James got one more O.W.L. than his father: History of Magic. The exam was the easiest one, seeing as the majority of questions were about Harry.
When Harry and Hermione came over to help Arthur Weasley set up the television he asked them hundreds of questions, most of them about how electricity worked. He had to be restrained from trying to electrocute himself because he wanted to see "Just exactly how it felt".
Albus Severus Potter often visited the portrait of Severus Snape, and they would have long talks about Hogwarts and Potions in particular. Once when Albus was just about to get on the Hogwarts Express, he was talking to his father about Snape and how he thought he was a charming man. Harry asked him what Snape’s portrait was like, he told him that it was dark and bland, with potion vials scattered around and books in heaps on the floor. Harry wasn't surprised; he pictured the potions dungeons in his head from when he was at Hogwarts. However, when Albus proceeded to tell Harry that on the desk in Snape’s portrait stood a vase of lilies, which seemed to be the brightest and prettiest thing in the picture, Harry let out a little smile, hugged Albus and continued to help him get his trunk onto the carriage.
Ron was helping Hugo with his spells one day, and Hugo mispronounced Wingardium Leviosa. Ron said, "It's Leviosa, not Leviosah." Hermione caught his eye, and they laughed for a good few minutes, much to Hugo's curiosity.
During Colin Creevey’s funeral many people came to lay flowers by his grave. Harry wasn't one of those people instead he brought a photo and placed it gingerly beside the flowers. Even though many years had passed and Colin had grown up into a brave and heroic man Harry still couldn’t help but think of him as the excitable young first year who had wanted a photo of him. The photo that was left at Colin’s grave bore Harry’s signatures crawled in the corner. It was the only autograph Harry ever gave.
When Ron suggested that his daughter punch Scorpius Malfoy in the face if he ever gave her trouble, Hermione was about to reprimand him for promoting violence – until she realized she herself wasn't exactly innocent.
Harry kept all of the sweaters Molly knitted for him over the years. When she saw them folded in his cupboard one day, she cried.
George sent along a box of Custard Creams with Roxanne as a gift to Neville on her first day of Hogwarts. She didn't speak to her father for a week when her Herbology professor turned into a canary in the middle of class.
Straight after the war, not all was well. Harry was conflicted over intense feelings of guilt and remorse for the people who had fought with him, even going as far to say he wished he'd never met the Weasleys’. Ginny promptly punched him in the nose.
When a young Teddy Lupin was told his father was a werewolf, he thought he had the coolest dad ever.
Ron sympathised with Hugo when the little boy refused to let anyone touch his teddy bear.
At Luna's wedding to Rolf, Hermione and Ginny, as her bridesmaids, wore yellow dresses which Luna made herself.
Lily, Rose and Roxanne's parents never bought them any pink cardigans.
Rose Weasley may have inherited her mother's brains, but it's not where her fear of spiders originated from.
Neville Longbottom's son was sorted into Gryffindor before the Sorting Hat even touched his head.
On Ron's birthday, the entire family joins in for a rousing rendition of "Weasley is Our King"
Family dinners are occasionally opened with "NITWIT! BLUBBER! ODDMENT! TWEAK!"
Arthur Weasley attempted to refrain from asking too many questions when he and Molly sat down to dinner with Hermione's parents, but eventually could not keep it in any longer. The Grangers were thoroughly amused.
If Harry were to look in the mirror of Erised today, he wouldn't see anything different.
James and Fred both broke their namesakes' detention records.
Dominique Weasley felt overshadowed by her beautiful, popular older sister and her incredibly bright younger brother. Her Uncle Ron was able to sympathise with her.
George developed a device sold at the shop which detected any cheats or scams. It was called the Lying Ludo.
Hagrid visited Norberta in Romania. She recognised her ‘Mummy.’
Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint managed to set aside their differences every now and then to discuss Quidditch tactics and have heated arguments about their own teams over mugs of firewhiskey.
Neville tried to return the sword of Gryffindor to Harry after the battle, but Harry didn’t accept – the one thing that the Ministry had gotten right was that the sword was never Dumbledore’s to give. It now rests in Professor Longbottom’s office, waiting to be called by another worthy Gryffindor.
