Chapter 77
The rest of the year part 2
A/N: I have reached a milestone with this chapter, I have reached 100,000 words somewhere around the second or third paragraph. Woo-hoo for me. Please read and review. –Donald
APRIL
Ginny had been sitting with Neville having lunch when her brother and her best friend Luna came in holding hands and laughing up a storm. They sat down next to Ginny and Neville and said 'Hello'.
"Hey guys, how has your day been? We were just talking about going down to Hogsmeade after lunch for a little while. Harry and Hermione, Draco and Pansy have already left for there, and said if we're down there, to meet them around 2 p.m. What do you think, should we meet the three of them at the three broomsticks?" Ginny was smiling at her brother and his girlfriend as they nodded their agreement.
"Sounds great Gin, are you two ready?" Ron completely forgot about lunch, which was a first for him when she said that. He was still eating a bit, but it was left pretty much untouched when she had asked him that.
They met everyone down at the three broomsticks for butter beer, and to talk. When they had walked in, they were waved over to the table that had the other at it. "Hey guys, glad that you could join us. We were just discussing what we were going to be doing today. How does going to the Shrieking Shack to check it out first, then a walk around town sound?" Harry was smiling as he talked to his friends. He was happy to have both friends and family again. They didn't know it, but he was thinking about this summer a whole lot. He knew that he was in love with Hermione, and he wanted to do something special for her this summer. It will be their one year anniversary this year, and they were happy with each other. Oh they snogged a lot, and she even let him go further a couple of times, where he had definitely got a good feel for those breasts of hers. Yes they were totally in love, and he knew that the others were also. He even caught Draco and Pansy going at it one night while he and Hermione were looking for a good snogging spot. He knew that they had gotten around the same place that he and Hermione were, and he was glad that it seemed normal for teenagers around there age. He wasn't going to push Hermione to do anything that she didn't want to do, but was sure that she had the same ideas that he had. He was definitely looking forward to seeing her in another one of those bikini's this summer. He smiled as he listened to what the others were talking about.
"Sounds good to us Harry, why don't we see if we can get a picnic from Rosemereta for us, and we can have lunch over there." Ron was beginning to think about the lunch he had abandoned now, and the other had a little laugh at the rumbling that was coming from Ron's stomach. While the others agreed and had a little laugh, Ron went up and ordered the Picnic for them for later.
It was a beautiful day in Hogsmeade that day, and the friends walked up to the Shreiking Shack for the picnic and have a look around. Harry had Hermione in his lap with his arms wrapped around her, and kissing her while Ron had Luna, Draco had Pansy and Neville had Ginny in their laps doing the same thing. They then enjoyed their lunch, and had fun for the rest of the day.
Professor Dumbledore looked out his office window watching them as they made their way back to the castle, and smiled at the sight. "Well Fawkes, it looks like they are doing great in their relationships, and they are having a great time. It looks like my plans are coming together. They must never know that their friendship was a plan to keep Voldemort or Fudge from bothering the wizardring community ever again." He smiled his twinkling eyes, and continued looking out the window.
The next weekend found Gryffindor facing Slytherin for the Quidditch house cup. They were going to having an interesting face off this year. Harry and Draco were shaking hands with each other, and Marcus Flint was giving Draco a glare for being friends with the enemy. Harry knew that Flint was one of the dirtiest players in the game, and he had to keep his eyes on him. He knew that he no longer had to worry about Draco, Crabbe or Goyle, for they were his friends now, and they wouldn't play dirty with him or the other Gryffindors.
"Captains, Alicia Spinit and Marcus Flint shake hands in the middle of the pitch, and then Madame Hooch calls for the team members to mount their brooms and take to the air. These teams have been having a battle all year over who was going to be holding the cup this year at the end of the year. There is less than 10 points separating the two teams, so this match will decide the winner. Now the Gryffindor Lions take the field behind their beautiful team captain Alicia Spinit, who is one of the chasers, along with Angelina Johnson, and Katey Bell. The Weasley Twins, Fred and George have taken up their spots as Beaters, and the new Keeper Ron Weasley takes his spot. Then there's the star of the team, Harry Potter-Weasley who is the teams Seeker, rumors have it that he will be the team captain when Alicia graduates at the end of this year. And then here comes the Slytherin Snakes, led by Keeper and Captain Marcus Flint, followed by Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zambini and Milicent Bullstrode as Chasers, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle as Beaters, and Draco Malfoy as Seeker. Let's here it for the two teams today, may this one be a fair and great match."
The match went back and forth for a couple of hours, with Harry and Draco looking for the Snitch all the time. Draco was the first to see it, but Harry was closer. He had hoped that he was going to get close enough before Harry got to it, but he was losing a battle that he knew that Harry was going to win. He looked up at the score of the game, and gasped. If he catches the Snitch now, there will only be a 10 point difference between us, and there will be a tie for he cup. He hoped that if he was going to lose this game, that they wouldn't score another score before he caught it. He held his breath as he went swooping after the elusive golden snitch, and saw that Harry had seen it also. He was speeding along and not noticing that Alicia had the Quaffle, and was heading towards the Slytherin goal posts to score. The roar of the crowd was deafening, and he wasn't sure whether or not that it was for Harry catching the Snitch, or for a goal that might have been made. When he landed, he went over to Harry and congratulated him on a good catch, and a good game. He then looked up at the scoreboard and noticed that the score was made at the last moment, and let out a groan. "You know Harry, that it was really close, if your Chaser hadn't scored right before you caught the snitch, that the two teams would have been tied for the cup." He smiled at the look on Harry's face, but he was happy that his friends team had won, like he had known that Harry would be as happy if they had won.
