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× 19 Years Later ×

"Scorpius Jakob-Hyperion Malfoy and Katerina Samantha Malfoy, get your scrawny little butts down here! We're going to be late!" Nadia called to her two mischievous twins, huffing impatiently.

"Calm down, love." Draco cooed, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind.

Nadia melted into his touch as the two gently swayed. "I still can't believe it. Nadia Konstantinova-Malfoy." Draco said dreamily. "That's a mouthful."

"A mouthful I'm proud of." She turned, a silly smile on her aging face as she pressed her lips to his.

She pulled away, eyebrows creased. "You know, I was thinking the other day; you kissed Harry Potter."

Draco scoffed. "What on earth are you talking about?"

Nadia grinned cheekily. "You know. Remember, the night you saved me from falling off my broom. You kissed me but I was disguised as Harry. That means you kissed Harry Potter."

Draco shook his head with a grimace. "Please, don't put that image in my head."

"I can put this one in it?" She pressed another kiss to his lips, until...

"Yuck!"

"That's disgusting!"

The pair broke apart to the sight of their children's scrunched up faces. They shared a laugh before letting each other go, not before Draco sneaked another peck, earning gagging noises from Scorpius.

"Have you got everything? Books, clothes, wands?" Nadia fretted, fixing up their hair and jackets.

"Yes, mum. I made sure, Scorp packed everything." Katerina said with a smile. "I mean, I basically did it for him." She whispered under her breath but Scorpius heard.

"You did not! I packed my clothes!" He protested.

"Yeah, your scarf." Katerina tutted. Scorpius pouted childishly.

Nadia chortled. "C'mon. We've got five minutes!"

Scorpius side-along apparated with Draco whilst Katerina did the same with Nadia. However, before they left, Katerina stopped Nadia.

"Mum, I'm scared." She said quietly.

Nadia frowned and kneeled down in front of the small girl. "There's nothing to be scared about, angel."

"But, what if I don't make any friends. Or what if I'm put in a bad house?"

Nadia brushed a strand of her light brown hair from her pale face. "There is no such thing as a bad house, Kat. And you are one of the most amazing children I know, of course you'll make friends."

"You're just saying that because you're my mum." Katerina grumbled.

"Listen, Albus and Rose are in the exact same position as you. Besides, you have Scorp. Everything will be okay." Nadia placed a soft kiss on her forehead before rising and sticking out her arm.

Katerina sighed and took her trolley, looping her arm through Nadia's.

With a crack, they arrived on the platform, unnoticed by the muggles bustling by.

Katerina pulled out her ticket and read over the words. "Platform 9¾? Surely, there's no such thing?"

Nadia chuckled, wrapping her arms around the girl. "See that wall there?" She whispered, pointing to the bricks between platforms 9 and 10.

"Yeah? It's a wall." Nadia chuckled again. She had sure inherited Nadia's sarcasm.

"Run at it."

"What?" The child exclaimed as though Nadia was crazy.

With a sly smirk, Nadia began to push the trolley and pulled Katerina along with her, feeling the familiar rush of travelling through the barrier.

Katerina opened her eyes, gasping at the sight of the scarlet steam-engine bleating its horn.

"What took so long?" Draco asked, popping up beside them, Scorpius clinging to his side.

"Last minute nerves." Nadia and Draco shared a knowing look before walking down the platform, drinking in the nostalgia.

"Ah, here they come." Ron greeted as the family approached them.

Draco, Harry and Ron shared a brotherly hug as Hermione, Ginny and Nadia embraced each other tightly.

Then, "There's my babies!"

Ashton appeared, taking the twins into her arms.

"Auntie Ash." Scorpius giggled, re-fixing his slicked back, platinum-blonde hair. "We're not babies anymore."

Ashton feigned some tears, whacking her hand on her forehead and sighing dramatically. "Oh, I know. Whatever will I do?" She cried.

The twins giggled uncontrollably at her antics and the train bleated its horn again.

Nadia brought her twins in for a bone-crushing hug, a stray tear tumbling down her cheek. "Now, you two have fun. But don't get into any trouble. I don't want to be sending any howlers." She warned, remembering the dreaded day that Ron had recieved one in their second year.

The twins nodded obediently before embracing Draco tightly.

The train blew its final whistle as children started flooding onto the scarlet locomotive.

"We'll miss you lots! Don't forget to write!" Nadia called as Scorpius and Katerina sat in a compartment, Albus, James and Rose joining them.

Nadia and Draco stood hand-in-hand on the platform, waving proudly at their twins as they began their journey to Hogwarts.

Just as she had seen in the Mirror of Erised all those years ago.

××× The End ×××