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thank you so much for your patience with me as a I write these chapters. I want them to be the best they can be and unfortunately i have been having internet problems latley so I wasnt able to get the chapter up as fast as I had origionally planned. I will update the other's soon..and please, please comment my story. I need your input with if you understand it or what is bothering you or any questions you have or just praise always helps me feel better about myself lol...so review review review please!

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sammie

Harry stared at Ron with disbelief. It had started to rain. Harry ran downstairs after Ron. Ginny was close behind him. Hermione was standing there holding her stomach with a different expression on her face. Her fluffy brown hiar was loosly tied back in a ponytail. Ron stared at her. Sirius came running in a few minutes after Harry had gone to get him. They apparated to St. Mungos to the Maternity Ward. Shortly after Ron's family as well as the Grangers all came in their pajama's.

The Healer took Hermione in a wheel chair to a empty room where they examined her. "She is already dilated a few inches above normal so I think it's getting to be that time!" the healer said.

Ron looked like he was about to pass out. Harry looked at Ron. "Are you ok Mate?" Harry asked.

Ron simply nodded. Together Ron and Hermione went with the healer as well as a few other doctors to the Delivery Room.

"Oh Ron. I cant believe the day has finally come! Well Night," Hermione panted as she was trying not to completely crush Ron's hand. Another wave of contractions came over her and she winced in pain.

"Breath, Breathe Baby." Ron said. "It's almost over!" He said looking at the machine that the hospital had her hooked up to.

Ginny sat next to Molly and Arthur while Harry paced the floor in concern. The Granger's were sitting acrossed the room both with nervous expressions on their faces.

Professor McGonagal came striding in the waiting room. "Oh my Arthur I came as fast as I heard she was in labor!" She said nervously.

Arthur smiled. "Thank you for coming Minerva." he said.

"I wouldn't have missed this for the world you know that." She said warmly. She took off her cloak that was soaked. Her hair was tied up in a bun with some loose strands that framed her wary face. She sat next to Molly. It was 11:45pm. Harry held Ginny's hand. Two hours had gone by. It was now May 27th, 2am. Hermione was still dilating.

A young looking Healer came out with Silver/gold hair. She had bright green eyes. Her name was Sasha. "I am afraid we are going to have to perform a c-section. The baby's head is stuck and if we don't get her out she may not make it." She said with a bit of a quaver in her voice.

Molly looked at her wide eyed. She squeezed Arthur's hand tightly and nodded. Hermione's mom looked tired and worried. "As long as they are ok. Please get the baby out soon!" Ms. Granger said.

Sasha nodded and briskly walked back into the Delivery Room.

Hermione looked horrified. "Is there something wrong? Something dosent feel right!" She said breathing hard. Ron looked at her with concern written all over his face.

The healer smiled. " No Mrs.Weasley are just going to have to get the baby out a little sooner than planned. Her head is getting stuck because you are not fully dilated yet; the baby's heart rate is starting to not act normal." Sasha said.

Hermione's eyes widend in horror. "Oh my." She said panting.

"Ok Hermione it's time to begin!" Sasha said. One of the assistance handed her her wand. She mutterd something to Hermione stomach and Hermione gasped in pain and squeezed Ron's hand as hard as she could crushing his bones. Ron winced in pain but held on to Hermione. He wouldn't let her go.

After five suspenseful minutes Harry and everyone heard the cry of a baby. Relief swept over the entire room. Everyone smiled at each other.

"Congratulations Man!" Arthur said to Hermione's father.

"Same to you ol chap!" Hermione's dad returned hugging Arthur. Ginny had tears streaming down her face.

A few seconds later Ron walked out of the door holding a small bundle of pink. His hair was all tossled, his arm wrapped in bandages after Hermione had broken it. "Ehhem" He said smiling. "I would like to introduce everyone to my daughter, Elizabeth Melody Weasley." Ron said beaming.

Everyone circled around the little girl. "Oh Ron, she has your eyes! And Hermione's beautiful features!" Molly cried. The baby was soft and tiny. Bright green eyes looked around at the new enviornment. Elizabeth yawned and snuggled closer to her daddy.

Harry looked at the little girl. "Wow congratulations Ron." He said smiling. "That's absolutely amazing." He whispered. Harry held Ginny tightly next to him.

She was crying tears of joy. " Hello my baby niece!" She said looking at the beautiful little angel.

Ron was smiling so big his jaw hurt. " Well I'm going to go see how Hermione's doing alright?" He asked.

"Ok Son." Arthur said smiling. He had tears in his eyes too.

Everyone went home accept Ron who stayed at the hospital with Hermione.

