Fred's eyes went wide as something occurred to him.

"Holy crap…" He whispered.

"What, Freddie?" George asked.

"Titania used to be Harry Potter."

"Yes…" George frowned at his twin.

"I'm supposed to marry the girl who used to be Harry Potter…?" Fred whispered.

"And that' why we told you today." Paddy said. "Just in case you want to change your mind."

"NO!"Fred squawked. "Mine! No take-backs."

"Looks like you're marrying the girl who used to be Harry Potter." George snickered.

"Looks like people have learned to keep their mouths shut." Lupin leant around Flitwick and told Snape.

"I should hope so." Snape replied. "They've certainly had enough lessons."

"Most of them are Ravenclaws, they tend to be slow to learn unless it's written down somewhere." Flitwick commented quietly.

"It doesn't seem to matter what house they're in." Snape snorted. "They're all dunderheads."

"They're children." Lupin chided.

"Exactly. Dunderheads." Snape repeated.

"Oh, be quiet, you two." Flitwick muttered. "No arguing in front of the students."

"Yes, Professor." The two gave him innocent looks, drawing looks of disbelief from some of the students.

"Fred!" Titania squealed, as she exited the school's gates, ignoring the amused look that she drew from McGonagall.

"Kitten." Fred gave her a large smile and opened his arms, ready to catch her when she leapt just a few feet in front of him. The two spun in a circle as the redhead struggled to stay on his feet on the slippery grass.

"Hello, George." Titania looked over Fred's shoulder and waved at his twin.

"Hey there.' George grinned. "You look happy."

"Of course, I am, George." Titania grinned. "I get to spend the day with you two."

"Well…" George her a cheeky grin.

"What?"

"Chirp chirrup trrll." Came from behind George and Luna.

"Helios!?" Titania turned from Fred to the griffin cub. "Oh, hello, my sweet. Did you come to visit?" She knelt beside the half-grown cub and scruffled her fingers through his feathers before looking up at the twins. "You brought Helios to visit?" Her smile was bright and happy.

"We remember how stressful last year was." Fred started.

"So, we figured to make it…" George took up the comment.

"…a little more pleasant." Fred knelt and let his arm sit around her shoulders.

"Mr's Weasley?" Professor Sprout's voice broke through their lack of attention. "What did you do?"

"Nothing, really, Professor." George replied, plastering an innocent expression on his face.

"We just thought that Titania could use a little pick-me-up." Fred added, wearing a matching expression.

"Professor?" Titania looked over her shoulder. "Would you like to meet Helios?"

"Who or what is Helios?" Professor Sprout asked. "Beyond being a Greek Titan, that is."

"Helios is the second of my familiars." Titania answered and moved to one side, allowing the Professor to see the half-grown cub.

"That's a griffin!" The Herbology Professor squawked. "Get away from it!" She started to move towards the group, only to find herself facing a series of wands. "What are you doing? Move!"

"What is going on here?" McGonagall's stern voice cut into Sprout's near-panicked state.

"There's a griffin!" She pointed at the two students and the two former-students.

"Griffin?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"It's only Helios, Professor McGonagall." Titania answered.

"Helios? Miss Grimmley, did you have permission to bring your second familiar to the school?" McGonagall wanted to know.

"Second familiar? What about the griffin?" Sprout demanded.

"Pomona… the griffin is Miss Grimmley second familiar." McGonagall said tiredly.

"Second… What?!" Sprout screeched. "Who let her bond with one of them?"

"Her father, the Headmaster, Amos Diggory and Master Scamander all verified the bond." McGonagall answered. "Newt is monitoring the cub's development closely, something to do with being a familiar can speed up the wee beastie's maturation." She paused. "I think I missed part of that conversation, however."

"At least I didn't ask if I could have him stay with me at school." Titania grinned.

"For which, I am most grateful, Miss Grimmley." McGonagall gave her a purse-mouthed smiled.

Dumbledore smiled at his staff, as they sat around the staff table in the rarely used staff room, next to the Great Hall.

"Thank you, for joining me, this afternoon." He said. "A review of the year so far? Shall we begin with the core classes or work through all of them, alphabetically?"

"Alphabetically, if you please." McGonagall replied and most of the staff nodded in response.

"Very well." Dumbledore agreed. "Ancient studies. Bathsheda?"

