Welcome to Chapter 9, which is technically the final chapter of Siren's Song. This fic is actually my favourite, and the one I am most proud of, and I thank all of you dutiful readers and reviewers who loved it so much. This chapter contains the final battle, and Jayson reappears, and we meet Arianna for the first time in person, rather than in a dream. She's been mentioned a lot and now she's finally in it! Now all that's left is the bonus chapter and the epilogue, in that order.

Anyway, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any related characters.


Siren's Song

Chapter 9

A scarce hour after Lucius appeared at Hogwarts, Narcissa had arrived in a hurry to embrace her estranged son and daughter and to comfort her husband. Now, eight hours after the shocking news about Arianna, Severus has ordered everyone to bed, to attempt to get some sleep before the fight began.

Harry and Draco lay in their bed in the Room of Requirement. The two of them were naked under the covers, twined together so tightly neither could tell where one ended and the other began. Neither of then had gotten much sleep so far that night, preferring to spend their time exploring each other's bodies.

Currently, Harry was lying beside Draco his arms wrapped around him as the blonde dozed lightly. He looked over to the fireplace, and found Seli and Salazar curled up before the crackling flames, asleep.

He smiled as Draco stirred. "Hmmm, Harry?" he murmured as he fought back a yawn.

"I'm here, love." He whispered.

"I'm scared." Draco whispered back.

Harry kissed Draco's temple. "I know, me too." He replied softly. He moaned lightly and dropped his head to rest in the crook of Draco's neck. "God Dray, I love you so much, I don't know what I'd do without you now."

Draco smiled up at him. "I love you too." He whispered.

Harry took a deep breath. "Draco, I want you to promise me something." He said quietly.

Draco looked at him questioningly. "What's the matter?" he asked.

"I want you to promise me that if I die…"

"Harry no! Don't think like that!" Draco cried, horrified. He wrapped his arms around Harry, tears falling down his cheeks.

"Hush baby, let me finish." Harry soothed him, and Draco's eyes widened a little at the word baby, suddenly terrified for their child's future. "If I die, promise me you won't go into another coma, promise me you'll move on and find someone who will love you and who you can love just as much."

"You won't die! You won't!" Draco sobbed.

"It's a possibility love, you know that. Please promise me!" Harry begged.

For a long time, all that could be heard was Draco's sobs, before finally, in a voice that was barely audible. "I promise."

"Thank you love." Harry whispered.

"But I want you to promise me something." Draco murmured back, looking into the other boy's eyes with ocean blue eyes that glittered with untold grief.

"Anything." Harry vowed.

"Promise that you'll do everything you can to come back to me." Draco pleaded.

Harry smiled slightly and kissed the blonde passionately. "I swear it; I'll do everything in my power to come back to you." He pledged.

Draco reached up and twined his arms around the back of Harry's neck, drawing him down for a sweet, passionate kiss. Harry shifted so that he was lying above Draco, sucking, bighting and licking at the smaller boy's neck. Draco moaned and nuzzled into Harry's neck.

As Harry moved against him, Draco gasped and bucked his hips against the brunette's. "Harry… I – oh God… I love you so much." He moaned, losing all traces of coherency.

"Draco… Gods, Draco!" Harry whispered. "I love you so much it hurts."

Draco let himself go entirely; crying out in abandon as he let Harry make love to him, slowly and sweetly, for what Draco hoped wouldn't be the last time.

As they curled up together and drifted into sleep, Draco fought to hold back tears. "I'll never be able to live without you." He whispered, knowing in his heart that if Harry didn't make it through, he wouldn't find it in himself to keep his promise.


Lucius entered the Room of Requirement a scarce few hours later in search of Harry, and smiled to himself when he found the raven haired Gryffindor with his arms wrapped around his son. He thought that they truly did make a good couple, and was glad that Harry could make his son happy.

He leaned over and shook Harry gently awake. "Harry, it's time." He whispered. Harry stirred into wakefulness and sat up, rubbing sleep from his eyes.

He nodded, and kissed Draco on the forehead lightly, followed by his lips, before slipping out of the bed and reaching for his clothes.

"Are you going to wake him?" Lucius asked.

Harry shook his head. "No," he answered. "I don't want him to come with us. It's too dangerous and I can't afford to lose him."

