"Caelum, Vela, Australis, Lyra: Our Children"


By: Syden Paige 3

Rating: PG13-R

Summary: Awaking from an awful dream, Ginny finds two small children, one with red hair, the other with blonde, sleeping beside her. Who are they? And how did they get there?


Chapter One - Finding Them

Ginny Weasley twisted and turned in her sleep, her dreams inhabiting the better part of her brain. Her mental screams and shrieks could not be heard, for it was locked in her mind, away from all that was good. Her heart raced wildly as her body shifted from left to right, signaling, yet again, that the attacker was trying to kill her. Tears insulted her eyes as her mouth opened and closed in an instant, her lips cracked and chapped. She moaned incoherently, her words drowned out by coking sobs. No one could hear her. No one would be able to save her.

Flailing her arm about, she hit a small object, breaking her out of her crazy nightmare. Her eyes shot open as she sat up in her bed, her breathing heavy and her eyelids starting to droop. Turning her head, she found two small lumps, both smashed up against the other, on the other side of her bed. Her eyebrows scrunched up in confusion, Ginny pulled down the sheets and gasped at what she saw.

Two little children, on with red hair, the other with blonde, were slumbering on her bed. The littlest one, a small boy with blonde hair, was sucking on his large thumb, his legs up onto his tiny stomach. The girl, who looked not much older, had beautiful red hair, her hands sprawled everywhere on Ginny's pillow. A gold necklace was hanging down by her neck, a weird looking pendant dangling off it.

Ginny swallowed and touched the girl softly. "Darling?" she whispered. "Wake -- Wake up."

The small girl stirred and bent forward, rubbing her eyes with her chubby hands. Opening her eyes slowly and looking at Ginny, she smiled and threw herself at her. "Mummy!" the girl said in a happy tone. "Oh, Mummy! Caelum and I missed you!"

Ginny froze, unable to register what was going on. This child just called her a mother. What was she to do? Wrapping her arms around the girl, Ginny asked quietly, "Who's Caelum, love?"

The young girl pulled back. "Mummy, you're silly!" she exclaimed, "Caelum's my brother, 'member? You can't forget him, Mummy. He's your baby!"

Ginny laughed nervously and pointed to the small boy. "That's Caelum, right?"

The girl nodded animatedly. "Yes. Should I wake him? He's been waiting to see you." She hugged her again, this time with more emotion. "Oh, Mummy," the girl sighed, "Me, Caelum, Australis, Lyra and Daddy have missed you. We wanted you back so much, Mummy!"

Ginny gulped and hugged the small girl back. "What - What are you doing in my room?" she asked in a hesitant tone.

The red headed girl didn't answer, for she went straight to her brother and began to wake him up. "Caelum! Mummy's here! It worked! The necklace worked!" she whispered.

Ginny watched fondly as the little girl excitedly began to wake up her little brother, a huge smile on her face. She had round brown eyes and high cheekbones. Her red hair cascaded in curls down her back and almost up to her waist. They were blocking the way of her eyesight, even though she didn't seem to care. "Caelum! Caelum!"

Ginny looked around and hoped that the rest of her housemates were sleeping and not hearing the all the commotion that the girl was making. Luckily, they were dead asleep, only snores heard and mumbles radiating.

"Mummy!" yelled a small voice.

Ginny snapped her head back and was suddenly attacked by a small figure, causing her body to fall back into the bottom part of the bed. "Oomph!"

The girl giggled. "Caelum's silly just like you, Mummy."

Ginny sat back up and looked at the boy in front of her. His spiky blonde hair was matted on his scalp, making him look simply adorable. He had silver eyes that gleamed under the moonlight that penetrated through Ginny's bed hangings. He was wearing thermal under clothes, snitches and brooms all over them. "Mummy! Vela miss you! Me miss you!" he squealed in a very babyish voice.

Ginny's heard melted. "Um … who's Vela?"

"I am, Mummy!" screeched the small girl.

"Oh."

Ginny slowly dragged her body and the small boy's back to the headboard, where she leaned her head back and thought for a while. She put all the pieces of what was happening together. Apparently, she had two children, both of which have the same father. She didn't think they would, mainly because they both had very different hair colors. The father had to have had blonde hair, for she had no relatives with that light hair color. How would her son get such a trait? Both her children were named after what she could recall as constellations. Vela meant The Sails and Caelum meant The Chisel. Whoever named them must of knew their stars perfectly and wanted to have unique names for their kids. Ginny remembered Vela saying something about a necklace working or something. Ginny looked at the necklace on Vela's neck and immediately knew what it was. A time turner. Her heart began to beat in a fast rhythm as all the information weaved together. Biting her lip, Ginny grabbed Vela by the hand and held Caelum with her free arm. She hopped of the bed and said quietly, but determinedly, "We are going to Dumbledore."


Draco Malfoy was sitting elegantly on the couch of the Head's common room, his ankles crossing the other. He had a glass of fire whiskey in one hand and his throbbing forehead in the other. His day couldn't have gone any worse. Potter was defiantly getting on his nerves again. He "accidentally" broke Draco's broom in two in front of the entire Gryffindor and Slytherin quidditch teams, causing Draco to pull out his wand in anger and embarrassment. He cursed Potter into oblivion, his eyes fierce and his face impassive. He couldn't stand that fact that he had to get away with everything, which he did. Potter got away with only a week's detention, while Draco left with a month's detention and a week's worth of helping out the house elves down in the kitchens. That's what really got him mad. How the hell was he supposed to help the house elves?

Placing his glass onto the table beside him, he heard a small whimper at the corner of the room. He tilted his head upwards and dropped down his ankles. His eyes widened.

There, taking a few steps closer to him, were two children, one with red hair, the other with blonde. They looked almost alike, as if they were twins. They were clad in matching pajamas, one blue, the other pink. The one to the left, who was a boy, had a timid expression on his face, whereas the one to the right, who was a girl, looked determined and unafraid. They approached him slowly and the girl whispered, "Daddy? Are you okay?"

Draco froze.