School Daze 03 By David DAG1064@aol.com T/t, oral, anal Author's Notes: Harry Potter belongs to J. K. Rowling.
School Daze 03
Harry and I quickly scrambled for our clothes and managed to get dressed while trying to avoid Rita's spells at the same time. I managed the feat and then used a flying front kick to send her to the other side of the classroom, giving Harry all the time needed to finish dressing. He rolled left while I rolled right as Rita finally lost her temper.
"Bastards!" she screamed as she attacked. I threw up my personal shield and stopped three of her attacks. She really was drawing on power from someplace and I knew this fight needed to be ended fast. A moment later the room filled up with witches and wizards, Albus Dumbledore leading them.
"Come get me!" she screamed as she stood on top of McGonagall's desk. I threw a couple of the Transfiguration textbooks in her direction but she easily turned them aside as I charged. A spell nearly hit me but I had changed direction at the last second and a bookcase suffered an early demise, the books catching fire. While Rita was concentrating on me, Harry popped out of nowhere and threw a rope around her ankles and pulled on it hard, bringing her down hard on the desk. She yowled in pain and turned to look for the person who had done it. Harry had gone back into cover and she threw a half dozen spells at everybody. Albus maintained a shield around everybody, protecting them. The teachers threw a few spells at her, which bounced off her own shield. This was getting way too much. I decided it was up to me to take her down. I moved fast, landing on top of her and driving her head into the top of the desk. She managed to throw me off and I managed to get a grip on her wand and snapped it in half. Her eyes grew big in shock as she looked at the broken wand.
"NOW YOU DIE!" she screamed at me. I rolled just as she drew a second wand, casting an unforgivable at me. I back flipped over her and landed on the floor to her right. She turned, giving me a target of opportunity. I gave her a big right, knocking her backwards off the desk and onto the floor. She rose and pointed her wand at me. I dropped and rolled, the spells narrowly missing me. I came to my feet with four shiriken between my fingers, coated with sleep potion. She snarled at us and then made a gesture with her hand and I knew what she was trying to do. When it became clear she hadn't turned into a bug, she came totally unglued. Rita started throwing spells all over the place, but the shield around the teachers held fast. I had gone for cover and was waiting for opportunity to use shiriken. The spells stopped and she panted, trying to catch her breath. She was three seconds too slow as two of the shirikens sank home in her arm, the other two missing her. She grabbed the two in her arm and pulled them out. I could see blood on her arm where the shiriken had hit and knew it was just a matter of time now.
"Rita darling, you is mine now," I said calmly. She swayed a moment later and I knew the sleep potions were starting to have an effect on her. I watched as she slumped against the wall and then finally keeled over. Rita Skeeter was finished. Harry and I stood there and watched as Albus did a few spells to keep her from using her magic at all. He turned to us and smiled grimly.
"Well done, all of you. Especially David. You used those things perfectly. Miss Skeeter is no longer a threat. I have discovered a pendant that was charmed to double her power. It has been removed and it will be handed over to the officials as soon as they arrive. I believe she will never leave Azkaban," Albus Dumbledore said. Harry nodded. "What a tragedy." Snape nodded. "That it is, Potter. A lesson here to be learned." Nothing more was said as Rita was carried out of the classroom. Harry and I followed the group down to the infirminary where she was placed inside a secure room and locked in. Albus would contact the officials and no doubt she would be collected the next day if not sooner.
"What now?" I asked Harry. He shook his head. "Let's call it a day." That sounded good to me so we retreated to our private flat. I drew a bath while Harry stripped down. Both of us climbed into the tub and sat down together. Harry leaned against me and I rubbed his shoulders.
"I was hoping we could help her," Harry said, finally breaking the silence. I sighed and kissed the top of his head. "So was I, Harry. But she made her choice and now she will have to suffer the consequences."
"Do you think she will ever recover?" he asked.
"No. She never will," I said. Harry sighed and snuggled up to me, closing his eyes. I gently stroked his cheek and hugged him close to me. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.
The next morning we watched as Rita was carried out of Hogwarts and to a waiting horseless carriage for her final trip. She would be locked up inside Azkaban for the remained of her days. Her actions and decline into insanity had condemned her to her fate. Once the carriage was gone, I turned to Harry. He looked up at me and nodded.
