Epilogue

In the end Ron and hos co conspirator were sentenced to ninety years in prison each. By the time they got out they'd be elderly or in a coffin. The story was reported through The Quibbler leaving out Hermione and Ryalta out of respect to their propriety. The Weasley family made a point to completely disown their embarrassment. Ron would no longer be associated with anyone.

On the other hand Hermione and Severus took turns teaching Ryalta until her first year of Hogwarts. Severus had proposed to Hermione three years later. He'd made it special by having Dobby watch Ryalta. Severus took Hermione out to dinner first in muggle London. It was a quiet Lebanese restaurant they both grew to love. After they had gone for a walk before Severus apparated himself and Hermione to Hyde Park. They were able to conceal themselves from inquiring individuals. They walked to the Round Pond where Severus dropped down to one knee and proposed.

Two months later they had a wizarding wedding ceremony. They exchanged vows and placed rings on each other's fingers that were made by elves and incised with runic spells of love and protection. There was no honeymoon because neither really cared for one. Severus had formally adopted Ryalta as his own and had been knocked by Ryalta calling him daddy for the first time.

Both became reputable potions makers and opened an apothecary in a small wizarding town not to far from where they lived. Ryalta Snape had entered Hogwarts into the House of Ravenclaw. Both Hermione and Severus were relieved by that news. She had become the strongest student and became beater for Ravenclaw. Later on in years after leaving Hogwarts, Ryalta had found the woman of her dreams while travelling through Japan. They settled down in a small home in the forest near Shiba.

Severus and Hermione became grandparents in their old age. But when death was getting close they decided to put into motion their last resort. Their wedding bands had been spelled so that if the two recited a certain spell together their rings would dose them with a poison that would cause them to sleep and die peacefully. The spell was a Nordic one, "Vår solen har sett. Vår tid er kommet. Det er tid for døden å ta oss videre." They had slept peacefully together in death. Their remains were burned and spread throughout the forbidden forest in hopes that if their souls did not transcend they would roam the forest together in love.

The End.