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UPDATED:9/30/2019

Chapter 30

December 25th, 1994

Harry had met Alicia in the courtyard, they spent as much of their time together before everyone started leaving for the rest of the break, they eventually said their goodbyes and the two went their separate ways for the rest of the Holidays.

Emma and Sirius took the kids to Molly's and Mellena's at the outskirts of Ottery St. Catchpole. Severus had hated telling his wife and kids he couldn't go, kissed each of his children and Mellena's baby bump then his wife, "I love you, you know that, right?" Sev sighed softly against Mellena's forehead sadly. He couldn't be seen anywhere with the Order members but at Hogwarts.

"I know, I love you, Severus… No matter what happens. Just stay alive, stay safe?"

"Always, now go." He said sadly, kissing her brow once more and watched his family floo to the Burrow, his heart aching at their absence.

Christmas went as happily as it ever had. Molly was happy to have her children home and ever so happy that Mellena and Emma were both expecting. Fred and George were constantly going around the two women's bellies talking to the babies, making everyone giggle at their goofiness.

Athella had latched onto Fred the moment they were at the Burrow, laughing with excitement, "Horus and I are starting Hogwarts soon!" Ella shouted with pure excitement.

"Yes, you are, how about George and I find something for you two then- Oh, hang on I think I already got something for ya. Here it is." Fred said smiling, pulling a small box from his pocket, "It's from two very special twins you love so much." He grinned, eyeing Mellena and his mum as the little ten-year-old opened the box and found, lying inside nice and neat, a brown leather braided bracelet, a small purple Pearl setting in the center. Smiling at Athella's excited squeal she hugged Fred, "Thank you, thank you!" and kissed his cheek, dashing off to George, who giggled at the excitement and hugged her back, took the thank yous' and kissed the top of her head and went about showing her a small trick he and Fred did to the bracelet, "See, you just take these two ends like this and just glide your fingers out wards a little, no pulling or stretching needed, just glide, and there, you have a small, nice fitting choker necklace. Want to try it?" George smiled as his eyes bounced between Athella's excitement and Fred as his twin turned to Horus and gifting her brother his own bracelet; black leather with two gems of green and red at the center of the band on his wrist. The colored gems were representing Gryffindor and Slytherin, a silent symbol of the Snap children's parents' houses bound into their children.

"Yes, yes, yes," she said, bouncing with excitement. The twins always did find ways of entertaining her and Horus with the little thing they'd find or make for the Snape twins were always held close to Athella's and Horus's hearts, but this was one of Athella's most favorite gifts.

Molly and the rest of the mothers watched gladly with the interaction, until Mellena's smile fell a bit, she had a bad feeling about something, and it was pulling all the negative thoughts forward. Which was why she taken something with her for Molly and Emma, "Can I... Can I speak with you two for a moment?"

"Is everything alright dear?" Molly asked her, both red haired women were giving one of their dearest friends a concerned look, "Not exactly, but I need to speak with you for a moment. Privately?"

"We can speak in the kitchen," Molly said walking the two into the deserted kitchen worrying over the woman before her and Emma, both women stared at her with confusion. They had a feeling they were not going to like what she was going to say. The sick feeling grew worse when Mellena pulled out an envelope, "What's going on?" Molly asked, they saw the fear and tears brewing as they watched Mellena's hands shake. Something wasn't right.

"Sev told me everything… I know what he has to do, and I'm scared… He doesn't want the children around him, or with him, if something happens to me, because then they'll be in the line of fire and he doesn't want that. That's why we have both signed this… It's our Will… Molly, I know you have seven children already. I'm sorry I'm asking this of you... But we decided to ask if you'd take the kids if anything did happen… I suggested Emma, but Sev has a point, you're still a target, and as much as he loves you Emma, he feels Molly and Arthur are the safest place."

Molly was frozen with shock, memories of her brother's coming back to mind at the thought of losing Mellena.

