A/N: Finally managed to ditch the relatives. God they were so loud. Exciting news! Happy Easter or whatever you may or may not celebrate. Gah! Anatomy is brutal I tell you, absolutely brutal.

I'll be updating Tripping Through Time next, though I'm not sure when due to the end of school being this week and finals the following week. I have a huge anatomy practical on three different systems on Wednesday, and then have to study those same systems for the lecture. I have five different projects due, three tomorrow, one Wednesday, and the last next week during finals. I also have two papers due, one being a formal genetics lab report and the other a Sociology paper. Urgh, shoot me and put me out of my misery. Thank God none of the finals are cumulative. Sorry about the long A/N, but I wanted you all to know what's going on so you don't panic and think I've been run over by a bus or something.

Chapter Seven: Moving On

IMPOSSIBILITIES IN HOGWARTS

Three days ago, Hogwarts was the epicenter of an event that has rocked the Wizarding world. During the last formal dinner before the Holidays, a portal was opened in the middle of the Great Hall. An unconscious woman and a young boy who is her son appeared within a ritual circle. You all read about this in the previous edition of the Prophet, but my dear readers, their appearance despite Hogwarts's formidable wards is not what shocked me most. No, it was a list that I came across, a list detailing the health of the woman. Now it is time to hear what you don't know.

I was horrified at the length and severity of the list, but three things that should be impossible were undeniably there. On her list were: Avada Kedavra (3x), Basilisk Venom (1x), and Dementor's Kiss (1x). Below is a picture of Ailana Cedicit and her son, along with Sirius Black and Severus Snape.

That's right my dear readers, three impossible things to survive, and yet she did. Further investigating on my account led me to a startling revelation: the woman and her son's last name is one we whisper about, the Cedicit family. I nearly fainted when she told Albus Dumbledore her last name. Her first being Ailana and her son's Teddy, which is short for Theodore.

Ms. Cedicit claims to be from America, where her mother raised her after fleeing Britain due to being raped during a Death Eater raid. She did not say who her father or her child's father is.

This reporter will not rest until these mysteries have been solved.

Information on testing bloodlines on page 3.

Information about the potential side effects and results of a ritual failing on page 5.

Information on the Cedicit family on pages 8 through 12.

-Rita Skeeter

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Rita Skeeter hummed as she opened her letter, not having checked to see if it was just that. Unfortunately for her, Sirius Black had taken it upon himself to get revenge for her latest article. He later told Ailana, who howled with laughter.

As soon as the letter opened, Rita was turned into a slug.

It would take three days to wear off. They would never know it, but that was the only thing that saved her life when Voldemort led a select few to 'talk' to her.

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Ailana followed Severus and Dumbledore, having finally managed to escape Poppy's clutches. Ailana was leaning towards completely humiliating those who had violated her privacy, something she saw quite clearly in today's edition of the Daily Prophet. She had blown a gasket, screaming at Dumbledore for being a meddlesome old coot. Poppy had joined in, throwing a few hexes for good measure.

Dumbledore had not so wisely tried to point out that Poppy had started it when she threw the results from her. Ailana had cursed him then, saying that Poppy would have never have done that on purpose. He turned into a giant yellow canary, prompting Sirius to roar with laughter.

Poppy whole-heartedly agreed, saying that she had cared more about her patients at the time, then their privacy. Poppy had then promised her that she would help when Ailana whispered her idea to her. Dumbledore was too preoccupied with removing Ailana's curse to listen in or even notice their conversation.

Sirius Black and Severus Snape eagerly joined them, much to the two women's surprised delight.

The demon silently vowed to make the ones who violated his mate's privacy pay. He glared at a smirking Sirius Black, whose own quarters were being moved near Ailana's for her protection.

If it came down to her having to fight for her life at the moment, she would likely need help. The ritual had taken a lot out of her, and she was feeding her son her magic as well. Not to mention the damage that had been done to her body. She was fighting to stay awake, while her son was bouncing around excitedly. Her magic felt broken, too chaotic to use reliably, as she saw when instead of cursing Dumbledore to not be able to eat his lemon drops, he turned into a giant canary instead. She dare not use more magic until she got it back under control.

"Wait until you I show you Hogsmeade, you'll love the new…" Ailana tuned Sirius out, irritated by his excess energy and excitement. She instead focused on her son, who was listening with rapt attention.

