Chapter 2 -
On the morning of January 31st, 1999...
"Draco! Draco it's time!"
"What!" Draco yelled jumping out of the bed he had been sleep in and falling to the floor. "What?" Draco moaned into the hardwood floor.
"It's time!"
"What?"
"The baby!"
"Bree is asleep," Draco murmured into the hardwood floor as he began to fall back asleep.
"Not Bree!"
"Huh?" Draco asked rolling over on his back to see his wife holding on to her stomach.
"Lily!"
"Oh shit!" Draco yelled and jumped up off of the floor. "Where is your bag?"
"By the door."
"When did the contractions start?"
"A few moments ago. Aaahh!" Susan pushed her legs together and held onto her stomach. Draco jumped up and began to run out of the room, "Where…are…you…going!" Susan asked through gritted teeth as she was waiting for this contraction to pass.
"Sit," Draco said guiding his wife to their bed. "I am going get Breeanna?"
"Why?" Susan gasped as the contraction went away, for the time being.
"Get her dressed and run to Arabella's and get her to watch Bree while we are at the hospital. Remember?"
There was a cry from the hallway…
"Right on cue," Susan said with an odd grin. "I want to say goodbye to her before you Floo over to Arabella's."
"Of course, but you have got to do your breathing exercises. I will be right back."
When Draco got back, Susan had sweat across her forehead and she looked in total pain.
"Mummy!" Breeanna said smiling from ear to ear and reaching out to her mother.
"My baby," Susan smiled as she needed to be strong for her little girl. If she showed that she was indeed in any pain then Breeanna would get upset.
Draco let Breeanna down on the bed and she crawled into her mother's arms, "What's wrong Mummy?"
"I am okay, but guess what?"
"What!" Breeanna asked as her eyes got wide.
"The baby is coming."
Breeanna's face lit up and she looked up to her father to make sure her mother wasn't messing around with her, "Baby Lily?"
"Yes Baby Lily," Draco nodded and sat down beside his little family. "Now you remember we told you that you have to go to Auntie Bella's house while Mummy and Daddy go to the hospital to get the baby right?"
Breeanna nodded her head, "I go and play with Rosie?"
"Yes, now give Mummy a kiss goodbye."
Breeanna turned to Susan and gave her a kiss, "Love you Mummy."
Susan took her little girl in her arms and hugged her tightly, "Love you my baby."
"No! That's baby," Breeanna said touching her mother's stomach. "I am big girl!"
"Yes you are, bye baby."
"Bye Mummy."
Draco got back to the house twenty minutes later and Susan looked livid, "Where have you been!"
"Bree threw a fit when I tried to leave and Bella had to help me trick Bree so I could leave."
"Poor baby…now get me to St. Mungo's!" Susan screamed the last part of the sentence.
"Mummy!" Breeanna howled as she threw herself in front of the fireplace, "Daddy! I want my Mummy!"
"Mummy?" Roselyn turned and blinked those beautiful green eyes at her mother, "Who's Daddy? Where is my Daddy?"
Arabella felt a knife stab at her stomach, it had almost been a year since Sirius had been murdered. "I told you love," Arabella said as she went to pick up the screaming Breeanna Malfoy off of the floor. "Your Daddy is in heaven."
"When he come home?"
Breeanna stopped crying and looked at her Aunt Arabella and her best friend and cousin, "He won't love."
Arabella took both girls on her lap, "Why no come home?" Roselyn looked heartbroken.
"He had to go bye-bye."
"Why?"
"Who wants cookies and milk?"
"Me, me!" Breeanna said smiling from ear to ear as she got excited about sweets.
"No me!" Roselyn spoke up.
"The both of you can, so let's go in the kitchen."
"You girls stay in here and keep eating your snack, I need to get a hold of Auntie Ginny."
"Okay Mummy," Roselyn said giving her mother a tooth-full grin. A grin that she shared with her now deceased father.
Ginerva Potter was sitting in the living room of the little cottage that she and Harry were renting until Ginny graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Baby James was laying down for a nap in the playpen just feet from Ginny and she was finally having some alone time to catch up on some homework she had needed to get done.
"Ginny?"
