A/N This is it guys. The End.
I apologise for the delay, i've been so busy! I've been in London for the HP Studio Tours. Which was amazing btw. I bought a Marauder Map. A full sized one, i was so happy i screamed in the shop. But moving on from that! ENJOY! (And please revieww!)
'Come on Mum hurry up!' I heard the raven-haired girl shout from just in front of us. She was marching eagerly and I chuckled as we followed her, much slower.
The girl was our daughter, Alexis Destiny Quinn Black. She had rushed through the barrier, not even checking for lurking Muggles and I heard Sirius muttering something about being irresponsible as we watched her disappear. Nothing really had changed since we got married, we had aged quite abit, but I still had my bright red hair (with only some greys thanks very much Sirius!) and electric green eyes with a touch of purple. Sirius had much less grey hair; he seemed to be aging with more dignity than me. Alex was also a Metamorphmagus, but wore her hair a deep black, a mess of curls, looking quite like her departed auntie Bellatrix, much to Sirius' horror. She had kinder eyes than Bellatrix though, and didn't have eyes like me, or Sirius, she had eyes like my father, the brightest ice blue possible, making her quite a stunner.
As we emerged on the other side of the barrier, we heard faint shouts from Alex, as usual, telling us to hurry up. Scanning the crowd, I tried to find our daughter, with no luck, only finding Teddy, who was easy to spot by his blue hair.
'She better not be with that Pelthy boy' Sirius grumbled next to me, and I elbowed him in the ribs to make him shut up.
'Will you shush? Will's a lovely boy, you just cant stand him because he's a Slytherin'
'Very true' I rolled my eyes at Sirius' typical behaviour, he never learnt.
We quickly caught up with Alex, and found she was waiting by the red train with Teddy, her black cat meowing loudly to Teddy's owl.
'Hi Mr and Mrs Black, how are you?' Smiling at Teddy, Sirius shook his hand and I embraced him in a warm hug.
'Hey Teddy, we're fine, how's your Mum and Dad?'
'They're good, they should be here any minute actually'
'Oh good, it's been so long since we saw them!' I said fondly, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
'Honestly women, we saw them last week'
'Oh shut up you' I said before lightly kissing him, much to Alex's disgust.
'For fucks sake.' She said exasperatedly, while Sirius raised his eyebrows at her language.
'Language young lady' Now it was my turn to raise my eyebrows at Sirius.
'Excuse me? Do I have to remind you what sort of stuff you did in school, you did a lot worse than Alex in fifth year, so don't get me started on seventh year!'
'Yeah but I was with you seventh year, so what I did was all right' Sirius said, while hugging me from behind. Teddy laughed, and Alex wrinkled her nose.
'Oooh, Alex, I see a certain boyy!' I said winking, causing her to blush as I pushed Sirius away so he couldn't cause more trouble.
'Will!' Alex yelled, and we watched from afar as she ran to him, wrapping her arms round his neck and hugging him tightly. Sirius was glowering, and I was smiling fondly, they did remind me a lot of us.
'Come on, and be nice!' We walked slowly over to Alex, who had her hand entwined in his as they stood talking to Teddy.
'Hey Mrs Black, hey Mr Black' Will smiled and Alex looked at me desperately, knowing Sirius would say something out of order.
'Please Will, call me Avalon' I smiled, I had been trying to get him to call me Avalon for two years, but still he was set on calling me 'Mrs Black'. Sirius had tensed next to me, and he seemed to be evaluating him or something.
There was an awkward silence for some moments before I saw Harry and Ginny walking towards us. Suddenly, I remembered it was their first-born's first year and thankfully, that gave us a perfect excuse to leave.
'See you soon, I'll keep Moony here safe don't worry' Alex said as we left, and Sirius grinned. Teddy had adopted Remus' nickname since he was part werewolf, and Alex was now known as frosty to everyone in her year, given that her Patronus and Animagus was an ice wolf, which in a way was a mix of Sirius wolf/dog thing and my grey wolf. Saying goodbye to Alex and wishing them all good luck for this year, we quickly departed and greeted Harry with a confident looking James.
'Hey little man!' Sirius said, grinning at James and giving him a high five. James' face lit up at the sight of Sirius, he loved talking to his namesake, especially about his other namesake, the original James.
