Harvey walked over to the puff table all the while his eyes on a particular friend of his. He saw many others Justin was there too with Ame. He went and stood behind Minnie and put his hands on her shoulder "Hey Justin, Hey Ame. How are the both of you?" he asked smiling at both of them, before looking down at Minnie "Hey Mins" he greeted her smiling and looking at her "Do you mind if I join you here for a bit?" he asked. He thought it better to ask rather than plonk himself next to her. This was sad for him, after this Minnie would only be contactable by owl. But he wouldnt be able to hang out with her. Oh! he could NOT wait for September to come fast enough.

Minnie smiled "Yes of course, where is Ronnie? Oh but please sit over here" Minerva pointed across from her. "I told Alyssa I would save her seat here." Minerva didn't want Alyssa to think she just gave her seat away. She smiled at Harvey glad he came over to visit.

Harvey beamed as she said yes. "Sure no problem" he said as he took the seat across from her and looked at her and smiled before he remembered she asked him about Ronnie "Oh she is sitting over at the claw table. I asked her to come but she said that she wanted to stay over there, maybe she will come over soon, if not I will go get her." he said adding the last two sentences so that Minnie would not think that he had abandoned Ronnie over at his table. He smiled he was glad he came over, he wanted to be with Minnie without Ronnie being there for a little while. Should he ask her the question he wanted to ask her before she left. Might as well, there will be no better time. He leaned forward towards Minnie and asked in a low voice "Would you sit in the same compartment as me, oh and Ronnie, she will be there as well." he leaned back and looked around to make sure that no-one saw or heard them/

Alyssa came running back to where her friends were sitting. "Thanks for saving my seat. Kita was busy, so I guess I'll say my goodbyes later. Hi Harvey, how's it going? Oh yeah before I forget, I was going to ask you guys whether you would like to share a compartment with me, thas if you don't already have plans. If you do, that's okay, I'll go ask someone else."

Alysssa silently hoped that they didn't, because if they did she definitely didn't want to butt in. She sighed. At the rate, things were going, it looked like she was going to be sitting in a compartment with kids who weren't her friends. She was still looking to see whether Aaron would show up for the feast. Knowing him, if he did, he'd do it with a bang, like he did at the celebration party. Alyssa smiled at the memory. She was hoping that he'd show up so that she could ask whether she could share a compartment with him, but for now it looked like she was going home alone.

Then she noticed that Justin had joined their group. "Hi Justin,"she smiled over at him and Amethyst. 'They do look good together' Alyssa thought to herself.

Just as Harvey had finished asking Minnie to join him Alyssa sat down next to her and asked HIM the same question "Ok. Fine then it is settled, that is if Minnie agrees. Me, Minnie, Alyssa you and Ronnie will be sharing a compartment together. Oh! that reminds me. Alyssa, there was something that you were supposed to tell us, that is if you would like to tell us. Something happened in the celebration tent?? Minnie said something about that, but waited for you to spill. Or you can tell us on the train when we are in the compartment together." he said, as he saw her looking around "Are you waiting for someone?" he asked wondering why she was looking around. Possibly looking for another Puff friend since they were all housemates they were probably close with each other.

"Thanks," she said, slipping into the empty seat. She helped herself with some food and a glass of pumpkin juice. She looked up to the staff table. Then, she noticed that she's sitting at the exactly same spot in the Opening Feast in her first year. Boy, memories are just so hard to release.

"Of course!" Janice exclaimed. "It would be fun, sitting together!"

"Of course I want to sit with all of you. Ame and Justin you are going to sit with us as well, right? " Minerva wondered if Alyssa would be sitting with Aaron, would he want to sit with their group.. HMMM...

Harvey beamed as hard as he could when Minnie said that she would sit with them "Ok fine. So Minnie it will be you, me, Ronnie, Alyssa" he said looking at Alyssa "And if the two lovebirds, Justin and Ame agree to join us they to will sit with us. So that is 5 people in our compartment. Well there we go all done! We will all take a compartment together." he said smiling. He was so happy that he would end his one year the way he started it, with Minnie.. the only difference was there were more people joining them as well. But mainly his best friend was there with him, he couldnt be more happier to have ALL his friends with him as they completed the journey home. "Oh we could squeeze in a couple of more people if anyone wants to bring someone" he added looking at Minnie. He said this just in case someone wanted someone else to join, the only person that came to mind was that Slytherin boy that Minnie had met. If she wanted him to join, he guessed he would be fine with it but was not too sure.

