A/N: Hey! Sorry about the disappearance again. ^^;;; Sososo sorry! I'm working on that, really. Not that you'll care, this story is almost over. I think this is the last chapter. Sorry. Oh, and Sevvy is not coming back. Sorry again! ^^; Extra sorries to Demon Of Fear for killing Sevvy off for good. ;)

Liebling brought up the black necklace! That's gonna be in this chapter again, I was hoping no one would remember it. ^_~ Anyway, enjoy the end! Whahahahaha!

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The next few weeks seemed to pass slowly, as if they had been set down on a snail climbing up a slippery rock. Every night, Sable and Draco would lay out under the stars, talking in whispers. Gradually, their whispers died down to sounds so soft only they could hear, and then they ceased talking at all. Now, they simply had to look at the other's eyes to know what they wanted to say. And every night, they visited the unicorns, and could eventually communicate with them, too, by eyes. Sometimes, during class or in the Common Room, Sable would feel like she had completely lost the ability to talk. Not to make sounds, but to talk, to form words. But she never did forget, she just imagined she had. There were always whispers in the halls about them, talking about how they were slowly but surely changing.

One night, when they were lying down by two newly born twin unicorns, something changed. It wasn't a physical change, nor emotional. Something just changed. It wasn't a realization, no one said or did anything to bring the change, but it was there. It was as if something had just snapped into place, as if maybe the night itself had brought about the change. All in the valley felt it. A few unicorns, including Ethenion, skittered about nervously when they felt it. Sevvy walked over to the two humans, standing protectively above them. Sevvy's father appeared to the side of the valley, watching in noble silence.

"Draco," Sable said softly. Draco, surprised she had said something, looked up.

"Yes?"

"I'm tired of silence," she said, glancing at him sorrowfully. "It was nice for a while, and with you, sometimes. But I don't like it anymore. I want noises to drown everything out. Do you ever feel like that?"

"Yeah, all the time."

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"AHHHHH!"

There was a loud, shrill scream at the edge of the room during dinner. There was a puzzled silence, followed by a teacher or two rushing over to see what the commotion was. A few seconds later there was another scream, coming from a group of girls by the door. Then the room was slowly filled with screams as small, brown creatures flooded the room. People jumped on tables, knocking books and plates of food onto the floor and chairs. A bunch of boys from Slytherin stood, snickering at all the people hiding from the tiny creatures/

"They're just frogs!" A boy from Slytherin declared, scooping one up.

Vincent grasped onto a frog and smelled it suspiciously, his eyes widening. He suddenly took a large bite out of it, causing a few nearby girls to squeal in disgust.

"They're chocolate!" Vincent said, scooping up a handful and shoving them into his mouth.

They next few minutes there were kids running around everywhere, catching frogs. Many people frowned as they watched people biting into the frogs, saying there were living creatures and shouldn't be eaten like that. Most everyone just ignored them. The teachers ran around hectically, telling the kids not to eat so much candy, asking who had released the little creatures. Every once in a while, Peeves would appear cackling in a corner. It was obvious he knew who had done it, but whenever the teacher's asked he would just fly away laughing. It wasn't until the frogs had all been caught (mostly) that the kids had settled down. The teachers sighed with relief, muttering that they had had enough work all week, and Friday night was not supposed to be so hectic.

Saturday passed by uneventfully for the most part. A few stray frogs could be found, hopping around campus, but they were quickly caught and eaten. There were many tricks played on people; frogs in drawers, backpacks, under bed covers, in hats, anything you could think of. People had tanks of the chocolate frogs in their rooms and would have one whenever they wanted. The teachers weren't particularly happy about this, but there was nothing they could do,

Sunday there was a big raucous when when of the Ravenclaws declared her chocolate frog was pregnant. After much scrambling and checking, people found many of their frogs were pregnant, especially the ones that were in tanks full of other frogs. After a while of studying, the Ravenclaws figured out how to distinguish between the male and female frogs. No one was quite sure if the frogs were pregnant, but they assumed. Their assumptions were proved true when a Hufflepuffs frog gave birth to a bunch of baby frogs. Sadly, the babies died after a few minutes. A Ravenclaw said it was because the frog had given birth too early and that they were probably supposed to stay inside their mother for about a week longer.

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It was Monday morning and the first class of the day had just begun. It was the Gryffindor-Slytherin Charms class. the class was loud and full of laughter. The teacher, annoyed and angry at having found a desk drawer full of chocolate frogs, was just about to take roll. The class finally quieted down as the teacher yelled angrily. Satisfied, roll was began.

"Sable Brue," the teacher called out. "Sable? Anyone know where Sable is?"

There was a resounding no and a boy in the back spoke up. "Both Sable //and// Draco are gone. No one knows where they are."

"What?" The teacher sighed. "When was the last they were seen?"

"Friday," the boy said simply sitting down.

"Alright, somebody needs to go talk to Dumbledore," the teacher frowned. "Students do not just go missing for three days. Because class has started later today, I need all the time possible to teach. Someone who is advanced in this class, volunteer to go?"

"I'll go!" Harry said, standing up.

