"Mr. Potter I see that you are trying to make killing you easier. I'm
touched." Voldemort said and laughed the chilling laugh that had haunted
Harry's dreams for so long.
"Mr. Riddle, why is it that every time we meet you say that you are going to kill me and yet here I am still alive."
This made the Dark Lord stop laughing. "You will pay for that Mr. Potter. Crucio!"
It only took about one second for Harry to through off the curse. No one could believe what was happening. "Let's duel like proper wizards, or are you to scared?" Harry taunted in a cool voice.
Voldemort only lifted his wand. "Medicamentosus!"
"Deliquatitudo!"
"Iphigenia!"
"Demonstrator!"
Then the fateful words were recited. "Avada Kedvra!" A flash of green light was headed at Harry. It seemed to move in slow
motion. Harry closed his eyes. This was it. The end of the Boy Who Lived,
the end of life, the end of pain. Harry thought of all the people he would
miss. Sirius, Remus, Dumbledore, the Weasley's, Dobby, his professor's
even Snape, all his classmates including Draco and Colin. The parents that
would go through anything for him. Ron who would gladly die for him. And
Hermione. Hermione who loved him with all her heart and he loved her with
all of his. He felt a rush of love and gratitude towards his friends and family.
'Yes,' Harry thought, 'I was loved and that is all that anyone could ever ask
for.'
I really could leave you there...
But I wont! Something miraculous then happened. Red and gold shot out of Harry's
chest forcing the green light away. The brilliant red and gold light struck
Voldemort at the same time that the green light was forced into the heart of
the dark lord. For what seemed like the first time ever Voldemort stumbled
back. The impact made him fall over. Slowly it ebbed away Voldemort's
body and mind. Within a couple of minutes Voldemort, the Dark Lord,
Master, You-Know-Who, He-who-must-not-be-named, and Tom Riddle
ceased to exist. He simply was no more, gone, never to return.
Harry suddenly became aware of his surroundings. He saw ministry wizards
and witches standing in a circle around the clearing. It looked as though Ron
and Hermione had been held back by some strong looked wizards and were
still fighting to get to Harry. Those not holding back Harry's friends were
staring at him in amazement. They had just witnessed the greatest defeat of
a dark wizard, since well, since Gryffindor had gotten rid of Slythrine.
Ron and Hermione were finally able to get out of the guards grasps and ran
over to Harry. As Hermione approached Harry scoped her up into his arms
and gave her a long passionate kiss. There once again was a golden and
scarlet flash of light and everyone in the clearing felt themselves get a warm-
fuzzy feeling inside.
There was what sounded like angry people fighting to get to Harry, but the ministry officials wouldn't let them.
"But he is my son."
"And my godson."
"Please just tell me that he is all right!"
Harry realizing who it was called out, "Mum, Dad, Sirius, I am here!"
It seemed as though the officials thought getting Harry's approval was
equivalent to having the Queen of England tell you to do something. James,
Sirius, and Lily were let through. Lily ran to her son. "Harry, how dare you?
How could you leave us like that? You could have died! It's a good thing the
ministry stopped you from doing anything stupid. YOU COULD HAVE DIED!"
Lily was sobbing against James' chest. Sirius approached Harry.
"How could you do that to your parents, to me? You now that you mean everything to us. At least you went to say goodbye to them, why didn't you come see me too? I would have stopped you!" It seemed that Sirius Black did have a nasty temper. Ron came to Harry's defense before there could be any more damage between godson and godfather.
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT! HE JUST GOT RID OF THE MOST EVIL WIZARD EVER AND YOU ARE TELLING HIM OFF!"
That got James' attention. "He what?" James asked stupidly.
"He defeated Voldemort." Ron replied. This was the first time that Ron had ever said his name, Harry was proud of his friend.
"Really Harry," Ron said reading his thoughts, "you're proud of me because I said his name and you just defeated him!"
There were a few awkward moments then when Harry finally spoke. "We better get back to Hogwarts lessons began again on Monday, and we need some time to do our homework." This earned him more strange looks, so he just shrugged his shoulders and disaperated.
As quickly as he could Harry walked up to the castle. As he came to Dumbledore's office, "Ton-tongue toffees!" He burst the door open and announced, "He's gone!"
Dumbledore looked puzzled, "Who's gone?"
"Voldemort!" Harry launched into the whole story of what had happened. "And so I disaperated into Hogsmeade so that I could come see you right away." Harry slumped down into a chair, absolutely exhausted.
"I believe that you need to go to the hospital wing, Mr. Potter. Your emotions must have taken a lot out of you especially because you didn't use your wand to channel them. I will escort you myself."
Harry was too tired to protest and let him self be led by the old man to the hospital wing.
The headlines in the Daily Prophet the next day were all about Harry.
Boy Who Lived, Lives Again!
Is You-Know-Who Really Gone?
Harry Potter, How did he do it?
When Ron showed him these papers Harry just rolled his eyes. "I'm not that great. The only thing I am is the idiot that won't die!"
Ron had laughed.
It seemed like no time had pasted at all when the last two weeks of school
had come. Harry, Ron, and Hermione could be at all times of the day or
night dashing around the castle, meeting in empty classrooms, and
whispering hurriedly between classes. The school knew that they were up to
something, they just didn't know what.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were very frustrated. Normally they knew
everything that went on in the castle, but the teachers were being more
secretive then they ever had been. They were planning the 7th year's
graduation and graduation dance. As a tradition, the teachers did all the
work without the help of any 7th years, including the head boy and girl.
Knowing that the head boys and girl were not the ordinary kind they held all
their meetings at odd hours in strange places and not even the famous trio
could guess where they were or when. But what would be happening the
night of graduation remained a secret to all but the teachers. All that Harry,
Ron, and Hermione knew was that they were to give speeches.
"There has to be SOME way to find out what the teachers are planning!" Said an angry Ron.
"Why don't we just let them keep their secret?" Hermione suggested. The looks that she got from her two best friends told her that they would do no such thing.
"Well," Harry said slowly, "it really doesn't matter, I mean they will pay for it at the end of the year."
