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A/N: Nothing to say (muses: well there's a first!) except read authors note at the bottom.
Chapter 36
"Come on Lily! It's the feast! Not World War three!"
"No Jen, World War three would be me."
"I'm on my way!" Lily yelled falling down the stairs two at a time. "Where are the guys?" she asked.
"They went down ahead of us," Tash said. "I think they're planning something for our last day."
"This can't be good," Lily said. "Hope they don't spoil it."
"They'd never do that on our last day," Jenny rolled her eyes. "How insensitive do you think they are?"
"We're going to be safe and pretend you didn't say that," Tash said.
They entered the hall and sat down in their usual places. The four boys were already there, shovelling food as if it was their last day on earth.
"Wild horses couldn't keep you lot away from food," Lily shook her head and helped herself to pork chops.
"Pass the mash please Lily," Tash asked holding her hands out for the bowl.
"So now you lot are going to auror training," Crystel said. "Are you going to move into London?"
"Maybe," Lily shrugged. "Not at first. I think I'll stay at home for a bit."
"I don't need to move!" Tash grinned. "I live close enough to London to get there easily every day."
"Has Jenny told you?" Crystel asked. "We're going to get a flat together, y'know since we're both training to be healers."
"Yeah she said," Lily nodded, grinning at Jenny who was making a sculpture out of her potatoes and her beans.
"Jenny," Lily raised an eyebrow at her food.
"What? This is the last day I get to be childish and get away with it scott free!" Jenny said.
"Excellent approach Jen," Sirius said, breaking away from his food. "You're growing up!"
"Wish you would," Tash muttered, elbowing Sirius in the side. "Incidentally, why did you all rush down here without us?"
"It's a surprise," James said.
"A nice surprise or one that's going to make us want to kill you?" Jenny asked.
"You'll just have to see," Remus smiled.
"Uh oh," Lily said, thinking that this could mean nothing good. "You're not going to dangle the Slytherins upside down into their food again are you?"
"No," James shook his head. "Although that is a good idea, why didn't we think of that!"
Throughout the rest of the meal the boys kept breaking into silent whispers, and by the time it came to Dumbledore announcing the house cup winners, Lily was becoming slightly nervous at the fact that they kept shooting each other maniacal grins.
"Gryffindor wins the house cup," Dumbledore announced. The table exploded into cheers. This seemed to be the cue that the Marauders had been waiting for. There were several loud bangs and fireworks exploded around the room. The students all laughed and some of the teachers looked disapprovingly at the display. Dumbledore however was chuckling and tipped his pointed hat to the four boys, who were soaking up their last moments of glory in the school.
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"Wow," Lily remarked, looking around the empty dormitory. "It looks so bare."
"Has the carpet always been red?" Jenny asked, frowning at the massive scarlet carpet beneath their feet.
"Yeah it's always been red," Crystel assured her. "Covered in clothes, but still red."
"Except that time in the fourth year when you decided to change it to bright green Jen," Lily reminded her.
"Oh yeah…" Jenny smiled. "Why did we change it back?"
"Because McGonagall found out and threatened to put us in Slytherin since we like the colour so much," Tash said.
"God no," Jenny shuddered.
"Still," Tash said looking around. "It looks weird to see it so clean."
"Hate to say it though," Lily said. "But the guys dorms were tidier."
Tash and Jen nodded in agreement.
"Gonna miss this place," Crystel said.
"Us too," Jenny nodded. "Had some good times here."
"Like when we went to egg the guys dorm," Crystel grinned.
"Yeah," Lily smiled.
"And when we went to paint the guys noses red at Christmas in our fourth year," Tash said.
"Yeah," Lily nodded.
"And when we stayed up for all those little chats after hours," Jenny added.
"Mhmm," Lily agreed.
"We've won the house cup and the Quidditch cup again," Tash smiled.
"We've hexed the Slytherins in Defence Against the Dark arts," Jenny said.
"We've pranked them even more!" Tash said.
"We've run into Death Eaters loads of times," Lily said.
"And Voldemort once," Tash added.
"Jenny has achieved what she's wanted since her third year," Lily said. "She's dating Remus."
"Tash has achieved what she's always wanted," Jenny said. "She's got into Auror Academy."
"We've eaten loads of chocolate," Tash grinned.
"We've had loads of hugs from Jenny," Lily said.
"And lots of songs from Tash," Jenny said.
"Lily's been Head Girl, and risen to the challenge brilliantly," Tash nodded at Lily.
"You three have found true love," Crystel smiled at them.
"And amazingly, after all this," Jenny said. "We're all still friends."
"I guess we haven't always been the most sensible and rule abiding students," Lily shrugged.
"Yeah but at least we never got caught like the guys did," Tash pointed out.
"Not that that's hard," Jenny shrugged. Everyone nodded in agreement. Lily stared around at the room which had been her home for the past seven years.
"Three thirty," Jenny said looking at her watch. "We'd better go."
Lily nodded and picked up her trunk. It seemed heavier, as though it didn't want to leave the school either. Crystel was already out of the door, with Tash and Jen not far behind. Sighing, Lily hauled her trunk to the door and took one last look at the dorm before closing the door and following her friends.
A/N: Wow… That's it. Its finished. I started this fic seven months ago and now its finished. (Muse: Sorry folks we are still trying to engage her brain properly about this fact!).
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