I reloaded chapter one, so if you haven't reread it yet and want to understand anything better, it's a lot easier to read.
Warnings: A little one for the OOTP. Only if you squint though.
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will.
Love to all my reviewers! (This will answer all of your questions Magic Crystal Rose)
The Way It Should Have Been
Chapter Seven: The End of the Year
"I can't believe Dumbledore left! Now Voldermort can just waltz right on into the castle, kill Neville, oh this is horrible!" Adrian let his head fall onto his desk and Kat casually looked up from her book.
"Adrian it'll be okay. I promise. Besides we have the exams to worry about."
Several days later, Adrian, Harry and Sarah were still nervous about Voldermort and couldn't believe the exams.
"This is torture!" Sarah said, picking at her food.
"Just one more exam! That's it! And it's an easy one!" Kat tried to assure them. Harry blinked at her with large tired eyes.
"Easy for you to say. I can't sleep I'm so nervous!"
"We would have heard something if someone got past Fluffy. I think we're okay." Kat rubbed his arm and he nodded.
"One week of nothing to do. I love it." Adrian said later that afternoon. They lived through their first exams. They were sitting outside enjoying the weather, when Kat sat straight up.
"What?"
"I thought of something." She raced off to Hagrid's with the others trying to keep up.
"Hagrid, what did the man look like that gave you Norbert?" Hagrid looked at her like she was crazy.
"Kept his hood up." Kat sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose.
"What did you talk about?"
"I told him I worked here. What kind o' animals I watched over. Especially how I wanted a dragon." He paused, thinking hard. "I told him a dragon would be easy after Fluffy. Yeh just gotta know how ter tame em. Just play a bit o' music and he'll fall right asleep." Kat grinned and Hagrid looked horrified.
"Should not have told yeh that. Where are yeh going?" They raced off towards the castle, Kat in the lead. When they reached the castle, Kat looked around making sure no one was around.
"We go get the stone tonight. Get it before anyone else can."
"Kat that's nuts! We can't tell Neville everything we learned over the year in under four hours!" Sarah said.
"Besides Neville could not take Voldermort on. No offense Sarah."
"We won't tell Neville Adrian. We'll go after it, just the four of us."
That night was nerve-wrecking. They could hardly eat or sleep and Ron was surprised when Adrian refused him a game of chess.
Finally it was twenty to midnight and they snuck down the stairs, meeting by the fireplace.
"Ready?" They nodded and Harry shifted the cloak on his shoulder when Neville stood up from behind a chair.
"Neville!" Sarah gasped. The other three froze and looked at him with terror in their eyes.
"You can't go out! We'll lose more points."
"Oh Neville move, it'll be alright." Kat said stepping forth and putting her hand on his arm.
"No!" he said, brushing her hand off. "I'll keep you in here! I'll fight you." Adrian rolled his eyes.
"Don't make me do this Neville." He looked at Kat and she took out her wand.
"Petrificus Totalus!" Neville froze up and fell backwards onto the floor. They looked at Kat and she shrugged.
"Someone should stay with him." Harry suggested.
"I'll do it, I'm not for fighting someone older." Sarah squeaked. Kat hugged her.
"If we're not back within an two hours send an owl to Dumbledore alright?" she nodded and Harry and Adrian hugged her as well.
They walked carefully under the cloak, not making any noise. They hardly even breathed. They reached the third floor and slipped in the door, before taking the cloak off. Harry left it by the door and they breathed a sigh of relief that Fluffy was asleep.
A harp was close to the door and it was enchanted to play. Adrian opened the trapdoor and looked down.
"It's a long way down. Anyone volunteer to go first?" Kat shook her head no and they looked at Harry.
"Fine I'll go first." He looked down, gulped before jumping down. "Urgh!" he cried when he landed.
"What is it Harry?"
"I don't know. It's really soft though." Adrian motioned for Kat to go first saying he'd close the door. Just as Kat moved to the door the harp stopped playing. They looked back and then up to see Fluffy blink sleepily.
Kat screamed and Adrian pushed her in quickly before jumping in himself. They landed and Adrian groaned.
"Nasty. What is it?" Harry shrugged before Kat screamed out.
