Here is the first part of Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Part 1 Thora and Draco had just joined everyone in the Gryffindor common room. Athena and harry were now well aware that Draco never hated them to begin with.
"Well Draco, this is my family." Thora said. Thora found it funny that they were all sitting in order according to age. She also noticed that Ginny Weasley was sitting next to Aquarius. "Okay...I guess my family wants to introduce themselves to you." Thora said. Malfoy was shocked when he saw the whole family. Albus started his introduction.
"Hi, I'm Albus." Albus said with a chuckle.
"But I'm so used to calling you Dumbledore." Draco said.
"You can call me Dumbledore during school hours, but after that you can call me Albus." Albus said.
"It took me awhile to get used to it too." Harry said. The introductions went on.
"I'm Athena, but I think you know me already." Athena said with a chuckle. She rested her head back against Harry's shoulder.
"I'm Thor, Thora's twin brother." Thor said holding his hand out for Draco to shake.
"I'm Aquarius." Aquarius said.
"I'm Autumn." Autumn said as she stood up and shook Draco's hand.
"I'm Ginger." Ginger said.
"And I'm Ginevera, but they just call me Ginny." Ginny said.
"And we are twins, if you couldn't already tell." Both twins said with a chuckle.
"That's my name too!" Ginny Weasley said with a laugh, and the introductions went continued on.
"I'm Lily." Lily said with a smile.
"I'm Lilith." Lilith said as she stood up and shook Draco's hand.
"And I'm Luna, and we are identical triplets." Luna said with a chuckle. Alice gets up off of Athena's lap and walks over to Draco
"I'm Alice and I'm two. I will be three years old tomorrow." Alice said cheerfully. "I'm not the baby anymore." Alice said as she ran back over to Athena and sat on her lap.
"I'm Minerva, and I wish for you to call me by my name after school hours, or when it's just us, like it is now." Minerva said as she struggled to get up. Malfoy noticed that his professor looked different. Before Draco could ask, Athena informed him that her mother was expecting again.
"Yes, mum is expecting again." Athena said answering Draco's silent question.
"Big time." Thora said, finishing Athena's thought. Just as Thora said that Minerva enters the room again.
"Your father and I have picked out names for the little ones." Minerva said excitedly.
"Ooh... What are they?" Ginger asked.
"For the boys we have decided on Albus Percival Jr. and Aiden Octavian." Minerva said cheerfully.
"Is it just me, or do most of your names start with an A?" Draco asked the Dumbledore children.
"Now that you say that Draco, I'm curious too." Athena said. "Hey Mum, is there any reason that most of our names start with an A?" Athena asked her mother.
"No sweetheart, there really isn't a reason that most of your names start with an A, we just liked those names and they just happened to start with an A." Minerva answered truthfully.
"Oh..." Athena responded. "What names have you picked out for the girls?" Athena asked curiously.
"Eve Alaina and Eden Alyssa." Minerva replied happily. "I love the name Marni Piper, but we already had the other names picked out already." Minerva said.
"I really like that name too mum." Athena said agreeing with her mother. Athena then noticed that Alice had fallen asleep on her lap. "I'm going to go put Alice in her bed, I'll be right back." Athena said as she left the common room and made her way to her parents' quarters. Harry took this time without Athena to ask Albus and Minerva what he had been wanting to ask them. Everyone else was in their own conversation so Harry approached Albus and Minerva.
Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Ummm...May I have your permission to marry your daughter?" Harry asked as he pulled the out a small black box with a very beautiful ring.
"Of course you can." Albus said happily. "Minerva, what do you think?" Albus asked.
"Of course, just as long as the wedding is after graduation." Minerva replied. "Oh...and one more thing, No surprises before the wedding...if you know what I mean." Minerva said with a laugh
"When would be a good time to give her the ring?" Harry asked.
"I think Valentine's Day would be sweet." Minerva replied happily. Minerva gasped when Harry showed her the ring. "Is that Lily's engagement ring?" Minerva asked still in awe.