"She chose her fate," he said. Dumbledore nodded. "Yes. A powerful lesson here to be learned." He wasn't kidding. I turned to Harry and took his hand as the crowd dispersed.
"Want to get some breakfast and then go walkabout once more?" I asked. He smiled. "Yeah. We got a castle to explore." We walked into the hall and had a leisurely breakfast and then headed up to the next floor beneath the one we had cleared yesterday. By the end of the day we had cleared two more floors and had collected quite a few Wizard cards and a lot more Every Flavor Beans. We gave the Twins a considerable amount of the beans for a gag they were planning at the end of the year. I had the feeling it would be a good one.
The day we were to head to the burrow Harry and I had cleared a good part of Hogwarts, deciding to do the grounds once the warm weather came around. We flooed into the Burrow once Bill Weasley declared it safe to arrive. All of us kids worked hard to fix the place up before Molly and Arthur arrived Christmas Eve. They certainly were surprised and happy to see all of us again.
"The house looks beautiful," Molly said as she looked around at the Christmas decorations that all of us spent the last two hours putting up.
"Just us this year?" Ron asked. Arthur nodded. "Yes. Another relative volunteered to do the open house thing for the clan this year."
"Cool," Ron nodded. "Be nice to have a quiet holiday for once." Arthur turned to Harry and me. "I hear you two had an interesting situation." Harry and I spent the next fifteen minutes telling Molly and Arthur what had happened.
"So now she's locked very securely inside Azkaban for the rest of her days," I said. "Kinda sad." Arthur nodded. "Albus is right when he said she chose her own path."
"I know. Hard lesson to learn," Harry said. "But it's done and over."
"The both of you are safe and that's what matters," Molly said. Bill came back downstairs as Charlie walked into the living room from the kitchen.
"Dinner's ready," he announced. Molly led the way to the kitchen and we sat down in our usual places and had a great Christmas Eve dinner.
The house was quiet when I came back from my morning run. Checking the time I decided to put on a pot of tea, coffee, and apple cider and set out some pastries for a late breakfast. Charlie and bill were cooking Christmas dinner and they promised good stuff. Molly was thrilled about having not to cook today and decided on a bit of a lie in with Arthur. Naturally I wondered if they ever did anything and smiled at the thought. I went upstairs after setting up the pots and went into the shower. When I came out Harry was getting up.
"Hey there beautiful," I smiled when I saw him. He turned and grinned. "You talking about me?"
"Well, you are the only one in here at the moment," I said. Harry laughed and walked over to me and we hugged. "Be out of the shower in a bit." I dressed and went downstairs, going back to the kitchen. I drew a cup of coffee and sat down at the table. Ron and Hermione were the next two to wander in.
"Hey, what's up?" I asked. Ron grumbled and stretched. "Didn't want to wake up. Was way too comfortable." I had to grin at that. Ron wasn't a morning person at all. Hermione on the other hand was wide awake and eager to go.
"Good morning," she said as she drew a cup of tea for Ron and herself. I pulled a bed tray out of the closet next to the sink and drew two tall cups of tea and arranged some pastries on a small plate.
"Room service for Molly and Arthur," I announced, knocking on their door. I heard a rustling sound inside the room. "Come in," Arthur's voice called. I opened the door and carried the tray over to them. "Here you are. Two cups of hot fresh tea and breakfast pastries." Both of them smiled. "Thanks David." I quietly retreated and closed the door behind me.
I went back down in time to see the Twins clowning around as usual, making people laugh. I noticed Charlie was guarding his teacup closely.
"Not chirping yet?" I asked Charlie. He grinned. "Not this time." The twins just grinned at us and I knew they were up to something. I had to laugh at the expressions on their faces.
"I wouldn't bet on that just yet," I said as I reached for my cup. Fred grinned even wider and I put my cup down quickly and went for a fresh cup of coffee. Fred grumbled as he turned to his brother. When he did, I quickly switched my cup for his and resumed my position by the coffee pot. Fred turned back and I sipped my fresh coffee. Molly and Arthur walked into the room just as Fred picked up the cup I'd given him on the sneak and he drained it in one go. Then he screwed up his face when he realized what he had just drank. The cup of coffee he'd spiked. The room burst out into laughter.