"True but." Hermione gave Ron her 'look' to shut him up. "Fine! We will just get them back at the end of the year, let's revise the plan again."
Harry lay down on the banks of the lake. It was the day after the last NEWTS, 7th year skip day. (Muggles called it senior skip day)
"Potter, I am amazed where are your friends? You are never seen without them?" Draco Malfoy approached Harry.
"I don't see you with your body guards either Malfoy, so shove off."
Malfoy looked taken aback at sharp Harry's words were. Ever since 5th year
the two had gotten along pretty well. (as well as two arch enemies could)
They had staged that fight in the great hall earlier in the year so that the
teachers didn't get suspicious and find out about their order. (Though they
eventually found out) Harry winced at the look on Malfoy's face.
"Sorry Draco, I just can't believe that I will be leaving this castle in a week. I
feel like it was yesterday we were nervous first years waiting to be sorted.
What are you planning on doing after school?"
This startled Draco more then anything. This was the friendliest that Harry had ever been with him, and it seemed wrong somehow.
"I'm applying to be an auror. After all these years in the order, I will miss it later on. Though my father wont be too pleased. I assume that you will be playing Quidditch?"
"Yeah, at least for a little while. Then I guess I will go into the ministry, everyone expects it of me."
"Potter you could run for Minster of Magic in any country and win right now. Hell, you could declare yourself King of the Magical World and no one would stop you!"
Harry laughed.
The day before graduation all the 7th years were fitted for robes to wear to
the ceremony. The Gryffindors in red, the Slythrines in green, the
Ravenclaws in blue, and the Hufflepuffs in yellow. Where their house crests
usually were was the Hogwarts crest. They would sit in alphabetical order by
house. Each of the head of houses would give a speech then the Hermione,
Ron, and Harry. One by one McGonnagal would call their names and they
would come up to the stage and accept the diplomas. Then Dumbledore
would give a speech and they would no longer be children, but full adult
wizards and witches. All the families of the graduates were invited.
Afterwards there would be a dance (like a prom) just for the 7th years. The
theme of the dance was un-known until that night. A platform and chairs
had been set up outside by the lake. Everything was ready for the next day.
That day 7th years had all their classes and each teacher were going to give
a little speech to the students. McGonnagal was first for the Gryffindors.
"I know that most of you will agree now with the statement that I made in
your first year about transfiguration being the most dangerous and complex
magic at Hogwarts." She shot a look at Neville, who for the first time ever
chose a seat in the front of the class. "I believe that it is amazing that
certain people in this classroom have not been expelled yet." This time she
shot a glance and Harry and Ron who looked down with guilt, they had
'bended' many rules. "But I can say with much confidence that this class is
the most talented that I have ever taught and you will all have great success.
Also as your head of house I have never had a class to cause as much
trouble as you have and yet still redeem yourselves in the end. I wish you
the best on your adult life. And for the last time ever, you are dismissed."
She looked as though she was about to cry.
The next class was DADA. When they arrived they found the classroom filled with food and games. Sirius was standing in front of the class as he always did, but now wearing bright red robes (in honor of Gryffindor) and a huge grin.
"All your other teachers are going to give you long boring speeches about how proud they are of all you are give you advice for your adult life. Of course because I am the opposite of my name, I had to be opposite of your other teachers. I know you all see these robes I have on, and by the end of this class I want you all to have signed them so that I will have something to remember this class for. When you are not signing, please make as much noise as you can and PARTY!"
Everyone laughed and had a great time in their last DADA class. Remus came in halfway through the class to everyone's happiness. He and Sirius got into fight about who was the better teacher while the students just laughed at the two friends. They needed the laugh because next they had potions. Snape glared at them as they entered the classroom. Before Snape could say anything Harry raised his hand.
"Mr. Potter," Snape said giving Harry permission to speak.
"Sir I would like to say some things before class starts today."
"Fine, it is not like the rest of us have anything better to do other then listen to the great Harry Potter speak."
Harry ignored his sarcasm and stood up. "I would like to say that asphodel
and wormwood make the draught of the living death potion, that a bezoar is
a stone taken from the stomach of a goat that will cure most poisons,
monkshood and wolfsbane are the same plant also known as aconite. Oh
and we must be your regular bunch of dunderheads that you teach because
we have not learned to bottle fame, brew glory, or even learned how to put a
stopper in death."
Harry would have probably continued but for the look on Snape's face. Though he had faced Voldemort Snape's glares still made him want to run as far as he could in the other direction.
"Now that Potter has showed that he has first year knowledge I have nothing to say to you. None of you appreciate potions and think of it as that nasty class you were forced to take. Never more however, class dismissed." They left the class as quickly as they could eager to get out of the dungeons and to their next class, which for Gryffindors was Charms.
Professor Flitwick was standing on his regular pile of books. In his tiny voice he announced, "I have asked Mr. Finnigan to do a demonstration for all of you to show how much that you have learned."
Seamus grinned as he went to the front of the room where a feather was waiting for him.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" The feather rose up above the desk. Harry took out his wand and whispered. "Inflamara" The feather burst up into flames and there was a roar of laughter. Seamus looked disappointed. Harry called out, "And some things never change," and winked at Seamus, who realizing what had happened, grinned.
Professor Sprout gave a regular teacher like speech, Hagrid burst into tears, Professor Trewlany predicted Harry's death one last time, and Professor Binns made them all want to die a long slow full death with his last lecture.
Things went by to quickly for the seventh years after that. It seemed as though no time had passed before they were walking down to lake getting
ready for the graduation ceremony. Harry was pleased to see his parents
and Remus waving to him in the audience. Ron, by far had the largest group
of relatives. Not only was his entire immediate family there, but several
uncles and cousins with flaming red hair sitting with the family as well.
Hermione's speech was her usual lecture about how hard work and
studying had gotten them to where they were. Ron's was a lot of jokes that
everyone laughing. Harry knew that his was going to the one that everyone
took seriously.
"Seven years ago when the Hogwarts Express took of for my first time I
remember thinking that I didn't know where I was going to, but it had to be
better then the place I was leaving behind. I don't think I could have said
anything more true then that. Right after I finished thinking that I met my
best friend forever and only a little later did I meet the love of my life. Both
of them to whom I owe any success or accomplishment in these seven years.
