One week later

I wake up and notice that someone tried to tamper with my wards once again while I slept big surprise there. I get out of my bed and notice all of my dorm mates are still sleeping, so I take this time to get myself ready for my run with Vinny noticing that it is ten till six I head to the entrance of the castle where he is waiting in a lounge chair reading a book illuminated by a light he's casting I'm guessing.

Vinny turned to me and said "Hello Sev sleep well I hope" I nodded and he continued "well now that you're here we just need Lily and since you're here now she should be here in about five minutes, you know how she sleeps."

That brought a small smile to my face, Lily has always been a heavy sleeper when I come out of my musings I see Vinny has a rather melancholic look on his face

"Is something wrong Father?" he turns to me.

"Severus, I just wanted to apologize to you" I look at him and wonder what he could be talking about.

"Because I took from you our shared memories, you could have turned dark and I am sorry for that, I hope you can forgive me" I smile at him because honestly there is nothing to forgive.

"I've already forgiven you Vinny, you've given me the family that I'd forgotten, you saved me from the darkness that had been slowly consuming me and I'm glad that you did, there is nothing to forgive." There were silent tears running down his face and he wrapped me in a hug.

"Ringrazio mio figlio (Thank you my son)" I patted him on the back, sometimes I forget just how big Vinny is but when he hugs me my head still ends up in his chest.

We pulled apart and he laughed and said "sorry about that, sometimes it just gets to me. You and Lily have been doing great, today is the last day for physical training, then my son we begin the Magic and mind training. Now, it seems like Lily is going to be a bit longer than usual. So Sev did any memories come to you in your sleep last night?"

I tried to remember and then I did "yes, I did, it was about the time that you gave us our rings…"

Earlier Dreamscape Lily's P.O.V.

It was Christmas morning and I was opening my presents with Tuney next to me. We both got some new toys and clothes we were both really excited about, wanting to play with her I said "Hey Tuney could we play dolls later?" she looked at me and it seemed her good mood had disappeared and she said "like I'd play with a freak like you."

I thought she might be done being mad at me for being a ''freak'', it brought my mood down but not by much I knew Vinny would play dollies with me, with that thought in mind I took my new clothes and toys to my room.

I ran down stairs and asked my parents if I could go out to play for a bit and their response was "As long as you put on your correct clothes, then we have no problem with it."

I went and got my winter clothes on before heading out the door with presents for Vinny and Sev since we said we would meet up at the spot and exchange the things we got.

I make my way over and notice that Sev and Vinny are already there and as I walked up to them I notice Sev wearing clothes not really suited for the weather as usual while Vinny was wearing black jeans, black chucks, gray hoodie, black and gay beanie and gloves.

I smiled before I ran the rest of the way to join them.

Vinny was the first to speak "Since we're all here it looks like we can all trade presents now, who wants to go first? I'd rather go last."

I figured I might as well go first so I pulled out my gift for Sev so he could open it, and pulled out green gloves with black lines as well as a matching beanie "I thought you could use something to keep you warm, I always see you without them so I thought I ought to get you some." he smiled as he put them on and said "thanks Lils, I feel warmer already" with a small smile.

I turned to Vinny and gave him a package wrapped in a red and green paper, he opened it revealing a copy of Inkheart (he's always been a bookworm) as well as a bookmark with the family crest, crudely drawn of course, and our names on it that was laminated, and gave me a smile "thank you for this mia figlia (my daughter) I've been meaning to read this one."

Sev decided to go next "I hope you guys like them, I'm sorry that I couldn't get you anything too amazing" he handed Vinny and I both a package, mine palm sized and wrapped in red and purple my favorite colors. Vinny's was black and silver and more of an envelope, I opened mine and pulled out red and purple beaded necklace with a small metal Lily dangling on it.

I loved it and gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek, with a lot of thank you's, before looking over at what he had gotten Vinny. Sev had given him a picture of the three of us sitting on a couch that is at Vinny's house, with Vinny in the middle and he and I leaning on either side of Vinny's shoulders asleep, under it was written "La Mia Famiglia (My Family)" Sev, even as a child he has always been an excellent artist.

I saw Sev blushing, even though he tried to hide it behind his usual sour expression. I smiled and said good job, he gave a small smile with a quick "thank you." Vinny smiled and exclaimed "Grazie! I think I'll put this in a frame later" before setting it down and pulling out two small velvet boxes out of his pocket before saying "Now then I believe it is my turn" and handed them to Sev and I.

