It's all coming back to me… now - Epilogue

Draco and myself had made it through the war alive and save. And most of all, together. And we are now the proud parents of a beautiful little girl with blond curls, a button nose, fair skin and silver-blue eyes like her daddy.

Her name, Amelia Ginerva Black. Amelia had been my grandmother's name and Ginerva was for her godmother, Ginerva Weasley Potter. Harry was her godfather.

Draco had changed his last name into his mother's maiden name Black. He said that he wanted a name he could be proud of and not feel shame. He wanted his daughter to have a proud name as well. And not have to suffer for his family's misdeeds.

Draco's father had died during the war and Draco didn't speak of it. His mother was punished for her crimes during the war, by having her wand taken from her for an unknown amount of time. She had some problems adjusting in the beginning, but she had managed to get used to living like a muggle. She still lived at the manor with us.

She did come through for us in the end, although I still think it was more for her grandchild than for us. She absolutely adores her granddaughter and the feeling is mutual. So as long as my child is happy, I can tolerate her I guess.

I hadn't felt much for the idea of going on the run and hiding like a coward during the biggest war in the history of the magical world, but in the end it was what was best for my child. I could not risk getting hurt during a fight with a life growing inside of me. Draco wanted to stay and fight alongside Harry and Ron and the others. He wanted to fight and make the world better for his child to grow up in, but they had send him off to join me, saying he was safer by my side. Safe from the deatheaters out for his blood. And they felt that he should be there to protect me and our baby if needed. Making sure that he didn't miss anything during the pregnancy.

We had continued to help them from the sidelines of course. Research had fell upon myself and Draco to help them along on their search for the horcruxes. Sending them ideas for spells and potions that could help them in their battle.

When we heard rumors that Harry had died, we had no choice but to go back. Draco knew that I couldn't stay away then and helped me prepare potions and spells to protect me and our unborn child inside of me.

Harry had not died of course. We found that out when we had already arrived at the battle grounds that had previously been Hogwarts. And that is also how we happened to be there for the final battle. Draco and myself stayed inside the castle and had tried our best to keep me out of harm's way in fear of our child, but in the end even I had to fight of some enemies.

The secret to defeating Voldemort had truly been that Harry had to die, or rather the part of Voldemort that was inside of Harry. Apparently Dumbledore had helped Harry figure that out somehow, from beyond the grave, which was impressive, even in the magical world.

Dumbledore had also been right that the love between Draco and I could help save the magical world. Draco had not known what he meant by that at the time, we sure didn't help much in the war, but he had meant that we help save the magical world from prejudice. After the war we became the face for acceptance and peace among everyone in the world. Muggles, Muggleborns and purebloods alike. We showed the world that even a pureblood like Draco, raised to hate me and my kind, and a muggleborn, knowing next to nothing about purebloods, could set aside their differences and fight together, and even fall in love. We started a trend when we got married and took over the Malfoy estate and changed everything about it completely. Other couples formed from muggles or muggleborns and purebloods started coming out, no longer willing to hide their love away. The long road to healing the world had begun and Draco and I had helped it along.

Everyone started to pick up their lives again and moved on from the war, as hard as it was. George had to find a way to move on without Fred. The Weasley's all took his death rather hard, but managed to move forward. It's what Fred would have wanted. We all have fond memories of all the casualties that day and our memories will keep them alive in our hearts forever.

Ginny and Harry got married, like we didn't all see that coming. And Ron married Astoria Greengrass, which we actually really didn't see coming. But they seemed happy together, so no one questioned it.

Draco, Amelia and myself have a nice life as well. We both work at the Ministry of Magic and Amelia is doing very good in school. With both of her parents rather academically and magically gifted, that wasn't really a surprise. We don't always like being in the public eye as much as we are, but we have gotten used to it over the years. At least it's for a good cause. Draco and I are still as much in love now as we were then. Our love gets stronger by the day. We are also planning to have more children in the future.

Back then I believed that all great loves were doomed to fail, but after everything that has happened, I believe the exact opposite. I believe now that our love can overcome anything. A love that by all common knowledge and logic wasn't even supposed to happen in the first place. And yet it couldn't be destroyed. We still don't know how Draco had been able to remember everything, but we stopped thinking about it after a while. It didn't really matter anymore anyway. Our love was just too strong to be forgotten I guess. Our love had, after all, been strong enough to survive not only a powerful spell and time-turner magic, but also two worlds fighting against us, an evil wizard, deatheaters, going on the run and everything else we had to fight through during that war to get here, and we still came out victorious. It just goes to show, that love really does conquer all...even magic...

As for the time-turner and the spell I used to enhance it, I destroyed all of it. The magic that I had used all those years ago was just far too dangerous. You never know what you are erasing, changing or setting in motion for countless of people in the world and it's just not worth it. I truly believe now that had I not done it, Draco and I would have still found our way back to each other and mostly still be where we are today. Something that perhaps I should have believed in back then. I can't bring myself to regret it too much though, because if I hadn't done it, Amelia might not be here right now. She would probably be on her way in the near future, but it still wouldn't be the same.

Still to this day, there is no one alive besides Ginny, Draco and myself who know what I did back then, and it will remain like that until the secret dies with us...

There were nights when the wind was so cold
That my body froze in bed, if I just listened to it right outside the window
There were days when the sun was so cruel
That all the tears turned to dust, and I just knew my eyes were drying up forever

I finished crying in the instant that you left
And I can't remember where or when or how
And I banished every memory you and I had ever made

But when you touch me like this, And you hold me like that
I just have to admit, that it's all coming back to me
When I touch you like this, and I hold you like that
It's so hard to believe but, it's all coming back to me
(It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now)
There were moments of gold, and there were flashes of light
There were things I'd never do again, but then they'd always seemed right
There were nights of endless pleasure, it was more than any laws allow
Baby Baby

If I kiss you like this, and if you whisper like that
It was lost long ago, but it's all coming back to me
If you want me like this, and if you need me like that
It was dead long ago, but it's all coming back to me
It's so hard to resist, and it's all coming back to me
I can barely recall, but it's all coming back to me now

There were those empty threats and hollow lies
And whenever you tried to hurt me, I just hurt you even worse and so much deeper
There were hours that just went on for days
When alone at last we'd count up all the chances that were lost to us forever

But you were history with the slamming of the door
And I made myself so strong again somehow
And I never wasted any of my time on you since then

But if I touch you like this, and when you kiss me like that
It was so long ago, but it's all coming back to me
If you touch me like this, and if I kiss you like that
It was gone with the wind, but it's all coming back to me
(It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now)
There were moments of gold, and there were flashes of light
There were things we'd never do again, but then they'd always seemed right
There were nights of endless pleasure, it was more than all your laws allow
Baby, Baby, Baby

When you touch me like this, and when you hold me like that
It was gone with the wind, but it's all coming back to me
When you see me like this, and when I see you like that
Then we see what we want to see, all coming back to me
The flesh and the fantasies, all coming back to me
I can barely recall, but it's all coming back to me now

If you forgive me all this, If I forgive you all that
We forgive and forget, and it's all coming back to me
When you see me like this, and when I see you like that
We see just what we want to see, all coming back to me
The flesh and the fantasies, all coming back to me
I can barely recall, but it's all coming back to me now