Before we get on with the story I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has reviewed, favourited, alerted, added to their community or otherwise bookmarked this soap opera, as one reviewer called it. You guys have been so awesome and have on occasion, made my day better! So keep it up and thank you so much! So to show my gratitude because you have been so wonderful and patient the next chapter... early! YAY!!!

Also... um... please don't hate me. I don't like the cliffies anymore then you this story just sort of ended up that way... :D
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'I'm going to kill him,' Draco announced suddenly, just as Poppy appeared with her assistant Luna.

Everyone, Remus, Draco, Hermione, Bill and Minerva all started talking at once. Poppy tried to quite them but no one was listening to her, she seemed to have softened in her old age.

Then Luna gave a loud piercing whistle and everyone stopped.

'Thank you my dear,' she said to Luna, before turning to the group assembled. 'I don't know what Harry received today to cause this but Harry will need you're support especially because he doesn't have his mate.' Poppy said getting straight to the point.

'What do you mean?' Hermione asked.

'What happened to Harry?' Draco asked at the same time.

'I mean that there are two ways for what happened to Harry, he either took a potion or he is with his soul-mate. As far as I know he and Severus weren't planning on having children, actually I'm pretty sure that Harry had no idea that a man could carry a child.' She said softly.

Hermione suddenly whimpered and stepped back into Bill who wrapped his arms around her. It took only a moment for the rest of the crowd to understand the implications of what Poppy had said to sink in.

'And since he didn't take a potion then the only way for it to end is if his soul-mate rejected him.' Poppy finished. Remus' hold on Draco tightened as the young blonde held his older love close.

'Remus and Hermione, he's going to need you two more than ever,' Luna said softly.

'Can we see him?' Hermione asked fighting her tears.

Poppy nodded and the four of them headed into his room.

Harry was lying on his side in the foetal position, his arms wrapped around his abdomen.

'Cub?' Remus asked sitting on the bed next to Harry.

Harry sobbed and curled even further in on himself which surprised Bill.

'I know it's painful cub, but it gets easier,' Remus said softly running his hand through his son's hair.

'How do you know?' Harry asked softly, it was said more in curiosity than anything else.

'Before you were born cub,' he glanced at Draco briefly, 'I was with Sirius and I was pregnant she would have been born about 2 weeks before you,' he said with a soft, sad smile, 'during my seventh month something happened,' he closed his eyes briefly and Harry took his hand as Draco stood behind him, 'I still don't remember but I gave birth, I had to because she was dead,' Hermione sobbed as did Harry but Bill and Draco weren't dry eyed either.

Harry looked up and met Hermione's teary, red eyes and suddenly the pair was weeping together locked in a tight embrace, grieving for both the child the other had lost and their own lost child.