Five Years Later:

Harry Potter stood a savior and a man who was respected by many, feared by several others, but mostly respected. Not because of some event which happened to be out of his control, but rather, some event which was completely in his control. Sara and Nyssa joined him.

"A lot can happen in five years," Sara said.

"And very few people can effortlessly manipulate both sides of the coin to their advantage," Nyssa said. She leaned in towards Harry, taking one of his arm. "And yet, you've had, both the darkness and the light…."

"Someone needs to keep both sides in check," Sara said. "And now Harry Potter….the man who saved Starling….Star City….it's still hard to wrap my tongue around the change, after all of this time."

"Well, thankfully you are adept at wrapping your tongue around other things," Nyssa said with a cheeky smile on her face. "And now we are in a new state where the city is as clean as it has ever been crime rise….maybe because a lot of people are afraid to shoplift a candy bar without getting an arrow in their throat."

Artemis turned up and took a step back for a brief second. She shook her head, when looking at Nyssa, Sara, and Harry.

"I'm not bad where I terrify people….I'm not….."

"No, you're not, but I am."

Thea stepped into the room and joined the entire group. She crossed the room without fear and planted a kiss on Harry's lips. She gave both of the older girls a smug smile, pretty much asking them if they were going to do anything about it.

"Yes, you could get pretty brutal out there," Harry said. "Good thing I'm here to keep you in check."

"Yes, good thing," Thea said. She took a momentary moment to shudder when Harry looked at her. She counted down the days until she was old enough. When it happened, Thea's expectations had bene equal parts met and exceeded. "The League didn't clean up the corruption in this city with being nice."

"There's always going to be someone who pops up," Artemis said.

The fact of the matter happened to be someone always wished to disrupt the apple cart, disrupt the peace which had bene created. Harry hated it as much as pretty much anyone else, but they would have to deal with it.

"Today is the day, isn't it?" Thea asked. "I heard the rumblings…..Oliver Queen is alive."

Thea knew this was one promise Harry kept.

"Might have come back sooner, but he wanted to achieve his own path," Nyssa said. "Well, good for him, we can't guide him every step of the way. And I'm sure he made his share of enemies along the way."

Thea wanted to protest Ollie never would do anything along those lines. She stopped and thought about it for about two seconds. Thea realized her brother would do something like this pretty much all day and every day. Still she did look forward to see him again.

"It won't be the same, he won't be the same as how he left," Harry said.

"Well, none of us are the same after five years," Thea said.

Sara smiled and leaned forward to plant a brief kiss on the side of Thea's head. She retracted her movement after a brief second.

"Girl does have a point," Sara said, her smile widening.

"There won't be any bitterness, with you and….Laurel, will there?" Thea asked. "I know neither of you parted on….."

"We've moved on," Sara said. "So, there's no reason to be bitter…..we had the best therapy imaginable."

"Yes, I can imagine it," Thea said. "I experienced it."

Thea turned outside of the office of the Mayor of Star City which they currently resided. She looked into a city, which looked rather peaceful right now. Most certainly a far cry from the den of corruption, but peace seldom last forever.

"Enjoy the moment," Harry said, placing his hands on Thea's shoulders.

Thea smiled, she enjoyed every moment. The city didn't fail her anymore and people seldom failed this city.

Oliver Queen returned to his city after several long years away. The young man took a half of a step forward and it was odd….he didn't expect to return to this. Given the nature of the list and his father's dying words, he expected to return to a city worse off than ever before.

"Welcome back, Ollie."

Thea waited for him, dressed up, and Oliver took a step back.

"Speedy….wow…it's been….."

"Yes, I know," Thea said. "When you left, I was an irresponsible teenager, but now you're back, I've turned into a somewhat responsible adult. And the city has changed a lot, not at least which the name….and there's….just a lot different."

"How are things at the company?" Oliver asked. "You know, at Queen….."

"Well, I'm only on as a consultant, because the company is under new management," Thea said. Oliver looked like a fish out of water for a second. "Did you know the company was bleeding money and Mom did her best to plug the holes, but she needed some help? So, she sold out to a triumvirate of investors…..I'm really not suppose to tell you this information, but since you're my brother, I guess I can…he did give me permission if you wanted to know."

"He?" Oliver asked.

"Harry Potter, the man who helped rebuild Starling…well now, Star City," Thea said. "He joined forces with Karen Starr from Metropolis and Helena Wayne from Gotham City…..and bought the company, revamped it, and now it's making so much money, I think I can buy the gold boat I always wanted."

"I thought you got over the gold boat thing after you were eight," Oliver said.

"Welcome back, Mr. Queen."

Oliver turned around, almost getting whiplash. He turned around into a figure in a green hood and patching pants, with a quiver over her shoulder and a bow over her shoulder.

"You need not worry about the list your father left, because I have taken care of."

Oliver took a step back for a moment and shook his head.

"You can't have…are you…how did you….."

The hooded figure almost craned her neck. Thea barely avoided breaking into laughter at the look on Oliver's face. It was so priceless.

"Just think about it long and hard, and it will come to you," the figure in the hood said. "If we had waited for the time where you could find your way back home, things would have gotten far worse….so we took advantage and saved this city."

"You can't have taken care of all of them."

"I did," the archer said. She dropped a tablet at Oliver's feet. "All the names on the list, linked with their cause of death, or an article regarding their imprisonment, depending on each and every case."

Oliver blinked for a second.

"Just who are you?"

"The press fancies calling me the Green Arrow."

Oliver mouthed the words "Green Arrow" and shook his head.

"You weren't going to go on your own crusade and bring all of these people down, were you?"

Oliver found himself slapped hard and he could do nothing more than nod. He planned to get rested up and then when the novelty of him coming back disappeared, Oliver would strike out and save his city from the people who failed it.

"What now?" Oliver asked.

"Well, you could try and go on a vacation….maybe to a nice island getaway or something."

Oliver looked at her for a long moment, the obvious thought about how he just got back from an island misadventure hitting him extremely hard. He never had a chance to finish his statement because the hooded figure vanished into the shadows.

He would have to rethink his plans, given the list had been taken care of.

"Well, there you have it…you should really get home," Thea said. "I'd suggest a shower, because you really need it."

Harry Potter spent very little time thinking about the past, rather he thought about the future.

"And another clean and more efficient source of energy….and this one is getting steam," Caitlin said. She sounded excited about the prospect, but she frowned. "I'm honestly surprised people haven't taken more shots to try and kill you."

"Well, I have a pretty good staff to keep them away," Harry said. "More to protect them, then anyone else."

Felicity burst into the office and took a half of a step back.

"You'd think after all of these years, I'd learn to stop walking in without knocking," Felicity said. "I mean, you could have been….having sex…actually it's a pretty good chance you were….not you're some….."

Harry swooped in and kissed Felicity before she embarrassed herself any more. She stepped back in a daze.

"We would have asked you to join."

"Karen and Helena are here….urgent meeting….they want to know If Oliver is going to be a problem," Felicity said.

"I don't think he will be," Harry said. "But, we do have some other matters to deal with….keep up the good work Caitlin, you too Felicity."

Harry made his way into his private elevator.

"Can't believe he finds time to do anything, or anyone….being Mayor on top of everything else," Felicity said.

"His name is Harry Potter, what do you think?"

Felicity thought Caitlin had a pretty good point. She wondered what the future would bring.

The End.