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Ch.51: A sweet Good Bye

It was quite early the morning or Lily's NEWT exams, she got up and got dressed, by the time she was finished getting ready it was only five thirty, so she decided to do a bit of last minute studying and practicing.

Lily pulled out her transfiguration book and began reviewing, taking notes and memorizing spells, after reviewing she grabbed her owl from it's cage and brought it to her desk.

"Sorry girl, but I need to practice," Lily said to her own, the owl hooted quietly in response.

Lily practiced various spells she thought would be asked and thankfully got each one right.

Suddenly there was a knock on her door.

"Come in," Lily said looking up. James's head poked in and he entered.

"You're up early, don't you think?" he asked coming over to her bed, he was still dressed in his night clothes.

"Yes, but day is an important day, it's our final exams the last exams we will take here at Hogwarts, after this it's over, our time here is over, and I'll have to face the world, the muggle and the wizarding." Lily said closing her books, and putting Daphne, her owl in to her cage.

"You're right, it is our last exam, but aren't you glad, we're done with Hogwarts, we get to become aurors, and stop Voldemort," James said

"Yes I guess, but who knows what's to come, with this whole war. After this year I won't be returning to university, due to obvious reasons, I have my health to think about, auror training to do, an apartment to fix up. . . gosh how am I going to handle all of this?" Lily said putting her hand into her hands.

"Lily," James said grabbing her hands and pulling them away from her head.

"I'll be here, we'll have each other, lily if you need money I can give you some, if you want to continue university, you still can; we're in this together."

"No, I don't want your money, James there is one thing that m mother always told me and that is to always never give up, and if you work hard and give everything you've got then you will succeed, and that's what I plan to do. Thank you, for you offer, James but I won't accept it," Lily said.

James leaned in to kiss lily,

"That's the lily I know," he said

"But, lily if you need money, always know I'm there for you, really."

"Thanks, James, actually I was just wondering, now that you parents have past where will you stay will you stay in their mansion or buy your self an apartment?"

"Well Sirius before school started was given a house, the black house, because his parents moved to a new one, so I'll probably live with him, what about you are you sharing your apartment with Emily or Alicia?"

"With Emily definitely, she doesn't want to go back to her aunt and uncle's house, Alicia may come, but I'm not sure."

"Yeah, moony is actually house hunting near London, but he's trying to find a home where he can build a chamber for himself so it may be hard," James said.

"And Peter?" Lily asked.

James rolled his eyes.

"He's getting an apartment, we've made up with him, though I still haven't seen him a lot lately, but Remus noticed that he hasn't been hanging with the slytherins as much,"

"Perhaps he realized they were stupid prats." Lily said.

"Maybe" James said. he got up from the bed.

"I'll go get changed then we'll meet the others down stairs."

"Okay, lily said, she brushed hair to the side and put it up in a low pony tail. She went down stairs to wait for James.

"Okay you ready?" James asked as he came down the stairs.

"Yeah," Lily said she got up and grabbed James's hand. James kissed her softly and they left.

They went to the Gryffindor common room to see the others.

"Hey guys are you both ready?" Alicia asked. She was standing next to Sirius holding his hand.

Lily looked to James and James looked to Lily.

"I think so," They both said in unison.

"Well we should get going, or we'll be late." Remus said. Emily took his hand and they led the group down to the great hall.

They all entered and the regular long tables were replaced with circular tables which filled the whole room. They were given their seating assignments and they sat.

"Now all of you will be taking your NEWT exams this morning, each quill is equipped with a non-cheating charm."

She flicked her wand and all of the tests were given out.

"It is now eight o'clock you have until twelve, you may begin," McGonagall said.

Quills began to write furiously.

Lily looked down at her test, the first portion was on Potions to her misfortune, she knew Emily would do perfectly on this section, since she hoped to be a healer., She thought she passed by the time she was finished, she then moved on to transfiguration.

James had just finished transfiguration, being as fast as he was he thanked his mom for his great skill. He then moved on to Divination.

Sirius also finished Transfiguration with a breeze, he moved onto Divination, which he hated the most.

Alicia tackled through divination and moved onto History which was her favorite subject.

Remus found great pleasure in answers all the questions concerning werewolves, being a werewolf did have its perks at knowing everything about them.

Emily finished both Potions and transfiguration quickly. Everyone tackled the last subject, Defense against the Dark arts, with the best of their ability.

The first session soon ended and they students were given a ten minute a fifteen minute break while the tests were handed in and the tables were re arranged for the judges for the practical exam.

"What did you think of History moony?" James asked.

"It was alright I think I did well." Remus said.

"Now all we have to do is our practical," Emily said.

"Yeah, but that's going to be harder its in front of ministry officials, people from St. Mungos will be judging along with aurors, I hear," Lily said.

"Don't worry we'll all do fine." Sirius said.

The break finished and the students went back into the great hall. They were called in groups to different stations.

Lily's first exam was in Transfiguration, she had to transform an owl in to a clock.

Lily successfully accomplished this task and continued her exam with easy and her next test in charms.

James's exam went very well, transforming a plate into a book and other objects. James also continued his exam with great ease.

The others also did fairly well, though Emily did have a bit of trouble on a couple of defense spells, though she did quite well.

The Exams were finally over by four o'clock and the group went back to the dormitories.

"Yes, they're over!" Sirius cheered.

"Yup, I can't wait to leave, though I will be very sad to go, we've had so many memories theses seven years," Emily said sadly.

"True but you'll always remember them." Remus said.

"I'll say," James said

"Why don't we say one thing in which we are glad about being here at Hogwarts," Alicia suggested. They all agreed and sat around the head's common room coffee table.

"Lily, you go first," Alicia said. Lily looked up in thought.

