DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER.
The family had come back from Hawaii after a pleasant ten-day vacation and had spent a couple of days recovering from jetlag. It had not been very pleasant for Amelia, as she had had to go to work. However, she had still been able to spend time with her children.
As Harry had spent two of his birthdays being neglected and abused, Sirius and Amelia, had decided to have a huge party for Harry's fourth birthday and if possible, a sleepover.
Currently, the day was the 31st of July, and Harry's fourth birthday.
Harry stirred in his bed and slowly opened his eyes to find Susan on top of him.
As soon as he opened his eyes, Susan cried out, "Wake up! Happy Birthday Harry!"
Harry looked at Susan and then turned his head to see his Mummy and Daddy entering the room. Amelia said, "Susan, Harry needs to breathe. Come on, get off him."
Susan got off Harry at once and giggled.
Harry looked at his and Susan's parents with sleepy eyes.
Amelia moved over to Harry and sitting on the bed, she smilingly lay down next to him, hugged him and said, "Happy Birthday my little Bunny."
Sirius said, "Today is your birthday, and you are now four years old. And today, we're going to celebrate!"
Harry looked at his parents and sister in wonder. On his third birthday, he had been forced to clean and Aunt Petunia had hissed that he would never get a birthday because he was a freak and that he would not get what Dudley got.
He stuttered, "I… get a birthday?"
Amelia replied, "Of course you do. Every child deserves one. And now that you are here with us, we are going to make sure you have a happy wonderful birthday."
Harry buried his head in his Mummy's bosom to snuggle with her.
"Want to snuggle with Mummy?" Amelia cooed as she cuddled with him, "Come here my cutest baby boy, you are mine. You are my cute little baby boy, and I want to eat you up."
Susan lay on top of Amelia across her side and said, "What about me?"
Amelia wrapped an arm around Susan and said, "You are my cutest little baby girl, and I want to eat you too."
Susan said, "Harry, can I eat you instead?"
Harry cried out, "No."
Amelia whispered, "Your sister and I love you so much that we just want to gobble you up."
Susan moved over to Harry's other side and hugged him from behind. She then pretended to eat Harry's head even as Amelia took Harry's left hand fingers and began to nibble them, causing Harry to squeal even as Susan said, "I'm going to eat you Harry."
Amelia then stopped and pretended to eat Harry's cheeks, making chomping noises as she did so. She then lifted Susan and placing the small child on top of her chest, lying on her back, she whispered, "Now it's time for me to eat you up. Prepare to be gobbled up."
With that, she took her fingers and nibbled them, causing Susan to squeal. She then pretended to eat her cheeks, glaring playfully at her and making chomping noises. Afterwards, she stopped and kissed Susan's cheeks before kissing Harry's.
Placing Susan down, she sat up and placed Harry in her lap. Harry wrapped his arms around his Mummy and she cupped his face in her hands and pulled him in for a long motherly kiss.
Soon after a bath, Harry was dressed in a new red shirt and shorts, and was sitting next to Susan in the dining room.
As Sirius hugged his children, Amelia who was standing nearby said, "I'm going to make something very special for you today, waffles."
"Waffles, waffles," Harry and Susan chanted eagerly.
Amelia set their bowls of fruit in front of them before moving into the kitchen followed by Sirius.
And a few minutes later, Amelia came out of the kitchen carrying two plates of waffles with maple syrup, strawberries, raspberries and whipped cream.
She placed them in front of the children, helped them cut their waffles, and fed Harry a bite saying, "Here you go my birthday baby boy."
Of course, she fed Susan a bite too saying, "Here you go my sweet little baby girl."
Susan and Harry beamed as their Mummy fed them, causing Amelia to beam as well at them.
Soon after the family had eaten their breakfast, the children were playing in the living room when they suddenly heard the doorbell ring.
They followed their Mummy as she went to open it, and saw Aunt Melinda standing right outside.
"Auntie Linda," Susan cried out, running to her aunt.
'Auntie Linda' was what Susan called Aunt Melinda.
"Ahhhh," Auntie Linda cried out as she knelt down to Susan's level to hug her, "Good morning my little princess. The dragon has come for you!"
"Ahhhh," Susan cried out before running to hide behind her Mummy as the two grownups said hello and hugged each other.
