September 1st 2010

-Vera, Rave get back here! - said the irritated voice of their 'mother', the one and only boy-who-lived, seared through the link. The twins giggled and dashed back,

-Papa we only wanted to look. – whined Vera with a smile. She took after her father, black eyes, pallid skin, and an air of mystery that clung to her like a robe. Though both twins held an air of mystery around them due to Harry's foolishness while they were yet un-born, it was a story neither twin ever tired of hearing. Vera with her clam manor, analyzing mind and lightning bolt shaped birth mark on her left hip was a bit of an enigma. Raveal wasn't to be under estimated either though, he fought hard to keep up with his sister and with his papa's green eyes and boisterous energy plus both parent's cunning his was a force to be reckoned with. Together they were a terrifying set of pranksters, there was a reason that Fred and George had been restricted to one gift every holiday the twins hardly needed any encouragement. Harry predicted many a prank to be held at Hogwarts in the up coming months. With a sigh he looked over at his husband waiting patiently for him to retrieve their terrors holding their second son in his arms. Only nine he watched everything with wide hazel eyes. Despite his tender age Zachary Eros Snape was already breathtakingly beautiful as per his Ander heritage.

The rest of their clan was arranged around the stoic man, while he watched them affectionately. They'd already matched, and surpassed by two, the Wesley's in the amount of children that they had, only because Harry conceded to a bit of a break to let their current children grow up. The eldest technically being their adopted son Draco, who bumped their number of children up to an even ten, Vera and Raveal were the next eldest eleven and starting their first year. Zaki, the affectionate nickname his elder siblings had give him, was next at nine followed closely by Epiphany at eight. Piph was just as strikingly beautiful as her brother both of them and the other children after the twins were full blooded Anders. In fact in terms of genetics the twins should've been Ander's too but they weren't going to thrash out those specifics. Shaelyn was the next in line the spitting image of Severus so much so that even at seven she gave off an air of authority, Harry often pictured her as a small Ms. Wesley.

There was a small age break between her and her eldest younger brother Gabriel who sat in a quadruped carriage loudly protesting his confinement. Being all of five he felt he was old enough to walk with the other. Their second set of twins Leon and Noel watched their brother struggle with amusement, being three years old had its perks. Beside them sat the youngest of all Harry and Severus' spawn, little Fiamett at fourteen months old. Harry watched his family for a moment and sighed with contentment. Severus only smiled affectionately at the brats while awaiting the train and the rest of their adoptive family.

"Look you little monsters, Draco, Uncle Az, and Uncle Ron are here." He said a moment later as the aforementioned family members did indeed appear. Draco grinned as five small bodies came hurtling towards him. Ron and Az pulled their children aside to avoid the mauling. Draco's first child, his little princess Ione was starting Hogwarts this year too. She and the twins were quite close friends after all it had taken Ron, Az, and Draco six years to move out of Snape manor not that either Snape minded their presence but at the rate Harry insisted on children it was getting rather hard to have a quite moment. Though all of them came to visit regularly, Ione looked like Draco with the same proud features and the way she held herself. She had strawberry blonde hair and softer silver eyes but she'd also inherited her father's creature blood and was a veela too although her powers wouldn't begin to awaken until her sixteenth birthday.

Draco's second child, born between Az's first and second, was the little boy he'd been hoping for. As a pure blood he'd felt it was his duty to give Ron an heir and secretly he'd hoped to have a boy before Az. He'd been afraid that he wouldn't have another child though for quite a while as male veela's were notoriously picky about when their bodies would allow them to conceive. However he'd been lucky and had his little redheaded terror of a son Rueben four years after Ione. Az had a little girl two years after Ione and his second two months after Draco had Rueben. The eldest girl had Az's green eyes and Ron's red hair and freckles, Twyla also inherited her father's quick temper and his kelikan heritage. Her natural power over darkness had been fun to watch as Nauru and Ron strived to teach her to control it and stop disappearing in the shadows. Az's second daughter Camryn was a full blooded Ander with his hair and Ron's eyes, despite only being seven she was a very aware little girl and often called her parents out when they tried to avoid questions or give little white lies.

