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Birth of the Potter Children | ||||||
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Category: Post-DH/AB Characters:Harry/Ginny, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Neville Longbottom, Nymphadora Tonks, Ron Weasley Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, General, Romance Warnings: Death, Intimate Sexual Situations, Violence Story is Complete Rating: R Reviews: 59 Summary: Third in the Almost Happily Ever After series, starting at the end of the hunt for the remaining supporters of Tom Riddle and the end of Ginny's Quidditch career. Hitcount: Story Total: 123090; Chapter Total: 4756 Author's Notes: Andromeda the heroine. |
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Harry had made a map of the apartment and the area around it, and always carried a copy with him. He looked at the map. Ginny, Mitzi and Teddy were there. He had no idea where Andromeda was. “My wife, her house elf, and our godson are at the apartment.” Bee said, “We will send a couple of Aurors to the apartment to check on them.” Harry asked, “Can I use my mobile to call Ginny?” Bee said, “Cell phones will not work in this room.” Harry sent a Patronus to Ginny, saying, “A couple of Aurors will be at the apartment shortly. I will talk to you as soon as I can.” As soon as Harry had finished he asked, “Does anyone know what happened to Andromeda/” “Who?” Several of the DMLE people asked. “The older witch who was walking with Ginny!” Harry said. There was some intense discussion. Harry became quite worried about Teddy’s grandmother. Ginny, Mitzi and Teddy left their apartment at eight thirty in the morning Monday, right on time for their normal twenty minute walk to the school. For the first time Andromeda was with them. They were about half way to the school when four wizards appeared. Two of them pointed their wands at Ginny. Before they could finish cursing Ginny Mitzi had apparated back to the apartment, taking Ginny and Teddy with her. Ginny’s umbrella stroller with her computer and all her homework was left behind. Andromeda was nowhere to be seen. Ginny had an awful feeling about Andromeda. Why was Andromeda not back at the apartment? Did she get hurt? Was she kidnapped? Teddy said, “Gran-mum run away again.” “We don’t know that, Teddy,” Ginny said. Harry’s Patronus appeared, saying, “A couple of Aurors will be at the apartment shortly. I will talk to you as soon as I can.” Ginny said to Mitzi, “Thank you for taking Teddy and me here right away!” She had her hand on her wand, but she was surprised to see she was not itching for a fight. Let other people fight. She had to protect Teddy, and the life growing inside her. She would fight if she had to, but for the first time Ginny was not anxious to be in the middle of a fight. When the Aurors came Ginny said, “Do you know where Andromeda Tonks is?” The lead Auror said, “No. We were just sent here to guard you. We really don’t know much.” Ginny said, “My computer and homework! We left it!” One of them used their Wizarding mobile to make a couple of calls. Then she said, “There was an Auror there, following you. She has it.” “Harry, you need to see this,” Bee said as she turned to a display. It was some sort of Muggle/magical hybrid. It showed the receiving area where people could apparate to the DMLE office, and that where Ginny and Andromeda were supposed to apparate to if they could not get back to the apartment. Bee had hit some sort of rewind mechanism. Suddenly Andromeda and a wizard appeared. He was in some pain, and when Andromeda forcefully put her knee between his legs he was in even more pain. An Auror and a Bailiff quickly rushed up to restrain the already subdued man. “They tried to curse Ginny!” Andromeda said. “Is Teddy safe? Is Ginny Potter safe?” The Auror asked, “Are you Andromeda Tonks?” Andromeda nodded in affirmation, and said, “They tried to curse Ginny, and that bastard grabbed both of my hands. I grabbed his arms and used my leg and knee to disable him, then apparated here like we were taught.” Bee told Harry, “We need to get to the receiving area. She tossed a red broom labeled, “Emergency use, authorized personnel only,” at Harry and grabbed one herself. Harry followed the witch as they flew through a couple of hallways, down a large Atrium, and through a couple of other hallways, always staying above the startled people below. They were at the reception area of the DMLE office within a couple of minutes, far faster than if they had gone any other way. As soon as he had gotten to where Andromeda was Harry noticed that his mobile was working again, and called Ginny. “Andromeda captured one of the wizards,” Harry said. “She was magnificent!” Ginny said, “Tell Teddy that. He thinks his grandmother ran away again.” Ginny put Teddy on the phone. Harry said, “Teddy, I just saw your grandmother Tonks capture a real bad guy. She took him to the Aurors