Hi everyone! So glad to see you all again! This is the last chapter! I hope it lived up to your expectations! Let me know what you thought at the end!

Lori

********** Chapter 20 **********

***** Epilogue *****

"Hee-hee-hooooo!"

"Hee-hee-hooooo!"

Next to the window, Harry bit his lip as he pretended to read the local paper in the slowly receding light from the sunset but was really listening to the healer coach Draco in how to breathe through his pains until their daughter was ready to be removed from the magical womb inside his beloved.

"Your Majesty?" She called from Draco's bedside. "My king, your consort would benefit from your presence."

Setting down the paper, Harry hurried over and took hold of his lover's hands. "What can I do, my Dragon?"

When Draco had recovered from his first pregnancy, he'd sworn bloody vengeance against any who would harm either of their twin sons. The oath was spoken calmly but with such a mixture of venomous threat, heartfelt promise and sheer hateful violence that Harry had commented – mostly to himself – how much the blond looked like a mother dragon. Hearing this, Draco had only nodded and calmly told his husband that he could stand to be called 'Dragon' if this was what people thought of when they said it. Harry remembered laughing with the blond as the younger man realized what he'd said. Then, they'd hugged and cried as Draco finally came to terms with the fact that what Riddle had done to him was terrible and horrific and incredibly unjust but it was over and he wasn't going to let it dictate his life anymore. It had been that moment when Draco had looked into Harry's green eyes and given his permission for Harry alone to use that name for him.

James Lucius and Scorpius Orion had been born eight months to the day from the day of Harry's and Draco's coronation. They were now four years old and awaiting the arrival of their sister in a sitting room with their grandparents and their aunt. Narcissa had become pregnant when the boys were a year old. Draco had delighted in having a little sister and vowed to give his sons a sister of their own as soon as he could manage it. The pair had gone through several disappointing losses before finally getting happy news this past Halloween.

Harry was brought back to the moment by a frightened whimper. "You're alright, love…" Harry kissed Draco's hand and whispered soothing words. "You've done this before…you can do it again…just a little longer and we'll have our sweet little girl in our arms."

"Yes, but this might be the last one. I don't know if I can do this again, Harry…" He whispered raggedly a tear running down his flushed cheek. "I love you…" He panted. "I love the children…but I really don't think I'm going to have the strength."

"Hush, now. Don't talk like that, baby. You're one of the strongest people I know! You're going to be fine, but…" Harry clutched his lover's hand tightly. "I won't ask you to carry more babies if you don't want to, Dragon. I promise."

"If you want any more, you can…" Draco was cut off by a sobbing moan as he squeezed Harry's hand. "Carry!" His voice slowly went up in tone. "Them!" He yelled at the brunette. "YOURSELF!"

Harry wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry at these words.

"Distract him between the pains. He'll be ready when he's ready and then I'll perform the spell, but it'll be a little while." The lovely fair-haired healer advised Harry with a sympathetic smile.

He nodded and wondered if his dad had gone through something like this when his mum was giving birth to him. "Do you remember when we found out you were pregnant the first time?"

Draco's eyes fluttered closed as he tried to find the energy to laugh. "How could I forget? Luna and her father came to pledge us their loyalty."

Harry nodded with a grin. "Just as they walked into the room, you clutched my arm and nearly fainted from dizziness. Luna only commented that you would be fine shortly but I was worried so I called for Severus and the healer."

"The healer had – for some reason – been out of the castle so Luna had walked right over to me and held a hand to my temple." Draco shook his head with a soft smile as he glanced over toward the younger blond. "She'd closed her eyes and said something I'll never forget. 'Your boys are fine. This is just them letting you know they're here.' God, Harry – she's really something, that witch."

Harry chuckled. "Indeed she is."

"Thank you." The woman in question giggled.

That was how they'd found out that they were not only pregnant but having twins and it was also when they'd been informed that Luna had been in training as a healer since before she'd met Harry, Draco, Neville and their other friends. She was formally apprenticed under Dumbledore's healer friend – the one who had tended the wounded after the battle to retake Hogwarts – and had her education interrupted due to her mentor being called to Malfoy castle. Luna gained her certification just in time to deliver the twins.

"Are Siri and Sev coming?" Draco smiled up at his husband thinking about their beloved godfathers. "And their little ones?"

"Of course." Harry grinned. "They'll join your parents and the little terrors in the nursery."

Sirius and Severus had gotten married as soon as Harry and Draco were properly settled in their new home with all of the aftermath of the takeover in the past. Dumbledore had overseen a small ceremony in the largest of Hogwarts' courtyards with Harry and Draco playing the part that Lucius and Narcissa had in their wedding. They caught the 'baby-fever' around the same time Lucius and Narcissa announced the conception of Draco's sister. They'd had a boy about a month after Cassiopeia Amaryllis Malfoy had been born and then a girl a year later.

"Now, Harry!" Luna scolded mildly smirking because she knew he was right. "Your children are just spirited…and Cassie is too young to be a terror. Besides, your godson and Draco's goddaughter are sure to be a calming influence on them."

Harry rolled his eyes at the description of his sons and frowned. He'd been very happy when his godfather named his children the way he had but Regulus James and Asphodel Lucine Black could be just as wild as his sons. "Reggie and Della might have an influence on the boys but I highly doubt it will be a calming one, Luna."

"What about Neville?" Draco wanted to know. He ignored his husband's teasing comment about their children and his sister. "And the rest? Will they join us tonight?"

"Neville is in our rooms, Draco." Luna told them. "I told him our goddaughter wouldn't be ready to meet him before tomorrow morning."

Draco's face fell and he clutched Harry's hand again as another contraction began. "You mean I'll be in labor until tomorrow?" He whimpered and performed his breathing exercises.

