Valentines Hijinks
By: Midnight*Starfire
Disclaimer: I do not own anything about Harry Potter! I made no profit off this story! No suing!
A/N: Looks like I have finally finished this! Here's the epilogue, enjoy! Please review. Sorry I rushed through it, but I have other projects to complete!
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EPILOGUE
Five years later.....
A beautiful platinum haired witch was packing up her belongings and putting them into large brown boxes. Any day now, Emmeline Vance would be moving in with her boyfriend, Sirius Black. She had been hurrying through packing, not paying much attention to what she threw in each box. A loud clank, as she broke some plates she tossed into a box, made her realize she should be much more careful.
Emmeline opened up the left side of her closet and found her trunk from Hogwarts. Old memories replayed in her head as she hurried over to the trunk and dragged it from the closet. Prying open the lid, she looked at the trunk's contents, which she had not seen in five years. On the very top lie a set of silk emerald colored dress robes. She picked it up and hugged it closed to her, remembering the night of the ball. The four girls had worked for hours perfecting the hair and make-up for that night. Emmeline laughed as she remembered how hard it had been picking out dress robes and how happy she was when Alice said she could keep the emerald ones. Beneath the robes was all her old school books, her old cauldron and her old broom. She laughed as she touched each and remembered something long since forgotten. At the bottom of the truck was a small leather bound book, that she could not recall. Opening it carefully revealed that it was an enchanted photo album.
Emmeline tried not to cry, as she turned through and saw pictures of her and her friends at Hogwarts. It was like watching them grow up all over again. There was a picture of Lily, Emmeline, Hestia, and Alice as scared looking little first years. There were pictures of quidditch matches, and pictures of them at Hogsmead. There were individual pictures of all of her friends, and she had to laugh at how much each one had changed over the years. Especially Hestia when her hair was incredibly short and someone had mistaken her for a boy during third year. Nearing the end of the book she found the pictures of the eight of them at the ball. Emmeline was wearing those emerald dress robes and Sirius had picked her up, like they had just been married for the picture. Lily wore a satin light pink set of dress robes and stood in front of James, who had his arms wrapped around her. Hestia wore vivid violet colored ones and was turned to face Remus. She had her hands placed upon his chest and he had his arms wrapped tightly around her waist. Alice and Frank, now Alice and Frank Longbottom, stood facing each other and holding onto each other's hands.
Emmeline then found the final photographs that were not part of the album. The final pictures were stashed beneath the album of pictures from Hogwarts. Pictures of them all at James and Lily's wedding, pictures from Alice and Frank's wedding, and pictures of them when they joined the Order of the Phoenix. "Who would have ever thought that their Valentines' hijinks would have resulted in this?" Emmeline muttered happily as she admired the pictures. She had been dating Sirius since seventh year, two of the four couples had been married, and Hestia and Remus had broken up just to get back together three years later. Emmeline wiped away a crystal tear, just as there was a knock at the door.
"Come in," she said.
"EM! Come on we have to apparate to St. Mungo's!" exclaimed Sirius as he barged into the room.
Emmeline turned to face Sirius, worry etched in her eyes, "What has happened?" she asked, her voice full of fear.
"It's nothing bad, Emmeline," said Sirius softly.
"Well, then what happened?" demanded Emmeline.
"Lily just gave birth to a baby boy, I'm a godfather!" Sirius exclaimed.
Emmeline smiled brightly and excepted the hand Sirius offered to help her up. Without another word the two of them left hand in hand.
By itself, sitting on the bed where Emmeline left it, was the photograph of all of them at the ball.
THE END.
A/N: An abrupt end I know, but I figured it was an appropriate ending. Maybe later I will revise it and add more. Until then, thanks for reading.
-M*S