Hello everyone! First off, thank you to my reviewer-
M.A.- I will get to your message to me at some point. I know I keep telling you that, and I'm sorry. My life is really crazy, but I do appreciate your input! The reason Montelaud's sounds like a mental institution is because it is. I'm glad you liked "Talking". It's one of my favorite chapters. I actually didn't get Felix's name from the potion. I named him after my favorite character in the TV series "Road to Avonlea", which is a spinoff from one of my favorite book series- "Anne of Green Gables". It takes place on Prince Edward Island, which is where Montelaud's is. Montelaud's name comes from the author of "Anne of Green Gables"- Lucy Maud Montgomery.
At this time I would also like to thank everyone who has reviewed, and anyone who will review this story in the future. When I planned this story out again last summer, I wanted to post the last chapter today, so I worked everything out so it would. This is the last chapter of the story. It ends today.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone.
Haras
Chapter 31: Epilogue
"Angela, I can't do this!" Sarah sobbed. "I can't!"
"Yes you can Sarah!" Angela said supportively. "You've been here almost ten years! You are almost done with everything! Come on, you can do this, you know you can! You're on the last book of the Harry Potter series! You got through that whole thing when you realized the author left you out entirely! Remember how hard that was for you? You know you can do this and I know you can too! Read the next chapter. Come on, out loud, like we've been doing. You can do it."
Felix, now eight years old, came over and nudged the twenty-eight year old's hand. Sarah looked down into her dog's face. Her crying lessened and she was able to dry her eyes and continue. Angela was right- she had to do this. Sarah knew in her heart that once she finished reading she would be going home soon, wherever home ended up being that that point.
Ten years had passed, and Sarah had slowly gotten better. Finishing the last Harry Potter book was now her last hurdle. Sarah had missed so much while she stayed at Montelaud's, but in the end she knew it was worth it.
Her friends and family visited every so often, and many wrote every month. It was through them that she found out George had married Angelina and they had two children- Fred and Roxanne. Ginny and Harry got married and they had three children- James, Albus, and the newborn Lily. Hermione had married Ron, and they had two children as well- Rose and soon Hugo, who was due next month.
Sarah had cried when she had to miss the three weddings, and when George, Ginny, and Hermione asked her to be the godmother of Fred, Lily, and Rose.
Liz had also married, and her first child was two. Maggie was out traveling the world, and both Rose and Luna were engaged. Sarah hoped she would be out in time to see their weddings.
A week later, Sarah finished the series. She felt relieved and so much better. She was not completely over Fred's death, but from the sound of his letters, neither was George.
That December, ten years after she first arrived at Montelaud's, Sarah was released. Angela would stay with her for a year to make sure she was completely stable.
After meeting with her parents back in Malibu, Sarah was taken on a surprise trip. She was blindfolded as they descended and Angela helped her down the steps as Felix came running out after her.
Still blindfolded, Sarah was driven somewhere. Angela, Felix, and the other three McFlairs got out. As soon as Sarah had her feet on the ground, she gasped.
"I know this place," she whispered. She was allowed to take off her blindfold, and smiled from complete happiness when she did.
Before her stood the entire now extended Weasley family and Luna, on one of the beautiful beaches of Santorini.
"Welcome home, Sarah," said George with a smile.
She ran to them and hugged each one, and was thrilled to finally meet her godchildren.
Sarah would never marry, always wearing her engagement ring instead, and the three would become like her own children. All the kids called her "Aunt Sarah". She decided to spend half the year in England, helping George with the shop, and the other half in Santorini managing the hotel chain once her mother retired. Felix was always by her side.
The group began making their way up to Sarah's childhood home, and she smiled, putting her hand over her heart.
Fred, who was holding her hand, looked up. "Are you ok Aunt Sarah?" he asked.
"Yes love," Sarah smiled. "I was just thinking about your Uncle Fred, who you were named after. He wanted us all to come here one day. I'm glad we did, and he's here with us too right now." She patted her heart. "He's right here."
And as her family walked around her, Sarah looked at the clear blue-green ocean and whispered, "Thank you, Fred. I'll always love you and miss you. We all will. Never forget that."