It had been a quiet fortnight following the end of the exams. Y/N had been going each morning to the estate, working on his secret weapon, putting his Phoenix Bearers through their paces, mourning his friends at their graves before apparating and time turning back to spend each day with Hermione.

—~—

Y/N stood in front of his weapon, one week before the end of Hogwarts for the year and smiled. It was finished.

"Dobby!" He called out happily.

"Yes my Lord?" The elf asked happily, smiling at the completed weapon and adding:

"It is wonderful, my Lord."

"Thank you my friend. Could you please bring Vinda?"

The elf nodded and returned with the French witch. She gasped.

"My Lord it is, 'ow you say, magnifique!"

"Thank you Vinda. You know your role?"

"Oui My Lord!"

"Good. My resources are at your disposal. Dobby please assist Vinda with anything she needs. You both know our timeline."

Vinda and the elf nodded.

—~—

It was finally the last day of term. They were leaving for the year the next day on the Hogwarts Express. It was time for exam results. The couple already knew one of Hermione's results- Muggle Studies. The Professor, Charity Burbage, had approached the couple ecstatic the day before, gushing at Hermione's 320% grade in the exam. Apparently it was a Hogwarts Record. Hermione had blushed. Y/N had gushed.

McGonagall walked down handing out letters. She chastised Ron who again got through by the skin of his teeth. She praised Harry for his improvement and Lavender for her hard work and gushed over Hermione for her outstanding results. She then stopped at looked at Y/N. She tapped her forehead as she handed him his letter.

I am so very very proud of you Y/N. You are a credit to yourself, your family name and Gryffindor. Well done my boy. Well done.

Y/N smiled and nodded before looking at Hermione's results. Eleven subjects, eleven Outstandings.

"Well done baby. You are so incredible. I am so proud of you" Y/N smiled and caressed Hermione's neck, kissing her cheek as she got emotional and overwhelmed at her well earned results.

She wiped a couple of pride filled tears from her eyes and thanked her boyfriend, kissing him tenderly.

"I couldn't have done it without your support baby. Thank you"

"Always my love. Always!"

"What did you get?"

"Not sure haven't opened them yet" Y/N chuckled.

"Well go on!" She giggled.

Y/N opened his letter and took his time reading it.

Dear Lord L/N,

Here are your Third Year Examination Results and OWL grades as well as your preliminary NEWT results. We hope you are pleased with your results.

Pass Grade: Fail Grade:
Outstanding (O) Poor (P)
Exceeds Expectations (E) Dreadful (D)
Acceptable (A) Troll (T)

Lord Y/N M/N L/N has achieved the following results:

Third Year

O: Astronomy
O: Defence Against the Dark Arts
O: Charms
O: Potions
O: Herbology
O: Transfiguration
O: History of Magic
O: Ancient Runes
O: Arithmancy
O: Care for Magical Creatures
O: Divination
O: Muggle Studies

OWL Level

O: Magical Theory
O: Ancient Studies
O: Alchemy

NEWT Level

O: Ghoul Studies (Pending)

Yours

Wizarding Examination Authority

"Huh"

"Good babe?..... oh my goodness well done baby I'm so proud of you" Hermione exclaimed.

"Thanks sweetheart. I didn't realise those three were OWLs. That's pretty Cool."

Hermione's mouth dropped open.

"Cool? You've already got three OWL's at an Outstanding and are halfway through a NEWT with Outstanding. That's amazing. Oh baby I am so so proud of you!"

"Thanks love. It really means a lot. There's no way I could have done it without you. At least next year should be easier. Finishing three subjects, dropping. Muggle Studies and working with Firenze only when I need to will help a lot. You dropping Divination and Muggle Studies will take the pressure off as well love."

Hermione smiled at Y/N. "Definitely will baby. I am so proud of you".

"I'm proud of you too darling" Y/N smiled back. "Eleven outstandings is well... outstanding"

Following breakfast the five friends walked the castle, saying goodbye to their teachers for the year. After a while they arrived at Lupin's office. He was packing.

"Leaving for the summer Professor?" Harry asked.

"Leaving permanently!" Remus said sadly.

"What? Why?" Harry yelled shocked.

"Someone let slip to some parents about my condition. The angry owls have already started arriving. It's just the reality of someone like me" Remus replied.

"Who... Snape!" Harry bellowed angrily.

Lupin nodded.

"Fuck!" Y/N said as he squeezed the bridge of his nose, quickly adding:

"Remus.... I've got somewhere for you to go. Padfoot is there. Wolfsbane is provided and Padfoot and Chiara can show you the ropes."

"Chiara is there?" Remus asked shocked. He hadn't seen the younger werewolf for years and was quite worried when she was listed with the disappeared.

"She is! Dobby!"

