Chapter 17

'Sevvie are you in here?' a voice came form Professor Snape's office the next morning.

'Yes and I told you not to call me that ridiculous name. My name is Severus NOT Sevvie.' He said turning a nice shade of pink.

'Yes whatever you say Sevvie.' Katie said as she entered the lab.

'Hello Mr. Potter.'

'Hello Professor.' Harry said.

'Katie we're busy.' He led her form the room.

'What you making?' she twirled from his arms and went to look at the potion.

She peered into it and took a sniff.

'SEVERUS SNAPE YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE A SPY! IF YOU'RE A SPY WHY ARE YOU MAKING A RESTORATION POTION?' she yelled.

'Potter put the newt's eyes in please.' Severus said.

Harry dropped in three newt's eyes and watched as they sunk to the bottom and disincarnated.

'Newts eyes, you're ruining It.' she yelled

'Katie, I think you should go to your lessons.' Severus said.

She nodded and walked dazed from the room.

'Sheesh women!' Harry heard Snape mutter.

'Tell me about it.' Harry said.

'Excuse me Potter?' he said.

'Ginny freaked out on me yesterday for drinking ice tea.' He said.

'Well it's almost done Potter. 5 more minutes.' He said.

10 minutes later

'Well it's done Professor Dumbledore.'

'Good Harry, now we wait until he calls you.'

'Harry, you must do something else while you are there.' Albus said.

He passed Harry a vial of a green potion.

'Give this to him after he has drunk the other.'

'How am I to know that this has worked?' Harry asked.

'Well when the room smells badly like eggs then you know that he's gone.' Snape said

'He's calling me.'

'Remember to give him this.

Harry put the reddish potion in his right hand pocket and the green one in his left. He was pulled to the cabin.

'Do have the potion Potter?'

'Yes.' He reached into his right pocket and pulled out the vial of red liquid.

The man drank fitfully.

'Ah you pathetic minion. You single handily help the dark lord to ris-' the man started to chock.

Harry broke himself from the Imperious curse and watched as Voldemort slid to the floor holding his throat. Harry pulled the other vial from his pocket and poured it down Voldemort's open throat.

The evil man started to whither and smoke. His snake like eyes began to close and he screamed in extreme pain.

The room started to smell like eggs and Harry heard a faint squeak from a cage in the corner.

He walked over and saw a familiar looking rat in the cage.

'Ahh Peter we meet again. Now we must go.'

The rat squeaked as Harry walked from the cabin.

As soon as he was a few feet away the cabin burst into flames. HE walked the way back to the school holding Peter a few feet from his body. He entered the Entrance Hall and saw Albus, Severus and Katie waiting for him.

They said not a thing.

'I'll never eat eggs again.' Harry said breaking the silence.

'Does this mean?' Albus asked.

Harry nodded.

Katie stated to cry and Severus pulled up his left sleeve.

'Albus… look.' He said.

The headmaster peered at the fading dark mark on his arm and smiled. Truly smiled since he had become a Death eater.

'Who is that?' Katie said through her tears.

'I would like to introduce you to…Peter Pettigrew.

'Peter Pettigrew, isn't he dead. That crackpot Black killed him.' Katie said. Severus winced.

'I would ask you not to speak of my later godfather in such a way.' Harry said.

'And no he didn't.' Harry added.

'Professors?' Harry asked.

'It would be my pleasure.' Snape said.

He pulled his wand out and watched as Albus did they same.

In a flash of blue light a squat man stood in the middle of the room bound.

'SEVERUS! Master is GONE! HE'S GONE!' The man snivelled.

'Shut your mouth you snivelling toad.' Harry said.

'SEVERUS IT'S GONE!'

'I SAID SHUT YOUR MOUTH!' Harry shouted at the man who had betrayed his parents.

'Severus I would ask you to retrieve a truth potion.' Albus said.

'Katie, I will ask you to hold this snivelling fool while I speak to the Minister of Magic.'

'Of course Headmaster.'

'I will of course return him to his animagus form. We do not wish that you must listen to him cry.' Albus said.

Katie nodded.

'Harry I am sure you are aware of what to do.' He said.

'Yes of course Professor.'

'Harry, your parents would be proud.'

'Thank you.'

'AS would Sirius.'

'I only wish that they could be here to see the day this betrayer is given the Dementors Kiss.' Harry said.

'So do I Harry, so do I.'

In a flash of blue light Peter lay in his cage yet again.

Katie picked the cage up and holding it in front of her walked to her office.

Severus went off to the dungeons to find his truth potion and Albus went off to write to their Minister of Magic. Harry stood in the Entrance Hall then went upstairs to his room.

He closed his drapes and pulled out the photo album Hagrid had given him his first year.

He flipped through it until he got to a picture of himself and his parents. He stared as his eyes filled with tears.

The man, if you could call him that, who had murdered not only his parents but also thousands, was gone. Harry had seen it in his snake like eyes. Even Voldemort knew it was over. The torture, the hatred and the fear were finally over.

He wiped his tears and rubbed the picture. He felt a slight bump. He opened the picture sleeve and removed the picture. Underneath was what seemed to be parchment. He removed it and unfolded it.

Dearest Harry,

If you have this album then we are no longer on earth. We want to tell you son; we love you and are proud of the young man you have grown up to be. You have grown up in a troublesome time. In both our world and the muggle world, Harry, we love you. Remember that always. Wherever you are we are always with you. We will never leave you.