"He's right… Sev has a point, the safest place they could be is with Molly and Arthur…. But, Mel? What made you think of this?" Emma was not offended at all, because as much as she'd have loved nothing more than to help and taken the Snape children. However, Molly not only has years of experience with her own kids but was truly the safest place for any child with family members a part of the Order.

"I don't know, there's just this, sick feeling that keeps stealing in my stomach, my chest is always tight, it's not heartburn, believe me, I had plenty of that with those two, this is different… Very different. Just, images and flashes of some kind of rocky place, flashes everywhere and I wake up feeling hot, and I've got a pain in my body. I don't like this feeling, I don't like these images, but they haven't gone away... I'm scared." Mellena had finally said it, finally admitted to it, but she couldn't bring herself to say something like this to Severus because the moment she would mention any of it, he'd have her on full time lock down.

Moving quickly, especially being as heavily pregnant as she was, Emma pulled her now crying friend into her arms, both being careful of their bellies, in an attempt to comfort her distraught friend.

Mellena didn't care anymore, if something was going to happen, she wanted her children somewhere safe, far away from danger, and as safe as Emma could be, she knew Severus was right. The Weasley's were the safest place for their children. "I'll be back in a moment, let me just go find Arthur," Molly said walking past the two hugging women she adored so much.

"Can you just do me one favor Emmie?"

"What's that?"

"I don't want to be called Mellena anymore, I want my old name back. Just to hear it for a while?" Sirius was really the only one that still really called her 'Gabby' every once and awhile, it was just a habit he had that he never had the chance to really break.

That was an understandable favor, to hear your birth name just for a while, even if nothing happened Emma could at least say her friends given name, "Anything, Gabs." But saying her real name hadn't exactly help really, for either women as they both silently sobbed into the other, thankfully the two of them had composed themselves when Molly came back with her husband with Sirius hot on their heels, "Good Lord, are you both alright?" Arthur asked with full concern the second he took in both Emma and Mellena's puffy eyes and rosy cheeks from crying, "Whatever is the matter girls?"

Over the next few minutes Gabby had explained what was going on and without hesitation Arthur took the forms, signed them and handing them over to Molly to sign as well and watched her husband gently pull a crying Gabrielle into his arms to comfort the sobbing woman, "Your children will be safe sweet girl. Don't worry."

"Hey mum- Aunt Mel, are you okay?" Fred asked looking at the sobbing woman in his father's arms, his eyes glancing down to papers in his mother's hands. Papers that said, "Last Will and Testament of Mellena and Severus Snape," with a glance of another form of paper behind it reading "Custody papers". The papers his eyes found began to frighten him, "What's going on?"

"Nothing Fred, just some precautions that are being taken." Molly said slipping the forms back into the envelope, she wasn't going to say any more than that, but that didn't sate Fred's concern, nor his curiosity.

Sirius watched with calculating eyes, he knew that look, because it was one he and or the rest of the Marauder boys would have when they were planning something.

That night, Sirius sat awake in the kitchen, lights off and envelope laying out in the open, he was waiting for the twins, he knew exactly what they were going to do, what he didn't expect was Harry, Ron and Draco to be with them.

"This way, there it is," A soft whisper came from the darkness, feet gently padding against the floorboards as they walked from the staircase and into the kitchen.

"No, Ron-" George said, trying to stop his brother, but it was too late, two candles on the table lit and illuminated the kitchen space.

The five boys were graced with a grinning Sirius Black, "Hello boys. Now, what are you doing out of bed at this hour."

"We um…" Harry was at a loss for words, there was no way they were going to be able to weasel their way out of this one.

"Give it up Jamie, it's Sirius." Draco sighed, "What's with the Will and Custody papers Sirius?"

'Well, he certainly knows how to jump to the point. He definitely got that from his mother, well done Sissy.' He thought with a grin.

