A/N:-Just a quick thing to say that i think this is the cutest Chapter i've ever written

Births, Boys and so forth – Emma's PoV

Early September 1997

Rhia and I made out way into Hogsmeade village. Kara didn't seem to want to stay with us anymore and Harry felt like staying in the castle. I didn't blame him. The moment we got into Hogsmeade there were people buzzing around us like flies asking us to sign things and asking us what it was like to fight Voldemort. I'd actually managed to forget about him for a while this holiday (a first!). We managed to weave our way through the people who wanted us to sign things until people wanted Rhia to start singing for them. Rhia just couldn't handle it at the moment. I think, like me, she was having a few flashbacks to the moments that Voldemort was killed. Even though we weren't directly involved I remembered it all too well.

"I'm going back." She said.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, tell me what Bo says." She said. I nodded and we parted. I met up with Bo about ten minutes later on the outskirts of Hogsmeade. He had a bag in his hand, which contained, by the sound of it, drinks.

"Oo, what have you got me?" I asked him happily.

"Butterbeers." He said, "You're too young for anything else." He gave me a smile but I could see he was tired. I took his free hand and we made our way towards the Shrieking shack. We stopped on a small hill a little way from it in the shade of some trees. We sat down and Bo got out some of the bottles of Butterbeer.

"How's your mum?" I asked him.

"Not doing well." Bo said. "The doctors reckon that the cancer was brought on by stress. They're going to try and remove it but they're not sure if they can get rid of the whole thing." He said. He leant against the trunk of a tree while I sat just in front of him looking at him anxiously.

"So what's she going to do?" I asked.

"I don't know. That and your mum is nearly a week late with the baby."

"Oh shit, I forgot about it." I said, "How's Andy and Sam?"

"They're also a handful. Andrea keeps stressing that if the baby isn't born soon then the whole course of the future could be changed."

"I wish they could come today, they're really fun." I said. I liked Sam and Andrea, they were great. So what if they were my niece and nephew and they happened to be older then me.

"Yeah, I asked but Lily doesn't want them to be seen." Bo said. I nodded, my mum was strange sometimes. I smiled at Bo. It's weird to think this time last year he was starting to get on my nerves for being…well…him. But then I was being 'tempted by the dark side' as Rhia liked to say. That thought scared me, that I was so easily tempted while everyone else was able to resist it. I looked at Bo, everything about him was so beautiful at that moment. The way the sun shone through the leaves and bathed Bo in a dappled green light. His hair seemed a little lighter and his eyes darker. I loved his eyes, I could get lost in them whenever I wanted to. What was also fantastic was that he wasn't pressurizing me to do anything that I didn't want to do, which made a difference from my past boyfriends. A nice and welcome change. He looked at me as I drank in his presence. I saw him smile slightly.

"What makes you want to be with me? I'm a werewolf." He said. I moved in closer to him and let him put his arms around me

"Well." I started as I moved onto his lap. "I love you." I said as I kissed him briefly. "And I don't care whether you're werewolf or not because even in werewolf form you wouldn't hurt me." I said as I kissed him again, putting down my bottle of butterbeer as I did. I felt his arm snake around my waist. "Besides, being a werewolf isn't a bad thing. I see it as a fun and dangerous side to you, and you know I like my men dangerous, you're the most dangerous one of them all!" I said with a grin. I took Bo's face in my hands and pressed a kiss on his lips. He grinned and returned the kiss, putting both his hands just above my waist.

"I really wish you weren't at school." He muttered between kisses.

"Me too." I said. I desperately wanted to take the relationship further, I could feel that maybe Bo wanted to as well. We continued our kissing but with a few more breaks to talk but I stayed on his lap, being perfectly happy sitting where I was.

"If there's anything that you want to talk about." I said between kisses, "I'm here ok."

"Yeah, I know." He said.

"How did your transformation go?" I asked him.

"You know, painful as always."

"I wish there was something I could do to make it easier." I said as I played with Bo's hair. It was quite fun to play with today. He had put something in it so that no matter what I did to it it stayed in the place that I'd put it in. I started putting it into spikes as Bo replied.

"Just thinking about you makes it easier." He told me. I smiled.

"That's just cheesy." I said.

"But it's true-" He stopped suddenly.

"What is it?" I asked, he was looking at a spot just above my shoulder. I turned to see Sirius running frantically up the hill.

