AN: I am sad to see this story finished. There will be an alternate ending, and remember to think of questions for the cast and crew interviews. But all in all this story is pretty much at an end. I hope you all check out the Music Video I made for this. Check my bio page for the link or it is at the bottom of the chapter.
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Review Responses:
faxness-rulz: Very enthusiastic aren't we. Well you have to read the chapter to find out who lives or dies. Unfortunately there will be no sequel. Not for a while at least. There will be a new story I am working on. The preview for it will be up in the special features thing I put up.
Charmedgrays: Oh I know they love each other, but you have to read the chapter to find out.
MJ: I don't have your email so I can't really let you know I updated. I can see your point about Harry and all, but I wanted to take the lime light off of him. Besides in my next story the lime light will focus on him more seeing as how he will be the main male lead. Hope you like my story over all though.
Alexei Winchester: I am glad you don't want to kill me. Some people I am sure were mad about the fact that I left that mean of a cliffhanger. Here is the final chapter. Before all the awesome specials I will do, alternate ending, bloopers, deleted scenes, etc, anyways.
Elizabeth Vida: I won't lie when I read your review I almost did what you asked. The thing is for it to have an alternate ending the way I had planned, I needed to have either Draco or Blaise die. I promised that I would give an ending with Blaise and thus Draco would need to die. But I was close to changing my mind. Oh and thank you for the compliment.
maraudergirl02: I knew someone had to get teary eyed! YAY! Well her is the next chapter. Oh and your welcome for the dedication. I know I am sad to see it come to a close, but I am happy I was even able to finish it.
xo.A.m.o.r.e.t.t.e.xo: You'll have to read to find out. Remember there is an alternate ending too, where another person dies.
KaytiSarai: I know, the beginning is not that great, and when I have time I may try to jazz the beginning up so it is all addicting, from start to finish, but not yet. I am glad you liked the story. The reason for the long wait to update was the Music Video I made for this.
Hannah Loves Lupin: I was sad too. I did not want to kill them off, but I had to or Brittany would be a total Mary-Sue. It was a one time thing. Oh and don't be sad the alternate ending means the person who dies in this chapter is the one that lives in the alternate ending. So it is like they are both alive, sort of.
CarlyJo: I actually killed them both, but it depends on which ending you read to find out which one died and which one lived. It was all due to popular demand. Here is the final chapter. Look out for the extras when they arrive.
Tiffyrose: You're alive. I have not heard a review from you in a while. I was almost afraid you stopped reading or something. The alternate ending will be dedicated to you, so I guess you know who dies and lives in this version already. Well I hope you enjoy both endings either way.
Moon-Baby: I do not take your reviews as Flames, flames usually involve more anger, and foul words. You were beign constructive. On the subject of Chris and Umbridge, I just felt that public Umbridge bashing was in order, I know it probably should have been done in private, but oh well. Besides many other people seemed to like it so that won't change. On the matter of Brittany beign a Mary sue, I disagree. Think of it this way, she's been a misfit for years, no one really likes her. If you read up to a higher chapter you find out the Slytherins respect he rthey do not like her until later. Besides she has suffered all her life. Once you get to chapte fifteen you learn her suffering was deeper. And in the end two people close to her have to die so she can kill Voldemort,. That burst of power will be a one time thing. She is not perfect, beautiful or powerful. She is a misfit for most of her life, attractive, but not over so, and she is an average witch, until well youhave to read the battle at the end, and that is a one time thing, Just to clarify.
(Whew, longest review response ever. Had to justify why I think Brittany is no Mary Sue.)
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₰The Gryffindor Misfit₰
Chapter Twenty-Five: A Changed Destiny
"Shh. She's waking up!" A familiar voice called out.
Brittany sleepily began to open her eyes; she was nearly blinded by the light. She looked around herself to find she was in a room at St. Mungo's Hospital. Surrounding her were what seemed to be blobs hovering over her. She randomly swatted at one in annoyance.
"Jeez Brittany. What the bloody hell was that for?" Another familiar voice complained.
"Ronald Weasley, you will be nice to the poor girl." A third familiar voice chided.
