//------------------------------// // Chapter 21: The Last Day // Story: Pinkie Pie goes to Hogwarts // by WoomyWobble //------------------------------// The tracks started to make their slow meandering cha-chunk-a-chunk sound. The Hogwarts Express was on its way once more. Pinkie was sitting alone in a nice cosy looking cubicle. It had a few streamers here and there, but for Pinkie standards it was downright relaxing. The atmosphere was pleasantly contemplative. Their entire year at Hogwarts had come and gone, and what a year it was. So many adventures, so many new friends. She couldn't list them all. Actually she totally could but it would be a silly thing to do on your lonesome in a trainbooth. It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows though, there was the whole getting beat up thing for one. Then again, that did bless her with one of her new favourite friends. Daphne had a lot of trouble with her family and she could be a little aloof, but really who could resist that laugh? Then there was the whole Voldequirrel fiasco. It was hard to find a silver lining around that one. Maybe it brought her a little closer with Harry? Or maybe the silver lining hadn't happened yet? The booth door opened with a thunk and her friends came barging in with pleasant chaos. Millicent was sporting Slytherin green hair. Apparantly the Quidditch parties were wild and Archie had supplied her with some dubious potion from the Netherlands to turn her hair green. She was maybe a bit too giddy to anger her parents. It was rather ironic that Pinkie and Harry were kinda in the doghouse after that same Quidditch match, with their respective houses. Draco would taunt her and called Harry her boyfriend but Pinkie just said that she could do worse and continued to supply Slytherin house with baked goods for the after parties. The day after, the news article hit and Draco was left looking with egg on his face. Harry and Pinkie were officially 'cool' again. xxx Pinkie was laughing and faffing about with her friends for awhile when others started to visit. Blaise popped 'round, so she gave him a cupcake with capibara shaped frosting. He requested the Bamboozler pieces from Pinkie saying, 'he might know a guy.' and left. Harry, Ron and Hermione came in for a quick visit as well. Though Ron was a little uncomfortable with all that green and silver around, it was nevertheless a fun time. Hermione got a book shaped cupcake and Pinkie got a bone crunching hug in return. xxx The train was on its last leg of its journey and they started to wax poetic of all the fun things they had done, the songs they sang and adventures they had. The polka one was still a big hit in the entirety of Slytherin house. The fireworks on the astronomy tower was also pretty cool they thought. Pinkie added that shopping with Albie at the beginning of the year was also a worthwhile event. Wow! Pinkie came to the conclusion that if you tallied all the good things with all the bad ones, then the bad ones didn't stand a chance, really. It made her feel hopeful. Speaking of which, she was looking forward to spending her summer back at Happy oaks. That was going to be fun! The train stopped and she waved her wand one last time before summer started. “Pep!” It whistled happily as her trunk came floating down. She hugged her friends one last time, then jumped on the platform with her trunk on her back. A cavalcade of happy children greeted her across the barrier of platform 9 ¾ Oh boy! Did she have some stories to tell them! It made her giddy as she smiled thinking about the future and friends. Bring it on. She couldn't wait for next year!