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A/N: Oh my god! Last chapter! This is it! I'm freaking out! So many exclamation marks! Okay, I'm calm now. I don't even know if I like this chapter, but here it is. The end. Wow. Okay, review responses:

Rebecca Lynn: I'm glad the chapter lived up to your expectations, and I am very proud. I hope you like this last chapter. And I have more to say to you in the end author's notes, but read on first. :)

Ahewlett: Welcome to my story, even though I'm sure you've been reading it forever and this is just the first time you've reviewed. Thank you for saying it's brilliant. And as for the sequel, make sure you read the author's notes at the end. ;)

Animebuffbob: I think you were asking if the last chapter was the end, and it wasn't: this is. And as for skipping forward, you may want to take a look at the author's notes at the end. ;)

LilyJames addict: Aw, you know Harry's going to be safe, but I'll keep this short so you can read about him being safe.

Tresdrole: epic? Ooh, I like that. Welcome, by the way. I don't know if you made it this far, but I wanted you to see that I did get your review and I appreciated it. :)

Gotenluver: You are way, way, way too kind, but I appreciate it. :) I would love to write an AU where everything is happy, the only thing with that is that it would probably be pretty boring. :) And as for Petunia with Severus, when two characters are still alive, you never know what might happen in possible future stories. (Check out the author's notes at the end ;) )

Bahzad: Next is this epilogue, and then after that, well, check out the author's notes at the end. :)

Kai-Qui: Thank you so much for the review. I'm glad you found and enjoyed my story and that my vision is close to yours. Of everything in this story, the way I developed Peter's transformation is probably my favorite aspect, and I'm glad you like it as well. As for future stories, check out my author's notes at the end. :)

micmac371: I'm glad you liked the chapter and all the chapters you've read recently. I'm glad you discovered the fic again after I had left it for so long, because I know some of my readers may not have, and I know there were people dying to know about how Petunia changed, and that moment is what made my story able to fit canon, as I always promised it would. Thank you for saying that I've improved, as that's the best compliment a writer can receive. :)

rachybaby: I'm glad you loved my story. :) I hope you realized that there was one more chapter left so you come back to read this one. :)

Sophie: Thank you and thank you! :)

Read the author's notes at the end for thank you's and some news everyone (hopefully) we'll be happy about. :)


Chapter 53: Epilogue

Dumbledore had been walking back to his office after the Halloween Feast when he was able to recall where James and Lily were hiding. He stopped in his tracks.

He was trying to think of any other explanation for being able to remember when he heard footsteps running up behind him.

"Dumbledore. Something strange is going on. Look," Severus said, pulling up his sleeve to show a very faded Dark Mark.

"Lily and James are at Godric's Hollow," Dumbledore said in answer.

Severus' eyes went wide. "You aren't supposed to be able to tell me that. You aren't even supposed to know that."

"No, I'm not," Dumbledore said.

"What does that mean? How is that possible."

"The only way a Fidelius Charm can be broken is if the caster takes it down, unless the spell wasn't cast perfectly, in which case it can be broken by . . ." Dumbledore trailed off, not wanting to voice the facts.

"Killing the caster," Severus finished quietly. "Lily?"

"I'm afraid so," Dumbledore said, feeling the tears spring into his eyes.

"And Harry?" Severus asked, fearing that every hope he had ever had to escape his life had been slashed forever.

"If Lily succeeded in what she had planned, and based on your mark fading, I believe it did, then Harry is alive, though I'm sure all alone in what I can only imagine is something akin to a war zone. Please summon Hagrid for me. If Harry is alive, I would like him to retrieve him for me. There are many plans that need to be made."

"Please, Sir. Tell me what is going on," Severus said, grabbing a hold of Dumbledore's arm.

Dumbledore sighed and said, "I believe that Lily sacrificed herself in order to save Harry. When Voldemort tried to kill Harry I think the spell bounced off of him and hit Voldemort instead."

Severus' eyes went wide. "So you mean, Voldemort is dead?"

Dumbledore shook his head sadly, "Unlikely. I believe Voldemort has certain protections that will keep him from dying, but I believe he is gone for the time being. That being said, he will try to come back, and Harry needs to be taken somewhere safe. Lily's sacrifice will have created a blood-protection, thus he must go to his only living blood relative."

"Petunia," Severus whispered.

Dumbledore's eyes gazed sharply at Severus.

"How do you know that?"

Severus swallowed, not being able to believe his slip up. "Lily mentioned her sister from time to time. I thought she hated Lily and everything to do with the wizarding world."

