Five Years Later.

As he entered the front room Draco stopped in surprise as he found Hermione pulling the cushions off the sofa and throwing them onto the floor in a heap.

"What are you doing?" He asked, entering the room.

"Looking for Flopsy." Hermione replied, her head still buried in the sofa. "Your daughter decided it was too big, so she shrunk it and dropped it down the side of the sofa."

Draco smirked as he walked over to his three year old daughter, Cassiopeia, who was sitting innocently in her playpen. Picking her up be gave her a kiss and began praising her advanced magical skills. While most toddlers could only do accidental magic, Cassiopeia showed remarkable control over hers. Draco had often seen his daughter reaching for something and if she couldn't she get it she had a tantrum and the object would sail into her chubby hands.

"Here it is." Hermione stood up straight and waved her wand over the tiny toy bunny in her hand, returning it to its rightful size.

"Flopsy, Cassie wants Flopsy." Cassiopeia leant over Draco's shoulder and held her arms out until Hermione handed her daughter her toy back.

Satisfied with her toy back in her arms Cassiopeia began telling the bunny off for disappearing as Draco put her back into her play pen. Draco watched Cassiopeia lecturing the toy for a few minutes before he turned back to Hermione, who was fixing the cushions on the sofa.

"Are you ready?" Draco asked. They were heading to The Burrow for Sunday lunch and if they didn't leave within the next few minutes they would be late.

"Two minutes." Hermione called as she headed into the hallway to grab her bag. "Where's Lyra and Scorpius?" She asked as she returned to the front room.

"They're coming." Draco replied.

Right on cue the two teenagers entered the front room, bickering over something. Hermione didn't even bother to see what her children were arguing over as she ordered them into the floo network as she grabbed Cassiopeia. Hermione and Cassiopeia were the last to travel through the fire and when Hermione emerged from the green flames in the front room of The Burrow there was no sign of her family. As Hermione ventured further into the crowded house and outside she soon spotted the rest of her family.

Scorpius was huddled in the corner with Fred, no doubt planning trouble of some sort. Years of George's training had paid off and Scorpius and Fred were major pranksters at Hogwarts. Hermione had lost track of the amount of letters she had received from the school informing her of yet another mess her son and his friend had caused.

Lyra was in the back garden with some of the other teenagers. Hermione smiled to herself as Seamus and Daphne arrived with Patrick and the teenager immediately left his parents and approached her daughter. Lyra and Patrick had been a couple for nearly a year, much to Draco's displeasure. While Draco actually liked Patrick and had nothing against him personally he just wasn't ready to let his little girl grow up completely and having a serious boyfriend was definitely too grown up for Draco's liking.

Turning her attention away from her daughter and her boyfriend, Hermione sought out her husband. Hermione smiled again when she spotted Draco laughing with Thomas and Jacques. In the last five years Draco and Thomas had become extremely close and spent quite a bit of time together, although Narcissa tried to avoid Thomas as much as possible which could make special occasions slightly awkward. Draco's relationship with Jacques had also improved over time and the two men actually enjoyed spending time together these days. There had been an incident between the two men shortly after Ginny's arrest when Draco had changed his mind about giving a statement to the Ministry. Draco felt that he couldn't betray his mother and his father's memory by helping Ginny any further. Jacques had been furious, until Kingsley had pointed out that what happened next to Ginny had nothing to do with Draco and him giving a statement wouldn't make any difference to her punishment.

"Hermione." Turning round Hermione smiled widely as Molly approached her. "I'm so pleased you all came."

"Don't we always? Your cooking's far too good to miss out on." Hermione laughed.

Molly blushed slightly at the compliment and changed the subject as she asked about Cassiopeia. Hermione handed her youngest child over to Molly and the two women chatted happily as they fussed over the toddler.

"Will you be coming next week?" Molly asked, looking slightly nervous as she waited for an answer.

"If you want us, of course we'll be here." Hermione replied.

