When Harry awoke again, it was dark outside and he felt much better. He got up, stretched, and headed for the nursery, where he saw Joanna cuddling the infants. He rolled his eyes. "Having fun?" he asked, walking over and scooping up his oldest son. Little Jason was looking at him, seeming to ask with his emerald eyes.
"Yes, actually, I am." Joanna said, playing with Ashlynn, Zachary and Alexander while the others were sleeping. She laughed quietly. "You will have some very different personalities here Harry, I can already tell who's going to be a little prankster, who will plan, who won't care, and who will be thinking more about books than things like this. After all, little Jazz will be very good at her part, and Zack will be trying to make Alex participate."
"Jazz?" Harry asked with a small smile on his face.
"You named her Ashlynn Jasmine, and the elves and I seem to favor calling her by a shortened version of her middle name." Joanna said. Harry just sighed and held his son close. Joanna encored him, and scooped Zack out of the arms of one of his elves.
"I take it you have already decided which elf is best suited to watch each of the kids?" Harry asked, going over to one of the big comfortable chairs and gracefully sitting down. Joanna laughed and Harry shook his head. "I thought so. Hey, Joanna, since I'm sure you already knew I would ask, I'm guessing you don't want to be a godmother?" He said casually, mentally plugging his ears for the horror that was soon to insult his ears.
Instead of blowing out his eardrums, she just went over there and hugged him tightly. "Of course I will! If I didn't, how would these poor kids ever learn anything? After all," she teased, "their daddy has to actually know something in order to teach them, and at this age, I'm sure they don't want to know about D.A.D.A. from cradle to grave. Literally. Maybe one will even be a healer! Or a mediwizard, or-"
Harry smacked her in the arm, and waited for a moment. He knew she was trying to tell him something important, but she knew she would get smacked over the head for it. Taking a couple of steps back and putting a now asleep Alex in his bed, before picking up the dozing Zack.
"Harry, my awesome friend who I have known for a year, ummm… the headmaster sent an owl for you. It's by your bed. And, it doesn't look too good." She said nervously. Harry sighed and turned away from her, bringing his son silently to bed. The child looked at him with curious blue eyes.
"I'll open it later." He said quietly. When he attempted to put down his youngest son, the child quickly held on to his shirt tightly and whimpered. Harry smiled at his son, but was content to keep holding his son. He glanced around his nursery and flinched. This wasn't right for his kids, not like it mattered much since the bassinettes were moved to his room, but….
"I need to make up a better nursery for them." He told Joanna quietly. The young witch nodded and smiled.
"I'll watch them when you want to go." She volunteered before getting up and stretching. She turned to him and glanced at the smallest son, before whispering "I'll leave you to bond with them. Call me if you need anything."
He opened the door and used a bit of wandless magic to bring the deep green rocking chair into the room. He carefully set it down by the door and almost collapsed in it. He was still tired, and still didn't want to move.
"Mysty." He called quietly.
The small elf quietly popped in the room and her eyes immediately locked on the baby. "Young Master is so cute! Mysty thinks young master is a very pretty baby, and looks like his daddy."
Harry stifled a laugh. "Mysty, this is my youngest son, Alexander Harrison. Alex," he paused, before noticing the child's eyes were open, "this is Mysty the House elf."
The child was staring at the elf, and Mysty was cooing at him. "Master Alex is adorable!" she told the baby. Alex just yawned and cuddled against his daddy's warm chest, and soon fell asleep listening to his heartbeat.
"Congratulations to master Harry for such beautiful children May they grow up happy, safe, and with lots of laughter and very few tears. Mysty is happy to be the first one to thank Master Harry for his children. There has not been the laughter of children in many years, sir. Mysty and all the other elves are happy to help when Master Harry needs it. Now, Mysty will go get 5 bottles ready for her young masters and mistress."
The elf was about to pop away, but paused, "That is what Master Harry wanted, right?"
Harry's soft laughter told her to wait. "Six bottles would be nice, Mysty. I had another daughter that had been hidden behind the others."
The elf squealed quietly "More little Mistresses!"and popped out to go get the milk. She came back quickly enough and then disappeared. Apparently, he was going to be doing this two at a time. He looked at the other beds and sighed, changing his mind quickly; He would just feed Alex first, then wait until the others woke up before feeding them. He tested the bottle, squirting a little on his wrist to check the temperature, before bringing it to his son's mouth.
Alex looked at the tip, then at his daddy, before taking it in his mouth and feeding quietly. Harry smiled softly at the sight of his son, drinking his bottle contently, before rocking the child softly and waiting for him to finish. After he had drank everything he wanted, Alex burped and quickly fell asleep.
He continued this process with all of the other children, taking Jason and Evan, and Zack and Jazz at the same time. Rynn ate by herself. After laying them all down, he went into the nursery and started waving his wand. The actual nursery was divided in half, the main theme was space and the room was painted as a starry night, with the boys beds in deep brown wood with their names carved on a silver plate at the end of each bed. Kathrynn's bed was a black wood with the usual silver on the end with her name. He waved his hand and her bed copied itself with a blank name place. He changed the color to a soft white for his youngest daughter, before carefully spelling out all of his children's names on the nameplates. Each boy had a different constellation as a mobile, and the girls got different galaxies over their heads.
He picked up a few soft teddies for them, a black wolf for Jason, a dark blue raven for Evan, a dark red fox for Zack, a small green dragon for Evan, a white tiger for Rynn, and a small green turtle for Jazz. Harry barely resisted laughing at some of the animals, but he knew they would work for them. He quietly deposited each toy in their owner's bassinette, before lying down on his bed and trying to rest for a few moments. He ended up falling asleep soon after.