It was bittersweet to watch him go. He will be among friends, his brother, his cousins, but not at home. It was hard two years ago with James, but to see it play out with Albus was just as painful. And to think in two more years, it'll be Lily. That thought scared Harry to death.

But that was the future. Today is supposed to be a joyous occasion. Harry looked as Albus and Rose were waving from their compartment with sparks and mini-fireworks (provided proudly by Weasley's Wizard Weezes) in the background. They were going to have the time of their life. Harry just wished that their time there would be more peaceful than his own.

"Daddy, are you alright?" said a voice from below. It was Lily, who was the spinning image of her mother. She saw her father as strong and invulnerable who would be able to take on any challenge. Seeing Harry with a tear in his eye was very rare. Usually if someone dies it happens but not many other times besides then.

Harry smiled at his daughter. "I'm fine sweetie. Go on and play with Hugo. I'm going to go talk with Uncle Ron and Aunt Mione'."

Harry walked closer to his two best friends, who themselves were getting a little teary eyed. "Alright there guys?"

"More or less." Hermione said.

"Does it ever get any easier?" asked Ron.

"It's not as bad if they go back, but it was just as hard seeing Albus go as it was seeing James off for the first time." Harry glanced over at Lily and Hugo. "Hey Hermione, you don't happen to know of a potion that permanently stops aging do you?"

Hermione smirked. "Sorry Harry, but nothing like that exists. You'll just have to deal with grey hairs yourself."

A panicked look appeared on Harry's face. "Grey hair?! I don't have any grey hairs, do I Ginny?" Ginny looked like she was going to fall over with laughter, but managed to contain herself, even with her amused expression on her face. "Ginny?!"

"It's not that bad Harry. Just a few gray strands sticking out in the back is all."

"That's the worst place to get it!" Harry yelled. "That's it. When I get home I'm cutting them off."

"I wouldn't Harry" Ron Warned. "Cut them out and more will come in their place. Kind of like a hydra. Bill learned that the hard way."

"Don't worry about it Harry," said Hermione. "You can't even notice it. We were just taking the mickey out of you."

Harry calmed down a bit. "Don't do that to me. You know I'm self-conscious about grey hair."

"Yes because grey hair is the first thing Aurors should worry about," Ginny joked.


After the train departed, the four dropped Lily and Hugo off at the Burrow and made their way to Diagon Alley to grab a bite to eat at the leaky cauldron. Teddy still had a couple of hours left off from Auror training, so he came along. They sat down at a table and ordered their food. "So Teddy," Harry started. "How long have you and Victoire been… you know."

Teddy nearly choked on his pumpkin juice. "How did you figure out that we were dating?"

"James." Harry and Ginny said together.

Teddy let out a sigh. "I should've know that little bugger would say something. We started dating around November of my seventh year. It was a Hogsmeade weekend and, well, it just kinda happened you know."

"I see. Took long enough, I'd say. You and Victoire have always been close. Just remember how I taught you to treat women."

Teddy had an evil smirk on his face. "Something about 69, right?"

Ron was roaring laughter but Hermione and Ginny were shocked by what they just heard. "HARRY JAMES POTTER, YOU DID NOT!" they yelled in horror.

Harry paled at the fury of his best friend and wife. "I swear to Merlin I never brought that up," he defended. Then he glared at Teddy. "My question is how did you know about that?"

"Harry, I'm going to be 20 years old in a few months. I think by now I would've found out." Hermione and Ginny calmed down noticeably but they still couldn't believe that Teddy would bring something like that up at the table. "There is one thing I want to know, Harry. How did you ask Ginny to marry you?"

Harry had a knowing smile on his face. "I never did tell you that story, did I. Well it was during Ginny's last year at Hogwarts. I had the day off, so I went to the Burrow and asked Arthur for his blessing to ask her, which he gave me without hesitation.

"Then I knew I needed a ring, so I went to the jeweler. I found a beautiful ring with an emerald as a stone. I knew she loved the color of my eyes, which everyone compared to emeralds, and I knew she wanted to be on the Harpies which had green robes, so I thought it was perfect.

"I knew I wanted the proposal to be special. Proposing on a beach or a ring in a glass of champagne is nice, but I knew I could do better. So on Hogsmeade weekend, Ginny was expecting to see me in front of The Three Broomsticks." Harry sent a smile at Ginny knowing she'd want to tell the rest.

"But instead of Harry," Ginny continued, "I saw his Patronus, Prongs. He started to prance away, so I followed him. He led me up to a hill where I saw writing in the snow. It said, "Harry + Ginny," with Harry's name in Green and my name in red, except for the dot in the i. It was green and shining like a galleon in the sunlight. So I picked it up, and it was an emerald ring. Then I heard a pop, and Harry was right in front of me on one knee."

"And I said, "Ginny, the entire year I was away from you was torture. I would look at the Marauder's Map and look at your name just to see if you were alright because I wasn't able to be there for you. Now that it is all over, I don't want to be apart from you anymore. Ginevra Molly Weasley, will you marry me?"

"Whipped," Ron coughed.

"Ron, shut it." Hermione scolded.

"Yes dear."

"And I said, "Harry, since I was three, I've always wished to marry you. My mind hasn't changed one bit since then. Of course I will marry you."

Harry faced Teddy again. "And that's how it happened. Why do you ask?"

Teddy's hair turned a pastel red. "Well, uh, you see, I kinda wanted an idea because, well, I'm planning on asking Victoire too marry me."

Ginny and Hermione got out of their seats to engulf Teddy in a hug. "Oh Teddy that's wonderful news!" Ginny squealed.

Harry had a great grin on his face as well, but Ron had a bit of a serious look on his. "Hold on one second. I need to make sure this boy is right for our Victoire."

"Ron, what are you talking-" Hermione started before being interrupted by Ron.

"No Hermione. I need to know that my niece isn't marrying someone who's not worthy of her." Ron stared at Teddy with his fist against his mouth as if he was in deep thought. He stayed like this for a good 30 seconds before breaking out into a huge grin. "You have my blessing, but you still need Bill's. I'm sure that won't be much of a problem."

Teddy was about to say something, but then everyone heard a loud crash from outside the pub. Harry and Ron silently nodded at each other as they went to go investigate.

They exited the pub and found a man who fell and knocked over the rubbish bins. "Sir, are you alright?" Harry asked picking him up, but then he saw his face. He looked exactly like Harry, scar and all.

As soon as the other man looked at Harry, he embraced him in a hug. "Father, It is you."