Harry watched as the healers worked to save Dennis' life, one of whom was experienced in dealing with wizards who had gunshot wounds. He was torn as to whether or not to wish for the psycho's death for all that he had done or for him to live and go to prison for the rest of his life. He thought about Colin, the brave boy who had decided to fight at the final battle, despite being underage and was glad that he wasn't here to see what his little brother had become.
Ginny, who had went through the floo to St. Mungo's while Ron, Hermione and the Malfoy's had been distracted, came up to her husband and touched him gently on the shoulder. He turned to face her and wrapped his arms around her, acting like he never wanted to let her go. She kissed him softly before laying her head onto his chest, letting the beating of his heart reassure her that he was okay.
"Ron told us what happened. That it could have been you in there, if Amber hadn't of shot the wanker first. Have they figured out why magic spells isn't stopping him for very long?"
"They are running tests on his blood to for any kind of potions or muggle drugs that might be affecting the ability to restrain him. He was still trashing around, trying to get away, even as he was losing blood. It was getting difficult to treat him because he was still trying to get up from the bed and in an attempt to physically attack me. In the end the healers had to give him the muggle drug, Haldol, to sedate him because none of the potions they had were working on him. Hopefully we'll know soon just what he is on that is making him act this way."
"It's PCP, a muggle drug, that he became addicted to a year ago, right about the time that manipulative bitch he married started cheating on him." A voice carried over to the startled couple, who looked over and saw the ghost of Colin Creevy. He was glancing sadly into the room and watching the healers efforts to save his brother.
"Colin?"
"Yes, Harry, it's me. I have been watching over my little brother for years and tried to get him to listen to me about the things he was doing. I warned him not to marry Melinda because I had seen some of the things she had said and done since she had started dating him. The only reason that woman showed any interest in my brother was because Cardiology is a very lucrative field in medicine. A doctor that specializes in that can become very rich pretty quickly and she enjoyed spending his money. Don't get me wrong, I'm not excusing what he did, but the drugs he is on have messed him up to the point the sweet little brother I know is gone and this monster has taken over. If he survives and gets clean, who knows what he will be like then."
"There are a lot of wizards and witches who are going to want to see him get the Dementor's kiss for what he has done, Colin," Harry said gently.
"I know but you still have to send him to America to stand trial there and they don't have to death penalty in the state of New York. Any solicitor or lawyer, muggle or magical can use the fact that he is addicted to a drug that causes delusions and makes people commit acts of violence that they normally wouldn't to get him life in either prison or a psych ward," Colin paused, watching as the healers fought to revive Dennis, whose heart had stopped beating. "Tell Neville that I'm sorry what my brother did to Hannah, I was there telling him to stop but he shut me out and wouldn't listen. Tell Luna that things aren't always what they seem. That people in her life have lied to her and caused her needless pain and grief for their own selfish reasons."
"What does that mean, Colin?" Ginny asked, curious as to what he could be talking about.
"All I am saying is take a closer look into what happened to her daughter, Lila because she's not dead. It was a cleverly planned hoax to give a childless couple the baby they always wanted and a selfish little prick the chance to get rid of the baby girl that he didn't want Luna to have."
"I was there, Colin. I saw the body of that baby. Lila Scamander is dead."
"Ginny, you are a witch and know that with the right potions and charms, things can be made to look different than they actually are. Look into a muggle couple by the name of Millicent and Trevor Richards and their five year old daughter, Lila. They liked the name that Luna had planned to name the baby so much, they kept it. Also ask Professor McGonagall to check the records for upcoming students in 2023, it is right there on the record, Lila Scamander and her birth date is the same as the date that Luna delivered her. The date she supposedly died. Do it quickly before something happens to that little girl and she really does die."
The three of them then noticed that the healers had stopped working on Dennis and had given up on trying to revive him. Colin then started to walk over to where his brother's body was lying and glanced down at him before looking at Ginny and Harry.
"Tell Luna that she might want to get past her need to be respectful to the memory of a man that did so many horrible things to her. She needs to move on with Malfoy, who loves her just as much as she does him, quicker than she had planned. Because a married woman will have better luck in getting her child back than a single one, especially in the muggle world."
Harry and Ginny watched as Colin faded from view and they turned to walk down the hall, grateful that the murderer was now gone and everybody was safe once again. Although how did they tell Luna what Colin had told them without their friend thinking that they both were completely mental.
Two hours outside of London, a tiny little girl with long, blond curly hair and big dreamy blue eyes was crying as her mother struck her with a belt. She hadn't meant to make her cousin fly into a tree, sometimes things happened around her that she couldn't explain. How the little girl wished that she had different parents than the ones she had been born to.
AN: This is the last chapter of this story and will lead into the sequel which I haven't come up with the title for yet. It will focus on finding Lila and then her getting used to her new life with Luna, her older brothers and new baby brother or sister. There will also be more romance for Draco and Luna in the sequel as he helps Luna get her daughter back and deal with a son who is very angry over the death of his father. To help Lysander face the fact that the man he thought was a hero was a very flawed individual.