After the war, Neville went and visited his parents at St. Mungo’s to explain the end of Voldemort’s reign. He knew they wouldn’t understand, but they deserved to know – it was what they had been fighting for all along.
There was always a vase of fresh lilies in the Potter home.
Percy made a point to see his father at the ministry every day after they both returned to work.
When Hermione told Ron she was pregnant, it was the single most terrifying moment of his life. It was also the happiest.
Narcissa Malfoy never truly forgave Molly for killing her sister, but understood why she did it.
Mrs. Weasley didn't make Harry that first Weasley sweater because she was being nice -- she made it because she was so grateful that Ron, her youngest son who always felt second best to his older brothers, had a best friend all to himself. It wasn't pity or random kindness. She just wanted to find a way to thank the boy who made Ron's letters home such a joy to read.
Dean Thomas taught his children how to play both Quidditch and football.
Hannah Abbott harboured secret feelings for Neville since about their third year. She was one of the few people who, at that time, recognised him as a hero. Albus Dumbledore was another.
Hugo and Rose always run to their father for sweets – Hermione is still the daughter of two dentists.
Molly never fails to deliver her children, children-in-law and grandchildren Weasley sweaters at Christmas. She begins working on them in about October.
After Oliver Wood’s son graduated, Albus potter was given the role of Gryffindor Quidditch Captain. James never resented him for it. He knew he was incapable of holding any position of responsibility.
Rose once came across a selection of books penned by Gilderoy Lockhart in her mother’s library. Her father confiscated them and muttered something about “pompous prat.”
In the Granger-Weasley household, it was always Hermione who stepped up to kill the spiders.
Neville didn’t buy his son a pet toad.
Harry and Ron worried about Hermione and Ginny attending Hogwarts together without them, partially because they had to be separated. The main reason was that they didn’t want their girlfriends gossiping about them.
Whenever Harry goes to Kings Cross station, he has an odd feeling of déjà vu.
While dating Dean and Michael, Ginny was constantly comparing them to Harry.
Draco’s nurturing upbringing of Scorpius was inspired by his own father: he did everything Lucius didn’t.
The Gryffindor Quidditch team was full of Potters and Weasleys. They won the House Cup for many years in a row, presented by a tearful Professor McGonagall.
Hermione and her parents spent hours attempting to explain to Arthur Weasley how airplanes stay up. He still didn’t quite understand the concept.
James and Fred annoyed everyone by constantly Apparating from room to room, sometimes accidentally landing on top of people.
Harry and Teddy understood eachother so well, despite the seventeen year age gap. Both had parents who died protecting the wizarding world from evil.
Teddy Lupin was slightly distraught at not becoming a prefect, for he knew his father had been one. “I’m sure you just lack certain qualities,” Harry told him, “like the ability to behave yourself.” Teddy was puzzled until Harry explained those were the words of his mother.
Every single one of his cousins nicknamed James Sirius Potter ‘Jamesie’. He hated it.
Harry always fed any friendly stray dogs he saw. They were a sad reminder of Sirius.
On those rare occasions that Harry would visit Dudley’s family, he still called him ‘Big D.’
Hermione took it upon herself to teach her children the piano. Rose excelled, while Hugo dreaded it every time.
Ron’s kids found the infamous Yule Ball dress robes hanging in his cupboard once. The teasing lasted for weeks.
Following the death of his brother, Percy made a vow to lighten up and make a few more jokes. He had a terrible sense of humour, but everyone appreciated the effort.
Marrying each other did not put an end to their bickering; in fact, Ron and Hermione are constantly arguing. They couldn’t live without it though.
Lee Jordan became a professional Quidditch commentator.
In his fourth year after learning Hermione met Viktor in the library, Ron attempted to read more novels in order to become more intelligent. He would eventually give up, flustered, and pick up a well-read copy of Quidditch through the Ages.
Lily once asked Remus out in front of James, just to annoy him. Remus was so shocked, he stood there and didn’t say anything, eventually excusing himself to use the restroom.
When Hagrid told Albus potter stories about his namesake, he would always end by saying “Great man, Dumbledore, great man.”
Lily once met Sirius in his Animagus form before she knew their secret. She let him lick her face and played with him for half an hour before an unusually angry James Potter dragged the dog away.
