A/N : Hello Everyone. As some might have noticed that I didn't update the last chapter. As it turns out that I have an exam coming next week and therefore I won't be able to make updates until the said exam is over. As a reader, I don't like waiting for chapters since long delays between chapter updates make me lose the interest. And, I don't expect such things from my readers. Therefore, I am finishing this story. It may seem abrupt and crammed as I will put what I wanted to write in five different chapters in one single one, but I thought it as my responsibility to give everyone a proper closure as far as this story is concerned. My Apologies.
As for all the readers who adore Remus and Hermione as a couple, I will be writing and updating a new Remione fanfic from Jan 1st 2021, It will also be a time travel fanfic , however there will be Dumbledore with negative light. Another story I was working on and will be writing in the same timeline will be different from these time travel fics , will come out at the same time.
I hope everyone will like those two as well. Till then, I beg for your forgiveness and thank you for staying with this story for so long. This was my first fanfiction and the positive way everyone have accepted it, encouraged me to write more. Thanks a lot.
Hermione raised her head to look at Remus , he was holding her waist strongly as they sat in front of the maternity ward of St. Mungos. Sirius was lying in another bed of his own having fainted as soon as Lily's water broke. James was sitting on her other side, holding her hand tightly as if it was the only thing keeping him afloat. She knew she would have bruises on both her waist and hand with their grips but didn't complain. She was scared herself.
The past few months had been insane. Once they had escaped the Malfoy Manor, Dumbledore had decided that it was about time to bring the war to an end, with Narcissa's help they had easily had their hand on the diary. Lucius Malfoy was killed by Voldemort very soon since he had allowed them to flee as well as the treachery of his wife. Hermione could never forget that day.
As soon as they were back at the headquarters and Remus had hugged Sirius and ensured he was fine, he had grabbed her hand and flooed them to their cottage. Hermione knew he would be angry and was waiting for a I told you so. She had even seen him looking angrily at her several time since their rescue. However she was surprised when he hugged her tightly. It made her feel worse. She could tell the way his eyes were swollen that he had cried and it broke her heart to think that she had caused him such pain.
"I am so sorry." She had said her own eyes tearing up.
He had pulled away from the embrace and looked down at her.
"Marry me." He had said abruptly.
"What !" Hermione had surely not expected this.
"I know I don't have a ring right now and I am not on my knees. I don't even have a fancy script to say in front of you. The only thing I know is that This last twenty four have been the most miserable ones of my entire existence. And it helped me realise that I can't live without you. If something had happened to you, I would have died."
"don't say that." Hermione said.
"It is the truth. I don't want to wake up for a morning when I don't get to see your smile. I don't want to go through a day if it doesn't promises that you will be in my arms by the end of it. Hermione I didn't know the extent of my love for you until now. It was like I had lost all the air my lungs. I need you in my life. And I would have never forgive myself for not asking you. I want to Marry you Hermione Granger. I want to cherish you for the last of my life. I want to make you smile and be the reason you laugh. I want to have hoards of children and grandchildren with you. And then when we are old and wrinkled I want to be buried beside you." He finished his speech.
Hermione had looked at him incredulously, tears falling down her cheeks. She had never felt so special. It was the truth in everything he had said. She could see it in his eyes how much he loved her. How much he wanted her to say yes.
"I know I am too poor and dangerous. You will become a social pariah if you marry me. I know you will have a thousand reason to say No but I had to ask." He said mistaking her silence as her reluctance.
"Remus Lupin, you foolish foolish man. You idiot." She had said cupping his check in her hands, "I will be happiest woman of the world the day I marry you. You are everything I want. I couldn't be happier." She could the happiness in his eyes as he kissed her.
They never got to have their sweet little marriage since after that there was a huge battle. Ironically the battle took place in the graveyard in which Voldemort had regained his body in her time. Dumbledore had confounded a death eater to tell the location of the next meeting of Dumbledore and had attacked. It was a well thought out plan on Dumbledore's part. At an exact determined time, Regulus would cast the fiendfyre on the horcruxes. The destruction of the parts of his soul would not only cause pain and weaken Voldemort but make him lower his shields and in that moment Dumbledore would strike him the deathly blow. But When the time came, Dumbledore was taken by Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange who were providing cover to their master.
At the end, it was Hermione who had cast the Killing Curse on the dark lord and he had blown into pieces. Finally, a decade had came into end on May 2 , 1980. A decade full or Dark magic and terror and lost of life. The Death Eaters were rounded up and imprisoned. The Wizarding world celebrated for months. Hermione became the war heroine. It was still unsure how everyone came to know but it had become a public knowledge that Hermione had provided knowledge to weaken the Dark Lord and had given him the last blow.
