Disclaimer: You know the basic; the girls belong to themselves, and Selene is myself, Singapore and its places belong to themselves, of course.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules.
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Thank you for your reviews!
Chapter 12: Goodbye
"Well, I'm going to miss all of you." said Selene quietly to Snape, Madam Hooch, Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore the next day at Changi Airport. They were going to return to Hogwarts.
"Us too." said Maria and the girls nodded. She was looking at Snape as she spoke.
"Aw, come on, girls." said Madam Hooch, outstretching her arms and the younger girls went into it.
As they hugged, Snape held Maria's hand. "Maria, may I have a word with you?"
"Sure."
They walked to a private area of the airport. Once they did, Snape pulled Maria into a kiss. Maria returned the kiss, slowly and passionately. When they came up for air, Maria backed away slightly, wiping the tears away from her eyes. "I'm going to miss you, really."
Snape didn't say anything. Instead he pulled her towards him again for a hug. Maria stayed in his arms for quite a while before he let go.
Maria still had tears on her face. Sighing, Snape searched his pockets for something and finally took out a packet of tissues. He removed one and handed it to Maria. She took it immediately and wiped it on her face.
"I don't want you to go." she muttered.
Snape stared at her. Then he took off his pendant and took her hand.
He placed the pendant on her palm and closed her fingers. He patted it. "I promise I'll come for this. Put it on."
Maria smiled slightly and put the pendant on. She stared admiringly at the beautiful emeralds when Madam Hooch shouted, "Severus! Time to go!"
Maria's small smile faded quickly. Snape put his arm around her shoulders to comfort her and they walked together to join the others.
"I'm going to miss you, Miss Maria." said Professor McGonagall when they arrived.
Maria didn't say anything. Dumbledore handed out magical passes to his colleagues which allowed them to take a special plane beck to the magical world itself. Snape took his, still no letting go of Maria.
"Severus." said Dumbledore gently.
Snape understood what he meant, his tone clearly stood for: "We have to go so let go of Maria".
Snape had no choice but to let go of Maria.
"Well, we really must go now." said Dumbledore to the girls.
Selene just nodded and shoved her hands into her pockets. The rest said nothing. Dumbledore and the others turned and walked towards Gate 1 ½. They looked back near the wall between Gate 1 and Gate 2 and waved goodbye.
The girls except Maria, who was looking at Snape, waved back. Snape stared back, until Dumbledore put his hand on his shoulder and he unwillingly followed the rest of Hogwarts staff through the wall.
They were gone, back to their world.
Silence.
"I think we better go too." said Selene quietly.
An hour later, Selene and her friends were shopping on the streets, trying to get their minds off their magical friends' departure.
Carly was admiring a mannequin in a kimono in a shop window when Sandie grabbed her arm. "What?"
"Look!" said Sandie, pointing at a giant screen that a tall building had pasted on itself.
Normally, that giant screen showed television commercials. But today it showed.....
"It's 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' trailer!" said Lindsey, jumping up and down.
"Cool!" said Inca as the screen showed a Dementor standing outside Harry and his friends' train compartment.
Then it showed the choir in the Great Hall, the Knight Bus, and Daniel Radcliffe turning his head sharply in horror.
"It's Daniel!" said Selene, looking rather excited.
Then it showed Tom Felton blowing a paper crane out of his hands.
"Tom looked so cool....." said Carly dreamily.
"Maria and I prefer Alan Rickman. He's good at playing Snape." said Sue and turned to Maria. "Right, Maria?"
Maria just stared at the screen as the trailer continued to show Alan Rickman coming out of the closet.
"Maria?"
"Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison." said the trailer as it showed the trio standing behind Rickman. "Swear to me that you won't go looking for Black......."
"Goodbye." said Maria quietly to the screen, sniffed and wiped her cheek with her hand.
Sue blinked. "Oh my God, you're crying! Will someone get a tissue for Maria?"
In the end, none of the girls seemed to notice that the trailer was over as they fussed over Maria.
3 days later.....
Selene sighed and looked at her friends at the Changi Airport. "I was looking forward to watch Harry Potter in the theatre with you girls."
The girls smiled back while Sandie ruffled Selene's fringe (which was quite long). "Oh come on, at least we could still discuss about it in the Yahoo group."
"I guess." Selene muttered.
"Thanks for giving us a good time." said Carly cheerfully while Inca nodded.
"Last call for the 2pm flight from Singapore to Germany." said the PA system.
"Ah!" said Sue in frustration. "Stupid PA system. Oh well, guess Inca and I have to go now."
