Could It Be?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fourth Month~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

\" Time to get up.\" I said, kissing him lightly on the cheek. He groaned a little. \" No way, if I have to get up, so do you.\" I said, pulling the blankets off of him. I got up and started to get ready for classes. He still wasn\'t up by the time I got dressed and pretty much ready. \" Baby, seriously...get up.\" He didn\'t move. \" Wingardium Leviosa.\" I said, quietly. He started floating, as I lifted my wand.
\" What in the bloody--\" I cut him off, my dropping my wand suddenly, sending him, falling to the bed. I sat there, giggling uncontrolably. \" You think that\'s funny?\" I couldn\'t stop laughing.
\" I had to get you up somehow.\" I said, after finally decreasing my laughter. I walked over and sat next to him. He walked over to the couch and sat down. I went and sat straddling his lap. \" I love you.\" I told him quietly. He acted like he was mad at me. I got up playing along. \" Ok. Fine. I\'m going to class.\"
\" Get back here.\" He said, taking my hand and pulling me back. I laughed. Now I was in his lap facing away from him. His hands rested on my very slightly swollen belly.
\" Five more months.\" I said. \" Little less.\"
\" You scared?\" He asked.
\" Everyday.\" I said, honestly. \" Afraid that Voldemort will hurt you, and take our two little ones away, raise them for evil, and use them against you or us.\"
\" I know. But I\'m going to do everything in my power to see that that doesn\'t happen.\" He said. A few minutes later, we got up, and he got ready. We went to Professor McGonagall\'s class. We were taking ordinary little house creatures (rats, mice, and frogs) and turning them into furious animals. It was my turn. I was going to turn a rat into a bear. Using a simple switching spell, I briefly turned the rat into a big bear, and in that same instant it turned into a little teddy bear.
\" Miss Wallace, this is not amusing.\" Professor McGonagall said.
\" Professor I didn\'t do it.\" I said. \" It turned into a bear, you saw it.\" I felt a slight twinge of pain.
\" Do it again.\" She said. So I did it again, felt the same pain, and yet again, the bear turned into a teddy bear. \" Try something else.\" So this time, I turned the rat into a big wolf. Well again it changed this time it turned into a little puppy. \" Miss Wallace, explain yourself.\"
\" Professor McGonagall I didn\'t do it.\" I said. \" It\'s like someone is switching my switching spell.\"
\" Professor? Could it be the baby? I mean after all it is the child of two magical people both being strong in magic.\" Hermione said.
\" Miss Wallace, Mr. Potter, both of you go down to the hospital wing, and have a chat with Madame Pomfrey.\" Professor McGonagall said. So we went down.
\" What were you doing?\" Harry asked.
\" Nothing.\" I said. \" I swear.\" We talked to Madame Pomfrey.
\" Well I don\'t know what could cause it. But why don\'t we check it out.\" She said. She pulled out an old muggle machine that I\'d seen before. \" Miss Wallace, why don\'t you lay up here, and we\'ll check out everything.\" She cast a couple of charms and spells on the machine, to make it work without electricity.
As soon as she got the machine running, she had me lift my shirt, over my stomach, and she rubbed this cold gel on it. Then she put this little thing that looked like a computer mouse, on it. A picture appeared on the screen. Then heartbeats filled the air.
\" Is that the--\" She cut me off.
\" Yes that\'s their heartbeat.\" She smiled. With the next movement of the mouse thingie she was using, a little shock sent it out of her hands, and I gasped with a painful cramp like feeling.
\" What was that?\" I asked.
\" Miss Wallace, I think we have figured out how your spells are being messed up.\" She said. \" Your two little ones here must think its funny to mess up your spells. Or to just change them all together.\"
\" Could they be scared?\" I asked. \" I mean when I came before it was after being around magical creatures, and this time I was turning small creatures into larger ones.\"
\" They could be.\" She said.
\" We\'re dealing with the same animals today in Care of Magical Creatures.\" I told her.
\" Just do your best to keep yourself and them calm. Make sure that they stay calm.\" She said.
\" Luckily we have class together.\" Harry said. We left a few minutes later to go to class. About 20 minutes into the class they started it again.
\" Here they go again...\" I said, leaning on Harry to hold myself up.