When she found out that it was Sirius she hexed him.
Harry's first word was 'Pafoo' (Padfoot). He first said this when Sirius unexpectedly entered into the Potter's kitchen. Although James, Lily and especially Sirius were proud of the 11 month old baby, Lily was a bit disappointed.
But she was not as disappointed as Ginny when her son James first word was ‘buddy 'ell’ (bloody hell) after spending too much time with his Uncle Ron.
As a joke, Ginny once purchased Harry a temporary tattoo of a Hungarian Horntail.
Hugo Weasley also inherited his mother’s brains, though he isn’t recognised for them because he’s so easily distracted. Ron suggested a homework planner, causing Hermione to drop the pot she was holding and beam with happiness.
During the many dinners spent at Grimmauld Place, Sirius grew to become particularly fond of the Weasley twins. They exchanged countless stories about the pranks they pulled at school, and compared detention records.
Upon walking down the great hall to be sorted, Neville Longbottom considered asking the Sorting Hat to place him in Gryffindor. He decided not to; and to his complete surprise, he became a lion anyway.
After failing to secure her father’s attention during a particularly noisy family dinner at the burrow, Rose angrily screeched “Won-Won!” The entire room fell silent, and Ron’s face flushed a brilliant red, until Hermione simply burst out laughing.
Hugo never really understood why his father was so adamant about the fact that no good ever came from entering a girls’ bathroom.
Neville Longbottom gives the best advice to his students, and is viewed as mentor. A frightened young first year once approached him with concerns about a bully. Neville looked him in the eyes and told him that he was worth twelve of that coward.
Hermione read the Chronicles of Narnia as a child, and always found herself fantasizing about living in a magical world.
During his many years being an Auror, Harry always envisioned Moody standing right next to him, barking “CONSTANT VIGILANCE!”
Molly and Lucy were possibly the closest of siblings growing up. It may have been because of their father’s influence, saying that there was nothing more important in life than family.
Remus couldn’t help but to wonder what Sirius would have thought of his relationship with Tonks. Deep down, he knew Sirius would have supported him, no matter what.
Charlie always encouraged his little sister to pursue her talent in Quidditch, even though none of their other siblings knew about it. Ginny was the most upset out of the whole family when he announced his move to Romania.
Originally, Hermione had feelings for Harry. However, when Ron stopped talking to her in their third year she realized how much she wanted him more.
When Ron proposed to Hermione, he fumbled with the ring and almost dropped it down sewer. When Hermione said yes, he was shocked and Hermione simply replied with ”Always the tone of surprise.”
Albus collects Chocolate Frog cards but not the ones of his relatives. When asked, he says he has the real thing at home, so what does he need the card for?
Hermione and Ron have no light switches in their house. They prefer using the Deluminator.
Fred had actually never heard Percy joke. At Fred's funeral, Percy promised him he'd lighten up. And since then, he had. Every year on the anniversary of his death, Percy visited Fred's grave in the dead of night. Instead of placing roses, he put a pile of dragon dung next to it. Every year, he whispered, "Yeah, I was the world's biggest prat." When George arrived later in the day, he always wondered who the prankster was.
In Remus Lupin's third year at Hogwarts, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher assigned an essay on werewolves. It was one of the only assignments Remus didn't bother doing. His Professor figured he knew enough about werewolves and gave him full marks anyway.
Harry's Auror codename for Ron in later years became Won-Won. Their children never understood why this was funny.
Ron believed the best advice he could give to his nephews and eventually, his son when they went off to school was "Don't mess around in girls' bathrooms."
After the Dursleys left Privet Drive to go into hiding and their house was sold, the new residents were exceedingly confused to find robes and spellbooks in one of the bedrooms. They guessed that the previous owners must just have been a little odd.
Scorpius doesn’t understand why his father always squirms at the mere mention of ferrets.
Ron still doesn’t get a discount at Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes.
There’s nothing as frightening as the wrath of Molly Weasley, but nothing as comforting as her motherly hug.
George's proposal to Angelina wasn't planned.