" Thank you." Hermione whispered to Ron.

" I'm glad I was here." he said.

" Yes."

"You should nurse her." Ron said to Hermione. "It will help your uterus contract," He murmered.

"How do you know?" Hermione smiled at him.

He flushed. "When I was a kid, sometimes I used to eavsedrop on mum and her friends. I was fascinated by their talk about having babies."

"I'll bet you were." she said unbuttoning her shirt and putting the baby to her breast, and he watched in wonder as the little girl rooted around, then clamped on to a nipple. "Oh!" Hermione exclaimed.
She relaxed back against the pillows, and he slipped on the bed beside her.

"You look worn out." Ron said.

"Gee Thanks.".

"But Beautiful." Ron added. She grinned, then snuggled against him, and he couldn't believe he was in the middle of this sweet scene. Together they fell asleep while the healer took the baby to the babies ward.

The next morning there was a flood of family members that came to wish Hermione and Ron their congratulations and came to see Elizabeth, or Lizzie as Ron liked to call her.

There was an article in the Daily Prophet about the birth and Hermione's picture along with a smiling Ron and Elizabeth shown brightly on the front page.

Harry and Ginny slept in that day until late in the afternoon. They were both exhausted from the nights events.

There was a knock on the front door. "I'll get it." Sirius said walking over to it. He opened the creaking door to reveal a nervous looking women In her early 40's, maybe 50's. "Hello." Sirius said. "What can I do for you?" She looked nervous. She was holding a box.

"I'm Petunia Dursley." She squeaked.

Sirius stared at her in disbelief. "Um come in please." He said unsure of himself.

"Thank you." She replied.

"I have something for Harry and I need to apologize to him." She said a little to quickly.

Sirius nodded. "One moment." He sat her in the dining room. She looked suprised to see how nicely put together the house had become.

Harry was in the kitchen. "Um, your Aunt Petunia is here to see you." Sirius said eyeing Harry. Harry gaped at him. "She's In the dining room."

Harry slowly walked into the dining room where Petunia stood up immediately. "Oh Harry." She said smoothing her dress.

"Hello." Harry said.

She nodded. "Here." She handed him the box.

"What's this?" He asked.

"Um, they are letters. Letters I should have given you a while ago." She replied with regret in her voice. Harry glanced at her. She looked old and weary.

Ginny joined them. "Aunt Petunia, this is my fiancee. Ginny." Harry said introducing them again.

Petunia's face lit up in suprise. "It's nice to meet you." She said politely. Ginny nodded. S he was at a loss to which was going on. She sat down next to Harry as he opened the box. There were pictures - Pictures of him and his family. Of his Aunt and his Mum. Of his dad and Sirius. Of Hogwarts. Harry looked up at her in suprise.

She nodded. "I could have went to Hogwarts. I was too afraid." Petunia said. He looked back down and saw two letters.

"Those are from your parents." Petunia said. She got up and walked over to him.

Looking at him sincerely Petunia started to cry. "My dear boy, I'm so sorry for the way my family has treated you. I am sorry for the way I have treated you. I have missed you around the house. You were the only family I had left of my own. Rose, I am sorry that I have not mentioned her at all." She was trying hard not to completly loose it. It took all her courage to stand up to Vernon and Dudly's protests of coming back to the wizarding world to tell Harry the things she needed to tell him.

Harry just stared at her. "I dont understand." he choaked.

"My boy, I have loved you from the time you were set upon our doorstep. I was destroyed when I found out Lily and James had been killed by He who must not be named, and to find out that you are the only one who can defeat him, and now you have a fiancee who is expecting!" Petunia was sobbing now.

"Oh my dear, I wish your stay with us could have been more pleasurable for you but that was mostly my doing I know, and I am so very sorry. I just wanted you to know that I love you dearly and would love to hear from you in a letter every so often." She said walking over to him and smiling through the tears.

"I hope these letters make you feel like you have more of a sense of family than I ever gave you." She said wiping her nose. Harry stood up and they stared at each ther for a moment. Then she hugged him lighttly and pulled away fast before he had time to really respond.

"Well I must be going." She said. "Goodbye Harry."

Harry nodded tears streaming down his cheeks. He sat down unable to talk. He looked at the pictures for a few minutes. He picked up the letters. The first one was blank. He looked confused. He flipped the paper from front to back. "Huh." He said.

"Maybe it was written on invisible ink." Ginnny said.

Harry looked at her. On the bottom corner of the parchment there was a P. Harry got out his wand. " I solemly swear that I am up to no good."