Sighing, Sirius sat forward in his chair he sat, clasping his hands together as he thought very carefully and quickly, "Mellena is scared, that's all. She has this kind of… Intuition, something she's never let control her. However, in this case the images she's seeing is frightening her, she just wants to make sure her children will be safe in the end."

"So, mum and dad really did sign the papers. Athella and Horus are technically theirs now?" George asked with worry.

Sirius took in a deep breath, he really didn't want to think about this, losing Mellena like they had Gabby, even if she really was Gabrielle, they had all seen the change, Mellena was Mellena, even if she was in the body of Gabby, they did in fact bury Gabrielle McKinnon in 1978 with her family in the McKinnon family cemetery. "No, not unless something happens to Mellena,"

"Who's Gabrielle?" Harry asked abruptly, this really knocked Sirius for a loop because to his knowledge they never said anything about Gabrielle, "How do you know that name?"

"So, she is someone that means something to you and Aunt Emma's? From your past."

"Yes, but why are you asking about her?"

"Is she married to Professor Snape?"

Now Sirius was at a loss for words, her and Severus did not want anyone knowing they were married, and with Harry asking these kinds of questions, they were all likely to figure it out. "Harry, listen to me, these questions all have answers, but I cannot give these answers, not yet at least. Some of us have secrets we don't want you young kids to know just yet. And Gabrielle and her connection with Severus Snape is one of those bigger secrets. You'll find out in time, I promise. But for now, those questions regarding Gabrielle is going to have to remain unanswered. I'm sorry."

Knowing he'd hit a dead-end, Harry nodded with a defeated sigh, "Okay,"

"All of you should go to bed."

"Night Sirius," a few of the kids said as they walked up the stairs back to their rooms, "Night uncle," Harry said walking up the steps slowly, his head bowed. The nightmare was really bothering him, he couldn't hold it in any longer. Turning on his heels quickly he moved back to Sirius and began sputtering about the nightmare, "I'm scared, Sirius. I've never had a dream like that, with Emma in it… I just… Moved."

He had no idea what to say, it was the exact same dream Emma had that Harry was tell him what happened from his point of view, it was just exactly the same but different entrances and different thoughts running through their heads as it happened. Whereas, Emma took it as a warning, Harry took it as a threat and did the only thing a growing and protective nephew would have done. He moved to try to keep his aunt safe, in the end they both got 'killed' in the dream and woke up in a sweat, the burning still there. "Wait, you said your scar burned when you woke up?"

Confused Harry nodded, "Yeah, why?"

"Emma said her body felt like it was on fire, she was hot to the touch-"

"Wai-wait! Mu- I mean, Emma," Harry corrected himself, "Had the same dream?" he was in a panic, his aunt was supposedly having the same dream as him now? 'How is that possible!?' But what added to his worry was that he had almost, once again, called her 'mum', even though he had a feeling she really wouldn't care, Harry didn't want to let himself forget that his mum had sacrificed herself to keep him alive, he didn't want to possibly offended the deceased or Emma to feel he was replacing Lily with her, because he knew he never would. Even in death, Harry still loved Lily and would always be proud she and James were his parents. However, the want and deep wish to be able to look at his parents and say, "I love you mum," or, "Love you dad," was a painful sting in Harry's chest. He had been robbed of that chance with Lily and James. But he was happy they had at least had the year with him as a baby. They could have all been killed before he was born, like his unborn sibling.

"Uh, yeah. It was just a dream though. Look, Harry, you and Emma went through a lot of trauma, even as a baby you still remember it. You are both likely tapping into one another's fears. She's terrified she'll lose you and these babies like we lost your parents. Just try not to overthink it, okay Harry. You let me do that." Sirius tried smiling at the end, but for once in the last few years, his grin had not reached his eyes.

