Chapter Fifteen; Christmas
Ginny couldn't wait until the chipmunks got home from school that day to tell them her great news. So when they came through the door she asked them how school went, (which according to them it went great and they had a lot of new friends like Harry had told them but Alvin was ticked off at how much homework he had received) and then told them her news.
Note; I'm sorry I was a little off on my information but maybe it works that exact way in the wizarding world.
"Isn't that just wonderful?" she questioned them dreamily. "Pretty soon there are going to be two little baby girls crawling around here." She said.
"Oh yeah that's brilliant." Alvin began and Ginny sensed that he had quite a bit of sarcasm in his tone. "Two babies yanking on our tails and trying to shove us into their mouths." He said.
"Alvin? Are you alright?" Ginny asked him as she tried to reach a hand out towards him but he quickly backed away from her.
"Listen Ginny, it was really nice of you and Harry to invite us into your home, but you have two twin daughters on the way." He began as he took a deep breath and sighed heavily.
"I don't get to say this very often but Alvin's right." Simon began. "Besides we're chipmunks, and we don't belong here anyway. We belong in the forest." He told her.
"Come on Simon. You're the smart one in the group. You said so yourself. You know that's not true." She told him when suddenly she felt Harry grab onto her hand.
"You have to let them go." He whispered softly into her ear.
"Thank you both, for everything." Simon told them before he turned back around to face his other two brothers before they dashed towards the dining room table and leapt on top of it before jumping out of the window. Ginny felt her eyes start to well up with tears. She didn't know what else to do so she rested her head upon Harry's shoulder.
Harry pressed his lips to her forehead when suddenly the doorbell rang and he went to go answer it. All of a sudden his sister walked into the living room. "Great news guys! Aaron's awake and he proposed to Amber!" she exclaimed excitedly. "Isn't that great!? Amber and Luna are going to have a double wedding!" she cried.
"That's fantastic." Ginny said emotionlessly with a sniff.
"Ginny? What's wrong? Two of your best friends are getting married and you're going to give birth to twins in a few more months. I would think that you would be incredibly excited about it." She said.
"I am, I'm really happy for them." Ginny responded still staring straight ahead of her and avoiding eye contact.
"Alvin and The Chipmunks just left." Harry told his sister as he saw the blank confused expression on her face.
"Really? Why?" April asked her with a sudden state of shock and disbelief when Ginny finally turned around to face her.
"They thought that since I'm having my own kids that I don't need them anymore, but that couldn't be further from the truth." She told her as she suddenly felt her voice start to crack. "They're already like a part of my family." She explained with another sniff.
"Well,.." April began. "I guess that just means that we'll just have to find them." She told her.
"Huh?" Ginny questioned.
"Look Ginny, Harry and I were separated for years but I never stopped loving him or looking for him. He's my brother and one of the few only living relatives that I have left. Even though we spent most of our life apart, it didn't mean that we still weren't a family, because family is forever and we have to stick together if we plan on surviving out there in the big old world." She told her.
"A friend of mine told me that once." Ginny began. "He died, but I never forgot him." She told April who simply just smiled at her.
"Come on Ginny, we have three chipmunks to find." She told her as Ginny looked over at Harry.
"You will help us won't you?" she questioned him as she dreaded to hear the answer.
"Of course I will. I was wrong, I didn't realize how much those chipmunks meant to you, and to me as well." He told her.
"Thanks Harry," she began with a grin. "but there's only one little problem. How are we going to find three little chipmunks? They could be anywhere." She said.
"It looks like this is a job for The Cheetah Girls." Harry told her with a sly little grin.
"I love the way your mind works Harry Potter." She told him before they ran out the door together.
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Ginny threw her arms around Amber's neck and hugged her in a tight embrace. "Thank you for coming, I'm so happy that Aaron's alright and congratulations on your engagement." She told her in one breath.
"Thank you, and congratulations on your twins!" Amber squealed excitedly before they broke the embrace.
"Thank you, and Harry and I are very excited about it but right now we have to find the chipmunks." Ginny said.
"We should probably split up." Hermione began. "That way we'll have an easier chance of finding them."
"Good idea Hermione. You and Luna can look in one direction and Harry and I will go in another direction and so will Amber and Casey." Ginny said. "If any of us finds them remember to shoot up red sparks with your wands." She reminded them before she mounted the back of Harry's broomstick and wrapped her arms tightly around his back before she shot up into the air.
"So now that we're up here which way do you think we should go first?" she asked him.
"Godric's Park. That's where I first met them." He told her before he steered his broom over to the right and soared away. Meanwhile the others took off inside different directions shouting their names.
"Alvin!" Ginny called through her hands although she highly doubted that their tiny ears would reach her voice from all the way up here. "Simon! Theodore!" she shouted and that's when suddenly Harry squinted his eyes. Since he had once been the Gryffindor seeker, he had his eyes trained to see things that were difficult to see. "What is it Harry? Do you see something?" she asked him.
"I think so." He began. "Let me dive down to get a closer look." He told her as he lowered his broomstick towards the ground and landed. They both dismounted and Harry took his broomstick inside the palm of his hand as six tiny eyes peered out at him from inside the darkness of the woods. Then all of a sudden all three chipmunks darted out.
"Alvin! Simon! Theodore!" Ginny cried as her face suddenly lit up with excitement before she withdrew her wand and raised it high into the air before setting of the sparks. Amber and Casey who had been flying off into the distance quickly turned their heads.
"They've found them come on!" Casey cried as the two witches turned their brooms around and soared toward the fireworks display.
"What are you guys doing here?" Alvin asked them.
"We were looking for you silly!" Ginny told him.
"But why? You already have magical powers, what on earth would you want with three talking chipmunks?" Simon asked her.
"Money?" Theodore questioned as Ginny simply giggled.
"Of course not! No offense or anything but how thick can you really get?" she questioned them. "You guys are a part of our family now regardless of whether or not you have fur or skin." She said.
"Really?" Theodore asked her hopefully.
"Yeah, of course." Ginny said before she glanced over at her husband.
"Don't you want to be?" he asked them.
"Of course we do!" Theodore cried as Harry and Ginny squatted down to greet all three chipmunks inside their warm and loving arms. A little while later their friends landed their brooms down beside them to give the boys a proper greeting into the Potter family. The next few weeks grew into months and before long the autumn leaves raining down upon the earth turned into snowfall. Christmas was quickly approaching them.
All three chipmunks rushed over to the window and Alvin pressed his face against the glass while peering out into the white wonderland. A few moments later Harry and Aaron came in through the door pushing in a gigantic Christmas tree. "Hey guys what do you think?" Aaron asked as he turned to them with a grin when the tree was in place.
"Yay!" Alvin cried as he and his brothers started dashing towards it while Aaron chuckled.
"I think that it reminds them of home." He said.
"Hey guys do you want to help us decorate it?" Ginny asked them.
"Sure but afterwards can we go out and play in the snow?" Theodore asked her.
"Of course you can." Ginny said as she smiled warmly at them.
"That's great! Hit it guys! Let's sing our new song for them!" Alvin cried.
"Okay!" Simon agreed with a nod as they started to sway back and forth while singing to Christmas don't be late.