Ginny jumped and looked around the room with her wand out, "Who's there?"
"Bella in the fireplace."
Ginny turned and clutched her hand to her chest and took in a deep breath, "Bella. You scared the crap out of me."
"Sorry. Is the baby asleep?"
"Yes," Ginny said smiling and turning her head back towards the playpen just feet away from her. "I just laid him down for a nap about five minutes ago, why?"
"I wanted to come and see you with the girls, but if James is asleep we can come later."
"You can come over."
"No the girls will want to play with James and I know he needs his sleep and you need to catch up on some homework."
"Yeah…wait you said you have the girls? Both Roselyn and Breeanna?"
"Yes."
"Why do you have both girls? Where is Susan?"
"At the hospital."
"Oh, another appointment?"
"No her water broke."
"What!" Ginny yelled as excitement filled into her face, but they yelling didn't agree with James as he began to wail. "Oops. Hang on. Well now that he is up, just come on over."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course."
"Okay," Arabella nodded. "Let me get the girls to finish their snack and we will be over in a few minutes."
This weekend had ended up being a Hogsmeade weekend and Bridget was walking through the town a bit saddened. Bridget was planning on stopping by Ginny and Harry's before curfew but for now she just wanted to walk around and get some air.
Of course Bridget loved going to Hogwarts, but sometimes she was just ready to graduate and get on with her life. Hogwarts was so lonely with none of her family there. Sure Ginny did still go to school there, but she was on maternity leave at the moment and Ginny didn't stay at school. Bridget really didn't have many friends except Luna Lovegood.
"Hello Bridget."
Bridget turned around wide eyed to see none other than her ex boyfriend, Blaise Zambini. "Blaise?" Bridget pulled him into the alleyway between a couple of stores, "What are you doing here?"
"Doing some birthday shopping."
"For your Death Eater girlfriend, Hannah Abbott?"
"No," Blaise said as his nose curled up. "I am not with that slut anymore."
"You are still a Death Eater though, so I have no need to talk to you."
"I have not been at her aid."
"Her? You mean the Queen of the Death Eaters?" Blaise flinched and Bridget laughed, "You will never change will you?"
Bridget began to walk off, but Blaise grabbed her wrist. "Don't walk away."
"Why not?"
"You aren't with Wood anymore."
"So?" Bridget shrugged.
"So why won't you see me if you aren't with Wood anymore?"
"I just want to be alone right now."
"You never were a good liar."
"Stuff it," Bridget said trying to walk away.
Blaise grabbed Bridget's arm again and wouldn't let her go, "Bridget I love you."
"I don't."
"I will treat you like the princess you are."
"I have heard that stupid lie one too many times. Besides we all know I will be the Potter that will never settle down, I am too wild. You can't tame a wild filly."
"Bridget I want to be with you again."
"I said no Blaise," Bridget tried to take her wrist out of Blaise's grasp but he was hanging on to her tightly. "Blaise let me go."
"No."
"Let me go," Bridget said with a certain terror in her voice.
"The lady said to let her go," was a voice from behind them. Bridget knew that voice and part of her was so happy to hear it and the other part just wanted that voice to go the hell away.
"No one asked you to stop our little party."
"Party? She doesn't want you touching her so, let go."
"Wood you aren't seeing her anymore, so Bridget is fair game."
"I am pretty sure she doesn't want anything to do with you especially as you hang out with her convicted rapist who should be in Azkaban prison at the moment."
"Leave me alone Wood," Bridget growled but didn't turn to look at his face. It had been over six months since she had heard a word from him. Then again Bridget didn't trust Blaise at all and didn't like the thought of being left alone with her.
"You heard her Wood, she wants me." Blaise began to laugh.
"I want you to leave me alone too."
"Aww come on Bridget."
"No."
"Bridget," Blaise grabbed both of Bridget's shoulders.
"I said no!" Bridget screamed and Bridget's famous telekinetics kicked in as she threw him across the alley and was knocked out cold as soon as his head hit the brick wall of a store.
"Oh no," Bridget gasped.
"It is okay, he deserved it."
Bridget had forgotten Oliver was still even there.
"Want to go get some butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks?"
