Chapter 16:

The Defense Against the Dark Arts class' heads were all bent in concentration over the test placed before them. Harmony herself had her head down, but she trusted this group enough not to cheat. Besides, she had charmed all the tests that if anyone was found cheating, it would wash clean and they would receive a big "F" on their test. And right now, Harmony needed her rest. Carrying twins sure took much energy out of her and she was barely into her sixth month!

Madame Pomfrey had assured the two that with the new magical advancements, the twins would be able to come to term. But Harmony still worried about a premature birth. The end of class signal was given and Harmony collected the tests, dismissing the class. She neatly filed them away to grade later before attempting to stand up.

"Having a bit of a problem, are we, Mrs. Lupin?" she heard a female voice say.

"It's Professor Anderson," Harmony said, without lifting up her head. "We're in a classroom, Narcissa."

Narcissa moved to sit in front of the tired, pregnant witch who was ready to hex the other woman to Canada to destroy her husband. "Now, is that anyway to treat the parent of one of your pupils?"

"I don't teach seventh year Slytherins. Remus does."

"Oh."

Harmony sighed. "Narcissa, look, I'm going to level with you. I'm pregnant with twins."

"Very obvious."

"I'm also very tired and not really in the mood for any of your little games!"

Narcissa looked affronted by Harmony's blunt speech. "Me? I play games? Well!" She then began to twitter with her purse, finding a compact and opening it up. "Well, at least I still have my good looks!"

Low blow. Harmony stood up with as much force she didn't realize she possessed with the twins growing inside her. "Get out of my classroom. Now!" she hissed, pointing at her door. The entrance to her classroom had been shut by the blonde woman as she had entered, but now banged open with much force. Narcissa, having been years since she herself was pregnant, forgot how powerful pregnancy magic could be.

Narcissa turned towards the woman who was now tapping her foot. "Well, if that's how you feel—"

"That's exactly how I feel."

"I won't tell you my news."

"Good," Harmony said, plopping back down onto her chair.

Narcissa turned sharply in her seat. "But I'll tell you anyway," she gushed. Ignoring Harmony's groans and under her breath threats, she continued. "My divorce from Lucius was finalized last week."

"Whoop-de-doo for you," Harmony said, slightly muffled by her hands. "Do you want a parade or something? Shall I make you feel special by once again calling you Narcissa Black?"

"No, of course not! Can make me feel special by calling me Narcissa Fudge."

Well, that certainly caught Harmony's attention. She lifted her head up. "You married Cornelius Fudge already?" Narcissa nodded happily. "And you told me because…?"

"You were the first person I happened to see. I was actually on my way to tell Severus and Kristin," Narcissa explained. The door opened and both women faced the person coming in. "And speak of the devil and his mistress now."

"Oh, Narcissa, didn't know you were here," Kiki said. "Darling, I think we discovered the odor surrounding the corridors. Narcissa, what is that perfume?"

Narcissa smiled coyly. "It's called Desire, a new Witch Weekly beauty pick. To you want to know where to find it?"

"No, I wanted to know what it was so I can avoid it!" With that, Severus held her back and guided her into a nearby desk. She crossed her arms and held a pout on her face as Severus approached his godson's mother.

Narcissa jumped up and threw her arms around the Potions master. "Sev, congratulate me! I'm a married woman!"

"I know that, Narcissa," Severus replied, getting a little uncomfortable with Narcissa's embrace. Especially since her hands felt like they were going lower and lower and…

"HANDS OFF MY FIANCE, NARCISSA!" Narcissa backed away, staring down an irate Kiki. "Thank you," the brunette said. "You may continue."

Severus shot his fiancée a look of gratitude before turning back towards his friend. "You've been a married woman for nineteen years now, Narcissa. To Lucius."

Narcissa waved him off. "Oh, him. The divorce was finalized last week, darling. You're a bit behind on the times. Isn't he, Harmony?" The woman turned to face the other blonde in the room, but thought better of pressing for an answer when she could finally tell that Harmony was not in the mood to be messed with. "Anyway, I'm now Narcissa Fudge!"

Severus sat there in shock, while Kiki started laughing. "You actually went through with it? You married Cornelius Fudge? Why?"

Narcissa didn't see the humor in the situation and snapped back, "Because he can take care of me. Especially when the other buffoons at the Ministry come crawling back and make him the Minister again."

"Fat chance of that ever happening," Kiki responded. Narcissa started to ignore the other woman and turned her attention back on Severus.

She opened her arms, waiting for another hug, but it never came. "Aren't you going to congratulate me?"

"Narcissa," Severus said, carefully picking his words. "Don't you think you've rushed into things a bit?" He could tell that Narcissa was slowly growing upset with the fact that no one was rushing to celebrate her news. "It's just that I don't want to see you get hurt if it turns out Cornelius is just marrying you for you money."

