The Marauders couldn't stand being away from her, touching her, so Remus and Sirius climbed on her bed and cuddled her sometime in the night. Remus slept for the first time in three days and Sirius pressed himself in her arm so he could feel her fingers in his fur.
The wee hours of the morning had come and touched the windows with frost. It was a pretty sight to see as Hermione's eyes fluttered open. She felt her marauders sleeping next to her and smiled, but they were not in their room. In fact, she wasn't sure how or why they were here. Her mouth tasted almost metallic and her head was heavy with a pain, but she could feel the thrum of her marauder's sleep.
Moving her hand gingerly, she brushed strands of hair off of Remus's head as her fingers lazily ran through Sirius's fur on her other hand. She started to remember the pond. The ice broke from under her, she felt fear and the cold cut into her skin. Hermione recalled their faces and how the ice snapped forward and then darkness.
"My marauders," she whispered and Remus's eyes opened to see hers.
He looked visibly stunned, "am I dreaming?" He breathed and she smiled.
"as far as I know, this is real," she teased and he gasped as tears entered his eyes. "Remus, it's alright, I just knocked my head." She tried to reassure him.
He pulled her in for a kiss and his tears made it a damp one. She could feel is overwhelming relief and happiness to see her. Sirius jumped out of bed and turned into himself before flopping over to her and kissing her neck. "Love- we- missed you!" Sirius cried and she parted from the werewolf so the male animagus could have her lips.
He took her face and crushed her with his mouth. Both of them had powerful emotions swelling over her as they felt joy, rapture, relief, and even fear. Fear that this wasn't real? How long was she asleep?
"My loves? What happened?" She murmured and they snuggled against her.
"You hit your head on the ice and Moony went in to get you. I had to pull you both back to land and get you inside. Remus came to a bit easier, but your heart stopped. Trills you died and we had to revive you." Sirius whimpered and she gasped and kissed both of them.
"I am so sorry to scare you like that. But Teddy... is he alright?" She was now alarmed.
Remus wiped his eyes and nodded with a smile, "you saved him. He slid over to the edge and I grabbed him. Molly thankfully was out there so she took him back to the house swiftly for me. We have been here for three days waiting for you to wake up..." Remus finished and she embraced them tighter.
"I am so sorry, my marauders." She murmured and the nuzzled and kissed her.
"Please don't leave us again," Sirius whimpered and she nodded and made soft hush sounds.
They were so in their feelings that she felt almost dizzy by them. "I am here now, my loves. Not to worry." She said with a calm voice.
Snuggling her and kissing her was all they did for however long. It could have been minutes or hours, but it mattered not, she was awake. No words aside from her consoling as she ran fingers through their hair and let them be relieved she was alive and conscious.
"Happy Christmas!" Harry shouted and then realized she was awake, "Hermione! Oh, Ginny Hermione is away!" he called out into the hall and Ginny ran in.
The redhead jumped on the bed and tackled her between the marauders. "Mione! Oh, Mione! I was so worried and so upset!" Ginny cried and the marauders moved enough to give her space to crawl up.
She hugged the female animagus tightly and Hermione kissed her red hair, "I am sorry, Ginny. I had to save my Teddy."
The younger witch laughed through tears and nodded, "and you did such a good job. I love you, but you need to stop scaring us."
Ginny climbed off the bed and Harry leaned over and kissed Hermione's forehead, "I love you, Hermione. Thank you for taking care of my godson."
Harry wiped his wife's eyes and nodded, "alright, we are going to go get Mum and Dad. They wanted to send us in, to wake up Remus and Sirius before they came in. Also, we will send a healer in to check on you." Harry told her and Hermione smiled.
"Thank you. I cannot wait to get out of this bed. I still have to wrap gifts so I can give them out today." Hermione giggled and Ginny shook her head with a smile.
The Potters left and the marauders returned to their station, snuggled next to her. The healer came in and asked her a few questions before doing some spells. She looked very unhappy with the clinging marauders but did not ask them to move. Most of the healers spoke about the unusual guards that Hermione had.
The results were great and she was climbing out of bed to stretch her legs just as Molly and Arthur came in. "Dear! Don't get out of bed!" Molly shouted and pulled her in for a hug and sitting her on the bed.
The Marauders stood back and let the mother and father dote. Arthur walked up and brushed Hermione's hair from her cheeks as Molly sat down next to her. "Happy Christmas, princess," Arthur murmured and kissed her forehead.
"How are you?" Molly asked and kissed her temple.
"I just want to be home for Christmas. I signed my papers to be discharged, can we go home?"
They nodded and the marauders sighed with relief. "I will ask Ginny to go get the presents I know you have meticulously hidden from us, Trills." Remus declared and Sirius chuckled and nodded.
Hermione smiled and the Weasley parents helped her off the bed. "Let's go get you comfortable on the couch at home, hm?" Molly asked and Hermione gave her a nod.
"I just want my family for Christmas. All my family," she finished and her vision caressed her marauders.
"Of course, love, whatever you like," Sirius said with a smile and they ushered from the hospital.
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Hermione was bundled on the couch with all the pillows and blankets she could want. Molly must have thought she was still freezing because Hermione felt like she was going to die from a blanket pile. Moving them off of her she ran her hands through her marauders that were sitting on the floor next to her.