Melinda who was holding a bag hugged Harry saying, "Hello my cute little prince Harry, Happy Birthday! I've got something for you."
She then pulled out a wrapped box from the bag and whispered, "I heard you love flying. I got you a book on planes, and all kinds of turns you and Susan can make when you fly on your brooms. I am sure you will love it."
Harry said, "Thank you Auntie Linda."
Auntie Linda hugged him and kissed his cheek. Of course, she kissed Susan's cheek as well.
Some minutes later, Harry and Susan were sitting with Auntie Linda who was reading out a story while Sirius and Amelia were in the backyard making sure everything was prepared.
Sirius said, "It's almost 9:30, and the Weasleys are supposed to be coming over at 10."
Amelia added, "And the Abbotts should be coming here now. Emily said she wanted to come and help with the birthday lunch."
Sirius added, "Molly too. Man, this is going to be one big party."
Amelia smilingly said, "Something that Harry needs. He hasn't been wished well ever since that night…"
Sirius adopted a serious expression on his face and finished for her, "When Voldemort orphaned Harry and he was sent to those vile, bigoted, heartless Dursleys!"
Amelia's face flushed with anger as she whispered, "You remember the memory of his third birthday right? Petunia said he had turned three and then Vernon said he didn't need a party since he's already living off their 'hard-earned' money. And then Petunia looked at him disgust while Marge told him he didn't deserve a party!"
Sirius said, "I can perhaps forgive the Ministry for wrongfully imprisoning me, but I cannot forgive Petunia for what she did to Harry."
Amelia said, "Susan has always been very protective of Harry ever since I brought him here. She has always been the sibling that Harry needed, unlike that spoilt cousin, always being mean and beating him up for no reason!"
She sighed and continued, "But let's not think about it. Vernon and Petunia are in prison and Dudley is with his Aunt Marge. And more importantly, Harry is now our son and has Susan as his sister, our niece and now our daughter, and today is Harry's birthday."
Sirius agreed saying, "Yeah, and let's make it a wonderful one."
With that, they moved towards each other and shared a hug.
And then suddenly, Amelia felt her legs being wrapped in small arms and looked down to see Harry and Susan.
She laughingly said, "You little ones, you want a hug from me?"
Harry and Susan tightened their grip around her legs, causing Melinda who was now standing nearby to burst out laughing.
Amelia knelt down and hugged them saying, "Here you go my little ones, cutest little babies."
After the hug followed by kisses on their cheeks, she asked, "Happy now?"
Sirius piped up, "What about Daddy?"
Harry and Susan hugged him, and he hugged them back.
Afterwards, they heard the doorbell ring and this time, Sirius answered the door, with Harry and Susan following him.
The door opened to reveal an old woman wearing a vulture hat, a round faced chubby boy who was looking slightly shy, and the Abbotts.
Hannah rushed over to Harry and hugged him crying out, "Happy Birthday Harry."
Harry and Susan hugged her and then turned to look at the other boy.
The old woman patted the boy's head saying, "Come on Neville, don't just stand there; go wish Harry Happy Birthday."
The boy called Neville stepped forward and said, "Happy Birthday Harry."
Harry said, "Hello. What's your name?"
The boy replied, "I'm Neville and I'm four."
Susan piped up, "My name is Susan and I am four. Harry my brother is four."
Sirius spoke, "Hello Mrs. Longbottom, pleasure to have you and Neville over."
The woman, Neville's grandmother, Augusta Longbottom said, "Hello Sirius. It's been a while since I last saw you after the wedding. I'm glad you have Harry with you now and a lovely wife and a sweet little girl as well."
Meanwhile, Harry, Hannah and Susan had dragged Neville to the playroom to play with some trains and train tracks.
Neville said as he moved a train along a bridge, "I live with my Granny."
Harry said, "I lived with Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia and they were mean, but now I live with Susie and Mummy and Daddy and I love them."
Susan said, "First they were Aunty and Uncle and now they are Mummy and Daddy."
Hannah piped up, "Harry, can I read your book Good Night Gorilla?"
Harry said, "Okay."
Hannah took a book to read while Harry, Susan, and Neville continued to play with their trains.
