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Apology

There was a slight sound in the distance. It wasn't clear.

My head hurts.

There is a noise. Someone is talking.

I'm tired. Mona moved a bit in the soft bed.

'Don't do that, you'll wake her.'

'You're the one talking.'

'No, you said that...'

'Can you two stop fighting.'

'Yes, I agree, Harry. Shush, Ron.'

'But you're the one talking.'

'You're going to wake her!'

'Hush,' said two voices in unison.

'Children, if you are going to talk, I will have to ask you to leave. I can't have all my patients waking because of your quarrels.'

'We'll be quite, Madam Pomphrey.'

Footsteps, then, 'How long have we been here anyway, I'm hungry.'

'Is that all you think about? You're stomach.'

'We've been here for exactly twenty minutes; it's the eight times, in three days.'

Silence, then, 'Oh.'

Mona opened her eyes. She saw three blurry figures around her.

'You woke her,' said Hermione, poking Ron with her elbow, 'Hi, Mona. How are you doing, now?'

'Alright,' said Mona.

'Finally, you're quite the sleeping beauty,' said Ron pleasantly.

Mona smiled; it seemed as though they were friends again. She looked at Harry; he looked at her, a look of apology.

'It's ok,' she said, looking around at everyone, 'friends,' she said holding out her hand.

'Friends,' they all said and Harry slapped her hand.

[I]So, Voldemort was defeated, at least for the time being. Dumbledore had come and made sure of that.

Now, all of us could just relax, thought Mona.[/I]

'Ron, don't you dare,' shouted Hermione, 'RON!' she shrieked as she was thrown into the lake. Mona saw Ron giggle hysterically.

[I]Well, most of us, she thought, sitting under the tree by the lake with Harry.[/I]

'Now, we can't have that now can we,' said a now very familiar voice. 'I'd like to take ten points from Gryffindor for indecent horseplay,' said Snape with smile nearly as large as Ron's.

'Actually,' said the wise voice of Dumbledore, 'I think that Gryffindor should get fifty points for brilliant bravery,' he said with a twinkle in his eyes.

[I]So, everything ended happily ever after.[/I]

'Dumbledore and his unusual rhymes,' Mona heard Snape muttering underneath his breath.

[I]Well, as happy as it would ever get at Hogwarts.[/I]