(A/N: Well I can now post after being forbidden to for… don't know exactly. Anyway… This is the end of this story but don't worry I have, by the time I could post this, started on it's sequel The Order of The Phoenix & Falcon: Dark Age. Watch for it's first chapter soon, maybe by New Years Eve/Day but if my best friend shows up from St Louis for a visit… and we go up to my aunt's house… it won't be up till sometime so I am making no promises. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed… If it wasn't for a couple of you Ginny would have slipped my mind… *smiles embarrassedly* Thanks everyone. I'll dedicate my next story to a few people who've helped me along the way with this one or just inspired me too keep it up. Thank you all. What a long note… On to the story.)
Chapter 34
[5, 4, 3, 2, 1…] Rosalyn thinks.
"WHAT?!?!" Alexander says. "Now?"
"Yes…" Rosalyn says grinning at Alexander's shock.
"Well come on we got to get to the Hospital Wing." Alexander says.
"Ok… Then you will tell everyone?" Rosalyn asks.
"Yes, dear." Alexander says.
"Ok. Come on, let's go." Rosalyn says.
10 Hours Later at Midnight"They kicked me out I was making everyone too nervous." Alexander says to Falcore and Andre as he walks out of the room where Rosalyn is. "They'll call me back when it's done."
They all sit and wait…
5 AM May 11th"Man this is taking too long…" Alexander says.
"Yeah I know, you must be a nervous wreck… no wonder they kicked you out." Falcore says earning a glare form Alexander.
"Alexander… come." Pomphrey says.
Alexander stands up and follows her back into the room.
Rosalyn is smiling though very tired looking. Alexander smiles when he sees the two bundles in her arms.
"Shh they're sleeping." Rosalyn says in warning and Alexander nods in compliance.
Their eyes open and they squint for a minute before the little one with black hair and blue eyes and his long nose reaches out at Alexander.
"Is this Chase?" Alexander asks picking the baby up and cradling it.
Rosalyn nods.
"So that's Sophia?" Alexander asks looking at the other baby which has brown hair and brown eyes and his slightly pointed ears and Rosalyn nods.
"Can the others come and see, Madam Pomphrey?" Alexander asks.
"Yes but they can't stay too long your wife needs her rest." Madam Pomphrey says and Alexander smiles at the word wife and nods.
Alexander walks out and gets the guys warning them to keep their voices down.
"Well we'll stay out here…" Falcore starts.
"No, no. It's just to not wake the babies Rosalyn is going to have to get some sleep soon." Alexander says almost shoving them inside.
They both smile at Rosalyn and the twins.
"The one with my ears is Sophia Crystal Adelle Phoenix and the one with my nose is Chase Isaac Phoenix." Alexander whispers.
"Well they are both very cute." Andre says.
Chase starts to cry and reach out at Falcore.
"He wants to meet you." Alexander says and Falcore picks Chase up and cradles him.
Sophia, wanting to not be left out, cries and reaches out at Alexander who picks her up and rocks her gently and then hands her to Andre so he can see her. Falcore and Andre switch babies and then they hand Sophia to Rosalyn and Chase to Alexander. Madam Pomphrey then shoos Falcore and Andre out since Rosalyn fell asleep. Alexander sits in a big comfy chair beside the bed with Sophia and Chase in their crib.
When he's sure they're asleep he tiptoes out and grabs a little bag he'd brought in from Hogsmeade. He comes back into the room with it. He opens it silently and then pulls out a stuffed bear which he places beside Chase and a stuffed doll which he places beside Sophia. They both roll over and hug their stuffed toy and Alexander sits back in his chair smiling wide and then falls asleep in a very regretful position.
Alexander is awoken by something tugging on his hair and realizes he has a bad crick in his neck. Rosalyn tries to stifle her laugh but fails.
"Good afternoon, honey. It seems your head decided to lay over the crib and the twins found your hair to be a fun toy." Rosalyn says laughing again and Alexander gives her a withering look. "Ok I'll get them off. They just had their lunch."
"They must have energy to burn off." Alexander says with a wink.
"Yeah, I guess so." Rosalyn says getting them off of Alexander's hair which they'd been tugging and Alexander sits up.
They frown at the missing 'toy' and turn to their stuffed toys. Chase sits his up and pulls on its nose. He frowns at it and then squeezes it and it squeaks which catches his attention. He gurgles happily and makes the bear squeak over and over until he's worn out from squeezing and lays down. Sophia hugs her doll and it makes no noise so she turns it and it rattles. She rattles the doll a few more times then naps with her brother.
"Hmm, I thought they'd stay up longer." Alexander says.
"Well, when I woke up a couple of hours ago they were contently pulling on your hair and sticking it in their mouths… You might need to wash your hair." Rosalyn says. "By the way, where did those two toys come from?"
Alexander smiles guiltily. "I picked them up in Hogsmeade the first time Pomphrey kicked me out. I figured they be bored when they woke up today…"
"Well that was sweet." Rosalyn says and they hug.
"Thanks." Alexander says. "You look worn out."
