Angels and Dragons: Epilogue-Part 2
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Hello, once again! I am back with the next installment of the very long epilogue. Pretty self-explanatory, I think, so on with the story! Oh, and kudos to my part-time editor for her help!
Epilogue-Part 2
Hermione grinned slightly and phrased her response like a question. "Recorded you?" Harry chuckled.
"Calm down love," he told Draco, placing a hand on his shoulder. To Hermione, "Let's hear it then." Hermione nodded and pressed the play button. Everyone listened silently.
"Beautiful," Narcissa commented after it was done. Draco, who had only been listening for the first four lines, was singing quietly to himself. Then he got stuck. Again.
"Dammit!" he cried furiously. "I can never remember that line!"
"It's 'as long as I live,'" Harry said kindly. "You were doing very well until then."
"Maybe I could just lip-sync that part," Draco suggested, "And pretend that I am singing, but the sound system is broken." Harry shook his head.
"The sound system is powered via magic. Magic never fails." Draco frowned and thought about this.
"Then how come you're alive?" he asked slowly. The boy-who-lived smiled.
"Ok. So maybe magic does fail, but wouldn't it just be easier to learn the words?"
"Maybe for you," Draco muttered. Somebody ran into the room. It was Tonks.
"You're needed for something," she told Harry.
"Go Harry," Ginny said. "We'll make sure Draco knows the words so well that he can sing it backwards." Draco sweatdropped and stepped away from Ginny. Harry laughed.
"Thanks Ginny, but don't give him any ideas. We just want him to sing it forward for now."
Narcissa saluted playfully. "We'll make sure it gets done!" she called after Harry as he left. Narcissa, Ginny, and Hermione turned to face Draco, with very evil grins on their faces. Draco sweatdropped.
"Ah, Harry. I'm glad Tonks found you," said Lupin, looking up at Harry from his crouched position behind the speaker system.
"What did you need me for?"
"Well, for starters, how's the music lesson going?" Harry rolled his eyes, which made Remus laugh.
"Remus, Draco's memory isn't the best in the world when it comes to memorizing lyrics, obviously. He does really good, and then he forgets a line at random. Narcissa, Ginny, and Hermione are up there working with him."
"Let's just hope that they don't kill him," said Lupin. Harry nodded his head in agreement. "Okay, now down to business. Do you remember when you said that you wanted to stay with your extended family?" Harry nodded his head. "Well, Sirius left his house to you, and I was wondering if you wanted to use it for that purpose." Harry smiled, and a tear slid down his face at the mention of his godfather.
"Okay. Sirius, you have odd timing," said Harry, lifting his head towards the sky. As if in answer to Harry speaking to him, the sun shined even brighter on the Quidditch field, which had been changed for the wedding. Harry and Remus looked at each other and laughed.
"Sirius, you show-off," muttered Remus.
"He always was one for showing off. I think he just felt that he had to do something to get everybody to smile. Today is no exception, because you're getting married." Harry smiled sadly.
"I wish you could be here right now, Sirius, even if it's only for a few minutes."
"Well, how about we make it for the whole day?" Harry and Remus jumped and turned around. Standing in front of them was Sirius, only in a see-through, ghosty- type form.
"Sirius! How'd you manage this?" asked Harry.
"They probably got tired of you making a nuisance of yourself," said Remus.
"If I actually had a body, I'd hit you right now."
"Why? Isn't it true?"
"Sirius, Remus knows you too well. I don't think you're gonna win."
"Harry, where's your other half?" asked Sirius.
"Hermione, Ginny, and Narcissa are trying to get him to remember his lines from the song. I should probably check on him to make sure that they haven't killed him yet," said Harry, walking toward the castle. Sirius followed him, talking all the way up to the castle. When they got inside, Sirius stopped.
"Harry, how do you feel about all of this? Is this what you want?"
"No. You're not here in a sense that I can give you a hug. I miss that."
"I know. I miss that, too. But you're happy being with Draco, right?"
"Yes. Why are you asking me all of these questions?"
"Because your mom and dad asked me to. Your happiness is their number 1 priority," said Sirius with a shrug.
"Well, you can tell them that I'm very happy, and that I wish that they could be here too," said Harry with a smile.
"Good. I know that your happiness is genuine because I can see it in you. You really love Draco, and I can tell that he loves you, because otherwise he wouldn't be memorizing lyrics," said Sirius with a bark-like laugh. By this time, they'd reached the hallway that held the entrance to Gryffindor Tower. Instead of waiting for somebody to open the portrait, harry thought of another idea.
"Sirius, you can walk through walls, correct?"
"Yeah. Okay, I know there's something going on in your brain, so tell all."
"Well, I can teleport myself anywhere I want to. I don't know the password to get into the Tower, so I thought I'd just teleport myself in."
"Okay. You do that. See you on the other side," said Sirius as he made a running jump into the wall. Harry shook his head and concentrated his mind on teleporting himself into the Common Room.
"When did you learn to do that, Harry?" came Sirius' voice, bringing him back to reality.
"When I defeated Lord Moldy Shorts. Why?"
"Just curious. Now let's go find your other half." They didn't have to go very far, because at that moment Draco came running at Harry, and almost knocked him over.
"Harry, make them stop! Make them stop," Draco sobbed. Harry looked up at Narcissa, Hermione, and Ginny, who were standing on the stairs.
"What did you do to Draco?" asked Sirius. Narcissa, Hermione, and Ginny fell down the rest of the stairs. Draco, Harry, and Sirius laughed.
"Sirius! What are you doing here? More appropriately, how did you get here?" asked Hermione, helping Narcissa and Ginny up.
"I was annoying Them, so They told me to leave. So I did. Besides, I wouldn't miss Harry's wedding for anything. Oh, and Harry? The others will be here momentarily," he added as an afterthought.
"What do you mean?" asked Harry.
"Can't tell ya. Sorry," he added.
"Arghh! You are so irritating sometimes, you know that?" Sirius laughed.
"Hello, Harry," said a female voice right behind him.
"Ah, perfect timing!" said Sirius. Harry turned around and came face-to-face with his mom and dad.
Okay! I apologize for it being a little bit short, but that's just how I split the epilogue up so that I wouldn't have to type it all in one whack. Anyway, so what did you think? I know that a couple of you have been complaining that I use too many author's notes, and for that I apologize, but I promise thatI will try not to do it so often, okay? R&R!Well, until next time, this is Ryo-sama signing off!