Selene pouted.
"Look kiddo, I'll write to you when we got back. Okay?" asked Sue.
Selene nodded but she didn't smile. Sue hugged Maria goodbye, gave her goodbyes to the other girls and they went to Departure Gate 1.
After Sue and Inca left, they waited for an hour before Lindsey's flight to Scotland was announced. Lindsey left after a lot of goodbyes and hugs from the remaining girls.
The day went by and the girls left one by one. Soon, Maria was the only one left with Selene.
"Second last call for 5pm flight from Singapore to USA." announced the PA system.
Selene folded her arms. "Guess that we have to say goodbye now."
Maria smiled at her brightly and held her hand. "Thank you for inviting me here."
Selene just smiled back.
"I'm really grateful for it. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have met Severus and get to know him better."
Selene didn't say anything but she had a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Hope to see your posts in the Yahoo group again next time." said Maria.
"Um, yeah." said Selene finally.
"Last call for 5pm flight from Singapore to USA."
Maria and Selene hugged each other quickly and Maria picked up her suitcase. She stopped in front of Gate 1, turned around, smiled again and waved.
Selene waved back and watched as Maria walked through the gate until she was out of sight.
She stood there for quite while before she let out a huge sigh, put her hands in her pockets, turned around and left the airport with her head down.
15 days later....
Selene was checking her e-mail when she saw an e-mail from an unfamiliar address: Hermione at yahoo.com. The subject was: Vacation
Curiously, Selene clicked on it and a letter was revealed. It said:
Dear Selene,
Don't ask how I know this e-mail thing, I just get Miss Granger to type it on my behalf. Thank you again for being our tour-guide in Singapore. All of us have a great time. We are fine here. Snape doesn't look so good through, he is found moping around the castle. I wondered why. He has been like this since we got back.
Anyway, I was wondering whether you can write a fanfiction on our vacation? I have heard so many of the fanfictions written by you girls but there isn't one based on real events. So I thought that it will be interesting to have one based on a true story.
How about it? If you agrees, I can tell you all of the stuff that I have seen and do. The rest have agreed to it, although Snape and Minerva are a bit unwilling to go along with the rest.
If you want to write it, please reply through this e-mail.
Hope to hear you soon.
Mandy.
Selene mused over the letter and smiled. She replied:
Hi Mandy,
Yes, I will do it. I will send e-mails to the rest of the girls to get them to agree to it.
See ya,
Selene
Then she sent similar e-mails to her friends.
Hi,
Mandy had sent me an e-mail, asking me to write a fanfic on our vacation. I have agreed, so how about giving me some information about what you have done in the vacation?
Selene
In the next few days, Selene received e-mails from the girls, agreeing to provide information on the vacation. Madam Hooch began to send e-mails through Hermione as well.
Within a few days, Selene began to write the story.
Days later, Selene was checking her e-mail again when she saw another e-mail from Hermione at yahoo.com. The subject was entitled: Maria's address.
She opened the e-mail, read it through and gasped. She read it again clearly to ensure that she wasn't dreaming, then she sent an e-mail to Sue, writing:
Sue,
Give me Maria's home address as soon as possible. There's a certain person with the initials S.S who wants it.
Selene
Maria sighed at the first chapter that Selene had wrote, she still remembered the first time when she saw Severus Snape, so clear as if it happened only yesterday.
She sighed again, turned off her computer and went to her bed. She flopped on her bed and closed her eyes.
"Didn't Severus promise that he will look for me? Where the hell is he? Has he forgotten about me already?" she thought miserably.
She opened her eyes and fidgeted with the pendant that Snape gave her slowly. The doorbell downstairs started to ring and someone went to answer it.
"Maria!" called her mother downstairs.
"What?"
"You have a visitor!"
Maria unwillingly got up from her bed, got out of it and dragged herself out of the door. She walked down the stairs with her head down and her hair untied, looking tired and sad.
"Really, Maria, sometimes I think I will never understand your odd ways of greeting me." said someone in a slow, deep voice.
Wait a minute......
Maria looked up and her mouth dropped open at her visitor.
Severus Snape was outside the door with his streak of green and sliver hair. He was wearing his black shirt, jacket, jeans and boots. He smiled slightly at Maria's reaction.
Maria smiled slowly. Then she threw her head back and rearranged her hair with her hands.
Snape was now grinning at her actions. Maria went down the stairs as soon as possible, carefully not to trip over. She ran to the door and right into Snape's arms happily. Then they released each other a little for a kiss that they had missed for a long time.