"Well, I am… but it was worth it." She says looking at the sleeping twins.
"Yeah…" Alexander says as he and Rosalyn get in some snuggling time while the babies sleep.
Harry had decided to get his hand back after Fang was made his responsibility. He had to get used to his hand again but he was glad it was back. He'd heard that DADA and Potions and COMC classes were cancelled for Monday and Tuesday of the week, it was Sunday and Harry had an idea of what happened to get those classes cancelled but he was barred from the Hospital Wing unless he was really sick or broke something so he'd have to wait.
Drake was finding the memory barrier easier to break but harder too. He could now find holes but by the time he was sure enough about the hole it would close. He did however reach a happy time with his parents which half crumbled the barrier and so he just had to find his girlfriend.
He picked through holes looking for the right memory… but he couldn't hook it yet… he gave up for now and went back to his other business.
Hermione and Ron figured out what happened to cancel those classes fairly quickly after the announcement. They tried to visit but were told off by Pomphrey and gave up. They had gotten back to hanging out with Harry now that he was sane again and Ginny was hanging out with them waiting for Drake to get sane again. Harry had given him a potion which he claimed would break the barrier that shut his memories away.
Drake finally found out who his girlfriend was and felt horrible… it was the girl he'd been extremely cross with… Ginny. Ugh… Drake was mad with himself now that his memories were back but he felt his mark, (not of the OOP&F of an announcement special OOP&F mark) the falcon in his Order mark, burning which signaled go to Falcore's room for a message.
Drake arrived and found Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny in Falcore's room along with Falcore and Andre.
"Well what's the message?" Drake asks walking in earning looks from everyone and he looks around like 'what the?'. "What? Did I turn into a troll…? OH… I get it… I'm not insane anymore."
"Yeah…" Falcore says unsurely.
"I'll prove it. Ginny is my girlfriend and you two are heir elementals… Falcore has the element of earth and Andre the element of water. I have ice… Alexander is fire… Rosalyn is pregnant… Harry was a Death Eater… And that's all I have to offer." Drake says.
"OK… you're Drake again." Ginny says and hugs him.
"Mmm… I missed that." Drake says with a laugh.
"Anyway, onto the message… As most of you figured out Rosalyn has had her babies. And since you have tried to see them and been booted out I got permission for all of you to see them with us today." Falcore says to a chorus of cheers. "But you'll have to be very well behaved and if they are asleep do not wake the babies up they've been crying this afternoon and driving Alexander and Rosalyn nuts."
"We promise." Everyone says.
"OK let's go." Falcore says.
The group arrived silently and heard squeaking and rattling upon entering the room where Rosalyn and Alexander were laying down watching the twins.
"Hello you two." Drake says.
"Drake!" Alexander says standing up. "Good my potion worked. Whew."
"Yes. Of course. So these are the new twins of Hogwarts." Drake says with a smirk. "That one has your nose Alexander… and that one has your ears."
"Yes I know… the poor dears." Alexander jokes.
"Aw." Ginny says looking at the babies. "Who is who?"
"The one with black hair and blue eyes is Chase Isaac Phoenix, and the one with brown hair and eyes has a long name… it's Sophia Crystal Adelle Phoenix."
"Oh boy and girl twins." Hermione says admiring the babies squeaking and rattling their toys on their backs.
"Yep." Rosalyn says.
"Heh… Chase certainly likes that squeaking he'll love Flitwick's voice." Harry says with a laugh.
"Yeah." Ron agrees.
"Hah. I never thought of that." Rosalyn says.
Everyone hears a small giggle and looks over at the crib where Ron is making faces at the babies although it only makes Chase laugh. Ron realizes everyone is watching him. "What? I have older brothers… I remember what they did to get me to laugh." Ron turns back to making faces at Chase since Chase had started to cry.
"I guess we'll make him an honorary 'uncle'." Alexander says.
"Yep." Rosalyn says.
Ron stops since Chase fell asleep and says thanks.
"Well, we'd better be going… Goodbye you four." Falcore says leading everyone out except Alexander holds Drake back.
"How do I know that you are really sane?" Alexander demands of Drake.
"Because… Falcore believes me. You can tell if I'm me I know how that amulet works… test it." Drake says with a loud whisper. "OK fine. You nearly killed yourself after thinking Rosalyn was dead. You saved my life after I was a drunk and tried to kill myself. And that's all I'll offer you believe or not."
"Fine but something gets out to You-Know-Who and you will be killed… care of secrecy pact of The OOP&F." Alexander says quietly noticing Rosalyn asleep and sends Drake on his way.
Later That NightAlexander was still up that night watching the twins for Rosalyn when Sophia woke up and started crying like she was scared.
"Shh. Shh, let your mother sleep Sophia." Alexander says picking up Sophia and rocking her in a rocking chair.
Unknown to him Rosalyn was awake and watched him sing as he rocked Sophia in the rocker:
"Golden slumber kiss your eyes,
Smiles await you when you rise.
