Fight Of A Lifetime

by Jasper's Southern Girl

AU. After Voldemort's defeat, Remus Lupin and his family move to a small town in Washington State where they meet new friends and love interests. Along with the idea of new love, however, they walk into a whole new war which drags them along for the ride.

1. The End Of The War

Fight Of A Lifetime

By: ErinNecoleRiddle

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot. All things pertaining to Harry Potter or Twilight belong to J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer respectivly.

Warning: slash and m-preg

Summary: AU. After Voldemort's defeat, Remus Lupin and his family move to a small town in Washington State where they meet new friends and love interests. Along with the idea of new love, however, they unknowingly walk into a whole new war which drags them along for the ride of their lives.

Pairings: RL/SS; HG(EL-S)/JB; HP/?; DM/?

Chapter 1: The End Of The War

Remus POV

Voldemort is dead. So are most of his Death Eaters. Our side didn't lose too many people, though many were injured. I am thankful though, that is for sure. Now I don't have to hide my marriage to Severus anymore, nor does our daughter have to hide. I really must thank the Grangers for keeping Erin for us. She turned out to be a truely fantastic young woman.

"Remy, what are you doing," a voice calls from behind. "The victory celebration is starting."

"I'm coming, Sev," I reply to my husband, who has come to settle behind me with his arms around my middle and his head on my shoulder. "I'm just thinking about how grateful I am that the war is over and that we all made it out alive. Now Erin can come out of hiding."

"Yes," Sev said. "We can finally adopt Harry and Draco like we planned, too." With that, we turned from the window overlooking the bloody battlefield and headed for the Great Hall.

Harry POV

I did it. I defeated Voldemort. Thank goodness.

"Oh Harry," Hermione screams, running up to me. "I'm so happy you are ok."

"Same here Mione," I reply to the crying girl. I see Remus walk into the Great Hall followed by Professor Snape. I leave my friends to go and talk with them.

"Hey Remus, Professor Snape. I'm glad you are both uninjured," I say to my godfather and professor.

"So am I," Remus and Severus reply at the same time before they look at eachother and promtly burst out is when Hermione, Ron, and Draco walk up.

"Hello...you three," Remus says between laughs. "How...are...you three...doing. Wow, sorry about that. Anyway, you guys happy the war is over?"

"Yes," Draco drawls out. "I am happy ol' Snake Face and his necrophiliacs are gone. Lucius was really close to forcing me to take the Dark Mark."

"Yeah," Ron piped up. "We know you wouldn't take it Drake. Now you can live your own life." After I got over my childish rivalry with Draco, Ron saw how he was acting and finally rose over prejudices and became friends with the Malfoy heir.

Hermione, could Severus and I talk to you privately for a moment," Remus asked all of a sudden.

"Sure," she replied. The three of them went to a carner to be as alone as possible.

Hermione POV

'I wonder what Remy wants to talk to me about,' I think to myself as I follow him and Professor Snape to a secluded corner of the Great Hall.

"Hermione," Remus starts. "You know you were adopted by the Grangers, right?"

"Yes, I do," I reply. I have a suspision about where this is giong. That is when I notice the matching rings on his and Snape's fingers. I suddenly ask "How long have you been married?" They both look at me in shock. That is when Snape speaks up.

"Almost 20 years," Snape replys. "We hid the marriage for 2 years before Remus found out that he was pregnant. After he gave birth to our daughter and gave her to a couple of our friends to keep her safe, we continued to keep our marriage a secret. You are the first person to figure it out besides the people that were there." Then I realized something important.

"I'm your daughter, aren't I," I finally get out. The looks on their faces are the only answers I need.

"Yes," Remus says. "After we get the awards and the Headmistress gives her speech, Severus is going to tell everyone that he is retiring and that we are married and that we not only have a daughter of our own but that we plan on adopting our godsons and plan on moving to the U.S."

"Wow," is all I can say. Then I thought to myself. 'I'm their daughter. I wonder what they named me? What do I really look like? Do I have dad's hair or facial features? What do i call them both?' They answered my questions without me even asking them out loud.

"In case you're wondering," Remus said. "Your true name is Erin Necole Lupin-Snape. You look have my features with long black hair and you have hazel eyes."

"You can call me Papa," Severus piped in then. "Call Remus dad, if you want to. Everyone will see the true you when I make my announcments."

"Okay," I reply. "Wait. Did you also say that you are going to adopt your godsons?" I just now remembered them saying that.

"Yes," Dad replied. "We are going to adopt both Harry and Draco after the celebration is over. Everyone looked our way when I squealed. That's when Headmistress McGonagall spoke.

"Today is a glorious day," she began. "Voldemort and most of his forces are dead and the rest are in prison waiting to go through the veil. The war is over! The Minister for Magic would like to congradulate our heroes by giving them all Order of Merlins. Please give them a round of applause for our heroes when they are called up." After that was said, the Minister called Dad, Papa, and the rest of the teachers who all received an Order of Merlin 3rd class. Then, to my surprise, McGonagall took the stand back from the Minister.

"The following students will receive an Order of Merlin 2nd class for their bravery in battle: Draco Malfoy, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger. And Finally, Harry Potter receives an Order of Merlin 1st class for defeating Voldemort and ending the war, once and for all. Congradulations."

TBC...