Good-Bye, Hogwarts.

By: SotMoon*

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Authors Note: Hi! It's finally time that Lily and James leave Hogwarts, get married, get jobs, etc! Btw:  Bic—I'm glad I made the Chappies bigger!

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            Lily woke up in the morning, wondering why she was so sad, and then it hit her like a ton of bricks—it was her last time at Hogwarts, ever. This brought a pang of sadness to her heart as she got out of bed, and put on her clothes she had laid out from the night before. She stuck her nightclothes into a small gym bag, and then left downstairs to meet the other guys. As she got down to the Common Room, she noticed no one was yet in the room. She looked down at her watch, the green watch standing out vividly against her pale skin. The clock read 6:35 in pale letters. Lily sighed and got herself comfortable on the couch.

            Lily found this time to memorize the whole room, so she'd remember it, and tell her children what it was like to be in Hogwarts, and how much they'd enjoy it. She looked at all seven of the big over-stuffed chairs, and then cast her eyes apon the Carpet in the middle of the room. A large lion was in it, jumping through a large "H". She then looked up to the ceiling and then tried to memorize the candle chandelier.

            After an hour or so, people started coming down the stairs, slowly filling into the room, the others were quite happy, but all the Seventh years had a far-away look in their eyes, or they were clouded over. Some, too, seemed as if they were trying to memorize everything about the Common Room.

            Tiffany came down the stairs, large sunglasses on her face, though, she thought make-up and sunglasses would hide her black eye, it clearly didn't. The eye was now a greenish purple, and was slightly closed. Lily shook her head, and still waited for the other boys.

            Fifteen minutes later, the Marauders' came slowly down the stairs—clearly still half-asleep. Lily magicked a banana peel onto the last step, and Remus stepped on it, dragging both Sirius and James down with him. They landed with a loud thud at Lily's feet.

            "It's about time you got up," Lily said as she watched the boys untangle themselves. They finally stood up and Sirius picked up the banana peel, and sniffed it.

            "This banana has just been eaten, and see here…? It has my mark on it! Someone stole my banana," Sirius sniffed it again. "And…it has Lily's perfume on it!"

            Sirius fake-tackled Lily, Lily shrieked as Sirius tickled her. "You ate it, didn't you!? Didn't you?" Lily gasped, and Sirius finally got off of her.

            "Let's go to lunch, Snuffles." Lily said, ruffling Sirius' hair. Snuffles is what Lily called Sirius since she found out that he could turn into a dog in transformations. Snuffles stuck permanently for his nickname from Lily. They all walked down to the Great Hall, soon growing silent. As they got into the hall, they sat down in their chairs, and waited patiently for Dumbledore to come up and talk. Finally Dumbledore got up from his chair, and looked about at his Students.

            "Another year gone, and now its time to say good-bye for the summer, or for the Seventh years, I hope you set off into your lives, and do great. As you know, Voldemort is rising in his power. Trust only your closest friends, and family." Everyone looked about the other people in the room, apparently now edgy about who they trusted. "Dig in, Everyone."

            Everyone looked at the food for a while, then slowly began to eat. Lily looked down at the food, and her stomach twisted. She couldn't possibly eat, not now. Even Sirius was looking pained—he looked at his bananas on his plate, and slowly pushed them away.

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            As soon as the Breakfast was over, the students milled out of the doors, and left to get into the Carriages. The group sat in silence as the carriage drove them to the Hogsmede Station. As they went into the Train, they sat down for the long train ride, leaning back onto the big gray seats.

            When the Train Finally pulled up, Lily hopped out of the train, the others soon following her. "Where am I to go?" Lily asked, turning around. James grinned, and spun some keys around his index finger.

            "I'm taking you home. See you later, guys." James said to the others. They waved and grabbed their things, going up to their parents. Lily went through the brickwall, and they walked outside to see a motorcycle sitting in the parking lot. James sat down on the bike, and gestured for Lily to come over. "Lils, get on." Lily did so, gripping onto James for dear life. James started up the bike, and began to drive. Lily suddenly remembered her trunk, but then sighed, and just stayed silent.

            After a long drive, they drove up into a small village, driving down the lonely street; they went to the farthest house on the right—a large yellow Victorian house.

            "We're home." James said getting off of the motorcycle.

            Lily's eyes began to tear, as she got up, and ran into the house, she looked about and saw that the house was already furnished—the furniture, and things she had picked out, and she ran upstairs, and looked in all the rooms. Indeed, everything was decorated the way she had said that she wanted to James. She ran into the Master Bedroom, and looked in to see that her trunk was at the foot of the big canopy bed.

            Lily turned around to see James leaning against the doorframe, she grasped the Dragon Pendant that was around her neck and whispered: "We're home."

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AN2: Well, that's TWO Chapters in one day! ~Applauds herself~ It took me about three hours, because I got hooked on a DM/HG fic. Heh. Well, hope you liked this chapter.