"No," Bridget said shaking her head but refusing to turn around and look him in the eye.
"Why not?"
"Because we can't."
"I am not a teacher anymore Bridget, so yes we can."
"No I don't want to go anywhere with you."
"Why not?"
Bridget could hear that he was getting closer to her and she could hear her heartbeat speed up, in which she cursed her damned hormones. "I don't like you anymore."
Oliver chuckled as he grabbed her wrist and turned her around. Bridget gasped when she saw him, if possible, he had gotten even more handsome than he had looked those long six months ago. "You always were a horrible liar."
Bridget swore in her head, she always hated how he could read her like a book. "I am not lying."
"Shh," Oliver said as he leaned his head in closer to Bridget's but last minute she turned her head to where he kissed her cheek and not those lips she had been dying for him to kiss.
"Okay?" Oliver said looking at her oddly, "What is wrong?"
"What do you mean what is wrong!" Bridget hissed, "I haven't heard a word or seen a hair of yours in over six months! Not since that night in Vegas!"
"Bridget I can explain…"
"Too bad!" Bridget said shoving him away from her before she ran into his arms and asked him to never let go of her. Before she fell into his spell allover again, "I don't want to hear it."
"Bridget don't leave."
"Why the hell not!" Bridget asked and Oliver could see many things in those brilliant green eyes of hers that he loved to look into. Not only did Bridget's eyes hold tears in them, they also held anger, confusion, love, hate, and passion.
"I love you."
"Bullshit," Bridget cackled. "If you truly did love me, like you use to tell me, then this wouldn't have happened! You wouldn't have brought me to Vegas with you, gotten me drunk, slept with me, and then left me high and dry!" Bridget had let go now and Oliver could tell she was getting angry with herself for letting her tears fall down her face, "I mean I know I did you wrong for so wrong. I am sorry, truly sorry for that, but damn it Oliver! You know all the hell I had last year, you told me that you understood of what I had done last year. Why would you do this to me!" Bridget walked up to him and began to hit him in the chest over and over again, "Why! Why! ANSWER ME! WHY!"
"I couldn't…"
"Forget it! I don't even care!" Bridget angrily wiped her tears away, "I hate you! I hate you Oliver Wood!" Bridget then transfigured into her animagus form and ran towards her brother and sister-in-laws house.
"Great," Oliver said throwing himself against the back wall of the alley. "I truly messed things up this time."
Autumn Lewis Crabbe-Longbottom was sitting in her thrown smiling as she gazed upon the magnificent Slytherin family jewels that were now all hers.
There was knock upon her master bedroom door, "Madam?"
"I said I wanted to be left alone today!" Autumn hissed.
"It is an emergency."
"Enter," Autumn said lazily as she rolled her eyes.
"He just reported back and the Potter girl refuses his offer to get back together."
"Slime," she snarled. "I truly thought she wouldn't refuse his offer. Where is he?"
"In the hallway mistress."
"Send him in."
The servant bowed his head and a few minutes later, Oliver Wood walked into Autumn Longbottoms bedroom.
"She refused your offer?"
"Yes," Oliver said looking miserable.
"I can't believe she turned you down…wait how much time do you have left?"
"Right about….now." Autumn smiled as Oliver Wood began to transform into her husband, Neville Longbottom.
"I am guessing the Polyjuice potion went well?"
"Better than well."
"Zambini went along with the plan?"
Neville nodded as he laid down upon his bed, "Yeah but her damned powers kicked in and she threw him across the alleyway and knocked him out cold."
"Are you sure she didn't know it was you?"
"Positive, hell she started crying."
"Excellent," Autumn said smiling from ear to ear and kissed her husband passionately on the lips.
When she pulled away he looked up at her sadly, "Why did you stop?"
"I have to check up on our guest," Autumn cackled much like her father had with an evil grin upon her face.
Autumn Longbottom walked up to the fireplace and tapped the mantle piece three times, and the wall became like a water substance and Autumn walked through.
There he was, Oliver Wood, a lot skinnier now and defiantly a lot weaker.
"Hello Wood."
"Shove off!" Oliver growled, a growl that was much like the one Bridget had growled to Neville earlier today, whom she thought had been Oliver.
