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—March 27th, 1960—
It was the twenty-seventh of March, on the year 1960 that marked the day. A day that would change the future as anyone would know it.
Down at St. Mungo's Hospital was a woman on one of the cots, her room swarmed with healers. She was a little more than middle-aged, already deep in her forties. Long, black hair was twisted into a bun, but it did little help as wisps of hair slipped their way out. The sweat glistening across her face served as an adhesive, those same wisps plastered in a flurry all over her face.
Her usually pale, delicate shaped face was otherwise flushed and wrinkled, eyebrows furrowed from intense strain and concentration. She was breathing deeply; harshly; fast. Her eyes, a stormy blue-gray, were bright with anticipation and fear.
Beside her stood a man that could only be otherwise known as her husband, one hand gripping his wife's firmly, like a comforting anchor. His face was pale as well, and he ran his free hand through his messy, dark black hair and fixed the spectacles sitting on his nose askew. Anxiety coursed through his veins in a fiery pace. His own hazel eyes were darkened, frantic, but loving all the same.
That same man winced as a sharp yell of agony cracked through the room, the hand clasped with his own tightening in a death grip.
"Just a few more pushes and then you're done. That's it, you can do it!" the healer, a blonde woman in her later twenties encouraged. "Almost there, almost there – breath, breath! Here!" she exclaimed. There was a pause for a moment, as she wiped down the baby, and the couple waited anxiously, waiting.
They didn't have to wait long, as the unmistakable cry of a baby filled the room. The healer glanced up excitedly, smiling as she held up the babe. "It's a boy," she breathed out gently.
The woman on the cot threw her head back, letting out a relieved, breathless laugh.
Her husband kissed her sweetly, leaning his forehead on hers, gazing into her eyes. "You did it, Ella, you did it," he whispered happily, tucking a stray strand of black hair behind her ear.
Ella smiled tiredly up at her husband. "We did it, Charles."
"Here we go," the healer murmured, passing along the baby boy to his mother.
Ella took him with great care, cradling him to her chest lovingly. She cooed sweetly as she hugged him, and gazed happily as her husband traced the pale pink cheek of their child and petted the sparse, downy black hair coating his head. "He has your eyes..." she murmured euphorically.
Charles leaned in, and laughed as hazel eyes blinked at him lazily. "I guess he does..."
Ella looked up at him adoringly. "What shall we name him?"
Charles smiled down at her and crouched to bring her into a loving embrace. "James..."
Ella looked back at her boy, and planted a small kiss on his forehead. "James Charles... It's perfect..." she murmured.
The healers stayed to the back of the room, taking notes and cleaning up as they gave the happy couple a moment of peace and privacy. They gazed at them, smiling at the scene they made.
The joy in the room was cut short when the woman let out an agonized scream, head thrown back in pain as she hurriedly passed along the baby. The healers returned to her, frantic, and her husband's eyes widened in fear and concern as he swiftly took his son. "What's wrong? What's happening?" he asked quickly, one arm around his son while his hand grasped his wife's.
"How in the world -" the healer, the blonde one, was muttering in astonishment. She looked at him with shocked green eyes. "I can't believe it – there's - there's another one!"
Her words didn't seem to register in the man's brain quick enough as he stared at her dumbly. "A-another... wha-?" his arm tightened around his baby boy out of instinct.
Before she could answer, his wife clamped on his hand, making him yelp as she snapped at him. "Another baby, you dunderhead!" she snarled, eyes blazing to the point of turning dark gray.
The man gulped, twitching slightly when he overheard a few of the healers smothering their amused snorts. But he took it all in good stride, for it was her fiery temper that was one of the many reasons he fell in love with his wife.
And besides – she was going through labor, twice. He couldn't actually fault her for it...
It was twenty minutes later of pure torture on both sides before it was finally over.
The healer let out a heavy breath, and graced her patients with a huge smile. "Guess what, it's a girl!" she gushed, holding up the baby for them to see.
There was a tuft of black hair already, but they could yet to see her eyes, as they were squinted shut.
The woman let out a breathless laugh, exuberant. "It's a miracle – not only one, but two..." she breathed out, infinitely gracious at the gift. "I can't believe it..."
Her husband smiled down at her, pressing his lips on her forehead, sweeping back her hair. "They're our miracles..."