"What's going on?" Arthur asked, quite puzzled. Fred sighed. "Chirp." Molly closed her eyes as she suddenly realized what had happened as George rolled on the floor in laughter. Then Arthur joined in the laughter as Molly shook her head.
"Finally got yours, didn't you?" she inquired and then broke down in laughter. Fred just smiled at me as he picked up his wand and waved it around his throat. "You got me good, slick. Very nice." We shook hands and then we turned our attention to the tree. It was time for presents.
Bill and Charlie really outdid themselves on the Christmas Dinner. There was turkey and ham with all of the appropriate side dishes. The fireplace pinged and I turned to it with drawn Wakizaki as Harry stood next to me with his wand drawn. It turned out to be Dumbledore. Charlie walked into the living room at that moment.
"I forgot to tell all of you that I invited Professor Dumbledore to dinner. Hope you all don't mind," Charlie said as he shook hands with Dumbledore. Harry and I stood down and welcomed Dumbledore. He smiled and wished us a Happy Christmas. We sat in the living room for a moment and did some light chit chat before heading in to the kitchen table for dinner. It was one of the most relaxing evenings we spent, enjoying each other's company and the entertainment from the Twins. Those two never fail to entertain.
"So what's planned for the New Year?" I asked Albus.
"Nothing new just yet," he said. "The Ministry has been quiet of late and there's nothing new on him."
"I guess that's a good thing then," I said. "Considering what's been going on of late I guess we are due for a break."
"Just because he's gone into hiding doesn't mean he's completely gone," Arthur said. "We still need to be aware of what's going on. The Death Eaters may still be active and there are a few of them out there to worry about." Dumbledore nodded. "Constant vigilance, as a friend would say." I had to agree with that. I wasn't going to ease up on my training just because the man was lying low someplace. I'd continue to train as hard as I possibly could. I'd continue to teach Harry the martial arts and anyone else who was interested. Besides, Voldemort still has much to answer for. One day he will. Nobody ever escapes justice.
Dumbledore left around ten and all of us eventually drifted up to bed. Dudley was rooming with Harry and me so that took care of our privacy. Harry didn't mind too much. The three of us sat on our beds and talked quietly until nearly one in the morning. We didn't settle anything major or solve some major world problem, but we did have some interesting proposals to a few of the Wizarding world's problems. I think Dudley would make a great politician if he was inclined to go in that direction. Who really knows what direction life can take a person in. I believe in faith and designation, but I also believe a large part of that lies in our own hands. What we do with our lives today can affect our future.
We rang in the New Year with a large group of people crowding Diagon alley. The band accepted an invitation to play in the alley, using the top steps of Gringotts bank as a stage. We went all out and really put on a show, Fred and George using all of their fireworks skills to light up the alley to ring in the New Year at the stroke of midnight. I think that was one of the best times anyone had, knowing it was safe to come out and really celebrate. Even the goblins that ran the bank joined in the festivities and that was the first time I'd ever seen the goblins celebrate something. Hermione told us later that was the first time in Wizard history that the goblins actively mingled with Wizards to celebrate something. Fudge declared in the next morning's Daily Prophet that the goblins joining us for a celebration was a positive step in the right direction, bring about better relations between the Goblin world and the Wizarding world. The day after that, Griphook was interviewed and basically said the same thing, noting that it was the first time he himself felt that he'd been accepted in the Wizarding World. The paper was filled with letters for the next two weeks, running nearly 98% positive at the new direction the Goblin/Wizarding relations had gone in. I hoped it would continue and hopefully other magical races would see that and ask for peaceful relations with the Wizarding world. It would go a long way in the event that Voldemort reappeared. I'm sure he wouldn't be too happy with the news that all of the magical races were engaging in peaceful relations.
Getting back to Hogwarts one Sunday evening was a quiet trip. A lot of us had much on our minds, especially the seventh years. Fred and George were discussing the possibility of going into business together, marketing their gags and pranking kits. I knew they'd be an overnight success. I decided I'd throw some money behind them. I didn't know Harry was considering the same thing and it was a surprise to me when he showed up at Fred and George's secret lab with a big bag of cash the same time I did. By the time we left that evening, everything was said and done. The WWW, or Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes was born. The name was Harry's idea, saying they should have a name that was easy to remember. A few days later Colin Creevey gave them a sheet of paper on which he'd designed the logo for their company. He got a lifetime supply of pranking kits for his efforts. All of us had to make sure we didn't end up in one of Colin's pranks.