MAY
The month started out quite well for the group of friends. The found out from Professor Potter that they would have to get something called a passport for their trip this summer, and that they would be going to get them the next weekend in London. Of course the only ones that didn't have one already were, Ron, Ginny, Neville, Seamus and Dean. The others had explained that they had already had them from their travels with their families.
The trip to London turned out to be interesting to say the least. They were all fascinated by the person taking their photographs, and even more surprised when they didn't move. What floored them most was when Dean asked the man, "why don't they move?"
The man didn't even blink when he answered. "Son these are muggle photographs, and they don't move like ours do." He smiled at the flabbergasted students and winked. "Don't worry, I'm also a wizard. I graduated two years after you two did, James and Lily. Names Charles Creevey, you guys might know my sons, Colin and Dennis. I believe they go to school with you all." He had them fill out all the paperwork for the passports, and when he was sure that no muggls were watching, he took out his wand, and with a flick of his wrist, their passports were ready. He handed them to there respective person, and smiled saying. "Have fun this summer, and don't go getting yourselves into trouble this summer. Tell my boys hi for me when you get back to school, ok."
They nodded and thanked Mr. Creevey for his help before walking out of his shop and headed to the Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley for lunch. They had a fairly quiet lunch discussing their day so far, what they wanted to do after lunch and the upcoming summer vacation.
"I will tell you what, I see where both Colin and Dennis get their love of photography. It seems that Mr. Creevey passed it down to his son, and they had picked it up quite well." Ginny was chatting with her friends about the elder Mr. Creevey, and before they knew it, they were done with their lunch.
They decided to do a little shopping while they were there, and then have some ice cream. They went to a nice clothing store in Diagon Alley, and the girls told the boys to go wait for them at the ice cream parlor, while they shopped for all of their swim suits.
The boys remembering what they had told the girls about that, nodded their agreement before walking over to the ice cream parlor.
The girls giggled and shot looks at each other as they began taking out bikini's for the summer, and then trunks for the boys. They didn't go to far out, for hey were still young, but they did get a little risky in their choices. The boys trunks, while they fit, were still tight, and the girls had picked out some nice string bikinis, and smiled as they went up to the sales clerk to pay for their purchases.
They met up with the boys, and gave their respective boyfriends a kiss on the cheek. They each ordered their favorite sundae, and ate in peace.
"So when do we get to see our suits? Or do we have to wait til the summer?" Ron asked the girls while trying to look into the Luna's bag.
Luna slapped his hand away saying. "You will see them this summer. You do trust us, don't you?" She and the other girls looked at their boyfriends with a look that said. 'You better answer the question right, or no snogging until this summer.'
The boys let out an audible gulp that showed that they knew what the girls were implying with what they asked.
Harry, the ever brave Gryffindor that he was, answered for the guys, and they all could be seen nodding their heads in agreement with him. "Of course we trust you girls, we were just wondering is all." All the guys let out a loud an audible sigh of relief when the girls all smiled at them, and gave each of them a kiss on the cheek.
"Very good, you passed the test, but you still don't get to see yours til this summer. If you guys are good, we might model our suits for you in the room of requirements tonight. But that will only happen if you boys are good for the rest of the day." Luna and the other girls nodded to this, and they had secretly already agreed to show the boys tonight. They were going to tease them some, but were still going to show them. Hermione had come up with the idea, and all the other girls agreed.
"Well we might as well see if we can get them to concentrate on us for once on a Saturday night, instead of talking about Quidditch or something else that they weren't that interested in talking to them about." She and the other girls smiled as they thought about that and agreed to what Hermione had suggested.
The guys were doing great for the rest of the day. They spent the day spending time with their girlfriends and talking about what they wanted to talk about. They held their hands while walking everywhere, holding doors open for them and even pulling out their chairs at dinner that night.
The girls were appreciative of the concerted effort that the boys were putting out, and rewarded them handsomely that night. The guys were told to meet them in the Room of Requirements after dinner that night, and they happily obliged.
When they walked in, they found a runway like those used by models during their shows, with seats on either side of the runway for them to sit. They each were carrying a dozen roses for their respective girlfriends, and they went to sit down.
Once they were seated, soft lights came on, spotlighting the runway, and music started playing. The first to walk down the runway had Harry's jaw dropping.
Hermione had a small bikini on, that was an emerald green that matched his eyes. She sauntered down the runway with her usually bushy hair up in a ponytail, and it showed off her burgeoning figure. All the guys, save Harry, let out appreciative wolf whistles at Hermione. Harry helped her down near him, where he gave her the roses and a kiss. "You are beautiful Mione. It shows off even better than the one last summer." He gave her a lop-sided grin and another kiss.
