Chapter 30

It was announced the next day that exams for all years apart from fifth and seventh were cancelled due to the dramatic events of the previous evening. Dumbledore insisted he was fine so the Ministry agreed to keep Hogwarts open as usual.

The rest of the term flew by for the first years who had nothing to do apart from attend classes which were just revision of their past year, there was no real work to be done.

Lily made up with Gemini and they became best friends once again but Katie wouldn't forgive her. She said that there were too many hurtful, one-sided arguments for her to forgive and forget.

Katie spent the rest of the term hanging around with James, Sirius and Remus as they were more fun than Gemini anyway, who wasn't open to as many stupid pranks as they were.

James and Sirius decided to play one last prank on the Slytherins and waited until they were on the train on the way home to play it. The mission was called 'Operation Soaking Slytherins' and involved James, Sirius, Remus and Katie bursting into Snape's compartment with plenty of water bombs and soaking them then sealing their compartment for long enough for them to run away.

The plan was going smoothly, the train was chugging along nicely and James had located the enemy's compartment. Sirius was filling up the water bombs with a flick of a wand, a handy spell that Remus had taught him and Katie was keeping lookout, a job that she was not too happy about, she wanted to be in on the action.

They snuck along the corridors until they were outside the Slytherin's compartment.

"NOW!" yelled Sirius and they burst in throwing the water bombs in every direction. "OUT MEN OUT!" he yelled when all the water bombs were used. The Slytherins were fuming and coming towards the door.

"Remus do your stuff!" James said.

"Colloportus!" he said and sealed the door. They were laughing among themselves, watching the Slytherins threats and attempts to escape but just as they were about to turn around they heard "SURPRISE!" and Lily and Gemini threw water bombs at them and ran as fast as they could.

"COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!" Sirius yelled and chased after them. They eventually all calmed down and made up and sitting together in a compartment they ate chocolate frogs and reflected over the madness that was their first year at school.

"Well bye then Gemini, I'll write to you in the holidays!" said Lily walking off with her parents and sister who had come to collect her.

"Yeah bye guys" yelled Katie running to meet he dad who refused to come out of his car.

"Mum!" cried Remus running up and hugging a woman with sandy coloured hair round the waist. "Bye guys see you in the holidays sometime!"

"Yeah bye Remmie!" said Sirius after him.

"It's REMUS!" yelled Remus not looking back.

"So then Sirius I guess this is it then! Bye! Have fun at Grimmauld Place! I'll come and rescue you at some point!" James said.

"Yeah bye mate! Come on Gem we better get goin!" Sirius said and left the station.

"Come on mum, time to go home!" said James now that his friends had all left.

"Did you have a good year sweetie?" his mum asked.

"Yeah mum, I can't wait for next year!"