AN: Hi guys! I'm back from camp. So without a further a due chapter 16!!!!

Chapter 16

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Severus landed hard on the floor of his chambers gasping for air. The pain seemed to get harder each time, but he knew if he didn't come back without lest being under some type of curse Dumbledore would catch onto his loyalties. He grabbed the arm of the arm chair and pushed his shaking body up off the floor and fell into the chair. The burns of the cutting hex intensified. Severus closed his eyes at the pain. He opened them when he felt someone unbutton his robes. He saw Ginny.

"Ginny." Severus whispered and painfully moved his arms from his sleeves. "What are you doing here?"

"Helping my husband. As Tom so lovingly but it." She told him as she healed his wounds. "Why didn't you tell me?" Severus shrugged his shoulders. Ginny kissed him gently on the lips. "It's alright, my love."

"I'm going to loose him again. Grandfather raised me since I was a baby. What am I going to do, Ginny?"

She straddled his lap and pulled his head against her chest and gently ran her fingers through his slick black hair. He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close. He let her quietly comfort him. Something he hadn't had in many years and he desperately needed at the moment.

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Minerva hugged her pillow and her body shook with sobs. She was going to loose her childhood friend once again. She had finally gotten him back and he was going to be ripped away once again. She started to see him more than just a friend despite his appearance he kept concealed from her. She had fallen for Tom Riddle and hard. She didn't realize how much he meant to her until now. She had fallen in love with him. It was hard not to. He was loving, caring, funny, smart and care about others more than himself. He loved his family dearly.

Minerva turned her head when she felt the bed shift praying it was Tom that would come and comfort her. She sighed when she saw it was her black cat, Osirius. He nuzzled her neck. Minerva smiled gently at her cat and he curled up next her. She lovingly stroked his head.

"Why must things be so hard Osirius?" she asked her cat. He meowed. She fell into uneasy sleep.

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Remus held Hermione close as her body shook with sobs. He rocked her side to side. He knew she'd break down and it would be hard. She cared about his grandfather dearly. Tom had welcomed her into the family loving and with his blessing. He was at her side when she needed him. He listen to her talk about her family and let her let out her frustration about Remus over littlest thing. He was her mentor and advisor. He taught her of her family tree and improved her of the mind arts. Tom was her family. She was going to loose him.

"Grandpa won't be able to see the baby." Hermione whispered resting her head on his chest.

"Hush love. He will see the baby." he told her. Remus closed his eyes and let his own tears silently fall. "Please let him make it." He whispered and looked down to find her asleep. He gently laid her down and he laid down next to her. "He'll make it. God let him make it," and he fell into uneasy sleep.

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Harry laid in his bed unable to sleep. The idea of him killing an innocent man was just unbearable. Tom was Remus and Snape's grandfather and now Hermione and Ginny's as well. He couldn't kill their family. He couldn't take that away from them. He knew Hermione was pregnant. She had told him a few days ago and that made it even harder.

Harry threw his legs over the side of the bed and slipped on his shoes. He couldn't sleep. He needed to clear his head. He had given Hermione the map and cloak again, but he didn't care about getting caught. The house points and detentions meant nothing to him anymore. A man's life hung over his head. He quietly left the room. But unknown to Harry that Ron was behind concealed by an invisibility charm that Dumbledore had given to him.

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Harry walked into the ROR only to find it already occupied. Draco sat on the couch starring into the dancing flames. The blonde turned his head when he heard the door open. He motioned for Harry to join him on the couch. Harry quietly sat down next to Draco. Ron slipped into the room before the door closed.

Draco wrapped an arm around Harry's shoulders. Harry rested his head on Draco's shoulder. He didn't know why he did it. He just needed the comfort and Draco was silently giving him the comfort. He buried his face into his chest. Draco ran his fingers trough Harry's messy black hair.

"I can't kill an innocent man, Draco." Harry whispered. "He's taken me into his home and has treated me like family. Something I've always wanted."

"I know. Tom's a great wizard but an even greater man. He cares about those around him. You've been lied to so harshly. I did not help over the years by making crude remarks." Draco sighed heavily and continued, "I guess I just wanted you to recognize me. You did. But as a bully."

Harry pulled back and studied him closely and his eyes widen. "You like me. Don't you?" Draco looked down at his hands and nodded. Harry placed his index finger under his chin and lifted Draco's head and turned it slowly to face him. "I tried to date girls, but it just felt weird. Mione's the only one that knows that I like-"

"guys." Draco said finishing his sentence. Harry nodded his head.

Ron made a disgusted face at the news that his best friend was gay. He didn't really like Harry. He was only friends with him because he was the boy-who-lived. He wanted the attention of his family. He had gotten it. Than Harry began to get the attention that Ron once received. He didn't like that one bit. He was going to be the most powerful of all the Weaselys.