Lucius smiled despite the seriousness of the situation; this proved to him that Draco meant a lot to Harry, and that the brave young Gryffindor loved his son.

"This is Draco's sister you're trying to save Harry, how can you expect him to stand by while you put yourself in danger?"

Harry sighed. "I can't." he replied. He looked over at the sleeping boy. "That's why I'm leaving now while he's still asleep, and by the time he wakes up we'll all be gone."

He leaned over and kissed Draco's lips tenderly. "I can't risk his life, I love him too damn much to jeopardise him like that." He whispered.

He kissed he blonde's forehead gently, caressing a piece of hair back out of his eyes. "I promised I'd do everything I could to come back to you Dray, and I'm going to do my best to honour that promise."

Without another word, he turned and followed Lucius out the door.

Draco had woken when Harry had kissed his forehead. "I promised I'd do everything I could to come back to you Dray, and I'm going to do my best to honour that promise."


Draco heard the door close, and he sat up, rubbing sleep from his eyes. He looked around and realised that Harry was nowhere in sight. His heart leapt with fright.

"He's gone!" Draco thought, anguished. "He's going to go off and fight and leave me here! I can't let him do that! I have to be there with him, I won't be left alone here!" tears in his eyes, Draco climbed out of the bed and dressed, racing down to the Entrance Hall in his lover's wake.

"I won't let him leave without me!" Draco thought, his sadness turning to hurt. "It's my sister that's in trouble; he just can't cut me out and expect me to stay behind!"

As he came to the Entrance Hall, he heard Harry and the others talking. He was about to turn the corner and join the others when her heard Hermione ask. "Is Draco not coming Harry?"

Draco sat Harry shake his head. "He was still asleep when I left. I don't want to risk losing him, I love him too much to let that happen." He explained.

Draco smiled despite himself. He knew deep down that Harry was only looking out for him and worrying about him, but that didn't mean he was going to let Harry leave him behind.

"Harry?" he cried. He left his hiding spot to run towards Harry.

Harry turned around at the sound of his lover's voice. "Draco?"

Harry opened his arms and Draco flew into his embrace. "When I woke up you were gone, it scared me!" he started to cry, unable to stop the tears from falling. "Damn hormones." He thought briefly, before Harry's kiss blocked out any thoughts that might have followed.

"Draco, you can't come with me." Harry murmured softly when their lips parted.

"Why? She's my sister Harry, I have a right to protect her!" Draco yelled.

"I'll never forgive myself if I can't protect you." Harry rebuked him gently. "If something happens to you, I'll simply cease to exist." Harry could feel tears stinging his own eyes.

"And how do you think I'll feel if I'm not there to defend you." Draco protested. "I can't lose you either, there's too much at stake here, more than you know." His hand went unwittingly to rest over his stomach, something that none of the girls missed. Any woman worth her salt knew a parental movement like that when they saw it. Concerned, they stepped forward, knowing that it was dangerous for Draco to go, but not a great idea to try and stop him either.

"Harry, we'll look after him, I promise." Alessia said sincerely.

"And here I was hoping I'd be able to prevent you from going too." Blaise groaned.

"No chance." Alessia dismissed him.

"Hermione, I don't want to put you in danger either." Blaise protested when his girlfriend nodded her agreement with his sister.

"Same goes for you Ginny." Ron added.

"Blaise Zabini, don't think for even a minute that I will be left behind. I understand where Harry's coming from, but I also understand Draco, and I agree with him. I won't allow you to go off and fight a war and leave me here to sit and worry and wonder." Hermione said sharply, rounding on her boyfriend and poking him in the chest.

"Mr. Zabini, I don't want Erika to go either," Severus told him. The young woman glared at him. "But," he conceded, "I know better than to try and stop her, and you should know better than to try and stop Miss Granger. She is more than capable of looking after herself, you all are."

The children stared in amazement, shocked to hear such praise from their Potions professor.

"And Mr Potter, let me assure you that Mr Malfoy is exactly like his sister, he will not be deterred." Severus added. "You should know by now that Malfoys always get what they want."

Harry sighed and hugged Draco tighter to his body. "I guess I have no choice but to let you come." He muttered.

At that point, Kingsley Shacklebolt burst through the doors. "We're moving out." He told them grimly.

"Well then, shall we?" Dumbledore asked mildly. He swept out of the room, the other Order members in tow.

