Chapter eight
Harry opened his eyes. They had to aguste to the bright sun light flowing into the hospital wing. He lyed there for a minute looking up at the ceiling. I'm alive! I lived! Harry went to sit up, but a wave of dizziness and pain in his head stopped him. When he fell back down two people rushed over. One was Hermione and the other Ron.
"Harry you're awake!" Hermione said and gave him a hug.
"What happened?" Harry asked in a tired voice. "How long have I been a sleep?"
"Oh, days." Ron said and smiled.
"We were so scared. We thought you were'nt going to make it. You and Cathren lost alot of blood." Hermione said and looked past him.
"Cathren! Where is she, is she ok?" He asked and tried to sit up. Ron put a hand on his shoulder and pushed him down gently.
"She is fine. You both were a mess when the teachers brought you back. Took them all night to dig you out of the rubble. You would'nt be alive if you would'nt have been under that table." Hermione said and looked up again. "Even Madam Pomfery thought you weren't going to make it. The both of you had crushed limbs. You had horrible broken legs and a broken arm. Cathren had two broken arms and one broken leg, plus a cracked rib cage."
"Voldemort! Is he dead? Did they find his body?" Harry asked in a quickened manner when he remembered what had happened.
"Ya they found it before they found the two of you. Sirius said that when Cathren completed the spell and you used the killing curse he died. You killed him Harry." Ron said and smiled. "You were powerful enough."
"Cathren helped. She was the main reason we succeeded." Harry said and turned his head. He saw Cathren. She looked like hell. He probably did to. "Has she come awake?"
"Nope, you are first." Ron said and smiled. "Sirius is sleeping on the other side. He has refused to leave encase you woke up."
Harry turned his head to find his Godfather sleeping. Harry smiled and looked back at his friends. "What about the Death Eaters?" Harry asked and looked at them in turn.
"Oh, when they saw the wall fall and there master die, they ran. Most of them got away. But, they were soon found by Lupin and Professor McGonagall. The others were stunned."
"Did they get Malfoy?" Harry asked and licked his dry lips.
"Both of them." Hermione said and sat on the edge of the bed. "I'm so glad your alive Harry. You don't have to tell us what happened while you were with Voldemort."
"Oh it is real easy. It does'nt bother me to think about it. I did'nt see anything incredibly horrible this time. I felt incredibly horrible, but did'nt see anything incredibly horrible. Cathren had to of felt horrible, she kept jumping in front of the Curtianus curse for me. But, she was hit with it long before. I remember coming to and hearing her making fun of Voldemort. She was calling him lizard head and stuff."
"Sirius said that Cathren punched Voldemort." Hermione said eager to know.
"Ya." Harry said and smiled. "She probably did allot more while I was sleeping. Because I could tell while she was in front of me that Voldemort had a look on his face, weather he was going to kill her or not. He went to, but Snape stopped him."
Sirius rose up out of bed. "Harry your awake!" He said and lunged forward, giving him a hug. "Thank God you are alive."
"Of, course I am alive." Harry said and smiled. "I can't leave you all alone."
"No you can't." Sirius said and smiled. "Are you feeling ok?"
"Besides the pain all over, ya." Harry said sarcasticly and looked at the three of them.
Madam Pomfery came bustling into the room. "Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley I will need you to leave now. Mr. Potter needs rest."
"Yes ma'am." Ron said and sighed. "Bye, Harry."
"Bye Ron." Harry said and watched as his two friends left the hospital.
"I want you to tell me the whole story or do you want to wait. Reporters want the whole story too." Sirius said and smiled.
"I'll tell you the whole story and them just the last part." Harry said and took a deep breath.
*
Harry sat on the edge of his hospital bed and looked at Cathren. She had moved about thirty minutes ago. He was hoping she was waking up. Her eyes fluttered and finally opened. She looked around the room before sitting up. When she got half way up she fell back down.
"You are dizzy at first but it wears off." Harry said and smiled.
"Oh." She said and turned her head towards him. "You look like hell." She said and smiled.
"You haven't seen a mirror have you?" Harry asked and walked forward. He sat on the bed beside her.
"Nope." She said putting a hand on his arm. "You did good." Cathren said smiling a proud smile. "You killed the Dark Lord and probably saved a bunch of lives."
"I did'nt think I could do it. I've never killed any one before." Harry said and looked at the ground. "I guess this means your not the Keeper any more?"
"Oh, I am still the Keeper. There is just no great evil out there that I have to kill." She said and sighed. "I'm out of a job... thank God." She squeezed his arm. "So how long have I slept?"
