AN: Thanks to those who have reviewed. I believe that this will be the second last chapter of this story. I won't start another story about what they had done over the years, but this chapter will describe some of their adventures.
Chapter 9: The Graduation
The fearsome four were discussing how many secrets had been revealed in the last few months. They had shown the heads of houses and the Headmaster the Chamber of Secrets and the Founders Room. They had also shown their Potions professor Lily's diary, so he would know what they had found out. Harry had finally met all three of his sisters and the four of them managed to answer any of the questions that had been thrown their way from the students.
They had also let the staff take out the books from the library that was in the Chamber, but the founders would only let the professors read the books from their room while they were actually were in the room. The four of them believed that they only did that so that Severus would have to be around the other staff more than he had been in previous years.
The gang from Sunnydale stayed for a couple of weeks before they went back to London, so that they could continue to set up the Watchers' Council. They had asked all of the necessary questions and they each promised to keep in touch. Harry's sisters also said that they would come back to visit sometimes. They made plans to get together after the summer started in one of the manors that Harry and his sisters had inherited from James' side of the family.
Whenever Harry and Severus passed in the halls, the other students were all stunned into silence. Even though they now knew the truth about how the two of them were related, they were all still very surprised to see the fact that the two of them were getting along so well. Sirius was being civil to Severus for his godson's sake, even if he didn't truly like to see how close the two of them had become. It also didn't help that Harry had to constantly remind Sirius that Severus would never take the place in his heart that James had always held.
Harry asked, "What are we going to do so that our graduation will be a memorable one?"
Before anyone could answer Minerva came in. She said, "The Headmaster has asked for one student from each house of the graduating students to make a speech at the ceremony. You can talk about whatever you like, but please try not to insult too many people." She said this as she looked at the fearsome four and Harry smirked while the others tried not to laugh. She walked over to the four of them, "Mr. Evans, the Headmaster wants you to be the one to make a speech at the ceremony. Also, your sisters will also be there to watch you graduate."
He nodded in response and smiled gratefully at her. He was glad that all of the staff had started to use the Evans name, because in the beginning they all got confused as for what last name that they would have to use, when talking to him. She turned and walked out of the common room and he turned back to the others. They started laughing as they had heard what Minerva had said to him. They started to plan what he would talk about and the pranks that they would be pulling to make the ceremony the most memorable that the staff had ever seen.
A few weeks later all of the seventh years were in the Great Hall waiting for the speeches to start. After Dumbledore sat down, Malfoy stood up and started talking. They had Luna Lovegood and Susan Bones for Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff to give their speeches. At long last, the students and their families all quieted down because they knew that it would be Harry who would start talking next.
Harry avoided looking at his friends as he waited for everyone to calm down. The staff were all nervous because they knew that he and his friends had planned something for this day, but they didn't know what had been planned entirely. Harry smirked in amusement because he had a pretty good idea as to what the staff was thinking. His friends noticed his smirk and they nearly jumped when Buffy spoke to them about what they had planned. Danielle just had a wistful smile on her face and Buffy shook her head when no one answered her question.
When everyone had finally calmed down he started to speak. A lot of the people were surprised at how much he had changed over the years, including his voice that had changed to be a mix between his parents. He smiled, "I know that all of you want to get out of here and that you are tired of all of these speeches. I also know that some of you may believe that Hogwarts is just a place that you had to suffer because you had to go to school. I am telling you otherwise. While Hogwarts is our school, it is also our home."
Danielle laughed and smiled sheepishly as he continued after glaring at her, "Hogwarts has become my home since I first came here 7 years ago. Not many know this but the Sorting Hat must have sensed who I truly was as it had a hard time choosing between Gryffindor and Slytherin to place me in, when I was first sorted . I suppose the Hat believed that I had received traits from both sides of my family even though I didn't quite know it yet. You don't seem to realize that Hogwarts has also become your home, as it is where you have grown up, made a new family from your own friends and possibly had even fallen in love."
His entire family laughed at his words and he shut them up with a glare that he had inherited from his father. "There were many secrets that had been hidden in the past seven years that still have not been answered, but we made a new family, we made some friends and we also made some enemies. We also have been through some horrible times with the deaths that had occurred." He paused, than smirked at Albus, "It didn't help that we never had a DADA teacher 2 years in a row, or that some of them turned out to be evil and one was just a complete moron."
