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Recap: Skyler explains to everyone that Lily came from a strong magical family carrying creature blood. Ron gets kicked out of the infirmary when he refuses to accept that Hermione is now a Dark Elf and Harry's mate. Draco wakes in a rage as he remembers Ron threatening Skyler. Harry wakes up and attacks Draco when when he thinks Draco is a threat to Skyler, who Harry discovers through smell is family. Skyler places herself in between Draco an Harry before they can kill each other, and Severus tries to mover her out of harms way. Draco and Harry become furious and attack. Skyler prepares to define Severus to the death.

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mlkduds009 : I hope this is soon enough for you ;) haha It wont always be this soon, but I hope to be updating quite a lot in the near future. Hope you like the chappy =)

babygirl1944 : Sometimes I feel like I cant wait to see what happens next Lol.

jalannas : I'm glad to see that you're happy with the Dark Elves. I was worried that it would ruin the story, but I'm thinking it just made the story bigger to me. As far as where the plot and story go, I mean. But thank you, I'm glad you think the story is , I've never read Need before, Sry

Mrs. Sorbo: I'm glad to hear your thoughts on the cliffy lol. I wasn't sure I wanted it to end that way because I myself get frustrated with them lol So I'm glad you enjoyed it. I know Severus in my story is a bit out of character but I didn't want to keep him as the mean guy. He will still continue to be the snippy, snarky guy we love, but he'll have more feeling and heart lol. And don't worry, I have a feeling Harry and Draco are only going to become even more possessive with their girls. =)

This chapter was supposed to be up two days ago but I was having internet problems . No need to fear though, its all fixed and I hope to have the next chapter up this weekend.

To everyone reading this fix, thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy the story. R&R! =) Thnx!

Chapter 9 Sevvy

Quicker than anyone could imagine, Skyler magically put up a barrier around Severus, keeping him safe from any harm, while at the same time flipping over Harry so instead of colliding with her he hit the barrier. Skyler landed on her feet behind Harry, who was also quick and had stopped just before crashing into the barrier and turned glowing emerald eyes onto his sister, though he didn't know it. Skyler didn't hesitate as she launched herself at him. They collided together in a flurry of snarling.

Severus watched in horror and fright as his godson and Harry attacked. He watched Skyler pounce at Harry who attacked back, both nothing more than flashes as they attempted to get the upper hand. Draco was so enraged that Severus had put his hands on Skyler all he wanted to do it seemed was get to him, as he kept clawing at the magical barrier keeping him from Severus. Severus didn't know what to do. He watched on helplessly as Harry and Skyler continually attacked each other, not making out much of what was going on because they were so fast. Sudenly, Skyler came flying through the air and hit the barrier with a loud thud and let out a whimper as she fell to the floor. It was deathly silent.

Draco turned to the body of his mate. His precious mate. All rage left him and was replaced with concern for his mate. He dropped to his knees next to Skyler and pulled her into his arms. He held her, looking down into her perfect face, and hoped with all his heart she was not last to him.

"Please wake up Sky. Please. I need you. Open those pretty eyes for me baby." He pleaded with the unconscious Skyler. Draco never knew how much like a Hufflepuff he was until then. He checked Skyler's pulse. It was there, but weak. She also had a deep cut in the back of her head where she was bleeding from.

Severus kept his eyes on Harry, who was currently crouched in a defensive position against the opposite wall, green eyes on Draco as he held Skyler. As Severus continued to watch, something seemed to dawn on Harry and he straightened out of his stance and approached Drace carefully. Draco growled harshly at him and Harry stopped immediately.

"Malfoy?" Harry questioned.

It seemed both boys suddenly had control over their confusion and rage. They still looked angry and confused, but both looked ashamed and horrified at what they had done. Severus desperately wanted to check his goddaughter but somehow the magical barrier she had placed to keep him safe was still u, even though she wasn't.

"Potter," Draco said through gritted teeth." You're lucky she is still alive, or else you wouldn't be."

"I am so sorry! I don't know whats going on. Its all so confusing and I wanted to protect her and then- " He was cut off by a vey angry and deadly looking Malfoy directly in front of him.

