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Dreams

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"Zippy!" Harry called and right on cue the elf popped in and popped out with Harry, Severus, Amy and Tracey out of there leaving the Malfoy's to watch the trial.

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Harry paced the hall for several minutes before the Malfoys entered the lab waiting room, "He's in surgery."

"Why? What happened?" Narcissa asked worriedly.

"His blood pressure was so high it was getting too dangerous for the baby. They're doing a C-section early." Harry said in a bit of a daze. He never felt so worried before.

Lucius took a seat next to his wife and sighed, "I know they'll be fine and soon you'll be holding your baby while dealing with a grumpy Severus who will, of course, want to ignore the healers so you can both leave right away to take your baby home." Harry made a half hearted chuckle, but he was still too worried to focus so Lucius decided to change the subject completely, "They got 10 years in Azkaban."

"What? Only 10?" Harry said finally stopping in his tracks.

"I know it doesn't seem like enough, but by the time they get out Daniel will be the head of the family and he can force them to live in another place entirely with a small allowance. He and Violet won't have to ever see them again." Lucius chuckled as he recalled the trial. "After those outbursts in the trial they didn't have much of a defense. Their lawyer was kind of trying to poke a hole anywhere even in your blood relation to the Potters."

"They couldn't possibly question that when I received custody because of the goblins who had to check my blood before giving it to me. The very goblin who checked my blood came to inform Sirius of my guardian rights and in front of the Minister no less." Harry said casually though he didn't look away from the door that Severus was behind.

Narcissa smiled, "We didn't say it was a good defense. The Weasley testimony was the best. Molly told every little secret Lily told her while she was under the influence of a potion and now every reporter will no doubt warn the public to check for gaps in their memories. Depending on who they slept with more charges may be tacked on. I think what will hurt the most is when they get out and see no one remembers them or some will, but not in a good light."

"Yeah ... that will be the biggest punishment of all for them." Harry said softly and nearly jumped as Amy came through the doors, "Is everything alright?"

Amy beamed, "They're both fine and waiting for you."

Harry practically ran into the room just as Tracey was healing up the last bit of Severus' stomach, but he barely noticed anything beyond the little wiggling bundle in the cart next to Severus, "She's beautiful."

Severus smiled as he continued gazing at the little baby, "She actually has your hair."

"I'll have to talk to Doc about that." Harry muttered absentmindedly as he gently touched his daughter's little tuff of blonde hair.

Lucius and his wife came in and smiled at the new parents, "What are you going to name her?" he asked as the baby's black eyes, identical to Severus's, glanced curiously at her father.

"We decided on Hope. Hope Elizabeth Minitree." Severus said quietly as Tracey jotted the name down on the birth certificate.

"If you need anything just ask." Naricssa said and the Malfoys left to give the parents time to themselves and Hope.

Sure enough Severus got just as fussy as their newborn and wanted to go home. All the healers there told him to be careful, but did allow them to leave. By the time they got home and put Hope into the crib they had in their room they were exhausted. However, Harry woke up in the middle of the night when he heard someone talking ...