\" Are you ok?\" Hagrid asked.
\" Everything will be ok.\" Harry said.
\" What\'s wrong Potter? Can\'t control your kid?\" Draco Malfoy asked.
\" Shut up Malfoy.\" I said, loudly.
\" It\'s not my fault you have a delinquent for a child.\" Draco said.
\" Lacy your turn.\" Hagrid said.
\" Can you come back to me?\" I asked. Hagrid nodded.
\" Close your eyes.\" Harry said, softly. \" They can probably see what you see.\" The only people who knew about the twins were Hermione and Ron, other than the teachers. I closed my eyes. Harry got permission from Hagrid to take a short walk, he explained the situation. We walked away and out of sight of everyone. \" Any better?\"
\" Not really.\" I said, silent tears rolling down my cheeks.
\" Alright you two...calm down. You\'re really hurting your mum. We both love you very much. We wouldn\'t let anything hurt you. We\'d rather die first--\" I cut him off with a sharp not to loud scream.
\" Don\'t mention die...\" I cried.
\" Not that we\'re going to die. We\'re going to be around as long as you need us.\" He said. Harry kept talking, and they started to calm down. It felt like I had to fully grown infants inside me, either casting spells at each other, or rough housing around.
\" You ok?\" He asked. I nodded, and wrapped my arms around his neck.
\" I can\'t keep doing this.\" I said, still tears on my cheeks. \" It hurts so much.\"
\" There\'s got to be away to reduce their fear.\" He said. \" Unless they\'re afraid of the same things you are.\"
\" I\'m not afr--\" He cut me off.
\" Maybe we should go see Professor Lupin, because if these things don\'t scare you too bad, we need to find out what does, because if not it might be the death of you.\" He said. I felt them jolt again.
\" Don\'t use the d- word.\" I said.
\" Nobody\'s going to die.\" He said, rubbing my stomach in soft circles. After class we went to see Professor Lupin, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. He\'d helpped Harry alot before, when we all thought Sirius Black wanted to kill Harry, but just the opposite.
\" Lacy, you know that a Boggart takes on the shape of the thing you fear the absolute most.\" Professor Lupin said.
\" I know.\" I said.
\" You remember the spell?\" He asked.
\" Picture something funny, and say \'Riddikulus\'\" I said.
\" Exactly.\" He said. \" Harry please sit off to the side, we can\'t have you interfering.\"
\" Ok.\" Harry said. \" You sure about this?\" He asked me.
\" Yes.\" I told Harry. Professor Lupin released the Boggart, and it split in three, one form took on Lord Voldemort, and then another one took on Lucius Malfoy, and the last one took on Peter Pettigrew. \" I -- they\'re going to--ah...ow.\" I cried, gripping my lower stomach.
\" Professor.\" I heard Harry say.
\" Fight it Lacy.\" Professor Lupin said.
\" I can\'t.\" I cried.
\" You can.\" He said. I imagine that all three of them were bowling pins and a huge boulder knocked them all over, I managed a small smile, I set one hand on my stomach.
\"Riddikulus!!\" I said, loudly, crying. I felt the babies helping me, because I was in more pain that I could describe. \" Riddikulus!!\" I repeated. \" Riddikulus!!\" I said again with a scream. They boggart was sent back to the chest it was kept in. I fell to the floor, crying. Harry ran over.
\" It\'s ok, everything\'s ok.\" Harry said, softly, drawing the little circles again.
\" Do they respond to your voice?\" Professor Lupin asked. Harry nodded, still talking to them. I put my hand over Harry\'s.
\" Listen to your daddy, he\'s knows what he\'s talking about.\" I said, feeling them become calmer. Professor Dumbledore came in just as I stood back up.
\" Miss Wallace we want to keep you out of your classes. Madame Pomfrey says that your children\'s fears could be causing you to have so much trouble.\" Dumbledore said.
\" Sir I--\" He cut me off.
\" It\'s the safest solution for you and the little ones.\" He said.
\" Yes, sir. I understand.\" I said.
\" Miss Granger will be tutoring you.\" He said. \" Please return to you room.\"
\" Yes sir.\" I said. Harry took me back to the room, and he had to be to class in half an hour.