The Darkness Inside
Ok, so the epilogue is finally done. Before the chapter, just a quick note about the next TRHG story. It's going to be called 'Kitten' and I'll post the first chapter soon.
This epilogue is mainly to tell you what happens to the various characters, on both sides, after the main story has finished. I'm afraid that I won't ever do a sequel for this story as, by the time I finish this epilogue, the story will be complete.
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Harry Potter-LeStrange and Pansy Parkinson
Harry and Pansy dated for three years before he finally asked her to marry him. Pansy was ecstatic and began planning a huge wedding, she had Astoria, Ginny, Luna and Angelina, all dressed in deep rose pink dresses, as her Bridesmaids while Morgana, in a dress made of pale pink silk, was her Maid of Honour. It was a beautiful ceremony and Morgana cried, much to Tom's amusement. Ginny, Luna, Astoria and Angelina were a bit teary too but their partners didn't comment. Harry had chosen to ask Neville to be his Best Man who had planned a very tame bachelor party for the night before, much to the relief of the various women of the group.
Six months after the wedding, Pansy announced that she was pregnant with their first child who turned out to be a boy who they named Peter Rastaban James Potter-LeStrange, after their fathers. Over the years, they had three more children, first another boy named Thomas Neville Draco Potter-LeStrange. Next were two twin girls called Lily Evelyn Alara Potter-LeStrange and Ariana Emily Fleur Potter-LeStrange. When they went to Hogwarts: Peter went to Ravenclaw, Thomas became a Gryffindor, Lily was a Slytherin and Ariana was a Ravenclaw, exactly like her namesake, Ariana Dumbledore.
Harry, instead of becoming an Auror, got a job designing and testing new brooms, a job he loved. Pansy became a world famous artist, leaving her with plenty of time to spend with her children and husband. Both of them died at the age of 167, surrounded by their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Fred Weasley and Angelina Johnson
Fred and Angelina got engaged two months after Morgana and Tom's wedding but it took them two years to actually get married. Rather than having a big wedding, they eloped and got married in front of a few witnesses in Gretna Green. Everyone was a little disappointed that they weren't able to be at the wedding, but Fred and Angelina held a reception which mollified their friends.
A year after they married, they had twin boys who they named Jason Fred Weasley and Arthur George Weasley Later on they had one daughter, who they called Emily Angelina Weasley. Unlike Fred's parents, they were content with their three children and decided not to have any more. At Hogwarts the twins were Gryffindors, just like their parents but Emily became a Ravenclaw, just like Ariana Potter-LeStrange, her best friend whose eldest brother she later married.
Fred opened a joke shop with George which became more popular and worth more than Zonko's due to the quality and imagination of the products. Angelina played professional Quidditch until the twins started Hogwarts, when she got a job as the Flying Instructor so that Madam Hooch could retire. Angelina died when she was 154 because of a long illness and Fred died two weeks later from a broken heart.
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George Weasley and Astoria Greengrass
George and Astoria married a year before Fred and Angelina eloped in a fairly modest ceremony. Pansy was Astoria's Maid of Honour, dressed in Royal purple satin, while the other girls were her bridesmaids, dressed in lavender. Fred was George's best man, as everyone expected although they didn't expect him to be as serious as he was. Astoria's parents found that they liked their new son-in-law, even though his profession wasn't all that serious.
Shortly before Fred and Angelina married, Astoria gave birth to twin girls called Catherine Astoria Weasley and Jennifer Lucy Weasley. Two years later they had a pair of twin boys called Fred Thomas Weasley and Harry George Weasley. They had another boy called Neville Draco Weasley a year later before they finally stopped having children. At Hogwarts Catherine became a Slytherin while Jennifer went to Hufflepuff. Fred and Harry went to Gryffindor and Neville joined Catherine in Slytherin when he went.
While George loved working with Fred at the Joke shop, he always made time for his children and his wife. Astoria stayed at home with the children but she did start up an interior design company which became very successful. Like Harry and Pansy, they were surrounded by their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren when they died, George at age 153 and Astoria aged 155.
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Neville LeStrange and Luna Lovegood
Neville and Luna married in a small ceremony a year after the Final Battle, just their friends and close family. There was no Maid of Honour, but all the girls were the bridesmaids, dressed in Cornflower blue. For once, Luna's style was fairly normal, although she did wear her cork necklace.
