A/N: Hello! OMG! This is the EPILOGUE! (Insert GASP right here) well, thanks to everyone who has read this story! I hope you guys will like this epilogue, don't kill me for it! I love you all!
/…/ Lyrics to the song
Full Summery: After being accused a murder right after the Tournament, Ron 'runs away' to America, hoping to start over anew. But three years later, his wife is struck by a curse that will end her life in one year. There is no cure for the curse, except a powerful potion. But no one knows how to brew it, well, except one. So leaving his wife at a famous wizard hospital in California, Ron and his two year-old Daughter go to England, where the only man who knows how to brew it lives. And that man is Severus Snapes, Potion Professor at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So here are the big questions: will his family and friends accept Ron again? And will his wife's life be saved?
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any song/ quote that I will use. They belong to their respectable owners/ creators. But anything that I have made up belongs to me!
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"Who do you suppose decided birds are free? They can fly wherever they choose… but there is no branch to return to. They might regret having wings, don't you think? Perhaps true freedom… is having a home to return to."
- Koumyou Sanzo, Gensomaden Saiyuki
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Wind From Tomorrow
Epilogue
Seven Years Later…
Ron sat at his desk, now 25 years old, still young, but he felt old. He stared at the pile of paper work he had just finished. That's all he did, work, work, and work. Everyone worried about him, even his eleven-year-old daughter, Amory, who, at the moment, was in Scotland, attending her first year of Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as Gryffindor. She's the only American there, and she was pleased with that. Ron was so proud of her when he got the letter she wrote to him on her first night at Hogwarts. Layla would have been proud too.
/Heaven's not enough
If when you get there…
Just another blue
And heaven's not enough
You think you've found it
And it loses you/
It was four years ago. No one expected it. Just out of the blue Layla got sick again. The doctors weren't able to explain it, but Snapes said that it was the Hex; it came back, like a muggle disease known as cancer. She died a week later. The funeral was peacefully; many people came to pay their respects. After the ceremony, Ron didn't leave the grave until Teddy and Harry pulled him off his knees and told him to get a grip, and that he still had Amory.
So, what Ron did was he busied himself with work and Amory. Ron spent as much time as he was able to, made sure he always had dinner with her when he was off work or in town, he bought her clothing, toys, even jewelry. He made sure Amory always had the best, and it wasn't a problem since he was pretty rich. Lucky for him, Amory wasn't spoiled. She grew up during those four years. Sure she was still sweet innocent Amory, but Ron notice that she became rather distant, and didn't like to go outside of the Manor or Glory Estate. All the changes in her were small, no one but a parent could notice them.
/You've thought of all there is
but not enough
and it loses you in a cloud/
Hopefully, Hogwarts changed her. He asked Remus, who was still the DADA professor, to keep an eye on her. From Remus's letters, she's doing okay, excelling in DADA and in potions, even under Snapes's pressure. Remus also told him that Amory always stick up for the potion master when fellow students would say mean things about him. Remus wondered why, but Ron knew the reason why. It was because Snapes helped Layla live longer, Amory was grateful for that.
/"There" most everything is nothing
That it seems
"Where" you see the things you only wanna see/
Ron stood up straight as he poured himself a glass of red wine. After a sip, he leaned back into the leather chair. As he sat alone in his office, there was a tapping at his window. With a wave of his wand the window doors opened, and Kero, Amory's blond feathered owl flew into the office and landed on Ron's desk, fortunately he, Kero, didn't mess any of his papers. "What do you got here?" Ron questioned the owl as he untied the note from its leg. He unfolded it and began to read.
Dear Daddy
Hey, Dad! It's Amory! It's the last week of school, and right now I'm suppose to be studying for the finals, but I just wanted to write to you. I can't wait to see you! Two weeks is too long! Oh darn, I have to go. My roommate whos such a study freak wants me to go back and study again! I think I could pass; I am smart you know! Ha-ha, my head is getting big! Tell everyone I said hi! Laters!
Amory
Ron smiled and laughed to himself. It was no guess that Amory would excel in her subjects; she did have his and Layla's genes in her. Sadly, she wasn't going to go down that road of awesome quiditch players, got that from Layla. Elaine joked a few weeks ago that Amory might be like his older brother Percy, smart but no athletic skill what so ever.
