Disclaimer: I do not own Torchwood or Doctor Who, I do own all original elves.

Written for the Long Live Ianto Big Bang Round One.

This is the last chapter but I plan to revisit this universe again, a sequel is in the works. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, favourite and followed this story.

Chapter 21

Ten years later

It has been ten years since the prophecy came to pass and much has changed. The worlds of man and Elf are once again walking with one another, and have taken to learning what each other can offer the other.

The clear and convincing evidence provided by Jack and Ianto's loving relationship was the starting point of the changes. Jack and his team proved to the Elves that humans had changed over time and King Nostalion began to allow a few Elves to go through the magical barrier into man's world and judge for themselves. It wasn't an easy task; there was still much violence in man's world, but the Elves had hope that the kindness they saw in man's heart would soon replace the violence completely. Based on everything the Elves learned, they agreed to walk beside humans once again.

It took a few years for the leaders of mankind and Elves to come to an agreement, but one was finally reached. UNIT had agreed, under the advice of Brigadier General Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, to create a task force with the Elves and it had turned out to be a compete success. There were several of the races out in the universe that either respected or feared the Elves, and their presence on the Alien Task Force was a tremendous help in establishing peaceful relations with these new races. Having the willing partnership between Elf and human gave mankind the status they needed to create alliances they would need to some day travel the stars.

Jack and Ianto's relationship was truly the stuff of legend. Every day they fell more and more in love with one another, and while Jack would leave when the Doctor needed him, he always returned to Ianto and their two children. Their seven-year-old son, Eruadan, was Jack's mini-clone in looks but he had Ianto's attitude. One the other hand, their five-year-old daughter, Meldamiriel, was the complete opposite of her brother; her looks were all Ianto while her mannerism was all Jack.

It had been a wonderful shock when Ianto had pulled Jack aside and had shyly announced that he was pregnant with Eruadan, and the day his son was born was the happiest day of Jack's life. Two years later, Jack and Ianto had been thrilled when they discovered that Jack was carrying their daughter. When Ianto announced that he was once again pregnant and this time it was with twins, the celebration's lasted for days.

Suzie had assumed Jack's position as the head of Torchwood, but after a near-death experience in which Tosh nearly lost her life, she and Suzie decided to leave Torchwood behind. They accepted an offer from Nostalion and Calanon to teach the Elf children all about human technology. They were fortunate enough to adopt two orphaned Elf children whose parents had been killed in the last war. There six-year-old boy, Arbellason, and his twin sister, Beriadanwen, were the lights of Tosh and Suzie's lives.

Andy remained in his position as Ianto's bodyguard for a few more years until his own marriage to Rhys. During their ceremony, he willingly made the decision to give up his immortality and live a mortal life with his husband. Rhys had fallen in love with the beauty of the Elf world and together, they built a small but comfortable home on the lands that Nostalion and Calanon awarded to Andy for his many years of loyal service.

Owen had returned to man's world after Jack and Ianto's wedding. Rhiannon went with him where her Elf healing skills were a great help to Torchwood. When Suzie and Tosh retired, Owen became the leader of Torchwood, and he discovered that having Rhiannon at his side made him seem much more human and approachable to his employees.

Unlike her brother, Ianto, Rhiannon had insisted on maintaining Elf traditions, and her engagement to Owen had lasted twelve months. Jack had greatly enjoyed watching Owen suffer through one full year without sex, because everyone knows, a sexually frustrated Owen was a great source of amusement for everyone. They had yet to have children mainly due to the dangers that Torchwood brought, but Owen was training a successor. He and Rhiannon had been talking about returning to the Elf world and starting a family of their own.

The Doctor had earned not only Manwathiel's wrath but also Francine's when he snatched Martha away for a trip that ended with them being married. Before anyone had a chance to recover from that shocking news, Martha announced that she was with child. Exactly nine months after her wedding night, Martha was safely delivered of a little girl whom they named Indilwen. It brought a tear to the Doctor's eye when Martha told him that the name of their child was the Elfish name for Susan.

It was pure luck on the Doctor's part when Jack's ex, John Hart, stopped by to cause trouble. No one could believe it when he ended up staying for good after falling head over heels for Martha's super scary bodyguard, Manwathiel, or Kathy as she goes by now. The Doctor was thrilled with the relationship because it meant instead of him being the one to receive Kathy's dead threats, those were now reserved exclusively for the Elf's lifemate only.

Idhrenniel and Calathiel doted on the children and were happily teaching them how to cause all types of mischief. Nostalion and Calanon adored being grandfathers to all their grandchildren, including the adopted children whom they treated exactly the same as the others.

After losing Rhys, the one man she really did love, and having her hopes of ever being with Jack permanently dashed, Gwen became reckless. Her behaviour impacted not only her job but also her love life, often with disastrous consequences. The team tried their best to help her but Gwen refused all of their overtures; she was firmly on the road to self-destruction.

They all knew if something wasn't done and soon, her actions would get her killed. Unfortunately, there was an even stronger chance that she would get one of her team-mates or an innocent civilian injured or killed.

Before they could do anything about her behaviour, Gwen took matters into her own hands. When the Rift unexpectedly brought three refugees from the 1950s Gwen struck up a romance with the pilot, Diane. Deciding that she had a better life in the past, Diane left, flying the plane back through the Rift, and Gwen went with her. It was the last time anyone saw either woman and no matter how hard they looked, they never found out what happened to them.

In the gardens of the royal palace…

Jack let out a deep sigh of happiness as he wrapped his arms around his heavily pregnant Ianto. Ianto leaned into Jack's strong body gratefully; carrying twins was exhausting work, but he only had a few weeks left until his due date. Jack gently scratched his husband's belly; they'd discovered that it had a soothing effect on both Ianto and the babies. Ianto gave a contented sigh and closed his eyes, leaning his head back on Jack's shoulder.

"Have I told you lately how much I love you?" Jack murmured as he nuzzled the tiny scar left from the bite mark he placed there ten years ago, the night he claimed Ianto as his eternal mate.

Ianto nestled happily into Jack's arms as they watched their children chase his fathers around. "I know, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy hearing it, just like I don't mind telling you every day that I love you just as much." Ianto tilted his head back, silently asking for a kiss which Jack was all too willing to give.

Two thousand years ago Saeldur foresaw the destined love story of an Elf prince and an immortal man, but not even he could have predicted just how strong Jack and Ianto's love story would actually be.

The End.