"𝒯𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝐼'𝓂 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝓃, 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝐼 𝒶𝓂. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓂 𝐼 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑜? 𝐼 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃. 𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝓂𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒" - 𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐼𝓃 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒪𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 ; 𝒵𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝐵𝓇𝓎𝒶𝓃
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍
'𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦'
RIGHT AFTER HARRY HAD LEFT, YOU AND HERMIONE HAD TAKEN RON STRAIGHT TO MADAM POMFREY ; THE NURSE OF THE SCHOOL (WITH YOU CARRYING HIM LIKE A BIG GIRL), AND THEN SENT DUMBLEDORE A LETTER VIA OWL.
you were currently chatting with hermione and ron, you had made harry a card just earlier. it had little smiley faces and cute little hearts drawn all over it, you also made him a plate of sakura mochi which you had cookied in the hogwarts kitchens (which you had managed to find and convinced the house elves you could do it)
you all look down the small balcony at the top of the stairs, grinning when you see harry.
you beam happily.
"all right there, ron?"
"all right. you?"
harry shrugs, "all right. [name]?"
"amazing" you clasp your hands together.
"hermione?"
she smiles, "never better"
you all smile at each other.
AND NOW, EVERYONE WAS SEATED IN THE DINING HALL FOR THE FINAL FEAST OF THE YEAR.
the room was decked out with green and slytherin banners were strung up all around, you didn't really mind who won, as long as it was all fair play.
food was scattered all over the table like usual, you had some roast chicken, potatoes, and large stacks of vegetables on your numerous plates, chatting away happily with susan and hannah, the two of which had panicked greatly when they found out you had been in some trouble.
you had your black pointy hat sitting on your head like everyone else in the hall, even though it was pretty ugly, you adorned it proudly, proud to be a hogwarts student.
all attention turns to mcgonagall as she hits her spoon on the goblet.
dumbledore stands up, dressed in some ugly, yet fancy robes like usual, you smile warmly,
ah, professor dumbledore! as cool and cunning as always!
"another year gone.. and now, as i understand it, the house cup needs awarding. and the points stand thus : in fourth place, gryffindor with 312 points"
you see everyone at slytherin table.
you clap along with everyone else, cheering carelessly for your friends' house.
"third place, hufflepuff with 352 points"
you all cheer, though maybe not as loudly as it may have been if you were in first or second place.
"in second place... ravenclaw with 426 points"
the clapping gets a little louder and cheers can be heard from ravenclaw table.
"and in first place.. with 472 points, slytherin house"
slytherin house erupts into loud cheers, you smile regardless, clapping along with the less enthusiastic other houses.
"yes, yes. well done, slytherin. well done, slytherin. however-" dumbledore holds up a finger - "recent events must be taken into account. and i have a few.. last minute points to award."
you look up at him in confusion, head tilted slightly.
"to miss hermione granger"
you smile, slightly shocked.
"for the cool use of intellect.. while others were in grave peril... 50 points."
gryffindor table cheers, you clap along cheerily.
"second, to miss [name] kanroji"
you gasp softly, looking up with a flushed face, "for being a supportive and helpful friend, 50 points"
hufflepuff table erupts into cheers, hannah and susan squeezing you, happy you weren't as far behind as originally.
from across the table, you could see cedric smiling handsomely at you.
your face goes bright red in embarrassment from all the attention, burying your face in your hands and muttering incoherent words.
"third, to mr. ronald weasley. for the best played game of chess that hogwarts has seen these many years.. 50 points"
gryffindor table cheers again.
"and fourth.. to mr harry potter.. for purr nerve and outstanding courage.. i award gryffindor house 60 points"
slytherin was still smirking, gryffindor was still just below them.
"and finally, it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies.. but a great deal more to stand up to your friends. .. i award 10 points.. to neville longbottom"
gryffindor table erupt into louder cheers than before, excitement drawn over the faces.
you clap as well, all the houses except for slytherin cheering and clapping loudly along with gryffindor, happy to finally see a win from a house other than slytherin.
"assuming that my calculations are correct, i believe.. that a change of decoration is in order.."
dumbledore claps his hands, and the once green colour turns red and yellow with the snakes getting replaced by lions.
"gryffindor wins the house cup"
you clap loudly and excitedly.
