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Chapter 60 – Nineteen Years Later

"Happy birthday to you!" Those gathered sang off key, the twins doing so on purpose, while Severus Remus Potter blew out the eleven candles on the cake his gran had made. The entire family had gathered to celebrate his big day, held one-week before the start of term at Hogwarts. His mother and father were looking on proudly while his elder brother James was eyeing the cake and his younger sister Lily was looking on wistfully. She wanted to go to Hogwarts too although it would be another two years before she turned eleven. As he looked around the backyard of the burrow Severus couldn't help but wonder how they all fit. The yard was large but their family was too. The Weasley-Potter-Malfoy family was actually quite massive. Six of the seven Weasley children were married and all had at least one child that ranged in age from seventeen to one year. The Potters and Malfoys…well he supposed it was really just the Weasley side that was massive. His great aunt and uncle were present along with their son, his wife and their two grandchildren. It had been a surprise when ten years after Scorpius Malfoy had been born Hermione announced she was once again pregnant. Their three month old daughter, Rose, was currently asleep on her grandfather's shoulder. The Potter side was similar in that it was just his parents, himself and his siblings, so really it was just the Weasley side that got confusing. His eldest cousin, Victoire, had been born on the one year anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts and was going into her seventh year at Hogwarts. Severus would have nine family members at Hogwarts this year and he wasn't sure how he felt about that. He was ready to find his own way at school as his dad had, but he couldn't deny that having family there made him feel better.

"Happy birthday, darling." His mum and dad had come over and wrapped him in a hug, which he immediately tried to escape.

"Mum, dad! Stop it!" Luckily for him, his mother gained a new direction for her attention.

"James Sirius Potter, if you touch that cake before your brother has had his piece I will turn you into a tea cosy!"

"Sorry mum." Though it was clear he wasn't sorry at all.

"Daddy, I want to go to Hogwarts too!" Lily whined for the tenth time since the party started.

"Not yet, sweetheart." Harry repeated for the tenth time.

"Aunt Ginny, can we cut the cake yet?" Four-year-old George, son of Fred and his former quidditch teammate Alicia, asked.

"Yes, Georgie." Ginny set about doing just that before her young nieces and nephews could start just digging in. "Here you go, darling." Ginny gave the first piece to her son before handing the rest out.

"Thank you, Aunt Ginny." Eleven-year-old Scorpius said politely when given his piece; Narcissa's strict teachings having gotten into her grandson. He finished his cake on the way back to his parents though, much to his grandmother's chagrin, before reaching out to take his baby sister. Scorpius was quite in love with little Rose and Hermione and Draco knew that the hardest part about him leaving for Hogwarts this year would be leaving her, not them.

"Come on Severus, we're going to play quiddith!" Twelve year old Fred, son to George and his former quidditch teammate Angelina, called. James immediately ran over to play, yelling that he was seeker. Although only going into his third year, he was determined to become Gryffindor's seeker, the spot having just opened up when the current seeker graduated in June. Severus got up but he'd only made it a few steps before his father pulled him aside.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked, knowing that look on his younger son's face.

"Nothing."

"Severus…"

"What if I'm sorted into Slytherin?" He blurted out before looking around to see if anyone had heard him.

"Then Slytherin house will gain an amazing student."

"Come on, dad, be serious!"

"Someone talking about me?" Sirius poked his head out of the kitchen door.

"No." Harry and Severus replied together and Sirius went back inside.

"Severus Remus Potter, you are named after two professors of Hogwarts, one of whom was a Slytherin, and the bravest man I ever knew. But if you really don't want Slytherin you can choose. The Sorting Hat takes your preference into consideration."

"Really?"

"It did with me." Severus nodded, much happier than before, and took off to play quidditch with his cousins.

"Nicely handled." Ginny came up behind Harry and wrapped her arms around him.

"I don't like that he has a prejudice against Slytherin house." Said Harry. Ginny chuckled.

"Oh I don't think it's a prejudice, I think he's worried that he'll be the only descendant of Godric Gryffindor who does not get sorted into Gryffindor." Harry looked at her quizzically.

" 'The only descendant'? Since when did we have more kids? I could have sworn only James had been sorted so far."

"Haha, very funny."

"I guess I can see why he's worried, I would have been too at his age."

"You were as worried, otherwise you wouldn't have asked the hat to put you in Gryffindor when it considered Slytherin." Said Ginny reasonably.

"That was more me arrogantly demanding Gryffindor over any other house." Harry replied.

"So it had nothing to do with a worry that if you didn't make Gryffindor Sirius would take the mickey out of you?" Harry glared at her.

"Well alright, it might have done." He finally admitted and Ginny laughed again.

"I love you, lord husband." She murmured and Harry turned to face her.

"As I love you, my lady wife."

A/N - Yeah no way he was being named Albus, but I did like them honouring Snape.

The short but sweet final chapter! Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me since January (can't believe I started posting this that long ago), I'm glad you enjoyed my story.

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