Chapter 40

It was graduation night. Sadly, it was quite a small number of students that were graduating because of the battle. Many parents showed up to watch their child graduate including Jackie, Danielle and Heather's parents. Deplorably, no one from Nehal's family showed up.

Professor McGonagall was just finishing up her speech, "And now I present to you…Danielle Mcleod." (All the graduates have already received their diplomas)

Everyone clapped and cheered. The 7th year students were all shouting things like, "Go Danielle! Yeah Danielle!"

Danielle stepped up to the platform where McGonagall was previously standing. "Thank you classmates, teachers and parents." Danielle took a huge breath. "It's an honor to be standing up here now and speaking to you all. Unfortunately, our whole grade couldn't be with us tonight because of the last battle. I'm sure they'll be here in spirit."

Nehal lowered her head remembering the students, as well as her parents and sister.

"This year has been such a blast! And it's a shame that it went by so fast."

"Hey that rhymes!" said Heather. "You're a poet and you didn't even know it."

Danielle laughed. "That I am. Anyways, this year has been especially challenging with our N.E.W.T.S, but we all managed to overcome it. There's been some good times and bad times that all of us have struggled with. But in the end it only makes you a stronger person. Anatole France once said, To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

Diego smiled at Danielle. He was so proud of her.

"To sum it all up, I would just like to give a personal shout out…to a guy…that may not be here tonight. Ian Smith…I forgive you!"

There was silence.

"Thank you!"

Now there was applause.

A group of people at the back of the great hall had their arms crossed and looked rather out of place. They were wearing black suits and clapping to Danielle's speech.

The graduates threw their caps in the air.

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Nehal sadly watched her friends greet their families. She stood in a corner

wondering what she should do.

"Hey." said Harry walking over to her.

Nehal gave Harry a weak smile. "Hey."

"Do you feel a little left out?"

"Yeah, kind of."

Harry looked at Nehal. "I just want to say thanks."

"For what?" asked Nehal confused.

"For being there for me. For helping me. You and your friends have really made

a difference in the war against Voldemort." He smiled. "Fifth year with the

Schwartz? Remember that?"

Nehal smiled feeling a little bit better. "Yeah I do…and Voldemort playing with his

dolls."

They both laughed.

"Sixth year…" started Harry.

"He kidnapped you and brought you to the Malfoy Manor." finished Nehal.

"And then this year…"

"The attack on Hogwarts and just all the attacks in general." Nehal looked directly

at Harry. "I don't know if you know this, but some death eaters killed my parents

and my sister." She paused. "I always meant to ask Malfoy about it but he

seemed so happy with Jackie, that I didn't want to intrude or anything."

Harry nodded his head. "Yeah I know what you mean. There were so many

things that I wanted to tell Hagrid. Especially the fact that I was taking private

lessons with Dumbledore and that Dumbledore was sending me all these

flirtatious notes like I hope to see you Friday and stuff like that."

Nehal looked a freaked out. "I'm gonna talk to Jamie. See yeah…"

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Danielle gave each of her parents a hug and in return they congratulated on her

speech.

"Did you and Ian break up sweetie?" asked Mrs. Mcleod.

Danielle smiled. She was always pretty tight with her parents. Although the

occasional fight would happen but what kid doesn't get into a fight with their

parents. It's human nature. "Yeah Ian and I….we had our differences." Danielle

didn't want to bring up the fact that she slept with him and then he cheated on

her.

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." Mrs. Mcleod gave her daughter a sympathetic look.

"It's okay because now I have my new boyfriend Diego." Danielle introduced her parents to Diego and they accepted him with great gratitude and open arms.

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"Mom! Dad! And William!" said Heather excitedly. "Welcome to Hogwarts!"

"Congratulations Heather." said Mrs. Reid.

Mr. Reid said, "Yes, we are very proud of you Heather." He sighed. "I remember good old Hogwarts!"

Heather raised her eyebrows. "Dad? You went here? I thought you went to Etobicoke Collegiate Institute of Witchcraft and Wizardry?"

"No I went to Hogwarts! Didn't I tell you?"

"No! Oh dad, after all these years you still haven't changed."

William poked Heather.

"Ow! And you haven't changed either. What's with you brother?"

