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Epilogue
The following years were peaceful. Lord Arcturus passed away after Harry graduated from Hogwarts. The family mourned his passing and honoured his memory. The portrait of Arcturus was now the meeting point for all the past Blacks. Lady Amelia Black had to take measures and asked them to keep the parties on the weekends to a minimum. They never listened and they always made her laugh. She placed curtains on Lord Arcturus's portrait, and they painted Blacks obeyed. The Matriarch of the house always prevails.
Harry and Hermione became the Potters after graduation from Hogwarts. Harry did go out to play Quidditch for England and won a world cup. Hermione followed Theodore Tonks path and became a Barrister for Non-Magical and Magical born children. This was after she got experience as a Tomb raider in Gringotts. While she was working for Gringotts Hermione was asked to take the post Goblin Liaison from Dirk Creswell. She did and then applied her multiple skills to get a post as a Barrister. Many of the members of the Wizengamot were thrown into a corner everytime Mrs. Potter gathered attention. Sirius, Theodore, Amelia loved her relaxed demeanour while she cropped egos and made everyone stop and stare at her talented arguments. The only other person who opposed her from time to time was her husband Lord Harry Potter-Black, and he only did it when she missed a point.
Draco Malfoy became a music producer and had too much fun being a rich playboy. He demolished Malfoy Manor. Rebuilt a new mansion at the north limits of his land and erected a plinth monument to the victims of the Wizarding war, where the old mansion was. He burned the earldoms of dark magic with the aid of Sirius and his control of Fiendfyre. After, he took a year off and travelled the world. Gabrielle Delacour was snagged from the playground. They had a lot of fun flirting, and then later his girls arrived into the scene, Cassiopeia and Carina. He was crazy in love with his progeny. His girls turn out a riot, just like him, but just as lovely as Gaby. He was a loon, but a family loon, who also happened to be last named Malfoy.
Narcissa Black later married the young Viktor Krum. People loved to hate the magical cougar. Viktor adored his wife. Narcissa loved her very healthy, and quite vigorous, new husband. Draco was a brother to Valentin Orion Krum. Val was a riot to Draco, and he made his older brother and his nieces crazy with his pranks, but they loved him.
Luna and Neville became a couple after Luna had spent her year exploring the world for her magizoologist degree. Of course Neville was unable to leave her side so he travelled investigating the flora all over the world. Uncovering the best soil on the volcanic sites. Fawkes decided to stay near the couple, they changed his name to Antares. The couple had two boys. Franklin and Allan. Later Alicia made her appearance. The children were revered as keepers of the ancient ways. Alicia became the new Seer. Pandora and Xeno were crazy for their grandchildren. It was Alicia who found the curse in Frank and Alice and a remedy. Making Augusta happy and connecting the child dearly.
Sirius and Amelia were the first to bring children into the world. Regulus Orion and Edna Aquila Black and later James Charlus Black. Sirius was the one to set an example on how to be a doting father to his kids elder brother Harry. Amelia was still an iron lady at work. But as soon as her husband and children stepped into her office her face changed. No one loved like Amelia did. Thankfully only the closest to her knew her secret.
Nym's sudden pregnancy and marriage to Remus Lupin surprised the Tonks. But, they knew their daughter did not make mistakes about her choices.
Remus had returned to England after receiving an invitation to the lavish wedding of Lord Sirius Black and Lady Bones. He thought it was a joke. He had been busy working in Japan after he failed his mission as a wolf spy to Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix. Not only that, but he, too, got excluded from Wizarding England for being a were.
Sirius and Remus got into a fistfight, rolled on the floor and cried over the misunderstanding over the war and betrayal of the Potters, but once the issue had been cleared, both apologised. Remus remained for the wedding, even pranking Sirius to have him grow dog ears at his wedding ball as a dog leash appeared in the new Lady Black's hand, reaching Sirius neck. It made the guests at the party laugh. Sirius returned the favour by gifting a red riding hood cloak to Nym. Teddy Lupin arrived sooner rather than later. So did Maristella. The children broke the myth that children from werewolves inherit their curse. Teddy was a metamorphmagus and Maristella a Timber wolf animagus.
Daphne Greengrass married Cedric Diggory and together they rose to a level of fame, via Daphne's political prowess and Cedric's Quidditch stardom, only slightly smaller than the Potters. Since the couples were childhood friends the so-called animosity was debunked from the start. The Greengrass-Digory's had a boy and a girl. Edmond Greengrass and Ella Diggory.
Susan Bones grew to follow her Aunt's steps as an Auror and later a hit witch and lastly Chief of the DMLE. She married Dean Thomas who was a renowned portrait painter, and designer. They had twins, Adele and Edgar Bones.
Michael Corner and Millicent Bulstrode surprised everyone by marrying after Hogwarts. Millie was one of the few dark families who had not been involved in the Pure Blood movement or had any inclination to follow on that path. Michael was a new blood and just like the Quibbler promised their children a girl and a boy, Mary and Milan Corner were quite gifted Potion Masters and Healers, just the parents.
