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The next few days were full of chaos once Salazar went to the Guild and told them what was happening at the reservation and they were not happy with the treatment that has inflicted upon one on the elder dragons. The Guild was now down at the reservation interrogating the Council and taking in everything about what had changed, what hadn't, and what should have. They re-interviewed the handlers and let go of those who were not hired in the best circumstances and a new Council was sworn in under the Guilds law. Charlie, despite being the youngest of the seasoned handlers, was placed as second in command on the Council and with thanks to Salazar and Harry, they also had the input of the dragons on how things could be handled better for the community.
Now that the rush of the last couple of days had subsided, it led Harry to thinking about the kiss he had shared with Legolas and what it could mean or lead to for the both of them. Harry had gone to Severus' tent the night after all of the negotiations with the new Council and Guild only to find that he had interrupted a very heavy make out session going on between Severus and Aragorn that was definitely leading to something a lot heavier. Harry hurriedly backed out of the tent and ran into his and flopped face down on his bed, his pale face bright red.
Legolas looked up from his book, curious as to why Harry had bolted to his room, and put the bookmark in the place he was up to. He put it on the table and glided into the teen wizards room.
"Is everything well Harry?" he asked, coming to sit down on the side of the bed and rubbing a hand up and down the teens back comfortingly.
"Yes." Came the muffled voice.
"And why don't I believe that?"
"I went to see Sev." Harry said turning over onto his back so that he could look up at the elf, "He and Aragorn were getting a bit hot and heavy." Harry's blush came back full force. "Really hot and heavy."
Legolas let out a laugh. "Don't worry too much Harry, I too have walked in on them and they probably had more clothing on when you saw them then when I did." He explained to the highly embarrassed teen.
"Do you think they knew I was there?" Harry asked.
"No. They were definitely too wrapped up in each other to notice you witnessing them about to fornicate." Legolas responded.
"You think so?"
"I know so." Legolas nodded. "They didn't know I saw them until I confronted Aragorn about it a few days later."
"Well I won't be doing that. It's too embarrassing," Harry mumbled. "Why do you suppose Sev hasn't told me?" he asked the elf.
Legolas let out a sigh. "Maybe because this is supposed to be about your happiness and not his at the moment. All of this is for you and all attention is to be on you as well so they are keeping it low key and will tell you when the time is right." He explained as best he could about why Severus and Aragorn hadn't told the teen.
Harry nodded. "Okay, I get that. I'm happy for Sev. I really am and I want him to be happy again."
"And you can always get back at him one day you know."
Harry looked into the blue eyes, confused. "Huh?"
Legolas smiled at the teen and brought his hand up and brushed the back of his fingers against Harry's cheek, tracing the cheekbone with his thumb and watching as another blush appeared on Harry's face. "Are we going to talk about what happened?" he asked gently.
Harry looked down to where his hands were folded in his lap.
"I don't know what to say," he said gently. "I've never…" he sighed heavily and flopped back onto the mattress. "What's it matter anyway? You'll just leave me." Harry mumbled and rolled over, his back to Legolas so that the elf wouldn't see his tears.
Legolas looked down at the teen in confusion. "What do you mean I would leave you? Where would I go that I wouldn't have you with me?" he questioned.
"Home. You'll go home sooner or later and I'll be left behind," Harry explained. "And I don't think I could take that."
Legolas moved onto the bed so that he was lying beside the teen, Harry's back to his chest as he carded his long pale fingers through that shaggy dark mop. "I won't go anywhere if you don't want me to. I won't go anywhere without you." He whispered into Harry's hair and pulled him closer.
Harry rolled over in Legolas' arms so that he could face the elf and looked up into the blue eyes looking down at him, his green eyes brighter due to the sheen of tears that they held. Quickly he buried his face in Legolas' chest and sobbed.
Legolas rubbed Harry's back as he cried. "You've been thinking about that since we kissed?" He asked.
"I've been thinking about you leaving for a while now," Harry admitted. "I really like having you around. All of you, obviously, you know, but you a little bit more."
"I have liked you a little bit more than the others as well." Legolas said and kissed the teens pale forehead.
