𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝; 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫

𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞

𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚎

NIGHTMARES ARE SOMETHING THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN UNCOMMON FOR ME. Unwanted memories resurfacing in unexpected times. Visions of my past, of the things I've done, of the people I have harmed to survive. I feel a slight amount of guilt over the people I've killed, but I tell myself that it needed. I tell myself that if I hadn't done it... then we wouldn't have won.

We did win the war. The Dark Lord died. I wasn't alive to see it, I had already vanished, and so did he the moment that I was gone. But Harry didn't let me die. He tethered my soul to him, binding my life to his. He disobeyed all laws of magic and nature just to keep me alive. I'm not truly alive, I have no physical body anymore. I'm a mere projection, like my mother was.

There are days when my body is solid, when I feel human, but I'm not breathing. There are others when I'm faded, when it takes a little bit too energy to stay alive. My children notice, of course they do. They say I'm 'Flickering', and I know how much fear it brings them to see me in this state. But as long as Harry lives, I'll be alive with him.

I take in deep breaths and close my eyes. I don't need to breathe, not anymore, but doing it makes me feel more human. Harry lays beside me, his arm hooked around my waist and his head tucked into the crook of my neck. Nearly twenty years since the war.. and he still worries about me.

I shift slightly, pressing a gentle kiss to his forehead before whispering, "I love you." I shrink myself out of his embrace before growing and carefully walking out of the room. I like to check on the children when they sleep, it comforts me. I've got any enemies, some old, and some new because I'm the highest ranking Auror in Britain. But my children will remain safe. I will make sure of it.

I pass Teddy's room first. His door is slightly open and I peer inside. He sleeps on his back with his arm resting over his forehead, his blue hair sprawled all over the pillow. I did what I said I would, I raised him. I think of Teddy as my son, but I don't forget to remind him of who his real parent are. I loved Tonks like a sister, and Lupin was one of my favourite teachers, even if I didn't tell him. Teddy knows who they are, and he loves them.

Thea's room is next, my firstborn. I named after my mother despite all that she did to me. I found it hard to comprehend that it had all been a lie, but when I was... in that place after I had died, she told me it wasn't. She had hurt me, and she'd been a projection. But she caused the projection. I see her in Thea, in the way that she's strong. Thea is much like me, and my mother. But she's the good of us.

Harry says Thea is like what I was at that age, at fourteen. Thea is brilliant, intelligent and kind, and not afraid to speak what she believe true. She will do anything to protect her friends. She's similar to me in a way that scares me sometimes because I don't her to go through what I did.

I have been a good mother to these children. I have not harmed them like I was when I was a child.

I look inside of the room and see her resting on top of an open book, her metamorphmagus ability making her hair change colours as she dreams. I sigh slightly and step inside. I take my daughter in my arms before placing her on her bed and tucking her in like I did when she was younger. I press a kiss to her forehead before moving away.

I check on James next. He's sleeping deeply, his hair changing colour too. He murmurs things about his dreams, muttering about how he doesn't want to be eaten by leprechauns. He'll be going into his first year at Hogwarts in September. I chuckle silently and then move onto checking on Albus.

The seven year old lays on his bed, hugging his stuffed animal tightly in his arms, his hair a light pink. All of my children are metamorphmagus', a gift I passed onto them, which was passed onto me by my mother. I stand in the door for a moment longer than I should before stepping away.

I quietly go down the stairs and murmur enchantment spells under my breath. Hermione says I'm being paranoid, but after what I've been through, I don't think I am. My eyes skim to the window and I watch the sun filter itself through the sky in shades of orange and magenta. I stand there, watching it.

I don't notice Harry coming into the room until he wraps his arms around my waist. "What are you thinking about?" He presses a kiss to my neck and turns me around. I hang my arms around his neck and stare at him. "The war?" I swallow and nod my head. "Yeah." He stares down at me gently and I give him a soft smile.

"You were dedicated on bringing me back." I murmur out and Harry gently brings my hand and places it over his heart. "I love you Jupe, and you would've done it for me." I would, I will destroy the world if it means saving him. I can feel his heart beat beneath my palm. It's beating for me too now. But the moment it stops, I'll vanish too. We'll disappear together, which in a way, is best.

"We did good, Jupe." He says and lifts my hand, pressing a kiss to my palm whilst staring at me with gentle green eyes. "I know, I know we did." He brushes his finger against my silver wedding ring before lowering my hand and joining our fingers. I spin the rings on my free hand with my thumb, it's a habit I've had for decades now.

As Harry and I stand side by side, gazing out at the rising sun in the distance, a quiet warmth spreads through me. The golden light stretches across the horizon and cover us. My heart, which has been heavy and dark for so long, feels lighter now, as if the weight of everything has finally lifted.

I realise, with a sense of peace, that I've lived, truly lived—through pain, love, and loss. And for the first time in years, I can breathe freely, knowing that everything I have done has been worth it.

END OF UP TO NO GOOD ACT 6

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A/N- thank you so much for reading this fic! I had originally planned for a sad ending, but I couldn't bring myself to do it, so I gave you all a happy one instead!

I'm so sad that it's finished, Jupiter has been a character that I've connected with and I absolutely love her with my whole heart.

Thank you so much for reading and I hope to see you in some of my other work!💕

Make sure you eat and drink today!

-Nightmare

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