A/N if you are wondering where the chapter title is from, it's from the season four finale of Doctor Who. It's from the quote, 'this song is ending but the story never ends'. I really love that quote and i wanted to have something like that but not something cliche like this is just the beginning (watch that be the end chapter for the sequel). well here is our epilogue / sequel arc / final chapter. i hope you guys enjoy this chapter and excuse all errors and look out for that sequel which is coming sometime in the future. I'm going shut up now... ENJOY!

Everything was calm for awhile. It wasn't a long while but it was long enough for Annabelle to appreciate it. When she awoke for the first time, it was bright, very bright but it was always warm like a small blanket wrapped around her. She wanted to curl up in the warmth but when she moved her body ached. There was so much pain around her, the warmth was gone, there was only pain. Anna closed her eyes before opening again to see the light gone and the pain was still there just not as much. Annabelle sat up and looked at her surroundings, it was raining and she was back in the hospital.

The room was only light by the candles that hung from wall which was dimmed so that people could sleep. She looked around to see two another people laying the other beds in the room. It was Margo and Rose. Both girls seemed better since the last time she had seemed them. Their skin had both returned to normal and they looked a lot healthier which Anna was happy about. They were safe and she was - somehow - also safe. She remembered the Changeling, she remembered the pain, the blood, the man who had saved her again, and then Scorpius. He had saved her, she wasn't the real hero here.

He was.

Annabelle smiled at her cousin's bravery before falling back against the bed, hoping for things to be all right when she woke up.

"ANNABELLE STRANGE!" A voice shouted waking Anna up from her sleep. She bolted straight up in her sit, opening up her eyes to see her mother, her very angry mother standing marching into the room along with her Uncle. She sighed and wanted to fall back onto the bed and return to sleep. "I know you are awake. Now get up!" When Anna didn't, her mother grabbed her pulling her out of the bed. "What did you think you were doing?"

"Sleeping," replied Anna and Draco chuckled, her mother didn't which was no surprise. She looked over at her uncle even though he had laughed at her sarcastic remark, he had a very serious look on his face. Annabelle didn't realize that through all of this, her uncle only wanted her to be happy but he wanted her to be safe more than anything. Even if it meant that she wasn't going to be happy.

"You know what I mean! Why did you go after that thing?" Evelyn asked, well more like screamed. "It wanted to kill you and you went after it, taking your cousin and Harry Potter's son with you! Why? You could have kill them and those girls and yourself!"

Anna thought for a second about what she said. A part of her said not to tell her mother but she didn't know what else to say that wasn't the truth. "The Changeling took those girls so that it could get close to me. I wasn't go to let them die because of me. Albus and Scorpius went with me because I would have been to scared to do it alone. I know it was dumb, I know it was stupid, and I know I could have die but I would have died trying to protect others like how dad was trying to protect me."

Evelyn bit her lip at the mention of Max and of how he died. Her fears were slowly coming true. Max was someone who would do anything for the people he loved and even for people who he thought didn't deserve whatever had to happen for them. He had done something big in the beginning of their marriage and in the end it had brought them Annabelle and Max died saving her. The more Annabelle became more like her father the more Evelyn worried about her and got terrible about losing her only daughter. "I'm very upset about what you have done, Anna. You broke school rules, you put others in danger, and you almost got yourself killed. You should be lucky to be alive."

She sighed and looked down at her feet waiting for the words she didn't want to hear but instead her mother said something that surprised her. "You are grounded for the rest of the summer until school starts again."

"What?" She asked, making sure she heard her mother correctly. "You mean I'm coming back next year?"

Evelyn sighed, "Your uncle and I have a decided that maybe the best way for you to stay safe is for you to continue your studies here." Anna looked over at her uncle, who nodded his head in agreement. Annabelle hugged her mother tightly, thanking for not pulling her out. It was rare that the two ever hug so Evelyn took her time to appreciate it before Annabelle pulled away. They left a little bit after and Evelyn leaned back against the wall and Draco was about to say something but she stopped before he could get anything out.

"I know that's not what we planned but I'm scared that if she doesn't go here than I'm setting her up to death." She explained. "Just can't lose her. I will though because with each day she becomes more like Max and I just want to push that day away until I'm no longer around to see it." Draco didn't say anything because the only thing that he wanted to say was that's what I've been saying and Evelyn walked away with her brother in law following behind her.