Harry raised his head and looked up at Legolas again and gave the elf a small kiss on the lips, smiling at him before snuggling down against the elf and drifting off into a light sleep in the arms around him.
Severus let out a sigh as he snuggled, though Severus Snape does not snuggle, into the warm body that was lying next to him breathing deeply in sleep. A content smile crossed his face with a feeling that he hadn't felt since Darrion had passed. He just hoped that Darrion could forgive him; their son could forgive him.
Oh, Sev. Of course I do, breathed a soft melodious voice.
Severus looked up from where he had buried his nose in Aragorn's thick brown hair. "Darrion?" he questioned, seeing the apparition that was standing at the edge of his bed.
Darrion smiled at the man that he would always love, Hello Sev.
"Why are you here? Why now? Why not before?" Severus threw out at the ghost.
Darrion looked down sadly at Severus before sitting down on the end of the bed, leaving the bed space he sat on only rumpled by Severus and Aragorn, not him. I come to you now, Severus, because you need me now. You need to know, now more then ever, that I love you Severus, I will always love you and it's because of the love that I have for you that lets me be here to tell you that. And to tell you that it's okay to move on, to have someone else to love; Harry coming into your life the way he did opened you up to the feelings again. Never will you replace us or feel the love you had for us with another, but that is the joy of being human Sev, we get to feel so many different kinds of love. And you, Sev, you deserve to be loved again. And Aragorn is a very fine man for you to be with.
Severus let out a small laugh. "He makes me happy, just as you did."
The slight movement from next to him caused both Darrion and Severus to look to Aragorn who was looking over at them, sleep clouding his eyes. "Sev'rs?" he questioned and then looked back over at the apparition next to his lover.
"This is Darrion, my husband." Severus explained.
"Why is he here now?" Aragorn questioned, sitting up a little more, the sleep gone from his body.
I just came to assure Severus that I love him and forgive him for moving on with his life, that I want him to move on. This will be the last time that I will see you Sev, the Powers that Be let me have this one time to say goodbye, Merlin and God Bless, that I will forever love you and good luck with your new family. And with one last smile at both Severus and Aragorn, Darrion disappeared from their sight.
"Severus, are you alright?" Aragorn asked as he brought his lover into his arms.
Severus took a deep shuddering breath, "Yes I am." He said smiling up at the King and kissed him thoroughly, feeling more free then he had felt before, knowing that Darrion loved him, didn't mind that he had moved on, that he should be loved and love in return.
Drawing back from the breath-taking kiss, Aragorn took in a breath and looked up at his lover, "How did he pass?"
"During the birth of our child. It ended up being too much for his body to take in the end and he bled out. Our son only lived for a few moments before following Darrion into the afterlife." Severus explained, though no longer feeling the intense sadness he had felt every other time his husband and child had been mentioned or asked about.
"I'm sorry that you had to feel that kind of pain Severus. No one should feel that pain." Aragon said kissing Sev on the forehead.
"No, they shouldn't, but it is something that happens." Severus responded and shimmied down in the bed, pulling the blankets back over them.
Just as he got comfortable, Aragorn bolted up as a thought came to him and he looked down at Severus. "Wait, does that mean that we could get pregnant?" he questioned.
Severus let out a small laugh and looked up at Aragorn. "I would have thought that you would have asked something about that earlier."
"Well it didn't occur to me until you told me how your husband died." Aragorn said. His voice raised a pitch. "Can all males in the Wizarding World get pregnant?"
Severus nodded, "Yes, human and creature alike. Though if I was with a Muggle male, they would not get pregnant because they wouldn't have the magic to sustain the pregnancy, but if I was to be the bottom, then I would be able to get pregnant because I have magic." He explained.
Aragon just looked out into the darkness of the tent in thought as he flopped back down on the mattress next to his lover. "Alright. I understand… I think." He mumbled, "Or I understand about as well as I can."
Severus chuckled softly and kissed the rough lips of his lover and wrapped his arms around the man as they settled back into the bed and drifted off to sleep once more.
Remus walked up to the castle as fast as his pain ridden body would allow him. Eger to get to see Harry since he had missed the teens birthday he wanted to spend some time with the teen since he had been remiss.
