A/N: Wow, it's the end… I can believe it… the thought makes me sad… Well I guess every good thing has its end… lol I promise that there will be a sequel. And I told you why I didn't put Christians full name " I didn't think that I should…" It would be like putting my full real name on the internet… But it starts with an L! I just felt it would not be wise… The minister was going to be kingsley but when I read through his fist line I read it, it came out with a southern accent in my head…. Weird I know… The reviews made me feel better! Just what I needed… Oh and I hope you don't mind the early ness I need the week to memorize some stuff for band… I might take a break from all of my stories for a week or so, i will probably start back up friday... I will work on stuff during lunch break though...

Ten years and five kids later… Haha just kidding Lily! Couldn't resist it…

Chapter forty six: The Trial

"What do you think will happen?" Ginny asked Hermione as they sat in the court room, this one was much more secure than the one Ron's trial had been held in. It wasn't as lit and Dementors were gliding around the room. They were getting ready to bring him out. His would be a lot different from Ron's

"I don't know Gin, no one will know until that moment comes." Hermione said as a door opened. It was her mother, Harry and Draco. Besides the five of them no one else had come… Many people had wanted to a watch, but the Riddle's had made it clear that they only be aloud in and one reporter… One who wasn't Rita Skeeter. Instead it had been a young girl around eighteen named Melanie Sanchez.

Melanie was a small petite girl with long curly black hair. She was very pixie like. She seemed thoroughly thrilled that she had been picked. It was such a high profile case.

"Oh wow, I haven't ever been in one like this." she said looking around in even more awe. She had said that like only a million times in the past ten minuets.

"I have…" Harry snorted, this had been the same courtroom he had been brought to in his fifth year. It had brought up a lot of bad memories. "Though the last time I was here, I was sitting in that chair…" He pointed at the chair in the middle of the room. The young girls sea green eyes grew wide with shock.

"Oh wow." She said looking at him.

"Never want to be there again…" He said as Ginny walked up to him and grabbed his hand. He turned to face her. "Well Hello Ginny Alice." He said playfully before kissing the top of her head.

"Hello to you too Harry James." She said just as playfully. She was Happy to be his.

"Oh god…" Someone said as the door opened again, this time it was Tom. He was being led by Lupin and Arthur. "I cant bloody believe this… Why him?" Voldemort asked looking at his youngest daughter standing with Harry. He knew that they were together but it still irked him a lot.

"Why did mum pick you?" She asked coldly.

Ginny Alice Riddle, you will not talk to your father that way!" Amethyst said firmly. Her daughters attitude would have to change.

"Sorry mum." She whispered.

"Shall we get on with this?" Austin asked as he walked into the room with a vile of Veriteserum, this would be interesting to watch.

"Of course… The sooner this is over with, the better." Amethyst said looking drained. She still really loved her husband, he had always been her reason for breathing, even if he was awful.

"Open up Mr. ummm.. Voldemort…" Austin said.

"No I don't think I will." Voldemort said stubbornly and clamped his mouth shut. Why did he have to be so stubborn.

"Sir, we want to get this over with, it will be painless and over before you can say Transcontinental Railroad." the man drawled out.

"Why in the hell would I want to say transcontinental Railroad?" He shouted loudly. Austin magicked the potion into Voldemort's mouth. He choked a little as it went down.

"What name do you prefer?" Simple of course.

"I bet you want me to say Voldemort, But I rather prefer Tom…" His expression was unreadable. Harry had to fight to hold back a laugh.

"Why did you fall in love with your wife?" Another simple question.

"I fell in love with her the moment I saw her, she was the only rose in a room full of weeds." he had a very un characteristic smile on his face. "She was different from all of the others. All of the ones who only wanted me for one thing…" A tear fell from Amethyst's eye.

"Why did you kill Lily and James?"

"I was paranoid. Neither can live while the other survives… Metaphors always threw me for a loop… that's like look beyond what you seek, What the Hell does it mean…" Ame giggled. He had always wondered what look beyond what you seek really meant.

"Why didn't you leave it at that?"

