Blood of My Blood

8.

Nine months later, Cedrella Weasley gave birth to her first son. 

His name was Mark Weasley. 

The baby was covered in thin and delicate red hair on his head and his skin pink as the colour of his mother's cheeks.  

Mark was growing up too fast for the liking of Cedrella and Septimus, but with the excitement of being new parents, they knew better than to complain. Mark was loved and very spoiled. His grandparents adored him and showered him with affection. His aunts waved but nothing more. 

"He's a bit lonely, don't you think?" Septimus asked his wife as they laid in bed one night with their son sleeping soundly on the room next door. 

Mark was 1 years old when Cedrella announced to her husband that she was expecting another child. The couple once again was thrilled to be able to experience the milestones that they had already covered with their little one. This pregnancy was a silent one. Cedrella never mentioned it to her sisters that she was once again, expecting a son. Septimus rushed to his parents, proclaiming and singing to the corners that he was going to be a father. 

"Is it a girl?" Septimus asked as his finger ran through his son's hair. 

"I'm very much hoping for a girl," Cedrella admitted and placed her hand over her growing tummy. "I think another boy will be perfect. That way Mark has someone to play around with." 

On the cool night of September, Cedrella gave birth to her second son, in which she named John.  

"Play?" asked Mark as Cedrella held the six-month baby. Cedrella smiled at her eldest and sat down on the couch so that he could see him. 

"Not yet, Mark. But very soon." 

- 

Mark was 4 when Cedrella once again announced her pregnancy. She laughed and cried, as they had now moved to a smaller house to cover the costs of the new expenses as Septimus looked for a new position in the ministry. 

"Another child?" Her mother in law asked as she held onto John. "But John and Mark...."

"We understand, but.."

"No, love. I think its perfect that our family is growing. We need these boys to carry out the Weasley family tree." 

It was the second pregnancy Cedrella kept her family away from. 

-

Eight months later, with much pain and struggle, Cedrella Weasley gave birth to her last and third son. She named him Arthur, after hearing the name in a movie she was watching with her sons. It was a cold February morning when the couple slept in the same room with their 3 sons. Cedrella and Septimus gleamed with pride as their sons slept near them, as peacefully as they could. 

"One day, these boys will change the entire Wizardry World." Cedrella passed her hand against the head of her newborn baby, his light hair as soft as silk. 

"I do believe so, Septimus."