Ron and Hermione
With the end of their time in school real life began for the two young lovers. And it was no where near the life they had been promised.
As children both had been promised a life of fame and luxury. Instead, they got a life of work and anonymity.
Ron did end up getting accepted to work in the Department of Magical Games and Sports, and while he was there he had a great deal of fun, but ended up getting little to no work done. Working in that department wasn't just talking about quidditch Ron was forced to learn, they actually were supposed to be doing the work of arranging for games to be held and not just attending them.
After a year and a half of not doing the job properly Ron was let go by the department. Like it had been with school, Ron just didn't understand that he was supposed to be on time and prepared. Then there was the actual work, amongst the things those in his departments were responsible for was things like security and arranging locations. Both of those were things Ron didn't care about so he never really bothered, he didn't seem to understand that a large sporting event might need to have security to intervene between the fans of rival teams.
In the end, he ended up going to his mum for help and she quickly put him to work. But since Ron couldn't be trusted around food, he was set to work in the pub. And, surprisingly, Ron found his place there.
He only worked a few hours each night and wasn't expected to do more than pour pints and serve liquor. It also helped that Dung had gotten a magical T.V. in the pub and they showed every quidditch match. Ron was always good for talking with the regulars about the match.
Ron had been promised a life of fame and fortune, but ended up finding himself content without it. Despite wanting to be famous, he had never been willing to do anything to earn it, the same with the money. While he couldn't buy every thing he wanted, he had enough to get by, and that turned out to be enough for him.
A few years after graduation he married Hermione and between the two of them they managed to afford a small place at the edge of Hogsmeade. He even figured they could afford to have children in a few years, something he knew would please his mother.
Ron still stayed in touch with his dad and brothers, but they were never as close as they had once been. They were just too different and too much had happened. His dad did drop by to see him from time to time at the pub, but they were closer to acquaintances then father and son. While he had invited the rest of his family to his wedding, it had really only been for the gifts he and Hermione had known they would get from the wealthier side of the family, and Molly had thrown a fit about it.
His mum wasn't overly happy with his choices, but Ron had finally learned to just ignore her and do what he preferred. Molly was still overbearing and controlling, but Ron had seen how much damage she had done in his life, and didn't plan on letting her continue.
Ron had actually made peace with his life.
Hermione wasn't nearly as relaxed as her husband.
After graduating Hermione had applied for all kinds of jobs in the ministry. And she was rejected for every single one. The response was always the same, she needed at least basic experience before she could get the positions she wanted.
The reason for that is that Hermione chose to only apply to positions that were in positions of superiority. She hadn't applied for a single open lower level position. She didn't think she should have to start as an intern or anything, she wanted to be an office manager or even a deputy head of department.
In the end one of Dumbledore's people who was still loyal to him ended up offering her a part time position. But it wasn't a position of power or anything. Rather than the grand position of power she thought she deserved, Hermione worked part time in the accounting department. She spent 20 hours each week going over the budgets of low level departments.
Other than that she also worked on balancing the books for Molly, her mother-in-law. And while she was doing that she was still attempting to get her mastery in transfiguration. It wasn't going overly well, but she was still putting in the work. Her main issue was that Hermione could only accept rules, she wasn't really good at developing anything new or forming opinions outside of what she had been told. Hermione had only ever agreed with authority figures so when she was presented with the challenge of creating her own academic theories or arguments she didn't know how. She would manage to get her mastery in time, but it would take her well over a decade.
Shortly after her graduation Hermione's parents ended up selling their dental practice and moving to Australia to be closer to their distant family. After so much time of Hermione disrespecting and ignoring her parents their relationship had been almost completely destroyed. They still sent letters and presents on holidays, but, like with Ron's relationship with his father, it was more or an acquaintanceship rather than parent and child.
Both her parents might wish that they had a better relationship with their daughter, but they weren't willing to just pretend like what she had done was fine. They ended up quite happy with their lives with their extended family and it became perfectly normal for them to take their cousins children for weekends. In all, they became welcome members of their family that were always there to lend a hand when needed.
