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Chapter 15: Graduation
"Too bad Don isn't there to see us receiving the Cup...." Wood said glumly when the portrait of the Fat Lady swung open in the common room.
"Hi guys!"
Wood and the rest of the players brightened up. "Don!"
The moment Don stepped into the common room; he received hugs and slaps on his back.
"Glad to see you, Don!"
"You should see what happen to the match after you are gone, Don! We flatten them by 170-0!!!"
"By the way, how's your injury?" Dumbledore said, smiling.
"It's all right, the nurse gave me some chocolates and healed my injury. Now I am as good as new." Don grinned.
"Great!" Wood said happily, grabbed the Quidditch Cup from the table and gave it to Don. "See? We won the Cup! The Headmaster let us to keep this for you to see it."
"Whoa." Don stared at the Cup admiringly and caressed it. His smile faded.
"What's the matter? See some stains on it?" Wood said anxiously.
"No. I was thinking that if only I looked out for that Bludger, I could at least score a goal for Gryffindor..." Don stopped and sighed.
"It wasn't your fault. You don't have eyes at the back of your head to look out for that nasty Bludger. It's the Slytherins' fault, they used the Dopplebeater Defence." Wood said, patting Don's shoulder. "Come on, let's celebrate! I think we have some Cauldron Cakes here in this pile of sweets somewhere..." Wood steered Don to the table that was piled with Bertie Bott's Every-Flavour Beans, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Chocolates Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Liquorice Wands and a lot more others. "Ah! Here's one." Wood said, shoving the pile of Acid Pops aside, grabbed a Cauldron Cake and gave it to Don.
Don grinned. "Thanks."
"Hey Don, any plans after graduation?" William said as he bite the head off his Chocolate Frog.
"Me? I dunno." Don said, taking a bite off his Cauldron Cake.
"Me either. Wood?"
"Sign up for the Puddlemere United reserve team, I guess. What about you, Albus?"
Dumbledore shrugged. "I don't know either."
Graduation. The word struck Minerva like lightning. This year was Dumbledore's last year in Hogwarts. She won't be seeing him again next year. Sure, they could still write to each other, but it wasn't the same. She wouldn't be seeing him sucking his lemon drops when he was studying in the common room again. She wouldn't be seeing him playing and laughing with Wood and the others again. She wouldn't be... she lowered down her head, munching her pumpkin tart slowly. Dumbledore is leaving Hogwarts.
"Hey Albus, Professor Dippet, Professor Isidis and the Headmaster are looking for you." A Gryffindor Prefect said, coming into the common room.
"Me? Why?" Dumbledore asked.
The Prefect shrugged. "I dunno."
"All right, I am coming." Dumbledore said, getting up from his seat. "Don't eat up all of the sweets when I am gone." He ordered.
"We won't, Captain." William grinned.
After Dumbledore had gone, Robert turned to William. "Aw, it's too bad that you guys are leaving, Gryffindor will not be the same without you."
Minerva sighed, stood up from her seat, went to the window, and rested her head against the metal frame. She gazed up at the starry night sky. Robert was right. Gryffindor will not be the same without Dumbledore and his friends.
30 minutes later, Dumbledore came back with a grin on his face. "That's a very long meeting, Albus. What do the three Professors want?" Joe asked.
"I can't tell you. It's a surprise for the 1st years to the 6th years. However, I can tell the 7th years since they are leaving Hogwarts anyway." Dumbledore said, still grinning.
"What is it?" Wood asked eagerly.
"Later." Dumbledore said firmly and saw Minerva's empty seat. He looked around and saw her standing at the window, staring at the sky. He left the noisy crowd at the center of the common room and joined her at the window. "Minerva?"
Minerva didn't respond.
"Minerva?" He asked, louder this time.
Minerva turned around "Oh, hi."
"Minerva, your eyes...."
"What?"
"They are red and watery. Did Snape bully you again?"
Minerva sniffed and shook her head. "I just thought that...."
"Yes?"
"I will miss you when you left Hogwarts." She said in a voice with emotion.
Dumbledore reached out and patted her on the shoulder. "You won't miss me." He said.
Minerva wiped the tears away from her eyes. "What do you mean by that?"
Dumbledore smiled. "You will see. I have a surprise for you next year."