A little while later, the Weasleys arrived and Ron and Ginny ran into the playroom to hug Harry and wish him. Ginny fell on top of him and kissed his cheek.
Harry cried out, "Ronnie, Ginny!"
Ronnie cried out, "Happy Birthday Harry!"
Just then, Susan piped up, "Hello Ronnie. I'm thirsty."
And then, a male voice, which Harry recognized as belonging to Uncle Remus rang out, "Did someone just say they're thirsty?" and Harry and the other children saw Uncle Remus entering the room.
"Uncle Remus," Harry and Susan cried out as they rushed forward to hug him.
"Hello little ones," Remus responded as he hugged them. Then turning to Harry, he said, "Happy fourth Birthday Cub."
Susan piped up, "Harry's birthday is today, and my birthday is in October."
Remus turned to his other cub and said, "Then you'll be five."
Susan said, "And Harry will be five next year. So Harry, I'm your big sister, so you have to listen to me."
Harry hugged Susan and said, "We have to listen to Mummy and Daddy."
Remus laughingly said, "Well yes you do. Anyway, play along."
He then went and got Harry and Susan two cups of water before going to help Amelia and Sirius with something.
Just after Harry and Susan drank their water, two big boys and a very familiar girl entered the playroom.
Harry and Susan rushed over to the girl crying out, "Dora!"
Tonks hugged Harry and Susan crying out, "Hello Susan and Harry. Happy Birthday cute little Harbear!"
After the hug, Harry turned to the two boys. One looked taller than the other and had red hair.
Ron came over and said, "This is Bill and Charlie."
The taller boy shook Harry's hand and said, "Hello, my name is Bill. I am Ron's older brother."
Harry replied, "Hello Bill. This is Susan."
Bill said, "Hello Susan, and Happy Birthday Harry. You are four years old today. Meet my brother Charlie."
Charlie held his hand out towards Harry and Susan saying, "Hello Harry and Susan. Happy Birthday Harry. I'm Charlie."
Harry shook his hand and said, "My name is Harry, and her name is Susan."
Just then, everyone heard a female voice calling out, "I'm coming to get you!"
They turned towards the door and saw none other than Aunt Andromeda entering the room, her hands raised and her fingers pointed towards the children, an evil smile on her face.
Fred and George who were nearby and had pretend swords suddenly stepped in front of her declaring,
"We are Gred and Forge."
"And we are here to stop you and save everyone."
Andromeda evilly replied, "Oh, so you want to stop me? You want to stop me from eating those cute little babies, especially someone who has turned four today? No Weasley can beat me! Ha ha ha!"
Harry, Ron, Hannah, Neville, Susan and Ginny screamed as Andromeda's eyes darted left and right.
Andromeda tried to advance, but Fred and George kept on blocking her. Finally, Fred's sword touched Andromeda's stomach and he cried out, "YES!"
Andromeda put her hands to her stomach and pretended to collapse like all was lost and she was really dying. She cried out, "You may have stopped me, but I will return, and then, Harry and Susie, I will eat you up!"
She then closed her eyes and lay still.
The children all surrounded her.
A few moments later, Andromeda suddenly opened her eyes and glared at the children. They screamed as she sat up and declared, "Yes, I have returned! Susie, I will eat you first!"
"No!" Harry suddenly cried out, grabbing a pretend sword and jumping into Andromeda's lap.
Andromeda's expression turned into one of fear and she said, "Oh no, it's Harry, he's on top of me! It's true! He has defeated me! I am lost!"
Harry said, "No eating Susan! No eating Ronnie! No eating Hannah! No eating Neville! No eating Fred and George! No eating Bill and Charlie! No eating Ginny!"
Tonks who was standing nearby asked, "What about me?"
Harry cried out, "No eating Dora."
Andromeda smiled at Harry and hugged him saying, "Oh my brave little boy, I love you. Good boy. Always protect your friends when they need your help."
She then announced, "Happy Birthday Harry."
Harry hugged Aunt Andromeda and said, "Thank You."
Susan, Ron, Hannah and Ginny ran towards Aunt Andromeda and they all hugged each other. Andromeda smiled lovingly at the small children and kissed their foreheads. To Harry and Susan, she gave them kisses on their cheeks.
Those two were so cute!
