Disclaimer: I don't own the original characters but some of their spouses and all of their children are my own creations.
Summary: The war is over, things are slowly recovering from years of fighting and while the last of the Death Eaters fight a Gorilla war Harry Potter's eldest child embarks of her first year at Hogwarts. But sadly someone wants to be the new Voldemort…
After Voldemort (the title may change if I can think of a better one. Suggestions welcome.)
Chapter Three; The First Day
Harry hated days like this, days when his shift was going to be even longer than usual because of some evil thing happening thanks to the remaining Death Eaters spread across the globe. Usually he would pick the boys up from the school and go home, today he was going to have to pick up the boys from school and find a family member who would baby sit until everything was resolved.
"You've got an hour to sort out your kids arrangements Potter but be warned, this one might take all night," the head of the Aurors, Kingsley Shacklebolt said calmly. Harry nodded and apparated to an alley opposite the boys muggle school and then walked over to wait with the other parents by the gates.
"Daddy!" Cedric cried happily as he ran up to his dad, a painting clutched in his hands. "Look what I did in art today. Mine was the best in the class and miss said she wanted to put it up but I wanted to take it home and show you so she said that's alright. Look it's us and dad." Cedric could barely remember his other father but Lily and James spoke of Joey often so that Cedric would not forget him altogether.
"Let's have a look then," Harry took the painting and smiled, Cedric had actually managed to captured what they all looked like in the round messy figures on the page, even Joey. Harry smiled sadly. "It's beautiful darling, you can put it up in your bedroom when we get home. Where's James?"
"I'm here," James said, his eyes on the ground, a sign which Harry immediately recognised as meaning that his eldest son had been in trouble.
"What happened?" he asked as he took one of their hands each and led them over to the alley so he could apparate them all home. James flinched and waited until they were in their own living room before speaking.
"I played a trick on the bully of our class and he started a fight with me. I won but the teachers weren't impressed and we had to send the rest of the day with the headmaster," he mumbled. "I'm sorry but he picks on me all the time, I just wanted to get him back for it."
"It's alright James, just don't make a habit of it. Now I'm afraid I've got to go back to work in a minute so can you gather your over night things while I find out who can look after you?" Harry asked sadly. Both boys looked put out but obeyed quickly, used to this by now. Harry went to the fire and called Charlie first simply because the second eldest Weasley boy only had one child home with him now and many spare beds.
"Hiya Harry," Charlie seemed a little breathless when he answered and a goofy smile was on his face. "What can I do for you?"
"Did I interrupt something?" Harry asked as a hand snaked up Charlie's neck.
"Don't worry about it. What can we do for you?" Charlie asked as Harry saw Johnny pressing light kisses to the side of his neck.
"I was going to ask if you could have the boys as I have to work all night but I can see your busy…" Harry trailed off.
"Of course we'll have them, they'll be company for Robert. He's been so lonely since the others went to school. And don't worry we'll behave in front of them…mmm Johnny not now…" Charlie moaned causing Harry to grin slightly.
"You sure it's alright?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, bring them over whenever but if we don't answer when you call out it's because we might be…busy," Charlie said. "See you later."
"Have fun you two." Harry stepped back from the fire and went into the boys room where James was helping Cedric blue tack up the picture. "You boys ready to go?"
"Nearly daddy. Where are we going?" James asked as he used all of his might to push the picture against the wall.
"Uncle Charlie's, you can play with Rob," Harry picked up their two bags with a sad smile, how he wished he got to spend more time with his boys. But with the last of the Death Eaters fighting a Gorilla war it was unlikely he would be able to for quite some time, just as it was unlikely he would be able to get a boyfriend for quite some time, 'Oh Joey how I miss you, I hope you miss me too up in Heaven with everyone I've ever lost.'
"We're ready to go now daddy. I packed my uniform for tomorrow," Cedric said as he walked up to his daddy. "Just in case we do have to sleep over."
"Hopefully I'll be able to pick you up before you go to bed love but as you said, this is just in case. Just in case."
"Is that your entire family?" Wendy asked the next morning when she noticed the only picture that Lillian had stuck to the wardrobe door. Lillian grinned and nodded, it was a panoramic picture of every single Weasley as well as Harry and his children, in total there was 5o people in the photo spanning three generations. Sadly Joey had died the year before it was taken so her dear father wasn't in it.