Minerva smiled "Don't forget Janice" she looked at Janice, "You are welcome to sit with us as well. This is Harvey by the way." She wasn't sure if they ever met or not. Minerva kind of giggled thinking about if anyone wants to bring someone to sit with them, thinking of Aaron and Alyssa. She still hadn't told the group and Minerva was getting to the point of wanting to tell.

Harvey smiled when Minnie mentioned a girl she knew called Janice "Sure and Janice is welcome too. Hi Janice, nice to meet you. As Minnie said my name is Harvey." he said introducing himself, well that was one more to add, so er..... about 7 people now he counted. Well more would be welcome, but he hoped not too many or they would be like sardines in a tin can, all bunched up together. Unless they sat on each other's laps, ok for the couples, but the single ones may feel uncomfortable seeing this so he shook it out of his mind. Each one to his/her own seat.

"Hey," Janice said to Harvey. "Janice. Nice to meet you.' She stretched out her hand to shake his. Alyssa might invite Aaron too, since Janice thinks that she likes him. But Aaron is 3 years older than them. The thought of that still bothers her. Yeah.

Harvey smiled and shook Janice's hand "Hi Janice. Harvey, Nice to meet you too. So 1 more person added to the list, anymore?" he asked looking around at all his friends. He then realised that some might not be here to ask so he added "Its ok, if there anymore that want to join us, just bring them along and see if there is space in the compartment" he said smiling. Well this group of friends was getting bigger, ah it didnt bother him. He wanted the main few people to sit with him, he then looked at Minnie. He was glad she had agreed to join him.

"Maybe Penny," Janice answered. "I haven't seen her these days. Where is she?" She asked the table. They probably know, especially Alyssa who had been really close with her.

Harvey suddenly realised that Janice was right. Where WAS Penny these days, he hadnt seen her either. Was she ok? "Yeah where is she? I havent seen her either." he said looking at the other Puffs on the table

Rolling her eyes at the tables that held sob fests, Louisa made her way to the one and only person she was terribly sad to see leaving. Her mind did focus on the fact that Kita was only graduating Hogwarts and not the whole world but those memories of the older girl squishing her, bouncing on her, and sometimes even sending her to the ground with excited greetings- those memories were killers and Louisa had put them in the back of her mind all term long.

"Kita!" She exclaimed spotting the... oh, no. Was she meditating? She was so solemn and not crazy. That was.. odd. "Are you okay?" She scooted next to the graduate cool, eh? friend. Louisa's face was so concerned, one tear and her own could go off.

And... now someone was smiling at her. The girl's smile was enough to tell Kita who it was. It was the girl she had met about a year ago. And she had gotten super duper close to this girl!

Wibble wibble wibble...

The seventh year took to her feet and ran down the table towards the girl she counted as her younger sister. She didn't care that the girl was now surrounded by her friends. It didn't matter now.

Reaching the girl, Kita bent down and wrapped her arms around the young girl, giving her a big Kita-like squeeze. "I'm going to miss you Lyssie," she whispered as the tears started flowing down her face. She was going to hug the life out of Lyssie now.



Kita smiled at Carter's chuckle. But... wait... was there something in his eye? Kita blinked up, slightly confused. If he had glass in his eye, surely he'd realise it by now? Even Captain Oblivious would know.

Unless...

Okay, he wanted to hug her. Now she could forget about the eye and the weird thing forming there. "That's sweet! Come here then," she said, holding out her hands. She would give the boy a big fat squeeze. They had known each other for... two years? Three years? Four? Merlin!



Kita blinked. She could hear her name. Someone was approaching her and they had said her name in a very excited voice. Hm... Who was excited to see her?

The brunette looked towards her side as a girl sat down next to her.

SFJKSHAGSKJDF! "LOUISA!" she squealed, wrapping her arms around the girl and giving her a squeeze. Okay, this was her last term and she was now graduating... so why hadn't she seen a lot of Louisa this past term? Okay, she was seeing the girl now so it didn't really matter.