Everyone laughed at that as they all remembered Gilderoy Lockhart. Even the staff had stop laughing as they were amused at the memories of their former co-worker. He continued, "I believe that this speech has come to an end so I will wrap it up by asking you all to never forget who you were, who you became, and where your second home will lead you to."
When they stopped laughing Danielle yelled, "My family and/or friends and I have chosen to answer your questions that I am sure that some of the professors have been wanting to know about since our first year." She stopped and smirked when she saw Harry's father raise a questioning eyebrow at them.
The crowd cheered as he stepped down and fireworks started blasting as the students and their families left the room as they got caught in the Fearsome Fours' pranks. The students were covered in the house colours, but not the way that they may have liked it. A colouring charm had made the gold and red of the Gryffindors become silver and green. The Slytherinshad become gold and red, rather than their normal silver and green. The Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs switched colours as well due to the spell. Dane laughed, "The colouring charm will last for about two days so don't think that you can stop it on your own."
Every student groaned at that news and it was only a look from their Head of House that the Slytherins kept from responding. Minerva asked, "So, what will all of you be telling us? What other secrets have you been keeping to yourselves?"
Harry smirked in amusement, "Ah, what year would you like us to start with?"
They were told to answer their questions, starting at their first year. Minerva asked about the events at Halloween and Ron said, "Actually, that morning I had managed to upset Hermione when I insulted her so she was in the washroom during the feast. When we were told that there was a troll in the dungeons we went down there to get her and ended up fighting against the troll."
The staff nodded as they felt that this was a better explanation than the one that they had been given 7 years ago. Severus asked, "Who had been in the Restricted section of the library during their Christmas break?" Harry sheepishly admitted that it had been him and Danielle made a remark about how lucky the four of them had been when they learned that the Chamber had all of the books that they may have needed at their disposal, that they would have had to get from the library, if they didn't.
The staff looked at her in annoyance as they tried to understand what they would need to get out of the Restricted section so badly. Harry then mentioned the fact that they had found Hagrid's pet, Fluffy. Danielle laughed, "Yeah, after the four of us had seen Fluffy and we were back in our common room, Hermione had made a remark about how we could have been killed or even worse expelled." The staff looked at her strangely because they couldn't believe that she had been more worried about being expelled than being killed.
Flitwick asked, "What had happened in you second year?"
Harry smirked, "Well, I was in my 2nd year when I first met Dobby. He is the one who used the magic at the Dursleys' house. He also sent that rogue bludger at me and he is the reason why Ron and I flew into Hogwarts, rather than taking the train."
Sirius asked, "What are you talking about?"
Ron answered, "It turned out that Dobby didn't want Harry to go back to Hogwarts so he tried to get Harry expelled by levitating the pudding and than closing the gateway to 9 ¾ before we could get through. He felt that it would be safer for Harry to stay at the Dursleys' instead."
Dawn laughed at her brother's annoyed expression, "So what else happened in your second year?"
Ron, Mia and Harry all looked embarrassed at the question and they didn't seem to be wanting to answer. Severus looked at the three of them and they knew that one of them would have to explain what else had happened that year.
Finally Danielle said, "Those three had brewed Polyjuice potion in order to get into the Slytherin dorms to find out what Malfoy knew about the Chamber. Ron and Harry managed to get hairs from Crabbe and Goyle, but Hermione had accidentally ended up getting the hair from Bulstrode's cat."
The staff was surprised at the answer and Minerva asked, "How long did it take for Ms. Granger and Mr. Weasley to gain a Slytherin side after meeting Mr. Evans and yourself?"
Harry snorted, "It only took a few months into our 2nd year. I suppose that Danielle and I had an influence on them, but it is up to the rest of you to decide whether it is a good thing or not."
Severus was the one who asked what had caused Lockhart to lose his memory. Ron grinned, "Ah, when Harry and I had found out that Lockhart had not done those things that he had said, but rather oblivated other people after they told him about it, he tried to cast a memory charm on us. It would have worked except for the fact that he grabbed my broken wand to cast the spell."
The staff found that piece of information hilarious. They had all figured out that he was an idiot, but they were glad to have this sort of proof. Buffy, her sisters and their closest friends also burst out laughing, as Danielle had told them what exactly they had done over the years while they had attended Hogwarts.
