Chapter Nine
Yearbook
When Harry reached his room he was careful not to wake up Ron, Ron was like a brother to him, but even so, he wanted to take a look through the yearbook in privacy first. He opened the cover and it was flooded with signatures. There were plenty from witches and wizards he had never even heard of, and his parents.
The signatures were something like this:
"Hey, Rinoa, can you BELIEVE it's our LAST year?! I am, like, SO psyched!!" -Selphie Tilmitt
"Geez, Rinoa, I'd have gone out with you in a SECOND. Squall better no how lucky he is! Oh, shoot, don't let Selphie see this, okay?"-Irvine Kinneas
"We're graduating!! YEAH-BABY!!" -Zell Dincht
"Best wishes." (in very sloppy handwriting) -Peter Pettigrew
"Your friend," -Remus Lupin
"After everything that's happened this year I just--! I wish you and Squall all the best, good luck getting him to open up more." -Quistis Trepe
"I'm signing too!!"-Sirius Black
"You and Squall aren't moving to Balamb Garden, are you? With you guys gone I won't have anyone to talk to after this year!"-Xu Hatfeather
"Can you believe this year? It's been CRAZY! I'm just glad all of us our OK."-Nida Rankfield
"Yo, Rinoa, what's gonna happen to the Forest Owls and the Marauders after we all graduate?!"-Zone and Watts
"Why do I have to sign this . . . ? Whatever."-Squall Leonhart
And his parents' signatures:
"Hey Rinoa, what's up? We have to get together even after we graduate, alright? And what about the Final Graduation Ball? It's only a few months away! You're going with Squall, right? You guys have got to double date with me and James!" -Lily Evans
"All our hard work has paid off! I wonder were we'll be seven years from NOW, it will be interesting, won't it?" -James Potter
Harry felt his eyes moisten, because of Voldemort, his father never got to find out what his life would be like. They would have been such a perfect family, too. And he wouldn't have had to live with the horrible Dursleys. Slowly, he turned the page.
There were the basic pages filled with pictures upon pictures of every student at the school, most of them he'd never seen before and had no idea who they were, but Harry did come across his mother and father. Rinoa hadn't been kidding when she'd said he looked like his father, James Potter looked even more like his son in these old photographs then in the ones Hagrid had given him. He could also pick out some other people, like Lucius Malfoy, who had a smirk on his face VERY much like Draco's, and Severus Snape, who looked skinny and pale, with greasy black hair, he STILL had a dark scowl on his face, even in his old school picture.
Turning the page, Harry came to a picture of the school's Quidditch teams. The players were all zooming back and forth and waving at the camera, since they were wizard photographs they were really moving, of course. Harry instantly spotted his father, tearing through the air on a broomstick wearing the Gryffindor colours. James went up to the edge of the photograph, waved, then turned around and sped off again, back into the game.
Harry couldn't help laughing with joy as he went through the old year book, page after page of his parents as senior students, laughing with friends, having a great time. Rinoa was in a lot of pictures with his parents as well, looking exactly the same as she did then (which was sort of strange to look at). There were also many other people. There was a girl with short brown hair that curled up at the ends who was always smiling and jumping around energetically in the photographs. He learned that her name was Selphie Tilmitt. The man who was usually standing beside Selphie had long brown hair in a ponytail, and his name was Irvine Kinneas. There was also a Zell Dincht, a young man with spiky blonde hair and a confident look, Remus Lupin, who was always standing beside a very pretty girl with shimmery blonde hair and blue eyes, named Quistis Trepe, and a short chubby boy named Peter Pettigrew. Standing beside his father in one picture was a boy with messy dark brown hair, a diagonal scar running down the length of his face on a diagonal, and a very serious look on his face, named Squall Leonhart. On the other side of James, however, was a young man who reminded Harry of Rinoa, he had long black hair tied back in a loose ponytail and a wide, exuberant grin on his face. All three of them were waving to the camera.
It was a very happy hour, Harry Potter spent, alone in his room, carefully going through each page of his parent's Hogwarts Yearbook. Then he came to the back of the book and it suddenly took on a darker tone. There were a few pages of all grey, black and white sombre pictures of what looked like a funeral procession and the people in the photographs were all crying. The writing on the pages said:
We at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry share in the grief of losing two of our dear students, both Slytherins in their seventh year at Hogwarts, Fujin and Rajin.
(It showed a photograph of a girl with short hair and a patch eye, standing beside a boy. Both were looking proud and wearing the Slythrin crest on their school robes.)
This unfortunate tragedy is the result of the terrible times we have endured, hopefully the end of the horror. We will honour James Potter, Squall Leonhart, Sirius Black, Rinoa Heartilly, Lily Evans, Quistis Trepe, Remus Lupin, Irvine Kinneas, Zell Dincht, and Selphie Tilmitt for defeating the Sorceress Adel, it could not have been done without tragedy, and we will grieve. . .
It went on like that, Harry stared at the page in disbelief, his parents and their friends had defeated an evil Sorceress? At Hogwarts?! Why hadn't he ever heard about it from Hagrid the part-giant school groundskeeper and his parent's old friend, or from Dumbledore?! Or even Professor Heartilly, after all it DID mention her name in the article. And what was the 'Sorceress' thing all about? Harry didn't know, but he was going to find out!