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Harry and Cathren walked into the Great Hall holding hands that morning and sat down. Every one was looking at them as if they had seen a ghost. Harry smiled and squeezed Cathren's hand. "You get used to it." He said as they sat down.
"I know." Cathren said and smiled. She still had a couple of bruises and cuts, just as he did. "Good morning."
"How are you two feeling on your first day of freedom?" Hermione asked.
"It is not freedom until they get rid of those darned reporters." Harry said and smiled.
"Is that not the truth." Cathren said and sipped some of her drink. "Well, we only have a week left."
"I know, it feels like we have'nt been here very long. This is our last year. What are we going to do?" Hermione asked and looked at them.
Ron put an arm around Hermione. "I know what you could do." He said and smiled.
"What?" She asked and looking at him.
"You could marry me." He said smiling a huge smile.
"Your playing with me." Hermione said and pushed him away.
"No I'm not." He said and fiddled with his pocket. He pulled something out. It was a plastic ring. "I bought this at Hogsmead a week ago. It is just there until I get out and get a real one. Will you marry me Hermione Granger?"
"I...I..." She did'nt know what to say.
"Say yes already." Cathren said and smiled.
"Yes." Hermione said and gave Ron a hug.
"Don't you two think you are a little young?" Harry asked looking at them.
"I said will you marry me, not I do. We could wait." Ron said and smiled.
*
The reporters came and asked there questions. The week passed more quickly than how they wanted it. Cathren and Harry dreaded the last day. They did'nt want to leave, at least Harry. Cathren on the other hand would'nt leave. Dumbledore stayed at the school. It was officially her home. Until she was old enough to get one on her own. Harry was going to be an Auror. He had passed his test and would be training with Sirius and Cathren. He was going to see her any way. Ron and Hermione had also decided to get a job in government. Hermione wanted to get a job in Magical Creature Rights. Ron wanted to become minister of magic, but he would have to work up to that. He settled for Auror.
So when the last day came they said their good byes. Although it really was'nt good bye. They would see each other again... soon in fact. They would remain friends forever... that was there vow. It may have seemed like the end of an adventure. But, its not the end. Life is the adventure and you have to live while you can. You can not simply wish it away. No matter how hard or how many times you try.
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Please Review if you liked it or not. I want to know what every one who read it thinks. Thank you for even reading it.
Harry opened his eyes. They had to aguste to the bright sun light flowing into the hospital wing. He lyed there for a minute looking up at the ceiling. I'm alive! I lived! Harry went to sit up, but a wave of dizziness and pain in his head stopped him. When he fell back down two people rushed over. One was Hermione and the other Ron.
"Harry you're awake!" Hermione said and gave him a hug.
"What happened?" Harry asked in a tired voice. "How long have I been a sleep?"
"Oh, days." Ron said and smiled.
"We were so scared. We thought you were'nt going to make it. You and Cathren lost alot of blood." Hermione said and looked past him.
"Cathren! Where is she, is she ok?" He asked and tried to sit up. Ron put a hand on his shoulder and pushed him down gently.
"She is fine. You both were a mess when the teachers brought you back. Took them all night to dig you out of the rubble. You would'nt be alive if you would'nt have been under that table." Hermione said and looked up again. "Even Madam Pomfery thought you weren't going to make it. The both of you had crushed limbs. You had horrible broken legs and a broken arm. Cathren had two broken arms and one broken leg, plus a cracked rib cage."
"Voldemort! Is he dead? Did they find his body?" Harry asked in a quickened manner when he remembered what had happened.
"Ya they found it before they found the two of you. Sirius said that when Cathren completed the spell and you used the killing curse he died. You killed him Harry." Ron said and smiled. "You were powerful enough."
"Cathren helped. She was the main reason we succeeded." Harry said and turned his head. He saw Cathren. She looked like hell. He probably did to. "Has she come awake?"
"Nope, you are first." Ron said and smiled. "Sirius is sleeping on the other side. He has refused to leave encase you woke up."
Harry turned his head to find his Godfather sleeping. Harry smiled and looked back at his friends. "What about the Death Eaters?" Harry asked and looked at them in turn.
"Oh, when they saw the wall fall and there master die, they ran. Most of them got away. But, they were soon found by Lupin and Professor McGonagall. The others were stunned."
"Did they get Malfoy?" Harry asked and licked his dry lips.
"Both of them." Hermione said and sat on the edge of the bed. "I'm so glad your alive Harry. You don't have to tell us what happened while you were with Voldemort."