"That's not what I said at all." Luna huffed. "Don't distress yourself needlessly. She'll be here in an hour or so, but she'll need to be washed first and then she'll eat and sleep a few times…and then she'll be ready to meet him."

Draco sighed in relief as the pain subsided slightly. "Oh. I see…but I want him here. He should be with the others at least."

"As you wish, but babies are also very red and sometimes puffy when they're first born. She'll look her best tomorrow morning." Luna ran her hand softly over Draco's belly as Harry sent an elf to let his god-brother know. "Our goddaughter will be a wonderful young lady. Such a combination of you and Harry…and with the influence of Neville and I as well as the others, she'll be an amazing queen when her time comes." Seeing her friend's faces become clouded, she hurried to reassure them. "You'll see her ascend the throne before you die. I didn't mean that you wouldn't!" She sighed in frustration. "I really need to learn how to stop being cryptic with my predictions! I just meant that there will come a time when you are both tired of the responsibilities of ruling and you'll abdicate knowing that she can handle them. When that time comes, she will be an incredible queen."

Harry thought about that for a moment before giving her an understanding nod and turning back to Draco. "Ron said Hermione is too close to giving birth herself to travel but he'll be waiting with Blaise, Theo and Theo's brother Mathis to ride out when it's time."

"Is Pansy here?" Draco was now trying to distract himself. It was barely working.

"Yes. She and Blaise are in their rooms with Violet. She's napping." Harry smiled just thinking of their friends' six month old little girl.

"Has Theo spoken to you yet? He and his betrothed wish to marry in our largest garden – the one with the lake." Draco asked Harry.

"The one Siri and Sev got married in?" Harry sighed as he recalled the ceremony. "No, he hasn't asked yet, but you did go into labor while I was meeting with him this afternoon. That's probably what he wanted to discuss."

Draco nodded as he began the breathing exercises again. "You will let them, won't you?"

Harry nodded back with a smile. "Lavender is a lovely girl. I think I saw her speaking with one of Pansy's friends from school who was here to visit the other day."

"Tracy? Or maybe Millicent…" Draco calmed but only for a moment before the pain started again.

"It's time." Luna said softly as she waved her wand over Draco's stomach. She'd invented a variation on Pansy's window spell and she was using it now to see the baby. "Lillian Rose is almost here." She cast another spell which thinned the skin of Draco's abdomen and allowed her hands to pass through into the womb. She took careful hold of the baby and lifted her out into the open air where she gave a loud cry.

Draco had been nervous at first to see these new spells being worked on him but Theo's sister-in-law, Isadora, had allowed Luna to test them on her first pregnancy. They had proved to be safe so that was how the twins had been born as well and now Lillian was here and he watched with exhaustion as Luna washed her gently before wrapping her up in a pale purple blanket.

"Harry, will you be the first to hold our princess?" Luna didn't ask so much as hold the baby out to him. She then used several diagnostic spells to reassure the couple that Draco was healthy. "Alright, Draco may hold the baby while you go tell the pertinent parties."

Harry nodded and gently laid his daughter into her daddy's arms. He ran out the door and down the hall, into the sitting room yelling the whole way. "She's here!" As he entered the sitting room his in-laws stood up to greet him.

Lucius shook his hand as Narcissa hugged Harry.

"Lillian Rose was just born a few moments ago and Luna says that Draco's in excellent health. You can see him and the baby in the morning. I'm going to announce it from the balcony now." Harry was almost shaking with excitement as he hurried down to knock on the door into the room that led to the balcony. Ron, Theo, Mathis and Blaise stood as he opened the door.

Neville arrived just as Luna brought the squirming bundle in after Harry finished telling his friends the good news. "Draco insists you keep to Potter tradition and have Lillian with you as her birth is announced. The public will want to see even this small glimpse of her, Harry."

Harry nodded and held out his arms to accept his daughter as his riders rushed out into the bailey where their horses were waiting.

********** LTF **********

July twenty-sixth… It was just before midnight and the citizens of the wizarding world had been collectively holding their breath … figuratively, of course. Just five and a half hours ago, Scotland's Prince-Consort, Draco Malfoy-Potter, had gone into labor.

The castle of Hogwarts had shown no signs of activity since the announcement that the birthing process had begun and the call for His Majesty's healer had been sent. The people of the small town called Hogsmeade would be the first to know after the Prince-Consort's family and there were five men ready to send word in all directions when the new baby arrived. Four of these riders sat in a sitting room attached to the balcony from which the child's birth would be announced eagerly awaiting the order to mount their horses. The fifth was the child's godfather who would deliver the news to any family members who hadn't been able to make it to the castle.

Finally – midnight struck and the king walked out onto the public balcony carrying a small bundle of purple in his arms. He gestured to a trumpeter, who played the alert to wake everyone within hearing distance.

The riders came and stood behind him, whilst the townspeople gathered around the gates.

King Harrington James Potter cast a Sonorous charm, even as he cradled his newborn daughter.

"My people! You have a Princess! Her name is Lillian Rose Malfoy-Potter and, when she is old enough, my crown shall pass to her. She will be your queen."

The whole town began to celebrate as the four riders shook hands and urged their horses into their assigned directions. Ronald Weasley went north, whilst Blaise Zabini took the south road. Mathis Nott and Theodore Nott turned their steeds to the west and east – respectively.

Being that this is the last chapter I'll take this moment to thank my beta SB for being there to help talk me through some tough writing problems and even some silly but still difficult RL problems.

I also want to thank all the readers who read as I posted. You really stuck with me and I'm so happy you liked the story enough to do so. I hope you'll keep an eye out for whatever pops up in my head next!

I love you all! Thanks again!

Lori