Minerva stared at him, puzzled. Dumbledore was leaving Hogwarts and that's a fact. Nothing will make Minerva to forget about him.
On the morning of Graduation Day, Dumbledore's friends visited their teachers to say goodbye. During the afternoon, they were fighting over the mirrors in the bathroom to see how they looked in their graduation robes and their wizard hats. A few hours later, Professor Isidis gathered the 7th year Gryffindor students and bring them to the Great Hall. And then he came back to get the rest of the Gryffindor students. When Minerva and her friends arrived, they stared in awe at the decorations in the Great Hall. Lots of Forget-Me-Not was hovering at the ceiling. Banners were hung from the walls and they each represented a Hogwarts house: Gold and red for Gryffindor, silver and green for Slytherin, black and yellow for Hufflepuff and bronze and blue for Ravenclaw. A huge banner that bore the Hogwarts coat of arms: lion, eagle, badger and snake united around a large letter "H" was hanging behind the teachers' table.
Once they had all settle down, (the 7th years were not with them) the Headmaster made his speech and Professor Dippet took out a scroll.
"Now, I am going to call out the 7th years names and they will come out to get their certificates. Be nice and clap for them." Professor Dippet said and glared at the Slytherins as if he was saying: "Or else."
Professor Dippet opened the scroll. He passed the 'A's, and he got to 'B' for Lawrence Brown, Daisy started sobbing.
"Oh, Larry is a graduate now! I wish Mum and Dad could see this! They will be so proud!"
When Professor Dippet got to 'D' for Dumbledore, Minerva noticed that all the teachers were glaring at the Slytherins, as if they were daring the Slytherins to do something nasty.
Dumbledore stepped out into the Great Hall, shook the Headmaster's hand and got his certificate. As he bowed, the Gryffindors applauded as loudly as possible while some of the girls screamed excitedly. Minerva smiled. She had to admit that Dumbledore looked drop-dead gorgeous in his graduation robes.
"Sorry girls, but Albus Dumbledore is taken by Minerva McGonagall." Madeline grinned as Professor Dippet passed 'E'.
"Madeline!" Minerva protested, her face turned beetroot.
"What?" Madeline asked innocently.
Then it was Flint, then Higgs, then Nicholas, then Malfoy (the Slytherins was clapping loudly when Professor Dippet called out his name)
"Great! Malfoy is gone, we can live in peace!" Robert grinned.
"Don't forget Snape." Joe said.
Robert groaned. "Oh great, thanks a lot, Joe."
Then William, ("There he goes. Our Gryffindor prankster." Joe said flatly.) Then Don, ("There goes another one." Robert sighed.") Then Wood. ("There goes the best Captain." Michael Johnson groaned.)
When Professor Dippet had finished, Minerva clapped along with the rest of the students. When the applause died down, the Headmaster announced the end of the Graduation Ceremony and the 7th years cheered and threw their wizard hats up in the air.
"Hey, William, let me see your certificate.." Joe said when everyone had gone back to his or her dormitories. The Gryffindors remained in the Great Hall, congratulated their seniors.
"Hey, anyone here wants to take a photograph?" Robert asked.
"You have a camera?" Wood asked back.
"Of course." Robert said, taking out a camera from his inside pocket.
"Sure, why not?! It's our last year in Hogwarts." Dumbledore grinned and gathered all his friends.
"All right, Albus, you sit at the front, Minerva, you sit beside him..." Robert instructed and soon, Dumbledore, Minerva, Madeline, Poppy, William, Don, Wood, Daisy, Lawrence, Joe were sitting together in 2 rows. Robert adjusted his camera, put it down in front of them, rushed to them and sat with them.
"Everyone say Gryffindor!" Dumbledore called.
"Gryffindor!" They roared.
FLASH
Malfoy peered through the slightly ajar double doors and narrowed his eyes at Dumbledore and Minerva. He folded his arms, turned around and looked at the boy in the shadows front of him.
"Look, I want you to watch closely at Minerva McGonagall when I am gone. Report to me if there's anything going on between her and Albus Dumbledore."
"What's the reward?"
"Name your price." "Galleons." The boy said shortly.
Malfoy gave a cold smile. "How's 7 Galleons sounds?"
Snape came out of the shadows. He gave a small smile. "Deal."
