Hey! Good news, I'm updating early. Bad news, this is the last chapter. It's been...an experience. We'll just say I'm lacking inspiration and have to decided to write something more, hmmm, what's the word? Substantial? Yeah I think that's the word I'm looking for.

I hope you've enjoyed the trip. Thanks to the few, the proud, the reviewers!

The Space Princess (Every End is a New Beginning)

Harry stood in the snow staring up at the night sky. Was it just last week he had been flying amongst those twinkling stars? His head was still spinning from all he had seen.

They had gotten back late that night, actually it had been early the next morning. Sillenna had dropped them off, bid them goodnight, and promised to return the next day. Luckily most of the students had left for the Christmas holidays so no one was around to see the Dragonna return the next afternoon. They had traveled again into space, meeting brothers, sisters, and friends until they all became a big blur.

Harry looked down at his hand. There was something new about it. A ring. An early Christmas present from Sillenna. It was a broad masculine ring that fit his finger perfectly. The strange silver-like metal gleamed in the moonlight. The flat gem in the center was a swirl of green and turquoise to match the couple's eyes. The filigree around the gem accented the swirling of the gem.

He smiled. Not only was the ring a reminder of his and Sillenna's love for each other but it was also a way to keep in touch. The ring enabled him to telepathically reach Sillenna wherever she happened to be. The gifts Sillenna had given Hermione and Ron also acted as telepathic bonds. Hermione's had been a beautiful silver necklace bearing a milky white jewel in a crystal like setting. Ron's had been a simple silver bracelet; plain and masculine, the only decoration being a small gold symbol that Sillenna said stood for friendship.

Harry looked up from his hand and back into the sky. There was a small figure growing larger in the night sky as it approached.

"Sillenna." He whispered with a smile. She landed next to him quietly.

"Hello Harry." She whispered back. They were both silent for several minutes, staring into space, enjoying just being together.

"Well?" she asked turning to him.

"Well what?"

"We haven't really had a chance to talk since, well, since that night at the dance and I want to know what you think about all this. Me, what I am, who I am, where I'm from, everything." She said nervously. "I've been afraid to hear what you're thinking but I need to. I need to know." He looked at her for a minute before speaking. He could see the fear and pain in her eyes.

"Do you remember all those fears you had? About me not liking you when I found out who and what you really were?" He didn't wait for her to answer. "Well like I said before you had no reason to be afraid. Sure it was weird at first, but the more I think about, the more I'm around you, the more I realize that I would pick having you this way over the person I thought you were." He took her hand gently in his own. "This is the girl beneath the veil. I always had this fleeting feeling that you were shrouded by some heavy cloth and I spent so much of my time trying to pull that cloth away. Now it's gone and I'm glad. I thought you were perfect before but you proved me wrong by showing me how much better the real you is." He cupped her face in his hands. There were tears in her bright eyes. He pulled he into a tight hug and she gripped him with all her might afraid that he might disappear into thin air.

"Thank you." She whispered in his ear. He pulled back so that their faces were only inches away.

"No, thank you." With that their lips met in a gentle kiss. Harry pulled back like he'd been electrocuted.

"WHOA!" he shouted. "What are you made of woman? Electricity?" Sillenna laughed at the stunned look on his face.

"Or something close to it." She answered. A sly grin spread across his face.

"I always did like sticking my fingers in electrical sockets." He said pulling her back to him.

"You live dangerously, Mr. Potter." She teased.

"You can say that again." He whispered as he pulled her into a deep and "electrifying" kiss.

The End