Disclaimer: see previous chapter, and I am borrowing the name of the Icarii race, which belongs to Sara Douglas

Yav: Remus is my favorite.

Dark and Prone to Violence: Glad you're happy about it

A/N: Italics is for someone singing

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The next day all went according to plan and they had a large gathering of the Order, and families, at Hogwarts. To Remus' shock, Renee accepted the fact that he was her father with perfect calmness (which she most probably inherited from him). Remus could tell that she was his daughter right off the bat; they acted alike, well, until her mischievous side from Riley kicked in.

Gillian was joyous that she got to see her father again. They had a rather tearful reunion when Rebecca joined in.

Harry, however, was on the brink of having a seizure; the poor boy was so confused. Since when did all the adults have kids? Especially Snape! Cathryn was nice and all, but the fact that she was Snape's daughter was a bit unnerving. On the other hand, Sirius was back. That was an unexplainably good thing for Harry. Harry vaguely wondered why no one had mentioned their children to him. Well, obviously he hadn't expected Snape too, but Sirius and Remus he did.

Later in the day, Dumbledore stood up with an announcement for the Order. "We have a new location planned –"

"Thank God," muttered Sirius under his breath.

"And we will be moving there today. I have already translocated everyone's things there. It's rather far away, but we will use a portkey this time, I will give instructions on how to get there at another time," continued Dumbledore as he handed out two portkeys, and sorted everyone into two groups.

The place where they ended up could only be described as enchantingly beautiful. It was like a floating city up in the sky, so far up that you saw the stars all the time, and rarely the sun. The grass was a dark shade of jade, and the skies a deep mauve shade. A magical feeling hung in the air; you could feel rather than hear the music there. Scattered in strategic places were marble tables and sitting areas. There was even a small lake. Soft breezes moved swiftly through the weeping willow trees, which were adorned with lilies growing on the vines and leaves.

"This is the courtyard entrance to the kingdom of the Icarii, or Lost, whichever you prefer. We'll be staying at the palace, which is a little bit of a walk away." Informed Riley quietly, watching everyone take in where they were.

"I thought they were extinct!" Whispered Hermione.

Renee, standing right by Hermione was one of the only people to hear this. "They've been in hiding...people try to hunt them for their powers, and their wings." Renee's face took on a slightly pained look. Fred looked over at Renee, concerned. The two had hit it off and become good friends. Renee, not noticing Fred listening, continued, "In the days before my people went into hiding, people would carve their wings out, and use them as trophies...that was a long, long time ago though."

Hermione gasped. "That's terrible!"

"Why didn't the Icarii fight back?" Asked Ginny, also listening.

"I'm not sure myself, but I think part of it is that they didn't want to cause another war...because if they had, all the wizards would have become extinct most likely. The Icarii are vicious warriors, especially when it comes to something that we believe in."

"Wait," Hermione looked confused, "you called them your people...are you one?"

Renee just smiled and gave Hermione and Ginny a wink.

The rest of the Lost (or Icarii) kingdom was almost better than the courtyard. The buildings were all built with amazing architecture, never seen by any human or wizard before. They were dark silver in color, and warm light emitted from each home. The palace, where they would be staying, looked like it was made of sapphire. None of the wizards and witches could figure out what the material was exactly though; it looked like crystal but who really knew?

A woman of about 40 with long midnight blue hair and warm eyes met them at the entrance to the palace. "It's good to see you back, Highness," she said as she bowed to Riley.

Riley, embarrassed, said a thank you and introduced everyone. "They will be staying here for a while, coming and going, Brightmoon."

Brightmoon smiled. "Wonderful, come and I'll get someone to show you to the rooms we have prepared." Brightmoon's gaze then came upon Renee. "Oh, Princess! It's been so long!" She cried bowing first, then hugging Renee. Brightmoon was the woman who acted in Riley's stead when she was gone, the two were very close friends, and Brightmoon loved Renee as well. She was a retired warrior turned advisor and she was happy to help out Riley.

Passing through the palace, everyone became rather embarrassed because of the lack of clothes that the Icarii wore. The men wore either leather loincloths or pants with boots, depending on the season. The women generally wore tops that tied on (other type shirts would get caught by their wings) with bikini-type bottoms and a gauzy skirt over that; the entire outfit left nothing to the imagination. Riley explained that the reasoning for this was that since it was summer the kingdom it got very hot very fast. Plus, the outfits were practical seeing as the Icarii spent much of their time outside, training or working, and playing when the time was right. She also said that usually they wore more clothing, but it was training season.

The attendants led everyone to a corridor with at least 30 bedrooms in it, all had been prepared for one person to stay in, and each had it's own balcony. On the other side of this corridor there were studies and planning rooms, anything that the Order could possibly need. "If you wish to be shown around, ask Renee, Cathryn, Gillian, Rebecca, or me. If you can't find one of us and happen to wander off on your own," she glanced at Harry, Ron, and Hermione here, "be careful, and do not enter the weapon chamber without assistance. It's very had to find a weapon that is not enchanted," said Riley.

"And don't antagonize Dragonspell," Grinned Gillian, knowing the Icarii weapons master would scare the daylights out of even Dumbledore if annoyed.

Rebecca whispered to her husband, "Maybe we should see if Dragonspell can knock some sense into Snape." Rebecca, though her daughter was good friends with Snape's, had never gotten along with him, especially after he hit on her when Sirius was in jail. Sirius looked down at his wife grinning. God, he'd missed her!

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Urgh, Sorry this is so short and took so long to get up. Hurricane Ivan hit us, and I'm just now starting back at school, it's so crazy right now! I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can.

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