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A/N: Sorry for such a long time, I graduated and than had to enter the real world and grow-up but now I am finally able to get back to my story, I have most of it written down just have to type it up. So please enjoy this chapter the next one should be out in a few days. If you're still with me thanks so much for sticking with it….Lys

As Harry and his friends sat down at their table, the table that everyone in the DA was at, Draco leaned in and spoke in a hush voice to those around him,

"Should I go round up all my supplies and make this a great party?" he asked,

Ron eagerly nodded his head, and after a moment so did everyone else. With the OK, Draco went off to find as much alcohol as he could.

When Draco came back he made sure that everyone at the table, from fourth year up had a drink, and the other years had juice, he knocked onto his glass with a knife and a hush came over the table and soon over the whole hall.

Harry looked a Draco, and rolled his eyes before standing up,

"Well I guess I should say something, since Draco over here thinks I should, the only thing that I want to say is that tonight is for celebration, tomorrow we can deal with all the other bullshit, that goes for you Headmaster, tomorrow we can deal with any questions that you might and will have, as for tonight, I do want to have a moment of silence for remembering what went on, and for all those who we have lost in this war……..Now would everyone please raise their glasses in a toast to everyone that we have lost."

Glasses clicking was not the only thing being heard, all throughout the hall people could also be heard say the names of lost ones, even at his own table, with is own friends, there were people to remember.

Once the room was quite, Harry continued on,

"Tonight is night for remembering, tonight is a night for celebrating, tonight is the night that we all come together as one, a celebration of a victory that was 16 years in the making, we have already toasted those who we have lost, I want to toast those who are still here, to those that out of darkness rose to light, and to the friendships that were forged out of the darkness, all I can ask out of you is please don't forget the friendships and trust that was formed because we all had a common enemy, maybe now, together our generation can do what all before have failed to do, stay together, stay close, just because everything is done is not a reason for us to go back to the old ways, to hating each other. That is how the circle starts again, and maybe not in 5 or 10 or even 50 years, but the darkness will come back, in less we end it here and now. It is up to us, our generation and those who come after us to teach them and never forget this day or this war for as long as our families continue to grow. Tonight is the time to celebrate, do with it what you want, no one will stop us, and no one will put rules on use tonight, tomorrow is another story, but for now, enjoy, everyone enjoy."

Harry sat back down and looked around at all his friends. He felt loved; he sent a feeling of belonging and of trust out to everyone through the mark. Slowly everyone returned the feeling with more or the same back to him and to everyone else with the same mark as them, no matter what was to happen in the future this group of kids, of students, would always be connected to each other no matter what happened, or what the fates had in store for any of them, each person knew that they would never be truly alone and Harry at the same time knew that he would never be really alone either, they were family.

He still had a lot of demons to face within himself and lot of issues to deal with, but as Snape said to him out of the field, they would go through it all together, and he doubted that his friends would be leaving him anytime soon. With that last thought Harry looked down the table at everyone who he felt connected to, people where laughing, hugging, talking, and having a good time.

"Harry, come on its time to celebrate, take a drink." Ron said from his left.

Harry looked down at the cup in front of him that was filled with fire whisky; he smiled at his two best friends, downed what in the glass,

"You're right Ron, let's get the party going." Harry said back as he refilled everyone's glasses.

The eight members of Harry's core group clicked their glasses together,

"To Friendship," Draco said,

"To Friendship," the other seven echoed

After that glass was finished, everyone including Harry started loosening up and having a great time.

The adults all just stood around the edge of the hall, watching everything that was going on, many of them where having a hard time comprehending exactly what went on right under their noses. As they listened to everything that Harry said to his group, they all started to understand that the people who they were looking at, they weren't kids, or even students anymore, they had seen more death in their, at the most 18 years of life than many of the adults present had in there 30 years of life.

Soon the adults started talking with each other, giving in to their desire to celebrate the downfall of their worst enemy, but none of them where brave enough to go anywhere near the table where Harry and his army sat drinking and laughing.

"For some reason this feels very familiar," Mrs. Weasley said to those around her.

"True Molly, but this time, he's not coming back, unless it's as a Headless ghost and I think that Hogwarts can only deal with nearly headless ghost," Remus said, those around them laughed at the little joke.

"Come on outside," Fred yelled across the hall,

"It's time for our celebration to really start," George said as both the twins took off out the door.

Harry shrugged his shoulders, "Lets go and see exactly what those two have planned" he said as everyone got up off the benchs.

Out on the lawn everyone saw chairs and blankets; slowly people began to take seats. Once everyone was seated Fred's voice rang out,

"Now if everyone would please watch the sky, and enjoy the drinks in front of you, we are in for a long night of entertainment, brought to you by….us!!!,"

Both twins said in unison as a firework exploded in the sky in exact likeness of the twins.

For the rest of the night everyone enjoyed watching the show that the twins put on.

As the sun began to rise up over the mountains, everyone slowly made their way back into the castle.

The students slowly and loudly made their way back up or down to their Common Rooms, for many this was a difficult task since the whole time outside and inside before, they had not stopped drinking, finally when Harry and his friend got into the common room after a few guesses at the password, none of them could quite remember it for the obvious reasons, they all just collapsed onto the house floor, passed out. Half from the all the alcohol and the other from shear exestuation from months and months of training, that now is finally over. Now everyone can move on, well almost everyone, Harry looked over all of his passed out house-mates from the couch that he was sitting on,

"I only hope that I can go on, all I know is that I think I am going to need help to learn to live a normal life……" he said to himself as he settled down on the couch to sleep the day away.

"Don't worry we'll help you Harry, we all will help," Ron said from the floor as he watched his best friend, no my brother, he thought as he too closed his eyes getting ready to sleep the day away as well.