The Tabby, the Phoenix and the kitten

Chapter eleven

As the hours passed, the contractions got worse, meaning much more pain for Minerva, and therefore Albus, he hated to see her pain, not to mention that he could no longer feel his hand. He wished that there was something he could do for her, but there wasn't and he knew that, he just had to wait, and let the Healer do her job. 

"Alright Minerva, on the next contraction, I need you to take a deep breath and push, okay?" The healer asked, and Minerva nodded. 

The next contraction came and Minerva pushed, and screamed at the pain. Poppy counted to ten and the healer told her to breath. They repeated this a few more times, everyone telling her she was doing great. 

Suddenly the room was filled with a cry, Minerva smiled and sighed a sigh of relief. 

"Congratulations! Say hello to your new baby girl!" The healer congragulated them, and giving the baby to Minerva. Tears of joy were falling from her eyes, as she held her daughter for the first time. Albus kissed Minerva's head, tears of joy falling from his sparkling blue eyes as well. 

"Welcome to the world little Arianna!" Albus said as his daughter opened her eyes to revel sparkling blue eyes just like her fathers.

"Oh Albus, she's beautiful!" Minerva cried, not taking her eyes of her daughter. 

"Just like her mother." Albus said. 

"Alright, I'm going to ask you all to leave the room for a moment, while I show Minerva some things, I'll call you when were finished." Healer Jenkins told them shooing them from the room. Albus kissed his wife again and left the room smiling. 

"Congragulations Albus!" Poppy said giving him a hug, once they were out of the room.

"She's beautiful!" She continued

"Thank you Poppy! She is beautiful." 

They continued to talk until the Healer came out of the room, quietly closing the door behind her. 

"Is everything alright?" Albus asked worried.

"Oh yes, everything is fine, Mother and Daughter are just sleeping is all, you can go in if you'd like, just be careful not to wake them." The healer said. Albus smiled and went into the room. He sat in a chair in between his wife and daughter, and just watched them sleep. He was so thankful to have them. It was the best day of his life. 

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It had been a month since Arianna Kendra Isobel McGonagall Dumbledore had been born on the 17th of September. Poppy had left a few weeks ago and Minerva had finally convinced her mother to leave as well. Now it was just the three of them, Albus, Minerva and Arianna. 

Minerva sat in the living room reading a book by the fireplace as Albus played with Arianna. Albus had come up with a nickname for Arianna, Sherbert. Minerva shook her head everytime he called her that. Arianna seemed to like it though, she smiled and waved her limbs, as her father as he shook a stuffed bunny and made funny faces at her. 

"Ah, is that the time my dear?" Minerva looked up at the clock on the mantle, to see that is one o'clock. She knew that Albus had to go into work as school had started up again. He had gone to work for the morning, and while the students had lunch he had been coming home, then leaving again, and coming back after classes had finished and his duties for the day had finished.

"So it is, you should get going." She said standing and grabbing Arianna, and her bunny. Albus stood as well.

"Bye Sherbert, you be good for mommy, alright?" He said as he kissed his daughter on her head. He then kissed his wife on the cheek.