Harry pulled Draco back at the last moment and drew him into a fierce kiss. "Promise you'll stay close to me when we get there." He said softly.

"I promise." Draco swore.

Harry nodded and hand in hand, they followed the others out of Hogwarts and into the unknown.


The Order Apparated into little Hangleton in the early evening; twilight had just begun to settle over the small hamlet.

"We'll split into groups." Professor Dumbledore instructed. "Mr. Weasley, Miss Granger, Miss Zabini, Miss Weasley and Mr. Zabini will go with Professor Snape, Miss Tonks, Mr. Shacklebolt, and Mundungus to take care of any Death Eaters standing in the way of the others."

"Another team will go with Professor McGonagall and Mrs. Malfoy around the back of the manor to take care of things there. Mr. Finnigan, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Longbottom and Miss Lovegood will be with that group." The headmaster continued. Order members broke away and moved to stand with Minerva and Narcissa, along with the aforementioned students.

"The rest of you will go with Mr. Malfoy, Erika and Professor Killian to search out Arianna's whereabouts and get her out of there. I don't need to tell you that this will be dangerous, and I sincerely hope that there will be no fatalities. It is almost inevitable that we will come across Lord Voldemort tonight, so I don't want any needless heroics." Professor Dumbledore added.

Harry felt like laughing. Regardless of what Dumbledore said, he knew that tonight meant the end for either him, or Voldemort, and he also knew that there would be casualties.

A hand rested on his shoulder. He looked around, knowing that it wasn't Draco's hand and found himself staring into familiar midnight blue eyes. "Are you all right?" Jayson asked him, quietly concerned.

Harry wrenched his arm away. "Yes thanks." He said coolly.

"Harry, I never did get a chance to apologise." Jayson said.

Harry turned fully, bringing himself around to face him. "You used magic to seduce me, you took away my free will, and you hurt Draco. You need to do a lot more than apologise, Professor." He replied evenly.

Jayson reeled back, but he recovered himself swiftly. "Harry, no matter what happens tonight I want you to know that I truly love you, and I'm sorry for everything I did." With that, he moved away from Harry before the boy could come up with a retort.

Another hand rested on his shoulder, and this time he recognised it as Draco's. "You okay?" he asked him, placing a reassuring kiss on Harry's temple.

"Yeah." Harry replied, sighing heavily.

"Well, look over there." Draco said, pointing.

Harry looked in the same direction. Standing a few feet away were Selina and Salazar, looking very smug.

"You didn't think you were going to leave us behind did you?" Saz demanded.

"Why are you here?" Harry asked them, bemused.

"Hello? I breathe ice and Salazar has massive crushing power, you need us." Seli reminded him.

Harry fought laughter as he imagined rows of Death Eater ice sculptures littering the grounds of Riddle manor.

He knelt and scratched both creatures around their eye ridges. "Well, we're glad to have you." He said in English.

"Glad to be here." Seli answered.

It took Harry a few moments to realise she had replied in the same language. "You speak the language of humans."

"Well duh, English is derived from Latin, an ancient language. Not to mention at least three others." Seli answered. "I just don't use it much because it gives me a headache."

Harry lost the battle with his laughter, and chuckled quietly.

"Okay, let's get going." Professor Dumbledore called softly. They moved into their teams and separated.


Harry's group followed Professor Snape's group through the front entrance to Riddle Manor, dispatching Death Eaters as quickly and quietly as they could. Once inside, Lucius led the group down towards the dungeons.

They were stopped in their tracks by a malicious cackle. "Well, well, well, if it isn't my traitorous brother-in-law." Said a voice from under the skull mask that masked the owner's face.

"Ah, hello Bella, I see you still believe that The Dark Lord's word is law." Lucius drawled, twirling his wand between his fingers.

"You know that to be the truth Lucius. I take it my dear sister decided not to join you. She at least is still loyal to our cause." Bellatrix snarled.

"Actually, she's around the back, taking down your husband." Lucius replied smugly. Bellatrix snarled. "The Dark Lord will have his revenge on you both Malfoy."

"Does it truly not bother you that he's used your niece and nephew as though they were less than human?" Lucius demanded.

"Draco and Arianna should be honoured that the Dark Lord has favoured them with his attention." Bellatrix answered coldly.