The next two Quidditch matches pretty much went in the way we knew they would. Gryffindor House won them both. For the Parent's Weekend, it was decided that the teachers and staff would challenge the students to a match. Fred and George quickly set up voting boxes in the hall and everyone voted on who should play what. Harry got the majority vote for seeker, which was really no surprise to anyone. We got the band together for rehearsals and discussions as to what we would do for the Saturday night dance. Friday night would be a talent show open to everyone at the school, including the teachers and staff. I was sure we'd see some really good things from the performers. Boy was I right. There were the usual singers and skits, but the highlights of the evening had to have been Professor Snape and his absolutely amazing illusions. He was very talented and he pulled off some of the best ones I'd ever seen. Professor Dumbledore did an animated reading with one of his favorite poems and actually suggested a few gags for it. It went over big with the crowd. Naturally the Twins emceed the show once more, taking potshots at the performers, Harry, the Ministry, and the school. Neville was asked to do his impressions of the staff and teachers in the school once more, getting a good sized ovation for his impressions. The show was a hit.
The game between teachers and students was too close to call. The plays were close, the score even closer, and there were some excellent stunts and some very skillful flying. The teachers certainly made the students work for the win but we got it much to the excitement of the crowd. Of course we all knew the game was all in good fun, nobody really cared who won as long as we all had fun doing it. The house elves set up one hell of a buffet lunch for all of us and after the lunch there was a guided tour for anyone interested in seeing the castle and a lot of the incoming first years and their parents took advantage of it. I was glad to see that because now it meant the incoming first years would know what to expect. McGonagall kept Percy busy with other things and I suspect it was to keep him from showing off with his superior attitude. I was glad of that, even though he'd graduated ahead of us years before. The current Gryffindor prefect did a very good job when people came into the Gryffindor Tower to visit and see the place. Hermione suggested that some of us set up a display of some of our current projects by year and that proved to be a good thing, because it gave the incoming first years and idea of what to expect. Thank God Snape went easy on the incoming first years, informing them and their parents of the potions program, from the basic to the very advanced. The other professors did the same, having students volunteer to demonstrate some of the things being studied in class. There was no doubt the weekend was a success for the school.
After that it was back to the grind. Since it was our final year, we didn't have very many classes to go to. The emphasis was on charms, transfiguration, and DADA. We did get a lot of homework in those subjects, which left us very little time to be together. Harry and I did manage to slip away to our private flat that had been moved after the Rita Skeeter fiasco nearly a year and a half ago. Our privacy was a lot more guarded than ever, Dumbledore wanting to prevent any more undue events. Thinking back to then, I don't blame him for wanting to make sure that Harry and I were protected. Yes it was a bit stifling at times, but we hung in there knowing that once we were out of Hogwarts we didn't have to be subject to his constant presence in our lives. Once Harry and I reached our majority (legal age), we certainly found out a lot about our dear headmaster. It seemed that he had interfered in every aspect of Harry's life, placing him with the Dursleys against his parent's wishes to suppressing Sirius Black's will. According to Sirius Black's will, Harry was to get everything, from properties to the Black Family Vault. Even the Potter will had been kept from Harry as well. Harry was to have gone to either Sirius Black or Remus Lupin to live with them. Harry was to have gotten the Potter Family fortune and properties, including the Family ring, which was supposed to give him even more magical power. Harry had flown into a rage and it took me, Draco, Lupin, Hermione, and the Weasleys to keep him from doing anything rash. Once everything came to light, Harry wasted no time in making sure everything that was supposed to be his went to him. One of the things he did was to name me the head of the Black Family. When I slipped the Black Family ring on, I felt an increase in my magical power. Harry legally was my Liege Lord since the Black Family was entwined with the Potter Family as a minor branch of the Potter Family and I didn't have any problem with that. Once everything was in Harry's control, he got busy and set up a few things to benefit the Wizarding World. One of the things he did was to set up an Orphan's Foundation to assist Wizarding Orphanages around England. The second was to set up a couple of scholarships to help poor families send their kids to Hogwarts. The third was to give the Weasley Family a significant amount of money to improve their lives. When word of the foundations he'd set up got out, Harry was deluged with donations and requests to speak on the foundations he'd set up. Naturally Professor Dumbledore found out that Harry and I had discovered his secret interference in Harry's life. The conversation in his office that stormy afternoon changed a lot of things for us. We lost the use of the private flat and lost our Hogsmeade privileges. As if that was going to really stop us. Harry and I decided we'd keep all of this to ourselves for the time being. We had four months left in Hogwarts anyway.
