A/N: Me no own HP. This is the only M-rated chapter, and rated so for a good reason. If you don't want to read M, then simply scroll to the bottom and I will give a summary of the chapter. Please review to tell me how to improve the plot/quality/characters. Enjoy!
Chapter Rating: M
Chapter 7
The Scandal At The School
Hermione and Harry decided that they wanted to wander round Hogsmead some more, and check out the 'Hogsmead Hoggy Hoggy Hog Shop', a gift shop dealing in muggle atrifacts decorated with Hogsmead photos and enchanted in some way. There was a pen you could get that you could put a picture of you smiling on, and the scenery would always change. There was a fridge magnet that stuck to all surfaces. And there was a photo frame, the outside of which was decorated with carving of important Hogsmead carvings, which displayed the viewers greatest desire. As Harry stared at it, he couldn't help but wonder why it displayed a wedding…
Harry and Hermione giggled, much to Ron's annoyance. Ever since they'd come back from the Hog's Head, they'd seemed… well, different. They almost seemed like suddenly… no, who in the Hog's Head would do such a thing, and what would they have to gain from it? It was weird and annoying. Harry smiled. Hermione, even though nothing had been said, broke out in giggles. No, it couldn't be…?
That night, Harry couldn't sleep. Neither could Hermione. Almost telepathically, the duo crept out of the tower without talking to each other and arrived at a door that Harry had happened to stumble upon during second year, after he had been poisoned. It was a door that only appeared if a person walking by needed it. Peculiar. Very peculiar. Hermione arrived just a few minutes later. They winked and jumped into the bed.
The following morning, Harry and Hermione woke up. They'd enjoyed last night. They went and picked their clothes up off the floor, and went down to breakfast. They really had. For both of them, it had been breath taking. Then, as they went down to breakfast, something changed. They no longer had that urge. Had their drinks been… spiked? No, it couldn't be. Who in the Hog's Head would do such a thing? Nevertheless, Harry and Hermione met up after breakfast in the moving room that you could never rely on. Hermione brought a book. The title was all the information anyone else needed to get gossip going: Spells to identify love and aphrodisiac potions.
"Really! Hermione, carrying a book about love potions?"
"Why would the Ravenclaw golden girl need that?"
"Who's the lucky man, d'you think?"
"I think Harry Potter. Did you see how obviously head-over-heels they were yesterday?"
"Love potion or aphrodisiac?"
"Well, they looked quite dishevelled when they arrived at breakfast this morning, so.."
"You can't be implying…?!" Rumours abounded in the students that day. Harry and Hermione had tested using a spell known as Revela caritate,which was Latin for 'reveal love'. They had both glowed bright pink. Which meant both types (Love potion and aphrodisiac potion). But why? And who? Hermione and Harry gently sat there, lost in thought…
"Well, well, well, look who we have here," drawled Draco Malfoy at break, "the couple of the century. What a nice pair you two make. A boy or a girl, huh?" Hermione just started sobbing. Harry stood up, and towered over Draco.
"Don't make me wish I had done the cruciatus on you willingly during first year. Else, my mouth might just slip open." Harry retorted.
"Ooh, the husband protects the wife!" Draco exclaimed in faked surprise before bursting into fits of laughter. Hermione stomped off, and Harry followed suit, though not after glaring at Draco. Hermione did some more research, and discovered that while the love potion they thought they'd been dosed with wore off quite soon afterwards, it did make any other feelings that the people dosed with it had for each other, which meant that Harry was fiercely protecting Hermione from any other bully. Break came and went however, and lessons came again. Yet another year, tainted with misery.
At lunch, Harry and Hermione decided that Dumbledore, headmaster, should probably know. That is, if he hadn't already heard the rumours circulating. Therefore, the duo went to Dumbledore's office, and began their conversation with an "Ummmm…" and a "Pleasedon'ttellusoffwewereundertheinfulenceofapotionpleasebekindprofessor." Dumbledore, who had heard the rumours, immediately put two and two together.
"Well, I think I understand. I have heard the rumours, which is what you are coming to talk to me about…" Dumbledore said. He was met with two nods.
"Very well. If you were under the influence of a potion, then there shall be no punishment. However, I do ask you one thing: did you use a contraceptive spell Harry?" Dumbledore asked.
"Ummm, what's that?" Harry nervously stuttered. Dumbledore looked worried.
"Very well. I will have to make an announcement to the school, is that okay? And Hermione, you need to see Madame Pomfrey every five weeks…" Dumbledore said. The duo slowly nodded. And then, they hurried out, scared at the possibility that they would be parents in third year.
Ten weeks later, Hermione went for a checkup. Pomfrey cast a spell: Revela infantem (reveal baby). Hermione glowed green. A yes. Hermione was going to be a mother. Hermione didn't know whether to be happy or sad, overjoyed or miserable. This would undoubtedly lead to more bullying, but Hermione had always wanted a child. Just not this early. Ten weeks later again (twenty weeks), Harry came with Hermione this time. Gender infantem (gender of the baby) was cast, and Hermione glowed a very weird colour, almost a lilac. Pomfrey uttered one single word. "Twins."
June 29th. Hermione was in the hospital ward. Harry was standing nearby, holding Hermione's hand, while Ron and Neville, the children's godfathers, stood a respectful distance back. Today was the big day. The twins, named Jean Minerva and James Albus, were only minutes away. Hermione was scared, but muttered out a few words.
"An incantation I've made. Use it shortly afterwards. Auferam infirmitatem. Latin for 'Take away weakness. It will make my body stronger for an hou-ow! Ow!" Hermione started screaming in pain. A head was visible, but would Hermione survive?
Later that day, Harry held James, while Hermione held Jean. They had decided that they would spend alternate summers with the children; James would spend this holiday with Harry and next holiday with Hermione and Jean vice versa. It had turned out all right in the end.
A/N: Plot-Harry and Hermione (who are dosed up with love and aphrodisiac potions), discover that Hermione is pregnant with their children, Jean Minerva Granger-Potter and James Albus Potter-Granger. Hermione invents a spell 'Auferam infirmitatem' that takes away someone's weakness for an hour or so. Children are born.
