A/N: So this is it... the journey of the When the Day Met the Night sequel is over. Thank you guys so much for all the love and support for this story. I'm so glad that you guys liked this story and When the Day Met the Night. For those of you following The Serpent, the Lioness, and the Dog, there's still a few more chapters to post and then that one will be done as well. But like I said, I've got another story being written right now so you'll hear from me again very soon. Also, I'm still getting reviews saying that they can't access the links to the dresses; Fanfiction doesn't allow readers to copy and paste (with good reason) from stories so my recommendation is just to type out the link in a separate tab and hopefully it will take you where the dresses are. Sorry I can't help more than that, guys, but that's the best thing I can suggest. Thank you again for all your kind words. You are the best readers a girl could ask for!
Tallyho!
Chapter 12: The End
The rest of the semester passed semi-uneventfully (the boys still pulled their weekly pranks, of course) but the next thing everyone knew, the school year was over and summer vacation had begun (to everyone's joy).
Back at the Manor, the Malfoy children were sitting in the kitchen sharing various stories with their parents while Draco picked grapes off the plate that Hermione had just laid out for everyone.
"I'm so excited for our Quidditch game this summer!" Myrna said. "Bass and I made a point to get some extra practice in this year and we're totally gonna crush James and Ben!"
"I'm pretty sure snogging under the Quidditch pitch doesn't count as practice, Minnie," Scorpius interjected.
Draco nearly choked on the grape that he had been eating and Hermione just chuckled and shook her head. Myrna stared at her brother in disbelief, trying to hide her embarrassment that she and Bass had been caught. "You- I- Scorp's in love with Claire!" she yelled.
It was Scorpius' turn to choke on his drink while Gemma's face lit up. "I knew it!" she exclaimed.
"I am NOT!" Scorpius defended, a light blush growing on his cheeks.
"Uh huh. Sure you're not. And I'm sure you also didn't ask Claire to help you study for your O.W.L.S. this summer even though you know mum's study plan she has for you is going to have you beyond prepared."
"Claire's a smart girl! Maybe she'll have pointers that mum might miss!"
Hermione stared at her son incredulously. "I resent that!" she exclaimed.
"Sorry, mum," Scorpius said. "But I am NOT in love with Claire!"
Gemma smirked. "Keep telling yourself that, brother-mine."
He stuck his tongue out at her. "Oh you think you're in the clear, do you? Did you tell mum and dad about how you've been trying to get Harrison Jenner to change his views? You know he's a lost cause!"
Gemma rolled her eyes. "No one is ever a lost cause."
"Harrison Jenner… isn't that the boy you punched, Scorp?" Draco interjected. Scorpius nodded and Hermione looked to her youngest daughter.
"Are you really trying to get him to change his views, love?"
Gemma nodded. "And, contrary to popular belief, it's already working. He thinks that the wall he keeps up is impenetrable but I'm already seeing some cracks." Scorpius rolled his eyes. "Just you wait, brother-mine," she said. "By the time Harrison graduates, that boy will be a changed person because he'll have seen that he's wrong."
Draco chuckled and smiled at his little girl. "I must admit, Gem, that I admire your optimism. I only hope that you're right about that Jenner boy."
"Don't worry, daddy. I am," she said, confidently. He smiled at her then looked to her twin. "Ezra," he said, noting how his youngest son had stayed quiet throughout the discussion. "Do you have anything to share that your mother and I should know about?"
Ezra peaked up from his book to find both parents staring at him with an eyebrow raised. He lowered the book and scratched the back of his head. "Uh, well, I may or may not have flooded the Slytherin dorm bathrooms during our prank war."
"THAT WAS YOU?!" Scorpius exclaimed.
Myrna laughed and high fived her youngest brother. "I didn't know that! Right on, little brother!"
"Albus helped," he admitted.
Hermione shook her head. "Anything else?"
He hesitated. "I shaved dad's mustache off."
"WHAT?!" Draco exclaimed. A year earlier, Draco had decided it was time for something new and grew a mustache. All four kids and Hermione hated it but he was stubborn and kept it until one morning, he woke to find it gone. He asked Hermione if she had shaved it off during the night and she had told him no but convinced him otherwise when he considered growing it out again. As it turns out, Ezra snuck in one night and very carefully shaved his father's mustache off, much to the relief of his siblings and mother. "Actually, now that I think about it, that does seem like something you would do," Draco observed.
Ezra chuckled nervously and looked at his watch. "Oh, look at the time! I think it's time we head over to Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny's, don't you guys think?" he suggested to his siblings, not-so-secretly telling them to get out before any other secrets got spilled.
Myrna nodded and began to shuffle everyone out of the kitchen. "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," she said quickly. "We'll just head over early and see you guys there later!" she said to her parents.
"Bye!" all four kids said before running out of the kitchen.
Draco and Hermione chuckled at their children and turned to each other. He wrapped his arms around her waist and she threw her arms around his neck. "You sure you didn't put Ez up to shaving off my mustache?"
She laughed and shook her head. "No, but I'm starting to wish I had."
He rolled his eyes and leaned in to kiss her but it was cut short when a yell echoed through the house. "MUM! Tell Scorp to get off me!" Myrna yelled.
"She started it!" Scorpius yelled back.
Draco chuckled and kissed his wife quickly before going with her to break up whatever wrestling match broke out between their children this time.
The End