Harry and I managed to keep our relationship going with the help of the guys in our dorm. Every now and then Lee Jordan, the seventh year prefect would let us use his room and his private bath so we could have some private time together. We owed Lee Jordan a lot for doing that for us, running the risk of getting into trouble with Dumbledore. If he knew, he never said anything. I remember very clearly the night we spent in there a few weeks before our graduation from Hogwarts. We had become men and we had grown from the young teens into big men and the physical changes we went through had a lot of the girls and a few boys chasing us. While Harry and I enjoyed the attention we got, we knew that we'd never go bed hopping. These days it isn't safe at all. God know what you could catch.
"Bath is ready," Harry called out from inside the bathroom in his deep rich baritone, sending shivers up and down my spine.
"Be right there, love. Almost ready," I said. I walked into the bathroom a moment later and got into the bathtub, or should I say a small swimming pool with Harry. We hugged each other and the evening's pleasures started. We took the time to wash each other and engaged in a lot of foreplay, the touching and caressing each other causing great pleasure inside us. I enjoyed exploring his muscular body, the result of many hard workouts with each other. That wasn't all that had grown. Harry's cock had grown a bit more, finally settling in at nine inches. Believe me when I tell you I enjoyed it very much! Mine had attained eight inches and I was happy with that. I know Harry enjoyed it too.
"Someone's eager to play," Harry whispered into my ear as my hard cock was pressed against his thigh.
"So is yours," I shot back as I felt his hard nine inches on my stomach. We fondled each other for a few minutes and then decided we had enough of the bath. Getting out we dried each other off and headed into the bedroom to bed. Stretching out on the bed, Harry moved into a 69 and took my cock into his mouth while his fingers worked to lubricate and stretch my ass for the lovemaking I knew he would do to me. I took his hard cock into my mouth and used my fingers to get him ready for my cock. We sucked each other off for a long time, keeping each other on edge but not going all the way. Finally Harry backed off and rolled me onto my back. He placed my legs on his shoulders and slowly entered me.
"Take my love for you. Feel my love enter into you, become one with you," Harry whispered as he bottomed out deep inside of me. I lifted my head and kissed him. "Thank you for giving me your love." Harry slowly began the lovemaking as I sighed and reached up to touch and caress his torso. I felt his cock moving inside of me and it felt so good, so right. He closed his eyes a moment later and I knew he was about to cum inside of me.
"Here comes my love," he whispered and then I felt him cumming inside of me. He kept on fucking me until he had filled me up with his love. He slipped out of me and lay next to me and laid his head on my chest. We rested for a bit and then I moved in between his legs as he smiled. He placed his legs on my shoulders and I slipped my cock deep inside of him. Harry sighed and smiled.
"Please David, give me your sweet love," he whispered as he kissed me. I smiled down at him. "I will, my love." I started thrusting my cock deep inside of him, giving him pleasure as I got mine. He moaned in pleasure as I kept on making love to him. I could feel his anal muscle gripping me tight and then before I knew it I was cumming deep inside of him.
"There. There is my love for you," I whispered as I filled him up with cum. We snuggled up together once I was done. After a few more kisses and touches, we went to sleep in each other's arms.
