Chapter 16-The Beginning of the End

Everyone went to the hospital wing. Ron, Hermione, Jen, and Harry had to spend the
night. Jen felt horrible about, well, trying to kill him, and barely left his side. He found it great because she was so concerned about him and would get him a glass of water, food, or anything he needed. After a week of that Hermione slapped him on the head and told him to smarten up. After that Harry was the one doing things for Jen.

Exams passed quickly. They had all passed, much to their pleaser, and were spending lots of time outside underneath their favorite tree. Jen had decided to come back to Hogwarts next year to continue on with her NEWTs courses, and of course to be with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Nothing anyone did or said could relieve the missing presence of their fallen headmaster. McGonagall had taken up duties as headmistress with great reluctance. Every time she sat down in the Great Hall at Dumbledore's old spot she would have tears streaming down her face by the end of the meal.

Dumbledore had been buried at Hogwarts. Hundreds of witches and wizards had come out. Old students and friends had come out to pay their respects for the sad occasion. Sirius had accompanied them in the shape of Padfoot. Even though he had been cleared of all charges against him people still felt a little uncomfortable around him. He had lied down beside Jen and Harry's feet, put his head on his paws and didn't move until the funeral was done. After the funeral Harry, Eve, and Sirius got called to professor McGonagall's new office.

They walked in and noticed that the room was the same as when Dumbledore was still alive. The only difference was that there was an extra picture on the wall. There was Dumbledore smiling down at them. Jen and Harry sat in front of the desk while Sirius stood behind them.

"Now, you all are here for Dumbledore's will. He left several properties and a substantial amount of money to you Jen. To Sirius he left pictures and these memories. They are his fond memories of James, Lily, Harry, and Jen." McGonagall said pushing the items across the table. The first photograph was a picture of Sirius, a beautiful women and a small baby. Jen and her mother most likely. Sirius smiled. "And to Harry he leaves these memories and all the books you see in this room. He wants you to study them. There is not only books on the Dark Arts, but on Old
Magic as well. He wants you to use the knowledge in these books well. Now, the next order of business isn't for my or Sirius's eyes or ears. Harry and Eve you are to walk into the next room." She pointed above to a door.

Jen and Harry got up to walk through the door, both staring at the portrait or Albus Dumbledore, with that twinkle in his eyes, wondering what the man had in store for them. They grabbed the others hand and walked through a passageway of thousands of books, which were know Harry's property. At the door they paused. They looked at each other.

Once inside the door shut behind them on its own. Inside was an empty room with a table placed in the middle of the room. On the table was a small box. Harry felt Jen's hand shake a little. "It's alright. Dumbledore wouldn't do anything to hurt us." he said. She nodded and started towards the table. When they got there Harry let go of Jen's hand and pulled the lid off off the box. He looked inside and saw 2 glass jars with a silvery substance inside. Jen stuck her hand in with a frown on her face. "They're memories." She pulled the jars out and the table became a pensieve. Jen pulled lid off of a jar and poured the substance in. Then she poured the other one in. Harry took a deep breathe. "Here goes nothing." he said. They grabbed onto each others hands again and plunged face first into the pensieve.

They landed with a thud in Dumbledore's office on chairs. In front of them sat
Dumbledore with a smile on his face. "I know that I can not see you, but you can see me. If you are sitting before me then the inevitable has happened. I'm no longer there to help you. Well, this is my last pitiful chance to guide the two of you. Jennifer, you always wondered why you were assigned to watch Harry. As you said before you're very talented, but there would have been better people to watch him. My answer to this, is that there is a prophecy. A prophecy made about you and Harry right after the two of you were born. I made you watch and protect him so that the two of you could meet and fulfill this prophecy, because you see, it was disturbed by the death of your mother Jen. She was never suppose to die. In fact after Lily and James died, Harry was suppose to come and live with you, your mother, and Sirius. Events happened which made this impossible. You and Harry never would have met if I hadn't sent you to him. You might be wondering why I never told you both of this prophecy before and the answer is the same as the one I told Harry in his 5th year. I wanted to shelter both of you. Give you the chance to have a nice childhood without this burden on your shoulders. The 2 of you were destined for each other right after you were born and I wanted you to fall in love on your own, not because of
some prophecy. So, the next memory will be of the prophecy. I just want you both to know that I am very proud of you both. I wish you both the best in the future. And do not be sad about my death. Death is just another adventure that I look forward to. I hope you both have a long and happy life."

The memory changed until they were seated in Dumbledores office again. This time they were in seats to the side. Dumbledore sat at his desk. In front of him sat Professor Trewlaney. She went ridged and her eyes went into the back of her head.

"The children are here.

The Chosen One and his love.

She, who is from the line of the purest of blood,

Will teach and give the Chosen One that which he needs to know and have

The Chosen One will take it and use it to defeat the Dark Lord.

Together they will defeat the Dark Lord,

apart the world will end.

They are here."

Her head fell forward and then shot up again. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?"

The memory ended and they shot upwards and back into the empty room. When they got back on their feet they stood staring at each other. He cleared his throat. "So, what's this gift and knowledge?" he asked.

"Beats me. I'm not any smarter than you and everything I have can fit into a trunk." She sighed, rubbing her temples. "Lets go back downstairs." she said. She grabbed the bottles and put the memories in them. They each pocketed one and went back down the passageway. Once they were seated at the desk McGonagall started to talk again.

