A/N: This is the last chapter before the epilogue. I hope you enjoyed the story and the epilogue will hopefully clear everything up.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot idea.

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The children all woke up bright and early the next morning to open their presents. When they ran down the stairs, they made so much noise that it woke everyone else in the house up, which caused a few people to be a little angry. Narcissa Malfoy was not used to waking up early any day, especially on Christmas. Molly and Arthur Weasley loved the joy that came with Christmas from children. With all of their children grown and out of the house, they loved watching the delight in their grandchildren's faces Christmas morning. Harry and Ginny were happy to spend Christmas among all of their extended family. Draco was relieved that it would not be another lonely Christmas in Malfoy Manor. Nymph and Charlie loved seeing everyone's reactions when they opened the presents, and generally raced downstairs with the children, proving they never grew up. Andromeda and Ted loved sharing their house with all of the family, since years ago it was only Ted's family who spent Christmas with them.

Meanwhile, Lyra, Ares, James, and Serena had already started unwrapping many of their presents, flinging the wrapping paper everywhere. Cassie and Orion both waited patiently for their parents to come downstairs. Since this was the first Christmas in ten years that the four of them would be together, Cassie and Orion wanted to make it memorable for both of their parents. Right after Nymph and Charlie settled on the couches, Arthur and Molly came down, each with a camera in their hands.

Molly had a wizarding camera in her hands, while Arthur was experimenting with a Muggle disposable camera. He had bought several, in case the first ones didn't work. After realizing that you were supposed to leave the camera together to make it work, he decided to wait until Ginny came downstairs. Ginny had learned how to work many Muggle things during her time in New York and was constantly explaining things to her father. Harry usually left it up to Ginny to explain Muggle objects because it was more amusing watching her describe it since she would get frustrated easily. Ginny, Draco, and Harry came down next and Harry immediately separated to help James and Serena unwrap their gifts and keep them organized. Ginny and Draco settled next to Cassie and Orion on another couch and Ginny urged Cassie and Orion to open their presents. Andromeda and Ted headed down the stairs, taking pictures to put in a photo album.

Andromeda leaned closed to her husband and whispered, "Doesn't this feel nice?"

"Nothing makes me happier than Christmas cheer with family and friends," he responded. Andromeda pointed to the mistletoe above her head and Ted kissed his wife. Breaking the kiss, he put his arm around his wife and squeezed her gently, smiling as he gazed around the room. The children were happy as they opened their presents and the parents smiled because of their children's joy.

Andromeda grabbed Ted's hand and led him into the kitchen. There, she started to prepare brunch and anything that need to be prepared for dinner when the rest of the family would be arriving. Ted, knowing Andromeda was busy, helped himself to a cup of tea and also poured her a cup. Slowly, the children and their parents, plus Molly and Arthur, headed into the dining room to begin eating the brunch feast that Andromeda and Ted had prepared. Brunch was animated as the children tried to describe everything to anyone who was willing to listen. Draco and Narcissa Malfoy had been quiet through most morning and continued their silence through brunch.

Shortly after three o'clock, Ron, Hermione, David and Emily arrived with a pile of presents, which the children dove into immediately. Once again, there was wrapping paper with little Snitches, brooms, books, cauldrons, and assorted colors flying everywhere. Andromeda tried to keep up with the mess until Ted told her that there would be time later for those things. Bill, Fleur, Sophie, and Jacques arrived next, both showing off their favorite toy that Santa had left at their house. With more presents and more wrapping paper, Ted look at Andromeda to give her an "I-told-you-so" look. Glancing around the room, Andromeda noticed that Draco, Narcissa, and Orion had all left the living room where the gift exchanging was done. As the family made their way in to the dining room, Fred and George arrived with a pile of presents for all of their nieces and nephews.

With the children momentarily distracted as they all received gag toys from their beloved Uncles Fred and George, Ginny creeped up the stairs, where she knew Draco and Orion would be waiting for her. When she saw that Narcissa was up there as well, she urged Narcissa to go join the family for dinner, but to send Cassie upstairs.

During the morning, Ginny and Draco had discussed the details of how they were going to present Cassie and Orion to the rest of the family. Ginny knew it would be hard, but at least her parents would support her, since they had found out earlier. When Cassie came upstairs, she sat down on the bed and folded her arms across her chest. Orion sat next to her and mimicked her. Ginny, who had been gazing out the window, turned around to see her children pouting.

"Why the long faces?" she asked.

"Why did I have to come upstairs, Mum? I didn't do anything wrong! Plus, Uncle Ron is bound to notice I'm missing. He watches me carefully, you know," Cassie responded. Ginny always believed the Ron looked out for Cassie to be a replacement father figure, even though Harry always filled the role nicely.

"Father, you've been awfully quiet. Any reason?" Orion questioned. He knew his father was usually quiet but Draco stood right next to Ginny and gazed out the window, something he did not usually make a habit of doing.

"I'm wondering how much longer I'm going to live," Draco added quietly.

"Don't say such thing in front of the children," Ginny reprimanded.

"Now that I know how protective Ron is of Cassie, it's the end of me," Draco responded.

"That's not true, Dad. Uncle Ron wouldn't hurt you," Cassie said soothingly.

"You must not have met your uncle. He's acts first then thinks about his actions," Draco said with a little disgust as he remembered some of the events from his days at Hogwarts. Ron was known for his short temper, something that ran in the Weasley family.

"A little girl does the same thing," Orion added.

"I do not!" Cassie protested.

"See what I mean?" Orion responded before he started laughing, which earned him a punch from his sister. Ginny yelled at her children to stop, but neither one was willing to stop. They both shouted out insults back and forth, which only caused Ginny to be more worried about today's little announcement.

