Finally, I have a post. Bit of a pointless one, the fun starts later.

Chapter Fifteen - The Start of the End.
“Potter, that is very good. Maybe a little bit more effort and you could apply for a real license. That’s all of you; you’ve all shown exceptional talent.” Professor McGonagall said at the end of the animagi lesson. They had been practicing their animagi skills and had improved since their last lessons. They were now able to fully transform into an animal and back into a human form.

It had been a month since the locket had been successfully found and destroyed and Harry had been dreading what was to come. He knew that he had to be ready to kill the dark lord, but the idea of killing someone gave him nightmares. Even Ron and Hermione talked to him differently, trying to comfort him.
If he didn’t kill Lord Voldemort, something worse than death could happen to Harry. His most dearest had been killed by the dark side and if anything ever happened to Ginny, Harry would not be able to take it. He had been acting strange around her, but she knew why.

As they walked into the grounds, Harry Ron and Hermione were discussing their exams which were about to begin.
“I heard that the potions exam it extremely hard. Some say it is twice as hard as the O.W.L.” Hermione said.
“Well, we did well at that. We’ll probably do well at the N.E.W.T, unless something gets in the way.” Harry said, lowering his voice as he said the last section.
“Hey Sirius!” Ron said trying to catch his attention. Sirius, Lupin and Hagrid had been visiting Grawp and just returned from the forest.
”How’s Grawp?” Hermione said.
“He’s doing great; too bad he can’t be let loose. The kids’ll get frightened.” Sirius said. “All ready for your exams?”
The children let out a small laugh, before starting to talk about the issue they had gone there for.

“Sirius, do you think that, well. Do you think that Voldemort will come here?” Ron asked.
“Well, last time he came, he nearly got killed by Harry, so I doubt he’ll be in a rush.” Sirius let out a chuckle. “Especially if he knows his horcruxes have been destroyed.”
“Will he be able to?” Hermione asked.
“Well, would you feel it if someone destroyed a bit of your soul?” Lupin said.
“But, it’s evil. He wouldn’t feel it, would he?”
“Yes, he is evil, but that does not mean that he is not human. Even though he almost isn’t, he still has some human features. However different from a man he looks, he is still one. So, yes he would feel it. But only slightly, almost like a tiny pinprick on his finger.”

They all stared at Lupin, wondering where he got all this from. Lupin had never sounded like that before.

“Slughorn told me during the summer,” he said, a smile breaking out of his face.

They all laughed as the usual Lupin was back. He wouldn’t do anything strange, would he?