Epilogue
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything associated with it. However, Ashley and Nick are my own characters.
Rating: PG-PG13
A/N: This is it! This is the end!
Harry looked out the window of the Hogwarts Express. Ron, still with a bandage around his head, and Hermione, with her hand in Ron's, were sitting across from him. Ginny was next to him, writing the last couple of sentences in her Potions essay.
Harry remembered last year when they got on the train, and Sirius was there, in his dog form, and began chasing the train. Who knew what was going to happen since then, this time last year? Things sure have changed.
Harry's mind traveled back to last week. After they'd brought Lupin home, everyone wanted to know what happened. They'd explained how they'd gotten there, what happened, and how they'd gotten back. None of the kids gave the ghosts a name. Ron wasn't awake enough to know who they were, and Hermione still couldn't figure out who they were, which surprised Harry very much.
Now everyone in the Order was all right, for the time being. Harry had talked to Sirius and Ashley a couple times since the battle, and it seemed that they were together. He was glad that everything had turned out ok in the end, but he couldn't help but wonder what was to come next.
"Harry?" he heard a voice calling him back to earth, as the train began moving
"Yes?" he asked.
"Just wondering where you were," Hermione said.
"Zoning out," he said.
Ginny nodded. "Thinking about the battle?" she asked.
Harry nodded. Ginny didn't miss much from him anymore.
"There's still one thing I don't understand," Hermione said.
"Who the ghosts were?" Harry said, grinning. Her knew it would be only a matter of time until Hermione asked him this.
"How did you know?" she asked.
Harry grinned, "I figured you would ask sooner or later. The "ghosts" were really angels. Guardian angels. Sirius and Ashley came down to guard us."
"How did they know to come down?" Ron asked.
Harry shrugged. "Sirius didn't tell me that. He said that when it was my time to be up there, and I had to guard someone, I'd know."
"Sure, more of this, 'wait until you're older' stuff," Ron said, "You know the last time someone told you to wait and find something out when you were older, someone ended up dead?"
Harry nodded. "I know," he said.
The witch with the food cart came around then, and all talk of the battle seized. Ron took out a set of Gobstones, and everyone sat on the floor and began a game. And that was the extent of the serious conversation for the rest of the ride.
Ashley and I followed the train as it went to Hogwarts. She had one of her hands slipped through mine, and with the other hand she was cupping her ear, desperately trying to hear what was going on. Her ability to hear them got a little weaker when she was cursed. It was getting batter, but wasn't anywhere near what it used to be.
I'd been ok, my seeing had gotten slightly worse since I felt Harry's curse. Ashley had asked me something one day, that really we couldn't find a very logical answer too, but we came up with one that was satisfying enough.
"How come you felt when Harry was cursed, and I didn't feel anything when Ron was?" she asked me.
I thought for a bit.
"The only thing I can think of, is that I have a connection with Harry. I've met him before, and we were pretty close. You've never met Ron, you heard Nick, you were Ron's guardian because you had a connection to me."
Ashley nodded.
"I guess. It still doesn't make much sense, though."
I nodded. It was something we silently agreed not to ask Nick. We figured we'd seen enough of him already. A little mystery in life is good, even in the life after life.
The train made it to Hogsmeade station, and we stopped watching, and walked back to my room.
"You think they'll have a better year than last year?"
"I hope so," I answered, putting my arm around her.
"I hope I have a better year than last year, too," she said.
"We'll have to see what comes our way," I said, and she tightened her grip around my hand.
"Yeah, we'll see," she said, and as we looked back down at the earth, I saw Harry look up at the sky, and nod to say, "Thanks".
~FIN~
A/N: I'm leaving it there I don't think I'm going to be writing a sequel. I don't have any ideas for one right now, but if in a couple days...weeks...or months I ever come up with a good idea, I'll write a sequel. Sorry to the ppl that told me to email them, or emailed me on their own, but I don't talk to ppl I don't know online, and I don't open emails with addresses I doon't know online. And Thank you thank you thank you one last and final time to my reviewers! I hope you liked it!!! I had a lot of fun writing it, and it helped me get through this whole Sirius death thing. So I guess that's all for me to say! See y'all!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything associated with it. However, Ashley and Nick are my own characters.