"Watch out!" The boys looked down and saw that thick dark green vines wound themselves around their legs. It continued to wind it's self up their bodies and they started to struggle against it.
"What is it?" Adrian gasped.
"Devil's Snare. I can't think how to kill it." She was sitting still, while the boys struggled. "Don't struggle." They cried to calm down, but it was useless.
"It likes the dark and damp. Of course!" she lit a small fire with her wand and the plant shrieked, releashing them. They jumped up and ran away from it, Adrian rubbing his neck.
"Well that was fun."
"Come on." They walked down the dark passageway when they heard something from the other side of the door.
"It sounds like birds." Kat said as Adrian opened the large wooden door. They looked up to see thousands of keys with wings.
"Keys?" They walked forward and in the middle of the room was a floating broomstick. Adrian walked to the other side of the room and tried to unlock the door.
"Seems we have to get a key to unlock the door." Adrian pouted, joining the other two.
"Which one?" Harry asked, looking up at the keys.
"An old and big one. Silver. The handle was silver." Kat and Adrian looked up.
"I see it." Harry pointed at a key that went slower than the rest. "It's the one with the broken wing." Harry looked down at the broom and grabbed it. Instantly the keys started flying around quicker and towards Harry.
"Right. We'll be by the door." Adrian grabbed Kat's arm, pulling her while Harry swung his arms around.
"It's too your left!" Kat cried. Harry looked left and saw it. He reached for it, but it sped away. He sped the broom faster and followed it up and around the room. Finally he caught and jumped down racing to the door. He put it into the hole and ripped the door open. Kat and Adrian slammed it shut.
"Good job Harry!" He smiled at them.
"Yeah, sure. No problem. Just simple flying." Adrian smirked and they looked around the dark room. They stepped forward and lights came on showing a huge chessboard.
"Whoa." Harry blinked and when they tried to get past the white pieces the pawns stopped them with swords. "Right. Guess we play across."
Three spots were missing and Adrian told them to take them. Harry and Kat took the place of a castle and bishop while Adrian took the place of a knight.
White moved first and then Adrian took control, telling each pawn where to move. Not long after playing the white queen took a pawn, smashing it off the board and into a thousand pieces.
"This is like real wizard chess?" Kat squeaked. Adrian nodded grimly and kept them where they were as much as possible. The white team were ruthless and took a lot of black players when one of theirs was.
After a while Adrian stopped to think and his face fell.
"What Adrian?" Kat asked fearfully.
"Harry?" Harry looked around.
"Adrian! You'll be killed!"
"WHAT?"
"I have to move so the queen can take me. Then Harry can check the king." Kat's eyes grew wide with fear.
"No Adrian." He smiled softly at her before moving. The queen turned to him before striking him across the board to the side. Kat screamed and Harry moved stiffly, praying that Adrian was okay. The king dropped his sword when Harry called checkmate and then they rushed to Adrian's side. Kat ran her hand through his hair.
"He'll be okay. Come on." Harry took Kat's hand and they went into the next chamber to see a troll laying on the floor.
"Onward then I guess." They stole into the next room and saw seven bottles on a table. Purple flames shot up from behind as black came up in front.
They looked around and walked forward. Kat picked up a piece of parchment and read it, before laughing.
"What?"
"It's a riddle! I was expecting magic." Harry looked at her as she reread it and then looking at the bottles, before reading it again.
"Do you get it?"
"Yes. The smallest will take us forward and the round one at the right end will take us back." They looked at the bottles then at each other.
"There's only enough for one to go forward." Harry said. "You go back and get Adrian. Go get Sarah and head to the owlery and owl Dumbledore." Kat nodded and drank the potion before hugging Harry and running through the flames.
He drunk the small one and shivered at the icy flavor. He walked slowly towards the flames then jumped though and he was in the last chamber with someone else.
"QUIRRELL?" Harry gasped staring at the teacher. He smirked wickedly.
"Yes, surprised?"
"I thought it was Snape."
"Seems the type next to p-p-poor s-s-stuttering P-Professor Quirrell." Harry shook his head.
"But the Quidditch match?"
