Magical Miracle
by Teddylonglong
Please refer to chapter 1 for my disclaimer and warnings. Thank you.
PART II Harry Potter-Black-Weasley
Harry was lying in his crib cuddling with Tapp, his stuffed teddy bear. His mummy and daddy had been gone for a while now, and he did not know where they were. But his Aunt Bella had told him that she was his new mummy and had taken her with her to Hogwarts, where all his other aunts and uncles and his Granny Mina lived. Uncle Arthur was his new daddy. While he still missed his mummy, he was happy at Hogwarts.
On the previous day, Harry had suddenly gained a new sister and two brothers – much to his delight. Fred and George were already big boys, and they were funny, although they looked absolutely identical. Before he could further ponder the situation, he felt that there was something down his body that felt yucky and needed his mummy's attention. He slowly gripped the rails next to him and pulled himself up into a standing position, before he began to whimper, knowing that his mummy would come for him soon.
However, his sister reached him first. "Hawwy, what's wong?"
"Mummy?" Harry replied, his lower lip quivering dangerously.
"Wait, I get Mummy."
With that, the girl left the room only to return an instant later with their mummy in tow.
HP
'He's such a cutie,' Bella thought, feeling extremely happy to have not only Harry, but also Hermione, who was her and Arthur's daughter, as well as his twins living with them. 'We're one big family now,' she thought, as she gently tickled Harry's little toys, when she changed his nappy the muggle way, having heard from Drommie and Lily that babies preferred their gentle touch to a much faster spell.
HP
Bella and Arthur spent most of the day playing with the children. They only attended the meals together with their colleagues, after Minerva had reassured them that it was fully all right to bring their four children with them to the Great Hall.
'No wonder why,' Bella thought, as she observed Minerva interact with Hermione and Harry. 'Everyone is fawning over them. If we don't pay attention, they're going to be totally spoiled by the time they become students here.'
"We need to consider what we're going to do with the kids during class time." She cast her colleagues a questioning look. "During the last month, when it was only Harry, Arthur usually took him with him to the Transfiguration classroom; however, he can't take four children, and the Defence classroom would be too dangerous for them."
"Perhaps, we should try to hire someone to watch the kids. Dora is slowly getting bored accompanying me to the History of Magic class." Andromeda let out a sigh. "I'm sure she'd already be able to take her History of Magic OWL by now."
'Granddad, do you perhaps know someone who would be able to watch our four kids and Drommie's daughter during the day?' Bella thought to her grandfather and colleague of Unspeakable team 5.
'Bring them here. We'll make them our Mini Unspeakables and teach them accordingly.'
'Do you really mean it?' she asked in a combination of disbelief and hope.
'Of course.'
'Oh well, that might be the best that could happen to Harry, considering the prophecy that he'll still have to fulfil,' Bella thought and hesitantly voiced her grandfather's idea in front of her colleagues.
"Considering the prophecy you told me about, Harry needs all the help he can get. If they're sure that they can teach a sixteen-month-old?" Arthur looked sceptical. "The twins certainly need to be occupied."
"I believe that you should wait at least until such a time, when Hermione and Harry will be potty trained. Why don't you just take the twins and Dora to study with the Unspeakables for the time being? As to the others, everyone could take turns teaching them during their free periods." Minerva smiled. "I can always take the cuties into my office for a few hours as well."
"I can take them at any time, too." Poppy smiled at the sight of Hermione gently mashing a potato for Harry.
'The Grangers have really raised her well,' Bella thought, feeling very grateful towards the muggles. 'Perhaps, I should go and personally thank them some time. Maybe even together with Hermione.'
"Thank you, Minerva and Poppy. All right, then we're going to try it out with the twins for the time being and rely on all of you for Hermione and Harry." She cast Arthur a questioning look.
"I believe that would be for the best. It might do the twins good to be trained by the Unspeakables considering all the nonsense they come up with. Molly did not even protest, when they left her and came to live with me. They must have totally annoyed her."
"Perhaps, it would be good for Dora to accompany the twins. Maybe, training with the Unspeakables might help her, as she's incredibly clumsy." Andromeda sighed.
"Mummy!" Hermione suddenly glared at her. "I want to study, too, not only the twins and Dora."
Severus smirked at the eager little girl. "Hermione, shall I teach you how to brew fruit drops?"
"Oh, yes please. Yummy." The two-year-old let her hand wander over her belly in apparent expectation. "When can we bwew them?"
"Next week, when classes commence again."
"Kay." Hermione's voice was laced with disappointment, causing Bella to inwardly grin.
'That's my daughter,' she thought in amusement. "Severus?" She let out a deep sigh. "I am really sorry to bother you again, but would you perhaps be willing to take over the head of house position in my stead?"
Severus quirked an eyebrow. "I am already the deputy headmaster."
"That doesn't matter. I've been the deputy headmistress and head of Gryffindor for many years," Minerva countered.