Just then, Amelia entered the living room and said, "Why don't you all run about and play for a while outside? You should get some fresh air and sunlight. Play in nature. Come on children."
The children were only too happy to listen to that. They followed her to the backyard and took off straight towards the treehouse, Harry and Susan on their toy brooms.
While Ron and Harry took to taking turns to fly Harry's broom, Susan parked hers near the tree and ran upstairs to join Hannah and Neville.
After sometime, the children heard Amelia and Molly clapping their hands and calling out, "Come on children, it's time for birthday lunch. Come on everyone."
Toy swords and balls were dropped as the children obediently scrambled to the table that had been set up in the backyard. Harry and Ron held hands and ran with each other to a seat which Amelia was indicating for Harry.
Harry went and took his seat, and Ron took the seat on his left while Susan took the one on his right.
Harry looked all around and suddenly saw a familiar old man with a long beard and a merry smile sitting nearby, and next to him was a familiar woman with a pointed hat. On the old man's other side, sat someone with a hooked nose. He called out, "Grampa! Aunt Minnie! Uncle Sev!"
Sure enough, it was none other than Dumbledore, Minerva and Snape.
Dumbledore waved and spoke, "Hello Harry, how could I not come for my grandson's birthday? Happy Birthday to you Harry."
Aunt Minnie said smilingly, "Happy Birthday my little lion cub. You and Susan are growing up pretty fast, something that is not allowed."
"Oh yes," Amelia who was standing nearby said smilingly, "Our children are not supposed to grow up too quickly."
Snape said, "Too true, Happy Birthday to you Harry." With that, he waved to Harry, and Harry and Susan waved back.
Truth be told, Snape had grown to adore Harry. James may have been his father, but Snape could see that Harry was more like Lily, so nice, sweet, so sharing, and not mean and arrogant. Of course, James had his good side unlike Avery and Mulciber, the racists that Snape had hung out with. James had been compassionate and nice towards his friends, even towards one such as a werewolf, something Snape regretted having not tried to understand earlier, but he still felt those qualities had been there in Lily more than in James.
If only it had not been for the fact that Snape was a spy, more than just getting a present for Harry, he would have gladly gone and given the child a hug and a kiss on the forehead, but he felt that to do so now would be too risky. He did not want other children to know his soft side, as it would possibly endanger his role as a spy for the light.
Amelia, Molly and Emily used some cleaning charms to clean the children's hands.
Amelia then moved over to Harry and Susan and served them some pizza and vegetables that she, Emily and Molly had specially prepared for the birthday lunch. Harry and Susan's eyes widened as they saw their food on their plates.
They ate their pizza and vegetables happily, and had watermelon slices as well.
At last, it was time for desert, and desert meant the birthday cake.
Sirius and Remus brought a huge black forest cake with four candles in it and lit them.
Then everyone around Harry sang, "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Harry, Happy Birthday to you."
They all cheered and clapped as Harry blew out the candles. Amelia cut off a piece with a cherry and fed it to Harry with her own hands. Harry beamed as Amelia fed him, and afterwards, Sirius fed him a piece while Amelia cut the cake into smaller pieces to distribute to everyone.
Afterwards, Susan took a piece of cake to feed Harry, but it slipped from her hand and fell on her skirt.
Amelia quickly went to get Susan cleaned up, after which, she helped her feed Harry a piece.
Harry said, "I love you Sissy!"
Susan cried out, "I love you Brother!"
After the feast was over, Snape said goodbye to Harry and left. Molly then brought the children all over to one of the trees for a story. As the other parents and Remus were helping to handle the post meal cleanup, Dumbledore approached Amelia and Sirius and asked, "Can I speak with you for a moment? Alone?"
Amelia nodded and she and Sirius led Dumbledore to the other side of the backyard, near the pool.
Dumbledore then softly said, "Before that fateful night, James had entrusted me with his invisibility cloak. I suppose you remember that one."
Sirius laughingly said, "James and I used it to play pranks, and of course, help Moony without getting caught."
Dumbledore chuckled and said, "As James' son, it is only right that Harry receives the cloak, something to use wisely, something which I am sure will aid him and Susan, but I believe it is best that Harry receives it when he is older."
