Dear Mum and Dad,

I'm OK. I woke up in the hospital wing yesterday and I'm feeling absolutely fine. I'm sorry you had to go through all that worry and come up to the school – you must have been so panicked when Professor McGonogall wrote to you. You're probably wondering what happened etc. well it was a giant snake that petrified me. It's called a Basilisk and I had worked out that that was what was petrifying everyone just before the Quidditch game. I was in the library working it all out and ripped a page out of a book explaining what a basilisk was and was going to find Professor Mcgonogall or Dumbledore when … well the snake found me first. You'll never guess what though! Harry and Ron killed the snake. They found the piece of paper in my hand and they went off to save Ginny Weasley who had been taken by the snake. They got her and Harry stabbed the basilisk! They've been given awards for special services to the school and earned 400 house points so Gryffindor won the house cup again!

Exams have been cancelled as a school treat which is a shame as I was studying so hard before but I probably wouldn't have done my best considering I missed two months of school. The weather here is incredible! I'm enjoying every break, lunch and after lessons in the sunshine with Harry and Ron. I hope you two are OK and that you weren't too worried about me. I love you so much and I'll see you in one week!

All my love

Hermione x

Hermione finished penning the letter in the glorious sunshine she had been speaking of. She, Harry and Ron were sitting on the front steps of Hagrid's cabin, drinking cold pumpkin juice and chatting merrily. Harry and Ron had told her everything about what happened down the in the chamber earlier in the day and Hermione had felt as if her heart was bursting with pride. They had been so incredibly brave.

"So Hermione, have you gone off Lockhart now?" Ron asked, nudging her in the shoulder from behind.

Hermione laughed and nodded. She had been so shocked about what he had tried to do to the boys and that he hadn't really done any of the things he said he had in his books. He was a fraud who had changed brave people's memories to take the credit. If Hermione was quite honest with herself she realised that they hadn't actually learnt anything much at all this year in Defence Against the Dark Arts. When people said his name now her stomach didn't give a little jolt. Hermione thought sadly that she might have been quiet silly about him over the year.

The last week of term was a blur of happiness for Hermione. The school seemed to sing in relief and joy as students spent every free moment lying or running around on the grass, dripping their toes in the lake and playing games of chess and exploding snap. Ginny Weasley seemed perfectly happy, sitting with her little knot of friends and laughing with her brothers when they spoke to her. Lessons were relaxing and fun with no lead up to exams. The days were golden and stretched into cosy evenings in the common room with Hermione, Ron and Harry chatting away about mundane things and playing endless games of chess. Hermione thought she might actually be getting a little better.

All too soon trunks were packed, owls and rats were stowed in cages and the students were pilling onto the Hogwarts express. To Hermione's joy, she Ron, Harry, Ginny, Fred and George all got a compartment together and spent the journey in extremely high spirits. They played exploding snap and all whooped and screeched as Fred and George set off the last of their Fillibuster fireworks which darted and sparked around the compartment. The group of them laughed heartily when Ginny told everyone that Penelope Clearwater, the girl Hermione had stopped in the corridor, was in fact Percy's girlfriend. Fred and George looked as if all their dreams had come true.

When the train stopped Harry turned to her and Ron and scribbled his phone number of bits of parchment for each of them. "This is called a telephone number," he said to Ron, handing them each the parchment. "I told your dad how to use a telephone last summer, he'll know. Call me at the Durselys okay. I can't stand another two months with only Dudley to talk to…"

"Your Aunt and Uncle will be proud, though, won't they?" Hermione asked, thinking about how incredible Harry had been these last few months. "When they hear what you did this year?"

"Proud?" Said Harry as the three of them approached the barrier to the Muggle world. "Are you mad? All those times I could've died, and I didn't manage it? They'll be furious…"

Ron laughed and Hermione smiled weakly (sincerely hoping Harry was exaggerating) as the three of them stepped though the wall and onto the space between platforms nine and ten in King's cross. The three of them were still laughing when Hermione heard a yelp and turned her head, her mother and father were standing near to the Weasley's and it was her mother who had squeaked when she had spotted Hermione. Hermione's heart seemed to summersault and she forgot all about the two boys next to her, sprinting to her parents, dropping her trunk and launching herself into their arms. They lifted her up in the force of their hug which normally would have embarrassed Hermione but right now she didn't care. Her mother seemed to be half laughing half crying and Hermione clutched at them tightly. She hadn't really realised how much she had missed them until right now.

Finally her parents put her down.

"You don't half know how to give us a fright Shakes," her dad said, ruffling the top of her head.

Beside them the Mr Weasley was fiercely embracing Ginny whilst Mrs Weasley fussed over the boys, complaining about how much they'd grown. Hermione turned around to see Harry walking slowly towards his Aunt and Uncle. She and Ron removed themselves from their parents and rushed over to him.

"Bye Harry!" said Hermione, giving him a brief hug.

"Yeah, bye mate," Ron thumped him on the back.

Near to them Hermione could see Harry's uncle growing more and more purple and looking like he wanted to do nothing more than walk away and leave Harry here.

"We'll call and we'll write!" Hermione said, glancing between Harry's uncle and him nervously.

"Yes and you'll come over again!" Ron exclaimed.

Harry thanked them and said goodbye, waving as he walked towards his uncle again. Then to Hermione's utter shock her father strode past her and Ron and up to Harry who had caught up with his Aunt and Uncle.