February 13th, 1995

They had refused Madame Maxime custody of her own student once again; she was in such a distraught. Olympe didn't know what to do, she had ranted her heart break to Hagrid who had a sudden idea, "Emma… Ask Emma what ya can do. She fought for Harry for years and finally won, maybe she can find a way to help ya. Or maybe help find someone that will take Alicia in, you said yerself they're givin' ya only a few more weeks to house her in yer own home Olympe. And we're already back at Hogwarts for the remainder of the year as of last month. She can help ya. Trust me, why don't we go speak to her together. See ri'ht there she is, with Sirius too. Come on," she was glad she'd said something to Hagrid, he may be a bit blind to a few hints she'd tried giving him, but he was sweet, kindhearted and thought of others before himself.

"Emma, Sirius… Can we speak with ya fer a moment?" Hagrid called out to the couple walking by, their hearts swelled with hope when the two stopped and smiled at them, "Of course Hagrid, is everything alright? Olympe, are you alright?" Emma had noticed she looked as if she'd had a moment to cry a while ago.

"No, I am afraid not, Emma. Zey will not allow me to care for Alicia, I 'ave been refused several times since ze beginning of January. I cannot let one of my pupils not to have anywhere to go but an orphanage." Maxime cried again. She truly was at a loss as to what to do.

"Wait, they won't allow you to house your own student who has no one else to help care for her? She's thirteen, what are they thinking?!" Emma truly was stunned. This was ridiculous!

"I do not know, but yes, I am being refused. Zey are telling me she will be moved to an orphanage in the next three weeks and removed from Beauxbaton." Maxime said, her tears threatening to spill from her again.

Emma had taken a breath to think, when an idea had popped up, she was about to voice it when a familiar voice shouted across the stone steps they were heading down, "Emma! Sirius!"

At their confusion, they turned to find Tonks smiling wide as she rushed towards them.

"Tonks?" Sirius had only a second before his little cousin tossed herself into his arms nearly toppling them over.

Everyone giggled at the adorable family reunion displayed before them, it took the sting from the reality as to what was currently transpiring. "What are you doing here Tonks?"

"Looking for Alastor, he hasn't been back to his home in ages and I got worried, until I went through his mail and found a letter from Dumbledore I came straight here. I saw that cute little number with Harry just a bit ago, she's adorable. They look cute together." She said with a playful grin.

"Miss Tonks?" This was just a crazy day, Mr. Diggory was walking down with Dumbledore, looking a bit nerve rattled with a bunch of papers and pictures, from what it looked like in his hand.

"Mr. Diggory, Albus, is everything alright?"

"Hello Amos," Sirius said smiling, "Are you alright?"

"Yes, well, no…. Actually, I uh, I don't know to say the truth. Um, Dumbledore and I actually came looking for Madame Maxime. I believe we need to speak…"

"Madame Maxime, I think we should have this talk up in my office. However, I believe we need to find one more person before we have this conversation. Have you seen Miss Bonnet?" Albus said calmly, but the look in his eyes spoke volumes, this was a serious happening.

"She's with Harry right now," Emma said. Though truthfully, had Tonks not rushed them like she had and not said anything, Emma really wouldn't have known at all. "Ah, yes, thank you. Shall we, Madame Maxime?" Dumbledore said waiting for the Head Mistress.

"Of course, Professor Dumbly-dor." Even though Maxime was in confusion, she was still Head Mistress and would compose herself and deal with this in the more appropriate manner as Alicia's Head Mistress and of Beauxbaton Academy.