"Do you want to give it…a well, you know."

"Harry are you asking me out?" Draco asked hoping it was yes. He nodded and his face turned red from the embarrassment. Draco chuckled and smiled. "I would like to go out with you. But it's not safe to actually go out."

Harry nodded his head. He looked at the dancing flames in thought and a smiled broke out across his face. "Here. Meet me here next Saturday night at seven. How's that?"

"Alright." Draco answered and rose from the couch. "I'll see you next Saturday. Try to get some sleep." Harry nodded and watched the blonde leave the room.

Harry's eyes widened. "I have a date. Oh good Merlin!" he laid down on the couch and watched the flames dance.

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Tom laid in his bed unable to sleep. He got out of the bed concealed his snakelike appearance grabbed his black travel cloak and stepped into the fireplace and was gone in a swirl of green flames.

Tom stepped out of the fireplace and into Minerva's sitting room. He quietly walked into the bedroom. He sat down at the edge of the bed. He gently stroked her cheek. She slowly opened her eyes and smiled.

"Tom, what are you doing here?" Minerva asked surprised to see him.

"I couldn't sleep. And you've been crying. Why my dear?"

She looked at him with tears in her eyes. She sat up and threw her arms around his neck. Tom held her close. He sighed heavily. He was the reason behind her tears. "I…can't loose you." she whispered against his chest. She pulled back and looked at him. "I love you."

Tom smiled gently at the woman in front of him. He gently claimed her lips with his own and slowly lowered her down onto the mattress. "I love you too," and he kissed her with all the passion he kept bottled up for years. They spent the night in loves sweet embrace and passion.

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Ginny and Hermione laughed at Harry after he told them of his date with Draco. They weren't laughing at him. It was the way he had said it. He was a nervous wreck. He grabbed a pillow and threw it at his two best friends and girls only a laughed harder. He slumped down into the arm chair in front of the couch.

"I don't know why your so nervous, Harry?" Hermione asked gently rubbing her three month stomach. "You've liked him for years. Just be yourself."

"What if he doesn't like me?" he asked.

Ginny smiled at him. "He does like you. He likes you for you. Mione's right just relax and be yourself and have fun." Harry raised a brow. "Not that type of fun!" She smirked, "Not yet."

"Ginny Snape!" Harry and Hermione yelled in the shock of her perverted mind.

"What? Maybe later for that."

Harry and Hermione threw pillows at the vampire grateful that they had taken the conversation to the ROR. So they could speak in private.

"I want my best friend happy. Is that a crime?" They shook their heads. "Good." Ginny whished for a glass of warm blood and picked up from the table.

"Ginny, you've been drinking more blood than normal." Harry said and cringed at the sight of her drinking it. "That's like your fourth glass within two hours. "Are you pregnant?"

She shook her head and said, "Vampire's can't get pregnant. We're the undead. Remember."

"Ginny, vampire's can get pregnant." Hermione told her best friend. "They must be of the same breed to conceive offspring. Have you been using protection?"

She nodded her head and drained the last of the glass. She grabbed the next glass that appeared on the table. Hermione stood up and took the glass from Ginny. "Hermione!"

"Lay down Gin. I'm running a pregnancy test on you." Hermione told the red head.

She didn't protest and laid back the couch. Harry was right. She was drinking more blood than usual. She just didn't realize it until Harry pointed it out to her. Hermione pulled out her wand and ran it over her stomach. Harry stood next to Hermione and a smile broke out across his face. He saw the baby inside her womb.

"Ginny your six weeks pregnant and everything looks great." Hermione said with a bright smile.

She sat up and looked at her best friends in shock. She wasn't ready for a baby. The war wasn't over. Severus never talked about children. She didn't even know if he wanted a family. Ginny ran from the room and into another room that had appeared.

Harry realized was a bathroom. He looked at Hermione with worry. "Is Ginny going to be ok?"

"I hope so. Let's leave her alone for a while. She needs time to think." Harry nodded and they quietly left the ROR.

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Severus looked at the Gryffindor table for Ginny but didn't see her. He hadn't seen her since lunch and was beginning to worry. He looked at Hermione. She only shook her head. Severus sighed heavily and excused himself from the table. He left the great hall to search for his wife. He caught a note that hovered in the air.

Check the ROR. was all it said.

Severus walked into the ROR and found Ginny asleep on a large four post bed. He sighed in relief. He sat down on the edge of the bed. "Ginny, wake up love." She slowly opened her eyes and they met an identically pair of black eyes. "I've been worried. I haven't seen you all day. What's wrong?"

"I'm…I'm pregnant."

"What?"

"I'm six weeks pregnant. I'm sorry." She rolled over on her side. Her back facing him. "I know you don't a family."

