Harry Potter and the Elements of Life

By: Krystal Lily Potter

Chapter 21: Epilogue

Rated: PG

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The days after the final battle were one of the most confusing ones any of us have ever lived, even me!

Fudge had been kicked from the Ministry of Magic office for not believing Dumbledore about Voldemort in the first place. Arthur Weasley replaced him and I can say that it was one of the best choices anybody could ever make.

There were many sacrifices made in those terrible battles, I'll admit that. When I look back now I realize really how much dumb luck I really had on my side at the time.

Albus Dumbledore's spirit finally rests in piece. He actually came back and apologized to both Jasmine and me. We accepted it full heartedly, knowing he had all the right reasons to do it.

Now lets go back so you can know what happened in my last two years at Hogwarts...

After Professor Dumbledore's death no one other then Professor McGonagall became the Headmistress of Hogwarts. She wasn't Dumbledore though. I knew whenever I walked up those stairs I wouldn't see the twinkling blue eyes hidden behind half moon spectacles as I had come to get used to.

Sirius took Professor McGonagall's place as Transfiguration teacher and head of Gryffindor, lets just say Snape plays fairly now other wise Ravenclaw would end up winning every year.

Remus is starting to work with other werewolves, to prove to them that they can lead normal lives. Snape's new potion he created proved to help them.

Snape, now there's one I wished I could forget, even after all that he still held a grudge towards me...although he let Jasmine off...I think he had a soft spot for my mom and Jasmine does look a lot like her. Snape made a potion that makes it so a werewolf will not change on a full moon, as long as they drink it a week before hand. Remus has been thankful for that since the day Snape handed the tester one to him.

The other remaining Professors and Aurors all went their own ways basically...Flitwick finally retired...meaning Ravenclaw also needed a new Head of House and Charm's teacher.

Now sixth year went normally enough, except at the first of the year we had to do our OWLs because we never got the chance in 5th year. Hermione was panicking so badly when she heard that.

At first I thought I wanted to be an Auror but instead I choose another career rout.

Let's see...who else can I talk about?

Ron! Yeah...after 5th year I handed over the Quidditch Captain to Ron. He had been shocked greatly and asked why. I had simply replied I just couldn't keep up with everything.

Our team won in both 6th and 7th year...

Lavender and Parvati's changes surprised everyone! They learned to be more logical and less like snots, both still to this day get along with Hermione and Jasmine very well.

Seamus, and Neville, they both turned out to pass their OWLs and NEWTs, but I haven't seen either of them sense then, I have no clue what they're doing now or where they even are. Although I did hear rumors that Neville was an Auror in America. An Auror just like his parents, Frank and Alice Longbottom had been.

Dean, well I always see him now! I can't get rid of the bloody brat! He's always around Jasmine! I'm just kidding! He's a great friend and I know he'll stay with Jas.

Hermione aced all her OWLs and NEWTs, coming out on the top of our class. Needless to say she was delighted, she was worried Jasmine or I would outdo her, but I promised I would do nothing of the sort. She laughed and said I probably couldn't anyway...Jasmine was the real one she was worried about. She had been Headgirl in our 7th year, unsurprisingly.

Jasmine and I, well I guess we're still a little bit of the 'odd ones', in a sense. For 6th and 7th year we lived with Sirius, but after that I moved out. Jasmine on the other hand continued living with Sirius for a year or two before moving in with Dean. I was made Headboy in 7th year, and Jasmine took Hermione's place as a normal prefect. It was odd, after that final battle all those little 'special' powers we had just vanished. Dumbledore's spirit explained that they were in our bodies but would only come out whenever there's danger around, which I hope won't be any time soon.

My last two years of Hogwarts weren't nearly as dull as they sound though. In 6th year I ended up in the hospital wing several times from getting hit with curses from Death Eater's children and plus it didn't help when I crashed into the ground on my broom well going 80 miles an hour. Talk about painful. I got a lecture for a week from both my sister an girlfriend!

In seventh year, like I mentioned Hermione and I were named Headboy and girl. By this time the curses seemed to low down a little bit

Now after Hogwarts...

Like I mentioned I have no clue about Seamus, and I only heard that Neville was an Auror, although I do know about everyone else.

Parvati turned out to be a model for a magazine...really none of us had seen exactly that coming but none of us were really surprised. She doesn't really have a steady relationship, its more like ok you this year and maybe you next year. Really she's not that bad...it could be 'ok you this week and you next week'.

Ron, oh man this story here is good, Ron and Lavender had a little 'accident' when they were 18, and with that Ronald Weasley Junior was born...but we all call him RJ. Ron (Senior) go signed by the Chudley Cannons and is now their full time Keeper! Man was he ever happy! Lavender is now a Mediwitch, none of us EVER seen that one coming, it was almost like a slap in the face. Maybe it was a good thing though, she's in charge of the children's ward and she always needs to bring in RJ and Violet into work with her since Ron is usually at Quidditch practice! Violet is their daughter.