George and Angelina had been together for awhile and had never discussed marriage. One night at a big Weasley family party, a conversation arose between George, Percy, and Ron. Percy and Audrey had recently gotten married and Ron and Hermione were engaged. Ron started joking with George about marrying Angelina, when Percy asked if he had even thought about the idea.
George replied with a smile, "Of course I have, you just brought it up!"
Percy, who still didn't have the best sense of humor, continued, "George you're an adult and you should really start acting like it."
"Fine," George replied, and taking inspiration from his twin brother he stood up and said: "Oi! Angelina!"
She looked up from her conversation with Ginny and Fleur.
"Want to marry me?" asked George.
Though she was very surprised she smiled coyly and said, "All right, then" and continued on with her conversation.
George sat back down and looked at his brother Percy who looked absolutely stunned. Remembering a very similar conversation in his fourth year of school Ron patted George on the back and said, "Piece of cake."
When Fred and Roxanne were very young, Fred constantly played sneaky pranks on his little sister. One day, when Roxanne was reduced to tears after Fred stole her Pygmy puff, George introduced his daughter to the punching telescope. Angelina scolded her husband fiercely when Fred came downstairs one morning with a black eye.
Whenever the Golden Trio hang out again, it feels as though nothing has changed – Harry attempts to mediate petty arguments between his two best friends, Hermione reprimands them for not reading enough and, much to her dismay, Ron and Harry talk non-stop about Quidditch.
As he took after his father, Moaning Myrtle thought that Scorpius was Draco Malfoy. He was very confused indeed when the ghost of a girl kept trying to have heart-to-heart conversations with him.
Terry boot found Hermione fascinating in their fifth year when he found out how intelligent she was; however, he thought it was obvious she had something going on with her Weasley friend.
To tell Harry she was pregnant, Ginny took him to Godric's Hollow.
She knew he wanted to name them after his parents, so what better place to tell him? It was time to make new, happier memories there anyway.
Hermione broke the news to Ron that she was pregnant for the first time by using a Christmas gift. It was a Chudley Cannons baby outfit.
On May 2nd, 1998 every witch and wizard held a moment of silence for the ones who died during the First and Second Wizarding War. When the respectful silence ended millions of different coloured sparks could be seen shooting up into the night sky.
When Ron and Hermione were deciding on what color to paint their room in, Ron had joked saying 'Lavender'. Hermione didn't speak to him for a week, and vowed to get revenge.
When Hugo was born and they were deciding on baby names, Hermione said in all seriousness, that she was dying to name the baby Viktor II. Ron never used the name Lavender again.
The members of the D.A. consider their charmed galleons as one of their most prized possessions. Luna Lovegood made a necklace out of hers.
When asked about the significance of Chocolate Frog cards, Ron explained to his children that they were wizards of great significance in the Wizarding World. Rose replied by inquisitively asking him why he was on one.
James, Rose, Albus, Hugo, and Lily all complained about never going camping. Their parents simply wouldn't budge on their firm 'NO.'
Shortly after the war, Hermione gave Ron her book of Muggle fairy tales so that he could understand that no, Cinderella was not an illness.
Harry Potter regrets the day he taught his sons "Levicorpus."
Hagrid always volunteered to take any of the Weasley grandchildren on detention. Safe to say, they learned nothing except to avoid the rock cakes.
None of the kids understood why there was an unidetifiable Weasley cousin called Barney in Fleur and Bill's wedding photos.
Scorpius Malfoy excelled in Care of Magical Creatures, much to his father’s disbelief.
In the Weasley-Johnson household, Angelina often felt as though she was taking care of three children. She wouldn’t have had it any other way.
James was secretly one of McGonagall's favorite students. He excelled in Transfiguration, though he didn’t care to hand his homework essays in unless she threatened to take away Quidditch. He was clever and knew the right answers. He frustrated her to no end, but she always knew his heart was in the right place. She was proud of him when they won the Quidditch Cup and when he finally got Lily to say “I do.” She was half rooting for him the whole time.
Ron couldn’t help but feel slightly proud that none of his siblings destroyed a part of Voldemort’s soul.
James snuck his namesake’s motorbike out of the garage to take it for a spin quite often. One summer, he crashed it unknown to his parents. When they finally found out, he received a Howler at breakfast in the great hall one morning. It had been Ron’s idea.
