The Brave Slytherin

Epilogue

A/N: this epilogue is going to have a couple of timeskips to show you how the rest of their lives went. 

We are about to finish our last year of Hogwarts. A year and a half ago I could've never imagined saying this. I was scared to lose my life, but I was scared to lose Mattheo even more. But now, we are both finishing up school and starting our own life together. Away from potions class and Defense against the Dark Arts and away from his father. 
'Hey love?' Mattheo asked while I was writing down my thoughts in the diary I got from Sirius last year for Christmas. 'Yes, babe?' I responded. 'I want you to put on something nice and then I want you to follow me with your eyes closed.' 'Okay...What are you up to Mattheo?' 'Just a little surprise.' I got ready as fast as I could. Mattheo always had the best surprises, so I was super excited to see what his surprise would be. I put on this gorgeous black dress, where the skirt was longer in the back. I then put on some black heels and did my hair. I walked out of the bathroom, to see Mattheo sitting on the bed waiting for me. He looked a bit nervous, but there soon grew a smile on his face when he saw me. 'You look beautiful, Y/N.' 'Thank you, Mattheo. You look really handsome as well.' 'Now close your eyes and follow me.' I close my eyes and let Mattheo lead me. It's that I completely trust him, otherwise I would've opened my eyes multiple times to see where we were going and that I wouldn't be running into random objects. 

After walking for about 5 minutes, we just stopped. He told me to wait where I was, while he walked away for a second. 'Mattheo, are you still there?' I asked, when he had been gone for about a minute. 'I'm still here, love.' He said while grabbing my hand again. He stood behind me and put his hands in front of my eyes. 'You may open your eyes, love.' He said, while simultaneously  lifting his hands from my eyes. I saw that we were at the lake, my quiet place and the place where we had our very first date. He had put on some beautiful lights and placed some candles around a picnicblanket. We sat down on the blanket and enjoyed the food Mattheo had prepared and put on the blanket. We talked for a little while until he put on some music and invited me to dance. I stood up and we slowdanced to 'Dream a little Dream of me' by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, one of my favourite songs from the muggle world. After the song had ended, some other songs played, but I wasn't really listening anymore. Mattheo had kissed me and now took a step backwards. I was looking at what he was going to do and before I knew it, he kneeled down on one knee and pulled out a ring. 'I've loved you since the first moment I layed my eyes on you. We had our ups and downs, but we always made it through everything together. And I want to go through the rest of our lives with you as well. So, do you want to marry me, Y/N Potter?' OH MY GOD!!! He's asking me to marry him?!!!! Mattheo is asking me to marry him. Okay, relax, take a breath. This is amazing! I can't wait to start the rest of our lives together. Shit, I haven't given an answer yet. 'YES, ofcourse I will marry you Mattheo. I would want nothing more than that.' Mattheo got up, spun me around while holding me in his arms and kissed me once again. He put on the ring and we just looked in eachothers eyes lovingly. 

