"In the End" by Ida Maria
Thank you so much to everyone who's stayed with me 'til the very end. Thank you for all your support. I'll miss Leia.
Some time later...
Leia Allen-Grey and Eugene Grey-Allen were running late, as they were every year. Dragging a fourteen year-old and a twelve year-old to platform 9 3/4 was always an ordeal. Calliope and Yossarian were simultaneously the greatest and most annoying children on the planet. Calliope decided to start packing for a year at Hogwarts last night, and she didn't bother to buy three of her school books because "potions, muggle studies, and divination are crazy boring." Eugene made a run to Diagon Alley late last night even though Leia suggest that they just let her fail. Yossarian at the last moment decided he didn't want to go to Hogwarts and outside the train station it took fifteen minutes of Leia and Eugene convincing him that he wasn't talented enough to join a circus. That was a lie of course, because what circus wouldn't take a their child?
But they finally arrived in one piece.
Leia held Calliope shoulders and looked her square in the eye.
"What did you forget?"
"Towels."
"Calliope, you're existence has brought be joy every day since your birth and I love you, but you do this every goddamn year. Last year it was underwear. Year before socks. This year will be different. I'm not sending you any Goddamn towels."
"Good. I don't want them. I'll drip-dry." Calliope said rolling her eyes.
"Whatever. Just remember what are boys?"
Calliope rolled her eyes.
"The scum of the planet, except for my brother and father."
"Correct. I love you. Don't be dumb."
Leia hugged her and then turned to her son.
"If I get a call from someone that you've run away from school to join a circus, I will hunt you down and kill you."
"Don't worry, I couldn't run that far." Yossarian said.
Leia laughed and hugged her son.
"I love you. Be sweet."
"Okay, bye Mom."
Eugene hugged his daughter and said he'd send towels as soon as they got home. He then hugged his son and told him to be strong. Calliope and Yossarian walked towards the train with all of their things.
Leia saw that Draco and Astoria were giving similar last moment advice to Scorpius, the spitting image of his father. Ron and Hermione, Harry and Ginny, and various others were saying their heartfelt goodbyes before they're children ran off to find their friends. Scorpius found Calliope. They entered the train together.
"If Calliope ends up dating Scorpy I fucking will kill you." Leia said to Draco after the train had departed.
"First of all, it's not my fault if Scorpius received the dashing good looks of his father. Second of all, no child of mine would ever go for a hoodlum like Calliope."
"Well, first if he did get your looks, he's not going to age well. Second, it's not my fault my daughter annoyingly picked up my genes for social disorder. Your son's obviously just attracted to independent and outspoken young women."
"You let her get a nose piercing at fourteen? She looks like she could beat me up. And what's with Yo-yo's hair?"
"She can take it out when she turns twenty-seven, and she could definitely beat you up. And Yossarian asked specifically for a bowl cut. I think he thought he would look more like the Beatles and less like a twelve year old."
Draco laughed.
"How long are you in town?" Draco asked.
"Few more days, there's some pre-fashion week stuff I have to do here and then we'll go back. Then Gene has some publishing stuff to do."
"Have you eaten breakfast?" Astoria asked Leia.
"No, I am starving." Leia said turning to Eugene.
"Let's get a waffle." Eugene said.
They all walked out together laughing.