-Seven years later-

Maddi blinked awake. Seven years. She remembered how mad her mum was when she found out that they weren't in Slytherin. She remembered hanging out with the Mauraders and Lily Evans and Alice Prewett and Marlene McKinnon. Seven years has gone by and soon she'd be leaving Hogwarts forever. She shook her head to clear it.
"I've got to get back to the reality of today... the Dark Days." she muttered to herself. "At least there's Quidditch today."
She got out of bed and changed into her Quidditch robes of blue and silver, then walked out to the Quidditch feild.
"You're late." Greta Catchlove, Ravenclaw Keeper and Captain, hissed at her.
"By like, 30 seconds." she snarled back, silently daring anyone to contradict her.
"Grudges held aside, we need to get out there." Dirk Cresswell told them.
They walked out and mounted their brooms, and watched as the Slytherins did the same. Maddi glared at Regulus and he glared back.
"On my whistle now! One... Two... THREE!"
As the whistle blew, they all kicked up and into the sky. Maddi circled up and started looking for the Snitch.
"So how's Ravenclaw treating you, SIS? Like the scum you are? Or maybe... Maybe they are all just like Lovegood, always a lunatic."
Maddi ignored the taunts of her brother.
"What I what to know is WHERE will you go after Hogwarts? Mum won't let you back into the house, stinking of Mudbloods, like that useless Gryffindor redhead know-it-all!" Regulus shouted.
"DON'T TALK ABOUT LILY LIKE THAT! AND WHY WOULD I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE NOBLE AND MOST ANCEINT HOUSE OFDEATH EATERS?" she screamed at him, her voice shaking with cold fury.
He looked taken aback for a moment, and while he was thinking of something to say back, she saw a glimmer of gold. She dived down and swerved around Slytherins and Ravenclaws and Quaffles and Bludgers and reached out a hand. She heard a shocked gasp in the crowd just as she caught the walnut-sized golden ball in her hand. She looked up and saw Regulus holding a Beater's bat, then felt a cracking pain in her side. She doubled over in pain, then crumpled to the ground before everything went black.

"I think she's waking up." a familiar female voice sounded.
"Madeline? You ok sis?"
Maddi opened her eyes and saw a crowd of people. Sirius, James, and Remus were standing on the left side of the bed, Lily, Alice, and Marlene on the right.
"What's the damage?" she asked.
"A few broken ribs but they healed you all up." Lily replied. "It was terrible. Regulus-"
"I know what happened. And if I can leave, I'd like to go and pound him to a pulp." she replied, her eyes seeming to dance like flames.
"You can't do that. Plus, Hooch already gave him a good scolding and half a year of detention for it." Alice said.
"But you didn't hear what he was saying before I saw the Snitch... 'Mum won't let you back in the house, stinking of Mudbloods, like that useless Gryffindor redhead know-it-all' I nearly hexed him right then!" Maddi said, coldness in her voice.
They all gaped at her, exept Sirius.
"Oh well, we can do so much better than the Death Eater in training. Let's all go down for some butterbeers in the kitchen." he said.
"No thanks. I'd rather not get in trouble. Plus we have to study for exams." Lily stated, Alice and Marlene nodding in agreement.
"Well then, just Moony, Prongs, Padfoot, and Maddi." Sirius said, walking down the corridor.
"So I don't a cool nickname..." Maddi fake-pouted.
James and Sirius rolled their eyes then started whispering to each other. Sirius dropped something and ducked down to pick it up.
"Well there goes the prank for Regulus. Hey James, help me clean it up. You too go on ahead, we might be a while."
Maddi and Remus started walking towards the kitchen.
"It feels weird, doesn't it, knowing that this is the last time we'll ever be at Hogwarts again... at least as a student." Remus said after a few minutes silence.
"Yeah... We'll all go our seprate ways into the world..." she trailed off, her eyes stinging with unshed tears. She blinked them away.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah. I just...I'm going to miss it. the castle, the lake, the forest, trips into Hagrid's hut, classes, you... I mean you know- the Maraders. and Lily, Alice, and Marlene..."
"oh..." he sounded a bit disapointed. "Well... just because we aren't at school, oesn't mean we all aren't still freinds..."
"Thanks... I needed that."
She hugged him, and he was standing there looking stupified for a moment before putting his arms around her.
'Mysterious he is... but i like that...' she thought, feeling her heart skip a beat when he hugged her back.
She thought she heard whispering for a moment, but then it queited down as they started walking again.
'Whatever happens next... We're in it together.'