"It's from the Marauders." Harry smiled.

Harry started to read it out loud

Hello Son,

I am writing you as your mother is putting you to bed for the night. Oh there is so much to say In so little time. I know you will bring our family honor. I am so glad that I have a son as wonderful as you. There are some things you should know about the famous Potter name first.

First, We are born trouble makers. So when you get put into Gryffindor House, keep In mind that you have the map to guide you on whatever mission life brings you!

Second, you have a strong grip son! Every time I touch your hand I sense a sport in your future! Quiditich no doubt! I imagine you will be a chaser like me! Sorry about the messy hair that you will acquire as you grow older. Unfortunately it's a family trait and no spell I or your mother have figured out can fix it as of yet.

There are some things that are happening in our world that I am afraid of son. I am writing you this letter having a horrible feeling in my gut that I will never get to see you grow up so here I am telling you all you need to know. You will be great. With the last name of Potter you will be a born lady killer. But remember son, when you love, love with your entire being.

I love your mother with all my heart and I would gladly give my life to save you and her from the war that will soon be upon us. I imagine as you are reading this you have a pretty lady sitting next to you, perhaps your girlfriend, or even your wife! Hopefully she is a Redhead. We Potters have a thing for redheads!

Uh oh, I Just got a playful glare from your mother. We love you very much son.

There are two necklaces that I am giving to you one for you, and one for your lover. These necklaces will protect you and your bride against the evil one. They are mood necklaces , well in a sense. They will turn colors as to what your situation is at the time. If the necklace turns red, you are in danger. If the necklace turns yellow, you are safe.

If the necklace turns purple you are together. If the neklace turns blue, you are relaxed and if the necklace turns black…well that means you have died. I gave one to your mother when we first started dating. Trust me oh was it a battle to keep her, but you know, every argument, every fight every obstacle we had together it was soo worth it! I also have instructions for you to become an Animagus.

I figure we should keep the tradition up. I finally taught your mother and she turns into a beautiful white wolf!

Well live life to the fullest, love with all your heart, we will always be with you son. Together, you and your love will live long happy lives and bring to the world many children and grand children. I hope. I am already proud of you Harry. Stay brave and always listen to Dumbledore. Even though he's a little crazy he is a good man. The smartest Wizard in the World!

Love , Your Father James

Harry looked at Ginny who was smiling. He took the 2nd letter out and the necklaces fell out he handed one to Ginny and helped her place it around her neck.

He placed the other necklace around his neck. He took the other letter out. It was from his mother. When he was done he sat and cried for a while, while Ginny held him. He now felt stronger than ever. He had a family feeling like he actually belonged somewhere and not just sent upon this earth to defeat Voldemort.

He showed Sirius the letter and Sirius smiled happily. I was wondering when that letter would find you" He said to Harry smiling. "I can help you and Ginny learn to transform after she has the twins." He said.

"You knew about this?" Harry asked sniffling.

Ginny smiled gently at him. "It's okay Harry. You can cry in front of us. We are family." She said smiling.

Sirius nodded. "James wrote that right after I left and he told me about that he was going to write you a letter before your mum.

"My mum wrote me one too?" Harry asked. "I didn't see any from her."

"Here." Ginny said picking up a tiny piece of parchment from the bottom of the box.

Harry opened the letter.

It read:

Hello Darling,

I am writing you now as your father is sleeping peacefully next to me. I know this may seem odd, but I can't sleep tonight for some odd reason.

I just can't stop thinking of how much you look like your father and how lucky I am to have to wonderful men in my life. I love you so much Harry. I hope when you are older, you will be loved as much as I love you now.

I know that probably doesn't make any sense, but it will someday. I can't wait to watch you grow up. I can't wait until you get your first Hogwarts letter. I bet you will be put in Gryffindor like your father and I. I just hope you don't get his trait of troublemaking.

(Sirius chuckled as Harry read that.)

I can just see your future now Harry… you will be wonderful at sports. Probably Quiditich, a chaser no doubt, just like James. You look exactly like him you know - same chubby cheeks, same unruly black hair. You are not even a year old and already your hair is untamable. Still, you will be handsome as ever.

You have my eyes, and hopefully my sense for what is good, and what is easy.

I hope you take good care of your friends Harry. Your friends are what is going to get you through the most difficult of times, for they are coming real soon I fear. I hope I get to watch you fall in love, I hope with a witch that will love you for who you are and not your famous last name.

Though once you love a Potter, you are stuck, I'm afraid. I know I learned that the hard way, I want to tell you, when I first met your father, he was as rude as ever, but I still loved him no matter how much I denied it at first.