"When Ms. Lupin set Snape's cloak on fire he knocked into me, breaking MY contact. He was muttering the countercurse." That thought didn't register with Harry.
"Snivellus tried to save me?" Quirrell nodded before turning his back to Harry.
"How does this work?" he muttered and Harry realized that he was looking into the Mirror of Erised. Quirrell walked around the mirror muttering.
"I see myself with it. How do I get it out?" Quirrell touched his reflection and Harry wished to have the Stone more than anything right now. He edged to the left trying to see into the mirror, but Quirrell was in the way.
Then a voice seemed to come from Quirrell. "Use the boy." Quirrell turned quickly.
"Come here Potter." He slowly stumbled forward and Quirrell walked forward grabbing his arm and forcing him in front of the mirror. In his reflection he saw himself take the Stone out of his pocket before he felt a small weight added to his pants. "What do you see?"
"I just won the house cup." Quirrell cursed before the voice spoke again.
"He lies. Let me talk to him."
"You are not strong enough Master."
"Does not matter." Quirrell unwrapped the turban to show Harry the back of his head. In it's spot was a horrible face of white with red eyes.
"Harry Potter. How extraordinary to see you and not Longbottom." it whispered. "Perhaps I chose wrong. No matter now. You will not stop me, not like Neville Longbottom did ten years ago. Now give me the Stone." Harry felt something and he took the Stone out of his pocket before looking Voldermort in the eye.
"NEVER!" He turned to run but Quirrell grabbed his arm. Harry kicked his leg out and it landed in Quirrell's stomach. He tried to run again, the Stone firmly in his fist when Quirrell tackled him to the ground. He wrapped his fingers around Harry's throat and he gasped for air.
"Get the Stone." Voldermort hissed. Harry's gaze started to go fuzzy but he would not let go of the Stone, not now. Not even as the air around him turned black and he lost conscious.
"Harry, it's time to wake up." He opened his eyes to see the face of Albus Dumbledore.
"Professor, Quirrell has the stone." Dumbledore shushed him.
"No dear boy he does not. I got there in time to rip him off of you. Afraid it killed him in the process."
"You got the owl?" Harry sat up, but Dumbledore pushed him back down.
"No, I decided that I was needed here more than at the Ministry. I arrived several hours before I saved you. I ran into Ms. Lupin and Ms. Pettigrew on their way to the owlery."
"Is Adrian alright? How long have I been in the Hospital wing?"
"He's fine. The three of them will be quite happy to see you alive. You have been in here for three days now." Harry smiled.
"What happened to Voldermort?" Dumbledore raised a thin silver eyebrow.
"I'm not sure Harry. He most likely went into hiding, awaiting a new servant to take care of him." Harry closed his eyes in pain. "I best leave you now. You need the rest."
"Professor wait. Voldermort said something I didn't understand. He said that "perhaps he chose wrong". What did he mean?" Dumbledore's light blue eyes grew cloudy.
"I'm not sure you're old enough to know. Eventually I will speak to you about it, but for now rest." Harry nodded and Dumbledore swept out of the room.
The next day the others came to visit him. "The whole school knows what happened Harry." Adrian said.
"Figured. The exams out yet?"
"Came out yesterday. Here you are." Kat handed them to him as they passed around a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.
"We have to go now Harry."
"Yeah, we'll see you tomorrow." They hugged him and left.
At the feast the next day there were green Slytherin banners hanging all over the rafters high up in the ceiling. They ate the delicious food, somewhat solemnly until Dumbledore rose to give his good-bye speech.
"Another year gone. I do hope you have learned something over this very eventful year." He looked over at the Marauders for a few quick seconds.
"And the house cup goes to Slytherin this year-" They began to cheer and Dumbledore chuckled. "yes, but I do have some last minute points to give out." The students started to whisper until Dumbledore continued.
"First to Mr. Adrian Black. Who played a great game of chess seen in many years. Fifty points to Gryffindor." He smiled, slightly confused and the Gryffindors cheered.
"Next to Ms. Katarina Lupin of Gryffindor for her cool use of logic, fifty points." She blushed greatly and Adrian hugged her.
"And to Mr. Harry Potter for true bravery and courage, sixty points." All the Gryffindors screamed with delight. They were now tied with Slytherin.
