Hey Lovelies! So I said tomorrow, but here it is now. The final piece of Harry and Cissa's story. This is "Keeper of the Stars" by Tracy Byrd and I hope that you all go listen to it, because it has double meaning for Narcissa in this story, her being a Black and all! I hope that you all enjoyed this version of the future as much as I loved writing it, and I hope to see you all again on some of my other stories! Enjoy one last hoorah!
Epilogue – Keeper of the Stars
Five Years Later
Draco was pacing the waiting room, carrying Scorpius on his hip as he did so. "Darling you are going to wear holes in the already threadbare rug if you don't stop." His wife was grinning up at him from her spot on the floor, Regulus had fallen asleep on her lap and she hadn't wanted to wake him.
The twins were three and they had debated about bringing them along at all, but Draco had insisted that it was a family affair and that if Lily was going so were the twins. Hermione had tried to point out that Lily had more a reason to be there than the boys did, but in the end Draco had won out.
They had been at the hospital for four hours now, and he was getting impatient. When Hermione had had the twins she had only been in labor for six hours. His mother was going into hour nine. He chuckled to himself, well Little Sis, he thought, you made it half of the time it took S.J. Hopefully you give Mom a break and get here soon.
He looked up as the door to the waiting room opened and he smiled when he saw Teddy and Lily come racing back through it. "Edward Remus and Lily Elladora, what did I tell you about running in the hospital?" His aunt's voice cut through his thoughts and he saw Regulus shift in Hermione's lap at Andromeda's raised voice.
"Sorry, Aunt Andi." The tiny, blonde climbed up in her aunt's lap. "When is my little sister going to be here?"
"Soon Sweet Pea. I'm sure your daddy will come and tell us just as soon as she gets here."
Kingsley and S.J. came in holding coffee and Draco set Scorpius on the ground next to his mother before retrieving her cup for her. "Thanks." He nodded to the Minister as he sank to the ground beside his family and gathering his little brother into his lap. "I think we all needed these."
"I know we did." Kingsley smiled and turned to his wife. "I asked at the nurse's station and they said that Susan went in about twenty minutes ago, we should have a new niece any minute."
"Thank Merlin." She muttered as she ran a hand over Lily's hair. The child looked so much like Narcissa that it was uncanny, the same hair, same facial structure, same mannerisms, everything but the eyes. She had inherited her grandmother's eyes. And thus her name was picked out perfectly, Lily Elladora. Her grandmother and her mother both represented in name and in beauty.
After a few more minutes of quiet the door swung open again and Harry was standing there. A broad smile on his face. "She's here. And she's just as perfect as her siblings." He took S.J. by the hand and scooped Lily up off of Andi's lap. "Come on Draco." He called over his shoulder. "She's asking for you too."
Draco reappeared a few minutes later, both of his younger siblings in tow. "Andi, they want you." Both she and Kingsley started to get up but Draco smiled and shook his head. "Just you alone."
"Alone?" She looked confused, but he smiled and nodded. They had told him why, and asked him to tell the others for them after he sent her back.
"Yeah. Go on." He couldn't help but smile at her. "Room 423."
"Okay." Quietly she made her way down the hallway and she knocked softly on the door.
"Come in." She heard Cissa call just as softly. "Andi." The blonde smiled up at her sister from the bed. "There is someone here that would like to meet you." She extended the tiny bundle of blankets in her arms towards her.
She took the baby from her sister and smiled down at her. To her surprise the baby had chocolate curls, the perfect blend of Harry's dark and Cissa's light. When she opened her eyes Andi was surprised to see that they were dark as well. She looked up at her sister. "She's gorgeous."
"Thank you." She laughed. "Besides Harry and I you are the first one to hold her, Draco said it should be you."
"He seemed a little funny when they came back out, what's going on?" She looked back and forth between them.
"Andi?" Harry spoke up from Cissa's side, "We want you to be her Godmother."
"Really?" Tears sprang to her eyes. Draco was S.J.'s Godfather, and the honor of being Lily's Godmother had gone to Hermione. "You're really asking me?"
"Of course." Cissa smiled. "After all, who else could we possibly pick, when we named her after you."
"You did?" She gasped a little bit as her eyes shot up from the baby in her arms to her sister and brother-in-law.
Harry laughed, "Yeah. Andromeda, meet Cassiopeia Andromeda Potter-Black. Cassie for short."
Andi leaned forward and kissed Cissa's cheek, before leaning over her and doing the same to Harry. She gave the newborn her finger as she looked down at her again. "Welcome to the family Cassie."
Children of the STLDFM Universe
Edward Remus Lupin - Parents: Remus John and Nymphadora Lupin (neé Tonks) Raised by: Kingsley and Andromeda Druella Shacklebolt (neé Black)
Victorie Weasley - Parents: Bill and Fleur Weasley (neé Delacour)
Sirius James Potter-Black - Parents: Harry James and Narcissa Elladora Potter-Black (neé Black)
Lily Elladora Potter-Black - Parents: Harry James and Narcissa Elladora Potter-Black (neé Black)
Cassiopeia Andromeda Potter-Black - Parents: Harry James and Narcissa Elladora Potter-Black (neé Black)
Scorpius Draco Malfoy - Parents: Draco Lucius and Hermione Jean Malfoy (neé Granger)
Regulus Harry Malfoy - Parents: Draco Lucius and Hermione Jean Malfoy (neé Granger)
