One Year Later

In the small suburb of Ottery St Catchpole there was a quaint little cul-de-sac. This cul-de-sac was home to several Wizarding families most of whom had lived there a long time and enjoyed the peace and quiet the little area afforded them. However, up the end of the cul-de-sac, into three houses standing in a row, three fairly new families had moved.

The residents of Ottery St Catchpole were quiet folk but they had come to value the relationship between neighbours. So when three new families had moved into their little cul-de-sac they had endeavoured to get to know them.

Into the grand, brown house, which stood on the right, the savior of the Wizarding world, Harry Potter, had moved. After the war, Harry had been tired, emotionally worn and in need of people who understood the difference between the words 'support' and 'privacy'. The residents of Ottery St Catchpole had offered Harry both. Recently, the residents had noticed another savior, Harry's best friend, Ron Weasley coming and going from the house. Harry had shared with the residents that Ron had decided to move in as Harry's roommate. The house really was too big for Harry to live in by himself. The young girl, Lavender Brown, also came and went and residents rejoiced in the news that she was engaged to the youngest Weasley male.

On the left, in a magnificent terracotta house, lived the Zabinis, Ginny, Blaise and their year old son Jayden. Jayden Zabini was a beautiful boy who was growing bigger and more handsome every day. The residents often stopped by to visit Jayden as he played out in the front yard with his parents who delighted in observing Jayden's fascination with everything from flowers to butterflies to the taste of grass. These days Ginny was sporting a bump, a baby bump, and news had flown around the neighbourhood that the couple were expecting their second child, a little girl to be named Alyssa.

Finally, in the middle of the two houses, a large, beautiful white house with cherry blossom trees decorating the front lawn, lived the Malfoy's. They had been the first family of the three to move into the little cul-de-sac and Hermione had worked tirelessly to build good relationships with all her neighbours. She was a pleasant girl who was always delighted to lend a hand. In the beginning, the cul-de-sac's residents had been wary of her husband. They knew of Draco's family's reputation and feared he would follow in their path, a cruel and distant one but under Hermione's guidance, Draco had introduced himself to his new neighbours and they'd very quickly learnt how dissimilar Draco was to the rest of his family. Almost nine months to the day after they'd moved into Ottery St Catchpole, Draco and Hermione had welcomed a child of their own. A little boy with blonde curls and grey eyes named Xander Remus Malfoy. Hermione had fought for the little boy's middle name to be 'Arion' but Draco had put his foot down, siting one good deed did not make up for a lifetime of evil.

A year ago, a war had plagued the Wizarding world, terrifying witches and wizards, ripping apart families, destroying everything good about the world. A year later and life had moved on. New life had begun, wizards and witches who'd been forced to put their lives on hold to fight a war, hide from a war, been affected by the war were free to move on and achieve what they'd always dreamed they'd achieved. There had been losses, people who had meant a great deal and they would not be forgotten. They would be celebrated, cherished, their sacrifice recognized.

So today, in a little cul-de-sac in Ottery St Catchpole, an assembly of friends gathered to meet and while children crawled around their feet and friends reminisced, Harry Potter, the-boy-who-lived, raised a glass high in the air and toasted,

"To friends, past and present, to those we have loved and lost and to our future, may we never forget, may we always cherish and may we prosper"

The End.

Xxxxx

TA DA!

I hope you liked the ending! Its been a long time coming and I do had to admit it was hard for me to end a story that has literally consumed the last 3 years of my life. I'm also glad it over though… in a strange kind of way.

I'd like to say thank you to everyone who has supported me over the last 3 years. When Bad Meets Pure was my first ever fanfiction story…ever… on any site and I know I wouldn't have ever been able to take this story to the places I did without some of the people who have been behind me. While I would love to thank you all by name I am pretty sure FanFiction will send me a nasty note about posting A/N that are too long so I am going to settle with you know how you are, and I know who you are because I've kept every single review that was ever sentt to me in a little folder on my email. However, I'd especially like to thank HarryPGinnyW4eva. This girl deserves a special shout out because not only has she been an immoveable mountain of support she's also had to listen to all my rantings about flame reviews and writers block and silly fanfiction website malfunctions. Thank you so much my friend.

Lastly, to all of you who have asked me. There is another story in the works for . It's a story plot I know I've never come across on FanFiction before so I am very excited for it. However, I do need some help. I need suggestions on a name. I don't want to give away too much but the story is another Draco/Hermione ship and it deals with the different types of families we come across. It's based after the war also and that's pretty much all I want to give away. So if you read that tiny explanation and think of a title you think would just work fantastically please send it to me and if I use it I will dedicate the first chapter to you… and you only.

All my love,

Straight xx