Brittany's vision was beginning to clear. Her head was pounding a little, and all the loud noise was not helping her case. After a minute she rubbed her eyes and looked around. The fuzzy blobs turned into familiar people. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, Fred, George, Bill, Charlie, Ron, Dumbledore, her father, her brother, Hermione and Ron, were all standing around her bedside.
Suddenly everything hit Brittany like a ton of bricks. It all rushed into her and took her breath away. Everyone jumped towards asking if she were okay. She merely began crying. It was awful everyone was here except for her adoptive father, her best male friend, and the love of her life. Fate was just so cruel to her.
"Damn it all Brittany stop crying!" A voice groaned.
This voice made her heart flutter. It can't be? Can it? "D-draco, is that you?" Brittany whispered.
Laying in the other hospital bed in the room, with his head bandaged, was none other than Draco Malfoy. Narcissa was sitting next to him in a chair. She jumped up and moved to hug Brittany. Draco then pouted.
"The one and only love. Mother, I get to hold her first. You promised." He whined pathetically.
"Oh come off it Malfoy, no one falls for that fake pathetic act of yours." Ron sighed.
"Piss off Weasley, I am injured here." Draco shot back.
"Both of you be quiet. Brittany has a headache you gits." Harry growled.
They immediately stopped their bickering and turned to look at Brittany. She just laughed. "So if Draco survived then that must me my dad and Blaise did too. So where are they?" Brittany asked.
Everyone's faces turned grim. "Only Draco survived Brittany. Blaise was hit with the curse, Draco only fell unconscious because his head hit the ground so hard." Hermione explained.
Brittany then began crying again. "How long have I been out?"
"A week." Snape told her in a soft tone.
"So then, did I miss the funerals?" Brittany whispered afraid of the answer.
"Christopher's is today, but you can't leave St. Mungo's yet. Blaise's family had him buried last night." Dumbledore explained to the mourning girl.
Brittany then began to sob. She had missed her best friends funeral, and now she was going to miss her father's. It was all because she had to use Faia's power and strain her body to kill that bastard. Wait? Where is Faia?
Seeming to know what she was going to ask Harry answered her question. "Faia is currently at the Weasley's. Unfortunately St. Mungo's did not want her here after what she did."
"To me? She would never hurt me or anyone else." Brittany defended her familiar angrily.
"We know that deary, but after Bellatrix Lestrange was found burnt to a crisp at Malfoy Manor, people are more likely to be wary of her when you are not conscious." Mrs. Weasley explained kindly.
"So she's all alone?" Brittany asked seeing all the Weasley's before her.
"Percy was charged with taking care of Faia." Charlie laughed ruffling her hair. "If you were anyone else I would have volunteered to stay behind and watch over a Nyx. But my surrogate sister takes precedence over a creature, even a Nyx."
Brittany blushed lightly because of such high praise. Draco in turn glared with all his might before forcing himself up. Narcissa rushed over to her son, but he pushed her away stubbornly. He walked over to Brittany's bedside and Ron moved out of his way, after a glare of his own. Without an ounce of hesitation he simply crawled into her bed and wrapped his arms around her.
"What's all this for Malfoy?" Fred teased.
"Afraid our brother is going to whisk your girlfriend away from you?" George continued.
"Boys be nice, or I won't be so kind about you quitting school." Mrs. Weasley warned.
"Yes mother." They sighed annoyed.
"You know, we should all be going. I have to get to Lucius' hearing, and you all should get ready for the funeral." Narcissa stated in a false cheery voice.
"Wait, Lucius is going on trial? Why?" Brittany asked everyone.
"My dear he was a Death Eater. The only reason he is even having a trial is because of you." Narcissa sighed.
"What?" Brittany asked confused.
"Draco will explain it to you later. Right now we all have to be going though. We will be back to check on you later." Narcissa explained.
Brittany nodded and gave everyone a watery smile. Harry hugged her close. "No one knows that Snape is who he is, except Sirius now, but everyone knows you are my sister." Harry whispered letting her in on the new developments.
