Sorcerer's Sweets

Epilogue: With All My Heart

Twenty-One Years Later

The Marriage Law ended once the Wizengamot agreed that it was a rather silly idea in the first place; of course, this was after the population of the Wizarding World had gone up. There was a high divorce rate within the Wizarding World once the law was appealed, but many couples found themselves quite happy with their current situations, opting to stay together. Those couples included Harry and Severus, Ron and Hermione, Ginny and Draco, Neville and Luna, George and Angelina, Lee and Alicia, Anthony and Susan, and Kingsley and Andromeda.

The following September after Harry and Severus were married, Harry gave birth to their first child, a son they named Sebastian Andromedas Potter-Snape. Ron and Hermione's first child showed up the following April, a daughter they named Rose Lucretia Granger-Weasley. Ginny and Draco's son, Scorpius Alexander Malfoy, came along the following winter, and Neville and Luna's older daughter, Pandora Alice Longbottom, arrived just before Luna's next birthday. The babies were seen, quite literally, as new life cropping up within the Wizarding World, and things continued to run smoothly.

Angelina and George welcomed a son, Fred II, shortly after their own marriage, and later had a daughter, Roxanne. Ron and Hermione had a son, Hugo Septimus Granger-Weasley, about three years after Rose's birth. Neville and Luna had another child, Frank Gulliver Longbottom during the spring, while Ginny and Draco later had a daughter, Arabella Charlotte Malfoy, later on down the line. Harry and Severus had a daughter, Lily Luna Potter-Snape, and a second son, Lionel Zephyr Potter-Snape.

It was to great delight of the Wizarding World when Kingsley and Andromeda welcomed triplets, two daughters and a son, who they would raise alongside Teddy. Their birth and later naming ceremony made the front pages of both The Daily Prophet and The Quibbler, and both Harry and Severus agreed that the names were wonderful. Asterope Sirene, Cassiopeia Atabey, and Orion Erinle were born safe and sound, thanks to Severus's fertility potion, and he himself was credited in the articles.

Since then, Severus never had a shortage of potions orders, meaning that Harry could focus on raising the children, and turning to Molly and Arthur on the rare occasions that he did need to go into Sorcerer's Sweets, or to do some intense recipe developing and testing. Over the years, Harry began adding all manners of cakes to his repertoire, as well as expanding his knowledge from French cuisine. He had attended The Culinary School of America to learn about the ins-and-outs of wine; The Italian Culinary Institute to learn how to make gelato; The Culinary Arts Academy – Switzerland to learn about chocolate making; and The Culinary Institute of the Mediterranean to learn all things when it came to Mediterranean cuisine.

Although he had been reluctant at first, Harry had ultimately agreed with Draco that Sorcerer's Sweets could easily be a franchise. They started with Hogsmeade, and bought up property there and quickly, with many of their patrons Hogwarts students. The next place they decided to open up in was the French Wizarding World quarter, with a little help from the Delacour family. Harry had been pleased for the assistance, as well as the notion that Bill and Fleur were still very happy together, having welcomed a second daughter, Dominique, and a son, Louis.

Harry and Severus, meanwhile, had never been happier in all their lives, due to the fact that their respective businesses were booming, and their three children were doing wonderfully as well. It was a longstanding bet when Sebastian started Hogwarts which house he would sort. It was to no one's surprise when little Sebastian sorted Slytherin, never mind when Lily got Ravenclaw and Lionel got Gryffindor. Their home was filled with many animals over the years, and, as a gift for their first Christmas together, Severus surprised his new husband with a Kneazle kitten that Harry had called Ivy. By the following Christmas, Harry had found a Kneazle kitten for Severus, who, in turn, called it Fiorello. By the time each of his children started Hogwarts, each had a familiar of their own; Sebastian had an owl called Desmond, Lily her own Kneazle called Violet, and Lionel a ferret named Jasper.