Epilogue
It's not the end, whoa, you know it's not the end
The school year had ended and it was halfway through the summer holidays. Gryffindor had won the Quidditch Cup due to a spectacular finale against Ravenclaw, eventually winning by four hundred and twenty to two hundred. Evangeline caught the snitch right from Ravenclaw seeker, Norman Price's nose, but she made sure that James had scored at least five goals before she did. Because of Gryffindor's consistent wins over all the rest of the houses, that made them in the running for the House Cup. They were drawing with Ravenclaw, who rarely lost points, but only until the very last class of the year; Transfiguration. It was Izzy who managed to gain five points from McGonagall for perfecting her spell, leaving Gryffindor in the lead as the year drew to an end. Evangeline was sure that McGonagall had done it on purpose, just so that Gryffindor would win the House cup. So, the feast at the end of the year was glittered with the colours of red and gold. On the way back on the train, Evangeline got an unpleasant visit from Bellatrix Black, obviously wanting to get her back for the trouble that she had caused that year. Evangeline who was in no mood to deal with her, shot a bat-bogey hex her way and kicked her out of the compartment, slamming the door behind her.
Evangeline and James, of course, went to live with their father over the summer. He had bought a house with a large garden in the country towards the coast. They rarely heard from their mother, a few letters indicating that they could come and visit her if they wished. Evangeline curtly dismissed the invitation. James visited her once, using the Floo Network that both the houses were connected by. But on his return, he swore that he would attempt not to go back as his mother spent the entire time begging him to live with her once more. Sirius also lived with them, he would never return to Grimauld Place, even if he had wanted to, Evangeline wouldn't have let him. Their relationship continued through through the summer, a few arguments here and there, but what relationship doesn't? Evangeline's father had made sure as soon as Sirius stepped in the front door that a line had been drawn, ruling out any inappropriate activity, either that or he would be kicked out. Evangeline knew that wasn't true, her father had loved Sirius like another son and would never throw him out of the house. As usual, James and Sirius were always up to know good, giving Evangeline heart attacks by frightening her on countless occasions and pranking her consistently. Even though Sirius was her boyfriend, he definitely didn't hold back on a chance to prank her.
Towards the end of July, Remus and Peter had been invited up for the rest of the summer. This of course meant more trouble for Evangeline, even though she was Marauder herself. Clearly, being anything other than male meant that you were going to get pranked. Even her father had joined in with the Marauders at one point. She would have invited Lily up, but after her argument with James towards the end of the year she sadly refused the invitation. Izzy was in France, her family usually went there each summer, thus leaving Evangeline to cope with having to live with four troublesome guys yet again.
There was a loud bang against the wall. Evangeline tossed over in her bed and slowly opened her eyes, yawning as she stretched her arms up in the air. 'What the hell... ?' she muttered to herself. Once again it was silent, she sighed irritatedly, turned over on her side and closed her eyes once more. The banging began once more, Evangeline snapped her eyes opened and glanced at the clock on the wall; eight o'clock. She growled displeasedly, and kicked her duvet off of her body. She swivelled her body around until her legs were dangling off the bed. Slowly, she managed to lift her body to a sitting position. She groaned at the thought of getting up so early and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. 'Stupid, idiot Marauders,' Evangeline complained and got to her feet.
She stumbled towards the door of her bedroom, yawning as she went. She reached the door, lifted her hand up to the hand and turned it. Evangeline blinked and attempted to turn it again. It wouldn't budge. She sighed exasperatedly and grabbed her wand from her desk. 'Alohomora,' she said, she heard the lock open, shoved her wand down the waistband of her pyjama shorts and turned the handle. She pulled open the door, trudging out, expecting to find herself surrounded by Marauders. But she wasn't. Evangeline rolled her eyes and walked down the landing, glancing into each room as she walked towards the stairs. No one was there. She walked quietly down the stairs, confused as to where the banging noise had come from.
'There she is!' came a voice from up the stairs.
Evangeline glanced back to see James standing at the top of the stairs, his wand drawn. 'You're not allowed to use magic outside of school, Jamie,' she said, smiling up at him smugly. 'Surely you should know that by now.'
