"Al! James! Hurry up we are going to be late. You know what the parking is like at the station!" Ginny Potter had the look that a lot of English mothers share the first of September. You know the one that says that their children will never be ready to leave for school on time.

"James I had better not find any WWW products in your trunk! Al, Hogwarts does have a library you know. You don't have to take all your books from home! Harry! Go get the car already!"

Harry and Lily had learned to stay out of Ginny's way when she started channeling her mum. Harry let Lily steer the car up to the back door. Then he loaded James and Al's trunks in the boot. Finally the boys were loaded in the back seat, Lily sitting between them. Off they headed to kings Cross.

'Hey Al your so slimy your going to end up in Slytherin!"

"Am not!"

"Am too!"

"MUUUUUUUUMMMMMMM!"

By the time they had reached the station and parked that conversation had been repeated at least twenty times.

As Harry unloaded the trunks and owls on to the trolley he noticed Lily had started to cry. Just as James always went to Teddy with his problems and questions, Lily relied on Al. He knew his baby girl was already missing her big brother.

"It won't be long, and you'll be going too."

"Two Years! I want to go now!"

Al and James resumed their argument. "I won't! I won't be in Slytherine!"

"James, give it a rest!" said Ginny.

Platform 9 and ¾ was obscured by a thick fog. Al was anxiously looking for Ron, Hermione and Rose. As they made their way down the platform Harry thought he heard Percy. Ginny was sure she had when she heard Percy's youngest' voice calling "MUUUUUUUM! Dad's being boring again!"

Suddenly the fog cleared a bit and Ginny caught sight of Ron's red head. "I think that's them, Al.

Ron and Harry loaded Al's owl and trunk and Ginny had a chance for a quick word with Hermione.

"Ginny how did you do it last year? Sending your first one off." Hermione whispered. " It seems like she was just a baby and not she going so far away! It will be Christmas before I can kiss her sleeping head again!"

Ginny only had time to pat Hermione's back in what she hoped was a reassuring way. Lily and Hugo were trying to figure out what houses they would be in in two years.

"if your not in Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you" said Ron, "But no pressure."

His wife and sister both said "Ron!" at the same time. Seeing the looks on ?Rose and al's faces Hermione and Ginny both said "He doesn't mean it!" laughing about saying the same thing twice, they didn't catch the conversation their husbands were having until Ron said "So that's little Scorpius. Makes sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank God you inherited your mother's brains."

As Hermione scolded him Ginny spotted her eldest running toward them on the platform.

"Hey! Teddy's back there. Just seen him! And guess what he's doing? Snogging Victoire! Our Teddy! Teddy Lupin! Snogging our Victoire! Our cousin! And I asked Teddy what he was doing….."

Ginny shook her head, "You interrupted them? You are so like Ron!

"…and he said he'd come to see her off! And then he told me to go away. He's snogging her!

Ginny was lost in thoughts of the budding romance between her niece and her god-son when she heard Harry say; "It's nearly eleven, You'd better get on board."

James tried to shake Al up with one last comment about Thestrals then Ginny was waving to Rose while Harry tried to calm Al's fears.

Ginny gave her youngest son one more kiss and closed the door.

Harry stood waving forlornly as the train disapeared from sight. "He'll be all right"

"I know he will."

As the four parents and two small children walked back towards their parked cars Ron looked deep in thought. "Are you guys sure Hogwarts is ready for Rose and Al? Neville already says that Rose is the smarts witch her age he's seen and Al's natural magical abilities are bloody brilliant!"

AN- Kudos and all respect to the fab Ms. Rowling whose words and plot I borrowed for this part of the chapter.

It sure was quiet around the house. They had gotten Al's letter saying he had gotten in to Gryffindor. In it he also said Scorpius Malfoy had been sorted in to Gryffindor too. Harry figured that the change he had seen in Draco had something to do with that.

Louis, Roxanne and Rosie all got in to Gryffindor too. Lucy joined Dominique and Molly in Ravenclaw.

Neville's grandmum was feeling bad. Instead of Lily and Hugo having herbology with her at the WWW school they had it at her house. She had told all her adopted grandchildren not to be sad. She knew she was dying, she had had a good long life and was proud of the man Neville had become.