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Jackie smiled for the digital camera as her parents took pictures of her in her graduation gown. She then posed with her two brothers. At the corner of her eye Jackie could have sworn she saw Mrs. Malfoy smile at her. "That's impossible." thought Jackie. "That can't be her!"

"Jackie look over here!" said Mr. Allan. "One more!"

Eric groaned. "Oh man." He hated getting his picture taken.

James growled, "My precious…" (Gollum style)

"Oh James." said Jackie.

Mrs. Allan sniffed. "I'm so proud of you kids."

Meanwhile, Timmy walked up to the Reid family. He saw Mr. Reid and stopped. Timmy tried to walk by really slowly so he wouldn't see him. Mr. Reid grabbed him and started rubbing him. William electrocuted Timmy. (Timmy puts up with a lot of abuse) It reminded Heather of being at home and she actually felt happy again. (Yay!)

Professor McGonagall came up to do a surprise speech. "Surprise! We'd like to take a moment to remember the Hogwartonians who met tragic ends this year, Trevor the toad, Crookshanks the cat, Dumbledore, Mr. Vlad Von Gooshy our Dada teacher for this year and other random people."

Everyone was silent.

"In a surprise twist the Pride of Portree will be signing autographs!"

"Hey! That's Oliver Wood's Quidditch team!" said Heather excitedly.

"Who's Oliver Wood?" asked Mr. Reid.

"This Quidditch player who stayed at our hotel when we went on our grad trip to Verona Ville." explained Heather.

"I remember Verona Ville."

"Good for you."

"Damn it!" said William.

"Well I want to get an autograph." said Mr. Reid as he William, Mrs. Reid and Timmy went to get autographs.

Heather noticed Daren there too, even though he wasn't on the team. She assumed he wanted to see her again so she averted his gaze and ran out of the great hall.

An hour later parents started to leave and students went to get changed to their graduation ball clothes.

Heather felt that it was safe to come back so she slowly tip-toed her way in. She kept her eyes peeled for Darren.

"Heather!"

"Ahh!" screamed Heather.

Jackie gave Heather a strange look. "Um…yes. Heather where did you go off to? I saw you leaving!" Jackie wasn't wearing a gown because she never got the chance to get one so instead she wore a green tunic from Old Navy and a pair of denim capris from Old Navy.

Heather did the shifty eye thing. "I went to…take one last look at Hogwarts."

"Girly! Why didn't you ask me to come! Or Danielle and Nehal?"

Heather shrugged. "I just needed to get away."

"Yeah I know what you mean." Jackie looked around at all the couples dancing together. "Ooh cookies!" Jackie's gaze changed to the food and drink table.

Heather rolled her eyes and went to go sit in a corner.

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Nehal and Jamie were dancing together. Nehal was wearing her sparkly dress. "Oh my!"

"What? What is it?" asked Jamie feeling a little self-conscious about his tux. Maybe Nehal didn't like his red bow-tie.

"How did Oliver get here?"

Jamie breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "Who's Oliver?"

"Wow the whole Quidditch team is here! This is so exciting!" exclaimed Nehal.

"Oh, he's the guy from Verona Ville that was in to Heather right?"

Nehal laughed. "How do you know about that?"

"I overheard you and Heather talking about him." answered Jamie.

Nehal rolled her eyes and said, "Oh Jamie I'm going to miss you."

Jamie smiled weakly at Nehal. "I'm going to miss you too."

The song I don't want to miss a thing by Aerosmith started playing. (Omg that's the most romantic song ever)

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God we're together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

I don't want to miss one smile
I don't want to miss one kiss
I just want to be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
I don't want to miss a thing

Danielle and Diego were dancing and gazing into each other's eyes.

Danielle smiled. "I love this song."

"It can be our song." suggested Diego. "Every couple needs their own song. So that every time this song comes on you think of one another."

"Diego, that's the sweetest thing ever!" She kissed him on the lips and rested her head on his chest. "Diego?"

"Hmm?"

"We'll still see each other right? We'll keep in touch?"

Diego lifted up her chin. "I'll write to you everyday if I have to. Every day of the year Danielle. I can assure you of that."

Danielle blushed and she looked down.

"What?" asked Diego confused. "Do you not want me to write to you? Because I won't if that's what you would like?"

