24 Happiness all around

Author: Hello Guys, i just wanted to apologise to leave you guys for that period of time but i now have a schedule which i will try my best to adhere to. i have studies to focus on now, but i will try my best to keep up the rate at which i write. Sorry and Thanks for reading.

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The Daily Prophet's editor was very happy today, the sales of his newspaper were through the roof. The fact that Sirius Black was innocent and that the traitor was Peter Pettigrew was too shocking. Cornelius Fudge tried to stop him from printing the news but this was too big and would most definitely raise the reputation, popularity and prestige of his newspaper. So, he told the Minister of Magic to go fu*k himself and he was glad he had done so. But no one was as glad as Sirius and Harry who were meeting for the first time in 11 or so years. Their reunion brought tears to everyone's eyes, they were happy for Harry and Sirius. ``I cannot believe that you were able to help me get out but I should have known, the children of my friends and their friends are just like my friends, geniuses among geniuses. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me get released from that place.'' Sirius's words made the kids blush in embarrassment, they were struggling to form proper sentences. Jack was very happy at the moment, not only did he help bring a criminal to justice, he helped his friend and met a fantasy hero, the gentleman of Harry Potter Books, Sirius Black.

Even though Sirius hated his family, it was there he learnt the mannerisms he still had today. Even after being imprisoned in Azkaban for over 11 years, the man was still a proper gentleman, he thanked the kids and invited them and their families to visit him in their holidays at the Black Family Mansion. Harry promised instantly, he talked about how he would bring Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and his cousin Dudley which really shocked Sirius. From what he remembered of his time with Lilly and James, they always talked about how close minded the Dursley's were. He was honestly surprised that they changed but at the same time he was happy that they did. He could not imagine the kind of life Harry would have to live with the kind of people James and Lily told him about. When Sirius left to sort out things in regards to his life, everyone was still high on happiness and went back to their rooms with a positive outlook on life. ``Hey Jack! look man, I… I just wanted to say thank you. You and your parents have made my life that much better, they changed my Uncle and Aunt into better people and acted as my parents and doted on me like I was their own…Ouch! What'd you do that for?!'' Harry was rubbing his head where Jack had hit him and looked at the culprit with puppy dog eyes which said, `Why?'

`You idiot, my parents did that because they believe that you are their own. You are lucky you said those words to me and not in front of mom and dad, you would have broken their hearts.'' Harry realised what Jack had said was true, if he said those words in front of Arthur and Emily, he would have hurt their feelings. They would have thought that everything they had done up till that point wasn't enough, which would have been incorrect but it wouldn't have stopped them from believing it. ``You don't have to say thank you for anything, my parents, Aunt Petunia and Uncle Dursley, they all love you.'' Harry was almost at tears but he still found it in himself to joke around and asked Jack, ``What about you Jack? don't you love me?'' he said that half-jokingly as he already knew the answer but Jack decided to fire back, ``Nah! I always thought that you were annoying, always coming to me whenever you got hurt…wait! Wait! Wait!'' but Harry didn't wait and fired spell after spell at Jack who was able to dodge them with ease but still sweat dropped at the close calls. ``Do not dodge! Accept your punishment!!'' Harry spoke in mock anger and fired a few more spells before stopping. Both friends looked at each other and laughed at the `little' commotion they had created.

The rest of the year at Hogwarts passed and the day to leave for their homes arrived. But none of them felt sad as they all had access to Floo Powder networks and agreed to meet each other during the holidays. The House Cup this year was very close, with the new subjects there was another source points and each house went above and beyond with effort and results. The houses each had above Five Hundred Points and one of the reasons Gryffindor won was because of the First Year group, Jack, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dean and Seamus. They all gained points over the year and not only that, with the influence of Jack, Harry, Ron and Hermione hadn't been caught and lost a Hundred and Fifty points. Gryffindor won the cup andit wasn't because of unfair and biased help from Dumbledore but through the efforts of the house itself. Before leaving Hogwarts, the group of friends went to meet Hagrid and Norbert and stayed there for a while before leaving for the Hogwarts Express. Nothing happened during the train ride back, the group chatted and played around but at the station before leaving to go with her parents, Daphne did something shocking.