"Impossible!"

"Or when it turns out that he's not going to achieve the amount of power you want him to."

"You're just jealous that I'm finally going to achieve more power and you're stuck teaching everyone's brats."

"Oh, so you're admitting your son is one as well?" Kiki asked.

Narcissa gave her a sour look. "Where on earth would you get the idea that my precious Draco is a brat?"

Kiki rolled her eyes. "And how is your precious Draco taking to his new stepfather?"

"Well, they haven't formally been introduced yet, but I'm sure he'll take to him," Narcissa said. "If you excuse me, I have to go help my husband reclaim his position of power. Good day."

As she left, she bumped into Bianca, who had been listening at the door. Narcissa kissed both of Bianca's cheeks, invited her for tea at the new Fudge Manor and then left the room. "Well, someone has an Evita complex," Bianca said, wiping her cheeks. "And now I'll have to sterilize my face."

"I'm going to have to sterilize my mind! Narcissa married Fudge," Kiki said. "Think of that, Bink."

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," Bianca imitated and then changed. "Oh wait, yes I do! Oh, the mental images!" She collapsed in a nearby desk, holding her eyes. "Bad, bad images!"

Remus walked in at this point to find many people standing in his classroom and his wife not napping as he ordered her to when they awoke. "Shouldn't you be in bed?" he asked, ignoring all the other people.

"Nice to see you too, Remus," Kiki said. "I'm fine. You?" Severus smirked and Bianca fought to keep her laughter under control, but Remus continued to ignore them.

He finally reached Harmony and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Stop worrying, Remus, I was on my way to go rest when Narcissa stopped by with some lovely news."

"She's leaving and never coming back?"

Bianca snorted. "I wish."

Harmony smiled at the comment and turned back to her husband. "No, dear, she's married. Again. She's now Narcissa Fudge."

Remus stood back, blinking a couple of times. "Well, that's…nice," he said, slowly. "But not the mental images."

"Here, here!" Kiki cheered. Remus turned, finally realizing there were other people. "Hello, Remus."

"Hello, Kiki. What brings you up here?"

"Certainly not Narcissa," Kiki responded, smiling. "Actually, Severus and I made a stop at Madame Pomfrey's earlier. Turns out my vision was right—we're having a little girl of our own!"

Squeals of joy—none which didn't bother Severus—resounded through the classroom. Remus helped his wife up and turned to his friend. "Congratulations, you two, I'll let you celebrate the news while I get my wife back to bed," he said. With that, the two disappeared into their chambers.

"We're going to have to name her, you know," Kiki told Severus later that night. "We've only been putting it off until we were positive we were having a daughter. Well, we are and now she needs a name."

Severus sat down next to his fiancée on the couch, drawing her closer. "You're right, we will have to name her, don't we?" he asked. "Any ideas?"

"My grandmother's name was Samantha, and I always liked the name," Kiki said, jarring Severus' memory. The dream he had the previous year after the really torturous session with Voldemort…his and Kiki's dream daughter had been named Samantha!

He pressed a kiss into her temple. "I think Samantha would be a lovely name. Samantha Kristin Snape. She is going to have the last name of Snape, right?" he asked, knowing the two wouldn't be married yet when their little Samantha would be born.

Kiki looked at him, shocked. "And what else would her last name be? After all, you are her father," she said, kissing him on the cheek. "Well, I'm going to bed. Samantha is draining all the energy out of me, the little parasite. Good night."

Severus chuckled as he settled into the couch with some essays. "Good night, dear," he called back out.

A/N: Hello, all! I'm happy to announce that this week's update comes sans snow and with pretty warm weather. I'm extremely excited because tomorrow starts my spring break! Anyway, once again, thanks to all my reviewers:

Sarahamanda: Thanks for the advice! I talked it over with Lexygrl and she also thinks it would work.

Brielle Lupin: That was so nice of your aunt! My aunt only named a cat after me, but she's a lot older and isn't having any more children anytime soon.

SarahtheBardess: I like quoting "Monty Python." And thanks for the compliments. As for Tonk's natural look, I addressed in an earlier chapter saying she resembled a female Sirius (just not in those exact words). Good luck with "Resonance," I know what getting stuck on a plot point feels like.

yeah whatever: Thanks I could make your day a bit brighter. Sucks about your best friend (and her hot brother). And I think you should back off of the best friend's boyfriend, too. Anyway, as for your comment about Dumbledore, everything I've read pins him as a Gryffindor. Where you found he was a Ravenclaw, tell me.

Thanks again…now, I really should be packing, but I don't know…Mac