"Oh Merlin! Oh Merlin! Bo get to your mum now!" Sirius said.

"Why? What's happened to her?" Bo asked, standing up suddenly. I fell onto the floor rather roughly…ow! I got up rubbing my rear end. It was going to bruise so badly!

"It's not your mum, it's just that Lily was sitting with her and well…she started going into Labour!"

"WHAT!" We both said.

"James is with her and April can't leave work and I'm being treated as the messenger then I've got to baby sit my grandchildren." He seemed to be having issues with that concept. "You've got to get to your mum's side."

"Ok, I'll see you later ok!" Bo said to me. He kissed me quickly before apparating away. I turned to Sirius.

"What did you do that for?" I asked him.

"I panicked. Lily's in Labour, your mum is in labour. Oh MERLIN!" He said taking me by the shoulders.

"Calm down Sirius, it's my mum, not your wife."

"Oh MERLIN!" Sirius said disapparating away. Oh Joy! What a great date! First Mum goes into Labour and then Bo had to go. I picked up the bags and made my way back to the castle.

"Why are you back so early?" Harry asked as I walked in.

"Mum went into Labour." I told him. Harry sat up, startling Rhia as he did so.

"What!" He asked.

"Yeah, Sirius interrupted my date to tell Bo." I grumbled. "Your dad is stupid!" I said pointing to Rhia.

"Um…sorry?" Rhia said. I shrugged and sat down.

"Have a butterbeer." I said.

"Mum' in labour? Then who's looking after our children!" Harry asked. Rhia burst out laughing as did I. "What?"

"That sounds so funny!" I laughed. Harry smirked slightly, I think he saw the funny side of it.

"Yeah, I can see why." He said. "But mum's in labour. Is that good or bad?"

"I don't know. I guess we'll find out whether we have a brother or sister soon." I said.

"Yeah." Harry said, settling down again. Rhia went back to her position of being huddled against my brother's side. I was glad that of all people that Harry had decided to fall in love with my best friend. It meant that I didn't have to try and be nice to someone else because I already liked the person he was with.

"I hope mum is ok." Harry muttered.

I sat on the bed in my dormitory frowning. It'd been several hours since Sirius had told Bo and myself that mum had gone into Labour and I'd still not heard anything. I plucked a few chords on my guitar. I had the words to Rhia's latest song in front of me with a few chords written down that she was suggesting. I tried to come up with a tune for it but it was weird. My mind was only on my mum. I hope she was ok, not in too much pain…oh who am I kidding, of course she's going to be in pain, it's friggin' childbirth! I wasn't youngest anymore. Oh my god, that was weird. I felt a strange tingly sensation as I thought that I was going to be a middle child. Oh, there it was again, weird…oh my. I put down the guitar and got up from the bed to start pacing around the room.

"What's up?" Kara asked as she entered the room with an armload of books.

"Mum is in labour." I said. Kara dropped her books.

"What!" She asked. I nodded to confirm that she'd heard right. "When?"

"About four hours ago. I haven't heard anything yet."

"I thought Harry looked a bit anxious downstairs." Kara said. "Do you want a brother or sister?" She asked.

"I haven't really thought about it" I admit. I knew that mum was pregnant but it hadn't actually sunk in that I was going to get a brother or sister. I thought about it, did I want another brother? Harry was alright but he did drive me mad sometimes. No, a sister would be better I think. I discussed it with Kara when Rhia came up.

"McGonagall wants you." She said.

"What for?" I asked. Rhia shrugged.

"She just said that she wants you." She said. I nodded, put on a thin Jacket and my trainers then made my way downstairs.

"If you'd like to come with me." She said. I looked at her. Harry was following as well.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Nothing is wrong." She said.

"Then why do you want to see us?" I asked.

"There is someone here to see you." She said. Harry and I looked at each other curiously. We went to Dumbledore's office. Andrea was sitting in the seat staring around with her mouth open wide like she'd never seen the office before.

"Andrea?" Harry asked. Andrea turned around and grinned

"Aunt Phoebe's been born!" She said happily. "Isn't it great dad?"

"Call me Harry."

"Ok, dad." She said. I stifled a laugh.

"You've been given permission to go and see your mother." McGonagall said.

"Where's professor Dumbledore?" I asked her.

"He's gone to see your mother. Make sure she's ok." McGonagall said. Harry and I looked at each other. We weren't just the only children anymore.