"I love you Harry, give my best to Christopher." Brittany whimpered as he nodded. Everyone began exiting the room. All left with a smile in the couple's direction.
Once they were gone, Brittany began crying once more. It was quiet and more controlled, but it was still depressing to hear. Draco just held the love of his life close to him. He had found himself thanking Blaise from the very moment he opened his eyes and found his love next to him in the hospital room at St. Mungo's. He was given a second chance, and damn if he was not going to live his life right this time around.
After a few minutes Brittany had calmed a bit. "So what is going on?" She finally asked.
"Well my father was going to be sent to Azkaban without a trial at all, until we, meaning Granger, Weasley and his sister, Longbottom, and I testified for him. He knew about your prophecy, and had not let Voldemort know about it. Apparently he was there the night when Professor Talwreny made the Prophecy about you, he had left right afterwards because my mother was having problems with me. Apparently I wanting nothing to do with her and only wanted my father." Draco explained.
"So he had known it was me from the moment we met, and yet he never alerted Voldemort?" Brittany asked in amazement. "Why?"
"I am not entirely sure. I believe it was the fact that he wanted what was best for me. Voldemort planned on naming me the next Dark Lord when he was too old to carry on. Then add to the fact that I am in love with you. He just could not give me up to the fate of being without you, or a Dark Lord." Draco smirked.
"What's that smirk for?" Brittany wondered.
"If it weren't for my dad, Voldemort would have found out about you, and killed you off. I think you are in debt to my family." Draco purred.
"What is your point Malfoy?" Brittany teased a little wary of him.
"I think you should repay all your debts. Since my father isn't here to collect, I think it is only right that you give me something." Draco's smirk grew as he began kissing along Brittany's neck.
"What do you want Draco?" Brittany sighed, already knowing the answer.
"Well I have gone quite a while without a good shag?" Draco whispered in her ear. He then laughed. "But I am more in the mood for a nice little make out session instead."
Brittany tensed and glared at him. "My father and our best friend are dead Draco. I can't just forget it all. I am probably still in shock over what happened. I can't do anything intimate like that right now. I can hold you and snuggle into your arms, but right now that is it." Brittany began crying again.
"Shh. It's okay. I understand. I have had two days to mourn the loss of my best mate. You take all the time you need, you lost not only him but your adoptive father." Draco soothed holding Brittany in his arms tightly.
Brittany just continued crying for a while until she fell asleep. Draco held her close as she slept, keeping her safe. He swore that he would ask her soon, but not today. Not like he had planned. It would have been too much of a strain on her. So the two fell asleep together on a hospital bed in St. Mungo's.
A few weeks had gone by since Brittany had woken up. The remaining people had returned to Hogwarts. Cornelius Fudge personally apologized to Sirius for all the trouble they had caused him when Faia showed up with a quite distraught looking Peter Pettigrew being held by his shirt from her neck. He had quickly made testaments and was sent to Azkaban.
Lucius Malfoy was given a second chance due to the fact that he had saved the person who killed Voldemort. Eye witness testimony, via Sirius, showed that Lucius was not as into the fight as he should have been. He even avoided trying to kill Brittany in front of Harry for the Prophecy. So he was now on Probation for a year, but remained relatively unscathed.
Harry and Brittany had announced that they were twins. Neither revealed that Snape was somehow a father to them as well. They decided that all who knew would take it to their graves. There was no need for Snape, Lily, or James' name to be smeared. Sirius had opted to adopt Brittany in addition to Harry, but Brittany declined.
Snape had formally adopted Brittany as his daughter. Sirius had actually suggested it to make it easier on everyone who knew the secret. Snape was finally able to express his opinions openly. The first was to Professor Umbridge. With some not very nice words, and lots of toad jokes, Snape had stormed out of the trial being held for Umbridge's crimes. Fudge had to hide his laughter.
Fudge decided to retire and spend time at home in the Mansion. He offered it up to Brittany, who had inherited everything her adoptive father owned. Brittany refused most of the money and gave the bulk of it to the Weasley's. She only kept enough to fall back on if she were ever in trouble. They had of course refused the money, but Brittany stated that they had practically raised her along side her father, and this was to pay them back for their kindness.
