After the Valentine's Day incident, classes started again and weeks flew by very quickly. Soon, it was time for Easter vacations, allowing Tom and Helena to go back home and spend more time with Isabella, Katherine and Nicholas.

Unfortunately, this school break was too short and all too soon for them, they had to go back to school and prepare for the coming end of the year exams. The fact that they were both excellent student shouldn't stop them from doing their best.

Of course, nobody was surprised when Tom and Helena got the highest score in their year and started their summer vacations with the satisfaction of knowing that they had done a good job. They went home and with all the last minute preparations for the wedding, they didn't see the first 2 weeks of July go by.

Tom was very happy about the fact that he wasn't going back to the orphanage and realized just how happy he had been since his engagement. He smiled as he watched his little sister and adoptive daughter walk down the alley and throwing pretty and colorful flower petals on the floor, preparing it for Helena.

Once Isabella had reached him, Tom looked up to see Helena walking toward him with her arm hooked through her father's. They were walking slowly, like tradition wanted, but Tom refrained his smile when he noticed that Nicholas seemed to be holding Helena back. Indeed, his bride looked like she was ready to run to him.

She was magnificent. A real enchanted vision.

The ceremony went by quickly and soon, Tom was Helena's husband.

Nicholas had made it so Tom would also get his new last name during the ceremony so now Tom and Helena were Mister and Misses Gaunt.

"I'm so happy Tom, it's perfect!" Helena whispered in her husband's ear while they danced together for the first time as a married couple.

"So am I, Love. Everything is perfect since we're together." He replied before kissing her tenderly.

It had been decided that for their first night together as a married couple, they'd go alone in the house Helena had inherited from her grandparents. Isabella would join them there a few days later.

Thankfully, when they arrived, Helena and Tom realized that the house elves she had inherited along with the house had done an excellent job at keeping everything perfectly clean.

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The summer vacations went by fast and without any trouble for the Gaunt family. Tom, Helena and Isabella were happy in their big house and were getting used to being a family on they own. They had a lot of visit, too. Their friends came to see them a couple of times and Helena's parents visited twice a week.

When they went in London to buy everything they would need for the next school year, they took Isabella, who was excited about going back to her grandparents during the week.

When the school year started, it wasn't easy for the couple to go back to Hogwarts but they managed by knowing they would see Isabella every weekends. They now lived together in Salazar Slytherin's old quarters and everything was well for them.

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This year, Isabella went to a magical kindergarten and made friends with other young witches and wizards. She loved playing with other children and she loved going to school and learning. It made her very happy.

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Helena and Tom received their diplomas from Hogwarts with the knowledge that they were among the top five best students in their year and everything was already planned for their after Hogwarts life.

Helena would stay a home and take care of Isabella and any future children they would have while Tom would go and work at the Ministry of Magic with his proud father in law. Given his great grades in school, Tom had been given a very good position and his father in law promised him that he would have no problem getting promoted as long as he kept on working as well as he had been so far.

In October, Helena told everyone that she was pregnant and two months later they found out that it was a little boy. They decided to call him Connor Nicholas Gaunt.

When Connor received his admission letter to Hogwarts, his mother told them that she was pregnant again.

This time it was twins, a boy and a girl. They named them Nicholas Marvolo Gaunt and Merope Katherine Gaunt.

Of course they were both admitted into Hogwarts and both of them followed their siblings in Slytherin.

When the twins were old enough to go to Hogwarts, Nicholas became friends with another first year Gryffindor named James Potter. They both met on the train while looking for the candy cart and were soon joined by Sirius Black, a friend Nicholas made in Kindergarten, and Remus Lupin.

On that same train ride, Merope became friend with Lilly Evans, a muggle born who appeared to be very smart, and Severus Snape. The three of them quickly bounded.

Of course James, Lilly, Sirius, Remus and many others were sent to Gryffindor, Merope, Nicholas and Severus went to Slytherin. Despite being in different houses, they managed to remain friends and with time, became a joyful band of tricksters that the teachers spent their time running after to try and prove they were responsible for whatever had happened. They always stuck together and felt like they were invincible.

Lilly and James ended up getting married, just like Sirius and Merope. Snape eventually got married to Isabella and despite their age difference, they were very happy together.

Remus remained single a long time until, eventually, Sirius's cousin Nymphadora, aka Tonks, managed to make him fall in love with her and to convince him that they'd be happy together.

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The day of his 17th birthday, Harry Potter vanished from his bedroom. Immediately, his parents, his godfather, his godmother (Merope), Albus, Tom and Helena rushed to wait for him at the top of the Astronomy tower with Harry's best friends Ron and Hermione and his girlfriend Ginny.

They had been warned by people from the Ministry of Magic that the boy who had saved Helena was Harry Potter (They only found this out after he was born.) and that they had managed to find out when he would reappear. Everyone had been preparing for this moment, knowing that the Harry who would come back wouldn't be the same one that had left.

Severus should have been there but his wife was having her baby and he needed to stay by her side.

A little after midnight, a deep voice reverberated around them and warned them that Harry was coming back and that he was the one who had lost his parents and everyone he loved because of Voldemort. The voice also confirmed that Harry had saved Helena's life twice.

When Harry appeared, the first thing he saw was Tom and Helena. Then he smiled widely when he saw Sirius, alive, smiling and with a pretty woman in his arms. After that, he smiled at his friends until he spotted his parents, alive, and his mother obviously pregnant. Without waiting any longer, he ran to them and hugged them as tightly as he could.

It took a few minutes but the ancient magic worked and the memories of what this life had been for him, with his parents, came to Harry's mind. It was a bit weird because he still had the memories of his old life but he didn't mind. It would only make him stronger.

"How's your hand professor?" Harry asked the Headmaster.

"Perfectly fine, why?" Dumbledore asked him, confused.

"No reasons. I'm glad you're okay." Harry smiled, figuring that he'd have plenty of chances to tell everyone what his other life had been like later.

Tom was now a very efficient Minister of Magic and he was still very happy with Helena and their children. They already had 2 grandchildren and were very happy with this life they had. It was a very happy one and becoming Lord Voldemort hadn't come to Tom's mind once since he agreed to marry Helena.

Harry was happy to find out that this new life was much brighter to everyone and he was even happier when his parents confirmed that they weren't in touch with the Dursley family. He would never have to see them again and he was glad for it.

So, this is the end. I know the end is a bit rushed, it was the same way in my french version. Although this one is a bit better... I'll probably rework on it some day and make it longer but for now, that's it.

I hope you liked it.

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Lorelei Candice Black