Life did not turn out in any way like Hermione had planned, but the simple fact was, Hermione was happy being unhappy. Rather than finding good things in her life, Hermione had only looked at things she was denied. She was just one of those people that didn't know how to be happy and seemed to prefer the drama so she would have something to complain about.
Ginny
After her own graduation Ginny had taken her first steps out into the real world, and she hadn't really liked them. Ginny absolutely refused to get a job and instead focused on finding herself a wealthy husband who would look after her.
Luckily for the beautiful young girl she actually did find someone, at least, for a time. Ginny ended up marrying Barnaby Jones, nephew of Hestia Jones who was a big supporter of the former Headmaster. While the family wasn't titled, much to Ginny's aggravation, they were well off.
Unfortunately the marriage wasn't to last. The reason for that was that only a year after the marriage Ginny had given birth to a son. This had caused a great deal of drama since, unbeknownst to Ginny, Barnaby had been rendered sterile due to an incident with an infestation of chizpurfles when he was a child. After a test was done it turned out the boy was in fact Barnaby's friends, Virgil Goshawk's, child. And thus, the marriage ended rather abruptly.
After a rather quick and vicious custody battle Virgil, and his family, got primary custody of the infant boy, later dubbed Bryn Goshawk. Ginny got the boy every other weekend.
With the destruction of her marriage and the loss of her child Ginny did the only thing she knew how to do, she went crying to her mother.
Molly was absolutely incensed that her daughter didn't have the custody of the child, but had no sway within the government or courts to change anything. Instead she set to work trying to turn the infant against his father and his family every chance she got. She wasn't about to allow her grandson to turn out the way Arthur's children had. Not that it worked.
Ginny ended up working at the restaurant. But, she peered to be over on the pub side flirting with anyone she thought might be worth her time. She never really gave up her desire to marry Hadrian, but she never really had a chance to prove that she was better for him.
Over the course of her life Ginny was destined to marry three more times and go through three more divorces. But Bryn would be her only child. After experiencing the sickness that came along with pregnancy and the pain that came with child birth Ginny swore she would never do that again.
And that was one promise she kept.
Molly
Molly never got over the loss of Albus Dumbledore. She was always sure that he would return one day to fix things, but he never did.
With him gone there was no one there to give her what she wanted. Molly no longer had any control over anything and she hated that fact. Oh, she could still browbeat people, and she often did, but she no longer had the influence that came with having Albus's ear.
Years later, after a magical death certificate for Albus Dumbledore was found, Molly set to work getting her children the Dumbledore estate. She was sure she would be able to use that money and prestige to put her back on top, but it didn't work out how she planned. Molly was able to get the estate for on and Ginny, but it wasn't anything like she wanted. Despite his pretence, at the time of his disappearance Albus was practically broke. Both Ron and Ginny got a few hundred galleons, and that was it. They couldn't even use the name Dumbledore. Molly didn't know it, but it was because Aberforth was still alive. He could have taken the money too, but had decided to leave it since he and his wife were just fine in France and didn't need any more money.
Life for Molly was nothing like she had planned.
Lyra, Ariadne, Cassiopeia, and Kali
The year after Hadrian and Draco had graduated Hogwarts was taken over by their little sisters. The girls really were the reincarnation of the marauders from the moment they first stepped on the Hogwarts Express. Over their 7 years they would drive more than one teacher to fits.
When they were sorted each girl found her place. Ariadne was sorted first, and she was placed in Ravenclaw. Cassiopeia went to Hufflepuff. Much to Lucius's horror, not that he loved his daughter any less, Lyra became the first Malfoy ever to be sorted into Gryffindor. And devious little Kali made her home in Slytherin.
When the girls had come home for the holidays and were questioned about how they were dealing with being separated into different houses they laughed it off. They explained it had been their plan from the beginning. By being in different houses they had access to each one. That meant they could prank anyone regardless of house.
No one was safe as there was no where to hide.
James and Severus
With Hadrian out of the house and Kali at school, James and Severus felt they could finally relax.
