The party at Avengers Tower lasted for weeks, the lack of true celebration over their victory against the chitauri adding to the festivities, and then when everyone watched the live feed of Hermione holding her newest baby brother and sister after their births, the laughter when the witch was all but attacked by her overjoyed Da and Tonks at hearing about her pregnancy didn't need the connection to be heard over the Atlantic.

A month after her pregnancy was announced, Hermione was joined in impending motherhood by a blushing Jane, bringing Frigga and Odin down to congratulate the woman. The month spent away had done wonders for the god's attitude, no doubt due to his loving wife's constant reminders of what he would lose if it did not change. Loki and Thor were very protective when they had first seen their father, until they heard him laughing at something Clint had said, and realised that he had changed.

Both Hermione and Jane were proudly bulging, 6 and 5 months pregnant respectively, both with twins, when a family meeting was called and Clint and Natasha came to the front of the room. They had been on away for 2 months on a SHIELD assignment but had been blushing deeply when they told everyone they were now dating and the floor arrangements would need to change. Hermione had happily taken the notes from all present as she made her way to hug her friends tightly, she'd won the bet.

The witch made it to full term, a surprise and annoyance to the severely bloated woman, but as she and Jane were laughing with a first trimester Pepper, both woman had stopped suddenly at the feel of wetness beneath them. After the family had realised there would be a few pregnancies amongst them, the floor plans were redone and a medical wing was built on the top floor where Pepper's office had once been.

Bruce had been visiting the temple in Tibet, making absolutely sure he was able to control himself when his nephews/nieces arrived, Natasha and Clint were working in Iraq, Tony had been called back to Los Angeles for Stark Industries business, and the two demigods were up in Asgard to give their weekly reports of how the pregnancies were going. The second that Pepper thumped on the alert rune on the wing door though, everyone dropped what they were doing, those on earth using their Portkeys, while Thor and Loki were quickly pulling their mother along, Odin following behind just as quickly, and Steve burst through the doors, sweat covered from his workout.

Frigga and Bruce were designated as the midwives, the goddess working on Jane and Bruce on his best friend, and after 7 hours the doors opened and the family was allowed in. Hermione had given birth to a little girl with black as night hair, and a boy with his father's blonde locks, both child in their father's arms. Jane was weakly holding onto a pink blanket with more blonde hair poking out, her identical twin sister in her father's arms.

Marta Elisa Lokidatter, Joseph William Rogers, Johanna Camilla and Astrid Nina Thordatter were the most cherished children on any of the Nine Realms, added onto by their cousin Peter Anthony Stark 6 months later, and many more over the years that followed.

When the twins were 3, and Hermione had given Steve a daughter, one of the largest but most private weddings seen in history happened in a New York City church. With Odin and Frigga officiating, as well as representatives from the Russian Orthodox church, Anglican church and local Ministry of Magic for three of the women's peace of mind, 4 couples and a triad were married, Hermione being wed to Steve on Muggle paperwork using her Granger last name, while she married Loki on Magical paperwork using Lupin, not that anyone outside of their family would know. Pepper, Maria, Jane, Natasha, and Hermione were all gorgeous in their dresses, and couldn't have dreamed a better wedding, the thought of doing them separately never crossing the minds of any of them.

After their marriage, Clint and Natasha put in their resignations with SHIELD, stating they would be there if the Avengers were called for but they had put their lives on the line too often and would much rather be there for family than country. It also coincided with the woman's first bout of morning sickness, so it wasn't that surprising when they told the family.

It was a surprise to all bar a couple when Bruce went to find the kids' puppy, the Great Dane was bigger than he was when it went on its back legs so shouldn't have been called a puppy, and found that Natasha's old floor, that they never got around to converting into something else, was being used. Phil and Maria had moved in the week after the wedding, and happily took a portion of the winnings from Hermione, Steve and Loki groaning as they had lost again.