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Chapter 15: Graduation
"Too bad Don isn't there to see us receiving the Cup...." Wood said glumly when the portrait of the Fat Lady swung open in the common room.
"Hi guys!"
Wood and the rest of the players brightened up. "Don!"
The moment Don stepped into the common room; he received hugs and slaps on his back.
"Glad to see you, Don!"
"You should see what happen to the match after you are gone, Don! We flatten them by 170-0!!!"
"By the way, how's your injury?" Dumbledore said, smiling.
"It's all right, the nurse gave me some chocolates and healed my injury. Now I am as good as new." Don grinned.
"Great!" Wood said happily, grabbed the Quidditch Cup from the table and gave it to Don. "See? We won the Cup! The Headmaster let us to keep this for you to see it."
"Whoa." Don stared at the Cup admiringly and caressed it. His smile faded.
"What's the matter? See some stains on it?" Wood said anxiously.
"No. I was thinking that if only I looked out for that Bludger, I could at least score a goal for Gryffindor..." Don stopped and sighed.
"It wasn't your fault. You don't have eyes at the back of your head to look out for that nasty Bludger. It's the Slytherins' fault, they used the Dopplebeater Defence." Wood said, patting Don's shoulder. "Come on, let's celebrate! I think we have some Cauldron Cakes here in this pile of sweets somewhere..." Wood steered Don to the table that was piled with Bertie Bott's Every-Flavour Beans, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Chocolates Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Liquorice Wands and a lot more others. "Ah! Here's one." Wood said, shoving the pile of Acid Pops aside, grabbed a Cauldron Cake and gave it to Don.
Don grinned. "Thanks."
"Hey Don, any plans after graduation?" William said as he bite the head off his Chocolate Frog.
"Me? I dunno." Don said, taking a bite off his Cauldron Cake.
"Me either. Wood?"
"Sign up for the Puddlemere United reserve team, I guess. What about you, Albus?"
Dumbledore shrugged. "I don't know either."
Graduation. The word struck Minerva like lightning. This year was Dumbledore's last year in Hogwarts. She won't be seeing him again next year. Sure, they could still write to each other, but it wasn't the same. She wouldn't be seeing him sucking his lemon drops when he was studying in the common room again. She wouldn't be seeing him playing and laughing with Wood and the others again. She wouldn't be... she lowered down her head, munching her pumpkin tart slowly. Dumbledore is leaving Hogwarts.
"Hey Albus, Professor Dippet, Professor Isidis and the Headmaster are looking for you." A Gryffindor Prefect said, coming into the common room.
"Me? Why?" Dumbledore asked.
The Prefect shrugged. "I dunno."
"All right, I am coming." Dumbledore said, getting up from his seat. "Don't eat up all of the sweets when I am gone." He ordered.
"We won't, Captain." William grinned.
After Dumbledore had gone, Robert turned to William. "Aw, it's too bad that you guys are leaving, Gryffindor will not be the same without you."
Minerva sighed, stood up from her seat, went to the window, and rested her head against the metal frame. She gazed up at the starry night sky. Robert was right. Gryffindor will not be the same without Dumbledore and his friends.
30 minutes later, Dumbledore came back with a grin on his face. "That's a very long meeting, Albus. What do the three Professors want?" Joe asked.
"I can't tell you. It's a surprise for the 1st years to the 6th years. However, I can tell the 7th years since they are leaving Hogwarts anyway." Dumbledore said, still grinning.
"What is it?" Wood asked eagerly.
"Later." Dumbledore said firmly and saw Minerva's empty seat. He looked around and saw her standing at the window, staring at the sky. He left the noisy crowd at the center of the common room and joined her at the window. "Minerva?"
Minerva didn't respond.
"Minerva?" He asked, louder this time.
Minerva turned around "Oh, hi."
"Minerva, your eyes...."
"What?"
"They are red and watery. Did Snape bully you again?"
Minerva sniffed and shook her head. "I just thought that...."
"Yes?"
"I will miss you when you left Hogwarts." She said in a voice with emotion.
Dumbledore reached out and patted her on the shoulder. "You won't miss me." He said.
Minerva wiped the tears away from her eyes. "What do you mean by that?"
Dumbledore smiled. "You will see. I have a surprise for you next year."