"Don't you dare tell me what I don't want." Severus hissed. "Just because we haven't talked about children doesn't mean I don't want a family with my wife. Look at me Ginny." She rolled over and looked at her husband. "It's sooner than planned but don't feel ashamed. Alright?" She nodded. Severus unbuttoned his top few buttons and exposed his neck. "I have to share my blood every month. If not you'll loose the baby."

Ginny sat up and kissed his neck and sank her fangs into his flesh. Severus moaned inside his throat. She sucked his blood and pulled him closer. She sucked harder and pulled back when she had enough for herself and the baby.

Severus laid down breathing heavily and weak from the blood that was drained from his body. He knew he'd become weak. She had been deprived of blood from the father of the baby. That was reason behind her drinking some much blood.

Ginny pushed Severus damp hair from his face. He kissed her hand gently. "I'll be alright, love. I promise."

Ginny grabbed the snake that had appeared on the floor. She held it up to his mouth. Severus smiled and sank his fangs deep into the snake's neck and drained every last drop of the creature. The dead creature vanished. He opened up his arms and pulled her close to him. They fell into exhausting sleep.

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Harry and Draco's date went well as the girls expected. They had spent the night getting to know each other. They found out that they had a great deal in common. They knew they both loved quidditch. The couple found out they both enjoyed a good book time to time. Draco was interested in DADA like he was and wanted to teach the subject. Harry always thought Draco wanted to go into politics like his father. He was apparently wrong.

Harry told Draco how it felt to meet his father for the first time. Their Saturday night hot chocolate and games. The blonde found it kind of childish, but knew that they both missed out on so much. So he didn't tease. He couldn't because he had a family that loved him dearly. A mother that spoiled him with clothes and his father with knowledge of the wizarding world.

Draco explained the reasons behind the war to him. Harry listened closely. He liked the idea of hearing it from someone his own age. He understood the reasons behind Dumbledore controlling him. The reasons why Ginny, Hermione and McGonagall joined the death eaters. Harry smiled and nodded his head in agreement with his explanation of the war.

They both decide to go out on another date. They enjoyed themselves. And maybe it would turn into something they both secretly wanted. A relationship.

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The Hogwarts Express pulled into King's Cross Station and students got off the train in search for their families. Remus had told Hermione to join the Weasely family for the holiday and than they would go to his grandfather's for New Years. James told Harry to the same. Severus agreed with the men that Ginny to the same. The trio protested at the idea, but finally gave in at their request.

Mrs. Weasely called for the kids. They spotted her red head near the wall that separated the two platforms. They walked up to Mr. and Mrs. Weasely. Hermione desperately tried to hold back much as possible so that she wouldn't feel her three month stomach. Ginny saw her friends distress and quickly jumped into action by throwing her arms around her mother. She saw Hermione sigh in relief. Mrs. Weasely hugged the boys and ushered them threw the wall. But before Harry ran through the wall he winked at Draco and vanished through the wall.

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The group walked into Number 12 Grimmauld Place. Harry looked around with heavy sigh. He didn't want to be at his godfather's old house. It held too many memories.

"I thought we were going to the Borrow?" asked Ginny more in a statement knowing how Harry felt about the house.

"It's too dangerous and you know it Ginny." Arthur told his daughter.

Ginny narrowed her black eyes at her parents, who had of yet to notice the change. They didn't notice that her skin was cold to the touch or that her eyes were black. She took Hermione's hand. She gasped at her best friend's cold hand. She let Ginny hold it on the way up the stairs. Harry followed the girls up the stairs to his and Ron's room.

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"At lest we get to see our husbands'" Hermione whispered easing herself down on her bed. "I can't believe I'll be a mother in four months."

Ginny smiled and pulled out a bottle of blood. She sat down on her bed and opened the top. She took long sip. Hermione cringed at the sight. She couldn't get use to idea of her best friend drinking blood.

She knew Ginny needed the blood, because her pregnancy was even shorter than hers. A vampire's pregnancy was five month pregnancy. She only had three more months to go. The baby developed during the night and was hidden during the day tucked away deep inside the mother's womb. It made it look and feel like the mother wasn't pregnant. Hermione found it fascinating.

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Ginny supported her back as she slowly made her way down the stairs. The house was dark and everyone was sleeping the night away. She smirked to herself. The advantages of being a vampire was the ability to walk without making a sound. She walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. She pulled out a piece of raw meat and sat down at the table.

"Ginny what are you doing up?" Arthur asked stepping into the lit area. "It's late." He sat down across from his daughter and studied her for a moment. "You've changed baby girl. I noticed it at the station. You can talk to me."

Ginny pushed her plate aside and sat back and placed her hands on her growing stomach. She was too close to her father. He deserved to know the truth. "I'm a vampire." Arthur stared at his daughter in shock. "No I wasn't attacked. I wanted to be one of the undead."

"But why?" he asked wanting to understand her reasons.

