James sat holding his wife's hand. Maggie had been feeling very ill the past month or so. She had gone to the healer and they were thrilled to find she was pregnant. Bu there was a problem. It appeared the baby had implanted in the fallopian tube, not the womb. She was about to go in to surgery.
In the waiting room Ginny sat wishing she could be the one hurting instead of her daughter-in-law. Having major surgery was bad enough, but add to that the loss of the baby, this was devastating.
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It was over. Maggie was sleeping in recovery. James was wrapped in his fathers arms as he cried for the child that would never be. It had been a boy. James Sirius Potter the second had not even had a chance at life. Now the healers said there would be no more children. They had to do a hysterectomy on Maggie. When they got in to repair the damage from the ruptured fallopian tube they had found a massive tumor involving her uterus. Tests were being run now.
James was the one who had told his wife about the hysterectomy. She had cried for a long time. They had wanted more children. James just prayed that he would not lose his wife too.
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Teddy was on big brother mode. Maggie had been diagnosed with cancer. She was undergoing treatments and was fighting for her life. James never left her side.
The family had rallied. Ginny had taken a leave from Hogwarts and stayed with James and Maggie to care for them both.
Victoire and Teddy had brought Mary to the farm. She visited her folks when Maggie felt up to it. Teddy stopped by every night after work to give James somebody to talk to. Tonight he was going to stop by Al's and get Hap to stay with Mary. If anyone could cheer her up it was her best friend.
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Harry stood outside the muggle studies classroom talking with Arthur's portrait. "Dad I'm just so worried. Maggie is young and they have so much more life ahead of them. I don't know how to help!"
"Harry as much as we would want to we can not protect our children from the bad in life. This is a fight James has to face for himself. You are doing all you can. I saw you the other day with Cassy. That little girl is lucky to have you as her grandfather."
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James' heart was broken in two. His beautiful Maggie was dead. There had come a time when it became clear that no more could be done. Maggie wanted to die at home. Mary was brought back from Teddy's and Cassy home from Hogwarts.
They had all spent hours with Maggie in the master bedroom. She had told the girls how much she loved them and how proud she was of them. She even gave them journals she had written with advice for different stages in their life.
James had said everything he wanted to her. She was the love of his life and she died knowing how much he cared.
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Rose sat at her desk weeping. Her best friend was dead. Just the month before she had looked like and angel as she witnessed Rose and Scorpios' wedding. Rose would not have anyone else as her witness. James had carried Maggie to a chair at the front of the hall. Maggie and James had even danced, him holding her like a child.
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Cassy sat holding her sister as they both cried. Cassy felt so much older than she had when she had left for Hogwarts.
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A group of shimmering beings gathered around as they welcomed another angel home.