Harry woke up and jumped out of bed grabbing his wand off of the nightstand in one swift motion, he had heard someone scream and feared the worst. He looked down and saw Ginny laying in a heap of blankets and pillows on the floor she looked more surprised then harry and it was apparent that she had just fell out of the bed next to him that was usually occupied by Ron.

She looked up at him, and a grin spread across her face "Hi Harry".

"Ginny what are you doing here?" Harry asked a little too loudly almost sounding like he was angry, still processing everything that had happened in the last 24 hours.

He looked down at his watch and saw that it was 4 o'clock in the evening. It had been just over twelve hours ago that Lord Voldemort the most powerful dark wizard ever to set foot on this earth had been vanquished forever.

He looked back up at Ginny and saw that her smile had faded and she seemed to be on the verge of tears, Harry hurried over to her and held her in his arms.

"Im sorry Ginny I didn't mean it like that it's just you startled me, I'm sorry." he said feeling guilty that he had sounded so aggressive before.

"It's ok it's just that everyone was together downstairs and no one knew where you went so I went looking and when I saw you were up here I was too tired to go back downstairs plus I would rather be here with you." she said now looking up at him.

He beamed at her, suddenly she kissed him and he kissed her back and for a minute he forgot what he still had to do before they could be together again, but then he remembered and fought within himself for a minute before he broke the kiss just as suddnely as it had started.

"Ginny I've got to go take care of somethings before we go any further with this and you have to go with your family they need you." He said regretting every word as he said them.

She glared at him for a moment before she said "I get it you don't like me anymore, don't worry I don't need you anyways!" She began to get up and Harry wrapped his arms around her once more and pulled her close to him.

He looked her dead in the eyes before saying "Ginny it's not like that at all I can't believe you would even think that..." He broke off and looked away and for a minute she thought he was gonna get up and leave her here.

Then he looked into her eyes again and said "Ginny I love you, but your family needs you and there are somethings I need to take care of on my own, then I swear to god I will be right back by your side waiting for you."

His eyes showed the truth in his statement, and Ginny knew it. "Ok I'm sorry I overreacted it's just that..." she stopped.

Harry knew why she had and he felt a lump Form in his throat and he managed to say weakly "Fred." The images of the dead suddenly filled Harry's head and he felt like throwing up.

Fred, Tonks, Lupin, were all dead because they had fought to protect him to help him fulfill his destiny. Voldemort's words echoed in his head. "Accident and chance and the fact that you crouched and sniveled behind the skirts of greater men and women, and permitted me to kill them for you!"

His heart once again ached for the loss of all who had died last night. He felt responsible for their deaths if he had just handed himself over first if only his mother had... "Harry" he did not respond then.

"Harry snap out of it already" Hermione was there with Ginny she was calling to him.

He finally realized this and looked up. "What?" he asked trying to sound casual.

"Ginny they're all waiting for you downstairs why don't you go I'll be there in a minute, ok?" she asked.

Ginny hugged Harry and said "Alright see you in a couple of minutes." She left the room and Hermione looked at him

"McGonagall wants everyone down in the great hall for breakfast and then to honor those that fought last night." she said as he stood up.

"Then we need to go quickly before she honors those that fought, cmon!" he said as he moved towards the door.

"But, Harry, but why?" she asked confused.

"Snape must be honored with the others, if I have to get up there and explain the entire thing to everyone." He said firmly.

"Ok let's hurry" She said agreeing.

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They had placed Snape with the others and Harry was walking towards McGonagall to explain before she read off the names. He explained the entire story to her and she was convinced that he should be honored also.

Harry looked around the Great Hall for someone he wanted to sit with and saw Neville and his Grandma sitting at the same table as the Weasleys, he had never thanked Neville for believing in him 100 percent.

So he headed over to where they were before he joined Ron, Hermione and Ginny. "Hey Neville" he said as he sat down next to him.

"Hi Harry and congratulations you saved us all your a hero." Neville said enthusiastically, but Harry shook his head.

"Nope Neville I couldn't have finished him without your help you did more then you realize by killing that snake. I'll explain it to you later." He said seeing the confused look on Neville's face.

"Ok Harry i'll see ya later" he said as his gram began pointing out various wizards and witches to him. "See ya Neville." Harry said and headed to the place where the Weasleys and Hermione were eating breakfast.

He sat down next to Ginny and put an arm around her, McGonagall began to stand up, "This is gonna be harder then I thought" was the only thing that ran through Harry's head as the Headmistress cleared her throat and began to speak...