And for was she okay... "I... would you judge me if i said that i wasn't?" she whispered. A tear rolled down her cheek as she looked down at her nails. The two had met about four years ago and now... she wasn't going to be able to squeeze the life out of Louisa around Hogwarts.

Ronnie looked at the girl. She seemed familiar to her, but she couldn't really remember her name. She sighed and turned toward the girl. "I've been better to be honest." Ronnie said, she couldn't help but be depressed all the time. And she was so tired of trying to hide it. "How have you been?"

She asked the girl, hoping that her name would come to her before she looked like a complete fool talking to her.

Alyssa blushed when Harvey asked her about what had happened at the celebration tent. She had thought everybody had heard about it already but realized that not all of her friends had showed up at the party. He sounded angry at her though. Like as if she was keeping secrets from him and she didn't like that. She didn't want her friends to think that. So she told them. "Well I was at the party with Minnie when uh....Aaron came out of nowhere, jumped on a table and in front of everyone, yelled out that he loved me. That's all that happened. I mean I love him and all that, I just wasn't sure about his feelings. And now I do. I was hoping that he'd be here at the feast, so that you could meet him, if you don't already know him, but he hasn't shown up yet." Alyssa told everyone. Now there weren't any secrets although technically this wasn't a secret since she thought everybody would have been talking about it. Guess she was wrong.



Alyssa quickly turned around when someone grabbed her in a hug. It was KITA!! Alyssa immediately turned around and returned her hug, hanging on and not wanting to let go. She figured that if she didn't let go, Kita couldn't leave her. Tears started rolling down her cheeks again.

"Kita please don't leave me. I need you. You were the only one who cared enough and who took the time to listen and who wanted to know why I was leaving and who begged me to stay. Who will I turn to now after you leave? Who will I be able to talk with, who will understand why I feel the way I do? Who will make me realize that I'm not alone? I don't have any other older friends who I can talk with, who will not think I'm a stupid crybaby. You say that you won't forget me and that you will always keep in touch but now that you have Jai, you won't want to spend time with me anymore. You'll forget me. I know you will."Alyssa started to cry more, hiding her face in Kita's shoulder. Then she whispered so that no one but Kita could hear, "Thank you for keeping my secret and not telling it to everyone."

Jai wondered over to the Hufflepuff table. To find two of his favourite Huffies, Cass and Kit. He didn't see Cassie but his eye caught sight of the dark haired beauty. he walked over to her and said,"So, did you save me a hug too?", with his arms spread by his sides and a big smile.

As Alyssa recounted the events of the celebration Harvey couldnt help it, his mouth dropped open to his chest. He could NOT believe what he was hearing, could the prediction he made in Divination have come true? As she talked his smile just got bigger and bigger and bigger. He was SO happy for Alyssa, well he kind of knew this was going to happen, but this soon? THAT he didnt know. "I...I.... oh I am so happy for you! I ... I cant believe this! I... I.. oh!" he said stuttering. "I.... I would l..love to meet Aaron." he said... he got up and went over to Alyssa and he gave her a friendly hug. "I dont know what else to say, I mean this is all very sudden. But I am well and truely happy for you. If you want to have him join us in our compartment then you are more than welcome to, or you could get just a compartment on your own, just the two of you." he said smiling before taking his seat next to Minnie again. He continued to think about what he had said in Divination before, those tea leaves were very accurate on what he had read for Alyssa. Now if they were correct for her, then what is to say it wont be accurate for Minnie, he thought as he looked over to her. He really hoped that his prediction for Minnie comes true, he truely wanted her to be happy too. Harvey couldnt help but over hear what Alyssa said, did she not tell anyone else her problems. He wanted her to treat him like a friend and talk to him too if she needed to talk to someone. He made a note that he would mention this to her sometime. He thought they were friends, and friends help each other. Did Minnie know all about Alyssa's problems? He now more than ever before wished he was a puff, he was missing out on all this and it made him sad to know that he was. He didnt let Alyssa knew he had heard her, instead he turned his attention to Minnie, not saying anything but just looking at her.