Hobbling painfully up the stairs he headed in the direction of the Great Hall, hoping that they were taking lunch at the same time as they always had before. Heaving a sigh Remus stopped at the entranceway of the Great Hall, looking over the professors as they conversed and ate their dinner.
"Good evening Remus." Albus greeted jovially seeing the man standing there, "Please come and take a seat my boy."
Remus moved from the doorway and headed to the table and took a seat slowly, "Good evening all. It's nice to see you."
"How are you feeling my boy?" Albus asked.
Remus smiled slightly at the headmaster, "I've been better. It's taken me the better part of this month to get over the full moon. I had run out of wolfsbane and had forgotten to owl Severus for more" He explained with a small sigh.
"You should have owled me immediately." Poppy scolded jumping up from her chair and started a diagnostic scan of the werewolf.
Remus smiled at the irate Medwitch, "I know I should have Poppy, but I was coming here anyway so I knew you would look me over as soon as I arrived looking worse for wear." He responded.
Summoning some potions Remus required she handed them to the werewolf and all but shoved them down his throat, "Right, now you eat." She ordered him as a new plate popped onto the table with his meal already on it.
Remus downed the potions and dug heartily into his meal, "Is Harry about? I'd like to visit with him for a couple of days if I could." He asked.
"Oh dear how forgetful of me, Harry is in Romania visiting with Charlie and Norbert at the dragon reservation. It was a part of his birthday present." Albus explained.
Remus smiled and paused in his eating, "Let me guess. It was all for Hagrid more than himself?"
Albus chuckled, "Of course it was my boy. And we were all too happy to do it for him. He will then be going onto Egypt to see Bill and its wonders."
"That's wonderful. Harry deserves it." Remus said.
"Would you like to join them Remus?" Minerva asked.
"Them?"
"Yes. My brother Gandalf and some of his friends have come to train Harry and along with Severus, Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor. They are all on this trip together." Albus explained.
"Slytherin? Gryffindor?" Remus asked confused.
"Yes. It seems that the pair of them cheated death and has taken Harry under their wings." Filius told him, "It was quite a shock let me tell you."
"Do I even want to know the story?" Remus wondered.
The Hogwarts staff laughed, "No I don't think so. It still makes me queasy just thinking about it." Pomona told him.
"So my boy, how would you like to meet up with Harry in Egypt?" Albus asked.
"I would love to." Remus beamed.
"Well them my boy, you have best hurry up and get you some clothes for the weather of Egypt and some of your personal belongings." Albus said clapping his hands and jumped out of his seat and dragged a protesting Remus out of the Great Hall.
"Help?!" Remus called back to the hysterical staff.
That next morning Harry studied Severus and Aragorn closely as the two emerged from their shared tent. He couldn't help himself, the memory of what he saw last night was pretty much at the forefront of his thoughts – the ones that Legolas didn't occupy, anyway. The two men seemed somehow closer than before, and now that he knew what he was looking for, he saw the aborted touches, the small smiles, the glances to the side when they thought no one else was looking. Smiling to himself, he glanced back over to Legolas, who had virtually not left his side since his confession and crying last night. With a small blush he tore his eyes away; he couldn't say he minded so much.
"Harry," Salazar greeted him, approaching the small teenager. "The Dragons want to see you one last time and say their goodbyes before we leave for Egypt." Harry brightened.
"Of course! I was hoping I would be able to see them again, but with the Guild and the Council, I didn't think it would be a good idea..."
"Nonsense," Salazar chided. "I think they're fond of you." Harry laughed, grabbed his hand, and began to drag him away to where the dragons were.
Harry all but skipped happily behind Salazar on their way to where all of the dragon elders had gathered to say goodbye to Harry and Salazar. The pair came to a stop in front of Upala.
"Good morrow Salazar, Harold." Upala greeted, "We wished to bid thee farewell."
"It has been a pleasure and an honor to meet you all." Harry responded giving a slight bow.
"The honor is ours young snake and thank you for you assistance in getting me out of my grassy prison." Verde spoke as he flexed his wings, causing Harry to grab a hold of Salazar so that his slight body wouldn't get dropped on his ass.
"It was nothing." Harry responded, a slight blush running along the bridge of his nose and cheeks.