"I've only three students this year, one in sixth year and two in seventh." Babbling answered. "All are working well. Mr Pattonly will easily receive an 'O' in his NEWTs and plans to work towards a mastery, he's subtly asked if I would consider him as an apprentice. Mr Horlink will do nearly as well but Miss Mitcham will have to work to do more than scrape an 'A'. I have an appointment with her to discuss the matter, later this afternoon."

"Thank you, Bathsheda." Dumbledore made a note on the large pad in front of him. "Apparition. Wilkie?" He addressed Wilkie Twycross, the Ministry Instructor.

"No concerns." The Ministry worker paused. "Actually, yes, I do have one. I seem to be missing two students, Miss Grimmley and Miss Lovegood. Does anyone know why?"

"They're both underage, Wilkie." Dumbledore answered. "Both of them started here in 1992. Technically, they should be in fifth year not seventh."

"Oh, yes, well, that would account for it." The wiry old man nodded. "Do they know that if they pass their NEWTs, they're considered adults and can apply for an apparition licence, anyway?"

"I…" Dumbledore paused. "I don't think so." He hastily scribbled another note.

"I'll speak to the girls." McGonagall made her own note.

"Thank you, Minerva. Wilkie? Anything else?"

"No." Twycross sat back.

"Thank you." Dumbledore nodded and consulted the list of staff and their subjects. "Arithmancy. Septima?"

For the next hour each Professor gave a brief report on their classes and how the student were progressing.

"And Miss Grimmley and Miss Lovegood?" Dumbledore finally asked. "How are they doing?"

"Quite well, in fact." McGonagall answered. "I've their class listings here, both are in the top five in all their classes. And in a couple of subjects, they're the top two."

"Really?" Dumbledore asked, his eyes widening.

"Yes. Miss Grimmley is first in Charms and second in Runes, while Miss Lovegood is first in Arithmancy and second in CoMC." McGonagall explained. "Miss Grimmley has already started writing her own runic-based charms. And Miss Lovegood plans to further her education in arithmancy before undertaking an apprenticeship in CoMC in Wales."

"Well…" Dumbledore blinked a few times. "I must say, they are extremely well organised."

"Indeed."

The staff looked out over the grounds and frowned.

"Who did that?" Vector asked.

"Oh, who else?" Snape sighed.

"You think the Princesses were involved?" Dumbledore asked.

"I know it." Snape snapped. "Now, if I could just prove it." The second sentence was nearly snarled.

"If we could prove it, they'd likely be expelled." McGonagall said.

"But look what they did!" Snape waved a hand at the window.

McGonagall's eyes were drawn to the streamers of ribbon that looped from tree to tree, hung from each branch and wrapped around the statues like tinsel on a Christmas tree. Lining the paths were brightly painted muggle garden gnomes, in all different shapes and sizes, in all different designs and positions, the colours a riot against the eyes. Then there were the statues themselves, randoin moving.

"This is their last year, Severus, be thankful they haven't done worse." Dumbledore tried to comfort the potions Master, while smiling at the students that were scurrying around the grounds, cheering every time they found an Easter Egg.

"My concern, is that we do have a couple of students that are allergic to chocolate." Pomfrey joined the staff as they watched the grounds.

Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley wandered passed the massed Professors and Hermione shook her head. "Madam Pomfrey?" She quietly called to get the medi-witch's attention. "The eggs aren't chocolate. They're carob. It's a chocolate replacement and has a similar taste to chocolate but at the same time, fewer people show allergies to carob than to chocolate."

"It's hypo-allergenic?" Madam Pomfrey asked.

"Not completely." Hermione replied. "If someone has a nut allergy, there's a small chance that they might have a carob one." She tilted her head. "I think my mother said it was one in a hundred nut allergies, show sensitivity to carob. I think..."

"Ah, thank you, Miss Granger." Pomfrey replied. "We only have three students with nut allergies, I'll keep an eye on them. Aren't you going to find some for yourself?"

"No, ma'am." Hermione smiled. "Ginny, Neville and I were up early this morning and collected up a few eggs from our common room."

"Your common room was… decorated… too?" Pomfrey asked.

"All the common rooms were." Snape muttered.

"How did they get into the other houses?" Dumbledore asked.

"We don't know." Flitwick sighed.

"When it comes to the Princesses, that seems to be the general answer." Lupin snorted and shook his head. "We just don't know."