She sat down next to him as the next girls walked down the runway. To say the least, when Luna came down the runway, Ron almost fainted. Her bikini was a red color, with splashes of gold going through it. She flashed a brilliant smile at everyone, then plopped down into Ron's lap. He handed her the roses and gave her a kiss.
"Wow Luna, you look spectacular. You should show off your figure more often, actually scratch that, I don't want other guys trying to steal you from me." He blushed a little bit as she gave him another kiss.
"That's so sweet Ronald, I promise that the only one that I will go flaunting my figure to is you." She kissed him again and leant back against him watching the other girls come down the runway.
The rest of the girls went and strutted their stuff for the boys. They all did the same thing with them, with sitting in their laps once they were done with the show. Each girl was wearing a revealing string bikini, with the colors of their Boyfriends Hair, Eyes, Favorite, or house colors. The rest went like this.
Ginny: Tan, with Red streaks through it.
Pavarti: Golden color with Purple stripes
Pansy: Black with Silver streaks through it
Dawn: Red and Gold
Padma: Green
The rest of the month went quite well, with them having their finals, and getting ready for the end of year and going home and on vacation together.
JUNE
The month of June went by rather quickly, and they found themselves at the leaving feast again. The headmaster had a few announcements before they were aloud to eat.
"Student's, I would like to award the Quidditch Cup to Gryffindor, with a hearty congratulations to both Gryffindor and to Slytherin for the closest results in the history of Quidditch. It was 10 points separating the two houses, and they had a great final match, that should go down in the history books for the school. Also we would like to award the House Cup which would normally go to the Quidditch cup winners, but it was really close this year. It is actually a tie between Gryffindor, and Slytherin, so the house cup goes to both houses. I would also like to congratulate both Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff for making this so close, in fact there was only 5 points separating the houses." There was a great uproar of applause from the hole student body at the announcement, and they congratulated each other.
They had a great feast, and said their goodbyes to everyone as they made their way up to their dorms for a good nights sleep. The ones that were going on the vacation to America this summer, were all staying in the Room of Requirements that night, for they would be leaving very early the next day, meeting the adults at the Leaky Cauldron through the floo network and then going to the airport from there. They were all excited, and were up talking most of the night. In fact, they didn't sleep at all that night, and were a bit tired when they made their way into the headmasters office the next morning.
"Have fun you all, and don't worry about what is going on this summer. You will be having a new recruit to the Auror's joining you on this trip, she's a great woman, and not that much older than any of you. You probably might even recognize her when you meet her, for she graduated the year most of you started. I won't tell you her name, but she will be meeting you with Charley Weasley, who will also be joining you for the summer." He smiled at the students and let them go through the floo to the Leaky Cauldron to meet up with their group. James had already left the night before to get things sorted, and to make sure that everyone was ready.
A/N: Ok, that is the end of Year Three. Please read and review and let me know what you think. Also who is this mysterious young Auror that is joining them, well I'm not going to tell you, but if you leave me a review of who you think it is, I will let you know next chapter whether you were right or not. I might be wrong about when she graduated, but I have always read that she is seven years older than the golden trio, so that would make her about three years out of Hogwart's at this time. I am not going to give you a hint, ok I will. She doesn't show up in the books until the 5th year. Now here's an interesting fact, I am going to tell you who all is going on this trip, and I am saying that the summer chapters will only take three chapters up, so it will either be one long one on the vacation, or I will split it up to all three. The ones going on the trip are, and yes I am sending more adults than just Lily and James with them.
Teenagers.
Harry Potter-Weasley and Hermione Granger
Ron Weasley and Luna Lovegood
Neville Longbottom and Ginny Weasley
Dudley Dursley and Pavartti Patil
Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson
Seamus Finnegan and Dawn Potter-Lupin
Dean Thomas and Padma Patil (I put these two in with the group, because I figured that the Patil twins wouldn't go without the other one coming also.)
Adults
James and Lily Potter
Frank and Alice Longbottom
Helen and Frank Granger
Charley Weasley and The new Auror (sorry, I told you that you would have to wait to see who she is. MWA HAHAHAHA,. Ain't I mean.) They are going as representatives of the Weasley adults, because Arthur couldn't get away from the Ministry
Sirius Black and Remus Lupin
Well this is the longest chapter that I have put into this story, and I am proud of how it turned out. Including the Author's Notes, it is 7 pages long.
Remember what I said a long time ago in a chapter, once I reach 500 reviews, I will give you a preview of the last chapter, or of the sequel, which I promise you there will be one. I am getting a little disappointed from the amount of reviews I am getting, I mean I have my core group of readers, and I love them, but I only have a little bit over 200 reviews for this story, and I am already into the 77th chapter of it. Well I am not like some author's, in that I don't blackmail my readers into giving reviews, I don't say I won't update til I get a certain amount of reviews. Even tho, I am averaging 5 or 6 reviews of each chapter, but if I was to do what some do, I would have given you the preview around 20 some chapters ago. Have a great day, and please read and review. —Donald