Hermione waited and was elated when they were all called inside, almost the time to deliver the baby. James was shaking and Remus looked close to falling down. Sirius chose this moment to wake up. Lily held her and James tightly as she pushed her previous best friend and brother into this world. Funny that Sirius fainted as soon as he looked at the baby.
"Harry James Potter." Lily said smiling at her baby who had big green eyes and very thin black hair on his head which was plastered due to blood but she knew it will turn into a mop in few months. James and Lily announced Sirius as the dogfather and Hermione as the godmother.
As Sirius decided to take a family picture of them, Hermione's found her hand against her own stomach. She had tested herself just the previous day and knew she was pregnant. When Remus took Harry in his arms , cooing at the baby , she knew he would make an amazing father. She couldn't wait to tell him and she would tell him that very night. After all she was getting married in three days.
FIVE YEARS LATER
In hindsight, Hermione Granger would have never thought herself to be so fortunate in life. She vaguely remembered her past life now. It would have done her no good to dwell on past. There was nothing in her home to remind her of the life before she had stumbled in the Lunarville except from just one picture of the Golden Trio of their Christmas in Grimmauld Place.
The arm around her pulled her closer as her buried his face in her neck. Hermione slowly turned under his arm so that she was facing him. He looked so peaceful sleeping. Hermione curled her fingers in his brown hair. He looked younger than his age. With painless full moons and his family with him, Remus Lupin hadn't suffered. And being with him Hermione had been in her own little paradise.
Hermione smiled as she saw her husband mumble in his sleep. She was happy. She was content in her life. She had everything in her life she could hope for. They had a lovely family, some amazing friends, a beautiful house and enough money to live their lives comfortably. Hermione had her funds she had brought from her time. She had tried to return it to James but he had said that the money he had was still in his vault and hence what she had belonged to him. Moreover, the Wolfsbane had been patent to her name and that had made her very rich. She and Remus owned bookshops in Diagon Alley and Hogsmead. It gave huge returns. They were considering opening branches in other wizarding villages. Suffice to say, they had everything anyone could ask for.
A hand moving on her back under her top made her giggle.
"Morning love." He said , though his voice was still sleepy.
"Morning to you too." She gave him a peck on his cheek.
"Looked like you were thinking something." He asked. He had woken up several morning , with her upset over people she sometimes dreamt about.
"Just how happy I am. It is perfect. I have you, our babies, our friends. This life is perfect."
"I couldn't agree more." He mumbled against her lips. Just then, their wands buzzed around them and they separated just in time as their door burst open.
There stood a boy, four year older , holding the hand of his twin sister. Both the children had their father's hair and Hermione was ever so thankful for it. Oberon had her eyes while Cressy had her father's.
"Momma. Daddy. Happy Christmas." She mumbled as she jumped into the bed and snuggled into her father's chest and her brother took his place in his mother's lap. Hermione chuckled. It always took her an hour to wake them up and the little imps were already awake for their presents today.
"Merry Christmas sweetie." He said kissing her hair.
"Can we go see our presents Momma?" Obby asked.
"Why don't you and Cressy go down and wait, we will come in few minutes?"
Hermione and Remus along with Cressy and Obby flooed to the Potter Manor were they were to celebrate the Christmas party.
"Uncle Padfoot." Cressy ran and jumped on her uncle and continued the same treatment with her Uncle Prongs , Uncle Reg and Uncle Sev. Obby was little shy and Aunt Lily was her favourite. The adults watched as Harry, Draco, Cressy , Obby , Zinnia and Synthia played quidditch on their toy broomstick with Sirius. Zinnia was Harry's sister and Hermione's and Remus' god daughter. Synthia was the daugher of Severus and Gracia, a medi witch from America. She was the best woman for him who had ignored his past and accepted Severus for the man he was. Being with her had brought out the best in him. He had soon found an acceptance in the society and turned into a lovely man. Hermione could never forget his expression when they had made him godfather of Cressida along with Sirius. She was unique in that aspect that she had two godfathers and no godmother. Oberon had James and Lily as godparents.
Everything was as they were supposed to be. The families were together. Sirius and Narcissa had moved into the Grimmauld Place where they raised Draco. Regulus lived on an island with his wife. He had married a muggle born witch Julie Hunter and had just had their son Perseus.
