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Goodbye

I can't believe it. We're leaving. I may be leaving with all my friends but this is different. Hogwarts has been my home for the past 7 years. I've had my first kiss here, my first boyfriend and my first heartbreak. It's been here. All of it. And now we're leaving. I snap out of it. Dumbledore calls my name 'our head of slytherin, cheer captain, prefect and best student... Astrid estella malfoy!' I go on stage. Get my scroll. And give my speech. 

"Good evening, professors, parents, and of course, the true legends — the graduating class of Hogwarts."

pauses, smirks a little

"I stand here today, not just as your Head of Slytherin House, not just as your Cheer Captain — but as someone who has walked these halls with all of you. I've seen the late-night studying, the secret parties in the dungeons, the heartbreaks, the victories — and yes, the absolutely chaotic Quidditch matches that left half of us limping back to the Hospital Wing."

chuckles ripple through the crowd

"I won't pretend that Hogwarts has been easy. It hasn't. It's tested us. Pushed us. Shattered us, sometimes. But every single person sitting here today? We rebuilt ourselves. Stronger. Smarter. Sharper."

My voice softens slightly. 

"Some of us leave with honors, some of us leave with scars. Some of us leave with friends we'll keep forever... and a few of us leave with exes we'll very gladly forget."

pauses for the laughter

"But whatever we leave with, the truth remains: we are not the same people who walked through those doors in First Year. We are better. We are bolder. And no matter where we go next — no one, and I mean no one — will ever be able to dim the fire that Hogwarts lit inside us."

I smile at the slytherins

"To my Slytherins — my cunning, resilient, brilliant house — I am so proud of you. We dreamed louder. We fought harder. We refused to be underestimated. And guess what? We weren't."

Smiles confidently. 

"To my fellow graduates, remember this: The world out there isn't fair. It never was. But we are Hogwarts graduates. We know how to fight for what we want. We know how to outsmart anyone who tells us 'you can't.' We know how to win."

I take a breath. 

"And lastly — to the castle that was more than stone and spells. Thank you, Hogwarts, for being the place where we found ourselves."

"Here's to us — the survivors, the dreamers, the schemers, the heroes of our own stories. May our names be remembered... and may we never, ever be ordinary."

 I Wink at Theo in the crowd, grinning.

"Thank you."

Goodbye.