Uhm... Hey guys, sorry it took me so long to get everything done, but I promise I will not delay this much anymore.. Really, scouts honor, even though I'm no longer a girl scout. I was a girl scout though, so I'm sure the whole scouts honor thing would count for something. Well! Uhm.. I bet you guys are wondering why I'm doing this whole thing BEFORE the chapter, well, it's not to hard to figure out, but if you're completely clueless, you'll find out at the end of the chapter. Uhm.. Yeah so.. Enjoy!

Katie collapsed onto the seat closest to the window of the Hogwarts Express. At the same time, she was excited about leaving Hogwarts, but also very saddened at the thought that she was no longer a student at the place that she had made so many memories at. It was quite obvious that Angelina, Alicia and Lee felt the very same way.

"I'm still mad at George," Alicia was saying to Lee as they entered the compartment of the train and took their seats. "I swear! You think Fred and George could have gotten themselves kicked out of Hogwarts after me and George had our date during the Hogsmeade trip!"

Lee attempted to defend his abscent friends, "But 'Licia, they weren't kicked out, they were--"

"But no!" Alicia went on loudly, ignoring the voice of reason and collapsing into the seat directly infront of Katie. "I worked so hard to get that deal too! I even scored Angelina a date with Fred!"

At hearing her name, Angelina stepped into the compartment and closed the door with her foot, "Bloody hell, Alicia! Are you still going on about that? You have the rest of your life to go out with George!" She took her seat next to Alicia while Lee settled himself down nezt to Katie.

"Yeah, Alicia," Katie agree, still looking out the window to the old castle, "If you haven't noticed, we're done at Hogwarts, so you really don't have to rely on Hogsmeade weekends in order to go out with someone."

Alicia shook her head and let out a long dramatic sigh, "That's not the point! We had a date!"

They spent the good part of a quarter hour listening to Alicia's rants and raves about how George had just wanted to get out of the date because of the fact that he was too nervous. Lee and Katie had engaged in silent conversation about what would be next for them in their lives. While Katie still had no clue what she wanted to do, Lee had a plan. He would work for the twins by taking care of the real business aspect of the joking industry. Angelina had simply pulled out that day's issue of the Dailey Prophet.

"And the really sad thing is I've--" Alicia was going on, until she was abruptly cut off when Angelina let out a shriek and jumped up to her feet.

She held the news paper out infront of everyone, though not long enough for anyone to actually see what she was so excited about. "They're doing it!" She cried over and over.

Once she finally calmed herself, she read directly from the newspaper, "Extra extra, read all about it. The Northeastern Quidditch Circuit finally decided to promote minor league Quidditch!" She excitedly flipped through the paper until she was able to find the heart of the story, "There will several teams throughout the Northeastern parts of the world will finally be promoting minor league Quidditch to train those waiting for the chance to go into the pro league, or for those retired Quidditch players that haven't quite lost their game, but no longer are able to play professionally."

Katie grinned brightly at this information, having an idea as to what this was all leading to.

Angelina read on, "Blah blah blah, yaddy yaddy yaddah-- Oh! Here it is! Try-outs will be held at the Mystic Stadium located in the heart of Wales in late September. The dates have not yet been determined, but when they are, be on the look out, because there is a registering proccess and the number of those trying out is very limited."

She jumped up and down and somehow managed to hug them all, only to celebrate even more. "It'll be like having the team back together with a few exceptions of course! Fred and George will be the beaters and me, you and Katie will be the chasers! We could even convince them to have Lee be the commentator! It'll be like old times almost!"

Though Alicia was happy to see her step sister so excited, but at the same time she felt a pang of guilt. "Angie," Alicia began silently, shaking her head slowly. "Uhm, you know I'm going to school for being a medi witch, right? Doing that and the whole Quidditch thing would be too much to handle."

"That's alright, 'Licia," Angelina said, finally sitting down, "Because should the whole healer thing not work out, you can always play! It's perfect! And we'll all go pro together!"

Katie frowned at the same time Alicia did and for the first time since the Great Divide, Katie realized that they would be going their seperate ways. Angelina would definately persue a career in Quidditch while Alicia would go through more schooling in order to become a medi witch. Lee would be entering the corprate world of business, and Katie would just be there, probably living with her parents until the day she got married.

"I don't think you understand, Angie," Alicia said, disrupting Katie's thought. "I'm not going to play Quidditch anymore. I mean, it's a great career path for you, but for me, it just won't work."

Angelina was silent for a moment, registaring her words and let out a sigh. "I just--" she began, "I had hoped--" she shook her head and shrugged, before glancing at Lee, "Well, you would commentate, wouldn't you? If I could work something out?"

Lee smiled weakly, but Angelina took that as enough of an answer and hurridly looked at Katie, desperation detectable in every aspect of her face. "You would play, wouldn't you Katie?" Angelina's eyes read, loud and clear: Please don't abandon me!

Flashing her brightest smile, Katie nodded, "Do you think I could ever stay away from the game?" Perhaps Katie could ok this plan with her parents, though she no longer really had to. She was an adult now, and was quite capable of making her own decisions.

