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Dinomus: Of course the next chapter is NOT the last. I gotta have an epilogue. DUH! Haha. I may have two or three chapters after this. I'll see what I can do.

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Chapter Fourteen

Reunited

Suddenly, the Death Eaters all stopped fighting as they felt something. Something wrong. They felt something on their forearms. Right where the mark of their allegiance was. Then they knew. Their master was dead. He had been defeated. All of his followers dropped their wands. Surrendering. Clinks were heard as their wands dropped to the stone ground of the Hogwarts courtyard. The giants all stopped once they saw that their allies had frozen. It took the Order, the French, and the Scandinavians a few moments to realize what was happening. When they realized that they had won, there was a big cheer and whoops in the air. Several people raised their wands into the air and great bursts of light erupted and shot into the sky. Centaurs nodded to their kinsmen, congratulating each other on holding it out until the end.

Lily jumped into her husband's arms. Happy sobs flowing down her cheeks. "Oh, James! Harry did it! He did it!"

"Yes, he did." He captured her lips with his and they had a long-awaiting kiss.

Neville and Ginny were involved in the same actions, as were Luna and Ron. Every couple that was on the battlefield hugged and kissed. Glad to be rid of these dark days once and for all. The remaining Death Eaters and giants were sent to Veritas to be interrogated. Many of the fighters walked around to tend to the wounded. Madam Pomfrey, a Healer at St. Mungo's who was previously employed at Hogwarts seventeen years before, was there and opened up the Hogwarts Hospital Wing immediately to tend to the wounded. Many other trained Healers rushed to her aid to help. There was a portrait of the first Medi-Witch of Hogwarts on the Ground Floor that opened up immediately and stayed open to allow the wounded to get to the Hospital Wing corridor without having to climb all of the stairs.

A few moments later, Dennis Creevey noticed two figures in the distance. He pointed and cried out, "Look! Over there!" The people who heard him followed his gesturing finger and gasped as they saw Harry Potter and Hermione Granger walking toward the damaged covered bridge. Harry aimed his wand at it and it immediately began to repair itself to become good as new. Everyone gasped. It would have taken at least fifteen minutes and at least ten average wizards to repair it. Harry had fixed it in a flourish and with no effort. Hand-in-hand, Harry and Hermione began to walk across the bridge toward them. When they saw Lily and James, they broke into a run and launched themselves in their arms. "Mum! Dad!" There was a large applause from the fighters.

"Oh, son! I'm so proud of you!" Lily whispered in her son's ear. Hermione gave James a daughterly hug. And then they switched. "The both of you!" Lily added as she hugged Hermione, who smiled at the compliment. Both she and Lily were in tears.

"Where is she?" Hermione asked as she stepped back from Lily's embrace. Lily knew who she was talking about and smiled, running a finger down a cut on Hermione's cheek. Her finger smeared with a little blood. "We don't know where she is. Let's search the castle. Don't worry, dear. We'll find her."

Most of the Aurors had it all covered with bringing in the dead to the Great Hall and bringing the wounded to the Hospital Wing. Since Harry and Hermione did not know the layout of the castle, Lily and James went with them instead of splitting up. The Lupins and the Blacks offered to search other parts of the castle and would send a patronus their way if the others had found her.

Luna stood out in the hall as her beloved was in the Hospital Wing with his family. She didn't want to go in as there were already so many people in there. It was Ron's brother that was on the brink of dying. Fred. And Luna just hoped he was okay. She and Ron had fought side by side throughout the whole thing. The whole Battle. And she knew she would do it again in a heartbeat.

The door opened and Ron walked out with a relieved smile on his face. "He's going to be fine," he told her. "We got him here just in time to stop the bloodflow and put more blood in him. He's resting."

Luna launched herself in his arms. "Oh, Ron! I'm so happy." She kissed his cheek.

"We've fought valiantly, haven't we?"

"Yes, we did, Ronald."