Of course it came at a price; Mrs. Weasley decided that they needed to have their house moved to property near Kai Manor. They had yet to do so for some reason, and they had decided to consider some land nearer to Malfoy Manor. Not that Kai Manor was more than three miles away. But still they had decided to wait for a while. Telling Brittany that they were just not sure which place would be more appealing to them.
Faia had been under scrutiny as a vicious beast for a while, until Brittany nearly hexed Rita Skeeter to hell. "Bitch! If you ever question her again I will kill you myself. Faia went after Bellatrix because I wanted her dead for killing my father. She escaped Azkaban once, she deserved death. She is not a vicious merciless fiend. You are!"
"My, my Brittany Kai. Quite big words for someone who nearly died." Rita commented as her quill continued writing. "How, admirable."
"If you dare publish anything about my girlfriend that I do not approve of, your career is over. My father and her Uncle will use all their connections to ruin you." Draco hissed. "And for your information she just strained herself. Stupid wench."
So no bad publicity had occurred because Rita tried to publish an article about Brittany's family and conspiracies about her being related to Harry, which would have smeared blood over their parents. It hit a little to close for comfort and Fudge put Rita on an inquiry of her own, before restricting her to minimal subjects she could comment on.
Life at Hogwarts had been nothing short of exciting. No final exams would be given due to the recent victory against the Dark Lord. News spread like wildfire that Brittany had been the one who managed to destroy the Dark Lord once and for all. Also news of her being Harry's twin, and Sirius Black's innocence were the main topics of discussion.
A week after her return to Hogwarts the full weight of what happened hit her. If it weren't for Hermione forgetting her Potions book, she would never have been able to safe her friend from trying to commit suicide.
Hermione had only told one other person about the attempt, and that was Draco. He immediately made the request to have Brittany stay in his room, for reasons he only told Dumbledore and Snape. She was moved and had taken residence of Blaise's old bed. No one dared to question what had happened, for fear of Draco who had beat up a boy for asking why Brittany did not kill Voldemort before Blaise died.
Suffice to say with Snape watching the boy suffer and doing nothing but taking his adoptive daughter into his arms, people knew Brittany was to be respected. Soon her popularity grew. Many Gryffindors who hated her to the end had changed their minds due to her sudden fame.
The Slytherins had seen through that lie and had protected Brittany all the fiercer. Harry and Draco had even started acting civilized towards one another. It was a strange sight to see Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy taking turns comforting Brittany who was still in mourning over all she had suffered through. Life had pretty much returned to normal though.
The day before the year ended, there was a grand celebration held, with dancing and laughter. The only one who seemed not to take part in the festivities was Brittany. She was still depressed that she had lost her adoptive father, and one of her closest friends. She smiled more and had stopped crying herself to sleep, but she was nowhere near as happy as she had been before the final battle.
As the festivities continued on, Brittany watched as Ron kissed Hermione blushing wildly. Harry asked Ginny if she would not mind dating him, to which Ron glared at his best friend. She even witnessed Pansy kiss Marcus after admitting she had always loved him. He also had a few females after him now that his braces were beginning to take effect.
All in all everyone at the party seemed to be having fun. Professor Snape was giving death glares to any female that came near Draco. For some reason Draco was off in another world that day. He kept on hand in his pants pocket the entire time. After a while he final pulled Brittany away from the crowd.
Draco decided to bring her to the Black Lake, more specifically the spot where they had first kissed, albeit accidentally. He stood there next to her for a few minutes; the two were just taking in the beauty of everything. Draco kept fidgeting with the box he had in his pocket.
Brittany looked over at Draco who was acting quite strange. "What is it Draco?"
"There is something important I have to do, but I just can't find the right way to do it." Draco explained cryptically.
"Go ahead and try." Brittany smiled at him softly.
"Don't smile like that?" Draco growled.
"Why?"
"Because you are still not happy. I do not want you to pretend to be happy for anyone. You have been used, people close to you have died, and you can't bottle it all up. Don't pretend to be happy, you need something to be happy." Draco told her in a much softer tone.
