WARNING: SPOILERS!!! ~A Watty's 2019 Submission!

Epilogue for The Pure Hearted Heroine

"I can't believe I'm going to London!" Nicky said into her phone excitedly. "I wish you could be here."

"I know, sweetie, but you're going to have an amazing time!" Oliver told her. "Make sure to visit Diagon Alley if you get the chance!"

"Okay, Dad, I've got to go." She told him as the train pulled into the station, pulling her suitcase out from under her seat and throwing her purse over her shoulder. "I'll call you when I get to school. Okay, I love you, bye!" Then she hurried off the train, eager to get to her school.

Nicky had decided to go to London for college, taking it as a chance to see places her father had spent much of his teen years in for schooling at Hogwarts. Plus, it was a chance for sightseeing, and great schooling.

As she stepped off the train, she looked around the great big city, completely enamored with it, despite the gray skies.

She checked her phone to see the map of where she needed to go to find the school, known as Wimbledown. She was a bit confused by the name, but her father had said that it was type of school she would like.

That was when she bumped into someone, and her things went flying!

"By the Ancients!" She swore, not completely out of her habits from her adventure nearly five years ago.

"Merlin's beard!" A deeper voice swore, and Nicky looked up to see a man with messy black hair and emerald green eyes. She thought he looked familiar, but she couldn't think why. "Sorry about that, I didn't see you there!" Nicky shook her head, bending down and picking up her things.

"No, its my fault!" She told him. "I shouldn't have been on my phone!" The man bent down and began helping her. That was when he picked up the brochure her father had given her before she left.

"You're going to Wimbledown as well?" She nodded, throwing her purse back over her shoulder.

"Yeah, my dad recommended it for me! He told me that there was some sort of position in the government that I might be interested in." The man nodded, handing her her phone as they both stood up.

"Really? What position? I'm quite interested in a position at the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office myself." He told her as they both kept walking.

"Muggles?" Nicky asked, and the man nodded.

"Yeah. Though, I guess you call them No-Majs, right?" Nicky furrowed her eyebrows.

"What are you talking about?" The man furrowed his eyebrows as well.

"You trained at Ilvermorny, right? The American school for wizards?" She shook her head. "Then why are you going to a school to be taught how to work in a wizard government? Who are you, anyway?"

"My name is Nicky Mason." She told him, narrowing her eyes. "And my father never mentioned a school for magical government." The man held up the brochure again.

"Well, he thinks that you should be an Auror, according to this." He flipped through the pages, and Nicky saw, written in black sharpie in her father's handwriting, "Try for an Auror! Wanted to surprise you!"

"What in the name of the Ancients?" She whispered, taking back the brochure and staring at the words, then looked back at the man. "Well, who are you? How do you know so much about this?"

"I went to Hogwarts." He told her, as if it were obvious. "My name is Albus, Albus Potter." Nicky's eyes went wide.

"Albus Potter? You wouldn't happen to be related to Harry Potter, would you?" The man, Albus, raised his eyebrows.

"Well, you wouldn't happen to be related to Oliver Mason, would you? Friend of Harry Potter from fifth year?" She nodded, and Albus nodded back. "Then yes I am!"

"He's my father!" They said at the same time, then they both laughed, earning stares from the people passing by.

"Merlin's beard, I thought you looked familiar!" He told her. "Your dad sends us your Christmas photo and all sorts by owl!"

"No way, your dad does the same thing for us!" Nicky told him, still giggling. "Its nice to finally meet you in person!"

As they walked, they talked more about their lives and the positions that they were interested in taking up. Nicky knew a bit about Aurors, but the more Albus told her about it, the more excited she was.

Soon, they reached the school, and they turned to each other.

"Ready, Albus?" He nodded, and they both each put a hand on one of the big doors that led into their future.

"Ready." She pumped her other fist.

"Let's do this!" And they pushed the doors open and walked into the school.

PHH

"You may now kiss the bride." Albus threw Nicky's veil over her head, wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her in for a passionate kiss, the crowd behind them erupting in cheers.

"Good job, Albus!" James called, wolf whistling. Albus ignored him, however, and smiled down at his new wife as they pulled away from the kiss. Nicky smiled back at him, happy to be marrying the man she had met over four years ago when they had both arrived at the same school.

At the reception, they danced the night away, Nicky dancing with everyone. That was how she learned James stepped on toes and that Harry hadn't danced in a while, since he kept bumping into her. And that Abyssa had sharp shoes and like to stand on people's feet.

As everyone danced, Oliver sat back and watched as Nicky danced and laughed, feeling good. He wished that his and Nicky's Ni No Kuni friends could have been there to celebrate with them, but he was glad that his little girl had stopped moping.

Ever since she had left Ni No Kuni, Nicky hadn't been the same since. She has gone back to painting, painting things the way they were, rather than how she pictured them, and she was always moping, especially after he explained to her why she couldn't go back. He'd seen her paint multiple pictures of her friends, and she kept Drippy on her bed forever more. He had even caught her holding Mornstar when she thought he wasn't home. She of course never tried to return, worried that she would tear down the walls between the worlds, but he did know that she wanted to return.