It only took them fifteen minutes altogether to get back up to the school and find Alicia, plus an extra twenty to get to Dumbledore's office where they proceeded to explain why Mr. Diggory was currently present and as nervous as he was, "I had a sister, years ago. I left home when I graduated and made a life for myself. Regrettably, our father did not exactly support my decision, I was not allowed to have any contact with the family, nor my sister. Marisa was her name, Marisa Diggory. I tried getting into contact with her after I found out our parents had passed on some years ago. But I couldn't find her anywhere, I'm under the strong impression our father had something to do with that, probably sealed me out of the family files, it shouldn't have been as difficult for me to find her had I still been claimed as family. But I wasn't notified of anything, not our parent's deaths, not even Marisa's and her husband, nor their son. I finally had a friend in the Ministry look for her and she found that my sister had married some years ago and had two children. Children I did not know about. I wasn't even invited to her wedding, probably to our father's wishes. Then, I was told her eldest was killed just years after she and her husband himself were killed in an accident… The man Marisa married was named William. William Bonnet. I have pictures of her and I as children and before I left home." Amos informed them as he handed Alicia the photos and Marisa's birth certificate, along with the death Certificates of his sister, William, her husband and their son, Paul, to Maxime. "I was informed I wouldn't have been able to have gotten those had I our father still been living. I never even knew she had a family."

"That-that's my mother… b-but… She never said anything about a brother. Paulie and I never even saw a picture of you and her." Alicia was confused, this was definitely her mother and now that she thought of the photo she had seen from her grandparents, Alicia saw why there were so many gaps in the photo's they had. Due to many of them possibly having Amos in them.

'I'm not alone anymore! I have an uncle. That makes Cedric my cousin… I'm not alone anymore. I still have family. Biological family.' Alicia hadn't realized she had begun to cry. Dropping the photos, Alicia rushed into Amos's arms, and cried into his hold.

Amos did the only thing he could at the moment, he smiled with tears in his eyes and held onto the niece he never knew he had. What hurt him the most was that he never got to see his sister grow and fall in love, he didn't get to see her wedding and he never got to be there for Alicia's birth nor Pauls' and never got to meet the young man, never got the chance to say goodbye before he could say hello. But now he had the chance right now with this thirteen-year-old girl who looked almost like her mother's twin except her hair and eyes, those came from William's side, "I gotch ya sweet girl."

Maxime was almost in tears as she watched the scene unfold, her heart was swelling in happiness. Alicia would be safe and with family after all. They could all relax and breath now.

"Well, we'll leave the two of you to get acquainted as family. Amos, Alicia, have a wonderful day." Dumbledore said walking out with Madam Maxime and the others, leaving the newly united Uncle and Niece.

Harry sighed in irritation, he had spent all break and the rest of January to figure the Egg out, and he hadn't gotten anything. Hermione had tried to cheer him up by telling him she didn't believe Krum had figured it out either but had been honest with him saying that she honestly didn't really know simply because due to the fact that Krum didn't exactly talk to her about it. Ron hadn't had a dang clue how to help him and Draco had told him he couldn't think of anything, and Harry couldn't find Alicia, which was bothering him a little.

He was out on the wooden bridge of Hogwarts just looking out into the mists of the chilling air when Cedric came up to him, "Hey, Potter, can I have a word?" Cedric sounded eager, like whatever it was needed to be said was extremely important, "Uh, yeah. What's going on?"

"Um… Look, I just wanted to thank you for warning me about the Dragon, and-"

Harry sighed not exactly listening as Cedric rambled on with his thanks and appreciation. He knew Cedric was grateful and as much as he'd love to hear his thanks, Harry really wanted to have some peace and quiet at the moment. The nightmares were still haunting him every night he closed his eyes. Sirius had told him to go to Severus or Dumbledore with the dreams because he wasn't sure how to help him, "The three of us; you, me and Emma, will go together, how's that?" But they hadn't had the chance yet, Dumbledore had been summoned to the Ministry a week ago and seemed to be in meeting after meeting since then with a stack of papers regarding something that was very bothersome apparently, because the Headmaster of Hogwarts had locked his office door, leaving Minerva McGonagall in charge. Harry didn't want to add any more stress to her daily job and tasks, and Harry did not trust Snape. "Don't worry about it, you'd have done the same for me, really."

"Exactly, but um… Ha-have you figured the egg out yet?" At Harry's silence Cedric smiled with hope.

'Good, I can return the help.' Cedric thought to himself and held back the swelling of his pride in his chest.

