Things have changed drastically over the past twenty five years since the fall of Riddle and his minions. My parents are still living, still teaching. Father is still Headmaster at Hogwarts as he has been since before I was born. Mother is Head of House for Slytherin and is teaching Potions still. Uncle Remus (he cringes when we call him that) and Aunt Dora live in London. He is now Minister for Magic. Alastor and Minerva have retired and gone to live with Remus and Dora. Molly and Arthur now live at Shell Cottage. The Burrow has been rebuilt and Bill and Fleur live there with their many offspring. Uncle Viktor and Aunt Hermione are still at Durmstrang. He has been Headmaster for nearly eighteen years. Aunt Hermione teaches Arithmancy to those who can grasp the subject.
The rise of evil in the Muggle world in the early days of the Millennium caused great alarm in our world. The general incompetency of the world leaders to achieve a solution meant that there were more lives lost than should have been.
After the bombing on the tube line in 2005, it was decided that the Aurors would work with the Muggle services to track down the terrorists. Uncle Viktor personally tracked the leader of the terrorists down and put him into Nurmengard under heavy security.
It took seven more years before the threats from the terrorists were nullified. The governments of Pakistan and North Korea were testing various weapon capabilities to the dismay of both the Muggle world and the Wizarding world. After a multinational conference of Magical Ministries it was decided that all nuclear weaponry would be disposed of by magic. Our people were put into place to guard the nuclear power plants so that no Uranium would find its way into the hands of bomb makers ever again.
It took Remus Lupin and the rest of The Order of the Phoenix to finally change the attitude of the radical clerics in the Middle East to denounce the terrorism as acts of insanity. The convincing factor was the Imperius Curse. The Ministry had authorised its use as the only way to bring about peace in the area.
To update you, dear reader, I am Sergei Grigori Snape. I am twenty five years old and teach Quidditch at Durmstrang. I am engaged to be married to my cousin, Alyxandra Krum. My brothers, Dmitri and Alexei are currently employed by the Ministry as Aurors. My little sisters, Irina Hermione and Minerva Luna are teachers, also. Irina teaches Charms at Durmstrang. Min teaches transfiguration at Hogwarts. Irina is married to Pyotr Nevsky. They are very young, only nineteen, but also very much in love. My youngest brother, Emrys, is in his sixth year at Hogwarts. My cousins, Arkady, Igor, Nadya, Katya, and Alyxandra are the children of Uncle Viktor and Aunt Hermione. Pyotr, Gennady and Serafina are the children of Nikolai and Luna Nevsky. Teddy, David, Chloe and Lisbet are the children of Remus and Dora Lupin.
The Blacks have two children. Pollux, who is married to Nadya Krum, and Meissa, who is to be married to James Sirius Potter next year.
Harry and Ginny Potter have James Sirius, Albus Severus, Lily Luna, and Hermione Thera.
The Weasley family have too many children to count but sadly, Ron Weasley was killed in the bombings in 2005. He had been planning to marry Lavender Brown that same year.
Albus Severus Potter is courting my sister, Min. Arkady Krum is courting Chloe Lupin.
All of the families are close friends. We have all grown up together. I am the oldest ,except for Teddy. He is too busy to write this epilogue to my parents' story, so the job fell to me. His job as the Liaison to the Muggle PM keeps him very busy these days.
The complete cessation of hostilities in the Middle East was finally arrived at nearly a decade ago. There has been no war, no famine, no catastrophes of any kind except for weather related ones. The weather related catastrophes have resulted in no loss of life and very little property loss. The religious wars have ceased. The birth rate around the world has levelled off. The various governments have embraced a greener philosophy and the planet is beginning to heal itself. Magic has helped a bit to achieve that end.
The world is at peace. We are all working to see it stays that way.
Blessed be, dear reader. May you take joy from this chronicle. My dearest Alyxandra is writing the chronicle of her parents' love affair. If you go looking for it, search for Goblet of Love.
Sergei Grigori Snape
19 December 2023