While Draco hadn't had anymore children Az had one more his little boy of three years old, Lewin. Their second kelikan child but his powers over the air was far less troublesome so far. Although Harry had thought there would be some conflict once Ron's mates started having children it only brought the two closer together which had turned out to be a good thing. Ron had been injured the field, he had gone on to pursue the aura career path, and the two kept each other from falling apart while they kept Ron in the magical mishap ward. Finally Harry had to laugh and call of his heard for fear they would suffocate his adoptive son. Mr. and Ms. Weasley had accompanied their son and grandchildren and they watched the children with pensive smiles.

"We should have another Arthur." Harry heard Ms. Weasley say and suppressed a grin at her husband's grimace. She then turned to Harry himself.

"How are you doing dear? All these active children and your surly husband treating you well?" she asked with a smile. He returned the smile as Zaki came back tugging on his robe and looking at Molly shyly. Harry picked him up,

"Say hello to Nana?" he said to the little one, Zaki was heavily reliant on talking through the link which worried Harry slightly. The little boy looked through his lashes,

"'Llo Nana." He said shyly and smiled a little.

"Hello dear, are you treating your papa right?" she replied with a smile but whether or not Zaki was going to reply was cut off by a loud piercing train whistle. The younger children shrieked along with the train while the others watched it pull in. Harry smiled and turned to locate Vera and Rave when he spotted Hermione and Naji with their only child Aric. Their little boy wasn't old enough for Hogwarts yet he still had three years to go so Harry presumed they'd come to see the others off. Although Naji would see them at Hogwarts as their potions professor, Severus had retired the year they saved Tom and remained quite happy as a potion supplier from his home lab. Vera had even assisted him many a time in making the easier potions for the hospital wing or other hospitals. Severus and the rest of the children would move into the Hogsmeade manor during the school year so that Harry could visit them and they could visit him. Families were encouraged to come visit their children these days at Hogwarts.

"Hey Harry, enjoying the chaos? Looking forward to when you can give them detention instead of grounding them?" Naji greeted chuckling. Harry grinned back,

"Of course, I also have to give Severus a detailed report on the sorting so he can make sure I don't tamper with the process and put them in Gryffindor." He said still casting his eyes about for the twins, now was not a good time for them to disappear.

"As if Raveal will be place in anything other than Slytherin I swear he's just like Sev with more energy sometimes. I bet Sev that his little princess will be placed in Ravenclaw though even though the twins have never been split up." He continued spotting them and excusing himself with a rueful grin. Severus spotted them and sighed with relief as Draco headed over too with Ione holding his hand. She would most likely end up with Raveal in Slytherin; Harry found himself almost whishing that Vera would be placed in Slytherin so she could be with her friends.

"All right you monsters," Harry said smirking at the twins, keeping a hold on Zaki who he was worried would follow his beloved older siblings on the train if he put him down. The twins made innocent faces as their trunks were loaded onto the train. Ione giggled at her cousin's actions.

"Get onto the train and behave yourselves. I will have no qualms about giving you both detentions should you act up." Harry said trying to look stern and failing when he enveloped them in a swift hug, squishing Zaki slightly. They smiled and agreed, saying brief goodbyes to everyone, which even with a quick hug or a wave took a good fifteen minutes. Smiling they boarded the train while Severus and Harry watched arm in arm.

"You're going to have a hell of a year Love." Severus commented dryly.

"No," Harry replied with a smile, "Their going to have a hell of a year." He continued watching the train disappears into the distance with a fond smile.

An. There we go the prologue/First chapter of the sequel to the Engagement Kiss (which if you haven't read go read now otherwise you'll be rather lost.) Sorry about the lengthy descriptiveness of it but I wanted to get everyone introduced even though for a while it'll focus on our new golden trio; Vera, Rave and Ione. So Stay Tuned for the Sorting, where'll they end up? =D My goodness it was a nightmare figuring out when all the children were born and how old they'd be. XD

PS all my links to my Deviantart and other sites are on my profile so take a look for those interested, hopefully today or tomorrow I'll post the picture of Az in his dress and the picture I drew today of Vera, Rave and Ione. =)