1 Chapter 17-Home Again
The rest of the year seemed to fly by. Tests were given and people were sick. Same old, same old. Tara was not looking forwards to going home though. She didn't want to speak to her father especially. They weren't even sending letters to each other!
Final exams were among them, Tara and James were revising together in the corner of the common room.
"What's the ingredients in the greed potion?" asked James.
"I don't know. That's not even in our year, that's like year four stuff!" said Tara almost yelling.
"I know, I hate Snape, he's an-"
"James! Language! Snape is a old family friend, he hates me for being in this house."
"So if you were in Slytherin, he would favour you?"
"Yes, like he favoured my father." Said Tara sadly at the mention of her father.
They had three days of exams. One in the morning and one after lunch. The astronomy class exam would be held the first night of exams at midnight.
Tara and James' first exam was Herbology. It wasn't as hard as Tara had expected. It was asking questions about plants and what they do. After the easiest exam out of all of the others was Astronomy. The astronomy teacher made them look for Neptune. After that exam everyone rushed to the common room for late studying and went to bed around 2am.
It was the second day of exams and everyone was studying at breakfast before their first exam. Tara and James ran to Charms for the last bit of studying before the exam started. Professor Flitwick made them do the [I]Wingardium Leviosa[/I] charm with pillows. After that they ran to the Great Hall to have lunch then ran off to the common room to have a boo at the Transfiguration stuff. They had to turn a Kleenex box into a mailbox.
Finally it was the last day of exams, people were getting happy about this also, except for 1st year Gryffindors cause they had to have Potions with Snape. Snape was particularly evil for the exam. They had to make a Shrinking Potion. Snape was breathing down everyone's necks. Finally, it was time for their last exam! History of Magic, the most boring class. People were dozing off. They had to write down names like, Ugard the Ugly and Shara the Smelly.
People were happy that they had a week of nothingness. Nobody had to do anything! They either went to the lake or hung around outside somewhere else. James, Tara, Chester and Malcolm played chess by the lake. Chester beat everyone; he apparently got the talent from his father.
A week later, they got their grades. The four of them passed even in potions. They started packing the day before leaving. Everyone was bustling around the castle looking for their belongings.
It was the day of leaving. Tara was didn't want to go home at all. She hadn't told Draco about going to James' for Christmas yet.
Tara, James, Amber, Chester and Malcolm got a compartment by themselves. They played Exploding Snap; though they wished it were Exploding Snape. The lunch trolley came around 12:30. They each got a bit of everything; it was a quiet ride back home. They ate in silence for a change. It was getting darker outside and the train was starting to slow down. You could see Platform 9¾ in front of the train.
Tara could see Padma waiting for her.
[I]Where's dad?[/I], Tara asked herself.
All of the Hogwarts students got off the train and headed for their parents.
"Mum!" squealed Tara.
"Hello darling." Said Padma. "Go say bye to your friends and then we have to go."
"Ok" and with that Tara ran to find all her friends. She found Amber first. "Oy, Amber!"
"Hold on mum. Oh hi, Tara"
"Hi, I just came by to say bye."
"Ohh, ok, bye. Hey maybe you could come over in the summer for a bit?"
"Yea, that'd be cool."
"Alright. Send me an owl if you can."
"Okay, I have to find the others." Said an excited Tara "Bye."
"Bye"
Soon enough she found James, Chester and Malcolm. Their parents were all talking together.(I don't know if I mentioned but Malcolm's parents are Fred and Angelina) They saw her coming towards them.
"Hey, I just wanted to say bye and have a good summer." She said.
"Oh…we will." Said James with an evil grin on his face.
"Oh, what's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't know, I always wanted to do the evil grin thing."
"Really."
"No."
"You sound like me you know that."
"Bye."
"Bye." James and Tara hugged. "Bye guys." She said to the others.
"OWL ME." Yelled James.
"Yea." Tara yelled back.
Tara ran back to her mum and they both left for home.