"Very well, I'll do it then. Although, I'll never be such a good head of house as you. It was because of you that I and many others were able to call Hogwarts our home." In a smaller voice, he continued, "And I will never forget that you prevented me from making a grave mistake."
Bella shook her head. "Nonsense, Severus, you will be a wonderful head of house. Your own experiences will give you the understanding needed to help your students. Thanks very much. I loved the position, but I won't be able to fulfil it, while our children are so small. When the children will be bigger, we can always change again if you wish."
Severus cast her a sharp nod.
HP
Late that night, when the children were in bed and Bella and Arthur relaxed in the living room, a woman suddenly spoke up from the portrait of Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin, which had been decorating the wall ever since they had become the heads of the two houses.
"Please excuse us for intruding. I am Rowena Ravenclaw, and this is my friend, Helga Hufflepuff. Our husbands allowed us to take over their portraits for a moment, because we have something important to discuss with you.
"Good evening, Professor Ravenclaw and Professor Hufflepuff." Bella was the first to overcome the surprise.
"Please call us by our given names." Helga sounded as friendly as Rowena.
"In fact, we wish to ask you for a favour," Rowena began to speak. "It concerns Harry and in extension Hermione. You might not know this, but Harry is the heir of Godric and myself. The heir of Helga and Salazar is Tom Riddle AKA Lord Voldemort. However, considering that Harry's mother Lily vanquished him, magic recognises her and in extension Harry as Helga's and Salazar's heir."
"Lily?" Bella asked in disbelief.
"Well, to everyone else, it must have looked as if Harry had vanquished him, but in fact, it was an ancient charm, which Lily cast at her son causing Voldemort's spell to rebound to himself. Yes, Lily vanquished him. Unfortunately, she had to sacrifice herself for the charm to work, so, consequently, Harry is now the heir."
"That makes Harry the heir of all four of you." Bella's eyes widened in surprise.
"Exactly." Rowena smiled. "Because of this and of the fact that I am a Seer and know that Voldemort is not really gone, we are very interested in Harry's education. Hogwarts informed us earlier that you intend to have the Unspeakables teach him; however, we'd like to ask you to allow us to train him and his sister instead."
Bella and Arthur nodded. Somehow, she felt too stunned to voice any kind of response, while her thoughts went haywire.
"In my visions," Rowena continued, "I have seen that Hermione is always together with Harry whatever he does. Therefore, we would like to teach them together."
"Thank you very much." Arthur smiled. "We appreciate it."
"Excuse me, Rowena." Bella looked at the witches in confusion. "Are you going to teach them from your portrait?"
Rowena let out a small chuckle. "No, that would not be efficient and could be outright dangerous. In fact, the founders' quarters, where our private rooms are, harbour the so-called tapestry of time. Images of all our heirs are on this tapestry, and the children merely have to touch any of our images and say the time to which they wish to travel. The traveller does not have to use magic. The magic is provided by the tapestry and Hogwarts herself. However, only an heir is able to travel, which means that Harry and Hermione must hold hands to travel together. They could come to our time in the mornings and return in the evenings."
"Thank you, Rowena." Bella and Arthur remained pensive, before Bella finally continued. "Excuse me, Rowena. This somehow sounds like a fairy tale. Do you have any proof?"
The two ancient witches smiled. "All four of us are going to visit Harry in person and intend to invite him and Hermione to study with us on Harry's sixth birthday."
Bella and Arthur nodded, contentedly. "Thank you, Rowena and Helga. Our children will be thrilled to be allowed to study with you."
HP
During the following three years, while the twins spent most of the day at the Unspeakables' office being taught by various Unspeakables, all the teachers at Hogwarts took turns teaching Harry and Hermione everything they deemed important for the children to know.
Bella and Arthur realised in amusement that the two knew everything about magical plants and potions ingredients as well as magical animals, and by the time they turned four, they were proficient at flying and catching the Snitch.
While Severus deemed Harry as very adept at brewing potions and Filius seemed happy to have found someone close to a Charms protegee, Hermione was extremely interested in Ancient Runes and was often seen drawing runes onto a parchment.
"Too funny how a small child draws runes, before she's even able to write." Rolanda chuckled at the sight.
"I can write." Hermione glared at the flying instructor. "And Harry can, too."
'That's my kids,' Bella thought, feeling very proud of her children.
HP
Shortly after Harry turned four and a few weeks before Hermione's fifth birthday, Dora became a student at Hogwarts, at the same time as Arthur's second son Charlie. While Charlie was sorted into Gryffindor, Dora became a Ravenclaw.
'Probably due to her lessons with the Unspeakables,' Bella thought in amusement, wondering if it would be wise to have Harry and Hermione study with the founders of Hogwarts instead of the Unspeakables.
"Let's allow them to make experiences, which no one else in this time has, considering that the founders invited them," Arthur suggested, and Bella agreed.
