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h3 id="work" class="landmark heading" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-image: initial; outline: 0px; font-weight: 500; font-style: inherit; font-size: 0px; font-family: Georgia, serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0.125em; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 0; word-break: break-word; opacity: 0; height: 0px; clear: both; color: transparent; border-color: initial initial #333333 initial; border-style: initial initial double initial;"Chapter Text/h3
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"The group walked over to the carriages, and Draco helped Harkin up into the back as everyone followed closely behind. The carriage set off for the castle, and Harkin rested her head on Draco's shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her waist. "You know it is a little weird how the two of you practically move in sync." Blaise stated, and everyone looked up at him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""What do you mean?" Theo asked, not really noticing their movements anymore./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""They react to each other like magnets. She moves; he moves. He moves; she moves. It's like they know when the other is going to change position and they react to that movement. Like just now, Harkin shifted to lean against Draco, and before she moved his arm came up and around her waist as she settled again him." Blaise stated, and Draco just chuckled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""That doesn't make us magnets, Blaise. We can actually read each other, so I actually knew she was going to shift her position to get more comfortable. I adjusted my position to accommodate the movement she was going to make." Draco explained./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""That is weird, mate." Blaise stated, and Draco chuckled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""No, not particularly. For you, normal people, like you guys, but for us, our souls are intertwined, Blaise. There are no secrets between us, because we can read each other's thoughts and emotions." Draco explained farther as the carriage stopped in front of the castle. Draco wrapped his arm around Harkin's waist, and he helped her to stand as everyone else started filing out of the carriage. Theo stopped at the bottom of the steps to help Harkin out of the carriage, and then Draco followed her out, with a smirk and a nod to Theo, who returned the gesture. The group made their way into the Great Hall, and the room stopped and looked up at the newlyweds and stared at them as they walked over to the Slytherin table./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"The rest of the school year went by without much going on other than studying, revisions, and OWLs prep. Harkin had weekly checkups for the twins, and they were definitely progressing faster than normal. Melody says they are currently on track for early to mid-June, and Harkin asked about protection potions for after the twins were born plus the millions of questions, she had about what she should expect after she had the twins in regards to normal female anatomy as she had no idea what to expect. Melody carefully walked her through what a normal 15-year-old girl goes through in regards to their bodies, and Harkin was quite honestly horrified. Draco knowing the basics wasn't as surprised by the information, but equally horrified with the information./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Harkin wrote weekly letters to Sirius and Remus, and Narcissa, about the appointments and what happened during the week. Narcissa sends her weekly treat basket and updates on the progress of the Dark artifact confiscation that the Ministry is doing at the Manor and through their vaults. Sirius and Remus write their letters about their vacation that they are taking around the world; Sirius taking advantage of his freedom. By the end of May, when OWLs came around, Sirius and Remus had gotten through most of Europe and were on their way to America for the last month of their trip to be home for the end of the school year, and the birth of the twins./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Throughout the entirety of their exam, Harkin's back pain ramped up, and the twins were especially active, thankfully they didn't always kick her bladder or she would be taking the exams in the loo for easier way to take them, but the kidney kicks were just as bad given her back already hurt. Draco was trying his best to help with some healing magic pushed through their bond, which helped some. Other than the pain, the written portion of the exams went relatively well, the practical portion a little less so. Harkin was exempt from the potions practical exam as long as she took it after the twins were born and before the second week of June, it shouldn't affect her grade, which Harkin appreciate. Her other practical exams were slightly below what she wanted, but given the pregnancy magic flares she was experiencing, they could have been a lot worse./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She sighed in relief as she was stretched out on their bed after the last exam, her feet in Draco's lap as he rubbed them, and she felt this strange pressure in her abdomen before a gush of liquid spilled between her legs. "Draco?" she whimpered as the pain got worse./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Shit. They are early. They have another week." Draco whispered as he started to panic./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""We knew they could come earlier than that. Help me up to the Hospital Wing."" She muttered as she tried to scoot to the edge of the bed, and Draco grabbed their baby bag before he rushed to helped her