"Come on, St. Mungos." Andrea said as she got up.

"What are you doing here?" I asked her.

"Granddad forgot about Sam and I when he got told that the baby had been born. It's weird being here when Aunt Phoebe is being born." She said.

"Enough about the future." McGonagall said, "Are you like this in the future?"

"You learn to love us Potters." Andrea told McGonagall. McGonagall threw some Floo powder into the fireplace. The next thing I knew we were in St. Mungos.

"This way!" Andrea said. She led the way through the large wizarding hospital. I had no idea where we were going but I felt a strange tingling inside me. I don't know what was causing it…maybe the knowledge that I had a younger sister…oh god, I had a younger sister! I wasn't the youngest any more! Harry put his hand on my arm.

"You ok?" He asked.

"I'm not the youngest anymore. I've always been the youngest in our family!" I said. Harry stopped and gave me a hug, making me feel better as only he can do.

"It's ok. I've always been the oldest." He said.

"No one can steal that from you though." I said.

"You can if I was killed."

"Shut up."

"Hurry up you two!" Andrea said. We followed her into a private ward. There was only one bed in here but people all around the bed.

"Maybe we should wait outside." I suggested. Harry agreed and we sat down on some benches outside the door. "What do you think it'll be like to have another baby in the family?" I asked Harry, he glanced at me.

"It would be nice to have a brother but I guess I'm not that lucky, another sister, JOY!" He said sarcastically.

"I'm not that bad." I complained.

"True, you're the best sister I could ask for." He said. I smiled at that. We watched as a nurse came out of the ward carrying a pile of towels. She glanced at me and Harry for a moment to smile at us. I knew her as someone who used to work here when mum worked here.

"Congratulations on your sister, Phoebe, I think she's called."

"Yeah, we know." Harry said.

"Look after her, ok." She said.

"We'll look after her." I said. The nurse smiled and carried on down the hallway. Andrea came out next.

"Aren't you coming in?" She asked.

"Not yet." I said. Andrea scowled but nodded. I heard her say something to someone. Her announcement was followed by a series of pops, I'm guessing people were apparating out of the room. "I'll go and get a coffee." Andrea said as she wondered out of the room, dragging Sam behind her. Harry and I looked at each other.

"Nice kids you have there." I said to him.

"Thanks." He muttered as a reply. "I hope they're not too much trouble." I smiled.

"You'll be a great dad." I said. Harry smiled at me. Dad came out of the ward. He looked really tired, his hair was all over the place, his glasses slightly wonky but he had a big grin on his face.

"Why didn't you come in straight away?" He asked.

"It seemed a bit strange, we didn't want to interrupt the moment." Harry said.

"Come in! Your mum wants to see you." Dad nearly pushed us into the ward. We walked in, the room was light and the window was opened wide.

"Mum?" I asked as I saw her sitting on the bed. She certainly looked thinner then she had when I'd last seen her.

"Emma, Harry." She said with a smile. She looked really really tired.

"Do you want to sleep, we'll come back later." Harry said. Lily waved her hand.

"No, it's ok, come and see me now." She said, "You're here aren't you?"

"But you look really tired." I said. It was as I walked closer I noted the tiny bundle in my mum's arms. I didn't take my eyes off it as I walked closer. As I got closer I saw some tiny hands gripped around mum's finger, a tiny head with a few bits of dark brown hair. I sat on the side of mum's bed and looked at the baby. She was tiny! Smaller then I thought she'd be. Kaylee and Jessie hadn't been that small when they were born, I'm sure of it! Mum smiled at me and lifted the baby. She pried her finger away and carefully handed her to me. I took the baby nervously. My heart thumping. What if I dropped her? What would happen then? Mum and dad would kill me! I held the baby awkwardly in my arms until mum showed me how to hold her properly.

"She's called Phoebe." Dad told us.

"Andrea put you up to that name?" Harry asked.

"No, was she supposed to?" Dad asked with a frown.

"Well, obviously she knew what the baby was going to be called." Harry said. I ignored their conversation from then as Phoebe opened her eyes and looked at me. Her eyes still had a tinge of blue in them but I could see that they were going to be green. All babies had blue eyes when they were first born, I knew that but I didn't really believe it until now. Phoebe waved her arms around her face. Carefully I put a finger over her and she grabbed it with a tiny hand. Her hand didn't even come to the second joint in my finger, she was so tiny! Then, I could have sworn she smiled at me. I looked at mum in surprise. Mum smiled at me.