"Yes, it's my mother's ring, Sirius gave it to me." Harry replied.
"It's beautiful!" Minerva said still staring at it in awe. Just looking at Harry and the ring was giving her flashbacks of when James had proposed to Lily. Just as Harry had put the box back in his pocket, Athena enters the room. Athena then shows her mother the diamond necklace around her neck.
"Hey mum, look at what Harry gave me, isn't it pretty?" Athena said as she looked at Harry dreamily.
"It's lovely Athena." Minerva replied. "It's getting late you two, and I do believe you two have and essay due in Transfiguration class tomorrow." Minerva said with a smile.
"Yes we do." Harry said happily trying to hide the fact that he had not finished his essay.
"Mr. Potter, I am under the impression that you have finished your essay." Minerva said with a smile knowing that he did not finish it. "Did you forget that I could read minds, Potter." Minerva said with a chuckle as she left the Gryffindor common room. Minerva then makes her way to her and Albus' chambers. She enters the bedroom to find Albus in bed already sleeping. Minerva then changes into her nightgown, and notices that it's getting to small for her.
"Urgh... looks like I'm going to need to get a new nightgown too." Minerva mumbled to herself as she struggled to join Albus in bed. Minerva then kissed her sleeping husband and wished him sweet dreams. Minerva herself then drifted off into a peaceful sleep. Not long after that Minerva started to dream.
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After Poppy took what Minerva thought was the last baby, Minerva slumped down into the pile of pillows thinking her work was done. Poppy returned from putting Eden with her sister and brothers. Poppy noticed that Minerva wasn't comfortable and was restless.
"Min, what's wrong?" Poppy asked, but before Minerva could answer she went pale and yelped. She then leaned back against Albus and grabbed his hands to try and ease the pain. When Minerva finally managed to catch her breath she tried to answer Poppy's question, but Poppy did not need an explanation.
"Min, you have another baby on the way!" Poppy warned Minerva who was still trying to figure out the problem herself.
"Min, that baby wants out now. Push!" Poppy said. Minerva did as she was told. Minerva was already exhausted from delivering the other four babies.
"I am pushing!" Minerva screamed at her friend. "I don't think that I can do this much longer Poppy, I exhausted." Minerva cried out. Minerva finally managed to catch her breath. "Damn you Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, this is all your fault and you don't feel a bloody thing." Minerva yelled as she elbowed Albus with both arms. Minerva screamed as she pushed again. Poppy tried to hold back a laugh in fear that Minerva might slap her too.
"Two or three more like that, and he or she will be out." Poppy said. A little while later the sound of a crying newborn filled the room. "Min, It's a...
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"Wake up Min, you will be late for breakfast." Albus said trying to wake up his sleeping wife.
"Okay Okay...I'm up" Minerva responded. As Minerva sits up, she puts both hands on her swollen belly feeling that the babies are still there. Albus notices this and gives his wife a weird look.
"Are you okay my dear?" Albus asked worried about his wife.
"Yeah I'm okay; I just had another dream about the babies." Minerva replied.
"You didn't have another nightmare did you?" Albus asked.
"No it was just a dream." Minerva replied quickly, not wanting to tell Albus about the dream. For the rest of the morning Minerva shrugged off the dream as if it meant nothing. Both Albus and Minerva went down to the Great Hall to get breakfast. Minerva picked at her breakfast because she wasn't feeling too well. The smell of Severus' cologne made things even worse.
"Severus, you stink please get away from me." Minerva begged. Severus was shocked that Minerva would say something like that to him Severus was shocked that Minerva would like something like that to him.
"What! How can I stink, I showered this morning." Severus said coolly. Severus was offended by Minerva's harsh comment. He was sitting by Minerva because Rolanda had told him the same thing. "Ro told me the same thing. That is why I am over here by you, but she wasn't as polite about it." Severus explained.
"Severus, it's not you that stinks, it is your cologne. The smell of it is making me so nauseous." Minerva replied.