'Who cares about that stupid rule!' James replied. 'Anyway, as far as I know, you used it to open your bedroom door,' he raised his eyebrows cockily. Evangeline rolled her eyes. 'I bet you wanna know why I locked it in the first place, huh?'
'Yes, I wouldn't mind knowing,' Evangeline said. 'But obviously you wanted me to get out, otherwise you would have put a stronger spell on it, rather than just using the key,' she said, smiling before putting her hands on her hips.
'Didn't I tell you she would say that, Prongs?' Remus said, suddenly appearing beside James. 'She's not stupid,' he said, he too had his wand in his hand. Evangeline eyed them warily, wondering whether or not she should just disarm them.
'Thanks, Moonboy,' Evangeline said, smiling at Remus' annoyed expression. He hated her calling him that. 'Would you just hurry up and prank me so that I can get my breakfast,' she said, glancing at her watch that her father had bought her.
'You seem keen, Angel,' Sirius said, appearing on the other side of James.
Evangeline raised her eyebrow. 'How did I know that you would be in on this too? I'm your girlfriend, you'd think you might cut me some slack,' she said, folding her arms.
'Well, I wouldn't have to prank you if you hadn't of pranked me the other day,' Sirius grinned. 'That was a horrible prank to play on me!' he pouted, and folded his arms, copying her actions.
'It was hilariously funny though, you should –' James had raised his wand, and was pointing it at Evangeline. Her eyes widened, ' – James, what – ARHHHHHHHH!' The stairs disappeared beneath her, she fell on her stomach and she went sliding down them. She managed to swivel herself around onto her back, she groaned once she noticed the pool of mud at the bottom of the stairs. SPLASH! Evangeline landed in the mud, splattering it everywhere, over the walls, the carpet and obviously herself.
'What on earth was – ' Evangeline's father came rushing out of the kitchen but stopped abruptly at the doorway. 'Evie … what are you doing?' he asked, as he watched his daughter pull herself to her feet. She turned to face him, glared at him and glanced up the stairs, not uttering a word. 'James,' her father said sternly. 'What did you do to your sister this time?'
'Nothing, she just fell down the stairs,' James said simply with an innocent shrug.
Evangeline gasped and fumbled at the band of her shorts for her wand, 'Why – you – little –' she pulled out her wand and shot a stinging hex at her brother who yelped as it hit him.
'Evangeline,' her father said, grabbing her wand from her hand, 'No magic outside school and don't hex your brother.'
'He started it!' Evangeline complained, flinging her arm in the direction of her brother who was grinning smugly. 'And he used magic too!'
Their father sighed and brought his hand to his face, 'James, clean this mess up,' James scowled and huffily trudged down the stairs. 'And go and get yourself cleaned up, Evie,' he said, glancing at his daughter who was grinning smugly at her brother. The exact same grin he had smiling a moment before.
'Of course, daddy,' Evangeline said in a sickly sweet voice. James glared at her as she walked past him, she deliberately elbowed him in the ribs before climbing the stairs. Sirius and Remus where grinning maniacally, attempting to hold back their laughter as James was handed a mop and bucket by his father.
Once Evangeline had had a shower, changed into a pair of denim shorts and a brightly coloured t-shirt she bounded down the stairs and giggled as she walked over the clean, shining floor at the bottom of the stairs. She skipped into the kitchen towards the table where everyone was seated. She kissed Sirius on the cheek as she walked past where he was sitting before doing the same to her father. She glanced over at James who was watching her in a hawk-like manner. 'What's wrong, Prongs? You want a kiss too?' she asked him.
'No thanks, I don't want to get diseased,' James retorted, as he plunged the spoon into his bowl of cornflakes.
Evangeline laughed, James was obviously annoyed with her. She walked over to the bread bin, grabbed two slices of bread and walked over to the toaster her father had bought. She looked confusedly at it, she pressed a few buttons before glancing over at her father who was watching her with interest. It was clear he was trying not to laugh. 'It's not funny, dad. How do you work this silly thing?' she asked, glancing around at the electrical object.