Lily and James Potter

Harry smiled and wiped his tears form his eyes.

'Harry?' a voice said.

'Yes.'

'The Headmaster wants to speak with you mate.' Ron said.

'Thanks Ron.' Harry said.

Harry tucked his album and letter into his pocket and exited his room.

He entered the Headmaster's office to see Cornelius Fudge sitting on the over stuffed couch.

'Minister.' Harry nodded.

'Now Albus, what have you called me here?'

'Well Cornelius, we have a little surprise for you.'

Severus and Katie walked into the office holding a cage.

'A rat?'

'Not just any rat Minister.' Harry said.

'Oh?'

'May I introduce to you…?' Harry said.

A flash of blue light erupted into the room.

'Peter Pettigrew.' Harry finished.

'That's not possible. Sirius Black murdered Pettigrew 18 years ago.'

'Contrary to believe, he did not.' Severus said.

'Severus, do you have the potion?'

'Yes headmaster.' Severus said bring out a vial form his pocket.

'Drink up Peter.' Severus said as he opened the rat's mouth and forced the potion down his throat.

'Now Peter, how long have you been a Death Eater?' Albus asked.

'Since my 7th year in Hogwarts.'

'Why did you turn to Voldemort?' The Minister visibly flinched.

'My supposed friends had it all, love, true friendship. I had nothing; I was the bloke who followed the great Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and James Potter around. The Dark Lord offered me more than I could have imagined. He gave me rank, power and sense of belonging.'

Severus snorted.

'Why did you betray Lily and James Potter?'

'I was made their Secret Keeper, my master wanted to know their position, so I betrayed the only man who ever really was a friend to me.'

'When did the Voldemort return?' Albus asked.

'The night of the final task in the Triwizard Tournament 3 years ago.'

The Minister's face was pale and his mouth was hanging open.

'What happened last night?'

'Harry Potter was summoned to my master. Master told him to make him a Restoration Potion. Harry Potter returned last night and gave master the potion. Master drank and he started to choke. AS his eyes were closing Potter poured another potion into his mouth. The master started to smoke and his screams became deafening. Potter then found he and me brought me here. AS I looked back upon the cabin where master and I have been hiding for many month it burst into flames.'

'You burnt the cabin?' Albus asked Harry.

'No.'

'Give me names Peter.'

Katie pulled out a piece of Parchment and started to scribble as he said names.

The final list was a total of 159 names. Each and every one of these men and women were charged with being a death eater. Peter Pettigrew betrayed them all and testified against them in front of the entire ministry. All 159 Death eaters were administered the Dementor's Kiss. Peter Pettigrew being the last.

Christmas came and went. Friends were happy. Life was good. Ginny gave birth to a girl, Brandy Potter. Hermione had twins, Nicolas and Adrianna Weasley.

The Minister of Magic Retired and left Arthur Weasley in his place.

~Hogwarts Graduation Feast~

'So mate what you and Gin doing after we leave?' Ron asked.

'Well, I have to go to the Dursley's and collect my belongings, after that we're going to Black Manor.'

'Ahh.' Ron said.

'What about you two?'

'Well I have to go home but then I'm going to Herm's house to live with them for awhile.'

'What about you Herm?'

'Well, Alyssa has bought a nice Manor just outside London. So I'm moving in their for a while.' She said.

'Cool.'

Dumbledore stood up and the hall went quiet.

'Now that our 7th years are graduating I have a few words for you. Over the years we've had many adventures, madder friends, lost friends, and had people go and come. WE have lost students and gained students. But most of all we have had fun. In the years to come you will look back and say to yourself. That Harry Potter bloke wasn't so famous, That Hermione Granger girl wasn't so smart. The bloke, Draco Malfoy wasn't so much of a git after all.' Albus circled the room and saw the laughing faces.

'You will remember that we were a family; we went through things that most people don't go through. We defeated the Voldemort. We lost Cedric. Friends we came to be and friends we will remain until the end of our days.' He said.

'HERE HERE!' Ron yelled.

The Hall stood up and clapped.

'Let the feast begin.'

The hall was full of chatter as Albus Dumbledore looked over his students. So many of them he had never got to know. So many he had. HE would miss the Trio. Their adventures, the trouble they seemed to get into. But he knew that one day they would return. Who could not? Hogwarts was their home. It would always be open to those who believed that. Hogwarts wasn't just a castle sitting in Scotland; it was a castle that held magical lineage and awesome friendships. It held things no one had ever seen. It was buried deep in every one of the students' heart. As was he.

~The next day~

The four friends stood on the threshold of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the last time as a student. They were to take the horseless carriages to the train and watch as Hogwarts sunk into the scenery.

Harry, Ginny Ron and Hermione stood each hugging or shaking Professor Dumbledore's hand.

'Remember, Hogwarts is always open for friends.' He said.

'Now get going.' He said.

He kissed the three children lightly on their heads and waved good-bye to the Trio and Ginny.

It was over.

Harry Potter and his friends were gone.

NO more adventures, no more wild stories, no more pranks.

He watched as the train left the station and then entered his sanctuary. The school where he too had been a student a teacher and finally a headmaster. He was home, now all he had to do was wait. Wait until those who were meant to return returned.

THE END (but not really)

A/N: Sequel to come soon.