"What the hell do you know?" Brittany hissed the façade she plastered on her face falling away.
"I lost my best friend. Hell he was like a brother to me! I am still a little sad. I can't even do this without him here." Draco shot back getting angry again.
"I…" Brittany started but a howling wind stopped her.
The wind then started blowing extremely hard and Brittany lost her footing and began falling. Draco took his hand out of his pocket and caught her. Their lips touched and the wind seemed to blow around them.
Is that you Blaise. Are you still playing matchmaker from up there? The wind seemed to blow around lightly, almost playfully. Alright I get it. I'll do it. Jeez. Draco thought rolling his icy blue eyes.
When Brittany pulled away she looked into Draco's eyes and blushed. His eyes were so intense, full of determination and something else. She was not sure but she was willing to bet that it was love. When Draco finally got down on one knee, she nearly fainted right there.
Draco pulled out the velvet box from his pocket and opened it up. There inside was a silver ring with a emerald cut into the shape of a heart surrounded by diamonds. There was what looked like a crown on top of the heart. The band appeared to have what looked like hands holding out the heart. It was a very beautiful ring. Brittany gasped at the sight.
Here goes everything. "I remember waking up that day in St. Mungo's and seeing you there next to me alive, was the greatest feeling I had ever known. I was willing to die to save you and I would have been content, but for some reason I was saved. I was not sure why, but I realized it now. I had never loved anyone before, so I was lost as to what to do to save you from your sorrow. I am still not sure what I need to do. I give you this ring, a design all of my own to represent you are the soul holder of my heart. I want you to take this with a promise that I will find a way to end all your sorrow. I promise to spend every day until my last dieing breath to make you the happiest woman alive. So Brittany Kai, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" Draco proposed.
Brittany once more felt very faint. This is not happening. Not to me. Not to the Gryffindor Misfit. A wind seemed to blow around her and she could have sworn she heard Blaise's voice. Say yes. Brittany mentally sighed. Fine. "Yes, but on one condition." Brittany agreed.
"Name it." Draco smiled holding in his joy.
"We wait until after we graduate to get married." Brittany demanded.
"Alright, I can live with that." Draco joked before slipping the ring onto her left ring finger.
The other ring gleamed prettily on her right ring finger. He then picked her up and spun her around. Brittany laughed and the wind picked up once more and blew around them in a happy manor. The golden trio, Ginny, Pansy Marcus, Montague, and Theodore Nott came to check on their friends but the scene they saw made they hang back for a minute. They let the happy couple have a few moments before charging at them happily.
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"Draco get down here!" Brittany's voice was heard yelling.
"What did I do now?" Draco whined running into the living room at Malfoy Manor.
"Our son is saying his first word." Brittany sighed.
"He has already said, ma, pa, ba, and da." Draco sighed.
"No I mean a real word." Brittany huffed.
She looked quite content sitting on the couch playing with their son. The little boy had Brittany's emerald eyes, and ended up with Draco's platinum blond hair. He also seemed to constantly smile, obviously taking after his mother. He was currently opening his mouth and saying gibberish.
"You are imagining things love. He's just…"Draco started.
"Missfi. missfi, misfi, misfi, misfi." The boy laughed.
"You know what he is saying, right?" Brittany asked, her eyes shinning.
"Whatever you say love. Blaise Malfoy you better not be calling your mother names." Draco laughed.
Little Blaise just smiled and hugged his mother. Brittany and Draco smiled widely at their son. Draco held his wife close and kissed her. The family looked quite content together. Brittany smiled as she thought about her life while looking at the two males in her life.
I never would have believed it if you had told me I was going to marry Draco Malfoy and have a son with him. Heck I would have directed you straight to the nearest Looney Bin. But here I am, happy, in love, a mother, and don't tell anyone but I am pregnant again. Draco just can't keep his hands to himself. We got married the day after graduating from Hogwarts, and little Blaise was conceived that night. Dad walked me down the isle, and poor Draco forgot his vows, he improvised them on the spot. It was priceless. I guess life has a funny way of working out in the end. I am glad it did though. I was the Gryffindor Misfit, and this is the end of my story.
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