11. Mischief Managed. . . for now

It was a very emotional morning.

"G-goodbye Hogwarts," said Cassie miserably as she boarded the train, taking one last look at the castle that changed her life. It gave her some of the best memories of her life, and the best friends she could ever have. And now she was leaving it. The one place that was home to her more than anywhere else, she was graduated, past that time, it would all be gone soon.

Lukas and Rochelle boarded the train, hand in hand.

Emily and Ryan followed after.

Then Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs.

And so on.

So many memories everyone was leaving behind. How could seven years have gone by so fast?

Cassie, Lukas, Rochelle, Ryan, Emily, Lily D, and Lily E shared a compartment.

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter shared a compartment.

Etcetera etcetera.

Cassie lay her head down and watched out the window as Hogwarts got further and further, and was soon out of view. She fell into a deep slumber, dreaming of the day they all first met.

Cassie sat alone in a compartment.

"Mind if I sit here?" asked a timid voice.

"Sure," said Cassie eagerly, welcoming the girl to sit next to her.

"I'm Cassie," said Cassie.

"I'm Rochelle," replied the girl.

"Wait, what's your name?"

"Rochelle." Cassie still looked puzzled. "Rooooe. Shelllll," said the girl.

"Sorry," said Cassie. "I was puzzled whether you said Rachel or Michelle. I'm dumb."

"It's okay. A lot of the neighborhood kids call me Rachel."

"That's dumb. I don't see how hard it is to pronounce Rochelle." Rochelle shrugged.

A girl came bursting in the compartment, sparks of many colors following her, her wand smoking.

"Hide me!" said the girl. "The cart lady's going to kill me! I accidentally tried a spell that er. . ."

Rochelle giggled.

Cassie blinked. "I think the spell also changed your hair color. It's radioactive orange!"

"No, I'm a metamorphmagus. I can change my physical features all I want to with ease. I was born one."

"THAT'S AWESOME!" said Cassie. "THAT ROCKS!"

"I'm Emily, by the way," said the girl, shaking hands with Cassie and Rochelle.

"I'm Cassie."

"Rochelle."

"La la la la la. I wonder if I should try another spell-"

"NO!" shouted Rochelle and Cassie, both starting to laugh.

Another girl walked into the compartment.

"Wow, there's some really sexy guys on this train. This kid, Sirius Black, I want a slice of that sexy pie."

Rochelle's eyes lit up at the girl.

"What?" asked the girl.

"You're Asian," said Rochelle.

"Chinese, and so?"

"I love Asia! Especially Japan. I love Japan. And Japanese music. And-"

"Uhhh." They all seemed to be staring now. Rochelle sunk into her seat a little.

"So Lily, why don't you join us?" asked Emily.

"I think I will," replied Lily. "I'm Lily Diane," she told the rest. Introductions, yadda yadda. . .

"CASSANDRA! WAKE. UP!" shouted Rochelle.

"Wha?" said Cassie.

"Good your up."

Cassie looked around her and noticed James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter had joined them in the compartment.

"Yay! Cassie's up! Have a butterbeer!" Remus tossed Cassie a butterbeer. She remembered the first time she had a butterbeer. She drank it, having the same renewed feeling of its warm contents sliding down your throat.

Sirius smiled, and suddenly the four marauders burst into song.

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,

Teach us something please,

Whether we be old and bald,

Or young with scabby knees,

Our heads could do with filling.

With some interesting stuff,

Now they're bare and full of air,

Dead flies and bits of fluff,

So teach us things worth knowing,

Bring back what we've forgot,

Just do your best, we'll do the rest,

And learn until our brains all rot."

"Woot," said Rochelle. Lukas was writing in his diary.

Sirius let out a loud HICCUP!

"Butterbeer didn't cause that," said Remus suspiciously. "James. . ."

"Why do you look at me? And he could just have a case of the hiccups-"

"Teehee, the-the train, it's flying, and spiiining, oooh the HIC spinning, hehehe," said Sirius.

"James. . . how many did you give him?"

"Oh maybe one, two, fifteen tops-"

"WHAT IN HELL POSSESSED YOUR MENTAL LITTLE MIND TO GIVE PADFOOT FIFTEEN FIREWHISKEYS!"

The rest of the train ride consisted of the marauders goofing off, Lukas writing in his journal, occasionally glancing at Rochelle, and Lily snogging with Sirius every once in a while. It was perhaps one of the best and saddest days of all of their lives. Or at least they thought, but ah wait until they see what difficulties are coming up to face them. In all the marauders minds they wondered in fear if Snape ratted them out. He wasn't on the train. But they weren't going to worry about that. They were going to have fun the best way they could, being themselves, or in Sirius's case being their drunken self. Cassie had deep thoughts of how much all of their friendships had become so true. She didn't regret a single thing that ever happened in that castle.

The train reached platform 9 ¾ and that's when they all started to tear up a good bit, especially Cassie. They all hugged each other, each hug showing a great friendship. They all walked out of the train.

Cassie got shoved into the multitude of students jumbling out of the train. But from a distance, she caught a glimpse of Rochelle and Lukas.

Rochelle hugged Lukas. "Love you," said Lukas. Cassie had an urge to scream out 'Awwwwwww!'

"Love you always," replied Rochelle, kissing him for a passionate second, and then the two parted.

All the good memories from Hogwarts. How all the friendships formed. Starting from little confused firsties to being what they are now, and for the marauders, becoming animagi just to keep your best buddy company on the lonely full moon. So much had happened. And they all knew their friendships weren't going to end here, that they would carry on until the day their bodies drop to the cold ground. Always friends.

"Together forever, never apart, maybe at distance, but never at heart." –Marauder's Creed.

Author's note: I would like to thank you all for reading my story. I would like to thank Rochelle and Emily for giving me the motivation to have kept writing this. Seriously all the "If you don't write more tomorrow I WILL hurt you"s kept me writing, cause it showed me you guys were attached to my story. Muhahaha curse of the writer! And I would like to say, I have the world's greatest feeling right now, having finished this. And I would like to thank everyone for their lovely reviews.

Disclaimers:

I do not own Harry Potter in any way, shape or form. JKR is the goddess of writing and I do not claim any of her characters. I do however claim Emily, Lily D, Me (Cassie), Rochelle, Lukas, Ryan, and all the made-ups as mine. Well all the important "made-ups" are actual people I know/based off people I know.

I do not own the Marauder's Creed. That is all Lily's doing. Lily kicks arse at writing and you all should read her fanfics.

Thank you all and have a HP-obsessed life. –Bows-

Post Script: I will, at some point in time, write a sequel or two, but now that I've finished this, I'll be taking a break.

CIAO!