"What you heard is for your ears only. You are all aloud to leave now. Jennifer, the funds will be sent to your vaults in Gringotts. Harry you are to go to the Dursley's house until your birthday, since you will be 17 and an adult wizard the power that your mother gave you will no longer be in effect. After that time, you will go to Grimmald Place for the remainder of the summer. Jen, how has Harry been with Occumency and Legimence?"

"He's a pro. His shields are very strong. I can't even break them down." she said.

"Excellent. Sirius, are you going back to Grimmald Place?"

He nodded. "If it's okay with Harry and Jen."

Harry frowned. "Why do you need our permission? It's your house."

He shook his head. "I gave it to you and Jen. It's yours."

"Well, take it back." said Jen.

"Don't want to. Just say it's alright."

Jen rolled her eyes. "Yes, you have permission. You big idiot."

Sirius grinned and kissed her head. "God it's good to see you."

Harry laughed. "You're a freak Sirius."

He nodded. "Don't I know it."

After the meeting with McGonagall Harry and Jen went back to Harry's dorm. They sat in silence for a long time, on opposite sides of the bed, just staring at each other. Harry didn't know what to say. They had been destined for each other for 17 years without even knowing it. Was he really in love with her, or was he made to love her?

"So..." she said.

"Yeah."

"Listen, Harry, are you weirded out by this?" she asked.

"Well...yeah, maybe a little bit."

"Me too. Are you sure you love me?"

"I think so. I mean yeah I love you with all my heart, but was I made to feel this way?" he asked.

"I don't know." There was silence again. "What are we going to do?" she asked looking down into her lap.

Harry grabbed her hand. "Go on the way we were. I mean if you want to."

"No, I do! I just didn't know if you wanted to." she said looking up at him with the
beginnings of a smile on her face. She sighed. "Listen, not to be a downer but I'm kinda tired."

He nodded. "Me too."

They got changed into pj's, then climbed into bed and held each other for the rest of the night.

The next day when they woke up Harry and Jen grabbed their trunks and headed
downstairs for their last breakfast of the semester. After a delicious breakfast and a warning from Professor McGonagall to be careful over the summer, they headed out to the train.

From the path, from the school, to the train there were at least 50 wizards. Boarding the train with the students were 20 aurors and wizards that would patrol the train. Since Dumbledore's death the security of the students had tripled. They never went outside of Hogwarts grounds without an escort.

Hermione looked around. "Everything's going to change isn't it?"

Ron looked around at all the scared looking students and nodded. "I think so. It's the
beginning of the end and everyone knows it."

They got onto the train and sat at the back of it. Half way through Sirius came through the door loaded down with candy.

"What's going on?" he asked.

Harry and Jen looked at him as he sat down and began to shovel food into his mouth. They both looked at each other then laughed out loud. Hermione looked disgusted, while Ron looked jealous. He looked up.

"What?" he said food dribbling down his chest.

Jen laughed at him. "The trolley hasn't even been here yet."

He shrugged. "I met her half way. James and I always use to sit at least half way to the front. Why do you sit at the back, you get all the food last." He shook his head muttering something about "Crazy kids…sure not mine and James's offspring."

Ron looked like he was about to burst. "That's what I always say!"

Harry shook his head as Jen got up and began to shovel Sirius's food into her mouth.
Sirius's face got red and he narrowed his eyes. "Haven't I given you enough? Do you know I actually have to work now?"

Harry shrugged and grabbed a chocolate frog. "We offered it back, so suck it up."
Just then the door opened again and Lupin walked in and sat down opposite Sirius. He took one look at him and shook his head. "I'm surprised he didn't make you sit at the front." He looked at Harry, who was watching Jen shoving food into her mouth to match Sirius's pace. "It's disgusting isn't it."

Harry just nodded and stared at the women he loved, and who would help him defeat the most feared wizard in history shovel food into her mouth at an alarming rate. How she could eat that he had no idea. Did he still think it was cute? Absolutely, which was a little weird, but I guess that says something about their love.

Half way through the ride Jen laid her head on his lap, while she smirked at Sirius, who was running to the bathroom to throw up. "Puh, amateur." Everyone laughed.

Once they got to Platform 9 3/4 they went through the barrier together. Outside they met the whole Weasley crew. Everyone greeted them. Hugs and kisses went around. Harry watched as Mrs. Weasley was shacking her finger at a green faced Sirius saying he was an adult and shouldn't eat so much candy next time, that he was going to ruin his dinner. She then turned to Harry and enveloped him in a hug. "Since Sirius isn't capable of opening his mouth at this time, which I don't know is a bad thing, I'm going to tell you that on your birthday to go straight to Grimmald Place."

Harry nodded and hugged her back. "I will." She stepped aside to say bye to Hermione, while Jen stepped forward to pull Harry away from the others to say bye. They hugged and kissed until Lupin came to tell them that Harry had to go.

"I'll see you on your birthday for sure, maybe even before." she said.

"I hope so. I love you." he said.

She smiled and kissed him. "Love you, too."

Then Harry turned around and walked towards the Dursleys. He walked past all the
undercover aurors and wizards. Ron was right. It was the beginning of the end.

A/N: So this is the last chapter for this story. There will be a sequel called Prophecies Fulfilled coming up. Reviews are always welcomed, thanks to everyone who read this!