Ron went on to be an auror straight after the war ended and had an illustrious career catching all manor of Dark Witches and Wizards. Even though Hermione went back to do her final year at school they stayed together and saw one another as often as they could. At the moment they're constructing a house near The Burrow and have keyed Hermione's parents into the wards so that they can see both houses even though they're muggles. Hermione is working in Elfish welfare, but now that the work is almost done she is wondering how she can help the Roast Chestnut Dragons.

Harry is head auror and often injured when he gets home, but that's ok because Ginny is always there to patch him up. Ginny still admires Hermione's passion for helping people and animals in distress and supports her with donations from the quidditch team she's on. She and Harry married just a few months after the war and are still more like best friends than man and wife.

Lucius and Narcissa worked with the children's department to find new families for all the children who lost their parents in the war. They paid for many new wardrobes and possessions and looked after a few at their house for a while. They couldn't go back to Malfoy Manor straight away so they stayed at Malfoy Cottage. Unfortunately Abigail and Draco couldn't persuade themselves to ever step foot there, but they didn't stay for long and when the elder Malfoys were lacking in company Albus was a frequent visitor.

Albus Wolfric Brian Dumbledore remained the headmaster of Hogwarts for only one more year before retiring and handing over to Minerva. Of course he made frequent visits to torment his successor with ideas of how she should improve the castle including a helter-skelter instead of the seven moving staircases and flying lessons in the dungeons to test agility. As he got older and his eyesight failed he compensated with even more garish colours… and new glasses, but he never told anyone that. He also had frequent conversations with his portrait which his brother sometimes joined in with much to everyone's confusion.

When not shooting down Albus's crazy ideas and then complaining about them to Charity, Filius and Severus in the staff room over an Irish liqueur, Minerva ran a smooth headmistress-ship during her tenure at Hogwarts. She welcomed all of her students into her office to talk to them, but her favourite part of the day, as it always had been, was seeing her students blossom and flushing. Even those who weren't students anymore.

Severus Snape and Charity Burbage married exactly one year later under the oak tree on the island which was the place they had first conversed when they were both students. Not long after they had a baby boy they called Joseph and a couple of years later he was joined by his brother Dean. Charity is working on persuading Severus to try for a girl, but the once surely potions master isn't sure he can handle another 'ungrateful brat' of his own. Severus is still Head of Slytherin House and teaches potions, but doesn't scare his students anymore. Charity says it's made him a better teacher, almost as good as she is. He thoroughly denies that she is a better teacher than him, of course.

Abigail loves being an aunty and after she finished her final, and most normal year of Hogwarts (attaining nothing less that 'O' grades in everything) she spoiled Joseph rotten and wasn't any better with Dean when he came along. She is all for having a niece but will not get into that discussion with her brother. She currently works in the school grounds trying to encourage the damaged wildlife to grow back and animals to return home. The Hedgehogs seem to like her even if Erebos tries to play with them only to come out worse for wear. Draco went back for his final year too and got 'O' grades in everything as well. Now he works in muggle relations and makes home visits to muggle families whose children are going to start Hogwarts. He loves kids, but knows that Abigail is right. They need to finish growing before they have kids of their own. He still hasn't let her go. And he never will.

End.