Here we are people, the final stretch. The final chapter will be out on Sunday 1st, and it should close out this story with an amazing finale. Enjoy!


On New Year's Day, 1999; the Wizarding World was in crisis. Following the plane crash the Muggle Prime Minister and Minister of Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt were in discussions over what to do. They had seen the footage of the crash, the flaming wreck glowing with violet energy before crashing into an Irish field. The meeting was essentially to work out how to effectively deal with the global reveal of magic, with Shacklebolt desperately trying to work out a way to continue to hide magic from the world. Eventually, Ron Weasley, an ally of Shacklebolt suggested a radical solution: cover up the crash as an illusion – a stunt for a reality show. The Muggle Prime Minister agreed to the plan, and Ron decided on a stage name to protect his family: later that year, he was performing in New York as an illusionist and street magician under the pseudonym David Blaine.

Ginny Weasley gave birth to her twins later in January, and named them after their paternal grandparents: James Sirius Weasley and Lily Luna Weasley. James was a prankster, like the rest of his family, continually picking on his sister; while Lily was shy and reserved, choosing to play quietly in her room as opposed to playing with others.

Bill and Fleur Weasley's daughter Victorie was born in May of 2000, a gorgeous blonde baby whose grandparents would dote on her at every opportunity. She got on well with her cousins and was very friendly with her friends. She was born on the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, and she would always re-enact the battle with her dolls.

Draco Malfoy fell in love with a gorgeous Muggle teenager, and in October of 2000, she gave birth to his son, Scorpius. However, their clandestine relationship was discovered by Lucius, and on his urging, she left Draco and her baby. After rumours emerged that Lucius had in fact murdered her, the Ministry investigated, and Lucius was eventually killed in a firefight between himself and several Aurors. After this, Draco and his mother Narcissa decided to disown Lucius from their bloodline and raise Scorpius themselves.

In November, while on tour in Britain, Ron met an actress at an awards ceremony; and the two started dating. Emma Watson, who was a star of a fantasy film series was enamoured with the famed illusionist, and the two became an item soon after. Ron and Emma became married in July of 2001, and she gave birth to their first child Hugo in December of that year.

In September 2001, the world was rocked by its newest threat. A group of Dark Wizards used Imperiused men to cause the largest terrorist attack in recent history. In response to the threat of the 'Dark Army', Shacklebolt organised a new Department within the Ministry – The Department of Wartime Affairs, headed by the Undersecretary Percy Weasley. Weasley would converse with military leaders around the world to organise a task force capable of capturing the Dark Army. It was later discovered that they were being led by one of Albus Dumbledore's former pupils, now going under the Arabian alias Osama, in order to fit in with his allies. Percy discovered that 'Osama' had amassed an army of wizards and Muggles with which to rule the world by magic and by force. The world council subsequently declared war on this group, collectively known as the Taliban; with the American forces leading the fight.

On Halloween 2001, the incumbent Grim Reaper, Harry Potter came to see his girlfriend Ginny Weasley, and proposed to her. He claimed that he would be able to be with her once more, and he would just need to find a way to be with her on a regular basis. At the time, she was unsure about what he meant, but she trusted him and would wait for that day to come. In the summer of 2002 she gave birth to her third child, a little boy. She decided to name him after the two Hogwarts Headmasters of her time: Dumbledore and Snape.

Teddy Lupin, the son of the late werewolf Remus Lupin and his wife Tonks, was born prior to the Battle of Hogwarts and upon his parents death was raised by his grandmother, Andromeda Tonks. He inherited his mother's metamorphic skills, but thankfully not his father's lycanthropy. Ginny, Bill and Fleur were named his Godparents, and he would visit the three often over the years.

In August of 2002 Ron and Emma had their second child, Rose. Rose was extremely clever, and able to start casting magic at an early age. Ron would teach his two children as much as he could over the next few years to prepare them for life in the Wizarding World.

Neville became a professor of Herbology in 2004, passing his final exam with flying colours. Dean McGonagall, as the role of Headmaster had become; welcomed him into the Faculty with open arms. His fiancée Luna Lovegood would later join him on the Faculty List as Professor of 'Care of Magical Creatures', taking over from Hagrid, who would now teach its NEWT classes – which dealt with larger and more dangerous creatures that a wizard may encounter. His classes frequently brought in an old friend, 'Dragontamer' Charlie Weasley, who would teach the students about handling dragons, by bringing along his tame Norwegian Ridgeback, Norberta, who was originally born in Hagrid's hut years ago.

George Weasley continued his joke shop trade, gaining much notoriety around the country for his and his late twin brother's inventions. He later married his Quidditch teammate, Angelina Johnson and together they had two children – Fred Weasley II and Roxanne Weasley in 2008 and 2010 respectively.

Tom Riddle continued working at Hogwarts in the role of Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts for many more years. His experiences as the Dark wizard Voldemort gave him valuable insight into the kinds of things wizards might have to deal with. Along with the use of the Resurrection Stone, he was able to rebuild the Duelling Club, using spectral teachers to teach students how to use combat spells. Notable teachers included the prior two headmasters as well as several duelling champions.

And as for Hermione, Bella and their daughter?


The passengers on the plane all survived the crash thanks to Bella's efforts. Only a few people were injured severely, including Bella receiving a scar across her right eye from a flying piece of shrapnel. Hermione and Bella would become married on their daughters first birthday, at midnight on the eve of the new millennium. Despite the circumstances of her birth she was a very energetic child. She possessed innate magical abilities, one of which was her ability to turn into an animal, a raven specifically. She was therefore named Raven because in the hospital where the three were staying shortly after the crash occurred, the newborn would shift into that of a raven chick, and then shift back almost a minute later. As she got older, she was able to control her powers, and even learned how to fly.

The Black family came to live permanently at Black Manor, alongside Hermione's parents and Claire. Between the five of them, Raven lived a very happy childhood, and with her friend Teddy visiting every other week, and her relative Scorpius visiting on occasion, she was never short of friends. The Grangers found work in London, and eventually moved, but not before they were given a parting gift; the friendship of the house elf Kreacher. He began working for the two, in the same capacity as his friend Claire would for the Black family. He enjoyed working for people who appreciated him, and they would regularly visit Bella and Raven over the years.

Hermione and Bella became self-employed, working alongside the Ministry to better the welfare of wizards and sentient creatures such as Elves and Centaurs. This gave them freedom around their job, as well as allowing them to comfortably raise Raven from the comfort of their own home.

Eventually, Bella retired from this and instead became an author, writing a series of novels for teens based on the magical world. She would use events from her life, and base her stories around that. Her best received works were a series about teenage vampires who fell in love; and then had to fight in a war between themselves and other creatures.

And of course, every story must have an ending…