"I was in to deep. When I killed sweet Lily it backfired and I became dark matter… what else was I supposed to do?" He snorted he had only had a few options… "And who wouldn't want to rule the world?"

"Why did you kill off Muggles and Muggleborns?"

"Amethyst left me… I was devastated, angry, I wasn't stable." His questions were so honest. But maybe that was just the potion doing its job…

"What should your punishment be?" Everyone in the room sucked in their breath, it was the question they had been waiting for. Hermione gripped Draco's right hand and Ginny's left tightly. She could feel Harry's hand on her shoulder as well.

"Well I guess I should be killed, certainly deserve as much…" Tears were streaming from Hermione, Ginny and Amethyst's eyes. "But it seems a little to absolute… I mean what's the punishment in that. I think a better option would be to take away my ability to perform dark spells and magic." He was going in the right direction. "I should be placed on house arrest and only be able to cast minor household spells… No one has ever been hurt by a household spell."

Austin was stunned by this, it was… rational… and a good idea at that.

"Tom, are you ever going to kill another person…" He was taking advantage of the last of the spell.

"No, I have no intentions to, I just want to be with my family and maybe have my second chance at life… I wish I could redo it all. I know I hurt Amity by killing Lily, I know she missed her and James." he looked genuinely sad. "Can you tell ever one I'm sorry. I wish I could give them their loved ones back…

"Okay then, I guess we have what we need… Place him on house arrest…" Austin seemed surprised by his own decision… The world really was, as Ginny had put it. Loopy.

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A Very Voldy House arrest…. By Melanie Rose Sanchez.

Earlier this week I had the privilege of attending Lord Voldemort's trial. It was very interesting. We have learned so much about him. It is fascinating to know that paranoia was the cause of everything and his dislike for cheesy metaphors. He is to be placed on house arrest as of today. He came up with his own punishment, as have many of his death eaters… Minister Austin Ray Carleton age twenty six of Georgetown South Carolina, thought that it was a rational decision and that it would be a better punishment than simply killing the man. That is all for today… Melanie Sanchez

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Reactions to this article had been mixed, extremely mixed. Some people welcomed the idea while others didn't. Which was to be expected. It was one of those highly controversial things that no one would ever agree on in a million years. Maybe it was a you had to be there kind of thing. No one had seen the way he had answered.

"Draco, what do you think is in this book?" Hermione held up the lather bound book Brianne had given them before she had left. It was still as locked and ancient looking as it had always been. It had the letters M-B-B-M written on it, it had obviously been her own book. Hermione ran her fingers over the leather absentmindedly and touched the locket around her neck. Brianne's locket.

"You know, if it were any one but Brianne I could tell you that… But the girl is weird." He joked. They were sitting in Malfoy manor, they had wanted some privacy, Tom was annoying when he was board. Every time Hermione and Draco would kiss he would say something like "Ohhh! Bri's gonna have a bubba or sissy…" Or "Get a room!". and plus they wanted a couple of days away from all of the excitement back at the school.

"I guess you right, what's weirder is that she never cries." Hermione still couldn't get over that. What baby doesn't cry?

"Slytherins don't cry, it shows weakness… Only Gryffindors cry." Hermione playfully slapped him on the arm.

"You did not just say that!" She shrieked.

"I did, what are you going to do about it?" He asked with that smirk plastered to his face.

"Do you forget that I am a Riddle?" She asked innocently, "That I'm a gaunt… Slytherin, Perevell… and a Malfoy?"

"You have some powerful ancestors…" He didn't deny that she did. It made her unique.

"Lots of purebloods and some muggles… Grandpa Tom was important."

"Yes he was, though he was a son of a banshee."

"True…" Hermione said pulling him onto the couch so that he was on top of her.

"I should insult your family more often." He said leaning down to kiss her.

"You really shouldn't." She pulling away just a little. He cupped the side of her face and crashed his lips into hers once more. Her hands slid up his chest and she started to play with his button until it was undone, she ran her hands against the skin of his bare chest, her fingers glided over the scars back from sixth year. He began kissing a trail down her neck. She smiled at how good it felt.