up./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Do you want to try and walk?" Draco asked, and Harkin nodded./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Mel said it would be a good idea, it should help progress things faster." Harkin said as they slowly made their way out of their room and towards the Hospital Wing. Every few minutes they had to stop as a contraction hit, and Harkin screamed at the pain. Draco tried to take as much of the pain away as he could, but he was told not to overdo it when she went into labor. They were almost there, when another big contraction hit, and Harkin screamed again, the whole school shaking as their magic lashed out at the pain she was in. Madam Pomfrey rushed out of the Hospital Wing at the scream and she started helping them towards the Hospital Wing at a slightly faster pace/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""How long has she been in labor?" Madam Pomfrey asked./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""It took us about a half hour to get up here from our room, and her water broke shortly before that, which is what prompted the trip up here." Draco explain as another contraction hit, and Harkin scream in pain./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Why does this hurt so much?" Harkin whimpered. "The only thing that might be worse than this is the Cruciatus Curse." Harkin groaned in pain./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Let's get her lying down and then I will fire call Melody." Madam Pomfrey stated, and they slowly made their way down to the end of the wing and got Harkin onto a bed. Draco sat up behind her and leaned her back against his chest, taking both her hands in his as another contraction hit, and she squeezed the circulation out of his fingers. Draco was pretty sure he heard and felt something crack under the pressure, and Draco tried to help her through the breathing exercises that Melody went over with them./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Breathe, my raven." Draco whispered, and he gasped as his fingers were crushed with another contraction. "Fuck." He swore under his breath. "Sorry, love, that one surprised me." Draco whispered, and Harkin giggled which turned into a scream as another contraction hit./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Why does this hurt so much? I know they said it would hurt, but I wasn't expecting it to be this excruciating." Harkin yelled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""It might have something do with the spell damage you recently received." Melody stated as she rushed into the room, how far are they apart?" She asked as another one came through with a scream./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""About 30 seconds." Madam Pomfrey responded, and Melody's head snapped up at that./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""How has she progressed that far already?" Melody questioned as she did a couple of spells and the bed shifted into the birthing bed with the stirrups for Harkin's feet. "Up, please." Melody instructed, and Harkin was about to move when another contraction hit her and this time the lights in the castle flickered. "Oh, that isn't good." Melody pointed out, and Harkin moved her legs with a little help from Draco to put her feet into the stirrups. "Cold breeze." She warned as she vanished Harkin's bottoms and conjured a blanket for over her lap. She looked between Harkin's legs and whispered, "You are almost there. I'm going to do a sonogram really quick to get a better look at the twins, and we will work from there." Melody explained as she pulled out her wand and started casting some spells. "Okay, it looks like they are in position, so there shouldn't be any problems. This next part is going to be the hard part. I think the amount of Magic you have wrapped around them, is causing the stress and pain you are feeling, your body doesn't know how to remove the protections without help from you, and possibly Draco."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You want us to try and unfurl the magic around the twins?" Harkin asked as another contraction hit and it came out as more of a scream, breaking move of Draco's fingers in the process./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes. Can you try? I can have Draco try first if you prefer?" Melody questioned./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Draco, please. Ah!" she screamed, and Draco grimaced./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""I think all of my fingers are broken, but yeah." Draco muttered, and Melody flicked her wand and winced./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes, they are all broken. In a couple of places. Do you want me to heal them?" she asked./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Would it be better or worse? Especially since they will likely be broken again." Draco commented./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Probably worse to heal them before this is done. Re-breaking freshly repaired bones can cause more damage, especially in the more flexible areas like fingers and toes."