Yes, that's it, that's the end of this story. However, below is a peek into the sequel I am writing. The story takes place another thirty odd years from this point. It focuses more on an actual plot (which will tie up the loose ends of this story, among other things), with the relationship of Minerva and Hermione being a subplot, and of course, whose point of view the sequel is from.

Below is a short snippet from the soon-to-come fic, which will be titled "Antebellum" (Latin for "After the war begins"). Below that is a timeline of sorts; a brief summery of the 'history' that "Antebellum" is based on. Hope it perks your interest!

Again, thank you all SO much for you support. You're all awesome. :-D

Preview of "Antebellum"

Harry Potter had been Minister of Magic for two years now, been an Auror for more than fifty years before that, and had, with the help of Ron and Hermione, defeated the Dark Lord Voldemort before even graduating from Hogwarts. All of that said, today was the worst day he could ever have imagined.

"Hermione!" he shouted, walking into the current Headmistress of Hogwarts' office. "We need to talk, right now!"

Hermione, along with her long time lover, Minerva, walked into the office from an adjoining room. "What is it, Harry?" Minerva asked.

"Aunt Min, Hermione, I just got out of a meeting with the Muggle Prime Minister," Harry said, rubbing his temples. "Long story short, he apparently has evidence that the legendary muggle, King Arthur, did experiments of some sort on Merlin, which is how he got his magic. According to said evidence, all wizards are descended from Merlin and four children he had with four different women. Our kind was created by muggles, to be bred as some sort of super soldiers."

Hermione's eyes widened and horror. "You can't be serious!"

Minerva put her hands on Hermione's shoulders. "I don't think Harry's finished, love."

Harry tossed his wand onto a nearby table. "Obviously you haven't noticed that your wands no longer work?" he questioned. "The muggles have created a toxin that destroys wand cores. It was released, an hour ago, all over the world, in a mass muggle cooperative strike against Wizards. All we have left if wandless magic, and wards and previously spelled items, at least until they all decay. The muggles plan to exterminate our kind."

Minerva and Hermione both stood there in shock.

"Ladies," Harry said with a great sigh. "We are at war."

Timeline/History which Antebellum is based on. This will NOT be posted when I actually post the new story, though the facts, for the most part, will be peppered throughout the story. Reading this just gives you some serious spoilers.

480 – Arthur, boy king, take throne with Merlin, petty sorcerer, has his councilor.

495 – Arthur forces Merlin to drink the blood of four magical creatures; a griffin, a basilisk, a centaur, and a dragon. Merlin already had some small amount of magic before this, and the effect multiplies his power. However much magic was flowing through his veins was too much to control, so he cannot use it. Arthur's plan to use Merlin's magic to conquer his enemies fails when Merlin refuses to even try to find a way to access his power. Arthur locks him away. Over the next ten years Arthur gets Merlin to bed four women, each becoming pregnant. Arthur hopes that Merlin will have passed on his magic to a child, but it does not. Each of the four children show no magical potential.

509 – In a fit of rage, Arthur kills Merlin. From that point forward, any person showing magical skill was executed.

909 – four hundred years after Merlin's death, Helga Hufflepuff is born, a descendent of the first woman Merlin impregnated.

911 – Godric Gryffindor is born, descendent of the second woman Merlin impregnated.

912 – Rowena Ravenclaw is born, descendent of the third woman Merlin impregnated.

914 – Salazar Slytherin is born, descendent of the fourth woman Merlin impregnated.

942 – After each having been accused of sorcery by King Edmund I of England, Helga, Godric, Rowena, and Salazar arrange a meeting, all four having grown tired of a life of being hunted. Together, they hoped to find a safe Haven.

954 – Together the four built a grand castle, and call it Hogwarts. They each take their spouses and children, and flee to the castle.

967 – Salazar comes upon records regarding the history of Merlin. He and the others research further and discover that they are indeed, all related, all descendents of Merlin. All other magical people alive then were killed off before reproducing.

970 – As the two witches and two wizards start to age, they realize that they are the only true hope to ever have a full population of magical people. They develop the first Sorcerers Stone, allowing their lives to continue long enough to produce more children.

1009 – Their children and grandchildren grew and learned of magic. They intermarry for the most part.

1056 – After the third generation, Helga, Godric, and Rowena start to encourage their families to seek out mates outside of the walls of Hogwarts. Salazar thinks that doing so totally defeats the purpose of living so long to repopulate wizarding kind. Rowena, the diplomatic one, convinces the other three that it is time to destroy the Sorcerers Stone, and allow their families take responsibility for populating the wizarding world.

1063 – After having continued the aging process, without the aid of the Sorcerers Stone, and seen many of the younger witches and wizards bringing home and having children with ordinary humans, Salazar builds the Chamber of Secrets, and takes his leave of Hogwarts. He cannot bear to live among so many who do not understand the importance of pure blood, and he knows his days are numbered.

1070 – Helga Hufflepuff dies. Salazar returns to Hogwarts for her funeral. At this time, he places a basilisk egg in his secret chamber below the foundations of their home. He leaves again days later.

1073 – Godric Gryffindor dies. Again, Salazar returns. This time, he takes time to talk to Rowena, who he thought most highly of among the four of them. They discussed the future, and what future generations might think of the beginnings of the Wizarding World. Rowena points out that in the future, Hogwarts will not house their entire population. Salazar suggests turning Hogwarts into a school for young witches and wizards. Rowena agrees, and together they being establishing other communities, for Wizarding folk to reside. Godric's Hallow is founded, named after their recently deceased friend. Salazar leaves again.

1081 – Rowena Ravenclaw dies. Salazar returns once more to bury her. At this point, Salazar realizes that he is the last person alive who knows anything about how Hogwarts was founded, and why. He is the last to know the truth of their connection to Merlin, and why their magic is not as limited as other witches and wizards before Merlin's time. He is the last who knows that Arthur, a muggle King, created them to fight his wars for him. Salazar, determined that no one should ever know that they were bred to be slaves, composes a short history of magic. He falsifies just enough facts to lead the generations to come that Merlin was one of the many Wizards they were all descended from, never giving any reason for anyone to dig deeper and discover the truth. For safe measure, he destroys the texts that he'd found 114 years before.

1084 – Salazar spends four years planting false trails regarding their history (For example, he leads everyone to believe that Ollivander's had been around for about 600 years longer than it actually had). At 160 years old, Salazar Slytherin, last of the Founders, dies at Hogwarts.