Iter à l'amour

Don't be sad! Yes, this is the last chapter of the fic, but I am writing a sequel to tell you about their lives after the war!

I hope you liked it.

~GreyEyes7

Disclaimer: No. If I owned HP, you wouldn't need this story, as this would all be explained in the books.

The Final Battle

Lily and James ran the D.A. at school. Bellatrix, Dorcas, Gideon, and Fabian worked with the OOTP. Narcissa and Severus spied on the Death Eaters. Regulus and Katie were at Hogwarts, trying to work with Albus. Sirius, Remus, Ginny, and Hermione were looking for the Gaunt Shack.

I am angry with you, girl. You deliberately disobey me. I will find you. I promise you that.

Ginny told Hermione her dream, and what Voldemort said to her. "He knows what we are doing."

"I know. He can feel it. He will check on the shack and possibly move the ring. We need to find it. Soon."

"I think that I might have an idea of where it is."

They were just outside of Little Hangleton. It was a few seconds before Remus's eyes discerned the building half-hidden amongst the tangle of trunks. It seemed to him a very strange location to choose for a house, or else an odd decision to leave the trees growing nearby, blocking all light and the view of the valley below. He wondered whether it was inhabited; its walls were mossy and so many tiles had fallen off the roof that the rafters were visible in places. Nettles grew all around it, their tips reaching the windows, which were tiny and thick with grime. A dead snake was nailed to the front door.

"Check the floorboards," Hermione said.

"Found it," Sirius said, after a few minutes of looking.

"Don't touch it, or you'll die," she warned.

"How do we pick it up, then?"

"Are you a wizard, or not? Wingardium Leviosa. Get the sword." With a tap of the sword, the ring died.

It was in October. Remus noticed that Ginny had been smelling funny for the past week or so. Anyways, they were all prepared. The attack was tonight. They were all braced in the courtyard of Hogwarts. It was serious déjà vu for Hermione, Ginny, and Katie.

The fighting raged on for hours. Hermione had been hexed, but she was alright. She was extremely worried, though, because Remus was dueling Antonin Dolohov. That was when Voldemort spotted her.

"Crucio!"

"Protego!"

"Sectumsempra!"

Hermione sidestepped, "Stupefy!"

"Ennervate!" it hit her Stupefy in mid air, which was something that Hermione had never seen before, "Conjunctivitis!"

"Avis!" and while he was distracted, she yelled, "Immobulus!"

"Serpensortia!"

"Petrificus Totalus!"

"Flipendo!"

"Confundus!"

"Crucio!"

"Impedimenta!" he dodged it.

"Avada Kadevra!"

At the same time, Hermione yelled, "Expelliarmus!" His green light hit her red. When the curse shot back at Voldemort, he died.

There were fewer deaths than in 1998. For that, they were all grateful. Hermione had a fracture and some burns from curses, as well as a cut lip. They all got the burns, actually. The worst suffered was either Lily's 3 broken ribs or the cut on Regulus's face/neck area.

Most of the Death Eaters were either caught or killed, but there were still some on the loose. Including Lucius Malfoy. It turned out that several of the Slytherins were on the right side the entire time, such as Theodore Nott.

Albus approached the group. "I am offering you all the chance to complete your NEWTs, early."

"I think that Lily and I will stay at school, sir. This is our last year, after all," James said, smiling as he and Lily grabbed one another's' hands.

"I'm going to take my NEWTs," Ginny said. "I've been to school—how many years, now?"

"Me, too. 9 and a half, for me," Katie said.

"I can't believe that I'm saying this, but I think that Hogwarts is finally behind me," Hermione said. Everyone laughed.

"Mister Lupin, I would like to congratulate you on some excellent duels, today. The current Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor died, today. When Tom Riddle died, the curse on the DADA position died, with him. I was wondering if you would like to take your NEWTs early and become the permanent DADA Professor," Albus said.

"I'd be honored, sir."

"I think that you have the right to call me 'Albus'."

"In that case, I am 'Remus'."

"And you, Severus. Would you come on as Potions Professor? After today, it seems that Horace would like to retire," Albus said.

"I will gladly accept the position."

"You will also be the Head of Slytherin house."

"I would greatly appreciate the honor."

"Fantastic. Sirius, Charlus Potter mentioned something about letting you into the Auror program, early."

"Hermione, we can be a real family. It is great—we can settle down at the Lupin Manor, Ginny is pregnant—"

"And she didn't tell me?"

