Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns all of these characters, except Aura Venezia,
and the later song lyrics belong to American Hi-Fi
WARNING: Slash. Harry/Draco. Can't handle it? Then you really should have stopped reading this story a long time ago.
A/N: Here come my final thanks, for this final chapter, finally: To Em and Mandé, who were readers from the beginning, and actually kept on reading, thank you SO SO SO much, to Laura who either did not read past the first two chapters or read it, was horrified, and decided to pretend that she hadn't read it, rather then tell me what she really thought (thank you for not destroying my self esteem if this is the case, Lo), or who read it, liked it, and has simply yet to tell me what she thought of my later chapters, to Becka who at least at some point read some part of my story, and to my Pie, my editor, rater, and sister extraordinaire. Thank you all so much.
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Hermione finally had to ask Aura to stop pacing around the common room. It was distracting her from her studies.
"I'm sorry, I can't!" Aura exclaimed. "If the fate of the world rested on you getting two people together, wouldn't you be a little antsy?"
"What on earth are you talking about?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, I-" but she was cut off by the sudden entrance of an owl into the common room. It promptly dropped a letter on Aura's head. "Oww. What's this?" she asked aloud, while picking up the letter. But her confusion soon abated when she recognized Harry's handwriting on the envelope. She quickly tore it open to uncover a letter asking her to meet him in a nearby classroom.
Without another word to the still-confused Hermione, Aura dashed out the portrait hole and down the hall. She ran all the way to the classroom. Once she located it, she opened to door to see Harry and Draco seated next to another, involved in some kind of discussion. They stopped when they spotted her however, and a large grin broke out on each of their faces. "Aura Venezia, lady of the hour," said Harry, repeating Seamus' earlier greeting.
"Hardly," she smiled. "I see you two have worked things out," she said, feeling better than she had in eons.
Draco took Harry's hand, and the two briefly smiled at each other before turning back to Aura. "We know we owe our newfound happiness to you, and we'd never dream of asking anything more of you since you've given us each other already, but we'd like to know who you really are, and why you're really doing this," said Draco.
"Well," began Aura. "I suppose it's only fair that I offer some knowledge of myself, seeing as my mission has been accomplished." The wizards smiled again, offering more proof to Aura that she had finished what she so desperately needed to.
"I don't expect you to understand who I really am, so it's best to say that I am an emissary from the stars. While I am young, I was selected to complete this mission by the Constellation Federation. We are an organization that seeks to prevent tragedies of the future by altering the present.
"The great Seers of our society have prophesied the end of the earth and all of its inhabitants due to the new uprising of Lord Voldemort," Draco flinched at the name, but Harry looked fascinated.
"We knew that there must be a way to prevent the destruction of the earth, so we searched until we found the answer. It came in the form of the power of not one wizard, but two," continued Aura.
"Draco and myself," said Harry.
"Right. The Federation knew that the powers of just one of you would never be enough, but combined you have the chance of defeating the Dark Lord. Enemies from the start, our leaders knew your true feelings would never come about in time, so they sent me to ensure that it happened. So now, I leave the fate of the world to the two of you."
"Wow," breathed Draco.
"I second that," said Harry. "Not that I knew that a final confrontation wouldn't take place, but I never imagined it would be with someone so darn attractive at my side". Draco could not help but smile at this, and Aura smiled with him.
"I know the two of you will be able to defeat Voldemort," she said.
"Because of you," added Harry.
"I hope not!" she said. "The less I interfere, the stronger you two are. But maybe I did help a little." she grinned.
"So what happens now?" asked Draco.
"Well, I think I know what will happen between the two of you," she laughed. "As for me, I'll go back to the Federation. I'll miss this place," she added wistfully.
"We'll miss you too," said Harry.
"You never even got to kick my ass, " said Draco somberly, and they all laughed again.
"Well, at least I got to see Hermione make a lima bean dance to a singing pineapple." And with a last chuckle, Draco and Harry said their final goodbye to Aura Venezia, emissary of the stars.
They then looked to each other and knew that together, they could defeat anything. And they had a sassy, platform wearing strawberry blonde to thank for it.
The End.