Kita could feel Lyssie hanging onto her so she hung on as well. Heck, if Lyssie wasn't going to let go, neither was Kita. They could both sit here hugging each other.

... Except the house elves probably wouldn't like that.

Listening to Lyssie's speech only made Kita cry even more. True, full front tears of sadness. This wasn't normal. Letting go, she smiled sadly at the girl. "I don't want to leave you. If i could stay back another year, i would. But that'll only make things worse," Well... it would wouldn't it? Everything would be a whole lot sadder. "You have your other friends as well! And you'll make a whole lot of new friends. Some who won't squeeze the life out of you everytime they see you. And the only reason i understand is because i've been through what you're going through. In a way. More people will come along and they'll make you realise that you're not alone in this world. And that's what i want you to learn from this year. You're not alone at all. As for the older friends issue: you have tons! You can always go to the Prefects, they're pretty nice. And there's some other older people who'd love to pass on their knowledge to you. No one will think you're a crybaby. And if they do, they just don't understand what you're going through." Wait... WHAT?! "Lyssie, i WILL keep in touch. Just because i have Jai doesn't mean i'd forget about my friends, especially those who are as close as my family," That was weird coming from an adopted child. "I'll never forget you. Ever."

Kita held onto Lyssie as the girl continued to cry on her shoulder. She didn't mind. Really. "I'd hate it if something like that got out so it's no problem whatsoever," she whispered back before saying in a normal voice, "I just wanted to thank you for everything this year. Attending matches when you barely knew about Quidditch and then attending every single practice i'd held. And of course, for being one of my closest friends. Thanks Lyssie." There. She had said what she needed to.



Kita was just about to get up to visit some of her friends in the other houses when she heard a voice. Looks like people wanted her to stay where she was.

But... there was something familiar and nice about the voice she was hearing. Kita turned round and looked at the boy standing there with his arms spread by his side. A wide grin spread across her face. He wanted a hug? Teehee! "I always have a hug saved for you," she said before getting up and wrapping her arms around Jai's neck. She gave him a small Kita-like squeeze. There. All better now.

Alyssa hug on but stopped crying. She knew that she had to get a hold of herself. She didnt want to embarrass her friends or Kita. So she pushed back and looked at Kita," Thank you for allowing me to play. I would never have gotten to know you better, if you hadn't. You're right. I have my friends here and yes I do know some older ones, but no one will be you. You're very special and don't you ever forget that. You will come and visit me right? Remember my Dad has already bought your plane tickets. And maybe I can visit you and we will be seeing each other at Aaron's. You are still coming?" Alyssa needed confirmation that she wasn't going to lose her best friend.

But then the Gryffindor Prefect, Jai came over and Alyssa moved back so that he could talk with her.



Alyssa smiled. She was happy that Kita had found someone she liked a lot. Jai was a nice enough guy for her. What's this? The way Kita was hugging him was not acceptable. So Alyssa said, "For crying out loud, Kita. I know you can hug harder than that. Give Jai a proper hug,"

This was it. The last time she'd be in the great hall this year. Nessie walked into the great hall with a little frown on her face. As much as she couldn't wait to get out of Hogwarts she'd miss the place and all the people in it. She thought her second year was going to be easier than her first, but it really wasn't. Her second year must have been one of the hardest years she had ever had in her life. She was most of it was over, she just had to deal with the difficult summer that was ahead.

She headed over to the Hufflepuff table, she didn't feel like talking to anyone, neither did she feel like searching for her friends to say goodbye. She hated goodbyes and tried avoid them as much as she could. So to distract herself from all the goodbyes she put some food on her plate and started nibbling away hoping nobody noticed her.

" Well, I do hope that there'll be room for Ame and I in your compatment." Justin said as he shoveled a forkful into his mouth. " This is going to be the best holiday ever! " he said as he wrapped his arms around the best friends he had ever had.

Aaron came running over as fast as he could, Lafay was scary!! He sat down next to Alyssa and huffed, at least he could say that he had done the dare.
'Sooooo, I may or may not have DONE YOUR CHALLENGE!' He exclaimed proudly as he looked the table over to see who else was here. 'Oh, hai guys!'