Disclaimer: I wrote this when I was 12 to 13 in 2003. Harry Potter is hereby © to J.K. Rowling. Everything else is © to me, or its respective owners.

Chapter Thirty One: Going Home At Last

The following morning their trunks had been packed and they had already eaten their last breakfast at Hogwarts ever. They wouldn't be coming back. Well, Akira was, so was Liam. They only had a single year left of Hogwarts. Angela, Alicia, Nick, and Katherine would be returning also. But it would be for another three years. A long time to go.

Harry, Cho, Hermione, Ron, Whitney, Tom, Alyssia, Draco, Alexa, Akira, Liam, Angela, Alicia, Nick, Kira, and Katherine all boarded the train, having to divide into two separate compartments.

Draco was speaking in a hushed tone with Alyssia, she nodded after every few seconds. Finally, they turned to face the others.

"We have come to a decision…" Alyssia began.

"Since Ron and Hermione are going to live in one of our several homes, why don't you and Cho have one too? We've got two really nice ones…one in Godric's Hollow and another in Rowena's Wood…kind of odd though…you can have both if you want…yeah, you can have both…" Draco finished directing his statement at Harry.

"That sounds…like a great idea." Harry replied.

Cho nodded vigorously in agreement. Draco and Alyssia smiled.

"Then they're yours." Draco said.

"Thank you so very much!" Cho replied.

"No problem! Draco's got way too many estates around Britain!" Alyssia said.

The old witch with the food cart came by, all of them buying something. Lin's little eyes lit up seeing all the bright colored wrappers. She squealed with delight, as if trying to say, "I want some! Please?" Everyone laughed, Cho sighing, smiling at the same time, she took a very tiny piece of a Pumpkin Pasty and let Lin eat the bit of the cake-like cookie. Mercadez whined as if saying, "Not fair! Lin got some and I didn't!" Whitney also fed Mercadez a bit of Pumpkin Pasty, both infants happy.

The rest of their trip was enjoyable, full of laughter and games. Soon they changed out of their Hogwarts robes and into their Muggle garments, Tai coming in with a stack of parchment scrolls under his arm.

"Ok, you each get one, it's just explaining you can officially do magic now and all that good stuff…" He explained as he handed out each one.

He turned to leave the compartment when he saw Angela, Alicia, and Katherine behind him.

"Oh god no!" Tai yelled.

He ran past the girls and down the car trying to get away from the three girls as fast as possible. Somehow he managed to give parchment scrolls to everyone at the same time…

Akira and Cho started laughing, the others starting to laugh as well.

Neville walked into the compartment, a big smile plastered on his face.

"I can't believe it. I'm…a fully qualified wizard now…and I-I thought I wasn't going to be able to become one, being almost a squib even though I'm pureblood…I just want to thank you all, especially Hermione, for helping me get through all of these years here at Hogwarts. My grandmother would be proud…" He said.

Then without another word, he left the compartment.

Soon the countryside faded away, the view outside the window displaying the concrete jungle of London. The city loomed closer, and the train slowed down, until it finally came to a stop. Everyone gathered their trunks, and other possessions, disembarking from the scarlet steam engine that they would never see again…well, until their children (if they had any) grew up to be of age to go to Hogwarts. But that would be a very, very, very long time.

They approached the barrier, and came out returning to King's Cross Station, pulling their trunks behind them. The moment they reached the other side, the girls dropped their things, all in tears (except Alexa) , hugging one another goodbye. Cho, Whitney, Alyssia, Akira, Alexa, Hermione, Angela, Alicia, and Katherine all managed a group hug.

"I didn't really get to know you this year, but I'm glad I was able to meet you!" Alicia said to them all.

"Me too!" Angela added.

"Me three!" Said Katherine.

"Alicia!" A woman called.

"That's my mum, I've got to go…bye!" Alicia said.

She picked up her things heading towards a tall blonde woman.

"Angela!" Another woman called.

"There's my mum…well, gotta run! Nice to know you all!" Angela said, grabbing her things and rushing off to join a woman with the same identical red hair as her.