James got to work with the ministry. He and Hadrian often went over different bills together and debated the best ways to help move the magical world forward. And Severus spent more time on research but ended up opening his own potions shop. He still did plenty of research, but Severus had always loved to brew.
A few years later they got a surprise. It would seem relaxing came with forgetting certain things like contraceptives, something that got Severus hexed often over a 9 month period.
Julian Prince-Peverell was a much beloved addition to the family regardless of the circumstances of his arrival. Hadrian and Kali took great joy in laughing at their fathers… exuberance.
Sirius and Remus
Like James and Severus, Sirius and Remus relaxed with their girls away at school. For what really was the first time in their lives, no one was trying to kill them or their family members.
Upon learning that James was pregnant again Sirius had laughed himself silly, he had then threatened Remus to within an inch of his life that he was never doing that again. The twins were more than enough for them.
Or, at least, that's what they said at the time.
It was only two years after the birth of Julian that that changed. Remus had taken to working with other creatures to help improve their living standards. Tragedy struck in the form of a potions accident with one of the families he had been working with. Both parents were killed but the three children survived with minimal injuries as all had been in bed at the time and were on the opposite side of the house.
Upon looking at the three youngsters in their hospital beds after the accident Remus had melted. The same thing happened with Sirius when Remus brought him to visit.
A few weeks after that, when the children were discharged from the hospital they went home with Remus and Sirius and were later adopted. Adam, Michael, and Tabitha were very well loved members of the large group of family and friends.
Weasley-Prewett Family
Arthur, Fabian, and Gideon were far more careful than others. Seven children, plus Ron and by extension Ginny, were enough for them. Besides, they now had grand children to look forward to.
The three parents did ultimately get their wish though when Leo and Nicole were both sorted into Slytherin years later when it was finally their turn to go to Hogwarts. They had managed a child in each house.
Hadrian, Fred and George
A year after Hadrian graduated Fred and George both managed to achieve their masteries. Hadrian was very proud of his soul mates, something he showed them often.
Hadrian had also started working on his own masters, but it would take him 4 years to get his own. And during that time he would be dividing his time between the Wizengamot, working with his enchanting master, Master Hobb, and also working with Fred and George at the shop. It was a lot of different things, but he enjoyed all of them so he didn't care. Their work load at the shop only increased as they started to expand internationally, but it was worth it for them.
The three men were perfectly content with their lives. They loved their families and they loved each other.
It was five years after Hadrian graduated that they arranged for their wedding. Rather than dealing with the drama of the public, they were planning on holding the ceremony at the Peverell estate since it would allow them to control who had access. They wanted their wedding to be a family affair, not fodder for gossip journalists.
The three had discussed it and agreed that they would wait a year or two after they were married before they considered children. The three just wanted a chance to get comfortable as husbands before they changed things with the added pressure of children. As much as they wanted kids, they all knew enough from watching their parents that having kids was a lot of work and that children always needed to be put before everything, and they wanted to put each other first for a bit.
Life for Hadrian, Fred, and George was really as good as it could get.
Albus
Albus did not respond well to being imprisoned. He refused to acknowledge he had done anything wrong.
Gellert tried to make him see that the world was able to carry on, and even improved with his removal, but Albus didn't care. He wanted things to be the way he wanted and that was that. He didn't care if others were hurt by his plans, just so long as he was in charge.
It was only 6 years after Albus arrived at the prison that Gellert passed. The man went peacefully in his sleep.
The loss of his only consistent company did Albus no favours. No one would have ever said that Albus was exactly stable to begin with, but years with only his own company he really lost it. In the end Albus died 2 years after Gellert when he convinced himself that he could escape if he simply covered the rune on his chest with candle wax.
Unfortunately for him, he was wrong.
Magical Britain
It took a few years after the death of Voldemort, but the magical population of Britain finally relaxed. People finally got to live in peace without anyone constantly fear mongering about the scary 'other'.
Life wasn't perfect, nothing ever was. But people in general found that their life was better off. If they stopped fearing everyone that might possibly be even the slightest bit different life was much calmer.
Their world was finally able to move on.