Though if it hadn't been for Mrs. Weasley I would have never found my way
onto the platform."
Mrs. Weasley's face went red as Fred and George pretended that it was the greatest thing in the world to help Harry Potter get on a train. When the laughter dies down Harry continued.
"Hogwarts has changed me in many ways, some for the better and some for
the worse. At first I was only the Boy Who Lived. Then the boy who was
stupid enough to take a fully-grown mountain troll on. And I am sure that
you all remember the boy and his friends who lost Gryffindor 150 points in
one night. By the end of the year I was thought as the Boy Who Lived again.
But I was much more then that, even if I didn't realize it at first. In only
my first year here I had found confidence that had never been there before, I
found friends who have never let me down, I found a whole branch of my
family that I had never known about. In only my first year I found out who
Harry Potter truly was. Maybe I should have graduated then!"
Everyone laughed again.
"You are my mentors, my enemies, my friends, and my family. I would not
be who I am today if it weren't for all of you. I wish you all the best of luck
in your adult life. And that includes you Sirius, whenever you decide to grow
up."
Sirius shot Harry a look of mock anger as he took his seat by Ron and Hermione.
Slowly one by one McGonnagal called their names and they came up on the stage and accepted a diploma from her and shook hands with each teacher in turn. Dumbledore's speech was filled with wise words that were way above everyone's IQ until his last ones. "Ladies and Gentleman I present you with the Hogwarts class of 2000!"
Everyone clapped and cheered and red, blue, yellow, and green caps were thrown up into the air.
The seventh years had two and a half hours before the dance, which for the
girls was not nearly enough time and for the boys was forever. After telling
Harry what a wonderful job he had done Hermione ran up to the dorms. Lily
gave Harry a kiss on the cheek before going to go help Hermione (her future
daughter-in-law) get ready. Sirius and Remus were on decorating duty. Ron
was completed swarmed by his family, unable to escape from their clutches.
This left Harry and James alone.
"That was some speech you made. I remember when I made mine; actually more like didn't make it. Sirius thought it would be funny to set fireworks off while I was speaking and no one could hear a thing I said."
Harry laughed. The two of them chatted carelessly, walking around the grounds. Two hours later Harry looked down at his watch and cursed. "Dad, I have to go, I only have a half hour to get ready!"
Before James could react Harry transformed into a lion and ran up to the castle. James shook his head and followed, as a human.
Thirty minutes later Harry ran out of breath down to the common
room, Hermione waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs. (There is a first
time for everything.) Harry smiled when he saw her. To him, she seemed to
get more beautiful with each dance. It was a tradition for the head boy and
girl to wear their house colors to the end of the year dance. Ron, who looked
terrible in red had decided to break the tradition and left it up to Hermione
and Harry to carry it out. Hermione was wearing sparkling gold robes with
red trimmings, and Harry Gryffindor red robes with gold trimmings.
They walked together down to the entrance hall and gasped.
Suspended in mid air in front of them was a glittering blue staircase with the
words Above the Clouds Hogwarts Class of 2000 hanging above it. When
they reached the top they were even more amazed. The teachers had really
out done themselves this year! They were standing on a clear platform and
below them was what looked like a small city with lights twinkling through
the fake puffs of clouds. Small silver tables were spread around the room;
Harry and Hermione went and sat by Ron, who was looking lonely without
Sarah there with him. At the head of the room there was a slightly longer
table that Dumbledore and the heads of houses all sat at, Harry was not sure
where the other teachers would be saying. Dumbledore stood up beaming at
the newly graduated students. "Welcome to the 7th year end-of-the-year
ball. I believe you all have your menus just order your favorite food and let
the feast begin!"
Just after Dumbledore had sat down the remaining teachers came into the room. They all took seats with the students. Sirius came over grinning to come sit by Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"And what may I ask, are you doing here?" Harry asked. Sirius grinned.
"Yes you may ask, and because you are now 'adults' in the wizardering world it is tradition for the none head of houses to sit with the no-longer students to symbolize that you are no longer children. Everyone is now instructed to call us by our first names."
Harry looked at him like he was crazy. "I will NEVER call Snape by his first name!"
Sirius gave him a look of mock surprise. "What don't you like our dear Severus?"
Snape, who had heard that comment shot a death glance over at the table
and the four laughed. After the plate had been cleared Dumbledore stood up
and made the tables disappear. Soft music began to play and Harry led
Hermione onto the dance floor. They had a wonderful time for the rest of the
night. Harry was sure that he had danced with every girl in the room.
Hermione, too, it seemed had danced with every guy. (Though Harry had the
most amount of dances with her, and Ron after that) The dance finally dies
down around three o'clock. The tired 7th years made their way to the
respective dorms, talking and laughing the whole way back.
Melancholy fell over the castle for the 7th years the next morning.
Today was their last full day before they would leave school behind forever.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dean, Neville, Seamus, Parvariti, and Lavender spent
a good portion of the day making a yearbook for the 7th years and their
teachers. They used pictures from Colin Creevy and his little brother, prank
pictures, and several other ones and put them in a book. Then they simply
used the duplicating charm to make as many of them as they needed. The
yearbooks were to be handed out on the train ride home the next day. As
soon as they finished the yearbook, Harry, Ron, and Hermione took the time
vortex back two hours so that the prank for that night would be set up.
Finally, an hour before the feast, the prank was set up and ready to go for
that night. The trio passed Sirius in the hallway going back up to the
Gryffindor common room. He eyed them suspiciously before asking,
"What are you three up to?" In an annoyingly adult like voice. Ron raised
his eyebrows looked around at Harry and Hermione and said, "who us? How
could you possibly think that we are up to something? I thought you knew
us better then that Sirius, we would never cause any trouble for anyone!"
Sirius glared at him. "I really should Dumbledore that you are going to do something!"
Harry just grinned. "But you wont!"
The trio walked off laughing.
The next hour could not pass fast enough for the three pranksters.
Several times Ron and Harry had to hold Hermione off from going and
stopping the prank from happening. Finally it was time to go down to dinner.
