Hello Everyone! Thank you for starting this story with me!

Note added Feb-03-2022: The first five or six chapters of this fic are a little rough. I urge you to read through at least chapter 9 to get a better idea of where this tic is going if you don't like the very first chapters. I intend to rewrite them at some point in time, but that time is not now.

Chapter 1 - Unexpected

"Push, Lily!" Cried James. He was standing by her bedside, clutching her hand as her screams of agony echoed around the room, each an arrow through James' heart. "Push, Honey!"

"I appreciate your efforts, Lord Potter, but you are really not helping here. You will better serve your wife if you are not present."

This was very unwelcome to James. "Why are you telling me to leave my wife, Mrs. Jacquinth?" The skinny woman looked unmoved and said "I must ask you to leave, Mr Potter."

She backed him towards the door.

"I do not believe that it is standard St Mungo's practice to evict the husband from the birthing room." James was getting really worked up now.

"I must insist you leave, Lord Potter."

Above all, it was her continued use of his title that convinced James. The house of Potter was mighty, and she surely knew what would happen to her if Lily was hurt. He allowed himself to be led out of the room, safe in his assurance that his power would protect Lily.

Yet he did not consider that some fanatics might not care for their own lives. Scarcely a minute after he had left the room, some inner sense inspired him to rush back in, just in time to see Mrs. Jacquinth throw Floo powder into the fireplace.

She was holding a baby.

It was his baby.

James' eyes misted over with red. He instantly fired off a trio of stunners without thinking through the implications. Suddenly, he froze.

He could only watch as the stunners hit his son...

Only to somehow not affect him. They seemed to slip around the baby, striking Jacquinth. She fell, dropping the baby.

James dove forward, barely catching him before he hit the ground.

That was a close one.

James was not planning to be an Auror after the war for nothing. He tied up Jacquinth before kicking her away. She could be dealt with later.

Right now, Lily needed him. As did his new child.

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At this point, it might be time for a little background.

James and Lily had come to St Mungo's after she was having unusual birth pains.

The war with You-know-who was raging. Dumbledore was taking care of the Order of the Phoenix, who were leading the fight againstYou-know-who.

The war was not going well for the Light. You-know-who was triumphing again and again. It looked like a dark future.

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It was not going well in the birthing room either. All the other issues facing James paled when faced with the fact that his wife might not survive the night.

Three babies lay in the crib.

And yet, Lily was not done.

As he held her hand and reassured her out loud, in his head he wondered.

What would life be like without her?

He had never considered such a thing before. In all his dreams, even the darkest ones, he was never without her.

How could he raise four children without a loving mother for them?

At this moment, his greatest wish was for her to live.

It would never leave his heart.

Alas, it was not to be.

Lily gave one last push.

Out came a daughter.

Lily opened her eyes.

"Show them to me," She whispered. "They must be named before I leave."

James bowed his head. At this moment, words failed him.

James held out the first to come out.

"Harry."

The next baby - a daughter.

"Samantha."

Another son.

"Marco."

The last one. Another daughter.

Lily's breaths were raspy and shallow.

"Name her after me. I love you, James."

The look on his wife's face -

"I love you too, honey."

As her eyes closed once and for all, James planted one last kiss on her lips.

Let her last moment be as sweet as possible.

As the attendants scurried around, James was in shock.

What now?

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