"Gin, calm down. They will both be perfect when they need to be," Draco said, trying to reassure her.

Meanwhile, everyone sat down and Andromeda began to serve the food when Ron noticed Ginny and Cassie were both missing. Harry said that he would go find them and bring them in. Molly, Andromeda, and Ted continually moved from the kitchen and dining room in order to get all of the food set out in a timely manner. The children once again began to describe all of their new toys to anyone who was willing to listen with the adults trying to maintain the volume to reasonable level. When Harry went upstairs, it took him a little while to find Ginny, Draco, Cassie, and Orion, who had moved from the second floor up to Orion and Cassie's bedroom on the third floor.

"Getting cold feet?" Harry asked in a teasing manner. He knew that Ginny wanted to tell her family, since half of them had already found out, but she was nervous and needed support at all times.

"Harry, don't tease," she admonished.

"What side of the room is your mate Ron on?" Draco asked.

"I'd the enter the door at the bottom of the stairs. Ron's near the kitchen," Harry said simply. Draco heard that and simply laughed. Orion turned and looked at his father, surprised at how much his father was laughing and smiling. This is what Christmas is all about, Orion thought.

When Harry entered the dining room, he simply said that he had found them and they were on their way, leaving out who was actually arriving. Ginny and Draco entered the room first, which caused Ron to jump out of his seat before Hermione reminded Ron that Draco was Andromeda's nephew. Ginny opened her mouth, but no words came out. Draco saw that she was having difficulties finding the right words to say, he decided to start with what they planned on telling everyone.

"There's something Ginny and I have not told anyone before. Fourteen years ago, we left England for New York in order to hide ourselves. We had fallen in love and gotten married," Draco began. He saw the shocked looks on Ginny's brothers' faces and Ginny, who had found her voice, continued before Ron could harm Draco in any way.

"Our secret keeper was Andromeda, though Ted visited often. We needed someone who was close to both of our families, that we trusted, and who could visit frequently."

"It also helped that they knew a little about Muggle life," Draco whispered and Ginny giggled when she heard his little comment.

"Our son Orion was born a year later and he's now thirteen years old. Our daughter Cassiopeia was born two years later and you've all met Cassie. Cassie, Orion, you can come in now," Ginny called out. When Cassie and Orion walked in the door, there were a few gasps heard across the dining room. Hermione kept pushing Ron back into his seat.

"When Cassie was just a year old, we divorced and returned to our old lives. Apparently the idea of this Christmas Feast was Orion and Cassie's idea, since they are friendly at Hogwarts," Draco commented. Draco, Ginny, Cassie, and Orion sat down at their seats, with Draco as far from Ron as possible.

Bill, who ended up next to Orion, said, "You may look and act like a Malfoy, but you've got your mother's smile and that's what counts." Orion blushed and felt at home amongst his newfound family.

"Out of every male on Earth, you had to fall in love with Draco Malfoy, didn't you? Just to spite me," Ron said to Ginny.

"You can't help who you fall in love with," Ted replied as he gazed at his wife.

Ginny, who had expected her brothers to react a little differently, was happy that they seemed to accept Cassie for who she was and that they accepted Orion immediately into the family, pulling jokes on him before he was even able to sit down. After the announcement, dinner and dessert was fairly quiet with a small amount of chatter, which Ginny felt was unusual. Later, Harry thought it was because there was so much new information that everyone just needed a little time to digest it. After dinner and dessert, Andromeda ushered the guests into the living so she and Ted could clean up the dining room and begin the dishes that night, instead of leaving them to be done tomorrow.

Slowly everyone left that night. Bill, Fleur, Sophie, and Jacques left first because Fleur was tired all the time. Ron, Hermione, David, and Emily left next because it was past Emily's bedtime. Fred and George left next because they had another party to attend. Charlie, Nymphadora, Lyra, and Ares were the last ones to leave because they had plans for the next week and wanted to prepare for their holiday. Harry took James and Serena upstairs to get them ready for bed and Molly and Arthur volunteered to help him. Narcissa excused herself, telling everyone it was time she retired. Remaining in the living room was Draco, Ginny, Orion, Cassie, Andromeda, and Ted, who had finished most of the dishes.

"I think that went well," Andromeda started.

"It went better than well, I still have all my limbs," Draco added, which earned him giggles from Cassie and Ginny.

"Ron restrained himself," Ginny replied.

"Aunt Hermione restrained Uncle Ron, Mum," Cassie put in. Orion moved to get out of his chair, but Cassie held him down. She gave him a pleading look, but he seemed to ignore it.

"It's been a long day, I'm going to bed now. G'night Cassie, Night Mum, Good night Father, Night Aunt Andromeda and Uncle Ted," Orion said, making sure he did not leave out anyone.

"I'll go too," Cassie added. She waved to everyone and gave her mother and father a good night kiss before following Orion up the stairs to the bedroom they now shared.

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Cassie and Orion shared Cassie's room at 12 Grimmauld Place because they wanted to learn as about each other as possible. They were friends, but that was not the same as being siblings, something they had just discovered recently. Tonight would be the last night they would spend together because Orion would be leaving the next day to spend a few days at Malfoy Manor before heading off to some exotic location chosen by his grandmother. He certainly didn't mind because it would give him the opportunity to ask his father questions about his mother and to understand the reasons for splitting him up from Cassie.

This Christmas was the best Christmas Orion could have ever asked for. He had only really wanted a larger family, and he certainly had one of the largest extended families now. No Christmas could ever compare to this one. Orion realized that now his life was complete. He had a loving family and finally was not the only one his own age. Discovering his mother's family was the best thing that ever could have happened.

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