The students filed in and it was announced that Gryffindor had won the
house cup for the 7th year in a row. Sirius was glaring at Harry through the
first half of the dinner. But when nothing seemed to be happening he
stopped, thinking that he had a positive influence on Harry for once. About
10 minutes before the feast was to end there was a big bang and the
teachers table was covered with pink smoke. When it cleared away the
entire student population burst out laughing. The head table had
disappeared and in its place there was a large platform. There before the
very school were the teachers all dressed in slinky red or pink dress robes.
As if that was not enough to laugh at music began to play over the hall.
Those who were muggle born recognized it at once. Lady Marmalade. (from
Moulin Rouge) But the lyrics were not sung by Pink ect, no as soon as the
singing was supposed to start the teachers started singing. Not only were
they singing but they had a dance routine to go along with it, that included
back flips and dance moves that the teachers could not have pulled off
without magic. Each teacher has his/her own solo. Harry had to say that he
quite enjoyed watching Professor McGonnagal (with her hair down) singing
about sleeping with men. None of the teachers had been exempt from this
prank. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had made sure that odd assortments of
teachers were singing and dancing together. McGonnagal and Trewlany;
Hagrid and Flitch; and Sirius and Snape. The song finished with Sirius and
Snape in a duet. Many students had fallen out of their seats because they
were laughing so hard. All of the teachers had taken this prank badly except
for Dumbledore, whose eyes were twinkling as usual. McGonnagal
completely lost it when she saw that her hair was down and screamed over
the hall, "POTTER, GRANGER, WEASLEY! MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW!"
But she was to late. Harry, Ron, and Hermione has already slipped out of
the Great Hall down to the Chamber of Secrets to develop the five rolls of
film that they had taken during the song. Secretly they made thousands of
copies of the pictures and posted them up magically so that they could not
be taken down for 24 hours in all four common rooms and all over the
hallways. The trio decided to stay hidden that night, so not to be caught by
any teachers all who were out to catch the troublesome trio.
Harry had no clue how they were going to avoid the teachers
tomorrow. Not only did he really want to eat breakfast in the Great Hall for
the last time but he wanted to walk freely around the grounds. Suddenly it
hit him! He would sneak up behind the teachers and perform the calming
spell on them before Ron and Hermione woke up so that the teachers
wouldn't even think of getting revenge. So the next morning Harry crept out
of his bed at the crack of dawn and whispered the spell over the sleeping
professors knowing that when they woke up that they would feel completely
(if no abnormally) calm. He smiled at his cleverness, anyone who had meet
him in his first year and then didn't see him again until today would swear
that he had been taking lessons from Hermione. He went back up to the
common room to wake Ron and Hermione. Ron he yelled at in his head but
he had a different plan for Hermione. He conjured up a banquet of flowers,
went into her room and softly kissed her on the lips to wake her up. She fell
into the kiss and when it was over opened her eyes.
"Good morning love," Harry said, kissing her again and handing her the
flowers. She took a single flower out of the bunch and tucked it behind her
ear making her hair sweep from the front of her face. Then she took out her
wand to change into her Hogwarts robes, took Harry's hand and the two
walked together down to meet a grumpy Ron.
"You wake her up pleasantly! Did you ever consider that I might not want to wake up to your voice yelling at me!"
Harry grinned, "I'm sorry I will give you a good morning kiss next time too so you don't feel so neglected."
Ron glared at him and said, "let's just go down to breakfast, I'm starving!" Hermione rolled her eyes, "What a surprise!"
They laughed. Then Hermione remembered the prank from the night before. "We can't go down to breakfast. The teachers will kill us as soon as they spot us."
"All taken care of m'dear. I have it all taken care of, just a simple calming spell solved the whole problem."
Hermione's eyes widened. "What spell did you use?" She asked hurriedly.
"Lepidus, why?"
If possible Hermione's eyes got wider. "Harry how could you be so stupid?
Lepidus was made illegal several years ago because of its effects!"
Harry was confused. "What effects other then calming the person down?"
"HARRY! Lepidus as the effect of angel dust on wizards and witches. It
makes them loopy and carefree, not what we want teachers to be like on the
last morning of school!"
Harry shrugged his shoulders. "It will wear off as soon as the Hogwarts Express leaved the station. In plus it gives another great addition to our prank!"
Hermione rolled her eyes. Ron look confused. "What is angel dust?"
Hermione whispered something in his ear. Ron burst out laughing. In fact
he couldn't stop laughing all the way down to the Great Hall and what he say
in the hall made him laugh even harder. At the teachers table every teacher
but Dumbledore (who hadn't needed the calming charm) were laughing
merrily with each other making what looked like daisy chains and tying like
crowns on each others heads and connecting them to make bracelets,
necklaces, and anklet's. But that was not all. When all the teachers had
flowers hanging from their necks and on top of their heads Snape conjured
up a fire in the hall and they all sat around it singing songs like Kum-by- ah.
Dumbledore was chuckling as he watched his staff making fools of
themselves in front of the school. Harry knew that Dumbledore knew what
had happened because the old man had winked and smiled at Harry when he
entered. Harry and Ron were so beside themselves with fits of laughter that
Hermione had to be the one snapping pictures of everything. (Including
Sirius and Snape holding hands in a circle together.)
Breakfast ended to soon. Sadly, Harry boarded the Hogwarts Express
for the last time. He was sad to be leaving Hogwarts. The castle had been a
home for him when he didn't have one. Like most of the 7th years Harry sent
is trunk and other belongings home via floo powder. Though it was an option
to skip the train trip home, no one did so that they got a chance to say
goodbye to their classmates. The yearbooks that had been made the day
before were distributed and Hermione explained to those who did not know,
how to sign yearbooks. They had fun passing the books around and reading
what other people wrote in the yearbooks. There were many tears as the
train pulled into Kings Cross, Lavender going so far as having to be coaxed
off the train when she flat-out refused to leave it. Harry said goodbye to his
friends and family, met his father, and together they dissaperated home.
