A/N: Welcome back, Skylarks! I repeat, do not kill me! This is, obviously, the sequel to Skye Night! And, boy, am I excited! In this installment Draco and Skye get married and we get another few nasty surprises! But, eh, that's me for you!

Oh yeah, I don't own HP. Not gonna repeat it.

Chapter 1: This settles it.

Draco's POV

"Avada Kedavra!"

I ran over to Skye as Fenrir disapparated. Her leg was bent at an awkward angle. The chaos that had been around us only seconds earlier was now in the Great Hall.

"Bloody coward." I mumbled, rubbing her head. Anna breathed a sigh of relief. We looked over at Fenrir – he'd missed the curse just slightly.

"This settles it." A voice behind me said, making me jump. I turned around and almost attacked the man in happiness. He'd been the one to speak the curse.

"Sev! You miserable cur!" I yelled. Hugging him tightly. I knew this wasn't normal behavior for me, but this was… awesome! He was ALIVE! My godfather and soon to be father-in-law was bloody alive!

"Is it really you?" I asked softly, pulling away and already knowing the truth.

"In the flesh." He said, smiling. Sev bent down and scooped her into his arms.

"Always in trouble you are." He said fondly and kissed her forehead.

"Draco!" Two voices greeted me as we entered the Great Hall. The big doors were shattered beyond recognition. Two pairs of arms seized me and pulled me into a back-breaking hug. I laughed loudly at their voices.

"Mum! Dad!" I was in heaven – they were alive!

The Hall had gone silent.

"Snape?" Harry said, looking from him, to Skye, to me… He was sitting next to Luna, who was now beaming at us.

"Good evening, Mr. Potter." He said coolly. "I would award you house points if the hourglasses weren't broken."

I smiled at this. Now Sev shows his warm side.

"Thank you, professor." Harry said, grinning.

"I have awarded house points to Gryffindor before, Mr. Potter, it is not…"

"No. I mean… for everything. You were just protecting me… and mum…" Harry seemed afraid to say too much about that. And I fully understood why.

Sev's eyes were slightly blurred, but he blinked the tears away. He nodded to Harry. Sev cared for him, more than he cared to admit.

"Well, Sev… aren't you a sight for sore eyes." Sirius came into the Hall, grinning at the sight if his best friend.

"Sirius." Sev nodded to him too. Hiding his own happiness with great difficulty. The Hall continued to stare, most likely at Skye, who was hanging limply in Sev's arms. Her one arm hanging to the side.

"Oh yeah, Sev, what settles things?" I asked him, remembering what my godfather had said earlier.

"You two are getting married soon. If I die, I want it to be when I'm happy."

"Do your plans still include me?" A voice behind me said. I tried to turn around, but mum and dad's arms were still holding me tightly.

"Of course, Storm. But I think we owe the people here an explanation."

"Perhaps?" Harry snorted.

"Perhaps, Mr. Potter, my personal life doesn't include you."

"Oh, yes it does!" Sirius said. "I'm your extended family! And Harry's my kid!"

Harry looked at his godfather with such affection that it almost broke my heart.

"Can I take her?" I asked Sev, motioning to Skye.

"Um…" He said, for one of the only times in his life at a loss for words. I retracted my arms and smiled as Storm came forward.

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That night we slept in Sev's quarters, which was, miraculously, unharmed. I slept on the couch, while mum and dad took the spare bedroom and Storm was with Sev. Anna, Laud, Zane and Sage were lying in a family bed on the floor, whilst Blaise took up the other couch. Luna and Xeno were so happy to be together again, that they were now probably still searching the castle for nargles.

I slept alone in the sleeping bag. Skye was in the Infirmary. I hoped she would be all right. I knew she would be up and at 'em in the morning, demanding to know where I was, where Anna was… and where Pansy and Theo were. Pansy was also in the Infirmary. She'd gone into shock. I swallowed again.

Theo was dead.

I couldn't believe it. How was it possible? He was so strong, he was a fighter… and then he got killed by a simple swish of a wand.

I shifted in my sleeping bag. I knew none of us would be able to sleep tonight. We were mourning the death of close friends…

This was going to be a loooong night.

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Skye's POV

The next morning was busy; we were going to make a beautiful grave at Hogwarts for the fighters that had died. And a monument was going to be constructed, and it was going to be designed by Zane, who turned out to be a great artist.

