Epilogue

Harry wound up handing the prize money to Cedric, since the older boy would have got to it first.

In the years that followed, there came many changes to the Wizarding world.

Albus Dumbledore was tried for child neglect and child endangerment. It took time but eventually he was sentenced to Azkaban for twenty years. While there he made attempt after attempt to bully, bribe and guilt trip his way out. None of them worked. Neither did calling on Fawkes. The Phoenix had moved to Greece and met up with a nice female Phoenix. The elder wand was of course confiscated and placed in a storage room in Azkaban. No one saw a skeletal hand reaching out to pick it up.

Two down.

Death examined it as he thought about the last Hallow. The cloak was in good hands. He'd be seeing Mr Potter later. Many, many years later.

Lucius was placed in Azkaban, in a cell next to his dear old sister in law. Crouch Jr joined him in the cell opposite. Turns out to obtain the mark of a Deatheater, you must first want to become one. That meant the imperious curse excuse was out. Amelia used this to gather every so called reformed Deatheater and place each of them under veritaserum. Azkaban became quite a busy place after all the trials. Lucius' wife Narcissa was cleared of any charged made against her. Now that she was out from under Lucius' control she took a firm hold of the reins and began to enjoy her life. And, under the threat of becoming Draco No-Name, her son relented in his arrogant ways.

Speaking of trials, Sirius was finally granted his. The man happily stuck out his tongue for the veritaserum and was quickly pardoned. He quickly demanded, and received custody of Harry, and took his rightful place back in the Auror squad beside his cousin Tonks.

She, to his amusement, had taken quite a shine to Remus, and a few years later, with a lot of encouragement, the two married. By that point many laws had been made redundant, and the Werewolf found himself able to work in the Wizarding world.

Severus Snape was also put under trial. Without Albus there to help he was sure he'd be given a life sentence. To his surprise, the jury took into consideration that he'd realised the error of his ways and attempted to fix his mistakes. They put him on probation for the next two years. He decided to quit his job and become self employed, taking orders and researching ways to improve potions. His discoveries led to a better wolfsbane that prevented pain during the full moon. With the new Werewolf laws, his work earned him a fortune.

Ron eventually came to his senses about the tournament. Hermione wasn't for letting him back into the group just like that however, and had the boy on probation until he could curb his jealous ways. His graduation was spent partying with one Lavender Brown, and when it was discovered he'd got her pregnant, he settled down with her a year later. He found it hard to take when Bill announced that he was marrying Fleur.

Hermione continued to write to Viktor after he left and it wasn't long before love blossomed. After graduation she spent some time in his homeland, returning with quite the shiny on her finger. They married a few months later.

Neville and Ginny also officially got together. The Weasley and Longbottom families were delighted by the news and the two married immediately after graduation. The better news was that with Hermione's help, a way of helping Neville's parents was discovered. He was soon able to joyfully introduce his fiancé to his parents.

Harry found himself pleasantly surprised when Dobby asked him for permission to be with Winky. The two made a sweet couple, and along with Hedwig continued to always look out for their Harry.

Harry finally managed to give Luna her own phone. And Luna was able to introduce Harry to her Father. They hit it off immediately. Harry waited until she graduated before proposing, and of course she accepted.

'Daddy, are you ready to go?'

He waved his hand and the little red ball came to him. Smiling Harry tossed it to his daughter.

'I'm always ready. Let's go and have some fun'.