The next morning it was obvious to everyone what happened with us last night. Harry and I couldn't stop smiling. Even the sight of Dumbledore couldn't dampen our spirits. He certainly didn't look too happy. The Order had found out about his indiscretions against Harry and they were not pleased, Lupin being the most vocal in his displeasure. Harry decided that the Black house at 12 Grimmauld Place would be given to the Order to use until the war was over. Then it's fate would be decided permanently. It needed a major cleaning. We recruited Dobby and a few of the Hogwarts elves to clean the place. Molly took charge of that and between all of us we got it done. The last item on the list was the portrait of Mrs. Black in the hall by the door. To our chagrin, we discovered the portrait was truly stuck in place with a permanent sticking charm. I eventually solved that problem by renting a chain saw. The moment I showed up with it Mrs. Black did a complete panic scene.
"What is that?" she screamed in panic. I smiled evilly. "It's a Muggle tool called a chain saw. It cuts things in half. In your case, it's going to help me cut your ugly face off the wall." Talk about doing the major freak, she really went ballistic. I'm sure Sirius would have enjoyed the sight of the chain saw going into the wall and around the portrait as I cut the damn thing off the wall. Molly calmly wrapped the portrait up in a sheet of black canvas and carried it upstairs to the attic. It is still there to this day.
The Order didn't meet very often due to the lack of Death Eater activity. Of course they voted me, Harry, the Twins, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny in as full members once Mad Eye Moody pointed out that the fight was now up to the younger generation even though the older people had been in it the longest. The Twins didn't hesitate to demonstrate what kind of thing they had come up with to help in the fight against the Death Eaters. Some of their items were well received, others were sent back to the drawing board with suggestions from us to improve them. Another change was that Dumbledore now no longer had final say in anything. Since the prophecy foretold Harry and Voldemort's last battle, Harry was now looked to for the final word. Naturally Harry looked to Dumbledore for advice and the old man was glad that Harry still respected him enough to ask his advice. Dumbledore would offer his thoughts on the subject and then Harry would make the decision. As long as the Death Eaters remained quiet, there wasn't much of anything to do. The Order and their associates kept track of the known Death Eaters and Snape kept up his own contacts with them in hopes to glean any new information. As they say, no news is good news.
Harry and I faced an uncertain future after Hogwarts. We had been accepted into the Auror Academy immediately after graduation. The recruiter talked to us over tea at Hogwarts in the Gryffindor commons room one afternoon a week before graduation.
"We are aware that the both of you are a couple and that doesn't bother us at all," Dawlish said. "What makes you two very formidable is the fact that both of you have trained together extensively in DADA and the martial arts. What we saw of your audition at the Academy two weeks ago was really amazing. You two knew exactly what to do and did it. Both of you had some really amazing moves. You guys didn't stop to make up a plan of defense or offense, you just flat out did it. David moved in one direction, Harry did the opposite. David would go high. Harry went low. The people you two faced in combat were equally impressed."
"One of the reasons why we train constantly on a daily basis," Harry replied. "We wanted our moves to be quick and in synch with each other, to be quick and decisive, and to be done without wasting a move."
"Well, you guys are in. We'll see you the first week of July. Take some time off and spend it with each other. I'll be honest. Once you get started, there won't be much time for be... close," Dawlish said. "To let you know we will work you hard and be taking up a lot of your time and we promise to never pull a Dumbledore." Harry and I nodded. "Thank you for your understanding."
That as far as we were concerned, settled our future. Now all we had to do was get through graduation. Once we got past that, the future and the world was ours and we planned on making the very best of it. But life does have a way of changing one's plans and many things would affect our lives. But we knew that we had each other and the support of our friends whenever we needed it. All of our friends knew they had our support. All they needed to do was ask. We'd be there in a heartbeat. That's just the way we were. I look up and Harry is standing before me with a smile on his face. I stand and take him into my arms and we kiss. Time for us to go and graduate.
END OF SERIES
************************************************************************ Epilog
In a surprise attack that we knew was coming, Voldemort and his supporters attacked the graduation with the intent of bringing us down and killing Harry. Instead he lost his life. Harry and I organized the defense. Once Voldemort made his appearance, all of the parents, the graduates, the teachers, the staff, and observers saw him coming, the panicked right on cue, running everywhere. But there was a plan to their actions and before the Death Eaters realized what was going on, it was too late. They were completely surrounded by very angry wizards. The battle was quick and decisive until me, Harry, Voldemort, and Nott met in the middle of the field. Voldemort threw down his challenge to which Harry accepted. Nott introduced himself as Voldemort's second. I stepped up and declared myself to be Harry's second. Nott and I backed off and left Harry and Voldemort in the middle. In what was to be a long remembered battle, Harry killed Voldemort. Nott stood up in total shock, realizing for the first time that the Dark Lord had finally fallen for good. Harry had used a simple cutting charm to remove Voldemort's head from the body. Nott charged Harry and Harry killed him instantly. The Death Eaters in anger charged once more but they failed. Many of them died that day. Neville Longbottom in a surprise fight avenged his parents by killing Bella LeStrange. The woman dies with a shocked look on her face. Her final words would be long remembered.