I'd fly away
To a higher plane
To say the words I resist
To float away
To sigh
To breath… forget/
Ron placed the letter in a drawer, where he kept all the letters Amory sent to him while she was at school. He ran his hand though his red hair before getting up, with wine glass in hand, and leaving his office. Many things have changed. Elaine and Rick had a baby girl, Lela, she was born a year after Layla's death. They also have a son too; he should be three months old now, his name's Tad. Teddy nicknamed him Taddy. Hermione and Draco got hitched, their expecting a set of triplets, man, will they go insane. Harry and Luna got married two, no kids so far.
/And heaven's not enough
if when I'm there I don't remember you
and heaven's not enough
you think you know it
and it uses you/
Ron walked up the stairs and down the hall. He was about to open a bedroom door when a house elf appeared.
"Master, sir!" He greeted.
Ron nodded. "Is anything wrong?" he asked the elf.
"Oh, no, master. Tabby just finished putting young master Garrett to bed, sir." The elf replied.
Ron nodded and dismissed the house elf and entered the bedroom. Garrett was His and Layla's last child; he was born the day before she died. Just like Amory, Ron spoiled his son too, but also like Amory, he wasn't a spoiled prince. He had dark red hair, tanned skin, and Layla's dark chocolate eyes. Unlike his older sister, he was outgoing and loved to be outside of the Manor and Estate. He never felt the lost of his mom, like Amory did. Ron knelt beside Garrett's bed. Ron loved his son.
/I saw so many things
but like a dream
always losing me in a cloud/
Garret missed Amory, and every day at breakfast he would ask Ron is Amory was coming home from Hogwarts that day. Ron would always reply soon, now since it was already the last week there, Ron now said very soon. Ron brushed the hair away from Garrett's forehead gently. 'How I wish you were here to see how beautiful our children have become.' Ron thought to himself as he whispered good night to his four year old and left the room. Ron wearily walked up the second set of stairs to get to his bedroom. When he got there, he fell into his bed and just lay there.
/Cause I couldn't cry
cause I turned away
couldn't see the score
didn't know the pain
of leaving yesterday really far behind/
He wished that Layla were alive to be there. To be there at Garrett's first birthday. To be there when Garrett said his first word, 'Mama'. To be there when Amory got her Hogwarts letter. To be at the train station at England to say goodbye to Amory. But Ron knew Layla was there in spirit. Layla was over at Hogwarts, watching over Amory, making sure everything is all right. Layla is over in Gareth's bedroom, singing him to sleep. She was with Ron right now, making sure he had a good night sleep. Thoughts like those made Ron more comfortable.
/In another life
in another dream
by a different name
gave it all away
for a memory
and a quiet lie
and I felt the face
of a cold night
still didn't know the score/
He turned to his side. After everything that happened, the false accusations of murder, running away and starting a new, having a kid while still in school, getting married young, the Hex, going back to his old identity, and even Layla's death, everything ended up all right. Just like he told Layla, back when they were only 15 years old. Ron opened his eyes to the darkness of his room. He then whispered, "Everything okay, now, right, Layla?"
/But I know the pain
of leaving yesterday really far behind
and if I could cry
and if I could live what truth I did then take me there
heaven goodbye/
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A/N: That's the end! Thanks for reading! I know, I know, originally the song I used is from the Anime Full Metal Panic, and it's called Karenai Hana (The Unwithering Flower). I wanted to use three other songs from the same anime, but couldn't decide, so it was up to a random pick. They were called Are Kara (From Then On), Tomorrow, and Kimi no Yumi (Your Dream). Okay, babbling here, well I changed the song cause I found a better one! LOL It's called "Heaven's Not Enough" sung by Steve Conte and from the anime Wolf's Rain! I promise I'll get the winner of the poll up soon!
Now, wasn't that a twist! You all thought that she would live and they will be one happy family? I now know how JKR felt when she killed off Sirius… (Sobs), well, the results of the poll will be posted up on my Profile; so keep checking to see who wins!
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