'See those two openings at the top, put the bread in there,' her father said, pointing at the toaster. Evangeline put the bread in the two designated openings and glanced back at her father. 'Then push that lever down,' he said. Evangeline pushed the silver lever down, flinching as she expected it to pop back up again, but it didn't.
'What do I do now?' Evangeline asked.
'You wait,' her father said, picking up his bowl and walking over to the sink.
'Oh,' Evangeline murmured as she watched out the window at the sun that was shining on the river that passed their house. Since the weather had picked up they had pretty much spent almost everyday down by the river, lying on the embankment or splashing about in the water. She looked to the sky, flocked by sparrows that were swooping around in the air. She narrowed her eyes, there were bigger birds amongst them, much bigger. 'OWLS!' Evangeline yelped, jumping and throwing her arms in the air. Everyone else at the table jumped in surprise at her sudden outburst. 'There are five owls flying towards our house!' she said, answering the confused expressions of the others.
'Yay,' James answered in fake excitement.
Evangeline shot a glance at him. 'They're bringing our results, James! How can you not be excited?' she asked him incredulously before she undid the latch on the window and pushed it open so that the owls had a way in. 'Here they come!' Evangeline said, bouncing on the balls of her feet as each owl, one by one swooped into the kitchen and landed on the table. 'Which one's mine? Which one?' she asked repeatedly.
'Calm down, Evie,' her father said, taking the letter from the nearest owl. 'This one's yours, Remus,' he said, handing the letter to Remus who took it. He glanced around nervously as the other found their letter.
'Oh my God,' Evangeline said, picking up the letter. 'This one is mine –' she glanced at the envelope, her eyes wide, then around at everyone else,' – I-I'm not sure I want to open it now,' she said, holding the letter in her shaking hands and staring at the address on the front.
'Don't be stupid, Evie,' James said, shaking his head. 'We'll open them all together –' he grabbed the back of the envelope, ready to rip it open, ' – Ready?' he glanced around at everyone else who had done the same. 'Go.'
The ripping of paper echoed through the room. Evangeline ripped her envelop down the middle, dropping it in the process, she quickly unfolded the letters that it contained. She threw the list of things she needed for the next year onto the table. Eventually she came to the letter she was looking for:
ORDINARY WIZARDING LEVEL RESULTS
Pass Grades: Outstanding (O)
Exceeds Expectations (E)
Acceptable (A)
Fail Grade: Poor (P)
Dreadful (D)
Troll (T)
EVANGELINE APRIL POTTER HAS ACHIEVED:
Arithmancy: O
Astronomy: O
Care of Magical Creatures: O
Charms: O
Defence Against the Dark Arts: O
Divination: A
Herbology: E
History of Magic: D
Potions: O
Transfiguration: O
Evangeline grinned, she was extremely happy with her results. Although she wasn't so sure about her Herbology result, she was pretty sure that when she got stung by the Spineroot that she wasn't going to do well. Apparently her exam went better than what she thought it did. She glanced around at everyone else in the room, they were all smiling apart from Peter. 'Well? How's you guys do?' she asked and sat down in the nearest chair, scanning over the letter to make sure that she had read it properly.
James grinned over at her, 'Passed everything except Divination and History of Magic,' he said, handing her his letter and grabbing Evangeline's out of her hand. He snorted as he read down her results. 'Seven 'Outstandings', an 'Exceeds Expectations', an 'Acceptable' and a 'Dreadful,' he muttered and shook his head.
Evangeline read her brother's he had received five 'Outstandings', two 'Exceeds Expectations', a 'Poor' and a 'Dreadful'. He had beaten her at Herbology, not that she minded he was honestly better at than what she was. 'That's brilliant, James,' Evangeline said with a smile, handing his letter back to him. She watched as Sirius scanned down his letter for the thousandth time already. She got up off her seat walked over to him and wrapped her arm around him, leaning her head on his arm. She smiled up at him, 'Well?'