Salazar wrapped an arm around Harry's shoulders, "Don't be so modest Harry. We did a great thing here by fixing something that shouldn't have had to be fixed. We will be making sure that the Guild follows the laws that I have set down. If they stray from those laws then we will have to take down the warding around Romania and house them at Hogwarts." He explained.
"And we thank you for everything that you have done for us Salazar, young Harold. It is a relief for us to have our ails known to those that don't understand us." Sloan the Ukrainian Iron Belly spoke.
Harry smiled brightly at them all, "Then perhaps I should change my career choices and become a handler here instead of a Medwizard." He explained to them.
Upala chuckled, "It would be an honor to have you here with us Harold, though you should not halt your progress in the Wizarding arts of healing. You could always do both and not just a wizard healer, but also a magical beast healer."
Harry looked down thoughtfully at the grassy mound, "I never thought that I would be able to be a healer for both. I like the thought though." He smiled brightly at the clan leaders, "Thank you and I hope that I can work with you when it comes to a time in when I can learn the healing arts." He said and bowed to them deeply.
"It will be our pleasure and honor." Lery the Common Welsh said bowing his head to the teen, "Fare thee well." She said bowing her head and leaving the gathering to go back to her enclosure.
"Fare thee well Harold, Salazar." The remaining clan elders bowed and left with Harry waving happily to them as they left.
"Come along Harry, we need to have lunch and finish packing before me move on to Egypt." Salazar said leading Harry back to the campsite where lunch was waiting for them.
Remus let out a pained sigh as he landed on his rump after letting go of the portkey. He heard laughter coming from behind him as he tried to stand, rubbing at his tail bone, "Instead of just laughing at me William Weasley you could help this old man up from the ruddy sand." Remus growled at him.
Bill kept laughing as he came over and helped Remus up from where he was sitting, "Hullo Remus, how you doing?" He asked.
"I have sand in places that there shouldn't be sand." Remus grumbled as he dusted himself off the best he could before pulling out his wand and banishing the sand that was in unmentionable places, "I'm doing well Bill, how about you?"
"Looking forward to having Harry come and visit got a lot lined up from him while he's here." Bill explained as he led the way to the encampment, "Does Harry know your meeting him here?"
Remus shook his head, "No. I missed his birthday since it was a full moon and I do so want to see him." He explained.
"I heard that it was an eventful birthday." Bill chuckled.
"So I heard. Albus told me all about it when he took me…" Remus trailed off.
"Took you…?" Bill prompted.
Remus shuddered, "…Shopping."
Bill laughed, "Did you get your choice of colours at least?"
"I at least got that much of a choice. No matter how much I argued with Albus about buying me anything at all but the old bugger insisted." Remus sighed.
Bill slapped Remus on the shoulder, "Buck up Remus. Harry will be here in a few short hours. Meanwhile lunch is ready and waiting for us."
Albus apparated just outside the wards surrounding the Weasley residence, pushing the gate inward he walked through the wards with a heavy heart. Ginny's results were not what he had hoped they would be.
"Hello Albus." Molly called from the hedge where she was spelling gnomes out of the hedges and into the field.
"Hello Molly dear. Is Arthur home?" He asked.
Molly paused in what she was doing and looked over at Albus, a look of worry coming over her features, "It's about Ginny isn't it?" She asked.
Albus inclined his head, "I'm afraid so Molly."
Molly put her wand in her apron, and brushed off her hands and headed into the house, "Come along then Albus, I'll make a call to Arthur and brew a pot of tea." She said shuffling the older wizard into the house.
"Harry! Hurry up! You're going to be late for the portkey at this rate!" Severus called out to Harry.
Quickly Harry hugged Charlie tightly, "I'll miss you, Charlie, you too Hagrid, Norbert." cried Harry as he walked over to the portkey.
"You too, Harry. Hope you have fun in Egypt! Say hi to Bill for me, would you?" Charlie replied, waving at the group from where he was standing with Hagrid and Norbert.
"Of course I will! I'll write to you." Harry said, grabbing hold of the portkey that would be taking him to Egypt. Legolas wrapped an arm around his waist, when Severus saw everyone was ready he said the activating password. With a whoosh, they where off, on a stomach-turning journey. They were off to Egypt!