Over the years, children were born, Hermione giving Steve 2 sons and a daughter, Loki felt blessed with his three girls. Jane was forced to stop at 7 children, 4 sons and 3 daughters, the last boy causing Bruce and Hermione to thank the gods they had the knowledge to save both of their lives, but the hysterectomy was a must to do so. Pepper and Tony were very happy with their two boys, neither intent on a large family anyway. Natasha, while still the cold hearted assassin when needed, was an excellent mother to her and Clint's twin boys. And after years of trying, and losing 5 pregnancies, Maria felt she couldn't take it anymore, so she and Phil decided to stop trying, only to give birth to Josephine Coulson on her daddy's 60th birthday.

After their wedding, Jane, Hermione and Steve were gifted Asgardian status by Odin and Frigga, the added bonus of it lengthening the mortal woman's life expectancy, and Steve was told his children would be offered the choice if they wanted it; they did as soon as they were 18.

There were magical children amongst the first generation, not only those borne to Hermione, and they had the choice to stay at home or head off to be taught. They stayed at home and many of the older Lupin children would come to train them as well as Remus and Tonks. Children grew and started their own journeys, a few of the 'cousins' found their loves together, the biggest surprise was when Peter and Marta come to their parents and asked permission to date, followed shortly by Joseph and Astrid.

Generations followed, there were births, marriages and as with life there were the deaths. Natasha and Clint were killed together, as they would have wanted, in a car accident when they were in their 60's. Phil hit 90 before he passed on, Maria held on for 5 years but her heart needed to be with its other half. Tony outlived Pepper by 30 years, his name forever planted in the history books with those of his sister and best friend for their many discoveries and additions to help both the human and Asgardian races. Remus and Tonks, who had gladly taken a full moon bite from her love, had reached 140 before their bodies gave in, they were surrounded by close to 60 descendants in the end.

After the death of her adopted parents, Hermione needed an escape, and seeing as the world knew how to reach them, she, Steve, Loki, Thor, Jane and Bruce all ascended to Asgard to live. None of them knew just how being one with Hulk had changed the serene man until on what was his 80th birthday, one of Peter's sons had asked his uncle if he was a hybrid too. While they were all wary, it did seem as though the man was set on spending a fair amount of years with what was left of his original family.

Fury had been replaced as Director of SHIELD when he was 60, Maria taking over, and after that it had been a family affair, with someone descended from the family in power. There had been presidents, doctors, scientists, people who changed the world, and those who head out to just help those who were in no shape to do so themselves. Not once had any of the family not known where their home was, every single child being born in that same medical wing that Hermione and Jane had christened all those years earlier. And no matter what they did with their lives, they were always loved.

There had been a few calls for the sextet of Avengers, usually concerning one of the other Realms, thinking that with the children, aging, and then deaths of some members, that Earth was no longer being protected. They rarely got farther than New York City, who had eagerly allowed Hermione and Tony to purchase the 10 block radius around Avengers Tower after the third time it was destroyed.

It had been many centuries since she had lived on Earth, they would visit every few months but none of them had lived there since they left. Hermione was sitting on the edge of the bifrost bridge, a placed she found comfort as the portals rarely closed anymore and she was able to see earth through it. Heimdall had worried at first that she would fall off, the brunette would sit with her legs dangling over the edge so it wasn't an unjust fear, he had stopped after a few decades.

In her hands were the three Deathly Hallows, they were some of the only things she had from her life in England, and over the years there had been times she wished she could use the power to join her friends, but each time she would remember what she would be leaving behind.

"You wouldn't be thinking of using them would you Mia?" Bruce asked, sitting beside her.

"I was just thinking about the family," laughing sadly, she faced her best friend, "I can get melancholy sometimes can't I?"

"Of course, but perhaps not when you have those three items in your hands," he knew what they were and what they were supposed to be able to do, "I wonder what they're doing you know. Heaven must be an interesting place with the number of our family that has invaded its walls over the years."

Laying back against the rainbow bridge, the hybrid sighed, "One day we'll all find out I guess."

"Probably will," pulling her up with him, Bruce grinned widely, "Come on, Loki is going to cook again."

"He does it once every hundred years and almost blows Asgard up," Hermione laughed but looked out into the universe around them, simply wondering what could one day be.

The End