A/N: I know that it has been forever since I last posted, and I know that such a short chapter doesn't make up for it, but I didn't want to leave it open any longer and decided that it would be best to bring it to a close. Perhaps in the future I will lengthen it, but I hope it doesn't give you a bad view of the story as a whole.

I am entirely grateful for everyone who has stuck with me through this roller coaster ride. Thank you to everyone who review, alerted and favoured.

I hope you enjoy it! xxx

Chapter Sixteen: The ending

The next five months passed without a problem. It was now the middle of June and Hermione was having problems with calming her child down. Over the past few weeks she had really cut down on everything that she did and had stopped running around like a headless chicken for her husband when he had too much work to do. She was starting to wish that her child would show its face to the world, as was Severus.

And after twelve hours of labour, little Athena Eileen Snape joined the world at 0625. Both Hermione and Severus were ecstatic and their family to as more so.

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Eleven years later and Hermione and Severus were seeing their eldest daughter, Athena off onto the Hogwarts Express with little Minerva junior (seven years old) and little Maria Anne Snape (four years old) are their sides.

Everything had planned out for everyone, even grandma Min and grandpa Al.

The End...