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HP stories following Canon after Deathly Hallows >> After the Battle by mugglegrl84

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Chapter 1: Waking up


The castle was quiet. More quiet then he ever remembered it being. Harry Potter was making his way up to Gryffindor Tower for a long nap, maybe a sandwich if Kreacher would bring him one, he thought. It had been a very long night, long year in fact. He had just defeated Lord Voldemort hours before. He still couldn't believe it, no more looking over his shoulder, no more hiding. He could finally live the life he never imagined he would be able to live. His mind drifted to Ginny, sitting with her parents in the Great Hall. Fred. Somehow he felt that the death of all those people was his fault. All the people he loved seemed to die because of him and now Ginny had lost her brother. Teddy would grow up without ever knowing his parents. If he could have only defeated Voldemort years ago, but that would have been impossible. Voldemort made sure of that. Horcruxes. He hoped never to hear the word again. And then there were the Deathly Hallows. He would only be keeping one of the Hallows, the one that is rightfully his. That particular Hallow was concealing him as he made his way to the Gryffindor common room. Once he came to the portrait of the Fat Lady he stopped. He did not know the password. He took off the invisibility cloak and looked up at the Fat Lady.

‘Can I go in?’ he asked.

‘Yes, yes, please. Be my guest. Anything for you’, the Fat Lady responded.

‘Er, thanks.’

If possible inside the Gryffindor common room seemed quieter then the rest of the castle. Gryffindor Tower seemed to be one of the only parts of the castle that had not sustained heavy damages. He stood in the entry way taking in the familiar surroundings. He was home at last. He made his way up the familiar path to the boy's dormitories. His four poster bed stood waiting for him as invitingly as ever. He didn't even bother undressing, he fell on the bed and was soon engulfed in a very deep sleep.

After what seemed like only minutes later, sunlight fell across his face waking him. He groggily opened his eyes and tried to bring the room into focus. For a moment he forgot where he was but soon the events that had occurred came back to him. It was then that he realized he was not alone. Curled up in an armchair next to his bed was Ginny. She opened her eyes and looked at him and said playfully, ‘finally. We didn’t think you would ever wake up’

‘What do you mean? I've only been asleep for a few hours’, said Harry groggily as he sat up, rubbing his eyes.

‘Actually, you’ve been asleep for 27 hours’, said Ginny. ‘But don’t worry’, she added quickly, ‘no one blames you. You needed the sleep. No offense, but you looked like hell.’

He laughed. The sound of his own laughter seemed so foreign to him. When was the last time he really laughed? It seemed like forever.

‘Why don’t you go get a shower? Mum brought you some fresh clothes’, said Ginny. ‘I'll go down and let everyone know you’re awake.’

‘Ok’, said Harry. ‘So what happens now?’, he asked.

‘We were all planning on going back to the Burrow when you woke up. I'll explain all the details later. Now go get a shower’, said Ginny.

‘Yes Mam’, said Harry grinning.

Once Ginny left, Harry sat on the bed for a few more moments looking around. Nothing seems to have changed. Everything was exactly as he remembered it. He might have just woken to start any normal day at school and be preparing for classes. That’s when he realized just how sore he was. Every muscle in his body seemed to be aching. And he felt like his chest was trampled on by a herd of Hippogriffs. He stood to go into the bathroom and peeled his shirt off. Looking down at his chest he saw that it was heavily bruised. That must have been where the killing curse hit me in the forest he thought. He peeled the rest of his clothing off and stepped into the shower. When was the last time he had a real shower? The hot water seemed to be kneading all of his muscles. He felt like he could stay there all day. But he knew he couldn’t. He would have to go down and face the mass of people waiting to talk to the famous Harry Potter. He knew that he would soon have to speak with Kingsley to explain what he, Ron and Hermione were doing for the past year, but that could wait. Right now he needed to be with the ones he most loved.

Once he was showered and dressed he made his way back down from Gryffindor Tower toward the Great Hall. He stopped once at the entrance to scan the tables. He found the Weasley's sitting together at the Gryffindor table. He quickly made his way over to them and sat down. He could feel the eyes of everyone in the hall on him.

‘Harry ’, exclaimed Hermione. ‘We were wondering when you were going to wake up.’

‘Yeah mate. I mean. . . I slept for a while too, but 27 hours?’, added Ron.

‘Yeah, I know. But I guess I was making up for all those nights until now when I couldn't sleep because of him if you know what I mean’, said Harry.

‘Oh, Harry dear. After breakfast we were going to all head back to the burrow. You'll be coming along of course.’, Said Molly.

‘Oh, er, of course’, said Harry. ‘Where's Ginny?’ he asked, looking around the table. He had not seen his favorite redhead since he woke up.

‘She's over with Luna’ said Hermione.

Harry turned to look over at the Ravenclaw table. There he saw Ginny sitting with Luna and Neville, who seemed to be holding hands. Ginny looked up and smiled at him, said good-bye to Luna and Neville, and made her way back over with the rest of her family.
‘What's going on with those two?’ asked Harry, gesturing to Luna and Neville as Ginny sat down next to him.

‘Carrying on Dumbledore's wishes’, Ginny answered simply. When Harry gave her a questioning look, she added, ‘Just adding a little bit more love to the world. From what Neville told me, they're going to South America over the summer with Luna's father to look for the Crumpled-headed Snorkack’, she added.

Harry could only smile. This is exactly what Dumbledore would have wanted and he could think of no two other people who deserved it more.

‘Everyone ready to go?’, asked Arthur, standing up from the table. ‘Ok then. We’re all going to be taking the Floo from here back to the Burrow.’

When everyone was getting up to leave, Harry pulled George to the side. ‘What’s up Harry?’, asked George. Harry noticed that his eyes were red and didn't seem to carry the same humor in them.

‘I just wanted to say that I'm really sorry about Fred. I never wanted this to happen. If only . . . ‘, Harry began, but George cut across him.

‘Don't apologize, Harry. Ginny said you would try to do this. No one blames you for what happened. Fred knew what coming here would mean. We all did. If dying meant that the world could be a safer place to live for everyone else, we were ready to make that sacrifice.’

‘Thanks mate. I guess I needed to hear that’ said Harry.

‘Well come on then. We don't want Mum to worry’, said George. Together they made their way up to Professor McGonagall’s office to Floo to the Burrow.


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