Okay guys, this is the final chapter.

Thank you so much for sticking with this all the way through and i hope that you have enjoyed it. Please let me know your thoughts if you have a few spare moments in your busy schedules as they mean so much to me.

Snicket x

In the following months, many things occurred. Lucius' health continued to improve and he was soon strong enough to resume some normal acivites and was now preparing to return to his rightful place at the head of one of the 4 branches of the family company. The entire family were overjoyed to see the man up and so much like the person they had known and loved, the man from before Voldemort and Dumbledore, confident but kind and loving, as well as fiercely protective of his family and those he cares about. Draco especially was elated to have his loving father back: the man who would protect him and guide him, teaching him to be honourable and true. The father and son could now often be found sat together simply enjoying eachother's company, additionally the whole of the Malfoy clan frequently gathered together, going out on planned trips or simply spending the afternoon or a meal all together: things were getting back to how they should have been with everyone together.

Dumbledore had finally met his end. There had been little doubt over the outcome of his trial, yet when everthing had been confirmed Dumbledore had not been sent to Azkaban as many who had been following the trial had thought. After much consultation and deliberaton, gathering the opinions of some of the wizarding world's most renowned and experienced min healers, it was declared that Dumbledore was on the brink of insanity, driven their by his maddening desire for power. Ths desire had, over the years, slowly crippled his mind leaving behind the distorted mess that was found. As such it was agreed that he was to be sentenced to a high security facility with some of the greatest mind healers ever known. He would spend the rest of his days here and would receive the necessary care and treatement while also being unable to ruin anyone else's lives. In some ways it was a sad day for the wixarding world as it confirmed the truth: this once great wizard had been brought so low. It also made people remember how dangerous power could be and how much damage it could cause no matter whether you are considered light or dark, it was something they would not forget.

Throughout the trial proceedings many other scandalous secrets were reveale. One such scandal concerned Dumbledore using Harry's money to pay several different people, including some of the Weasley's and Hermione Granger, who aided him in moulding Harry into the perfect weapon and then later on keeping him in line. From these came many other secrets and Molly Weasley had been forced to make a public apology for her intrusion into the Malfoy home and her assault on Chaos, whom insisted he did not want to press charges. When these stories were released the wizarding population were outraged, outraged at the mistreatment and manipulation of their saviour and horrified for him at those people whom had betrayed him. Flocks of letters were sent to Harry apologising to him and dictating how different families were determined to support him. Additionally the Weasley's and other guilty people who had been revealed by the trials had a lot of difficulty when trying to go out in public as many people were very happy to verbally and sometimes even physically berate the traitorous people. It became so bad that these people avoided going out as much as possible. Mrs Weasley had also been horrified when she the Department of Magical child protection had insisted that she be assessed as her actions towards Chaos indicated that she was unsuitable to be caring for minors.

Those students who had been arrested had been sentenced and were to issue a public apology to Harry and they would serve several months of community service, at Harry's request as he did not want to see the other teen incarcerated. For now the guilty teens were back at school and they were having a very difficult time. However none of the harassment these people received stemmed from Harry himself who removed himself from the situations, not wanting to be involved any more thn he had to.

It was a fortnight after Dumbledore's sentencing and things at Hogwarts had finally started to settle. Scorpius had persuaded Harry to join him on the weekend trip to Hogsmeade. Draco, Neville and some of the other snakes would be joinging them. The walk down to the rather pleasant, Draco was much brighter and seemed to have regained his confidenceas he was back to being seen as the Slytherin prince, yet he no longer was seen to torment the other students, he simply exuded pride and confidence and Harry was glad to see that he had settled back into himself. Much to their surprise the blonde Slytherin engaged Neville in an amicable conversation about the current plants they were studying in Herbology, much to the Gryffindors shocked delight. Scorpius and Harry walked hand in hand as they meandered down the trail amonst their friends. However, upon entering the village they were bombarded by reports who had somehow found out about their trip and had sprung up around them.

