MINE

Note: I would like to thank all those reviewers for the kind words they gave me. I write mainly for myself, but the reviews encourage me to write more. I actually had finished this story quite awhile ago, but when I was fixing some of the corrections that Strife gave me (big thanks to you Strife!), I nitpicked it some more and it took longer. So....finally, it's done.

I would also like to thank becca589 for issuing this challenge so long ago on silversnitch. I hope it met with your expectations. I am also using the challenge for another fic that I've started. It will be a Buffy/HP crossover, and Harry/Spike pairing. May take awhile, as I am working on like...five other fics right now.

The actual challenge is followed in the next installment of this story.


Epilogue


Severus kept his promise. After two, very long weeks, Harry came out of the bedroom, looking thoroughly shagged, having spent two days in bed with his mate. Lucius and Remus barely held back their grins when they saw Harry gingerly sit down for a few days after. Severus meanwhile packed their things, readying them to return back to Hogwarts. It was time to go back. When they arrived, it was to see that all Harry’s belongings were in Severus’s rooms, their relationship now known throughout the school.



The remaining Death Eaters got careless without a leader, and were easily apprehended by the Ministry Aurors, and the Order of the Phoenix. Using the pensieve memories of all who were there, and the splintered remains of Tom Riddle’s wand, he was officially declared dead by the Ministry of Magic.


The bonding between Severus and Harry took place the day after graduation at the Malfoy Mountain House, high on the mountain where Severus proposed to Harry. It was a beautiful ceremony at sunset, with only close friends and family in attendance. At Severus’s insistence, Harry wore the leather pants for the ceremony, as well as himself. Harry never regretted giving in to Severus, remembering the smouldering looks he was given throughout the day, or the way his husband took every opportunity to touch him during the reception. Not to mention the way it felt to have them peeled down his body, warm wet lips following their descent.


After a two-week honeymoon in St. Lucia at the Ladera Resort, they moved into Snape Manor in Scotland. As a wedding gift to his husband, Severus had the manor refurbished, making it more comfortable and homey, with some added muggle additions. Harry very much approved of the changes, and thanked Severus for it . . . in every room. Harry loved the older home that was nestled near the mountains, with plenty of privacy, enabling him to spread his wings, or roam around the forest in his animagus form. The first night back from their honeymoon, Severus took great pleasure showing Harry his own private spot in the woods, where he had spent a great deal of time when he was young. The rumbling sound of water was still soothing to him as they approached the pool of water, the waterfall cascading down into the natural hot spring. Severus was then mesmerized by the sight of Harry slowly stripping his clothes off, then slipping gracefully into the warm water. He didn’t waste any time joining his husband.


Severus continued to teach at Hogwarts, while Harry continued his education on magical creatures, eventually taking over Hagrid’s position as Professor when he retired, three years after Harry graduated.


With the help of a fertility potion, made especially for Harry, from his husband, he conceived three children. First was a boy, Nathair. Three years later, Kiera and Tavia, identical twin girls were born into the Snape family. As the years progressed, Nathair took an interest in potions, much to the delight of his father, Severus. The girls were much like Harry, impish and mischievous, and were Nathair’s shadows the majority of the time . . . which he didn’t mind. All three were very close. In their early teens, Kiera and Tavia were found to have the Vanteerian gene like their father. Another first in Vanteerian history . . . twin girls to have that gene. Most were male descendants.


Dudley did go into medi-wizardry, specializing in muscle and nerve damage from wizarding maladies and curses. He bought into Rick’s business at the gym, catering to both muggles and wizards alike. Rick remained a good friend with Dudley, comfortable in the fact that his friend could do magic. Rick actually ended up marrying a friend of Dudley’s, a witch by the name of Tegan. Dudley married Dariena, a witch with elven blood that was a friend of Hermione’s from her University days.


Hermione married Blaise and had two children. They brought their love of books into their careers and opened a book store that catered to both muggles and wizarding people alike. The entrance to the wizarding part of the store could be entered through the magical barrier that was found in the fantasy section of the book store.


Ron stayed single for many years, until he met up with Pansy Parkinson in a single’s bar, in Egypt, where he was visiting his brother Bill and his wife. They were married six months later and remain in Egypt, and are extremely happy in marital bliss. No kids . . . yet.


Remus and Lucius had gone away on vacation together a year after Harry and Draco graduated and came back bonded. No one knew of their plans, but all were happy for the couple. While Lucius teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, Remus is constantly busy writing a series of children’s books about four marauders that attend a magical school and cause mischief and mayhem in each of the books.


Draco, Fred, and George tri-bonded after graduation at the Burrow, and live a happy, but never boring life, running the ever-growing enterprise of Weasley’s Wizarding Wheezies. They have four kids . . . two sets of twins that Fred and George carried two years apart from each other. Draco still remains very close to his brother, Harry.


Harry, overall, felt very lucky to have family that loved him, and friends that still cared for him after all these years. Even with rambunctious kids constantly under foot, and the ever present friends and family visiting, Harry and Severus always managed to spend time alone, even if it was just a snog session in the kitchen while making supper. Needless to say, Harry was always full of energy, occasionally extremely hyper, after he . . . well . . . ate something that agreed with him.

Note: There is actually a resort in St. Lucia called the Ladera Resort. Never been there, but the pictures looks breathtaking. A girl can dream, can’t she?????

The End


Finished writing long-hand Sept. 26/05
Finished typing Dec. 3/05
Finished editing Oct. 28/06