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Epilogue

(twenty years later)

Albus Dumbledore stood up and everyone quickly became silent. The old man smiled around at them all, his blue eyes twinkling madly.

"Welcome, all, to this year's Graduation Ceremony!" he said, and the Quidditch Pitch erupted in cheers. Dumbledore stood on the stage where he and the rest of the staff were arranged, waiting for the ceremony to begin. All of the graduating students were seated in chairs on the lawn, while all of the parents, friends, and other spectators were seated in the stands. Dumbledore waited for everyone to quiet again before speaking. "We are about to begin. I will stand up here and call out the names of the students. When the student's name is called, he or she will walk up here and accept their diploma from me, and then proceed to greet the rest of the staff members. Now, let us begin." He picked up a roll of parchment from the table next to him and unrolled it. It fell onto the stage and kept rolling until it was well past the headmaster's feet. He paid no attention to the length and began to read.

"Abercrombie, Elizabeth," he called. A tall girl with long, dark brown hair walked calmly up to the stage, accepted her diploma from Dumbledore, and proceeded on to the rest of the staff. Minerva McGonagall had tears in her eyes as she hugged one of her Gryffindors. Elizabeth looked a bit stiff as she quickly shook Severus Snape's hand. She moved on to the next person, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, rather eagerly. Harry Potter gave the girl a fatherly hug, which she gladly returned. The school nurse, Luna Potter, did the same. Elizabeth sat down and the next person was called. Suddenly came a name that Harry and Luna knew very well.

"Creevey, Allison!"

The girl with brilliantly red Weasley hair stood up and accepted her diploma. She hugged all of her teachers (McGonagall crying, of course) until she reached Harry and Luna, who just so happened to be two of her godparents. The two staff members hugged her together. Harry looked up into the stands and caught sight of Ginny and Colin waving madly at them. Their daughter happily returned the wave before sitting down.

The ceremony continued rather slowly, Harry and Luna anticipating three more names more than all the others. Suddenly, one came.

"Malfoy, Reese!"

A tall boy with nearly white blonde hair stood up and walked up to the stage. He held himself remarkably like his father. Snape gave the boy a small smile. Reese was the only non-Slytherin student that had Snape's affection. Needless to say, Draco had nearly wet himself when he heard that his son had gotten sorted into Gryffindor. He had gone off on a rant about the Sorting Hat being fixed, and even threatened to go so far as to marching up to the school and demanding a re-Sorting. His wife, however, had quelled that thought as quickly as it had come about. Reese hugged his godparents, Harry and Luna, tightly before turning and raising his arms in triumph. Everyone laughed, and Harry could have sworn he heard an "Honestly!" coming from the boy's mother in the stands. Harry had to laugh; it was so like Hermione to be embarrassed by her son on such a proud day.

The next name was the one Harry and Luna had been waiting for the most.

"Potter, Codi!"

The tall girl with brilliantly green eyes (though thankfully had inherited her mother's hair instead of her father's messy black hair) stood up and carried herself elegantly to the stage, much like Luna herself moved. Codi accepted her diploma, moving down the row of teachers (surprisingly giving Snape a friendly hug) before coming to her parents. Luna had tears of pride in her eyes as she looked at her daughter. It seemed like only yesterday that she was bottle-feeding the little girl, and now she was graduating Hogwarts. Luna let out a wail and threw herself at her daughter. Codi found herself being suffocated by her sobbing mother, while the audience laughed. Usually Hermione was the emotional one, and Luna contained herself quite well. Harry grinned at Codi and gently pried Luna off of her. He gave Codi a hug and sent her on her way, his heart swelling with pride as he watched his little girl take her seat. He sat back and waited for the final name to be called.

"Weasley, Skylar!"

The incredibly tall red headed boy stood from his seat and headed for the stage. He had almost made it there when he tripped over his own feet and fell flat on his face. As everyone laughed, Skylar picked himself up and continued on his way as if nothing had happened, grinning his lopsided grin, his cheeks tinged pink. Harry could just see Ron punching the air and yelling "That's my boy!" while Skylar's mother, Lavender, moaned and covered her face with her hands, worrying about whether or not she needed to tend to any injuries. Harry laughed. Skylar approached Harry and Luna, grinnng madly.

"Whoops," he said quietly, chuckling at himself. He knew he was clumsy, and he made the best of it. Harry and Luna laughed and gave him a hug, which he returned. He turned to take his seat again, but accidentally dropped his diploma, knocking the hat off of a girl's head in the front row. Everyone laughed as Skylar apologized and hurried to sit down before he caused any major damage. At last, Dumbledore stood up.

"And now, would the Head Boy and Head Girl please come up here for their speeches," he requested. Harry grinned as Reese and Codi stood up. He had not been surprised when Reese had been selected as Head Boy, as both his parents had been Heads in their day. He had nearly had a heart attack when he heard about Codi, though. The girl had unfortunately inherited his knack for adventure, and Harry was constantly being called from his classes to attened to punishments dealt by various professors. She had, unsurprisingly, become best friends with Reese, Skylar, and Allison, all Gryffindor students, and the four of them could not be sparated. They had been caught, mostly by Snape, out of bed after curfew nearly every night since they started at Hogwarts. But they were good kids, and Harry couldn't be prouder of them all if they were his own children, instead of his best friends' children.