"No, no I want you to write." replied Danielle. "It's just…this reminds me of the Notebook which is-"

"Your favorite book." finished Diego. "I know."

They both smiled at each other enjoying the moment.

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Darren awkwardly shuffled up to Heather, who sitting by herself with her head propped upon her hand, looking quite bored. "Hi. I'm sorry about your boyfriend." He said at once,

"I'm sorry for what I did at Verona Ville." said Heather slowly.

Darren shrugged. "It doesn't matter anymore, does it?"

"I guess not."

Darren sat down beside Heather and tentatively held her hand.

Heather wasn't sure if she wanted this, but she didn't stop him. Instead she just gave him a weak smile.

Danielle saw this as she glanced over Diego's shoulders. "Aww Heather and Darren! He's cheering her up! That's cute."

Diego agreed with Danielle. "Yeah it is."

Just then one of the guys at the back wearing a black suit came and tapped Diego on the shoulder. "May I cut in?"

Diego being the gentleman that he was let the mystique figure dance with Danielle. "Sure." He stepped aside.

Danielle's eyes widened in shock when she saw who cut in. "Ian? What-what are you doing here?"

Ian smiled. "I wanted to come see my classmates graduate." He then added. "Nice speech."

Danielle blushed and looked at Heather and Darren again, who were still holding hands. "Thanks."

"So you forgive me?"

"Yeah, so don't screw it up!" yelled Danielle looking back at Ian.

Ian laughed.

"What?" asked Danielle confused.

"I just missed you that's all." confessed Ian.

Danielle couldn't believe she was going to say this. "I miss you too Ian."

Meanwhile, Jackie was stuffing her face with cookies. She figured that if people saw her eating they wouldn't ask her to dance. However, she did feel someone say her name and it sounded like the voice belonged to a female.

Jackie turned around and almost spat out the current cookie in her mouth when she saw who it was. "MRS. MALFOY?"

Mrs. Malfoy just smiled at her.

Jackie swallowed. "I thought I saw you, but I wasn't really sure if it actually was you or not."

"Well it is." Mrs. Malfoy held her arms open and embraced Jackie in a hug. "I came here tonight upon my son's behalf."

"Oh…" Jackie said sadly. She grabbed another cookie and took a bite out of it.

Mrs. Malfoy gave Jackie a sympathetic look. "You can't find happiness with cookies Jackie."

"Yes you can! I'm doing it now! I'm happy! Happy, happy, happy. HAPPY!"

"Are you really?"

Jackie frowned. "No. I don't really want to be here right now."

"Then come with me." said Mrs. Malfoy. "We'll visit Draco in Azkaban."

Shivers ran down Jackie's spine at the thought of going to Azkaban. "I don't know…it's a scary place. My mom wouldn't like me going there."

"But you'll have adult supervision. Unless you'd rather go to Azkaban by yourself…"

"NO! I'll…I'd much rather go with you, if you don't mind Mrs. Malfoy."

"That's fine with me." Mrs. Malfoy took Jackie's arm. "Now let's leave the cookies behind."

"Okay." But when Mrs. Malfoy wasn't looking Jackie snuck some cookies in her pockets.

Mrs. Malfoy and Jackie took the knight bus to Azkaban because that was the only way to get there. It was Jackie's first time on the knight bus and she felt a little sick because of all the cookies she ate and how fast the bus was going. Finally they both arrived at Azkaban. Many witches and wizards recognized Mrs. Malfoy. They all sucked up to her telling her how sorry that she had to put up with her husband being dead and her only son in jail. Mrs. Malfoy of course just smirked liking the attention and lead the way to a nasty-looking guard.

The nasty-looking guard said, "Going to visit someone, I presume?"

Mrs. Malfoy chuckled at the guard's lack of failing to be intelligent. "My son, Draco Malfoy. And his girlfriend Jackie Allan will be joining me."

"Very well." The guard handed them visitor tags. "Your son's been giving us all quite some attitude."

"That's a Malfoy for you. Come on Jackie."

Jackie figured she wasn't in the position or place to disobey as she closely followed Mrs. Malfoy who had obviously been here before because she knew her way to Draco's cell without an escort.

Dull cries and unsystematic screams could be heard through the solid bars, each one sounding more agonizing than the last.

