robes, six more various spiders dropped out of them. He promptly passed out on the grass.
"Now that's the Draco that I fell in love with." She kissed his cheek.
"Let's get these three up to Hospital wing." Gene wanted to get them tended to and the lawn wasn't going to be the place to do it. "Lil's, I see that your Healer abilities are still in top form."
"I might need to take a refresher course or two, but I think that I can easily get recertified as a Healer." Lily smiled. "Harry thought all this time that I was an Auror and Moony didn't even correct him not once."
"I did what I had to keep his confidence level high and his focus on the task he had ahead of him. If he had known that you were a Healer, he could never have killed Voldemort. It would have been like betraying what you stood for and he would have died. I think the white lie was justified at least at the time." Remus walked over to pick up Draco.
"He does have a point, Lil's." James looked over at the group that was there for the ceremony. "Go home everyone, no ceremony today; the honorees are going to be laid up for a while. Try back in say a week or two. Better yet just give the medals and pins to dad and he can give them to them when term starts." He called over to the council.
"James, I was going to handle that." Stephen growled.
"Look! I'm carrying nearly two hundred pounds of deadweight. It's not like he's a baby anymore." James growled. "Besides, I'm an HBP too, so they can't ignore the request."
"What my son meant is the ceremony for the four of them is officially canceled. You can go ahead and give the others their medals. Then please feel free to enjoy the feast that is to be held after the ceremony. Now you can understand the rest of us will be up in Hospital wing looking after our kids. They took on two Acromantula to rescue two frightened eleven-year-old twins. That proves to you how valiant these three are and why they are getting Order of Merlin first-class. Now have a nice evening." Stephen took care of business and then went back to focusing on his family.
"Order of Merlin first-class? Draco is never gonna shut up about this one." Ginny rolled her eyes. "I would have gone too, but Charlie was holding me prisoner in the castle."
"It's ok Ginny; you can go on their next adventure." Albus winked at her.
"What the hell do you mean by their next adventure?!" Lily, James, and Sirius glared at Albus.
"Yes, but you see the school year hasn't even begun and they always have at least one or two adventures." Albus took Minerva's hand and they strolled over to the ceremony.
"They've been handling them for six years now, so I guess it's your turn." Remus grinned.
"Just think of it as a challenge, son." Stephen smiled. "I know how you love challenges."
"Think of it as payback for what you put the two of us through." Anna arched a brow at her son.
"I have to finish reading those books. I've only skimmed them so far." James groaned.
"I have honey and it will only give you nightmares." Lily liked seeing James off guard. "Just think we get to have him at seventeen and in love."
"We're doomed." James muttered under his breath as they headed to the castle.
"I guess we'll do better with our next one." She winked at him.
"Next one, huh," James was grinning from ear to ear. "Now that sounds like a plan."
"Hey, you two focus on the boy, and then expand the family later." Gene rolled her eyes at them.
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Harry smiled in his sleep.
"He gets that from you." James noticed that Harry was smiling.
"That and many other things darling, but don't worry he still got a few things from you." Lily reassured him.
"He's out cold, Prongs. Go ahead and look if you're that curious." Sirius grinned.
James was already doing just that as they entered through the open castle doors. :Hey Lil's, do you think that we can handle two more at one time?:
Lily shook her head and smiled. :That all depends if we're talking two more boys or one of each.:
:That my love is for me to know and you to find out.: James had a secret smile on his face.
:A girl and a boy would be lovely.: Lily had looked her for herself. :Now naming them will be a challenge.:
:Look, all I need is sleep and I will be fine.: Harry interrupted their conversation. :So as soon as I'm tucked away in Hospital wing go share some quality time together .
:I will be the one to decide if you're fine or not.: Lily spoke in a firm but soothing tone. :We're sorry that we peaked in your mind.:
:Not a problem, so is that home I'm building mine or do you guys want it?: Harry changed the subject.
:That land is yours to keep. You and Hermione need the sanctuary; it was only a safe haven from Voldemort. We have many places to choose from, as long as Dad kept them. There is also Godric Castle. We have our own wing there, so don't sweat it. I don't think that I could live there too many memories. It's the perfect place for you to start over though.: James had been thinking where he wanted to live.