office, to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.” “She did?” Teddy asked. “She DID,” Harry said. “She is the ONLY person who was able to capture one of the bad people!” “Oh,” said Teddy. He handed the mobile back to Ginny. Teddy had a very confused look on his face. Ginny said, “Thank you, Harry. You must be busy.” “Very, but I will bring Andromeda home with me when we are done,” Harry said. Harry looked at Andromeda. She looked terrified. Harry said, “Mitzi took Teddy and Ginny back to the apartment. They are fine. How are you?” “Merlin’s dung, Oh Harry, Ohhhhhh,” Andromeda said. “It looks like you were the hero today! Congratulations!” Harry said. Andromeda looked at Harry, trying to catch her breath. “Oh Boggarts, Merlin,” she said. “At least they are safe. I cannot let Teddy see me like this! Oh Merlin. I cannot say I like this being a heroine much.” “It sounds better in a story than when you are going through it, that’s for sure,” Harry said. When Andromeda had calmed down the Aurors questioned her. She really couldn’t add much to what they had seen on the screens. The one Auror who was following the group on an invisible motorcycle saw the same thing everybody else saw, Andromeda wrestle with the one wizard and then disappear. “Give me a while to compose myself,” Andromeda said to Harry. So he went to see what the Aurors and DMLE people had found out. “Look carefully at the recording of the four beings who tried to capture Ginny,” Bee said. Harry looked at the four beings. “Is one of them a Goblin?” Harry asked. “His name is Guts, or Guts the Goblin, and he and this man,” pointing, “work for the Lord of the Dementors. He is Carlos Carlos. I do not know if he ever had a surname, but we have called him Carlos Carlos for almost a hundred years. Both of them are very old, and have been working for The Lord of the Dementors for as long as we have known about them.” “And they came here personally to harm Ginny?” Harry asked. Bee said, “To kill her, not harm or capture her. The real heroine is your house elf! You need more security. I would like a couple additional house elf shadows, one for you and one for Ginny. Ginny needs to vary here routine. It is stupid to walk to school on the same route at the same time every day.” By the time Harry was done with the witch and the other members of the DMLE Andromeda had calmed down. Harry took Andromeda by the closet network to the closet in the hall of the apartment building and from there to their apartment. When Andromeda came in Teddy approached her cautiously? “Did you catch a bad guy?” he asked “Yes, Teddy, I caught a bad guy,” Andromeda said. “Was it scary?” Teddy asked. “It was very scary!” Andromeda said. “But you were real brave and not scared?” Teddy asked. Andromeda looked at Harry, who said, “Being brave is not the same as not being afraid, Teddy. Being real brave is being scared, but doing what you have to do anyway. Your grandmother was very scared, and she should have been very scared. Those were very bad people who wanted to kill Mum Ginny. Your grandmother was very scared, but she did the bravest thing and captured one of the bad men.” “I cannot promise you I will not be scared,” Andromeda said to Teddy, sitting down so she was eye to eye with him. “I can promise you that I will not run away just because I am scared. I love you too much.” Andromeda held out her arms and Teddy went into them. Grandmother and grandson hugged and hugged. When everybody was sitting down Harry said, “Amelia Clancy says you need to vary your morning routine, in fact stop being predictable in all your movements. This is especially true for Ginny, but also for Andromeda.” They talked about varying routines for a while. Harry then said, “Amelia Clancy also wants house elf guards. Dobedo is tied up with some study and other things until I get back. Mitzi, do you have a boyfriend that would like to become a guard?” Mitzi looked like she was having a hard time saying anything. Finally Ginny gently said, “Mitzi, if you have another house elf you like it is fine with us. Who is it?” “His name Fritz,” Mitzi said. “He no fighter.” “What does he do?” Ginny asked. “He in FINANCE,” Mitzi said, getting excited. “Finance, that big word means MONEYS. He pays Mitzi and many other house elves. He INVESTS; means saves but gets more money back than puts in. MAGIC with MONEYS!” “You two want to mate?” Ginny asked. “Only when we back,” the little house elf said. “Must stay with employer the famous and so good, Ginny Potter. Maybe when back gets permissions and mate and make little elf babies.” The little elf giggled. “I would like that!” Ginny said, and she pulled Mitzi into a hug. Mitzi started to cry. “Mitzi so lucky to work for Harry and Ginny Potter. Kreacher say all female house elves gets maternity leave after we have babies. MATERNITY LEAVE! Is so great master and mistress.” Harry called Kreacher and explained the situation. It seemed that Kreacher was anticipating the need for more guards. “Has a