A/N: Wahoo! New Chapie! Yay me! SO thanks to the reviewers and the readers. I hope you guys like this one. Not much to it, but oh well it's a filler. Oh and parentheses is parsaltongue.

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Chapter 8: Discoveries Lead to Discoveries

Almost two years had passed since the Dumbledores had almost lost their child. Correna was now seven, the quadruplets were 4, and the twins were a year and a half. and it was now summer again. As the school emptied and the professors went on holiday, Minerva and Albus were getting 13 children settled into their two-story Victorian house outside of King's Lynn. They had volunteered to take the other professors children for the summer, so they were going to be very busy!

"All right kids," Minerva said walking up to two doors, "This room is for Victoria, Annie, and Penelope. And the one next to it is for Bernard, Frank, and Wilfred. You lot can go in and unpack and meet us outside for lunch okay?" The children agreed and went into their rooms while Minerva and Albus made their way through the house checking on their seven.

"Sam, baby are you okay?" Minerva asked looking around at the mess that was her toddler's nursery. The room was painted a light blue with a light brown crib and dresser in the corner of the room. It also held a large ship toy box that was currently emptied as the toys were strewn across the floor. "No move! I hunting Arya!" the small red-headed green-eyed boy exclaimed. He had a strange mischievous glint in his eyes as he started stalking a pile of toys in the middle of his room. Albus chuckled at his son's antics and slowly closed the door.

"Do you really think she's in there?" Minerva asked as they entered Andromeda's very clean room. "I highly doubt it," he laughed and looked in the room, "Everything all right in here Andi?" This room was much cleaner than Sam's. It was painted a light yellow with blue bird stencils in the ceiling corners. A white twin bed was in the middle of the room and shelves of books lined the walls. "Yes daddy. But could you close the door please?" The young strawberry-blonde four-year old requested as she stood over a table that held two rat cages. She was dressed in a white coat and feverishly marking on a clipboard.

"Of course. Lunch is in thirty minutes," he said closing the door. The couple went up the stairs and on to the next room. It was not as messy as the first but not as clean as the second. This room was painted in a dark burgundy color with a black twin bed in the middle of the room. A few toys were scattered across the floor and a few books lined a shelf on the wall. In a corner of the room there was a writing desk where sat a small strawberry blonde four-year old looking at something on top of it. "Varick? What are you doing sweetie?" Minerva asked looking over his shoulder. "Revenge on John. I think I need to run it by Corri though," he said grabbing the plan and running out of the room.

"What's that all about?" Minerva asked as they left Varick's room and entered Kenneth and Jonathan's room. "I think it might have to do with his pants missing the bottom," Albus replied. This room was slightly messier than the last. It was painted in racing strips with one black and one red car bed on either side of the room. A large racing track was set up in the middle as two children sat on the floor. "Having fun?" Minerva asked the two. "Yep!" "Lots of fun!" The two boys nodded and continued with their races.

The parents left the boys and went to the room next to theirs. They opened the door to a very tidy but not overly so princess room. The walls were painted lavender with a white iconic boarder. One of the walls was a built in bookcase filled with books and games. A canopy bed and a crib were placed in front of a large window, the crib was dark emerald and the bed had a dark purple bedspread. An electric guitar and an acoustic guitar were on stands next to the purple bed. Next to the door was a table with a 20 in TV and a karaoke machine. The wall across from the green crib had a bay window and there sat seven year-old Correna with a small red-headed green-eyed one year-old in her lap and a strawberry blonde hazel-eyed four year-old at her feet.

The parents stayed by the door and watched their eldest interacting with her siblings. "Var, this is a good plan but are you sure you want to do this?" the young blue-eyes ebony-haired child asked. "Yes I am. Didn't you see what he did to my pants!?" the boy exclaimed. "I did, though I must admit when he asked for help I didn't know that's what he wanted to do," she laughed, "so in all fairness I'll help you." "Really," he eagerly asked? "I will," she nodded, "but tomorrow. Today I promised the rest of to my Melody." The little red-head snuggled into her sister as the boy nodded in agreement and turned to leave the room. "Hi mum and dad. Bye mum and dad," Varick said leaving. "Bye son," Albus called and turned to his girls, "Settling back in good then?" "It's just the way I left it," Correna grinned.



"That's good. Are you aware that Samuel is hunting Arya," Minerva asked? "Oh yeah," Correna sighed, "I should call her back." Correna gave a strange whistle and not a minute later a white tiger came bounding in the room. It was about 2and half feet tall and had a purple collar around its neck. "Sit A," the toddler commanded. The tiger gave a short look to Corri who nodded and the cat obeyed. "Look daddy I did it!" Tabitha squealed excitedly pointing to the cat. So what is it you two plan to do after lunch?" Albus asked as he and Minerva sat on Tabitha's bed. "Tabs wanted me to sing, so I guess will do some karaoke or something," Correna replied getting up off of the window seat. Her sister in her arms as Tabitha laid her head in the crook of Corri's neck. "I see. Well come along my kitten, let's give our dear sweet Corri a few minutes piece," Albus said holding his arms out to the toddler. Tabitha shook her head and tried to hide in her sisters waist length hair. "Come now kitten," Minerva soothed, "You canna be with her all the time."