"Draco, I love you so much." She whispered just before his lips made their way back up to hers.

"And I love you too, my beautiful wife." He said smiling. Every time he called her beautiful she felt the same as she had the first time he had said that. It made her inside flip and her heart swell with happiness. It was the best feeling in the world. She truly felt loved.

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"Why is the book glowing?" Draco asked as he caught sight of it out of the corner of his. It looked rater suspicious… Books that glowed just didn't seem normal. Small cursive letters appeared on the cover.

"You can open me now… but you should Have Draco, Harry, Ginny, Luna, Blaise, Grandpa, Grandma, Taylor, Christian, Cherokee and Seamus with you…" They glanced at each other. "I want all of you here."

"You heard the book, now help me get them here I want to know that it in this book." Hermione said jumping up off of the big couch and running to the fire place.

"You and your books." He said just loud enough for her to hear and luckily her head had been darting into the emerald green flames. Even the floo network was Slytheriny.

He sent a patronus to Blaise and Luna, it told them that they needed to come to Malfoy manor and to not ask questions. He watched as his silver ferret did flips and then went through the open window. He thought it was funny that his patronus was a ferret.

"Oh Hello Ginny, Harry…" Draco said politely as he turned around to see them.

"What about a book?" Harry asked in confusion.

"Brianne left a journal behind before she left, it told us to not open it until all the required people are here…"He knew it sounded crazy.

"Okaaay then…" Harry trailed off as Blaise and Luna appeared in the living room.

"Lucy… You have some splainin to do." Blaise said causing Draco to roll his eyes.

"Your still watching those old I love Lucy reruns, I see." He said realizing they were all there.

He watched Hermione grab the book and dart up to the library. She had sit down in a big comfortable chair and the others soon followed suit. "We will take turns reading…" She told them and then dug in to the book.

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Hi mum, I bet your wondering what on earth this is… What made the book open. Well I will tell you, eventually. This book is my story, I will tell you that much. This is what you should know. I have asked that you all be here for this since it involves all of you. I don't really know how to begin… I guess I will start by telling you that this world you are about to enter is a dark place, its not like the world you know…. This is a different place entirely, once you start the journey you need to finish it. I guess I will start from the beginning, the place where it all started, the first thing I remember. You know why I hate Ron and you know what kind of person I am. You are about to learn what happened to me to make me that person. Even though I have changed everything I will still be who I am and my personality wont change. I guess this is a beginning instead of an ending. Mummy, please don't cry, it has a happy ending, we all know that now. Daddy please remember that this Is a fiction now, Aunt Ginny, please help them finish. This is my world and this is 'What Happened'

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*cries* I cant believe its done… I wrote the entire thing the night I last updated and it feels kind of relieving in a way cuz now I can finish all my other stories and work on la sequel… lol The sequel will be told mostly from Bri's perspective but I will have down times when it isn't.. . it will probably be about the book in some places but in others it will be normal time… Does that make sense… Its kinda like Bri's side of things… It WILL BE DRAMIONE! I hope to have the sequel up after turky day and b-for Christmas Sorry about the shortness of this one… Oh and Lily, Dramione has drama, but only with out the a… :P

1. Sooo what do you think

2. What was your favorite chapter? Mine was eleven, it was the first thing I ever wrote and I love it.. Lol

3. Did anyone else cry? Was it just me?

4. What house is teddy in…

5. Did you know that I have had the first chapter of the sequel planned out in my head since I published this… lol of course you didn't… lol

6. I was thinking and I really want to do this but I want your oppinion first… What would you think if I made a oneshot about how Amethyst fell for Tom… Im still not sure if I will do that or not…

7. What caused the book to open?

8. Now what do you think will happen in el sequel :P

I feel like crying again, this is really over… This story has been a big part of the last few months of my life… I got so many more reviews than I ever imagined, and I hope to some day have 1000 on this story alone… that would be amazing. I hope you all will read my sequel and I would like to thank all of you for reviewing you are all amazing and have made my days better. I will post a chapter and summery onto this story when I publish the sequel, that way all of you will know : ) ~Taylor (Slytherin at heart)