Disclaimer: I am not Matthew Stover or J.K. Rowling.
Enter the Draco Dormiens, flying toward Scotland.
Enter Sirius, Albus, and Granger, sitting at a round table.
Albus. To Hangleton send her body. Pregnant she must still appear. Hidden, safe the children must be kept. Foundation of the new Order of the Phoenix they will be.
Sirius. We must take them somewhere where the Death Eaters will not sense their presence.
Albus. Hmm. Split up they should be.
Sirius nods.
Sirius. I can take the boy, Master Albus, and you take the girl. We can hide them away, keep them safe . . . train them as James should have been trained . . .
Albus. [shakes his head] No.
Sirius. [frowns] But how are they to learn the self-discipline an Auror needs? How are they to master skills of the Magic?
Albus. Auror training the sole source of self-discipline is not. When right is the time for skills to be taught, to us the will of the Magic will bring them. Until then wait we will, and watch, and learn.
Granger. My wife and I will take the girl. We've always talked of adopting a baby girl. If you have no objection, I would like to take Hermione to Scotland and raise her as our daughter. She will be loved with us.
The Aurors nod in agreement.
Albus. No happier fate could any child ask for. With our blessing, and that of the Magic, let Hermione be your child.
Granger rises, pleased.
Granger. Thank you, Masters. I don't know what else to say. Thank you, that's all. And what of the boy?
Sirius. Fleamont Dursley still lives on Surrey, I think . . . and James's stepbrother . . . Vernon, that's it, and his wife, Petunia, still work the moisture farm outside Diagon Alley . . .
Albus. As close as kinfolk as the boy can come. But Surrey . . . not like Scotland it is. Deep in the Muggle Suburbs, a wild and dangerous region.
Sirius. James survived it. Harry can, too. And I can . . . well, I will take the child and watch over him.
Albus. Like a father you wish to be, young Sirius?
Sirius. More an . . . eccentric uncle, I think. It is a part I can play well. To keep watch over James's son . . . I can't imagine a better way to spend the rest of my life.
Albus. Settled it is, then. To Surrey, to his family, send him.
Sirius stands up.
Granger moves to the door.
Granger. If you will excuse me, Masters, I have to call Jean . . .
Granger stops at the door.
Master Albus. Do you think Lily's twins will be able to defeat Riddle?
Albus. Strong the Magic runs in the Potter line. Only hope we can. Until the time is right, disappear we will.
Sirius and Granger bow.
Granger. And I must do the same . . . metaphorically, at least. You may hear disturbing things about me. But I want you to know, it is only a cover. I must appear to support the new regime, and my comrades with me. It was . . . Lily's wish, and she was a shrewder political mind than I will ever be. We will never betray the legacy of the Aurors. I will never surrender the Ministry to the Death Eaters.
Albus. Trust in this we always will. Go now, for happy news your wife is waiting.
Granger bows and exits.
Albus. Master Black. Wait a moment.
Sirius sits back down.
In your solitude on Surrey, training I have for you.
Sirius. Training?
Albus. An old friend has learned the path to immortality, one who has returned from the Netherworld of the Magic. Your old Professor.
Sirius. Remus!
Albus. How to commune with him I will teach you.
Elsewhere on the broomship, Percy and Hedwig move behind Granger.
Percy. I'm certain I can't say why she malfunctioned. Organics are so terribly complicated, you know.
Enter Longbottom.
Granger. Captain Longbottom.
Longbottom. Yes, Your Highness.
Granger. I am placing these droids in your care. Treat them well. Clean them up. Have them refitted with the best of everything. They will belong to my new daughter.
Percy. How lovely. His daughter is the child of Master James and Senator Evans. I can hardly wait to tell her all about her parents. I'm sure she will be very proud.
Granger. [frowns] Have the prefect droid's memory modified.
Exit Granger.
Percy. What?
Hedwig. [laughs]
Percy. Oh no.
The Dormiens arrives at Hangleton. While Sirius and Albus observe from the ship, Lily's funeral is held in Great Hangleton; it is attended by her parents Ignatius and Lucretia, her sister Molly, her nieces Lucy and Roxanne, Dobby, House-Elf Chief Kreacher, Hangleton Queen Elizabeth McGilliguddy, Governor Dugald McPhail, Mary Macdonald, Charles Granger, Millicent Bagnold, Arthur Weasley, Edessa Skanderberg, Dietrich Frenzen, Charity Wilkinson, Monica Wilkins, Bronwyn Trigg, Ben Copper, Alice, Martha, Cecilia, Sofie, Florence, and thousands of the late Senator's former subjects.
While they mourn, Lord Severus Snape and Dark Lord Voldemort stand with Governor Pius Thicknesse on board a Ministry destroyer. They supervise the construction of the massive Dark Mark.
Returned to Scotland, Granger approaches his wife Queen Jean Granger. He presents their new daughter Princess Hermione Granger.
As Auror Headmaster Albus lands on Mould-on-the-Would, Sirius gives Petunia Dursley her nephew Harry Potter. As Petunia gives Harry to her husband Vernon, Sirius hops on his horse and retreats into the desert as the old hermit Grim Black.
Ghost. [aside] The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins. But in the heart of its strength lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back. Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars.
Exit all.
