Okay so here is part two of my one shot and I hope that you've enjoyed the story so far. Though some might not because there is no action/fight scenes, but there's a reason it's called Peaceful Endings. For all of you that are big Ron fans I'm sorry, but this chapter may annoy you. I have never really liked Ron, but I tried not to make him or any other character out to be mean or stupid or anything. To put it simply, all three of the Golden Trio has been really busy after chapter one and thus, they haven't been able to be as close as they used to be to everyone. There we go that should clear things up a little... Or make you really confused. Read and enjoy! And this chapter has been edited!
Finale
Nine years later (September)
It had been nine years since Teddy's second birthday celebration. Nine years in which people only briefly met with the residents of Haven Manor, either the adults or the few children. Hermione had decided to stay and enjoy her time with her friends. She grew much closer with Cathleen, Draco and Cassiopeia than she ever was in school and solidified her bonds with Neville, Luna and George. Harry and her relationship quickly changed and old feelings rekindled for them both. Many changes had occurred for the adults. Changes that they didn't really notice, or changes that they thought could never happen.
Today was a very important day, especially for one little boy with teal hair. Four adults walked calmly through the crowd of Muggles towards Platform 9 3/4. A cart was being pushed by little Teddy, loaded down with a trunk and two animal cages. One by one they entered the barrier. Hermione took the cart from Teddy to push it over to a door to load it all onto the train, a small black cat on her shoulder. "Hurry daddy, hurry!" Teddy shouted, waving his hand around and nearly hitting one of the red heads that he had hurried over to.
Ron looked up from his three year old twins, Rose his daughter and Radha his son, to smile and wave at his friend. He frowned though when he saw Cathleen and Draco with him. "What are those two doing here?" He watched as George stepped around him to hug Cathleen. "When did you get so chummy with Loony's cousin?"
"That would be at the time when we became family you dimwit!" Cathleen snapped. She had never gotten along with Ronald Weasley. It was mainly because he always called Luna, Loony. In fact she never bothered to hide her dislike for him. Cathleen looked down at the two twins. Rose looked like her father and Radha had the dark skin and eyes of his mother Parvati Patil-Weasley. "Hey there, it's good to see you two again."
Draco ignored Cathleen's conversation with the three year olds to continue the conversation she had started/ended with Ron. "Two years ago my sister Cassi and your brother George got married. Or did you not realize that she was my sister?"
"Her last name was Black not Malfoy!"
"Draco and Cassi renounced the Malfoy name to take up their mother's maiden name. As the Black Head of House I allowed it. I was the one to walk Cassi down the aisle that day." Harry placed a hand on both of their shoulders. "Anyways Cat always got along with Forge and Gred... ops, Fred and George." George smiled at Harry for the comment.
"Alright then, where's your wife at George?"
"She's at work. She had an important case that she had to deal with." George looked behind Harry to see Hermione on her way over. "Where's Luna? I thought that she was going to come?"
Cathleen stood up to join back into the conversation. "She decided to stay home. Neville got an owl just after you left yesterday saying that he was needed at Hogwarts so she said that she'd watch the youngsters. Welcome back 'Mione."
Ron continued to stare at Cathleen and Draco. "You still haven't said why you're here. You didn't really know Remus or Tonks, so why come?"
"Oh for goodness sake Ronald! They both know Teddy and their godson also asked them to come with."Hermione stepped forward to hug Teddy. As soon as she released him a little boy about five latched onto Teddy in her place. "Teddy dear, James and I found you a compartment. I let Talbot out to fly to the castle and Shadow is keeping the compartment for you."
"You left the cat to save him a seat?" Harry leaned over and kissed Hermione's cheek. "That is so just like you."
Ron turned away at the loving moment. Although he does love his wife and new in-laws it was still hard to watch moments like that when it came to the woman that he had once loved and still did to a point. "So, this is little James huh? Haven't seen him in years." James, still holding onto Teddy, had brown eyes and slightly curly, short light brown hair. He was trying to get Teddy to sneak him onto the train and into Hogwarts. "What's it been, six years now since the two of you got married?"