Jackie had a horrified expression on her face.

Mrs. Malfoy noticed it and said, "It's the dementors. Anything as horrid as them always leaves their mark." She continued to speak. "It's a brutal punishment. They receive no light whatsoever. Day and night, rain or shine, they are plunged into an eternal darkness. Locked up with nothing but their crimes until they slowly go insane."

Jackie gulped. "Is that going to happen to Draco?"

Mrs. Malfoy hesitated. "Most likely, even if he is in here for only five years." She finally stopped upon a cell. She spun around to face Jackie. "Could I just have a minute with him first?"

"Sure!" Jackie walked forward. She stood out of earshot, feeling a little out of place and awkward. She could feel the prisoner's gazes on her.

Finally what seemed like hours to Jackie considering how impatient she could be in awkward situations it was her turn to speak to Draco. Jackie wasn't exactly sure of what to say, she wasn't expecting to visit Azkaban on her graduation day. She walked up to his cell. Jackie felt like she was going to cry as she looked at Draco who had a black eye. "Hi."

Draco gave her a smile which looked forced. "Hey."

"So um…I've officially graduated from Hogwarts." Jackie laughed lightly.

"Congratulations. Did you see Smith there?"

"Yeah he was dancing with Danielle."

Draco raised his eyebrows.

"I know it's weird. I did a double-take."

A heavy silence followed.

Draco sighed. "So…I've been doing some thinking, since there's not much else to do here." He paused. "I think we should break-up, it would be too hard if we stayed together."

Jackie nodded her head. "Yeah, okay." She was trying so hard not to cry. She just looked into his icy grey eyes. "I still love you."

"I still love you too." replied Draco.

Jackie smiled sadly and lifted her hand to the bars. Draco did the same on the other side so their fingertips touched each other.

After Hogwarts….

Jackie never saw Draco again. She dated three other guys in a 4 year period of time. She became an auror but also took some muggle classes to become a journalist for Vogue magazine.

Danielle had an on-off relationship with Diego. She became an auror. Danielle started to become more of a night-owl as she partied nights away. She got 4 tattoos each with their own symbolic meaning.

Nehal and Jamie broke-up and began to have a love/hate relationship. She became a full time auror and in the summer she got a part-time job at the Ministry of Magic in the sports section.

Heather had an on-off relationship with Darren. She also became an auror. She dyed her hair purple, got a tattoo on her thigh of an evil smiley face and got a nose piercing. She got a part-time job as a historian for Stonehenge Wizard Museum.

I've paid my dues -
Time after time -
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime -
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face -
But I've come through

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the world -

I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls -
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
-
I thank you all -

But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise -
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race -
And I ain't gonna lose -

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the world

A/N: Omg I love the song we are the champions by Queen and I just had to fit it in here because it fitted in with the girls graduating and such. It also fits in because we have completed the trilogy! We hoped you enjoyed it. I know I did, writing it was so much fun. We're also so glad for all those who have commented and given feedback on this story. It is greatly appreciated. It keeps us all going and continuing knowing that you guys are patiently waiting for the next update. In the meantime there probably will be a sequel although I do not know if it will be updated frequently or not because were basically all going away from high school so I don't know whether will be too busy or not. If it is continued it will be under a new account along the name of hiss.ris.cue or something similar to that. In the meantime I am writing a Pansy/Draco fan fiction since I love that pairing so much. Although in the story Pansy is really bitchy, lol and it's fun. Crazygurl833 also is currently writing a fan fiction of our story which is pretty cool. I don't know whether you're posting it on fan fiction Crazygurl833 but keep up the good work! I look forward to reading more! And if you guys wants we could probably start up a forum or something and maybe more quizzes will be made. Ooh like a trivia quiz! LOL! Anyways, to conclude this long author's note…I just want to say thanks to Marguerite Moonpie, Rapidfire11 and Jim Morrison lover for taking time out of their very busy day to write in the story or have their input about what should happen. I've had my share of pretty dark days and writing in the story helps to make me feel better, as corny as it sounds, lol. And thanks again to you readers. I honestly thought no one would read these series but having more then 100 reviews is just so…wow, words can't even describe it. That's so much more then some of the other stories out there. So thank you!