A Fruitful Love ; The Potter Twins

8. The First Lesson

A few days later, Harry arranged to have all of the members of Dumbledore's Army meet him in the Room of Requirement. Elena walked in there with Hermione and Ginny. It looked different from the previous time Elena had been inside. The bed and fireplace were gone, and the room was a lot larger in size. Instead there was a large training area that filled most of the room, with a small library section off to the side where they could do research.

Harry waited until everyone had arrived, then he stood in front of them all. "Okay, err, where to start," said Harry. "I suppose the stunning spell would be a good one to learn first. So I want everyone to split off into pairs."

Harry watched as the group began to separate and pair up. He saw Elena standing next to Hermione, and it reminded him of her condition.

"Err, Elena. You should probably sit this one out," said Harry.

Elena was puzzled for a moment, then scowled at him when she realised what he meant. "Just because I'm pregnant, I could still kick your ass in a duel, little bro," she said, angrily.

There were gasps and murmurs among the other children. That's when Elena realised what she had said.

Elena winced, then turned around to face the others. "I guess you would have all found out eventually," she said. "But yeah, I'm having a baby."

No one is sure how to respond, until Luna speaks up. "Congratulations, Elena," she said.

There were a few other murmurs of "Congratulations" from the rest, but most people were too shocked to say anything.

"Okay, shall we get back to the lesson now?" said Harry. "So spread apart and into your pairs. And Elena, you can go and sit in the library section over there."

Elena glared at Harry and pulled out her wand. "I told you, I'm not an invalid," she said.

"I don't want to see you get hurt," said Harry.

"Oh, you think you could hurt me, do you?" said Elena. "Stupify!"

Before Harry had a chance to react, he was hit by the blast from Elena's wand. He stumbled backwards for a few steps, then fell to the ground.

"Oof," groaned Harry as he landed on his bum.

Elena instantly regretted what she had done. "Oops, sorry," she said.

Hermione just rolled her eyes and went to help Harry. She was used to seeing the twins arguing, and this was not the first time they had used magic on each other.

Harry groaned and rubbed his back as Hermione and Ron helped him to his feet.

"I'll just go and sit over in the library section," said Elena.

Harry just nodded, then turned to the others. "Okay, as my sister kindly demonstrated, that was the stunning spell," he said. "So just practice that in your pairs."

Elena grabbed a book off the shelf and tried to hide behind it as the others practiced stunning.

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Later that day, Elena and Hermione walked towards the Great Hall for dinner. They had just reached the entrance when they heard someone calling to them. They turned around to see Professor McGonagall waving in their direction.

"Miss Potter, a moment please," she said.

Elena stopped and waited for McGonagall to catch up to her.

"Miss Potter, could you come to my office? I needed to speak with you in private," she said.

Elena followed McGonagall back up the staircase and along the corridor towards her office. McGonagall didn't say anything, but Elena could guess what it was she wanted to talk to her about. One of the other DA members must have told her about Elena being pregnant. It was probably all around the school by now, Elena realised.

McGonagall opened the door and gestured for Elena to enter. McGonagall waited for Elena to sit down before she started to speak.

"Now, I wanted to discuss some rumours that have come to my attention," she said. "Is it true that you are with child?"

"Yes, it's true," said Elena.

"Oh, you poor girl," said McGonagall. "How are you coping?"

Elena scowled. She didn't feel like a 'poor girl', and she didn't like McGonagall's pitying tone. She was making it sound like Elena had suffered some horrible misfortune. But at that moment, Elena didn't feel unfortunate. She was actually feeling excited about the idea of becoming a mother.

Admittedly, Elena's thoughts about being pregnant were rather up and down like a yo-yo. She flipped between excitement to panic when she thought about the enormity of it all. But at no point did she feel like she deserved anyone's pity.

"Actually, I am fine, and I'm looking forward to having my baby," said Elena.

McGonagall was surprised by this. "I am sorry. I assumed you would be upset at your age," she said.

McGonagall's condescending tone just made Elena feel more stubborn and determined. "Well I don't think I'm too young," she said. "And I think I will be a great mum."

The truth was that Elena had not really thought that far ahead yet in any detail. She was still adjusting to the idea of being pregnant. But her natural stubbornness meant that she didn't want Professor McGonagall to see how scared she was most of the time.

"Okay, well I am here if you ever need any help or advice," said McGonagall.

Elena left McGonagall's office and headed back to the Great Hall to find Hermione. As she walked through she noticed that a new rule had been added by Umbridge. It banned all intimate relationships between students. Elena shrugged at this. She was fairly sure it was against the rules for them to have sex anyway. But it's not like George ever cared about the rules. He just did whatever he wanted. It was one of the things that Elena loved about him.

Elena grinned at the thought of George, then she went into the Great Hall for her dinner.