His wife flashed him a bright smile, and soon, their baby girl was wiped down and passed to her. Ella's breath was stole away as her little girl's eyes cracked open to stare into her mother's face.
Charles smiled softly. "She's beautiful... and it seems she has your eyes, dear," he commented gently.
Ella sent him an imploring look. Charles chuckled deeply, and nodded to her unasked question. Then she looked back at the two babies in her their arms, and smiled. "Yes... James Charles and Kagome Melinda Potter. Our darling miracles..."
You know that moment? When, one day, when you're really young, it's like a light bulb flickered on? When you wake up, the world suddenly makes sense and comprehensible with a simple flip of a switch.
That moment, when you have your first memory?
For Kagome, that was when it all started.
—o—o—o—o—
When Kagome woke up – such a funny feeling after all that time – she felt... small.
And then the next thing she knew, everything was shaking and someone was screaming right by her ear.
"Kags! Kags! Wake up!" a child it sounded, shouted excitedly. "It's our birthday! It's our birthday!"
It was a reflex what happened next.
Kagome's eyes snapped open and she shot up in – oh, it was a bed she was on. And then her head hit something hard, someone yelped, hands grabbed her clothes and the next thing she knew she was falling. "Oi!"
"Oof!" Kagome groaned, one hand holding her head and her other holding her hip.
"Oi!" the voice yelled out again, this time indignantly. "What was that for!"
Kagome cracked an eye open and let out a frightened shout at the sight of a boy's face in her own. She scrambled back at the unfamiliar face: fair skin with a few freckles dotting his cheeks; black, really messy, hair; hazel eyes glaring at her mildly behind round spectacles resting crookedly on his small nose, almost haphazardly. His face was cherubic with his baby fat, lips pouting unhappily.
Kagome froze. "W-who?" she breathed out in shock before she could stop herself, but was unable to finish.
The face the boy made next was almost comical. His eyes shot wide, flickering between her face and the hand nursing her head, and he gaped. "M-mum! Dad!" he shouted frantically, jumping up and shooting to wrench the door of the room open. "Come up here quick! I – I think I gave Kaggy a-a-am-nees-sha!" he tried sounding out, face pinching in confusion.
When he tossed a scared glance back at Kagome, she swore her heart dropped at the sight of tears building up in his eyes and the look of absolute fear and horror on his face.
Loud footsteps were stomping up and soon, there were two people at the door and Kagome froze as flashbacks came to her, like visions.
It was night time, and she was in her bed. The woman, whose blue-gray eyes practically glowed adoringly down at her, leaned over and lovingly pressed soft lips to her forehead. In response to the woman's soft words of "Goodnight my darling," she could her herself sleepily mumbling, "G'night Mum."
The man, younger looking with a few less gray hairs hefted her up, carrying her. He grinned softly down at her, hazel eyes sparkling mischievously, and assaulted her mercilessly with tickles.
She could hear herself screaming out with giggles. "Daddy, stop it!"
That same little boy, maybe a year younger, grinned at her and latched onto her wrist, tugging her along. She was laughing as they ran, intent on playing, and she knew instantly who he was. Her brother.
Her twin.
Horrified realization came over her as they came into her room, faces deep with concern, for her.
This... this was her family.
How in the fuck...?
She did the first thing she could think of: bolt. Ducking between their legs she ran out the room, darting down the hall to the nearest bathroom she could, somehow, remember.
She almost slid on the tile when she tried to stop, and then she wrenched the door shut, locking it.
Kagome slid down the door ignoring the yells; the thumping footsteps approaching; the hurried knocking.
She groaned to herself, memories washing over her, swarming her mind - overwhelming her. Her memories of her old life, the ordeal with Harry and the jewel, and various visions of what happened so far in her new life... All of it was coming back to her, squeezing into her brain in the matter of mere seconds.
And then it clicked.
It was her fourth birthday, when the last time she remembered, she was actually sixteen.
Oh. Fucking. Shit.
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I do like this chapter. I love writing James the most – he's adorable! Hehe!
Oh, also, for those mothers out there reading this – if I messed up the birth scene and it happens to be the farthest thing that can be imagined, sorry! I'm not exactly experienced in that field sooo yeah, haha!
Anyways, tell me what you think! How'd you like that twist? ;)
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