Sirius smiled down at her, 'Five 'Outstandings', two 'Exceeds Expectations', a 'Poor' and … a 'Troll' in History of Magic,' he said, laughing at the last result he listed.
Evangeline laughed along with him, 'I think everyone failed History of Magic,' she said, 'I got a 'Dreadful'.'
'What?' Sirius said, glancing down at her. 'One of the smartest girls in our year got a 'Dreadful'!' he said, with wide eyes and fake shock. 'Well, I never thought I'd see the day!' he said.
Evangeline rolled her eyes. 'You know fine rightly I did nothing in that class,' she said.
'Apart from me,' Sirius winked. 'Well, close to anyway.'
Evangeline shook her head and glanced over at Remus who had sat himself down on the chair she had just got out of. 'So, Moonboy, how did you do?' she asked him as Sirius pulled out a chair, sat down on it, dragged her over to him by the hand and sat her on his lap.
'Okay, I guess,' Remus replied. Evangeline looked at him expectantly. Remus rolled his eyes, 'I got six 'Outstandings', an 'Exceeds Expectations', an 'Acceptable' and a 'Dreadful',' he said, glancing down at the floor, suddenly noticing the envelope that lay abandoned there.
'That's great, Moony!' Sirius said.
'Thanks, Pads,' Remus said gratefully before bending down to retrieve the envelope. He picked it up, but something fell out of it. He furrowed his eyebrows and read the envelope. It was Evangeline's. He grinned maniacally and bent down to pick up the small badge that lay gleaming on the floor. He began to laugh as he sat back in his chair, the small badge in his hands.
'What's wrong, Remy?' Evangeline asked, as she watched his shoulders shake violently with his laughter. Remus set the small badge on the table, so she could see it. 'It's your Prefect badge, what's so funny about that?' she asked him confusedly.
'It's not mine,' Remus said, between laughs.
'Well then whose is it?' Evangeline asked.
'Yours!' Remus shouted, pointing at her.
'ANGEL'S A PREFECT?!' Sirius shouted in Evangeline's ear. He was almost as surprised as what she was.
Evangeline's face dropped. 'Don't be stupid. It's obviously someone else's,' she said, a horrified expression on her face.
'No it's not, it fell out of your envelope,' Remus said, showing her the empty envelope.
'There's got to be some mistake,' Evangeline said, getting up from Sirius' lap and walking over to where she had left her other letter. She picked it up and began to read it. She frowned, and closed her eyes before opening them to see Remus grinning up at her. 'It's not a mistake,' she said quietly, cringing inside.
'HA! Told you!' Remus said, holding the badge up to her. Prefect.
James entered the kitchen, a confused look on his face. 'What's wrong?' He glanced at Evangeline who was staring blankly at the badge that Remus had set down on the table in front of her. 'What – IS THAT YOURS?!' he shouted, making Evangeline jump in surprise. James pointed from her to the badge sitting on the table. Evangeline glanced up at him, her expression; shocked. 'That – that thing is yours,' he said pointing at the badge. Evangeline nodded slightly.
'HAHA! You're a Prefect!' James shouted, Evangeline rolled her eyes. 'DAD! DAD! EVIE'S A PREFECT!'
The End
Well, guys, this story has finally come to an end. It hope you all enjoyed it, I certainly enjoyed writing it XD Reviews are appreciated, give your overall thought of the story etc. I shall be starting the sequel soon, I'll keep you all updated (:
Thanks to all my reviewers: sportingchick101, only Black lover, funniefriend1245, Dracoisalooker76, Gayle7, Likewow5556, Snoball13, Jake-is-my-guy, niko2011, pheobep3, xxfhockeygirliexx, teamfred, The-Mixed-Up-Girl, MusicalLife17, De-vo13, vanillabean18, HPlovaa, PTH12, b3lla, Hurricane Rachel and everyone else who reviewed (:
Special thanks to; only Black lover, Dracoisalooker, Likewow5556, funniefriend1245 and sportingchick101 who, if I'm not mistaken have reviewed every chapter that i updated (: Thank you!
Tori xo