:You mean we have places like Wills family has?: Harry might have been out cold, but his mind was wide-awake.
:Ours are more magically inclined.: James thought of what to say. :Our family is nothing like elephant ears or his uppity mother. We love and respect each other; our kids are our life, and the monarchy that comes second. The Wizarding World really hasn't needed a monarchy for centuries and now I guess they do. It's like this now that Voldemort and his goons are gone they need someone to look up to now. They get that from you and you are doing a brilliant job.:
:Thanks, oh wise one. I believe he gets the picture. You young man go back to sleep and focus on healing your body.: Lily ended the conversation. :We'll be there when you wake up.:
:I just thought the two of you would like that quality time together. Because Mum clearly wants me to have siblings and I'm not waking up for at least another five hours, leaving you both with plenty of time to kill. Time worth spent on working on the twins that is if they're to be born in say April or May.: With that said he went back to sleep.
James flushed a shade of crimson, as did Lily.
"It looks like Harry got the last word again." Stephen chuckled. "Twins? I only caught the last few parts of the conversation, but it seems to me like he saw that he's going to have siblings. What was that about April or May?"
"What's the matter Prongs you look a little flushed." Sirius grinned.
:Oh yeah, before I forget, since it sounds like Uncle Sirius is being a smart ass. I just think that its fair for him to know that he and Aunt Jenna end up with their own little bundle of joy...Julie...Yeah, Julie sounds right.: He went back to sleep.
"Hey Dad, is it possible to marry those two? Since you and Uncle Albus are now both sort of acting Ministers of Magic?" James wanted to floor his father.
"I heard what he said and the answer is yes. I see the point that you're trying to make and your status in the Muggle and Wizarding Worlds was corrected. Although, a slight change had to be made to insure the secrecy of our world remains intact. That would be for Harry, Anna, Jenna, Lily, and you your surname is now Pendragon. Now for Sirius I had to get a little creative and to me the surname fits his personality to a T. He is now known as Sirius Lancelot Black Du Lac." Stephen tried to keep a straight face.
"Cool name isn't that like the knights of the round table?" Bastion who was trailing along beside him grinned.
"That's, um, Sir Lancelot's last name and they always make him dreamy in the movies and you are dreamy." Bree sighed.
"Thanks, I think." Sirius turned his attention to James. "Now what do you know that I don't?" They entered the Hospital wing.
"I'm her big brother and that my friend is the only way the two of you are going to have any, uh, cookies."
"That ain't what you were thinking and I wanna know the big secret." Sirius set Hermione down where Poppy instructed him to.
"I believe he's saying that the three of us are going to be raising kids together." Remus set Draco in another bed.
"Something like that." James set Harry down in his usual spot. "So he has his own bed here does he?"
"Hermione has been here once or twice a year since second year. Your son has been a constant visitor since first year." Poppy nodded. "Let me just say that I'm happy to have all of you back with us and if you would like you can refresh your healing skills here at the Hospital wing this year. That way you aren't very faraway from your boy."
"I was thinking that James could take over as DADA, while Gene and I take a long extended honeymoon." Remus arched at brow at James.
"I think I can handle that." James looked down at his son. "To be honest there is no way in hell that I can leave him."
"Why don't you go catch up while we take care of the kids?" Lily suggested.
"Yes the four of us can handle things from here." Gene suggested. "You can go keep Alex and Katherine from worrying about Hermione."
:Dad watching me sleep is boring. So after mum, Aunt Gene, and Madame Pomfrey finish with us then you can go spend that quality time with mum. I mean unless you think you forgot how.: Harry just wanted them to not worry about him and have some quality time with each other.
James was so red now that his face was as red as a ripe tomato. "Remus you were so right when you said that you needed back up with him."
"Don't worry about it son, it's like riding a broom, you never forget." Stephen who had heard that entire conversation between father and son managed to barely say that with a straight face.
"What's like riding a broom?" Jenna strolled into the Hospital wing.
Sirius was laughing, so hard that he was crying, as was Remus.