"Oh...I'm sorry about that." Severus said apologizing to Minerva.
"Hey Severus, don't bother moving, I have to leave anyways." Minerva said as she left the staff table and made her way to the hospital wing.
"You're early." Poppy said to Minerva as she walked into the hospital wing.
"I know, I left the Great Hall because Severus' cologne was making me very nauseous." Minerva explained.
"I see," Poppy said noticing that her friend was really pale. "Right this way please." Poppy said motioning for Minerva to follow her. Minerva did as she was told and followed Poppy to a room towards the back of the hospital wing. "There have been a lot of ill students lately, wouldn't want to chance you catching anything." Poppy said.
"Yeah I have to agree with that." Minerva replied agreeing with Poppy. Poppy holds the door open for Minerva and they both enter the room. Minerva struggled to sit down on the bed. "I so can't wait until March." Minerva said as she put her hands on her aching back.
"You still have the rest of January and all of February left...If you last that long" Poppy said.
"I can't believe he did this to me again." Minerva complained.
"It's not all his fault," Poppy said trying to defend Albus, who wasn't even there. "and I bet you did nothing to stop him. So it is partially your fault too." Poppy said with a smug smile.
"Yeah you're right." Minerva replied agreeing with her friend. She couldn't get out of this one with a lie. Minerva could not do anything but smile at the thought of how much fun she and Albus had making all of their children. As Poppy ran the tests she explained to Minerva that she may have to put her on bed rest.
"I will not abandon my cubs this early in the year!" Minerva protested.
"It's January, the year is half way through." Poppy said trying to reason with an angry Minerva.
"I don't care if it is the beginning of the year or the end, I won't abandon my students. Not again." Minerva argued, remembering how she was out for half of the year when she was pregnant with the triplets.
"I was suggesting you go on bed rest for a reason, but if you insist. I think it may be possible for you to work from a wheelchair." Poppy said with a smile admiring her friends determination.
"Thanks!" Minerva replied.
"Oh there's one more thing I have to say." Poppy said. "I don't know how you are going to take this but..." Poppy stuttered.
"Is something wrong? What is it Poppy!" Minerva asked starting to get anxious.
"I'm sorry, but you no longer have quads." Poppy said trying to hold back a smile not knowing how Minerva would take it.
"What happened? What did I do wrong?" Minerva asked trying to hold back a sob.
"You did nothing wrong Minerva." Poppy said trying to hold back a smile.
"But you said I was no longer carrying quads, and that would mean that something bad happened to one or more of my children." Minerva said. Tears began to form in her eyes and fall down her cheeks.
"Why do you assume something bad happened? You no longer have quads because you are carrying quintuplets. When I was running tests on you I thought I noticed something, and I took a closer look and sure enough, five heartbeats instead of four.
"So that dream I had was true." Minerva mumbled to herself. "Poppy, how did you not notice this child earlier on?" Minerva asked out of curiosity.
"I don't know." Poppy replied, truthfully answering her friend's question.
"Can you tell whether it is a girl or boy?" Minerva asked
"You mean you can't read their minds like you can read everyone else's." Poppy asked with a laugh.
"I can, but I can't tell what thought belongs to what child." Minerva admitted.
"Okay, what do you think it is? I'll tell you if guess correctly." Poppy said cheerfully.
"A girl of course." Minerva said with a laugh.
"And you would be correct!" Poppy said cheerfully. "So I'm guessing you win that bet you and Albus always make." Poppy asked.
"Yes I guess I have won three girls two boys." Minerva said happily. "And I already have a name for her." Minerva said excitedly.
"What are their names? Did you and Albus even decide on names yet?" Poppy asked.
"We have all of their names picked out already, and of course the first suggestion that comes out of my husband's mouth is Albus Percival Wulfric Brian." Minerva said trying to catch her breath after saying all of those names. This made Poppy laugh. "Anyways, I agreed to only part of his suggestion. For the boys we have Albus Percival Jr. and Aiden Octavian." Minerva said happily.
