the caretaker quest epilogue

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Anon09/10/26, 07:54No.6462300

Previously, on the Caretaker..._____________________________________________________________________________________________________There is a blinding white flash coming out of your wand. You feel an incredible amount of magical energy pouring out of your body, yet it feels like you can still keep going, you MUST keep going. Suddenly, it feels like you are being pulled from the inside and shoved into a tube, it feels tight, but you recognize this feeling.Then, there is a loud snapping sound.…You can feel yourself standing…yeah, that's soft ground, different from the solid floor you were previously standing before. You then feel yourself getting tired, definitely magical exhaustion, nothing you haven't felt before but still uncomfortable. Finally, you feel a breeze, it's refreshing and it caresses your face and makes your hair sway just a bit.You open your eyes and see everyone standing just how they were, all holding hands, but instead of being in a room or around your home at the end of reality…They are all standing on the green gardens of Hogwarts, it was still in the process of being repaired after all the destruction it went through, you could still see some bald spots here and there and some irregular mounds that you know aren't supposed to be there, but other than that, the grounds look fine.You expected to see the ruins of the castle when you turned around, and you are not wrong, the castle is still destroyed, there is rubble everywhere, part of the cliff is still missing and you can see areas of the exposed classrooms with some yellow tape labeled as “DANGER” and “OFF-LIMITS”. What you did not expect was the Ministry of Magic being there, you could see aurors, researchers, high rank officers. Along them were also some of the Hogwarts staff, a couple of professors and even a few students. They were all helping rebuild the castle, by hand. And they are now all staring at the group of students and professors that came out of nowhere with a loud and bright snap.…Of course, you were all immediately detained by the Ministry of Magic. It was a bureaucratic hell for the next couple of weeks for anyone remotely involved, literal mountains of paperwork…it was the most monotonous and grueling process of your life.For a couple of days you'd rather be fighting against the black creatures than be doing these interrogations, but you guess it's only natural for them to be as thorough as possible when their entire world has been changed.Willow, in the meanwhile, had to be taken to a muggle hospital to take care of her just delivered babies, she is under heavy protection and attended by the best doctors the Ministry could find since Healers became pretty much useless without magic.

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Anon09/10/26, 07:55No.6462302

Olivia was released earlier after some questioning, last thing you knew about her she was helping rebuild Hogsmeade and The Three Broomsticks. You plan on visiting her later.“So, Mr. Tedmond. Today will be your last day of questioning before being released, we will be deeply grateful if you could help us clear up our last remaining doubts" A woman in a blue silk blouse and black pressed pencil skirt asks nicely as she sits in front of you, she has blonde hair tied in a tight looking bun. A plain brown table and foldable white chairs are the only thing in between the both of you."I'll answer as best as I can”“So, just to recap, for what you have told us and according to what your…partner and other students have said when they were questioned…Magic is gone…”“Yes”“You are partially responsible for its disappearance…”“Its a bit more complicated than that, but…yes, partially”“Can you elaborate?”“Not really, not because i dont want to, but rather, i cant, it was part of a bunch of prophecies, according to them, if too much info is revealed, it might result in the end of the world…or something like that”“...Right…it's a rather convenient thing I must say, now that magic is gone, our entire division of Unspeakables is unable to verify the veracity of this…prophecy of yours, are you completely certain that this is the case for the prophecy and everyone involved in it?”“As certain as i will ever be of anything, yes” You lie.She sighs, you can tell she doesn't entirely believe you, but there is literally nothing she can do now to be sure of it.“Moving on then, you said that during your…adventure, you came across sites of ancient magic and extremely dangerous curses, could you elaborate a bit more on that?”You look at her with an apologetic expression.“Part of the prophecies too I presume?”“Yeah, sorry, what i do can say though, is that those places are buried under St.Mungos”

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Anon09/10/26, 07:56No.6462303

