NINETEEN YEARS LATER
"Dad!" whined the twelve year old, Carson Potter, son of Ewan Henry Potter and Katie Georgina Bell.
"Carson!" mimicked Ewan.
"Tell, Henry to stop making fun of me." asked Carson.
"Henry stop making fun of your brother." said Ewan.
"Dad! That wasn't good enough!"
"Henry Potter, pick on your brother one more time, and we're taking you to Uncle Severus." warned Katie.
"Uncle Sev loves me!" exclaimed Henry. "He might have been mean to you guys back in the olden days, but he's different now. Besides, he's my godfather, so he has to be nice."
Ewan and Katie laughed at their fifteen year old son's behavior. The four were at Kings Cross; Henry was starting his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Gryffindor, while Carson was starting his second in Ravenclaw.
"Why are we always last to the train?" complained Henry. "I can never get any good seats."
"You're lucky, some families are late and have to go directly to Hogwarts." said Ewan.
"But look, even Uncle Fred and Aunt Alicia, and Uncle George and Aunt Angie, and look even Uncle Percy and Aunt Penelope, and Uncle Remus and Aunt Dora, and Uncle Sirius and Aunt Maria, and -"
"Okay! I'm late, sorry!" complained Ewan. Katie laughed.
"He gets it from you." she said.
"I never talked that much!" said Ewan
"UNCLE EWAN!" yelled a small voice, suddenly a black haired greened eye boy run into Ewan, knocking out his breath.
"Al." said Ewan giving his nephew a hug. "You excited about your first year?"
"Yeah, but James keeps saying I'm going to be in Slytherin." said Albus.
"That's not bad. Deputy Headmaster Snape was in Slytherin, he's head of Slytherin." said Ewan
"Yeah, but James says that all Sytherin's are evil." said Albus.
"James is wrong, you need to talk to your dad about this." said Ewan.
Suddenly two other children rammed into Ewan.
"James, Lily, I just saw you last weekend!" said Ewan
"That's too long!" complained Lily.
"Guess what I saw?" asked James.
"What?" asked Ewan all excited.
"Teddy was snogging Victoire! And then I saw Reggie and Natalie."
"Who?" asked Henry.
"Natalie, she's in Hufflepuff." explained James.
"That boy is with a different girl every month!" said Katie.
"Just like his father was when he was a kid, eh." said Ewan. "Where's your dad?"
"Dad and Mum are with Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione." said Lily.
Pushing his way through the swarm of children and parents, Ewan finally found his brother and sister-in-law.
"Harry," said Ewan. "Look who attacked me."
"Kids, no attacking your uncle, he might get you in trouble with the Minister." joked Harry.
Albus gulped. "Your father's only joking." said Ginny.
"How is Kingsley these days?" asked Ron.
"Fine, making me run around all over the country." complained Ewan.
"That's what you get for being Adviser to the Minister. You know when it comes time for Kingsley to retire, you have my vote as the new Minister." said Harry.
"Yeah, just what I need, to be in charge of the entire Wizardry World in the UK... no thanks, I'll stick to being second in line."
"Oh man, only one minute till eleven, get on the train kids," said Harry. "We promise we'll write."
"Dad, dad." said Carson pulling at Ewan's sleeve. Ewan kneeled down in front of Carson. "You're going to come visit us right, when you come to see Uncle Severus and the Headmistress?"
"Of course, I'll visit you every weekend if you want." smiled Ewan. "Just like last year."
"Dad?" said Carson. "I...I love you."
"I love you too, now go on. Get good grades and behave." said Ewan. "Oh, and take this." said Ewan passing his a picture of the family. Carson smiled.
"I will dad, I will. Bye!" said Carson running to the train. "Bye!"
"Bye!" yelled Ewan.
Ewan, Katie, Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione waved goodbye to their children. "They'll be okay." said Harry.
"Yeah," said Ewan, watching the white smoke of the Hogwarts express leave Platform 9 3/4. "I know."
Finis
