DISCLAMIER: Look, i just take the characters and make them do things for my own amusement. I don't own them at all.

Amber Potter and the Traitor Within.

Blurb …

Follow the antics of 11-year-old cousins, Amber-Leigh Potter and Rosemary Weasley, during their first year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, along with their new friend, Alice Longbottom.

Find out what happens when you mix an evil plot, an invisibility cloak and two girls with extraordinary powers and a world full of magic.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Hogwarts, we hardly knew ye.

Various people were discharged from the hospital over the next few weeks. Most had made a good recovery (Tania Jenson actually wanted to play in the final Quidditch match of the season, which was supposed to be Gryffindor verses Ravenclaw, but so many people were injured from the team, that it was cancelled) though some had to be transferred to St Mungo's hospital for magical maladies and injuries, including James Finnegan, friend of Zack, older brother of Thomas and Toby, and new supporter of 3 heads.

Amber, Rosemary and Alice were discharged after a week. The blow to the head was a bit disorientating, but with some potions, they seemed to be all right again. Although Rosemary was still trying to use it as an excuse to get out of classes.

"Hey, I passed, and exams are over!" She had said in transfiguration, "What's the point in trying, seeing as it's so close to the end of term?"

Exam results had come while Amber, Rosemary and Alice were still in the hospital. They had all passed, Alice obviously getting the best scores, but it was Geraldine Pewter coming top of the year, much to Alice's displeasure.

"I didn't even study that hard!" She had exclaimed, half an hour before the leaving feast. The five of them were up in their dormitory, packing up their belongings. Alice said they shouldn't have left it until this late, but exploding snap can be very tempting at times.

"Yeah, and I study my butt off to get an 86 in charms." Alice said bitterly. "While you get 98!"

"Plus your muggleborn." Carley mentioned, throwing a scarf over Amber's head to Rosemary, who caught it. "Who would have thought that you'd be so good, when you didn't even know that all the stuff you could do was magic until now."

"That's true." Rosemary said "But my mum was muggleborn, and she was top of the year! Maybe it's just a muggleborn thing."

Amber had to take her word for it, because she still couldn't see how Alice who studied day in and day out a month before exams could get beaten by Geraldine, a muggleborn who didn't even study.

Guess it was a magic thing.

Still, Amber couldn't believe it was time to leave Hogwarts already. It seemed like yesterday it was Valentines Day, watching Malfoy get un-dying love from Mandy, and the day before that, running through the forest, being chased by a mad three-headed dog.

"Can you believe we're leaving already?" Rosemary called, sticking her head round her hangings, her long red hair waving. "Seems like only yesterday we were sitting on a stool, hearing the hat shout "Gryffindor"."

"Just what I was thinking." Amber said. She closed the lid of her truck and straightened up. "We had better get going, or we'll have to stand."

They called "Seeya!" to Carley and Geraldine, and left the dormitory with Rosemary and Alice.

"Can you believe that we're soon to be second years?" Alice asked.

"That makes us sound so old!" Rosemary agreed.

"Not that old!" Amber said, whacking her on the arm. "Rose and Daphne will be in 5th year next year-now that's scary."

"True." Rosemary said, as they made their way down the newly repaired marble staircase, and into the great hall, which was full of students. Professor Longbottom could just be seen through the sea of pointed wizard hats, looking quite happy at the students. "But then Zack's going to be in 6th year. That's even scarier."

"Way more scary than us being in 2nd year." Alice said, and they all sat down, Amber sitting next to Rosemary, and Alice sitting opposite, next to a 3rd year.

They talked for 10 minutes, and then Professor Longbottom called for silence.

"Well this year's been quite eventful, hasn't it?" He said and everyone murmured in agreement. "What with death eaters and what-not."

"Hear hear." Rosemary whispered, and Amber giggled.

"But we find ourselves at the leaving feast, about to go home for the summer." He continued, looking round. Amber saw him catch her eye. And he winked at her. Amber smiled back. "And rest assured, Professor Lyra will not be back for next year."

Many students smiled, mostly girls. The boys however groaned.

"Oh shut up, she was a death eater!" Amber hissed at Toby next to her, while Alice whacked Logan on the arm on her other side.

They spent the rest of the feast eating, talking, laughing, and cheering themselves horse, as they ate their way through the feast, and cheered loudly as Professor Longbottom awarded Amber, Rosemary and Alice 50 points for not believing them, and owing to their brillient Quidditch matches throughout the year, allowing Gryffindor to win the house cup.

Amber, Rosemary and Alice turned around, and smirked all at once at Malfoy at this point, who stuck out his tongue at them. Rosemary looked as if she were on the verge of pointing a certain finger at him (Something they had learnt from Rosemary's dad back when they were 8. Aunt Hermione had yelled at him and forbade Amber and Rosemary to ever do it), but seemed to think better of it.

"That'll show Slytherin!" Rosemary yelled happily instead, as many people got up to either clap them on the back, or hug them.

Amber was beyond happy. This was exactly how she planed her first year at Hogwarts to be-better than doing everything her parents did-having their own adventures was fine with her. As she jumped around on the bench, cheering with the rest, she knew that no matter what happened in the future years, this first year, would always be the best.

The next day came too quickly for Amber. No sooner had they put their trunks in the luggage carriage, pulled by the carriages, Amber realised that she was going to miss the castle a lot.

They stood outside by the front gates, watching the older students go down to the station in the carriages, waiting for Hagrid to take them back down to the lake in the boats.

Hagrid came into view and began rounding up the first years. Amber turned round to look at Hogwarts one last time. Rosemary and Alice followed, and Alice let out a sob.

"It's ok Alice." Rosemary said, putting a comforting arm around her. Amber did so likewise. "We'll be back. Heck, we'll be back many times before we leave for good.

"Yeah. Though at the rate this year went, it'll be that time sooner than we think." Amber said, talking about how fast the year had been. They all laughed.

"Ah Hogwarts." Rosemary said, "We hardly knew ye."

"Yeah." Amber agreed.

"Well let's just be grateful that all that hullabaloo is over now." Alice said, sounding relieved as they followed the other first years down to the boats.

"Grateful?" Amber said in outrage. "That was the best! If that was first year-I can't wait for second!"

The End.

A/N: HURRAH HURRAH HURRAH

And that's the end. I honestly thought this story would seem to go on forever, but i've actualy reached the end. Huh, whadaya know?

Well, i hope you liked, and it didn't turn out Marry-sue-ish. I tried not to make it that way, but it's harder with OC's.

But that's no excuse /slaps herself /

hehe, sorry ...

And come on-they had to win the house cup. It's like ... triditional ... lol.

Oh well. Just so you know, i haven't got a 2nd year planned, so yeah. It's just first year.

Until Next time-

-Moon. : D