"You can go have a drink and chat with George if you want, my loves," she told them and they shook their heads.
Molly ordered her not to get off the couch so she wasn't going to upset the matriarch on Christmas. She had her giant number of presents stacked at the end of the couch. Hermione leaned and grabbed the cauldron cakes that were tucked in with most of her gifts.
Ginny appeared and had a large back with her. "Alright, so I believe I grabbed each one and labeled them how you listed them in the hiding spot."
Hermione clapped and grinned, "Alright, well, I want to wait for Harry, but I am really excited!"
Ginny giggled and set the bag near the tree and went over to kiss Hermione's cheek. "Alright, well. Thank you for my necklace. I didn't bother wrapping it." She laughed and Hermione nodded.
"Can someone get me a drink?" Hermione asked and Sirius kissed her hand and got up.
"I will be right back, Trills," he told her and went to retrieve it for her.
The door opened and Hermione tilted her head back to see Andromeda and Teddy come in with Harry following. Hermione's eyes watered and she grinned as the boy gasped and ran up to her. "My Mione!" He screamed and jumped on her, hugging her tightly.
"My little love! I am so happy you are alright," she muttered as a tear left her eye.
"You okay?" He asked gazing up at her as he laid across her.
She nodded and smiled, "I am more than okay, baby."
Remus turned around and kissed Hermione gently then smiled over at his son, "she is much better. Hello, my son," the werewolf declared and Teddy reached and pulled them both into a hug.
Sirius set down Hermione's glass on the table and Teddy gasped, "Uncle Sirius!" Teddy hollered with a smile and Sirius leaned down to kiss the boy.
Ginny and Andromeda had made themselves at home in the chairs opposite of the odd family and gave each other a smile. Teddy ran his fingers on the male animagus then his dad before snuggling further to Hermione.
"I love you," the boy murmured and his adults all nuzzled the boy each.
"Teddy! Come in and get a sweetie from your Gran!" Molly called and Hermione kissed the boy's hair.
Remus helped the child off the couch and he walked into the kitchen to the Weasley mother. The werewolf and Sirius sat down in their spots by the couch and Hermione ran her hands through their hair.
"Hermione, I am pleased to see you are out," Andromeda declared and the younger witch smiled.
"Me too, Happy Christmas to you," Hermione responded and the witch sighed.
"My Edward cried about you while you were in the hospital. He loves you so much." She confessed and Hermione sighed.
"I am sorry I made everyone worry."
"Don't be a silly girl. You saved his life, Hermione. That does not go without being admired and honored."
Hermione giggled and shook her head, "I just did what anyone else would. I love that boy deeply."
Andromeda nodded and sighed, "it is a great Christmas gift to have you back."
"Speaking of Christmas gifts..." Ginny giggled and tugged her husband to the bag by the tree.
Ginny dug out a large present and handed it to Harry, "Hermione got you this," she told him and Harry grinned.
He smiled at Hermione and unwrapped it gasping at the contents of the box. "You are a cheeky witch, Hermione!" Harry shouted and pulled a beautiful wizard chess set.
Hermione spent a great amount of time to track down an old set that had Celtic figures as pieces. "It is well worth it, I was guaranteed. They are proficient." She declared with a smile and Harry went and kissed her forehead.
Ginny handed Andromeda a small box and the older witch frowned, "I did not need a gift, silly girl. You gave me one already." She snickered and Hermione giggled.
The older witch opened it and found a beautiful gold necklace with the initials of her husband and daughter together. "I felt it was the only thing missing in your wardrobe, pardon me if I overstepped," Hermione told her and Andromeda covered her mouth and shook her head.
"Thank you for such a touching gift." She murmured and held the box to her chest with a smile.
Ginny nodded and gave Remus a decent sized box, "I had to think hard on this one, Moony. It was really difficult to figure out what would be perfect for you." Hermione whispered in his ear.
In the box was a collection of exotic chocolates, a quill that was exquisite and a book, with a blanket. He opened the book to find it was a photo album with one picture in it already. It was titled 'Our Family' and it was one of the shots that Ginny took of Hermione and the Marauders holding Teddy.
The blanket was small and would fit a child's bed and he glanced back at her, "I hope you don't mind. I already decorated Teddy's room. This is just his blanket." She murmured and he kissed her gently.
"Happy Christmas, my Trills," he whispered and she rubbed her nose against his.
"Alright what about me, Gin!" Sirius said impatiently and folded his arms.
Ginny snorted and handed him the smallest gift in the bag. "There you go, Sirius," Ginny told him and he scowled.
"Witch, this better be an amazing small gift," Sirius growled as he lifted the lid and stared.
"What better to finish your bad boy attire, Sirius Black?" Hermione declared as Sirius pulled out the key.
"You? You- no..." Sirius sputtered with the start of a big grin.
"I had it fixed up for you. It is restored, at least enough for you to work on it and ride it at your leisure," she told him and he tackled her with a huge kiss.
"Harry Christmas, love," he whispered against her cheek and she smiled.
The rest of Christmas was absolutely beautiful. Hermione and Teddy snuggled most of the night and they could hardly be parted. Even if the boy did not understand the gravity of what Hermione did, he favored her all night until he was nodding off in her arms.
"I love you, my Teddy. I hope you know that," she whispered and Remus smiled; his future wife and his son...