Author's Note: Well, here you go. The epilogue is quite short, but it ties the knot in the way I wanted it to.

BIG thank you to all of you who have reviewed at some point, HUGE thank you to beta Four and Twenty Blackbirds, and I hope to get the inspiration to write something more some day… (which will most likely not be soon though).

Any comments are welcome, I can still change stuff in the story if I want to. Someone mentioned it sometimes sounds more like they're at a normal boarding school than at Hogwarts, anyone got any ideas of how to fix that (without re-writing the whole story)? Anything. Reviews are appreciated.

Epilogue: Naming him... You-Know-What

July 31, 1980

"Push, Mrs. Potter, push!" repeated the midwife patiently.

"I've pushed a thousand and one times already!" Lily yelled, frustrated. "It's not working!"

"You're almost there," James said in a brave attempt to comfort his hysterical wife, whose hand he was holding. "Just one more time!"

"No!"

"One more time, for me?"

"I'M NEVER GOING TO DO ANYTING FOR YOU AGAIN!" Lily yelled. "YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO TOUCH ME EVER AGAIN, JAMES POTTER!"

"Tricky, seeing as I'm actually your husband," James smirked but Lily didn't seem to hear.

"I can see the head!" the midwife announced, clearly excited. "Now push!"

Tears streamed down Lily's face in frustration. "I can't!"

"Yes, honey, you can," James said. "I know you can."

Lily bit her lip and pushed again.

"Very well, Mrs. Potter," the midwife said. "You're nearly there! One more! Push!"

"I am pushing!" Lily cried out, yet she pushed even harder while also squeezing her husband's right hand even harder. James face went pale with pain but he didn't dare say anything.

For a moment the world seemed to freeze, but then there was a scream. A baby's scream.

"It's a boy," the midwife announced.

Lily leant back on the pillows, exhausted, while James peered curiously towards the baby. "Ooooh," he said in awe.

"You want to cut the umbilical cord, Mr. Potter?" the midwife asked and handed James a pair of scissors.

"Uh, pardon?"

"You need to cut the umbilical cord, James," Lily said tiredly. "This is how we do it the muggle way," she added in a low voice so that no one but her husband would hear.

"Right," James said and gripped the scissors. He seemed a bit confused, but after some instructions from the midwife, the physical connection between mother and son was cut.

A few seconds later the baby, wrapped into some blankets, was handed to Lily. James bent down over his wife and newborn child. "I can't believe it," he whispered. "He's real."

Lily smiled. "Yes." She stroked her son's cheek lightly.

"You did wonderfully," James whispered and kissed her forehead. "And you too," he added jokingly, touching the baby's unscarred forehead lightly.

There was a knock on the door and a muffled voice said impatiently, "Are you finished any time soon? We want to come in!"

"Easy, Sirius," another voice was heard, "give them some time!"

Lily laughed. "Let them in," she ordered her husband.

"James opened the door and was almost mangled by the crowd. Half a minute later, the room was filled with people. Every one of the Marauders, Elisabeth and Aurora, Lily's parents and James' mother and cousin and –

"Have you considered any names yet?" Aurora asked curiously.

"We haven't decided anything," Lily said, "we haven't really discussed it, but…", she glanced at James, "I've been thinking, and –"

"You've decided to name him after me!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Yeah right," Aurora snorted playfully.

"No, Padfoot, but thanks for the idea," James said. "However, we'll most likely not use it."

"So, Lily," Elisabeth said, "what were you saying?"

"Harry," Lily and James said in one mouth. They then stared at each other, surprised that the other one had had the exact same thought.

The room was filled with recognizing and approving murmurs. "Harry is perfect," Elisabeth giggled.

"Yes, lovely indeed," Sirius said. "Harry Sirius Potter…"

"No," Lily said. "Harry James."

James smiled at his newborn son. "Welcome on board, Harry James Potter," he said quietly. "A true marauder, I'm gonna teach you everything I know…"

"That won't take very long…"

THE END.