The group of students with Harry immediately banded around him, protecting him from the relentless questions being shouted their way. Harry leaned into Scorpius but kept a strong face as he faced the reporters, Scorpius tightened his arms around the slender waist supporting his bpoyfriend against the mass of merciless men and women. They were never going to be able to get anywhere like this and soon enough Harry had had enough. He knew he would need to face them at some point and so he glanced overteh crowd before pointing at one of the reporters,

"You, we will go somewhere private, I will give you 15 minutes and then you will all leave me alone, I will not stand for you hounding me and my friends everywhere we go." The chosen man hurried forwards while the others, protested. Scorpius and Draco both turned to them and gave them the infamous Malfoy glare before Draco spoke,

"I would advise that you adhere to his wishes, after all his is under the protection of the Malfoy family and you know that you don't want to get on our bad side." Several of the reporters gulped at his statement and the two Malfoy teens smirked before following after Harry and the others who all gave them a knowing look; the Malfoy's were back, with avengance.

Once that was done the rest of the day was fairly calm aside from a few people who stopped to tell him how sorry they were for what had happened to him and other things of that ilk. By the time they were finished with their shopping they were all quite relieved to get back to Hogwarts. Draco had bought a fewbits to send to his father, including some of his father's favourite sweets. These particular sweets were unqiue to a small shop that had been in business for many many decades and was infamous for it's range of goods.

Arriving back in the entrance hall they all split up and went their separate ways. Scorpius and Draco heading to the owlery so Draco could send the goodies to his father, the other snakes back to the dungeons and Harry and Neille slowly wandered up to their rooms, quietly talking about the events of the day.

The next day the interview as released in the paper. Harry avoided the great hall that morning, opting to take his breakfast in the kitchens accompanied by Neville and Luna, who had been brought along as well. Scorpius was well aware of his mate's whereabouts and understood why he had chosen to avoid the majority of the students. Sitting at the head table Scorpius felt is heart sink a little,

Interviewer (I): I have snagged an exclusive interview with one Harry Potter, discovering his response to the betrayals that have befallen him. So Harry, many things have been uncovered over the past few weeks including the uncovering of the large sum of money that has been taken from you. How do you plan to follow up on this problem?

Harry Potter (HP): Money is not important, at least I have no care for it. I am aware that it is a substantial amount but I feel that demanding it be returned will do no good. Albus Dumbledore is the true perpetrator of this act and I feel that he is now being punished and dealt with in a sufficient manor. As for those who accepted the money I believe that their actions were misguided but this is the least of the offenses they have committed against me and they are now serving their punishments for actions much worse and I am satisfied that they will see the error of their ways. At the moment all I want is to move on.

I: How do you manage to stay so positive and treat those who betrayed you with such kindness after the betrayals they have commiteed against you?

HP: They were al very good friends to me, a key part of my years they supported me. Yes their betrayal does way heavy on my heart but for the years that they stood by me and supported me, be that by bribery or not, they helped me through a lot and I will always love them for it no matter what they may do against me. Now, with all of these revelations I will simply cherish those moments, remember them and hope that one day these people will come back to me and will once againsupport me but as true friends. At the moment I have new people who support me, a family who have taken me into their embrace and who treat me with nwavering love and affection so I have no problem working through all that faces me…

The rest of the interview continued in much the same fashion, focusing a bit more on the what had happened. Scorpius knew that it had been hard for his boyfriend and he felt honoured to know that how much Harry was able to trust him and how much Harry accepted and trusted his family even after the betrayals he had suffered. Scorpius also knew that his family would feel equally toched when they read the interview wherever they were.