"PROTECT HER? YOU FUCKIN IDIOT! YOU ALMOST KILLED HER! IF YOU WERENT HER-"

"Draco, stop." A small, soft but clear voice said. Draco turned instantly at the sound. He watched, holding his breath, as Skyler's eyelids fluttered for a few moments, and then he was looking directly into loving violet pools. He was at her side in a flash, asking what hurt, babbling about how he had been so scared she wasn't going to be alright. All in all, he didn't sound anything like the Draco Malfoy of before. Harry was thoroughly shocked. It was then Harry noticed the professors and Madame Pomfrey. Professor McGonagall and Maame Pomfrey looked horrified and shocked. They looked as if they were frozen in fright. Eyes as big as dinner plates, mouths opened in identical silent screams. He saw Snape behind the magical barrier the girl in Malfoy's arms had put up to keep him safe from both himself and Malfoy. Taking all this in, Harry felt more ashamed of himself then he ever had before.

Harry didn't have much time to ponder on that though, as he was now looking into steely icicles promising torture and death. But Harry had never been pen to tuck his tail between his legs and run. So he glared daggers right back, prepared to defend himself again if necessary. The tension mounted again, but before it could explode, Skyler brought both dominant Elves down a peg or two. She smacked both upside the head hard enough to leave a bump, and when green and silver eyes pinned her with glares, they quickly cringed back at the murderous stare they were on the receiving end of.

"Now. I will say this, and I will say it only once. " Skyler's voice was deadly, and both young men actually took a step back. "If either of you ever attacks me again, you better hope I don't get back up. Because if I do, I will tear you into little pieces and feed you to the sharks back home. Got it?" When both Draco and Harry nodded their heads rapidly, looking properly horrified at the idea of being ripped to shreds and fed to sharks, Skyler broke into a dazzling smile and hugged both of them. Draco wanted to kill Harry all over again for hugging his mate, but did not think acting on that particular feeling would be wise. He did not have a death wish, thank you very much. " Now, I'll let it slide this time because this all is a big shock and takes some getting used to. Not to mention I really don't want to hurt either of you. But next time, there will be hell to pay. " She gave them one final glare, to which they promptly tried to look ashamed instead of relieved.

Now that she could turn her back on them without them killing each other, she walked over to Severus and with a wave of her hand the barrier was gone. She heard to low growls behind her, to which she turned and raised an eyebrow. Harry smiled sheepishly and ran a hand through his hair. Draco looked unrepentant. Skyler sighed.

"Draco. " She called softly, trying to get his attention to her and away from Severus. When his eyes were on hers, she continued." Its ok Draco. He is not going to hurt me. Remember Severus is our godfather. Besides, why would I want an old, snarky, greasy potions master when I have a gorgeous Elf like you?" She said sweetly. Flattery was always the way to go with Slytherins. Draco automatically turned to putty. He grinned like a loon and and was no longer on the defensive. When Skyler turned back to Severus, Draco glanced at Potter and then did a double take when he saw Potter smirking at him.

"What?" He snapped. He hated Potter smirking at him.

"Oh nothing, nothing." Harry said nonchalantly, though he continued to smirk. Draco rolled his eyes at him.

'Stupid Potter's and their stupid smirks' He thought to himself. Out loud he said, "Oh you think I'm funny do you? You just wait until Granger gets her claws on you. We'll see who's smirking then Potter. I can just imagine the way she'll have you whipped."

Harry's smirk immediately fell and his face paled. Draco looked pleased with himself all of two seconds before Professor McGonagall whacked him on the back of the head. He glared at her and rubbed his head, while she just looked at her cuticles. He turned his glare onto Potter when said boy let out a nose that sounded a lot like a laugh being covered up with a cough. When Draco turned away Harry gave a big grin to Minerva, who promptly returned it.

Meanwhile, Skyler was having fun testing Severus.

"The next time you decide to use flattery to calm your pet, make sure you leave me out of it." He snapped at her. Skyler just grinned cheekily, not taking offense.

"Oh come on now Sevvy, you know flattery is the best way to soothe over bad situations with a snake. "

"Sevvy? What on earth? " Severus didn't know whether to be more outraged at being called an old, snarky,greasy potions master or Sevvy. Though he couldn't decide which term was worse, he decided they were both outrageous and glared down at the laughing violet eyes. "If you ever call me that in public, I will cut you up and use you in a potion. " He theatened icily. Skyler did not look deterred in any way. In fact, Severus was appalled to see she was grinning like a shark, eyes sparkling with mischief.