"Lastly, there are many types of courage. The most of all is the courage to stand up to your friends. To Mr. Neville Longbottom I award ten points." The sound was deafening. Everyone tried to pat Neville on the back and he sat there dazed in confusion.
"That means that Gryffindor wins the house cup!" He clapped his hands and instead of the green and silver were now red and gold.
The next day they had to go home. "I don't wanna go!" Adrian fake cried. The others laughed as they helped him pack. Sarah and Kat packed after the feast and Harry packed earlier.
"I miss home." Kat said, folding a shirt.
"Yeah. I miss the dads always goofing off." Harry added. Soon they were on their way down to the train station, bags in tow. They handed their stuff to the conductor and saw Hagrid hurrying people onto the train. They ran over to him.
"Hoping yeh'd come say good-bye." Kat and Sarah hugged him. "Oh don' go cryin'. Yeh'll make me start." Harry and Adrian hugged Hagrid too. "Onto the train with yeh."
"Bye Hagrid!" They jumped on and soon they sped off through the countryside. They pulled their muggle clothes on and it took them forever to get off the train.
"Harry!" he turned to see his mum and dad with the others. He ran over and his mum hugged him. They others did the same.
"Have a good year kids?" Callista asked. They looked at each other and laughed.
"You could say that." Adrian told her wrapping an arm around Harry and Kat's shoulders. Kat did the same to Sarah.
"Can't wait for next year." Kat added.
"Hope it's as eventful as this one." Harry finished and they laughed loudly, waving bye to all the Gryffindors.
"See Moony? Knew they'd have fun." Sirius said grabbing hold of Remus's neck.
"Can't breath Sirius." He laughed and apologized, before loosening his hold. Their wives rolled their eyes and led the way to the cars.
"Wonder what next year really will be like?" Sarah wondered.
"We'll have to wait won't we?" Harry raised his eyebrows and the four followed their parents out to the cars, already excited for another year.
YEAH! One whole story done, six more to go. HEHE! I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I had writing it. I'm gonna take a short break from Harry Potter, but I'll start their second year really soon. Promise.
Don't forget to review!
Lots of love, Moony
Warnings: A little one for the OOTP. Only if you squint though.
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will.
Love to all my reviewers! (This will answer all of your questions Magic Crystal Rose)
The Way It Should Have Been
Chapter Seven: The End of the Year
"I can't believe Dumbledore left! Now Voldermort can just waltz right on into the castle, kill Neville, oh this is horrible!" Adrian let his head fall onto his desk and Kat casually looked up from her book.
"Adrian it'll be okay. I promise. Besides we have the exams to worry about."
Several days later, Adrian, Harry and Sarah were still nervous about Voldermort and couldn't believe the exams.
"This is torture!" Sarah said, picking at her food.
"Just one more exam! That's it! And it's an easy one!" Kat tried to assure them. Harry blinked at her with large tired eyes.
"Easy for you to say. I can't sleep I'm so nervous!"
"We would have heard something if someone got past Fluffy. I think we're okay." Kat rubbed his arm and he nodded.
"One week of nothing to do. I love it." Adrian said later that afternoon. They lived through their first exams. They were sitting outside enjoying the weather, when Kat sat straight up.
"What?"
"I thought of something." She raced off to Hagrid's with the others trying to keep up.
"Hagrid, what did the man look like that gave you Norbert?" Hagrid looked at her like she was crazy.
"Kept his hood up." Kat sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose.
"What did you talk about?"
"I told him I worked here. What kind o' animals I watched over. Especially how I wanted a dragon." He paused, thinking hard. "I told him a dragon would be easy after Fluffy. Yeh just gotta know how ter tame em. Just play a bit o' music and he'll fall right asleep." Kat grinned and Hagrid looked horrified.
"Should not have told yeh that. Where are yeh going?" They raced off towards the castle, Kat in the lead. When they reached the castle, Kat looked around making sure no one was around.
"We go get the stone tonight. Get it before anyone else can."
"Kat that's nuts! We can't tell Neville everything we learned over the year in under four hours!" Sarah said.
"Besides Neville could not take Voldermort on. No offense Sarah."
