Chapter Ten: Death and Numbers

That night Godric was amazed at his gifts and was even more amazed that they had found Rowena, that she had literally fallen into his lap. His sword was taken by his Uncle Draco and he was informed he could have it when he was eighteen. At the moment he sat with Salazar and Helga and were staring at Rowena who was shifting about nervous and uncomfortable, Harry and Draco were off to the side talking with her Grandmother.

Draco walked over and looked at Rowena, "Your Grandmother has agreed to allow me to adopt you since you are young, she is ailing in health and your parents have passed away," that made her jaw drop, "Now do you wish to live with us as Princess Rowena?"

"I…my Grandmother…" Rowena turned back to her grandmother who was coughing some, Harry was giving her a potion to drink down, "What about her?"

"The potion she is drinking will actually end up killing her," Salazar pointed out he liked Potions and knew them well.

"What?" Rowena's eyes went wide.

Godric hit Salazar upside the head, "Uncle Harry would never have given it to her without her consent, she will not be in pain anymore and go in her sleep."

"She says she is close to a hundred, that she has only been holding on for you," Draco said calmly, "She asked us to help her move on so you would not feel the need to stay with her because of her health."

Two weeks later a funeral was held for the woman in their Scottish Castle, some of Draco's family had moved to their French castle and Harry's triplets were going to stay in Scotland. But the family was moving back to Japan sine that is where they felt most comfortable. Rowena curled into Salazar and Godric as she mourned her grandmother and Helga snuggled to her side, Harry and Draco were watching and found it beautiful to see the four were already so connected.

The day of the trip came and Rowena was still so sad three hours before they were to leave Sesshomaru sat beside her and got glanced at by confused eyes, he was not one for crying children. A single book was held out to her, timid fingers took the book and she read the title quietly, "The Weeping Winds?" and glanced up at him again.

"A tale about how the rain is the tears of the dead and the winds are what their weeps and wails sound like, ancient stories older than me, older than my father," Sesshomaru said before glancing around making sure no one was around, "Your Grandmother is in the wind and the rain now, embrace natures lovely gifts and know her love for you will never die."

"Thank you," Rowena whispered and was left alone, not catching the three set of eyes that had seen the bizarre moment. Salazar, Godric, and Helga blinked a few times none of them had ever been told something nearly as caring from the man before. When her friends came out Rowena wiped away the final few tears and smiled some, "Hello, are you three all packed for our trip?"

"Have been for a few days," Godric frowned and walked over wrapping her in a hug, "You have family Rowena I promise, you will get to meet them all soon and we will always be together."

Helga and Salazar nodded and when Rowena wiped her eyes again it was Salazar who looked around, "What's your favorite animal?" getting a confused look he chuckled, "I have my serpent, Godric has his lion, and Helga has her badger."

"Ravens I have always loved ravens, my mother use to tell me that the Ravenwood Gypsies were given their name because we were all born from a ravens feather, tear and claw," Rowena smiled some, "The feather so we may travel with the winds, the tear to always know the truth in happiness and sadness, and finally the claw to hold true to the fighting and mischievous spirit of the raven."

"Love it," Harry said as he dropped next to the group from a window above them, "My silly husband came to me asking if we were adopting you or what, he seems taken with you kiddo, half our own children don't get the reactions you do from him."

"So she'll be my sister?' Salazar asked and got a nod making the other two smile as that meant she was now their cousin, "So we are all truly family now."

"Forever and beyond," Harry smiled before whispering, "Want to know a secret that will have every single adult, besides me obviously, panic?" getting a nod he chuckled, "I'm pregnant."

"Men can get pregnant?" Rowena asked suddenly she was still so new to the fact her new family had demon blood and was mostly demons. So Harry explained to all the children, which is why after arriving in Japan she caused Inuyasha, Draco, Kouga, Inutashio and Sesshomaru to back away from Harry by asking, "Is apparting so far good for the baby? Or babies? Are you having more than one?"

"Oh hell," Sesshomaru let out a small noise and sat down before closing his eyes, "I am banning myself from sleeping with you again until this child or children are fifty years old."

"That's almost fifty one years to wait on sex," Harry chuckled some before throwing out there, "You can now just barely manage two days before tracking me down."

"Fifty one years, three hundred sixty five days a year, that means eighteen thousand six hundred and fifteen days to wait, which is nine thousand three hundred and seven times missing out on your mating schedule," Rowena said suddenly doing the math in her head, getting looked at by all of them she turned very pink, "I have a head for numbers."