AUTHOR'S NOTE - PLEASE READ: Here it is – the epilogue. Thank you so much to those who have supported this story and taken the time to read it, it has been a pleasure to write.

Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JKR.

Eventually the tears subsided and Harry sat up. He took a breath. He thought of the other envelopes in his pocket, of his parent's last words and his father's goodbye. He spent long long minutes rereading James Potter's final message to the people he loved most. He suppressed the anger at the words directed to Wormtail. That was something he could deal with another time. He knew that right now, he needed to live in the present. For the past days he had lived in the past, in the world of his young mother and now his father too, but now reality had caught up with him and he had to do exactly what Lily had said, move on. Not forget, but put aside. Wiping his wet face on his sleeve, he brushed himself off and made his way inside.

Molly Weasley saw that Harry was headed to the kitchen door. She pitied the boy. After coming downstairs and hearing his sobs, and looking out of the window to see him crying on the ground in her garden, she finally realised that it was not only her family that were suffering. Her Fred was not the only one who had been taken from the world. She was not the only one who was in pain at that moment. She wiped a stray tear from her own cheek and set the kettle boiling with a flick of her wand. Harry opened the back door and looked a little shocked to see her.

"Harry dear,"
She walked towards him and encompassed him in a warm embrace.
"You poor thing, have some tea, there you go, sit down, there's a good boy,"
Ushering Harry to a seat, she sat down opposite.
"I'm sorry Mrs Weasley," Harry started, "I just, er, needed some air,"
Molly smiled sadly.
"Yes, dear, I think we all need a little bit of time alone to think at the moment,"
Harry was unsure how to respond, so he nodded softly.
The kettle interrupted the long silence by boiling, and soon enough two steaming mugs of tea were being sipped by the only two awake residents at the Burrow.
Harry thought of his mothers final words and felt the need to help the grieving woman, who sat drinking her tea, looking absent and disconnected.
"But, Mrs Weasley.." Harry started, Mrs Weasley looked up at him, "It isn't all over. It feels like it is, but, well, i've done this before, you know?" She looked confused, Harry clarified, "I've lost people. Lots of them, in fact. But Sirius once told me that we never really lose people, even if they die, because we can always find them within us, and, er, I guess that makes me feel better sometimes," Harry stammered to an uncomfortable end, and searched Mrs Weasley's face to see if he had gone too far in his attempts to comfort her.
Molly Weasley smiled. For this first time since Fred had died, she smiled; a genuine, happy smile.
"You know, Harry.." she stood up and went around the kitchen table to him, placing her hand on his shoulder, "You really have seen so much, we forget, sometimes, what you've been through. You are so very wise," another tear escaped and rolled down her cheek, "And, I am so very blessed to have you as part of my family,". With that, Harry stood and hugged her.

As they embraced, the youthful grin of Fred Weasley flickered behind Molly Weasley's eyelids. Behind Harry's, were the happy smiling faces of Lily and James Potter.

AUTHOR'S NOTE - PLEASE READ: And thats it. From a Doe to a Fawn is entirely finished. I am starting on a new project very soon and I hope you will all enjoy it. Please review telling me thoughts on this completed story and any/all future story suggestions! I need ideas! Thanks again SO much for reading, this has been my first completed fiction and I have enjoyed it so much, purely thanks to those who have taken the time to give me feedback, it really is the only thing that keeps me writing.

Luannie.

Oh, and if you enjoyed this, I posted a one shot of a letter Lily wrote to Petunia, similar to the ones she wrote to Harry in this story. It's called 'Remember My Last' - please give it a read.