"We won't tell Neville Adrian. We'll go after it, just the four of us."
That night was nerve-wrecking. They could hardly eat or sleep and Ron was surprised when Adrian refused him a game of chess.
Finally it was twenty to midnight and they snuck down the stairs, meeting by the fireplace.
"Ready?" They nodded and Harry shifted the cloak on his shoulder when Neville stood up from behind a chair.
"Neville!" Sarah gasped. The other three froze and looked at him with terror in their eyes.
"You can't go out! We'll lose more points."
"Oh Neville move, it'll be alright." Kat said stepping forth and putting her hand on his arm.
"No!" he said, brushing her hand off. "I'll keep you in here! I'll fight you." Adrian rolled his eyes.
"Don't make me do this Neville." He looked at Kat and she took out her wand.
"Petrificus Totalus!" Neville froze up and fell backwards onto the floor. They looked at Kat and she shrugged.
"Someone should stay with him." Harry suggested.
"I'll do it, I'm not for fighting someone older." Sarah squeaked. Kat hugged her.
"If we're not back within an two hours send an owl to Dumbledore alright?" she nodded and Harry and Adrian hugged her as well.
They walked carefully under the cloak, not making any noise. They hardly even breathed. They reached the third floor and slipped in the door, before taking the cloak off. Harry left it by the door and they breathed a sigh of relief that Fluffy was asleep.
A harp was close to the door and it was enchanted to play. Adrian opened the trapdoor and looked down.
"It's a long way down. Anyone volunteer to go first?" Kat shook her head no and they looked at Harry.
"Fine I'll go first." He looked down, gulped before jumping down. "Urgh!" he cried when he landed.
"What is it Harry?"
"I don't know. It's really soft though." Adrian motioned for Kat to go first saying he'd close the door. Just as Kat moved to the door the harp stopped playing. They looked back and then up to see Fluffy blink sleepily.
Kat screamed and Adrian pushed her in quickly before jumping in himself. They landed and Adrian groaned.
"Nasty. What is it?" Harry shrugged before Kat screamed out.
"Watch out!" The boys looked down and saw that thick dark green vines wound themselves around their legs. It continued to wind it's self up their bodies and they started to struggle against it.
"What is it?" Adrian gasped.
"Devil's Snare. I can't think how to kill it." She was sitting still, while the boys struggled. "Don't struggle." They cried to calm down, but it was useless.
"It likes the dark and damp. Of course!" she lit a small fire with her wand and the plant shrieked, releashing them. They jumped up and ran away from it, Adrian rubbing his neck.
"Well that was fun."
"Come on." They walked down the dark passageway when they heard something from the other side of the door.
"It sounds like birds." Kat said as Adrian opened the large wooden door. They looked up to see thousands of keys with wings.
"Keys?" They walked forward and in the middle of the room was a floating broomstick. Adrian walked to the other side of the room and tried to unlock the door.
"Seems we have to get a key to unlock the door." Adrian pouted, joining the other two.
"Which one?" Harry asked, looking up at the keys.
"An old and big one. Silver. The handle was silver." Kat and Adrian looked up.
"I see it." Harry pointed at a key that went slower than the rest. "It's the one with the broken wing." Harry looked down at the broom and grabbed it. Instantly the keys started flying around quicker and towards Harry.
"Right. We'll be by the door." Adrian grabbed Kat's arm, pulling her while Harry swung his arms around.
"It's too your left!" Kat cried. Harry looked left and saw it. He reached for it, but it sped away. He sped the broom faster and followed it up and around the room. Finally he caught and jumped down racing to the door. He put it into the hole and ripped the door open. Kat and Adrian slammed it shut.
"Good job Harry!" He smiled at them.
"Yeah, sure. No problem. Just simple flying." Adrian smirked and they looked around the dark room. They stepped forward and lights came on showing a huge chessboard.
"Whoa." Harry blinked and when they tried to get past the white pieces the pawns stopped them with swords. "Right. Guess we play across."
Three spots were missing and Adrian told them to take them. Harry and Kat took the place of a castle and bishop while Adrian took the place of a knight.
White moved first and then Adrian took control, telling each pawn where to move. Not long after playing the white queen took a pawn, smashing it off the board and into a thousand pieces.
