It was the final day and the reality that it was their last ever day there was finally beginning to sink in. Before it had all been joking around about it and being in a depressing state of mind but the reality had finally sunk in and they didn't know how to react about it.
They had spent the night before putting their prank into action - something that would make them be remembered for years to come. How the girls saw it wasn't exactly a prank but it was how the Marauders put it so they weren't going to argue. It had taken the best part of three hours to do with them either using a disillusionment charm or James' invisibility cloak plus the aid of the Marauders map, they just had to wait till the morning to view their handywork. The girls had to wait till morning ot see what the guys had written about them.
"Why doI get the feeling this is going ot cause mass chaos?" Lily asked
"Probably because there will be." Hannah said laughing, "New things always do."
They made their way down to the Common room with Carolyn and Clare and met the boys.
"Moment of truth." They whispered
They walked down and deliberatly walked towards where they had done what they had done and they saw a crowd of people and they grinned. Their happiness was short lived when they saw McGonagoll. They managed to keep a straight face while she was shouting at them but they were sure they saw a small smile grace her face. They stepped back and admired their handiwork. Rachel and Snape joined them and they said.
"Lets hope it stays here for a long time!"
They stood looking the the wall, a wal that now held a lifesize picture of all nine of them and at the bottom signed. Remus - Moony, Sirius - Padfoot and James - Prongs aka The Marauders. Carolyn, Clare, Hannah, Lily and Rachelaka Hell's Angels and finally Severus Snape.
2 hours later they were on the train home. The last time they would be leaving Hogwarts and to lead their own lives. A few tears had been shed by the girls which they had expected, although more had been shed when Carolyn told the Marauders her secret which had made all the girls cry even more.
"So you lot don't think any less of me?" Carolyn asked
"Why would we?" Sirius asked
"I don't know I think it might have been the fact I have a two year old daughter and I'm 17."
"So?"
"You know I love you guys right?"
The boys looked at each other and nodded
"Yep!"
They were watching everything wizz by whilst looking out of the window. No one saying a word, not until the food trolley had come around and they had gotten some food but even then after the woman had gone, no one said a word until they got into Kings Cross.
"This is it." Lily whispered
"Lil, I'm gonna be here for at least an hour now trying to convince Remus to go on the bike." Hannah said, "This may be the last time we'll be on this train but it's not the end of the world."
They laughed and grabbed their trunks.
"I've told you am not getting on it!" Remus said behind them
"What are you?" Hannah and Lily asked, "A man or a mouse."
"Actually." He whispered to Hannah, "I'm a werewolf." and she rolled her eyes
"You are getting on that bike or I'm leaving you here." She smiled slyly, "And you haven't passed your apparation test yet."
The three of them followed the others onto the platform, which was filled with a mass of people. Lily was looking for her mother and dragged Sirius with her. She found her purely because she saw her sister in the crowd.
"Hey!"
"Lily!" Her mother sighed and pulled her into a hug, "How was your last year?"
"Amazing!" She answered, "Mum, this is Sirius." she motioned her hand towards him. Sirius felt her eyes on him and felt slightly uncomfortable.
"Nice to meet you,Sirius." She smiled
Lily's mother took her trunk and put it on a trolley and walked ahead with her sister.
"She doesn't like me." Sirius said
"I don't think she does either." Lily admitted, "Think it's the hair."
"What's wrong with my hair?" Sirius asked defensively, runnig a hand through it.
"Haven't we already had this conversation?" Lily asked "Because I think we have and like the last time there is nothing wrong with your hair, my mother just doesn't approve of long haired boys."
She kissed him gently on the cheek and he put an arm around her waist.
"So what are we going to do for the next few months?" Lily asked
"Well I have to go get my keys to my flat." Sirius answered, "Well mine and Hannah's flat since she gave me money towards it."
"What would you two do without each other?" Lily asked, "Because you seem to depend on each other for one thing or another."
Sirius shrugged
"So what next for the four Marauders now Hogwarts are free of you."
"Actually it's three Marauders." Sirius said, "And it's our own separate ways at the moment and by separate I mean not together every single day and night."
"What do you mean three?"
"We kinda got rid of Peter." Sirius explained, "After he traded us for a group of Slytherins including Lucius Malfoy. We weren't very happy. James wanted to curse him into oblivion and so was I until Remus being the voice of reason that he is stopped us, let Peter explain and when we said we didn't want filth like him in the Marauders he went off saying he'd make us pay in a way that we couldn't stop."
"Which was?"
"I don't know but Remus does, because he put Peter in a full body bind and said something along the lines of if he even touched someone then he'd personally kill him and then left him in a body bind for four hours."
"Okay." Lily looked puzzled
Sirius laughed.
"So will you come visit me sometimes?" Lily asked Sirius, "Or will you be too busy with your flat? All alone."
"Course I'll visit you." Sirius promised, "And you're making me feel scared now."
Lily giggled.
"Just don't miss me too much." She teased
"But what if I get lonely in the middle of the night?"
Lily thought for a moment and then answered.
"Well maybe I'll stay with you." She was grinning
And they walked through the barrier into the real world, ready for a life outside Hogwarts.
In answer to reviews there will be no Harry Potter as there is no Voldemort so there will be no James and Lily, if I wanted a James and Lily story I would have done one from the beginning. I am only doing another 3 or 4 chapters but there will be a sequel maybe 2 not sure yet we'll just have to wait and see. I hope you enjoy