“We did send an exploration team to dig under St.Mungos with help of the Muggle Prime Minister, so far they haven't been able to find anything but an empty cave system, our records indicate this cave system isn't supposed to exist and is currently in danger of collapsing, are these the sites of ancient magic?”Now that The Beast is gone and took all of its magic with it, you theorized that pretty much everything that was made with it would also disappear, looks like you were right. Better not to mention any of that, you don't want them looking into any of it and messing everything you did just to save your reality.“That should be it, yes”“Fine” She writes down something in a small notebook. "We'll have to double our efforts and keep looking for anything strange.”“I'm sure you'll find something soon” You say, sure that they won't find anything.“Well…this pretty much matches what you and the rest of the involved parties have told us previously, I don't think we´ll get much more info from these interviews, you are now free to go Mr.Tedmond.”You stand up and pick up your coat. “Thank you, Ma´am.”“Thank you for your cooperation, i hope you…all of us, can adapt to this new world without magic”“Its gonna be hard, but i think we'll get through, Muggles have done so for generations, cant see why wont we”“That is true…Mr.Tedmond, i have one last question, it's not part of the interrogation so it won't be part of the record, but…do you…do you think magic could come back some day?”You stop at the door and remember what was discussed when you were all being detained.You, Willow and Elliot sat on the back of a pickup truck, since nobody was expecting to arrest anyone at Hogwarts, they had to transport all of you with whatever was available at the time.“Now that we have the time, they will most likely question all of us, we need to all be on the same page here or we might get in serious trouble” You begin. “Magic is still around us…but i think we should keep this a secret from everyone”“Now, why would we do that? you are keeping a world changing secret for nothing” Elliot asks.“No, not for nothing, think about it, we have access to a unique kind of magic”

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Anon09/10/26, 07:57No.6462305

“It took a singular spell to get everyone trapped at the end of reality back home, with no real training, on the first try. That wasn't luck, that wasn't skill, that's just how powerful that magic is, if we let this fall into the wrong hands, not even Merlin himself would be able to fix it!”“So…you vould be doing zhe same zhing zhat Merlin vas doing all zhis time…keeping magic from everyone instead of letting it free? Isnt zhat vhat caused all of zhis to begin vith?”You think for a moment…she is right, you would be doing the exact same thing that Merlin was doing all this time…But this kind of magic is even more powerful than the one created by The Beast.“Wait…he might be right, the risk is too big, Merlin certainly had no idea how to even access this thing, we can't reveal this to the public” Elliot looks around as you are all being transported, you are all currently in the middle of the road, cruising through a forest, no one is around besides the ones driving and they are distracted listening to the radio behind the glass. “Besides, how long were we trapped in the end of reality? almost a year?”“Close to a year, ja, vhy?” Willow asks.“And what made us get to that place? the “almost” end of the world, I heard something while they were detaining us. People said that the black creatures attacked the entire planet, not just the UK. There is no way magic is still a secret, magic was made public long ago worldwide” Elliot explains.“Not just the wizard population is aware of it, muggles know of it too” You connect the dots.“Exactly! before, we just had to deal with the already small wizard population and we already had world ending threads like Voldemort and Grindelwald, can you imagine now if muggles have access to it? I get it now! This is what Merlin was doing, what he was trying to avoid. If you reveal that there is still another source of magic, everyone will try to get access to it by any means, its best to not give them any info on it”“Its still a massive zhing to keep secret, ve might be repeating zhe same mistakes zhat Merlin vas making…its a vorld changing decision eizher vay”“Right…so for now, let's all agree to not say anything, do not let them know that magic is still here, at least until I figure something out and we think this through, we'll take care of it” You suggest. “Agreed” “Ja”“Good, we are all on the same page then…”

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Anon09/10/26, 07:59No.6462306

“Mr.Tedmond?” The voice of the lady officer brings you back from your memory.“I'm sorry, what was the question again? I got lost in my own thoughts for a moment there” You turn back to look at her.“Do you think magic is gone for good? Do you think there might be hope for the Wizarding World to get its magic back?”>”I think it's gone for good. (Keep the secret and don't give them hope) >”There might be a chance, in the future” (Give them hope)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________And now, we continue. (In just a bit)

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Anon09/10/26, 08:13No.6462310

And this is the final link to archive this epilogue threadEpilogue. https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2026/6462297/

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Anon09/17/26, 07:31No.6465223