The rest of the year seemed to fly by. Tests were given and people were sick. Same old, same old. Tara was not looking forwards to going home though. She didn't want to speak to her father especially. They weren't even sending letters to each other!
Final exams were among them, Tara and James were revising together in the corner of the common room.
"What's the ingredients in the greed potion?" asked James.
"I don't know. That's not even in our year, that's like year four stuff!" said Tara almost yelling.
"I know, I hate Snape, he's an-"
"James! Language! Snape is a old family friend, he hates me for being in this house."
"So if you were in Slytherin, he would favour you?"
"Yes, like he favoured my father." Said Tara sadly at the mention of her father.
They had three days of exams. One in the morning and one after lunch. The astronomy class exam would be held the first night of exams at midnight.
Tara and James' first exam was Herbology. It wasn't as hard as Tara had expected. It was asking questions about plants and what they do. After the easiest exam out of all of the others was Astronomy. The astronomy teacher made them look for Neptune. After that exam everyone rushed to the common room for late studying and went to bed around 2am.
It was the second day of exams and everyone was studying at breakfast before their first exam. Tara and James ran to Charms for the last bit of studying before the exam started. Professor Flitwick made them do the [I]Wingardium Leviosa[/I] charm with pillows. After that they ran to the Great Hall to have lunch then ran off to the common room to have a boo at the Transfiguration stuff. They had to turn a Kleenex box into a mailbox.
Finally it was the last day of exams, people were getting happy about this also, except for 1st year Gryffindors cause they had to have Potions with Snape. Snape was particularly evil for the exam. They had to make a Shrinking Potion. Snape was breathing down everyone's necks. Finally, it was time for their last exam! History of Magic, the most boring class. People were dozing off. They had to write down names like, Ugard the Ugly and Shara the Smelly.
People were happy that they had a week of nothingness. Nobody had to do anything! They either went to the lake or hung around outside somewhere else. James, Tara, Chester and Malcolm played chess by the lake. Chester beat everyone; he apparently got the talent from his father.
A week later, they got their grades. The four of them passed even in potions. They started packing the day before leaving. Everyone was bustling around the castle looking for their belongings.
It was the day of leaving. Tara was didn't want to go home at all. She hadn't told Draco about going to James' for Christmas yet.
Tara, James, Amber, Chester and Malcolm got a compartment by themselves. They played Exploding Snap; though they wished it were Exploding Snape. The lunch trolley came around 12:30. They each got a bit of everything; it was a quiet ride back home. They ate in silence for a change. It was getting darker outside and the train was starting to slow down. You could see Platform 9¾ in front of the train.
Tara could see Padma waiting for her.
[I]Where's dad?[/I], Tara asked herself.
All of the Hogwarts students got off the train and headed for their parents.
"Mum!" squealed Tara.
"Hello darling." Said Padma. "Go say bye to your friends and then we have to go."
"Ok" and with that Tara ran to find all her friends. She found Amber first. "Oy, Amber!"
"Hold on mum. Oh hi, Tara"
"Hi, I just came by to say bye."
"Ohh, ok, bye. Hey maybe you could come over in the summer for a bit?"
"Yea, that'd be cool."
"Alright. Send me an owl if you can."
"Okay, I have to find the others." Said an excited Tara "Bye."
"Bye"
Soon enough she found James, Chester and Malcolm. Their parents were all talking together.(I don't know if I mentioned but Malcolm's parents are Fred and Angelina) They saw her coming towards them.
"Hey, I just wanted to say bye and have a good summer." She said.
"Oh…we will." Said James with an evil grin on his face.
"Oh, what's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't know, I always wanted to do the evil grin thing."
"Really."
"No."
"You sound like me you know that."
"Bye."
"Bye." James and Tara hugged. "Bye guys." She said to the others.
"OWL ME." Yelled James.
"Yea." Tara yelled back.
Tara ran back to her mum and they both left for home.