*****Authors Note- This is not, I repeat NOT the end of this fic unless you want it to be. So tell me what you think and if you want I will continue, there is still quite a bit left. ********
"Mr. Riddle, why is it that every time we meet you say that you are going to kill me and yet here I am still alive."
This made the Dark Lord stop laughing. "You will pay for that Mr. Potter. Crucio!"
It only took about one second for Harry to through off the curse. No one could believe what was happening. "Let's duel like proper wizards, or are you to scared?" Harry taunted in a cool voice.
Voldemort only lifted his wand. "Medicamentosus!"
"Deliquatitudo!"
"Iphigenia!"
"Demonstrator!"
Then the fateful words were recited. "Avada Kedvra!" A flash of green light was headed at Harry. It seemed to move in slow
motion. Harry closed his eyes. This was it. The end of the Boy Who Lived,
the end of life, the end of pain. Harry thought of all the people he would
miss. Sirius, Remus, Dumbledore, the Weasley's, Dobby, his professor's
even Snape, all his classmates including Draco and Colin. The parents that
would go through anything for him. Ron who would gladly die for him. And
Hermione. Hermione who loved him with all her heart and he loved her with
all of his. He felt a rush of love and gratitude towards his friends and family.
'Yes,' Harry thought, 'I was loved and that is all that anyone could ever ask
for.'
I really could leave you there...
But I wont! Something miraculous then happened. Red and gold shot out of Harry's
chest forcing the green light away. The brilliant red and gold light struck
Voldemort at the same time that the green light was forced into the heart of
the dark lord. For what seemed like the first time ever Voldemort stumbled
back. The impact made him fall over. Slowly it ebbed away Voldemort's
body and mind. Within a couple of minutes Voldemort, the Dark Lord,
Master, You-Know-Who, He-who-must-not-be-named, and Tom Riddle
ceased to exist. He simply was no more, gone, never to return.
Harry suddenly became aware of his surroundings. He saw ministry wizards
and witches standing in a circle around the clearing. It looked as though Ron
and Hermione had been held back by some strong looked wizards and were
still fighting to get to Harry. Those not holding back Harry's friends were
staring at him in amazement. They had just witnessed the greatest defeat of
a dark wizard, since well, since Gryffindor had gotten rid of Slythrine.
Ron and Hermione were finally able to get out of the guards grasps and ran
over to Harry. As Hermione approached Harry scoped her up into his arms
and gave her a long passionate kiss. There once again was a golden and
scarlet flash of light and everyone in the clearing felt themselves get a warm-
fuzzy feeling inside.
There was what sounded like angry people fighting to get to Harry, but the ministry officials wouldn't let them.
"But he is my son."
"And my godson."
"Please just tell me that he is all right!"
Harry realizing who it was called out, "Mum, Dad, Sirius, I am here!"
It seemed as though the officials thought getting Harry's approval was
equivalent to having the Queen of England tell you to do something. James,
Sirius, and Lily were let through. Lily ran to her son. "Harry, how dare you?
How could you leave us like that? You could have died! It's a good thing the
ministry stopped you from doing anything stupid. YOU COULD HAVE DIED!"
Lily was sobbing against James' chest. Sirius approached Harry.
"How could you do that to your parents, to me? You now that you mean everything to us. At least you went to say goodbye to them, why didn't you come see me too? I would have stopped you!" It seemed that Sirius Black did have a nasty temper. Ron came to Harry's defense before there could be any more damage between godson and godfather.
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT! HE JUST GOT RID OF THE MOST EVIL WIZARD EVER AND YOU ARE TELLING HIM OFF!"
That got James' attention. "He what?" James asked stupidly.
"He defeated Voldemort." Ron replied. This was the first time that Ron had ever said his name, Harry was proud of his friend.
"Really Harry," Ron said reading his thoughts, "you're proud of me because I said his name and you just defeated him!"
There were a few awkward moments then when Harry finally spoke. "We better get back to Hogwarts lessons began again on Monday, and we need some time to do our homework." This earned him more strange looks, so he just shrugged his shoulders and disaperated.
As quickly as he could Harry walked up to the castle. As he came to Dumbledore's office, "Ton-tongue toffees!" He burst the door open and announced, "He's gone!"
Dumbledore looked puzzled, "Who's gone?"
"Voldemort!" Harry launched into the whole story of what had happened. "And so I disaperated into Hogsmeade so that I could come see you right away." Harry slumped down into a chair, absolutely exhausted.
"I believe that you need to go to the hospital wing, Mr. Potter. Your emotions must have taken a lot out of you especially because you didn't use your wand to channel them. I will escort you myself."
Harry was too tired to protest and let him self be led by the old man to the hospital wing.
The headlines in the Daily Prophet the next day were all about Harry.
Boy Who Lived, Lives Again!
Is You-Know-Who Really Gone?
Harry Potter, How did he do it?
When Ron showed him these papers Harry just rolled his eyes. "I'm not that great. The only thing I am is the idiot that won't die!"
Ron had laughed.
It seemed like no time had pasted at all when the last two weeks of school
had come. Harry, Ron, and Hermione could be at all times of the day or
night dashing around the castle, meeting in empty classrooms, and
whispering hurriedly between classes. The school knew that they were up to
something, they just didn't know what.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were very frustrated. Normally they knew
everything that went on in the castle, but the teachers were being more
secretive then they ever had been. They were planning the 7th year's
graduation and graduation dance. As a tradition, the teachers did all the
work without the help of any 7th years, including the head boy and girl.
Knowing that the head boys and girl were not the ordinary kind they held all
their meetings at odd hours in strange places and not even the famous trio
could guess where they were or when. But what would be happening the
night of graduation remained a secret to all but the teachers. All that Harry,
Ron, and Hermione knew was that they were to give speeches.
"There has to be SOME way to find out what the teachers are planning!" Said an angry Ron.
"Why don't we just let them keep their secret?" Hermione suggested. The looks that she got from her two best friends told her that they would do no such thing.
"Well," Harry said slowly, "it really doesn't matter, I mean they will pay for it at the end of the year."
"True but." Hermione gave Ron her 'look' to shut him up. "Fine! We will just get them back at the end of the year, let's revise the plan again."