"This is like real wizard chess?" Kat squeaked. Adrian nodded grimly and kept them where they were as much as possible. The white team were ruthless and took a lot of black players when one of theirs was.
After a while Adrian stopped to think and his face fell.
"What Adrian?" Kat asked fearfully.
"Harry?" Harry looked around.
"Adrian! You'll be killed!"
"WHAT?"
"I have to move so the queen can take me. Then Harry can check the king." Kat's eyes grew wide with fear.
"No Adrian." He smiled softly at her before moving. The queen turned to him before striking him across the board to the side. Kat screamed and Harry moved stiffly, praying that Adrian was okay. The king dropped his sword when Harry called checkmate and then they rushed to Adrian's side. Kat ran her hand through his hair.
"He'll be okay. Come on." Harry took Kat's hand and they went into the next chamber to see a troll laying on the floor.
"Onward then I guess." They stole into the next room and saw seven bottles on a table. Purple flames shot up from behind as black came up in front.
They looked around and walked forward. Kat picked up a piece of parchment and read it, before laughing.
"What?"
"It's a riddle! I was expecting magic." Harry looked at her as she reread it and then looking at the bottles, before reading it again.
"Do you get it?"
"Yes. The smallest will take us forward and the round one at the right end will take us back." They looked at the bottles then at each other.
"There's only enough for one to go forward." Harry said. "You go back and get Adrian. Go get Sarah and head to the owlery and owl Dumbledore." Kat nodded and drank the potion before hugging Harry and running through the flames.
He drunk the small one and shivered at the icy flavor. He walked slowly towards the flames then jumped though and he was in the last chamber with someone else.
"QUIRRELL?" Harry gasped staring at the teacher. He smirked wickedly.
"Yes, surprised?"
"I thought it was Snape."
"Seems the type next to p-p-poor s-s-stuttering P-Professor Quirrell." Harry shook his head.
"But the Quidditch match?"
"When Ms. Lupin set Snape's cloak on fire he knocked into me, breaking MY contact. He was muttering the countercurse." That thought didn't register with Harry.
"Snivellus tried to save me?" Quirrell nodded before turning his back to Harry.
"How does this work?" he muttered and Harry realized that he was looking into the Mirror of Erised. Quirrell walked around the mirror muttering.
"I see myself with it. How do I get it out?" Quirrell touched his reflection and Harry wished to have the Stone more than anything right now. He edged to the left trying to see into the mirror, but Quirrell was in the way.
Then a voice seemed to come from Quirrell. "Use the boy." Quirrell turned quickly.
"Come here Potter." He slowly stumbled forward and Quirrell walked forward grabbing his arm and forcing him in front of the mirror. In his reflection he saw himself take the Stone out of his pocket before he felt a small weight added to his pants. "What do you see?"
"I just won the house cup." Quirrell cursed before the voice spoke again.
"He lies. Let me talk to him."
"You are not strong enough Master."
"Does not matter." Quirrell unwrapped the turban to show Harry the back of his head. In it's spot was a horrible face of white with red eyes.
"Harry Potter. How extraordinary to see you and not Longbottom." it whispered. "Perhaps I chose wrong. No matter now. You will not stop me, not like Neville Longbottom did ten years ago. Now give me the Stone." Harry felt something and he took the Stone out of his pocket before looking Voldermort in the eye.
"NEVER!" He turned to run but Quirrell grabbed his arm. Harry kicked his leg out and it landed in Quirrell's stomach. He tried to run again, the Stone firmly in his fist when Quirrell tackled him to the ground. He wrapped his fingers around Harry's throat and he gasped for air.
"Get the Stone." Voldermort hissed. Harry's gaze started to go fuzzy but he would not let go of the Stone, not now. Not even as the air around him turned black and he lost conscious.
"Harry, it's time to wake up." He opened his eyes to see the face of Albus Dumbledore.
"Professor, Quirrell has the stone." Dumbledore shushed him.
"No dear boy he does not. I got there in time to rip him off of you. Afraid it killed him in the process."
"You got the owl?" Harry sat up, but Dumbledore pushed him back down.