Later that day Scorpius met with Harry, in their little alcove, having not seen the younger teen all day. Settled in the beautiful window seat that was mostly hidden from view they simply sat their together soaking in the warmth and love of just being together. The next few months would be hectic as there were meny events set to occur. The pinnacle of these events was the wedding of Cygnus and Lorcan, something both teens were very excited for. By that point Lorcan would be very pregnant, almost 7 months, and this was something that was going to need to be taken into accout and something that amused Scorpius to no end as he had seen how grumpy both Darci and Alexandra had become when they were pregnant. It seemed that for now, however both the men were very excited as Lorcan often sent Harry letters detailing the planning process and what they had been doing that particulare week with strong enthusiasm: it seemed to be going rather smoothly.

That April the day of the wedding finally arrived. Scorpius, Harry and draco had all been given the Thursday and Friday off, the wedding being on the Friday. The wedding was to be held at Cygnus' family manor in the beautiful gardens. Everyone was very hands on, helping wherever and whenever they could. The first person harry saw upon their arrival was Lucius Malfoy, the mand up and rushing around with everyone else, the colour back in his cheeks and light glistening in his eyes. Harry found himself drawn into a hug by the older man,

"I wanted to officially welcome you to the family, I am sorry I was not able to before now." Pulling away Harry smiled at the man before Narcissa came swooping past to whisk her husband away,pressing a quick kiss to Harry's cheek as she passed. Looking around the manor Harry marvelled at the beautiful but elegant decoration that adorned the hallways, leading out to the garden.

Stepping out into the beautiful sunlit garden, there was a beautiful, large white gazebo set up decorated in a similar fashion to the hallways of the naor. Harry quickly spotted Lorcan, who was settled in a comfy looking armchair, his legs propped up on a footstool, a large glass of iced water resting atop his rounded belly. The young man threw a blinding smile Harry's way and the raven-haired teen headed over, perching on the arm of the chair. Cygnus stepped out of the gazebo at that moment andwas relieved to see that Harry was distracting Lorcan, as ais fiancée had been gettg rather agitated with everyone as they would not let him help.

The next morning dawned warm and sunny. Cygnus' mother, Merriya, was up with Narcissa, their husbands and Lorcan's parents setting a final few things into place. The actua l ceremony was set for 11:30 but the guests would be starting to arrive an hour beforehand and there was much to do. The coupe had not slept apart the night before, as tradition usually dictated, due to the circumstances. Lorcan was finsing it difficult to sleep without Cygnus there, especially this far into the pregnancy. This meant that at 8:00 Merriya went in to wake the pair and to whisk her son away starting to get him ready. Merriya, Azalyn and Elspeth were sorting Cygnus while Lorcan, who needed a calmer atmosphere, was helped by his mother and Narcissa.

Elsewhere in the house Scorpius, Harry, Draco and Chaos were getting the younger children ready. The girls were to be flowergirls, Micah was to be the ring bearer and Oliver a page boy. Harry found himself rather impressed as Chaos and Scorpius carefully wove intricate braids into the girls' hair adding small flowers and other accessories as needed. Micah soon went down for a nap so that he would be alert and happy for the ceremony. Once the children were ready the four teens proceeded to change into their own suits, helping one another as necessary.

The guests were all seated, family, friends and old classmates alike all chattering excitedly as they were settle under the beautiful gazebo. The couple had decided that they would walk the aisle together and so were nervously waiting together inside the house. Stood at the front by the registrar who would be officiating the bonding were the two best men Artemus, Cygnus' brother; and Otto who was Lorcan's best friend. With the two nervous grooms stood Alexandria, Cygnus' sister and maid of honour. The five youngest Malfoy ladies were ready with their flower baskets and the two youngest gentlemen were being held by Draco and Chaos respectively, Chaos also holding the rings for Micah.

The ceremony was beautiful and many tears were shed. Cygnus and Lorcan could not have been happier, they were finally married and had become Cygnus and Lorcan Malfoy-Patience. Half way through the ceremony Micah had let out an enormous sneeze causing Chaos to jump nearly a mile into the air and everyone else to burst into laughter, however this was the only hiccup. Once they were officially bonded they led the way back into the house and were escorted through to the large ballroom, a room they had not seen before the day. The ballroom looked phenomenal and it was clear that their families had put a lot of work into not only the decoration but the seating plans and other little things that the pair probably wouldn't have thought about themselves.