When Harry reached his room he was careful not to wake up Ron, Ron was like a brother to him, but even so, he wanted to take a look through the yearbook in privacy first. He opened the cover and it was flooded with signatures. There were plenty from witches and wizards he had never even heard of, and his parents.
The signatures were something like this:
"Hey, Rinoa, can you BELIEVE it's our LAST year?! I am, like, SO psyched!!" -Selphie Tilmitt
"Geez, Rinoa, I'd have gone out with you in a SECOND. Squall better no how lucky he is! Oh, shoot, don't let Selphie see this, okay?"-Irvine Kinneas
"We're graduating!! YEAH-BABY!!" -Zell Dincht
"Best wishes." (in very sloppy handwriting) -Peter Pettigrew
"Your friend," -Remus Lupin
"After everything that's happened this year I just--! I wish you and Squall all the best, good luck getting him to open up more." -Quistis Trepe
"I'm signing too!!"-Sirius Black
"You and Squall aren't moving to Balamb Garden, are you? With you guys gone I won't have anyone to talk to after this year!"-Xu Hatfeather
"Can you believe this year? It's been CRAZY! I'm just glad all of us our OK."-Nida Rankfield
"Yo, Rinoa, what's gonna happen to the Forest Owls and the Marauders after we all graduate?!"-Zone and Watts
"Why do I have to sign this . . . ? Whatever."-Squall Leonhart
And his parents' signatures:
"Hey Rinoa, what's up? We have to get together even after we graduate, alright? And what about the Final Graduation Ball? It's only a few months away! You're going with Squall, right? You guys have got to double date with me and James!" -Lily Evans
"All our hard work has paid off! I wonder were we'll be seven years from NOW, it will be interesting, won't it?" -James Potter
Harry felt his eyes moisten, because of Voldemort, his father never got to find out what his life would be like. They would have been such a perfect family, too. And he wouldn't have had to live with the horrible Dursleys. Slowly, he turned the page.
There were the basic pages filled with pictures upon pictures of every student at the school, most of them he'd never seen before and had no idea who they were, but Harry did come across his mother and father. Rinoa hadn't been kidding when she'd said he looked like his father, James Potter looked even more like his son in these old photographs then in the ones Hagrid had given him. He could also pick out some other people, like Lucius Malfoy, who had a smirk on his face VERY much like Draco's, and Severus Snape, who looked skinny and pale, with greasy black hair, he STILL had a dark scowl on his face, even in his old school picture.
Turning the page, Harry came to a picture of the school's Quidditch teams. The players were all zooming back and forth and waving at the camera, since they were wizard photographs they were really moving, of course. Harry instantly spotted his father, tearing through the air on a broomstick wearing the Gryffindor colours. James went up to the edge of the photograph, waved, then turned around and sped off again, back into the game.
Harry couldn't help laughing with joy as he went through the old year book, page after page of his parents as senior students, laughing with friends, having a great time. Rinoa was in a lot of pictures with his parents as well, looking exactly the same as she did then (which was sort of strange to look at). There were also many other people. There was a girl with short brown hair that curled up at the ends who was always smiling and jumping around energetically in the photographs. He learned that her name was Selphie Tilmitt. The man who was usually standing beside Selphie had long brown hair in a ponytail, and his name was Irvine Kinneas. There was also a Zell Dincht, a young man with spiky blonde hair and a confident look, Remus Lupin, who was always standing beside a very pretty girl with shimmery blonde hair and blue eyes, named Quistis Trepe, and a short chubby boy named Peter Pettigrew. Standing beside his father in one picture was a boy with messy dark brown hair, a diagonal scar running down the length of his face on a diagonal, and a very serious look on his face, named Squall Leonhart. On the other side of James, however, was a young man who reminded Harry of Rinoa, he had long black hair tied back in a loose ponytail and a wide, exuberant grin on his face. All three of them were waving to the camera.
It was a very happy hour, Harry Potter spent, alone in his room, carefully going through each page of his parent's Hogwarts Yearbook. Then he came to the back of the book and it suddenly took on a darker tone. There were a few pages of all grey, black and white sombre pictures of what looked like a funeral procession and the people in the photographs were all crying. The writing on the pages said:
We at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry share in the grief of losing two of our dear students, both Slytherins in their seventh year at Hogwarts, Fujin and Rajin.
(It showed a photograph of a girl with short hair and a patch eye, standing beside a boy. Both were looking proud and wearing the Slythrin crest on their school robes.)
This unfortunate tragedy is the result of the terrible times we have endured, hopefully the end of the horror. We will honour James Potter, Squall Leonhart, Sirius Black, Rinoa Heartilly, Lily Evans, Quistis Trepe, Remus Lupin, Irvine Kinneas, Zell Dincht, and Selphie Tilmitt for defeating the Sorceress Adel, it could not have been done without tragedy, and we will grieve. . .
It went on like that, Harry stared at the page in disbelief, his parents and their friends had defeated an evil Sorceress? At Hogwarts?! Why hadn't he ever heard about it from Hagrid the part-giant school groundskeeper and his parent's old friend, or from Dumbledore?! Or even Professor Heartilly, after all it DID mention her name in the article. And what was the 'Sorceress' thing all about? Harry didn't know, but he was going to find out!