And They All Lived Happily Ever After...

And they all lived happily ever after...

Chapter 04- Epilogue

*Harry*

I've been married to Ginny for a good few years now. We have our ups and downs, but we've been happy. We still are. But ever since the Battle of Hogwarts, I've had the death, okay, murder of Severus Snape hanging over me. You see, I killed him. I killed Snape. And I can't forget it. It's always there, lurking in the back of my mind, ready to creep out the minute something good happens.

It was there when I held my first born son in my arms. I looked down at that little baby in my arms, who looked so like me, and knew that I didn't deserve him.

We called him James after my dad, and Sirius after my god-father. I can only hope he will follow in the footsteps of my father and not mine.

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*George*

My life was never the same again the day I found out they had named their son after me. I wanted to feel happy for them, I really did. But he, my own twin, took everything I ever loved away from me. My wife, my family, my life.

I always wanted kids. Always. The moment I met Angelina, I knew I wanted a family. But she didn't. At least not with me.

They have two now. Roxanne and... I can't even think it. Not even in the privacy of my own mind...

How is it far that he got to have it all? And what do I have? Nothing. I have nothing.

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*Victoire*

Don't get me wrong, I love Teddy. But sometimes, when he's not here, I find myself longing to go home. I had to give up my family to be with him. I miss them all so much.

Okay, so they wouldn't accept him... but I was only sixteen at the time! Maybe if we had waited a couple of years, it might have been alright.

But now I'm sitting here, in our tiny little cottage, with a ring on my finger and a small baby cradled in my arms. I'm happy but... I'm not me. Only eighteen years old and a full time mum. This wasn't how it was supposed to be...

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*Rose*

I can't believe that it's come. Today is the day when I must sit back and watch my cousin marry the man I love. Not only that, but I'm the chief bridesmaid. Not only that, but I'm pregnant with a baby I do not want. Engaged to a man I do not love.

I will be there for Lily today, but after that I'm gone. I'm going to live in Australia with my fiancé and... well, I don't really know. I suppose I will live there, in the same house, all my life married to this ridiculous man... Having his children...

But I will not complain. I will watch Lily marry Scorpius and I will smile. I will hold my head high and thank people when they congratulate me on my pregnancy. I will pretend that this is what I want. Because I, Rose Weasley, love my family. I will not, I can not break them up for a petty love affair. I will suffer in silence.

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*Harry*

I remember a time when the guilt wasn't this bad... where it felt okay... because I hated him. But when Ginny gave birth to our second child, another boy, I found out the truth. It all started when Ginny couldn't decide on a middle name that went with Albus...

It had been a nice day. It was summer and I felt on top of the world. I was married with two little boys. Life couldn't get much better. But then I stumbled upon a secret, that once out, clouded my mind with grief and despair. And the guilt! Oh, the guilt!

When I found out that Severus Snape had been on the good side after all, I realised that I had in fact killed him in cold blood. He had loved my mum, and she had loved him in a way, but I had killed him from pure hatred! I knew that day that I could never make up for what I had did. But I would spend my entire life trying. I wouldn't hand myself in; I had my family to think of. Or was it simply cowardice? Shame? Whatever it was, no-one ever found out that I killed Snape...

The least I could do was name my son after him. So that is the reason my youngest son is called Albus Severus Potter.

Note from the author-

So, did they really live happily ever after? Well, that's for you to decide. George and Angelina did. Ron and Hermione. Scorpius and Lily. Teddy.

But what about Rose? Victoire? Harry? Fred? Did they really get the happy ending they deserved? Maybe the original ending wasn't so bad after all, eh?