"Oh it is real easy. It does'nt bother me to think about it. I did'nt see anything incredibly horrible this time. I felt incredibly horrible, but did'nt see anything incredibly horrible. Cathren had to of felt horrible, she kept jumping in front of the Curtianus curse for me. But, she was hit with it long before. I remember coming to and hearing her making fun of Voldemort. She was calling him lizard head and stuff."
"Sirius said that Cathren punched Voldemort." Hermione said eager to know.
"Ya." Harry said and smiled. "She probably did allot more while I was sleeping. Because I could tell while she was in front of me that Voldemort had a look on his face, weather he was going to kill her or not. He went to, but Snape stopped him."
Sirius rose up out of bed. "Harry your awake!" He said and lunged forward, giving him a hug. "Thank God you are alive."
"Of, course I am alive." Harry said and smiled. "I can't leave you all alone."
"No you can't." Sirius said and smiled. "Are you feeling ok?"
"Besides the pain all over, ya." Harry said sarcasticly and looked at the three of them.
Madam Pomfery came bustling into the room. "Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley I will need you to leave now. Mr. Potter needs rest."
"Yes ma'am." Ron said and sighed. "Bye, Harry."
"Bye Ron." Harry said and watched as his two friends left the hospital.
"I want you to tell me the whole story or do you want to wait. Reporters want the whole story too." Sirius said and smiled.
"I'll tell you the whole story and them just the last part." Harry said and took a deep breath.
*
Harry sat on the edge of his hospital bed and looked at Cathren. She had moved about thirty minutes ago. He was hoping she was waking up. Her eyes fluttered and finally opened. She looked around the room before sitting up. When she got half way up she fell back down.
"You are dizzy at first but it wears off." Harry said and smiled.
"Oh." She said and turned her head towards him. "You look like hell." She said and smiled.
"You haven't seen a mirror have you?" Harry asked and walked forward. He sat on the bed beside her.
"Nope." She said putting a hand on his arm. "You did good." Cathren said smiling a proud smile. "You killed the Dark Lord and probably saved a bunch of lives."
"I did'nt think I could do it. I've never killed any one before." Harry said and looked at the ground. "I guess this means your not the Keeper any more?"
"Oh, I am still the Keeper. There is just no great evil out there that I have to kill." She said and sighed. "I'm out of a job... thank God." She squeezed his arm. "So how long have I slept?"
*
Harry and Cathren walked into the Great Hall holding hands that morning and sat down. Every one was looking at them as if they had seen a ghost. Harry smiled and squeezed Cathren's hand. "You get used to it." He said as they sat down.
"I know." Cathren said and smiled. She still had a couple of bruises and cuts, just as he did. "Good morning."
"How are you two feeling on your first day of freedom?" Hermione asked.
"It is not freedom until they get rid of those darned reporters." Harry said and smiled.
"Is that not the truth." Cathren said and sipped some of her drink. "Well, we only have a week left."
"I know, it feels like we have'nt been here very long. This is our last year. What are we going to do?" Hermione asked and looked at them.
Ron put an arm around Hermione. "I know what you could do." He said and smiled.
"What?" She asked and looking at him.
"You could marry me." He said smiling a huge smile.
"Your playing with me." Hermione said and pushed him away.
"No I'm not." He said and fiddled with his pocket. He pulled something out. It was a plastic ring. "I bought this at Hogsmead a week ago. It is just there until I get out and get a real one. Will you marry me Hermione Granger?"
"I...I..." She did'nt know what to say.
"Say yes already." Cathren said and smiled.
"Yes." Hermione said and gave Ron a hug.
"Don't you two think you are a little young?" Harry asked looking at them.
"I said will you marry me, not I do. We could wait." Ron said and smiled.
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The reporters came and asked there questions. The week passed more quickly than how they wanted it. Cathren and Harry dreaded the last day. They did'nt want to leave, at least Harry. Cathren on the other hand would'nt leave. Dumbledore stayed at the school. It was officially her home. Until she was old enough to get one on her own. Harry was going to be an Auror. He had passed his test and would be training with Sirius and Cathren. He was going to see her any way. Ron and Hermione had also decided to get a job in government. Hermione wanted to get a job in Magical Creature Rights. Ron wanted to become minister of magic, but he would have to work up to that. He settled for Auror.
So when the last day came they said their good byes. Although it really was'nt good bye. They would see each other again... soon in fact. They would remain friends forever... that was there vow. It may have seemed like the end of an adventure. But, its not the end. Life is the adventure and you have to live while you can. You can not simply wish it away. No matter how hard or how many times you try.
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Please Review if you liked it or not. I want to know what every one who read it thinks. Thank you for even reading it.