The school at WWW was changing too. With just Lily and Hugo left they had opened it up to the workers children too. Angie had hired more teachers and put Olga in charge as the principle. They now had a pretty little building with 6 classrooms.

As the fall tumbled on the letters from Al showed him getting closer to Scorpius. Apparently the Malfoy name was still a cause of bigotry among some in the wizarding world. Al and the Weasley children in Gryffindor had seen past the name to the good kid Scorpius was. They had formed an informal body guard of sorts.

That didn't stop Fred and James from trying to pull pranks on him, just like they did with everybody else. Neville had pulled them in the first day of school and made them sign a promise to not create anymore dangerous pranks in school.

Teddy's letters were full of the places he was visiting and the ones to Ginny were full of the things he was discovering about Victoire. Apparently the forced separation was good. It caused them to have to think and write down their feelings, wishes and thoughts.

Ginny was beginning to be a bit bored. So she increased her participation in her charity and began working more often in the other charities her family was involved with.

Harry was pleased with the way the auror department had developed. Ron was becoming sort of a mentor to the younger aurors.

Hermione had the magical law division running like a well oiled machine. She was also active in fighting for all magical creatures rights.

Percy continued his slow steady rise through the MOM.

Bill was very happy at WWW. George had agreed to the partnership because of Bill's financial knowledge. He was pleasantly surprised to see the prankster side of his older brother emerge. Bill had come up with some great ideas, mostly evolving from his time as a curse breaker.

James made the quidditch team. He and Freddy were the beaters. Al loved every one of his classes and Neville reported his professors were impressed with his abilities.

Lily, Harry and Ginny took a trip to visit Charlie and then they prepared for a family Christmas on George's island.

Life was good. The only dark spot was Arthur's health. He was more tired than normal and had periods of weakness. He had been to the healers but no one could figure out what was wrong. They had recommended a potion to strengthen his red blood cells and Molly had begun fixing healthier meals.

Dear Aunt Ginny,

I'll be home soon. I'm going to ask Uncle Bill for permission to propose to Victoire. I know she is who I want to spend the rest of my life with. It's as though we were made for each other.

Teddy

Christmas

It had been a wonderful Christmas break. The weather had been warm and wonderful on the island. The family had been together and Arthur had looked much better.

Teddy and Victoire had announced their engagement and Andy had relented about Teddy becoming an auror.

The only sad note was Neville's grandmother had died the last day of Christmas break. Just as everyone was getting back from the island.

They had a beautiful funeral for her. She was hailed as a hero of the battle against Voldemort. She had the right to be buried at Hogwarts, but wanted to be out to rest in the family cemetery next to her son and daughter-in-law.

Harry and Ginny sat in the row behind Neville and Hannah. Hugo and Lily were sitting with the Longbottom twins, holding their hands and murmuring comforts to them.

Harry smiled a sad smile as he looked on with pride at his daughter and nephew. He then looked toward heaven and mouthed "Goodbye".

There had been a celebration in the sky when Augusta had died. Another angel coming home! She had held her son and daughter-in-law and wept tears of joy at seeing them whole. Old friends and family members had been visited.

Now she was watching her grandson at her funeral. "Mum he'll be all right."

"I know he will be Alice. Look at what a man he has become."

"Mum you did a wonderful job raising our son, thank you." Frank hugged her.

The next couple of years flew by. Teddy had started auror training the January after he had proposed to Victoire. Al continued to excel at Hogwarts and his second year became the seeker on the house team. James got good grades and still got in to scrapes. Lily and Hugo got very close waiting for their chance to go to Hogwarts.

Kreacher died peacefully in his sleep the winter before Teddy and Victoire were to wed. Harry and Ginny chose not to hire another House elf, no one could replace Kreacher.

May 3rd

Ginny was trying to get Lily to sit still long enough for her hair to be brushed. She was so excited to be a bridesmaid for Victoire she was practically buzzing.

