Chapter 13

Of Short Epilogues

Harry and Daphne got married two months later. Neville was Harry's best man while Hermione was chosen as Daphne's maid of honour. As a wedding gift, Harry bought a necklace worth millions of dollars for Daphne. Daphne however surprised him with a very special gift, his owl Hedwig. Hedwig had apparently flown away whilst Harry was in Azkaban. Daphne had used a rather complex spell to track her and get the owl back. Harry was extremely happy on seeing the owl and promised Daphne to show her his appreciation later in the night. Daphne had given him a sultry grin which he would remember for the rest of his life.

At the wedding, Hermione also introduced Harry and Daphne to her new boyfriend, John Terry. Hermione and John had met at social function organized by Hermione's neighbour in Chelsea.

John, like Hermione was a Muggle-born wizard. He had chosen to ignore his Hogwarts letter so that he could pursue his true dream of playing soccer. He had also managed to be quite successful at it so far. He now played soccer for Chelsea Football Club and although he was still in the reserve team, all his coaches thought that his prospects were very bright. Harry and Daphne both immediately liked the guy. In fact, by the end of the month Harry had become a die-hard Chelsea fan and loved to go and watch their games. Surprisingly, even Daphne liked the game and enjoyed going to the games with Harry.

As for the Wizarding World, things changed for the better after that day in the Wizengamot Chambers.

The Goblins and the Elves petitioned for rights equal to Wizards and their petitions were granted by the Council. The creatures from both these races were overjoyed, but no one was happier than Dobby who cried tears of happiness for a whole day and couldn't stop thanking the 'Greatest Harry Potter sir and Mrs. Potter madam' whenever he saw them.

The Dementors were also given the choice to live their own lives or guard the Azkaban Prison. Some of them decided to stay, but majority of them left and created their own colony somewhere in the hills.

There was uproar in the Wizarding Public at the beginning after they were informed about the change in their leadership. Some purebloods even formed rebellion groups to oppose the Ministry and the Wizengamot. However, it wasn't long before these rebel groups realized that whoever opposed the new leadership had his or her magic taken. In some extreme cases, the wizard or witch was outright killed. This caused the rebellions to lessen and finally die out. The Wizarding world was at peace again.

As soon as they were sure that the bigotry in Magical Britain was finished, Harry and Daphne decided to travel around the world.

To their delight, Muriel Weasley passed away on the day before their departure. Much to the public's amusement, display boards appeared at all the popular locations in magical Britain on the next day, proclaiming areas to be 'Weasley-Free Zones"

Happy with their last piece of work, Harry and Daphne took off on their travels after promising Neville that they would come back for all monthly Wizengamot meetings.

They travelled far and wide and to locations unseen and unheard of. However, their favourite past-time was spending time on their private island in the Caribbean.

Hermione had also moved in with John and they were getting along well together. Harry and Daphne made it a point to visit them atleast once a week.

After four years of travelling, they finally settled down on their private island because Daphne announced that she was pregnant. Harry was delighted by the news that he was going to be a father. He ensured that he was there for Daphne at every step of the way. Daphne gave birth to a little baby boy nine months later. In the memory of their fathers, they decided to name the boy James Cyrus Potter. They decided to move back to Potter Manor so that the child could grow up in a proper house.

Three weeks after the birth of the baby, Hermione apparated to their island with some exciting news. John had been appointed the captain of Chelsea Football Club and they were hosting a party to celebrate his appointment. At the party, after congratulating John, both Harry and Daphne noticed that he looked a little nervous. The reason behind his nervousness came to the fore when after cutting the cake (which was obviously shaped like a soccer field. Duh), he bent down on one knee and proposed to Hermione. Hermione was elated at the proposal and immediately said yes. Both Harry and Daphne were extremely pleased to see that two of their best friends were going to get married.

In three months time, Hermione and John got married in a large ceremony. Daphne was Hermione's maid of honour and Harry was the one who handed her over. The wedding went well and both Harry and Daphne were happy to see that in the end it had all worked out for Hermione.

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Eleven Years Later

It was a year of firsts. For the first time in history, the children of goblins and elves joined the normal Wizarding students in Hogwarts.

Minerva McGonagall retired this year and thus paved the way for the first ever Headmistress of Hogwarts who was under 40 years of age. Susan Bones, who had been teaching Transfiguration, was declared as the new Headmistress of Hogwarts. This made Neville and Susan the power couple of the Wizarding World. Other than the Potters, everyone knew that the Longbottoms was the couple that you didn't mess around with.

Amelia Bones also chose to retire in the same year. To everyone's surprise, the Wizengamot announced Hermione Granger to be the new Minister for Magic. She was the first Muggleborn to reach the coveted position. It had been her lifelong dream to become the Minister and John was truly happy for her. He had managed to earn legendary status at Chelsea Football Club via his excellent performances. It was his last year before he retired and he intended to enjoy it as much as possible.

For the first time, a Potter was sorted into Slytherin house. The honour belonged to none other than James Cyrus Potter. Both his parents and his nine-year old sister Melissa were present for the sorting. Harry in particular clapped extremely hard when he heard the sorting hat shout out 'SLYTHERIN'. His life had taught him one important lesson, and that was never to judge people by labels.

After the sorting, both Harry and Daphne popped out of Hogwarts and reached Potter Manor. They put their nine-year old daughter to sleep and decided to go to sleep themselves.

Daphne asked Harry, "Harry, do you think we did the right thing by killing all those people?"

Harry replied, "I don't know if we did the right thing or not, Daph. What I do know is that without those people, the world is a much better place to live in."

Daphne just nodded and smiled. It was a matter of time before they fell asleep in each others arms.

Finite

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Yes, that's the end of that.

However, I'll leave you all with a moral quandary: Were Harry's and Daphne's actions justifiable? Is it right to kill people if in the end it leads to the betterment of the world on the whole? What would you call Harry and Daphne in the end – Good or Evil?

I'd like to give a special mention to jabarber69 who came up with some excellent ideas in the reviews. As you may have seen, I used a few of them. Thanks mate.

Hope you liked the story. Please Review. Thanks to those who have done it so far.

--- Deathstick87

P.S: In case anyone needs any sort of advice on how to light a wand, then they are requested to check out the 2nd part of my fic titled 'Random Funnies' :)

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