Reese stepped up to the podium and cleared his throat. He grinned at everyone, and Harry distinctly heard nearly every girl sigh. Codi rolled her eyes and poked Reese in the back.

"Quit flirting with everyone and get on with your speech," she hissed. Reese laughed.

"Okay, okay," he said, clearing his throat again. "Fellow classmates. Graduation day. Wow. I honestly thought this day would never come. I acutally find it hard to believe that it did come for some." He coughed, and everyone distinctly heard him say "Skylar" undercover of the coughs. Everyone laughed as Reese wiggled his eyebrows at his best guy friend. "No, I'm just kidding. But really, doesn't it seem like it's been forever since we started here? Seven whole years ago. Once again, Wow. It's been great, though. I mean, what more could a person ask for? Learning magic, playing pranks, being with your friends every day, sneaking out after curfew...playing pranks," he said again. Everyone laughed again. Reese, Codi, Skylar, and Allison were notorious at school as pranksters. They were almost as bad as Fred and George Weasley had been in their day. But then again, Fred and George were Skylar and Allison's uncles, and they were pretty much like uncles to Reese and Codi as well, so it wasn't really surprising that they were so much alike. "But on a more serious note. My parents and godparents have all told me stories about when they were at school. Not the fun times they had, but the difficult times. Like how they had to attend school under the threat of Lord Voldemort. I am just very thankful that we did not have to deal with any of that, and I hope that no one has to ever again. I hope that one day, my kids can go here and have fun like I did. I hope that I can come back and teach here one day. Hint, hint, Professor," he said, looking at Dumbledore. Everyone laughed as Dumbledore gave the boy a thumbs-up. "Well, that's all Codi wrote down for me to say, so I guess I'm done here." Reese grinned at Codi, who punched him in the arm, grinning back at him. Everyone laughed and applauded as Reese stepped back and let Codi take over.

"Okay, first off I would just like to say that I did NOT write his speech for him," she said, glaring at Reese. "He wrote it all on his own. But anyways, on to my speech." She cleared her throat. "Like Reese said, it's really hard to believe that this day is finally here. But for me, it seems like only yesterday that I was walking through those doors, ready to start my education. And now I'm walking through those doors in the other direction, ready to start my life in the real world. I hope that my kids will be able to come here one day. And if they do, there is no way on Earth that I am letting them become friends with him," she said, pointing at Reese, who whistled innocently. Everyone laughed. "Although it might be kind of hard to avoid each other, as both our kids will be in Gryffindor, Uncle Draco," she said, waving up at the blonde in the stands. Harry clearly saw Draco cross his arms and scowl, muttering to himself. Everyone knew about Draco's displeasure about his son being in Gryffindor, despite how much he loved his son. Everyone laughed again. "I also hope that no dark threats will fall upon future generations, and everyone will be able to live somewhat peacefully from now on. And I would just like to thank my dad for that fact. Thanks, Dad," she said, turning to Harry and grinning. Harry grinned back and bowed playfully. Codi laughed and continued. "Well, that's my speech, which I did write. Enjoy the rest of your lives, everyone!" She grinned again and she and Reese linked arms playfully and walked off stage.

Everyone applauded as Dumbledore stood up again. He smiled. "And now I would just like to say, congratulations, graduates! May your lives be long, happy, and prosperous!" Every one of the graduates cheered wildly, throwing their pointed wizarding hats into the air. Many of the girls were crying as everyone hugged each other. Parents began making their way down to the lawn to collect their students.

Harry and Luna met up with Ron, Lavender, Ginny, Colin, Hermione, and Draco. All of the girls were crying and all of the guys rolled their eyes at their wives. But they couldn't help but be proud of their children as they made their way into the adult world. Harry grinned.

"I have a feeling we're gonna be doing this in about twenty more years with all our grandchildren," he said. Draco crossed his arms and scowled.

"My grandchildren are not going to be sorted into Gryffindor," he said hotly.

Fin.


A/N: Wow! It's finally finished! My baby is finally finished! This is my very first finished story! I'm so happy! I really had so much fun working on this story, I'm almost sad that it's done. I really hope you all liked it. I love how it turned out, even though it is completely different from my first vision of it when I started writing it. It has taken so many different turns, I think only the first chapter is what I was originally planning. The rest of it is nothing like I imagined it.

I just want to thank all of my beautiful reviewers. You guys have really been great. Especially Danu3, who has reviewed every single chapter from the very beginning. I think that's the reason so many people reviewed, because that one person liked it so much and gave me such positive reviews. Danu3, you were always so supportive of me, and always gave me positive feedback. You also gave me constructive critisism, and it always helped me to correct some things that I had wrong. I don't know what I would have done without you. Thank you so much.

Well, I'm moving on to other things. Don't forget me, I do have other stories that I'm working on. TTFN, tata for now. I will return!

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