Severus Snape had kept his promise after all.
The End
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules.
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Thank you for your reviews!
Chapter 12: Goodbye
"Well, I'm going to miss all of you." said Selene quietly to Snape, Madam Hooch, Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore the next day at Changi Airport. They were going to return to Hogwarts.
"Us too." said Maria and the girls nodded. She was looking at Snape as she spoke.
"Aw, come on, girls." said Madam Hooch, outstretching her arms and the younger girls went into it.
As they hugged, Snape held Maria's hand. "Maria, may I have a word with you?"
"Sure."
They walked to a private area of the airport. Once they did, Snape pulled Maria into a kiss. Maria returned the kiss, slowly and passionately. When they came up for air, Maria backed away slightly, wiping the tears away from her eyes. "I'm going to miss you, really."
Snape didn't say anything. Instead he pulled her towards him again for a hug. Maria stayed in his arms for quite a while before he let go.
Maria still had tears on her face. Sighing, Snape searched his pockets for something and finally took out a packet of tissues. He removed one and handed it to Maria. She took it immediately and wiped it on her face.
"I don't want you to go." she muttered.
Snape stared at her. Then he took off his pendant and took her hand.
He placed the pendant on her palm and closed her fingers. He patted it. "I promise I'll come for this. Put it on."
Maria smiled slightly and put the pendant on. She stared admiringly at the beautiful emeralds when Madam Hooch shouted, "Severus! Time to go!"
Maria's small smile faded quickly. Snape put his arm around her shoulders to comfort her and they walked together to join the others.
"I'm going to miss you, Miss Maria." said Professor McGonagall when they arrived.
Maria didn't say anything. Dumbledore handed out magical passes to his colleagues which allowed them to take a special plane beck to the magical world itself. Snape took his, still no letting go of Maria.
"Severus." said Dumbledore gently.
Snape understood what he meant, his tone clearly stood for: "We have to go so let go of Maria".
Snape had no choice but to let go of Maria.
"Well, we really must go now." said Dumbledore to the girls.
Selene just nodded and shoved her hands into her pockets. The rest said nothing. Dumbledore and the others turned and walked towards Gate 1 ½. They looked back near the wall between Gate 1 and Gate 2 and waved goodbye.
The girls except Maria, who was looking at Snape, waved back. Snape stared back, until Dumbledore put his hand on his shoulder and he unwillingly followed the rest of Hogwarts staff through the wall.
They were gone, back to their world.
Silence.
"I think we better go too." said Selene quietly.
An hour later, Selene and her friends were shopping on the streets, trying to get their minds off their magical friends' departure.
Carly was admiring a mannequin in a kimono in a shop window when Sandie grabbed her arm. "What?"
"Look!" said Sandie, pointing at a giant screen that a tall building had pasted on itself.
Normally, that giant screen showed television commercials. But today it showed.....
"It's 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' trailer!" said Lindsey, jumping up and down.
"Cool!" said Inca as the screen showed a Dementor standing outside Harry and his friends' train compartment.
Then it showed the choir in the Great Hall, the Knight Bus, and Daniel Radcliffe turning his head sharply in horror.
"It's Daniel!" said Selene, looking rather excited.
Then it showed Tom Felton blowing a paper crane out of his hands.
"Tom looked so cool....." said Carly dreamily.
"Maria and I prefer Alan Rickman. He's good at playing Snape." said Sue and turned to Maria. "Right, Maria?"
Maria just stared at the screen as the trailer continued to show Alan Rickman coming out of the closet.
"Maria?"
"Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison." said the trailer as it showed the trio standing behind Rickman. "Swear to me that you won't go looking for Black......."
"Goodbye." said Maria quietly to the screen, sniffed and wiped her cheek with her hand.
Sue blinked. "Oh my God, you're crying! Will someone get a tissue for Maria?"
In the end, none of the girls seemed to notice that the trailer was over as they fussed over Maria.
3 days later.....
Selene sighed and looked at her friends at the Changi Airport. "I was looking forward to watch Harry Potter in the theatre with you girls."
The girls smiled back while Sandie ruffled Selene's fringe (which was quite long). "Oh come on, at least we could still discuss about it in the Yahoo group."
"I guess." Selene muttered.
"Thanks for giving us a good time." said Carly cheerfully while Inca nodded.
"Last call for the 2pm flight from Singapore to Germany." said the PA system.
"Ah!" said Sue in frustration. "Stupid PA system. Oh well, guess Inca and I have to go now."
Selene pouted.