"What is it with you two and names that start with an A?" Poppy asked.
"My oldest daughter asked me the same thing last night." Minerva said with a laugh. "And there is no reason why most of their names start with an A." Minerva replied.
"Oh..." Poppy said. "What names have you picked out for the girls?" Poppy asked.
"Well shockingly, Albus came up with a very beautiful name for one of the girls." Minerva said with a chuckle.
"Ooh...What is it?" Poppy asked.
"Eden Alyssa and we named her twin sister after my two sisters." Minerva replied.
"What two sister Min?" Poppy asked knowing that Minerva had more than two sisters.
"Eve-Angeline and Alaina, my older twin sisters." Minerva replied. "Eve-Angeline is too long so we went with Eve Alaina." Minerva said proudly.
"Very cute! I'm sure your sisters would be honoured. Those two are some of our best Aurors from what Alastor says." Poppy said. "What about your other little girl?" Poppy asked with a smile.
"I really love the name Marni Piper." Minerva said happily. "And Albus does not need to know about Marni, he will find out soon enough." Minerva said with a mischievous laugh. This made Poppy laugh.
"Look at the time." Poppy said as she looked at the clock.
"I have to go find Alice, it's her birthday today." Minerva said as she was about to walk out.
"I will meet you all wherever later. I have a gift for my godchild." Minerva was about to leave the hospital wing. Just as Minerva was about to walk out of the door she was greeted by her oldest and youngest daughters.
"Good morning Athena. Happy Birthday Alice!" Minerva said cheerfully. Minerva had noticed that Athena had gotten up extra early to dress Alice for her. "Thank you!" Minerva said thanking her oldest daughter. Minerva also noticed that Alice had on a new dress that she had not seen before. "Where did she get that dress?" Minerva asked.
"Harry and I got her some new outfits for Christmas." Athena replied. Just as Minerva was about to leave with her daughters Poppy stopped her.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Poppy asked as she rolled the wheelchair towards Minerva.
"Nope." Minerva said with a smirk.
"Athena, please tell your mother to stop being so stubborn." Poppy asked.
"Mum, please listen to Poppy. You don't have to stay in it the entire day, just enough to minimize your walking." Athena begged. This made Poppy laugh.
"You heard your daughter, get in this wheelchair." Poppy replied.
"Mummy, please listen to Aunt Poppy, I want you to get all better." Alice said in a serious tone. If that didn't convince Minerva the tears forming in her youngest daughters eyes would.
"Oh alright." Minerva grumbled. She was outnumbered three to one. Minerva struggled to sit down in the wheelchair.
"Mummy can I sit on your lap?" Alice asked. This made Minerva, Athena, and Poppy laugh.
"If you can find room you can sit on my lap." Minerva replied. So Alice tried so hard to fit on her mother's lap.
"There's no room for me to sit on your lap anymore mummy." Alice said with a frown.
"No there's not, I'm sorry about that but your brothers and sisters are the one taking up all of the space." Minerva said with a chuckle.
"Well, tell them to move and get out of my way Mummy!" Alice said as she put her hands on her hips. Alice then tries to move them out of her way by pushing on her mum's belly.
"It's not that easy sweetheart." Minerva said with a laugh. Alice continued to push on her mother's belly.
"We want your sisters and brothers to stay where they are at for now, they are not finished growing yet." Poppy said with a laugh. Athena picked Alice up and put her on her shoulders and was about to leave the hospital wing.
"Meet us at Hogsmead." Athena said before leaving.
"See you there." Poppy and Minerva replied.
"I don't know what I would do without her." Minerva said. "She's been such a big help with all of her younger siblings." Minerva said with a smile.
"She will be a great mother just like her mum is." Poppy said thinking about how good Athena was with her siblings.
"I know she will be, hopefully she won't be as young as I was though." Minerva said with a frown.
"I don't know about that." Poppy said. "She's really good with little Alice." Poppy said with a smile.