Alexandra Dursley {Golden Trio}

Chapter 171 - Hogwarts

All we've got left is an epilogue...thank you so much guys!!!

Al pulled her trunk onto the Hogwarts Express for the very last September, looking up and down into all the compartments. She finally found all her friends milling around between three of them, and bid hello to everyone brightly. Although they were darting in and out of compartments, and shouting across the aisle, Al got a vague idea of who was sat where. The first contained Blaise Zabini, a shiny new prefect badge pinned to his chest, Theo, Terry Boot and Michael Corner, Ernie, and Hannah Abbot, all of them pouring over the new chocolate frog cards that had been released, and trying to find someone. Presumably Susan Bones.

The second had Seamus Finnegan and Dean Thomas, sat with Luna, Hermione and Ron. Luna was reading the Quibbler, which had been restored to its former glory and had a Crumple-Horned Snorkack or something on the front. Dean, Seamus and Ron were all playing exploding snap, and Hermione had her nose buried in the Arithmancy book set by the new professor.

The final carriage was where Al decided to stow her things. Inside were Marlene and Anne, amicably discussing what they'd done over the summer, while Ginny, Neville, and Daphne exchanged funny stories from the Hogwarts memorial ball. "Al!" Daphne launched herself forward, making Al jump and stumble back.

"Mind the baby!" Neville said, also jumping up but embracing Al slightly less viciously.

"Sorry," Daphne said with a faint grimace.

"It's fine," Al said, lifting her trunk up. "Hi guys."

"Hi," chorused Ginny, Anne and Marlene. The latter of the three had a gleaming blue badge pinned to her robes.

"I knew you'd make head girl," Al said smugly, "D'you know who the head boy is?"

"That Brandon fellow that fought last year," Marlene said, "Speaking of...I need to go and help him set up."

"I'll be down with Zabini in ten," she called after Marlene, who smiled over her shoulder.

"Oh, Al," Ginny said suddenly, "My mum says you have to wave to her out the window." Al wandered over and soon saw Molly stood on the platform, scanning the windows. Al waved with a bright grin and Molly soon returned it, frowning and raising her eyebrows when Ginny stuck her tongue out. Al laughed so hard her cheeks hurt when Ginny accidentally licked the window, and spent the next five minutes exclaiming in disgust.

The train began to roll along, and Al got a nervous buzz of excitement that she hadn't had since her third year. There was a light tap at the door, and Zabini appeared. "You coming to the briefing, Al?" he asked with a smile.

"Yeah, let's go," Al said, clambering up and declining any help. Anne got up too and walked down the train with them. Ron, Hermione, Hannah, Ernie and Terry also followed them down, talking among themselves. Al was going back to Hogwarts, and this year was definitely going to be better.

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"Here she is," Madame Pomfrey said, handing Al a wriggling bundle of towels that seemed to cry a lot. Al looked down into her daughter's eyes, smiling and taking in every detail. She had George's nose, but her eyes were almond shape like Al's. "So that's twelve-forty-two pm on the sixth of December," Madame Pomfrey said, scribbling it down as she spoke. "Do you have a name?"

"Olive Charlotte Dursley-Weasley," Al said confidently, still not tearing her eyes away from her daughter.

Pomfrey wrote it down. "Well, I'd like to keep you here for two days and then you can go home for the remainder of the term. You can have up to three months off, but we require a week's notice before you return. Is that all alright?"