RJ is currently a happy little three year old with striking red hair and rich brown eyes well Violet is a small year old girl with curly striking red hair and dull blue eyes. Looks like they kept up the Weasley tradition with the red hair.

The Weasley family is HUGE now...I know it was big before but wow.

(Note: The only Weasley I killed was Ginny, right? Well sorry if I did kill another one and I mention that person here...for the life of me I can't remember...)

The oldest of the new generation of Weasleys is Michael Weasley, Bill and Fleur's son. He too has the Weasley red hair blue he has Fleur's silver-blue eyes. He's currently 6-years-old, apparently he didn't tell Mrs Weasley that she had a grandson until he was three years old.

(Note: If you do the math then Michael would have been born when Harry and the other's were in their 5th year at Hogwarts)

Charlie's son is Jared Weasley is 5-years-old, with red hair and green-brown eyes. Mrs Weasley knew about him from the beginning. I'm not sure who the mother was because apparently she died during child birth.

Percy has no children yet but he is married to Penelope Clearwater (Now Weasley) and she's excepting a child soon. Percy still works at the Ministry of Magic.

Fred is now married to Angelina and had...you guessed it, twins. But instead of two bad Weasley boys he got two girls instead. They're 2-years-old. One is named Britney and the other is Christina. Both have the Weasley red hair but Britney has Fred's mischievous blue eyes well Christina has Angelina's calm, cool brown eyes.

George married Katie after she finished school. They have a 2-yearld daughter named Jennifer. She has the same wild hair as her cousin's (Fred's kids) and he has Katie's light green-blue eyes.

They finally opened their own joke shop, Angelina and Katie both work there too. It's called Weasley Wizard Wheezes (Triple W for short).

Jasmine is now pregnant with her and Dean's first child, wonder if it's gonna be a girl or a boy. Jasmine is now an Auror but she's now on maternity leave, her child's due next week. Dean works in the Department of Experimental Charms; Jasmine requested a charm to make pain during labor even less. Needless to say I don't think poor Dean will be able to stop her from beating him up when it happens.

The last I heard Draco and Blaise had a 1-year-old son. I think they called him Xander Malfoy. I do know that they're not married yet though. Blaise, as far as I know, isn't working. Although I do know Draco is doing something at the Ministry too...but I'm not positive what it is yet.

Now Hermione and I? Well we got married just after we got out of Hogwarts. I mean it. It was just before my 18th birthday, but it wasn't a big thing, the only ones present were Mr and Mrs Granger, Sirius and Jasmine.

Last year, on August 31st, Hermione gave birth to twins. Daniel and Krystal Potter. Needless to say Hermione's a little jealous that they both look more like me. Daniel is almost the spitting image of me when I was a baby except for a few things. His hair is mostly a dark brown with natural black streaks in and his eyes are dark brown with an emerald green ring around it.

Krystal on the other hand has raven black hair with dark brown streaks and emerald green eyes with a ring of dark brown around it. It's sad really. Daniel looks just like me and Krystal looks like a female version of me.

Hermione often laughs that Krystal will turn out to be like me well Daniel will be like her, and from what I can see so far it'll probably be true.

Hermione took Flitwick's place as the Charms teacher, although she politely refused to be the head of Ravenclaw, after all she was a Gryffindor. Professor Sinistra now has that position.

And me? Well I'm the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Professor McGonagall offered me the position the day of Graduation. I've been the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher ever since. Look's like the jinx is finally gone.

Jinx is finally gone...you have no idea how true that is. Many more lives then the ones I mentioned were touched by this war by far.

SO many people died that day, so many I couldn't possibly save.

I know things won't say calm forever, where there's light there's darkness and we can do nothing to change that. Like I said many times before, everything comes in pairs...

Signed,

Harry James Potter,

The Boy Who Lived

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Harry smiled as he finished writing his journal. The last one that he would ever write. He had to end it some how.

Sighing he turned around and saw a baby trying to crawl up the stairs, only to tumble backwards.

His eyes widened and he bounded across the room and caught her before she could hurt herself. As he stood up straight with his daughter in his arms he thought, 'Thank god for Quidditch reflexes.'

As if hearing what he said Krystal laughed happily at him.

He shook his had and said, "You're gonna be just like me."

She smiled at him and took the pendent around his neck into his hand and stared at it. It looked like a small silver shield with 12 small gems in it. She would probably forget about ever holding it but this small baby held the Elements of Life in her hand...not realizing how special they really were.

Harry smiled as he looked over to Hermione, who was asleep on the couch with Daniel. Then he frowned. He knew his children were special and they would have extraordinary days at Hogwarts like he himself had.

How did he know?

On the right side of both twins' foreheads was a thin, lightning shaped birthmark, the mark of power, the mark of victory, the mark of survival...the mark of the legend that would always remain on Harry Potter's head. The mark of a lightning shaped scar.

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~Krystal Lily Potter~