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Leave them then. How do I go about unwinding the magic?" Draco asked with a wince./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Focus on the twins, and try and slow pull the magic away like you would a blanket." Melody explained, and Draco closed his eyes and mentally focused on their magic, and he found the bundle that was around the twins, and he slowly started peeling away the magic surrounding them. He tried to ignore the pain and Harkin's screams as he focused on the magic and pulling it apart./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Good, Draco. Alright, Harkin, we are going to need you to push." Melody said, and the next contraction hit and Harkin was pushing. "Good the head is out on the first one. One more big push and it will be out." Melody praised as Harkin stopped pushing, and Harkin was breathing heavy./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""We are not having more kids." Harkin screamed as the next contraction hit, and she started pushing again./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""The first one is a boy." Melody said as she handed the little boy off to Madam Pomfrey. "Okay, one down, and one to go. I want you to not push on the next contraction, I need to make sure they are in the right position before you push okay." Melody explained, and Harkin just nodded as the next contraction hit and she screamed as she tried not to push the baby out. Melody pulled her wand out and cast the same set of spells she did earlier. "Okay, they are ready. Push on the next contraction." Melody stated and Harkin started crying as the next contraction hit and she started to push again. Harkin stopped pushing as she felt the contraction stop, and she was gasping sobs./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Please tell me this is almost over." She begged, and Melody nodded./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You are almost done, mama. Now push." Melody said as the next contraction hit and Harkin was pushing. "One more push and this one should be out. Okay? I just need you to. Breath please, and one more big push." Melody said, and Harkin put all of her energy into pushing the baby the rest of the way out. "Second baby is a little girl." Melody said, and Harkin gasped, both in surprise and an attempt to get some air into her lungs./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Here is your little boy." Melody said as she handed Harkin the little boy, and then she pulled out her wand and healed Draco's fingers./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Fuck. Why does that always hurt just as bad as breaking them?" Draco asked and Melody chuckled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Don't know. What would you like to name him? He is yours, Draco." Melody stated./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""I pick Orion James and Scorpius Hyperion." Harkin said as she looked up at Draco./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Blonde hair like a Malfoy let's go with Orion."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Orion it is. Orion James Malfoy-Potter." Harkin whispered with a smile./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""And I have you little girl, who is technically Thaddeus Nott's, which I think is the first girl in their family in a few generations." Melody stated./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Aquila Primrose or Carina Lily?" Harkin asked, and Draco smiled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Carina Lily. I think I see little cuffs of red in the hair." Draco chuckled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Carina Lily Malfoy-Potter. Perfect." Harkin whispered. "How and when do we do the blood adoption for Carina and Draco?" Harkin asked as she looked up at Melody./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""We can do that right now if you would like?" Melody stated, and Harkin nodded./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Might as well. Has Narcissa, Siri, and Remi been notified?"/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes, they unfortunately have to use the front gates as I am emergency personal and they are just the emergency contacts. They should be here soon, and I believe Minerva is gathering your friends as well." Melody stated, and she pulled out her wand. "Draco, I am going to need you over here please." She said as she pointed to the bed next to Harkin's, and she waved her wand at the bed Harkin was lying on and it returned to normal. Draco ended up in the bed next to Harkin's holding Carina, and Melody started on the small ritual for the blood adoption./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Melody was just finishing up the ritual as everyone started showing up. "Draco, I just need you to sign at the bottom, and then have Harkin sign, and that will send the adoption off for filing."/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"The group walked over to the carriages, and Draco helped Harkin up into the back as everyone followed closely behind. The carriage set off for the castle, and Harkin rested her head on Draco's shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her waist. "You know it is a little weird how the two of you practically move in sync." Blaise stated, and everyone looked up at him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""What do you mean?" Theo asked, not really noticing their movements anymore./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""They react to each other like magnets. She moves; he moves. He moves; she moves. It's like they know when the other is going to change position and they react to that movement. Like just now, Harkin shifted to lean against Draco, and before she moved his arm came up and around her waist as she settled again him." Blaise stated, and Draco just chuckled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""That doesn't make us magnets, Blaise. We can actually read each other, so I actually knew she was going to shift her position to get more comfortable. I adjusted my position to accommodate the movement she was going to make." Draco explained./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""That is weird, mate." Blaise stated, and Draco chuckled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""No, not particularly. For you, normal people, like you guys, but for us, our souls are intertwined, Blaise. There are no secrets between us, because we can read each other's