"Is that what you think?" Draco demanded. "That I was grateful when he raped me? He violated me, and took something from me that I will never get back, the day I came into my power was the worst day of my life! I'll never get that back, never! Don't you understand that, you filthy hag?" he screamed.

Bellatrix snarled and pointed her wand at the young Malfoy. "Avada Kedavra!" she shrieked.

Before Harry could react to the killing curse, a ball of white light surrounded Draco at the same time a reflective charm engulfed him. The ball of light took most of the force, and there was an agonised cry from behind Harry.

The raven haired Gryffindor turned and saw Jayson kneeling on the dusty floor, a thin trickle of bleed sliding down his cheek from a graze on his temple. He was generally battered and bruised in places he hadn't been moments before.

"You will not harm my son, Bella." A cold female voice drew Harry's attention from Jayson for an instant.

"Ah Cissy, so nice to see you again." Bellatrix snapped.

"Wish I could say the same, sister." Narcissa growled. She had cast the reflective charm over her son. The blonde woman bent over Jayson. "Are you all right? You took a rather powerful killing curse there."

Jayson nodded. "My power took the brunt of it. I'm all right, but I don't think I'll be of much use to anyone now, my power's almost gone." He replied faintly.

He stood on shaky legs. "Go, find her, I'll stay and fight her off." He said more strongly, so the others could hear him.

Narcissa saw that his eyes lingered for the briefest moment on Harry, and she understood. "I'll stay with him, go."

"Cissy…" Lucius began.

"Go Luc, find our little girl." She demanded. "Bella will not beat me." She added.

Her sister snarled and pointed her wand towards the petite blonde woman.

"I always was the better witch, Father always said so." Narcissa added, trying to goad her sister into action. Needless to say, it worked.

The others vanished just as Narcissa lightly dodged a poorly aimed Unforgivable. As more Death Eaters arrived on the scene, Severus's team stayed to help defend the search party's way to the youngest Malfoy child.


The others finally managed to reach the dungeons. "Why does it so quiet?" Draco wondered aloud.

"All the other Death Eaters are trying to stop Severus from taking them all on single handed I expect." Lucius said.

He was interrupted by a scream of "Daddy!" from the furthest cell in the dungeons… Arianna's cell. She had heard her father speak in the echoing silence of the dungeons.

"Anna!" Lucius called back, leading the way with his other two children in tow as the group raced towards the voice.

"Silence girl!" a sinister voice hissed, and Harry knew that Voldemort was inside, preparing to kill her. "Crucio!" he heard him say. The screams intensified. "Papa! Papa!"

Erika unlocked the cell door with her wand and they stormed inside. "Enough! You won't harm her any more!" Lucius exclaimed, pointing his wand at a cowering Peter Pettigrew. Erika followed suit. Looking his daughter over, Lucius could see evidence of the Sectumsempra hex on her body, countless cuts all over her body, all bleeding profusely.

Voldemort left off torturing Arianna to face Harry. "Well, well, well; if it isn't our young hero, Harry Potter. It would seem that today is the day that I will finally have my revenge, and kill you at long last." He sneered.

"You wish." Harry snapped back. "You've destroyed everything I've ever had, and you've hurt people I love," he put an arm around Draco. "And I'm going to stop you so that you never hurt anybody ever again." He drew his wand and pointed it at Voldemort.

Erika looked across at Draco. "Remember what I taught you." She said to Draco in Elvish, "You can help Harry to defeat him."

"There are more masked people coming! They must have slipped past the one you call Severus." Selina called from the door. "Salazar and I can take care of them!"

Harry smiled when he heard her; it seemed he was going to get to see Death Eater ice sculptures after all!

Draco twined his hand with Harry's and focused his powers. He slowly and carefully melded his powers with Harry's own immense ones. The instant he felt the meld complete itself, he spoke tentatively in Harry's mind. "Harry?"

"Draco? Is that you?" Harry asked, shocked.

"Yes."

"What did you do? Why can I hear you in my mind like this?" Harry wondered.

"I melded my Siren powers with your power. It makes both of us stronger; strong enough to defeat Voldemort." Draco replied.

When Harry was silent, he asked meekly, "Are you angry with me?"

"No, just surprised. Thank you Draco, I love you." Harry told him. He managed to kiss Draco just before Voldemort threw a Cruciatus curse in his direction. He ducked it and pushed Draco behind him.