He rushed out the door before the teacher could say anything. The pounding of his feet on the tiled floor resounded in the halls. When he reached Dumbledore's office, he was panting and ready to fall over. Dumbledore looked up in surprise, before remembering that he had given Harry the password. He waited patiently for Harry to catch his breath.

"Sable and Draco are gone!" Harry exclaimed when he had caught his breath.

"What do you mean gone?" Dumbledore frowned.

"They're just gone," Harry said, leaning back and jumping away as he hit something cold and hard.

"Careful," Dumbledore said, smiling worriedly.

"You have Brone," Harry murmured, before seeming to remember what he had come for. "Nobody's seen them since Friday, not even in the Common Room or bedrooms or anything."

"Alright, you stay in her Harry," Dumbledore frowned and hurried out of the room.

"Where are they?" Harry asked himself, sliding down to sit on the floor.

"They leffft," a soft voice said from somewhere above.

"Wha? Who was that?" Harry looked around, surprised and nervous.

"You can hear me? Curiousss," the voice said again. "I am up herre, in the tank."

"B-Brone?" Harry asked, wide-eyed.

"Yesss," the snake said, slithering impatiently. "Would you like to know where they went, or not?"

"Who? Oh, Sable and Draco! Yes!" Harry said, jumping up.

"I don't exactly where," Brone said thoughtfully. "But I know they left. Sssable came and said goodbye before she left." He seemed to grow sad at this point.

"I'm sorry," Harry said, unsure what to do to comfort the snake.

"It'ss alright," Brone said, looking at Harry through the thick glass. "They would not have been able to kep me if they took me with. They took Keishin with, and Brendan also. Ssshe said I would be happier here, with Dumbledore."

"I hope you are," harry said awkwardly. "So you have no idea where they went."

"None," Brone said, slithering away. "I'm napping now. Goodbye."

"Bye," Harry murmured, sighing and sitting down to rely the information to Dumbledore.

~~~~~~~Saturday Night~~~~~~~~

Sable and Draco sprinted out of Hogwarts, waving goodbye to Peeves, who stood cackling in the doorway. They grinned softly as they heard screams coming from inside. They ran as fast as they could away, down. Leaves fluttered in the wind as they ran passed. The lake was still. The tall, thick grasses swayed as they ran trough and small animals skittered away. The river was gurgling as they entered the valley, the unicorns were just beginning to gather there. Sevvy snorted happily and galloped towards them, leaping easily over the river. Sable smiled and pet the unicorn. Keishin peeked his head out from Sable's sweater. Snorting, Sevvy backed up. Keishin yipped and jumped onto the startled unicorn, who ran off quickly, Keishin clinging on tightly. Ethenion threw his head back, seeming to laugh at the other unicorn, and trotted up to the humans, who pet and stroked his mane and back. Soon Sevvy came back, looking pleadingly at them to get the fox off his back.

"Sorry Sevvy," Sable said, grinning and picking Keishin up. "He likes you!"

Sevvy snorted and pranced away to drink from the river. Ethenion sniffed at the fox, snorting as Keishin licked his nose. Sable smiled softly and looked up as Brendan landed in a tree nearby. Sevvy eyes the raven suspiciously then stood by Sable. Sevvy's father, who had been named Doyle after the much loved hyena, stood to the side, watching as always. Sable smiled and took Draco's hand, pulling him to pet the twin unicorn babies by their mother.

"You're never going to see us again," she whispered, then stood and looked at all the unicorns in the valley. "I love you and will miss you all. I hope you don't mind if we take Sevvy and Ethenion?"

The two unicorns looked at each other, threw their heads up and stalked away from each other. They had long since got over quarreling incessantly, but still did once in a while. They might have seemed enemies, but were really best friends. A strange friendship indeed, but they were great friends. If the other was in danger, the other was always there.

"We should go, Sable," Draco said softly, petting Ethenion before jumping on. "Come on, Ethenion, be a good boy."

"Off we go!" Sable said, sticking Keishin in her sweater again and motioning for Brendan to follow as she hopped onto Sevvy."

Brendan screeched as he took off into flight. The unicorns watched sorrowfully as their beloved humans and two of their own left. Doyle reared on his hind legs and dashed away into the forest. Sable and Draco joined hands from their mounts and slowly disappeared into the forest and darkness of night. Unseen by anyone else, clutched in Sable's other hand was a black amulet on a chain. Deep in the amulet could be seen the face of a man with black hair and eyes, and he was smiling, though only slightly. And in whispered words that only Sable could hear, was a gentle "I love you."

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THE END! So how was it? I felt like crying when I mentioned that Doyle, the unicorn, was named after the dead hyena Doyle. I feel so bad about killing Doyle. I kinda felt like crying at the end with the amulet too. I guess Severus really //did// come back in a way, just in an amulet. I didn't make it obvious, but his //soul// is in that amulet kinda, it's him not just memories or whatever. I'm thinking about maybe an epilogue, maybe briefing where they go, what happens to Brone, the living chocolate frogs, etc... Or maybe a sequel? Maybe. I like the idea of pregnant chocolate frogs. ~_^ Review!