It's been ten years since Cedric proposed. And in that time so much has happened. A few weeks after my final term at Hogwarts, Cedric and I were married. We had a muggle ceremony in Greece in the chapel that my parents were married in. It was perfect, not large but not small, only family and the closest of our friends were invited. Everything about that day was perfect. We spent a week in Greece for our honeymoon before returning to England. Cedric went back to his internship at St. Mungo's while I spent the summer applying to various hospitals in the area. I ended up at St. Mungo's for my residency, even though I wondered if it would be better if we didn't work in the same hospital.

After my residency was finished, Cedric and I decided to take a risk and open up our own practice. Money was tight and we almost didn't make it the first few years but by the third year our practice was doing well. By the fifth year it had grown so large we needed to expand and hire on more healers.

It was in the third year after opening our practice that we found out we were pregnant, a baby girl that we named Sophia Rose. I would always be grateful to my sister, and I was honoring her in my own way. Not that I'd admit to the dreams of a dead sister I'd never met. I'd be locked up in an insane asylum.

I loved my daughter deeply. I hadn't thought it possible to love someone as much as I loved Cedric, but my baby girl had proven me wrong. She was a perfect blend of us. She had Cedric's eyes and lips and my nose and chin. Her hair color took after me but it didn't take on the frizzy, bushy texture my hair had when I was a child. She has a glowing personality that quite literally lights up a room. Little Sophia was two when she became a big sister.

When Jason Andrew Diggory was born, Sophia wanted nothing to do with him. It was adorable how jealous she was of her new baby brother. I remember her asking Cedric and I why we were bringing him home; doesn't he stay at the hospital? But she soon came around to the idea of having a sibling, when she realized it meant someone for her to play with. Jason looked more Cedric than he did me, but he had my calm temperament. He was such a quite baby that I often worried something was wrong with him. My parents assured me that I was exactly the same way as an infant and that it was nothing to worry about. My parents adored their grandchildren, and doted on them more than they ever had me. It was my mum who gave them their first sweets, something I was extremely shocked at.

When we found out I was pregnant for the third time I put my foot down on any more children. I also demanded that we move. We certainly had the money to buy a bigger house; we just hadn't needed it until now. We moved to Godric's Hallow, a spacious five-bedroom home next door to Harry and Ginny proved to be far too enticing to ignore.

Three months after the move Addison Michelle Diggory entered our family. She looked more like me than Cedric, but she had a very demanding personality, more so than Sophia and Jason combined.

Sophia was turning five, and with that she would be starting kindergarten at a muggle private school. I had always wanted my children to have a muggle education until it was time for Hogwarts, and Cedric agreed with me. She was so excited to be starting school, so ready to leave the babysitter's for something much more suited to a 'big girl'.

I almost couldn't wait for the time when all three of them would be away at Hogwarts, but at the same time I didn't want them to get any bigger.

The five of us had just returned home from a family dinner with 'Uncle Ron and Aunt Luna' and their children – Michael and Jenna – and 'Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny' and their twin daughters Sarah and Lillian. We were getting ready for bedtime, and I smiled as I watched my little ones ready themselves for bed. Cedric was getting Addison changed as she was only one. But Sophia and Jason both wanted to get ready themselves, as they were 'big kids' now.

Once all the teeth were brushed and the pajamas on, we all settled down onto Sophia's bed for story time. It was Jason's turn to pick the book and he chose 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish'. I sat on the little day bed with Addison in my arms and Sophia's head in my lap as I watched Cedric read the children's book with Jason in his lap. As I looked at the book and saw the worn edges I remembered how my father used to read it to me when I was a child. It was a favorite of mine when I was Jason's age. That book was bought for me when I was born, and now I was sharing it with my children.

This was why I fought. I didn't know it all those years ago, but this moment, right here and right now, was everything I had fought for. Everything we had all fought for, and I couldn't keep the tears away.

"Why mummy sad?" Asked Jason as my tears fell.

"Mummy's not sad baby boy. Mummy's happy. These are happy tears."

"Why they happy tears?" He asked and I looked to Cedric as I answered him.

"Because I have you. Because mummy and daddy fought hard for the three of you, and now we have you." I answered my son as I leaned back into the pillow I was resting against and Cedric continued reading.

I do not own Harry Potter or any other character you recognize.

A.N. And there you have it, the final chapter of F.S.L. I meant to have it out sooner, but this term has just been so crazy. I only just got home for spring break and as soon as I did I started writing this. Hope you all enjoyed it as I truly enjoyed writing it.