Amelia agreed saying, "I completely agree with you on that. If Harry gets it now, he may end up misusing it, not to mention, he'll worry us to death under that cloak, and then I'll have to confiscate it, and so on… Anyway, it is better that it stays with you until Harry is old enough to use it. Already, Harry and Susan have gone wandering off on their own without telling anyone. With that cloak…"
Amelia shuddered to think of what would happen.
Once when Amelia and Sirius had taken Harry and Susan to the Weasleys and had been in the living room, Harry had wandered off all by himself. Amelia had noticed that Harry was not to be seen and had been terrified. She, Sirius, Molly and Arthur had gone looking everywhere, and had finally found Harry wandering around in a nearby wooded area.
To say that she had been relieved to find him was an understatement. Images of Harry getting lost without hope or collapsing or falling somewhere and hurting himself or getting attacked or being kidnapped had been flying through her mind. Oh how mad she had been at Harry for running off! She had scolded him so much that afternoon. Poor Harry had cried for a long time, but eventually, Amelia had given him hugs and kisses and had forgiven him.
After all, Harry was her small child.
He would learn.
But she did not want him to get lost like that.
She was interrupted from her thought by Dumbledore saying, "I guess I will be keeping the cloak until Harry and Susan start attending Hogwarts."
"That would be best," Sirius replied.
Dumbledore said, "Well, I must be going now. Pity that Severus had to leave right after lunch. Well, at least he said goodbye to Harry."
Aunt Molly had just finished her story and Aunt Linda was just about to read one out when suddenly, Harry heard his Mummy calling out, "Harry, Grampa Albus and Aunt Minnie are going. Come and give them a hug."
Harry and Susan ran towards Grampa Albus and Aunt Minnie and hugged them.
After Dumbledore had hugged his honorary grandson back, he pulled out a medium sized picture from his robes and said, "Harry, this was your Mama and Dad when they got married."
Giving him the picture, he said, "I have gotten something that you will love. It is with your other presents. But most of all, I want you to be a very happy and good boy. Okay?"
"Okay Grampa." Harry replied.
As Dumbledore hugged Susan, Minerva hugged Harry and said, "My sweet little child, take care. I love you very much."
She then kissed his cheek.
Dumbledore told Susan, "You are a far better sibling for Harry than I thought Harry's cousin would be. I want you to be very happy and be that sweet little girl that you are, okay?"
"Okay Grampa," Susan replied, "I love you."
"I love you too Susan," Dumbledore replied as he kissed her cheek.
He then handed Harry and Susan lemon drops and said, "Don't eat them all at once, or your Mummy will be very angry with me."
Harry and Susan giggled and then said, "Bye bye Grampa and Aunty."
Dumbledore and Minerva said their goodbyes to them before leaving.
Sometime later, Andromeda and Dora along with Melinda left, after several hugs and kisses. Before leaving, Andromeda gave Harry and Susan love from Uncle Teddy who had not been able to make it to the party.
Later on, the other guests except for Molly, Ginny, Remus, Emily, Ron, Neville and Hannah left. Ginny wanted to stay for the sleepover that had been planned with Harry and Susan, but Molly was not very comfortable with the idea until Ginny turned three.
However, after a talk with Amelia, since Ginny's birthday would be in a few days, they decided to give it a try. Molly of course would be staying until dinnertime.
At 5:30 pm, the adults announced that they were all going to go swimming. Ron, Harry and Susan jumped up and down in the playroom, and it took quite a while for Remus to calm them down.
Amelia, Emily and Molly changed Hannah, Susan and Ginny in Susan's bedroom while Sirius and Remus changed the boys in Harry's bedroom. Soon, everyone minus Molly and Emily was wearing their swimwear and standing by the pool, having showered and ready to have some fun.
Amelia announced, "Sirius, Remus, make sure everyone has floaties. Children, absolutely no wandering off to the deep end unless an adult is holding your hand. Do you understand?"
Harry, Ron, Susan and Hannah all said, "Okay."
Ginny just looked up.
Amelia looked at the small girl and turning to Sirius and Remus, she said, "Ginny has to have an adult with her at all times. She is the smallest one here."
With that, she smilingly patted Ginny on her head and kissed her forehead saying, "Don't go wandering off without me, Uncle Sirius or Uncle Remus in the pool, okay? Good girl."
