Chapter Twenty-Five; A Dream Come True

Cool! A sister! I always wanted a sister! Lol (well I guess I do have many of them in God's family) but thank you! Now when I'm talking about you (good things don't worry) I have the proper pronoun to use. That's all I really wanted to know, but if you wish to share your first name with me I'd be very interested. (That's all I'm going to ask, I don't ask for personal information since the internet is a very scary and dangerous place) I think I've signed my name before on here,

(I know I have on my profile) but just so you all know I'm April. (and no I wasn't born in it lol) Anyway I'm glad you're enjoying it so far and there's only a few more chapters left. Then it REALLY gets exciting when I go into Harry's adult life after Hogwarts and his teacher years and dragon caretaker career. By the way, I thought of this last night. Since this series all started back when Harry was a baby and he took his first breath, it would only make sense if I end it with his last. That way I'll have his full life cycle of baby, child, adolescent, (teenager) adult, (fatherhood) senior, (grandfather) and then finally his death when he gets to go to Heaven to be reunited with his family.

So yeah, as you can probably already guess, there is a LOT to go until that point. So I hope you all stick with me until then. Love you all and thank you for all of your support. I say this time and time again, but you are truly what made this series happen. *hugs and kisses*

_ April

As soon as the horcrux was destroyed Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Snape all disapparated. Later on that morning they all spent Christmas together. They sat under the Christmas tree as Lily called Teddy and Heather over to her. The dogs and their new kitten Precious eagerly awaited their turn to receive their gifts. "Alright guys, since Harry played Santa last year, it's your turn this year." She told them.

"Which present do you want to hand out first?" she asked Teddy.

"Harry's." he replied as his mother handed him a brightly wrapped up package.

"Alright here you go darling, give this to Harry." She said placing a kiss on his cheek before he turned around and walked over to give it to his brother.

"Here you go." He told him.

"Thanks Teddy." Harry said while Heather decided to give Precious her new gift. Once all of the presents were handed out they all started to open theirs. Harry excitedly ripped off the wrappings on the present that Teddy had given to him first. It turned out to be his own copy of the Bible.

"I figured that that would come in handy since you're going to become a Sunday school teacher." His mother began. "There's something else inside it as well." She finished as Harry opened it up and saw a silver cross stuck inside it like a bookmark.

"Thank you, it's beautiful." Harry said before he took it and put it around his neck which made him feel a lot better. At least when it came time to face Voldemort, he would feel that God was close to his heart. The next gift that he had opened was a brand new pair of dress pants and a dress shirt, then he opened up some movies and some games before getting to his very last present. Lily grinned while she watched him open it.

Harry felt his heart nearly jump out of his chest when he saw what it was. For it was his very own dragon handler uniform. It was a red hoodie with a stripe of yellow in the middle along with a pair of black leather pants and matching gloves. On the front of the hoodie in the top right corner was a silhouette of a mighty dragon in midflight.

"I also figured that you would need a uniform for your new dragon business." His mother told him as he felt his mouth gape wide open up at her with pure astonishment and disbelief.

"What?" he gasped widening his eyes as she let out a giggle.

"We've been keeping it a surprise for you. 3LW and The Dragons have been selling tickets for their world tour together to help raise money for you. You are now the proud owner of Dragon Delight. You get to do everything with them, you get to breed them, train them, nurse them back to health, fly them, and even rehabilitate a lot of them back to the wild." She told him as Harry sprung up to his feet and wrapped his arms around her tightly.

"Oh Mum thank you!" he exclaimed excitedly as she giggled again and patted his back.

"You're welcome sweetheart and you deserve it. I know how much that you've been dreaming about this ever since you were a kid." She told him as they broke out of the embrace and Harry felt tears of joy rolling down his cheeks.

"I know it just doesn't seem real. I mean I'm going to be the new Sunday school teacher at church, I've got my own dragon business now, and Bill and Fleur are going to have a baby and make me an uncle and godfather to it." He said with a sniff while he blinked away his tears. "I can't seem to find the words to thank you enough." He said.

"Well you're welcome but I didn't have anything to do with the baby. I've been there done that thank you very much. I'm retired with changing nappies until I become a grandmother someday." She said as Harry stifled a laugh and couldn't wait to get back to Hogwarts to tell Ginny and everyone else his wonderful news.

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"Wow, you're going to be a dragon keeper?" Ginny asked with astonishment and bewilderment while she just simply stared at him with her eyes wide open as Harry laughed and nodded.

"Yeah, Mum got me my own business and everything. And it isn't too far from here so I'll be able to hold that as well as my teaching job." He told her.

"Whoa,.. and all I have is my singing career."

"So what? You're really good. I've heard you before. In fact you should join the choir." He told her but she just simply shook her head at him.

"I don't go to church anymore." She began before she stood up and started turning away from him. "So sorry I can't." she said as she brushed her cheek which Harry was sure that it had meant she was brushing away a tear before she started towards the double doors and Harry's heart sunk. He hardly had ever seen her weepy so it had really concerned him. He quickly sprung to his feet and hurried after her.

"Ginny wait!" he cried as he quickly ran out into the hallway and grabbed ahold of her shoulders and turned her body to face him when suddenly she burst into tears.

"It just isn't fair!" she yelled. "I love you with all my heart! And I thought that God loved me!" she hollered.

"He does darling and so do I." he told her brushing away her tears with his thumb.

"Then why has He torn us apart like this!?" she sobbed.

"You already know the answer to that. Look, when I broke up with you I thought that I was doing it to protect you. I never meant to hurt you. But now I realize that it was the biggest mistake that I ever made, because I can't continue living one more second of my life without you." He told her.

"Really?" she questioned him with a sniff while she continued blinking away her tears as Harry nodded and ran both his thumbs down her cheeks to brush the rest of her tears away. Then he closed his eyes and pulled her face towards his before they started passionately kissing each other. Then he wrapped his arms around her neck and pulled her body closer to his while slipping his tongue inside her mouth. That's when suddenly all of the lights turned off and the room became cold.

Harry and Ginny finally broke apart. "Harry,.. what's happening?" she asked him anxiously being able to see her own breath with every word that she spoke.

"I'm not sure." He told her when all of a sudden there came a loud petrified scream that sounded like something out of a horror movie and Harry heard that all too familiar voice sounding inside his head.

"Give me Harry Snape!" it hissed.