"Are you ready?" he asked his blonde lover.

"Yes, lets do this!" Draco's voice rang strongly in his mind.

Harry began to throw spell after spell at the Dark Lord, already feeling as if they were stronger that normal. Still, they seemed to bounce of the Dark Lord as if they were nothing. "You're finished, Harry Potter." He cackled. "Avada Kedavra!" he shrieked triumphantly.

A shield blossomed around them, Lucius and Erika had used their powers at the same time while standing guard over a captured Peter Pettigrew. Truth be told, he hadn't put up a lot of fight, but Erika and Lucius had still had a little fun torturing him as he had tortured Arianna. The girl in question was freed of her chains, standing wide eyes in the circle of her father's arms, her hand's grasping tightly on to her sister's. Both Erika and Lucius's eyes were black with hatred.

Voldemort's killing curse bounced harmlessly off the shields, as theirs were much stronger than the one Jayson had cast earlier against Bellatrix; considering the fact that they were much stronger than Jayson in general. Nevertheless, it took a lot out of them both. Erika winced. "I think I have a scorch mark on my power." She commented.

Draco grinned despite himself, and the situation.

Draco returned his attention to the task at hand. He continued to gather his power, trying desperately to find a song to suit his purposes as Harry dodged another curse from his nemesis.

Struggling to find the right words, he suddenly remembered something that Harry had told him once during their time in the Room of Requirement, lying in the bed with the lights out. "The reason that Voldemort couldn't kill me was that my mother died to protect me; her love saved me."

Draco suddenly knew that the perfect song; a song of love that would destroy Tom Marvolo Riddle once and for all… Something that modelled his and Harry's relationship perfectly.

He took Harry's hand, and felt his father and sister wrap them in a powerful shield once again. Harry smiled down at Draco, and the blonde Siren smiled back. "Trust me, okay?" he whispered, and Harry nodded.

Draco opened his mouth and began to sing, working his first ever major piece of Siren magic.

How the universe began, what the future holds

Why do fools fall in love?

What happens to our souls?

Clues to life's mysteries are what we hope to find

Always reaching for a reason

Searching for a sign

To know the unknown

(Doesn't mean that much to me)

To know the unknown

(Some secrets are just meant to be)

Don't want all the answers

'Cause one thing is true

As long as my heart beats

I'll always love you

So I don't need to know…

The unknown

Is there life on other planets? Or is there magic in a kiss?

What dreams really mean

Who hears us when we wish?

Everybody's wondering

Trying to understand

But all the revelations

Are castles in the sand

To know the unknown

(Doesn't mean that much to me)

To know the unknown

(Some secrets are just meant to be)

I don't need all the answers

'Cause one thing is true

As long as the earth turns

I'll always love you

To know the unknown

(Doesn't mean that much to me)

To know the unknown

(Some secrets are just meant to be)

I don't need all the answers

'Cause one thing is true

As long as the earth turns

I'll always love you

You don't have to tell me

Just why you went away

Now that you've come back

There's nothing more to say

All I really need to know

Is that you're here to stay

To know the unknown

(Doesn't mean that much to me)

To know the unknown

(Some secrets are just meant to be)

Don't need all the answers

'Cause one thing is true

As long as my heart beats

I'll always love you

To know the unknown

(Doesn't mean that much to me)

To know the unknown

(Some secrets are just meant to be)

Don't want all the answers

'Cause one thing is true

As long as the earth turns

I'll always love you…

So I don't need to know…

The unknown

As the final notes rang like crystal in the dank depths of the dungeons, Draco pulled Harry to him and kissed him hard, letting all the love and passion that he and Harry felt for each other flow into their kiss and through their combined powers. He vaguely heard the Dark Lord let out a pain filled cry, and released his grasp on the Siren Power he had gathered for the working. He never broke his kiss with Harry as a ball of shocking energy, filled with heated emotion and love straight at his father's master; his sister's keeper.

An earth shattering scream filled the entire Manor as Voldemort died, in intense agony brought about by the most intense love anyone had ever experienced. Harry broke their kiss, softening their parting with gentler kisses, and wrapped his arms around his smaller lover, his head resting tiredly on the blonde's shoulder. "Is it over?" he asked shakily. "Is he dead?"