Rating: PG-PG13
A/N: This is it! This is the end!
Harry looked out the window of the Hogwarts Express. Ron, still with a bandage around his head, and Hermione, with her hand in Ron's, were sitting across from him. Ginny was next to him, writing the last couple of sentences in her Potions essay.
Harry remembered last year when they got on the train, and Sirius was there, in his dog form, and began chasing the train. Who knew what was going to happen since then, this time last year? Things sure have changed.
Harry's mind traveled back to last week. After they'd brought Lupin home, everyone wanted to know what happened. They'd explained how they'd gotten there, what happened, and how they'd gotten back. None of the kids gave the ghosts a name. Ron wasn't awake enough to know who they were, and Hermione still couldn't figure out who they were, which surprised Harry very much.
Now everyone in the Order was all right, for the time being. Harry had talked to Sirius and Ashley a couple times since the battle, and it seemed that they were together. He was glad that everything had turned out ok in the end, but he couldn't help but wonder what was to come next.
"Harry?" he heard a voice calling him back to earth, as the train began moving
"Yes?" he asked.
"Just wondering where you were," Hermione said.
"Zoning out," he said.
Ginny nodded. "Thinking about the battle?" she asked.
Harry nodded. Ginny didn't miss much from him anymore.
"There's still one thing I don't understand," Hermione said.
"Who the ghosts were?" Harry said, grinning. Her knew it would be only a matter of time until Hermione asked him this.
"How did you know?" she asked.
Harry grinned, "I figured you would ask sooner or later. The "ghosts" were really angels. Guardian angels. Sirius and Ashley came down to guard us."
"How did they know to come down?" Ron asked.
Harry shrugged. "Sirius didn't tell me that. He said that when it was my time to be up there, and I had to guard someone, I'd know."
"Sure, more of this, 'wait until you're older' stuff," Ron said, "You know the last time someone told you to wait and find something out when you were older, someone ended up dead?"
Harry nodded. "I know," he said.
The witch with the food cart came around then, and all talk of the battle seized. Ron took out a set of Gobstones, and everyone sat on the floor and began a game. And that was the extent of the serious conversation for the rest of the ride.
Ashley and I followed the train as it went to Hogwarts. She had one of her hands slipped through mine, and with the other hand she was cupping her ear, desperately trying to hear what was going on. Her ability to hear them got a little weaker when she was cursed. It was getting batter, but wasn't anywhere near what it used to be.
I'd been ok, my seeing had gotten slightly worse since I felt Harry's curse. Ashley had asked me something one day, that really we couldn't find a very logical answer too, but we came up with one that was satisfying enough.
"How come you felt when Harry was cursed, and I didn't feel anything when Ron was?" she asked me.
I thought for a bit.
"The only thing I can think of, is that I have a connection with Harry. I've met him before, and we were pretty close. You've never met Ron, you heard Nick, you were Ron's guardian because you had a connection to me."
Ashley nodded.
"I guess. It still doesn't make much sense, though."
I nodded. It was something we silently agreed not to ask Nick. We figured we'd seen enough of him already. A little mystery in life is good, even in the life after life.
The train made it to Hogsmeade station, and we stopped watching, and walked back to my room.
"You think they'll have a better year than last year?"
"I hope so," I answered, putting my arm around her.
"I hope I have a better year than last year, too," she said.
"We'll have to see what comes our way," I said, and she tightened her grip around my hand.
"Yeah, we'll see," she said, and as we looked back down at the earth, I saw Harry look up at the sky, and nod to say, "Thanks".
~FIN~
A/N: I'm leaving it there I don't think I'm going to be writing a sequel. I don't have any ideas for one right now, but if in a couple days...weeks...or months I ever come up with a good idea, I'll write a sequel. Sorry to the ppl that told me to email them, or emailed me on their own, but I don't talk to ppl I don't know online, and I don't open emails with addresses I doon't know online. And Thank you thank you thank you one last and final time to my reviewers! I hope you liked it!!! I had a lot of fun writing it, and it helped me get through this whole Sirius death thing. So I guess that's all for me to say! See y'all!