"I never imagined I'd be beaten by a Longbottom," she whispered as she died. The captured Death Eaters were taken to Azkaban where many of the revealed for the first time many of their supporters inside the Ministry. Arthur went right to work removing them. Harry and I spent nearly ten years chasing down all of the Death Eaters and their supporters that were on the run. We had many adventures and many of our battles were the stuff of legends. Then word reached us of Dumbledore being on his deathbed. Harry and I went back to Hogwarts and to see the man. He was resting comfortably in his bed. He had aged badly and he now knew his time had come. That afternoon he spent much of his time addressing his wrongs he'd committed against Harry. He handed Harry a piece of parchment to be opened when he passed on. He told us the board of governors of Hogwarts had a similar letter. Dumbledore passed on a week later, surrounded by friends he had come to regard as family. The Wizarding World was deep in mourning. Dumbledore was placed in state in the Great Hall so that people could come and pay their final respects before the funeral.
A week later the board of governors called Harry and me to the conference room that they met in. Harry had a seat on the board due to the fact that the Potter Clan had once been very active in the school and was a very powerful Family in the Wizarding World. Harry opened the letter that Dumbledore had given him as each member opened his or hers from him. It was a motion to make Harry the new Headmaster of Hogwarts. The board voted unanimously to accept Dumbledore's recommendation. After much persuasion and McGonagall refusal to accept the post, Harry took it. McGonagall then pledged her support to Harry as his assistant Headmaster. Snape surprised everyone present when he went down on one knee and swore an oath to Harry, to support and defend him. He also apologized to Harry for the bad blood between them and then took his place behind Harry. Harry accepted Snape's Oath and apology.
That September, Harry took the train to Hogsmeade and arrived at the school in front of a press conference. Arthur Weasley, the Minister of Magic administered the Headmaster's Oath to Harry. Harry turned to face the school and the ovation he got lasted a good long time. His first year as Headmaster provided many challenges to him. One thing he did accomplish was the ending of hostilities between Slytherin House and the Gryffindor House. Only then did Hogwarts finally become united. Snape decided he would step down as Head of House and just teach potions. Draco Malfoy was named as the new Head of House for Slytherin. Time as is supposed to do went on. Both of us are old now, Harry in his one hundredth year and me in my late nineties. Both of us are still very much in love. Both of us had adopted a number of children, so our lines will continue.
Our friends? Hermione has taken over the library as we suspected she would. One can always find her in there. Ron is an Auror, and both of them have grown kids who have married and their kids are now in Hogwarts. Fred and George became very successful with WWW and have retired. Their adult children now run it. The pranking gene has been passed down to their grandkids. With seven in Hogwarts in various years, one learns to make sure they aren't walking into a Weasley prank. The Marauders would be proud. Remus Lupin had passed on long ago. He left his fortune to help those who have become werewolves in hopes that a cure could be found. Snape's research over the years has improved the Wolfsbane potion to the point where the transformations are no longer painful and the victims retain their human minds. Lee Jordan became an Auror and his exploits are well known due to the number of books he has written on his adventures after he retired a number of years ago. Ginny Weasley now runs the hospital wing, Madame Pomfrey having passed on long ago. Minerva McGonagall retired from her position from Head of House and assistant to the headmaster. She still lives at Hogwarts, having no other home. She had stated long ago that Hogwarts was forever her home. One of her granddaughters has taken her place and is just as powerful as she was in her prime. Dudley became a laywer specializing in Wizarding/Muggle matters. Me? I teach DADA and martial arts. Teaching can be fun at times. Time for me to go teach a class. See you later.
Peace to all, merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again. David