"But I CAN call you that, right?" She replied with a question. Severuss' glare heated up on the outside, on the inside he was horrified by the very thought of being called "Sevvy" again.

"No." was the curt answer he gave, glaring something fierce. And then, Skyler pouted.

'Oh no!' Severus thought, panicking. Sevreus knew from experience with Draco that when there was pouting involved, you were sure to get-

"Awww!" Skyler whined. "You said not in public! Please! "

Whining.

Bratty, arrogant, angry teenagers was one thing. He could handle that. But whining teenagers! Merlin! he might as well kill himself now. Severus closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, and in doing so missed the evil smirk that graced Skyler's lips. However, the rest of the room did not. Even Minerva had to stifle a laugh. Harry's eyes were round as saucers. He couldn't believe anyone would bait Snape of all people. Did this girl have a death wish? Draco looked somewhere between wanting to laugh at his mate's antics and his godfathers situation, and wanting to glare at his mate for giving all her attention to someone else. In the end, he looked somewhat constipated. Madame Pomfrey just wished she had a camera.

When Severus opened his eyes again, Skyler's face no long adorned the smirk that it had moments ago. Instead, Severus found himself looking into the biggest puppy-dog eyes he had ever seen. Complete with pout. He glared icily for all of five seconds before he caved.

"Fine." He sighed. "But, remember I said not in public. I would hate to see what potion could be slipped into your pumpkin juice unknowingly if the first years suddenly start calling me Professor Sevvy." He threatened. Skyler was all smiles by this time though, quite a change from the kicked puppy look she had just had. She, of course, paid no mind to his threat. Instead, she cooed at him.

"Awww! Thanks Sevvy! Aren't you just the sweetest thing?" She cooed and actually pinched his cheek. Severus looked thunderstruck.

Skyler's latest action proved too much for the rest of the rooms occupants, because one moment there was absolute shocked silence, and then everyone exploded. It started with Minerva and Madame Pomfey, who upon actually seeing Severus Snape looking horrified after getting his cheek pinched and being called "the sweetest thing" , could no longer contain the laughter bubbling up inside them. This caused the dam to break and Harry and Draco exploded with laughter. Soon they were doubled over and wheezing from laughing so hard. Severus snapped out of his horrified shock and glared murderously at the laughing hyenas. Then his glare turned to Skyler, who now looked as innocent as can be. It didn't fool Severus for a minute, but it did have him hesitating long enough for Skyler to take her chance and she jumped into his arms, hugging him around the middle. If Severus was shocked before, he didn't know what he was now.

"Thank you Sevvy for trying to save me. No one has ever done something like for me before." The sweet, muffled voice spoke to him from somewhere around his chest. At that, he lost all his fight. He wrapped his arms around the girl in his arms, his goddaughter, ( who, for the record, was entirely too much like her mother for her own good, or so Severus thought) and hugged her to him tightly.

"Your welcome, my little lily pad." He said softly, kissing the top of her head and smiling. The two basked in the moment until it was ruined by a chorus of

"AWWWWW!" from Minerva and Madame Pomfrey. Harry, on the other hand looked too shocked to think, and from Draco there was a loud and threatening growl. Skyler glared at him, but Draco did not back down. Instead, he was next to the two in a flash and pulling Skyler away from Severus. Apparently, he couldn't handle that much affection between his mate and someone else at the moment, even if that someone was his godfather. Severus and Draco glared at each other as Draco maneuvered himself and Skyler to the nearest unoccupied bed. Once on it, Skyler curled onto his lap, her head resting in the crook of his neck . Draco looked shocked at first, and then he smiled like a loon again, breathing in the scent of his mate. He looked back to his glaring godfather and smiled smugly. His godfather was not impressed. Instead, Severus looked to Harry only to see him with his mouth hanging open, practically drooling on the floor. Severus was even less impressed.

"Potter!" He snapped. " Please do close your mouth. I don't fancy having to swim out of here in your drool."

Harry's mouth shut with a small snap.

"So, anyone want to explain whats going on?" A new voice sounded. Every eye turned to the source.

Hermione finally awoke.

Her chocolate brown eyes took in who was in the room. She was only slightly surprised to see Ron was not there, but completely forgot all about him when she locked eyes with Harry. He looked even more gorgeous than he had this morning, if that were possible. He made her forget to breathe. That had been a common occurrence since her third year though, and though most people thought she liked Ron, she had always liked Harry. Now though, she was quite certain that she loved him. She could only hope he loved her too.

