CHAPTER FIVE: THE END OF THE YEAR

"And Gryffindor has won the house cup by 650 points!" shouted Dumbledore's voice. Gryffindor house cheered madly. From Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff came lukewarm applause, and Slytherin remained silent.

"Gryffindor has won by 650 points, Ravenclaw second by 616, Slytherin third by 545, and Hufflepuff fourth by 521." All the banners changed to red and gold, the Gryffindor colors. "We will be saying good-bye to our seventh years, and truly welcome our first-years. Tuck in!"

Food appeared magically on the plates. Riley, Remus, Sirius and James launched into an animated conversation about Quidditch. It was endless. (James and Sirius have broken up with Genevieve and Candace)

"Hey Lils," Riley turned to Lily, "Can you come over to our house during holidays? We're going to the Quidditch World Cup and we could get a ticket for you. You too, Mary Tess."

Lily grinned. "Yes! Thank you soooo much!"

"Hooray!" shouted Mary Tess, "Thankyouthankyouthankyou Riley!"

"Hey Marauders!" called Riley, "Are y'all going to the World Cup?"

"Wouldn't miss it for anything!" cried James, "Sirius is coming with me. His parents doesn't care."

"I might be able to go," said Remus quietly.

Peter shook his head no.

"Hey Remus, Peter! Maybe my parents can get you tickets!" shouted James, "then the Marauders would all be there!"

"Yay!" yelled Peter. Remus grinned.

They left Hogwarts by the horseless carriages to platform Nine and ¾. They boarded the Hogwarts Express, and they all fit into one compartment. They talked about quidditch for a while more and then when the were all thoroughly bored with the topic, they killed time by playing exploding snap. Riley won four times, Lily once (being an amateur at the game), Mary Tess won once, James won twice, Sirius five, and Peter zero. Remus was engrossed in a book. Finally, Sirius Black was declared Exploding snap champion.

When the were at King's Cross and off the train, Lily was swarmed by her parents, Sirius was dragged off by his ear, Remus and Peter were found by their mothers, Mary Tess was led off by her aunt, and James and Riley were hugged by Lady Rivers, who was picking up her nephew for her sister.

"I'll owl you during the holidays, Lily and Mary!" shouted Riley.

"Yeah, same here!" they shouted back.

The marauders said good-bye too, and planned to meet at Potter Mansion.

This chapter was real short, but I wanted to get to the part about the world cup!!!!!!!!

Kasey

PS. Spoilers if you scroll down below.

Lily/James (duh) but Lily will go out with someone else before she pairs up with James

Mary Tess/Remus (maybe)

Riley/Sirius (Yeah! But like in fifth year)