Harry lay down on the banks of the lake. It was the day after the last NEWTS, 7th year skip day. (Muggles called it senior skip day)
"Potter, I am amazed where are your friends? You are never seen without them?" Draco Malfoy approached Harry.
"I don't see you with your body guards either Malfoy, so shove off."
Malfoy looked taken aback at sharp Harry's words were. Ever since 5th year
the two had gotten along pretty well. (as well as two arch enemies could)
They had staged that fight in the great hall earlier in the year so that the
teachers didn't get suspicious and find out about their order. (Though they
eventually found out) Harry winced at the look on Malfoy's face.
"Sorry Draco, I just can't believe that I will be leaving this castle in a week. I
feel like it was yesterday we were nervous first years waiting to be sorted.
What are you planning on doing after school?"
This startled Draco more then anything. This was the friendliest that Harry had ever been with him, and it seemed wrong somehow.
"I'm applying to be an auror. After all these years in the order, I will miss it later on. Though my father wont be too pleased. I assume that you will be playing Quidditch?"
"Yeah, at least for a little while. Then I guess I will go into the ministry, everyone expects it of me."
"Potter you could run for Minster of Magic in any country and win right now. Hell, you could declare yourself King of the Magical World and no one would stop you!"
Harry laughed.
The day before graduation all the 7th years were fitted for robes to wear to
the ceremony. The Gryffindors in red, the Slythrines in green, the
Ravenclaws in blue, and the Hufflepuffs in yellow. Where their house crests
usually were was the Hogwarts crest. They would sit in alphabetical order by
house. Each of the head of houses would give a speech then the Hermione,
Ron, and Harry. One by one McGonnagal would call their names and they
would come up to the stage and accept the diplomas. Then Dumbledore
would give a speech and they would no longer be children, but full adult
wizards and witches. All the families of the graduates were invited.
Afterwards there would be a dance (like a prom) just for the 7th years. The
theme of the dance was un-known until that night. A platform and chairs
had been set up outside by the lake. Everything was ready for the next day.
That day 7th years had all their classes and each teacher were going to give
a little speech to the students. McGonnagal was first for the Gryffindors.
"I know that most of you will agree now with the statement that I made in
your first year about transfiguration being the most dangerous and complex
magic at Hogwarts." She shot a look at Neville, who for the first time ever
chose a seat in the front of the class. "I believe that it is amazing that
certain people in this classroom have not been expelled yet." This time she
shot a glance and Harry and Ron who looked down with guilt, they had
'bended' many rules. "But I can say with much confidence that this class is
the most talented that I have ever taught and you will all have great success.
Also as your head of house I have never had a class to cause as much
trouble as you have and yet still redeem yourselves in the end. I wish you
the best on your adult life. And for the last time ever, you are dismissed."
She looked as though she was about to cry.
The next class was DADA. When they arrived they found the classroom filled with food and games. Sirius was standing in front of the class as he always did, but now wearing bright red robes (in honor of Gryffindor) and a huge grin.
"All your other teachers are going to give you long boring speeches about how proud they are of all you are give you advice for your adult life. Of course because I am the opposite of my name, I had to be opposite of your other teachers. I know you all see these robes I have on, and by the end of this class I want you all to have signed them so that I will have something to remember this class for. When you are not signing, please make as much noise as you can and PARTY!"
Everyone laughed and had a great time in their last DADA class. Remus came in halfway through the class to everyone's happiness. He and Sirius got into fight about who was the better teacher while the students just laughed at the two friends. They needed the laugh because next they had potions. Snape glared at them as they entered the classroom. Before Snape could say anything Harry raised his hand.
"Mr. Potter," Snape said giving Harry permission to speak.
"Sir I would like to say some things before class starts today."
"Fine, it is not like the rest of us have anything better to do other then listen to the great Harry Potter speak."
Harry ignored his sarcasm and stood up. "I would like to say that asphodel
and wormwood make the draught of the living death potion, that a bezoar is
a stone taken from the stomach of a goat that will cure most poisons,
monkshood and wolfsbane are the same plant also known as aconite. Oh
and we must be your regular bunch of dunderheads that you teach because
we have not learned to bottle fame, brew glory, or even learned how to put a
stopper in death."
Harry would have probably continued but for the look on Snape's face. Though he had faced Voldemort Snape's glares still made him want to run as far as he could in the other direction.
"Now that Potter has showed that he has first year knowledge I have nothing to say to you. None of you appreciate potions and think of it as that nasty class you were forced to take. Never more however, class dismissed." They left the class as quickly as they could eager to get out of the dungeons and to their next class, which for Gryffindors was Charms.
Professor Flitwick was standing on his regular pile of books. In his tiny voice he announced, "I have asked Mr. Finnigan to do a demonstration for all of you to show how much that you have learned."
Seamus grinned as he went to the front of the room where a feather was waiting for him.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" The feather rose up above the desk. Harry took out his wand and whispered. "Inflamara" The feather burst up into flames and there was a roar of laughter. Seamus looked disappointed. Harry called out, "And some things never change," and winked at Seamus, who realizing what had happened, grinned.
Professor Sprout gave a regular teacher like speech, Hagrid burst into tears, Professor Trewlany predicted Harry's death one last time, and Professor Binns made them all want to die a long slow full death with his last lecture.
Things went by to quickly for the seventh years after that. It seemed as though no time had passed before they were walking down to lake getting
ready for the graduation ceremony. Harry was pleased to see his parents
and Remus waving to him in the audience. Ron, by far had the largest group
of relatives. Not only was his entire immediate family there, but several
uncles and cousins with flaming red hair sitting with the family as well.
Hermione's speech was her usual lecture about how hard work and
studying had gotten them to where they were. Ron's was a lot of jokes that
everyone laughing. Harry knew that his was going to the one that everyone
took seriously.
"Seven years ago when the Hogwarts Express took of for my first time I
remember thinking that I didn't know where I was going to, but it had to be
better then the place I was leaving behind. I don't think I could have said
anything more true then that. Right after I finished thinking that I met my
best friend forever and only a little later did I meet the love of my life. Both
of them to whom I owe any success or accomplishment in these seven years.