"She smiled at me." I said.

"She likes you." She said, "She knows who you are." Phoebe then gave a happy gurgle as she stuck my finger into her mouth. I was a little scared that my nail might scratch her mouth but mum told me to relax.

"I have a baby sister." I said with a grin to mum. Lily smiled tiredly and stroked some of my hair back.

"Yep." She said. I turned to Harry.

"Look, she's so beautiful!" I said to him. He came over then and looked at Phoebe as well, I tried to let Harry take her but as I did Phoebe started to cry until I brought her closer to me.

"Fine!" Harry said, pretending to be offended but he was grinning like an idiot. "She is pretty isn't she?" Harry said, "Brown hair?" He said as he touched her head.

"Yeah, we were wondering that." Dad said.

"I don't care what colour her hair is." I said. I turned to mum. "Can I take her to Hogwarts with me?" I asked desperately. Mum laughed at me and touched my face gently.

"No dear." She said.

"Please!" I begged. "Please! Please! I'll do anything!"

"I don't think Albus would approve." Dad said laughing.

"I don't care, I want to take her with me." I said.

"No Emma. We'll take her to Hogsmeade though as often as we can so that you can meet her, is that ok?" I scowled at her.

"I'm taking her with me!" I said, I looked at my little sister again, I had a little sister! She smiled at me again before giving the cutest little yawn that I'd ever seen. She closed her eyes and fell asleep in my arms, sucking my finger as she slept.

"I think we should put her in her cot." Mum said, "James." She said looking at dad. He nodded and took Phoebe from my arms. I wanted to protest but there was nothing that I could do.

"Fine, I'll just have lots of babies with Bo." I said crossing my arms.

"He'll love that!" Harry commented with a laugh. Mum took my hand.

"Emma, I know you love Phoebe but think properly, finish school then you can have as many babies as you want with Bo-"

"Provided you get married first." Dad put in.

"Whether you get married or not, just finish school first." Mum said, looking at dad sternly as he put Phoebe in her cot. "We already know about Harry." Harry rolled his eyes and smiled.

"But I'll miss Phoebe growing up." I complained, "I'm going to be at Hogwarts and you're going to be at home with her. Can't you all move to Hogwarts again, that was great when you lived there."

"That was because we were trapped there," Lily said.

"That's really unfair!" I said.

"That's life Emma." Bo chose that moment to walk into the room. I knew he'd just come from his mum's bedside. He smiled at me as he came in and looked at the baby in my arms.

"Is that-" Bo asked as he came over.

"My daughter yes." Lily finished for him. Bo looked at Harry who was grinning broadly.

"What?" Bo asked.

"Watch out for Emma, she'll be wanting children soon." Harry said. Bo looked at Harry in alarm then at me. I gave him a smile.

"I think we should be getting back to school," I said happily. "Can you come to Hogsmeade tomorrow mum? With Phoebe?"

"No, I've got to stay here for a while." Mum said.

"Why!" I asked. Mum just smiled at me.

I hugged my books close to me as I wondered back from Hagrid's hut after Care For Magical Creatures. I couldn't believe I would be doing owls this year! I started daydreaming as Rhia and Kara walked off ahead of me talking excitedly about something. I regretted not liking Bo this time next year. It was so romantic, the grounds of Hogwarts, now I couldn't see Bo unless it was at Hogsmeade weekends or during holidays. I sighed and made my way up the steps to the main entrance hall of Hogwarts.

"Emma!" Rhia called. I looked up and looked at her. Rhia was grinning as she ran back to me. "Thinking?"

"Yep." I said with a smile.

"Of a certain half Chinese Werewolf?" She said with a suggestive look. I knew what she meant, she'd kept implying the ideas that I'd willing shared about my future! Now she just teased me about them all the time but everytime she did I noticed a certain flicker in her eyes that occurred quite often now. I hit her on the arm.

"Shut up!" I said, pretending to be shocked. Rhia giggled and kissed my cheek.

"You know I'm kidding." She said, "Lunch?" she asked.

"Um, no, I think I'll go to the common room, I'm not hungry."

"Whatever you say!" Kara said as she approached, "Come on Rhia!" Rhia put her bag on my shoulder.

