A/N this is my other favorite chapter

Chapter Twenty Four: Waking Up

Everyone had eventually drifted off in to dreamland. Some of them slept peacefully, some of the them did not.

After only a few hours of rest everyone woke up to a crying infant and the frantic cursings of Dray as he fought to detangle himself from his bed clothes on the floor where he had fallen. Once their heads cleared a little they realized that Dray wasn't the only one cursing, Snape was as well, and was trying to help, eventually he recovered his senses and just banished the blankets. Dray jumped to his feet immediately, grabbed his wand, and ran out of the room. It was at this everyone was puzzled. Apparently it had been his cursings that had woken Dart, rather than the other way around. They didn't have time to think before Snape addressed them all.

"Hurry! Get out of bed! We have to find Nevra!" Dare noticed he was holding his left arm as he talked and winced as if in pain before he added, "NOW!"

"Why? What's going on!" Ron was almost panicking.

"She's awake and if we don't she's going to start hurting people! Just listen for screams, crashes, and explosions!" He dashed out of the room.

Dare decided to shed a little more light on the subject for the others before following. "She has the ability to call death eaters through the dark mark, same as Voldemort had. She must have woken up alone and panicked. We should split up, each take a different corridor. Don't worry about finding anyone else if you find her, just try to calm her down until one of us gets there." With that he too left the room.

The others looked at each other for a moment before all running for the door at once. Molly had the since to stay with the baby and grabbed Fluer on her way out. "Stay here dear, there are more than enough looking for her and you need your rest." Fluer nodded gratefully and went back to bed. Luna stayed behind as well. She knew that with that many people Nevra would be found soon enough and she would just get in the way.

Six red heads, four family friends, and three frantic men were running up and down every corridor. Many people came to their doors to see what was going on. All the orderlies on staff were trying to stop the commotion, it was three in the morning! Unfortunately they had no idea which way to go for there were too many to chase.

Meanwhile, Nevra was indeed panicking. She had woken up almost unable to move. She looked around and noticed an orderly sitting next to her. "Where is my son!" All she remembered was a wand pointed at her precious baby.

The orderly had gone over to her in attempt to calm her down. "Just calm down. Everything is all right, just let me call the healer."

"I'm not letting you do anything until you bring me my SON!" Nevra grabbed the orderly's robes.

The orderly, thinking she was used to unruly patients, tried to pry the girl's hands off her robes. "You need to relax. You can see anyone you like as soon as the healer checks you out."

"Why aren't you bringing my son? Why are you keeping him from me?" Nevra's voice was very low and her grip wasn't loosening any. The orderly was getting nervous.

"Just let me call the healer..."

Nevra threw the orderly away from herself and stuggled to get up. The orderly rushed over to her and tried to get her back in the bed. "You aren't strong enough..."

"I WANT MY SON!" She shook the orderly off again and touched the mark on her arm. That was when Dray and Snape had awoken.

"Just...calm...down..." The oderly was wrestling with her again.

"I AM CALM! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WON'T TELL ME WHERE MY SON IS!" Nevra wrenched herself free and stumbled toward the door, touching the mark with more urgently now. Why wasn't Dray coming? Where was Dray? Where was Snape? Why weren't they coming?

She heard the orderly moving behind and turned around to see a wand ponited at her. That was a big mistake. She grabbed the pitcher on the table near her and threw it at the orderly before a spell could be cast. She grabbed the wand off the floor and touched the mark with it. That was when Snape had winced.

"Now listen here, the only reason to keep my son from me is if something is wrong." Her voice was so cold the orderly was terrified and began slowly backing away. "Is there anything wrong?"

The orderly shook her head.

"Then where is he?"

The orderly shook her head again. "I...I...don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?" The orderly didn't have a chance to answer. Two male attendants had heard the yelling and run to help. Again, big mistake.

One tried to grab Nevra from behind and carry her over to the bed. Suddenly her body became too hot to hold and he dropped her. The other pulled out his wand and found himself flying across the room.

"Do either of you know where my son is?" Her voice was still deadly.

They shook their heads. "Look lady, we don't even know who you are or who your son is, much less where he is. We just know you can't be exciting yourself..."

"I AM NOT EXCITING MYSELF! YOU ARE THE ONES EXCITING ME! I WANT MY SON!" The both ran at her at the same time. One had her around the arms, the other was trying to get the wand away from her. Again, they both flew across the room. One of them hit her bed and crashed into the table behind it, the other tore the curtain around the bed down as he tried to stop himself.

That was the commotion Harry heard as he dashed down the hall. Screams and crashes were right. He was glad there weren't any explosions, yet. He sped up and entered the room. "NEVRA!"

Nevra paused and looked toward the door. Harry spoke calmly, putting his hands up toward her, "Dart is fine. He is upstairs in a waiting room with your mother. Dray is fine. He is running the corridors somewhere looking for you. Snape is fine. Dare is fine. They will all be here in a moment." She had lowered her wand and looked like she was trying to decide whether to believe him or not. He continued. "They explained everything. We're sorry, I'm sorry, that we ever doubted you, that we failed to really see you. It's over now. The war is over. All of your brothers are alive and looking for you. They didn't tell us what room you were in so we had to split up." The incredulity was slowly draining from her face.

Charlie slid into the room. "Ginny! I mean, Nevra, I mean, we'll figure that out later!" He ran over to her and hugged her. She took a second but she hugged him back.

She whispered, "It's Nevra." He nodded.