Though if it hadn't been for Mrs. Weasley I would have never found my way
onto the platform."
Mrs. Weasley's face went red as Fred and George pretended that it was the greatest thing in the world to help Harry Potter get on a train. When the laughter dies down Harry continued.
"Hogwarts has changed me in many ways, some for the better and some for
the worse. At first I was only the Boy Who Lived. Then the boy who was
stupid enough to take a fully-grown mountain troll on. And I am sure that
you all remember the boy and his friends who lost Gryffindor 150 points in
one night. By the end of the year I was thought as the Boy Who Lived again.
But I was much more then that, even if I didn't realize it at first. In only
my first year here I had found confidence that had never been there before, I
found friends who have never let me down, I found a whole branch of my
family that I had never known about. In only my first year I found out who
Harry Potter truly was. Maybe I should have graduated then!"
Everyone laughed again.
"You are my mentors, my enemies, my friends, and my family. I would not
be who I am today if it weren't for all of you. I wish you all the best of luck
in your adult life. And that includes you Sirius, whenever you decide to grow
up."
Sirius shot Harry a look of mock anger as he took his seat by Ron and Hermione.
Slowly one by one McGonnagal called their names and they came up on the stage and accepted a diploma from her and shook hands with each teacher in turn. Dumbledore's speech was filled with wise words that were way above everyone's IQ until his last ones. "Ladies and Gentleman I present you with the Hogwarts class of 2000!"
Everyone clapped and cheered and red, blue, yellow, and green caps were thrown up into the air.
The seventh years had two and a half hours before the dance, which for the
girls was not nearly enough time and for the boys was forever. After telling
Harry what a wonderful job he had done Hermione ran up to the dorms. Lily
gave Harry a kiss on the cheek before going to go help Hermione (her future
daughter-in-law) get ready. Sirius and Remus were on decorating duty. Ron
was completed swarmed by his family, unable to escape from their clutches.
This left Harry and James alone.
"That was some speech you made. I remember when I made mine; actually more like didn't make it. Sirius thought it would be funny to set fireworks off while I was speaking and no one could hear a thing I said."
Harry laughed. The two of them chatted carelessly, walking around the grounds. Two hours later Harry looked down at his watch and cursed. "Dad, I have to go, I only have a half hour to get ready!"
Before James could react Harry transformed into a lion and ran up to the castle. James shook his head and followed, as a human.
Thirty minutes later Harry ran out of breath down to the common
room, Hermione waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs. (There is a first
time for everything.) Harry smiled when he saw her. To him, she seemed to
get more beautiful with each dance. It was a tradition for the head boy and
girl to wear their house colors to the end of the year dance. Ron, who looked
terrible in red had decided to break the tradition and left it up to Hermione
and Harry to carry it out. Hermione was wearing sparkling gold robes with
red trimmings, and Harry Gryffindor red robes with gold trimmings.
They walked together down to the entrance hall and gasped.
Suspended in mid air in front of them was a glittering blue staircase with the
words Above the Clouds Hogwarts Class of 2000 hanging above it. When
they reached the top they were even more amazed. The teachers had really
out done themselves this year! They were standing on a clear platform and
below them was what looked like a small city with lights twinkling through
the fake puffs of clouds. Small silver tables were spread around the room;
Harry and Hermione went and sat by Ron, who was looking lonely without
Sarah there with him. At the head of the room there was a slightly longer
table that Dumbledore and the heads of houses all sat at, Harry was not sure
where the other teachers would be saying. Dumbledore stood up beaming at
the newly graduated students. "Welcome to the 7th year end-of-the-year
ball. I believe you all have your menus just order your favorite food and let
the feast begin!"
Just after Dumbledore had sat down the remaining teachers came into the room. They all took seats with the students. Sirius came over grinning to come sit by Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"And what may I ask, are you doing here?" Harry asked. Sirius grinned.
"Yes you may ask, and because you are now 'adults' in the wizardering world it is tradition for the none head of houses to sit with the no-longer students to symbolize that you are no longer children. Everyone is now instructed to call us by our first names."
Harry looked at him like he was crazy. "I will NEVER call Snape by his first name!"
Sirius gave him a look of mock surprise. "What don't you like our dear Severus?"
Snape, who had heard that comment shot a death glance over at the table
and the four laughed. After the plate had been cleared Dumbledore stood up
and made the tables disappear. Soft music began to play and Harry led
Hermione onto the dance floor. They had a wonderful time for the rest of the
night. Harry was sure that he had danced with every girl in the room.
Hermione, too, it seemed had danced with every guy. (Though Harry had the
most amount of dances with her, and Ron after that) The dance finally dies
down around three o'clock. The tired 7th years made their way to the
respective dorms, talking and laughing the whole way back.
Melancholy fell over the castle for the 7th years the next morning.
Today was their last full day before they would leave school behind forever.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dean, Neville, Seamus, Parvariti, and Lavender spent
a good portion of the day making a yearbook for the 7th years and their
teachers. They used pictures from Colin Creevy and his little brother, prank
pictures, and several other ones and put them in a book. Then they simply
used the duplicating charm to make as many of them as they needed. The
yearbooks were to be handed out on the train ride home the next day. As
soon as they finished the yearbook, Harry, Ron, and Hermione took the time
vortex back two hours so that the prank for that night would be set up.
Finally, an hour before the feast, the prank was set up and ready to go for
that night. The trio passed Sirius in the hallway going back up to the
Gryffindor common room. He eyed them suspiciously before asking,
"What are you three up to?" In an annoyingly adult like voice. Ron raised
his eyebrows looked around at Harry and Hermione and said, "who us? How
could you possibly think that we are up to something? I thought you knew
us better then that Sirius, we would never cause any trouble for anyone!"
Sirius glared at him. "I really should Dumbledore that you are going to do something!"
Harry just grinned. "But you wont!"
The trio walked off laughing.
The next hour could not pass fast enough for the three pranksters.
Several times Ron and Harry had to hold Hermione off from going and
stopping the prank from happening. Finally it was time to go down to dinner.