They had just two children, a boy first called Frank Rudolphous LeStrange and then a girl two years later called Mary Bella LeStrange. Frank joined Jennifer Weasley in Hufflepuff and later married her; Mary became a Ravenclaw like her mother, but with the same slightly dotty attitude. Mary later married Theodore Nott's middle son, a boy called Arnold who was in Slytherin.
Neville opened his own experimental greenhouse and gained fame as an important Herbologist. Luna took over the Quibbler from her father but she also owned a 'zoo' of rare and unique creatures which became very popular with her friend's children as well as her own. Neville died peacefully in his sleep aged 157. After his death, Luna started to get a little dottier, stating that she could 'see' Neville near her. She died a few weeks before her 158th birthday, also peacefully in her sleep.
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Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley
Draco and Ginny became engaged six months after the Final Battle and married a year later in a very lavish ceremony. Luna was Ginny's Maid of Honour and the others were her bridesmaids, all of them dressed in emerald green. Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy were thrilled that the pretty redhead had become their daughter-in-law.
Draco and Ginny had four children, first was a boy called Scorpius Draco Malfoy, then a daughter called Narcissa Ginny Malfoy. Finally they had twin boys, Remus Arthur Malfoy and Severus Lucian Malfoy. Scorpius became a Slytherin like his father and later married Ariana Potter-Lestrange. Narcissa went to Gryffindor, much to her family's surprise, the first Malfoy in that house. She later married Thomas Potter-LeStrange. The twins also went to Slytherin.
Draco trained as a Wizarding Lawyer rather than following his father into the Ministry. Ginny started designing clothes and soon, her designs became the 'must-haves' of the Wizarding World. Tragically, Ginny was attacked aged 142 and died as a result of her injuries. Draco survived long enough to make sure that her killer was given the Dementor's Kiss before he too died, unwilling to survive his beloved wife for long.
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Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy
When Lavender Brown had her child, the older Malfoys adopted the little girl using a Blood Adoption potion and named her Hera Aphrodite Malfoy. Hera grew to be a beautiful woman who was in Slytherin like the rest of her family. She married an American Pureblood named Danny O'Dowell from New York and her handbag designs took both Wizarding and Muggle America by storm.
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Severus Snape and Remus Lupin
After several years of arguments and then lots of make-up sex, the two men finally got married in a very small ceremony. While they still argued, it was due to their personalities and not because they didn't love each other; in fact, they loved each other so much that no matter what the argument was about, they always made up. Thanks to a Potion, Remus was able to carry a child and not have to worry about passing on the werewolf gene.
Their first child was a lovely little girl they called Alice who inherited Severus' love of potions. Next they had a boy they called Michael who loved DADA like Remus. Alice became a Slytherin like Severus and eventually found a cure for Lycanthropy, much to her parents' happiness and pride. She married a young Italian potions apprentice named Angelo Vincenzo at 18, shortly after achieving her own Mastery. Michael married a young Irish girl named Maire Dillon and worked for the Ministry in their sort of CSI department.
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Nymphadora Tonks
Orodreth Carnesîr, the Elvin Prince, took Tonks with him to the Elvin Kingdom when the Final Battle ended, originally to keep an eye on her but, as time went on, he fell madly in love with her. She already loved him, and that only increased when he heard her full name for the first time, mere moments after they arrived at 'Tel' Nost en' Ilmarë' or 'The Fortress of Starlight'.
"Nymphadora is not a suitable name for you, Lirimaer. While you are here you shall be known as Nessa Calafalas, it suits you much more." He had said, his Elvin accent giving his voice a lilting quality.
She learnt enough Elvish to get by but once she could understand most conversations, she was told that they would not teach her anymore and that she should ask the Prince if she wished to learn more. She had been a bit depressed for a while after that.
"What is wrong, A'maelamin?" He had asked when he saw her.
"I've been told that now I can speak enough Elvish to get by in conversations, that no one will teach me more. They said to ask you to teach me more, Heruamin." She replied, a little irritated that she couldn't understand what he called her. It was only after a lot more study, some of it on her own, that she realised what he'd been calling her. Whenever he'd called her A'maelamin, he was calling her 'My beloved'.