thoughts and emotions." Draco explained farther as the carriage stopped in front of the castle. Draco wrapped his arm around Harkin's waist, and he helped her to stand as everyone else started filing out of the carriage. Theo stopped at the bottom of the steps to help Harkin out of the carriage, and then Draco followed her out, with a smirk and a nod to Theo, who returned the gesture. The group made their way into the Great Hall, and the room stopped and looked up at the newlyweds and stared at them as they walked over to the Slytherin table./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"The rest of the school year went by without much going on other than studying, revisions, and OWLs prep. Harkin had weekly checkups for the twins, and they were definitely progressing faster than normal. Melody says they are currently on track for early to mid-June, and Harkin asked about protection potions for after the twins were born plus the millions of questions, she had about what she should expect after she had the twins in regards to normal female anatomy as she had no idea what to expect. Melody carefully walked her through what a normal 15-year-old girl goes through in regards to their bodies, and Harkin was quite honestly horrified. Draco knowing the basics wasn't as surprised by the information, but equally horrified with the information./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Harkin wrote weekly letters to Sirius and Remus, and Narcissa, about the appointments and what happened during the week. Narcissa sends her weekly treat basket and updates on the progress of the Dark artifact confiscation that the Ministry is doing at the Manor and through their vaults. Sirius and Remus write their letters about their vacation that they are taking around the world; Sirius taking advantage of his freedom. By the end of May, when OWLs came around, Sirius and Remus had gotten through most of Europe and were on their way to America for the last month of their trip to be home for the end of the school year, and the birth of the twins./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Throughout the entirety of their exam, Harkin's back pain ramped up, and the twins were especially active, thankfully they didn't always kick her bladder or she would be taking the exams in the loo for easier way to take them, but the kidney kicks were just as bad given her back already hurt. Draco was trying his best to help with some healing magic pushed through their bond, which helped some. Other than the pain, the written portion of the exams went relatively well, the practical portion a little less so. Harkin was exempt from the potions practical exam as long as she took it after the twins were born and before the second week of June, it shouldn't affect her grade, which Harkin appreciate. Her other practical exams were slightly below what she wanted, but given the pregnancy magic flares she was experiencing, they could have been a lot worse./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She sighed in relief as she was stretched out on their bed after the last exam, her feet in Draco's lap as he rubbed them, and she felt this strange pressure in her abdomen before a gush of liquid spilled between her legs. "Draco?" she whimpered as the pain got worse./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""We knew they could come earlier than that. Help me up to the Hospital Wing."" She muttered as she tried to scoot to the edge of the bed, and Draco grabbed their baby bag before he rushed to helped her up./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Do you want to try and walk?" Draco asked, and Harkin nodded./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Mel said it would be a good idea, it should help progress things faster." Harkin said as they slowly made their way out of their room and towards the Hospital Wing. Every few minutes they had to stop as a contraction hit, and Harkin screamed at the pain. Draco tried to take as much of the pain away as he could, but he was told not to overdo it when she went into labor. They were almost there, when another big contraction hit, and Harkin screamed again, the whole school shaking as their magic lashed out at the pain she was in. Madam Pomfrey rushed out of the Hospital Wing at the scream and she started helping them towards the Hospital Wing at a slightly faster pace/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""It took us about a half hour to get up here from our room, and her water broke shortly before that, which is what prompted the trip up here." Draco explain as another contraction hit, and Harkin scream in pain./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Why does this hurt so much?" Harkin whimpered. "The only thing that might be worse than this is the Cruciatus Curse." Harkin groaned in pain./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Let's get her lying down and then I will fire call Melody." Madam Pomfrey stated, and they slowly made their way down to the end of the wing and got Harkin onto a bed. Draco sat up behind her and leaned her back against his chest, taking both her hands in his as another contraction hit, and she squeezed the circulation out of his fingers. Draco was pretty sure he heard and felt something crack under the pressure, and Draco tried to help her through the breathing exercises that Melody went over with them./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""It might have something do with the spell damage you recently received." Melody stated as she rushed into the room, how far are they apart?" She asked as another one came through with a scream./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""About 30 seconds." Madam Pomfrey responded, and Melody's head snapped up at that./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""How has she progressed that