"You know the bathroom on the third floor? With the big bathing room in the back?"

"Yeah?" Harry was confused and felt a little awkward regarding the discussion of a bathroom with the large bathing tub.

'Okay, this is weird, why is he talking to me about a bathhouse in the bathroom on the third floor.' Harry wandered. His curiosity grew when Cedric grinned like a guy who just got lucky. Which kind of creeped Harry out a bit.

"It's not a bad place for a bath, just take your egg and mull things over in the hot water."

"Uh, o-okay." And did Harry ever regret just not diving into the lake instead, Myrtle had practically harassed the poor boy, but she had been very helpful, just extremely perverted. Sadly, he didn't have the heart to be the least bit harsh to tell her to back off, afraid she may think he was trying to be cruel or rude to her, especially after her having such a hard time as a previous student. So, he had left after quickly washing up and went straight to Hermione, Ron, Draco and Alicia who were all laughing in the Gryffindor common room while Alicia explained to them how she was related to the Diggory's when Harry walked in to ask what he can do and continued for hours to recant the small song the egg had sung while under water.

This continued for a few weeks when the group was found in the library by Alastor Moody, who informed Hermione and Ron they were needed by McGonagall, "But sir, the task is just a few hours away and-"

"And a good night sleep would do Potter some good. Now get." He growled out, watching the two friends leave, "Longbottom! Why don't you lend a hand to Mr. Potter and Mr. Malfoy put Potter's books away." Moody suddenly barked out.

"Yes sir," Neville said and began assisting and conversing with Draco and Harry on Plants, "I don't know about any Turnips, but you can always use Gillyweed."

February 26th, 1995

The match started off like the previous one, nervousness was all around with excitement bustling from the other students cheering for their teams.

Alicia hadn't seen Ron or Hermione and Fleur hadn't seen her sister at all, Gabrielle was missing and that frightened everyone, she was just a little girl. Things kept getting weird as the day went even Cho was missing. Once the Professor began explaining that a "treasure of some sort" had been taken from each champion, they'd have an hour to search the lake. With the canon sounding, the clock started, and the second task began.

Emma sighed with worry as she rubbed her sides of her belly, she'd been having aches and pains and terrible cramps the last four hours "Why do I have a feeling something's going to happen?" As the cannon sounded, the four champions, well three, jumped in. Alastor had shoved Harry into the water.

"Please, please, please be safe." Emma muttered under her breath, Sirius rubbing her coat arms from the chilling air.

Amos had walked up to them with Alicia, an arm around her shoulders, both smiling, "Emma, why don't we find you a chair. We can't have you standing any longer than you already have." Amos said looking around, smiled with triumph as he set a chair behind her, "Thank you Amos," Sirius smiled helping her seat and watched her wince a bit as she sat letting out a long breath, "Are you alright Love?"

"Yeah, just some cramps really, I'll be fine, promise." Wincing once again Emma sighed, breathing out through the pain.

"I'll go find her some water," Alicia said moving off to find a small vendor. She was grateful when she found Draco.

"Hey, how are you?" he asked with a smile and hugged her.

"I'm doing pretty good actually. Amos said he'd have the papers signed in a few days. Unfortunately, Madam Maxime didn't like the idea of losing a student, my uncle said he couldn't exactly afford Beauxbaton, so I'd be transferred here to Hogwarts. Which I understand, I'm not going to complain about it at all. I have family, I've found friends here and I found someone I like. The last is all thanks to one of my first best friends I have made here. All because his terrible trickster cousin pulled while you tried to be a knight in shining armor." Alicia joked with a playful giggle, "I need to find some water, Emma's having some cramps."

Hearing that his Aunt having pained cramps, Draco moved himself and lead her over to one of the third years and paid for some waters, "Here we go, let's get this over to my Aunt then."