It wasn't until a couple days later until Anna was let out of the hospital and she walked out to see Albus, Scorpius, Belle, and Bryson waiting for her. She hugged them all tightly and told them the good news. They all celebrated by going to lunch which wasn't anything special as they just went with all the other students but it was like their own celebration that only they knew about. Rose Weasley even said thank you for them saving her before adding that it didn't make them friends. Everything seemed good until before Anna was about to go up to her room one day when Bryson stopped her.

"Antoinette knows that you know about her controlling the Changeling," he said. Anna's smiled faded as she remembered her and Bryson's conversation from the night in the woods. Antoinette had been the one sending the creature after others. Her hands rolled into fist. "I just thought I should tell you before you go in there. I don't know if she's back in there but I thought you should know." Anger boiled up inside her, she was ready to face off with Antoinette but she felt Bryson's fingers brush over her's. Her hand and their fingers intwined, calming herself down. "Don't do anything crazy." He said, looking at her. She nodded and Bryson walked away, his hand leaving hers.

Anna marched into the Slytherin Common room and went up to the dormitories where Antoinette sat at her bed. "Anna!" She jumped at seeing her like she had been waiting all day for Annabelle to arrive. Anna dropped her things and walked towards her. "I don't know what my brother told you but -" Anna slapped Antoinette crossed the face, making her gasp with pain.

"I have been beaten, almost killed, watched my best friend be attacked and almost killed, gone nights without sleeping, and it's all because of you!" She screamed. "Why would someone ever put someone else through all that?"

Antoinette pressed her hand against her cheek as in disbelief that Anna had just slapped her. "You don't understand," she said. "I did it all for the greater good."

Anna laughed, "You think that makes up for it? You almost had people killed. People who had never done anything wrong. You almost had me killed!"

"You won't supposed to be killed," she informed Anna. "My summoning of demon wasn't meant to kill you. I lost control of it after awhile and it started going after you." Annabelle didn't believe her but she didn't know what was real anymore. She trusted Bryson but he had been keeping so many things hidden from her. "Please I didn't mean to you any harm." She didn't say anything. "Just please forgive me. Don't turn me in. We can go back to being friends."

She still kept quiet before saying, "No." Antoinette gave her a sad look and began to start crying. "I will not forgive you and I will not be your friend. You will stay away from me and the people I care about, including Bryson and if I ever find out that you've done something like this again, I will not be so kind. Do you understand me?" Antoinette nodded before leaving the room. Once she was out of the common room, she wiped the tears off her face and groaned in frustration. She knew it wouldn't have worked. Griffith had underestimated Annabelle and told her that if she just cried and said she was sorry than she would just forgive her.

She didn't know why they had to be friends with the girl. By killing the creature she hadn't stopped their plans, she had only moved them forward. Antoinette continued walking out of the dungeons where she found Griffith waiting for her. "How did it go?" He asked. "Did she believe you?"

"No, it went just like I said it would go." Antoinette snapped. "Bryson has her believing in what he says that we are terrible people." Griffith sighed. "I don't understand why she shouldn't know anything. She could side with us."

"She won't and you know what father says if she knows what she's about everything thats happening then she won't do it. We need her in the dark for right now." He explained. "So is she going to tell on you?"

She shook her head, "No but she will if I'm ever caught doing it again."

Griffith gave her a smirk, "Don't worry someone else will be taking care of our dirty work next time and maybe next maybe we will have the tables turned on our dear brother." Antoinette smiled and the two began walking away, already excited for the next stage to began.

Life went on for Annabelle Strange and her friends. They all finished up school and began their summers, getting ready for the next year to come. Annabelle still had questions which didn't have any answer. The only person who really seemed answers seemed to be keeping things from her and she was still curious on everything. She tried not to read into anything as she hoped that what happened this year was over. But she had no idea that even though isn't wasn't the whole ending. Her story would still carry on.

It was still an ending.

FIN

A/N and welcome to the ending of the first book of Annabelle Strange. This is the part where I get all sappy. Even though I have more books in this series coming but I'm sad that this part of the story is over. This was my first fanfic and it's not the best fanfiction out there but so many of you have support this story and accepted all of these flaws. Thank you to everyone has had read this story and the sequel is coming soon and I hope you guys enjoy this story and continue enjoy for as long as it goes on. Thanks for reading. I'm Grace and Annabelle Strange and the Forbidden Forest will be coming soon.