Harry looked into chocolate eyes and saw the love, and also saw the doubt. It hurt him to know his mate doubted her place in his heart. Harry couldn't deny that he had been attracted to Hermione for a while now, but never acted on it because,well, firstly, he didn't want to ruin their friendship and second because of Ron. Harry briefly wondered how Ron was going to react to this, but in the next instant it was gone as he made hi way over to his mate. Harry didn't care if there were others there. As soon as he was in front of Hermione, he smiled softly at her and bent down so his face was merely inches from hers. She looked questioningly at him, and he answered by kissing her.

It felt like a shock going through their bodies. And every where it touched, it was if it was leaving a trace of the other behind. As if this one kiss was building a connection to the other. It was the most amazing feeling either had ever had. They didn't break apart until they were both desperate for air. Hermione glanced up through her lashes shyly at Harry, who felt as if he would die if he never got the chance to see that look again. He smiled goofily at her, and she giggled. Harry no longer cared if he was some creature. He no longer cared how it happened. He wanted to know, just for knowings' sake of course, but he was no longer ready to complain and bitch about it. Oh no. He would never complain about something that granted him the only wish he had ever had. To have someone who loved him, for him. Harry knew that it was going to be tough to get through and understand, and he knew there was a lot to the story, but looking into Hermione's eyes, he couldn't bring himself to care one bit. As long as he had Hermione, it was worth it. The look in Hermione's eyes told him she felt the same.

Suddenly, Hermione smiled brightly, showing off her newly acquired canines, and turned to the other in the room.

"Well," she said, " whose got the story? I take it Harry is even more abnormal than we thought?" She flashed Harry a cheeky grin, to which he huffed and rolled his eyes.

"Oh yea. Sure. Lets all blame Harry. You know, its not always my fault when weird, freaky, unexplainable things happen." Harry looked as if the idea were preposterous. Everyone else was looking at him as if he had two heads. " Oh come on. " He said exasperatedly. Then he turned to Draco who was laughing.

"And just what is so funny, hmmm , Malfoy?" Harry asked, glaring at the blonde.

"Potter, everything weird happenes when your around. The only person I know stranger than you and more prone to weird things happening is your sister." Draco was still laughing when he finished. But once he realized what he said, his eyes widened comically, and he closed his mouth tight. He looked to his godfather who was smirking nastily at him, clearly enjoying his godson's predicament. Minerva looked shocked that he had said it, but not shocked by the news. Potter and Granger were looking at him like he were crazy, but that changed when they took in the murderous look on Skyler's face. Draco visibly gulped.

"Malfoy, I don't have a sister. What are you on about?" Potter asked suspiciously. Granger, thank Merlin, was smart and was putting the pieces together. She looked from one to the other, taking in everyone's expression, and finally looked to Skyler. Her eyes widened and her mouth became an "oh" of understanding, though Harry was too busy glaring at Draco and daring him with his eyes to make the next thing out of his mouth a lie. Draco looked afraid for exactly one second before he looked incredulous.

'He dares to threaten me? A Malfoy? Well I'll give him a threat alright!' Draco thought furiously, all the while his silver eyes narrowing at Harry, who now was almost afraid he would laugh at the abrupt change when Malfoy went from being scared to arrogant in less than 1 second and it was because he really was an arrogant git, not because he was trying to cover up that he had been afraid.

'Don't you dare open that big mouth of yours, Draco Malfoy! Skyler's furious thoughts were in his head. 'You've done enough damage, thank you.' The thought ended in a dangerously silky tone. Draco hoped the shiver that ran down his spine hadn't been visible.

"What he means Harry, is that I'm your sister." Skyler said softly, sadly.

Everyone but Skyler watched Harry for his reaction, but all he did was look shell shocked at Skyler, who for her part was doing an unbelievable job of looking insecure as she felt the eyes of her brother on her. Skyler couldn't bring herself to look at the emotions going through the green eyes, knowing they would eventually settle on disbelief. Draco held her tighter, not liking how insecure his normally confident mate was.

"No." Everyone winced at the hard tone. Everyone except Draco, who glared at Harry as Skyler closed her eyes against the tears threatening to fall.