Ginny smiled widely upon hearing that.
The adults made sure the kids had their floaties and rings on them and then formed a line of children near the steps to the waterslide. Sirius stood with Harry and Ron with blue and red swim rings in the front, Remus stood with Neville and Susan with indigo and pink rings in the middle, and Amelia stood with Ginny and Hannah with purple and yellow rings at the back.
Sirius led Harry and Ron up the stairs, placed them on his legs as they got on the slide, and pushed off.
Ron and Harry screamed in excitement as the trio went down, and landed in the water with a great splash.
Sirius then pulled Harry and Ron in their swim rings away from the slide as Remus led Neville and Susan up the stairs.
Harry and Ron laughed as they heard Neville screaming before he along with Remus and Susan landed in the water.
Harry waved to his Mummy as she walked up the stairs, holding Hannah's and Ginny's hands. His Mummy smiled at him and moved her lips as if she were kissing him.
And then, he waited until Amelia landed in the water with Ginny and Hannah, and then he began to move towards them.
Susan, upon noticing Harry moving towards their Mummy, began to move towards her as well.
Harry and Susan reached Amelia at the same time and hugged her.
Amelia smiled and hugged Harry and Susan. Ginny wrapped her arms around Harry and cried out, "I LOVE YOU HAWWY!"
Amelia, Remus, Emily, Molly and Sirius all cooed over them before pulling the children towards the middle of the pool.
Neville was slightly scared so he clung on to Remus, who assured him that it would be okay and held him.
Molly walked around the pool and smilingly waved at the children who waved back. She then passed a ball to Amelia who proceeded to toss it to Harry saying, "Children let's play ball now. Everyone gather around in a ring."
They adults organized the children into a ring, and the clockwise order was, Ron, Harry, Susan, Neville, Hannah and Ginny.
Amelia then pulled Harry into the centre and said, "Okay, Harry is the monkey. Now you have to pass the ball, but Harry should not get it. If he gets the ball, and you were holding it, you will have to stand in the centre and be the monkey."
It took a little while for the children to understand the game, but soon, they with the exception of Ginny who kept on passing it to Harry each time, got the idea.
Finally, Hannah tried to pass it to Neville, but this time, Harry got it.
The adults cheered while Hannah moved to take her position as the monkey, with a sad look on her face.
Remus noticed this and pulling Hannah to the side, he said, "Don't worry Hannah, you're really good at this game. So many times, you were able to stop the monkey from getting it."
Hannah said, "But Harry got it, and now I am the monkey."
Remus said, "There's nothing wrong with being the monkey. Games are meant to be played for fun. You did a good job. Now, if you get the ball, someone else will have to be the monkey. It'll be fun. Now let's get you ready, okay?"
Hannah smiled and said, "Okay Uncle Remus."
The game resumed and went on until Ginny suddenly snatched the ball from Ron and gave it to Hannah.
Ron cried out, "No Ginny, you're not supposed to!"
Ginny cried out, "Monkey, monkey."
Amelia spoke, "Ron, calm down. Ginny, that's not the way we play. We don't snatch. What do you say?"
Ginny looked up at Amelia with wide eyes and said, "Sowwy."
She then gave the ball that was now lying in the water to Ron and hugged him.
Ron hugged her back.
Amelia kissed Ginny's cheek and said, "Good girl."
Ginny smiled at that, needless to say.
After a little while, Amelia, Sirius and Remus took the children down with them on the slides. This time, Harry and Susan went with Amelia, Ron and Hannah went with Remus, and Neville and Ginny went with Sirius.
At 6:45 pm, Amelia said, "I think that's enough for today."
Susan cried out, "No, the spa!"
Amelia said, "Susan, we've already spent more than an hour in the pool, and besides, I'm not sure Aunt Molly will be okay with Ginny in the spa."
Sirius spoke, "I'll ask her."
He went up to Molly and asked her if it was okay, and Molly said, "I don't know. You'll have to show me first."
Sirius explained to her how the spa worked and finally Molly said, "Alright, but no more than a few minutes, and someone has to be holding her."
Sirius replied, "Don't worry, we'll be careful." He then returned to where Amelia was standing in the pool, chasing Harry and Ron and said, "Molly says it's okay, but someone has to hold her."
