Yay! The last chapter! everyone cheers yes I know this is the 32nd chapter and this fic had been ridiculously long! So here's the ending. I'll post an epilogue with thanks for my reviewers, a few hints about upcoming stories, some notes and questions.
Cynthia: Well I'm glad you liked the first chapter so much and hopefully you got time to read the rest. Everything you said in your review was exactly the sort of thing I was trying to do with that first chapter, so it meant a lot that you noticed it! Thanks!
xAkix: Hey! Glad I gave you an escape from your boredom. Lol. Think yourself lucky you're actually on holiday. I've got one more day left!!!!! Then I'm free! This chapter probably won't bore you to death, but it's extremely crap! I just had to finish it off, so this is the outcome of my writers block. Endings are always impossible! Well I hope you don't judge the whole fic on this chapter, I hope you've calmed down enough to read this, even though you probably won't feel sane after you finish this!
FSL: sorry for getting your name wrong, on the review e-mails I've had from you, it looks like FS1. I won't get it wrong again. I hope you don't hate me after reading this chapter.
Vhailder: Well…that's interesting. I still don't think Ron and Hermione belong together and Harry doesn't belong with anyone. Including Cho. Nobody deserves him. But I think I'm the only one in the world who thinks this…so hey!
HoshiHikari4ever: Ok…I don't get why it was funny, but I take it you liked the chapter, so thanks! XD
Ghetx2o: It's ok, You can't help being busy, plus I can hardly hold it against you since you're one of the best reviewers I've ever had! You never run out of ways to make me smile, even when I'm feeling pretty crappy. Don't ask why. Long story. I will make sure to mention you in my epilogue! So thanks again, you're the best! Though you'll probably end up doubting your words after reading this chapter. Also feel free to sing me a song any time, lol, I love your songs!
Wahooligan8: Hey! Glad you liked my chapter, but if you have any concern for your health I advise you not to read this one! It sucks! I will tell everyone all about new fics and stuff in the epilogue thing, cos otherwise I just end up repeating myself. I like very few pairings. Probably only Harry/Cho, and I think Ron/Luna is pretty funny. Lol. I could list millions for Jimmy Neutron, but I don't think many of the Harry Potter characters go together very well.
Zutzi Alias Susi: Thanks, I'm glad you liked it, although no-one's ever called one of my chapters cute before, lol. I must tell you now, that you don't have to read beyond the first few paragraphs of this chapter, because after that you will be screaming and having a heart attack. Oh well, your choice. Thanks for the review.
Lara: Yay!!!!!! Lessons are over!!!!! Have fun on activities week and I'll see you after the holidays! Thanks for being a great reviewer! Love ya!
Erika: Glad you liked my chapter, I'm hoping this one won't make you hate me for life! I'll tell everyone about new fics and stuff in the epilogue thing. So until then, please try not to have a heart attack over this chappie! --------------------------------------------------------------------
Hedwig swooped into Harry's bedroom through his open window and dropped a letter on his head. Harry looked up from a book on Animagi given to him by Professor Lupin as he left Kings Cross station a few weeks ago to join the Dursley's for another summer. Harry was back in Privet Drive with his Aunt and Uncle, but so far it hadn't been too bad. Cho, Ron and Hermione sent him regular letters, with food supplies since Dudley was still on his diet, and Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley barley ever spoke to him.
This letter was from Cho, it read:
Dear Harry,
I got my NEWT results back! I got 6! These Are My results:
Transfiguration – Outstanding
Charms – Outstanding
Defence Against The Dark Arts – Outstanding (Thanks to you!)
Potions – Exceeds Expectations
Arithmancy – Exceeds Expectations
Ancient Runs – Exceeds Expectations
Herbology – Acceptable
History Of Magic – Poor
I couldn't believe it! I thought I'd fail Potions and Herbology! It means I can train to do most jobs high up in the ministry.
I had wanted to work in the Department of magical games and sports so I could involve Quidditch with my work, but I have better news! Someone came around to our house yesterday. He said he was a Quidditch scout and he wanted to know if I wanted to have some Quidditch training at the Tornado's Academy!!! He said I was good enough to be on the woman's team!! !Isn't it amazing! I go for a trial next week!
I'm working in a shop on Diagon Alley until I get I proper job, but I might not have to, if they offer me a place on the team! It's like a dream come true! Their my favourite team and their one of the best clubs in the world!
