Normally people are happy when they leave school, they never have to wear uniform again, or go to lessons, or do their homework, but then again most people have never been to Hogwarts.
Everyone awoke to the smell of breakfast wafting through the corridors, and the sun blazing through their dormitory windows.
The Enchanted ceiling in the Great Hall was a brilliant blue colour with only a few white fluffy clouds littering it.
Everyone sat at the table eating their breakfast for the last time.
"I don't know what I'm going to do today." Emma said. "I only have one lesson."
"Why are you complaining?" Jess asked.
"Because if I have something to do then I won't think about the fact that I'm leaving tomorrow and not coming back, which means I won't cry." Emma said in one long breath.
"I can think of something you can do." Sirius said and he whispered in Emma's ear.
"Sirius!" She said in a high pitched squeal as she hit him lightly on the arm.
"Hey don't go running off today, we need to set up." James said.
"Set up for what?" Lily asked suspiciously.
"You'll see." James said tapping his nose.
"Please tell me." Lily said looking at James with puppy dog eyes and moving closer to him.
"No." James said, but you could tell for his voice that his will was slowly breaking.
"Please." Lily said moving even closer.
"Well.."
"No James, step away from Lily." Sirius said and he pulled his friend away.
"How do you do that?" Remus asked, "you could make him do anything."
"What can I say, it's a gift." She said smiling.
Jess sat in her dormitory, she had a free lesson, and she just felt like being alone. She had seen Remus down in the common room earlier, but didn't really feel much like talking. Every time she saw him she liked him more and more, but it was blatantly obvious that he didn't feel the same way.
She sat by the window looking over the sunlit grounds of the school and sighed, why was everything always so complicated for her. Normally when anyone else liked someone they would tell them, or get one of her friends to do it for her.
She had already tried one of those things, she had already told Remus how she felt, but they were both extremely drunk, he had still been going out with Laura, and she had to wipe his memory afterwards. She didn't even consider asking one of her friends to ask him, but then again she would never do that anyway as the person would probably end up asking them out instead of her.
She banged her head against the window, why was life never simple!
Maybe if she tried to focus on Remus' faults then she could just concentrate on them and she wouldn't like him as much.
She got up and went over to the mirror, if she was going to talk to Remus, no matter how much she didn't want to like him, she did and she didn't want to look like a dog in front of him.
She entered the common room and found Remus by the fire reading a book.
"Hey." She said sitting in one of the big squashy arm chairs.
"Oh, hi." he said closing his book and putting it down on the table.
Right one fault, he's always reading, she thought. But that isn't really a bad thing, he's just clever.
"How's the cut?" She asked looking at a slightly red patch on his cheek.
"Fine, getting much better," he said rubbing it slightly.
Another fault, if I ever did go out with him he'd go missing every month, and I'd be worried sick.
"So, how's things?" She asked, but so far rather then thinking of reasonable things that suggest she shouldn't like him, all she could think of was how gorgeous he looked.
"Not too bad, I'm finding it easier to be in the same room as Laura." He said smiling, "I think I'm finally getting over the whole still loving her thing."
"Really? You don't love her any more?" Jess asked hopefully.
"No, I still love her, and if she suggested we go back out together I say yea like a shot, but I'm beginning to realise that it is not going to happen and I need to move on." Remus said.
"Right." Jess said, "you know one good way of getting over someone it to start going out with someone else."
"Um." He said uncertainly, "but that would be unfair on the person I went out with. I'd be comparing them to Laura all the time, it just wouldn't be right."
He's so thoughtful and considerate, Jess thought.
"And plus I don't think there is anyone that would want to go out with me." Remus said.
I do, I do, Jess was screaming in her head.
"Oh I don't know, you'd be surprised." Jess said, trying to drop subtle hints.
"Well I do like surprises." Remus said smiling and jess laughed slightly. "You know you always cheer me up."
Jess just smiled, why did people always see her as the funny girl, the one to cheer you up. The king of person you had a laugh with but never went out with.
Frustration flared up inside of Jess and she felt tears start to form in her eyes.
"I better go an pack my bag," she said and she hurried off.
Remus looked puzzled once again, why did she always ed up running off when ever they talked, was it something he said.
After lunch that day James, Sirius, Remus and Peter all disappeared to set up for their big prank.
"You know normally Lily you'd kill James if you knew he was planning something." Emma said.
"Yes have you gone soft?" Laura asked.
"No, I just think they should be able to have fun before they leave, after all they will never have the chance to do anything like this again." Lily said.
"Yeah that and you love James too much to fight with him." Jess said.
Lily didn't even both to try and deny it as it was true.
"You know you're going to have some good looking children." Laura said.
"Hopefully no any time soon though." Lily said looking a little horrified.
"Anywho, I wonder what they're planning." Emma said, "I don't think I ever seen them work this had since……. Well……….. I've never seen them work this hard."
"Well they always go over the top, so I doubt today will be no different." Laura said.
"Yeah but this time I hope it doesn't involve a hippogriff eating my hat." Lily said , and they all burst out laughing.
Soon it was time for the leaving feast and many seventh years were in tears when Dumbledore stood up for his end of term speech.