YOU CARRY ALL YOUR LUGGAGE DOWN THE HALL ON YOUR TROLLEY, HANNAH AND SUSAN STAYING BEHIND TO PACK SOME MORE STUFF UP.
you beam happily as familiar tufts of dirty blonde hair shine from the end of the hall.
you grin happily, moving your luggage to the side and running over.
"cedric!" you grin cheerily, waving your hand as you run.
he turns around, his face brightening slightly as he smiles warmly.
you grin happily as you stop in front of him, he pats your head, "hey, kanroji. you ready to gwt on the train"
you nod, "yup! and please, call me [name]!"
obanai curls himself around your leg, narrowing his green eyes at cedric.
cedric chuckles nervously, "well, i best be off. my friends are waiting for me at the station, see you, [name]!"
you wave happily, "bye bye, cedric! have a good holidays! see you next year!"
YOU WAVE GOODBYE TO HAGRID AS YOU BOARD THE TRAIN, OBANAI USING YOUR FLUFFY HAIR AS A BLANKET.
harry stands outside the train, you look back at him, "come on, harry!
"one minute"
you peek out the train along with hermione, you poke back in as he runs over to hagrid.
you all peek out now, "feels strange to be going home, doesn't it?" hermione says.
you nod, "definitely"
"i'm not going home. not really." harry smiles.
you smile at him, he was right.
even if you were only here for a year, hogwarts already felt like a place you could call home.
you smile and walk into a cart with the rest of them, taking a seat beside hermione like usual while harry and ron sit across from you.
"what will you guys be doing during break?" hermione asks.
ron shrugs, "i dunno"
harry just shrugs also.
"what about you, [name]?"
you beam "oh! i'm going on holidays to a lovely place called the bahamas! it's so pretty there! i'll be sure to send lots of photos!"
the three nod in interest, "sounds fun"
after about an hour or two, you had all arrived back at kings cross station, you all stretch as you hop off the train.
you watch with a smile as ron is immediately engulfed in a hug by a red-haired lady.
"oh how was it, dear? did you have fun?"
ron just awkwardly nods with a pink face, you beam happily, "oh! you must be ron's mum!"
the lady smiles, "ah, yes. that's me, dearie. hm, you are quite a beautiful young lady, what is your name?"
she eyes your hair slightly.
you grin, "i'm [name] kanroji! it's a pleasure to meet you!"
she checks her watch, "oh, well we must be going! ronald where are your brothers?"
"right here mum!" two voices sound from behind the poor lady, she jumps in shock but shakes her head.
the twins ruffle your hair, "haven't seen you in a while, aye, sweetcheeks?"
your cheeks go red again at the nickname, huffing and puffing out your cheeks.
the two laugh, wandering off to their mum again with ron following.
hermione turns to ron and harry "you two better write!"
the two nod, though not seeming very sure.
molly waves to all of you as she leads them all away along with another ginger boy.
hermione turns to you and harry, "my parents are just over there, yours must be waiting on the muggle side, [name]. oh well, i'll see you soon, [name], and see you back at school, harry!"
you both wave, "bye bye 'mione-chan!"
she waves, you turn to harry, he frowns slightly, "well, my aunt and uncle are probably waiting on the muggle side"
you smile, though a bit smaller, noticing his discomfort when talking about his aunt and uncle, "well, i'm going that way too, so i'll walk you!"
he smiles and nods, you both grab your luggage and walk off, back through the wall and onto the muggle platform.
your smile thins slightly seeing a large man and a woman who was smothering a young-looking boy, they looked like unpleasant people.
you shake your head,
stop it, [name]! don't judge books by their covers!
harry sighs, "that's me"
you run your tongue over your teeth, "well, i'll walk with you to them!"
he smiles at you thankfully, you walk towards them alongside harry.
"finally, boy. we have been waiting for ages" the older man says, his eyes shift to you, "and who's this? got yourself a girlfriend, have 'ya?"
your cheeks go bright pink.
harry's cheeks go pink, "no, she's just my friend"
you try and beam with as much energy possible, sticking your hand out with a sweet smile, "you must be mr. dursley! pleasure to meet you"
he just looks at your hand and your hair in distaste before back to harry, you retract your hand with pursed lips.
"let's go, boy"
you wave at harry as he gets dragged away, "bye bye!!"
he waves back, cheeks pink.
words ; 1467
date posted l 12/09/22
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