Sleep, pretty baby,
Do not cry,
And I will sing you a lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep,
While I o'er you watch do keep.
Sleep, pretty darling,
Do not cry,
And I will sing you a lullaby."
Alexander sang the song twice more yawning at the end of the last time and gently setting Sophia in the crib. Alexander lays down in the big comfortable chair and falls asleep.
[He was meant to be a parent it seems.] Rosalyn thinks and as an afterthought, as she falls asleep, adds. [Thank goodness.]
Drake and Ginny were patching everything up. Harry patched things up with Drake too. The rest of the week went smoothly for being hectic with studying for OWLs.
Alexander and Rosalyn got back to their room a week after the babies were born… Partially because Pomphrey wanted to keep an eye on them and partially to fix the nursery up. Alexander was really enjoying his new family, and the fact that he had one finally.
The twins were very enthralled with all of the stuff they had to play with which included a Phoenix for Chase and a Pegasus for Sophia. They would sit up in these little things designed to help them sit up and chew on the toys. Sophia liked her Pegasus the best and Chase liked his Phoenix. Chase was more active and accidentally bumped his head once… he cried and then he kissed his phoenix on its head and looked up at Alexander and Rosalyn, stopping. Chase was by far a sweetie… Alexander would hate to watch him turn into what all babies did… a teenager.
May passed into June and quickly the OWLs were upon the fifth years and the NEWTs were upon the seventh years. Quidditch was cancelled until further notice due to the recent rise in numbers of White and Blue beasts in the Forbidden Forest. The twins were crying more and becoming a bother… Alexander never cared though… and for that Rosalyn was grateful… very grateful.
Alexander was getting tired of it all though because he was putting in extra hours at the lab and watching news… what was published and behind the scenes… both could be very different. Death Eater attacks were being written off as 'fanatical rebels' and 'lunatics playing into Dumbledore's scheme' they were even called 'henchmen of Dumbledore used to make his lies seem true' but behind the scenes Fudge knew what was going on inducting a secret draft order to the new UKMAF and doing everything possible to cover up and evidence of Death Eaters while consoling families.
But just recently a reporter who'd been missing for a year came out with a story of the year caliber scoop. Rita Skeeter, who'd been tried as an illegal Animagus but registered and paid a heavy fine instead of doing time, was being held in Azkaban for a while before then.
Bill Weasley hadn't been released and it was several months past his sentenced two months. He was still in when Skeeter was being held only a month ago pending her payment going through and something huge happened… Rita Skeeter got her a double huge scoop. The day she was cleared she hung around on the island for a little bit flying around as her beetle form. Well she heard screaming and saw several flashes of green and red while she was in Bill's cell watching him… And a swarm of Dementors glided past the cell and then Death Eaters, with some of them freed and walking around and the insane ones being killed as they trekked, were freeing everyone.
They stopped in front of Bill and just held him under the Cruciatus curse until they figured he lost his mind and went past The Dementors and everyone left. Rita turned to her human form and checked on Bill who was still sane but only just.
She helped him and they took the only boat left and Rita quickly found Bill help at St. Mungo's where he is still recovering. Rita changed her vicious ways mostly after that and popped the scoop on the Wizarding World 3 days ago. That gained more support for Dumbledore and the Order and the families of the Death Eater's victims were calling for a new Minister of Magic. They wanted a member of the Order but due to the secrecy pact the Order member who was running was never revealed as being a member but the member was the favorite. There were actually two Order Members running and a missing member was found alive.
The two running were Viktor Krum and Amos Diggory. The missing one they found was Arabella Figg. The school year was over and Alexander and Rosalyn and Chase and Sophia were going to live in the castle along with Falcore. Andre left on a mission that would take quite a while… at least a year.
Drake and the trio all got an above average number of OWLs. Ginny passed all of her exams. They were all sad to be leaving Hogwarts but other than Hermione they were very close together. Drake was going back to Black Manor to live with Remus, Sirius, and Harry. All of their stuff was packed and they were standing around on the Platform at Hogsmeade with Fang wanting to play with James while James was hissing at him. Hedwig was in her cage mad at both of them. Harry shook his head and sighed… how could he let them get along…
The train pulled up and everyone filed on. Harry and the others found a compartment together.
Draco showed up as always. "Potty, Weasel, and the fake. You're all next… the Dark Lord will win. Heh. Cedric first, Weasels second, Hagrid…"
A huge flash of light engulfed Draco and Crabbe and Goyle. They were all knocked out like the previous year except Draco was covered in boils and tentacles. Crabbe was covered with fur and tentacles and Goyle was just covered with boils. Fred and George popped up again.
"Well I guess we did it again… we're pretty good at listening in. Well… we're stopping. Get ready and be sure to tread heavily on these three idiots." Fred and George say. "Erm… sorry Drake."
Soon they were out on Platform 9 ¾ with Remus and Sirius picking them up. Harry walked pack out to King's Cross finally looking forward to his summer break for once in his life. It was a new beginning… and yet it was also the beginning of a new Dark Age… a darker Dark Age than ever before.