Present Day

There was a large group gathered on the beautiful August afternoon in the expansive gardens of Malfoy Manor. In a few days several of those gathered would be heading back to Hogwarts for the coming school year, some as students and others as professors at the prestigious school.

Lucius Malfoy stood on the second floor balcony off the library watching as his guests, friends and family enjoyed themselves in the summer sun. There were times it was hard for him to believe just how far they had come in the years since the war had ended. At times it was still hard for him to believe that his missing son had been returned to him in the hours after the Final Battle, even though it had been eleven years. Eleven years that had been hard on all of them, but despite the hardships they had been good years. He and his wife now had six grandchildren with another on the way and one adopted grandchild.

His eyes drifted over to where his youngest daughter was holding court amongst her friends, looking so much like Draco had at that age. Liliana Grace, called Lily, had surprised the Wizarding World when she had been Sorted at Hogwarts as a First Year. The Sorting Hat had pronounced her a 'Slythindor' rather than place her in one House. Harry had been delighted, telling his baby sister that he was glad that he wasn't the only one to ever wear the crests of two Houses. The night of her Sorting, class schedules had been arranged so that the first years of Gryffindors and Slytherins shared all of their classes. Lily had also been given a bed in both dorms and she moved between the two Houses easily. It had been her influence, and that of her older much brothers, that had gone a long way to reversing the old rivalries between the two Houses. She would be entering her final year at Hogwarts as Head Girl.

Lucius' youngest son, Regulus Sirius, was walking around the edge of the garden with his young girlfriend, Katie Snape. They seemed to be in deep discussion about something. Lucius had, and yet hadn't, been surprised when Reg had been sorted into Hufflepuff as a first year. Of all of his children Reg was the most patient and fair-minded. He had tried out for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team as a First Year, and like his brother Harry before him, had made the team. However, he had refused to unseat the Seventh Year who played Keeper, instead requesting to be made the Reserve Keeper. He had later been named Captain as a Fourth Year. Reg had received several offers to play professional Quidditch, but had turned them all down to take an apprenticeship with the wandmaker Ollivander, who had become a close friend of the family over the years. He had just finished his first year of apprenticeship.

After a couple of years of watching his friends and fellow students pair off into couples, Reg had gone to his godsister Katie and had asked her who she Saw in his future. The young Seer had refused to tell him, instead going to speak to her parents. With their encouragement and words of advice, she finally told him that she had Seen herself in his future. And even though she was just starting her Sixth Year, they were already making plans to marry as soon as she graduated from Hogwarts when she would also join him as an apprentice to Ollivander.

The summer after her third year his oldest daughter, Aurora Isabelle, had requested and been granted permission to stay at Hogwarts over the summers with her godfather in order to take extra classes. She had taken and passed her N.E.W.T.'s in every subject that Hogwarts taught. The only person who had even come close to this was Hermione Granger, who had gotten her N.E.W.T.'s in every subject except Divination. Now she worked from her home working with the professors at Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, Durmstrang and Salem to rewrite out of date textbooks. This allowed her to stay home with her toddler son with her husband, Corbin Diggory, who was a cousin of Cedric Diggory. They were also expecting her second child.

His gaze traveled to where his best friend, Severus Snape, stood talking to Narcissa, Camille and Minerva McGonagall. After three years as Headmistress, Minerva had decided that she no longer wanted to be Headmistress and had resumed her old position as Deputy Headmistress. This had pushed Severus back into the role of Headmaster, something he had actually been quite good at. Severus had then moved his wife and children into Hogwarts. He had continued to teach N.E.W.T. level Potions and Defence classes for a couple years while Harry and Draco had adjusted to their new roles as professors. Young Katie had been Sorted into Slytherin and Gabriel would be attending Hogwarts as a First Year.

Lucius watched as Gabriel joined Teddy Lupin in teasing the third member of their little trio, Libby Weasley. Victoria Weasley, daughter of Bill and Fleur Weasley, was, as usual, tagging along and being ignored. The two oldest Weasley grandchildren still had another year before they would be old enough to attend Hogwarts. It wasn't that the threesome meant to ignore Victoria , but they spent all year together at Hogwarts where they lived with their parents. Teddy had been adopted at the age of three by Harry. He would be starting his second year as a Gryffindor like his father and godfather.

As planned Harry, Draco, Hermione Granger-Weasley and Neville Longbottom had spent two years in a Muggle University taking classes in education before returning to Hogwarts as professors. Neville had taken over the Herbology classes while Hermione had started teaching Muggle Studies. She had also started a new class for first year students who had been Muggle-raised like Harry and herself. Harry took over Defense Against the Dark Arts and Draco had taken over Potions.

When they returned to Hogwarts Minerva and Severus decided to turn over their Head of House duties to their younger colleagues and had come up with an unusual solution. Harry would pull double duty as Head of House for both of his Houses. He would be sharing the Head of House responsibilities for both Houses; he would be sharing duties with Hermione for Gryffindor and with Draco for Slytherin. This would allow all three of the young professors time to devote to their young families.

Lucius looked down when a small hand slipped into his to see his grandson Scorpi standing beside him. If Lucius were to admit to a favorite grandchild, he would have to say that Scorpius was his favorite…not that he would admit to it. "Hey there, buddy." He lifted the six-year-old up into his arms. Scorpi looked like his father, but his personality was more that of his uncle.

Scorpi rested his head on his grandfather's shoulder, snuggling into the strong arms that held him. "Show me G'amma's picture book…" he whispered.

"Grandma's picture book, huh?" Lucius asked, carrying the boy back into the library.

"I want a story too," Scorpi told him.

"Pictures and a story," Lucius replied, sitting in his favorite chair and summoning the photo album that Narcissa had been putting together for years. He flipped open the album to the first page, which contained only two photographs. One of the photographs was a picture of Harry, Ron and Hermione during the heat of the Final Battle. It had been the last picture that Colin Creevey had ever taken of Harry. His camera had been found during the cleanup of Hogwarts and his parents had insisted on giving the photograph to Lucius and Narcissa. The other was the photograph that had been used on the cover of a Witch Weekly magazine. It had been taken during that years Quidditch World Cup when Harry and Draco had faced off in a mock duel. It was the first picture that had been taken of them once they had both been told they were brothers.

"A story Grandpa," Scorpi insisted.

Lucius smiled down at the boy. "Alright…a story. It all started the Christmas after Libby's first birthday…"