The twelve Weasley grandchildren, and Teddy, bickered like siblings, acted like friends, and stood up for one another under any circumstances, like family.
Severus Snape didn’t see himself and Lily happily married together in the mirror of Erised. He only saw Lily, happy and smiling, proving how strong his love for her really was.
Lily Evans and James Potter were paired together in their first Charms class, when Flitwick taught the first years the Levitation spell.
With her kids having left home, Molly was unaccustomed to not constantly cooking, cleaning and caring for eight other people. Her eleven grandchildren gave her an excuse to start mass-producing breakfasts again.
Ron was ridiculously attracted to Hermione after she punched Malfoy in the face, but he assumed it was just because of his hatred for Draco.
When Rose was a little girl, she used to wish she was a cat. Her mother would reply quite firmly that no, being a cat was not all that enjoyable.
Seamus Finnigan didn’t allow his son to play with matches, for fear of his underage magical talent coming to fruition.
Ron insisted that his children knew how to play a tactical game of chess, saying “you’ll never know when it’ll come in handy.”
Minerva McGonagall may never admit it, but she found the years teaching in between the marauders, the Weasley twins and the Weasley grandchildren rather dull.
To conjure a Patronus, Luna thought of the D.A. meetings. They were her happiest memories, where she met her best friends.
When Fred II got his first detention his dad sent him a letter. It said 'We're proud of you.' Fred didn't think the other person in 'we're' meant his mother.
Teddy got chocolate from everybody all the time. It took him years to figure out why.
Severas Snape never liked having Ginny Weasley in class because when he saw her out of the corner of his eye, for a split second he always thought it was Lily.
While working at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, the twins often wore name tags labelled "Gred" and "Forge
After James and Lily went into hiding, they would sometimes pass the time by talking about what they would do after the war was over.
Then they would look at Harry and try to guess what he would be when he grew up. James insisted that he would be a Quidditch player as well, and Lily said that under no circumstance would she live with two Quidditch players, because then nothing else would ever be discussed and she wouldn’t get a word in edgewise. She liked to think he would get a job in the Ministry. James said that that was the most boring thing he could think of.
Harry achieved both of their wishes
Whilst playing for the Holyhead Harpies Ginny was hit on the back of the head by a Bludger, she fell off her broom and ended up unconscious for a few days.
When she woke up the first thing she saw was Harry asleep in a chair next to her bed. This is when she decided to settle down, marry him, and have children. She was just waiting to make sure he wouldn’t leave again. The site of him there reassured her he never would
Every Christmas since the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry tried to have something to represent every victim he had known on the Christmas tree.
For Dobby, there was a pair of odd socks. For Mad-Eye, there was round chocolates covered with foil to look the eyeballs. For Fred, there was a little angel with a cheeky grin and a flame of ginger hair. For Colin, there was a tiny silver camera.... For Tonks, there was a small star which changed colour. For Remus, there was a wolf which was near the star, watching over it. For Snape, there was a Lily which was entwined in the tree's pines. And for Hedwig, there was a toy owl on top of the tree.
When they were in the end of their second year, Rose, Scorpius, and Al figured out a way to enchant their notebooks to work as a three-way note system. One person would write something and it would appear in the other two notebooks. The three friends used this method of communication all throughout their years at Hogwarts
When Hermione went back to Hogwarts, Ron gave her his favorite jumper to take with her.
Hermione thought it might have been the most romantic thing he’d ever done. It was old and had a few holes in it and was much too big for her, but she rarely took it off; she found it comforting
At Ron and Hermione's wedding, Chocolate Frogs were included as part of the dessert. When Hermione opened hers she held Ron's card in her hand and Ron held hers. Everyone burst out laughing when the couple showed the cards to the crowd. Ron still swears to this day that it was accidental
Harry was there for Umbridge's trial.
She pleaded not guilty, that she was under the Imperius Curse the whole time. She kept on asking Harry to back her up. Esmerelda Marchbanks called upon Harry to confirm Umbridge’s story.
"Potter, tell them the truth! Tell them I was under the Imperius Curse! I feel remorse! Please, tell them!"
Harry simply looked at Dolores Jane Umbridge and said "I’m sorry Professor, I must not tell lies."