Epilogue
The Williams-Malfoy Wedding
The guests filed into the chapel as preparations to the bride were coming to a close. Kassidy's nice roommates from back in the day, the bridesmaids, were there, helping with everything from hair and makeup to making sure the couple stays apart due to the bad luck in the groom seeing the bride before the wedding.
"Okay, Kassie. Something old?" Jeannie asked, going through the checklist.
"The veil was my birth mother's," Kassidy said.
"Something new?" Jillie asked.
"Dress."
"Something borrowed?" Dora asked.
"Draco's mom let me borrow this necklace."
"And something blue," Ellie asked.
"The flower brooch," Kassidy said.
"I think you're ready!" Jeannie said with a wide grin.
Kassidy was dressed in a strapless white gown that reached the floor with a moderate length train, held up by little bluebirds conjured by Jeannie, and little beads embroidered into the skirt in flower shapes. Kassidy's mid-back length auburn (with a small chunk of blonde towards the bottom from her rebel streak at age 17) hair was left down, some of it brought to the front. Her foundation makeup was minimal, as Kassidy refused to conceal her freckles.
"Okay, how do I look?" Draco asked his mother.
"You look fantastic, Draco. I'm happy for you," Mrs. Malfoy said.
"Make Kassidy a lucky girl, Draco," Mr. Malfoy said.
"I will, father," Draco said with a smile.
"They're ready for you, Draco," Goyle said before leaving.
"They're ready for you, Kassidy," Goyle said before leaving.
"Okay, Kassie. You ready? Where's your dad?" Jillie asked.
"Right here to give you away," Kassidy's dad said, coming in from the main door to the room.
"Thanks, Dad," Kassidy said with a smile.
"You ready, sweetheart?" Mr. Goodwin said.
"All clear," Jeannie said, and Kassidy and her dad went out to the sanctuary entrance. The doors opened and the Wedding March played as Kassidy began her walk down the aisle. She looked up at the altar to see Draco, practically awestruck at the sight of her. She and her dad reached the altar, and Mr. Goodwin placed her hand in Draco's.
"As two kids who met when they were only eleven, they've been together, whether as friends or as partners, ever since. Celebrating the adoption of Kassidy into a new family. Fighting alongside each other for what they believe in. Staying strong when the other was in danger. Today marks a milestone in two young lives. When these two lives become one. Do you, Draco Malfoy, take Kassidy Laurine Williams as your lawfully wedded wife, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, for rich or for poor, as long as you both shall live?" the pastor said.
"I do," Draco said with a smile, his eyes locked to Kassidy's.
"Do you, Kassidy Laurine Williams, take Draco Malfoy as your lawfully wedded husband, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, for rich or for poor, as long as you both shall live?" the pastor said.
"I do," Kassidy said.
"By the power vested in me by the Ministry of Magic, I pronounce you man and wife! You may kiss the bride!" the pastor said, and the pair kissed as the last few words were said, cheers erupting from the crowd of guests.
19 Years After the Battle of Hogwarts
"Have you got your owl?"
"Yes."
"Jumper?"
"Yes."
"Everything else?"
"Yes, Mum, I've got everything!"
"Now, Julia Laurine Malfoy, I want you to be careful of the Potters and the Weasleys, but I think you're fully capable of thinking for yourself," Draco said before kissing his daughter's forehead.
"I have no doubt that you will be in Slytherin, Julia. Just like your Mum and Dad," Kassidy said.
"Make us proud," Draco added.
"I will, Dad. I love you," Julia, a girl with auburn hair like her mother's, grey eyes like her father's, and a freckle-faced complexion like her mother's, said.
"I love you, too, Pumpkin," Draco said.
"I love you, Mum."
"I love you, too, Sweetheart. You have a great first year, you hear me?" Kassidy said.
"Loud and clear," Julia said before boarding the train.
"Oh, Draco, I have some news for you," Kassidy said.
"Yeah?"
"I'm pregnant."
"Great. Another kid to raise to be fantastic," Draco said in all sincerity.
"It's all because of you that Julia's a fantastic kid."
"Hello, Potters. Weasleys," Draco said to Ginny and Harry, and Hermione and Ron.
"Hello, Malfoys," Harry said. That was the only interaction either needed before the Malfoys needed to leave for a prior engagement.
Kassidy gave birth to a beautiful baby boy nine months later named Devan Gregory Malfoy.
And the Malfoys never saw the Potters or the Weasleys outside of King's Cross Station again.