Dumbledore was still staring at Severus strangely, but he just nodded and said, "It is true. But it is the only place where Harry will be safe. I will try my best to appeal to the good in Petunia and I believe she will take him in. Now Severus, I've told you all I can, I must make plans. Please send Hagrid up to me."


Sirius could see the destroyed cottage before he even landed the motorcycle, and he felt his heart drop into his stomach.

What the hell had happened? He had never seen such destruction before. He noted that there was no dark mark over the house, which gave him a bit of hope.

He landed his motorcycle and almost immediately saw James' dead body.

He started shaking uncontrollably. His best friend. His brother. Sirius backed away from the body, unable to stand it. He was about to uncover James from the rubble and attempt to move him so that he could be buried, when he saw a great hulking shadow standing up.

"Who's there?" Sirius said, wand at the ready.

"Sirius? Is that you?"

Recognizing Hagrid's voice, Sirius lowered his wand. And a moment later, he felt the warmth return to his limbs as he saw that Harry was in his arms. And he was alive.

Then he noticed Lily, dead at Hagrid's feet. Hagrid's face was covered with tears, and had clearly removed the debris from around Lily. She looked beautiful, even in death.

"James an' Lily . . . they're both dead," Hagrid said, choking through his tears. "But little Harry 'ere. He's still alive."

They were both dead, but Harry was alive. What in the world had happened? Sirius had no idea, but there was one thing he did know, and that was that Peter had told. He hadn't been captured. He hadn't been hurt. He had gone to Voldemort and told. He was the traitor.

Sirius literally felt his blood boiling with hate. But there was still Harry to think about. He had to make sure Harry was safe.

"Give Harry to me, Hagrid. I'm his godfather. I'll look after him," Sirius said reaching out for Harry.

Harry wiggled in Hagrid's arms, trying to reach his godfather. It was at that moment that Sirius saw the bloody mark on Harry's forehead. He could feel the hatred growing even more.

"I'm sorry, Sirius, but I 'ave Dumbledore's orders. Harry's goin' to his aunt an' uncle's. Dumbledore says that's where he'll be safe," Hagrid said sadly.

Sirius nodded. Maybe it was best if Harry went with Hagrid. Sirius could always get him later. Right now, he had to take care of Peter.

"How'd you get here Hagrid?" Sirius said.

"Portkey," Hagrid said.

"You shouldn't portkey with Harry back, it's not good for him, injured as he is. Take my motorbike. I won't need it anymore," Sirius said, handing the motorbike off to Hagrid.

Sirius thought of where Peter may have gone, and tested that the Apparation wards were in fact down before Apparating away.


Peter didn't know what to do. He had never been so lost and confused in his life. He knew he could never go back to his friends now. Sirius would make sure everyone knew that he was the traitor, there was nothing he could do. And he didn't have the Dark Lord anymore. He had felt the connection sever just like every other Death Eater had. He could see his Dark Mark fading. Somehow, the Dark Lord had been defeated, and it was Peter who had sent him to his demise.

He knew it wasn't going to be long before the other Death Eaters learned that it was his fault, and he knew that his punishment would be severe, if not fatal.

He was switching back and forth between Peter and Wormtail. Peter. Wormtail. Peter. Wormtail. Human. Rat. Human. Rat.

He wished he could just disappear. When he was a rat, he felt free. No one could see him. No one knew who he was. No one knew that he had betrayed everyone he had ever loved. Everyone who had ever loved him.

He flashed back into a human, and he could feel an idea forming. It was a horrible, wretched idea, but he was already horrible and wretched, so he figured, what was the point of trying to be anything else.


Remus had just gotten word of what had happened from Dumbledore. Two of his friends were dead, because of Sirius. He couldn't believe that the spy had been Sirius. It didn't make any sense, and yet all of the facts pointed to him.

He had betrayed them.

Remus had never felt so alone in his life.

He looked at his packed bags. There was nothing for him here anymore. He had tried to contact Peter to see if he had heard, but the only friend he had left had disappeared as well. Maybe he had the same idea that Remus did.

He didn't know where he was going to go, but he knew he had to get far away from his old life. At least for a while


Severus was in his office, staring at his fading scar. He couldn't believe that for the time being he was free of Voldemort. And he couldn't believe that the price for that had been Lily.

She had always seen the good in him. He cared about her almost as much as he cared about Petunia, and now they were both lost to him forever. Lily was gone and would never be able to bring Petunia back to him.

He was alone.

Severus felt like he wanted to cry, but he couldn't. He just felt numb. Empty. There was nothing left for him. Nothing left in his life to really live for.

Nothing would ever be the same. When Lily had died, she had taken a part of him with her. Severus felt as if he had died too. He had loved Petunia and he had lost her. He had cared about Lily and he had lost her. Severus decided that he would never again care about anyone or anything, since all that would happen if he did was pain.


