Morrighan Capilla Black had only been known as Morrighan Black after the war in 1998, thirty years ago. She was fifty-one years old, and her youngest child was finishing his last year of Hogwarts. Her husband was nearly seventy, but in spite of his years in Azkaban they hardly looked at all different in age, the wizarding blood slowing his physical aging considerably once Sirius hit fifty.

She sat in her chair, anxiously awaiting the calling of names, certifying who was graduating. This was their sixteenth child to graduate Hogwarts, and Harry's youngest, who had come in the same year as Sirius and Morrighan's youngest, had graduated the year before.

First had been their triplets. Nicole still went by Nikki, had been a Ravenclaw of average talent, although more than average praise due to her parents being hailed as war heroes despite having been in hiding for most of the war. Despite Nikki's complete lack of Quidditch skill, she was shrewd and a fierce fan, had started her career in the Department of Magical Games and Sports and saved enough, along with a loan from her over-generous but admittedly filthy rich father, to buy a Quidditch team. She was the proud owner of Pride of Portree, not that they ever won the league.

Catherine still went by Kitty, and was still absolutely spoiled rotten by her father. She'd been a Gryffindor, just as they had expected, and had been a force of nature both academically and on the Quidditch pitch, playing Keeper for six years. She'd been a prefect, and Head Girl, which didn't help her father's ego about her. She was sitting up at the head table, actually, having taken the Transfiguration post when Professor McGonagall had retired, which had been awkward at first for her younger siblings, but she showed no favoritism, or at least, far less than many of the other teachers did.

Tiffany had been in Ravenclaw with Nikki, and had been much more of an academic force, when it was a subject she cared about. She'd scraped four N.E.W.T.s, but all with exceeding good scores. She'd been a prefect as well, and after several years working for the Department for International Magical Cooperation, she became the professor of Ancient Runes at Hogwarts, and was sitting right next to Kitty at the head table.

The twins were next, along with Teddy Lupin.

Alisa continued to go by Allie, and although their first Hufflepuff had been very good in Potions and Transfiguration, she'd chucked it all in right out of school to become a musician. Her twin, Haydée Estella, had been a Ravenclaw prefect, and Head Girl, and although she'd done very well in her O.W.L.s, she more or less shirked off her N.E.W.T.s, only managing to get an Astronomy N.E.W.T., although she became an author, so that didn't really matter.

Teddy had been in Hufflepuff with Allie, and he'd been just as smart as his father and just as troublesome as his mother. He'd married Victoire Weasley as soon as she was done with school, and he worked for the Ministry on werewolf rights issues.

A year after the war they'd had Rebecca Riika, who they called Bekki. She'd been a Ravenclaw, a Seeker and the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, and she'd gone straight onto Puddlemere United out of school, which had led to tense conversations at holiday dinners between Bekki and Nikki.

A couple of years later they'd had another set of triplets, which Sirius had been a bit more thrilled about than Morrighan had. Nataliya Page went by Natasha. She'd been a Hufflepuff, a Chaser, and an Arithmancy prodigy. She spent hours poring over numbers and writing articles on brilliant new theories, but she'd turned down a dozen different authors for teaching jobs. Ilithyia Blodwen had resisted all attempts at nicknames, and had ended up in Hufflepuff with her sister. She'd been a prefect, and Head Girl, and she went on to become an author like Haydée, and they'd even co-authored some highly-acclaimed works. Laura Andromeda had also been a Hufflepuff, like her sisters, and she'd played Keeper on the House team. Very similar to Natasha, Laura stuck her nose in the world of academia firmly, but for her it was Herbology. She wasn't as successful as her sister, but she worked just as hard and got adequate results.

Three years later they had another set of triplets, which was very nearly where Morrighan drew the line. They were such easy children, though, that Morrighan decided that what would a few more after them hurt? Giuliana Benigna went as Liana. She'd been a Hufflepuff, prefect, Head Girl, Chaser, and all-around golden child, and then she went into a career as a stand-up comedian, which she was surprisingly successful at. Catriona Patience went by Cat, and was Sirius's second coming of Kitty, almost spoiled beyond all reason. She was a Ravenclaw, prefect, and she worked at the Floo Network Office, and she was always bending rules for her siblings, but her superiors didn't seem to mind. And Piety Lucia was a Gryffindor, Beater, Quidditch captain, prefect, and had had several jobs. She'd started at the Goblin Liaison Office, moved into the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, was grandfathered into the Department of Magical Games and Sports by Nikki's recommendation, and had finally settled on being a sports journalist because she was absolutely sick of the Ministry.

Another set of twins came three years later. Kori Gabriela was a Ravenclaw, and worked in the field of Arithmancy, which Natasha had helped her into, although she was finally thriving on her own right. Her twin, Ivory Iris had also been a Ravenclaw, although she'd been a prefect, Head Girl, and she'd moved from Department of Magical Games and Sports to Department of Magical Transportation and then had pulled out of the Ministry to invent her own Astronomy tools, which she was doing very well with.

Pippin, though, Pippin had been a challenge.

When Pippin Sirius Black had been born, Morrighan and Sirius and everyone all agreed that it was time for the Blacks to stop having kids. Morrighan had had a vision about having a son, and she'd known he would be a handful. Pippin had been sorted into Hufflepuff, he'd been a terrible student with only two O.W.L.s, which weren't the ones he wanted, and he had to take his O.W.L. year again. Despite that, he'd scraped two N.E.W.T.s and all the while maintained his captaincy of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, which he was a Beater on. When he couldn't get that Transfiguration N.E.W.T., though, he'd told his mother he'd gotten a back-up plan, because there was no way he would pass.

He was going to be a comedian with Liana.

Still, Morrighan and Sirius sat, watching proudly as their youngest child's name was called and he officially graduated from Hogwarts.

"Morrighan! Sirius!"

It was Neville Longbottom, Professor of Herbology and Deputy Headmaster. They'd grown close over the years, despite the fact that their children had mostly been in Hufflepuff.

"Neville," Morrighan said with a smile. "It's good to see you! Well, that's the last Black for a while until Pippin goes and gets me grandchildren. The girls will have new last names, anyway."

"Tiffany's becoming Head of Ravenclaw House next year, did she tell you?"

Sirius and Morrighan exchanged a surprised look.

"No, she didn't say a thing," Sirius said. "Is Flitwick finally retiring?"

"Oh, yeah, his health is failing, but he's actually taking over as Headmaster again," Neville shrugged. "He figures that if he quits teaching and focuses on running the school and his health then he should be fine, but he wants Tiffany to take his place in Ravenclaw Tower. Got any kids to teach Charms?"

They all laughed.

It was good to be back at Hogwarts, Morrighan decided, however short of a time she was there.

It was strange to think that a little over thirty years had passed since she came into this reality, met Sirius for the first time, topless no less. Her children hadn't known her complicated existence. There was really no point in trying to explain it to them. Harry had protected her files from being examined at every turn, making sure that the secret of her strange appearance stayed safe.

"You're here," Harry had said. "You're here and you've done so much for all of us, and you've got a life and a family, and what does it matter if you got here differently than normal?"

Morrighan never told a soul about her discussion with the dead, never told Sirius that he was the reason she was pulled into his reality, because Harry was right, what did any of it matter? She knew the truth, the details, and that was all that she needed for the happiness she had.

Morrighan Corrine Capilla Black raised sixteen children, aided the end of a war, and even went to work in the Department of Mysteries after the war. It was a short lived career and she never found the answers she was looking for, but she decided it didn't matter. Some questions were better left with a bit of mystery.