"Well another year has passed, and it hasn't been easy for anyone." Dumbledore said as he surveyed all the students, "We also say goodbye to one of the most memorable year group that we have had at Hogwarts," He looked straight at the Marauders when he said this, "and I'm sure that a certain group of boys will be making their mark." A few laughs went around the hall. "Goodbyes are always sad, but just think of the new exciting lives you will be leading now you are free of the restraints of school. But remember, everyone," He suddenly became very serious, "that dark times are upon us, and everyone should be extremely careful," scared muttering went around the hall. "But never worry, I'm sure given time we will find a solution."
Lily looked puzzled as she was sure that Dumbledore had just looked directly at Her and James when he said the last bit.
"Now let us enjoy one last feast together before we all depart for the summer." Dumbledore said and he sat down as the tables filled with food.
The feast started and everyone ate happily together for the last time.
Emma occasionally broke out into sobs as she thought of this as the last time she'd be sat in the Great Hall eating dinner.
"So when exactly is this magnificent last prank going to be taken place?2 Lily asked.
"You won't have to wait long my dear." James said.
"It's on a magical timer, and it should be going of any moment now." the words had hardly escaped Sirius' mouth when there was a loud bang that filled the hall.
Everyone stopped eating and looked for the source of the noise, then suddenly a massive number five appeared above the Slytherin table.
"What the…" Emma said as she watched the number slowing decreasing.
All the Slytherin's watched transfixed not able to move.
People joined I with the count down and when the number got to one everyone took a deep breath anticipating what was going to happen next.
Suddenly a mass of green goo fell from the ceiling above the Slytherin table, and covered everyone sitting at it.
The hall erupted into laughter as they Slytherin's sat there covered in slime, them another loud bang and masses and masses of white feathers fell from the same place as the green goo. They fluttered down a landed on the Slytherin's covering them and making them look like human chickens.
People were now rolling around on the floor laughing, even Dumbledore was smirking.
Then the words appeared above the tables " The Marauders Present Their Last Prank."
James, Sirius, Remus, and a reluctant Peter jumped up in their seats as the hall broke out in applause and bowed to their adoring public.
Lily rolled her eyes when they did this but couldn't help laughing at the grin that had spread over all their faces.
"You know, I hate to admit it, I' going to miss their pranks." Lily whispered to Emma.
Soon everyone stopped applauding and all the Slytherin's ran off to try and get all the goo and feathers off them.
"They don't know that it's stuck there permanently." James said they fell about laughing.
"Well for a week at least." Sirius added.
Someone banged open the doors to the Great Hall and stormed up to Professor Dumbledore, it was a Slytherin, probably in seventh year, it was hard to tell through the feathers.
The stood in front of Dumbledore and talked angrily to him, but Dumbledore was concentrating more on not laughing then what the person was saying.
"What's that all about?" Laura asked.
"Well it might have something to do with the twenty Nifflers we set loose in the Slytherin Common room." Sirius said innocently.
"You didn't." Lily said disbelievingly.
"Yep." Remus said proudly.
There was a few seconds silence and everyone burst out laughing again.
Late that night the girls sat on Lily's bed awake in their dormitory, no one wanted to sleep because if they did then tomorrow would come and they'd have to leave.
"God I have no idea what's going to happen when I'm back home," Jess said, "I don't know what I want to do, and I don't know what I can do until I get my NEWT results."
"You'll be fine, believe me." Lily said, "you've got us, we'll help you."
"Thanks." Jess said and she flopped down on the bed.
"Don't be so miserable." Emma said, "it's really not a good look."
Jess scowled at Emma.
"Cheer up." Emma said and she poked Jess in the stomach.
"Don't start that." Jess said.
"Then cheer up." Emma said.
"OK." Jess said and she sat up and smiled.
"Is it just me or does that look like a fake smile?" Emma asked Lily and Laura.
"Fake." Lily said.
"Defiantly." Laura said and they suddenly jumped on Jess tickling any part of her body they could find.
The next day came and everybody was packed and ready to leave, the put all their cases on the train and found an empty compartment.
Lily sat snuggled into James almost crying as she watched Hogwarts disappear into the distance as the train pulled out of the station.
"Don't be so sad." James said against Lily's head.
"But I can't help it." She said looking up at James, "ho can you not be sad?"
"Well," James said, "I am, but I know that the life I'll have now I've left will be so much better." He grinned at Lily and pulled her into a kiss.
Soon Hogwarts had disappeared and the train journeyed onto London where they all got off and crossed through the barrier.
All their parents were standing together talking when they arrived.
"I don't want to leave you." Lily said holding onto James, "promise I'll see you soon."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." James said and they kissed again.
Lily pulled out of the kiss first, and James stayed wanting more. She grinned cheekily, "don't go forgetting me."
"How could I." James said.
"Break it up you two." Mrs. Potter said, "Oh Lily, please do come round for dinner one night, so we can get to know you properly."
"Sure," Lily said.
"Good good," Mrs. Potter said. "Now hurry up."
They said their final goodbyes to each other, although they knew that this wasn't the last time they'd see each other.
"Watch out world." Sirius said as they left the station, "were coming."
This story is finished! I know it's really short but I thought that this was a good place to leave it, and adding something else might ruin it!
Any way I have ideads for a sequel and I'm hoping to start that soon!