The Elf appeared and bowed.

"Yes My Lord?"

"Please take Remus to my estate. Remus explain to Jack and Padfoot when you get there. You are welcome as long as is required!"

Remus smiled and hugged Y/N and Harry before shaking the hands of the others and disappearing with the small Elf.

"Damn Snape!" Harry bellowed before stopping and looking at Y/N.

"Cmon baby. Harry needs to vent. Let's give him space to do so and go see Professor Vector" Y/N smiled to Hermione, taking her hand and apparating after she had nodded and smiled back.

—~—

Y/N walked down to the Dungeon with Hermione. He was furious. They stopped just before the Potions classroom seeing Maisy exit the Slytherin common room.

"Finished packing?" Hermione asked as the two girls hugged.

"Only reason I came down here" Maisy giggled as she hugged Y/N. She took one look at his face.

"You ok N/N?"

"I need to talk to Snape if you will excuse me ladies. Don't forget what we spoke about Maisy."

She nodded. Y/N had told her about the threat made against her but that she would be guarded constantly over the summer. He pushed open the door to see Snape standing there.

"Hello Y/N I-"

Severus stopped speaking looking at the expression on his godson's face.

"That was a bitch move Sev. A lowdown, dirty bullshit bitch move!"

"What..."

"DON'T BULLSHIT ME SEV! You know what I've done to fight prejudice and discrimination and you use that same fear and hatred to ruin a man's life. I'm disgusted and I can't even look at you right now!"

Severus was speechless and just looked down. He genuinely felt ashamed.

"I'll catch up with you before we go. I'm disappointed in you Sev. I truly am!"

Y/N exited the class and saw the looks he received from a number of shocked Slytherins in the hallway who had heard his outburst. He glared at them as they all looked to the ground in unison.

"Head to the hall for the End of Year feast ladies?" He asked as he approached his stunned girlfriend and surrogate elder sister. They nodded.

—~—

The trio arrived at the great hall and separated. Maisy sat with a girl from her year, Victoria, who was actually pleasant to her. Y/N went to speak to Patroclus quickly while Hermione joined their friends in the seats they had saved.

"Hey how did you go with the rest of the Professors?" Lavender asked after giving Hermione a quick hug.

"Good. Mostly" Hermione smiled back.

"Mostly?" Ron asked puzzled.

"Yeah. We went down to the dungeons. To see Sev... Professor Snape!"

Harry huffed loudly and Hermione shot him a look.

"It may interest you to know, Harold, that Y/N tore shreds off him. Maisy and I could hear him from the corridor. He told Severus how wrong it was and how disappointed Y/N was in him. About how what he did went against everything Y/N fights for!"

Lavender squeezed Hermione's hand. She was quite cross. She would not stand for criticism of Y/N. Not when it wasn't fair. Y/N was as upset at Snape as anyone.

Harry and Ron both looked at Hermione stunned.

"He did?" Ron asked.

"He did!" Hermione answered narrowing her eyes.

"Y/N may defend Severus when it is called for, but he doesn't stand for cruelty like what Severus did. If you were as good friends with Y/N as you claim you want to be again Harry you would know that. Y/N was really angry at Remus for a large part of this year but did he ever once whisper a word of his condition? He didn't even tell me and we have no secrets. You two really don't give Y/N enough credit sometimes!"

Harry and Ron looked down ashamed. They both muttered a sorry as Y/N returned from the Ravenclaw table. He took a seat between Hermione and Neville, pecked his girlfriend on the lips and chuckled.

"Sorry? What have you two knuckleheads done now?"

"Just didn't take their studies seriously enough all year N/N. 'Mione was just reading them the riot act about it" Lavender chuckled.

"Better listen boys. You do not want to cross this little lady I'm telling you" Y/N chuckled.

Hermione smiled and pecked him back.

"Don't you forget it big guy!"

Their attention was drawn to the podium where Albus congratulated Gryffindor. They had won the House Cup for the third straight year in a landslide.

"As far as the race to 400 goes- Slytherin remains on 399 total House Cup wins, Gryffindor moves to 396, Ravenclaw sits on 185 and Hufflepuff has won 59 times. Congratulations again Gryffindor" The Headmaster smiled.

"If we win the next four years we will get the 400 when we graduate guys!" Hermione smiled as the hall, minus the Slytherin table, cheered.

Some of us have to graduate first though love Y/N said telepathically to Hermione while glancing towards Ron. She slapped his arm while stifling her own giggle.

Dumbledore finished by wishing the students a happy and relaxing summer while also cryptically hinting at tremendous events to come the following year- he winked at Y/N as he concluded his speech.

"What was that about?" Hermione whispered to her boyfriend.

"I genuinely have no idea babe" Y/N replied as puzzled as anyone.