Draco turned in Harry's arms and embraced the shaking boy tightly. "Yes love, it's all over, we did it, together." He whispered, and kissed the brunette's tears away as they spilled down his cheeks.

Erika and Lucius lowered their shields around the pair and Erika went over to inspect what was left of the darkest wizard that ever was. "Wow boys; you really did a number on him, all that's left is a husk of a skeleton." She said, scowling at Pettigrew when he whimpered at the fate of his master.

They were interrupted when Severus burst through the door, Seli and Salazar in tow. "Erika!" he cried, sweeping her into his arms as she ran to him. Hers went around his neck as she responded to his kiss with fervency. Severus ran his hands over her sides, checking her for any serious injuries as he kissed her. When he was satisfied that she was unharmed but for the odd scratch or two, he broke their kiss and wrapped her in a tight embrace. "I was so worried about you." He whispered.

She kissed him lightly. "I was worried about you too." She replied. She turned to face her father, still standing within the circle of Severus's arms. She pointed over to Voldemort's corpse for her partner's benefit.

"I don't believe it, Potter actually did it." He murmured, shocked.

"It wasn't just me sir," Harry told him. "Draco helped a lot." He kissed the blonde's cheek.

"Well then, you both have my gratitude for freeing me from servitude to him." Severus replied.

"Uncle Severus?" a quiet voice asked.

Severus looked over at Lucius, and saw Arianna leaning against her father. He disentangled himself from the older Malfoy girl and went over to the younger one. "Are you in pain Ari?" he asked her gently.

She nodded.

"All right then." He said briskly. "Here, drink this, it will numb the pain for a time, until we can get you back to Hogwarts and into the Hospital Wing." He helped her to drink a potion.

Severus then looked to Lucius. The blonde man looked like he was going to go insane from worry. "Cissy is all right, she took a fair battering, but she'll be all right." Lucius looked like he was going to faint with relief. Erika sighed and grasped her sister's hand. "Mama? Where's Mama?" Arianna asked. "I want to see her Papa." She said to Lucius, but he had already passed her into her sister's care and disappeared out of the cell.

Draco left Harry's arms now and went to embrace his little sister. "Come on Ari, lets go and find Mother and Father, I'm sure she wants to see you too." He said kindly.

"Draco? Is that you?" Arianna asked.

Draco smiled and nodded his head.

"You look so different." She whispered, dazed. "So does Erika."

"You've been here a long time little sister." Draco said kindly. "But it's all over, and you can go home now." He told her. Her smile could've lit up the room.

Harry and Severus left the siblings alone for a moment, and went to check the other cells for prisoners. Finding none, they returned, and the group made their way back up to the ground level of the manor. Harry noticed with grim satisfaction, and no small amount of amusement, that there really were Death Eater ice sculptures littering the corridors.


They found Narcissa, sitting with her head lying against her husband's chest, looking battered and bruised, but nevertheless alive and unharmed.

Harry looked around, suddenly remembering Jayson. He went pale when he saw him, crumpled on the ground beside Bellatrix Lestrange's lifeless body.

"Jayson!" he screamed, running to the older man's side, Draco hot on his heels. Harry fell to his knees beside Jayson, cradling his head in his lap, crying. Draco wrapped his own arms around Harry, tears starting to form in his own eyes, despite his intense dislike of the Professor.

"H-Harry?" Jayson murmured.

"I'm here." Harry whispered.

"S-she, Bellatrix… she threw a k-killing curse and Mrs. Malfoy. I-I-I threw up a shield, and it shattered the rest of my power reserves, I could only just protect myself when she directed one at me. A-anyway, she shattered my shield and some of the c-curse hit me. After that, Mrs. Malfoy killed her and here we are."

He smiled despite the situation. "Harry, Draco… can you ever forgive me for what I've put you through?" he asked.

"Of course we can!" Harry sobbed.

Draco's arms tightened around him. "Yes, you saved my mother's life Professor, thank you." He replied, smiling at the dark haired man.

"Harry, did you kill him?" Jayson asked, closing his eyes for a brief moment.

"Y-yes." Harry choked out.

"I see. That's good." Jayson smiled, and his eyes fluttered closed again.

"Jayson!" Harry cried. "Hold on, we'll get you back to Hogwarts and you'll be fine!"

"No Harry." Jayson said quietly, reaching up to touch Harry's cheek lightly. "This is the end for me, there's no more fight left in me. Let me go Harry, let me go."