"Turn my son into a prankster Black and you will find out just how many painful hexes I know." After delivering her warning, Sirius gave her an innocent look that was completely unconvincing. She gave him an unimpressed glare.

They were making their way to the fifth floor, where the guest rooms were located. Sirius had wanted to help serve as a guard for Ailana, insisting that he could protect her. Albus, not wanting to deal with another argument so soon, hesitantly agreed.

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Ailana didn't know how to feel about the Sirius Black from this new dimension living in the chambers right next to hers. She wanted her Sirius, not this shadow of what he could have been. Teddy seemed excited by the prospect of getting to know and spend time with a man that she had told him so much about. For his sake, she would try her best to be accepting of the situation, especially in regards to Severus.

It hurt, hurt so very bad to see the man she had come to love alive, but not the same. It was like fate was mocking her, planning to throw her loved ones at her, yet remind her constantly that they would never be the people she once loved.

Ailana was curious to see how Teddy would react to meeting Remus and Nymphadora if they were alive in this dimension. She knew that he had always wanted to meet them, but saw her and Severus as his parents. She too wondered how she would react to seeing them.

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As they waited for the staircase to change, Ailana looked at the portraits, noting that there were few differences between the two dimensions. The staircase finally moved, allowing them to make their way to the Fifth floor. They passed a small group of Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors gathered around that morning's edition of the Daily Prophet. Ailana groaned when they caught sight of her.

Oh great, not this, not now. I'm too tired to be dealing with this shit.

"Lady Cedicit! It's an honor to meet you."

Kill me now. Just what we need, a Slytherin.

The Hufflepuffs, already terrified of meeting Ailana, nearly passed out when Orion Lestrange came up to them.

"Professor Snape, finally, I need to talk to you, it's urgent." Orion shot Ailana a curious look, raking his eyes over her body. The demon growled, drawing odd looks from those that heard him.

"Go wait in my office Mr. Lestrange." The demon was barely resisting putting the little shit in his place for daring to look at his mate like that.

"But sir…"

"Now!" Orion stumbled back away from him, shock written all over his face. Sirius Black was gaping.

"Did I just hear you yell at a Slytherin?" The demon slowly turned his head to give Black one of the darkest looks he could manage.

"Boys!" Ailana's shout had them acting like scolded children. The Gryffindors snickered as they watched Snape back down at her shout. The Hufflepuffs had fled the moment Snape yelled, proving that the Gryffindors were either very brave, or truly foolish. It turned out to be the latter when Snape snapped at them.

"Detention Withers, Dracen, and Gray!" The Gryffindors gaped, before coming to their senses and beating a hasty retreat.

"Severus…"

"Not now Albus." Dumbledore decided that his Potions Professor was riled up enough that he might do something he wouldn't regret later.

Severus swept away, leading his mate and son away from the hesitating group. Black jogged to catch up with them.

"How do you know where I live Snivellus?" Sirius growled at the Potions Master.

"I know where all the Professors live Black, don't worry, you are not a special case."

"Why you…" He failed to finish his sentence because the demon had thrown a silencing charm at him.

"We are almost there Ailana."

Sirius silently screamed at Severus, taking out his wand, only to have it snatched away by Dumbledore.

"Mr. Black, please leave Severus alone." Dumbledore was fed up with his confrontational behavior. "I will give you your wand back when you are not in the same vicinity as Severus." Sirius gaped in betrayed shock.

The Headmaster is taking the slimy git's side?

He silently fumed at the injustice of it all. He stomped up to Teddy, making strange hand signals that only confused the boy. He had no idea that Sirius was using sign language.

"Mr. Black, my son does not know sign language, so he is most likely thinking you to be insane or very strange right now." Sirius immediately stopped, turning bright red when Teddy emphatically nodded his head in agreement with his mother's statement.

"Ah, here we are." They came to a stop outside of a portrait of a mermaid with long blond hair. Dumbledore had thought it a fitting picture for Ms. Cedicit, a picture of a mysterious beauty that was whispered of in legends.

"You will need to set a password. I have other business to attend that most unfortunately cannot wait. I shall see you tomorrow perhaps. Severus, Mr. Black. Oh, Mr. Black, come to my office when you have finished helping our guests get situated." With that, Dumbledore swept away in his hideous robes. Pausing, he turned to remove the silencing spell on Sirius before heading off again.

"Well, I for one am beat and want to go to bed, so I'll leave you gentlemen here." Not giving the men a chance to do anything, she cast a silencing ward around her son, the portrait and herself. She barely managed it, and would have failed had she not been borrowing her son's magic. His was more controlled and helped settle hers some, allowing for her to cast such a simple spell.

