On The Green

Chapter 10: Babies

June 25^th

Finally June has arrived. And it's almost also. I had my OWLs. I must say that I find them not that difficult at all. Since I live Sevvy and he has granted me access to his own library... I never knew he had so many books, let alone about subjects that weren't his own... This would probably give me an E in at least 5 subjects.

It wasn't until I saw Trelawney stumbling along that I knew what day it was though. It was the due date of her, Hermione, Ginny and McGonagall!

"Wait, Professor! I'll help you!" I said to her.

"Thank you, Ms. Green! My son won't be born until five hours have past, but I guess the Hospital Wing is a good place to be... although there is very little clairvoyant aura around that place!"

So I helped her to the Hospital Wing. When we got there, Ginny had already given birth to a little baby boy with blond hair and brown eyes. They had named him Troy Lucius Arthur Malfoy

Madam Pomfrey quickly settled Trelawney in a bed of her own... when the next patient arrived. Hermione, ready to deliver her baby! When I looked at the baby, I saw the terror on the couple's face, and on that of the Malfoy's. And I guess on mine. Their baby gir was Sevvy's. Hermione named her Athena Molly Weasley.

I had to tell Sevvy that he had indeed fathered Hermione's child. It was not something I looked forward too.

I walked into our quarters, and saw Sevvy sitting at his desk grading the exams of the lower years.

"Severus?"

"What's going on?" He had recognised the tone of my voice.

"It's the due date of the pregnant women. McGonagall hasn't checked into the Hospital Wing yet, Trelawney will give birth in about five hours to a baby boy. But the Malfoy's and the Weasley's have already come in and are now with child!" I spoke like this, because then he'd understand that this was important.

"So..." he said looking at me, "and what is the verdict?"

"Draco and Ginny got a little boy with blonde hair and brown eyes named Troy..."

"I meant Granger..."

"She gave birth to a baby girl, named Athena. Athena is yours!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he yelled. It looked as if his whole world was collapsing. What had he done to deserve this? Where had he failed?

I walked to him, and let him cry at my shoulder. He hugged me really tightly. It was almost as if we were the only two persons alive and were one in grief and comfort.
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McGonagall's baby arrived a bit earlier than Trelawney. It turned out to be a girl with auburn coloured hair named Amelia Leonie Dumbledore.

McGonagall was the only was that was a second time mum. She had given birth to a baby girl before. The baby was from her first husband. Her first husband had died at the hands of the Death Eaters. But her eldest daughter, Miranda McGonagall, was about fifty now, married and with children, and grandchildren of her own.

As Trelawney predicted her son, Aurelius Flitwick, was born about five hours later. Professor Flitwick squealed in delight. He had never expected to become a dad again, after so many years. He had lost his first wife when he was fairly young. She had died giving birth to their baby boy. But he always kept seeing the bright sight of life, especially since his eldest son had married Miranda McGonagall... Flitwick never expected his son to have flaming red hair.

It was the Weasley curse... although Troy had somehow escaped it.