"Harry!" he called.

"You know we really haven't got all day!" Harry's Uncle said angrily, also turning to face her father.

Mr Granger ignored him completely and stuck out his hand to shake Harry's "Hermione told us that you killed that giant snake or whatever it was. I just wanted to say well done and thank you."

Harry coloured a little but shook her father's hand, muttering about how it was nothing and generally being Harry-like. Harry's uncle blustered beside him. Mr Granger gave a sharp nod to Mr Dursley and walked back over to them.

"Ron, I've got to thank you too. Well done on the … giant snake thing."

Hermione laughed as Ron shook her father's hand, his ears turning red. The three of them turned back to find Hermione's mother chattering away with Mrs Weasley. As they drew closer they heard their conversation.

"You'd never think that daughters would give you this much trouble!" Mrs Granger was saying

"Yes I was in a state when I arrived at the school, as you must have been." Mrs Weasley said "But believe me the boys are worse. I get a letter every other week complaining about Fred and George and this is the second time Ron's got himself into a dangerous mess at the end of the year. Although he always seems to come out well."

"What a nice way to talk about us mum," George piped up from behind her.

"Yeah really shows that deep love you have for … Oh!" Fred stopped in the middle of what he was saying and nudged George in the ribs, pointing towards the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Percy had only just walked out.

"Oh Percy!" Fred called, striding towards him.

"Brother dear!" followed George.

Mrs Weasley shook her head and said "See!" To Mrs Granger who laughed. "Well now we'll of course have Harry over again this summer so you must come too Hermione! You can stay for as long as you want, it will be towards the end and…"

"Actually Hermione can't come this summer." Her mother interrupted, putting an arm around Hermione's shoulders.

"Mum!" Hermione said, slightly offended.

"Well we weren't going to tell you until we got home Shakes but we may as well tell you now…" her Dad began

"We're going to France! On holiday!" Mrs Granger squealed, grinning widely at Hermione.

"Wh-what?" Hermione said, spinning round to face them.

"Yes for three and a half weeks! We're going to rent a car and explore lots of French towns and then we're going to spend the last few days at the beach."

"We just figured we haven't seen you for so long because you didn't come home for the holidays and you've been through a lot at the end of this year. We booked it all after we got your letter saying you were OK last week." Mr Granger explained, also smiling madly.

To her utter embarrassment a few tears leaked out of Hermione's eyes.

"Oh no what's wrong dear?" asked Mrs Granger, looking worried.

"N-nothing! I'm just happy. I'm sorry I'm being stupid it's just all … a lot the last few weeks." Hermione said, hurriedly wiping her eyes – she'd cried too much recently.

Her parents embraced her again and she turned back to face the Weasley's. Mrs Weasley was beaming at her.

"Well doesn't that sound lovely! You deserve to have a great time dear; you've been through a lot this year." And to her utter shock Mrs Weasley bent down and gave her a swift hug. When she let go she spoke to Hermione's parents again. "Well it's a shame she can't visit but we'll see you in Diagon Alley again hopefully?"

The Grangers nodded and smiled then shook hands with Mr and Mrs Weasley. Whilst Hermione was watching them a hand pulled at her arm, she turned to find Ginny looking at her.

"Can I speak to you quickly?" She asked.

Hermione nodded and followed Ginny off to the side slightly.

Ginny took a deep breath. "I just wanted to … to say that …" Ginny couldn't seem to find the right words and was wringing her hands. "I'm so sorry about you getting petrified. It was all my fault and your Ron's best friend and I feel terrible!"

"Ginny!" Hermione said, shocked. "It wasn't your fault in any way!"

"But if I had…"

"Ginny listen it was You-Know-Who, the most powerful wizard in the world. I think you're amazing for trying to throw that diary away when you did. And you didn't mean to petrify me – AND I'm fine! No harm done." Hermione said, looking straight into to Ginny's warm brown eyes.

"Thank you Hermione." Ginny said and she hugged her. Hermione hugged her back tightly.

When the two walked back to the group Hermione parents had loaded her trunk onto a trolley.

"You all ready to go Shakes?" Her dad asked, ruffling her hair again. Hermione nodded and turned back to the Weasley's.

"Bye then, I'll see you at the end of summer." Hermione said to Ron.

"Yeah and have a good holiday. Bye!"

Hermione gave him a quick hug and waved at the rest of the Weasley's. Then she turned her back and walked away with her parents out of Kings Cross and into the blazing sunshine.

AN: TADAAAAA! That's it - we're done! The end! Wowee! (too many exclamation marks) This chapter's a bit cheesy i know but you always need a bit of cheese to finish of the HP books :) I hope you liked this and if you haven't reviewed up until this point PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! (Nooo I'm not begging)

I don't know whether I'll carry on doing the rest of the books - I have PoA all planned out but I've been thinking of changing to one-shot format for just the rest of the 5 books because the books are getting too long to do a story. What do you think? As you already know the story so well would it be better just to have a collection of one-shots for missing moments? Tell me your thoughts please?

I've started a new story called Flowers and Thorns and it's all about Rose & Scorpius and one-shots of their Hogwarts life so it would mean a lot of you checked that out. It's got one chapter so far and the next should go up tomorrow!

And finally thank you so much to everyone who has read this story, it means a lot and I really do hope you've enjoyed it. Love you all tonnes and hope to see you soon!

Hannah x