A lot of men were after me you know, which made James very jealous. He did everything in his power to make it known that I was his and you know it felt good.

I guess what I'm trying to tell you love, is that any woman you have fallen for, love her with all your being. Treat her wonderful, she will love you weather you have all the money in the world, or none at all. Well it's getting late and I fear that dawn is coming so I should probably get some sleep.

Ooh, second that, you are crying and I must tend to your needs first.

I love you darling and always will.

Your loving Mother,

Lily Potter

Harry smiled warmly at his mother's familiar writing. He had only seen his mother's ghost a few times, but this was definitely from her. He would always cherish these letters and keep them close to his heart.

Ginny had tears running down her eyes now. "Oh Harry, that was wonderful. I need to go call Mum." She said getting up and crying.

Harry looked puzzled at first then shrugged it off. "So what do you think Sirius?" Harry asked.

"I think things are starting to look up for you my boy." Sirius said. "I think that Everything will be fine. I really do." Sirius said smiling.

Hermione came home a week later. She was looking healthy and Elizabeth was getting spoiled as expected. There were a flood of guests that came to see the baby and Hermione. Late nights were spent for 2 am feedings and 4am dipper changes. Ron didn't mind though. He was a proud as ever.

He got a call from his father one day with a surprise. "Ron, Rory Cummings, division chair of magical games and sports is looking for a new Quidtich referee as Madam Hooch is retiring this year. He wants you to take the position!" Arthur said clamping his son on the back.

Ron looked at his dad in disbelief. "Really dad?" he asked.

Arthur and Molly nodded in excitement. Molly was cradling Lizzie who was cooing happily. "Oh you beautiful girl." She said beaming.

Hermione smiled. "Ron that's fantastic."

Ron swept down and kissed Hermione happily and then hugged his dad. "I'll definitely take it! It's been my dream to work in my favorite sport, everyone knows that.

Arthur nodded. "Brilliant, I will call upon Rory today and then you and he can discuss things over lunch." he said.

"Remember we have another Order meeting in a few days and this one is discussing Hogwarts, and weather or not it will re open for this year." Molly said thinking.

"Minerva said Dumbledore wanted to re-open it so as headmistress it is her decision whether the school will be re-open and you know Hermione, I think that there will be a new Transfiguration spot open for you if you are looking to teach." Molly said winking at her.

Hermione's face lit up this time. "Wonderful." She said beaming.

Rose walked in looking beautiful. She smiled and waved at everyone and sat down at the table next to Hermione. "How are you feeing?" She asked her.

"Wonderful thank you." Hermione said smiling.

"I have wonderful news. I have discovered, Draco is completely innocent of every death eater charge ever brought against him." Rose said smiling.

Ron scowled. "So?" He asked. "He's still a ferret as far as I'm concerned."

Hermione giggled. She remembered the time in fourth year when Professor Moody turned Draco into a ferret.

"That means that now that Snape is dead, we can use him as a spy!" Rose said beaming.

Ron looked quizzically at her. "I dunno Rose." he said.

Sirius walked back in the kitchen followed by Harry and Ginny. "Well the whole family's in here I see." Sirius said sweeping a kiss against Rose's soft pink cheeks.

Molly smiled and handed Lizzie back to Ron, who handed her to Hermione.

"What's the news Rose my darling?" Sirius asked.

"Well honey, I was at the Ministry talking to Margie Mathers, you know the head for the department of the regulation of dark magic, and she said that there has been no record of Draco ever really using Drak Magic against someone." Rose said.

"Now that Snape is dead, I thought we might use him as a spy. What do you think?" Rose asked. Sirius looked around the room. Harry was looking doubtful as well as Arthur and Molly and Hermione and Ginny.

"I dunno darling, you know how our "family" and Draco's family has been enemies for ever." Sirius said rubbing his forehead. Harry looked over at Ginny whose necklace was pink. "

Well lets talk about this later, how's about we all go to a game? We haven't had a family outing in a very long time!" Arthur said smiling.

Ron nodded excitedly. Hermione smiled in agreement. "The Tornadoes are playing the Hurricanes in a few hours at Burkley Stadium." Arthur said looking at his watch. "We better get to it if we are going to make the game in time!" he said.

Everyone gathered their coats and apparated to the stadium. It was crowded full of Quiditich fans of all ages. Ron's heart was pounding. "I love this sport!" He said to Hermione. Hermione smiled in agreement as they took their seats in the top box. The game ended with the Tornadoe's winning 245 points to 20. Ron was amazed at how horribly the Hurricanes did this season. They arrived home happy and tired.