"Katherine!"

"Coming Mama! Bye everyone!" Katherine said, picking up her trunk, walking over to a pretty Korean woman.

The three girls and their mothers left the station, leaving the others to say goodbye.

"Well, Whitney, I guess I'll see you sometime…" Cho said finally.

"We'll see each other don't worry." Whitney replied.

"Harry and I will get our house, move in, and I guess just raise Lin…"

"Well Tom and I can be your next door neighbors!"

Cho smiled.

"Then I'll see you very soon." She said.

"Yeah." Whitney said.

"Draco and I won't be too far from where you live…so we'll see you all real soon too!" Alyssia said brightly.

"I seriously suck at goodbyes, but I'll get myself a small place, get a job as an Auror or something…but I'm sure I'll see you around." Alexa said.

"I'll be sure to visit you all whenever I can!" Hermione said.

"I'll see you all soon! I just have one more year at Hogwarts!" Akira said.

The girls hugged one last time. When they turned to go back to the guys, they found the guys all saying their goodbyes as well.

"We'll give them a few minutes…" Cho whispered.

The girls nodded, stepping back a couple of steps, deciding that now would be a good time to retrieve their things. They all picked up their trunks, heading back to the guys who were now shaking hands.

"We'll see you soon!" They all said to each other.

Finally, everyone went their separate ways. Alyssia taking Draco's arm, left meeting a man in a black suit, then climbing into an old fashioned black roadster. Whitney and Tom left, meeting both their parents at the station, who held out a Portkey, which they all touched, making sure none of the Muggles were watching. Ron and Hermione walking over to the Grangers and Weasleys at the station, climbing into some Ministry cars, leaving Harry, Cho, Akira, and Lin by themselves.

To their surprise, they walked right into the Dursleys.

"You didn't have to come." Harry said automatically.

"But I wanted to." Petunia replied.

"You're very thoughtful Mrs. Dursley." Cho said warmly.

"Who's that little one?" Petunia asked, pointing at Lin.

"This is Lin…well, Cho-Lin, she's our daughter." Cho replied giving the words 'our' and 'daughter' great annunciation, glaring at Dudley the whole time.

Dudley's jaw dropped to the floor.

"Then that's…your…you…" Dudley spluttered.

"You might as well become a human fly trap if you don't pick up your lip from the ground…" Akira said coolly.

Dudley went rigid clamping his lips tightly together.

"You little…" Dudley said through gritted teeth.

"Oh no you don't…" Cho said in a soft dangerous voice, pulling her wand out from her sleeve.

Dudley cowered, and Cho put her wand away.

"Then I'm very pleased to meet you, Cho-Lin." Petunia said, shaking the infant's hand with her index finger.

Lin giggled.

"Oh how cute! She likes you!" Cho exclaimed.

"It's only because she's the only one out of the lot who isn't a fag…" Akira whispered in her ear.

"Fag? A cigarette?" Cho questioned.

Akira smacked her head.

"You know, the American slang! 'Fag' meaning 'gay person'!" Akira explained in a hiss.

Cho laughed, then turned to Petunia.

"I guess this is goodbye for now…we might visit you again sometime. It's been a pleasure knowing you." She said.

"No, the pleasure is all mine!" Petunia replied.

They hugged goodbye. Petunia hugging Harry, which was a shock for him.

"Yeah…I'll miss you too, Aunt Petunia…" He said.

Tai, Sirius, and Remus arrived.

"Are you done yet?!" Tai asked.

"No. Now shut up." Akira replied.

Tai scowled at her, making Akira laugh.

The Dursleys left the station, Petunia waving goodbye one last time, before she left the station and got into her husband's new company car.

"Well, we'll be taking you all to a place you can stay until you can get yourselves a house. It's Sirius's old place. It'll be pretty nice once it's been cleaned up…" Remus said.

All of them nodded. They too, left the station, and got into the car that they had rented, and they drove off, leaving the station far behind them.

The End

Finished Wednesday December 17, 2003 4:34 PM PST

© By Me, Akira, and Whitney 12/17/03