Sorry for the delay!! (All explained if you are reading Black Rose - in the last chapter). Thought I might as well get a move on with this story too! I have lots of exciting ideas so I want to get them rolling!!! But of course Black Rose if my baby! Won't be abandoning it!!! Hope you like!

Sephora looked at Harry, her eyes wide with shock and fear. Harry's eyes mirrored her own emotions as he took her hand into his as if holding on for dear life. Sirius and Remus moved to help Shacklebolt who had collapsed on the floor, Remus feeling his vitals as Sirius healed Shacklebolt's injury as much as he could. Once seeing that his condition had stabilised they stood up, looking around, tension evident on their faces.

"Everyone in the Order must head back to Hogwarts now where we will assemble ourselves and prepare for battle,' Remus said, his deep voice calm and stable. "Everyone who is not in the order must head back to their houses and wait until the battle has ended to see the outcome. If we lose, then you must flee from the Wizarding World as you will no longer be safe." At this, everyone in the church gasped at the implications of this. The world as they knew it was about to change, and noone knew whether it would be for the better of for the worst. Suddenly everyone got into action, heading towards the floo networks. Sirius was pale, staring at the wall. Remus turned to him.

"Padfoot, you need to pull yourself together," he said gently, touching Sirius' arm. Sirius looked at Remus, swallowing deeply and nodding his head. Remus smiled grimly and turned to Sephy and Harry. Harry was holding Sephy in his arms, both of them frozen. They thought they were going to start a new life together, but now it seemed like they were ending their lives together.

"Harry, it is time," Remus said remorsefully, watching as Harry pulled away from Sephy. He looked down at her as Sephora's eyes filled with tears. He smiled sadly, wiping the tears that started their journey down her cheek.

"I'm going to kick Voldy's arse, then I am going to come back to you so we can have those little brats that you wanted," he said laughing, yet his eyes portrayed his seriousness. Sephy didn't laugh.

"You bet your arse you will," she said, as she leant up and pulled him in for a long, lingering kiss. Remus and Sirius looked at each other, their hearts breaking at the sight of the lovers final kiss before the battle. Once their kiss had finished, Sephy turned to her father and her godfather.

"You guys ready?" she said, smirking slightly, and then said in an American accent "Cos we are gonna do some serious ass kicking."

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Everyone was assembled behind the gates of Hogwarts, watching the rows of hundreds of Death Eaters advancing. Sephora had changed into her fighting outfit - black jeans and long black boots with a long black robe on top.

"Sephy," Sirius whispered to his daughter who was standing beside him, "be careful. I could never forgive myself if anything happened to you." He stroked her hair with his hand and kissed her gently on the forehead, his eyes filled with the fear he felt for her. Sephy smiled gently at him, resting her hand over his.

"Dad, don't worry. I'll be fine." She looked at Remus, who was standing in front of her protectively. She put her hand on his shoulder so he turned around and looked at her. "I'll be fine," she repeated. Remus smiled and ruffled her hair as he kissed her on the forehead too.

"Of course you will, I taught you well," he said, putting on an air of looking arrogant. Sephy laughed, but her laughter died in her throat as she watched the Death Eaters approaching the gates at a faster pace. She saw Harry at the front of the group.

"I'll be right back," she said, and before they could protest she headed towards Harry. When she reached him, she turned him around and kissed him sweetly on the lips. Harry rested her forehead on hers and closed his eyes, inhaling deeply and swallowing down the tears that he refused to let take over him. Sephy let a few tears fall.

"Come back to me," she whispered, and he opened his eyes at her desperate plea. He wiped the tears away with her thumb and then stroked her cheek gently, letting his actions say what his words couldn't say. HE kissed her desperately and passionately, as though he was trying to imprint the feel of her lips on his in his memory forever.

"It's time!" A voice yelled from behind. Sephy and Harry broke apart, their eyes meeting conveying the message: stay safe.

Then the battle began.

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Sephy dodged a curse from the Death Eater she was duelling.

"Recognise me, sweety?" cooed the death eater, pulling off her mask. Sephy didn't even bat an eyelid.

"Aunt Bella, what a pleasure," Sephy said, throwing a curse at Bellatrix Lestrange, one that she dodged artfully.

"Oh no my little pumpkin, it's all my pleasure to be sure. After you told the authorities where I was hiding and sent me to Azkaban for another two years, I made a little pact with myself," Bellatrix said while they battled. "I am going to make you suffer the way I suffered those two years in Azkaban you vindictive little bitch."

Sephy just rolled her eyes at the fury of her opponent.

"Oh, and exactly what are you planning on doing to make me 'suffer'?" Sephy drawled, clearly unfazed. The battle was going on around them, hundreds curses flying around them. Bellatrix smiled ferally, her eyes wide and glazed over. She turned around without any warning and aimed her wand at someone in the distance. Sephy looked confused, until she say who the wand was aimed at.

"DAD!!!" she screamed, quickly aiming her wand at Bellatrix. She saw the killing curses leave their wands at the same time, and saw both of the bodies drop at the same time. The battle around Sephy started to slow down, and suddenly she couldn't hear anything, nor see anything except the corpse of her father lying on the ground. Her breathing constricted, as she slowly made her way over to her father's body, oblivious to the curses whizzing by her. She vaguely heard someone say her name as she dropped onto her knees by her father, her face pale and her eyes wide. Her hands trembled as she lifted her fingers towards his face, gently stroking his cheek while gazing into his open lifeless eyes. Someone was shaking her.

"Sephy!! SEPHY!!" Remus yelled, shaking her hard, trying to make her snap out of her shock. Sephy slowly looked up at Remus, still not crying, still not believing.

"He's gone Sephy!" Remus said, looking pale and upset himself. "The only thing you can do now is avenge his death. Help us win this battle and his death won't be in vain." Sephy just looked up at him, not seeing anything and not feeling anything. Numb.

Then everything went black.