"Harry, I know this is a shock," Hermione started and when Harry pinned who with a look that clearly said 'don't start' , she continued on as if it didn't matter. She wanted to know why they were creatures, why Harry didn't know he had a sister if she really was his sister. She wanted answers, and she was not going to kept from them because Harry wanted to be stubborn. " But I think we should get the story, before we make any hasty decisions."

Harry did not have the resolve to go against his mate. He merely closed his eyes and shook his head, letting Hermione know he would listen. Hermione's eyes softened and she pulled Harry until he was sitting with his back against the headboard, Hermione sitting next to him, their fingers intwined. Harry rested his head against the headboard, eyes closed again. Nobody spoke. Not even the professors. Nobody knew what to say. Hermione looked to Draco, who caught her eye and nodded.

"Sky." He said quietly. Skyler did not look up. Draco sighed. "Sky." He tried again. When she still did not look up, he continued, knowing that she wasn't in any mood to look anyone in the eye. "Sky, you need to explain everything to them." He felt Skyer take a deep breathe, and she turned her head so that her words would not be muffled, and began.

"I'll try to make this as non-confusing as possible. And please keep in mind I don't know everything, but any of your question I can answer I will. It's not easy to tell you this Harry. And it'll be hard for you to hear. But I am your sister. Your half sister, to be exact. Before I start though, I want to make sure that you are ok with everyone that is here to hear this. " She paused here, and looked to Harry, who nodded with his eyes still closed, an unreadable expression on his face. Hermione gave Skyler an encouraging smile. And so Skyler told them everything. She told them about Dumbeldore and his lies and manipulations. About what he did to her father, and ultimately their family. She told about the journal James and Lily had left to her, and how she had been training and gathering information ever since she had been able to read it. She explained about the creature blood running in Lily's blood, and how she had aged herself so that she would inherit her creature blood when Harry did too so that he wouldn't need to go through the changes alone. She told about the orphanage she had lived in, and how the muggles that had adopted her had treated her nicely before they realized how strange and different she was. She told how she had been called a freak by them and how they never cared what happened to her. She told about how the father and the son had touched her, had raped her and hit her. It was hard for Skyler to be talking about these things to so many people, feeling all their eyes on her. She stumbled over her words as she described the horrible things they had done to her, and had made her do. She told them of how the wife wouldn't believe her when she told her what her husband and son were doing to her. How she had told Skyler that even if they were doing the things she said, it was no less then she deserved. She told them about school and the kids there, and the few she had called friends. She told them about her powers and about Lucius kidnapping her. About saving Draco and then coming here.

When all was said and done, and Skyler's head hung in sadness and shame, it was accompanied by an appalled and furious silence. Draco, for his part, was doing an amazing job keeping himself in control. He had ot known what to expect to hear about Skyler's life, but what she had told was not what he had expected. The rage inside him grew until it was close to consuming him. The only thing keeping him from losing it completely was the fact that Skyler was in his arms, safe, and she would stay there. His face remained the expressionless Malfoy mask he had always worn, but his eyes blazed with a fury not known.

Minerva McGonagall was appalled and horrified beyond belief. How anyone, muggle or magical, could do such thing to a child, was the most disturbing thing to her. How this girl had turned out as good as her brother Minerva would never know. Minerva believed the girl, about everything. Albus had always kept everyone in the dark about the Potters and Harry, and even Minerva could admit the man could be manipulative. But this was lower than even the Dark Lord had sunk. Even the death eaters had not fallen as low as to rape children. Through her horror, Minerva felt a sad happiness that the girl was here, where they could hopefully help her.

Poppy Pomfrey was around for the first war with the Dark Lord. She had seen and heard a lot of gruesome things. But she had never, in all her life, seen the life be drained from a child's eyes as they told about the abuse they had suffered at the hands of others for being different as it had from Skyler's eyes. The girl's eyes were haunted by her past, and it hurt Poppy greatly to see that and know that the girl was not lying. Not even the greatest actor in the world could fake the horrors this girl had been put through. From being the product of a rape, to being raped yourself repeatedly, by people who you were entrusted too!

'Merlin help the poor girl!' Poppy thought to herself.