Petunia was preparing to put the milk bottles out when she had another flash. Ever since the night before when she had woken up from a sound sleep, she kept having flashes of people she had never seen before. And of Lily.

She hadn't thought of her sister in ages. Why should she? She was just a freak who left her family to be with the other freaks.

She shook her head to clear the haze and grabbed the milk bottles. She opened the front door and let out a scream as she almost stepped on a baby.

The baby opened his eyes and looked up at her. She knew those eyes. She had never seen this boy before, but she would recognize those eyes anywhere. This must be Harry, Lily's son.

She picked up the letter in his basket with him. It was from that Dumbledore fellow again. He had written to Petunia in the past to let her know that Lily could be in danger, but Petunia had always thrown away the letters. She picked this one up and read it, but didn't get much farther than the fact that it said Lily was dead.

Dead. Her sister was dead. And here was her son, who Petunia was supposed to take in. She skimmed the rest of the letter. She looked down at the boy. If she didn't take him in, he might never be safe.

She bent down to pick up the basket, noticing the lilies and petunias growing in her garden. She'd never even realized she'd done that. But there they were. She vowed to dig up all the lilies the next day. The flower twins were gone.


A/N: The End. Wow. I want to thank everyone who has ever reviewed this story, so I'm going to. Some of you may have changed your name on here since you reviewed, but you know who you are if it's not your name now. So thank you to: Jay Sea-Elf (my very first review!), Jessie, Lacey, Black Snow, alliekat5, slytherin-nette, Scooby Wannabe, mai4ever, underscore, Voldie on Varsity Track, maggie, radioactivekitten, this gun's for hire, Alyson Trotter, Nadia Greenleaf, Rian, Harry Griffingirl, antigone1021, Mina Granger, NightOwl16, Elfy19, LovelyLina1985 (thank you for your reviews that always made me laugh and for being an amazing beta), LipRing84, Krisalyn, barbie_girl, AJ D'Angelo, allie, Bernie, Rebecca (you stuck with me through every long hiatus I took, you were always one of my first reviews, and you encouraged me to finish this story when I was thinking about letting it go, all my readers owe you a great thanks. You're amazing!), Chprincess, PalmTreeBlood, MyraluvSirius, the-faith-less-one, Paparazzi, Annie14, LauraKay (thank you for being an amazing beta and reviewing my chapters even after you'd already read them a million times), pandabsmiles, splishy splashy, Athena Cat, I love it, Ruby Chubb, dave2001soa, Rinnington (thank you for giving me the most helpful criticism and compliments and for being an amazing beta, you'll always be my Remus expert), marilyne, Oofthelivingdead/Micmac371, Beth, Alice, Sophia, becky6, jessdarkwater, Gangtsagirl1 (Thank you for being an awesome beta), Magically Yours, Darkangel546, Foxscript, urges, Toria, Alicia, skittish, Pyro_wiccan, SeriousBlackFaith, Sublime-Tranquility, Lion of Gryffindor, Justine, Gertrude, Potterlvr1212, solhottaght, Natalie, dumb brunette, OutofAzkaban, Bazorro, Misting Morning, Chrissy8887779999, Pippin the hobbit-elf, tornbetween, MyHeadIsGoingInsane, LittleSgt700, Bahzad, ruby, aquariusbaby205, HoneyDukesaddict, Jen-Snuffles, TeenTypist, PiaHawk, tanu12, BlueSkyDreamer, IrishLadyKnight, thousand birds, fish30, Moratorium, elily, jen, SgtPepper592, SilverFalls, Twintee, Katlyn, johndeerfan22, Tantau, princess52577, LuLuLoLo, Serious Sammi, Tina, LilyJamesAddict, luvinsnape, hentai18ancilla, Animebuffbob, Gotenluver, Ahewlett, Tresdrole, Kai-Qui, rachybaby, Sophie.

Wow, I've had a lot of reviewers and I love each and every one of you! Now, I've been saying it and saying it, but I am now going to officially say that there WILL be a sequel. Yay! I've had it planned for a long time and after HBP came out I had to rethink some things, but I am going to write it and here's a little summary. :)

Harry Potter and the Sororamor Charm: Everything Harry's ever known about his family changes when Severus Snape shows up on his doorstep. With two unlikely allies, Harry searches for Voldemort's Horcruxes, all the while not knowing that a spell that no one's supposed to remember, a spell that can change the world, has fallen into Voldemort's hands.

Eeeeee...I spent about an hour on that summary! :) First chapter should be up within a week or two. Excited! See you all over there!