"I have a question to ask you." Ron shoved his hand into his pocket, breaking the thread that he had sewed it shut to keep its treasure from falling out. "You have always been by my side. 'Til the end. The very end. There's something I've never told you. When we were just kids, about six or seven years old, we ran through my family's wheat field. I chased you. We were laughing and giggling like mad. My whole life my mum taught me to be cautious and wary of others. But when I chased you, I felt...happy. Like butterflies were erupting from me. I had finally caught you and we both fell to the ground. And we laughed even harder. What you don't know is that that was the moment that I fell in love with you.

"These were dark days we were going through and yet, I found the light in my life in you. So, Luna Evanna Lovegood..." He took the ring into his hand and slipped it out of his pocket. He backed away from her a few steps and knelt down on one knee, making her gasp in shock. He held up the ring that had been safely secured in his pocket since that morning up to her. "...will you marry me?"

"Yes!" she shrieked immediately, grinning and laughing. Ron laughed as well and stood up to slide the ring on her finger. It was a perfect fit. She looked up into his blue eyes. And he looked into hers.

And their lips met.

The Potters and Hermione made their way to the Heads' Tower as quickly as they could. They didn't know what condition their little girl might be in. It was likely she could be hurting. Or starving. Or scared. Or even dead. But they tried not to think of that last one. "Would she be here?" Hermione asked as they approached Heads' Tower.

"It's most likely she'd be here," James answered, feeling very nostalgic as they stood in front of the portrait of a pale-looking woman with red hair. She was wearing a long, black dress with half-moons on them and a matching hat.

When she noticed her new company, she recognized the elder Potters immediately. "James! Lily! It's wonderful to see you after all these years! I remember when you two inhabited my Common Room."

"It's great to see you, too, Damara," Lily replied sweetly. "We're looking for a little girl. A toddler to be exact. She had green eyes and brown hair."

"Oh, yes," Damara replied sadly. "The way they treat her..." She shook her head, hesitating a bit. As if it was too painful to say these words. "She cries nonstop. They don't give her much attention. Little Miss is inside and up the stairs in the Head Boy's dorm." She swung open and the four ran inside.

"Thank you!" Hermione cried as she and Harry led the way up the stairs, taking two at a time. "HOLLY!" She threw the door open and immediately looked for her little girl. She spotted an old crib and watched as a tiny figure turned its head and looked at her. What came out of her mouth shocked all four of them. They couldn't believe it...

"Mama. Dada."

Hermione's eyes filled with tears as she looked at Holly. Her baby. Her little girl. Her daughter. Holly lifted herself up as best as she could as Hermione rushed over to the crib. "Holly!" The skinny toddler lifted her arms up for Hermione to pick her up. That's exactly what she did. "Mama!" The little girl wrapped her tiny arms around Hermione's neck and laying her head down on her right shoulder, not letting go. Harry, who had tears falling down his cheeks as well, stood next to Hermione's shoulder where Holly was. When she caught sight of him, her grin got larger. "Dada!"

"Oh, Holly. We've missed you so much, baby girl!" he stroked her soft brown curls and kissed her forehead gently. She grabbed his index finger that was running through her hair in her tiny hand and held it tightly. Just like she had done when they had first taken her. Lily and James let the small, thrown-together family have their moment and then reunited themselves with Holly. She cooed as she saw her grandparents. Lily kissed the little girl's temple and stroked her curls.

James sent his stag Patronus to the Blacks and the Lupins, telling them they had found the child. Remus had sent one back of his wolf Patronus telling them that Kingsley had sent him one, telling him that they were getting a group together to infiltrate and take back the Ministry.

Remus also said that there was to be a mandatory Order meeting the Great Hall in ten minutes.

TBC...

Yeah, I know it was short but I haven't updated in a few months. Sorry. College has been stressing. Pleez forgive me! Well, the family is reunited. Luna and Ron are engaged. Yay! Now for the aftereffects of the war and taking the rest of the Wizarding World back.

Stay tuned.

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