+chapter one
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"So 'ow does is feel, Harry?" a rough voice called out from a few yards away,
"How does what feel, Hagrid?"
"Oh, ya' know, graduatin' an' all...Leavin Hogwarts for the possibly last time."
Harry Potter sighed deeply, and looked at his sneakers,
"Honestly...I don't like this feeling of not being able to come back to the very place that I love the most."
Hagrid sighed along side him, catching up to the boy now, his heavy step throwing the boy off balance,
"Eh, well, you know tha' you'll always have this place in your mind, and HEY! I know, anytime you feel lonley, come an' visit me and Fang, I know he'll appreciate it as much as I will."
Harry smiled, and looked up at his friend, "Thanks Hagrid...Now I'd better get going", and he jogged away from teh tearful Hagrid in time to catch up to a tall red haired boy, who was holding hands with a slightly bushy haired girl.
"So, did you guys decide anything yet?" Harry motioned towards their hands, smiling lightly. Hermione and Ron shook their heads,
"We don't really know what to do next..." Ron mumbled, looking off towards the lake as the giant squid raised a tentacle and splashed a few third years who had gotten to close to his territory. Momentarily, his eyes darted back around to study Hermione and Harry's faces, and for a second he thought that he could fell Hermione's usually warm grip on his hand slacken and grow cold.
Hermione shrugged, "..We don't think Ron's mum is going to be too pleased with the whole 'married as soon as school finishes thing'...And my parents will just, I don't know, my mum's old fashion-like, so she'll probably approve." She looked at the ground, and then to Ron, giving him a beautiful smile, and he felt slightly reassured.
"Well, whatever it is, I wish you guys the best...Now don't we have some goodbyes to say?" Harry said, grinning suddenly from ear to ear. The three nodded and set off towards the castle, suprisingly in silence, but smiling all the while. Harry kept sneaking glances of the two's hands entwined, and then the joyful expression on his face slackened slightly.
And up the stairs the three ascended, sucked into a sea of what was sobbing seventh years and parents, bidding their final goodbyes to the school they loved to well. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were aproached by Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, who clutched them all tightly enough,
"Mom! Ugh! You're embarassing me!" Ron slinked out from under his mother's grip, pink-faced and attempting to hide it. Harry and Hermione sniggerd slightly at him, luckily Mrs. Weasley didn't notice the two lover's hands break from their grip, or there would've been more of an embarassing display to be seen.
"So, Harry, Hermione," Mr. Weasley nodded at them both, "Coming with us, are you?"
At the question, the two nodded and Hermione said, "We're very appreciative of you to come and get us, seeing as my parents can't get here and Harry dosen't have a place to stay on his own yet." Harry nodded in agreement, smiling, but seemed to be at a loss for words.
Mr. Weasley nodded and turned to speak with Ron and Mrs. Weasley. Harry sighed, "Thanks for that Hermione...I just couldn't spit the right words out...again."
Hermione shrugged, "No problem, really," she smiled, then moved off to attempt to gather a few words from Professor Snape.
Harry stood incredibly still, and felt as if he could feel everyone in the whole corridor breathing, and his stomach sank to his ankles.
'So this is what it's like.'
a.n eh well, its flowing out of me now, expect things to start happening now that i got the hogwarts scene over. NO MORE HOGWARTS.
this one's for chelsea! 3