"Wait, she's your Aunt too? How many people is she related to?" understandably Alicia was confused. Unfortunately, with Draco chuckling at her confusion and slight shock had only left the young redhead more confused than before. "It's a long story-"

"Unfortunately, Miss Delacour has been forced to retire early, all we have to do now is wait for the others, thirty minutes remain on the clock." Dumbledore's sudden announcement had drawn their attention down to the Champion of Beauxbaton Academy with worry.

"Is she okay?"

"She looks upset,"

"Of course she's upset you idiot! She's just been taken out of the game and put in last place you dumb-bling fool!"

"Wonder what they took from Fleur,"

"Hey, doesn't she have a sister?"

"Yeah, a little sister,"

Draco and Alicia heard the whispers and the saddening awe's at the upset Fleur.

Sudden realization struck Alicia like being splashed with ice cold water, 'Gabrielle isn't here… Which means she was possibly Fleur's treasure… Please don't leave that little girl in that water.'

"And in first place, MR. DIGGORY!" Dumbledore shouted, Fleur's chest feel when only Cho came out of the water with the champion and the Ravenclaw date he had escorted to the Yule Ball.

Cedric looked around after wrapping a towel and warm robe around Cho with a kiss to her forehead, but his worry fell on Fleur with confusion as a robe was thrown around him and a few hard slaps to the back was given to him.

"Fleur? I thought you were still-"

"In second Place… Viktor Kurm! Now, we just need to wait for Mr. Potter to grace us with his presence…" Dumbledore's voice rang through, drawing everyone's attention to the water, everyone screamed and cheered as a shark head broke the surface with Hermione looking around in confusion and began swimming towards the water stands holding the viewers.

Alicia and Draco made their way back to Emma and Sirius.

Amos had gone down to congratulate his son while Alicia and the others looked rather concerned. Gabrielle was still in the water, "No Gabrielle?" Alicia asked.

Emma couldn't find her words as she sadly shook her head. This made them all wonder what would happen if a champion wasn't able to retrieve their 'treasure'. Their hard breaths were coming to a dead stop the moment Ron popped up, gasping for breath, a little girl falling behind him.

Ron's first thought when he noticed the kid in the water was, 'Gotta get us out of here' in an instinct, Ron wrapped an arm around little Gabrielle and swam towards the stands and helped guide her forward in the water to her sister's outstretched hand, while Ron looked around for anyone else coming up, but he had no chance when Krum and Cedric, and a few other guys, came up from behind him and pulled him out of the water, "Thanks, where's Harry?"

"He hasn't come up yet," Seamus said wrapping a few towels around the soaked redhead. Everyone looked around with worry. They shouted with shock as he shot out from the water, landing rather harshly against the wood floors of the stand. Ron, Neville, Dean and Seamus all rushed over, Dean and Neville tuned the shivering Harry on his side allowing his to spit up the water from his esophagus and coughed up the rest from his lungs, "Go get him another towel!" Seamus shouted Neville rushed off for more towels as Hermione, Alicia, Emma and Sirius rushed up.

Hermione wrapped her own, still dry, towel around Harry, "Oh thank God you're alright. Personally, I think you performed admirably,"

"I came in last Hermione-" He was taken aback by her harshly grabbing his face and kissing the crown of his head, "Next to last, Fleur never got past the Grindylows."

Dumbledore proceeded to announce that with Harry making an honorable choice and stubborn determination to "rescue not only Mr. Weasley, but the others as well. The Judges had decided to grant him with second place." This sent Igor into an uproar, and Krum to sulk in silence taking the set back with as much pride as he could muster at the moment.

Emma slowly, and quite painfully, knelt next to her nephew with deep breaths, trying to breathe through her pain as she hugged Harry. Taking her paints and breaths the wrong way, Harry chuckled as he hugged her back, "I'm fine Aunt Emma-" but the grip she had his arm in was like a vise, almost like she was in severe pain, "Emma? are you okay,"

"Yeah, cramps is all. Wow, I never felt these kinds of cramps before…"

Fleur rushed over thanked Harry and Ron then moved to check Emma noticing her pained expressions, "Elle a besoin d'um hospital! Elle accouche!"

