So I started writing this story 8 years ago and I had always thought I would have finished it in 1 or 2 years.

But obviously I have not. So much has happened in 8 years. I went back to college and I indeed became a nurse.

I met my husband , I got married and I have 2 small children. My daughter is 2 months old today.

I always knew how I wanted to finish this story but one way or another I was not able to get the parts written I needed to get to my ending.

I will finish this story.

I don't know if people are even still waiting on a next chapter, but anyway , here it is.

I don't own anything and I never will, everything is from J.K. Rowling

Any mistake is of my own making, English is still not and never will be my first language.


At Shell Cottage part 2.

It was deathly quiet inside Shell Cottage.

The only sound was the ticking of Bill's home-made clock , same like his mothers, that was hanging on the wall.

Regulus turned his gaze towards Sirius, he was looking outside the window , towards the place where Harry, Ron and Dean were making a hole into the ground with a shovel.

A sudden shift, made Regulus turn his gaze towards the doorway where Lina and Fleur stood. She gave him a soft smile and walked towards him.

"Mister Ollivander will need time to recover but he will eventually be fine, the goblin is already acting like any other goblin and Hermione..." she said pausing for a bit.

Fleur took over. "She at least was exposed to it for 3 minutes, but she will life."

"Has she said anything about what happened at all?" Bill asked.

Fleur shook her head in response.

"Non, she did not , but she is strong."

"What's going on outside?" Lina asked, grabbing Regulus hand into hers.

"Harry ,Ron and Dean are making a grave by hand for the house-elf," Sirius answered and turned to look at Lina.

Lina nodded, "he must have been one special house-elf," she said musing, before saying the next words .

"Hermione ... also has the word mudblood carved into her arm, we tried to heal it but it must have been made by a cursed knife, there's nothing we can do to make it go away."

Sirius grey eyes turned dark while he muttered: " mudblood?" "What did they get themselves into?"

"The better question is : "what did they get themselves out of?" Regulus countered Sirius question.

A sudden movement out of the corner of her eye made Lina turn and she looked into the eyes of Luna.

So much like her once friend Lisa-Marie.

"Are you okay Luna?" Lina asked.

Luna nodded her head in response, "I'm fine, I hope mister Ollivander will be okay and Hermione. We do not always see eye to eye but she is my friend."

Bill stood up from the place he had been sitting and took a step towards Luna. " Can you tell us anything? Where have you been? We thought you and Dean Thomas were dead. What happened?"

Luna conked her head to the side and stared into Bill's eyes , she then turned to look at all the other people as if she was waiting for something.

"I do not know if I can tell you, after all it's not my story."

Sirius growled at her. "Listen, you girl... you will now..." but Lina raised her hand to stop him which he did.

"Luna, please. Where were you?"

" I was held in Malfoy Manor together with Mister Ollivander. Harry, Ron , Hermione and Dean and mister Goblin only arrived today."

"Malfoy Manor?!" Regulus and Sirius growled at the same time.

"Are you okay, did they hurt you?" Lina asked.

"I am fine, even if I must admit it was rather unpleasant to be there at times , I was in good company , whenever I saw Draco , he always looked like he did not want to be there at all, he always looked rather conflicted in my opinion."

Lina caught Regulus eyes and they both knew at the same time .

* He has gotten the Dark Mark*

"Oh look, I think it's time to go say goodbye to Dobby," Luna said, and before anyone could say another word, she had opened the door and stepped outside…