Everything Changes

by T.K. Yuy

Epilogue

Ten moons had come and gone from over the Field of Dreams, and he found himself standing before the great tree that stood in the center.  He felt the breeze behind him push against his back, beckoning him towards the tree.  The dark-haired Witch beside him nudged him in the ribs, and with a glare sent in her direction, he walked up to the tree.

"Olleh, Sureves."

"Hullo Draco."

"S'ti emit?"

"Yes, it is."
"Yrev llew.  Yrrah?"

Severus looked around, and as a red swirl wrapped around the great tree, he knew.  A transparent form stepped out from behind the massive arbor, his green eyes dancing as he rubbed a hand over a large knot in the center of the trees massive trunk.

"Hey," the Harry-ghost said, kissing the knot, "how are you baby?  It's time for you to meet your Uncle Severus."

The hiccup Severus had felt everyday for the past ten months invaded his senses, and he could see a thick red substance start to ooze from the tree.  Harry continued to rub the trunk, whispering words to it in Parsel tongue, and with a sickening sound, the tree split open.  He moved closer, and as the blood and fluids dripped away, he noticed a pair of small, black feathered wings.  A childs wail brought Persephone forward, a white towel in hand, and as she helped him take the pale child from the tree, noticed the black mark that faded from his forehead.

"He's a Seer then." She said, craddling him as she wiped him clean. "He needs to nurse, Severus."
"I know.  Take him to the Manor.  I just want… to say good-bye."

She nodded, and as she pulled the top of  her robes back, disappeared.  Severus could only watch as the Draco's ghost crawled out of the tree, and into Harry's arms.

"Thank you." he said, moving to embrace Severus.

"I- We'll love him like he was my own, and he'll grow up knowing both of you, I swear it!"

"On Severus, you don't need to promise anything.  We know our boy is in good hands." said Hary, hugging the Potions Master.  "It'll only be a year or two, and then we'll be back anyway."

"But you-"

"Two years, Severus, and we'll see you again."

They disappeared, and Severus Snape was left standing by himself as the wind blew two small dragons –one white, the other black- out of the tree.

~!*!~

"There are days, Persephone, that I hate being a bloody Necromancer!"

"Calm down, Teek, it's only natural for them to want to see him."
"Screw that! I'm fucking tired of being dragged back and forth from the real world to the Spirit Realm!"

"When he's a little bit older, he'll be able to control what he sees, you know that."

"Why the hell didn't Severia stay to help us?"

"She's busy with the shop, dippy!  Now, lets go find our beautiful Adonis."

"Da'!  Papa!"

Teek and Persephone looked at eachother, and bolted into the parlor where Teek had left the platinum-haired, green-eyed boy.  He was standing at the large French doors, gazing out over the grounds of Snape manor, his eyes glzed over.  Teek picked him up, ignoring the screaming that followed, and took him away from the door.

"No, no!  Da'!  Da'!"

"Seph, what the hell is he on about?  I don't feel them."
"Neither do I.  Is he-"
"No, no mark, just the eyes."

"I wonder…"

Persephone let herself into the Spirit Realm, and looked where Adonis was reaching and screaming.  What she saw, shocked her.  Two great Dragons flew towards the Manor, spitting fire at one another playfully.  She quickly returned to reality, and threw open the doors.

"Call Severus, tell him they're back!  They're alive!"

"What?"

"The reason we can't see them is because they're invisible, and the reason we can't feel them is because they're not dead!  Oh Teek, they're alive!"

"Sweet. Mother. of Merlin."

She gave Adonis to Persephone, who laughed and held him close while twirling in the warm air the two invisible Dragons made as they swirled around her.  Adonis shrieked in delight, and as Teek ran out with Severus, the Dragons popped into existance.

"My Gods," the Potions Master whispered, "You're alive."
"Papa! Papa!" Adonis reached for Snitch, who promptly switched to his human form, taking his son into his arms. "Da'! Da'!  Up, up!"

Draco shifted, and took his son, finally able to feel the link they shared up close.

"Oh my darling…"

For the first time in his short life, Adonis Potter-Malfoy laughed and cried at the same time.

~!*!~

"Adonis Potter." McGonagall called, and the thin face of the patinum boy looked up at her, green eyes slightly glazed over.