"Eight years married come October." Harry wrapped an arm around Hermione's waist. "We have two more, Albus and Lily, at home with Luna and the other three that we all thought would try and sneak into Hogwarts or are too young to be out all day."
"You left them with Loon..." Ron quickly changed his words when he saw his friends' faces and Cathleen go for her wand, "with Luna?"
Hermione nodded, "the Manor is perfectly safe and should anyone get through the wards Luna is an amazing duelist and fighter if you remember right."
"We learned the hard way that these girls can be vicious." George chuckled as he remembered something. "Snatchers got in, hoping to get revenge. Draco took a stray spell and it was the girls who took down the group. Harry and Neville were out and I was acting as shield for the kids, so the girls got violent."
Cathleen leaned down and hugged Teddy, with James between them. "I want you to write to us as soon as you get to your dorms Teddy-Bear. We will want to know which lucky house got you. Though I still think that you'll be a Puff like your mum." Cathleen stood, prying James away at the same time.
"I promise that I'll write... though it may be tomorrow instead."
Hermione got another hug as she told him to keep Shadow safe or he'd be grounded. Draco snorted and leaned over towards Harry. "Yeah, keep the cat safe." He muttered sarcastically. This earned him and his best friend a punch in the arm from the intelligent Witch. "Yes do keep Shadow safe. You don't want your mummy to come to Hogwarts now do you?" Draco ruffled Teddy's teal hair and smiled down at the boy with love.
"Try not to get yourself killed by mummy or aunty Catty, okay uncy Aco?" Teddy couldn't help, but to have a little fun by teasing his uncle about the old name that he had once called him as a baby. Although he was a lot like his father he got a few quirks from his mum. Teddy, to show his appreciation of Draco, changed his hair to ear length white-blond. Next Teddy hugged Harry one last time before boarding the train. Everything that Harry had needed to say had been said the night before. The two of them had stayed up most of the night looking at pictures. Harry told him about his father and mum. The stories of all the mischief that happened; from the Marauders, to the Weasley Twins, and down to the Golden Trio. George, Ron, Hermione, Cathleen, Draco and the three kids all waved at the boy on the Hogwarts Express as it left at 11am exactly.
Eight years later (September)
"Dad, what if I am put in Slytherin?" A young boy with messy black hair and green eyes asked as he stood next to his kneeling father in Kings Cross Station.
Harry gave a small sigh, "Albus Severus Potter, you were named after two Headmasters of Hogwarts and one of them was a Slytherin. And he was, the bravest man I've ever known."
Albus sniffed, "but just say though I am."
"Then Slytherin will have gained a wonderful young wizard. But listen; if it really means that much to you, you can choose Gryffindor. The Sorting Hat does take your choice into account."
"If the Sorting Hat wants to put you into Slytherin then you'll have to deal with it you little munchkin." Cathleen leaned down to kiss the top of Albus's head. "That's your uncle's old house. Also you know better than to listen to Teddy and James's stories." Albus laughed and hugged his aunt tightly. "Look, we might not be blood... well be are, but we're not going into that right now because that would be a very long discussion on pure-blood relations that I am not getting into."
"But I'm not a pure-blood, neither is dad or mum," Albus looked at his father and mouthed 'crazy' to him.
"Now see here I am not crazy Albus, and we are related by blood because your grandpa James was a pure-blood. Anyways, Sev, you've got to understand that no matter the house, we'll love you anyways and you'll be a great Wizard." Albus smiled at his aunt's nickname for him. She was the only one allowed to call him it.
"Now, come along Albus, Harry, and Cathleen. We've got to get these three onto the train and say good-bye to the others." Hermione called back to the three of them.
"Ops, I forgot Draco was giving a similar talk to Scorpius. It might be best if I go and help him." Cathleen stood up straight and walked the few steps to her husband and son. "Hey Scorpius, you're not letting your father taint that cute little head of yours are you?"