Minerva stared at him, puzzled. Dumbledore was leaving Hogwarts and that's a fact. Nothing will make Minerva to forget about him.
On the morning of Graduation Day, Dumbledore's friends visited their teachers to say goodbye. During the afternoon, they were fighting over the mirrors in the bathroom to see how they looked in their graduation robes and their wizard hats. A few hours later, Professor Isidis gathered the 7th year Gryffindor students and bring them to the Great Hall. And then he came back to get the rest of the Gryffindor students. When Minerva and her friends arrived, they stared in awe at the decorations in the Great Hall. Lots of Forget-Me-Not was hovering at the ceiling. Banners were hung from the walls and they each represented a Hogwarts house: Gold and red for Gryffindor, silver and green for Slytherin, black and yellow for Hufflepuff and bronze and blue for Ravenclaw. A huge banner that bore the Hogwarts coat of arms: lion, eagle, badger and snake united around a large letter "H" was hanging behind the teachers' table.
Once they had all settle down, (the 7th years were not with them) the Headmaster made his speech and Professor Dippet took out a scroll.
"Now, I am going to call out the 7th years names and they will come out to get their certificates. Be nice and clap for them." Professor Dippet said and glared at the Slytherins as if he was saying: "Or else."
Professor Dippet opened the scroll. He passed the 'A's, and he got to 'B' for Lawrence Brown, Daisy started sobbing.
"Oh, Larry is a graduate now! I wish Mum and Dad could see this! They will be so proud!"
When Professor Dippet got to 'D' for Dumbledore, Minerva noticed that all the teachers were glaring at the Slytherins, as if they were daring the Slytherins to do something nasty.
Dumbledore stepped out into the Great Hall, shook the Headmaster's hand and got his certificate. As he bowed, the Gryffindors applauded as loudly as possible while some of the girls screamed excitedly. Minerva smiled. She had to admit that Dumbledore looked drop-dead gorgeous in his graduation robes.
"Sorry girls, but Albus Dumbledore is taken by Minerva McGonagall." Madeline grinned as Professor Dippet passed 'E'.
"Madeline!" Minerva protested, her face turned beetroot.
"What?" Madeline asked innocently.
Then it was Flint, then Higgs, then Nicholas, then Malfoy (the Slytherins was clapping loudly when Professor Dippet called out his name)
"Great! Malfoy is gone, we can live in peace!" Robert grinned.
"Don't forget Snape." Joe said.
Robert groaned. "Oh great, thanks a lot, Joe."
Then William, ("There he goes. Our Gryffindor prankster." Joe said flatly.) Then Don, ("There goes another one." Robert sighed.") Then Wood. ("There goes the best Captain." Michael Johnson groaned.)
When Professor Dippet had finished, Minerva clapped along with the rest of the students. When the applause died down, the Headmaster announced the end of the Graduation Ceremony and the 7th years cheered and threw their wizard hats up in the air.
"Hey, William, let me see your certificate.." Joe said when everyone had gone back to his or her dormitories. The Gryffindors remained in the Great Hall, congratulated their seniors.
"Hey, anyone here wants to take a photograph?" Robert asked.
"You have a camera?" Wood asked back.
"Of course." Robert said, taking out a camera from his inside pocket.
"Sure, why not?! It's our last year in Hogwarts." Dumbledore grinned and gathered all his friends.
"All right, Albus, you sit at the front, Minerva, you sit beside him..." Robert instructed and soon, Dumbledore, Minerva, Madeline, Poppy, William, Don, Wood, Daisy, Lawrence, Joe were sitting together in 2 rows. Robert adjusted his camera, put it down in front of them, rushed to them and sat with them.
"Everyone say Gryffindor!" Dumbledore called.
"Gryffindor!" They roared.
FLASH
Malfoy peered through the slightly ajar double doors and narrowed his eyes at Dumbledore and Minerva. He folded his arms, turned around and looked at the boy in the shadows front of him.
"Look, I want you to watch closely at Minerva McGonagall when I am gone. Report to me if there's anything going on between her and Albus Dumbledore."
"What's the reward?"
"Name your price." "Galleons." The boy said shortly.
Malfoy gave a cold smile. "How's 7 Galleons sounds?"
Snape came out of the shadows. He gave a small smile. "Deal."