"What!" Dumbledore shouted with pure shock, concern and fear clearly on his face deeply rooted in his eyes.

'How did we not notice!' Rushing to red head in obvious pain, "Emma, how long have you had these pains?" He did not sound remotely calm. In fact, he sounded a bit annoyed if Emma wasn't mistaken. "Uhh-ah! Um... few, no, um… couple hours? Maybe?"

"How long is a couple hours!" Harry shouted, fear flooding him as he glanced up to a paling Sirius Black.

'Okay, so he obviously didn't know then.'

"Uh… four hours? I think… I- I thought they were just cram- AH!"

"Uh, yeah, that's called a contraction Emma Rose!" Mellena laughed moving to her sitting friend, checking Emma herself, "We need to get her to St. Mungo's… Now!" Mellena shouted, standing up slowly with her own swelling belly. Emma's painful scream sent Sirius into action, lifting Emma up from the floor, "Yeah and how the hell do you suggest that Gab-Mell,"

'Damn it! Why is it always me that slips up!'

"I can't Disapparate with her!" He shouted with fear, he had no idea what to do, and his options were very limited, she'd be in full on labor by the time they even got halfway to the school, and he was not letting her give birth outside.

"Who's the fastest flyer?" Hermione piped up.

"What?" Everyone's sudden shock at her sudden change in subject gave them all the small time to give her the most confused looked ever. Alicia seemed to be catching on and smiled wide, "Fly her to the school, get to the closest Floo network and Floo her to St. Mungos."

With that in mind Harry pulled out his wand and called for his Fire bolt he was glad he'd fixed his broom up over the holiday and handed it off to Sirius, who grinned back to the fourteen year old boy and went about setting them both on the broom and took off.

"I'd say he's the fastest flyer." Draco said grinning.

Everyone was wanting to get back to the school as fast as they could, however all Head Masters, Mistress and Professors were explained that they had time to go see their dear Professor Fox as soon as they were all packed up in the boats and relaxed, "As of now, the only ones that will be allowed to go see the Mr. and Mrs. Black will be family." Dumbledore announced.

"I thought her last name was Fox." Seamus stated with in confusion, this made everyone laugh as they all loaded into the boats and headed for land.

Harry was smiling wide, he was going to be a big cousin, a big brother. He was so happy he could cry. Not even Alastor's angered nature towards Mr. Crouch was enough to salt his mood, though it was on his and the rest of his friends' way back towards the school with him and Draco playfully shoving one another and talking about how cute the babies would be and how excited they were going to be looked up to as big brothers. The two boys found their happy mood soured when they found Mr. Crouches' body laying wide eyed and cold. His wand had been drawn to defend himself, but he likely hadn't had the chance to do so. "Mr. Crouch?" Draco and Harry were both in shock. Harry had only spoken the man a few times and he'd had a short conversation, if it could be called a conversation, only thirty minutes ago.

Draco grabbed Harry's shoulder, he could still hear Ron and Hermione singing the Hogwarts song with Hagrid, they needed to get an authority figure over her quickly, "Hagrid, come quick!"

Translation - Elle a besoin d'um hospital! Elle accouche! = "She needs a hospital! She's giving birth!"

***Thank you for taking time to read this and the previous chapters and prequel! and thank you to those who have stuck with me from the beginning of the prequel and this sequel as I've began from the very beginning. Your encouragement has definitely gotten me this far, so give yourselves a pat on the back and a big hug to all of you readers and the wonderful reviews those of you have posted, you are all so very amazing and wonderful! Have a wonderful day/night!

***Again, I apologize if something is translated wrong in French and the English translation. I am still using Google Translation so if something is wrong please inform me as soon as you catch it so I can correct it! Please and Thank you!