"It's important that they study elsewhere but Hogwarts of our time in any case, as otherwise, they'd be incredibly bored once they will become students."
HP
Harry and Hermione awaited Harry's sixth birthday with excitement and anticipation. In contrary to Hermione's and the twins' birthday, Harry's birthday was in the middle of the summer holidays, and Granny Minerva had promised them a huge party in the Great Hall just like on Harry's fifth birthday.
His mummy had promised that his godparents would join their large family at Hogwarts for the day. His godparents, Uncle Sirius as well as Aunt Alice and her husband, Uncle Frank, had an in Harry's opinion totally cool job. They were working full time as Aurors catching bad wizards and witches left and right.
Aunt Alice and Uncle Frank had a son, Neville. The boy was just one day older than Harry, and the two boys dearly loved each other. They had known each other from baby times onwards, as Alice often took Neville to Hogwarts during the holidays, so that he could spend time with Harry and his family instead of his grandmother, who usually looked after him, while his parents were working.
Another reason to be excited for Harry's birthday was their mummy's promise that four guests would come to see them on that day and would invite them to study with them from the following day onwards.
Their parents had not told them who was going to come, even if Hermione and he had taken turns pestering them about it. They believed that it would probably be Unspeakables; however, they could not be certain. Their big brothers, Fred and George, had already been studying at the Unspeakables' office for years, and they seemed to be very happy about it. They were even allowed to sometimes brew potions together with Uncle Severus and prank the whole school. Harry chuckled, as he recalled how everyone in the Great Hall had spiked monkey heads during the leaving feast.
Anyway, the Unspeakables' place seemed to be a treasure trove for learning, and Hermione and Harry just could not wait to be able to study there as well – especially after Hermione had overheard their mummy tell their daddy that they were going to be incredibly bored at Hogwarts if they continued studying with the professors.
'I hope we can learn as interesting things as Fred and George,' Harry thought, who absolutely adored his big brothers. They were always funny and never ran out of ideas to entertain them all. He found it especially funny that no one but Hermione, he and their parents were able to distinguish the two boys, a fact that allowed them to even do more mischief.
HP
Harry woke up that very morning, when someone sang the birthday song to him. Lazily opening his eyes, he looked straight at two balloons, a red and a green one, which were hovering above his bed taking turns singing.
'What's that?' he thought in a combination of amazement and bewilderment, just when Hermione stormed into his bedroom.
"Cool. How does that work?"
Harry grinned. "No idea."
"Ah, probably the twins' work then." Hermione chuckled. "Fred, George, where are you?"
Giggling and grinning, the twins dashed into the room, just when the two balloons finished their song and exploded, pouring many pieces of confetti over Harry and his bed.
HP
Without waiting for their parents, the four children hurriedly dressed and dashed towards the Great Hall in expectation, not even bothering to listen to Hermione stating that their socks were mismatched. When they entered the Great Hall, they stopped dead in their tracks. About half of the room had been changed into an enormous playground, and Hermione and Harry eagerly followed their big brothers climbing up to the highest point.
There was a jungle, a small lake, ropes to climb on rocks as well as slides, one of them right along a waterfall, and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Only when the adults called them down for breakfast, did they grudgingly abandon their play.
Harry arrived on the ground by a large slide and just set to get up from the edge of the slide, when something small attacked him. It jumped up onto his lap and licked his face with apparent eagerness. When Harry let out a small shout of surprise, his siblings and all the adults, who had by now gathered around him, laughed.
"Harry," Sirius called out to him, "may I introduce, this is Barkymort, and he's yours now. Happy Birthday!"
"Thanks." Harry carefully pushed the small being literally out of his face to get a look at it. It was a puppy. He was white with lots of black dots and a brown face. "Hi there," he addressed the puppy, instinctively caressing the soft, fluffy ears.
"Sirius," his mother addressed his godfather, her voice laced with disapproval. "I'm sorry, but that's not a name I can tolerate."
"Why don't you name him Inu?" Professor Flitwick suggested. He was a half goblin, almost like the goblins Harry had seen at Gringotts, but Professor Flitwick was much nicer. "It simply means dog in Japanese, but I believe that it is adequate as a name for such a cute puppy."
"You are Inu now, okay?" Harry asked his dog and suddenly felt extremely happy to have a pet for himself.
"Uncle Severus, Auntie Drommie, can I get a kitten for my birthday?" he heard his sister address her godparents and immediately turned around to view her.
"Inu, that's my sister, Hermione. Will you play with her, too?"
The canine let out a small woof, and Hermione happily stepped over to Harry and Inu to pet the puppy.
Immediately after breakfast, the children returned to the playground, and Harry noticed happily that it was even more fun having Inu run, climb and slide together with him. To his surprise, the puppy was much faster not only than him but even than his big brothers.
None of the children noticed that the Great Hall became absolutely quiet at some point, before a large voice almost rivalling Hagrid's boomed through the room. "Where is the birthday boy?"