"No, I decided that I was needed here more than at the Ministry. I arrived several hours before I saved you. I ran into Ms. Lupin and Ms. Pettigrew on their way to the owlery."
"Is Adrian alright? How long have I been in the Hospital wing?"
"He's fine. The three of them will be quite happy to see you alive. You have been in here for three days now." Harry smiled.
"What happened to Voldermort?" Dumbledore raised a thin silver eyebrow.
"I'm not sure Harry. He most likely went into hiding, awaiting a new servant to take care of him." Harry closed his eyes in pain. "I best leave you now. You need the rest."
"Professor wait. Voldermort said something I didn't understand. He said that "perhaps he chose wrong". What did he mean?" Dumbledore's light blue eyes grew cloudy.
"I'm not sure you're old enough to know. Eventually I will speak to you about it, but for now rest." Harry nodded and Dumbledore swept out of the room.
The next day the others came to visit him. "The whole school knows what happened Harry." Adrian said.
"Figured. The exams out yet?"
"Came out yesterday. Here you are." Kat handed them to him as they passed around a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.
"We have to go now Harry."
"Yeah, we'll see you tomorrow." They hugged him and left.
At the feast the next day there were green Slytherin banners hanging all over the rafters high up in the ceiling. They ate the delicious food, somewhat solemnly until Dumbledore rose to give his good-bye speech.
"Another year gone. I do hope you have learned something over this very eventful year." He looked over at the Marauders for a few quick seconds.
"And the house cup goes to Slytherin this year-" They began to cheer and Dumbledore chuckled. "yes, but I do have some last minute points to give out." The students started to whisper until Dumbledore continued.
"First to Mr. Adrian Black. Who played a great game of chess seen in many years. Fifty points to Gryffindor." He smiled, slightly confused and the Gryffindors cheered.
"Next to Ms. Katarina Lupin of Gryffindor for her cool use of logic, fifty points." She blushed greatly and Adrian hugged her.
"And to Mr. Harry Potter for true bravery and courage, sixty points." All the Gryffindors screamed with delight. They were now tied with Slytherin.
"Lastly, there are many types of courage. The most of all is the courage to stand up to your friends. To Mr. Neville Longbottom I award ten points." The sound was deafening. Everyone tried to pat Neville on the back and he sat there dazed in confusion.
"That means that Gryffindor wins the house cup!" He clapped his hands and instead of the green and silver were now red and gold.
The next day they had to go home. "I don't wanna go!" Adrian fake cried. The others laughed as they helped him pack. Sarah and Kat packed after the feast and Harry packed earlier.
"I miss home." Kat said, folding a shirt.
"Yeah. I miss the dads always goofing off." Harry added. Soon they were on their way down to the train station, bags in tow. They handed their stuff to the conductor and saw Hagrid hurrying people onto the train. They ran over to him.
"Hoping yeh'd come say good-bye." Kat and Sarah hugged him. "Oh don' go cryin'. Yeh'll make me start." Harry and Adrian hugged Hagrid too. "Onto the train with yeh."
"Bye Hagrid!" They jumped on and soon they sped off through the countryside. They pulled their muggle clothes on and it took them forever to get off the train.
"Harry!" he turned to see his mum and dad with the others. He ran over and his mum hugged him. They others did the same.
"Have a good year kids?" Callista asked. They looked at each other and laughed.
"You could say that." Adrian told her wrapping an arm around Harry and Kat's shoulders. Kat did the same to Sarah.
"Can't wait for next year." Kat added.
"Hope it's as eventful as this one." Harry finished and they laughed loudly, waving bye to all the Gryffindors.
"See Moony? Knew they'd have fun." Sirius said grabbing hold of Remus's neck.
"Can't breath Sirius." He laughed and apologized, before loosening his hold. Their wives rolled their eyes and led the way to the cars.
"Wonder what next year really will be like?" Sarah wondered.
"We'll have to wait won't we?" Harry raised his eyebrows and the four followed their parents out to the cars, already excited for another year.
YEAH! One whole story done, six more to go. HEHE! I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I had writing it. I'm gonna take a short break from Harry Potter, but I'll start their second year really soon. Promise.
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Lots of love, Moony