The following week would be Ginny's first weekend back after spending the last five years in Azkaban. Negotiations about Ginny's punishment had raged for days between Kingsley and Jacque's lawyer, five years in Azkaban was the final offer or else Ginny would be made to stand trial. Knowing she could end up imprisoned for life with a trial Ginny had taken the offer of five years. Hermione hadn't seen Ginny in that time but she knew Thomas and Jacques visited her weekly and Molly and Arthur both went once a month.

Five years ago telling the Weasley's about Ginny had been easier than Hermione had anticipated, luckily no-one blamed her and Draco from keeping secrets about her from them. Molly, Arthur, George, Bill and Charlie had all accepted Ginny's offer to visit her right away and they had spent most of the day with their long lost family member, although accepting Ginny back into the family fully was still a work in progress. Percy didn't react well to Ginny's return and he refused to have anything to do with his sister, Hermione still wasn't sure if he had even seen her since her return.

Ron and Harry had also reacted badly, although they both aimed their anger towards Hermione and Draco. Eventually Luna and Pansy managed to get their irate husbands to see that Hermione and Draco had only done what they thought was best. Once they had been calmed down they both apologised to Hermione and Draco, she knew they had also both visited Ginny a few times since then.

Another person that had visited Ginny was Blaise. When Draco had visited his friend to tell him about Ginny it was revealed that Astoria was the one who had gone to Kingsley about Ginny's return. Astoria's actions had nearly ruined the couple's relationship but Blaise eventually forgave her when he realised she was only trying to do the right thing. Ginny had also sent a message to Astoria telling her she didn't blame her for turning her in and thanking her for making Blaise happy and giving him the family he deserved.

Looking around Hermione wasn't surprised to notice that Blaise, Astoria and their two children were absent. While the Zabini's were regular's at gatherings held by Draco and Hermione, Astoria wasn't comfortable with so many Weasley's. While Ginny may have forgiven her she was always worried that someone else would hold her responsible for Ginny not being present.

Hermione wasn't sure if any of the Weasley's did hold Astoria responsible for Ginny's imprisonment, but she hoped they didn't. No matter how long ago it was the simple fact was Ginny had killed a man and she was in Azkaban as a result of her actions all those years ago. Hermione couldn't help but think that if it hadn't been for Astoria informing the authorities about Ginny than the Weasley's would never have met Thomas. It was only the thought of impending imprisonment that had prompted Ginny to get in touch with her family and introduce them to her son.

The Weasley's had been shocked by Thomas's existence but had immediately welcomed him to the family, not caring in the slightest about who his father had been. Jacques had also been welcomed to the family and Hermione knew that Ginny's husband dined with the Weasley's at least once a week, sometimes more when Thomas was home from Hogwarts.

As Hermione's thought about Thomas and Hogwarts she remembered that he had just finished his last year. The thought that Thomas had finished school reminded her that Lyra was about to enter her final year, causing Hermione to wonder where the years had gone. Trying to forget all about the fact her eldest child was nearly an adult Hermione focused her attention on the infant in her arms.

Hermione was busy chatting to Cassiopeia when Draco came over and settled next to her. Molly had headed back to the kitchen ages ago, leaving Hermione to her thoughts.

"Are you okay?" Draco asked. He had noticed his wife had been sitting staring into space for some time and he was worried in case something was bothering her.

"I'm fine, I'm just thinking." Hermione smiled as Draco as he put his arm around her.

"What about?"

"Nothing much." Hermione shrugged. "Just life."

"Good or bad?" Draco asked.

Hermione looked up at Draco before pressing her lips gently against his. "Definitely good." She smiled at Draco before settling back into his arms.

As she looked around the back garden of The Burrow, Hermione decided that ultimately Ginny's return had brought about a lot of good. While Ginny may have ended up in Azkaban, which wasn't so good for her, plenty of people had gained something from her return. The Weasley's had gained a grandson and found the missing part of their family while Draco had gained a brother. Thomas had also gained an entire family, while he may have lost his mother for a few years she would be returning home in a couple of days and the family he had discovered would always be there for him, both the Weasley's and the Malfoy's.

The End.

A/N - Thank you to everyone who left a review for this story. I know there will be people dissapointed with what happened with Ginny but it was actually really hard to decide on an appropriate punishment. Even so I hope people still enjoyed the story. Thanks for reading.