"No!" Harry wept. "Hold on, please hold on!" Draco rocked his distressed lover, whispering words of comfort in his ear.

"Harry, would… would you please kiss me one last time?" Jayson asked.

Harry looked at Draco uncertainly. Draco hesitated for a moment before nodding reluctantly.

Harry leant down and pressed his lips to Jayson's gently, allowing the older man a final kiss.

"Thank you Harry, and thank you to you too Draco." Jayson whispered.

"Harry?" he whispered after a moment's silence.

"Yes?" Harry whispered back.

"I did truly love you." Jayson told him.

"I-I know." Harry replied.

"And Draco?" Jayson added.

"Yes Professor?"

"Please look after him for me, and love him forever, promise me that." He said, struggling now to stay conscious.

Draco smiled. "I promise, that will be all too easy to do." He said, and kissed Harry on the cheek. "I all ready love him more than life itself."

"That's all I needed to hear." Jayson murmured tiredly.

"You'll be all right, I promise." Harry cried softly.

"I'm so tired Harry…" he whispered.

His eyes closed, and this time, they didn't open. This time, it was Harry who crawled into Draco's lap, shaking and crying.


Upon their arrival at Hogwarts, Arianna and Narcissa, tearfully reunited while Harry and Draco watched Jayson die, and as Harry had cried in Draco's arms, the emotion of the day finally taking over him, and Draco crying because Harry was crying, were admitted into the Hospital Wing to recover, almost everyone else had come out unscathed except for an assortment of cuts and scratches. Blaise had broken his arm and Neville had his leg in a brace from a misplaced curse.

Jayson's body had been brought back, and he was given a funeral and burial in the Hogwarts grounds, with a commemorative plaque that told of his heroics during the final battle. Harry and Draco stood hand in hand before it, Draco's head resting on Harry's shoulder.

"Draco? Is it all right to be this sad after everything he did to us?" Harry asked softly.

"I think so love. After all, I think he redeemed himself. And it seemed that his feelings were true, even though his means were a little unethical." Draco replied.

"I'm just glad we survived it." He whispered.

Harry held Draco tightly. "So am I love, so am I."

A week after the final battle, when everyone was finally out of the Hospital Wing, a party was held in the Great Hall to celebrate the downfall of evil. Peter Pettigrew was turned over to the Ministry and Sirius was cleared. This in turn allowed him to propose to Remus, who kissed his lover, tears running down his face as he accepted. Fred and George supplied fireworks and a band was hired.

Finally, Dumbledore stood and made a speech. "We were lucky that we did not lose more people in this war than we did. It has been a dark and difficult few years, but it is finally over. I would like to send particular thanks to Professor Jayson Killian, who gave his life to protect Mrs. Narcissa Malfoy from a Death Eater. He will be remembered for his bravery." There was a moment of silence.

"As well, we have Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy to thank for the downfall of Lord Voldemort. These two amazing young men used the power of love to destroy him at long last."

The crowd broke into raucous applause, and when the crowd died down they expected to hear from Harry.

The Gryffindor's mouth went dry. "I couldn't have done this without Draco, whose power, and love, helped me through." The crowd clapped again, but Harry wasn't finished.

"Draco, my life is nothing without you. You are my life and my love, my everything." Draco gasped when Harry sank on to one knee before him. "Draco Malfoy, will you honour me by spending eternity with me? Draco, will you marry me?"

There was a stunned silence as the crowd waited to see how Draco would respond.

The blonde fell to his knees beside Harry and kissed him hard, "Yes! Oh Gods Harry! Of course I'll marry you!" he sobbed, wrapping his arms around Harry tightly.

The crowd screamed with delight as Harry pulled them to their feet, swinging Draco around with pure joy lighting his eyes. He carefully placed a gold and diamond ring on Draco's finger. Draco looked down at it in amazement. It showed off a delicate golden band adorned with Celtic knots, and on either side of the diamond, was nestled a ruby and an emerald.

"It's beautiful Harry, thankyou." He whispered.

"You're beautiful Draco." Harry whispered in return. "I love you."

"I love you too." Draco replied, nuzzling into Harry's chest happily.