Ginny had finally gotten Lily's hair done and turned her over to Fleur. She had then spent some time with Teddy. He had grown to his full height. He looked so much like Remus. Tall and thin, just more muscular than his dad had ever been. His happiness at marrying Victoire was palpable.

Andromeda and Ginny left to be seated on the grooms side. Teddy and Harry walked up to the alter with the other groomsmen and the ceremony began. Victoire looked stunning and Bill beamed as he walked her down the aisle.

The only dark moment was at the reception just after the happy couple had left for their honeymoon. Arthur had collapsed. Ginny, Harry and Ron had gone with Molly and Arthur to St. Mungo's where they ran a bunch of tests. They had to wait for the diagnosis.

Sunday dinner at the burrow found Arthur a bit better and beaming because Charley had accepted Hagrid's old position at Hogwarts. Hagrid and Gwarp were moving to Victoire and Teddy's farm to help run the place.

The healers thought that Arthur's problem might have something to do with the serpent bite he had suffered all those years ago. They recommended he have more tests.

September

Lily was at Hogwarts. Grimald place was deserted. She and Harry felt as though they were rattling around in the big old place.

There had been a problem right at the start of school. Fred and James had been irritating their siblings and cousins. James seemed to mature a bit after that and the owls from Neville slowed.

Arthur's 71st birthday was coming up. During Christmas break the children and grandchildren had gotten together and had a frank discussion about the birthday and the fact that he was dieing.

It was decided that they would fund muggle studies at Hogwarts and commission two paintings of Arthur, one for Hogwarts and one for Love Cottage.

The grandchildren decided to donate money to have the quidditch locker rooms refitted. As Arthur had been at every Hogwarts quidditch game since he and Molly had moved to hogsmede.

Ginny was happy that Charlie had come home and was spending so much time with their folks. Every one of the children made it a point to really talk with their dad. Arthur knew how much he was loved and they all knew how much he loved them.

Arthur's 71st birthday party was held at Hogwarts. Everyone had a wonderful time, tinged with sadness. It was clear he did not have long to live. It had been confirmed that the bite from the serpent had weakened his body. He had been fighting it since and the accumulation of the wear and tear had finally become too much for his body.

Teddy and Victoire announced they were pregnant with twins. Arthur had loved his gifts. Early the next morning they were all called to Love cottage where Arthur died calling out to Fred.

It took Ginny a number of years to get over the loss of her dad. It seemed that every little thing reminded her of him.

Harry was devastated by Arthur's loss too. Arthur was more than his father-in-law, he was the only dad Harry remembered.

At family gatherings there was a hole that slowly Bill began to fill. Molly was still strong and active. Only her eyes showed the sadness and longing for Arthur.

She and Andy began traveling together. Two old friends seeing the world. They were home often too and too great delight in their great-grandchildren. Twin boys, Fredric Arthur and George William.

A couple of years later Harry Andrew Lupin joined their little family.

Teddy and Victoire had a rough patch when one of their boys had a terrible accident but with time and effort they worked through it.

Dominique and Freddy graduated next. They both played professional Quidditch. She for the Harpies and He for the Cannons.

Teddy became Ron's partner in the auror department. Percy turned down the MOM position when it was first offered to him while Arthur was sick but went on to take it the next time it was offered.

He turned out to be a very good MOM. He listened and made strides towards rights for all magical beings.

Al, Lucy, Roxie and Rose were the next to graduate. Al and Rosie played for the Cannons and Harpies, respectively.

Roxie started right away at WWW. George was grooming her to take over the business.

Lucy followed her father in to the MOM. She started out as part of the temp pool.

To no one's surprise Rose and Scorpius were inseparable. Ginny figured the world would survive a Malfoy/Weasley wedding someday.

James was engaged to Maggie Creevy, Dennis' daughter. They wanted to have a winter wedding. Ron and Hermione had volunteered the burrow.

Louis ended up as an auror, eventually as Scorpius' partner.

AN- Dear Readers I know this chapter contained a lot of years and information. I've wrote of Arthur's death twice in my other fics. I just could not again.

James Sirius Potter has the details of Rose and Scorpius. The Lupins tells of their problems.

I'm not ending this fic yet, but it is heading toward the end.