After the final battle Harry wandered though the halls of Hogwarts thinking about what he lost and about all the people who died for him. All of a sudden, he heard two voices talking in the hall. Harry quickly hid, so he could hear what they were saying.
"Do you think everything planned will work?" he heard Ginny whisper.
"Of course it will work," Ron said, "You just have to do the easy stuff."
"I don't think slipping a love potion in Harry's drink is easy," Ginny said angrily.
"Well it is easier than everything else we have to do to get his money, like giving Hermione a love potion," explained Ron. "It is a good thing they don't know that we have not really been their friends and have only been doing it for the fame and to steal from him."
"Do Mom, Dad and our brothers know what we are doing?" asked Ginny.
"Of course they do. They were the ones who came up with the plan in the first place. Well except for the twins." sneered Ron.
Harry could not take the rest of the conversation and left to find Hermione and tell her what was going on. He found Hermione on the astronomy tower just looking at the stars. Right away Harry noticed she was crying so he wrapped his arm around her. "Sis what's wrong?" He asked her quietly.
"I cannot take seeing all the bodies of all those people who have died or got injured!" Hermione said with tears falling down her face.
"I know how you feel. I feel guilty that all those people died to protect us when we were finishing the war." Harry said sadly.
The two of them just sat there for a while in silence until they heard some people coming up the stairs. They turned around and saw Neville and Luna next to them. They asked what they were doing. Harry then remembered what he came to tell Hermione and told them what he overheard Ron and Ginny discussing. The four of them decided that they needed to get out of the country so their plan would not work. Harry knew his parents must have a house out of the country, so they went to find out where the houses were so they could pick the best one to stay.
After Harry, Hermione, Luna, and Neville had some rest, they decided to go to Gringotts to talk to the goblins. They wanted to find out the best property to hide out in until they could figure out how to get Ron and Ginny back for their betrayal. When they got to the bank they went to speak with the Goblins, but they were still very angry at them for breaking into the bank. They did not want to talk to them at all, but then Griphook talked on their behalf so they could have a meeting. The four friends asked about the properties that Harry had outside the country. There were 4 properties outside the country in Salem, Massachusetts in America; Paris, France; Tokyo, Japan; and Melbourne, Australia. They looked at the different wards on the houses and decided to go to America. Salem had one of the best schools and the house had the best wards. After the bank they stopped at George's store to tell him what was going on and ask him to try to stop his family from finding them. George agreed to stall his parents as much as he could but knew he could not keep them away for long.
Harry and Hermione decided it would be harder for everyone to find them if they went the muggle way to Salem. They booked airplane tickets for the four of them. After they got the ticket booked, they decided on everything they needed to get packed. When the time came to leave they knew that where they were going was going to be better than what they were leaving behind.