After the battle
Harry, Ron and Hermione ran back into the Great Hall. There were corpses everywhere. A few hours ago they sat here and saw George, Mr and Mrs Weasley, Bill, Charlie and Percy crying over the dead Fred. But he was gone. In one corner of the hall they saw how Professor Macgonagall and Kingsly put a white blanket over the dead bodies of Lupin and Tonks. Harry looked around. All of the corpses were still here but Fred's was gone. He didn't want to talk but Ron did it instead of him.
"Where's Fred? George, Mum, Dad? Where's Fred?", he asked his family. They all seemed pretty happy although one family member just died. "Give me an answer! I WANNA KNOW WHERE-"
"The little boy seems to be mad. What is it you're mad at?" That was a well-know voice. Harry stopped. He didn't want to turn around. George chuckled. "I guess he's wondering where you're at, Freddie."
Harry couldn't resist. He turned around just at the same moment as Ron and Hermione. There was Fred. Alive. How could it be? Maybe... Maybe all the people Voldemort killed are going to be alive again? No, Lupin and Tonks are still dead and Fred got killed by an explosion. But how could he be alive?
"How...How did you...?" Ron lost his voice. He didn't seem to understand. Then he suddenly smiled and hugged his brother. "Are you for real?", he asked.
"I am. And it seems like I should explain something...", Fred smiled too. "Yes, you should!" That was Hermione. Tears run down her face and landed on the floor.
"Well, you all thought I got killed by the explosion. That's not the truth. The Death Eater I fought with thought you would surrender if you saw someone die you really like." George winked. "You once told me that another Death Eater casted that spell on Hermione which made her look dead although she wasn't. The Death Eater, Dolohow in my case, couldn't say it either, because the you would've heard it. So he casted that spell and I was knocked-out. Then he made the wall explode and it looked like I was dead. But I wasn't. I still were alive, but I couldn't say anything. I heard Ron screaming my name and I tried to say something but I couldn't even open my mouth nor my eyes. Then you moved on and I lied there. Mum came along and picked me up and she was crying but I still couldn't do anything. He placed me into the Great Hall to the other dead ones. Professor McGonagall came and had a look at me closley. She soon realized that I wasn't dead and casted another spell on me-"
"Excito!", Harry saw McGonagall. She came over to them. "It was the Simulat Mortem!-Spell. Not popular. It makes the affected one seem dead."
"So she woke me up and everyone was happy again.", said Fred. "That's it!"
Hermione started crying and Mrs Weasley came to her and gave her a hug. Now she started crying. Fred hugged them both. "Everything's okay now!"
And together they left Hogwarts and Voldemort was dead...