The newly wed coupld only went on a short honeymoon owing to Lorcan's pregnant state and would wait to do something a little more exciting until the baby was a little bit older and they could relax and be able to fully enjoy all the opportunities. The honeymoon was to a small, quiet beach resort for 4 days. They had their own villa and small private strip of beach, but the heat got to Lorcan and it was sometimes a bit unpleasant for him, yet he very enjoyed swimming in the sea which was relaxing, cooling and something he very much enjoyed.

It was mid June and nearing the end of the school year wen Draco, Scorpus and Harry were pulled from class and told that Lorcan had gone into labour. They were permitted to leave and flooed directly from McGonangall's office to St Mungos where they were ushered into the waiting room with the rest of the family. Everyone was very excited and a thrum of anticipation ran through the room. The only people not present were Aleksius and Lorcan's mother who were both with the couple in the birthing room.

It was perhaps another hour after the Hogwart's trio arrived, Lorcan havng already been in labour for 6 hours before they got there, that Aleksius came strding into the room with a bright grin on his face,

"It is a little boy and he is gorgeous, they are both alright and I think that if we give it a few more minutes we can all go and see them." Merriya essentially threw herself at her husband hugging him tight, before she straightened up and blushed a little at the rather unladylike action, glancing around and thankful that nobody but the family had seen.

A few minutes later they all hurried down the hall and headed into the, thankfully rather large, birthing room where the happ couple were settled on the bed with a small wriggling bunde held carefully in Cygnus' arms, Lorcan dozing lightly, leaning against his husband's shoulder. Everyone eagerly huddled as best they could round the bed and the baby was gently passed between each member of the gathered crowd. It was quite remarkable how the baby only fussed a little as he was passed between a good 30 people before beign settled back into Lorcan's arms, as the young man had woken since they arrived. As the newborn boy fell to sleep everyone focused their attention on the pair and Merriya excitedly asked,

"So what have you decided to name him?" The couple smiled at each other and glanced down at their little boy before Cygnus replied,

"Oleander, Oleander Arkelaus Malfoy-Patience."

Soon enough the couple were back home and enjoying the tiring life of new parents. However, they did have an unpresedented amount of help on offer and there was often someone round their house cooing and cuddling with the baby allowing the exhausted pair to have a quick nap. As well as the baby, the family also celebrated Scorpius' graduation from Hogwarts and they all enjoyed a meal out to celebrate his excellent NEWT results.

The following year was an extremely busy one for the entire family and the only time they were all together was Christmas. After that they were unable to meet up very much due to conflicting schedules and trips. However Harry and Draco were both graduating that year and when the day arrived the whole family gathered filing into the great hall along with all the other families. Granted they got seom strange looks but the family were used to it and simply ignored them.

When Harry and Draco received their certificates the entire group ensured the cheered and clapped extra loudly, of course all within the constraints of their family appearance, they couldn't, after all, be seen as ruffians with no manners.

Once all of the certificates had been awarded Harry moved up to the podium, having received the highest marks in DADA, Charms and Tranfiguration he had ben asked to speak at the ceremony. Slipping his neat little note cards from his pocket he glanced up and met the gaze of the crowd:

"First of all I wanted to thank everyone, this day is a big deal for all of us and to know that we have such overwhelming support means a lot to all of us. I was asked to speak to you all today and, if I am honest I initially had no idea what on earth I would speak about. However, I finally decided that I would like to talk to you about something I have learnt throughout my years at Hogwarts, something I feel that many people do not think about." He paused for a moment, as Lucius had suggested, and collected a breath before continuing, ensuring to make eye contact now and again. "When I first arrived in the wizarding worldI was a naive and impressionable young boy with no knowledge about the world I had just entered. This led me to become swept up by the magic of it all, pun intended, and I allowed my opinions to be significantly swayed by the opinions of others. Upon entering Hogwarts I was sorted into Grffinor, however the hat actually deemed aother house more suitable. Slytherin was a house I had already become biased aganst, despite not trult knowing anything about its members and history, only what I had been told. I begged for the hat to put me elsewhere, desperate not to become a dark and evil wizard as I thought I would if put in Slytherin. I now know that these judgements were very incorrect." Taking a glance around Harry noted, with delight, how everyone gathered was listening intently. "As many of you are aware from recent events, many people in my life were not who I thought them to be. The ones I thought of as my friends and mentors betrayed me and the ones who I had deemed to be dark and evil are now some of my closest companions, in fact I have found a family those who I judged, and know other people still judge, to be dark and evil wizards and witches. I now know that my opinions were utterly wrong and that I needed to change my way of understanding the different people that I meet. With everything that has happened I have come to realise that dark and evil are not an exculsive pair: it is not dark magic that makes a person evil, or light magic that makes a person good, it is the intent behind it. Also I have found that it is power that is the true driving force behind evil and it is something that can affect every single one of us. I hope that in the future I will be able to properly assess the people around me and that people will remember these things, and that maybe next time they will take a little more time to think before they pass judgement on someone who they barely know. Thank you."

It was a few moments before people started to clap, rather caught up in processing everything that Harry had said. Harry felt a smile grace his face as he saw the whole Malfoy family all beaming at him and applauding him with vigour. Scorpius winked at him and blew a discrete kiss, something that made Harry chuckle.

As the ceremony ended Harry was swamped by the family who he had grown to love and they passed him and Draco around each hugging both the boys and congratulating them. Octavius then declared that they should all move out as they had a reservation to make: a celebratory dinner in Draco and Harry's honour. They had basically reserved the whole restaurant and the owner seemed to be absolutely delighted by the large custom that he was receiving.

The dinner was a lovely, a relaxed and loving environment, and Harry felt that he truly belonged with these people, they oved him and he loved them and he never wanted to let them go. He thought back about the last 2 years and how much had changed, his friends, the people he surrounded himself with, his attitudes and his motivation in life were all starkly different, and no matter what people may think the teen could not be happier. Well…

As they were all finishing with dinner Scorpius stood up gathering everyone's attention,

"Erm, okay I have something that I need to say and I wanted everyone to be here for it." Turning to Harry he pulled the dark-haired teen up and took both his hands, "Harry, we have been together for neary two years, and I must confess that I don't think I could be anymore in love with you than I already am, you have made my already wonderful life even more wonderful and I know that somethings have been difficult for all of us I wouldn't change any of it as it has brought our family back together and has reinforced our love for each other. With that in mind I had something that I needed to ask you. Now I know that we are both only youg and so I don't want you to freak out, I promise I am not proposing, well not yet. I wanted to make a promise to you, a solid promise that you can always hold me to." Pausing to take a small box from his pocket Scorpius revealed a beautiful locket with a inscription on the front, "this locket represents my promise and enclosed are the details of my promise. I promise to always love you, and to treat you as you should be treated, to help you when you fall even when you may not realise you need help, to pick you up when you are down and stand by you when you feel alone. I promise to cherish my moments with you and never take you for granted. Lastly I promise that one day I will make you mine and I will never let you go, and Harry I promise that I will love you, forever and always." Pitching forwards Scorpius placed a gentle kiss to Harry's lips as the younger man let tears rain down his cheeks. Throwing himself at his boyfriend Harry clung to him sobbing, sobbing with happiness and the overwhelming feeling of love. This was all he had ever wanted and now he would never have to want again. He knew the truth and he didn't care what anyone else thought, the Malfoy family were in many way's his saviours and as far as he was concerned that was all that mattered.

There you have it, that is the end, I hope that you have enjoyed reading this as much as I have enjoyed writing it.

Thank you guys,

Snicket x x