Chapter 25: In Seven Years

"Hello brother," Amadeo said as he smiled up at Harry. Harry smiled as he looked down at Amadeo and patted him on the head as Amadeo hugged Ginny.

'Harry, Ginny! What are you doing here?' Viktoria words asked as she walked over and placed her arms around her godson and then his wife. They'd married three years earlier, when Harry was twenty-three. Hermione and Ron got married the year before them.

"Well we wanted to visit Amadeo before he goes off to Hogwarts for his first year," Harry said with a smile as he looked at Amadeo and messed up his black hair, which didn't matter for just like Sirius, he still looked charmingly handsome with his hair ruffled up. As the years passed by his likeness to Sirius only seemed to intensify.

"Uncle Remus and Aunt Dora are here too. Uncle Remus says he won't give me any special treatment at Hogwarts," Amadeo said as he looked up at Harry. Tonks had gone to calling herself Dora now that she was Mrs. Lupins, something she'd been for the past six years and had a little girl for the past five.

'As well he shouldn't,' Viktoria's words appeared in green as she smiled down at her little man. It seemed hard to believe that he was already eleven years old, which made her think that she was quite old now that she was forty-five years old. Her hairs were slowly turning a little grey here and there and her eyes always shown with melancholia for she'd never quite recovered loosing her husband.

"Have you see Penelope lately she's getting so big!" Amadeo said and at that moment Penelope ran into the room and straight into her aunts arms. The child of amber colored eyes and mousy brown hair was five years old and Remus and Tonks pride and joy.

'A metamorphmagus just like her mother,' Viktoria's letters said as he face lit up with pride as Tonks and Remus stepped into the room.

"Hello Harry, Ginny," Tonks said as she looked over at them.

"Hello Tonks, I mean Dora. Still can't get used to that," Harry said as he shrugged sheepishly and nodded towards Remus who merely nodded back to him.

'Well we should go and eat. Amadeo, got set up a spot for Harry and Ginny,' Viktoria said as she looked at Amadeo. Amadeo merely nodded and went into the kitchen. Viktoria looked over at her godson and smiled as she looked at him. After the war with Voldemort was over he was finally able to continue his life and he went into Auror training and was now an Auror, as for Ginny, she'd decided to become a Healer at St. Mungos.

Tonks and Remus led the way, accompanied by Ginny, leaving Harry alone with Viktoria. "How have you been lately?" Harry asked as he stepped closer to Viktoria. Viktoria looked up at Harry and smiled at him.

'Fine. Really Harry I'd wish you'd stop worrying about me. I miss Severus dearly, but I'm fine,' she said as she looked over at Harry.

"Do you remember that there was someone that was tipping off the Order about Voldemorts whereabouts and movements?" Harry asked. Viktoria merely nodded in response. "Well we've finally been able to confirm that it was Snape who did it," Harry said as he looked at her. She smiled as she looked down at her feet.

'I've always known that Harry. I didn't need to be told by anyone to know that it was him. He wanted to redeem himself, at least in my eyes,' her words glowed as she looked up into Harry's eyes. He looked down at his feet. He's always hated Snape, but when he'd died all that hate disappeared. Despite the fact that Snape was the cause of Dumbledore's death, he didn't have any room to continue to hate him.

"I'm sorry that your story did not have a happy ending," Harry said as he looked up at her causing her to shake her head.

'Harry, I have you who I love like a son. Ginny, who I've come to love as a daughter. I have my brother, my sister-in-law, a gorgeous niece and last but definitely not least my son. I would be selfish to ask for more. Besides, the rest live on in out memories,' her words said to him as she looked up into his eyes. 'And stories never really come to an end.'

TBC…