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Chapter 18: Epilogue
A Fairytale Ending
Fate watched the woman, sitting at the desk in front of a dusty old shoebox. Time had been kind to the woman, but there were still the tell-tale signs of the passing of time, such as a slight thickening in the waist, lines around the mouth and eyes the spoke of years of laughter and smiling, and the lightening of hair that was once a deep, bright red into something more of a strawberry blond. But, despite all the changes the passing of time had brought, there was still a beauty and vibrance to the woman that told of a happy and well-lived life. The woman was now pulling the lid off the box, blowing the dust off as she opened the box.
She had sneaked off to the attic this day, needing to be alone with the memories. She didn't think anyone would miss her, as busy as everyone was today. She was looking for something, that important something old that every daughter needs from her mother on her wedding day. They were in the box --she knew it. She carefully opened the tissue paper that the item in the box where wrapped in, the paper crumbling with age a she touched it, hoping she would find what she wanted to find.
And there they were, as gleaming and shiny as the day her mother had given them to her on her wedding day. She pulled out the shoes, and looked at them in the light, remembering the story her mother had told her, oh so long ago. The story of a witch named Cinderella who had found her Prince Charming. And the woman remembered what her mother had said, that day she had given her the shoes, about how the shoes in the room at Hogwart's were just a replica, that the witch's family had kept the original shoes, passing them on from mother to daughter on her wedding day.
It was then that she saw it, under the crumbling tissue paper in the dusty old box. A long ago letter, written to her mother, on a long ago day at Hogwart's. It was in an envelope, the ratty edges of the opened envelope showing a piece of paper sticking out. She pulled it out of the box. Her mother must have placed it in the box, that long ago day, for the woman to find on her daughter's wedding day. She smiled sadly as a tear ran down her cheek, missing her mother, whom illness had taken away two years ago, the woman she admired more than anything in the world.
The woman pulled out the paper carefully, and began to read the letter, and suddenly began to laugh, as tears poured down her cheeks. This was the way her husband found her, sitting at the desk in the dusty old attic, with a pair of glass slippers in front of her and an old, yellowed paper in her hand.
"Why are you crying?" He asked, concerned.
"It's just this letter I found, with the shoes. Mom must have left it for me." she said.
He came to stand behind her, and kneeled beside her, putting his arm around her to offer his support.
"What letter is that?" he asked.
"A letter I wrote her, a long time ago." She said, and handed it to him.
"Ten Ways to Charm a Prince" Draco read out loud, and smiled.
Ginny buried her head in his shoulder, as Draco read the letter she had written, and started laughing.
All of the sudden, words appeared on the bottom of the letter, written in her mother's writing.
My dearest Ginny,
If you have found this, I guess it means it's your daughter's wedding day. I hope I am there to see it, but as we all know, no one can live forever. If I'm not there, I just wanted you to remember this letter you wrote so long ago. I hope your daughter has found her prince charming, just as you had (although I should hope finding her prince charming is a little less eventful than you finding yours.) And always remember, how to charm your prince!
Love,
Mum
Ginny moved back slightly, and looked at Draco. "Did I charm you?" she asked, with a small smile through her tears.
Draco smiled back at her. "Of course you did. I am your Prince Charming, after all."
"My least likely prince charming." Ginny said with a smile, as she hugged Draco. "And my fairytale ending" she said, before she kissed Draco.
And Fate watched her couple, remembering all the things she had to do to get them together. She wiped a tear away from her eye, as she turned away. She knew they would live happily ever after, on that day long ago that she had decided to put them together. And they would continue to live happily ever after. Because when has a fairytale not ended that way?
The End
A/N. Finally, we have reached the end of this story. Ginny and Draco live happily ever after. Next Story Will Be Hermione and Ron (I've got to do it, I've foreshadowed it enough in this story) which will be set after Hogwart's. Draco and Ginny will make appearances in the story, maybe a minor plot line, but the story will be about Hermione and Ron. It will be called, "I Never Wanted a Prince Charming".