The twins were next to arrive. They had tried to split up but always ended up in the same hallways at the same time. They pried Charlie off of her and hugged her quickly before righting the bed with a flick of the wand and leading her back to it.

"We're glad to see you, we really are," Fred began.

"And we know we owe you a lifetime of apologies," George continued.

"But right now you need your rest"

"So in to bed you go," as George helped her up.

"We'll go get Mum and Dart," as Fred tucked her in. At the mention of her son she relaxed the rest of the tension she had been holding on to.

Remus entered as the twins left. He took one look around the room and started laughing. He gave her a hug and went to help the orderlies straighten up the mess she had made.

Bill was next to show, followed almost immediately by Percy. Nevra looked at Percy questioningly as Bill hugged her. "He came home after my wedding." Bill offered an explanation to the question he coud feel in her hug. She nodded and motioned to Percy to hug her after Bill had stepped aside.

By this time the table, its contents, and the curtains had been set to rights. The two male orderlies left and the female orderly mumbled something about finding the healer and made her exit as well.

Dare stepped around the corner next. He almost started crying when he saw his friend so small and frail on the hospital bed. He gathered her in his arms and they just sat like that. No one understood how much they meant to each other, but everyone understood that it would be impossible to do so. Bill, Charlie, Percy, Harry, and Remus all felt like they were intruding on a very personal moment. They realized that he was closer to her than they would ever be to anyone.

Tonks snuck in unnoticed and stood beside Remus. She could get a hug later. Hermione looked in and decided to wait in the hall.

Snape had slowed down when the burning on his arm had lessened and he raised an eyebrow when he saw Hermione in the hall. "It's kinda full in there, Dare is holding her, and I figured I could see her later. I think she'd want you to go in now though." He nodded and entered the room.

For some reason Nevra knew to look up when Snape entered even though she had not for Tonks or Hermione. Dare finally released her and sat by her bed, letting Snape sit on the edge of it. He looked down at the girl, gently ran his fingers over her forheard to move aside the hair that had fallen in her face and kissed her where his fingers had been before helping her sit up so she could hug him. The room was so quiet everyone heard her whisper, "Can I call you father?" He hugged her tighter and nodded.

Remus smiled, as did Bill. Tonks and Percy just accepted it without question. Charlie and Harry looked confused, but didn't say anything. Dare spoke. "So does this make you my dad too?" You could hear the smile in his voice even if you couldn't see it.

Snape let go of Nevra and she laid back down, both of them looked at Dare. He shrugged, "What? I thought everyone knew I called you my sister by now." She smiled. She had known, but this was the first time she heard it. Snape smiled as well, a very rare occurance, but one he could get used to, and nodded. All three of them laughed.

Ron entered and heard them laughing. He looked at Harry who just shrugged. He'd tell Ron later if he didn't hear it first. Snape moved aside so Ron could see his sister. He looked scared. She spoke first. "It's okay Ron. I forgave you a long time ago. Just don't do it again." She was teasing him, and he allowed himself a slight grin.

"I love you Gin. I am sorry. I want to say it, and I want to say it so often you'll kill me to make me stop. You are my little sister, my closest sibling, I should have taken care of you, and not by being overbearing and overprotective, but by listening to you, by knowing you, and by helping find what you needed. I failed. I'm sorry. Can I still call you Gin?" She giggled at his quesiton.

She sobered up before answering though. "I'm glad you understand now, and that is enough for me. I know you are sorry, and I forgive you. And yes, you can still call me Gin, but you may be the only one." She winked at him and he hugged her. She hadn't felt this good in forever. She had her family back. She hadn't expected the reunion to go this well. She just hoped...

Dray had finally found the room, the last, of course, and had heard Nevra forgive her brother. He smiled slightly, he was still really nervous about this. Snape saw him in the door and caught Remus' eye. Remus nodded. Together they started ushering people out of the room. Dare and Ron were the last to leave, but they left as well.

Dray just stood there for a moment looking at her, and she looked at him. Finally he swallowed and moved to sit next to her bed. He lowered his eyes and cleared his throat to speak.

"Now that it's all over I guess you..."

"Want to have a propper wedding and find a nice house to raise our son in?" She interrupted him. She had been afraid he wouldn't want to stay married to her now that the war was over, but from the look on his face and the utter dejection in his voice she had heard all she needed to know that he loved her. There was a twinkle in her eye and smile in her voice.

He looked up at her, questioningly, not sure if he dared believe he had heard her right. "You really want... I mean you don't have to..." She put two fingers against his lips to stop him.

"Haven't you learned that questioning me is a bad idea?" He smiled. The look in her eye was all that he needed. He moved closer and kissed her deeply and passionately, and, for the first time, love was all that went into it. There was no fear, no anger, no confusion, no frustration, just love.

He sat back. "I was afraid I had lost you." His voice was far away and small. He looked so pitiful sitting there, remembering the past fourteen hours.

"But you didn't, either way." She understood what he had meant, she had feared the same after waking up. They smiled again.

There was a knock on the door and Dray answered it. Molly came in with Dart who was now quite hungry. The last bottle they had given him was before they had gone to bed. Nevra took her son in her arms and held him close. Molly handed her an already prepared bottle and she began to feed the hungry boy.

Hermione finally came in and got her hug before going to find Ron.

Luna aslo stopped by later and the old friends caught up. Dray sat on the bed with Nevra while Dare and Luna shared a large chair. Snape came in and out, never one to sit still for very long. The rest of her family stopped by in twos and threes, not wanting to crowd her. Finally, Nevra felt safe.