A/N: Sorry if it got too sappy at the end, I guess I'm just a hopeful romantic at heart. Anyway, I hope my readers liked it! Thank you for reading. Okay, I'm done now. :)
WARNING: Slash. Harry/Draco. Can't handle it? Then you really should have stopped reading this story a long time ago.
A/N: Here come my final thanks, for this final chapter, finally: To Em and Mandé, who were readers from the beginning, and actually kept on reading, thank you SO SO SO much, to Laura who either did not read past the first two chapters or read it, was horrified, and decided to pretend that she hadn't read it, rather then tell me what she really thought (thank you for not destroying my self esteem if this is the case, Lo), or who read it, liked it, and has simply yet to tell me what she thought of my later chapters, to Becka who at least at some point read some part of my story, and to my Pie, my editor, rater, and sister extraordinaire. Thank you all so much.
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Hermione finally had to ask Aura to stop pacing around the common room. It was distracting her from her studies.
"I'm sorry, I can't!" Aura exclaimed. "If the fate of the world rested on you getting two people together, wouldn't you be a little antsy?"
"What on earth are you talking about?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, I-" but she was cut off by the sudden entrance of an owl into the common room. It promptly dropped a letter on Aura's head. "Oww. What's this?" she asked aloud, while picking up the letter. But her confusion soon abated when she recognized Harry's handwriting on the envelope. She quickly tore it open to uncover a letter asking her to meet him in a nearby classroom.
Without another word to the still-confused Hermione, Aura dashed out the portrait hole and down the hall. She ran all the way to the classroom. Once she located it, she opened to door to see Harry and Draco seated next to another, involved in some kind of discussion. They stopped when they spotted her however, and a large grin broke out on each of their faces. "Aura Venezia, lady of the hour," said Harry, repeating Seamus' earlier greeting.
"Hardly," she smiled. "I see you two have worked things out," she said, feeling better than she had in eons.
Draco took Harry's hand, and the two briefly smiled at each other before turning back to Aura. "We know we owe our newfound happiness to you, and we'd never dream of asking anything more of you since you've given us each other already, but we'd like to know who you really are, and why you're really doing this," said Draco.
"Well," began Aura. "I suppose it's only fair that I offer some knowledge of myself, seeing as my mission has been accomplished." The wizards smiled again, offering more proof to Aura that she had finished what she so desperately needed to.
"I don't expect you to understand who I really am, so it's best to say that I am an emissary from the stars. While I am young, I was selected to complete this mission by the Constellation Federation. We are an organization that seeks to prevent tragedies of the future by altering the present.
"The great Seers of our society have prophesied the end of the earth and all of its inhabitants due to the new uprising of Lord Voldemort," Draco flinched at the name, but Harry looked fascinated.
"We knew that there must be a way to prevent the destruction of the earth, so we searched until we found the answer. It came in the form of the power of not one wizard, but two," continued Aura.
"Draco and myself," said Harry.
"Right. The Federation knew that the powers of just one of you would never be enough, but combined you have the chance of defeating the Dark Lord. Enemies from the start, our leaders knew your true feelings would never come about in time, so they sent me to ensure that it happened. So now, I leave the fate of the world to the two of you."
"Wow," breathed Draco.
"I second that," said Harry. "Not that I knew that a final confrontation wouldn't take place, but I never imagined it would be with someone so darn attractive at my side". Draco could not help but smile at this, and Aura smiled with him.
"I know the two of you will be able to defeat Voldemort," she said.
"Because of you," added Harry.
"I hope not!" she said. "The less I interfere, the stronger you two are. But maybe I did help a little." she grinned.
"So what happens now?" asked Draco.
"Well, I think I know what will happen between the two of you," she laughed. "As for me, I'll go back to the Federation. I'll miss this place," she added wistfully.
"We'll miss you too," said Harry.
"You never even got to kick my ass, " said Draco somberly, and they all laughed again.
"Well, at least I got to see Hermione make a lima bean dance to a singing pineapple." And with a last chuckle, Draco and Harry said their final goodbye to Aura Venezia, emissary of the stars.
They then looked to each other and knew that together, they could defeat anything. And they had a sassy, platform wearing strawberry blonde to thank for it.
The End.
A/N: Sorry if it got too sappy at the end, I guess I'm just a hopeful romantic at heart. Anyway, I hope my readers liked it! Thank you for reading. Okay, I'm done now. :)