After that, light conversations would break out amongst the four friends, but for the most part, they rode the train in silence until they heard that high pitched screeching sound of train's breaks.

Stepping off the Hogwarts Express and looking over the many faces of students she had spent the better part of her life with, Katie felt herself on the brink of tears. She bit her lip, a tiny action to prevent herself from crying right there on the platform. From behind, she felt Lee squeeze her shoulder in a reassuring manner.

Every student, first through seventh year, moved carefully through the crowds, parting ways and making promises to write. The goodbyes were difficult ones, and she worried that she would never see any of these people again, though she knew she would eventually, even if it meant waiting a few years. For a long stretch of time, the three chasers from the Gryffindor house team stood with one another, their heads bent low together their arms surrounding each other in a friendly embrace.

"I swear that I will write at the very least once a year," Angelina said with a wry grin.

Katie and Alicia laughed before either of them spoke. It was Alicia who spoke first, "I promise to not kill George when I see him, though that's probably for my own benifit."

The two other girls silently agreed. It was then Katie's turn to make her promise. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes while she thought. Finally she parted her lips and drew breath to speak, "I promise that you two will all be my closest and best friends."

The three grinned at one another before hugging each other and parting ways, knowing for a fact that they would be seeing one another soon.

"Katherine, darling!" Mrs. Bell beamed happily and embraced her only child tightly, showering her with kisses and good motherly wibes. "I can't believe you're already done with Hogwarts! Where has the time gone?" She let out a small laugh in attempt to hide the tears pouring from her eyes.

Katie smiled at her mother, but before she was able to speak, she was quickly taken into another embrace by her father. She hadn't even noticed him until he took her in his arms. She let out a short laugh and hugged him back. When she was finally released, she turned around for a final look at Platform 9 and 3/4.

Not too far away, she could see Harry's muggle family getting a good talking to by Mad Eye Moody and a few other withces and wizards.

Fred and George were sporting new jackets and flirting terribly with Angelina and Alicia.

Lee was with his mother, joking around as they left the station.

With a small grin of satisfaction, Katie turned to her parents, still smiling. As they left, Katie decided to look at everything a little bit differently. Rather than leaving Hogwarts behind, she would be stepping into a new world, and hopefully both Quidditch and Oliver would be in her future.

She stopped dead in her tracks. Why did she want Oliver in her future? She was still with Lee, and perfectly happy with how things were going in her relationship. So why think about Oliver Wood?

"Somethings wrong, dear," Mr. Bell called back, noting his daughter had ceased all motion and looked rather shell shocked as she continued to stand there silently.

Katie shook her head to clear her mind, then started walking alongside her parents once more. She grinned reassuringly to her father. "I'm fine, dad."

She would have to sort the whole Oliver and Lee thing out later. For now, she just wanted to celebrate the fact that she was a Hogwarts graduate.

The End

Epilogue

Katie combed her fingers through her hair nervously as she stood outside Mystic Stadium. Angelina, who stood at her side, was just as nervous and shifted from foot to foot, practically hopping with anticipation.

"Fred and George aren't coming, yeah?" Katie asked, looking at the large stadium before them rather than her friend,

Angelina, still hopping about from foot to foot, nodded her head quickly, her gaze also fixed on the rather large stadium, "Yeah."

They stood there for a few moments, completely silent, but still shifting about nervously asthough they were about to go into conference with Professor McGonagall.

It was Angelina who broke the silence, though not the tension, "Got your broomstick, yeah?"

"Yeah," Katie replied, nodded quickly, and lifting her broomstick lightly, allowing her fingers to glide over the polished wood of the stick's handle.

"Our last year at Hogwarts sucked, yeah?" Angelina went on to ask.

"Yeah," was Katie's weak reply.

Angelina conintued to shift, "This should make up for it, yeah?"

"Yeah."

"You nervous?" Angelina finally looked at her blonde friend. The girl's dar features were alight with excitement, but at the same time, she looked a bit insecure and nervous about how the try-outs for this new minor league thing would go. If she would even be accepted.

Katie looked at her friend and nodded quickly, "Extremely. You?"

"Scared as hell."

The two stared at the stadium once more, trying to, at the very least, regulate their breathing so that they wouldn't look as though they were spazzing out upon entering the stadium.

"Well," Angelina began.

Katie nodded, "We can do this."

The two girls clasped hands for a moment before heading into Mystic Stadium, leaving behind their childhood and taking the first few steps into adulthood and their new lives.

Right well... Uhm the end guys!

But is it really? Hmm...

First I want to do the whole thank you everyone for every review ever! And all the hits over 100,000 by the way, and thanks a bunch all you guys for everything, you guys are the reason why I write. Uhm, but you know the story of our dear Katie Bell is just begining, so I'm going to introduce to you: Flying With the Cannons!

There of course will be more moments between Katie and some guy or other, and moments between Oliver and some girl or other, and of course moments between Lee and some girl or other. I could tell you what's going to happen, but that would spoil the fun.

Keep your eyes open for the sequel, and I really hope you guys enjoyed everything.

Later days

-Richi Sama-