"Because the one I love is of the undead. My husband is a vampire. He marked me so we are bound in marriage." He nodded already knowing that of vampires. "I am forever more and will be Ginerva Molly Snape."

"You mean in Severus Snape. The death eater and spy."

Severus quietly walked up behind his wife and gently rested his hands on her shoulders. He gently kissed her neck. "You will make a Wizard's Oath that this will not be repeated. Unless Ginny and I say so."

Arthur studied the couple for several moments and could tell that Severus truly loved his daughter. He sighed heavily. "You have my oath. I will not repeat the information unless you and Ginny give your reasons."

Severus eased Ginny out of the chair and smiled at her growing stomach. He lifted her shirt exposing her belly. He gently rubbed the baby. "He's strong. And you're exhausted. He's draining your magic and blood."

"I'm fine." Ginny said protesting her husband and her knees buckled.

Severus eased her back into the chair. Arthur silently watched the couple. He had never seen the ex-death eater show any humanely kindness towards anyone. He saw love, understanding and total protection towards his wife.

Severus unbuttoned the top three buttons of his robes. He tilled his head exposing his neck. "Drink Ginny. It's alright love. I can't loose you. Not if I can help it." She nodded and sank her fangs into his neck. He moaned at the pain. "Easy love. You must stop." Ginny pulled back. He was breathing heavily. "To bed my love." He took her into his arms and they were gone in a swirl of black smoke.

"He has to be so dramatic." Remus said walking into the room his amber eyes shining brightly in the darken room. "I can promise you this Severus loves Ginny with everything he holds dear."

Arthur's brow fond and he whispered, "He has no family. Except for Ginny."

Remus shook his head. "That's not true. I've always trusted you with my life. I will tell you this but you will not repeat it." He nodded his head. "I am Severus's cousin. We are very close. We have been since childhood. We must all play our parts. Even if they are the most painful of them all, and that's of our grandfather's apart."

"Remus enough." Hermione said warningly. "Mr. Weasely mustn't know. Remus John." warned when he opened his mouth. "If you say one more word you will be sleeping on the couch for the next week!"

He winced at his wife's tone. He knew she meant business when she called him by his middle name. "Yes dear." He rose from his chair. "I don't need her angry. It's not pretty. Good night." Arthur caught Remus's wedding band and he nodded now understanding his reaction.

"Upstairs. Now!" Hermione growled at her husband with her sliver eyes shining dangerously at him. Remus nodded and left the room followed by Hermione.

Arthur chuckled. "Mood swings." He put the meat away and went upstairs. He had heard a lot of information and needed time to think about it all.

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The sun shined through the enchanted window. Severus got up and closed the curtain and darken the room. He pulled the cover over Ginny's nude body. He kissed her on the forehead got dressed and quietly left the bedroom. Severus knew she needed the rest. The baby was taken too much of her magic and her blood. He knew his son would be powerful just by the exhaustion of his wife.

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Severus walked into the kitchen and Molly poured him a cup of hot coffee. She looked at him closely and noticed he looked paler than normal. Severus raised a brow at the woman. She turned back to fixing breakfast. He knew the reason behind his pale and tired face. Ginny had taken a lot out of him. But he would do it thousand times over. He loved his wife dearly. He wanted his son heavily and strong.

Remus squeezed his cousin's shoulder. He winked at him and fixed a cup of coffee. He joined Severus at the table. The werewolf followed his wife's movements. Hermione supported her back and poured a cup of hot tea.

"Are alight dear?" Molly asked Hermione.

"I'm fine Mrs. Weasely. I just slept wrong and my back hurts is all."

"If you're sure dear."

Hermione nodded and walked into the dinning room. She sat her cup down on the table. She grabbed it with both hands and took a deep breath when a sharp pain ripped through her back.

Remus got up from his chair and eased her into the chair behind her. "Honey, are you alright?" he asked, knelling down in front of her.

"I think I'm having contractions. It's four months too early." she whispered.

Remus looked in the direction of his cousin's chair and saw he had already gone from the room. Severus appeared in the room in a swirl of black smoke. He handed her a bottle of a light gray liquid.

"Take this and go lay down." Severus instructed her.

She nodded and took the potion and sighed when the sharp pains subsided. Remus gently lifted Hermione into his arms and went up stairs.

Severus eased back down into his chair. He knew that Hermione's pregnancy would have to carefully monitored. If not the baby would be born prematurely. As if he didn't have anything else to worry about. "Why me?"

"Because no one likes you Snape." Ron hissed as he passed by his Potions Master.

"Watch it Mr. Weasely." Severus hissed.

Ron walked over to the spy and leaned forward. "You're the one that should be watching your back and, that werewolf cousin of yours."

Severus narrowed his black eyes at the youngest male Weasely. "No one insults my family. And you shall get yours in the end. I will be the one that will happily give it." He swept from the room.

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