The Weasley cousins still visited every year at the Black family reunion in the new Grimmauld Place. Bill married Gaby's sister, Fleur Delacour. Fred and George graduated with honours in Potions from Hogwarts. They opened the Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes two years after graduation. They did an internship in potions in Gringotts. Likewise, they married Angelina and Katie. Percy became a curse breaker like Bill and paid his schooling and got into Oxford to get his education as a non-magical Barrister. Percy married Penelope Clearwater, his Hogwarts sweetheart. Charlie married a squib. It was an Italian fashion model who had a photo shoot near the Romanian reserve. She was almost killed by a dragon. Charlie rose to the rescue and Bella Dona was struck stupidly in love with the Dragon handler. She told him her secret, he told her he was English and had a big family. They married, and Charlie was the one to follow his dad's steps by giving to the world a tribe of Weasley's. Now, the biggest surprise was Ron, who learned how to be helpful and loyal, after that first year in Hogwarts. He grew up and married Hannah Abbot, he followed Bill and Percy and became a curse breaker. Then he invested in WWW and became quite wealthy, along with his brothers Fred and George. Ginny followed her father's steps and got a job with the Ministry, then fell in love with Romilda Vane. The two had an altar to Harry Potter, and they lived happily ever after.
Dobby and Winky (former house-elf for the Crouches.) became a family and fierce Potter elves. Together with the Black elves they became a force to be reckoned with.
Harry and Hermione had children, but before that, they had another attempt on their lives. This time it had been a group of anti magical radicals who believed that if they placed Harry and Hermione in a house with anti-magic or a Faraday construct, it would impact them. Harry and Hermione stared at each other. It had been over a decade since they used the alias, but this would be a great time to dustoff the old codes.
"Jane dear, I think this was a trap?" said Harry.
"What gave it away, Jamie dear?" retorted Hermione.
Harry nodded and said, as he displayed the magic suppressing rings around their wrists. "I don't know the fact that I can't feel my special talent as easily," said Harry.
"You mean the 'M' thing?" asked Hermione.
"The 'M' thing?" said Harry with a glint in his gaze. He scrunched his eyebrows and asked, "uh, Money? Maliciousness? Mileage? Mmm, Miraculous, something else with M?" finished Harry.
Hermione giggled, "No, not even close,"
A third voice interrupted Harry and Hermione's conversation. "You know, I will say this. Mr. and Mrs. Potter, you are far more brave than the rest," a figure said from a speaker.
"Seriously, were you expecting us to go crazy, maybe cry and say that our family will pay for whatever you ask?" queried Hermione.
The earth began shaking. The wall began cracking. While the Potters remained calm. They had been tracked down by the family. Harry added, "This guy and his organisation it's like the Eugene thing, right?"
"Eugenics, Pure Blood, The Arian race, the anti-mutant law in the X-Men comics, yeah, same ideals," said Hermione.
"I was hoping the issue would be less plebeian, more like the infidels and the true word of god, a drug cartel, but we always attract these clowns, tell me why?" asked Harry.
Automatic shotgun fire made an echo and the voice in the speaker began cursing in German. Harry and Hermione shook their heads in disbelief. As the elite mercenaries (the hometeam) destroyed the base of the hidden Neo Nazi cell. The edifice was now falling to pieces, around the captives.
Hermione pulled a couple bobby pins from her hair and attached a pin to Harry's manacles. Grateful to Fred and George. The manacles fell with a heavy clank. The invisible ring of the Blacks glowed, and a shadow of perfect ink-black darkness began spreading from the soles of his feet. His eyes shone with its emerald, surreal beauty.
The shadow magic enveloped Hermione, and she answered his question. "My darling, the reason for our existence is to level the good and the bad in this world. An envious bastard betrayed us in our last incarnation. I'm breathing because my job is far from done. You're breathing, because you owe me that trip to the Mayan Riviera. Now, how do we avoid the scenario of kidnappings by the next megalomaniac?" the wife asked the husband, who was blinking stupidly.
Harry Jamie replied, "I uh, leave the Black protection shield on."
"You take the protection off, when?" insisted Hermione.
"Only at home," replied Harry.
"I'm glad we had this conversation." Said Hermione.
The two emerged dressed in black and a man in appearance just as remarkable as a dot in a polka-dot pattern stepped in and said, "I knew it, magic is real."
He pulled a gun and pointed at Hermione. When he tried to pull the trigger, though, his body was fixed in place by his shadow. He felt a force guide the gun muzzle against his temple. No apparent magic displaying.
Harry added in a cold voice. "I want to be clear on one thing, your mistake was not capturing me. I could have let you live, you are not my first nor my last enemy. However, you pointed the gun at her, how rich, I will take my payment in blood, all of yours."
A gunshot lit the emerging darkness as the room fell into pieces and the two dark silhouettes blended into the floor and disappeared from sight. Just as though they were never there.
THE END?