"I would like to set 'second chance' as my password." The mermaid smiled and nodded her head. Swinging open, Ailana darted passed the portrait, dropping the silencing ward as soon as she had finished giving the password. Her magic had begun to fluctuate, warning her that the spell was about to go wonky.

Turning to make sure that neither of the men were attempting to follow and that her son had made it inside. She began to shut the portrait. "I will see you gentlemen tomorrow."

Before she could close the portrait, Sirius stopped her.

"Wait, I forgot to mention, I received a confirmation that we can take you to Diagon Alley as long as you are escorted by Aurors and two Professors."

"I will also be attending." Severus cut off Black, not letting him say the potential Professors that would certainly not have included him.

"I look forward to it Severus and Mr. Black." With that she closed the portrait, tucking her son into bed before staggering to her own.

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"Since when has she been calling you Severus?" The demon smirked triumphantly.

"Since I asked her to, I believe you were off checking your reflection or something similar." Sirius flushed with rage.

"I was in the restroom you greasy dungeon bat!"

"Like I said, looking at yourself in the mirror. It's a wonder it didn't shatter." Sirius swiped at Snape, but found himself with green and silver skin and robes, covered in small Slytherin crests and snakes strangling lions. He shrieked.

Neither man noticed Orion Lestrange hiding in the shadows.

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Voldemort paced back and forth, blasting stone figures that looked like Dumbledore, Severus, and Rita Skeeter. He snarled at the thought of the woman. He had been enraged to see his daughter's health splashed across the front page of the Daily Prophet. He had immediately summoned the Lestranges and Malfoy, wanting to teach the woman a lesson that would be her last.

His rage had boiled over when they found no sign of her, yet all tracking spells led to the same place: her kitchen. He didn't know how she was fooling the spell, but he would pry the information out of her before killing the pest. He had no idea how accurate that last description of her was.

As he paced by his desk, he glanced at the enlarged photo of his daughter and grandson. He had seen one where they were both asleep, but it wasn't very clear and their faces turned away and not very visible. Oh, he could see the similarities, but only because he was had once had those same features.

The new picture, oh there was no doubt who her father was if you knew what he once looked like. Only Dumbledore and those still alive when he was at Hogwarts had seen his real face. He could count on one hand how many were still alive and aware of him becoming Voldemort. His red eyes rested on his Potions Master, his lip curled into a snarl, he blasted another figurine. He delighted in the explosion of white stone.

A tentative knock sounded on his door. He paused in the process of sending a blasting curse at Dumbledore, when he heard it.

"Enter." Rodolphus Lestrange opened the door, a nervous look on his face.

"My Lord, yesterday Orion overheard Black talking about taking Ms. Cedicit and her son into Diagon Alley with an Auror escort today." He bowed, not daring to look at his Lord in such a dangerous mood.

"Today you say? What time?" Voldemort felt a shot of excitement, he began forming a plan, one that would make any Gryffindor proud.

"At ten thirty my Lord." Voldemort looked at the Lestrange Lord in contemplation. He swept over to his desk. Picking up the newspaper clipping, he looked once more at the daughter he only just found out about, not to mention his grandson. Looking at Lestrange, who was pale and uncomfortable, he smirked.

"I want you and your family to go into Diagon at ten, I will come with you in my animagus form. Bring the Malfoys as well, I want you to try and talk to her. Get me close enough so I can talk to her. If she truly is my daughter, she will be able to understand me." Lestrange paled, the reason for his unusual moods lately suddenly becoming clear.

"Daughter my Lord?" His voice shook slightly. He panicked, knowing that his younger twin had expressed an interest in the young woman, blurting out that he planned to court her over dinner. Bellatrix had choked, then screeched at him. She was disgusted at the thought of a Half-Blood marrying into the family. Their two children who were turning eleven and eight in the coming spring had gaped at their uncle in disbelief. Rabastan had heatedly pointed out that she and her son were the last of the Cedicit family, and that alone should make her better than a Half-Blood.

"Yes, she is my daughter and the boy my grandson." Rodolphus felt faint. Oh this was not good, not good at all. He couldn't let his Lord find out about his brother's infatuation with his daughter without explaining or asking for permission to court her first.

"My Lord…my younger twin, Rabastan has expressed…" He tailed off as his Lord made his way over to his kneeling form.