The students filed in and it was announced that Gryffindor had won the
house cup for the 7th year in a row. Sirius was glaring at Harry through the
first half of the dinner. But when nothing seemed to be happening he
stopped, thinking that he had a positive influence on Harry for once. About
10 minutes before the feast was to end there was a big bang and the
teachers table was covered with pink smoke. When it cleared away the
entire student population burst out laughing. The head table had
disappeared and in its place there was a large platform. There before the
very school were the teachers all dressed in slinky red or pink dress robes.
As if that was not enough to laugh at music began to play over the hall.
Those who were muggle born recognized it at once. Lady Marmalade. (from
Moulin Rouge) But the lyrics were not sung by Pink ect, no as soon as the
singing was supposed to start the teachers started singing. Not only were
they singing but they had a dance routine to go along with it, that included
back flips and dance moves that the teachers could not have pulled off
without magic. Each teacher has his/her own solo. Harry had to say that he
quite enjoyed watching Professor McGonnagal (with her hair down) singing
about sleeping with men. None of the teachers had been exempt from this
prank. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had made sure that odd assortments of
teachers were singing and dancing together. McGonnagal and Trewlany;
Hagrid and Flitch; and Sirius and Snape. The song finished with Sirius and
Snape in a duet. Many students had fallen out of their seats because they
were laughing so hard. All of the teachers had taken this prank badly except
for Dumbledore, whose eyes were twinkling as usual. McGonnagal
completely lost it when she saw that her hair was down and screamed over
the hall, "POTTER, GRANGER, WEASLEY! MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW!"
But she was to late. Harry, Ron, and Hermione has already slipped out of
the Great Hall down to the Chamber of Secrets to develop the five rolls of
film that they had taken during the song. Secretly they made thousands of
copies of the pictures and posted them up magically so that they could not
be taken down for 24 hours in all four common rooms and all over the
hallways. The trio decided to stay hidden that night, so not to be caught by
any teachers all who were out to catch the troublesome trio.
Harry had no clue how they were going to avoid the teachers
tomorrow. Not only did he really want to eat breakfast in the Great Hall for
the last time but he wanted to walk freely around the grounds. Suddenly it
hit him! He would sneak up behind the teachers and perform the calming
spell on them before Ron and Hermione woke up so that the teachers
wouldn't even think of getting revenge. So the next morning Harry crept out
of his bed at the crack of dawn and whispered the spell over the sleeping
professors knowing that when they woke up that they would feel completely
(if no abnormally) calm. He smiled at his cleverness, anyone who had meet
him in his first year and then didn't see him again until today would swear
that he had been taking lessons from Hermione. He went back up to the
common room to wake Ron and Hermione. Ron he yelled at in his head but
he had a different plan for Hermione. He conjured up a banquet of flowers,
went into her room and softly kissed her on the lips to wake her up. She fell
into the kiss and when it was over opened her eyes.
"Good morning love," Harry said, kissing her again and handing her the
flowers. She took a single flower out of the bunch and tucked it behind her
ear making her hair sweep from the front of her face. Then she took out her
wand to change into her Hogwarts robes, took Harry's hand and the two
walked together down to meet a grumpy Ron.
"You wake her up pleasantly! Did you ever consider that I might not want to wake up to your voice yelling at me!"
Harry grinned, "I'm sorry I will give you a good morning kiss next time too so you don't feel so neglected."
Ron glared at him and said, "let's just go down to breakfast, I'm starving!" Hermione rolled her eyes, "What a surprise!"
They laughed. Then Hermione remembered the prank from the night before. "We can't go down to breakfast. The teachers will kill us as soon as they spot us."
"All taken care of m'dear. I have it all taken care of, just a simple calming spell solved the whole problem."
Hermione's eyes widened. "What spell did you use?" She asked hurriedly.
"Lepidus, why?"
If possible Hermione's eyes got wider. "Harry how could you be so stupid?
Lepidus was made illegal several years ago because of its effects!"
Harry was confused. "What effects other then calming the person down?"
"HARRY! Lepidus as the effect of angel dust on wizards and witches. It
makes them loopy and carefree, not what we want teachers to be like on the
last morning of school!"
Harry shrugged his shoulders. "It will wear off as soon as the Hogwarts Express leaved the station. In plus it gives another great addition to our prank!"
Hermione rolled her eyes. Ron look confused. "What is angel dust?"
Hermione whispered something in his ear. Ron burst out laughing. In fact
he couldn't stop laughing all the way down to the Great Hall and what he say
in the hall made him laugh even harder. At the teachers table every teacher
but Dumbledore (who hadn't needed the calming charm) were laughing
merrily with each other making what looked like daisy chains and tying like
crowns on each others heads and connecting them to make bracelets,
necklaces, and anklet's. But that was not all. When all the teachers had
flowers hanging from their necks and on top of their heads Snape conjured
up a fire in the hall and they all sat around it singing songs like Kum-by- ah.
Dumbledore was chuckling as he watched his staff making fools of
themselves in front of the school. Harry knew that Dumbledore knew what
had happened because the old man had winked and smiled at Harry when he
entered. Harry and Ron were so beside themselves with fits of laughter that
Hermione had to be the one snapping pictures of everything. (Including
Sirius and Snape holding hands in a circle together.)
Breakfast ended to soon. Sadly, Harry boarded the Hogwarts Express
for the last time. He was sad to be leaving Hogwarts. The castle had been a
home for him when he didn't have one. Like most of the 7th years Harry sent
is trunk and other belongings home via floo powder. Though it was an option
to skip the train trip home, no one did so that they got a chance to say
goodbye to their classmates. The yearbooks that had been made the day
before were distributed and Hermione explained to those who did not know,
how to sign yearbooks. They had fun passing the books around and reading
what other people wrote in the yearbooks. There were many tears as the
train pulled into Kings Cross, Lavender going so far as having to be coaxed
off the train when she flat-out refused to leave it. Harry said goodbye to his
friends and family, met his father, and together they dissaperated home.
*****Authors Note- This is not, I repeat NOT the end of this fic unless you want it to be. So tell me what you think and if you want I will continue, there is still quite a bit left. ********