Along with James, Harry had brought Albus Severus, who was joining Hogwarts in 2017 and Lily Luna, who was joining in 2019. Albus was shy, and he preferred to stay at the back of the group rather than talk to James and Sirius, as James was known for mocking him occasionally. Lily was sweet, and just like James, liked to talk to her namesake Luna when she came to visit. Harry had felt guilty about not naming a child after me, but I quickly quietened him, I loved his kids no matter what they were called.
'Oh gosh, James hurry up and go get a good compartment, and be good this year!' Ginny ushered to get James on the train safely and we all stood back as he started the journey to the rest of his life.
'Sirius, can I go as well, I miss Hogwarts!' I cried, watching the train disappearing into the distance and managing to catch a glimpse of Alex who was waving through the window, he blue eyes sparkling.
'Aww don't worry, we have the rest of our lives ahead of us yet, and we're still young at heart. Well I am, you're all grown up now' He said winking, and I stuck my tongue out at him. 'Well, maybe not'
'Oh shut up.'
We walked back to Sirius' muggle car hand in hand, talking to Remus and Dora on the way. At the age of 54, Sirius and I were close to retiring, but as usually, Sirius refused to retire at a normal and decent age, and was set on retiring at 60-65, claiming 'we've got plenty of time for us, for the rest of our lives'; which is another way of nicely saying we already spend too much time together.
We had even thought about having another child shortly after Alex, but agreed that we were much too old (Sirius however thought he had eternal youth and snorted when I said we were too old to have another child. But then, to his horror, a grey hair formed and his dreams of being young forever were crushed. Which I found incredibly amusing mind you!)
'We'll come over to yours for tea some time in the week Moony?'
'Sure Pads, see you then!'
'Bye Dora!'
As we said our farewells, I couldn't help but wish Alex's last year was less dramatic than mine, and she didn't have to go through what I did in the future.
And, I was right, for just after the Christmas holidays (At around February), I received a letter off Alex reading:
To Mum (And Dad, depending how Mum reacts to this)
My studies are going well (and yes, I am practising for NEWTS Mum!) Will and I are still going strong, and that's the basic point of this letter.
Well, there's no real introduction to this, so im just going to come out and say it:
I'm pregnant.
I know when you're reading this you're going to be freaking out, but I need to remind you to breathe. I also know that if you do let Dad read this Mum, then he's going to be screaming and threatening to kill Will so Dad? Please don't. He makes me happy okay? I know its not the best time, what with NEWTS and stuff, but im only three weeks gone, so the baby is due around September – November time. I think. I wasn't really listening when she told me; I was too much in shock.
Yes, im keeping it, because I know im ready for this. I can do this, and I know im going to be a good mum, and Will's going to be a good dad.
Just whatever you do, and however you act, don't take it out on Will. Kick me out if you want and ban me from seeing you and ever coming back to the house but please, just please don't do anything to Will. He means a lot to me you know.
Erm… So yeah. Reply soon, and Dad, don't send a Howler, im not particularly ready for the whole school to know just quite yet.
And Mum? If the baby's a girl, im naming her Avalon.
Lots of love,
Alex x
Sirius' face went purple when I allowed him to read this, and I instantly regretted the decision.
'SHE'S PREGNANT! I CANT BELIEVE IT! HOW COULD SHE?' Sirius roared, throwing the letter on the ground in pure fury, leaving me to attempt to calm him down somehow.
'Sirius' He continued to ignore me and stare at the fireplace. 'SIRIUS!' Yelling, I finally got his attention as he turned and growled:
'What?'
'Do you not remember what it was like to be her age? To be so in love, and not care about the world? That's what Alex is feeling right now. If we had got together sooner I would have bet anything I would have ended up pregnant by graduation!"
'You would not!'
'Would to! You were physco in school, do I need to remind you how many girls you knocked up?'
'Okay okay! I get it, she likes him, I'm perfectly calm and I accept it. But that doesn't mean im happy about it'
'You will be when you're a granddad' I smiled and nudged him gently in the shoulder, while Sirius wrinkled his nose at the idea.
'Eughh, I feel so old!"
'Join the club!'
We laughed for a while at what James and Lily would have said at the idea of Sirius as a grandfather, he'd probably disown them if they were Slytherin, before deciding to reply to Alex.
To Alex,
I showed your Dad the letter, and it definitely took a while to calm him down I assure you!
As long as you both love each other, and you know you can handle it, I have complete faith in you. Just make sure Will isn't lazy like Sirius was when he refused to get up and change you in the middle of the night. He denies it, saying he needs beauty sleep, but he's just arrogant.
