So, the final chapter. Sorry for the long wait - I hate my computer! After this I plan to write oneshots, as they don't have any kind of deadline to work to. I've already written a Romione, so take a look of you like that pairing and want to make me happy! Alternatively, you could review. Or do both. ;)

The final disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. Sorry 'bout that.

On with the epilogue!

Making their way towards the barrier between platform nine and ten was a very strange family. They were strange because both the parents were male, and they were strange because one of the children was carrying an owl. They were strange because all of them were wizards.

"Hurry up Lily!" said a boy with dark hair and grey eyes - the one with the owl.

"I am hurrying." said the small girl crossly, "It's just this trolley is too heavy!" The girl had light brown hair and very petite features. She was little for her age, and her stubby nose was screwed up in concentration as she weaved between passengers.

"Severus, leave Lily alone." said Harry, "We have plenty of time." Severus ignored him.

"Race you to the barrier!" said Severus suddenly. Lily giggled and pushed the trolley as fast as she could, and the two of them disappeared into platform 9 and 3/4. Harry and Draco walked behind, wearing identical smiles. Clearly, neither Lily nor Severus was their biological child, although as far as they were concerned, they and the twins were a family. Did it really matter about blood relations?

The twins were waiting for them on the platform, standing next to Ron and Hermione and their two children, Rose and Hugo. Hugo was starting Hogwarts this year along with Severus and Lily - Rose was two years older.

"There you are!" said Hermione, "Drive here alright?"

Draco nodded smugly, and Harry grinned. His husband had been oh-so-boastful when he successfully passed his driving test without the use of magic. Ron had also scraped a pass, although Harry suspected that the confundus charm had something to do with it.

All four adults, to their children's embarrassment, were looking fondly at Hogwarts express. Ron looked at Rose and Hugo and said "That's where your mum and I met."

Hugo pulled a face and Rose said "Was it love at first sight?"

"In a way." said Hermione, at the same time Ron said "Yep." Hermione raised her eyebrows.

"It just took me six years to notice." he said, grinning. Rose and Lily seemed pleased at this appropriately romantic answer and rounded on Draco and Harry.

"What about you two?" asked Rose curiously.

"Oh, Harry and I knew we were destined to be together from the start." said Draco airily. Ron snorted.

"Don't believe a word he says Rosie." he said, "Those two hated each other from the moment they met in Diagon Alley."

"You knew Draco before you knew Mum and Dad?" said Hugo, surprised. Dad always said he was the first person you met on the train."

Harry nodded. "I saw Draco when I was getting my things for Hogwarts. I thought he was nice-"

"Really?" said Draco.

"Then he opened his mouth and started spewing pure-blood nonsense. Once I realised what a stuck-up git he was, any thoughts of how good-looking or nice he was evaporated."

Hermione laughed. "You used to be awful, Draco!"

"Daddy was a Slytherin." Lily informed Rose. "So Dad hated him! According to Auntie Molly, they didn't start getting along until after the war."

"Your Daddy was a pain to be around before then." said Ron darkly. "Made your Dad's life living hell."

"What can I say," said Draco, putting his arm around Harry, "I was smitten."

"Can you four stop reminiscing, we're wasting time." Said Severus. Taking hold of the trolleys again, the eight of them squeezed their way along the platform to the entrance to a near-empty carriage.

"Come on Lils, I'll show you where me and my friends sit." Rose grabbed Lily's hand and pulled her along the station to a carriage further down. Lily turned round and waved at her parents, beaming. She was pleased to be included - Lily and her friends were considered very cool.

"Can I talk to you two?" Severus looked at Harry and Draco nervously.

"Sure." said Harry. Hermione and Ron walked away, taking Hugo with them. They realised that Severus wanted to speak to his Dads alone.

"What if I'm not in Gryffindor?" asked Severus.

"You think you'll end up in Ravenclaw, like Rose?" asked Draco.

"No. What if the hat puts me in Hufflepuff, or," he gulped "Slytherin."

"We won't care." said Harry. "What's important is you're in the house that's right for you."

"I was in Slytherin." said Draco. "And the sorting hat almost put your Dad in Slytherin."

Severus looked only slightly less worried, so Harry started "Severus Albus Potter, get your name from two Hogwarts headmasters-"

"One of them was the head of Slytherin, I know." said Severus.

"He was my mentor." interjected Draco, "And one of the bravest men I ever knew."

"What about Hufflepuff?" asked Severus nervously.

"What about it?" asked Harry, "Professor MacMillan-Fletchley is a great teacher. You'd do well with him as your head of house."

"So it really doesn't matter?" asked Severus.

"No." said Draco, "It really doesn't. Don't try to get into Gryffindor just to please your father. It only ends in trouble," he said bitterly, "picking your house for someone else."

"Sorry to interrupt your heart-to-heart." said Ron, "But the train's about to go."

Harry ruffled Sev's hair, who promptly smoothed it down again, checking his reflection in the train window. "You're so like Draco." said Ron.

Severus grabbed his trunk and ran to catch up with Hugo, who had just found them a compartment. Draco and Harry waved at their children until the train left the platform, and then turned away, hands held.

"It'll be strange without them." said Harry. Draco nodded.

"Let's hope their time at Hogwarts is less eventful than ours was." he said. Harry shook his head.

"No - I hope it's just as eventful. After all, where's the fun in a normal year at Hogwarts?"