Sev and I wondered what they and heard Vinny laugh before saying "well then, go on and open them" we both opened then and inside were identical rings the only differences being Sev's is a bit bigger and his having an S on one side of the center and an identical S on the other side of it, whereas mine had an L and an E.

Sev and I noticed that they looked familiar, when we looked over at Vinny and remembered the resemblance were similar to his own ring with the Silver band and family crest as the centerpiece.

"So I see, you recognize them." Vinny brought up his right hand to show the ring that rested on his own finger.

"I had one made for the each of you, as my ring is my status it is also my first line of defense, it will protect me when I am not capable of doing so myself, heal me when I cannot, it has been passed down for generations each one adding or modifying something about the ring, now I give these to you, to show that you are i miei figli (My children), as well as protecting you when I cannot"

He gave us a smile before continuing.

"These rings will protect you and they will stay with you, but do not rely on them too heavily they are meant to help you not carry you. The best part is, you don't ever have to worry about losing them, I placed a charm on them that if you should lose or misplace them they will return to these"

Papà pulled out another box inside of which were a silver necklace with little emerald studs set along it, as well as a silver chain both ends having a clip on it.

He smiled at us "Don't worry about them getting stolen either if someone else tries to take them they'll get a bit of a shocking surprise. I'll show you their full potential along the way, now I believe that we should go to my house for cocoa and your other presents"

Sev and I looked at him and I was the first to verbalize what we were thinking. "I thought we agreed that we would only exchange one gift each?"

Vinny smiled before saying "Now, what kind of father would I be if I didn't spoil my children every now and again?"

Turning around in his usual casual manner and tossing his hands behind his head while starting to walk and said "Don't worry I already had Al call your parents, and tell them you would be over and I would have you back before dinner and Sev you're staying the night."

With a quick look at each other we did a little run to catch up with him, all of us laughing along the way.

Outside Dreamscape Gen. P.O.V.

Lily wakes up from her sleep, she checks the time and her eyes bug out before she hops out of bed and hurriedly pulls on suitable clothing and without waking her dorm mates makes her way out of Gryffindor tower.

She meets up with Vinny and Sev, who were both sitting on summoned chairs and chatting, while looking sheepish "Sorry Papà, it seems I overslept" Both young men stood up and Vinny said "No need to fret Mi Princesa, I figured you would. You've always been a heavy sleeper" he proceeded to laugh before vanishing the chairs and light source.

"Now then, shall we?" Vinny offered his hand to Lily and Sev and they apparated to the Quidditch pitch, once they let go he brandished his wand and did as previous so the dome formed as well as the track seeming to rise up from the ground.

Vinny put his wand back its holster somewhere in his sleeve, and waved his hand over Sev and Lily changing them into the same work out attire as the last time. "Get to it then. You can only use 'replenish' once, make sure you choose wisely when you are going to use it."

Severus and Lily took off and when they got to the tire run both only stumbled only once, they continued to the sand pit and made it halfway through before bumping into the barbwire, then three quarters of it and bumping it again, before making it all the way through.

They made it to the wall and Severus manages to get up the wall in three minutes, and encourages Lily to keep pushing forward and she made it up on her own, when they made it to the Monkey bars Lily seemed to manage getting across flawlessly where Severus struggled but got through with only falling twice.

After Severus got across they took off to get up the hill stairs they made it to the top of the hill and stopped for a quick breather before they continued down the hill and ran to the finish line where Vinny awaited.

Vinny smiled when they crossed the finish line and said "Well done. You managed to shave off five minutes. Now I want three sets of thirty for each of the exercises from yesterday, then two laps around the pitch and we'll call it a day."

When they finished the exercises they both activated 'replenish' before they started their laps.

Once they finished and met up with Vinny, both Severus and Lily promptly fell down to catch their breath.

"Well done! Now, seeing as how you have testing next week we will be having this training before and after your tests." Vinny smirked.

"Make sure you eat a fair amount of food. Trust me i miei figli (my children), with the amount of magic and mind you will be using is going to expend a lot of energy." With those final words Vinny waved his hand to undo the track and magic field.

"Now, let's go get something to eat shall we?" he offered his hands to his children before disapparating back to Hogwarts. Both Severus and Lily seemingly washed and refreshed and dressed in muggle clothing.

"Since we have finished, let's get something to eat. We will start the new training tomorrow, we'll do Magic training before you're tests and you're mind training after." They continued to walk through the halls into the Great Hall with Vinny's arms draped over both of the youth's shoulders.