Amelia said, "Okay. Harry, Ronnie, Susie, Hannah, Ginny, Neville, come on, time for a few minutes in the spa, and then that's it."
Amelia, Sirius and Remus pulled the children out of the pool and carried them over to the spa pool. Amelia adjusted the jets at low pressure as Ginny was quite small and held her as she sat in the spa.
As the children sat in the spa being held by Sirius, Amelia and Remus, Molly asked, "Having fun?"
Ron and Harry replied, "Yes!"
Amelia held Harry and Ginny on her lap for a while, during which, Ginny kissed Amelia's and Harry's cheeks.
Amelia kissed their cheeks after which, Sirius who was holding Susan and Neville brought his daughter over for a kiss, and of course, she got one.
Hannah, Neville and Ron got kisses on their cheeks as well.
A few minutes later, Amelia said, "Time to come out."
She, Sirius and Remus pulled the children out. Luckily, no one complained saying they didn't want to stop.
Molly and Emily helped to dry the children after which, they were dressed in warm dry clothes.
A little while later, Amelia was heating up the food leftover from the afternoon when Molly carrying Ginny went over to Sirius who was in the playroom with Remus and the other children and said, "Sirius, can I have a word?"
Sirius got up and moved over to her.
Molly explained, "Ginny really wants to be there for the sleepover tonight, but I'm just not so sure about it. Is it okay with you?"
Sirius replied, "Of course it's okay. Harry will be more than happy to have her over. Of course, if there's any problem, and she wants to come back to you, I can bring her home."
Molly asked, "You're sure?"
Sirius replied, "Positively. Amy and I discussed it. We're more than willing to have Ginny join in."
"Thank you so much Sirius." Molly said.
Sirius replied, "I should be thanking you. Your family has been so helpful to us. Soon after Harry was removed from the Dursleys, you invited him over to your home and fed him. You stood up to those Dursleys when they tried to harass my son after Pettigrew got exposed. Surely, of course we can take care of Ginny for a night."
Molly smiled and said, "Your children are so adorable. You and Amelia make good parents."
"Thanks Molly," Sirius replied.
Soon, Amelia called everyone for dinner and they all ate before going to the living room to watch T.V. for a little while. Molly spoke to Ginny for a few minutes after dinner and gave her and Ron hugs and kisses before saying goodbye. Of course, she gave the other children hugs and kisses as well, to Harry especially.
After a little while, Molly sent a bag of essentials that Ginny would need, and then, Amelia got the children to brush their teeth.
Afterwards, she brought them into the playroom, where Sirius and Remus had spread little beds.
She said, "Since you are all here, we decided that you can sleep in the playroom tonight."
Harry ran into the room excitedly and picked a bed in the middle of the playroom.
Ron and Susan took the ones on Harry's left and right sides, and Ginny took the one behind Harry's bed.
Amelia then said, "So, let me read you a story, and then, it'll be bedtime."
Susan asked naughtily, "But what if we don't sleep?"
Remus said, "Then you won't be able to wake up tomorrow to play."
Sirius said, "You heard Uncle Moony, although I'd be more than happy to…"
Amelia cut in, "Uncle Padfoot here is a silly man."
Harry and Susan giggled at that.
Amelia then started to read out a Winnie the Pooh book. As she read on, the children's eyelids began to droop and soon, Ginny and Neville fell asleep.
After the story, Amelia turned off the lights and kissed each child. Remus came over and gave Harry and Susan good night hugs before going of the room.
Sirius also came over and tucked the children in, wishing them a lovely night.
Amelia was just giving Harry a hug when he whispered, "Mummy, I love you."
Amelia whispered, "I love you baby boy. Goodnight my sweet child."
She kissed Harry and hugged Susan and kissed her whispering, "I love you baby girl. Goodnight my little baby Susan."
As Harry and Susan lay on their beds fast asleep, Amelia sang a lullaby that she had often sung to Susan before she had brought Harry to live with them. This also happened to be one that Lily had sung to Harry while she and James were still alive.
Afterwards, Amelia whispered, "Harry, you are my baby and I will never ever give you up. I know that if I had died instead of James and Lily, they would have loved Susan like their own. I will always love you. I will never abandon you. You are mine and I will always love you. Sleep peacefully my baby."