"Yeah, I was 9 at the time. Jemima was born after this so there's really one more Weasley," she said pulling on her white shirt and doing up the buttons. "My dad died before this was taken though so I've got another picture of him and daddy, it's on my bedside cabinet if you want to have a look."
"Your dad looks like he was really nice, is that you he's holding?" Maggie asked.
"No, that's James. I was on daddy's lap when he took the picture," Lillian said with a smile as she easily tied the tie, Harry had given her a quick lesson before she left for Hogwarts.
"You have his eyes," Wendy said.
"Yes but Daddy's need of glasses," she chuckled as she put on said glasses. "We'll be late for breakfast if we don't hurry up."
"I think Liza's gone back to sleep," Wendy said, nodding to the lump under the covers of the last bed. Lillian sighed, walked over and quickly pulled the quilt off, letting the very cold air hit her cousin.
"Bloody hell that's cold, hive me back my duvet," Liza complained.
"Not if you want any breakfast, we're nearly late as it is," Lillian told her simply. Liza huffed but stood up and slowly began to get dressed. "We'll save you a seat Liza." They left the still grumbling girl and walked down the stairs to the common room where the boys were waiting minus Lee. "Let me guess he wouldn't get up?"
"He's getting dressed now, we're to save him a seat," Conner said with a smile.
"Those two are so alike, we've got to save Liza a seat. This is Wendy and Maggie by the way," Lillian said introducing her new friends, "My cousins Conner and David and…"
"Brian and Alan," Conner supplied. Each boy smiled at his name. Brian was rather skinny and had plain black hair and blue eyes but his smile would charm many of the girl when he grew up, that much was certain to Lillian and the other two girls. Alan however seemed as shy and homesick as David with dark brown hair, green eyes and a face covered in freckles.
"Well shall we go down? I for one am starving," Maggie grinned at them. The others laughed and the group walked down to the great hall calmly, sitting together at the Gryffindor table and saving two seats for the twins who walked in together, still looking half asleep.
"Here are the first year timetables," the Gryffindor female prefect said as she gave a small wad of papers to Wendy who smiled and thanked her before looking through and finding hers. Soon they all had theirs and were checking over what lessons they had on their first day and as could have been expected complaining about the fact that they had potions first thing.
"Snape first thing, oh help," Conner groaned.
"You've got Snape first little brother, you poor thing," Jim said teasingly as he and Jake stood behind their brother, their identical faces grinning down at him.
"Even though he was on our side for the final years he's still prejudiced, all for the Slytherin's, all against the Gryffindor's especially Weasley's," Jake said with a laugh.
"Has something to do with how Uncle Fred and Uncle George behaved in school supposedly," Jim explained before the two moved on down the table.
"Brilliant, a prejudiced teacher not only against Gryffindor's but against Weasleys," Conner groaned. "Well we'd better go, we really don't want to be late do we?" They all quickly finished their breakfast, grabbed their bags and walked down the corridors to the dungeons, getting lost only once but thankfully Adrienne, their cousin and head girl was nearby and gave them easy to follow directions and soon they were at the Potions classroom.
"Looks like we sit in pairs," Lee said when they entered. AS they were the first ones there they had first choice of desks and went for in the middle, not too far forward to look geeky and not too far back so that they couldn't see the board. Lee sat with Liza, Conner with David, Wendy and Maggie sat together as did Brian and Alan so Lillian was sat alone for now.
"Has anyone actually read the book?" Brian asked as some other students began to enter, Slytherin students. None of the Gryffindors had although Lillian had read the first chapter. The Slytherins sat down around them, out numbering them slightly. There were only 9 Gryffindors this year while there were 11 Slytherins, 6 Hufflepuff's and 8 Ravenclaw's.
"I'm not pairing with the Gryffindor," one girl said sharply. Lillian blushed. The Slytherins sat down, one of them sitting himself by Lillian.
"Hello Lily," a quiet voice said close to her ear. She looked up and actually smiled, Hector Malfoy was sat calmly next to her. "How are you?"
"I'm fine thanks. You?" she asked easily, the two had often met thanks to their fathers.
"Can't complain," he was going to say more when the door burst open and in walked Professor Snape, black robes billowing out around him.