"Your younger twin has 'what' Roldolphous?" Voldemort had a feeling he knew where this was going.

Lestrange gulped, feeling like an ant about to be stepped on. "He has expressed a desire to…court…your daughter." He held his breath, praying that his brother wasn't going to be killed. Had Voldemort found out on his own, and Rabastan gone ahead with the courting, he would have been killed without a doubt.

"I see." Voldemort was struggling to control his rage, reminding himself that he still needed the Lestrange twins alive. He took several deep breaths, transfiguring several of the shards of stone into miniature versions of Rabastan.

Rodolphus cringed as he observed his Lord annihilate small stone figurines of his brother. Finishing off the last figurine of Rabastan, Voldemort turned his attention back to his loyal follower. He smirked in a way that made Rodolphus feel like he was about to be tortured to insanity.

Voldemort realized that his daughter attempting to kill the upstart would prove to be greatly entertaining. Plus, he could terrorize his followers like never before. He smirked at the thought of Rabastan running for the hills.

"Your brother may court my daughter, but on my terms. Now leave." Not believing his luck, Rodolphus groveled like he never had before. He ran off, desperate to get away from his Lord. He had a sinking feeling as he heard his Lord cackling that his younger brother was in for a world of pain.

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"She's what!" Both Rabastan and Bellatrix roared at the same time, prompting Rodolphus to cover his ears.

"She's his daughter. Oh, and our Lord knows about your infatuation with her." Rabastan was making strange strangled whimpering noises, pale and shaking.

"I'm dead, deader than dead. Oh gods! Tell me you're lying!" Rabastan desperately grasped the front of his older, but shorter and weaker twin, shaking him.

"Get off! No, I'm not lying. He has agreed to let you court her." There was strange thud, but they ignored it, Rabastan in favor of panicking and Rodolphus in favor of calming his twin down.

"Shit! I need to get out of the country, make a new identity, find a way to get rid of the…What!" Rabastan paused in his panicked rambling.

"He has agreed to let you court her." Rabastan gaped at him, then flushed in anger.

"I swear if I find out that you promised him our first child or something equally likely to make my future wife kill me…" He left the threat open for imagination.

"What? No!" He spluttered looking to his wife, only to see that she had fainted at some point. "Bella!"

Rabastan wandered off in a daze, not able to comprehend today's revelations, and it wasn't even ten yet…

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Ailana woke to her son leaping on her. She yelped, still tender where he had landed. Teddy scrambled off of his mother, looking at her worriedly. Though she tried to hide it, he could tell that she was weak and in pain.

"Are you all right mom?" Ailana sent her son a weary smile, still exhausted emotionally and magically.

"I'll be fine, now get out so I can get dressed." Teddy grinned, bounding out of his mother's room in excitement. Sirius was planning to take them to Diagon Alley with an Auror escort today. His father was also coming, much to Sirius's ire.

There was a knock at the portrait, and Teddy ran over to open it. "Sirius!"

"Hey kiddo, ready to go?" Teddy shook his head.

"No, mom and I overslept a bit, besides, you're a half hour early." Teddy grinned at Sirius's sheepish look.

"My wife is coming with the kids, so be prepared." Teddy's eyes widened.

"Mom! Sirius says that his wife and kids are coming with us!" There was a crash and cursing from Ailana's room.

"Be out in a second!" Her voice was muffled, but they could still hear her continuing to curse.

"Sorry about mom, she's still recovering and didn't have an upbringing with good role models until later in life. At least that I can remember." Sirius's eyes sharpened at the small tidbit of information.

"I know what you mean, it wasn't until Hogwarts that I was actually presented with good role models. My parents were pro-Pureblood and I was a disappointment." His voice was bitter.

"Mom usually doesn't curse in front of me, she tends to catch herself and say weird stuff like bull-shenanigans or shitake mushrooms." Sirius gave a bark-like laugh.

"That's better than my parents ever did. You don't know how lucky you are to have such a wonderful mother. When I was your age, I would have given anything for a mother like yours." Teddy gave Sirius a sad look.

"Mom tends to baby adults that act like children, so you're in luck." Sirius nodded happily, before catching the insult.

"Hey!" Teddy laughed, running from the Grim that replaced Sirius. Padfoot pounced, tackling Teddy to the floor, licking his face and nuzzling ticklish spots.