"My husband saw your little woman today."
"What!" Oliver roared as he got up and began to run towards Autumn, but the chains on the wall yanked him back.
Autumn cackled and smiled from ear to ear, "I always love when you do that. Don't worry love," Autumn said smiling a look that looked horribly evil. "My husband didn't do anything too horrible to that whore of yours. She thinks he was you."
"Polyjuice potion?"
"Yes, and by her surprise to what she thought was you, well she doesn't know you are missing."
"Of course she doesn't!" Oliver yelled, "She doesn't read the damned prophet!"
"What a shame, what a shame. Later love."
Bridget jumped through a window and transformed into Ginny's living room.
"Yay do it again Auntie Bri!" Breeanna yelled and Roselyn too begged for Bridget to transform again.
"Not right now," Arabella said picking up instantly on the look on Bridget's face.
Ginny laid James back down in the playpen, "Would you girls like to sit by the playpen and watch the baby for me?"
"Yeah!" Roselyn stood up jumping up and down and then turned to her mother, "Can we Mummy?"
"Yeah, yeah!" Breeanna said trying to persuade her aunt.
"Yes, but you girls stay outside of the playpen and just watch him. If he begins to cry or anything is wrong with him come and tell us immediately in the kitchen, got it?"
"Yes Mummy."
"Yes Auntie."
Ginny, Bridget, and Arabella got in the kitchen, Arabella turned to her niece. "Spill."
"Yeah, what is wrong?"
"Oliver."
Both women sat down and Bridget sunk into her chair.
"You found out," Ginny said looking sad.
"Of course, I always knew."
"You did?" Arabella asked looking surprised, "We just read about it a few days ago."
"What are you talking about?" Bridget asked, "We all knew how much he cared for me and would not quit pestering me."
"Wait," Ginny said eyeballing Arabella and then turning back to Bridget. "What are you talking about?"
"First you tell me what you know," Bridget said trying to figure what in Merlin's name was going on.
"Oliver has been on a mission for the Order for months now and he had distinct orders not to contact a soul the entire time he was gone."
"Oh," Bridget felt horrible now. That is why she hadn't heard from him, his job said no contact. In fact his own mother hadn't heard a word from him. "Now he is back."
"What!" Ginny and Arabella yelled at the same time.
"Yeah I just saw him in Hogsmeade."
"Impossible," Arabella said shaking her head.
"No it is not, I was just arguing with him."
"Bella is right," Ginny said nodding that is impossible.
"What is?" Harry asked walking into the kitchen.
"I saw Oliver in Hogsmeade today," Bridget spoke up.
"That is impossible," Harry said nodding.
"How?"
"Oliver was suppose to report back almost two months ago," Ginny started to explain. "It was all over the prophet right after James was born.
"What!" Bridget asked as her eyes were about to pop out of her head.
"Yeah," Harry said nodding. "We have been looking all over the place for him, but we can not find him."
"Who kidnapped him?" Bridget asked as she felt tears welling up in her eyes.
"Who else?" Harry said fixing himself something to drink, "The King and Queen of the Death Eaters."
"Who is that?"
"Neville and Autumn Longbottom."
"What!" Bridget said yelling and jumping to her feet.
Right on call, James began to cry and the girls began to yell for Ginny.
"I will be back," Ginny said leaving the room.
"No, no." Bridget said shaking her head back and forth.
"I am sorry," Harry said taking Ginny's seat and hugging his baby sister. "They are presuming him dead."
"No," Bridget sobbed. "No…."
"Aaah!" Ginny screamed from the other room.
Everyone jumped up and ran into the living room.
"What?" Harry asked as his eyes got wide as Ginny was holding James on her right hip and had a letter in her left hand.
"Draco just owled us, Susan is about to give birth!"
"Baby Lil! Baby Lil!" Breeanna and Roselyn chanted.
"We have got to go!" Arabella said walking towards the fireplace.
"I can't," Bridget said shaking her head.
"Why not?"
"I have a curfew."
"I will owl Minerva as soon as we get there," Arabella spoke up.
Bridget nodded and followed her family to St. Mungo's Hospital to welcome another person to the Potter clan.