It's been about a year, since Mattheo and I got engaged. I have been very busy planning the wedding together with Hermione, Pansy and my mom and tomorrow is finally the day. Since it's spring and the weather is supposed to be amazing, we're having the wedding outside. We found this beautiful place in the woods that looks out on a lake. We have a lot of flowers around the weddingarch and down the aisle. So, it's the perfect place to get married. I just have to go to bed and put on my dress tomorrow and then it's go time. 
But, I have this weird feeling that something will change things tomorrow. I have a strange feeling in my stomach and I have been throwing up more than usual lately. I have been talking to Hermione about it and she had no idea what it might be, until she asked me one question that might change my life for good: 'When did you have your last period?' 'No, you don't think I could be...' 'Pregnant? Yeah, you might. So, when was your last period?'  'I don't know, I think about two months ago.' I was so busy planning the wedding, that I didn't notice when I missed my period. 'What do we do now, Hermione?' I asked after a little bit of silence. 'We could go get a pregnancy test if you want?' 'Yes, please. Let's go.' And so Hermione and I went to the closest store and bought a couple pregnancy tests. When we got home I immediately took two of them, just to be certain. Mattheo was out with friends, so he didn't know this was going on. 'Okay, I think I'm done Hermione. What do we have to do now?' 'We just have to wait for two minutes and then we'll see what it says.' Two long minutes passed and we just stared at the pregnancy tests, not knowing what would be on the other side. Eventually I grabbed the tests and flipped them over in one sudden movement. Positive. Both of them say positive. I'm pregnant? I'M PREGNANT.  'I'M PREGNANT! Hermione, I'm pregnant.' I said with a big smile on my face. 'Oh my god, congratulations Y/N!!!!' 'I don't know what to say, but I'm...I'm just so happy right now. I can't wait to tell Mattheo. How do I tell Mattheo?' 'Maybe you can tell him tomorrow at the wedding?' Hermione suggested. 'YES, that's an amazing idea. And I think I know how I'm going to do it, during the wedding.' 
After talking some more about how happy we were, Hermione went home and I waited for Mattheo to get home. He got home at around midnight and he told me all about his evening with his friends. I just listened to him talking. I'm the luckiest girl in the world, to have met someone like Mattheo. 
The next morning I woke up bright and early. Mattheo had already gone over to Harry's house, to get ready there, while I was going to get ready at my own house. Hermione, my mom and Pansy came over to help me get ready and to get in my dress. I was wearing a gorgeous flowy, white A-line weddingdress with some white, lace flower on the top. I curled my hair and put half of it up. 'You look perfect sweetheart.' My mother told me. 'Thanks mom. I absolutely love everything and I can't wait to get married to Mattheo.' 'Then, what are we waiting for? Let's go to the venue, because you can't be late to your own wedding.' Pansy said. 'Okay, let's go.' I said. 
We got to the venue and the moment I stepped out of the car, the music started playing. I saw Mattheo standing at the end of the aisle and I was just waiting for my mom, pansy and Hermione to get up there as well and for my father to walk me down the aisle. I started to get a little nervous, but that soon went out of my head, the moment Mattheo saw me and smiled at me. This is where I belonged. My father gave me to Mattheo and he whispered to me: 'You look absolutely gorgeous, love.' 'Thank you. You look amazing as well, babe.' While the wedding official started to thank everyone for coming, I tapped the side of my head twice. Mattheo knew that, that was the sign to read my mind, because I had to let him know something. 'I have to tell you something Mattheo.' 'What is it Y/N?' 'I found something out last night.' 'What did you find out? Are you okay?' 'More than okay. I'm incredibly happy even. Because we're going to be parents. I'm pregnant.' 'You're pregnant?! Are you serious.' 'Deadly.' 'That's amazing Y/N.' Mattheo got out of my mind and just held me tight, while whispering in my ear that he loved me forever and always. Nobody knew what was happening and why Mattheo and I were so happy out of nowhere. Hermione ofcourse had an idea of what might've just happened and Theo noticed that Mattheo and I were talking to eachother in my mind. But, neither of them could know for certain what it was about. 
After Mattheo let go of me again, the wedding officiant started talking again and started asking us the most important questions of today: 'Miss Y/N Lily Potter, do you take Mr Mattheo Marvolo Riddle to be your lawfully wedded husband?' 'I do.' 'And Mr Mattheo Marvolo Riddle, do you take Miss Y/N Lily Potter to be your lawfully wedded wife?' 'I do.' 'Okay, then now I will pronounce you husband and wife.' The moment those last words were said, I was already in Mattheo's arms being kissed by him. This was once again the most perfect moment ever. 

19 years later

Today is the day that our kids will all go to Hogwarts again. Right now, we have four little daredevils who are all going to Hogwarts, with the youngest going for the first time ever. Our oldest children James, Mattheo Jr and Sarah Riddle all got sorted into Slytherin and our youngest Wyatt Riddle will find out today. But, no matter what house he will be sorted into, he'll always have a safe place at home, where he can be himself. 
We just arrived at Kings Cross station, where we met up with Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Pansy and Theo. They all had children over the years as well and now we were all saying goodbye to them. 'Be good, sweethearts!' I yelled after the oldest three who had already run off to get on the train. 'We will mom!' They shouted in unison. Wyatt hadn't gone on the train yet. He was somewhat nervous and so he asked if he could talk to Mattheo for a second. Mattheo walked towards him and kneeled down a bit to be at his eyelevel. 'What's up little man?' Mattheo asked him. 'What if I don't get sorted into Slytherin. You all were Slytherin, but what if I'm not?' 'Then you'll be just as amazing as you are right now. Your mother was the only person in her family to get sorted into Slytherin. The rest were all Gryffindors. She didn't tell her family for 5 and a half years, because she was just as scared as you are right now. But, in the end her family accepted her the way she was and they saw that it didn't matter if she were a Gryffindor or a Slytherin. The same goes for you. We want you to be yourself and if that turns out to be a Hufflepuff, a Ravenclaw or a Gryffindor instead of a Slytherin, then that's perfectly okay.' 'Okay, thanks dad.' Wyatt gave Mattheo a big hug, gave me a quick kiss on the cheeck and ran off to sit with his brothers and sister on the train. Mattheo turned around to look at me and saw me standing with tears in my eyes. Not because I was sad, but because I was so moved by what he had said. He held me in his arms and that was all that I needed. We waved goodbye to the kids as the train left and walked back to the brickwall to get back into the 'regular' Kings Cross station. But, just before we could do that, we bumped into Draco. Over the years Draco has showed that he can be a good friend to us, so when we bumped into eachother at the train station, we made plans to get lunch sometime soon to catch up again. 

However, for now, Mattheo and I are going to go to our home and enjoy the quietness in the sun. We bought this beautiful white house with the backyard facing a gorgeous lake. We have picnics there as often as we can and today is no different. We sat down at the lake and just had a little picnic, while Mattheo started reading Romeo and Juliet to me.