"She doesn't know." When Hermione sent him a questioning look, he said, "I could smell the baby."

"I see."

When he saw the face that she made, he said, "You aren't jealous, are you?"

"What if I am?"

"Then I must find a way for you to catch up with her."

"Lily Marie Evans, I have been in love with you since the day that we met on the Hogwarts Express. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?"

"Yes, James—I will!" Their engagement was a bit of light in the darkness.

Ginny found out that she was pregnant in late October. Hermione found out in December. When Hermione, Ginny, and Remus went to the healer, she said, "Mr. Lupin, are you a werewolf?"

"Yes. Will my child have… the condition?"

"No, but he or she will have certain genes. Mrs. Lupin, as you carry the child or a werewolf, he or she will be born in 7 months."

"We are due at the same time!" Ginny squealed.

"If you are having a son, he will have extreme strength. If you have a daughter, she will have a strong sense of hearing and sight."

"No nothing potentially fatal?" Remus asked.

"No," the healer smiled.

On May 3rd, Sirius, Remus, Ginny, and Hermione were having dinner when Hermione started to feel pains. Her daughter was due in a week.

"Are you alright, love?" Remus asked.

"Yeah, it's just a false alarm. I—"

"Am going to St. Mungo's," Remus said.

"No, I'm fine, really."

"I'll floo Minerva and Albus," Sirius said. Remus ran Hermione through the floo and Sirius started to alert people.

"You are almost there, Mrs. Lupin!" Healer Nancy said. "Another push and her head will be out," Hermione heard crying. She gripped Remus's hands.

"All done," he said.

"No, there is another one coming," H. Nancy said.

"WHAT?" Hermione yelled.

From the waiting room, they could all hear a distinct, "REMUS JOHN LUPIN, YOU DID THIS TO ME!"

A few minutes later, H. Nancy came out. "Only a few are allowed in at one time. They have requested Severus Snape, and Narcissa, Ginny, and Sirius Black."

When they walked in, Hermione had a baby in her arms, as did Remus. Hermione said to Ginny and Sirius, "Meet your goddaughter, Haydee Lynn Lupin." She put the sleeping girl into Ginny's arms.

"Meet your goddaughter, Hermia May Lupin," Remus put the other into Severus's arms. He had never held something so precious.

"You had two?" Sirius asked.

"It was a surprise to me, too," Hermione said, playfully shooting a glare at her husband.

"We are only having one, luckily," Ginny said, "And he will be perfect."

"You get out," Lily hissed, "I want to see the little Lupin!"

Severus and Sirius left so that James and Lily could come in. On his way out, Sirius said, "It is actually little Lupins."

They both had their mother's honey-colored hair (luckily it wasn't as curly or bushy) and their father's blue eyes. Haydee was born before Hermia.

"How did you name them?" James asked.

"Characters from Muggle novels," Remus said.

On May 12th, Lyra Renee Black was born. She had black hair and grey eyes. Loved by all, especially her parents (although they thought that she was going to be a boy), and her godparents, Lily Evans and James Potter.

It turned out that the birth of Lyra was even funnier than of the Lupins, because patients on the other side of the hospital could hear, "SIRIUS ORION BLACK! IF YOU THINK THAT YOU WILL EVER LAY A HAND ON ME, AGAIN, YOU ARE Sorely MISTAKEN! GIVE ME MY WAND SO THAT I MAY HEX YOUR BALLS OFF!"

Remus became the DADA Professor and Severus the Potions Master. Hermione was offered a job at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Ginny started on the Holyhead Harpies. Sirius became an Auror. Regulus became the Advisor to the Minister of Magic. Katie became a member of Winzengamot. Fabian and Gideon went on to work at the Improper Use of Magic Office. Bellatrix started working with the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad. Narcissa worked on the Committee for Experimental Charms. Dorcas was with the Foreign Affairs and Sports Department. Lily and James finished school and then got married. After their wedding, Lily started work at St. Mungo's, and James became an Auror.

James stood in his black dress robes with Sirius by his side. Dorcas came down the aisle in a lavender dress. Then came Lily in a ball gown. She was a princess. She and James said their 'I do's, and then the reception went on.

Hermione danced with Remus in her silver dress. Ginny wore a red dress, and she danced with the Best Man. The Maid of Honor danced with her boyfriend. It was a wonderful night. At the end, James flew Hermione off to the new Potter Manor.