Chapter Nine; The Release
For the rest of their time on their Hawaiian vacation, Harry Snape and his family and friends had a wonderful time. Harry, Ginny, and Eve discussed having Hope carried out on a stretcher to put her back into the ocean (Harry assured them that he would drink luck potion so that her family would come and find her) while Derek discussed his plans on adopting the three orphaned girls with the rest of his band.
Then they all had a great time horseback riding, surfing, hiking, swimming, and just general sightseeing. One evening Harry took everyone out for dinner and then they all grabbed ahold of each other's hands and bowed their heads to pray. "Heavenly Father we come before you this evening Lord to thank you for this chance we have to all be together. We ask that you bless this meal as well as each and every one of us. Also protect Derek and watch over him and bless him with his new family. In Jesus' name we pray amen." Harry said.
"Amen!" everyone else echoed before they started eating their dinner.
"Man I am so glad that Hope's going to have a chance to go home tomorrow." Eve said.
"Yeah I know, I just really hope that she finds her family." Ginny said.
"Me too. Especially since tomorrow is our last day here." Jessie agreed.
"Wow Derek, we're all happy for you and everything but we're really going to miss you. Promise me you'll come back when our baby is born." Aaron said.
"I will, and you won't have to miss me that much. I'm a wizard remember? I can come back any time I want to." Derek told him as Aaron chuckled.
"Oops, silly me. I forgot." He admitted. "Well you're going to make an excellent father mate." He told him.
"Thanks, you too." Derek said as the boys exchanged grins before they continued to eat their meal.
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Everyone got up bright and early the next morning and got into their bathing suits. Then Harry drove them down to the docks where the marine truck was there to greet them. Eve gasped as she glanced up at Hope that laid inside the stretcher. "Don't worry," Harry began before he placed a comforting hand on top of her shoulder. "she'll be just fine." He reassured her soothingly before he kissed her cheek and started gently rubbing her shoulder.
Harry drank his Liquid Luck potion as Hope was loaded onto the boat. Then everyone else climbed on and they were taken out onto the water. "Will Teddy and Heather be alright?" Hermione asked Snape out of concern since she had remembered the time where they had gotten seasick.
"They should, I've given them some medicine to help them with it." He told her.
"So do you really think the luck potion is going to work?" Ron wondered.
"It has to." Eve said.
"I really hope so, because I wouldn't have a very good time tonight knowing that Hope couldn't find her family." Ginny told them unaware that Teddy and Heather were standing behind them.
"Why? What's happening tonight?" Heather asked her as she turned and grinned down at her.
"We're going to a luau." She told her.
"What's a luau?" she questioned her back.
"Well it's a big Hawaiian party with a bunch of food, music, and dancing." Ginny told her with a huge excited grin.
"Cool!" she exclaimed excitedly as everyone else laughed.
"Come on you two I want to show you something." Snape said as he bent down and picked up both of the twins before he carried them to the back of the boat. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny followed them. Hope was suddenly released out of her stretcher and landed into the water. That's when all of a sudden two other dolphins swam over to greet her.
"Look." Snape told the twins while he adjusted his grip on them and pointed into the water. "See, those are Hope's mummy and daddy coming to take her home. And now they're all swimming away." He told them as Eve breathed a deep and heavy sad sigh.
"I'm glad that Hope's back with her family, but I'm really going to miss her."
"I know." Harry began having his thoughts drift over to his old dragon friend. "I know exactly how you feel. I felt exactly the same way when I said goodbye to Diamond, but who knows? Maybe you two will run into each other one day." He told her with a grin as she sighed again.
"I hope so." She told him as he put his arm around her and pulled her inside his chest before kissing the top of her head.
"Either way, you did the right thing and I'm really proud of you and I'm sure that Mum would be too." He told her as he kissed her again and continued hugging her to his side.