Four
Years Later
Part I: Fallout
The battle was over. Voldemort was dead. All that was left for the survivors to do was pick through the rubble and bury their dead.
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody did not survive. He took a killing curse for his favorite student, Nymphadora Tonks.
Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin survived and were married two years after Voldemorts death.
Severus Snape survived and the truth about his loyalties and his true reason for reformation were found. Snape had been in love with Lily Evans, and though she'd married another man, he'd loved her still. The fact that he'd passed along the information that had killed her was what had changed him. He'd killed Dumbldore on Dumbledore's own orders. Snape lives in seclusion in a laboratory in Scotland where he make a living brewing complex potions and selling them. For some reason he still makes the Wolfsbane potion every month and ensures that Remus Lupin receives it.
Neither Ron Weasly nor Hermione Granger survived. They died in each other's arms moments after confessing their love to each other. Not one person doubts that they died proudly, protecting Harry.
Molly Weasly did not survive. She was struck down by a Killing curse aimed at her husband. She managed to blow the Death Eater's hand off before she was hit though.
The Twins lived, and bought a second shop on Diagon Alley for their defense goods. they named it for their late brother; "Ronald Weasly Dark Arts Defense Supplies". It is the only somber part of their lives.
Bill Weasly left Gringott's to work at Hogwarts as Transfiguration teacher and head of Gryffindor House. He is still happily married to Fluer, who is now the highest ranking human at Gringott's.
Neville Longbottom survived and became the new Herbology professor and Head of Hufflepuff house three years after he graduated.
Minerva McGonagall is still the Headmistress at Hogwarts, with Prof. Flitwick as her Deputy Headmaster. She agrees she is not half the Head that Dumbldore is, but ever teacher is quick to disagree.
Dobby the House-Elf left the employ of Hogwart's after the battle and took it upon himself to rebuild Godric's Hollow. it took him a week on his own, but he rebuilt the grand house as good as new. he has lived there ever since, maintaining and cleaning it for his chosen master.
Arthur Weasly continues to work hard and be ignored at the Ministry, despite the fact that his son, Percy, is now an Executive Assitant to the Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimegeour. Arthur took only half a day off to attend his wife and son's funeral, but went straight back to work. While he continues to work hard never missing a moment or inch of his work, he no longer has the boyish enthusiasm, or the sheer excitement that he once did.
Ginny Weasly survived the final battle. She continues to live at the Burrow, cleaning and cooking for her father and which ever brothers choose to pop in. like her father she has lost much of the spark that she once had, much of the vitality. each day she spends two hours knitting, a nervous habit she adopted from her mother, on a small balcony on the roof, gazing off to the horizon waiting...
Harry Potter has been missing since that final battle. For four years, half the wizarding world has believed him dead. The other half, like Ginny and Dobby, has simply believed him traveling, lost in himself more than he was lost in the world. so Ginny, and Dobby, had vowed to wait patiently for the return of Harry Potter. others waited for "The Chosen One" or "The Boy Who Lived". Only those who actually knew him awaited the return of Harry Potter.