Draco had been there first.

"You're bloody alive!" He'd said as he hugged me tightly.

"I don't know what else you expected." I'd replied drily. He'd smiled before slowly kissing me. And then dad entered. And I freaked.

"How can you be here? You're dead!" My eyes were lying to me… weren't they?

"I'm not! You saved me!"

"How?"

"You turned into a phoenix and cried on me!"

"I did what?" I had been blown away. Me? A phoenix?

"Cried on me!"

"No, what you said before that."

"You turned into a phoenix?"

I'd, at that moment, clicked that dad was there, and he was alive! I'd run to him, and he caught me, lifting me off the floor.

"I love you, daddy." I'd said through a lot of tears and snot.

"I love you too, sweetheart. Thank you."

I placed a wet kiss on his forehead.

"Don't ever scare me like that again!" I sobbed.

"Likewise." He'd replied, tearing up even more than I was. I'd seen mum come in, and hugged her just as tightly.

"You're so much trouble." She'd tutted before smiling and pressing me to her.

Narcissa was openly bawling, and Draco comforted her. Lucius offered us a smile, but he was just as relieved that dad was alive.

As it turned out, Narcissa had saved the wizarding world by lying and saying that Harry was dead.

My friends from South Africa had entered the Hospital Wing – they were all alive, though a bit shook and bloodied. I was happy to see them. It turned out mum had sent for them. And then Tobias came, and he begged for forgiveness. Dad had simply hugged him – completely shocking all of us. Dad had said that he wanted his family close, and that Tobias should kick his drinking habit. Or else.

(I'm afraid to ask what the 'what else' is.)

But we all knew the fight wasn't over. The Order of Empress knew, and it was up to me to tell the wizarding world. Easy task, wasn't it?

So, at lunch, when everyone was seated for lunch, I climbed on a table.

"Hogwarts!" I called, successfully getting everyone's attention. "I hate to tell you this… but the war isn't over." The shape-shifters' eyes widened. They had already guessed it.

"What are you talking about? Voldemort is dead…" Ron said, using the Dark Lord's name for the first time.

"Voldemort was only a pawn." I said. "And we all knew what he was like. Imagine what the thing behind him is like."

"But how?" Harry asked.

"I don't know. Voldemort was one pawn, Lycan was the other. But, I say this, Hogwartians, I will fight her."

It seems I was one for drama, what with the language I used. But, I say this, Hogwartians…

"Her?"

"Merope Gaunt. Voldemort's mother. She orchestrated this whole thing. She knew her son would die."

"No one can be that cruel…"

"Oh, no?" I said. "She's jealous and angry. And hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn."

"Why do you say you'll fight her?" Someone yelled, and I smirked.

"Because I will, and I sort of have to. It's my destiny."

"But…"

"Have any of you ever heard the legend of the Emperatiz de Metamorfisme?" I asked, interrupting the person. Most of them nodded, and the shape-shifters fell to the floor. "You're looking at her." I said, motioning to myself. I took of Draco's ring, and felt my appearance change. My hair became darker and I saw the light green stripes out of the corner of my eye. I felt my skin begin to glow, and my eyes changed slightly. The green glowing now. Gasps were audible throughout the room.

"And this is me, asking you for help." I bowed to the Hall at large.

"You're forgetting us." Draco whispered to me.

"Oh, my bad. Meet my comrades. Draco, Anna, Sage and Zane." I climbed down and pointed at them each in turn. "But, Um… you kinda already knew them, they're just part of this big fight."

"How do we know this to be true?" Someone else yelled. I grinned and looked Draco. He nodded, and both of us phased into our wolves. We ran to other end of the hall and phased into lions. We transformed back to our human forms.

"Cool."

I looked at them.

"There are books on me. And my ancestors. But I implore you not to go into a lulled state of security. Not all is well. Merope is gathering forces! And I am doing the same! Because, as I've stated many times, this bitch is going down!"

The DA cheered, as did the Order of the Phoenix. Hermione smiled at me before looking for what I presumed was parchment – of course she would write it down.

Though I saw doubt in other's eyes, and in their hearts… and I knew the crowd I had to be careful for.

Besides, we still needed to explain to everyone what the hell had been going the previous year at Hogwarts…

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A/N: I know it's short, sorry about that. But perhaps you'll leave me a review? Seeing as this is the first chapter in the sequel? And because Vern is so damn sexy.