"I'll be submitting the names for those who will be sitting their OWL and NEWT exams, later today." Dumbledore informed his staff. "I would like confirmation that all students currently undertaking OWL and NEWT classes, are as ready for their exams as we can get them. Is anyone concerned about any student?"

"I have a concern about Mr Malcolm." Professor Sprout said. "That second bout of spattergoit didn't do him any favours, he's quite a way behind his classmates."

"How determined is he to sit his OWLs with his classmates?" Dumbledore asked.

"Extremely." Sprout replied. "Plus there's some pressure from home."

"Would it help if he was tutored, privately?" McGonagall asked.

"I don't think he could manage classes and private tuition." Sprout answered.

"No, Pomona, not in addition to… instead of." McGonagall corrected.

"Intensive one-on-one?" Sprout asked. "Yes, that might work. It certainly wouldn't do him any harm."

"Then I suggest that you pull him from all his classes and I pull Miss Grimmley and Miss Lovegood from theirs and assign them as his tutors." McGonagall suggested.

"The Princesses?" Dumbledore asked, his brows rising.

"The Princesses? They're the Princesses?" Sprout asked.

"Yes." Snape answered. "Hence why we haven't caught them in a prank."

"Oh, dear." Sprout sighed.

"Exactly." Snape nodded sharply.

"Why would you suggest them, Minerva?" Dumbledore dragged them back on subject.

"They've completed everything." McGonagall said. "I think the only classes that they're not bored nearly to tears in, are potions and DADA."

"That sounds about right." Flitwick agreed. "Both girls have completed everything I've given them and are working on private material in class."

One by one the other Professors agreed with McGonagall and Flitwick.

"Severus? Remus?" Dumbledore asked.

"Luna will score well." Snape said. "I'd be disappointed if she achieved less than an 'O', while Titania will likely only reach an 'E'. She just doesn't have same… intuition of her foster sister."

"In DADA, I think both of them will score well." Lupin added. "At least an 'E' but I wouldn't put it passed either of them to get an 'O', they've put in a lot of work on the practicals."

"I see." Sprout nodded. "In that case… would you ask them, Minerva? If you're prepared to excuse them from classes and they're prepared to tutor Mr Malcolm, I'd be most grateful."

"I'll speak to them." McGonagall assured her.

Luna sighed as she packed the last of her things into her trunk.

"Well, that's it…" She whispered. "I wish daddy had lived long enough to see me graduate."

"Oh, Luna." Titania hugged her. "He's watching, so's your mother. You know they're watching over you."

"I know, but it would have been nice to have them here." Luna gave a weak smile.

"It would." Titania nodded. "I would have liked to have grown up with James and Lily, but I didn't. I regret not having them in my life, but I don't regret the choices I've made. I've made the best of what Lady Magic gave me and I'm okay with that."

Luna tilted her head as she pondered Titania's comments. "You know…? I think I am, too."

"Good." Titania shrugged. "Considering you chose Lee, I hope you're happy about it."

Luna laughed. "I am, he's mine." She tapped her wand against her trunk and shrunk it, picking it up and putting it in her satchel before continuing. "Like Fred said. 'No take-backs'. Lee's mine and I am his."

"I like that phrase… 'He's mine and I am his'… Can I steal that?" Titania asked. "For our wedding?" She didn't remember having said almost exactly those words, to the twins, about Apollo on on the Express in 1992.

"Sure, as long as I'm your bridesmaid."

"Of course, you are. Like I'd choose anyone else." Titania replied indignantly.

"Will the Weasley's be attending?"

"No." Titania paused. "Well, maybe Mr Weasley, Bill and Charlie, but not the rest. Molly still isn't happy having Fred and George around."

"I don't get it, why? They're not their uncles." Luna frowned.

"No, they're not. And I'm not sure that's got anything to do with it. Fred says Molly never really spent much time with them. She was always cooing over Ron and Ginny or boasting about Bill, Charlie and Percy's grades."

"And the explosions wouldn't have helped." Luna laughed.

The Ministry owls flew into the sunroom and alighted on the owl stand that most of Titania's flock used, and each held out a leg for Dobby to take the letters they carried. The elf gave each bird a mouse as thanks and the birds flew away. Dobby placed the letters on the table in front of the girls' seats and went on making breakfast.

Paddy was the first to stumble into the kitchen and its attached sunroom. He saw the letters and his eyes lit up.

"Girls!" He called. "Your results are here."

There were a few seconds of silence, then a thunder of feet as the two girls and Myah pounded down from upstairs.