Ailana came out of her room when she heard the shrieking laughs and declarations of surrender. She smiled sadly, Sirius used to do that to her according to Remus when she was a toddler. At least Teddy was getting along with him and having fun. There had been so little joy or time to just play due to the war.

Ailana swallowed thickly, pushing back the tears that were clogging her throat. She cleared it, getting both Teddy and Padfoot's attention in the process.

"Having trouble there love?" Teddy's grin stretched his face, sending a painful lance through her heart. This was probably the happiest she had ever seen him.

"Save me mom!" Ailana smiled, but shook her head.

"I'm still not well enough to do anything strenuous. Poppy vowed to use a sticking charm on me to keep me in bed if I overdo it." Teddy's smile faded some, disappointed that his mother was still suffering from the war and ritual. He knew she was hiding her feelings, not letting him see her breaking down. He wanted to make her happy, or at least help her forget her sorrow for a little while.

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"Dad!" Sirius turned with a smile on his face as his three children ran up to him. Their mother trailed behind them, an indulgent smile on her face.

"Ah wife, there you are." Said wife rolled her eyes at his antics, well used to such greetings.

"Ah husband, I see you are every bit as childish as you were when you were Ares's age." Sirius huffed, turning to his children.

"Your mother is being mean to me." He whined, causing his two daughters to giggle and his son to roll his eyes.

"Whatever dad." Teddy and Ailana shifted, feeling awkward. The movement drew Elle's attention. She smiled, recognizing the two from the Daily Prophet.

"Hi, I'm Elle Black, this oaf's wife." She stepped forward, shaking hands with both of them. "Please, call me Elle."

"My condolences then." Ailana said this in a somber, pitying voice. Elle laughed, knowing that she and Ms. Cedicit would get along just fine. "Call me Ailana. This is my son Theodore, otherwise known as Teddy."

"Hey! How come she can call you by your first name, and what do you mean by 'you have my condolences'?" Sirius had snuck up behind his wife, causing her to jump, then smack him.

"Because you are an insufferable Mutt."

"Severus!" The demon gave his mate an innocent look, which didn't work at all in his human form.

Ailana watched with mild amusement as Sirius puffed up at Severus joining them in the Entrance Hall. She grinned as Teddy ran up to his father, clinging to his robes and chattering away a mile a minute.

"No! Teddy get away from Snivellus, you don't know where he's been…"

"Sirius Orion Black!" Both Ailana and Elle had rounded on the unfortunate man, who let out at squeak that he would later deny ever having emitted.

Ailana turned away from Sirius, satisfied that his wife would deal with him. Teddy ran up and tugged at his mom, dragging her over to his father in the hopes of them getting to know each other. Ailana smiled shyly at Severus, something everyone noticed, Sirius would have yelled, but was silenced by his wife.

"What has gotten into you! You're acting like she is your daughter." Elle hissed, dragging him away from the group.

"I…I can't tell you without Dumbledore's permission, he made me swear a magically binding oath. All I can say is that due to what I can't tell you, a part of me does see her as a daughter. I don't understand it and it's been driving me crazy. I'm scared Elle, scared that I'm losing who I am, that I'm turning into someone I'm not. These feelings, I've fought tooth and nail, but they've been creeping up on me." Elle sucked in a harsh gasp.

"How long has this been going on?" Sirius ran his hands through his hair in agitation.

"Almost a year now, I talked to Dumbledore ten months ago, and by then the…the situation had already been occurring for a month." Dawning understanding overcame Elle.

"The nightmares. But…that doesn't make any sense. How can nightmares make you feel like Ailana is your daughter?" Sirius gave her a significant look. It clicked quite suddenly and Elle paled. "Unless those weren't nightmares. Tell me Sirius, were they nightmares?" Sirius shook his head.

"You'll have to talk to Dumbledore. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you what they were about, I didn't want to worry you." Elle sighed and hugged her husband.

"I'm not happy with you, actually I'm quite upset, but I know that you struggle to confide in others when fearing that it will upset them. Promise me Sirius, promise me that you'll start coming to me with your problems and not Dumbledore." Her chocolate brown eyes pierced him, her blond hair sleek and straight.

"I'll try my best, I can't promise, but I'll try. You're asking me to break a habit that I've had for years love, it will take considerable time and effort." Elle smiled, nuzzling her face into his chest.

"We'll talk more at home where I can properly hex and yell at you." She laughed, then walked away from a horrified Sirius. He was screwed.

"Where's Black?" Moody clanked into the Entrance Hall, a team of five Aurors following him.