"Okay one thing which I'm most glad about Hogwarts? Um probably the fact that I was given the chance to come here and just the fact that I'm a witch, and of course meeting all of you guys, no matter how much I hated you three at first, I always found you three or well four to be funny." Lily said.

"Compliment accepted, Lily," Sirius said.

"Okay Remus you next," Alicia said.

"Okay, probably I'm most glad about how Dumbledore let me come here, I don't know what I'd be doing if it weren't for him and secondly for you two becoming animagi, I appreciate that more than you'll ever know. And thirdly just being here, learning all I can and meeting you Emily, Lily and Alicia. And finally I'm thankful for actually being accepted into the auror training program," Remus said.

They all nodded in response.

"James,"

"Okay first when I came here I only knew so much about Hogwarts and what a fantastic school it is, and I'm happy to have come here, I wouldn't have done a lot of things if I had not come, such as I wouldn't have pestered lily for the past four years to go out with me, but then I realized I was an arrogant fool and I need to clean my act up, I wouldn't have become animagus, I wouldn't have met you, Sirius or have let you into my home with my parents and I probably wouldn't have found out about my parents. I wouldn't have met you three lovely ladies, and I probably wouldn't have gone to all of the detentions I have served deservingly. So thank you guys for a great seven years and thanks to Dumbledore for being a great headmaster." James said.

"Sirius," Alicia said.

"Well, I have to say first that when I first saw you James I hated the look of you, you looked like a preppy, haughty, arrogant, wealthy, little boy, though I was partly right . . ."

"Hey!" James said with laughter.

"Hahah, I found you to be quite amusing and a good friend, I can't thank you enough for what you did for me back in my fourth year, but it and our friendship has meant more to me than anything in the world, you and Alicia are probably the most grateful things that have come my way and I can't say it enough so thank you both. Alicia you're an amazing young woman, your intellect and sternness are what depict your beauty so well. Emily your talents musically and magically represent your kind gentle nature and I'm positive that you will go far in your journey to become the greatest healer the wizarding world has ever seen. . . ."

Emily blushed at this complement.

"Lily . . . ever since the first day James came to me and told me you were the one for him, you have been apart of my life as much as James has ever been. Your ability to cope with such pain and tragedy has shaped your world, having to keep the secrets you have kept I imagine were very difficult, your strong attitude and strong determination have significantly shown through your last year here. And what I find truly lucky about you is that one, you have a great boyfriend, great friends, and you have the advantage of living in two worlds, the muggle and magical. There are not many wizards or witches who have that ability, to live in both, to be honest, not to bash any of you or anyone, but for me if I was plopped into the muggle world I wouldn't know what to do with myself, so I admire your luck and I know you will become a great auror. Moony, Remus when I first met you I saw you to be a quite person whom was very studious and courteous, one who didn't fool around, to me that showed me you were honest, caring and responsible. When I heard you were a werewolf I was a bit shocked. I didn't know any werewolves, but knowing you, I wanted to learn more. So then me, James and Peter wanted to help you so we became animagus and believe me that was probably the best thing I have ever done, I have so many memories of our outings it's crazy, you are a loyal and understanding friend and I know you will go far. And James, Buddy, brother, once again thanks for all you've done, once we get out of here we'll move into our, or well my flat, at number twelve and we'll be aurors and defeat the dark lord." Sirius said.

The group sat their and reminisced their memories and enjoyed their last week of school. The last feast was soon held and to their grateful happiness Gryffindor took home the house cup.

The last day of school came with many goodbyes, Emily, Alicia, and Lily said goodbye to their favorite teachers and packed their belongings.

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter officially made up and Peter apologized for what he had done. They packed their belongings and went to the Hogsmead station with the girls.

The ride home took a while but once they pulled into Kings Cross station they got off the train and retrieved their luggage. Peter said his good bye's and left with his parents.

"So I'll write you when I get to Oxford with Lily, I'm going to stay with her just until my training is over." Emily said to Remus. She leaned in and kissed him good bye.

"Yeah I'm crashing with Sirius and James for the next couple of week just until I find my own place," Remus said.

"Okay, I love you I'll write soon." Emily said and kissed her boyfriend once more.

"So this is it, I guess I'll see you in a couple of weeks," Alicia said. she was currently in a tight grasp with Sirius.

"Yes you will, come by my house, its number twelve Grimald place." He said.

"I'll try, I' might be staying with Lily for a while, helping her fix up her new flat."

"Cool, I'll write you once I, James and Remus get settled in, we have a lot of stuff to move in to the new house."

"Okay, bye I love you," She said. she kissed him once more and grabbed her bags.

"So you'll be in Oxford?" James asked.

"Yes, Rupert's picking me up along with Emily and Alicia."

"Write me when you get the date of your treatment," he said.

"I will, it's in a couple of weeks. Hey, convince Sirius to put a phone line into his house so I can call you, I do have a telephone in mine, and I'd like to call you so we won't have to keep writing." Lily said.

"Alright I'll talk to him, and lily, remember what I said about university."

"Alright good bye, I love you," Lily said kissing him good bye

"I love you to," James said.

They made their way through the barrier and Lily saw Ben standing near platform ten waiting for her, he was dressed in his scrubs.

"Hey Lily, Guys, how are all of you?" Rupert asked.

"Good . . . . Really good," Lily said smiling to her friends.

So sad it's over, I hope you liked my story, once again a huge thanks to everyone for reading and reviewing! I'll be posting my other story soon. I may think about a sequel thanks to LordoftheRingsandHarryPotterGirl, thanks for the suggestion, I may do one. Please Read and Review Thanks so much

Kara that's my name, I know I used my pen name the whole time, so if you were wondering its Kara. :)