"How did they go?" Myah demanded.

"I don't know, I didn't open them." Paddy replied as Titania and Luna ripped the letters open.

"Ooh…" Luna exclaimed.

"Wow…" Titania gasped.

"Well?" Myah rapped her knuckles on the table.

"Nine 'O's' and one 'E'. I was right, I flubbed a question in potions." Titania shrugged.

"Luna?" Myah asked.

"Straight 'O's' all across the board." Luna beamed at Titania. "We did it."

"We did." Titania reached for her best friend and the two danced around the kitchen, laughing and waving the parchments in the air.

"Alright, alright, settle down." Paddy laughed with them but stayed in his seat.

"What's next for the Princesses?" Myah asked.

"I have a couple of weeks off." Titania poured herself a cup of tea. "Then I have a month of intensive charms work with Professor Flitwick, followed by six months with Madam Lofter for runes, a couple more weeks off and then six months with Professor Flitwick. He thinks that by then I should be ready for my Journeyman's exams in charms. I don't think I'll be going any further than Journeyman, at least for a while."

"I have a couple of weeks and I start with Madam Corey and Master Lindquist." Luna added. "I'll be doing one week with Madam Corey followed by one week with Master Lindquist. Just nine 'til six, I get to come home each night."

"Oh, same here." Titania added.

"What about the boys?" Myah asked.

"Well, they're still working on getting the shop up and going." Luna said.

"They really want it ready for the school rush, in August." Titania added. "So, Luna and I figured we would give them a hand for a bit. We still want to work on our own stuff, but they need help more than us."

"What about you two?" Luna asked.

"We've got two main harvests between now and September." Myah said.

"I want to add a few more plants." Paddy said. "And Severus is encouraging me to sit my herbology mastery exams. It would be very beneficial when it comes to selling our ingredients."

"Aunt Myah?" Titania asked.

"No, nothing more for me." Myah shook her head. "I'm not ready for more than that."

"Moony asked her to dinner." Paddy dobbed her in.

"Moony?" Titania asked. "Really? Are you going?"

"He's nice." Luna added.

"Yes, I went." Myah sighed. "It was… good…" She looked at her hands. "I… We…"

"What about Tonks and Teddy?" Titania asked hesitantly.

"Tonks has already joined the DMLE and has applied to the exchange program Paddy answered. "She'll be going to America and be working with MACUSA Aurors for two years, followed by France, Brazil, New Zealand and Australia. Andi's moaning that it's likely to be ten years before Dora's home for more than a week."

"Right." Titania nodded. "Yeah, that's…"

"And there's also the reason that she's applied…" Myah added.

"Sorry?" Titania frowned. "The reason? What's that?"

"Dora was hit with some nasty curses on her last raid." Paddy grimaced. "It's why she's been on desk duty for the last couple of months."

"And…?" Titania's frowned darkened.

"One of the curses was an infertility curse." Paddy explained. "The DMLE requested help from Gringotts and Bill and his team were called in. He thinks they've got it, but he said it was particularly nasty and Dora would need a lot of potions and a heck of a lot of luck to get pregnant. The healers have told her, she'd be better planning on a career."

"Poor Tonks." Luna whispered.

"I told her to not rule it out." Paddy said. "I reminded her that I… supposedly… am a single father of a beautiful young woman, I reminded her that I'm gay and that the muggles have surrogacy down to a fine art. And she has the necessary muggle Id, if she wants to go that way."

"What did she say?" Luna asked.

"It was something to think about but not for years, yet, if ever." Paddy replied. "She also said that she felt that kids weren't really for her but if that changed, she'd keep it in mind."

"So, the likelihood of Teddy is… slim?" Titania asked.

"Yeah…" Myah sighed. "He didn't live to see his first birthday, Titania. He and Andi were hit the week after Harry went into the veil."

Titania made a sad whimpering sound.

"St. Mungo's called me, I was listed as his godmother. I held him while he took his last breaths." Myah let her tears fall. "I won't ever forget him but this is a different world. Some things are similar but some are very different."

"Moony isn't one of those." Paddy shook his head.

"No, he's not and that's probably why I feel so comfortable with him." Myah said. "He feels familiar, in a good way."

"And that's why you said 'yes', when he asked you out?" Luna asked.

"It is." Myah nodded.

"Good." Titania smiled. "Tea?" She held up the teapot.