"Look kiddo, I'll write to you when we got back. Okay?" asked Sue.
Selene nodded but she didn't smile. Sue hugged Maria goodbye, gave her goodbyes to the other girls and they went to Departure Gate 1.
After Sue and Inca left, they waited for an hour before Lindsey's flight to Scotland was announced. Lindsey left after a lot of goodbyes and hugs from the remaining girls.
The day went by and the girls left one by one. Soon, Maria was the only one left with Selene.
"Second last call for 5pm flight from Singapore to USA." announced the PA system.
Selene folded her arms. "Guess that we have to say goodbye now."
Maria smiled at her brightly and held her hand. "Thank you for inviting me here."
Selene just smiled back.
"I'm really grateful for it. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have met Severus and get to know him better."
Selene didn't say anything but she had a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Hope to see your posts in the Yahoo group again next time." said Maria.
"Um, yeah." said Selene finally.
"Last call for 5pm flight from Singapore to USA."
Maria and Selene hugged each other quickly and Maria picked up her suitcase. She stopped in front of Gate 1, turned around, smiled again and waved.
Selene waved back and watched as Maria walked through the gate until she was out of sight.
She stood there for quite while before she let out a huge sigh, put her hands in her pockets, turned around and left the airport with her head down.
15 days later....
Selene was checking her e-mail when she saw an e-mail from an unfamiliar address: Hermione at yahoo.com. The subject was: Vacation
Curiously, Selene clicked on it and a letter was revealed. It said:
Dear Selene,
Don't ask how I know this e-mail thing, I just get Miss Granger to type it on my behalf. Thank you again for being our tour-guide in Singapore. All of us have a great time. We are fine here. Snape doesn't look so good through, he is found moping around the castle. I wondered why. He has been like this since we got back.
Anyway, I was wondering whether you can write a fanfiction on our vacation? I have heard so many of the fanfictions written by you girls but there isn't one based on real events. So I thought that it will be interesting to have one based on a true story.
How about it? If you agrees, I can tell you all of the stuff that I have seen and do. The rest have agreed to it, although Snape and Minerva are a bit unwilling to go along with the rest.
If you want to write it, please reply through this e-mail.
Hope to hear you soon.
Mandy.
Selene mused over the letter and smiled. She replied:
Hi Mandy,
Yes, I will do it. I will send e-mails to the rest of the girls to get them to agree to it.
See ya,
Selene
Then she sent similar e-mails to her friends.
Hi,
Mandy had sent me an e-mail, asking me to write a fanfic on our vacation. I have agreed, so how about giving me some information about what you have done in the vacation?
Selene
In the next few days, Selene received e-mails from the girls, agreeing to provide information on the vacation. Madam Hooch began to send e-mails through Hermione as well.
Within a few days, Selene began to write the story.
Days later, Selene was checking her e-mail again when she saw another e-mail from Hermione at yahoo.com. The subject was entitled: Maria's address.
She opened the e-mail, read it through and gasped. She read it again clearly to ensure that she wasn't dreaming, then she sent an e-mail to Sue, writing:
Sue,
Give me Maria's home address as soon as possible. There's a certain person with the initials S.S who wants it.
Selene
Maria sighed at the first chapter that Selene had wrote, she still remembered the first time when she saw Severus Snape, so clear as if it happened only yesterday.
She sighed again, turned off her computer and went to her bed. She flopped on her bed and closed her eyes.
"Didn't Severus promise that he will look for me? Where the hell is he? Has he forgotten about me already?" she thought miserably.
She opened her eyes and fidgeted with the pendant that Snape gave her slowly. The doorbell downstairs started to ring and someone went to answer it.
"Maria!" called her mother downstairs.
"What?"
"You have a visitor!"
Maria unwillingly got up from her bed, got out of it and dragged herself out of the door. She walked down the stairs with her head down and her hair untied, looking tired and sad.
"Really, Maria, sometimes I think I will never understand your odd ways of greeting me." said someone in a slow, deep voice.
Wait a minute......
Maria looked up and her mouth dropped open at her visitor.
Severus Snape was outside the door with his streak of green and sliver hair. He was wearing his black shirt, jacket, jeans and boots. He smiled slightly at Maria's reaction.
Maria smiled slowly. Then she threw her head back and rearranged her hair with her hands.
Snape was now grinning at her actions. Maria went down the stairs as soon as possible, carefully not to trip over. She ran to the door and right into Snape's arms happily. Then they released each other a little for a kiss that they had missed for a long time.
Severus Snape had kept his promise after all.
The End