Your Dads adding a reply to the end of this message, and ive reminded him to be easy on you. He's accepting it, he's just not quite happy about it yet. (The idea of being a grandfather freaks him out)
So tell me, since you will be pregnant for Graduation/Prom, how would you like to wear my Graduation/Prom/Wedding dress? I wore it for Graduation and Prom, and then had to have it taken out for our wedding because I was HEAVILY pregnant with you. I reckon it would look beautiful on you.
Give Will and Teddy my love, and make sure your eating! I know how stressful NEWTS can be, even more so when you're pregnant. Oh and a little tip, make Teddy godfather and he might not freak out so much about it (we know him too well, he will try and kill Will) Poor Will, everyone's trying to kill him!
No Howlers to be sent yet, but you will have a serious talking to if you think being pregnant is an excuse to fail your NEWTS!
Love always,
Mum x.
P.S To Alex,
This is your Dad. I'm not happy about your pregnancy, but if Will is good to you like I was to your mother, then that's good enough for me.
All I can say is the baby better be a Gryffindor boy, preferably called Sirius, after a very wise, good looking bloke from years ago, who was fairly (who am I kidding?) Amazing, with the ladies.
Just to creep you out, which is revenge for the letter, (You made me choke on my breakfast) anyway, keep up the studying, being pregnant isn't an excuse for bad NEWTS!
Love, Dad.
(ALEX'S POINT OF VIEW)
I smiled fondly at my parent's words as Will and I sat reading the letter in a quiet corner of the library.
'You're Mum and Dad are taking this surprisingly well' Will commented, re-reading the letter again just to see if he was right.
'Yeah, they're cool like that' I laughed, imagining me and my mum shopping for baby clothes. Sighing, I rested my head on Will's shoulder. Things may not be perfect, but soon, when I become Mrs Alexis Destiny Quinn Pelthy, things will be.
'So, baby names confirmed?' Laughed Will, and I looked up at his smiling face, remembering what I told my mum.
'Yep, Jayde Avalon Fabiana Pelthy for a girl, Tom William Brayden Pelthy for a boy!'
'I still don't like Brayden'
'Tough, its cute!'
'Fine, but your dads gonna be mad his name isn't included'
'We can call him 'joke' as a nickname' I laughed, but Will raised an eyebrow, confused by the joke.
'Joke? Sirius? Get it?' I laughed, finding my joke extremely hilarious, while Will smirked at my immatureness and nudged me gently, but as I was laughing so hard, I fell of the chair and landed with a thump on the floor.
'Merlin's beard Alex, you are a weirdo' Will said with affection, and extended a hand to help me up. Taking it gratefully, I heaved myself up back onto the chair (im not very graceful, as you can tell!).
'Come on, lets get to class' I chuckled, leaving a mental reminder in my head to reply to my parents letter, but ended up writing it on Will's hand in Potions.
(AVALONS POINT OF VIEW)
Sirius and I had received Alex's letter the next morning, and I was pleased to see they had already decided on baby names, even though she was only three weeks gone.
'BRAYDEN?' Sirius had shrieked, and I laughed, personally I loved the name.
'Sirius calm down, I love the name! Besides, she said they're calling it 'joke' as a nickname when its born anyway' Sirius rolled his eyes as I giggled at the joke, unaware that I looked uncanningly like my daughter, who had also done the same thing.
'Oh haha, Sirius, joke, like I haven't heard that one before' Sirius grumbled, and I hooked my arm in his, smiling before saying:
'Come on grumpy, we'll be late for meeting Remus and Dora'
We disapparated to their house, while Alex and Will sat in the Gryffindor common room, with Alex sat sideways in his lap, looking exactly as Sirius and I did a generation ago. Their future was bright, and so was ours, with a grandchild on the way, and retirement to come; we had our whole lives ahead of us. Just me, Sirius, and a new responsibility and excitement.
But who knows what the future holds? What can I say, the world better be ready for us. Bring it on.
THE END.
(Or is it?…)
A/N
Hope you enjoyed it, and please review! I might do a sequel yet, maybe Alex's life? Like her whole Hogwarts life? Yeah i might do that depending on the response of this, so if you guys like the idea, review and say!
So now im concentrating on my other story, the New Generation story! And also (SNEAK PREVIEW!) i might possibly be working on a new Sirius/OC story, with a secret Black that no one knew about, excited?