couple who wants to be your guards. Male is Mo and female is Jo. I send them right over. Dobedo came over, and Mo and Jo came over with him. Harry was surprised when he saw the couple. You could tell which one was male and which one was female, but they were very similar in size. They were both about as large as a goblin, very tall for house elves. Dobedo said to Harry and Ginny, “Dobedo stay two weeks. Teach Mo and Jo how to guard. Also how to remember names and positions so can help Mr. and Mrs. Potter.” Harry told Ginny, “Dobedo remembers the name and something about every person I need. House elves cannot help learning all about anyone who is introduced to their master. It is often very helpful. I miss Dobedo not being with me in San Francisco.” The next morning Ginny, Teddy and Andromeda, with Mitzi and Jo the house elves accompanying them, took the closet network to a location on the other side of the school for the walk to school. They left about ten minutes early. From then on Ginny and Andromeda would vary the times they left and the route, always notifying the Aurors so there was always an invisible Auror shadow for the walk. When they got to school there was a lot of excitement. Many of the students had heard rumors of something. There were several stories, and they did not agree. So the teacher asked Teddy to introduce his grandmother. Teddy said, “This here is my Gran-mum Tonks. She is my Real Gran-mum cause she is my bio-logic-cal Gran-mum cause she is my bio-logic-cal mum’s mum. My bio-logic-cal mum is dead. Mum Ginny and Daddy Harry are my real mum and dad cause we have legal docu-mints, them’s papers with seals and signatures on them, showing that they my REAL mum and dad cause of all the seals and signatures, but they not my bio-logic-cal mum and dad. “Gran-mum Tonks became real hero-ine yesterday; hero-ine is when girl becomes hero. She hero-ine cause she captured a very bad man. We’s attacked, Mum Ginny and Gran-mum, by four real bad wizards, cept one wizard was a GOBLIN, cause I listen carefully, bout the A-tack, cause is real portant.” “Important,” Ginny said. “Real Im-portant,” Teddy said. “Well, Gran-mum Tonks grab hold of the bad wizard, and put her knee right betweens his legs where boy parts are. It really hurts when you’s hit where your boy parts are! And she apparated the bad guy right to the Aurors, and they capture him, and he is a wizard, not a GOBLIN, cause the goblin got away, “So we all real excited yesterday, and we gets more house elves to help protect us, and this here is Jo, she is going to help protect Mum Ginny and me. “So that’s most of what happened, cept I need to tell Victoire and the cousins who is old enough to listen cause some of the cousins is too little, but Victoire is my favor-ite cousin cept she’s not REALLY a cousin cause she’s not a bio-logic-cal cousin.” Talk of the attack took up much of the morning, and Grandmother Tonks was something of a heroine at the school from the day she started helping. Meanwhile Ginny started a routine they would follow for the rest of the school year, with Ginny usually going to school with Teddy and usually picking up Teddy, but gone for most of the day. There were brief articles in all the Wizarding Press about the attack. Every one of them had Andromeda as a hero except for “Snide.” Witches Rumors said, “Ginny Potter ran away from a fight, leaving the elderly babysitter the Potters have retained to face her attackers alone.” There was more in the article about Ginny’s cowardly behavior. Snide’s headline read, “Potters Publicity Hounds Again.” The article said that “Ginny Potter ‘claimed’ she was attacked, but she offered no proof. The elderly grandmother of the Potters’ foster son claims to have captured one of the attackers, but other than backing up the Potters’ story our DMLE is saying nothing more, obviously trying to cover up the true facts of the story.” Ginny read both stories several times. “I would love to write an article saying what did happen, but there is too much of the story that you and the DMLE want to keep secret to write a good story.” Thursday after Teddy was in bed Harry said to Andromeda, “Al VanLente and several other people want to meet with just Ginny and me starting at three tomorrow. Could you please stay with Teddy until five?” “I would be delighted to spend another couple of hours at the school,” Andromeda said. “How do you like the teaching?” Ginny asked. “The teaching is fine,” Andromeda said. “Some of the girls are teasing Teddy because he has a girlfriend, but he doesn’t seem to be too bothered by it.” Friday Al VanLente and several other members of the International Aurors Association, along with three witches from the Prophecy Office in Switzerland, met at the Potters. One of the Witches examined Ginny, and then nodded what Ginny thought was a no to Al and the group. Valerie Bushman, who with her husband headed the group of prophets that worked in Switzerland, then spoke. “We know that