"There will be no wand waving or silly incantations in this class," he said loudly, "Potions making is an art, and art which all of you will have to quickly learn while in this classroom." He walked along the front row, smiling grimly, his eyes scanning all around the room until her saw the row of Gryffindor's. "More Weasleys. I trust you will be less trouble than other members of your family. And you must be Potter girl," he stopped in front of the person in front of Lillian and looked closely at her. "I do hope you perform better than your father did, he along with Ronald Weasley and Neville Longbottom were pathetic at Potions."
"But they passed didn't they?" Lillian asked calmly. Snape's glare increased.
"Copy down the notes on the board," he growled, pointing his wand at the board which suddenly had complicated looking instructions, "You have 10 minutes to do this and then you will make the potion in you pair. We will be testing it on you at the end of the lesson."
"What is the potion sir?" David asked quietly, there was no title.
"A potion that simply change the colour of your eyes and hair Mr Weasley, very simple so even you should get it." David blushed as the Slytherin's laughed and the little red head continued to quickly copy down the instructions.
"The twins were right, he really doesn't like Weasley's," Conner muttered to David who nodded slightly. Lillian chuckled softly at a whispered comment from Hector about Snape's greasy hair. The lesson continued and they tried to make the potion, only Lillian and Hector managed to actually finish it correctly and soon his hair was blue and his eyes red.
"Well done Miss Potter, Mr Malfoy. You were the only ones to complete it correctly, 10 points each. Class dismissed, tomorrow you will be making a shrinking potion and I expect you to have read up on it by the lesson. You may all go."
The day passed quickly, Transfiguration was difficult for everyone, Charms easy as all they did was listen to the tiny Professor talk about what they would be covering that year and then it was the lesson they had all been waiting for, Defence Against the Dark Arts with Professor Lupin who had returned once Voldemort was defeated and had been the DADA teacher ever since, the one year only rule was broken.
"Please take your seats class," he said gently, his voice showing his age. Lillian waved at him and he nodded back, he was sort of a Grandparent to her and her brothers, a substitute father for Harry once Sirius had died. "Now just quickly let me introduce myself. My name is Remus Lupin, sadly I am no longer a young sprite and am pushing 55. I am also a Werewolf and have been since I was a young boy. Any questions on me?"
"Are you the werewolf that helped destroy the Dark Lord?" Brian asked.
"Yes that would me, fighting along side my best friends son and the my old headmaster," Remus smiled at the class and walked up to the front, using his walking stick. Added to the strain of his monthly transformations and his age were the injuries he had sustained during the war. "Now this term you are going to learn the quickest ways to identify such beasts as werewolves, vampires, ghouls, ghosts and poltergeists."
"You call yourself a beast?" A small Slytherin asked surprised.
"That is what the ministry have called me for years and I do admit my wolf side is rather beast like. Now as I was saying…wait I'd finished what I was saying. Please get out yours books and open them to page 15," he walked up to the board and used his wands to write up the title and some reasonably simple questions with a few more challenging ones later on
"Sir, I um seem to have forgotten my book," Conner said quietly. He was sure he'd put the book in his bag. Someone sniggered behind him and he glared at the pair of Slytherins who smirked at him.
"Really? That is not like you Conner, hmmm," Remus walked stiffly, his walking stick tapping the ground, around the back of the students and suddenly pulled something out from behind a Slytherin boys boy back. "Would this be it? Yes it has your name on it. 10 points from Slytherin and detention Mr Grey. Taking other students books to get them in trouble will not be tolerated in my classrooms." He handed the book back to it's rightful owner and walked back to the board. "Now I want you to read the page and then answer the questions on the board."
Dear Mum and Dad,
Well I'm sat in my dorm now after my first day of lessons and you were right about everything, the only teacher who isn't nice is Snape who we had first unfortunately. People have been making fun of me but Conner and my new dorm mates and friends Brian and Alan stand up for me, oh and Lee too. We had DADA today as well and that was a funny lesson, Great Uncle Remus doesn't act any different when teaching to how he is when he visit's. Did you know he's nearly 55, he told us. I'm still a bit nervous and very homesick but it isn't as bad as I thought. I will write again tomorrow.
Love David.
A/N There we go, more soon………ish.