He brushed his longish hair back, and walked up to where the first years were being sorted.  Some of the students gasped, seeing a Potter with platinum-blonde hair was a bit shocking, or so his Da' and Uncle Severus had told him.  He sat on the stool, and as the hat was placed on his head, he felt it come alive.

"Oh, difficult.  Difficult!  Two powerful fathers you have, and from two powerful Houses you come.  But which one to put you in…"

For five minutes, Adonis sat there, looking at his nails, and letting the Sorting Hat struggle with where he belonged.  With an over dramatic yawn, he looked up to the back of the Great Hall, when his eyes misted over, and the black lightning bolt mark appeared on his forehead.  The Sorting Hat gasped, its brim glowing a bit as Adonis stood up and took it off.  Professor McGonagall made a move to stop him, but a hand on her shoulder stopped her.  Looking back, she saw Sybill Trelawny shaking her head, and Persephone smiled from the shadows by the Ravenclaw table.

"Uncle Sirius!" he laughed, as the door burst open in his vision, and much to everyones surprise, he pushed his way through the crowd towards the door.

"He's mental, that one." a red-headed girl with bright blue eyes told a short brown haired boy.

But just as the Hall started laughing at him, the doors burst open, and Sirius Black and Remus Lupin stormed in, the tall dark-haired man finding himself engulfed in his nephews tight hug.  Green and Silver eyes looked at eachother from their place amongst the other first years, and with a mischievious grin, they pushed their way through to where Adonis had caught the two older Wizards.

"Tara!  Tom!" Remus laughed, hugging them both tightly.  "Oh.  Siri, I think we've interupted something."

"Like what, the Sorting Ceremony should be…"

"Mr. Black, Mr. Lupin, I would like to see the two of you in my office once the Feast is over." barked Professor McGonagall, "Mr. Potter, if you would please put the Sorting Hat back on, so we may continue."

"Yes ma'am."

He sat down again, the Sorting Hat grumbling in his ear, and finally it stopped.

"SLYTHERIN!" it shouted, and the Slytherin table was silent.

Professor Snape clapped from his place at the Head Table, and his House quickly followed suit.  Adonis beamed at him, and smiled at the two twins that had joined him in hugging Sirius and Remus.  He joined the other first years at the Slytherin table, and watched the rest of the Ceremony.  Finally it was the dark-haired twins turn, and they looked at eachother.

"Which one of you was born first?" McGonagall asked.

"I was, Professor.  I'm older by an hour."

"Very well then, you first, Tara Potter."

The Hall burst into excited chatter about there being more than one Potter in Hogwarts, and as the Hat shouted 'Ravenclaw!', it grew even louder. 

"Tom Potter, you're the last one." Smiled McGongall, placing the hat on his head.

"Hm.  Not a bit timid are you." whispered the Hat, "but not nearly bold enough to be a Lion.  I say… HUFFLEPUFF!"

He ran to his table, talking with everyone, and as Dumbledore made his announcements (which included Remus and Sirius being their new Defence Against the Dark Arts professors and Dueling instructors for the 3rd thru 7th years), the three Potter children (who's real last name was Potter-Malfoy) saw two Dragons fly over the enchanted ceiling.

Tom looked over at Tara, who was looking at Adonis, and they smirked.  A small brown haired boy winked in Tom's direction, and at once, they plugged their ears.  A thunderous roar rippled through the whole of Hogwarts as fire and lightning crackled in the enchanted sky above them, green and silver eyes looking down in at them.  As the students screamed, terrified that two huge Dragons were sitting in their school, the twins and Adonis laughed.

"Siri, I think there are Marauders in Hogwarts."
"No, really?"

"Should we do something?"
"Nope."

~!*!~

"Should we do something, Grandfather?"

"NO, SMYRA, WE SHALL LET THINGS PROGRESS AS THEY WILL."

"Everything we know is going to change, you know that, don't you?"

"THERE WILL COME A TIME, WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND, CHILD, THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE MAY DESIGN –OR NOT, AS THE CASE MAY BE-, EVERYTHING CHANGES."

"Yes, everything changes."

~FIN~

Well, that's it.  'Everything Changes' is now complete.  I am, however, plotting a sequel, much to my Goddess' delight *waves to Sparks*.  I hope you all enjoyed 'EC', as I very much enjoyed writing it.  I love you guys *runs to bathroom so she can get tissues and cry over the end of her story*!