You take a deep breath and think back on everything that you have gone through, all the reasons, all the emotions, all the danger and luck you went through. Seeing that the world is still alive and moving forward, despite the lack of magic, it makes you think that perhaps, just perhaps, there might be a chance in the future…maybe.“I think its possible, im sure it will take some time for it to happen, but as long as we, as people, won't stray from a decent path, as long as we keep our feelings in check and be smart about it…I say there might be a chance, a VERY small chance, but still a chance.”The woman shows the smallest of smiles, her cheek barely rising as only one side of her mouth curls upwards. “Well, I hope we can get to that point soon enough, living as a muggle is going to take some time to get used to”“Muggle or not, you shouldn't worry about that, just give your best and enjoy life, feel every emotion and enjoy every second of it, that what makes live worth living, not magic”“You sound very wise for somebody so young.” The woman says with a small hint of amusement.“Ehh, i guess its true what they say about weird adventures, they change you”Her smile becomes a bit more noticeable, then she escorts you to the entrance of the Ministry of Magic, now that magic is gone, a bunch of buildings had some extreme and fast “renovations”, mostly, adding an actual door or entrance that actually takes you outside instead of magically transporting you to another place entirely. She takes you to a black car with a bulky man in the driver's seat.“As thanks and appreciation for your cooperation, the Ministry is giving you a personal driver to take you wherever you need, just for today though, we still need most of our personnel here, so make the most out of it, ok?”“Oh, sweet, thanks”You board the black car and ask the driver to take you to the hospital where Willow is currently at. He drives, and as he leaves the parking of the building, you see the woman waving goodbye at you, she looks…hopeful. You hope that little hint you gave her will be enough to steer things in the right direction. For now though, you can finally stop worrying about the world ending problems and finally focus on the even bigger ones……You need to properly meet your babies.

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Anon09/17/26, 07:32No.6465226

The ride to the hospital feels both eternal and instantaneous. The moment you step out of the car, you make your way to Willow´s room. You actually got lost for a few minutes until you asked a nurse about her room and she guided you straight to it. You thanked the nurse once you were at the door and she left without saying anything else other than congratulations for the new family.“Willow!” You make your way to her side.She is currently resting on the hospital bed, she appears to be mostly fine now, after all, it's been a couple of weeks now since you left the end of reality and the birth of your childs, you know it usually takes a couple of days for people to leave a hospital after birth, but it seems that the Ministry wanted to do extensive research on everything, that included a birth on some weird dimension out of space and time. Of course, there is only so much they could research without magic, so most of their info comes from Muggle readings.“Vell, you finally decided to show up” Willow teases you.“I know, I'm sorry it took so long, they wouldn't let me go until everything was recorded and accounted for, but that's finally over now. How are you feeling? Are you ok? Do you need anything?” You bombard Willow with questions since you are so worried about her.“Im fine, don't vorry about me, Muggle doctors are more capable zhan vizard folk give zhem credit for”“Im glad to hear that…And what about-”“Zhey are all sleeping right now, it took me hours to get zhem to do zhat, so dont make any noise”Willow points at the white curtain next to her bed. You slowly pull the curtain back and reveal 3 separate small cradles. 1 baby on each one. The first born: She had jet black hair, just like her mom, it was already growing a bit longer than her siblings. You could tell she would grow up to be the tallest of the trio. She looked almost exactly like her mom.The second born: He was the smallest of the trio, dark hair just like yours but not as dark as his mom´s. Already he was the chubbiest. If your genes didn't try with your first daughter, they certainly did their hardest with him, he looks just like you.The third born: She looked like your genes and Willow's finally agreed to team up a bit and took traits from both of you, your nose, her mouth…but she had platinum blonde hair.“She took zhat from my side of zhe family, my grandpa has blond hair and blue eyes, almost my entire family does, im actually zhe black sheep of zhe family genes, zhey just skipped me for some reason”

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Anon09/17/26, 07:33No.6465229

“Huh, really? Isn't that, like, super rare?”“Ja, very rare but not impossible”“Huh…Well if it would happen to anyone, it would be us”You turn back to look at your babies. They look perfect. Seeing them sleep so peacefully makes you feel things that you never thought you would feel, just like when you used magic to get everyone out of the end of reality.“What are their names?” You ask.“Vell, i actually havent named zhem yet”“What?”“Ja, i vas vaiting for you to return so ve could decide togezher”“O-oh, thank you so much for waiting for me!”“You didnt really zhink i vould name zhem all by myself, did you?”“No, of course not, but I did worry that the hospital would say something about it”“Nah, zhey vere fine vith it”“Good, so, did you have any names in mind?”“I did actually, i vas zhinking of Anja, Bjorn and Cecilia in zhat order, vhat do you zhink?”“...Are those German names?” You ask with a raised eyebrow.Willow smiles and bashfully covers the lower half of her face with the blanket.“Maybe…Vhat do you zhink?”>”They are perfect” >”I like them, but what about…(Suggest your own names)

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