"Put this in our room will you?" She asked before running off with Kara. I rolled my eyes but made my way up to the common room. I shifted Rhia's bag on my shoulder and opened up my textbook. I found a section on werewolves as I made my way up the main staircase. I'm not sure where I was when someone pulled be through a doorway and locked the door. I jumped in surprise and went for my wand. The room was dark and I couldn't see any further then the end of my arm. I figured this was a small room but where was it? I had been so engrossed in the book that I didn't know where I was.

"I wouldn't do that Emma." Came the slimy voice I'd learnt to despise.

"Malfoy," I replied coldly. I saw a light shining out of the end of his wand. He pointed it into my face, I turned away from it as the sudden light hurt my eyes.

"Is that anyway to greet an ex boyfriend?" He asked, his voice dripping with sarcasm and just general sliminess. I got out my wand and conjured a light that Harry had taught me to light up the room. It wasn't a big room, more like a broom closet but slightly bigger, big enough for Malfoy to stay away from me. He took a step towards me, forcing me to take a step backwards. I bumped into a few mops that clattered. I turned to catch the mops. Malfoy laughed quietly. I turned to Malfoy.

"What do you want?" I asked him.

"Emma, why do you presume that everything is me, me, me?" He asked. I felt like rolling my eyes but I didn't.

"Because that's usually what it's about!" I told him. He laughed and took a step closer. I frowned as my foot hit the wall.

"Scared Potter?" He asked me, I looked at Malfoy, I didn't like the expression on his face. He moved his hand to my face. The moment it touched my cheek I slapped it away.

"Touch me again and I'll curse you to kingdom come!" I snarled at him.

"Oh, I like that." Malfoy said. I was dumbfounded! What was he playing at? Malfoy had a really ugly look in his eye that made me incredibly scared. I tried to push past him but he grabbed me by the shoulder and pushed me against the wall.

"Why did you pick that half-breed Potter? You could have been among the elite of the purebloods." Malfoy hissed into my ear. His breath against my skin made my skin crawl. "We could have looked past your parentage, your father's still a pureblood, that's enough but you chose that Half Breed!" I felt his lips against my neck, that was it. I brought my knee up as hard as I could. I heard a satisfying noise that was between a squelch and a crunch. Malfoy roared in pain as I brought my elbow down on his back, between his shoulders. I left him there as I picked up my book, the two bags and bolted from the broom closet as quickly as I could. I discovered that I wasn't too far from the common room. I bolted through the fat lady and sank into a particularly large sofa near the fire hugging my knees to my chest. I stared at the fire feeling a little shaken until I felt a hand on my shoulder. I jumped and looked into my brother's face.

"What's wrong?" He asked me.

"Nothing." I said.

"I know it's not nothing." He said, sitting on a low table in front of me. I scowled and looked at him.

"It's Malfoy." I said. Harry's look grew dark.

"What about Malfoy?" He asked.

"It's just he's-"

"Jessie! I can't believe you were doing it again!" I heard Kaylee screaming from the boy's dormitories. Harry and I both looked around to see Kaylee storming down the boy's dorm stairs with Jessie running after her. What were they doing up there?

"Kaylee, just listen to me, I've already told you-"

"I don't care what you told me, actions speak louder then words Jess and this is the eight time this week you've chosen his company over mine." I suddenly remembered Jessie's boyfriend. I turned my attention away from the twins. They'd been arguing almost every moment since they came to Hogwarts. Kaylee had spent a night in Rhia's bed (much to Rhia's annoyance) because she refused to be in the same room as her twin sister so Rhia came to share my bed.

"What were you talking about?" Harry asked, turning back to me.

"Oh, nothing, just that he tried to hit me." I lied, well it was a partial lie. I saw Harry's eyes flare up with anger. I didn't want to make Harry angry but maybe he'd help me out in some way without me having to tell him what really happened

A/N:-Whaddya think? Soz, made a huge mistake about Andrea's name, it's actually hte name of James' Mum,soooo i'm gonna go back and change the bit where it sez that she's named after his ssiter. I'm surprised i didn't remember that sooner. I randomly decided to read TTE again and there it was. anyway, had a GREAT time in France and Switzerland that was only teporarily messed up by one of my good frends asking me out...twice! Anyway, will hopefully update soon. Will be getting my laptop back tomorrow! YAY!