"Go on I'll be down in a minute," Corri assured and the child willingly went into her mother's arms. Albus, Minerva, and Tabitha went down stairs to the kitchen where house elf, Tilly, and his wife, Milly, were busily fixing a picnic lunch for the family.

"Twilly!" Tabitha exclaimed as the elf handed a few strawberries for Minerva to feed the girl. "Hello mistress Itha, Madam and Masters Dumbledore. Wes have the picnics ready," he said as Milly gavel Albus the basket. "Thank you Tilly," Albus nodded, "You and Milly can take the rest of the day off." "Thanks bes to yous master," the elf bowed as the parents walked out of the door onto the patio.

Five minutes later the children joined the couple under the shade of a few trees. "It's always so pretty out here," Penelope said as she leaned back on the grass. Five of the cousins had just finished another year of school. "Oh I can't wait for school to start!" Victoria exclaimed. "Oh I'm already ready for summer to be over!" Correna exclaimed as she stood up with Sam and threw him in the air. "Why you don't even go yet," Frank asked? "Yeah, but dad teaches me all kinds of stuff. Did you know he practically runs the Ministry!? Minister Fudge doesn't do anything with out asking dad," she said.

"OH you tell a tale," Annie said moving closer to her cousin. Much like her mother she always loved a good bit of gossip. "No I speak only of the truth. I saw with my own eyes how much he asks. I even got to answer some of the letters! And I tell you some of his questions are so idiotic," Corri laughed sitting back on the ground. "Well don't leave us hanging," Penelope prodded sitting back up. She was just like her mother and sister. "Yes tell us what you answered," Minerva said eyeing her husband. Albus gulped and hope Correna wouldn't tell of the more elaborate things.

"He asked daddy what tie would go with the suit he wanted to wear for the day. Why he didn't ask Ms. Karen, his wife, I'll never know," she answered rolling her eyes, "I mean honestly, does it really matter? Does the safety of our world depend on a brown tie with red or black tie with red!?" "SO what did you say," Annie asked? "Black with red for the black suit," Corri giggled, "It wouldn't be right to make him look a fool. He acts like a big enough one already." "Here, here," was the general consensus.

They continued to laugh and chat with each other, Albus eventually getting up and starting a game with most of the children while Minerva sat up under a tree with Correna's head in her lap. "Are you really going to tell me what the letters you answered contained?" Minerva asked as she played with her daughter's curls. "I will only say that I could run many things in the Ministry if I wanted to," the child answered. "But you do not," her mother asked? "No ma'am I do not. I wish to teach and one day take father's place as head of the best magical school in our world," Corri answered. "A noble profession," Minerva smiled at her eldest, "And what do you suspect of your siblings and cousins?"

"I thought you did not believe in divination mummy," the girl teased. "I believe that there are people actually capable of the task. I do not believe Sybil is one, but I believe you may have a bit of it in you. You've never been wrong before," Minerva replied. "Then I should tell you a tale," the girl sighed as she closed her eyes, "13 in the family and 13 to place. Two with a school and one for a fight. One cooking in a stone building and two in medicine. The rest are scattered in government and all working for the better of all. I no not who will go where, that is for them to decide but all our content with their work, their lives, and their families." "And you do not which child will do what?" "No I do not. It is our choices that govern who we will become not our abilities," Correna said opening her eyes. "Very wise words for one so small," Minerva said pensively. "One can not help but be with the greatest witch and wizard of the age as parents," the child laughed.

The mother and child continued to enjoy the others company unaware of the snake slithering toward them. The snake was black with thick orange bands around it. It came up to the two girls and was about to sink its fangs into Minerva's hand when Correna laid her hand on top of her mother's and said, ("What possess you to try and kill my mother? She has done nothing to you and you have no right to her, go away and be gone.")

Everyone stopped in shock as they watched the child talking to a snake. Jonathan kneeled next to his mother and sister saying, ("I agree. Go away or we'll have daddy squash you.") ("And who are you that you can speak to me?" the snake hissed) ("I'm Jonathan." "And I'm Correna, and we want you off of our property." The children answered) ("I shall oblige…this time," the snake hissed and slithered off into the woods.)

"Well that was weird," Frank said and went back to the football game. The others did as well; choosing to not worry about their cousins strange new ability.

A/N: Hope you ppl liked it. Please review!...Oh and by the way, I plan on give a special teaser over the next week for a later prt of the Chronicles. Look for it ppl.