about every 500 or so years a new couple is born who could become the next king and queen of the prophets. The last time this occurred the witch and wizard did not get along. The witch had the second most powerful wand, but the wizard did not have the most powerful wand. She wanted to be in charge. There was a lot of fighting between them, and between various factions. Eventually the wizard took the most powerful of the three original crystal balls and left. We think he became the King of the Dementors, although what goes on in the Himalayan Mountains where the King of the Dementors lives is somewhat of a mystery. “We are almost sure the witch took the second most powerful crystal ball and her wand and became the Pirate Witch Queen of the Caribbean. “It is prophesied that the Regents, that’s you, Harry and Ginny, will have the next potential King. A descendent of the Pirate Witch Queen is prophesied to have the next Queen. Neither are born yet. When one or both are born it will be a time of great danger to our world, but also a great opportunity. “Neither the Lord of the Dementors nor the Pirate Witch Queen knows as much as we know, but they know enough to be really scared. That is why Harry and Ginny need security. “As far as we know the baby Ginny is carrying is not the next King. And the omens, as far as we can read them, predict a long life for both of you, but omens are never totally accurate. We all think you will both be safe as long as we all stay totally paranoid about insuring your safety.” “Will our children be safe?” Ginny asked. “We cannot predict that, Ginny,” one of the witches from the Prophecy Department said. “It is far too early to predict.” “What if the most powerful wand doesn’t exist?” Harry asked. “It does, and there is a prophecy that you will give it to a son,” Valerie said. “NO BLOODY WAY!” said Harry. “If I don’t trust myself with that wand, how would I trust one of my children?” Valerie did not say anything else, but let the matter drop. “Is that the only reason we are in danger?” Harry asked. “No,” Al said. “The Dementors are furious that you are pushing to banish them from all the Wizarding Prisons. If they do not get new food they can fade out. There are also rumors and predictions that the new King and Queen of the Wizards will somehow let some of the poor souls that the Dementors eat escape. We really don’t understand what the predictions mean, but the Dementors are aware of them and really do not want there ever to be a new King and Queen.” “They are evil creatures,” Harry said. “I wish they would all vanish from the earth.” “You are making powerful enemies by saying that, Harry,” Al said. “Do what is right, not what is easy,” Harry said. “I think I am right.” “I think you are right too, Harry,” Al said. “I fear that your stand will not be without cost.” Ginny did vary her morning routine and at times only Andromeda took Teddy to school. Everything was quiet for some weeks. Ginny was able to heal and do better on her school work, and as far as Ginny was concerned that made Andromeda more of a hero than the capture of the bad guy. Harry made sure he could go with Ginny to her appointments. Because of all that was going on in the Potter’s lives, and because of Ginny’s weight gain, Tammy wanted to see her every other week. After the usual tests, and after weighing in, Tammy said to Ginny, “Only a couple of pounds these two weeks. I’m not sure we want to work on diet any more. Are you exercising?” Ginny said, “I probably ought to get a stair climbing machine, or I’m never going to be able to climb the stairs at Grimmauld Place.” “Is that your home back in England?” Tammy asked. Ginny nodded yes. “How many floors does it have?” Amanda asked. “Most of the living is on six floors,” Ginny said. “I never go to the Potions room in the sub-basement. The floo is in the basement kitchen. You enter the front door on the ground floor, but we do not use the living and dining room on that level much. The room we really live in is the drawing room on the first floor. Our bedroom is on the second floor. Harry and I have talked about having our older children in the two bedrooms on the third floor. A guest bedroom and my office will be on the fourth floor. “I think going up and down all six stories will probably keep me in shape. Part of my problem is that the apartment here is all on one floor.” Tammy looked a little startled. “You went up and down six stories in England?” Ginny said, “Before I got hurt Harry and I used to run up and down the floors from the kitchen to our bedroom all the time. Even after I got hurt I walked up and down the stairs all the time.” Tammy said, “I think a stair climbing machine would help. We have magical stairs that are better than the stupid machines Muggles use.” Ginny got a magical stair climbing machine, and between that and watching her diet she got in better shape and almost stopped her weight gain. |
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