Hermione, who had been skeptical at first, was silently crying by the end of Skyler's story. She couldn't imagine ever going through anything so disgusting and horrifying in her life. She couldn't deny the girl was telling the truth. Being one of Harry's best friends for years had made Hermione more likely to look upon others with distrust, but even Hermione couldn't deny that the deadened look to Skyler's eyes when she had spoken of her life with the muggles who had adopted her, and the emotionless voice she had spoken in was too good to be a lie. Hermione felt wretchedly spoiled and safe compared to Skyler at that moment. Hermione could feel Harry's wrath. His rage was rolling off of him in waves. She looked into his eyes to see emerald fires blazing. His eyes shown with a brilliance that they had not had before, no doubt thanx to the fact that he no longer needed his glasses. Hermione's breath caught for a moment as she took in the erotic picture Harry made, even when furious beyond belief. But from looking at him, she knew that he believed too.

Severus Snape was beyond his breaking point. He was visibly shaking with rage, and the murderous look on his face and cold fury in his eyes let everyone know that he could kill. And all that murderous rage he had directed at a certain twinkling eyed, manipulative bastard of a headmaster. Most would find it odd that Severus Snape cared so much for a girl he had just met not 24 hours ago that he was ready to commit murder, but most also did not know that Lily Potter had once been Severus's best friend. They had known each other since they were children, since before Hogwarts. And even though Severus detested the very thought of James Potter, he had loved Lily like a sister. Even now, he had dedicated his life to helping her only son, her only child, or so he thought. All the spying, and masks and things he did. he did so Harry would have a better chance against defeating the Dark Lord. Yes, getting rid of the Dark Lord was a plus, but he wanted to help Harry, Always had, even though he gave the boy a hard time, he did care for the boy. Because he was Lily's son, and he owed Lily.

And now, to hear the atrocious things Lily's only daughter had been through, because Dumbledore wanted to play God and set up things to his liking. Did he not care at all how many lives he destroyed just so that people kept coming to him for answers and solutions? Just so he was looked up to and bowed down to? Severus didnt know the answers to these questions, and he didn't care anymore. All he knew was that Lily's children had been among those who had suffered most at the hands of Dumbledore, and Severus would make him pay it.

Harry felt angrier then he had ever felt. Dumbledore had taken one too many things from him. His parents, his sister, his godfather. Harry had his sister back now, but he would never forget the things that had been done to her. He would never forget the look in her eyes as she told them how she had been raped, over and over again. How she had been beaten time and time again. Even the Dursleys had never stooped that low. Sure they had starved him a bit and made him live in a cupboard for 10 years, but they had never beaten him. Well, Dudley had, but that was different. Harry couldn't imagine how it felt to be the victim of such crimes, but he knew the sound of his sister's voice as she explained it to them would haunt him forever. Nothing could erase the look in her eyes from his mind.

It felt to Harry as if it had been so long ago that he had seen her in his vision, and had wondered who she was. And now he knew, he almost wish he didn't. Harry couldn't find it in himself to be even a little happy with the situation. Here was his sister, who had suffered more at the hands of Dumbledore then Harry had ever suffered at Voldemort's. And it all came back to Dumbledore. He had created the monster that was now Voldemort, simply for him own twisted use to gain more power. He had singlehandedly ripped apart their family, and many others. The information Harry gained now fueled the rage at the headmaster that had started to build since Sirius fell through the veil. Harry wanted nothing more than to tear Dumbledore into pieces.

Skyler felt naked. As if every part of her was on display for them to see. Skyler knew this would be the hardest thing to do. But knew that it had to be done. Talking about her past was unbearable, but she had done it. And she was proud of herself. She felt a small amount of relief after telling her story. The memories of those times she knew would haunt her forever, but now she had people she knew would help her recover from them. Skyler was strong, and powerful, but even she had her breaking point. Even she couldn't always be strong. She hadn't imagined telling it to so many, but Draco's big mouth had not given her many options. And if Harry trusted these people, then so would she. She only hoped that Harry would except her. She didn't think she could handle a rejection from him.

"Skyler." She heard her name being called softly and looked up, only to find herself being dragged into endless emerald pools of sadness. And that was it for Skyler. She broke down and cried. Her entire body racking with the sobs that escaped her. And she felt herself being shifted from Draco's arms to the loving embrace of her brothers. She felt him rubbing his hand on her back in a circular motion, all the while telling her it was ok now, she would be ok now. She cried until no more tears came.

"Welcome home Sky."

At that, she finally looked into Harry's green eyes again, and watched him smile down at her, she closed the cover to the chapter of her life before, ready to find out what the next chapter had in store for her.