A/N: I'm so glad you guys all liked the last chapter! It was one of my favorite's and I'm so happy you guys loved it as much as I do. Thank you all for all your wonderful words of kindness, support, and love for this story. You keep me going when I sometimes question the insanity of writing fanfics. So thank you.

Some people were asking that I continue this story (like a sequel) or even include a scene between Draco and Lucius after the party and dealing with the aftermath of Lucius' business attempt. I'm sorry to say that I won't be doing that right now as school started today (yuck) and the Dramione story that I have in the works right now is a pretty big project in itself since I'm taking a different route with this one. However, if I decide to make some outtake scenes from this story, I promise you guys will be the first to know.

This is the end of The Serpent, the Lioness, and the Dog but, like I said, I do have another Dramione story in the works so you guys will hear from me soon.

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Epilogue: Six Years Later

Hermione was sitting up in bed, smiling at the small bundle in her arms. After eighteen hours of labor, one would think that she'd be exhausted, but oddly enough she was bursting with energy. She assumed it was because she was just overtired and her body was having trouble figuring out the difference between exhaustion and adrenaline. She felt a shift at the end of the bed and smiled as Benji repositioned himself to curl up next to Vinnie, the German Shepherd she and Draco had adopted shortly after moving in together.

Hermione had decided on an at home birth for her second child after the paparazzi had nearly knocked over the incubator that her first born had been in after giving birth at St. Mungo's to her daughter. She and Draco had been severely frustrated at the lack of privacy they had received and agreed that, in order to keep the press away, their next child would be born in the comfort of their own home which is why she was currently sitting in her own bed, humming quietly to her newborn son with the two dogs at the foot of the bed guarding her and the baby.

Speaking of her family, Draco quietly opened the door to their bedroom and smiled at her as he saw that she was awake. "Hey," he said quietly.

"Hey," she smiled.

"Someone wants to see you," he said, opening the door wider to let their three year old daughter, Isabelle Grace, into their room. She was a spitting image of her father, curly platinum blonde hair, grey eyes, and pointed features; from the day she started talking, Draco declared that she would be a Slytherin. Hermione usually just rolled her eyes and always gave him a cryptic "We'll see" which would always make him slightly nervous.

"Hi, Izzy," Hermione smiled at her little girl.

She returned the smile. "Hi, mummy."

"Want to come meet your brother?" she asked.

Isabelle nodded and Draco picked her up as he made his way over to sit next to his wife and son, putting his daughter on his lap. As soon as she was on the bed, she crawled over to her mother and studied the small bundle in her arms. "What's his name?" she asked.

Hermione smiled at Draco before looking to her daughter. "Nathan Oliver Malfoy."

"N-Nathan!" Isabelle exclaimed, excited that she could pronounce her brother's name. Draco smiled at his little girl. "That's right, Izzy! Good job!"

She looked back down to the small baby and cocked her head to the side. "He looks like a red potato!"

Hermione and Draco had to struggle to control the volume of their laughter, careful not to wake baby Nathan. "That's because he was just born, sweetheart," Draco explained. "He'll look more normal as he grows."

Isabelle nodded in understand and yawned and layed down on her father's lap, and he began to run his fingers through her curls. Hermione smiled at the two and glanced back down to her son. "He's perfect, Draco," she whispered. "Both of our babies are," she said, smiling at her daughter.

Draco kissed her temple. "Yes, they are, and you, Mrs. Malfoy were brilliant as always. I'm proud of you."

She smiled at him and gave him a soft kiss on the lips. "Thank you, my love," she said, yawning.

He took his sleeping son out of his wife's arms and placed him in the crib next to their bed before snuggling up next to his wife and daughter, who had nudged her way in between them. Draco chuckled and kissed both of their foreheads, Hermione already asleep and Isabelle not far behind her. "Goodnight, my loves," he whispered.

He smiled to himself as he observed his wife and daughter sleeping, his newborn son fast asleep as well, and the two dogs guarding the family at the foot of the bed, even though they were also sleeping. Draco leaned over and scratched behind both of their ears before crawling into bed with his wife and daughter.

My little family, he thought happily, before falling into a peaceful sleep, himself.

The End.

P.S. The link for Astoria's dress seemed to cut half of it off so just put the rest of the link in the previous chapter.

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