"No mother," Scorpius laughed as he hugged his mother. He was a spitting image of Draco at the age of 11. Straight down to the slicked back hair. Though, already they had seen that he had his mother's love of adventure and pure kindness. Albus and Scorpius would always be wandering the woods in the middle of the night trying to find a new adventure. A few times they had even found it.
"I'd never taint our child's mind Cat," Draco kissed his wife and grinned when he saw his godson James run over and make a face at them. Hermione and Harry joined them soon enough while Rose talked with Albus, Lily, and Cedric; Cathleen and Draco's youngest. Scorpius went to join his family and year mates. They may not be in the same houses once they got to school, but they would be together no matter what. Albus and Scorpius would never leave each other, not when they were raised to be family.
"Guess what I just saw?!" James shouted when he was able to get everyone's attention onto himself. "Victoire and Teddy were snogging!"
"Let me guess, you interrupted them…" Cathleen stated calmly since she knew her godson well.
"I don't know where you get that from," Hermione said with a sigh.
"How come no one is as excited about this as I am?" James complained.
"Maybe because we've all known that they were dating…" Draco ruffled James's hair. "Now go and get on the train so we can be rid of you."
"You'll never be rid of me," James grinned as he ran off to go to one of the compartments. Rose watched her friend leave and tugged on Albus and Scorpius's sleeves. The three together followed James onto the train.
"Mummy, I want to go too!" Lily complained as she and Cedric walked back to their parents. Their little hands holding onto each other so as not to get lost. Or well, in Cedric's case, making sure that Lily couldn't run off to get onto the train. He was very proud that his family had given him a job to do today and he wasn't going to disappoint them. Not when he was so close to completing it.
"Not this year you little brats," Teddy jokes as he walked forward out of the crowd and picked Cedric up, much to the boy's annoyance. "But hey, you'll both get to go next year. Until then, I do believe you are stuck with me and the old folks."
"We're not that old," Draco snapped. Teddy grinned up to him and picked Cedric up.
"Of course not uncy Aco, only you and dad are." Even after all these years and knowing that Harry wasn't his father, Teddy still called him that. "Mum and aunty Cat are in their youth still." As though to show his point Teddy's eyes became the same hazel brown as Hermione's and Lily's and his hair grew to mid back, dark blond. Lily laughed as Cedric tried to spit Teddy's hair out of his face.
"I will hex you Teddy Lupin-Potter and don't you think that I won't." Cathleen threatened, pulling out her redwood wand. "Now turn around, wave goodbye to your family and then march on out of here so that we may be able to go home." Teddy did as told and Cathleen put her wand away with a smile, since they all knew that she would never hex Teddy. She leaned against Draco with her smile firmly on her face. Harry pulled Hermione to him, wrapping his left arm around her waist while taking Cathleen's hand in his right one. Lily smiled as Teddy picked her up so she could be seen waving goodbye as well.
"It gets harder, knowing that this is just another step in them leaving us." Harry watched the Hogwarts Express leave the station. "There's only two more of our own left."
"You talk as though the rest of them have already moved out for good Harry," Hermione laughed.
"They pretty much have."
"They're still in school Harry," Hermione slapped Harry's arm and grabbed a hold of Cathleen and Teddy. "Come on you two. Let's leave before the boys get emotional. There's hot cocoa waiting for us at home and a game of Quidditch too."
"I'm on dad's team!" Lily and Cedric called.
"Hmm, so it's the Potters vs. Blacks?" Cathleen asked.
"No, it's Lily, Ced, you, me and Teddy vs. Draco and Harry over there. Plus whoever else decides to join of course."
"Then we might have a chance of winning," Cathleen grinned. The teams were even in skill. Teddy and Cathleen having been on their own house teams while in school. Hermione, although a talented Witch, was terrible at flying, add on the other children and the two youngest gave their team an advantage. "Our own little shields."
"You are not using our children as shields against us again," Harry and Draco complained, following after their wives. Teddy walked ahead of them all grinning like crazy. His little 'siblings' chatting away in his arms. Harry smiled at his family. This was their peace. This was their happily ever after. No matter what, he wasn't letting anyone take it away from them.