They married a few years after the Final Battle and had two children, a son named Finrod Mithrandír who looked almost exactly like his father with his grandfather's eyes, and a daughter they called Lúthien Alatáriël Tinuviel who inherited her mother's abilities but favoured having pale blonde hair and bright blue eyes that twinkled like stars.
A few years after the birth of their daughter, Orodreth's father, Maeglin Nólatári, died, leaving Orodreth as the Elvin King. He and Nessa (Tonks) ruled for many years together. She lived far longer than a human normally does because the power of the Elvin lands increases the life of a human to that of an Elf. Nessa (Tonks) died aged 2131 at the same time that Orodreth died aged 6274 leaving Finrod as the next Elvin King. Lúthien married a descendant of Morgana and Tom and gave up her Elvin lifespan to live in the human world.
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The Other Weasleys
Arthur never remarried, he had loved Molly, before she became power and money hungry. Instead he was content to spend time with his grandchildren and his adopted grandchildren. Some of his remaining children came to live with him at The Burrow, so he wasn't lonely. Arthur found that Tom's reforms to the Wizarding World were exactly what was needed and eventually was able to be on good terms with him.
Charlie Weasley had no idea what his mother and youngest brother were doing and, when he found out, he was shocked and angry with them. He moved back to The Burrow to keep Arthur company and found a good friend in Tom. Charlie never married but he did have a long-term partner called Alan Jones who he met at the Welsh Dragon reserve he started working on.
Bill Weasley also had no idea about his mother and youngest brother. He too moved back into The Burrow but he left when he married Fleur Delacoeur. Bill and Fleur had three children, a daughter called Victoire and two sons called Francois and Louis. Bill continued working for Gingotts and Fleur worked with Ginny in the fashion industry.
Percy Weasley stated that he didn't know what Molly and Ron were planning with Dumbledore, but everyone knew that he'd known they were planning something. His attitude towards Tom got him fired from the Ministry and banned from The Burrow. He died alone in a poor Muggle area as that was the only place he could get a job.
Ron was sentenced to Azkaban but after he tried to escape for the 50th time, he was sentenced to the Dementor's Kiss so he would stop wasting Auror's time. No one really cared when it happened.
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Once her daughter was born, Lavender moved to America as per her plan. She eventually married an American Muggle and was very happy. She had several children with him but the Malfoys kept her updated on the daughter she'd given up for adoption and she kept in touch. All of her children were magical and they studied at Salem Witches' School and the Maine School of Wizardry.
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And finally:
Tom and Morgana
Tom and Morgana's child was born one month early, taking both of them completely by surprise in the middle of the night. It was a little girl who they named Nimuë Mereope Riddle Le Fey. She looked like a perfect mix of her parents with Morgana's hair and eyes, Tom's long fingers and pale skin. When she went to Hogwarts, she was sorted into Ravenclaw and, much like her mother, she took every single course she could. She married Harry Weasley and ended up having several children with him. She gained Mastery's in Potions, Herbology and Divination.
A few years after Nimuë was born, they had a son who they named Daffydd Thomas Riddle. Daffydd looked almost exactly like his father, he just had a hint of his mother in his eyes. To no one's surprise, he ended up in Slytherin and he later married Lily Potter-LeStrange, having four children with her. He got his Mastery in DADA and remained close friends with Michael Snape.
When Daffydd was three, they had another son they called Thomas Ianto Riddle who had Morgana's hair, Tom's eyes and face shape and Morgana's smile. He became a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts and eventually married Remus Malfoy, they only had a couple of children but they adored them both. Thomas excelled at Healing and ended up becoming a Healer at St Mungo's.
Their final child, a daughter they called Lyra Eleri Riddle, was born shortly after Thomas turned four. She looked exactly like Morgana but ended up in Gryffindor. After she graduated, Lyra went into Spell Creation and became world renowned in her profession. When she was 25, she married Jason Weasley and they ended up having enough children to rival Molly and Arthur's brood, eventually stopping at eight, seven boys and one girl.
Tom and Morgana found that together they had enough money to never have to work but Morgana still helped those who couldn't afford specialist treatment at St Mungo's. Tom became Minister for Magic and implemented many new reforms which bettered the Wizarding World in general. When Nimuë turned 18, they gave her Morgana's cottage as they spent most of their time at Riddle Manor. Tom and Morgana lived for many years, eventually dying 175 years after they met, each at an almost unprecedented age. Their legacy lived on through their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.