Well I have to go, I'll owl you soon, I hope your summer's going ok, can't wait to see you next month.
Love Cho x x x
Harry smiled broadly, he was so happy for Cho, he knew she would be a great Quidditch player, there was no way she wouldn't get offered that place on the team.
He flopped back on his bed and re-read the letter, he couldn't wait to see her either. Lupin had owled him saying he could come to Grimmauld place at the beginning of next month. Ron and Hermione were already there and, after asking her parents, Cho had been allowed to go as well. He was already counting down the days until he would see them all again.
He pulled out some more of the letters he'd received over the summer. Letters from Ron, mostly just telling him about how boring it was at Grimmauld place, and about his family, especially Fred and George who's joke shop was so successful that it was expanding. There were letters Hermione about all the school work she was doing so she could get a head-start on their NEWT work next year. Amazingly she hadn't yet told Harry that he should be working, maybe she thought he was still recovering from what had happened nearly two months ago.
But most of the letters were from Cho, they sent at least two letters a week to each other. Often there was nothing to tell, but they just wanted to hear from each other. Cho often talked of her family, Harry could tell they were very important to her and it often made his heart ache to think he would never have any really family to love like she did.
Cho had told her parents about her relationship with Harry, and they had taken better than Harry had expected, he'd always thought they would think he was a bad influence or a danger to their daughter, but they'd been happy at the news and even sent Harry an owl telling them how pleased they were that he could make Cho look and feel so happy, especially after the previous summer when she'd been so upset over Cedric.
Harry put the letter on his bedside table and lay flat on his back, staring up at the ceiling. A lot had happened over the past 12 months, and so far he hadn't had time to think about anything. He thought back to Christmas, the Ball, it was hard to believe how much things had changed since that accidental kiss that had sparked off everything.
It was hard to describe what Harry felt in his heart. So many emotions filled him, but unlike sometimes in the past year, he could control them now. He could control his anger, he no longer flew off the handle at his friends when they annoyed him, and he stayed away from his aunt, uncle and cousin so he didn't end up doing something stupid. He could control his sadness as well, he would often find himself slipping into pain and anguish about Sirius, but he could stop it, he held back the painful memories, it wasn't good for him, but he bottled it up, he hid them away and distracted himself.
There was only one thing left that Harry had no power over. Something he'd only discovered this year, something more powerful than any branch of magic. Love. Not the love offered by a parent, or by a friend. The love you can only get from one person. And if you find that person, you will be with them for the rest of your life, nothing can tear you from that one person, not through pain or torture, not even through death.
Everything Harry had learnt this year had been based around love. Not what he'd learnt through lessons because, although that was important, it didn't compare to what he'd learnt about his emotions and feelings. Harry knew that he was a different person from who he'd been at the beginning of the year. Yes, he was still Harry Potter, the boy who lived, the world's only chance of surviving Lord Voldemort, he still had the same friends, the same teachers, he was still the same in a lot of ways, but inside he was changed, more mature, he was going to be 17 soon, yet he'd been through more emotionally and physically than most people do in their life.
Harry smiled to himself, looking at him now, you would never be able to tell the difference between the Harry Potter lying there now, to the Harry Potter lying there the previous year. Yet everything was so different. He'd come so far yet there was more left. It didn't seem fair, yet he had no choice, he'd accepted that, and although it was a terrifying project Harry could still lie there and smile, because no matter what happened, he'd never be alone, he'd always have the Order, Lupin, Moody, Tonks, Mr and Mrs Weasley he'd always have his friends, Ron and Hermione, and he'd always have Cho, he'd always have that love to keep him going.
So it was with this thought that Harry closed his eyes and drifted into sleep, knowing that no matter how bad things got, there was always a spark of happiness in his life.
YAY! It's finished! OMG! I have been writing this for aaaaggggeeeeessss!!!!!!! And it's finally over. I know this entire chapter was complete rubbish, but I had to round it off somehow and I kept the absolute crap nice and short for ya! I hope the ending wasn't too cheesy, the fic probably could have ended in the previous chapter, but I had to put the NEWT results in somewhere and stuff.
Well that's the end of the fic. There will be an epilogue thingy, with some info about what I'm going to be doing now this is finished. So Please leave a comment, preferably about how you liked the fic as a whole not this chapter. I want to hear your general comments about the story as a whole!