far already?" Melody questioned as she did a couple of spells and the bed shifted into the birthing bed with the stirrups for Harkin's feet. "Up, please." Melody instructed, and Harkin was about to move when another contraction hit her and this time the lights in the castle flickered. "Oh, that isn't good." Melody pointed out, and Harkin moved her legs with a little help from Draco to put her feet into the stirrups. "Cold breeze." She warned as she vanished Harkin's bottoms and conjured a blanket for over her lap. She looked between Harkin's legs and whispered, "You are almost there. I'm going to do a sonogram really quick to get a better look at the twins, and we will work from there." Melody explained as she pulled out her wand and started casting some spells. "Okay, it looks like they are in position, so there shouldn't be any problems. This next part is going to be the hard part. I think the amount of Magic you have wrapped around them, is causing the stress and pain you are feeling, your body doesn't know how to remove the protections without help from you, and possibly Draco."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You want us to try and unfurl the magic around the twins?" Harkin asked as another contraction hit and it came out as more of a scream, breaking move of Draco's fingers in the process./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes. Can you try? I can have Draco try first if you prefer?" Melody questioned./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Draco, please. Ah!" she screamed, and Draco grimaced./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Probably worse to heal them before this is done. Re-breaking freshly repaired bones can cause more damage, especially in the more flexible areas like fingers and toes."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Leave them then. How do I go about unwinding the magic?" Draco asked with a wince./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Focus on the twins, and try and slow pull the magic away like you would a blanket." Melody explained, and Draco closed his eyes and mentally focused on their magic, and he found the bundle that was around the twins, and he slowly started peeling away the magic surrounding them. He tried to ignore the pain and Harkin's screams as he focused on the magic and pulling it apart./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""The first one is a boy." Melody said as she handed the little boy off to Madam Pomfrey. "Okay, one down, and one to go. I want you to not push on the next contraction, I need to make sure they are in the right position before you push okay." Melody explained, and Harkin just nodded as the next contraction hit and she screamed as she tried not to push the baby out. Melody pulled her wand out and cast the same set of spells she did earlier. "Okay, they are ready. Push on the next contraction." Melody stated and Harkin started crying as the next contraction hit and she started to push again. Harkin stopped pushing as she felt the contraction stop, and she was gasping sobs./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You are almost done, mama. Now push." Melody said as the next contraction hit and Harkin was pushing. "One more push and this one should be out. Okay? I just need you to. Breath please, and one more big push." Melody said, and Harkin put all of her energy into pushing the baby the rest of the way out. "Second baby is a little girl." Melody said, and Harkin gasped, both in surprise and an attempt to get some air into her lungs./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Here is your little boy." Melody said as she handed Harkin the little boy, and then she pulled out her wand and healed Draco's fingers./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Fuck. Why does that always hurt just as bad as breaking them?" Draco asked and Melody chuckled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Don't know. What would you like to name him? He is yours, Draco." Melody stated./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""I pick Orion James and Scorpius Hyperion." Harkin said as she looked up at Draco./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Orion it is. Orion James Malfoy-Potter." Harkin whispered with a smile./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""And I have you little girl, who is technically Thaddeus Nott's, which I think is the first girl in their family in a few generations." Melody stated./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Aquila Primrose or Carina Lily?" Harkin asked, and Draco smiled./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Carina Lily Malfoy-Potter. Perfect." Harkin whispered. "How and when do we do the blood adoption for Carina and Draco?" Harkin asked as she looked up at Melody./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""We can do that right now if you would like?" Melody stated, and Harkin nodded./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes, they unfortunately have to use the front gates as I am emergency personal and they are just the emergency contacts. They should be here soon, and I believe Minerva is gathering your friends as well." Melody stated, and she pulled out her wand. "Draco, I am going to need you over here please." She said as she pointed to the bed next to Harkin's, and she waved her wand at the bed Harkin was lying on and it returned to normal. Draco ended up in the bed next to Harkin's holding Carina, and Melody started on the small ritual for the blood adoption./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Melody was just finishing up the ritual as everyone started showing up. "Draco, I just need you to sign at the bottom, and then have Harkin sign, and that will send the adoption off for filing."/p
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