"I'm here Mad-Eye."

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Right after Sirius was dragged off by his wife…

Ailana smiled shyly at Severus, a small blush painting her cheeks. He smirked, gliding forward to press a kiss to her hand that she had held out to shake his with. Her face flamed. She glared at her son when he snickered at them.

Ailana knew that this Severus was not her Severus, but they acted the same way. She decided that she wouldn't fight him as much in this dimension, willing to take a chance and live for once in her life. Though, she wouldn't just roll over, where was the fun in that? No, she would make Severus work for her affections, that didn't mean she wouldn't indulge and satisfy her own desires. For now he was her toy, a vicious and possessive toy…yeah 'toy' and 'Severus' don't belong in the same sentence.

She was done fighting and wanted a family. She wasn't dumb enough to believe that she could resist saving the day, but she wasn't going to go looking for trouble or lead battles here. It was time to start over, and she would begin by allowing Severus to court her. Besides, she knew Teddy would end up forcing them together whether they liked it or not. She had trouble saying no to her baby boy.

"He likes you." Ailana told Severus in amusement when Teddy wormed his way between them and clung to his father's robes. She grinned as she watched Severus fight a smile.

"Indeed." He ruffled Teddy's hair, earning him an indignant squawk of protest. Ailana laughed, causing Teddy to brighten.

"What stores would you recommend we visit?" The demon sidled closer to his mate, delighting when she didn't pull away when he fingered her hair.

"Hmm, the bookstores and Apothocary in Knockturn are definitely worth visiting."

"I meant in Diagon Alley Severus." The demon blinked, then sighed.

"I suppose the pet store would be interesting for your son, no dangerous animals are kept there."

"Hey! I can take care of myself." Ailana smiled at her son indulgently, patting him on the head.

"Of course you can love." Teddy fumed silently, mentally screaming that he wasn't a baby.

"Most of the interesting stores are in Knockturn. I can take you and your son. You will be much less likely to run into the media that way." Ailana perked up at that, then looked at her son, biting her lip.

"I don't know." The demon completely invaded her personal space, looping her arm over his and pulling her up against him.

"Everything will be fine, I have…a reputation…for being a man that you don't mess with unless you want to die horribly…or just suffer." Ailana giggled, her blush returning as she let him drag her to the front doors. She reached out her hand for her son, which he eagerly took. The grin on his face was radiant, he looked ready to fly away he was so happy.

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"Oi! Sniv—."

"Finish that sentence Sirius and it's the couch for you!" Sirius ground his teeth as Snivellus shot him a smug look, pulling Ailana against him more tightly, prompting her to struggle a bit. He loosened his hold when her magic shocked him mildly.

"But Elle, he's got his slimy paws all over her." Elle continued to glare at her husband. The Auror escort laughed at the unfortunate man, though stopped when he shot a hex at them.

"Let's get a move on Black, our reason for being here just walked out the door." Moody grunted, magical eye roving madly in its socket. He clunked after the trio standing outside of the doors. Teddy had resumed pestering his father, wanting to have his attention. The group arrived just in time to hear and see Severus laugh at something Ailana said about Teddy, causing the young boy to shout in outrage.

Sirius had to bite the inside of his cheek and clench his fists to stop himself from attacking the man. He had just about given up fighting the foreign emotions as they only continued to grow stronger. He was fed up with trying to separate his emotions from the other Sirius's emotions, and really, he had decided that it didn't matter why those emotions had latched onto Ailana. Perhaps it was because she had so mysteriously appeared, just like the emotions and memories themselves. He would think more on it later, because the only other explanation was too crazy to even contemplate. No, it was best for everyone if he continued to believe that Ailana and Lissiana weren't one and the same.

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Auror Dawlish and Shaklebolt looked at each other, then back at the trio in front of them. They couldn't believe their eyes or ears when they came upon the laughing form of Severus Snape. Nor could they believe that such a beautiful woman was letting him touch her. They avoided looking at her eyes, they reminded them way too much of another man with similar eyes.

The rest of the Aurors were having similar reactions and thoughts.

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"Right then, here's our portkey, Albus should be joining us momentarily." The young Black girls looked excited about the prospect of seeing the legendary Headmaster. They finally dragged their attention from Teddy, one in curiosity, the other in a developing crush.

Won't Sirius be pleased when he finds out that Teddy is Severus's son, and his oldest daughter was crushing on him.