The party went on, the people abuzz with the news of Harry and Draco's engagement. Their friends fought their way through the crowd to congratulate them, and the Malfoy's smiled indulgently at their son, glad for his happiness. Sirius and Remus beamed down at Harry, before sharing a kiss of their own. The girls dashed forward to throw their arms around their friends, while the boys clapped them on the shoulders and congratulated them happily. Even Severus seemed pleased with Harry, but that could've been because Erika had kissed him when Draco had accepted Harry's proposal.

As the party began to wane, and people began to seek out their beds, Harry and Draco danced together, exchanging soft kisses and sweet words. Finally, Draco whispered in Harry's ear. "Can we go back to our room? I want to tell you something in private." Harry nodded, and they inconspicuously slipped away.


Draco and Harry made their way back up to the Room of Requirement. When they entered, Harry attempted to kiss Draco, his hands sliding under the blonde's shirt. But Draco merely smiled and slipped away.

"Dray? What's the matter honey?" Harry asked concerned. "Are you happy?"

"Very happy love." Draco replied with a smile, "But there's something I need to tell you."

"Oh, okay… shoot." Harry said nervously.

Draco paced for a moment. "Well, there's no easy way to say this Harry, so I'm just going to come out and say it."

He took a deep breath. "Harry, I'm pregnant." He said quietly.

Harry stared at him wide eyed. He heard Blaise's voice in his mind talking about spells and potions to allow men to become pregnant, but that didn't make any sense.

"…but how?" he asked, shocked. "I mean, Blaise told me there were ways, but…"

"It's different for Siren males." Draco explained. "We can conceive without help."

They were silent for a moment. "Harry, are you mad?" Draco asked. "Please talk to me!" he begged, looking up into Harry's eyes pleadingly.

Harry laughed, and caught Draco to him, kissing him passionately. "No, I'm not mad baby, just thrilled beyond belief." He said.

Nothing was said for a long time as Harry lowered Draco to the bed, kissing him tenderly, removing the blonde's shirt to reveal more skin. As he kissed down to Draco's navel, he stopped as he saw the slight baby bump at Draco's abdomen. "God's Draco, this is so amazing, this makes you look even more beautiful even than before." He kissed his lover's stomach gently.

"Hey there little one." He murmured, making Draco smile. "I can't wait to meet you."

He crawled back up the bed and wrapped his arms around Draco from behind. "I'm gonna be a dad." He whispered reverently before kissing Draco's neck.

"I love you so much; this is the most perfect thing you could have given me." Harry told him between kisses.

"I love you too Harry." Draco replied.

They lay there awhile, Draco just content to lie within the circle of Harry's arms.

"How long have you known about this?" Harry asked him.

"I've known for sure since the start of the Christmas Holidays. I made up a potion one day when you weren't around." Draco replied.

Harry sat up. "You went in to a war zone when you knew perfectly well that you were pregnant! What were you thinking, jeopardising our baby like that?" he asked indignantly.

"I was going to tell you Christmas Eve, just before father arrived. I knew that you'd let me come with you if I told you so I waited. I'm sorry, but I couldn't let you go alone, and I had to be there for Ari." Draco looked like he was about to cry for receiving the reprimand.

Harry sighed. "I'm sorry love. I was just so worried about losing you. But it's all over now and everything's okay." He wrapped Draco back in his embrace and laid them down, pulling the bed cover over them and spelling their clothes off.

"Just sleep love, it's been a long day." Harry whispered in his ear.

Draco nodded, already yawning sleepily. "Are you happy Harry?" he asked his fiancé.

"Draco, you have made me the happiest man alive." The Gryffindor replied.

Draco smiled, before closing his eyes and falling softly into sleep.

Harry laid there, his hand coming to rest over the slight swell in Draco's abdomen. As he fell asleep himself, he thanked any deity willing to listen that miracles truly do happen, and that he could finally be happy, with a family of his own.


There, the final chapter is done. Now all that's left is the bonus chapter and the epilogue, which hopefully won't take too long to appear. The last part of this fic almost made my teeth rot with the fluff, but I kind of like it. Please review and tell me what you think.

Jayson… I was actually a little sad to see him go. I think he did manage to redeem himself a little, but I really want to hear what you all think! I also want to know what you want for the bonus chapter. I know that Harry and Draco are going to see Draco's cousin in Australia, but would people like to see a wedding and/or birth? I really wanna know!

Until next time!