:Dad I just thought of something. Merlin said that he righted a wrong. What if that meant that... Well...you know mum was and Aunt Jen was...Do I need to draw you a picture?: Harry wasn't in the mood to rest his mind. :You are exactly as you were before it happened and Uncle Sirius was in a hurry to marry Aunt Jenn. It does make sense.:
James sat down in a chair and buried his face in his hands.
"Prongs we were only..." Sirius found himself eye to eye with a not so happy Stephen. "Holly Shit what the hell did he say now?!"
"Daddy what's wrong with you?" Jenna walked over to get between him and Sirius.
"Jenna what did you and this mutt here neglect to tell me before you died?" He snarled.
"Nothing Daddy," Jenna shuffled her feet and couldn't look him in the eye. "He asked me to marry him and I said yes."
James got to his feet, took Sirius by the neck, and slammed his face into the wall. "You dog! You made a promise to me and you blew it!" He turned him around and then punched him in the gut. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't wipe the floor with your sorry ass!"
"James what the hell is wrong with you!?" Remus couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Leave him alone big brother or I will hurt you!" Jenna knelt down by Sirius, who was clueless about why he was being beaten up.
"James it's in the past so calm down!" Lily got between him and Sirius.
"MERLIN CORRECTED ALL THE WRONGS THAT WERE DONE! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?" James roared in fury. "OURS WELL THAT ISN'T A BIG DEAL WE'RE MARRIED! THEM SHE WAS BARELY OUT OF SCHOOL AND HE SWORE TO ME THAT HE WOULDN'T TOUCH HER UNTIL THERE WAS A RING ON HER FINGER!"
"Look, before you go and throw me back in Azkaban, there's only so much that a guy can take before insanity takes over!" Sirius vaulted back to his feet. "There's a ring on her finger so back off! How the hell would you know that anyway?"
"Harry saw something! We've been having an interesting conversation about what it was that he saw. Lily and I holding two babies at his wedding and you holding one in your arms! Do I need to paint you a picture Padfoot!?" James snarled.
Sirius proceeded to faint at the news.
"Nice going you moron, I never got a chance to tell him that!" Jenna punched James in the jaw, kicked him in the groin, and then hit him in the gut for good measure.
James went down for the count.
"Truth be told she found out the day that we died." Anna arched a brow at them. "There was no need to hurt him he had no idea."
"Medic…" James groaned.
"Serves you right as usual you jumped to the wrong conclusion." Lily helped him back to his feet. "You go lie down in the bed next to Harry, while I go get you some ice."
Remus put Sirius in the bed next to Draco. "Now we can go through this together and the girls can have their own little support group."
"He planned this..." James moaned in pain. "I don't know how he did it, but he planned this."
Lily dropped the bag none to gently in his lap. "By the way you are so on the couch for even thinking that thought!" She reached behind him, took away the pillow causing his head to hit the mattress, so she could fluff it. "Harry did not plot to have Merlin give us a new lease on life, and allow Jenna and me to have what was taken away again!" She grabbed him by the hair to lift his head, to put the pillow back, and then let him go. "Why would he do that, so he can eventually use that to his advantage, and do something like elope? Even if that were so, he would not break his promise. He isn't like you or Sirius!" She left him to think about those words to go see if she could help with Hermione.
"Oh yeah, she's pregnant. Heaven help me I barely survived when she was carrying Harry." He pulled the cover up over his head.
"Let's go young lady. We have weddings to arrange." Anna ushered Jenna out of the wing.
"Weddings?" James uncovered his head to look at his father.
"I'm thinking royal wedding. I think we can manage one before Harry and Hermione's summer one." Stephen left him to ponder that.
"DAD!! YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME! I'M NOT THE ACTING HBP!" James pouted.
"Oh, but you are the HBP just not the next in line to the throne. I know that you don't want that, but you are still a prince. The people will want to see all of you happy and what better way than with a medium sized royal wedding. It will be like a trial run for the main event that being your son's wedding." Stephen was grinning from ear to ear. "I have two girls and one boy to look forward to and just one older grandson to worry about."
"I am so doomed!" James groaned.
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Chapter 28
Teen rebellion
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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